Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-12-19

deprive the Of i whole revenues then avery
thing would be we'll, and there would DO no war between
might DO peace indeed; bu, would be the dearest peace
That any county ever enjoyed. IL would he peace
purchased at the expense Of the Unios! From peace
JM remedies. good Lord deliver us
Out The remedy 10 peaceful remedy, because, quoth
the Governor. is tho ~xeriion Of sovereign power
when esnno, be diminished controlled Il being the de-
termination Of sovereign That the States Of this
ederacy are sovereign States 90 fer ss they have not part
ell with their sovereignty, and surrendered to the &C.
poses Of the Union, IL undenaby tns Bn, n hs Cover
adopt Mr. C~lhoun's idea th., .overeigntv
is an entire ndvisible thing, and that therefore ali the
powers which appertan to sovereignty may be exercised
by the States respectively, take issue with his Excel.
ency once, and deny the correctness OF the position
Sovereignty like every thing else Is known by its atr
butes Strip Of one Of these attributes and s powers
are abridged TO the precise extent of the particular at
tribute power Of which II Is thus Invested. I am
a~ that European writers sovereignty as On en-
tire thing, unit which Is unsuscepble OF division
into two or parts In every country in Europe
vee'gnty, perfect. en'ie, and absolute sovereignty,
SHES In ssngle government and the definitions of the To-
reign Writers public law drawn from the actual
'si"g state OF sovereignty in those governments. But the
lous Here, certain de fined prescribed and limited pow.
crsso far a. they be defined, prescribed and limited
by any form OF wo'ds-have been surrendered by the
States TO the general government ard all the other powers
which sppertain to sovereignty consiu ing the grand
resduum al sovereignty, are reserved TO the States
respectively Among the important powers with
which the States have invested the general govern
nent the power to declare TO form Treaties with
foreign powers, to contract alliances, &c. OF these
powers 20 essential to perfect sovereignty the States
have been shorn by their voluntary act All Of the
powers collectively exercised by the General and State
Governments, make up the of eregn power, aud
no more. Each Government then Is sovereign within It's
respective sphere-he General Government is sovereign
10 the extent OF the sovereign powers ceded to tho
State Governments sovereign 10 the Of The
reign powers reserredf to them This plain and simple view,
s to my apprehension, fatal 10 the integrity and nvisi
biIy Of Sovereignty No individual State III this Union
CAN declare war Why? Because the power to declare
war Is surrendered TO the General Government No In
divduai State make treaties with foreign powers
gulate foreign commerce, exercise any other power
which has been conferred upon Congress by the Constu
ton. Yet any or all these powers may be exercised by
perfect sovereigns. For precisely the reason,
individual State Of this confcderscy can, while she
tnnes member thereof, abolish the laws Of the
United States, the power toimpose duties &c. being
pressy granted TO Congress But this is the power for
which the Nullifers conend.-t is high time that such
absurd Pretenons queted by the emphatic veio of
an indignant People. VlRGINIUS.