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

6sae 81 eauals; but the ikucaisns
-, s. .e Flhc, puIng 70 lend the
rolie.o Tic Union party. without SECS
sI,c qualities, equal the post # qasstionq-
SD honor, las seen with fsr more feal
than discretion, soraaks this bastaral z rlgil''
tbo shibboleth 81 his purity and thus g
drive from Il, tic gallant and patriotic men
Ia Southern hearts, who nay pe pnN'''.
,so y surrender their lise liberty ana
property e control o govern
mousdid po8e WI and en'e's
ine It's decgees by We longest sgoFs
The Fa confusion
al IDEAS IA al diseussionog al constitution
al que tiona breaks down the barrlers
81 fhe eon tition and plaees mob On iae
Same footir with oYefei 81 State acting
for tic protse 90 ot her citizens, againsl t1e
operation Of iniquitous legislation and de-
inands Is know Il The laws Of the Union are
not to Be- executed We tel the Flag, that
10 have 10 81 patty for saoieidaal resist
ance q lap d the Union and when d
portion Of the citizens Of a State have sepa
rated thenselyes, from the great body of
their fellow citizens, and, on their own re-
Ispopsibility have attempted an organization,
against the acts Of the General Government,
NE recognise tie right Of the Federal au-
thorities 70 interposc and enforce its decrecs
Such was the character Of the outbreak, in
western Pennsylvania, in 1874, commonly
known IS the ANhiskey Insurrection; and
such, too. might be the character Of 4 COM
lbination, IA some Of the Northern States, in
opposition to the faithful execution Of the
Fugit lave Law The Government should
suppress the turbulence Of individual oppo-
sition TO its laws; but the action of a State,
Ein her political capacity, when appealing to
her reserved rights, in vindication' Of her
course, IS not the subject Of military rule.
The Flag believes & "a he rigltt "a reeo-
il,aioa, which is no right atall;; At least We
have not bcenable to defneit We presume
lit is Intended 70 mean the right to fight and
maintain our rights BY force Of the sword;
which, when Interpreted, makes their erist-
eaee dependent on tic issue of the conaict.
But the power Of enforcement is not the
charter Of our rights; and hence, we should
possess and enjoy thcnr without the physical
ability of maintaining them The assertion
of bloody expedients, as the only means Of
defending them, IS shocking to the feelings
of free aud patriotic people. It is a mon
Istrous absurdity and cannot be endured. II
| it means, thatthc citizens of State, on their
own individual responsibility, can rise up in
rcbcllious opposition to the General Govern
ment, By attempting to arrest the execution
of its laws, it's but poor recognition of the
l precious right, in case they should fail Of
success, Of atoning for their treason, by the
loss of their lives. But if it means, that
such citizens of State, as a political com
immunity, and by virtue of the reservation Of
certain sovereign powers, haze right to or
1ganise resistance and by State interposition,
Ito make it eficetual; and thus organised, to
give battle to the General Government, for
the enactment Of a law, they may believe,
unjust, oppressive and unconstitutional, By
I tehot right con The Geaeral Government at
tempt % eoeree such orgoni=atioa, By n.ilitqFg
Ilorcep And if they are justified in thus or
ganising to fight, Why should they be de-
nouneed, for asserting the less comprehensive
Hright-of peaccably withdrawing from the
Union?