Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1837-12-25
SOUTH CAROLINA EESOLl rlONS.

After prorlctrd debate. llio lower branch
ofthe Legislature OF S,ah Crp iaa, LA, adopted by
oycr~ hcrlus najor.tic~. br stjboucd resolutions
Isl. R,Noiscd. That in the opinion ri tll, Lrgisl,-
trr, cNlr'iient that he Ke,e Of tie Federal
Guvcnmrai be % collected Is ultlml"ir 10 sever lie
Government from Al! roaueeiIou viii thc BANKS.
Meas LOS, Nay IL
u. Hcs,ised. That IN The opinion If tlii4 l.rei-la-
llri She revenues al he FL r Government should
b. drposcd, keep. and jt>bulscd, is not to be
connected "rh CT used IN bH',nl. operations.
YEA, IL, Nays2
sd Il Sairc3 'Flatit would be unconstitutional.
meNpedle4t AL dangerous, IL aoori'oriIc N,;ona
Baak.
Yeas 81, N9ys Is
And the following resolution. intended, we suppose,
son of ,airo to Senator Preston and the hctcrn-
dox delegation in the otll.. brlncl Of Congress VAS
then adopted unanimously:
lth. Rcaircd, That it it ;srot intended hereby to
IMPLY any manner oil crnsur upon tlirr public ser.
wants OF The State WHO, III The exercise OF Il riglrlul
Independence of udsn,cnt, may have declared ori,-
ions 10 the contrary of those hire announced.
The resolutions were then set to the Seuatt,
where, it is said, they will be- oppo>e by Gen. Ham
! ilton, but will doubtless be adopted. Nr. Calhoun
exercising, il would seem, onuirolent sway ever
public opinion il tia; STATE. Wien hewas a Con-
s,lidation-t, aud celafcd iai II WAS the climax OF
ahsurdit, 20 assert thai the States had any rights a,
all, South Carolina echocd the hcrsy. aud ,lrpya
Judge Smith, her Senator IA Congress, from the
public councils. because he dared IN adhere to til,
J Yin. mia doctrines Of 90 Jud.c Smith had hard.
" retired however before it became cxpcdent 70,
! Mr.C Ahoun TO b,eomca State Rights mlau, and /.
aud rac, d construction OF III,
do, II,
aud forthwith South Carolina become the clanorous
defender of State Rights, under the gnsc of Nuli-
cation, and on,strnprd HE original disciples of that
school 50 l,, that Hfy ere absolutely ostracisc and
Judge Smith among lIirm, for heir want of de,o
n State Rights, In tn space of five years Calhoun
aud his parzan, lad twice osracised Judge S,l,l.
first because lie Stac Rights D;an and second
~, although he unchan 5cd, because he acas MT
And now we find the South Carolina Legislature de-
nounclng National Bank unconstitutional thong h
all her leading statesmen. l.owndes, McDuffe. Cal
he'In &c have, under the solemnity of an oall yo-
ted IN favor Of lt-ald Notwithstanding the lie
gislaure OF the same State, not many wears ago,
by An overwhelming majority, affirmed its consli-
tutlonaIlty! What regard should be Paid 10 the o.
pnons of State whcl, is thus shifted about b, ey-
cry - wind OF doctrine" just as John G. Calhoun
blows hot or cold Ne hesitate not to say, that il
Mr. Calhoun had remained SILENT the Sub rreasu-
ry Scheme would have been rcpudiated by as large
majority as thatb by which ii has been sus;aiu-
ed. But. South Carolina can be spared from tic
Wing ranks-in winch by the way, she has always
occupied an equlvoca position. Lei her 90 to tue
author Of the Proclamation aud the Force Bill and
furnish still more signal illustration Of her consis-
tency than she has yet done by the new alliance
which she seeks 1t will be a most lraicrn,l bro
thcrhood, truly!