Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1833-01-03

30 which they plainly aud inevitably lead, are
so faIi Of ruin and unutterable woe, that we
have no language strong enough to express
our adherence of them.
II every thing which has taken place in
this nation, (lor so We shall still continue to
call il j since 1881, were utterly CELEBRATED
from our recollection, We might listen with
some patience to the hardy assertions OF the
South Carolina manifesto. We have seldom
met vita paper containing so much that
was false and pernicious, and so little that
was true. In direct opposition to the doc
trines Of Gov. Haynes proclamation, we Of
firm that the Constitution of the U. States
.olennIy ratified by the SOVEREIGN PEG
PIE Of the United States, in their original
capacity as Sovereign, did establish one Ma.
tionsi Government over one Nation, and that
we are now one Nation with one Supreme
Government, and not as Gov. Hayne asserts
twenty four Nations--twenty four distinct,
independent, Sovereignties.
The States as "distinct political comnuni-
ties" were not, it is true, abierated or an
initiated by the Constitution, but they were
made-they were intended to be, inferior and
subordinate Even under the Confederation
of 1878, each State did nOt retain ton sove.
reignty, as will appear by reference to Art Q
"Eech state retains its sovereignty, freedom,
and Independence, and every power, Jnris-
diction, and right. gsich is not By this cof'fe-
deration expressly deiege,ed 10 The United
Ataies in Congress assembled" This confede-
ration OF i77s was truly "forned by the
States ss such. ratified by ihe States as such /,
and the States as distinct political communl
lies we're it. menlhefs." and upon the States.
as such, and not Upon the people, 1t opera
ted; f il could he said 10 operate at all, at
| ter the uniting pressure Of common danger
was OYER II Was found by ample and bitter
experience to be utterly inadequate to the
purposes for which it was formed, prlncl,
naNy because ii did operate solely on the
States and not OF the People That scheme
of gouern;ig Sovereign States ,eas a totdttai
tire. The materials were found to be utter
ly intsactable. The next attempt was by the
bresen, Constitution Of the u. States TO go
yetn the PEorLE of Che States, as one uni
ted indiyisihle Nation, by agents appointed
by and responsible 10 themselves /, is for
item 10 say, whether they viii change the
experiment into mere repetition Of that of
'7s, which failed so signaIiy and mlschiev
ously before, and viii to an inrallibie certain
ty fail again.
We maintain that this NArIoxAL GovERN-
MErT is paramount and supreme and that as
such, it not only has the right, but is bound
by the highest aud most imperative obIiga.
tons Of duty, to treat rebels and traitors with
steel, gunpowdcr, and hemp whether they
act as such with or without the pretended
authority ri tie State But argument. end
expostuIat,on. reasoning, and eloguence Of
uissuryasss BILE power have been wasted in
! vain upon the notifying leaders. Their
"Inadness is not of The head but heart" Their
Prince and leader. m comparison with whom
"Catallne would be thought scrupuIous, aud
Cethegus man Of sobriety and moderation p
meshed in the net himself had tuinedn-
bstiied and (oised Of his darling object, when
he thought Il was just within his grasp, by
the better fortune or superior cunning of
NEARER spirit--his claims to the highest of
fee" "indefniteiy postponed''- stands ike
the thunder stricken and blasted leader
OF the internal crew, on heirs burning marie,
commanding or exhorting glorious war, y
prepared to wreak the vengeance of disap
pointed ambition On the Paradise of this
happy Union, and TO ''.aks his burning
heart in the best blood Of her children.
For the .Wortinsburg Gazettc
In the 9Th Resolution in the Report Of the
81, are the following sentences
THAT although the people Of these Uried
States, Il is true, assented to the present con.
stltItlon, and are bound by all laws made in
conformity; Yet We regard It as equally true
that 1t was contedsracy formed by the
states as such, ratified by the ttatec as such,
and Vt which the states as distinct political
/ communities are now the aieinbers. ~
! nat we can never consent TO deny the
right oil any individual state which volunta
fily entered into this political association for
an Indefinite period, 10 wihdraw herself