Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-01-17

law Of the land and the Judges il every
State shall be bound thereby, anything in
the Constitution or laws Of any State to the
contrary Notwithstanding" Here theidea
is recognized, that there may be State Con-
.stit,ition or Law in direct conflict with he
Constitution Of lsw Of the United States Int
the people and the States hsvc agreed, in
tho adoption Of this Article, -thss IN the
event of such conflict NOT only the people
but the Judges created By the State, shall be
bound by the Constitution and laws of the
United States. II is clearly seen that IN ifs
legitimate sphere Of action our Governments
is National Government and that its laws
are the supreme laws of the land. e'f0
The President is sworn TO execute the laws
and the means provided for their enforce
ment are adequate to any emergency. The
only question to be determined is, is the law
OonstitutionalMand here again the wisdom
of the people in the formation of the Or
ganic law is visible, not willing that tho laws
passed by the Government should be subject
to the Interpretation given to them by every
local and conflicting interest. They judicit
ousy provided a tribunal adequate to the
necessity, for the decision of the Constitu-
tionality Of ali laws passed by it, and when
that tribunal shall determine a law to be
Constitutional it is the duty Of the executive
to enforce it, and that there may happen
cases in which it will be necessary to resort
to force, cannot be denied. Our own OK.
perience as nation has corroborated the
lessons taught by tho examples of othe,
nations. Emergencies of this sort will some
times exist in all societies, however consti
| tuted.
Political society is as subject ito insurrec
tion and attempts at revolution. AS The
/ natural body is to desease, and the idea O
controlling, at all times all parts of natior
as extensive as ours, and SO full of local ant
conflicting interests, by the simple force o
law, has no place but in the fantastic
imagination ofthose political Mellennialists
who shut their eyes to the experience of tn,
past, and refuse to acknowledge the frailtie
Ofhuman nature. Ii was wise in the ffamer
ofour Government to place somewhere co
aUing power. Had there been no provision
lnade for tho enforcement Of the laws ;
how long would our Government. have hel,
together? No bnger thnn to the time whe,
a part Of the people OF Pennsylvania con
Guided to resist the collection of the ia,
4 levied on whisky, Or Massachusetts and th
New England States declared against tn
embargo act, or South Carolina, resolved I
resist the Tariff law. And for all the advant
ages and blessings we have since enjoyed
we arc indebted to that provision in ou
Constitution which enables the Governmen
, to quell insurrections and enforce the laws
And when the time shall come in the biz
, tory of our country, that these self-evider
: truths shall be denied, the doctrine genera
ly recognized, that the State Government
possessed the power to absolvo the peopl
. from their allegience to the,Government, an
' their obedience tolhers law. Even thoug
they had s'oorn allegiencc to it, the glory
blessings, greatness and prosperity Of or
: hitherto happy country, will go down amid,
bloodshed and civil war, and anarchy, tn
worst of despotism will reign supreme j
the boasted land Of Washington. P.