Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-02-21

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| Admit, for The present, land have no sort Of
objection that II should be considerably that q
! political conversation was held on the deck Of
steamboat, ard that both Mr. Harrison and Mr.
Bots were present Mr. Harrison himself says
that he herd only tie beginning OF it, and retired
out Of tbs way not TO hear either its progress
or its conclusion. MIR Harrison knows, as lawyer.
that testimony Of this sort would be worthless be-
fore any jury in the country. Indeed. they would
not be permitted To hear D.. So that, far from hay
ing proved the case Mr. Harrison has not in ony
Just Of the term, given evidence tending
20 provo l.. And YET, after the Ipse Of six years
he undertakes to give, from memlry alone, not only
tho effsc', but the general tenor aud course ~ a
| whole argument, OF which he admits that he heard
| only a email mart!
As TO what Judge Birbou's aidti Mr. Harrison. il
is rather TOO much TO call on me to ansWsr his opn
ions thus de'iy;reI at second hand. IN the excited
times referred to there were few men in V,rginil OF
any note who did not hold that State had q right 10
nicrposc IN form other, 10 arrest uncOns'i.
tu'ionil legislation on Tho part Of the Federal Go
vernrent. They differed u tho form Of such
ntcrposion, add they all lgfeed that no'lng short
NJ an cx rom9 case would iusify " m any form.
! Judge Barbour, in common with many other dis
U'guiehcd men, he'd Sat secession vss tho fgbtfpl
7, Tenrdy. ] took, in my mora obscure and limited
sphere, The gfound that Modification the fshtfu'
remedy. wroie sc 'iesof essays under tho signi
tnrs Of "LOckc" 10 prove that utilization wa, not
only jusf j. but was nempl''od Ivy the r-sou.
tons Of 1893 add 1893 mnOnly called M,ds,n's
resolutions and these were the creed OF of State
| rights men AZ thu day. AZ supplement 10 tho
essays Of "Locks." ! wrote Others under l.ie srni
ture Of "N1ricr" 70 prove that 20 re- 10 could not
be the igh'iul romeiY b-causo il rocosslrily hroke
the Union, and tha' nIllihc ton was tn fisiuIi
remedy because IL necessarily preserved the Union
cOn'endsd thlt thcie WIS no power TO force Stnte
out Of The Union against her conscOf, and that sho
hid a fight 10 refuse obedience 70 unconstu ion1l
liws without foffetng her right 70 the bentf s. of
tho Union. This doctrine judge Barbour rcsisci,
aud contendC1 that nullG:'ti0n noccs arily placed
Tho llfying State out Il the Union. I know,
therefore, tpat 10 considered n dlsu1iouisi, pre-
cisely "a considered him one; 30 m feeling. nof
IN wish, nor 10 design, boz fon tire necessary ten.
itncy 81 his princi plsF. ", therefore, any sueh
cfnversafio1 o. is spoken II was ever held az al
Modification was tho doctrine advocated by mo ~
doctrine - which Mr. HMrson o,nno; be made 10
iisen long enough 20 earn what " s. This " ,s
the familiar topic ~ all political circles nt that day
Whit Judgs Brbour himself thought Of mr.. ns
late o. 1910. viii appear from tho short c1,oct
which pubs from a letter fom his nephew, John
9 Brbour, ESQ. In tic following words
Esraef Il ~ bifer ron r y harbour Es7 HE JJ-
| y. UpshHr, dated.
FEDRusnI ~. 1912.
"Anl in Os,obar, i9 10, the las limo saw him.
lodge Bsrbour,) your name became the Fubiect O
lconyeSsnuon with Judge Fold, Judge Barbour. an
myself, az his house, and on that occasion his Ian
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Tho Letter Of judge Tucker Sec SIR crcsor,,s
lenc-.
Ige essiysof Locke and Napier were Published In
TIC Hchmpnd Wing then edited by ~ Plcasants now
senior editor Of The Independent. Aa they now
rad 70 nave adgoeale dluiign lavl.e lin 10 Itpub.b
Iheu IN ma Paper