The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-01-08

. rtBIt the rDRsrRI ni See '''arr ,'gsrs.
o. "a lhrir mb7i splellu ,sisi ..1tt,1ie, aus
Asand tie lil,egl.c- anal happlne,, al
else Inslii0as composing this nioa. rs,r
n"a ae aeknoa lodged. Susa aRthnrits
= believed II b. utterly gsIusnani
'.s,'A II the principle. up,a nhish lie
general snrerntaeni j. constituted. anil
l. ~ obleeis which Il was expressly
ioFsa-sl II attain.
/" Asainsf al set. Which max b. A.
lodged 10 transcend the constitutional
ppMer II government. o. which NAV be
announcement nr oppressive in their up
erafinn. thr constitution itself hss pre-
seribed tie made If redress. Ii i The
ackn"W le.lsrd attribute IL free Insfiia-
lion, i'.a'. under them, the empire ni
reason aad l4w i substituted far thu
prner Of the sword. To M other
ss'frse eaa appeals for supposed wrongs
BE- made, consistently with the obliga-
ls"'s If South Carolina: 10 no other can
,ssrh appeals b. made with safety ri
any time. and IL their decisions. when
c'nsiitnlinEally pronounced. il hecome,
the daiy, no les Of the pahiic auibori-
tes than Of the people. in every case To
yield patriotic submission.
:. That state. ar any nfher great
portion IL the people. suffering na,les
long anil iatalcrable Impressions. aud
having tried all constitutional remedies
without the hope Of rrtirrss, may have
. natural right. when their happiness
can b. no atlers i.r secured. and when
theS tan In - without gr.zier inisrs Ia
others, in absolyc themselves ifnn their
obligations To tile government. and APP
peal III the last re-nFt, need not on ihr
present orea,ion. hr denied.
" The existence vi this right, how.
ever, must depend upon the causes
which may Justify IL exercise. IL Is
tac .'iiae rstia. whirh prcsupposcs that
tie proper appeals to all nthrr means
d redress have been made in good faith.
anil which ean never b. ri.htInlly re-
sorted IL unless ii be unavoidable. IL
is not tic right Of The state, but Of the
individual, aud of All the individuals
IN the state. II is the right of mankind
generally To secure, by all means in
their power, tie blessings of liberty and
happiness; but when, for these purposes,
any body Of men have Voluntarily a..
sociated themselves under particular
form of government, no portion Of them
can dissolve the association without ac-
knowIedging the sorrelativc right in
the remainder to decide whether that
dissolution can be permitted consistent
~ with the general happiness. lin this
view, it is right dependent upon the
power to enforce it. Such a right,
though il may be admitted to pre-exist,
and cannot he wholly surrendered, is
necessarily subjected to limitations IN
all free governments, and in compacts
Of all kinds, freely and voluntarily en-
tered into, and in which the interest
and welfare Of the individual become
identified with those of the community
o. which he is a member LIN compacis
between individuals, however deeply |
they may affect their relations, these
principles are acknowledged to create
a sacred obligation; and in compacts
Of civil governments, involving the Ii
berry and happiness Of millions ofman-
KIND, the obligation cannot be less"
In his farewell address to the peo-
pie Of the United States, issued in
March 1897, Gen jackson repeated the
same opinions; but i will not fatigue /
the Senate with additional authorities.
These opinions Of Gen. Jackson were
proclaimed after his second election
TO the presidency; but it is too much a
matter ofhistory that his popularity and
influence still continued to increase
Until his name ultimately became en-
shrined in the hearts Of a vast majority
OF the american people as that of be- !,
neiactor. He could even secure the
Of his friend as his successor.
a friend Mr.. Van Buren,, who admitted |
the power o! Congress to abolish slave |
RI III the District of Columbia, but who
relied for success on a pledge . to fol- /
low in the footsteps Of his illuslrious
That very speech Of Mr.. Livingston,
portions of which the Senator from Pas |
luotank and Perquimans calls to his
aid, of itself and more conclusiselv, an
swers his positions. Mr.. Livingston
points out the mode of seeking redress
by an aggrieved state, the application
10 the Supreme Court. or if it decides
with manifest injustice or cannot take
jurisdiction, the various peaceable me-
thods Of pursuing remedy IL tie Union
until the necessity of the case forces
i State to withdraw, at its own risk,
is d last resort and an extreme remedy I
Ior intolerable oppression.
Mr.. Shepard inquired if he UNDER
TODD the gentleman as saying that the
people of North Carolina, as an organ
lel Government, had no right toresist
lie General Government.
Mr.. (silmer: They have: and in the