The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-05-07

Ny opinion u. ih.i 4 resr'v 'lion 81 l'em
70 Withdraw. Il amendments Be no. az
rided on under lie form ~ The Cons lii',
lion within reriain tine. i eOndifs olif4
ratification; thai Il d,es nni make New
York member az The new Union. and
consequently that she could not be re-
esired on that plan. comparis must DC
Ieeiproral-prinripie would not IN SUCH
rase he preserved. The Constitution re
qnirrs an sdnpiion In fOfo and forerer-
ID has been 81 adopted hy ihe other States.
An adoption far limited lime would be
As defective as an adoption of some If ihe
articles only. In short. any condition
whatever must riiisie the ratification.
What The new Congress. by rinne nj the
power 10 admit new States. NAV he able
and disposed 10 do in snrh rase. do not
inquire. rs ] suppose that is moi The ma.
ierial point al present. ] have moi mo-
meni 10 add more than NV frrveni wishes
Tor yonr success and happiness. The
idea Of reserving a right 10 withdraw was
started a, Richmond. and considered rs
conditional ratification. which was itself
abandoned as worse than a rejection.
Yours.
JAMES MADISON. JR.
This shows what were Mr. Madisnn's
opinions. which he expressed strongly and
CLEARLY. There could he no such thing
as conditional raiifralinn-a ratification
provided certain amendments were assent.
ed tn. either before or after. There could
be no such right rssersed. as a right 10
secede. in case their demands we're not &C
ceded 20.
The opponents OF the Constitution and
Of the Union desired an express reserra-
fion of right 10 seceds or icifhdra,r from
The Union, if their amendments were moi
granted. why was il necessary 10 make
such reservation. right never snrren-
dered, as the secessionisis now contend
But The Constitution was ratified mifh-
out The condition. The reservation Of the
right 10 Withdraw or secede ras abandon
ed. The ratification. without the condi-
lion, was a virtual abandonment Of the
claim of right 10 Withdraw from The Union.
For. if that right existed independently
Of The Constitution. why propose the con-
diiion. 10 secure or reserve IL!
How emphatic is The language Of Mr..
Madison, that reservation Of right 10
Withdraw. i " conditional ratification"
under which New York ,oould NOT be-
come member Of the Union. There
would be no reciprocity in such CON-
pact. .The Constitution requires an
adoption N ToTo and FOREVER" The
oiEer States had so adopted IL; New Yorl
must so adopt il. "The idea Of reserv
ing right 10 Withdraw from The Union
,ras started al Richmond. and consider
ed as conditional ratification. whicl
fras Itself ABANDONED AS WORSE THAN
REJECTION"
4 How completely this scaliers TO ih
winds this absurd doctrine Of Secession
which is pretended 10 be derived fror
Virginia, where u was abandoned" an
; from MIR. Madison, who then and alter
wards condemned IL
Mr.. Matlison's language in anoihe
place. was sought 10 be tortured in on
State Legislature into The assertion Of
right to secede. And those who cite
his great name protested entire relianr
on him as a faithful expnnnder of lh
Constitution. Will they now Withdraw
the compliments they lavished on hin,
or will they admit The force Of his clear
unmi<lakeahle. unanswerable language i
The above letter!
| In Virginia and South Carolina II
fashionable 10 assert, that the right Of Sc
cession is "heyond dispute" Il. doe
seem TO have been SO IN 1888. and W
think these developments make il equal,