The Kingwood chronicle. [volume] (Kingwood, Va. [W. Va.]) 1861-1861, 1861-02-23

laws through its own Judiciary Or that ofeach
State. Within its own Constitutional limits
it is absolute and supreme.
by the second section Of the sixth article
Of the Constitution Of the United States it is
declared that this Constitution and the Laws
Of the United States, which shall be made in
pursuance thereof, &C., shall be the supreme
law Of the land and judges in every State
shall be bound thereby, anything ia the Con
stitution or laws Of any State notwlthstand-
ing. Does not this supremacy Of Constitu-
tional law necessarily make the Government
Of the United States as much the Govern
ment Of the people Of this State as her own
immediate Government? Is a Government
possessing such great powers without any tie
Of obedience Or allegiance between it and its
citizens? Can it be that in time Of war a
citizen soldier would be allowed to refuse to
shoulder his musket and say owe you-no
allegiance, [ will wait until my own State has
babe ne fight Could he say | will assist
your enemies and you dare not punish me
for treason. because South Carolina has not
defined it These questions must have an
affirmative answer, Of we do owe allegiance
to our Government, not our agency, under the
Federal Constitution.
The presiding Justice, the Hon. David
Johnson said The people have organized
Government clothed with Ill the powers
that are necessary to protect the citizens in the
enjoyment Of AL his rights privileges and i'm
munitics It is that Government which does
protect the citizen, and to that government
the alcgiance Of the citizen is due If that
had been a simple government intended for
the State alone, and confded to the admins
tEation Of agents appointed BY the State and
responsible to the State alone, no proposition
could be more certain than that the citizen
would owe allegiance exclusively to that gov
ernment But many Of the powers Of GOV
ernment, and those of the greatest import
ancc, have been confided bN the people to the
/ Government Of the United States, whose
agents are not appointed BY nor responsible
to the State, except in common with the
other States, and to that government is con
fided the preservation Of many Of the dearest
rights Of the citizen, and amongst these may
De mentioned the guaranty Of the Constitu-
tion Of the United States. which secures to
each State Republican form Of government
Tie Government Of the United States has al
50 the right to require citizen to contribute
Of his wealth to its support and to serve il ist
armies That government is, to all intents
and purposes, as much the goyernmet Of the
4 people Of South Carolina as the State gov
ernmcnt They have both received their
sanction and they have consented to be bound
BY them, and if the conclusions Of logic can
be confded in, for the same reasons that they
owe allegiance to the State government, they
owe it to the Government Of the United
States. Sophistry may confuse the subject
i but this must be the conclusion whenever the
uncrring test Of the truth shall be applied I
+ DESPERATE AFFRAY learn says the
Memphis Tenn Argus, that few days
since q desperate atfray occurred at horse
race il Marion, (Ark growing out Of dis
agreement regarding some bets between d
party Of residents Of that vicinity. Unable
] to settle their disagreements regarding the
! betting, quarrel ensued, after which firearms
were drawn and used and no less than five
/ persons were wounded Mr.. Graham, far
mer, was shot BY Mr.. Higss Graham son
a boy nine years ofage, then undertook to a.
vengc his father, and shot Higgs, woundng
him il the arm Higgs next fired at the boy
and wounded him SO seriously that his recoy-
cry is doubtful. a son Of VIM Ticer a boy
OF twelve or fourteen years Of age. was badly
wounded by shot William Getting is III
jail for being concerned in the shooting: the
remainder Of the parties actually engaged
five persons) are confined to their beds .
three Of them are seriously woundea but fair
expectations Of the recovery Of all Of them
except the child Graham, exist.
At cattle show, recently, fellow who was
making himself ridiculouSly CONSPICUOUS. at
last broke forth
Call these here prize cattle2 Why they
ain nothin' to what our folks raised Ny
father raised the biggest calf Of any man
round our parts
I Don't doubt it, remarked hystander
and the noisiest
I Lis strange, uttered ! young Nerdant
Green as he staggered back 70 his rooms,
after his first initiation into the mysteries Of
college supper party. lis strange how
evil communications corrupt good manners
I've been surrounded by tumblers all the
evening, and now | III tumbler myself !