New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-12-08
JlsIu 0rIsals Eailp C,rsstrnt.


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Cam tgte General Government
Etghsfnaly Coescs Seeding states
u shs veaF 800 General Hamilton, of sout
Gaf1Iinss hayiag determined 70 resign ms seat
Congress. and having declined the apnolnt5msena
Eeesesasv vi War rendered 70 him by .s!Is gshors !
jackson In order 90 accept she Go veEnosrsnip
sSss Sss9.aa RTsgas Il M W,.a nj, Is and Kensacs
resolutions of l7sss tby Madison and 5eilerson
wh5ah Mad been presented to him by his faitkiu
and DEVOTED Miead, Raasolph Ct Eoanoks, an n
yvhisi, stIat afssnsr of marvellous eloquance an
extfaprainary genius declared 10 be the only cop.
h 81 amt pAfaphlet then cxsant, TO the best of b
Spawletlae and Belisf. Governor Hamilton, in u
speeches ii 1899, was the trst statesman sinee v
as,d ssg fe announce and advocate the Jeferscnal
remedy 81 nullideasion, and then for the first tins
brdnaht to pnblc notice these famous state paper
al Virginia and Kentucky. The pnbllc mind OF ths
fais a1aareutlv new doctrine, and MIR. Calhoun (te
Tie cefsan knowledge Of the writer, brotheT.ln
law Nf Governor Hamilton5 isnnicdlafeiy apphee
"A Gosernor Hamilton for copy OF that rare
ramphlet which 4he latter had just published, in
Ss5F eG1tiSor] for isfEibnton among his friends ami
Mr Calhoun instantly adopted and advocated this
soversj0n right Of the States, Of which he has
mos3 eTfancSuslY Heea styled the father in Soutl
Carolina whereas the honor Of that title belonget
zu1salvely 10 Gov. Hamilton. NOT only as first in
<foaueine and AdFoeaGngit but IS recommending
Ii his fisHt message. It's enforcement. and the
assembling of convention for that purpose. which
BIZ Rncceeded ia carrying through BY his great
popularity and bis serene aad lofty courage, nnt
fhe nuIlifed American system of oppressive tariffs
Wis abandoned BY the celebrated compromise Of
the patriot Henry Clay. II was during the pre-
rress IL that famous contest that the writer OF the
following remarks Gin connection with bis noble
hexffed brother.inlaw) deeply studied the subject
of StAte Rights and the Federal Constitution and
Wrets an 10tavo volume on their Just interpreta-
hoag at which the snbjoined brief essay forms an
epizome al synopsis.
The following remarks we're written in reply to
an editorial article of the National fntelligencer in
support 81 The speech Of Senator Douglas at Nor
Z folk. III Septernber, 1850, in which he announced
his intention 20 support Lincoln il elected in CO.
ercing by force Of arms ay OF the sovereign states
Of this unien Eiat should choose to withdraw from
the confedarRcy;
Al EbeIieve that lnany of the views and argu
manis adauGed in the following brief article have
neFar before heen presented BY even the ablest
stasasfDen ana advocates Of State Rights, / have
daterGiinad 10 publish them In pamphlet form for
general distrihafion to assist in illustrating and en-
forcing true aad correct views Of the Federal Con-
stitatiBn. And will here remark that the South
gaseifna views Of the Federal Constitution ought
ID be regarded as the most orthodox, authentcand
oprTecf from the fact that she did more towards
framing that instrument than any other State.
Bath the original drafts Of that Constitution were
made by South Carolina members of the Gonyen-
ti0A which framed that instrument, in May, 1887 ;
the isst BY that able civilian, Charles Pinckney,
and the secand, by that most eminent statesman,
JohA Ruiledge, Ehe Eas chairman Of the commit
I'D which reported the Consultation, and whom
hare ever regarded as the ablest member of that
body saatas pgincipes. }drite prs;sceps.n These
fws Distinguished men we're, beyond a doubt the
fTas AfHtfiefs III tha Constitution not only from
their having formed the original draft aud She ori.
ainal FeFnrs thereon. but from their having been
throughout ths debates which ensued by far their
1blest slpNorters; and state this fact especially
fgr tha purpose of correcting the strange error
which has got abroad that Madison did more than
SnF other nnmber In framing the Federal Gonstitu-
Hon whereas The direetreversc was the case from
tic very fsct upon which he has SO much prided
himself that he was constantly occupied in taking
the a0H careful Hotes and journei Of the proceed
ings, which be has published, and which labor pre-
cl1d0d He possibility OF his taking nnch share Ia
the aebasss; or The cotton Of THAT Convention. He
WAS mot even a member of the framing committee, /
and ia fact did liIte nothing towards the aetnal
framing Of the Federal Constitution, although he I
haS heen one of its ablest exp0unders in his famous
report aha resolutions Of lqea. in the Virginia Leg
VIII the courteous editors Of the Intelligencer +
allcN Gn old friend and patriotic Union man, I
though Htate Rights Democrat to offer brief re-
ply 10 sqne ef The positions taken in their edi- I
tolSal resnazks under the caption of Utopian /
Tbe simple question offered to MIR. Douglas, at I
Norfolk, was Can this Government (or !" Agency /
for tlle States M At Washingtons employ force
AgMitat 4 sovereign State which chooses to with |
dsn#. and doss actually withdraw from this CO.
rastnesship 0f EtatesY In reply to this query, Mr.
Daaglas declared that this agency or creature OF /
the States can uae force to drive back into the
paksnafship one 81 its sovereign creators which has
40 chosen to depart.
This Il The great point tissue and the great test
question between Whigs and Democrats, as to the
tEMe nnkgfs of our Confederation of sovereign /
Statts Aad therefore Il i that surprise has been
expressed Tint Mr. Douglas Should pretend TO call
hjEassff q Democrat. and yet maintain the leading
doctrine pf the Whigs; for the Democratic party
haa always maintained that the standard expos
tions of The Constitution are tie Virginia and Ken
kHcky resolutions Of Jefferson and Madison In 'g8
amd 30, which MI clearly and so ably expound the
srue nstars nf thls eopartnerslip under the very
laliIaA pe EeT Uf attorney, called the Constitution
md tie nature of the sovereign rights OF the part
Her STATES either 10 nullify, within the Union, a
clearly Unconstitutional act, on to withdraw BY a
sta4e convention from that partnership, il they so
great State papers Wy every true Democrat, whether
Tie same be correct or nos; and no man can be
considered true Democrat who holds the contrary
aoesSlne: Bus 81 the same time, the great body
q fhe Democratic party are entirely opposed to
Ihe exercise of this high sovereign right except in
ssses Of The most int0lerabia wrong; although
'QiRa Democrats, like Nj. Yancey and Mr.. Rhett,
aaXa faspred rs exercise 10 cases Of clear and fla
grant violations DC the Constitution Cor power 0f
from The States1 by their agency at wash
nEtons JusT1NIAN.
No. Q.
Aessrs. Editors II may be allowedto to trespass
tt Hf3dret WoutQs 9Eef u lew Su9HeEtlUHS
ID reply w g0ur paEiotie and conservative remarks
aud " fAe authorities you have addHced against
lhe sovereign and ultimate right Of State seces-
zien.
This sovereign right Of withdrawing from the CO.
partnership OF league Of States "a not claimed as
genS1itMtlulal right, ~ recognized right within
NE but as right necessarily resulting from
thA Eatlre OF a c0partnershps ,sand d fogliori as
ossensialy belonging to sovereign copartners so
taaf each partnef may have the sanoe option to
Wlshafaw as eaeh had to enter into the alliance
union, league o. compact. And tile letter of Mr.
"a 1856 in relation To she celebrated Yir
esna resolutions Of l79s, peffeclly and entirely co.
lnass5ss WITH these views; for he therein declares
(aS quoted iu your article) that the error IN the
lase comments Ga the Virginia proceedings has
arisep from faanre to distinguish between resorts
Mlthln the purRiew Of the Constitution and The L
'nltiIna latlo Which appeals from 4 Constitution
caneelea hg rs abuses to original rights para
1nount TO an constitutions
l1ls - the precise and obvious gsound upon
which all 1fae pemoerata hare based the sovereign
Fsnfs ef sovereign States, viz that they are unde
Haag1y to All constitutions OF articles of
confeasra7!ss' or powers Of attorney and we will
4a0se Afs MaaSs0n's own language ia those famous
resailkloas Fl Sss which, together with Jefferson'a
cunstlnte the best Interpretation of tie Constifi
t1on pF ole OF ~ eWn trainers afal founders.
AZ Ihis Assembly doth explc.siy and peremnto
Fy declare that L yiews The powers az the Federal
Government as resulting from The compact II
which The States are parties as limited hv the
plain sense and intention 0f the instrument consti-
afe authorized By fhe grants enumerated in that /
afi44 hat If sx1tt