The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1845-03-07
From the Richmond Enquirer, March 5.
COMMEND THE POISONED CHALICE TO
THEIR OWN LIPS

THEIR OWN LIPS
The people of Virginia will remember, among the
other numerous shameless humbugs of the Wings,
during the last Presidential Campaign the Disunion
Humbtg. They attempted to ring a. many changes
upon ii as the SIX bell-rngeTs, with their AZ bells.
They attempted to intimidate the people with their
panic notes, that South Carolina was bent upon the
dissolution Of the Union--that the Republicans of
the South were embarked in the same conspiracy
that Colonel Polk was the selected leader of the ra-
toIsand that his election would seal the fate of the
Union The Republicans not only denied these allie.
cations, but they pointed to the threats of John O.
Adams q Co., TO the resolutions of Massachusetts
and Vermont, and to the menaciDg movements of the
Abolilionlsts and the Wings, the evidences of a
more decided anti Union feeling, the other side of
the House-aganst all these open manifestations he
humbuggng Wings had politically closed their very
vlgllant eyes. Well-and how stands the case now
Colonel Polk is elected and was Yesterday installed
into Office, as President of the United States-and
still the Union stands firmly upon its basis Not a
blow has been aimed at its foundation BY sinple
Democrat The whole humbug is exposed, to the
ridicue of mankind, far relates to us but how
IL 1t with the Wings Since the election Massachu-
sets has again acted issued her bull against the
Union: and it remains to be seen-ls, W hat she
will do to carry out her threats and 2dlv what the
humbugging Wings of Virginia will saw either to the
threat or to the execution if the Dsunions,s of Mas
sachusetts should be rash enough to make the exper
from Massachusetts,, what she is about to do Mean
tme we lay before readers the following scath.
ing article from that capital Journal the " Boston
Morning Post, of Thursday Ias--the very day on
which the Texas Resolutions passed the Senate of
the United States:
"THE TEXAS RESOLVES: ANCIENT AND
MODERN FEDERALISM.
Resolved, That there has hitherto been no pre-
cedent OF an admission of foreign State or foreign
Territory into the Union by legislation. And as the
powers of legislation granted in the Constitution of
The United States, to Congress- do not embrace
case of the admission of foreign State or foreign
Territory, by legislation into the Union, SUCH AN
ACT OF ADMISSION WILL HAVE NO BIND.
ING FORCE WHATEVER ON THE PEOPL e
OF MASSACHU SET 49,"
"Words are said to be things. The Wing MAORI
ty Of the Massachusetts Legislature have soIemnly
resolved, that if Congress pass act admitting Tex
as into this Union, such an act TWILL HAVE NO BIND
NC FORCE WHATEVER ON THE PEOPLE OF MAssAcsu.
SETS" This language is either trlfDg or il Is dys
organizing. But first, 1t is not to be supposed that
the men who compose the majority of this LegisIa-
lure would pass series of resolves 10 merely triBs
with Their time or with the money of the people. If
not trhing, then, secondly these legislators have
here done what they could, and all thew could IN
raise spirit of opposition TO government that here.
after, may not "down at their bddingn Here the
legally constituted authorities of n,
deliberately and solemnly declared that if the sim-
larry constituted legal authorities of the Union shall
enact a certain law, this law "will have no binding
force whatever on the people, What does this
mean
"Doe' it mean that the people of Massachusetts.
acting in their inherent right, shall throw off the
Federal Government In other words, do what the
Declaration Of Independence declares peopIe have
a right to do That they have a right TO alter and
abolish government whenever and wherever they
please, vs. unquestonsbly, the doctrine of the ,eyou
ton. IL the Legislature mean TO take this ground
or in other words, to plant themselves on the great
national right of revolution then another question
comes up, whether the causes are sufficient TO Justify
such movement. Bot this ground is disclained by
the Wing party. While its very movement appears
upon its face 10 have been designed to effect disc
luton Of the Union, still repudiates such an inten
ton Is The disclaimer only made until the Leaders
think the pear shall be ripe
But take the words as they stand and what do
they mean They invite the people Of Massachusetts
to resist law Of Congress, Here, men, pfiding
themselves On their conservative principles-nen
who have law and order sternslly upon their lips