The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-07-02

~ duoplhg such hesouilo0. Ov our Legls.
lsiufe, would have emboldened South Caroi.
ma, aud given confidence To every dieunlonist
Throughout the country. IN their diabollcal
purposes against The peace aud Union Of these
) Sia'es. For this Resolution Green ". Csd.
ven 'oled-not once only but repfdiediy.
4 VIDE Sen. Jo. page 2ll.) ln defence oi.,he
doctrines ato@ed 10 ii, be delivered a long
Speech IN the Senate on The 7,h Of January.
As We stated in our last, that Speech went
far beyond most Of the secession haIangues,
which we're made in the Legislature. 1t
vas Ultra IN It's doctrines, denying to the
General Government powers which are c.ear
Iy granted by the Constitution, and WITHOUT
which, /, could not exist for q month but
would become the contempt OF The world
We understood hIm TO MAINTAIN, that the CIT.
Izens OF each Slate owed no allegiance To he
Government Of the United States that each
State had reserved It's sovereignty complete
and could secede whenever, ~ her sovereign
capacity, she determined so 10 do II was
generally conceded that the Speech of Mr..
Caldwell was the trtreme ultra one of the
Session ; end We opIne that had any one pro
claimed then, what is noU, said Of NJ Cald
well, viz: that he is no Secessionist, he would
have been regarded rejecting on The can
dor and sincerity Of that gentleman, and trea.
led to an indignant iebuke, from him, or some
ot his secession compeers! But "fempcrd
rn'antur, et nos mntdmur Cum,lhs" Yes.
change has ind, ed come Ii has become a
matter at importance to the Democtacy, that
thsy should send some one 10 Congress from
The third District. Green W. Caldwell is
heir Candidate SECESSION is not quite SO
paaiable 10 the good AID law owing people
of that region. as il was at first supposed
and II would be very conrenient and prudent
now, that all the gallant acts, all The chivaI.
TIC performances of this Ka,gM Of Secession
during The last Legislature, when the blood
ran hot with patriotism, and the visions Of
Southern Confederacy danced so fantastically
before the lnvincibes Of the Minority
Report should be " in the deep bosom of
the Ocean buried !" Blu, i, will no, do. 1t
shall not be. The fell and hideous spirit Of
Secession and Disunion which they attempt,
ed TO dress up IN such fascinating garments,
shall rise up again and again "lo scar their
eye balls - They shall not escape The of
repeated vists-the frequent sight OF Ibis
hIdeous monster-heir orn p-ogenyi They
shall rot bsssrdze their own offspring If
I they do, they shall give bond aud security to
keep il Off the parish The Secession Resolu.
iions are on record. The votes on those Re.
solutions are on record The Minority
Report" signed by Mr.. Caldwell, is on re.
cord, and if these do not convict him Of be
ing a sscess'oniSt Of the deepest dye, then
there is noitu'h in history there is no mea
ming in language Now lei US appeal to tina,
celebrated Report. 1t shall speak for itself
/ We have said before and we say YET, that il
! n,alns the very essence OF secession. Ii
goes the whole length Of the whole doctrine,
in all s hldeousness. |. contends for the
/ right OF secession, not as natural righ, of
rtrolltton, paramount to, and indie pendent Of
The Constitution, but claims for il, the sane.
/ ton Of the Constitution insisting in plain and
express terms that il is reserued rieht.
which any Sla'e can exercise at pleasure
4 when she considers herself aggreived, even
to the de,lment Of all the other Safes, and
the ruin of the government. II declares:
Unless the People Of the States possess
i this ugh. (of Secession.) and have not sur.
rendered II By The Constitution of the Uuted
States, il is sheer folly to talk of their leser.
we'd rlghts-they have none and the sooner i,
is known, the better 1t will be for all the par.
ties concerned. Thisright uas undoubtedly
intended by the framerS Of our theory of gop
ernmentasth The great safely rdlpe ofthe Union"
dc.
Here then is plain assertion of The riehi
TO Seceds. 1t is spoken Of as preserved
right, not surrendered by the Constitution"
Ii re erred, how has 1t been received Not
as natural and unaIenable right TO resist
oppression when il has become intolerabe,
bu' right attached TO and arising on, of the
theory o! our government under the Cons,l
tuition To shew that this was the view
aiken OF the matter by those who signed The
Report, it is only necessary to refer to anoth
er paragraph. 1t proceeds;
" Should the State of North Carolina ad
stances TO withdraw from he Union, but must
rely for her protection on uhat has been call.
ed her national rights, DC"
II she has no right to uithdraw from the
Union. but must rely on her nutural rig hts for
protection What is the meaning of this 7
Can there be any version gwen II but this,
that the right to secede is different from and
of higher character and of more practical
i, value than the natural right Of Revolution
| so, then whence is it derived? II 1t be not
the natural rightsof resistance 10 oppression,
; it must be Constitutional right. But again
: the Report says;
!. "The righ, to withdraw from the Union
d as last appeal to the justice and forbearance
d of the oAher States. the minority believe i,
It no, only indispensable for the safety Of the
d States, but - in strict conformity trith ou,
4 theoru and farm of gops-nment. and ,ros .,