Southern standard., 1851-07-19


to coerce the refractory, and direct the people His
opinion of the resolutions of $685. indicates the ten
denotes of his political leanings We have not space
to comment on the following now, but we ask for it
careful perusal At another time we may devote some
space to this subject
sThe Virginia and Kentucky resolutions of '98 fol-
lowed. destined to a notoriety co-existent with the
most treasured archives of the republic. The first
were prepared by James Madison, and the last by
Thomas Jefferson. 1t is foreign to the purposes we
have in view to discuss elaboratey the merits OF these
we-known documents We shall content ourselves
with single remark. They contain, in our humble
judgment, much that is conservative and worthy ofre-
membrance but they also contain much more that we
deem dangerous, Jacobinica, and wildly revolutionary
in tendency. The remedies they incucate for consti
tutonal nfractons extreme, repugnant to genuine
patriotism, and wholly unnecessary IN a government
where the people hold the power OF the ballot box
This view gathers additional weight when 1t is con-
sidered that intermediate umplrage exists IN the
Supreme Court. In fact, the American Constitution
neither countenances warrants extreme measures
in any If correctly understand its language
and spirit should say that all chances of aggres-
sion, from any quarter, are amply provided tor and
guarded against Balances and checks and Legitimate
remedial processes pervade its every feature We
gard it the silly cant of suspicious, overzea
enthusiasts and designing demagogues to advocate
notification, revolution, dissolution as Interior or
unavoidable remedies in cases of encroachment. The
and take to the open and unfriendy seas until the
pumps have been thoroughly tried and exhausted 1t
will then be enough to take refuge in extreme
measures when the safeguards OF the constitution are
found unavang.
But the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions answer
ed and fully attained the objects for which they were
designed. They served to beat down the Alien and
Sedition laws, and formed the entering wedge to the
subversion and eradication of the old federal party
So far it good. Happy would it have been for
the country, if this good could have been effected with
out the entament of evil scarcely less deplOrabe
than that which had been crushed But from that
day to this the Objectionable dOcrtnes taught IN these pa
pers Especially those Of eerson) haze been made the
theme and the authority Of cOagitators, Of aspirant Of
acontsts and Of defnagogueS. They have been leaned
upon for apology, and for shelter from obloquy and
odum. The tendency of their principles reaches aud
anarchy itself, and justies the overthrow of
established governments primary, extra-constitu-
tional remedy against supposed infractions Their
distractions and, indeed, their proposed remedies,
would have applied to the old colonial government un
der Great Britain. But the mischief was complete,
when they offered suggesting method of re-
sstance to the authority and laws of the government
of the United States Their teachings were hailed by
all the dscontented and revolutionary classes of that
day. The Shay rebellionists the Whiskey insurrec-
tonists, the Jacobin clubs of Philadelphia and other
cities, the followers of the Genet faction and the sat
elites of Freneau and Calender, received them as
text books and became associated in solid Demo
cratic pha anx.'
The following is thrown in indicating the consis
tency of Mr.. Cobb's hatred of jefferson
''We have long since done, however, with all thai
be justly called dsinterested admirable in the life
and character of Jefferson. Over space of more
than twenty years, dating 1890, are forced to con
template him in the character of fierce and implaca
BILE partisan chief, whose efforts and influence d
rected solely to the demolition of hated Sect and the
aggrandzement which he was the idol and the
head Ii
iS ifarn ofn TD+il; info IL
the fact by the author of the Brde of Lick the Skill
sttuton in contempt But there is no appeal from
the settled declaration of Dir. Cobb, and feel al
though would be not altogether delicate to say ha
there may be imagery than historical truth in thu
following paragraph, notwithstanding the pretended
familiarity of Col Cobb with the Whiskey insurrect
ion. But read what Mr.. Cobb says.
"His known sympathy with the Shayites, the Whis
key Insurrectionists, and the Jacobn clubs of Pha
depha, and his connection with the Notification Pro
nunciamientoS of the Virginia Legislature as well a
his threat of armed resistance, show clearly enoup
his contempt for the Constitution, and the disorganiz
ing elements which lay at the root his political opn
ions.''
We now come to an interesting feature in the re
view of Mr. Cobb. 1t indicates very distinctly that
is friend to the simple republican modes and man
wilds of America exemption from those forms both SC
cia and religious, which BEST are calculated to ren
der people insincere and heartless. The evil doe
not cease here. 1t is calculated to array the rich
gainst the poor, and must end in producing as con
temptible an arstocracy disgraced human soc
ETY., simply because it makes money and not menta
or moral WORTH the standard by which men are to b
rated. The 'stale crackers and cheese diet pops ou
in the annexed extract, and gather from the snee
OF Mr.. Cobb, that his contempt was not less for tn
man who repudiaed the etiquette that 'seemed ft''
shackle the servant of the people, than his venerato
is great for those empty forms that renders the
tions in the courts of Kings and Despots so hollow an
heartless We not prepared say what etiquette
Mr.. Jefferson repudated but are ready to say tha
if he repudiaed those forms that excludes the person
al appeals of the injured oppressed from obtainin
the ear power, he has thanks. If Mr. Jefferso
crushed into the earth every sembance of etiquette i
the least calculated to prevent the easy and civil en-
trance OF any gentleman or lady, at any seasonabl
hour, into his presence, he simply conformed to tn
spirit OF our free Institutions, which, thank God recop
nlzes no civil or social inequality between man an
man. 1t may have been unfortunate that Mr. Jeffer
threw open the doors of the White House to .a]
the world and the rest of mankind'-it may have bee
sin that he had no stated hours in which to receiv
visitors-andit may have been damning sin in hin
to be accessible at any hour, and to any person-Co
Cobb intimates that he is dspleased with Mr. Jeffer
son for it but when reflect that "genius is eve
singular and eccentric, our surprise vanshes for VIII
could suppose that the author of the "Creoe," tn
mississippi Scenes,' &C., &c. would ever appreciat