Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-08-11

all wise direction Of an overriding Provi-
dence. Perform those duties which arc
present. plain and positive. Respect tho
laws OF your country, uphold our Amcri-
Gun institutions, as far as you are able, con-
sun The Chart and the Compass, keep an
eye on the sun BY day, and on the Con-
stci'a'ions, both ofthe South and the North,
oy night; and always feeling and acting a.
II our united constitutional American Ebcr-
" were, IN somedegrec. committed r,,vopr
ciiarge. keep her. SO far NJ Il depcnis ~
you, clear OF the breakers yVh,,.v.r
iaihnuesyou traverse, on whatever distant
pillows YOU are tossed, let your country re-
tain her hold on your affection, Kce,
her IN your hearts, and lie, your carol 10 her
ever be,
dashed TO the helm
Should seas ovcrwhclni.
III think on thee
am, my trinds, with sincere regard,
your obliged iellow-ctizen and obcdient
servant, DAN'L. WEBSTER.
Mcssrs. VIM. b. Gooch. Elcaxer Nickcr-
son, Jr., Miller w. Nickcrson, and others.
.
"Ofthe right of State to sccedc from
the Union, have never had shadow Of
doubt. That ri ghtis the right of n sover-
eign State--of which a sovereign State
cannot be divested; and the only real qucs.
ton u.s. are the States Of the Union sovcr-
cign States, of which, suppose. no South
ern man will venture to express doubt"
The above is extracted from the letter
OF the Hon. Langdon Chevcs, to the meet
ing, lately held in Charleston Is. Gu by
those who are opposed TO the separate Sc
cession Of that State. Ifby severe gnty be
meant absolute and unqualified political
power, (the only sense in which, it seems
to us, 1t can be applied to Statc.) we tako
occasion ito express u doubt" The
States IN forming tho "Coniedcracy" en-
tered into perpetual covenant, of "Un-
ION, as any one may see, who will read
tho articles Of confederation. In making
this covenant, they agreed to divest them
selves Of certain essential attributes Of SOW
erelgnty, and did accordingly part with
and surrender the right to enter into trca
ties with foreign powers. the right to wage
wars aud make poace,the right 10 maintain
armies and navies, the right to regulate
commerce, the right TO coin money, tho
right to control postal affairs and other
rights. powers and privileges, inseparable
from sovereignty. Can the State which
by Its covenant Of perpetual Union" has
rclinqaished, wholly and forever, all these
| high functions be sovereign
While upon this subject, we give the an
ncxed letter from Mr.. Webster, written in
answer to interrogatorics, from citizen Of
North Carolina
AUGusT LIST. 1851.
Dear SIR; have received Your letter f
the 20ih July.
! The Constitution Of the United S,ntes
recognises no right Of secession, as exist
ing m The people Of any one State or any
number of States. 1t is not limited Con
federation, but Governments; and il PRO
cceds upon the idea that it is to be pcrpetu.
al, Ike other forms Of Government. subject
only TO be dissolved by revolution.
| ! confess can form no iIea Of secession
| but as the result of revolutionary move
mcnt. How Isl possible, for instance.
that South Carolina should sccede and cs-
iabhsh a Government foreign to thar Of
the United States, thus dividing Georgia.
which does not secedc. from tile rest Of
/ the Uuionl
Depend upon il. my dear sr, that the
secession of any one State would be but
the first srepiu process which must in
cvitably break up the entire Union into
more or fewer parts
Whit said at Capon Springs was an
argument addressed to the North, and In
tended TO convince the North that If, by
10 superiority Of numbers. it should de-
feat the operation Of a plain. undoui,,cd.
aud undenuble injunction Of the Constta.
ton, Intended for the special protection of
the South, such proceeding must neccs-
salily end IN the breaking up Of the Gov
crnmcnt--that is to shy in a revolution.
am, dear sir, with respect.
Your obi. scrv't,