The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1852-01-22

ghe Fla ns or
we nad oecaslqns 9 few week since, g as
sqrt, that this Government mas of limited aud
defined powers, and could bot iplelfers With,
Or control BY the exefsion 81 Is military
force, the internal action q 4 steto IN its
highest soverei 90 eapac the flag Of the
Union, ii the taisu Is wisdom, has
chosen tooxeepf to this declaration q fuusl
damental principle of our eonfeaegate
ernlaeuts md Isas throw b 80 g y il
ard ifong ealiHalisiAo nnwe nd Eaiis
arc iol ppNllhne - Re freedom
q e PRESS W mus sa.aia'Y protest
aolI aaiefIgy
Ns Ae scatl eeoenlse h ligh ofl
ling into aetion
Apiq Pon nipolics q aea acoasss
appaenl & very man Of sense; aud ne.
behold q D. dag 8ith feelings, not of.
ilprisq but 81 modification and regrai
Npyicld toH nan il eotionto Che Union
which Is base upon tie rights q The States
and fair cons ion 81 tue gonstitatiorS
and when Sc behold those, with whom we.
have heretofore acted forgetting the true pol
iicy Of the South, and merging the great in-
terest of the country N mere party speeula-
ton and advancement, our heart recoils from
the selfish aud unaatutal embrace. In pon-.
ming this article, We expect not hope notf
earenot 10 have anJ influence with be bigoted1
leaders 81 tie n,is-named Union Party; We
wish 70 speak directly to tic people, and let
them know and fee, that they have ontrust-
ed.poHer into dangerous hands, andiif they.
would preserve uniupaired the true princi-
Pies Of constitutional liberty, they should
rise il the majesty of their might, and re-
bukc the federal heresies, Of q band Of polit-
ical iuggIers, whose only virtue grasping
the spoils The Flag should know, il it.
reeollsets anything Of political history, that,
on the 10Th May, ISL, Mr.. Edmund Ran
doIph opened the main business Of the Fed
|eral Convention assembled At Philadelphia,
BY offering c series Of resolutions, as the ba-
SIS Of Constitution proper To be adopted;
and that the last clause of the 9th resolution
was declaratory Of the right of the National
Legislature to call forth the force Of the
Union, against any member Of the Union,
filling to fulfil It's duties under the articles
thereof That the subject matter Of this
clause was fully discussed, and Mr.. Madison
vas violent in his opposition to it. He said,
j" The more he had reflected on the use of
force, the more lie doubted the practicability,
the justice and the efficacy Of it, when APP
piled to people collectively andnot indiyidu-
ally an union of theStates containing such
an ingredient seemed to provide for its own
destruction. The use Of force agu,iaa a
State would look moro like a declaration of
war than an infietion Of punishment; and
would probably be considered l,y the party
attacked, as dissolution Of all previous COM
pacts by which i might be bound. After
which--it Was rejceted--nen. con-
/ In the further progress Of debate on the
sane resolution, he proceeded to say: "Could
the national resources, if exerted to the ut
most, enforce national decree against Mas
sachusctts, abetted, perhaps, by several Of
her ncighbors? It would not be possible
Any government of the United States formed
on the supposed practicability of using force,
against the unconstitutional proceedings Of
the States, would prove as visionary and fall
Elacious as the Government Of Congress -
ION the 18th day Of June the plan of Mr.
Randolph was reported from the Committee
Iof the Whole, diycsted of the co-crcive prin.
Iciple, as embodied IN the last clause Of the
9th resolution; and, on the 18th day of the
same month, Mr. Patterson introduced hi.
lseries Of propositions, the 9th of which de-
cIared that if any State, or any body q
men in any State, should oppose or preyent
tic carrying into execution such acts or treat
Pcs aswerc made by virtue and in pursuance
of the powers vested in Congress, g the Fed
Ieral Executive should be authorised to cal
forth the power Of the eonfederated States
orso much thereof as might be necessary, t,
! enforce and compel an obedience tosuch acts
81 an Observance Of such treaties pm
! vas the second effort, the first had failed, i
J Icngraft the principle Of armed coercion, o.
the constitution Mr. Hamilton denounce,
-ait and said How can coercion Of arms b
fexerted on the States collectively? 1t is i'm
possible Il amounts to a war between til
: parties foreigners viii, also, not be id
spectators They viii interpose; the eonfl
sion viii increase; autl dissolution b II
LAl0n I'll easlla
Af Mason proceeded 70 Say IS .,
knoNleSged BY Mr.. Patterson, that his pla
cannot be executed, Without military coei
con Docs he consider the forecof this cor
eesslop2 Tic most iarring elements of a