Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-02-07

to receive, entetain, and co1-s
slder and maturely elierateiy 10 de-
clde,u yoIsail sucn Recommendations address:
sed' 10 IL, by either of:lhe Suites u! this u
mon; aud the summary rgeclion Of lne
same, wttnou, beIng4deba.el, printed, or
referred, urany actlon:whauyer had there
on, Would pe insulting Inc l,nor, aud mu.
rlous to the rights and lnleIeIs OF the said
sovereign STATES OF the UlOn.
2.Resolued. That the FEDERAL Govern
meul rs Government oflluhed aud spe-
cihc puwers,-derived froIuthe people of
the, States, thereby coniuteralet aud u
nited aud TO said Goyernneal BY them gran
ted under lhe Conslltuuon;lhal all powers
not delegated TO the said United States,
by the Constitution, nor p.vIibited hy it
TO the States, are reserved to the States
respectively or the people; that, therelore,s
no right 0f any denOinlnalRn can ue cam
ceIled, abridged, restrained or modified py
the Congress, 6y the Senae or House OF
Representatives, acting in any Capacity,
by the President, or any Department or
officer Of the United States excep, in th.'
instances Wherein power ls, given by The
Constitution for those purpoies; that among
other lmprescriptible aud essential righls,
the freedom OF conscience, uf speech, of
the press, and the right nf the people
peacably 10 assemble and to petition
The Government Tor redress OF grie.
vances, are ofthe original aud iauale I'M
muuity Of the SAID people Of the United
States; rights Of theirs moi derived from or 10
he weakened by the cumlnon or any other
positive law of this or any o,her country,
but inherent 10 the said people as peu-
pie. or under the constitutions oflhe sever
al States. by and 10 the said people guar
autied and consecrated foreyer; aud which,
by reason thereof, cannot be cancelled.
abridged. restrained, or mGi6ed, consti-
turionaily, by any OF The United States
whatever, nor in any form oflaw, whelh-
er the same be the act OF the two Houses
OF Congress; or Of either Of lh.m separate
ly. But the same were thus guaranteed in
order to protect Toe citizen against the
buse of power, aud not as tlR means of
assailing the right Of others; and that to
permit one or more states, or tleir ci,izcLs
TO convert them into au ln.truileni, not OF
protection. hut OF assault againi the reser
we'd rights OrInstllutions aud pace Of the
other States or their cIlizens, Or Il lhe Ter
rilories and OF this District audtheir cisir
zens, would be manifest violaiou of the
constitutional compact, gross breach Of
the public faith. tending 10 c,nvert The
brotherly love in which the Constitution
originated into hatred, and It'noJeHectuaf-
ly arrested, must subvert the Uiion-itself;
and that This body owes most aleInn OBJ
legation 10 itself and the people olihe States
which it represents not 10 per'nI itself to
be made all instrument or party attempts
so aagilious and dangerous.
B. RESOLVED, That the peopleIf the U.
STATES did ordain and establish he Con-
stiiution thereof, in order "n form
more perfec, union, establish jusie, insure
domestic tranquility; and 10 se,ure the
blessings of liberty to them and trir pos
reri,y; that to this end, the powersof leas-
la,ion were vested in representative and
deliberatlve assemblies, to wit: alSeuate
appointed by the States, and House of
Representatives chosen by the pople of
the States, that, in the exercise If their
rights, by the said House of Representa-
tives, and the members thereof, there
should be perfect equality and fullscupe,
as far as Is consistent with the plepe-Ssn
ducting the business Of the House, on all
subjects within its constitutional jrisdic.
,on; bur TO permit the members u this
House, under the. pretext Of freedom of de
bate. to convert it INTO a hall to dscuss
questions beyond its jurisdiction. andlo de-
nounce and attack the domestic pttu.
lions of a portion ofIhese STATES, essnlial
to their peace, security, and tranquility.
and The property o. their citizens, essling
before, aud expressly guaranteed bl the
Constitution itself, would be desIrucrIe of
all harmony among The members oI the
body, Incompatible with the dischage Of
its acknowledged duties and deslructas Of T
the great and avowed objects for Nhich
the Constitution, this Union created, and
this House instituted.
4. ResoLred, thereJ0re, mat Inc reslu-
lion of the House Of Representatives a.
dop,ed on the 18th day of December hst,
which provides that every petition, m@o
rial, aud resolution. proposition, or papr,
ofa prescribed class, "shall, on the Ee
thereof, without any further lc-
lion thereon, be laid on the table, wilhgr
being debated. printed, or REFERRED" refs
on great and fundamental principles Of
the Constitution, and on public failh aid
honor, the observance of which is esset
tial 10 the peace, tranquility, and the 4
rurity of the States which compose the cd
fedcracy, AMI the safety and coutinuane
Of the Union; and that this House, in adopI
ing the sad resolution, has but fuI6lled-itlEl.
obligations & duties withonl
any wise infracling the legitimate limits o
The rjoht of DeftiOn the freedo,p ofdeh6tet