Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1850-06-05

t--r,.s- 80. s-sts -55i.i limits, o: taks
E;..'U. ,stI se,"es ilactioGs Of sO;eGcign'y
u.:il G0ngr:z.. rs representative Of the Dill,
icre3t States, Ind Withdrawn is sovcreiGn: :.
",i:; gtTeE ;,icr! permission - rs do. Ate;
such W!..:,g,s.;.ii o. ,uvcr.irnty on the part
oE the C5aE:ef7 If the Uaited Safes. they
have &c ria. in tie pci."lc Of :, jUsi5(:!c
ten iilis acquired to 20 10 tic extent of tl!e
rasolUtion5 referred TO- and TO adopt t!I,ii
own llw5 and constitution. with but onc
Qualification, i'm: they should be republican
Mr. Calhoun HIS never in any WY counte.
nsared the general proposition now contend.
cd fer. under ;.:c doctrine Of incipient sovc-
reign.r a..,:,2;.iag 20 any people, independent
o;;da p:e-eXis;ing rs;;l; cl Congress.
5ir. Foo.e. ill not intend, as The homo
r2tte Stl:tor SENS 10 Suppose, to charge
Int lir. C.llioTn ever asserted thu: the pao-
pie OF {" territory hid i right 10 appropriate
the domain 10 themselves. and establish any
%ovcw3mc.:. li!cy pleased. merely intend
cd, ~ producing Mr. Ca!houn's opinions, to
SLOW hat lie people. forming government
Tor themselves, iaigilt form such Il g0:ern-
ii.:;. for yi.2ir ow0 p:eSeryation and i1r their
CO.! W-e!t.lre &s TO 'hen might seem best,
con s.2a;ly with Tie Constitution of the
Unitc! Sites.
How:, as TO thc particular question l.. re-
gard TO the manner i'll which C&lforAl. h:;s
brought about her present organization,
haze cautiously a"oiel saying any Thing. l
hGye always considered that the course Of
proceedings adop.Sdin California was grossly
inform | il El:ny respects Yet the Late SEN
from Soul Carolina (1lr. CaIhoun) did
the opinion tha'. if Congress thought
er 10 sanction those proceedings, it m;ga;
uEqucs;ionablc validity 10 what has been
Tint opinion has been frequently as
d ~ .Nr. C..lIioun.
+. EutIer. i shall not go into discussion
.i-..:CcsttsFF- ''a,o Lid doyya !, Gr.i,ic.
,osi ION, perfectly Ineligible to every
wko has heard ne. Or who may have
Amy rcm.ri;>. Tie proposition Of Mr.
lcuri was, that no people had = rishs pgi-.
ily 20 m,.Ee any government for them:
es, or assume 10 themselves rfic attributes!
.oyc-cigatr until the sovereignty which,
eEisted-tiiatai5, the sovereignty col. thcI
led Statcsessras withdrawn in theoform;
apc2n;5EinH gglntel 10 them to form al
stiGu'On for themselves. | am not now:
pHsed TO discuss tic point whether or n0tt
Calhoun maintained that Congress hid nj
.ts.o waive Irregularities. MIR. CalhounS
q man OF mcnta! pride, and he had tooS
eh OF the lsw Of intellect to suffer it to bcs
.otcd By q proposition 50 monstrous ass
Ole attributed 10 him.
ir. Footc. | have only undertaken tos
ert wha; know 10 have been the views ofSs
Calhoun; and certainly would dcightf
much as any man in avoiding any mis- 3
cement Of them. understood him, in thea
oiution quoted, 'Sto be fpndamentals &
!ciplc in our po!itical creed that a people, 3
forming :: constitution, have the uncoadi-g
lal right TO form and adopt the govern. 1:
1t which they may think best to sccures
If Eberi!. prosperity, and happiness; !" ands
{, provided this constitution be in con-s
nity 10 the Constitution of the UnitcdS
.tcs-that is to say. republican in its cha 3
mo one can jls.ifably complain of it. &
is tllc same doctrine precisely, in 4 some-R
more digcStcd form, which is set forth \;
7. Adams letter. 1t is the principle Off
-5>st III syi;ht Of Inc people to form thcirs