The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-02-03

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poss The var which ~ believed unjust and dis
sstrous, until time elsPssd for opposition to
gather force and number from other quarters,
and then he began 70 write lOpg articles against
It, And yet this IL the man who, unwilling and
afraid to risk his own Or his papers popularity
on this question, now mas the hardihood to assail
the man who sacrificed the most brilliant pros
poets for the Presidency, and stood alone against
the war on the day Of It's declaration.
Mr. CALHOUN foresaw the consequence of
wrestling territory from Mexico He dc Jared
that Mexico was to us forbid len fruit, and that
ON the day that we eat thereof we should surely
die. He foresaw what 10 now the consequence.
And even after the war had been prosecuted
several months, he requested US, as we remained
in Washington after Congress adjourned, to urge
on the Cabinet the policy OF making peace with
Mexico, AMI ofaccepting the territory Of Caifor-
MIA down to SO. 3O--which he said might be
conceded to the North, and thereby territorial
dispute between the North and South would be
avoided. Such was tho advice Of Mr.. CAL
HOpS--he who is accused as the author and in
stigator Of agitation--and the lover of dsunion.
We complied. We called on leading member
Of the Cabinet, and pressed this policy upon
him. lie rejected it.
The lnteliigenoer refers to the Southern Ad-
dress, written by Mr. CALHOUN, aud to one of
its heads, and intimutes, without daring to as
scrt, that il complained of Northern monopoly
Of Federal hcnors and answers this, its own
unfounded imputation, by stating that of ten
Presidents elected by the people, seven have
been Southern born and bred, The Intelligent
Ger also i.nputes to some South Carolina men
Of eminence the same complaint. We have
never seen it. The Inteligencer shows that
twenty-five South Carolina men have been APP
pointed to high Office under The Federal Govern
ment, and only two from Vermont, State Of
more white population This is very common
argument Of the Abolitonlsts, and is easily an
swered. The country has always BEEN divided
between two great national parties, and the
South has generally belonged to the successful
one, and constituted minority Of it. Hence, if
she received her share Of the party honors, it
would be much more than sectional share
As for Vermont, she has generally been in the
minority, and her party, when in power, has over
looked her--so much indeed, that General JACK
SON, who never got her vote, gave her, it seems,
the highest Office she has received.
But it is no new thing fns . weak and OPP
pressed section to obtain more than her share of
individual honors. Ireland has this very for
tune. She always has in the British govern
ment more than her share Of public offices. The
reason Is obvious. It is only necessary for emf
ncnt men Of the weaker I'D oppressed section
to join the powerful party in order to obtain
public honors.
The Infeitigencer accuses the people of South
Carolina of being in entire subjugation" to a
few whose descent alliances, responsibility in
private life and wealth." enable them to look
down opposition to their plans"--and to per
vert the pulpit and the press
Now, the people Of South Carolina must be
very queer people. Every white man among
them has the same vote MS the greatest--and az
for descent, unless some of them are descended
from superior race, we suppose that they are
born of parents very much like other people
But the Ialeliigencer was compelled to . y some
thing against the people of South Carolina, and
found it very difficult what to say. For they
are a people rather remarkable for their unity of
co. ord. for ;rf. Co..
ton from vice. paupersm and crime. The
unanimous protest Of such PEOPLE against this
Government, is most remarkable event, and
very much to its disparagement.
The Inteiligencer, however, proceeds to threaten
them with the punishment for treason, and says
that the authority Of their own State cannot be
pleaded in bar to such charge. A great many
quotations are made from Montesquieu and the
Federallst In support Of this proposition, the
pertnency of which we have not been able to
discover.
But Chief Justice MARSHALL is quoted in sup
port Of the doctrine, that this Government is
supreme within the sphere Of its own powers
Granted. State Government, il results, must
be supreme within its powers. and who or
which shall decide. Laws made ain pursuance
Of the Constitution" are supreme--but for the
same reason, those not in pursuance, but in vio-
Iation Of 1t are not Supreme. 1t is true, Mr.
MADISON has said in the Federnlist, which is not
quoted, that the Supreme Court is the Judge Of
the boundary Of jurisdiction between the State
and Federal Courts, but the Constitution has
not said so. Mr.. MADISON, however, has said
something which looks very much like secession
For instance, in No. &C.
"Eithcr the mode in which the Federal Gov
eminent is to be constructed, will render it suf-
GENTLY dependent on the people, or it will not.
On the first superstition, it will be restrained by
That dependence from forming schemes obnox-
ous to their constituents. Ga the other sup
position, it will not possess the confidence Of
the people, md its schemes NJ usurpafion will be
easily defeated by the STATE Governments; ,chich
riH be supported by the people"