Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1850-08-14

defending her rightszsnd her soil What r:sh'
has President of the United States to call da
the military forces o. the country agailststhc
people of State, actiig in their SoreSe;gaSstatt
capacity2 The actsof Congress passed iMgQ9S5
and 1897 cited ihthe Message, and whichsgiss
power to the Presiderl TO call forth the military
forces of the country ,9.nly empower lin to cxer-
else this authority, when, by combinations toe
powerful to be resisted by the ordinary course o
judicial proceedings, or hy he po'rcr vcstct! in
the Narslals lie c:t tcniion Of the lass Of tie
United States shaIl be Distracted in nay State
Butts there any power here convcyed TO call out
tho military forces whcn an entire sovereign
State obstructs the execution Of the United
States law2 Is not the powcr eonferrcdsrathcr
10 assist Che authort:csoT the individual S:ates to
quell within tllcir own limits an instruction or
rebellion among their Own citizens! The ss.aet o'
Congress of 1885,, y;as intended ao1bsass to
meet the s:;;:Is,:2 I;;gs255croS in Pcnnsy y,yaa,
which was nsassslss s-eeA.---l,aat:an By scmc q
the CITI7::;1 Of tliat Si;e stsst an act oc Con-
grcss. Instead Of the unauthorized resistance .:
private individuals, sRp:9asc tie STATE Of Penn
sylnia, in its sovereign capacity, had risen against
the Federal gorcrnmer', would the President OF
the United States, viii, all his personal popuiari-
ty,haye dared to call forth against that State the
military of the county, 40! such Il coarsc
would have led4a one, 10 q dissolution of the
newly-forlned Union. The lberty-loriag people
Of the States, having just come fcrth ont OF q
long and eoblc strugssp for their independence,
would have .rcvo!ted st sach II course, and Left
the Federal govcrmncnSutterbr destitute Of pow
er. But the great an. good President of the
Union would never harc adopted a course, so
adverse to'the whole spirit and character of our
Republic. Sooner tlial force out the military
powcr'to coerec q soreciga Siats-onc of the
integral members of Ill, conlcdcracy-hc would
have given up thciideSof our FEDERAL REr'@
Lrc: well concluding, tfat no Union Of ths<c
sovereign States were better ilan that which is TO
be maintained. by FORCE. No! the dannaJlc
doctrine Of ofcmploying FEDERAL FoacE against
any. of the sovereign States OF the Union, WAS
unlinowpin the Iapl, or rather was scorac9 and
reIuked, until it was brought forward g5Sthc
hardy and laylegs vii! p :!AeEgoS. and Fo&sht
to be enforced upon Ale public mind. What !!
is q meresAGExr to be showed 10 take up arms
against one or a.numbeN Of his principals for the
purposc5f resisting 4fcs will and thwarting, their
purposcs2 The creature raise its arm of rebel
lion against the cnEArok! Absurd and mpous
doctrine !-dOctrias u;serly fatal to Statc-so"cr-
cignty: utterly subvcrsifc Of all rational liberty
under the Federal constitution!
MIR. FILLMORE is now seeking to revive this
dangerous and desroti principle, in manner as
odious rs the prlr -, despotc. To carry out
the wicked purposes ofa Esnatica majority: in
other words, to CRAFTY TIC ultra sectional feeling
of the Erce-soilefs, hcstlreatcns to wrest from
Texas one Of the sovereign States Of this Union,
large:ro roTttansof her lapful Territory, by bring
ing against her the Militia, and the Army and
Nary Of the United s.es 4: .lliii''.:7 power
is 10 be called out 10 gec no = principles
OF Justice aad koaor, NstS!swould " East afford