Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1833-01-10
THE FREE PRESS.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 10.

ihS RSDAr, JANUARY 10.
Having been unexpectedly charged Nth favor
ing the doetrioes of Modification. becsu,. -.
raised our voice against the premature .sesii,,.y
Of Need. Il becomes our duty To 70 back aud take
10y review of our course.
The people entertain 80 Ugh > respect for the
Laws, and 20 deep . vencrstion for the Union. that
they very naturally, upon the 6rst impulse. ab-
PROVE and APPLAUD every declaration which seem.
TO aim II % holy purpose, a. the due execution
Of the one, 90 the preservation Of the other
Hcsee Il 10 easy for those Who arc clothed With
high authority. to mix up with professions Of de-
~os'oo TO these Objects. mass Of nsouuf doc
fyrnes, and TO cover thereby an assumption Of
powers which do not eonstitutionaliy belong TO
them This we affirm TO be the case in the Pro.
elamstion Of the President OF the United States,
IN reference to South Carolina; and we feel con-
sdsot that the rejecting reader, who will 81,
down patiently and examine the matter, will find
our assertion to be true. -
Every heart responds to the sentiment, that
TIE Union must be preserved" but does every
eee eooeur in the opinion that IL 10 to be pre.erv-
Cd eaiy By the bsyonet' Was not the Union it,
self the result Of = mutual compromise Of in,e-
rssts and prejudiees' Can it be prr served by nm.
other means than continuance Of this spirit Of
notusi soseesaioa and compromise, Did IL ever
enter into the heads OF the founders Of our 20,
vernmens, that this Union was to be perpe,ua,ed
In any other way than by interest and affection -
Was IL ever contemplated that ,rhoe States
should be chained as unwilling members Of the
eonfederacy, after the bonds Of interest and .iec-
ton had been sunder-d' Such certainly va, no,
their expectation.
Then IL mus, be conceded that this Is a govern
meni based on the affections Of the people; and
tAat, when this tie breaks il ceases to be free 20
vernment. For 6fty years We have existed toge-
Their ~ q happy and united people-our happi-
ness marred occasionally. IL is true, by ebulli-
ions Of anger and discomfort, but all eventually
settling down In tranquility and peace In the
operation OF affairs, however, Justification has
sprung up to an extent much greater thsn upon
any former OCCASION; and now End not less than
sersn Ssafes Of this Union d~epiy and irrceon-
eiiabiy opposed to q system Of Legislation, which
they declare to be oppressive, and to which they
can never yield their assent Is this spirit of op-
position TO be checked or subdaed by the ,wordp
Do the friends Of rational freedom desire to So
such Large portion OF the Union held unwilling
", by the strong arm 81 military bo-per? Or will
they not examine The root Of he evil, and see
whether IL Is not necessary TO bring Into action
the same feelings uf forbearanee and eompro-
mise, 10 preserve, which we're necessary 70 form.
our glorious Union
Although but one State has become frenzied
under the discontent to which We have alluded
yet no one can doubt. from the principles Of NH
tosophy, that the other dissatisfied eommu,i,i-,
must eventually take sides With her in the quar-
rel, II IL become scrious-no matter how rradIy
or preeipitatciy she may have acted, in hurryinr
the catastrophe. Aud il WAS on account of this
spread diseontent, and this oidsble ten
deney OF things, that deprecated resort to
arms. OF even premature thccat Of such resort
We therefore blamed the President-and We find
cur temer''y has been deemed little short Of fred
'o"-sor issuing = proclamation, ,sar-6ke in lie
ereaisnS', 1t least fsso months before the PROPER
hHe for action. For ve 6sd, upon reference 20
the laws By which nc processes to be governed.
that he hsd no authority for sneh Procedure,
not having been duly Informed. by the proper Of
heer', las the Law requires, ths, the lr.ss rvere
actually resisted
Who doubted that il Vas the duty Of the Pre-
''dens TO execute the Laws and that he would per-
form tina, duty, unless his disregard Of duty in
me ease Of Georgia justified a suspicion Of his
derrlictiOa' Was il . suitable moment TO huri
forth his thundsrs, when tif Congress should re-
gard his previous susSeS,ioos) the diseonsen,
might have been quietly removed Was there
not danger IN casting iuasmmable matter smonxs,
people already msddeDed aud ripe for resisanee,
Would u not have been more ''pasernal' to have
withheld threats. and hostile armies, until pacific
measures had FIRST been ,ried--and until Reason
and good Temper had time to resume their en-
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