Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-08-27

! "lf can satisfy the coulmittee that this Is
necessary incident 10 the military and nava
power of the United States, | fatter myself
shall have ACCOMPLISHED all that duty requires
II the end be lawful. and within the Legitimate
purpose OF the Constitution. it draws after 1t
all the means necessary and proper 10 attain
that end. lfthis be not true then the language
in which The constitution Is written has lost It's
meaning. and the Government il creates is a
mockery upon the intentions of lis famers."
In another place Mr.. BARBoUe SAYS:
THE Constitution never intended 10 deny
10 Congress a choice of means. Is the end 10
gitimatel Is II plainly and distinctly within
the Scope of the Constitution Then all the
incidents necessary and prope, become the sub
Jcci of legislative discretion
On The subject Of The alarm expressed in
regard to "Srate rights" Mr.. BARBOUR made
some striking remarks
"In the ardor of patriotic devotion. and in
the zeal which glorious cause inspired, it is
not matter of surprise that a sphere OF action
should BIO allotted 10 the States which might
he incompatible with the full csertion Of all the
functions of the confederated Government
The eveots of the late war supply us with some
not be forgotten; some of them are traced in
blood. and others will long remain as monu
menls of human error. and of the fallacy OF
those errors where treason Is left free To com
ba, them Does the honorable member from
Vermont recoIlect that under the pretext of
State rights the Governor and Captain Gcncr
al Of his own State invoked his militia, by
proclamation, to abandon the service of the u.
IL, fI
endeavoripg to devostate our northern frontier,
aud whelm it in the horrors OF warf Whose
patriot yeomanry wear the honor Of repelling
with scorn and Indignation this unworthy in
viaion What but those rules Of rigid con
slructon supplied some of the Northern mem
bers OF this Coniederacy with The hollow pre-
tence Of State rights 10 strip the national arm
of some oil the most salutary powersi
Nor was this all Measures were concert
ed to arrest and divert the revenues Of the ma
tom convention of delegates assembled,
whose agents were deputed to beard the Gov.
eminent IN the moment OF its greasest extrem.
lty TO para we the measures Of resistance; and
10 proclaim its impotence to an arrogant and
insulting foe who openly threatened tolay waste
every assalnble point; the camp itself became
the forum OF constitutional exposition. No
one who cherishes an exultng pride in the
glory of his country, or that has heart TO feel
for its calainles, can forget the scene before
Queenstown Heights. A gallant chief con-
Quoted our undisciplined troops into the enc
ny's country; victory had already perched
upon our standard, " hen the co operating aid
Unexpected reinforcemerts as suddenly check
cd by constitutional difficulties Disasters
speedily clustered over our hopes, and ma
toms honor wept and bushed over the wasted
blood of our people, and the suIlied ustre Of
our arms. A construction widely different was
given by the people of the West, and differ
ent was the results. They sought the foe /; they
fought and conquered him triumph sat upon
their brows, andl he joy of victory gIaddened
nations heart. A practical illustration is
here presented of these two systems of consti.
tutional constructions"