The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-01-08

and independent soversigIities, in opposition 20,
or what is the same thug with view to ex-
ercise a control 0reT, the General Government,
your Committee feel Tito be their indispensa-
bic duty 10 protest against measure, Of which
they conceive the tendency TO be so mischiev-
Gus, and 10 recommend to the House, that upon
this, as upon any occasion, on which the gene
raj welfare Of the people IL in question, they adj
here TO their wise and liberal and msgnanimous
principles, by which this State has been hither-
10 50 proudly distinguishes"
The report was accepted, and this disposed Of
the agitation of the question for some years.
But the RADICALS kept busy, and they reapsd
the usual reward Of activity, by increasing large
ly their strength. This caused FORWARD move
among the Lstitudinarians- In the session Of
the South Carolina Legislature Of 1925, the sub
ject Of Internal improvements and Tariff was
again introduced, with a view to State action.
Many leading men, Mr.. Chlhoun's friends, and
among them WERE SEVERAL on THE sIGSEn OF
THE CIRCULAR, resisted this resOlutely, denying
or questioning the right Of a State to remon-
strste. But the special Comm lttee, made re-
ity Of the Latitudinarians, IN which IL was de-
clared, that:
"The powers not designated to the United
States are reserved TO the States respectively or
10 the People.
Among these rights retained TO the people in
this constitution, is the inalienabIe right Of
monstrating against any encroanhments upon
that Constitution by the Congress Of the United
States, or any officer belonging TO, or acting un-
der the General Government.
L ~ 81 L.. I'D md fn.lf
able, but il is the birth-right Of every free
IT BELONGS TO HIM EITHER II HIS INDIVIDUAL or
4 AGGREGATE, HIS PRIVATE on POLITICAL CAPACITY.
To RESTRAIN 1T WHEN RESPECTFULLY EKERcrsED,
WOULD BE TO ESTABLISH THAT oDIoUs DOCTRINE,
OF oS-kEsIsTANcK AND PERFECT OBEDIENCE.
This, then, was the avowed doctrine Of South
Carolina in 1925 It covers the right Of Petit
ton in every form. An6 South Carolina was
the first State to put forth. by deelsratOry reso-
luton, this right as regards home aetion-indeed
80 far as we can learn, she is the only State
which thought it necessary, IN a season of pro-
found peace and domestic prosperity, to affirm
adOctrine admitted at that period by all, to be
fundamental.
This was the first step, in new series of po-
litical acts, and should be remembered, as 1t
bears upon other important questions.
Well, ten years afterwards, and noV, (the
why's and wherefores we shall consider by and
by this same State, and regards leaders, the
very same men, come forward with hot denun-
citation against Senator USDERvooD, Mr.. CLINE
MAN, Mr. CLAY, and all who assert-not that the
prayer of any petition should be granted-but
that the simple rigkttO present IL shall 8. ADMIT
ted. Could a more tyrannical doctrine be
brOachedl w ould the Car Of Russia ask for a
better political cleaver with which to cut off
necks, or cut out tongues, when free notions or
holder thoughts, got into peoples heads, and
found uttersnce among them7 Yet at this me-
ment, so rash, inconsiderate, and wild has been
the heated pro-slavery agitation of the South
so tyrannical its exactions-thst majority in
Congress at this moment vote against the right
Of Petition! Members from free as well as slay.
States, too, desecrate the spirit Of our constitu
ton, sell their "birth right" sacrifice what 10
"inalienabIe" in human liberty, that the per-
petuslsts may be won over, and their political
power secured.
What is the effect upon the North That il
grows more and more resolved in its purpose,
that the people say, in stsrner language every
day, Eve cannot and will not tolerate such abuse
and wrong" that sectional feeling is deepened
and embittered, and the very spirit of our Union
broken up! And what Is the effect upon the
mid-slsve Ststesl What the effect upon such
States as Kentucky Why, tina. the Perpetus-
lists, the ultras of the South fcr.e them to sub
nit to their dIctAtiOn for the tine being! Are
our public men Of the two great parties who
have been 80 often fOIlsd by their trlckery, and
insulted by their power. content ssain to follow
their leadl Will our people Be deceived by their
hollow Pretexts, and led away 10y their ultra
views, when, il their doctrines De- fully carried
cut, poor white laborer, nor honest toiling ar
than, could ever hope to secure the blessings Of
education, or feel the spring Of higher social
progressl Mr.. CuNeMAS Of North Csrolina
has boldly de6ed these ultras, and denounced
their doctrines Our own Just usDERwooD, like
man, has brsvsd them in their strong hold
Let the people sustain these men and tn,
SOuth-the mid-slsve States--sIncs the fire.,
stand by the great doctrine, of our fathers.
There are good many men everywhere whI
say, "0h you lay too much stress on what thes,
perpetualists do, you Overrate their Importance :
We wish it were 20, but we do not. For the las
fourteen years, with some few months exception
they have ruled, or shaped the destiny Of thi
land. Give them the credit they merit. They
are as bold and skilful politicians as the work
ever knew. They have dared and done NOR
than any set Of men, situated as they are, eve
before accomplished. They denounce the PEG
pie Of the North for cunning; yet out-wit them
They decry them for their meanness Of spirit
yet obtain what their interests demand. The,
cry out against free-S:ate tyranny, yet fette
free and slave States as If they were their prout
and insOlent masters. One thorough going poll
tician Of the Southern ultra school IL worth ten
nay tpsnty on the general average, Of the North
ern stamp.