The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-08-12

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proving il unnecessary; and hsnss, TO, the righ
Of secession obviously resulting AZ a munimen
Of compact to which the States were parties, and
so effective shield against political oppression
has always been cherished and maintained by the
State-rght's men of the South, Inclusive, Of
course, Of the muiiifsrs, as the South birth-rgh
and its safeguard. So thoroughly convinced am
that the right secession is conclusive and newt
able corolary from the compact which created this
onion cf Republics, that very much doubt, il the
right would ever have been questioned, had il not
been amazingly mystiied and COMPOUNDED with
the points and assumptions peculiar and pertain-
ing to the remedy of State notification. Such
being the antecedents, the right Of secesson rails
ing questions Of the first impression, such as had
never been decided, never deliberated on, never
discussed, and had never arisen, involving the pro-
foundest principles Of public law and the Federal
Constitution; and consequences, it may be, of the
highest moment to the happiness and tranquility
of our common country; can hardly express
the surprise and deep concern il has given US
Southerners, to have noticed in the columns of
one of the official organs of the Administration,
(he Republic,) day by day for many days, flip
pant homilies against the right Of secession, and
significant Of differences, that its assertion and ex-
ercise by sovereign State, would be resisted and
put down by the military power Of this Govern
ment! But for the commanding position of this
Journal, should Of course have treated doctrines
and menaccs SO jejune and premature these
with entire indifference; but finding them there,
and so ohen repeated, and satisfied that no gan
of the Government would thus have ventured to
have given to the world clue to its highest and
gravest policy ofState, without an express author-
ty; tits impossible not to regard them as oracuar
revealings Of the foregone Judgments and purposes
of your Excelency 3 Administration, and as such
they become the legitimate topics of public exam
nation and criticism; and the menacing limitations
in your Excellency's recent message to the two
Houses upon the pending boundary issues be-
tween Texas and New Mexico, amply confirm
all the Delphic disclosures which the Republic
has made
In all Christendom there never has been form
of government which provided in its own Const-
tuition, through express authorization I; for it's
own dissolution nor yet one, in which the rights
to put an end to it did not reside sonlechere. Our
own Ionsu'u''on furnishes striking instances ana
'usfa'iohs OF each OF these post"iatd' anu one OF
them was out recently ana most impos'nsiy
brought to public attention in the Congress OF the
United States. At an early day of the present
sess,, ,,.,;,;ons Co.., oa.,a;n o,,.Io,. - pann-
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ASSIGNED for doing az were thai the Constitution
conferred M nower on convress 70 a;s,olv. tho
Union. or 10 take anv sten in anv manner nrov;d.
dino ,berefor. and i, ;s ceor ,h.,;, doe.
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States are resered to the States respectively, or to
the people,
Now what reserrfd powers are these' They
are not Federal powers man'iesiiy Existing only
IN Jaeuy; they are but the creatures or the organ
&c law ana all that were created were conferred
on and vested IN this Government by the Consti.
tuition, and took effect pa'i passu with il March
4, I7S9. The reserved powers, then, not being
Federal or United powers, are State powers
whether pertaining to the Governments rpeople
ofthe States) existing but in seperaiiy, and to be
exercised, when exercised at all, by the States,
each Itself and for itself, and for none other and
not otherwise. IL results that us the power OF
dssovihs the onion resides IN the STATES several
" ana not conJointy' so no one or them can dis