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

r,, ~. or take
ives {ta ctions Of sosereig
sRaal G5engrsss as Representative of the dif
1erent States, had witddfawh It's sovereignty
asld sgtseE them permission soSte do: Af!ci
sussEa Withdrawal of sovereignty, on the part
of the Congress Of the Uaited States, they
have tiie right, in the plenitrdc Of ajurisdic;
ton thus acquired, to; go to the extent of the
RESOLUTIONS referred to, and to adopt theil
owh laws and constitution. with but enc
qualification, that they should bcrepubliean
air. Calhoun never in any way counte.
nanced the general proposition nsnow contend:
eed for under the doctrine Of Sincipient soye
reignty atssaching to any people, independent
ofshe pre-existing right Of Congress s.i
SIR. Footc. l did notintend, as the homo.
rabie Senator seems to suppose, to charge
that Mr.. Calhoun ever asserted that the PED:
pic Of Z territory had Alright to appropriate
the domain TO themselves, and establish any
government ti!eypleaSed. | merely intend.
cd, By producing Mr. Calhnun's opiniousto
show that the people, forming gorernnient
for themselves, might form sucIlsa goserl-
mentor their own preservation and for their
own welfare as to them might seem best,
consistently with the Constitution Of the
United States. ;s;ss s
Tow, as to The particular question II re-
gard to the manner in which California has
brought about her present organization,
have cautiously yoided saying any thing. I
have always considered that the courseFof
proceedings adopted in California was grossly
informGlSin many respects Yet the late Sem
from South Carolina AIr Calhoun did
the opinion that, ,if Congress thought
ertosaHetion those proceed dinss, IL mi gttIt
uEauestionabla idity to what, has been
! That opinion has been. freq ntEg as
,daby Mrs calhoun sssa az SSSlsii g = q q
r.sBatles.sl shall mot 90 into discussion
,os;ioa perfectly Ihse elligible TO eEeFi
who has heard me- or who may have
Amy remarks. The Proposition Of Mr.:
unwas,: that no people had a pIiz
ilyto make any government for them 1
E5. es, assume to slemseirrs fe attribute j
ss. eose-afsltr until !; the qsoyereig gnty BlicE
II eMsfcd that the soy screisnty J!
q led Mi drawn in thesfornfs:
ssbeTraiSsion granted to them 70 f9f1n i1ss III
stitution for themselves. am not now
pased TO .discpss lie point whether or mott
Calhoun maintained that Congress had al
ltsto waive irregularities. .Mr.sC Calhouns
s:afmana of mental pride, and hesllad toos
eh.of the law of intellect to suffer itstoSbeI
lated bya proposition SO monsrousS Sasaa
ore attributed to, him.. -. .s /: 80
lr., Foote. / have only undertaken tos
.crt what | know to have been the. views of
Calhoun; and I certainly would dehghtss
2 muchas any man in avoiding any mis-E
tement of tllem.& i understood him, in tfies
olution. qdoted; to be- a Fundamentally
nciPlsin our urpolitc,l creed that a people,g
forming q constitution, have the uncondii-E
nal right to form and adopt the governs &
nt,which they, may think; BEST to secureE
irsiberty, prosperity and happiness ands
/, provided this constitution be in conf
mityste the Constitntionsofsth the Uaited6
.tcs--that is to say, republican ilrs its cba;s
- mo one can justifably complain Of II r
s is.thc sane doctrine precisely y, in seme.
more digested form, which, is set forfhE
+. Adams letter. It is. the principle e
:sSS5sstsEisht Of the epeopleto form thor 3