The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-12-11


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sfe 90 bea etasal goxafnmen snd
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ea treason aeeias slle geuefsl goystn.asn
nefei alean of treasoa sei she eo
FAoT q gie DOMESTIC ~ Allegiance
TIE stpge Ilie organ aid sses llislr loy
Y % Is Union. Is ~ idea they aot coinpre
hend The Sovereignty &c tie Fofnse being eelips-
icd BY what tasy seem - think lie divine legiti-
macy Of Tie latter Their reason dethfoned
~ the potent magic ofthe phrase We sper
lpie'' without ever ihiaking What ne people ald
Or how they did i, a the formation q SIS Ia
lion The phgase supreme Jaw hell naflss
linthe Constitution tie integrity and entife1y Of
Fan laws passed ia accordance viii il grants,
carnes 70 their minis nothing but The terrific
Ethnnders If unlnitia gated and hopelcss absolu-
tism Because the la0sof the general govern
ment operate directly upon individuals, instead
oi States they conceive ihaffhe latter are there's
by ignored 81 hen ID truth Nc AIadison assigned
Us oils 8 es 8 ny rs 81 Ven ID
tue general government IFS legitimate ends be
ing subserpedn his operation nponsindi vitlu-
ais. Such me some u the innunerable absurd
errors 81 those anfeged exponnders, whose
shallow dfaflsa a The Pierian Spring are Just
snfTieient into The brain and whom tie
ignorant use of tie simple terms IF MI Web
sters speeches, Jump at once to tile bold coneIa-
sions of thar gifted man. OF course We arenot
so presumptuous as to include inthis strain of
remark those veteran statesmen of the eonsoIia-
ton school, whose views are enforced b. elo-
quenee, reasop and learning, and Who ENJOY q
deserved distinction for their age, wisdom aud
services. Il IS That verdant set WHO ''rpsl IN,
where angels fear fotread' that speak Of and
who snbiugatcd By sound o. supplied by .
phrase. look upon such fnenas Calhoun, Befrien.
and cheyes as a set Of tfaitors as welfas fools.
1t has been lief. for these young political ''ar-
tistes''t caricature Webster, Clay and such great
men by a Sound anaftlry signifying nothing
of such phrasesas treason, ferolntioa, coasructirs
dissolution &c. and the questions we propose to
put, refer TO this last plfse. Being too blind to
discover the wide distinction between the pos
session ola right, and the inlprobobifty gifts
abusive exercise, they prate Chilly about the
fright Of secession" beinga Constructive dsso-
Iuton.n This is a very pretty bubble bur III Us
touch it.
If the possession of right implies--ie use
their term-the Sconstructiye' effects az its ex-
ereise, are they not quoad hoe the constructive
vassals Of despot, because they have the right
to emigrate to Russia, and become if they please
'serf of the soil, is It probable they willex-
ercise this right Whether they ought is anoth-
er question.
| Again, are they not upon their sonorous logic
CONSTRUCTIVE lunalics, because they have the
right to pen aud talk nonsenee-speh for in
stance as that we are critieising- is proba-
BILE they will land III an asylum! Whether they
ought, is also another question. AS ridiculous
as it seems this is the Legitimate result Their
| logic. and the eases might be multiplied indef-
nitely, and still more ludcrousy, making them
a constructive set ofhalt, lame, blind and naked
savages sThe "rcdpctio al absugdiqD could be5ap-
piled with equal success to all their ingling no.
tiops. These glaring absurdities al result from
the want Of greater attention fotle Fundamental
laws 81 se-iaterest and Association in.he faElna.
non and pTesery ation 81 both society and goYern-
nleni and Al. undue regard Q the merely plassi-
calforce of law. The truth Is ahas both rs IL.
CARDS individuals and nations az ighls are re.
strained except those. the exercise Of which
might injure others and should & be answered
here that anact Of secession would produce thi.
result, we simply answer that it would assume
an international question. as between ioreigl
aud antagonistic powers The silent voice Q
the selfish and social tic furnishes security lo
peace and orderwhieh neither the terrors Of law
: when these securities are broken up by oppscs
: sion or encroachnent. neither lie fear of nun
: ishment nor the fear Of death restraints the san
culinary violence OF revolution. Tint 90 srn
ment whose organic form and pure adm nistra
ton gives the great law we speak ofs tie tlles
scope. is the best government, not only Il 81
| sense Of durability Oh account of he dor
: Eenioyed and affection INSPIRED, but also d
: Enational prosperity which Is promoted s. Is
: unsIfsckele industry and enterprse pronlpse
lby individual interest. Hence i i
: best government which governs least HI
! Tie evils oi France may BE traced e yolatio
& OF these gfeaI laws which mus consti i.
basis Of all governments AZ haa eopl
: want from 90 YeFnnenl he protection Il llfl
liberty and pfopeFsy Aaad oIeel
and Whenever assumes e domofe. aF
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