The southern press., 1852-01-10


pleniiude of its fantastic power, has introduced
q new phase of that right, which excludes the
Constitution and the people, and makes the gen.
eral assembly the supreme autocrat OF both. Ac-
cording to this new phase, the general assembly
represents the sovereignty of the State, and the
senators in Congress are their ambassadors to
the federal government-or, as the nullifers ex
press it. " near" the federal government. From
this new doctrine it results, very logically, that
the ambassador senators, like all other ainbassa
doris, are subject to the absolute will of their
MASTER and bound to obey his instructions in all
particulars whatever, or tramp it back homf.
This is the new tangled notification view Of the
doctrine of instruction the old doctrine was,
that the general assembly was only the organ OF
the people and had no power to instruct sena-
tors, except according to their will and, even
then, had no rover to give criminal instructions
such as violations Of the Constitution, com.
mission of high treason, dissolution OF the Union,
&c., or to work Sena' or ont of his seat that
one of the conspirators might get into it. This
is the difference between Ii old and the new
doctrine of instruction.; and TO give these. re-
marks apraeticai application, let us tecsSpsulaie
the existing case. In the year 1847 set of dis
union resolutions are brought into the American
Senate. | strike them one lick, and they fall
dead at my feet. There is no resurrection for
them there.
Then they are sent out to all the slave holding
States, (my own State inclusive to be adopted
in the State legislatures, and sent back as " IN
structions" to those VINO had killed them in the
American Senate. They are adopted in all the
null LITIGATION and secession States and also in
the Legislature of Missouri, under the lead Of the
old nullifers of 1888 and 1874 They are
al tod nd ~ OH N
dozen accomplces-half inside and half outside
of the legislature, and innocently voted for by
the body of the Democratic members. Knowing
that would not obey reasonable resolutions
which ] had kiiled-in the Senate, plot was laid
to head" me. Meetings were to be held in all
the counties, to get the people to sanction them
before came home; for they had been adopted
without the consent Of the people, and after
failing to obtain their consent in some counties
AS in Howard. They Were at this work whep
came home, and with some success; but were
brought to n dead stand by my Jefferson City
speech. Suspecting that would appeal to the
people against their resolutions, they prepared
to counterfeit me, though they themselves were
in the act Of appealing to the people for their
sanction. The State was districted, and Scamps
appointed in every district TO meet me at his line
and BLACKBOARD me through il. Dram shops
beer cellars, ohiskey groceries" were TO vomit
forth their drunken tenants against me. Zach.
ison's letter 10 Birch) Every notification press
in the State was secured and tutored All this
was arranged before the resolu ions were passed,
which shows the depth of the conspiracy, and
the wickedncss Of its authors. Thus combined
and organized, with ramifcation extending into
every county, the conspirators felt themselves
safe in their work, an wrote letters of triumph
,1.s .la II " L
him n0to he cannot escape nOio; zoe thought zee
had him an 1874. bnt he ESCAPED he CANNOT escape
no,o IL is impossible; our combinations are so
extensive, and so strong, that he cannot escape
| again (AtchiSon ai Liberty, ia Ciey county,
Such was the plot, the preparation, and the
confidence of the conspirators. came home
appealed to the people-and called for their
! Judgment upon the instructions which had been
| given in their name, and which had not vet been
presented to Congress for they were passt d
| zoo late for that session. and there was full time
TO consider them before the next Instantly the
cous pirators took a new turn. Knowing the
| reasonable character Of .er instructions"
and that they could not stand discussion, they
endeavored to "hcad off the appeal, and TO
deny the right of the people to hear it, though
they themselves had appealed to the people for
an er parte, oue-sided confirmation of it before
| got home. They denied the right of appeal /!
thereby contradicting themselves, confessing tie
criminality OF their instructions, which could
not bear discussion; denying the right of the
people to have any voice in instructions given in
their name, and claiming for tn. Legislature a
despotic right of instruction independent of the
popular will, and extending to the create t
crimes-even TO high treason.
| This denial brought up the question of the
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that which had existed from the Foundation
of the government, and rested upon the sover.
eighty of the p; ople, and that v hich was born
of notification and rested on the sovereignty
of the State legislatures. Your county goes
for the old doctrine, such as il existed hereto.
! fore in this State and in all the Democratic
States, and especially as it was administered in
that most glorious of popular triumphs-the
passage Of the expunging resolution-whch
! threw so many refractory senators overheard,
reversed the bank born sentence against Gen.
| Jarkson, and bore upon its face its title to re-
! spect in the Authentic declaration, that il was
| done according 10 The wH Of me PEOPLE"
drew that resolution. The Democratic Ameri-
can senators passed IT, The American Demre.
racy sanctioned it--and ! adhere TO IL ! 10 It's
basis-tlie will Of the people, the foundation for
| the instruction. II is your doctrine; and the
elections of August next will prove it to be the
doctrine of the Missouri Democracy.
Fourfhlp, Adhesion 10 the Baltimore platform
Of lS4S is another point on which hold you to
be right, and the Nullifers wrong. That plat
form contains the Democratic ground in relation
to slavery. The Nulli6ers wish TO cngraft upon
il new dogma which was expressly, and almost
unanimously rejected by the convention which
framed il, namely, that Congress has 40 right 10
Lgislate upon SLAVERY in tae Territories. This
dogms, like all the doctrines Of the school to
which il belongs, is of modern invention, and
only invented for the purpose Of multiplying
4 chances to fad pretcxtS TO resist the laws Of
Congress, and for flying off into that new con.
federacy which = to consist wholly Of slave
States, and to be christened "The United States
South." The Democracy take the Baltimore
platform as il was agreed to--not as Il was not
agreed to--still less as rejectcd--and above all
as attempted to be intcrpolated by The dregs OF
the party which made the effort, and so misera.
bly, failed in il at Baltimore.
These are the points, four in number, on
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