Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1837-10-03

Was not such course due to thcmY And
was it not triAing with them to pursue
any other?
That all the checks contained in this
letter can be applied by the people under
q consolidated government it is presumed
none will deny Then the confederated
system under which we live has no advan-
tages over that of consolidated govern
ment. But what, let me ask, has the sin
dependence of the State functionarles" to
do with the matter, when they are only
"lookers on in Vonice?r Under the Dem
ocratic system of State interpositlon, that
independence would be-. Of some avail !;
but It is uOolesS On Mr.. Madison's plan of
Responsibilities and lmpear1Esuenss,.'1
After some remark he Federal Ju-
dietary the letter proceeds: "Shoud the
provisions of the Constitution, here re-
viewed, be found not to secure the rights
of the States against usurpatlons and abu-
SEES on the part of the United States, the
final resort lies in an amendment Of the
Constitution On the last quotation
will remark: LIST, That it applies the
same remedy for usurpations and abuses
of power, while the Virginia Resolutions
adopt estate inter 9osition" only for usur-
pations oil power, and those OF henlucky,'
written by Jefferson, assert, that "ior an
abuse of delegated power a change OF Off
GERS is the right remedy; but where un-
delegated power has been usurped, that
.lnullification ofthe act is the rightful rem
3edy! Cd, That il is sheer nonsense to
talk of amending the Constitution O'Clock
an abuse of delegated power, when a
4 change OF agents Is suflicientand the
IonlyTemedg thakaNn be,applieds Nor is
lit much more RATIONAL 10 talk of amend
, ling the .Cor5tih3lton to prevent the Off
GERS of the k5eDeral Government from
usurping, tiie; reserved rights Of the States,
, when it already secures those rights 50
far as ink and paper securities can be OF
| any avail.
| The remedy for this great and growing
evil lies, as Jefferson truly says, in null
4 lifcaton by the States, of all unauthor-
J.. lied acts of the General Government.
n This far the letter. relies on an amend
}, ment of the Constitution, should the sys-
n TEN of responsibility and impeachment
# fail. Can any one find the same RENE
r dies laid down in the Virginia and Ken
v lucky Resolutions2 If SO, let them be
; pointed out. FSsa ~ e-s-~ts.s.
# This letter next asserts, that "ln thu
4 event of the failure Of every constitution
.r al resort, and an accumulation of usurpa
>. ton and abuses, rendering passive obedl
# ence a greater evil than revolution, there
can remain but one resort-an appea
: from the cancelled obligations of the con
:, stitutional compact to the law Of sell
!. preservation. This is the ultima ratt
4 under all governments" :,
"a From the above it is clear that Mr.
70 Madison, in 1880, did not believe, that, II
a. regard TO securing the reserved rights Q
7 the States, conlederacy OF States ma
Il any advantage over a consolidated gov
,e eminent, What then was the use OF tn
u. labored arguments contained in the Nlr
- cinia Resolutions and Mr.. Madlsons lie
al port, to prove that the Federal Govern
70 ment was bound to specific grants, whlcf
ar if overstepped, the States might rghtlu
ID Ily "interpose TO arrest the progress OF tn
n evil, and to maintain in their reSpectlv
of limits the rights and liberties apperialI
he ing to themW
n Again, the language in the last quota
no ton is an incentive to usurpGtlon on IN
A. part of the General Government; &c
,v- should the States fail in the 'utlma ri
M to- the fate of rebels is their DOOM
N. The General Government constitution
70. allv possesses immense power and patrol
ho ACE. which enables it to exercise almo
o. Unlimited influence over the States. In
%. influence, to use the language OF the "a
as dress to the people Of Virginia IN 1913
- consists sin fiscal systems which keep
Sd. host Of commercial and wealthy lndlVld
;aj ais embodied, and obedlent to the ma
in. dates Of the Treasury. In armies al
Tho navies, which will, on the one hand, emil
70 the tendency Of man to pay homage to h
-, Gnllow man. who can feed orhonor hlr
IN. and on the other to employ the PrlnciP
me of fear, by furnishing imaginary insure
,si- tons under the pretext OF preventive j.
the tee. In swarms OF officers, clVil a
military, who can inculcate polli!cal
oar nets tending to consolidation and mona
the civ. both by induIgencies and severlt,
ec. and can act as spies over the free exerc
oes of reason. And that we may shorten !.
en-. catalogue. in establishing, by success
,er. nrecedents, such mode of constituting
No Constitution as will rapidly remove eve
E - restraint upon Federal authority. 'r.
M If the dangers here pictured by
on. Democrats Of 80 were entitled 70
ity. weight attached to them, in that day, WI
ord are we TO think of them now, wheh
ann. creased an hundred iod2 - there
not cause of alarm at the present day. =
ami our present Federal agents more wort
e it of coincidence man 'ly =, IA ;m,r;c,,n
son they less ''low cunning ~" No. r