Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-04-11

cut, prONPf pUtueltJ UyFnf, TAPER
rad, Couch Crchrr. Cu,t. Drnt Iiesslrs Early Ecio
Rournoy. Fre"ch. FuSse. tiarlnnd. li-,pe. sveiy
iiaymond. iloFe, Iu!iadny, Hubbard Hugh JacSsvr
II. Jchuson, ? c. Johnston. Kuby, Lewis. MrGom4s
Mcdrew, 81, Neil e. Mallory, ). .. Meiiog. ilsr:hsll
orrick, Usburn Parks Patrick pendIetcn, Porter, Pres
tr, Price. Pugh. Rlves, r. E. scntt, harp Shelf =, s
!Luson, Slaughter, sOuhan, spuro,k. A. Il. H. Stu ri
c. J. Stuart SIrIucr Summers, Suhrrlin, Tarr, Tsylos
Waller, White, Wrkhun, Wiley, Wilsnu- 81
fs.s s-Messs Amher, Bltkey, boisssau, 'Fst, Boul
din, Branch, Cecil ClaWhisa, coun r H. Cox. Fisher
Graham Gregory J. Go de, lSrva, iiolromur, Nunton
lsbeIl, Ke. Le"k- M.cferlani, Miller Nonisgue, Mnr
rl!. Morton Randolph Hicil rdsnn, W. O. sSoi se.wr
sneed Thorn on, T. Il. Turnur p T. Turner tyi=r Wiae
Moods, Wssor--S7
So the resolution vas adopted.
Mr.. WiLSoI stated, when Mr. JAMES BAR
souKs rg,ne was called, tha; that gentleman
paired oif with ,hs gentleman from Lswis
county, (Mr. EocoEss) and that both we're aL
sent
Mr. PREs7oE, (of Montgomery. ii move tia
we now recur 10 the consideration OF the 81
resolution.
The motion was agreed 70, and the a;h reso
luton was then taken up ard read, as follows
The people Of Virginia recognize the Amer
lean principle TINT government is founded r
the consent of the goverucd and they conctd,
the right of the people Of the several S1les O.
Ibis Union, for just causes, to Withdraw from
their association under the Fediral Government;
with the people Of the other States, und &c
erect new governments for their better security
and they will never consent that the Fedora
power, which is in part then power, shall b:
eNerted for the purpose Of subjugaling tie
people OF su,:h States TO the FcdtIal author
ltY."
Mr.. CARLtLE-I move 70 amend this resoin
ton by striking out ri after the word "aud,
in the third line, and inserting The follow ing
'ln the language CT the il!ustrious states
man, James Madison, whom the people Of Iir
gina have been taught 10 venerate ard revere
u the wises', safest and lrIrst eXppunder OIL
the Constitution whictl hs 50 largely con;ribu
ted TO construct; that that instrutncn! makes
the Government TO operate directly on the peo
pie, places Ut its couiuaud tie necafri plly Sicl
means oi executing its powers, snd hnally pro-
cia!rS lts supremacy, ana that OF the l:wS
made in pursuance Of it over the Corsttuuu.
and laws Of tho States subject to the rcvp'u
tlnIary rights of he yenpie n ex;reTIe cases
tha, political system ;il.t does 10: provide
ior pcaceable End Authoritative ternIlnn
ton G.! existing controversies woUll Eo
be lp:;rc than the shadow Ui Governments
The o jcct and end o! real Government being
the substitution of lew and order for uncertain
t., confusion and violence; tla:iu tie c"cn! U
Z failure Of every constitutional resort, and ar
accumulation If usurpe:ions and u5uscs re;i
dcring passive 0h:eIiciica and non-rr>is,auce y
greater evil than resistance ami revolutions
there can remain but one rcEGrr, the last Gf 81
,rpcal fr1,n l,a ~slI,1 n, 'iy,.innS =,
the Constitutions! Compact 70 the vr'g ua
rights ami The law OF sci, prcScrvaloH. ihis
is the u!i'n.n ratio ef all governments, who
ther conso dated, corf, derated, or compound
Of to,h. 1t canrct be doubted that q single
member Of the Union, i'll the extremity sup
posed - BrTI IL THAT oSLT-aou!d have right,
MS an cyIa and "llIa constitutions, wight, tC
make ,h= appeal"
THIS resolution, sir, is not M own, it is thG
language Of Mr. NJ olson, and will be rccui
lcc:ed by the COMMITTEE uS one Of the Series
proposed Il week or two ago by the delegate
lr"rn Marshall, (Nr. BuKLEY.l
The eighth resolution. which is nos before Tia
CJurnlts o, aSset t., az he opinion Of the Commit t
tee, that the States j this Union have rIyh: &c
8 .crde from L, and no; coacurrirg III OF being
wiling TO GdE't hy any act OF ntie here suciI
Il polilIc1l hcrcay. prefer, Sir, u avail my-"l
Of The iabnls OF the Ssniiemin iron u tr.iisI
vino had looked uI,, Ia iho writ 'nI- al AIi'
Madison, ttv Svrr=1t GoctriGe in my cPn:on,
,lpnn, this question. And it will b.. iur tins
Committee to say whether lEcy or Mr. Nudi
sou, who hes been STYLED the father 9i lh-
Coz s;i;utun, best understand u.
| will Ecw read the resolution as it would
read should the amendment be adopted.
lMr CARLILE hele Tcud the resolution inG:i.
Gated
The original resolution, in my opinion, lays
down nothing but distractions and p ,litcal
hereses, one Of which is the assumption OF
this constitutional psaceable remedy of seces-
sioa. 1t is idle to presume that James Mad:-
son. md those who were associated With him
in forming the government, expressly provided
in the Constitution for lis dissolution, and that
they spent years Of thought and years Of trll
in building up governm, which WIS to be
dissolved the next morning ut the pleasure q
Z single mernber Of lhl. Government
We have been enlightened, al least havo
been, upon this new idea iar the first time by
this Sth section Of the report. These gentle.
men present this nnw sort Of gGvc! mental idea
that sovereign State hus the right 10 with.
ira.r lru;n he government and mat the gov
cTninen, has 10 right tU question this nct Of the
sovereign State, inaSmuch as they say 1t IS al
offence committed. not against the government,
but against co-States. Now, confess that |
have not comprehension enough to understand
This idea. II is novel one to ne al least, for
| have henrd it for the first tire upon this
far. believe that the government ias the
=: u - e,J1 | hnIiayn IL a Sta.
withdraws from this government that 1t must
he preTarcd by the hight arm Of TeTou,icn 10
maintain its separate existence. l believe,
V hen this government becomes oppressive 10
the people of any Of the States composing Il,
that thcT Should resort to lhst revolutionary
right which our fathls r.surisd to-that lncy
will DO rs they did not take shelter from the +
acts under the cover Of Il righ; that Cannot en-
isl; bu: place the reasons and tic acts before
the civilized world, and appeal 10 Tie Go! oi
battles, tn sustain them.
Mr.. WIsE AS orc of the Committee Of
twenty one, feel myself hound to defend the
Committee at all events upon this section, be-
cause have had an humble part in forming it,
Now, undertake to say: If any proposition
was ever made to any body divided in scnil-
tucat, tina! ought 10 be received on all sides in
a spirit of fairness, without comprC mlttlng
principle upon either side, :his proposition is
ono. Il nfGTrns nothing about the rcvoln'ion-
arg or the sovereign right. You and concur
10 avoiding ths: rock, the Scy!la Oh the ore
band end the Chary bdis On the nther. Il Is
the fai7cst proposition tha: could have been
presented to the minds Ct our people I care
not whether my neighhor acts upon the reTo
lutio.,aiy right, or net upon the States right
| upon the sovereign right OF he upon The IN.
diYidual risht-if he aad I march uaitediy,
shoulder to shoulder, to resist aggression.
rose more particularly to say, that now it is
demonstrated openly, by the bold and csadI:l
n,mber who has Just addressed us, tta: ~e
have tho same dissenninn tearing the womb #
this Convention that il now tearing the womb
of the Cskinet Mt Washington. The image Of
Sin, the M ',hsr of Drath, sits at lle'l's gate
~iih her ef,pring, barking, e'errully barking
a. every thing that is good upon earth; when
disturbed running back to the mother wsnlb,
and evoa there still! barking; and now in ;hat
C,n;.,I in tho wf,,nh Of that Cabinet ;s ttp