Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-01-24

,,ator from MASSACHUSETTS, oii VI -
- Representative from South Carolina pau sas"ee-
s,,Ilv endeavored to obtain an amendment OF the
,;e Of j. so that i, might bear on ITS iece the enat
.c,er Of protection, which belonged 10 II. nu'
,,as sent abroad under delusive ana oecei''a'e
name. How, then, was South Carolina 10 Try Tue
question Even # she had every reliance On INC
authority of the Supreme Court, she eoui" ho' w
tain the iudsmcn, of that Court "ha' eou'ee
,hen y 4, 4, FOR South Carolina but aha1 ""''"
she had pursued ~ ~
,,, the State ought TO have tesorted to the
other remedy which was pointed OUT a''' ISM"
o,rl;er period for Convention OF the States
~ ~ 49,, a,'end The Constitution. South Caro-
t, T., ., nreyentcd from making applications
''''' tic, She had wished over ani over a.
''' WIS t.t,i, Convention, but she had uniformly
- s,el majority in both Houses asains. her.
t., then. was she To obtain the acquescence OF
~ Constitutional majority ottwo thnds ofihe two
rI,,ses7 Under these circumstances she made no
i;.,,o, until the State itself had declared !, I'M
cnns,itutional and the emergency arose which cal
led for H.
Thase were all the remarks which he corsi-
o,cd called on to make at this moment IN
,crepce to the errors of the Message Of the EXEC
utivc
TWAS obvious that the country had now reached
n crisis II hal beer often said that every thing
which lives carries III Itself the elements ofits own
.des,r,.tlou This principle WIS no less applicable
:, uolitcal than to physical constructions The
,r,nc;nlc of decay IS 10 he found in our Institutions
and unless il can be checked and corrected IN ITS
course bv the wisdom of the Fedora! Government,
ia onera,lon will form exception 10 The general
co,,rso of events II only cause OF wonder IN
MS ouiuion was thu our Union had continued so
,one thul at the end off,ry -four years, our Gov
ernn, mt lould sui retain It's Original form. lie
considered that to the grcat event of ISL the sue
cess Of the parry wh'th had elevated Mr. Jefferson
to the Presidency, manly to be attributed this
duration Not ing bai the elevation of that ndlyi-
dual had Prevented the cutler termination OF oui
experiment, Bat the tine has at length come when
We are required to clic whether this shall be
Confedcracy any lonser, or whether II shall give
way to a Consolidated d,osfrnDe It. IL called on
Senators solennly to pause ana deliberate on
this mporantqu As he lived, he believed
that the continuance Of any consolidated govern
tnenl was i'm possible Il must newt IDLY lead 10
despotsn. Al this nioilcni, without having becn
brought into contact with any ad,c-s' circf,mstan-
ce;, without any conflicting causes, IN tine of
peace and under he influence OF al unexampcd
prosp ~ or Union stands on the Eve ofdissolu-
ton, II the verge Of civil war How was this
Was It not attributable to the powerful workings
ofthc constituted principle.
IL this widely extended republic, there has been
oG necessity an active conflict of interest. In one
portion system works bcnoicIiliy, which is found
To b. oppressive in another portion. The system
Of protection is SAID operate to the advantage OF
those parts Of the country VIII are the strong st
Every one said So, aud therefore he was bound to
believe soBut IN the weekeS portions of the
country, therc was scarcely To be found one who
would not, ii h, bad The power mt down the sys-
tenn Of protection. There were thus different views
on both aides How WAS this 20 operate 2 lie in
tended, in nothing which he s1.uod sav, 10 max,
any personal references. Ii WINS his wish TO argue
the subject solely philosophical grounds. A
Prc> Lent Is elected mi comes int,po2er his pol
10y necessarily confirms II that Of the party by
Weh he IS chosen. Itcannot bco;herwise.
The Tariff party, Tor example support as their
candidate gentleman who is knoxn to be in favor
OF thc- views. He did not condemn this. Il Was
the natural and unavoidable courssDf things. The
opposite side must then take up one their can
ddatc, whose opinions on tho su ict of protection
are less marked bat vino may oe sustained by
portion of the Tariff party, because he is for that
system to a certain extent, aud by portion of the
Anti Tariff States, because he is k.ss hostile to
their interests than his competitor. By this com
ln,tioa u triunl n is obtained He who comes
INTO power, in this manner If he !. possessed of
any intel!ig ace Gun nerer BE- dsiodeld How
can ne : He takes a middle ground between the
North aud the Sou;l lfonc interest attempts TO
make forward movement, the o;h,rsid has oc-
cupied the ground. And by this m",ns, burdens
to fhp NJ ftInt ho paa p{
flee Department, and inclu linz hat Department,
81 millions are lmpos ID on the country, under the
preence ofrvcnue-an amount consd. ably great
er than the value of any single Of he great in
tcrests of the country exceeding the whole amount
ofthe cotton crop or the entire value o. the ship
ping inieres. Thus identifying himself neither
with Tariff nor anti Tariff, Bank nor antBank,
Internal improvement, nor anti lnternsl Improve
mcnt, he cannot be dslody.d. What Is the result :?
The system Of oppression goes on.-1he weaker
side sees it is a hopeless case ond makes rcsls-
lance. The stronger still adheres to the system,
The middle power is then thrown to tie stronger
side, and the stronger calls in force, which puts
down reason This was the process of consollds-
ton. Gentlemen might contend that lhls was rot
aquestlon of consolidation. But II conSoli1a-
tion. And he could see no distinction between 1t
consolidated government and one winch assumed
the right ofjudgng oft proprie,y Of interpreting
military power to cree State
We tsad Mr.. CO made no such government.
South Carolina sanctioned no such government
She entered the Confcdc-acy with the understand
ing that State IN the last resort has right 10
judge ofthc eypediency Of resistance to oppression
or secession from III, Union, And for SO doing.
ii is that threatened to have our throAts cut,
and those Of our wives and children. No; so too
far. l did not intend 20 use language so strong.
The Chief Magistrate had not yet recommended
50 desperate remedy. The present is great
question and the liberties of the American people
depend upon the decision of il. l. was impossible
tina, consolidated government, could exist in this
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