Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1837-10-10
. POLITICAL.
From the Macon Star.
I0HN A. GRIN BAIL.


several of the newspapers OF this State
tbonch we believed that the announce-
Ont Of his name was premature--that
nutting his name before the people, he
a not consulted either the wishes of the
Feat body of the Wing party, or the in
rest of the party itself; yet surprising
m identified with the party in priaci-
les. provided the Wing party should
lake no more eligible selection, we felt
Isnosed to wish him all imaginable sue
less. and to contribute as much as lay in
Iur power TO his elevation.
1t is true that Of his principles we were
ignorant; but having seen his name on
he White electoral ticket, we took 1t for
Granted that he entertained, in common
With the great body of the Wing party
ht the South, an anxious desire to redeem
Ahe country from that state Of deep dis
#kress into which ignorant and reckless
d leeisIation had plunged it; and likewise
"a determination manlully to assert the
4 ghts Of the States, and firmly and fear
ss ,ssly TO enforce them against encroach-
Il ..lents Of the general Government, whether
Legislative, executive, or judicial. The
Y Whig party are not now contending a.
gainst the usurpations Of the executive
only They are not laboring only for
the purpose of healing the commercial
diseases of the country. No. They have
ID higher, a holer aim. 1t is that of re-
Storing the government to its pristine
purity; and re-asserting the rights Of the
tt lol lNXyM
land Mr.. Jefferson.
# The individual whose name is at the
head of this article, has published a crcu-
War in which he denounces the doctrine
X of notification, but says that he belongs
10 the States Right party.
n There are different opinions, we are
aware, entertained upon this subject by
3lindivduals who are now acting IN con-
II. ert; but they have hitherto left off war
M inc against each other while directing
their efforts against a common enemy.
AsMr. Grimbal is the first candidate of the
fWhig party that has turned upon his
political friends as though he had already
vanauished his enemies We cannot tell,
W certainly, what his motives were; we can
only conjecture. 1t has been extremely
fashionable when an indlvidual--a candl-
date for oflice-had no merit Of his own
10 mount upon the merits OF General Jack
son, or the dement's and dangerous ten
dency Of Notification. Did Mr.. Grim
ball suppose, that by raising the hue and
cry against this political scarecrow, he
could seduce from his allegiance solitary
member of that party, whose party ties
outweigh the obligations of justice, patri-
otiSm, and religion? If he did make such
IA calculation, he is most miserably de-
ceived; and in addition to those pangs
(which conscience invariably inhicts upon
those guilty of an unjust action, will come
The reflection, that it was destitute of even
temporary profit. Mr.. GrimbalI is, we
believe, a Kentuckian--h should have
been republican. He should have read
The Kentucky Resolutions. If he has not
read them, we ask him to turn to them,
md we defy him to say, without the deep
Hush Of shame dyeing his countenance,
That he is opposed to Notification, and is
yet friend to State Rights and Repub-
llcan What does the 9th resolution drawn
up by Mr.. Jefferson say? That, for an
hbuse Of the delegated powers, a change
by the people is the rghtful remedy; but
that where powers are assumed which
have not been delegated, notification of
AhlI unauthorized acts, done under color OF
Hhat authority, is the rightful remedy.
Nh Mr.. Jefferson draws a distinction between
an abuse of the delegated powers, and an
eexercise by Congress Of powers not dele
gated. This distinction is seldom attend
Ned to by those who attempt to argue
against the remedy of Modification. They
say the true remedy is the ballot box.
@The ballot box is the remedy where the
delegated powers are abused, and is ex-
pressly stated so by Mr.. Jefferson. The
reason Of the distinction is obvious. Con
gress may sometimes abuse the delegated
powers; and although the act is an abuse
Of the powers vested in them by the con-
stitution, and Of the confidence reposed in
them by their constituents, it is still law,
and must be respected as such, until
changed by the people. But will any in
Individual contend that an unconstitutional
law is as valid as one passed by Congress
in the exercise of their delegated powers?
No individual has yet been found, of any
party, who contended that unconstitutional
laws were valid and effective All have
declared that they are void. If, then.
they be void, any mode Of resistance is
Unauthorized, whether it be notification or
hpny other name that gentleman choose to
conier upon that resistance. The States
rs Mr.. Jefferson expressly says, have the
tight to Judge, as we'll ofinfractions Of the
enstltuton, as of the mode and measure
redress. The South Carolinians and
1r| Jefferson contended for the doctrine