Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-08-23
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
A GEoRGIAN's PATRIOTIC SENTIMENTS.

We have read with the greatest interest, IN the
Southern PATRIOT Letter from the Hon. GAR.
NETT ANDREWS, of Washington, Georgia, to an in
vitation to Union Meeting which he was not able
to attend. The following passages especially, had
in the perusal, SO much Of interest for that we
make no apology for placing them before our
readers.
EXTRACTS FROM JUDGE ANDREWS's LETTER.
Ths experience Of the last twelve months having mani
tested to our sdyersares that no direct attack the Union
can succeed they assault under the masked battery
of secession IL by the election of Mcdonald South Caro-
lima can be made believe will be supported by Georgia.
secede she will when her Convention meets Then we
shall be told the rgh, Of secession the issue OF the
paien That by the election Of Mcdonald we pledged our
State to back the seeding State and all who may be unw
ling to take up against The flag OF the Union will be
branded as subs and tories Occasions will be sought to
have Southern blood she'd and then con6scaon snd sill the
machinery Of revolution will be pu. in motion By
calling themselves Unonists drive people % conflict
with our Government.
Let the doctrine of secession be strong its advo
Gates would have it. II is certain that Mr.. Mcdonald, and
she Convention that nominated him, have given their
son for the right of secession the strongest argument that
can be advanced against it, After stating in their third reso
Iuton that each State into the Union BY It's own
sovereign and voluntary act and that therefore this is
union Of consent and Of force they proceed foorhy to
resolve that each State in view Of the voluntary nature Of
the Unon has the right in virtue OF s independence and
sovereignty Of seeding from TIE Unen &C. Il will be
perceived that the right put the ground that coming
into the contract Of Union voluntarily ard by consent there
fore the State has the right disregaFd such contract be-
cause it was BY her free and voluntary consent Il would
seem that if she had been decoyed the Union Fraud
or forced by violence might Offer that why
she should be permitted depart in peace. Before this
nation nor age has been fouEd ignorant savage
any corrupt shameless to assert the right to
avoid bis because twas voluntary and by consent
The lowest gambler in the lowest Partisan hell will because
voluntarily saked part with his last franc andgo into
the street beggsr robbe rather than ubde the Of
Iepudisting bis voluntary deed. The mos; lawess pirate
that raised bloody hand viii be blown to aoh>0 rather
than violate that honor among thieves which compels him
to observe because voluntarily undertaken the rules
and blood.
SO far as Ihave knowledgeof the gentlemen composing
that Convention there is not 0s-and have no doubt is
50 with a-,vAo ,coDH, HIS private relations, assert the
principle ,vhih, by these resolutions, he ,coud are his
State acknowledge Not one, if dishonest, would be SO
silly go and ss be relieved from acontrac
however onerou. not because of fraud violence
cause entered into voluntarily and by consent. And
yet men, who would have the State Disgrace herself by
knowedsng degrading principle, profess to be of such
stainless purity suffer esony of Indignation ct her hu
initiation and degradation in ferbearng force her will
the majority. Let hope escape by any ely bubble
about sovereignty Not ONLY and common
honesty but the law and history Of nations teach that
soseegnes hold themseVesost scrupuousy bound to OBJ
serve their contracts and treaties voluntarily made.
sH by "a government of consent, anaot of fsrce they
ole without power to enforce its laws one in which
the meHnbers do they Please then ii is Gorern-
re because no one no one 60 goUery6 More
over, need Government all snppose do right
and need coercion. But if they The States
the Union by consent, voluntarily rayng the
Constitution Of the United saes that therefore heGenera
Government has power enforce obedience, would, in
addition whatI have already said remark, that the Deca
ration Of Independence declares that Governments derive
their just powers from the consent of the governed Not
that gives power apprehesd however that
those who derde and dioulc the peoep:s of Washnso
Farewell Address, the Declaration of Independence will be
contemplate authority.
.To shorten this letter. well the weapoDs Of tie
gument will pass TIE difficulty of holding State fully
sovereign and independent that sRte treaty.
alliance confederation, coin money! lay any import
port duties imports exports; nor, without the consent
Of Congress- keep troops ships Of min time Of peace
engage In war, eness actually invaded, &C. Whose ci
may be sued in another Jurisdiction, and whose judges
bound by other laws and treaties the supreme 7 Of
the land Iany thing in the constitution laws Of any State
TO the CONTRARY notwithstanding
pied before and take the dsunonss their premises
Admit that the States independent Great Britain
France hpain and that the Constitution nothing mere
than treaty between the high contracting partiee-he
veral North Americas States, united States =
And what then Does follow that tie States bound
by their treaty. England, France, Spain would be by
treaties between themselves And how these latec
ound If England cay to France and Spain, 0cr treaty
has violated BY you and being sovereign and depen-
DENT by virtue of that sovereignty have eight to judge Of
its nfrscton aad the mcdc and of redress will
therefore logger be found by this broken compact Let
her say after the of the Mcdonald Convention, in
their third resolEioo, that by own Conventional deli
bsrated upon and deemned for myself the qaessn of the
ratification or rejection of hat treaty. iha. into it by
nay sueereigR and voiantay and therefore this is
treaty Of consent and Of force Let her proceed after
the Of the fourth receive, to say that each Of n
view of the sountary Of this treaty. has tie right in
of independence and sovereignty, of seeding om
wheneve sovereign capacity shall deermne such
step TO be necessary to eec safety happiness, Snd
of consequence You have authority to attempt by military
force Otherwise the Of soch
reign right Suppose France and Spain believe the Treaty he's
been violated by themselves and that England seeking
preext to abandon seeed from it Suppose. more
they bsse agreed spon power interpret their treaty.
States the supreme Court interpret the Con-
suon, and they propose England to abide the arbra
ent thereof but she in her sovereign will arogtes to de-
eide for herself and dees the arber, well the
Judgment protesting France and Spain. Would France
and SPAIN nay all the word hold her about
sent and the voluntary Of the treaty the neTes sson
and biserest mockey aud her claim Judge fox herself
TO It's inscon, and denying the right the other
tracing parties welt their right enforce its observ-
ance by arms necessary, the mont insurabe arrogance
an arrogance known till these days of modern chvay
and higher laws than constitutions and treaties
but TO parry the absurduy, not to nsoence, of their
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