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urn-': IV'tt WMliI itali.a I... I '.I. L . ... .. .. ntMaies oriili iit1ity winch fhl M res'ponse h tkshe.rt of tlieiliieii, am) which wilt be mj,J with hltU remors. 1 IMJ COtlrerW-, . Claiming. 'TUr JOHN DtUltD, J JMi;tMUttvjim (VOL. XIV .. U. 6 TTi r 71 WCITEM CAKtiUmXU ,SnM ov ) " l Mo d-dUrt pt iff-tid ri'Au tkree monlktf or fir .aWur 41 7 rrA 1 wf " i r Wilkin the war. So Patrr trill f mtrtttt the" Eifof iff nrrrfh'n. Jhiuburiptio irl1 k rterieeioea Uu fv tktnowyAr. A fallrt to mdlff tkt Klitof tf lt j, dtvotUtnur, ou maulk Ufurt tie tipir-!- eonUUrfd tt m writ mogrmrmt. 4y frrm promriZ r Jent tuh rriUr to tk CaroUtun, tknll kave yHtk paptr gri'it. Advertising at the W1 4 . Ml Irttttt addrtittl to tkt Dutitr sv it pnM puid or ikry rill 4 attended I. The: l-ru will bo tfictly adber- ad l POLITICAL. rnu ffjt )orol neaLt. rULalUEM-d rKCK.LAM.vnoN'. .Vo.ll. Ij m" last number, I Tolavnrelte row, that by tbrir several ratitiealton f lite t'ouMilulioii of lite Culled Nate, j,, Sovereign Sut oflhe Cea-io tberrby .'jotW. ntoroJ JnUi Cormaut VaU iiia; "it w" fiotrnnce f tin (-jiiiJt ,u itul itii Ijith inu U k -pt by ill. ) ii i b jV'ir hJ ! prtite further, liil iwnc (..iUiluUa IW (mUU fihw4-b tUr. rtinl, o th verign pvrtir iuUi ttuuU! ilioy ailiJ s i(lMf nxtly, by Uieir own ct or ninuwiM, or iidimrtly, by tnnting their owlk i-u or onii'Hi f iny "tlfrt orr whon " IW idifhl UwfuKy txrte'e tmrxA. I Am'ixM brpuht tn pnmf, what it the mrn lht may b rightfitfly puruwJ by rVn State, Imji! S il eo irtt brmk ifmt dim oW-J to it, by tlmn; -thrrty n rt m vitilatitxi otthat plpl, or Ly A-p-Loj it their, any auch acl done by otn en nwtwblo lo their authority t I pnrnt the qtioitioA iu thin iWtrtlct (fm, iMlrpoarty ; bftcaaeTl wUb 1 1. a m4 iIh( prttKont. tli mic" llier mutter not tiecrtminly iu vol veil in tlw " "" "' t.Ji r ' 1.. i,k.l.., . thn ConUtutuo-or wruatuortawntto i prion by a SUtn of auch an act, wh-n tba a jwita by woi-h act ha horti per' a-irti-l ar or ar not ahdor ita coulruL 4 -nv4 aimeir that the act done it a tiaaiiouof tba Cotwt,it5o-Trlluitit.i ls aetata directly, or whii d ito by b other, it adopted bv it'aa it oao act a I tiMt tho act al'ipted a iU ova a-ij btw'by tuelt ftl ar ahienjW 'Vo'Ti:" ! fr'Hr Tliiii la; ijui'jitji ti'martftjito' 0 :ii naVd bnfiiro a, anJ to preacutud Aii-it liar a direct anawr .,;. ... ' to this rjjmiGrnl answer to tlaaaa qura C'm',1 had aiiiptMn(, until rocontfv, that no "tTC:ut i ilvi'uW'.- '5ut""ai"ojMniOHif upi'm ilij"cl very ililHtrenf from mine, hare utinro.l ol lute, and from many ami V'h auth iritiet too, althoun tr.v former fr 'injoata in ir.y own opinion ia in no de f"1' Aakon, yut I foci cofDpelleJ whilo re lrtitij them, to eadentor to wtubbsh Bk-iU by arjuinenta,"" which but a fi-w W wk tince, I ahotilJ baTB thought at un Jiry a the attempt to prove any a intic irulli. In the case of mere iudi ti'luals, ifa contract ii made Itctwceo the 111 tarein the performance of one party, i aVcontiiferation for the pertbrnrtneo of f uther, nV lawyer, no nmn can doubt; Cut if one of the parties doei not comply Villi tuch a contract, ho ha no shadow of lijlit to ask or to expect the olwcrvancs of ay the other party 1 he failure to com rt by eithcrjienv the other party, the frivili'ge uf avoiding and vacating the con ,, Wet tttorcIlvet ; or.Juf lenueriff perform toe on hi partt claiming a ,-conipliance f'tin the other Darfv. and if that it then -Wjted, mndiojrmr lSv iiijury utatucxl by a"bncii -cf the yniuieut. S.' toti in the caao of naliaass nbiUfle!y 6fcpen,bnt ofedch otlior, if a contract v entered into by them, the iiinuro to '"iplv with ttiijrof.tUproriwona ol tlw jw'tneting parties, leave the other at liberty, to vacate and annul the wh'Je con. ''via to iUolf or while affirming a di ie on ita part to eontinue its obser "Wf party a like compliance. . It iliu- of thw Aitrtrine-4 " wti avwjd priirciplas. Tho act of 'A' 7, nm, deelared. " that the United i'-' araul'riht fed awl exhtmcrated w a th ttiplationi ',Wiiyii4r7''C,itovMtioa, heretolore -HW between tho UnileJ State nd F'ce and that tn aine ahall 0 t hence trth be' regarded as legally obligatory op 6 Uieovernmetit or Citianof the5; Vm W state. Th reatn assignrid-for thi tioo, io the preamble of the act it i that "lhee Treaties have been re rdly vidated 1 the partof tho French t '-nimeiit." u u for this act . of vm ttt bce9Wt. bf Jh" CiMntll'ltia. tU! Tritw ti lra iproMly nuJ lU M 1 pwnw lit U tb Ut llrrdr the SututmJ B-it prif4 tnrrpetl ihorn by an iwlnnfrf, but, drAartl ini;ly, thit tbry wra m Urn r oUif m,mi nhtr boruu IIH7 ha 1 two prvi aT i4 rr;rt"4ly tH 1 ty ' Frit , Sobin, CinrliMTcty. Iliit th ula ti'io f a r.ii t br 1 lao otiirr party fAuailit oUigalKJoa, ifthi MiKir pfty cb-fMra I a kmt that r-wrw. N w,un7!y t wik .H cmlnd, Hal ha'ptt-ry ilnri4ojl i!je, at) may nf nhl !-, in frVar i to Hi rmitracta i what rry t4t bM dm. af ha tf( right- fully, m rr ri to tLnr a rjii , h fir. oH. n h 4nf u any iH tbw Htnr ein .Hi in, in reference to t!Hr coymuit with tltr ci 8ut. It may b niH, ailhoauit.r if ibi PrueUtmiiun d, 4iiy, th it any of tj Hiatna i a ?Wr It may be tiVoiixJ twt t It have eitlercj into any Conari with each nth- rr : or lb .1 1'ti ( niitutioo of th I ini-i Ulft m h a CWoant. It mat hp ijp 'W that lbi rtT3aiil b rtrr Ijpii ln I'n ( or lhi.t ahy St.W i ii.i'jtf t jthrr f tor breach rfiu IVit if all ihio b rawtH, iJt to tti qur. tn prjr nrrtnd thnr aro ail awH-l.) it (AUiwimmnlr. that a iuU(Hn of the C rmail lv aay of th Statea nr rv- Ml.'Alitt.alA-'wUo ia pari kVtt.thr, ngat in racaio mo Lorcnaut a ti lUdfi 1. - . .T r can th ejrr. by a State of thit rilit of cW.Unitj a br krn T-naot ihi twjf mhlifiUiry tp HHf or tt tttm, bi arrih"d, with any pnrwtv t. iIh; hih ami Imk-SmiiiiU ntbt T ItrTolution, which abi lea arith f rcry pfupic. Thi lat it a mere irvtirnlual rln ; it atanl' upon th nmtiin, KiK fwrli " 9ft firm Irr j it n thr n;htnf ar If ,ir nri, hR-hnua canrv altcimt. alt'iouu Ik iasy Fiiimar to ewrt ii. Ton bijb riibl tiaWi anaratt t hrra, Mtalrrw ih nwr be. Jt cUuaa la liiiiM In lafww rrwut of S iterciyoa, tho ritnrr 4 Kui pra, th diolutiMi vi aiiricut Sri?ti, t?te breach of a!lc2aoce, an. I errti of fifth itarH. Cat to right of lr hrtnr a C .Te nant brtArti hj urn: of t lie partita n obligAtorv ap.tft arxW. ifc tvrj n crae tf al thi It co-rtit'itr th f in J .' 11 J ". . . .... aH ktnda wrr tHtiitr,Tkrh! HwltV. IV 4..4 lb S&cy af tHa Holy nM vf Urr-Iution: f -f uili rasa eta twin Jn in hit PH-w. rnxtaV aorimriiiif B-iTttfiMt ooe eiaBHlio anehr, it tnwirintnal pawtp- may be broken by one, aod m in n ibli tory vpQ the ot'ieraji'wt hi ia UL Th- aavriin by a'-St ate. of uu ribt of 'decurjii a bnikfu Cuvoruu' icilmr 0I1 IipttOtT Opoa lUT'lI ft- Hi psio, ti.ir rrit riocetearity "pfotliW'aiiy H,ef e j-Hrt. tlua t!ttr atmlutioa Xrota,.ail tljc,. vWix-" I jrnierlv imptiacJ uiion theut by th v aiMut while it satbitcd as .Mu h. 1 : 1 leavr a thooiTIil lU;utioViti.d, ii la thu nntler of lite Lovena.it, in wbiclt thr.v wen bet ire il iritrrc3 ihtii";" T.i ilie sun predicanv nt in which tliy ruM have been if it had never aiUted.' The Covenant, at to the party uiki:i aucli a ("eclaration, brcooK a mere mliity,- with out even any moral oLliatioa up. -a that party, who, m dtxUnnj it eromntioq frorb aTl th ftr noro'Jistio'isof tho Cv- nant, so abanJoo tbereafier, all ahal i of claini.lo Jtuy prirJuivjLt or bewHit, to which, it mu'ht huv lKoa entitle un-ler it. Tho a&ttrioa, iuvidva. no breach of j Ciith on the part 1 the State declaring the Covenant broken by the other parties. So br from it, it a (firm) a broach of faith by tlm ; a-41, a in the ca-se ot France, it i jutifie the, act declariiif its absolirtion from obligations already violatad by other. It disturbs no relation subsisting hrt ween any others independent of itself, but I?ave to them tho full and free exercise of all trie rijjht and priviWea-wutch -the rrtT eating tho Cuveuanl ha claimed and exer cised for itself alone. If they are cmtent to 4bid-bvf b broke) Covenant still;" thT has been violated or not. 11 tirey cnous to follow the ex mpte set, they have the ! 4.1 me rijbt it do vi. as was exercised br I tfit-ioe who set thweMmpSe.' 4To the .Moralist or tab Jurist, or flie Puo.' OclsirtHli'eBiWIii no illutrktion b roy exam-ile. ' To h- era, i will arir only oie, (mod in wr own history. The thtrtent?i of the oil Arti- bl vobserved by erory State, and la J Uo- Nv,aW-Bpa4 atioa at anv tinvd hereafter be made iaVny of them, unles sJch a!tertion b agreed to in 9 Coasress of Ihe United States, and ture of evW State.T?Yetdid eleven only of the thirteeh Stat!;, In oppAotion t the will of tho rw other, alter that solemn Cbrenant bf, too present Constitutioo oC the tatted Stntos hand mecordinj Jt in provisions of this latter irrumt, oifsj State ofy; migt have done so, as to tnein selvos, Jegitiinately, Md From whence was such a power, nicn an MK-tle to have b-en nifhtiUtl exerciiT j...u.vi f i Vrf. niv- rVo n rS AVichjt of C-wisiaioa-tltfiasriVu, is llot!ifwbca 039 Qi m oiyetutjl tb hr: wttwiotjji te fattlj cf tjdi' Vjs . . .. -. . , --v . -.' 1 -.;.......,.--; -- .- ----- -ytV-Jaitj j jUr '.-yg.vr-y;. ryrticb?,th conol of rry Buio" at ancillary, to nU aoy alUraliwi batatrr mi that la-trtiMK-m. .Sof fr.m Uio Cm l tf.il rm tj(llM ,!. WKW,Ute wwj Vity ul all t'M Kfuca. If wtn UUm w.iuU tiv been auincktot j ami mr, liw,I4 irtirJi'a uL Coutlti liwn'iiiiht ham Uc,.n put jiUn r.r4.ii in tho yarl77, wlwo thy era ajrood to by a nvijrity of.tho Slutea, lUn yrara lrfro tor y went tulo a:tuil open ti'm by th ajjrrriiii.iil of all llio ?tU Tb Mia-cr u ilr ril in ttiia way. Tha IJ Articiraof (.imiTi lU ratton burl born tu iaii in rart.Kia irciJft, by lb rrlual or nejiU-rt if rvi ral of Urn Mali-a, tv coinplv wiih the reiniti'Hu auj rrconiiitmUliuii il ( wijifw, iimiId 111 purovica ii tliul C4 eiinri. Thrto ri"iilrj vilat.Ni of it, hail fiin err ry parly In it, th rt(i riiftit In iWUre thut M ;n ii'i bxii-r obit gatory upon them !u( aith hiIi tint w.id thir cl -ar riht, pru'liwe nml Mliry ilir taletl, llit they iilh'ultl ikM ant lli4 iiji'nl, t.'utit tVy ka I pruti'M a aiiloiilutn f ,r llic tilil C'"t-uaiil ; a'il until tin 'jl liiiiii- aViOt I lava rrceivt'd l!iu nxK'iJrreik r t.l ul lral uiim uf the Huiiet. Tin U nit; d'iia, t lift r nlii uf MiMiiiijr llio nit I'Mr'tiucm, wbirJi haJ been prrk-ct Imfuro, w;!.l'H'"- tnxb'Hlly rrcixJ. So thut thii my twJaerai CMat,tuMI, frwa.Hj of tlw cetW riahl ol'i Hi4t, t il'clan lh obli- i;!iliorMof a Cmmratit 00 bner obltirntory uptw -iticif. alu'u thai i,'ojuait ba bvu brokm b I thor pnrlict t it. IT TTJTIl IFTIUItl, mill lllf riH-l- til HI ffiii-xion wcrMhi1 n':t oftho Stuto If't lafjro, and th'J if w C i..-1.:ui.m Um m.1 1(, the prt'ple of Hie rt-nl States; no tn.it ilie latii r ahrojte l tlii I'.rnr-r, becnu it proceeded from n wiju rinr "i r. Th" Peopl.t f tho wveral "tatir, Ly a vi a Kki aeMWiit- bail ad-jteJ to Arti rl- of Cmfe'leraiion 'a tlwir own ct. I'rul-r lliee Articles many Treati- ! i.i been conr.lu(Jod, many oilier cniJaeiiKMU had been entered; into, war had becu cr. nc 1 on, ana peace wait, in Hi"ir mini and with "their appr-diali'tn. Ail ihe. wr act, that euli! Mily luv been d.i-K by ackmrwerlsed ajentt nml RMrseiui. tito of the ijovcreinty, wluclii has Ifien ahewo, then alM0el in th pople of th eveni m ineir orpiraiecnanct'-r 8tne, iH n -specially reserved To lurin'K,n in this io'ruTi'Mit, .Tluutj f rc, the cbaose of thi C A. uUAtr 0reuy in mfwwilFHt to one'ol t.e hi, rt aairetl tffe will osyiuc ef rte-partf JNtifiiil upon t!u r jood : twMt bo referred the rt fief, ir4JijUtLiwtajfWt-rovirtn f tb prtr-nt L.MVtiui'n, whit-licoiiri'K'i it opt'ii'iiti rt I i fiie t.itf raillvui1hi' r'W.eyrtLaJier it miiht be ratified by . 1 -, try. mna xuif!..u.vnvioui. 1 no. miu Uujii- ant betue annulled, tho S'.at were reunt te-1 to their firmer cn-adition, mid cotilJ ttvt 111.. i .w.i,l.,b.ay.ae Garit.u lica ,thev .wre U'ltJ'M.'tuf.. ..- . The aoi -wll jlu.4tMt, - wliai peiiri rt'istiiiifi had ntalili!iod, that a Cy(in brvkei by n , , pan y . may. Inr uy otaer arty bt Ttzntjariy TociaruU no I niger oplijjntiiry muh 1 jiaelt, ana ..cte li'-.tl.y annulled, as ti it I!, by toe party ii.iLiaj thi tlcclj ration. Ifiwi wa not 111 the cae of Stiites, who cat. foresee toe conseqiieneesr 1 vo Mates ajree to etchanije dirt'rent portitwi'T of" their"ltrri torioS: my one of ihein n-tam tnnt win.-11 it ha agreed lo give, and righ:u!ly de mand of the other the djilivery of what was the ripaivalent ? Commercial advau tag to bo receiTed br itself I Wirleiiiitl to xive, and not entitled t receive? It sems mtmttvou to atfrrm - these thing ) but yet such are the iuevitalde cooeqiwn cesof the "proposition, that a bfrofcen Oove utot is still obligatory upon the faith of the party by bout it bas nut boon violated. It will not do to say, that a pnrty injured by a breach of a Covenant, may rightful Ir eaorce. performance from the other. This is true only where the innocent par ly is desirous to continue tho .obliaationa tt rJi"Cbtenanti ! out" q"oes' not aindy where he is content to take the- other renindyrof declaring the broken Covenant no longer oMttnryltttW n't irirOieinnffiTerrc-" injured party, ana ms policy or oiHcrutiun msut decida which he wilt adopt f but bo cannot riektfuUM take both. If this wss not Sti, the queiiou of upire Viifht, would ntcttsarilg be converted into ono of brute loTct!;-an4 Ttjht mi powet would; aooir be CiKn the saiiK. " , 'V,''"",' "'" . ... . 'f be cooelusions- tVfm tliesft pretrniw is, that when" CovenaVrf entered iuto between a Siaio nn.i ii" co-in-, 1 vionueu ov any of tho parties to that Covenant, any broken, and o n littutir obligatory upot itself. In thji trie ot tho sulijocf tt i oj w rarmient, whether the bvenimenf of tht Uarted Stale be rjMMidorod'as ' "party ii the Covenant or uot. Oucause, if th gov , emrn-nt is a party, thou the principle arp. plies in terms ; and if not a petty, but only1 the atit of the parties who approve and sanction; ilMcts, the act of violatinj the Cntitiition, hecoine by adoption t!w act of all the principals who approve and sane- linn it. and an llie aaine eonxeniinneea fol- nghtof a,btte, to d iclare a Covenant broken by some thff otbf'f ivuiiei uo loairer uhlig&i'orv utf I il rofiiut h P.rm a mow ftfrfert l'rtoo,r,, tl4 fJj,t of 8a:aiox, Walter mir nor k. I ' , II who oWwi thi riht. twtM fotilrlwl llul a irwj rity ril tba !, cmtaiuin niajf.rily uf tfjc iHitipht, may bmnk Ihn CNiitaiKn at lhir wlt1,"io4 "1hit the miiioriiv alataaatHl pt'K Ifmrn) it v! ftiih and ofrixht, aiiU to mrt it on llmir part, I'or if 1111 uo'nriJuli'io- al law bo oim o a:l, ihe Httlilion hw fir eiani, itcmiM-vcrb irpealej with wit the Ctitn-urrciico of f .tt IIihih b uf (-tiiareM, that i bitty, wiihoirt the roti- rurrnut of a MjnJ..nly orih Slat in th fK-imlf, rifMl ota niaioritv of I ho newl in Ihe houapnf Rnpn.-w.nUltVM. Nar, thiajthatiJrrUioil. Tlie Jutlfia of Ihe Huiirem i i4 all, for no amendment of l!ie Cotv liluti'Mi can bo made lo ri-drri the rie. vam:, however rcat llmt may lie; f..r il tM-ren only of lh':o Ktal" refuse to ratify the ameiidiiieiii, the otln-r vriiteeii nl Coiinituiino ihrcc fwrthaof all lb Slates, i-auiM ui tko the ann n.liin-til valid. Tlirre itmniiM Ihen, n relief for flu npprewMf iinn-trih-, however jf rent that u.av bo, howet i-r criH I and uorilititet and wnn Ion may be 'te opprf.i.m, hut to ppal to the liml (4 ImuU an4 to Hrt their rijlit in arm. AnJ wj it f.rlhi t'lll our forefather f-oht anlbtfil f Wat it fir rhU that th ai-fit nu the bct . wcru couvculiI, to frauio nnd adopt a Cim(ilulim HtuU itn lH-cknnf limitation nr p'itter nl every line.' H hti evi r 1 it'-d imv guar TOtf nrtTieTitil of ((evolution 7 1 h.it ev 1-1, uitfJtt, 11 ia loin p-iit 10 1101 uu.iiioca li.L b iuan.. Coojuuri.ktuiltvr- fivn. ttr cm take it away. l-iee goveniment, i lu a -If vit-e lo prevent Ihe nefeitv r-nirrty t ithit natural ri-lit. Tlie Cimi ttnuiioii of 1 'u? United Statot, iu wparatin 1 lie sovertiniiiv from tlie oeruaieut, nu ki.i' j" tnmi'-nt rent up.Ki a Covena lcl. -t.ii tbi) Noveri-''ti al.ites tbeniu'lve 1 1 t!u h Covonaiit the ifoverrtmeia creu j, 'M .J f1 but a iure.aioui t'le 11.11 ti't'. and in thui rointitutiu; enc p'llU Vtm Jihle oflhe obterva H'O of tin "''' mut, with th right of divlarms no longer etiiintory uhhi it-ll, wlicn br ikcu diai-aly r niilirectly by any other p.irtv. was a proud monument of human iI. ni- Rob it of tin-so qualities, and it trotnr a stmpM inflitullnn y wliich all j'.'wer 1 .tuosfvrred ta tlio. uuyudy. ,wuo uwy rule the mtttortrjr,: accrJiu-. to-lhe uttej'cito.i"wnroniie m.ijnrny. without account" iimf to auyotiHif tbau ituelf- the thri'atltiare garment of tueient da), ltm etoftt onitt ntf, bemtfw it was alwdvs jimLaurlukia ltMolir -' rwhi :aina4 powernav, so sure atetJiicU (vllow their cau', inimt a hard military jiospoiwin tjieedily aucciied to such a goveniinuut, ui jucti a country as th's. J will cI-h thit tjitmlier with this re aiurlu VVlwrever the ohWt of tho C6y: 'Mil W Xeitahlwh Umouec AociaioB Ivr any purpoae, between iJitf-mit petrtio. , . . ' ........ touce ua lur tlio Covenuut, after it is made, Secfctbivun one of tlio remmlic tbafmav aiway be rosnrtuJ to uv any of the par ?J"?i f. r a. breach of. hi Cuvcua.it. . by. .uuy oilier j and 1 nothing mare litan a dtur ation of tli.it flict. Li 17?e, eleven Status ceded from tho Union eatahhhed by tlie olu article o Ctinloderati'in, and ostah eihed the present Cimstifutioii fir all the StaltM who might cIiooko to ratify the same, in lJU-i, tne. United Mate sece dedfrom the alliance established y their Treatv with Franco. In either case, the act proceeded from the- samo caiiiY!." tti nithercase, did this act produce any oth etcoiiw-qiience than it was designed tu ptuduco by those who adopted it 1 a mere diaeohitiou of the fornter bond of Union or Asociation asto thoiiMolves. Nor in any case, can uy other ronsoqunn.cn rightful ly result from it, on the part ol the state declaring its secession, although it 1 po silile that other elf;cts may II iw from .the roure of the other party. Ihese etfocU bMI,,ciiiUtuui ttie otjoet et mr- next nu nbew ' t - -rL . A VIRGINIAN While teekinz to establish the riglit of a State, to secede from au Union formed by a Cvenanti the tdrrrnr.cf which 1Iae been broken by ; other, parties, I was not unaware of (be objections that hare been urged against Ahf exisWtwer pf such ; a rVht, not only by lh author of the Froc- tarnation, but by otlers of the School of Consoritiationiotd. Hut I did not chooe replying to these objections -at that time:. Therefore, I assumed al! the facts neces- right..; Having established tins, I wilt now attend to these suggestions. Many of tliera haye.bjeen,.befiire noticed, end aa gy ered; (uid I will uot here repeat these answers. Hut there ia on; which ha fot j et been presentedVand to the exir' ja tiunoftbiftj 1 propose lo deui:V. ' '", onnibert y 1 This objection is. Unit no , S . .' riifhtfulJl Assume as a factrtAai j jjiant has been broken by 'y "4 btafes, or act upon such an i '.--I. ....4 r 1 .. j" . 4 ymioui. viomiin:; Hs ovjn taiti tlie Covenant its, If has provu!?' ter lo dociJo all such imiQu' bo bwittnil. Thit arlnlr ia aaid to ba Ih 1 Supwmit Court nf ih l'ni!d 9tat. To I thitobjoction, Wbich it fKludel Upon lh' uMod itnra of a tmmon a autliortfH aixl eamMe to di-ci'l ltn iranitidia of lh Cnrutilirtion, of which any 1iilmay lava eii'iao to complain, riiany totwer may l piwn, all equally coorlur ) to ahow, that no iw h arbiitir, clothed wifh wirli authority, rilher duea, or fright tin" eaprriinj in dim. Th firt of thr anawrra ia, thait a;or lif(J lo ik lJ puMibility, C00I1I tba cta ttippiiacJ titctiat.ftor be preacnlH to tb Huprin Cmirt fritdcriioni n il Ih. HtiVrreifn r.irtiea rm rontnnt Ii bIuIh Iiv ('oort, dk all other Judgi-s, are apiHiinu-d to deciili) '( ite, ami not to amtiv I hem tlvrrrlo edify ninnkind (at Ihe I'rei dent se k to do hi thi Proclamation) wilh riitmliftii, or with pihhe lecture, cum niunicaiing tho n-mlt , iheir lucuhra tmm Ujion mere quettion oflnW, of poll ne, or afly ottiur art or si i'mce. - TlMMAca loo, crrirdin to the very term of the Constitution, must be "ea in law and equity ;" s:nl we bat lb uu thnnfy of ihi Court itelf, fir anying that thero cniinol eit any ca in law or equi ty, hot one presented to a (?ourl by the representation of jmr'irt. The lav pro" Ahrf in every C'diegn, usy,the itry ud Jer grrnf uatra of hi chut, may tlfi.t(r flicae aieTdivr-rial ion Ooon niiritions of iliyj'X'-'-'J' id pu'Hir. nr ef laf, hmi 111 my aiinue mid. juiprtiv theitiwlvo by imaiiontr suit brought, bv -Jrhn fan eeemt Rtcrmr Ror; - to- try - theae que liom. J.ot it would ho hijjh ctHilempt ol every ('our'., to atleinpt o steal from il an opinion, upon any (piulion presented in acac hroii(iii by aucii iuiiigumry parties: ami not a ! ctMitt-oipl of public jualice, if a Judc ahould wanJur out of tu cam be foro him, to prcjuJice sumo other or to c!e tcrmioe any mere almtract propwrition mt waoeawry to tiie iieciiott rof the ; eaartcr ki.'binitted. for tit ditcrminalioiu Mow. . (he can suppoNed to eit, is the caae a Covenant of Union, believed bv otw oflhe pnrliet to lie violated bv llm llovemineut ol'th Unil.-d States, the iigeat of all the parties. Iuwu-JtaiiaMe, tlto act coin ma i ued of l in" alreu)y dwie. by the govern. menl, tlie l-nite l 9tate wouln Lave no iieed tu bootttirr arrt pr, or to jp before any Uuurt tot aanert the -- power llmt M4 oeen already taurtod 1 and it-wwiki be dtflkult Jo find thaulhoniy under which my one. as an actor, nisy impluad tie L Stales tu their owu court. . Uarn?re'ft tn'ty t" iaid.'"rrlia(a Ii often said,-that tnw gweriiineut of tlio Un ited Slate can only act by individuals, and uponinntTidmls r and 11 the courts are al way open to such parlies, all questions of (TiuiMiuuiiouni jim:ui . may. sa rcauuy n brouTbt ocfore thft,SUurBaw CourU- f i ins common place assertion, I oppose 'a Ihllfcniifi.''"!! uf. may not be the rnn wournces; bf ahy" 'act wliat ever, iMitofa wilful onjisioo to act.oti .he fstrf mthe govorinnenl. - In uch a case. ft cannot no nretenueu, that tliero is any trrdrvrdtrit.'tar whrmTthe'a'fte yeu 'sufleror may retort lor rcdre, by suit in" Court, Or the evil complained of, may be ou act which, slihow-'h palpably wrong, may not require the aneocy of any individual ; or although wantonly opprewive and cruelly unjust, upon all the iohuhiUiita of a Stale, may nnveriheleii, Mtevtryoiniaon' nu isance, be iniurioU to no one. of them iu particular, and therefore woufdv be an acl not to bo rodresed in ativ private suit. Suppose tor example, Cotigress should nnsf I tnw"giyiii2 a pr fl-ronce lo the port or one blate over those ot another, which they are expressly forbidden to do in the very terms oflhe Constitution iuelt ; what individual could sue, or what individual might he implead, (br the ierpe!rutioii of an act so ruinous to tne injured stale T Even' in cases whort the Courts might tnke cocnizaucS oLlhe act doue.becu done by some tiimvtrfual, the jiidgrtieUl 111 such a case could bind t tone but the par ties to Iho suit. It wmild twt roiieal the uiicotMlitulioual. act j and miUriot even fiirniah any ccrmpen'ialrun to th iiwliVidual injured. Some agent of tho law-makers, in execution of their order), winch are in direct violation of the Constitution, docs me a great injury. I sue him. , The Court agrees with me, fhat the act was kwlcatii..lunaudjotl4ed.Tho.rJury awards an amount f damages to'me as a just compensation for the wrong I have sustained. t he Court gives me a jtJg meirt agaJnet Wn 4bK suov-dkit tito ent is insolvent or runs away, and I can A. get the inteuded conrpensatioit Will mf jaiiiy iiat7.lliii , Ciitart. ,tiaoinsl those by whose orders the , wicked deed was done, and to test whose authority for -sliitHts'fw -lamiv4tu brought tome? Certainly not. I may e titbm, the arm of the Judiciary is impo tent to' obtain for me the1 relief to which the. Cdurt itself bhAViud Lwas entitled it prove tCkacious in tent caanat prevent the. nilsrr outrage' upofi" ifie next day, tinder the rtf The judgment aw, wt declares aim tes no d"fenc to the rticul-tr e a-? brought Ue fiXtieti)ea Uri-, gaut lln'rio, B l that until th Lcll lure will b rariomly pb aaVrf to rtU lhir U bVorjr ii!iid'inl In lh -lnl" tnay be compelled lo go Ihr ugh Hit smt tedious and eipnnaiv prkcdiiia, l incur tho iameJur44,M4'tlr4Uii. relief airaliit an acl of th tjovriunfi( whicli ha been already d-ci l- l b' l!.e arbilir, to 14 ad urmnt: oriii-d i 1 jwlt 0 of lawks power. Now what a tm ..t- .ir. biter mnut he bf lio-t d"eii'm, if i . f. vor of one ta th paif a,'W bimh. a id oUigtlory, Isit if made njr,nt lhal pny. iof no avail lo terminate Ihe tulijl of difroroucn, Ths next answer ta this objecti it i this. Where a raw id law or qu.y iA protierly broughf In-fore the Cwn, l.y se- tuul auitort, if in (lie pro"rrt of lln 'iif, it is f Hind t i involve a dueation of the mere ilnttrcJ etf rcise of pidilirnl hiw confi awcdly granted, the Jud'cs ilieui elves acknowlcdg, that this mieljuri they are inc.ptnp tenl to ch-cidf, but a to all such matter, tltev are booiid hrart pre trrha mlijiiri and, to say, at Judge, that whatever is, is riili!, alibisjuh as iv tiiviJoali, every ttu t4' tlwui may kf thut it is not an. While diaibt eiiw. whether th political power exrrcisif t granted or not, th Court may give an opinion upon the subject, nut kt it be wiee ctsitcilisd, thai the liowtf" lit Trft-sV grantd by ihe Cpiti'utiJO, and thg .Court . s then compelled to ray, that it has noib. I '"jf ' ""Hi V ' im-f piie, wnf- is autleirited to ak, why such power hs b"cn exerted. If Congros dwlnrea war itlioub tiflha iUusLUlfiz',,,',,,, l,ui'in" r . it- 1 i"'n-J:t r lor wincn war evrr was oeciantu ny ino fcrkst iviaul that ever ilixg raced a !! - the Judiciary mutt apply the aanetiona of the law, to all ad done c olrtry to thai wicked will i f lh I'gitlnlure. If 1'rcMdeii; and Stat make Trl, mp ping Iho very fofni'Iations nf th t'orifttu.. tion, the Judiciary cannot drclSr llteis oid. or prevent '"tln4r "xcii'Hn "by" ?h V Eiecutivc If Congre wanMdy - frvy duties and jmon for any put-po w,''u cfer, (he Judicial pwnr t Ih llw laf. ford relief. They canuitt e.ij an the tuan h. ing ofannie. the saitin4 of d el, the shrughter of innocent nieu'.'lhe I'vv" of tnxe,or thutita4'ii-li'ia.- Yt-t it is prccie!y in such caaes, th it (he inter- positioa of. the Sortreitt pxrljertfrftM . ttVoiiaol, wll,pofeWyrmf Hfttreeeawiryi Il i idle, then, to say, that- theV'fcki'ynut . ; - - " interp.)se ryeo mbKM'tliti4r":j. Ihd rcaioii given. " For the very fm;a. tion of the objection to auch inliirM.itroa t, "thaf ti tbcrt"ia'"a common' arbitiepi"- poiiilud to decide the case, the partie may not rightfully assume' tcf decide it, each' for itaolf. " "- .".7.t.'. 1J The next answer Jo thia olijection it, that th vil complained trf max be the act f the Judtciary itaolf, tlie I eiitt(rnieiit of Ihe Sedition. Law X'r..xainilc..vr. iUAth,. jjlicalittu of the wrnnwii .JJJiftyaaJ,- a a criminal cotie, to IHO citir as o( the U; States. Both ihese. canes have occurs red. Il'm, it would be mtitriHiH,lu re fer to the Judiciury, to ilecido whether the J!icuVry"iisoir Tiaj'Ii'rigTit7'autJ''yet the objection, applie-. equally to i. ca s. Another answer in, that ia lliis govern, ment, composed s it is if co ordinate, de part merit, there exists no reason why more , respect should be paid to the acts of out of these departments, than to those- -nf er ' ether rand if it tsadramit thai n i'i;t r . f these departments is bound by tbi- 1 f ilsco-irdinate-, it would he riangt; in,Ii T " to suy, thut the Sovereign of all was Ik. ,1 by such an acC Now, the bctioMt-.e f asserts, that the Judiciary is not bmif t-y the act of the Legislature or of the Li. mm; nndno one, it is believed, wi. I contend that either of the otlwr depart, meiitsis bound by the judgments of the J j. diciary, however obligatory these may be upon the parties. I apeak'not of courtesy and respect, but of obligation merely.- Sltoukt tire Judiciary ttecWf e aii acTiS ihriT lieg!!alui'Worateb as 1 . have already said, cannot repeal. die law although it may prevetit its application to ' the particular ttmi mhivdieem'iittii' may estafrl isbrrltltnr courts or other Juiiws to execute the law: or the President and Senate, in execution of tuch laws;- rrjy araf poiat auuiiiooai Judge ot the soproioe Court, who may driTer from their as'ci. ate v 4104 over-rule the pait ilecisioh m ihif rirt ae that come before the" Court " Nay tte Ilue of Representatives maw iniiach, and the Senate condemn His Judges, for this very dwisiorTjriveiuia vt)latioiTifthe'hwTrae4ed-by 4kemt do not, mean ta say, that any f thesw" things fould. lie right : but . when reaaonM Mg.4IBOaVllS)Kt4'''M tion, I have a right to suppose, that all the legal meatia would w employed by th iulat.10rM)' ' and so to prove, that the Judiciary cannot bind the legislature. MVe have the au thority of the President himseil for aay iiig. thiit he ie:ls hirnself at mudt-bouail Cf bis' oath lo supiiort the Const itution, as any' one else ca do ; and thereforsj; -If Ju'sf . agcucy la TrequrreaV whenier by tlie Itgii' Euture or the Judiciary ; to do any cf which beneliere ancdnstita)i;nitl, be'vU ' not: bo nle ta sin agaiiisf his own fog scemi; ana to Violate his r-nth. . JIis new,. paruziii used iu censure Uini- jiuiwlv-t Uii vAtoa t but ( liwxi eado wgf : ' 'tff'."i;.W it sr.. iw(w...tfA.
Western Carolinian (Salisbury, N.C.)
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June 10, 1833, edition 1
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