The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1850-09-07

proclamation may have been. yet you will
not find there :he assumption of any such
authority as now claitned by the executive
of the country. What were the circum
stances which elicitated that proclamatlons
The sovereign people o. Sorth Carolina,
regularly assembled in con:cntioh. not ohfy
declared the laws of the United States null
and void, but adopted the necessary meas
ures to resist their eSec'stio1n among
these measures was one eff.cting total
obstruction of the judicial authority OF the
United States. These heavy pains and
penalties were 70 be enforced against all o!
her citizens who might assist in the execu-
tien Of the judicial process. This was the
attitude which the sovereign State Of South
Carolina occupied, and it was under the
heavy sense of danger then threatening
our Government, then Andrew jackson
issued his proclamation. Sir, is there any,
even tire faintest, resemblance between the
circumstances of that momentous period
and those which now surround us9 Has
the State 81 Texas attempted to obstruct
the judicial process Of the United States,
or to arrest the execution Of any Of its
laws? No, sir; the President himself in
forms US that she is but engaged in the es-
tablslnent OF civil government. She -
really and actually making an effort to ex-
ccute an existing law-the law Of amnexa-
ton and if tire Infringement Of any right of
the United States should be involved, she
has refused no submission to the judicial
authority. No. sir;it is the President who
has taken this steP-it is the President or
whom the responsibility must rest 0f avoid
ing judicial progress. The Presidents
casus beM will illustrate the truth Of
this charge. lie has declared that If the
State Of Texas shall attempt to punish any
of those citizens of New Mexico who have
resisted the establishment Of her civil gov
ernment, he will employ the military au-
thority Of the United States to prevent it.
Now, sirj this punishment is conte ntempFated
to be legal, to be a judicial puuishin ent
and we all must be aware, that if any civil
law, or any treaty stipulations should be
violated in the process Of trial at law, a
clear, ready, and unequvocaI redress can
be obtained at the hands of the Supreme
Federal Court, either by appeal or writ of
error. 1t is this judicial determination by
the Supreme Court which the President,
by the use of military authority, would pre-
vent.-What was General Jackson's deep
solitude to sustain and uphold, it is the Pre-
sidents policy to intercept and Illustrate.
But, MIR Chairman. let US compare the
conduct of President Jackson and Presi-
dent Fillmore little further. The for
mer, in tire pressing emergency stated, ex-
pressly refused to use the military author
ity during the session of Congress, and
| respectfully invites Congress to invest him
with that power. President Fillmore, un-
der the operation Of the same law, not only
claims the legal right and declares his de-
termination to use. the military authority
while Congress is in session, and at the
very time Congress is engaged i'll an earn
est effort to remove the difficulty. ''t0 pour
the oil Of peace upon the troubled waters"
The conduct Of the former is a high and
| noble illustration Of warrior statesman,
who, most deeply impressed with the dan
gers of the crisis, threw himself upon the
wisdom of Congress for counsel and advice.
! The latter, blind as it were to the conse-
quences of intestine war, invites not the
action of Congress-awaits not its action.
but boldly declares his determination to
pursue the dictates Of his own judgement
at all hazards--at all risks. Indeed, we
have failed upon evil times; on every side
the lowering clouds most fcarfully betoken
the pcrils Of the crisis. The most cool and
and consummate prudence is required on
our part to preserve the noble vessel OF
State from destruction. Its destiny
is in our hands, and. as patriot states
men, let US lay aside all pickering, all
sectional stete, and approach the great
work with determination to .lo our duty
-ourwhole duty. H~t
THE PREsIDeNcY-A Toi,fnfeer.-Capt
| Alden Partridge, SO well known foe his
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