Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-10-06
From he Philadelphia Press, Oct. l.
COERCION OF A SOVEREIGN STATE.


COERCION OF A SOVEREIGN STATE
The doctrines which ar. Douglas proclaimed in hi.
specch at Norfolk a few weeks sincc, have been de
rouncei so farcely by tae Secessiouts at the South
that We have thought it would not o. unacceptable 20 the
readers OF the Press TO kuOw heattitude which was as
suned b. the General Government when South Caroh
na bv her celebrated Ordinance Of 1882 declared The
revenue laws within the limits Of that Sate 70 Cc ALSO
lately "uul aud void" Gen Jackson vas theL Presi-
dcnt aud met the issue rendered by South Carolina
promptly and flmly by proclamation Issued on the
10th day Of December 1882 Congress being at the tine
ia session. On the 10th Of January, 1883 IN special
message, he communicated 10 Congress copy OF the
Ordinance OF South Carolina reviewed the laws OF the
State passed enforce i aud invoked the Representa-
tiyeg Of the people soemniy proclaim that the Con
sulion aud the laws are supreme, and the Union m
disOiuble."
Congress cordially co-operated with the Executive in
the exgeucy which had arisen 10y reason Of the puiiy
ing proceedings Of South Carolina, By the passage Of
An act further TO provide for the collection OF tuues
on imports" which was approved by the President on
the 81 day Of areh lSS3. The fifth and sixth sections
Of that act were as follows;
." See. g. And BE- u further enacted That whenever
tie President CT the United States shall be officially In
formed, by the authorities OF any STATE, or 10y judge
OF any crcui. dsc. court OF the United States in the
State that within the limits OF such State, any law or
laws OF the United States the execution thereof or
Of any process from the courts OF the Uued States h
ob.tructed by the employment Of military force, or by
any other unlawful meau TOO great TO be overcome by
the ordinary OF judicial proceeding, CT by the
powers W. ted in the mashal 10y existing laws it shall
be lawful Tor him. the President OF the Uaitod States
forthwith 10 issue his proclamation, declaring such fact
or information, and requiring all such military and
other forces forthwith to dspcrsC; aud II any time
after issuing such Procama,on any suIh opposition or
obstruction shall be made ia the manner or by the
means aforesaid the President sh be- and hereby is,
authorized promptly TO cmqloy such means 70 redress
the ssnc and 10 cause the said laws process TO be
/ a. flrrFs q Il lI1
eases therein mentioned by the act Of the twenty eighth
OF February thousand seven hundred and ninety
five entitled An act 70 provide for calling forth the
militia execute the laws Of the Union, suppress osuf
rectons ropcl uva,ous and to repeal the act now in
force Tor he; purpose and aiso BY the act Of the hird
Of March, thousand egh. hundred and seven, enti-
| tied An act authorizing the employment OF the land
and naval forces olthe United States cases OF usurgee'
| ton
"ssc. G. Ana be Il f,fri8,r sHa,id That in sry-Siae
where the ails allowed 10 be used for the impris-
onmcnt Of persons arrested committed under the
laws Of the United States whore houses are OF allow
ed TO be so used it shall and may be lawful for any mar
sha under the di;, c0n Of the judge CfheU ued States
for ibo proper district TO other convenient places,
within the limits Of said State and to make such other
provision as be deem cxpedient aud necessary for
tat purpose.'-l q. $. Statutes at Large. Up. 652'
| 6af
Thus will be seen that neither Congress the Ex
ecutivc tolerated the doctrine OF uuiclOn secCrslon
aud that both red the right 10 ccerce sovereign
STATE by military power, into obedience to federal law
Now le, Us who yotd in Congress Tor the Act fur
ther TO provide icc ihe collection OF duties imports
commonly called the "Fo,cc E' Ia the Senate thcre
we're ihty-vo affirmative votes the passage OF the
bill and the only uame recorded 0eaiUS. ihe b. was
John TYLER OF Virginia. Mr. Calhoun, and other South
era Senators retired before the vo'c was taken. The
Southern Senators who voted for the bl we're Ezekiel
T. Chambers OF Maryland John n. Clayton and Arnold
| Nsudain Of Delaware John FORSYTH Of Georgia, Felix
| al nj I,u-i
VIM. Riycs Of Virginia, ieo. a. Wsgglman OF Louisi-
/ aua aud Hugh l.. White ol Tennessee.
With these noted men OF the South find on the re-
cord In favor Of the Force Bill also such representa-
tive men OF the North as G. M. Dallas and William Will
kins of Pennsy lylni Malon D!ckersOn and Theodore
Fr.liughuyseu of New Jersey, Thomas Ewing Of Ohio,
| Isaac lli OF New Hampshire, John Holmes OF Saino,
Daniel Webster OF Massachusetts,, and Sas Wright Jr.,
| OF NcS York Senate JOHrHol "a Sess 22f Cong. p
lS>.
Ia the House Of Representatives the vote the pas
slgc of the bill was yeas li9 nays a. The Southern
Representatives, who voted in the Affirmative were Cal
Ton Alien Of Kentucky William Armstrong Of Virginia,
William H. Ashley OF Missouri Daniel l.. Barrnger Of
North Carolina JcnN BELL of Tennessee, L1ughlin Be-
thune OF North Carolina James Blair ofSoulh Carolina,
John Blair Of Tennessee, Henry A. Ballard Of Louisiana,
Robert Craig and Joseph Draper OF Virginia, William
Drayton Of South Carolina, William Fitzgerald and WIN
Hall Of Tennessee, Benjamin c. Howard OF Maryland,
Jacob Islaes Of tennessee, Daniel Jenfer Of Merry
land Richard H. johnson Of Kentucky, Joseph johnson
of Virginia John Leeds Kerr Of Maryland, Joseph Le
comp.e Robert p Le;cher, Chtenden Lyon, and Thos.
| A. Marshall Of Kentucky, Lewis Maxwell and William
/ McCov of Virginia Jas Mckay OF North Carolina, Chas
! f. Mercer Of Virginia, John j. Mligau OF D-aVare,
Thomas T. Mitchell Of South CsIolns, Thomas Newton
| OF Virginia JANIS X Polk Of Tennessee, Benedict
Semmcs Of Maryland, William b. shepard, Augustine H.
Sheppard and Jessse SPeight OF North Carolina James
Stardeicr sf Tennessee, Francis Thomas OF Maryland
Philemon Thom,s OF Louisiana, Christopher Thompkus
of Kentucky George O. Washington of Maryland, James
| NJ WAYNE Of Georgia EiSard d. White of Louisiana,
Lewis Williams Of North Carolina, and John I. Ii. Wor-
thingtOn Of MARYLAND.
Forty five Southern Representatives voted, therefore,
for the Force Bill Of 1888, whereby South Carolina was
70 he cCcrced into submission If necessity required IT,
and thicty-seven only against it. House Journal %
Sess 23d Congress pp l5S-4) And amorg the South
erp REPRESENTATIVES. let II be bcrne IN mind, james
r. Polk of Tennessee for whom eight Of the then thr
teen Southern States including every cotton State,
voted the Democratic candidate fer the Presidency IN
1874 IL is fugulT cC- cdeuce, also that the assc
clare Of Mr Polk on the ticket, a canddle for the
Vice Presidency was George NJ Dallas, Of Pennsylvania
who voted in the S.uate fer that Force Bli" OF
1883 Where, then were the Southern hre-eaers, who
are now "bg with uncommon wrath agairst TIC doc
srnes wheh Mr. Douglas proclaimed in his recent speech
ut Norfolk Where, then, was South Carolina, and
where Virginia? History records that they sroYe with
jealous but fendly rivalry in support of men for the
two highest Offices in the Government who were for iu-
vadirg sovereign Snteand that sovereign State none
ether than SOJth CaTCuaNh federal bayonet IN 1865
aud fcc'ng her into submission
Whoever looks over the Of those Wto support
ed the Force bill Of 1883 in lEe Senate and House oi
Representatives If familiar with The history oil our pubc
men, viii observe that many Of the first OF that day IN
intellect aud worth and in the fdence Of Tie people
also we're committed against the dogma OF secession
which this time finds many advocates at the Soutt-
dogma which, once established makes the Union OF
States which fathers intended to be iudssClube
rope of sand Against such dogma protect and shall
4 1 "a H.. 4 4. rnA
In the case Of South Carolina utterly repuguant both
TO the principles upon which the general government is
constituted and 10 the Oh ees which il was expressly
formed TO attain" And repugnance to it is ncrcas
cd While our devotion the Union is strengthened, by
recurrence 70 the nui6cation times Of 1888, and
viewing the firm Incorporating stand which the re-
presentaiivC meu Of every section took then in main
taining the Constitution and uphoding thr laws.
Hos JAMES NJ. DAVIDSON KILLSD-The Hon. James
NJ Dayilson formerly member OF the Tennesse Legis-
ature and distinguished the Irish Orator, died at his
home in Fayetteville, Tenn, on Sunday morning last,