Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1837-01-16
TWcnty-touith Congress.
SECOND SESSION.

| WEDNESDAY. JANUARY L.
| IN THE SrNArE.-Fur AhemGkS QrrsfuS-
! CounsG or rnE ANsHcnisrs.--Th disorgani-
ing doctrines Of Mcs,fs. Dallas, wilkins
&c, may now be SAID to be fairly on the floor
! Of the Senate. under the patronage of Il large
number ol the leading friends Of the adm N,
tfllon. On Yesterday, after Mr. Ewing. OF
! Ohio, had concluded his argument III oppoel-
ton 10 the pEeamhle of lhe bill Tor the adms
sion ol Michigan into the Union, Air Bucban-
an came out aud proclaimed the teYolutona
" doctrines 81 Mr.. Dallas IN their FIJI extent
doctrines which have 4 direct tendency 10 under
mine the foundations of society, To snbvert the
! Governments of the States and To concentrate
all power into the hands Of the Federal Coy
eminent. lie maintained. as We understand
! him. that the conventions OF primary assemblies
! ut the people, convened III any manner, without
the aulhenty OF law or constitution, could right
! fully annul all charters and interpretations what
! st eVer-fe-or.anl2c or disufganl1c the forms OF
/ Government at their willard that the eon>litu
ton oil the United States would support them
! IN it. These are moi the words but the sub
stauee Of his argument, as far as we could com
prehend lis distractions. lie maintained that
charter, were not contracts, and mlaht he re
|pealed OF aunulird NJ pleasure, even by the or
! binary Legislature, without the Intervention of
courts or juflcs He applied these doctrines
! 10 the case under consideration, aud argued that
Congress ought 10 recognize the acts at the last
caucus IN Mlrhlgan-eompo,cd of men with
cut any known constituency, assembled against
law, aud totally without the ordinary form even
Of town meetng-as the voice of the people
~ moSSe paramount to The constitution of the
State: the laws ol the State and the ordinances
Of a convention Of the people lawfully constitu
ted and convened
1t Is impossible to foresce to what eNccsscs
these people mean To sc, though any man Of
common perception must see that such doctrines
are traught with incalculable evils. They
were exposed in their naked aud most tflghtiu
detormllv ~ MI Preston, IN speech ot great
force and cloluence. by putting the most APP
posite eases, be held up the opinion, of the Sc
major from Prunsy wanna IN lights 50 rldcu-
lnus nrepo,lerou. and absurd, thai we could
hardly venture 10 lock in the face al the latter
! from the mere force of our sympetbles But II
seems he did not feel for himself. There are
heads and hearts which neither argument nor
appeal will ever reach.
Mr.. Buchanan was supported by Mr.. Ben
ton, whose remarks we eInnot for ,ell-respect,
attempt TO report. They were in the usual
style of that speaker: swollen swashy, and su-
pcrclions, aboundlugn fiction and lanlarouade !;
pouring on. as Moore said OF the arch traitor
Of Ireland, d" in one week, Washy, everlasting
Hood
Nj Strange replied 10 Mr.. Preston, and OK
planned his remarks of the day before. which
had been misunderstood. We regretted to see
him. thus early in his political carcer man
taiuinr to some extent. the wild theories OF Mr..
Buchanan. lie was succeeded by Mr. Morris
who offered an amendment TO the preamble Of
The bill, the object OF which was To spread upon
the records oi The country the whole facts Of the
case as they were brought before the Senate
He spoke al length ia support o the amend
mont, and with great warmth and energy, de
eiarinL his conviction that The institutions Of
the country Wore III danger, and that he should
regard the passage of the bill, Ia lis present
form, as driving the last mad III The collin Of
State rights
TmH-DAy, JAvr,m 3
II TIE SESArf-MwnIGtN erGsnoN.-The
debate on the ADM sion OF Michigan was re-
sumed On Yesterday with increased interest
Mr. Morris. who had the floor concluded his
remarks. and Wa succeeded by Mir. Blyard on
the same side. We believe II va, the first
0me that the Senator from Delaware had adj
dres >ed the Senate, and from this circumstance
is well as from the power 81 his argument, cN-
cited general attention Ills speech was dis
tnru >hed bV It's clear and lorclble views d the
doctrine of State rights. One remark, which
he repeated with peculiar emphasis, deserves 10
be written IN letters of gold aud hung up in the
house of every man IN this Union. Sir" said
he, speaking of thu charter OF our institutions
the great radical difference between The
Government of the United States, and the
Governmental the States, Is this the Federal
Government has no powers but those that are
expressly granted BY The constitution the
States have all powers that are not express
" prohibited by that instrument" Ihls IS the
true Jrlersonian republican doctrine OF the con
sttuliun and we thank God thai ii II notyet en-
tirclY repudiated. We rejoice to see il again
coming into credit, 1t Is the doctrine OF liber