Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-01-24

,eeerel Ilnnton one oil its most ardent supper
ers In tho State wrote to Mr.. Madison, express
NJ his icats that the Constitution would lie re-
.c.el by New York. unless the question oi hdoP-
IN conditioned upon the subsequent aI'era
ton Of some Of its provisions. To this letter MI.
Madison made the following reply
NEW YoRK. SUNDAY EVENING
Mr. Dsaa SIR: Yours Of yesterday i. This instant
come TO hand and have but n few mia u es 10 an
swer it. | mn sorry that your siinstivn "blIges
fou t. listen To propositions of III" nature you de-
/ .erbe. NJ opinion Is That r'sefrati"n r. d',yht
i - wihhirnr If amendments Ie not dec,fed on M
! -. he firm Of The Constitution rithin a cerfon
| tmc ~ conditional ratification; INT n docs nof
IqHke Netr FORK a member Of Me Her man, aud
consequently that she could not be received On
/ that Plan. C5mpacls must be reciprocal this
! principal would not III such case be preserved.--
/ fhc Constitution req"'icS an ddopfion IN toto and
/ ojerer 1t has been 10 adopted by the other
/ ,nre-. An adoption for limited time would he
~ defective M an adoption Of some of the articles
! only. In short. AIRY condition whatever must VT
atc he ratification. What the new Congress. by
virtue nf the POWER Ia admit new Stae- may be
able and DISPOSED 10 do in snch n Case. do not
inquire. II. suppose that is not the material point
nj IN soni.
We lave quoted says the Intclligcncer, this
opinion .f the great Virginia statesman simply Tor
the purpose Of showing that Gov. Lecher, in rec
ommrn1ios the secc,sion Of Virginia in case her
proposed amendments to the Constitution are not
attained. has yentured npnn the assertion Of
rieh which il not admitted by Mr.. Madison to
tc,le in any State rs a member OF the Union
H. ,angnage uni,r this head is 81 plain and deci-
del in condemnation Of the alternative presented
hy the present Governor Of Virginia, that VIC deem
ii uuuccc-,ary TO address further arguments on the
subject 10 any who revere the principles and max
im- oi the "NIaIsonan school Of constitutional
interpolation.
lpun the question Of disun,on, the lntclli
gcuecr cites various letters If Thomas jefferson.
commencing with one to Ebridgo Gerry taiter-
wand, we Presidcnt) dated July II, l797 we
gpu,e the material portion;
'Aiter plnncng rs in all the br1ils of the Eu-
RIP, an na'.p.,-. there wuud remain hu one act Ia
r,,e tragedy. TINT IL to break up our Un,on:
t1A even tins they have ventufcl. seriously aud
l,mny, II propose aud maintain. 10y argument.
il II t,urcrtrent PAPER. have been happy, how.
ever IN believing. from the sitting # tia, effort.
Tat ihi.i du>c was iunl t,o strong and excited
Il nlr lcpu snancr there ~ did thr h0,or ~ 9th.
cr pats i "ui country. and that, whatever iullics
may he lei into ns 10 iureign nations. ,cc shut
ners, gre mp oW Inon, Me in9 aHchor Of om
H'.tf, hf'ft mn utOH HH'tH - - l4fffW u.s. fffH
ae1rr,iY condry. .f1om t,ron,,ny an u,cna 81 gia-
ii nois. Much rs abln. War, ani view il ~ the
.rra ct -t,urae Of mankind, nm anxiou~ly a. |
Wi-h 10 keep out Of til" bruls of Europe, | would
vi - with my hebrcn into these later rather
ni0u separate from them
L. n i.ltcr t, John Taylor. Of Caroline, dated
.lnpc |, lbs he sail:
If ~ the teml "rn'y superiority "l the one
Iau.s Ia, oiher is sl,snrt loa session OF the
l.. a 4
L larl oui >,lve- If the present rule o Ma~>arhn.
srtt- anl Connecticut, We break the uuiun, will
IT, ,r,il sDal herr? Surpnse the New En .laul
Suites al ~ cat oil, vii our natuic be changed?
A.. We nj men s,.ii 10 Ne South # that, and
VIII al l.c p,>>ion, a mcu' immediately We
shall see Penn, Stt,ia aud II Virginia patty
AT On TIA" resdnary Cunicdc ncy. and the pub
lac mud Will he distracted wlih the same purity
sIuIt. Whit game, too will one party have Ia
.tap,r hands, lay eternaiiy imeatrnin. tie uthcr
lha'. unles> they do nnd 50, they will ion their
Nalhcn nr,nbo>-, # we redu = our Union to
\ iretnl and North Carolina. im,n ,iiately the
c,utrt vii lie established between the ltcpresen.
tltiVts al the two States, aud they viii cu,l by
breaking up III their simple units. Seeing, there
I.re. la al ASSOCIATION Ut men who Will not quar-
nj With ne another Is II thing which nrNcr Yet
r,I#l,d, hpm the greatest eonelrrAry Of nations
d tN.n l. - t'"n merungor II ytslrv scr.ug that
we#nast have somebody To quarrel with. ! had
ruapaso than to see chickering's trans
trrri H. others. h" can say what
r.#nll H., the evils oI II SECESSION, AMI wbrn and
wlrre ihey would crd! Better keep together as
Ntnre haul off from Europeans SON as We can.
al from all att,rhnr,st, to other portions Of II
=9a} if they how their l"'wer. n>t sufficiently t.
a5, II, -. lhrr IT VIII be the haprie,, situation
~. ~ '.tch W. can exist II the game some
tunes against rs ut home. we must have pa
uanoe iii lue'. turas, am! then we sa,ll have an
opportunity to via back Inc prtacg1eS we have
-
La le',cf to Edmund Pendleton, dated Feb
II. lt91, lac SAID;
81 that State PrmS ylvana we fear that H.
1e. MRS may produce u>urrecinn. Nothing cnul
be 50 iattl. Any thing nike force would check the
progress al puhiic opIulrn and rally thcn round
i'm l;pverninent Tins no; thu kind # opposition
IL iA"licoh peopie wt permit. But keep away
al show al force, and they will bear down the
r,l ropcn,itcs Of tie Government b, the cunstit-
utonal means of election and pou,ion.!
loa letter to Wilson &. Nicholas, dated Month
cello. Seprcmbcrj l79o. he said;
IN 1t nj all dispose 10 make every measure of
wroug u cause of secession we are willing 10 look
! GA with l"..Hgence ami II wait with pniIcncc ill
tau.e ias~l rs and decisions shall have pa>eri
oyer witch !oc Federal G4vernment has arttaliv
cN,.jcd, 10 cover IT. own abuses and cuncya! It's
de- as, fully confident tia; the good sense q, the
American people, aud their attachment to those
Wy rights nIch "o are now ,.udlratm@. will.
letnfe IT shall lie too ,atc. rally with ~ rouud
tn true pnfciples of our Fedora, compact"
Ia le'te, to Lafayette, dated February II,
l>jl. he SAID
The eeafnt # this Union i. in the heart blood
! efrvery American, Ia not believe tlcrcis ON
,art- q Government c>tail~hed On 50 mmova,c
a bi,'. Let teen IN any State. even in Ma>sa.
rhn cts it>r! raise thu standard OF reheliioa aud
ts clI henN will rise ca @0Sse ana do justice them
! selves ON their own incrnarics.
l. viii he seen therefore. says the In,ellig cncer