Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-04-16

u Lfer |tsfAA4 llu 81
u South Garoliqal die reiit iibses
laws lneo1stitnti tio1 ddd lihs 3 figI al 8
prevent -theirs exceh oaa Ia tsS 56fls5 n
Charleston, there wsuli l5iJa a clear cufIsf5-
tnttonal oHjeetiSAa tRtir colleeeiUnslihp
| every other port, az ID reyenne coblH 1,,sl
col anywhere, all Imports iitist
4 De equal. lis 40 sYer Ito. .fcneat, tiiati
~ ~ ~ no laRs 30 long
" le question 2tsi RPiityFis 70 be de-
4 Operating inipriops IN. at,I..s i5ssi IN
terest Will be Psrha7 iiEbt IN! sertafns
" represented as u iffnttenSi ~ 80
mas been Shown. th 10 aptSSi.
ltulsl doctrt1s 3 9len establikhalast
I 90 sa earlier day, the ropsd have iJean 4
| dissolved in its tnts Tie. ISt eise YIaV
~ : ! emmy !Saqla 81 mbSFg4 and EOn-r
tn.s.Esolltse Law tH t9s asisrp StateSf the
rNige taS IN NtES3l were all deemed
ll.tl's22nsnl94lll94nE y. y apH ere mora unequal
IN their OpeFationi ihid any OF The laws
| now complained of = fofta nat 81 3. po,,,.
| ok these States die fered that theS had
\ ~ INC rlgnt now claiF q by South CarolinA.
lne war into Ehtcd sye. were; forced to
support the digpIt The GRtfon and tue
Elg9tS Of our SttiF p might haze ended
| ~ defeat and diagt &c. Instead Of victory
and hondF. III The tates who snDpoSed Il
= ruinous and ups3nstitutional nie6surc..
nad thought they fpessessed the right OF
nuill!ytng the 9cf " which It was declaTed
ana denying supplies Tor, its prosecution. !;
Hardly and nngadally as tHose measures
bear upon seveFgl niembets of the Union
to tue legislatures pt ppne did this efficient
and PeaceaGle remedY; as tt is called. sug-
gest itself. The discofpry Of this impoF-
lant feature tngo1E Constitution was tre. :.
scr 'ed yea 70 tue present day, To the states
! u men OF South Qarqltna belongs the iuven-
4 ton, and upon tAs cit gems of that State
/ will unfortunately 2fiIl the evils of reJuc~
ling it to 7practi9e Il 5f.siF., - -
Vi If the dodtrtas al Estate veto ihpon, the
laws OF the Vnl9Ry carries With it the evil
! dence of its impraetieabfe absurdity. our
! constitutional history will also afford abun-
'dnnt proof that 4 wbtlid have been ROM.
dated with sipdighatiOn had It been nro-
posed to form q teature in our government.
i In our cOloniaf statei although dependent,
on another poNeri we very carly consider
ed ourselves as coh6scted 6y common in
Ierest with each other Leagues were
I FORMED tor comm0h defense, and before the
declaration Ofiuaep pehdence. NC were known.
in our aggregate Character 'as the United
1 Colonies OF AHietica.s That, decisive and
Important step was ken Jointly. We do
Eciared ourselves q nation by a Joint, not by
seYerdl acts, and when the terms of our
Confederation were reduced to form IL, was
/ tn that OF q solemn league Of seyerII States
| By which they egreea iatthey would coll
lectiVely form one nation for the purpose
OF conducting some certain domestic con-
Germs, and all foreign relations. In the
/. Instrument forming that Union is found an
t'aFticle which kdeclarss that Hevcry State
shall abide by the determinations of Con-
! gEsSs on ail q9S opH,t which, by that con-
ftedefptio6, Shtd a be Abb 6hittetiit Is aIetn.n
! f1nder tho Ell tiop. then; no State
u sl.lIei ef tiIes{ nm.
I gress, or refuse to Submit 10 its execution.
but no provision VAS made to enforce
4 these decisions. Congress made re0uisi-
1 tlons but they were not complied with.
The government couldsnot operate on in
dtviduals. They had no Judiciary, no
means OF collecting revenue.
i But the defects Of the confederation
need le not DC detailed; Under its operation
\ We could scarcely be called nation. We
I had neither prosperity Mt home. nor con-
stderation abroad. This state OF things
could not be endured, and our present
! happy constitution was formed, but formed
in vain, ii thts.fAt doctrine prevail. II
was formed Tor Important objects t6nt are
announced IN the preamble made in the
name and by the authority of the peopie of
the United States, whose delegates framed.
land whose conventions approved it. The
most Important among these objects, that
which IS plared fist in rank, on which all
1 ihe others rest iS1s'to form u more perfect
! Cpion.,' Now, is,it possible. that even If
there were no express provisions giving
I snPremhcy to the constitution and laws of
the United States over those OF the States
can ~ be conceived that an instrument
made for the purpose OF forming more
/ perfect Union than thdtl the confedern-
Ton, could he SO ronsttneted by the as
sembled wisdom ofioMr country, as to sub-
Istitnte for that confederationaforui of gov.
! ernment dependent for itSexistence on the
oc"iinteEess, tile party Spirit 6fH State, or
4 OF prevailing faction in n State2 Every
man of plain, u1sophistieated understand.