New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-07-01

melancholy example Of the instability Of human
affairs. and ths folly with which selfgovcrnment j.
administered
( do not arroga,e to myself more impartialify.
or greater freedom from party bias, than belong to
! other men but unless deceive myself, think
have reached a time Of life, and am now IN posi-
ton of retirement, from which | can look back
with calmne.., and speak, hope, with candor AMI
Justice. do not intend general contrast between
the two parties 20 their course, doctrines ana
( spirit. That would be too extensive ard labmiou'
an undertaking for this occasion. but purpose 70
specify few recent instances. IN WHICH tsihN,
our political opponents have exhibited spfl' al"
bearing, disorgauizing and dangerous to ne per
manency and stability OF our institutions ana ~,
woke the serious and sober aiiehuOh 70 ''iSi'' " "'
who are here assembled
The first would notice is the manner IN winch
To,,;,ories have been lately admitted a States
/ into the Union. The early and regular practice 81
N, Government was for Congress topas- previous
B " n law authorising Convention regulating the
anpointment Of members to il. specifying the qua-
Gcation of voters &c. In that way most " the
State. were received. Of late, without any pre-
yious sanction OF authority from Congress, several
/ Territories have proceeded Of Themselves 10 can
Conventions. form Constitutions, and demand nd
mission into the Union and they stmited
| do not deny that their population and condition
entitled them to admission; but ! insist that II
should have been done in the regular and estaL-
Eshed mode. In the case Of Michigan, aliens were
allowed to vote as aliens have been allowed 10 be-
come prs-emptioners in the public land' Ans
majority in Congress sanctioned tho proceeding
When foreigners are naturalized and incorporated
"a citizens, in our community they are entitled to
all the privileges, within the limits OF the Consi-
l oh lofo tn G
if necessary they should be protected. at home
and nbrosd-rhe thunder Of our artillery should
roar rs loud and a. efiectuay in their defence, a
| if their birth were upon American soil But
cannot but think it wrong and hazardous, TO allow
aliens who have lust landed upon our shores, vino
have not vet renowned tseir allegiance to oreign
po,entatc., nor sworn fidelity To our constitutions,
with all the influences OF monarchy and anarchy
about them, to participate in our elections, aud at
! feet our Legislation.
| 3 The New-Jerscy Election the great seal Of
the State and the decision of the local authorities
were put aside by the House of Representatives,
and a majority thus secured - the Democratic
party.
3. Notification, which is nothing more nor less
than an assumption by one State to abrogatc with
in its limits a law passed 10y the 90 States in Con
grsss assembled.
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subvert the existing Government, without any au-
ihoriy of law.
B. The refusal of minority in the Legislature
of Tennessee to cooperate with the majority
(ther Constitution requiring the presence o two
thirds of the members) To execute positive ~
jucrion Of the Constitution Of the United States To
appoint two United States Senators. In principle.
that refusal was equivalent to announcing the viii
lingness Of that minority to dissolve the Union For
if 3 or of the &c States to refuse altogether
toclrc Senators dissolution ol the JnionwOG he
the consequence That minority, iorwcck' togeih'
cr and time after time deliberately roiuscdto enter
upon the election. And. If the Union Is not IN tact
dissolved il j. not because the principle involved
would not lead to dissolution, but because - or
IS other States have not like themselves refused
TO perform high constitutional duty. And why
did they refuse Simply because they appre-
nended the election TO the Senate oi political OPP
ponents The seats Of the two Tennessee Senators
IN the United States Senate now vacant, and
Tennessee ha. no voice in that branch OF Con
sress in the general legislation One Of the high
est compliments which | ever received was To
have been appointed, nj IA popular meeting IN en-
ncs.ec one OF her Senators, IN conjunction with
distinguished Senator from South Carolina, with
all the authority that such an appointment could
bestow. ! repeat here an expression ot my ac-
know Clements for the honor, which most am
bit,ousiy resigned when gave up my Dictator
ship and my seat as Kentucky Senator. gen
eral laugh.
g. Then there is reputation, that foul stain
upon the American character, cast chiefly by the
Democrats of Mississippi, and which 1t VIII re-
auirc years to cfacc from our bright escutcheon
7. Tbs supper, given to Executive usurPation',
and the expungng the records OF the Senate OF the
United States.
9. The recent refusal Of State legislatures to
pass laws Ia carry into effect the Act OF Dlstrhu-
ton. An Act of Congress, passed according to
all the forms of the Constitution. after ample DIS
cu,sion and deliberate consideration, and after the
lapse of ten years from the period it was first pro-
posed. Il, is the duty of all TO submit 10 the laws
regularly passed. They may attempt TO get them
repealed they have a right to test their validity
before the Judiciary; but whilst the laws remain
in force unrepealed and without any decision
against their constitutional validity, submission
to them is not merely constitutional and legal,
but moral duty. In this case. it Is true TINT
those who refuse to abide by them only bne
their own noses But it is the principle OF the
refusal to which | call your attention. II mi
nori,v may refuse compliance with one law, WHAT
is To prevent minortlcs from dlsregardins ali
law |. this any thing but modification OF
notification W hat iight nave 'hc Sct'dhtS ..
the people Ohe Legislative bodics) to Withhold
from their masters their assigned quotas oil
great public fund
g. The last, though not the least, instance OF the
manifestation of Reorganization which shall no
lico. is the recent conyulsioa in Rhode Island
That little but gallant and patriotic State had u
| Charter derived from British King, in operation
| between one and two hundred years. There had
been engraited upon it laws and usages, from time
to time, and altogether prac,ical Constitution
sprung up, which carried the State. As one of the