North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-07-09
STATE RIGHTS.

-: leaders are in the habit of quoting from
the ,..nn,s Proclamation against South Carolina
Gen. with the view of producing the idea In
,,;nd that he was unfavorable in his oPln-
the PuO c,,e sovereignty These leaders are the iast
IONS world who ought to be permitted to refer
nen j" Of" Old Hickory" for their own ben
to the o,nosed reviled and slandered that great
sht ~ d.v. and would have crushed him if they
nan !" -, now. hoping to make little party capital
could and perverting his opinions, they bring
BY wls ard as authority against State Rights, and
h" r. him with as much freedom as if they had
s s1.n his best friends.
been carolina nullifed in 1882, and sought at the
oOo:I o IN remain in the Union. She desired to
san' ,be oDeraion of one law, while she submitted
e'SI to others-in other words, she thought she
o. ,;rbt to 90 out of the Union as to one law, and
in as to the rest, and to enjoy at the same
'' .ho common advantages and benefits of the Con-
u"' luton Gen. Jackson took his stand against this
and not in opposition to State sovereignty.
n''' 18th is. he was State Rights, Jeffersonian
I"' r,;can from his youth up; and he died as he
rrod the champion of the rights of the States.
n0u .Looa Wbiq leaders refer to his Proclamation
~" ,Diuo arguments against the right of secession,
,Ns ,bev we'll know that he explained that Procla-
I';nn and set himself right, soon as he found
he opinions therein advanced had been misin-
VA This fact, however, they careful to
''in hack from the people. We now lay this expla-
before our readers, as we find it appended to
t,4, If the Hon. w. S. Ashe, delivered during
-. I,,e Congress. Mr.. Ashe says:
. Since the delivery of this speech, Ihave had my
called to an editorial article published in the
n ct the date of January 4, 1888, which Purpo:ts
~ On exclamation of President Jackson's procla-
,on. and, las the venerable Mr.. Richie has kindly
r;sbed me with the substance of conversation he
ID With President Jackson, few days previous to
NOV faI departure from the capital, in which CONVEX
;on he informed Mr.. Richie that the article pub
I;hd in the Globe might be considered - Guthen
t pxposition of the principles OF his proclamation,
lv as much so as if ii subscribed with the name
f Andrew Jackson,) can but feel II to be but JUS
;s TO the memory of that illusrious patriot that
few extracts should be attached in this note
EXTRACTS.
uWe understand the meaning of the President to
10 that we live under two distinct, separate, indepen
J,ni and limited governments. One, the State gov
onments respectively, and the other the General
government Each Of these governments has Its
MOVERS which, without usurpatIon on the one side
or the other can come in conflict. If the Cen
oral Government attempts 10 exercise no powers 9TH
ar than those which are plainly delegated, and the
States none which not clearly reserced, there can
never be conflict between them. TO one, the Peo-
nile owe allegiance to the extent of :heir powers DEL
TO the OIneIs 10 Oh
e1s reerred TO it. To both, the allegiance is equal in
decree They may be guilty of treason to the States
sevpraIy and to the United States. If the United
States usurp the rights reserved to the several States
they have the remedy as all other Independent
nations and in addition thereto, tie power OF amend
inc the Constitution, with the of the coStates
and of controlling the Legislation of the General Gov
eminent through the suffrage of their people. Many
are led into error by the theory, that there can be but
one government over the same people. Thus misled.
no Stato cd
menis only as differen, parts of the government
There is an absurdty in the exsteece of two unihH
tied governments the people, but not so of
Eaiied government. The people of the several States
have first taken from their State governments, by
stic,ions in their constitutions, certain powers, which
are vested in other government, but reserved to
themselves. Thus were their governments limited.
They then took from these governments another par
eel of powers, which they vested in the General Gov
eminent created 10 be their depository. Thus were
the Sale governments further Hmited. But the vest
ing OF these powers in another set OF agents. created
unp,her limited gorernmect. These two governments,
embracing different powers and having different OBJ
rcs 10 accomplish, independent of each other
as if they braced different territories. If each
keeps within the limit of his powers, there can be
conflict between them any more than between two
nations, each Of which remains within It's own bord-
But when the General Government marches into
any OF the powers of the States, the States invade
those Of the General Government, then come heart
burnmgs, discontents, contentious and perhaps civil
wars.
so far as relates to the nature of our political
system, the opinion of the President is if under
stand it, that, the ertent Of their righi pOIcers the
State Governments and General Government are
equally sovereign equally independent, much so as
the governments Of different countries. He thinks the
only way to avoid collision is for each to conne it.
self strictly TO its appropriate functions.
"The proclamation asserts he principle which,
IN the opinion of the President, the General Govern
ment founded, and the messages point out its prop
er application. The proclamation asserts that the
General Government possesses certain powers in the
exercise OF which the States have right TO obsruct
or control it; the messages advise the uImos; caution
In the administration of the Government, that it may
not transcend these powers. There is perfect con-
slSency between them"
In addition to the foregoing We copy the following
sound and strong views from Gen. Jackson's Fare
well Address:
But the constitution can not be maintained, nor
he Union preserved, in opposition to public feeling,
" %e mere ererttOn Of the coerctre pOUerS coded to
me general gocernmen The foundations must be laid
10 tne affections of the people in the security itgires
NE hoery character and properly, in every part Of
Me country and In the fraternal attachments which
The citizens of the several States bear to one another,
40 mehoers OF one political famy y, mutually contrib
Jung 10 promote the happiness of each other. Hence
N"e eiulens OF every State should studiously avoid
everything calculated to wound the sensibilIy or Of
% ue Just pride of the people of other States and
ey snouid tIown upon any proceedings within their
own borders likely to disturb the Tranquility of their
POLITICAL brethren in other portions Of the Union In
so extensive as the United States and with
PURSUITS SO varied the internal regulations of the
nn oes must frequently differ from another in
particulars and this difference is unavoid
sDy Increased by the varying principles upon which
Aule,can colonies orig naly planted prin-
t9rs which had taken deep in their social rea
t eo'e the revolution, and therefore, of necessi
iodenauging their policy since they became free and
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