Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1837-10-17
VOL. 2.-NO A.

But IT'S eP9 n6 basGGh InS %Spa Pe asaSsh
usurpations of the General Government,
and thus prevent resort to the bloody
throes of revolution? We think there is.
We believe that the Virginia Resolutions
of '98 announce that kind of interposition,
as shall shortly prove.
The next kind of interpostion that
shall comment upon, is Secession. | will
premise in the first place, that the rights
Of the States are thrown into two classes,
the reserved rights, and those rights to
which the States are entitled, solely as
members Of the Union, such as the right
of each State to be secured by its CO.
States in the enjoyment of republican
form Of government, the right OF each
State to its just weight in the common
government, to a share in the public pro-
perty, and of being protected by the COM
mon Government. These are rights to
which the States are entitled in consldera-
ton Of their relation to the other States,
and so soon as the relation ceases to exist,
the rights which grow out OF that relation
cease to exist also. Now the Question
arises, will secession arrest the progress
Of a usurpation? 1t will not. In one
sense, it may be considered an arrest.
By this act the State arrests the usurpa-
ton by running away from it, or getting
out of its reach. But it is unreasonable
to suppose, that this was the kind OF ar
rest contemplated by Virginia. THERE'S
another ordeal through which secession
= w
limits of State, the authorities, rights
and liberties appertaining to it? VIII IT
maintain those rights to which State is
entitled, solely as member OF the Union?
, It will not. Secession is ipso tacto, dis
!. solution of the Union, and State, by thus
l withdrawing herself from the Union, tor
+ feits all claim to those rig hts to which she
a is entitled as party to the constitutional
!, compact By this act OF withdrawal she
, can lay no further claim to those rights
/ which have their origin and existence IN
Il the Union. 1t seems to me lrfesiStlbly
c conclusive. that Virginia never contem-
: plated secession as the mode OF interposi
t ton, by which she intended to arrest the
IL progress Of a usurpatlon, and MAINTAIN
C within the limits Of State, the authori-
a ties, rights, and liberties appertalning tolt
), Now the question occurs what did Viz
u ginia meant She must have meant some
. thing. Would she have raised such
) cIamor all over the Union, merely TO CO.
r r press an opinion, as our opponent tells US?
! What! Do we live under a government
where the freedom of speech is barely
T. tolerated? Are the Frcemen of this Union
! TO be told that the sovereign members of
/ this conlederacy barely possess the pintul,
e degrading right of expressing an opinion
u in relation to the acts of the General Gov
d ernment? Is this the land of Liberty,
e where lrcemen are muzzled and choked
d by the tight collar Of arbitrary power?
Merciful Heaven! what supplying in
g fatuation has seized the minds of men!
n "Chme of the unlorgotten brave
Whose land from plain to mountain cave,
= Was freedoms home, or glory grave.
g Shrine of the mighty! CAN'T be,
l. That this is all that remains OF thee!
ii Approach, thou craven crouchng slave;
- Say" arc Columbia sons shackled thust
r. Now, shall prove, think, to the sat
t? islaction Of every rejecting man, that
Of nulH fication was the mode OF interposltion
g contemplated by Virginia. BY nulllhca-
Is ton, mean the right OF a State to annul
h or nulify the usurpations by the General
,r Government. To test this doctrine by
e. the Virginia Resolution of 1913, we must
ID first ascertain whether it will arrest the
IS PROGRESS of the evil or usurpatlon. be-.
off iieve none have denied the efficacy Of
10 notification in arresting the progress OF
If usurpation. In fact, the beauty and dis
,e tinguishing feature of the doctrine, is, that
b. it arrests the usurpation, while it permits
I'd the General Government to move on I'M
" disturbed aoithin The constitution, where
hi alone it has the right to act In the Sc
X cond place, will it maintain within the
O. limits of State the authorities, rights,
r. and liberties appertaining to it? None
of can deny but that it will protect the rights
no of the States. The only question that can
es arise, is, will it preserve those rights to
Mt which State is entitled, as a member OF
at the Union. To do this, it must DO an IN
of terpositon that can be put in force with
a out dissoving the Union. Does nulllilca-
ia ton fulfil this requisite of the Virginia in
if terpositon? We contend that 1t does.
e. We contend that notification is entirely
n peaceable, pacific mode OF lnterpostlon.
n. All it asks is the cooperation of the civil
n authorities of the land. But whether II
5. will retain this pacific character, depends
10 entirely upon the spirit that pervades the
he General Government. If the General
nd Government, instead of recedng from its
II usurpations, throws aside all Ior5earance
N. and Cancellation, and resolves to enforce al
% the point of the bayonet their palpab.le
&C. usurpations upon the interposing State, IN
Sc such case, the controversy might assume
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