Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-02-13

airy Of South Cafol,na, upon the patien,
and long fofbeariog people Of Ms'sachn.
,et,. The declaration, after abiding to
the time Us year') which, hn, in,ervencd
,nee the commencement, Of those acts Of o.
gres.ion-s showing their peculiarly agrsva.
ted character, and giving n long aud faith.
ful history Of the peacetulihoueh strong re.
ronsrasccs ofMassachu. TO acts--whieh
the protest asserts, are far more aggravated
and more arbitrary, than any found IN the
long list Oforprcs' ons c gcd the Dec
I,ralon Of Independence, against the moth
r. coun,ry-coneIudes with the following
language
And now upon a review Of all tho pro.
coodings OF Massachusetts, she challenges
the world to show that she has done nny
nc, IN connection with this subject, which
}, was not her Indispensable duty TO her
citizens 10 do for their protection or which
any state has n Just right TO complain OF her
Tor dong Neither hns there been void
placed npon her Statute book, which she
! has occasion to regret Her remons,fance
/ has been grave, respectful, reasonable. Her
measures have been moderate strlctIy law.
, ful, conc ilia,ory. IN n spirit OF truth and
peace Questions like this must go into the
history o The ngcthcv must be finally tried
by a Standard which the passions OF mo.
ment, however potent, will never renrh.-
Let poacrlty decide whether South Caro-.
lima will be eotlIleJ, withany justice, 10 say
thus much.
There IS, however, above and beyond
all these considerations heretofore presented,
one TO which Massachusetts, now earnestly
lnvokes the attention OF her sister States
The compact formed between tn EN- nil, By
the federal Constitution, is the living and
shneing t. siimony Of the nnce nth ccltury
to the truth of the theory OF liberty with
law. She adjures them no, TO favor any
course Of action which must ultimately
show ii 4 solemn lie. She ndjures them
not 10 permit case of injury to the rights
Of the people Of any State to fud no consti
luional mode OF redress whotsocves | one Of
the States constituting this Union. assume to
place herscIfin hostile attitude to Cit.
zens Of any other; if she refuses to listen to
respectful remonstrance, long and patiently
continued If she denies he authority over
her Of clear stipulations in the contract 10
which she voluntarily consented if she
set. herself tevond the reachoftribunals spe.
clally appointed 10 decide upon the con,ro
versie, between The states il she treats
with insult md con,u mely the bearer of
simple proposal to promote an adjudication
oil the dispute and ifshe ,hreatenes with the
terror, oftEe law all persons who seek to
repeat ii hereafter, then it is plain that so
far as that State Is concerned, the onerous
condition Of the Constitution have no longer
any binding power over her. The Con.
gress Of the Uuned States have tolerated
the doctrine in official form tina, "they have
no means Of ntiorIlng relief" and that the
States which enacted them are only compc
tent to strike those laws from her statute
book" and the arm Of federal judiciary hav-
ing been paralizcd, in this instance, within
the territory Of South Carolina, 1t appears
il the general government contrary 10 It's OBJ /
vious duty. and TO the neglect ofrlghts guar. !
anlccd by the constitution, should continue
10 sustain the position assumed that Mass n.
and every other State aggrieved .
will be deniedanyremcdy unI' SIS il lie by ,n,
throwing back upon the original lnher IS
rights Of her ctlzons 10 defend themsclv
II becomes, then, a solemn question to d
eide, whether South Carolina, which has
vllfnlIy and deliberately defeated Massachu.
scus Of the leCis lai:ve use Of one Of the pro.
visions Of the compact, Designed to yield to
be citizens OF the latter the protection n.
gains, wrong which they have a right 10
lemnnd, has not Voluntarily forfeited all ii.
lie TO insist upon the execution, by the Cit
,ens Of Massachusetts, of those other provs.
ons by which she peculiarly benefits p
Massac husetls reserves her decision upon
his point Her obligations to the remain.
ug States, and her duties 10 herself forbid
Ter rlskug, by any hasly step, the hazard
II still greater evils than those which she
icsires 10 remedy She chccrfully nc.
inow Lodges that patience under the innIc-
ION oi,hs gross and garng wrong, is her
present duty not towards South Carolina.
,uI towards the pacific States But the same
iu'y lmpoIs hcr,n the most impressive form,
o record her PROTEST against the commiss-
on ofihat wrong She will follow no es.
ample Of violence that may be set to her -
But If the assumptions, forthe moment sue.
essfulIy made by South Carolina IN this
Instance, should be repeated and other states.
leluded by her example, should insis, upon
he exccutiotof all the conditions Of the 4,
Constitution advantageous to themselves.
while they refuse to comply with the less
avorable ones, it is scarcely necessary hr
Massachusetts to repeat the predictions Of
he leran'd ,juri't, of South Carolina, that
retaliation will follow" and I'll the other
md worse evils that GENE in its train
The most admirable form OF government