The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1870-10-13

mode and measure OF redress, ond the
permanent overthrow Of the one viii
necessarily result in the destruction IF
the other, and the less Of the liberties
Of the people.
General jackson and south Car
dina.
There is q good deal Of edorl
useIessIy expended b. the uniformed
n cxtol.ing Andrew Jackson for his
course in relation to the celebrated nul-
LITIGATION law OF South Carolina. Jack
son vas a Democrat, AMI his prccla;na'
ton. which the Inpcriaiats Of to-day
/ dishonesty endea TO make capital
out Of Yves strongly CONDEMNED by the
Democratic press at the tine, and the
President vas boldly charged with
derel.cton from his principles in
those passages whic! relate to the
great question of the origin and char
acter of our Federal Compact A
resolution was introduced into the Sen.
ate Of Virginia which declared that it
was "set forth in the late proclamation
of the President Of the United States
that the Federal Constitution results
from the people in the aggregate, and
not from the States" and the rcsolu,
ton proceeds to say that this theory
Of sour Government would tend, IN
practice, to the most disastrous cUnse-
uucnccs.' This called forth all eXplh-
nation from the Prcsidcr' which was
} published by authority in the wash.
ington Globe, in which he pooitivel,'
. declared that mo part of the Procia-
nation WAS meant to countenance piin,
ciplcs which have been astribed 20 1t.
On the contrary" said the President
cts doctrines, if construed III the sense
they were intended, and CARRIED out
nculcate that the Constitution is found
l ed on Compact--that t.is compact de
rives its obligation from the agreement
= entered into by the people OF each o.
y the States, in their political capacity
! with the people of the other States
| and Il a. in case OF violation OF The
| Constitution OF the United States. ano
the usurpation OF powers not granted
| hy it on the part of the iuncllonarie'
| Of the General Government, the State
! Governments have the right to inter
I pose and arrest the cv !, upon the prln
I ciplcs which wclc set forth in the Nir
i ginia Resolutions Of 1913, against Tho
c Alien and Scdition Laws, etc
= This is quite enough to show tina
Gen. Jackson did not endorse those
centra!i1ing principles which his Proc
= lamation Srsmm to incUlcatc, and ",
cannot account for the use "cccntlN
u ma IT, hy the non and AmcrG an Of I'll,
Objectionable part of this vroc!amN
y ton. unaccompanied by an explanation
, upon any other hypothesis than that o
= ignorance or Il willtuI desire to misrrp
. resent the true sentiments Of the Pres
e ilent and impose on the crcdulitt OF
c its readers.
l Clays compromise bill OF 1888 set.
. tied the dispute between South Caro-
I lima and the General Government. cit
] provided in fact for gradual rcduc
ton of the revenue, and an abandon
. ment OF the protective system at The
S end of ten years. And Mr.. Calhoun
j. insisted that South Carolina. in strik
' ing the blow which led to the compro
n mise Of 1888, aimed not to destroy Lu
T. to preserve the Union, IN object tt
= which that blow had essentially con
L trihuted by bringing the protective tar
. III system to the ground
Gen. Jackson did not put down
G South Carolina, but South Carolina ruI
) down the swinding tariff system and
= curses loud and deep were slIowercd
upon her devoted head by the wealth,
manufacturers who had so long been
leasting upon the life-blood o'the pco,
pie. A little OF South Carolina's git in
} one of the Democratic States Of the
North New York, for instance. would
relieve US of the robbery Of the present
tariff system far more speedily than q
Democratic Congress would
! Coolies.
TIL, nomaoratio Ctaio rnpv.nsipp