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h i 5M a i -0. LAWRENCE A LEMAY. . . .eataairTio. three dollar per annam one -: half in advance, 8ubetriher hi atAr . .Vta ' , cannot b allowed to remain in an ear lonier '" than one Teal'. end peraoat retideut without tltis State, who mar desire to become tubieribere, rwill be etrioUy required to pajr lie hoU-a-4 . mount Oi the year a eueaeriplion m ad ranee. i(riei'ii"'r not eaeeedme fifteen line. inserted three timet for one dollar, and twaa . tr-five eente tor each continuance. jirrca to the Editors nrntt be tHtpald. ' mjM-J-i !-.!'.'!'. J 7 LEGISLATURE OF N. C . In Senate," Dec. 2.7, 1332. -- .The report of the select .committee to whom was referred the communica ! tion from the Governor of South Carb ' lina, en cl osi n g n ordi nance of that ; State, and su ndry documents, oH the subiect of Nullification, beins under consideration, t Mr. Montgomery, of , Hertford, moved to strike out the 4th 7 resolution, which tnotioa MfBaHeri of Pasquotank,', supported tn an eio- quent speech of some length; when Mr. : Jak, the Senator from Richmond 3oaa8edjkftaaoltoaVi f. I am indeed sorry,- Mr. Chairman. that the subjectof Nullification should' 'have 'been broached; for, sir, 1 had fondly hoped, from the course of eer- .taut gentlemen en -the fltMr, that this committee would have been saved the - trouble, end,; I T add, the tmtlea saniness oi uiscusswg iu ror i airra .dy.tiscaer-tuat much wawnth-is4ke- ly to accompany itrwhichT convert the hall of legislation into one of angry reelings and bitter recnmina-ort';-tn4t''it'mty'4mpftrrthat'hartn-bv and good fellowship which has, thus far, characterised our body, and leave s to -deplore,'- after the - excitement stall have passed by, that we naa .not given, in our , placet, a silent rote on theoccasioni For, sir, do we believe that if -we had the persuasiveness of a Chesterfield, or the eloquence of aPat- stuv ! WulosophT' with : the aid of should be calculated to chanc;o one Senator ii the vote which will, this dar. be recorded? No, sir. As well miirhfweattewpt; br rwrmnt,-1& re- move the columns which sunnort the dome- o?-thU -edifice, as. to- attempt such. VVjTe..,alLjcome herewith "fixed and made no opinions ton this AwctriBe: and we are steadfast and im moveable. Nothine.-therefore, which we may say nothing which 'we caiitoo, for ji political abstraction, which siy an wtre eneci; ana, sir, naa not the subject been introduced, I would not have trotiblea tne House wim a single remarki but,"ir, as the Senator from rasquouoK nas given us reasons iuige,ni iunowm me Bpecuiauoiiui why the motion should tofevail, I askijiherty ia the abstract, when thtire is ih anrin an inAnfaonem f tho Uaoeer of refinine it awav in the tub- committee for a few moments id reply. 1 nave aIway7MrlrCairnu opposed (and I now take occasion' tn sy it) to the introduction of political resolutions in a legislative body; fori, have ever viewed them as extraneous to its object, and. foreign to its forma- turn, and. of course; not cominz With jn the legitimate sphere of legislative action. -Bnt. sir. l do think that, if e- . r a subject from the magnitude of ts character and: the -.a wful-eonsc qsence which, attach to the further ance of the doctrine, formed an excep tion4 to the general rule, and justified a legislative expression of opinion, that V V ie should, Mr. Chairman, meet it calmly, coolly and dispassionately, re- eollectinir, in the eletant lanuace of tne report accorapnvinar--the resolu tion which are now under discussion, " inai nonesi -diuerences of ontnion will arise; tnanly ingenuousness - for bids their - concealment; and"4 ma-na-' nimity will appreciate their expression, and receive it with forbearance-?4? But, sir, snouia tnej not oevso received, should those sentiments which ouch t to I find a hearty response in the bosom of l every honorable man oe suttereti to pass tby without due consideration? For one, 1 ylant notto be driven from my duty by a squeamish sensibilitytliat what ' we., Jnay now do, might possibly offend our i rethren," and, in. the language of the gentleman from Pasquotank, goad them For, sir, let those bre thren, recol lect that their precipitancy is about to jeopardise a joint inheritance that peir, rashness has gathered over our wd an angry cloud, which tnay yet jhirst and scatter wide-spread desola itioft ioit wake; that it may, sir, pros rate our last ' best hope that which tost in a (A blood and treasure. Z Recol lecting these'; things, ir, let them be ileat, when we come forth, a I trust rwe phall thi day, the advocate of Constituents; and, sir44, thi i not the tlm itk; !. ...1 it. .1. .U.I ?ourwhen we should be. deterred from PUT dut T h r',.AA . 'I....... .,.4lr pur duty by rild, adherence to courtly -"queiie. i have not come here; Mr. Mairman; fa the purpose of burning the torch of Electo. To me, sir, there neither lustre in Us fires, nor cheer nK warmth in its hlazest and had -net remarks escaped the lips of my honor- pee resolutions, - which speak forth, I lionestly believe' tfief noVthe le'iii inients of nineteerf-twentieths 6f our friepd front;Pasquptankf mine, in.fingcr njoit th article or clause con i1t probaWUtj, -ould;ot have hcen opened." ' But, sir afterhaving: listen ed to the animated strain of the elo; quentTgentleinaa ' from Pasquotank, supporting and sustaining South Caro lina Nullification as both constitution al MiA'peacrflilpkher having heard it advanced on jthia floor that tt was the only conservative principle, I should be guilfy of an unpardonable breach of .duty to the People of Richmond coun W, were; t , to sit stilt nay, sir should skulk from a duty which I owe this House, as an humble member of the able . committee that 'reported the resolutions, were I not to stand forth their advocated;:- 'V!; ; "" j, .Mr. Chairman, we were correctly ttold by the Senator from, Pasquotank that we should weigh well what we are now about doing; that we should look into the character of Nullification, see what it is and what it is hot, before we proceed to give an opinion on it; and to ponder Jong before we condemn the causeof a sister. State. . Sir, 1, for one, agreewitlr-tlie gentleman, and admit that, iuan over-heated zeal to put down Nurtfficatiori, there is dan. ger, and great ganger in running into the opposite extreme" of consolidation. YesirH-tw avoid ScTlla7T'l"8t''ike ou Charybdia,'.' which is equally to be dreaded; -atid I am free to declare that, sooner thanliyeia a government of u nlimited powers, I would take Nul lification with alt its attendants of revo--I u tion, , internal commotion and "civil wsr Yes ffJLmmht take it, be tame n is i numwi nw nat viw. nt-erttenra yetdriveri to thi iie ce8sityi andt asmuch as 1 dislike the (irmcipie uii wuicn lite present lanu is predicated ; as much al I believe it an unwarrantable assumption .of powr, as an indirect attempt to control the aomesttc industry ol the country, and to "raise opthe maTiufacturrrig at'the expense of the agricultural interests; yetf sir, I had .rather bearwith.it for .a season tlian to hazard our all. ' Fr I think I behold in the last modificniion art entering wedgevwhich will ul tt;Vt. If fritter it down to a revelTueltaiHlard. An l not,, sir, ourne out in these re saw of jour President; look, sin -at the report of the Secretary of ttie Trea sury; and then say we arer-hoping- a gainst hope. - ohall we,jthen,just as twilight is appearing iu the east, wluch will be-followed by that luminary of free trade, whose genial ray shall make the South "blossom as the rosc,' shall we, I say, peril our all, and that. in the Tanguage of one of .South Caro lina's distinguished sons, is " either so subtle or. ao raruoxical as to mock the understandingJ'JJShaa we, ti in- I'tance? No, sir. Forbid it, ye spirits jour tons should so : lightly ' appreciate youc valorous chievements, and rush , heedlessly on 10 raia . But, to return ' to the aubiect, we been asked, to consider the cloc- trine tot Nullification, what it imports and what it means. - Yes, sir. and I wili-dn o. The fourth resolution, jwhicb-is'-novr proposed: to be ntrikert Put declare lthat the .doctrine of Nullification avowed by South Carpli-i na, ana lately promulgated m an or dinance, is revolutionary in its ten dency, subversive of the Constitution of athettrted-States-randleadrtS t dissolution of the Union." -What, sir. I Would ask, is there inthis;which is calculated tn give rise to so much feel ing? -What in this the least exception able to the. most fastidious sensibility? Is the uncohstitutionality, or the revo lutionary character of the doctrine denied?- t ask you to listen to its defini tion; for whene'ver a term is used in science or politics,, we eoio the mean ing which attaches thereto, before wel can.tornv a jast estimate ot it, beiore we can subscribe to what it imports. So it is with thi "new-fangled hotch pot of a doctrine; and for it meaning, we wilfgo to the modern '-political vo cabulary of John C.Calhoun. In this, sir, w have his own words.1 fllere Mr. L. read from Mr. Calhoun's ex. pose' of July, 1 831, in a letter to the e ditof the i Pendleton Messenger. Sir, taid Mr. Calhonn, (neaklnr of Kullifita tion, " an tar from ex tram dnrw, I bald that J there never a Tree Slate ta vhieh tlih f real eonaerrative principle, inditpenaible fi all, ae ever no wfelr lo1gedi Hi othera, when the eo-itatei repretenting the diaaimilar and aonflieting htte reits of the eomamnltr, earoe into eon tact, the only alternative n eompromiae, aibmiiion, force. Not to in oura. Should iheeenerat f o v emraent anil a State aaror Into aentaet, we hate a higher remedr. .The poer whiefa called the Kcneroi government into exutenec, which gve it all hi authority, rand ean enlnrjre, eon tract, nr ahnliah the pnwrr fct pleaor, may . be invoked. The State! thfemMslert miy be appealed tot three imtin af wlyeh, in fttet, form a pe whoae de e'reei are the Onatitution Itaelt, aad whoa voice iileaeeidiMonten't-,' V ',:-" '. -''" v- f- Here, then, Mr. Chairman, you haya il ..Vn.l,. f.nm 1 full nta! n head, that the very bath of thi doc- Inna Uv tUrm ia IUWH tMtlf (hn t. v - , tl.U. Ill' " W . y . v provisions.: of the Constitution .to de cide points ia'eontroversy between th Stater and the" United : States; and, therefore, that theteaure was fa peaceful one. " When we ask. the ad vocate c( Nullification to lay theie oreivinr tlie bower, thevnoinf tc the fifth article, which speaks of a mendments; and when we turn to see what that contains, we see it refers to a mendments solely, and cannot. 6f the most lorcea construction, Detortured in to a power of construction. Sir, need I say, that to amend an instrument arid to construe an instrument, are distinct M. P J . ; . . f . and dissimilar? Amendment means substitution, the supplying of some., thins: whjsch is new: but. on the other hand, to construe an instrument, you are limited down to Its letter; you have to decide iclutt the instrument meaixn what it is, atid what- it ought , to bs. They are, sir, antipodes, diametricalIy dissimilar. The east is noiJacther team the west than amendment is from con struction. - They ililfcr tbto caeldr' and vet. Mr. Chairman ' 'w arA ' tntif by the-advocates-of this modern dbc nnivthat, under the fifth articled the Constitution, you may make up an is sue, and tender it to the general govern ment; ana that the general government will be compelled -tOTubratt the nues tion touching its Infraction to the States in Cftnvcntiori; and that unless three- fourths say that the nullified act is con stitutional, that the law nullified U null and void J but if they do, in the language of Mr; Calhoun, their deciiTon silences discontcDt. - - , i .i&MiUMsion, Mr. Chairmani-to iity mind, is conclusive, and is plainly city of Charleston of l.ite years i be an abandonment of - a well 'coiisUtu-1 cimiinff to that State what Paris has al tional as sovereittn Nullificatiou. Mark you, sir, lie admits, that if, tigon convoc.atian oi ttje stateswutUre tBi liall:AlclaEe thei-dfpirte'd!i faw constitutional, that the contendinz State U bound to utmit. NowrBh", what is the extent of this admission? Does it notco the whole leiiffth of the doctrine for which I contend that the framers of theTi'cTleTalCon3titutioin. tended" something more by the instru- ment than tliat it should be considered a partnership at will a mere rope of ssni witnout any binding ethcacyr If I am asked how I arrive at this, I answer, bv the admission o the Jead iii immuwuu i, hir iionutmis, mmiuujni ui, u was nut meniiunctl to rirtually acknowledges the powervnf .1.- - iL -- - t me vjcncrm vtjrernraer,,-wiren"ex diner only as to the exposUof. .llzrfl then is an acknowledgment from him 4-whr gavetheballrof IfttUficattott motion from the "causa causans," that powers may be rizIUfully exertised ua der it, even the power of . controlling the domestic industry of the country, provided three fourths should so de clare. If, Mr. Chairmaitf this were done if the parties .who created it. and who can contract, enlanrc r a- mend it, were called together, and thf question put as to the disputed power, and they-were to decide it constitu tional see, sir, in what an awkward dilemma it would place the advocates oi constitutional or sovereign Nullifica tion. Why, according to their oWu Showingihelr " favom f eacefui ' State " interposition would, ike the spirits of the- mighty deep when exorcised by Prosperos' . wand, be vanished into , thin air no resort left the State but the ultima ratio, an appeal to the sword. This,' sir, must be conclusive;- tNulltficatrrmTis claimed to be .the .exercise of a oe reiffii power--n;ot a r Tirrht derivative. but supreme,' absojhutej the highest-If then, Bir, it is-the exerse or: sote. reign, Bupreine and absolute right, Aok; in the name of common sense, can any decision of the Stifes, ."who inay 'be" called together, deprive a cOn-. tending btate oLa-nght which apper tains to her sovereignty? yet we are to! d - by the M agrnis-Apol 1 S hi msel f that ueh are -it efTcc ts; - Of-course it takes from ihe.State;. what he calls peaceful State interposition, and leaves her no other right than an appeal to tne sworn, sir, this cannot bo an swered.' ; I challenge ny gentleman to answer lu-fr?-;--?-f; No, sir, the doctrine will not hold water.-Constitutional: peaceful Nul lification "cannot be sustained.:fou might as weH undertake to prove that a"4Yeftr rfe-'eijr4ttaiawho cwngii ti"ltttJ cme, (ties a natural death, as to say that Nullification is constitutional or peaceful, ; and those who support it weave an enchanted web of a fairy tissue, as beautiful, but as transient as the helm of. Gassamerr when pearled with the morning dew, and glimmering to the morning suh.'Vh j ; "- ' In ;theoiyT-tr, Some doctrines may do, particularly in the hands of skilful advocates.' They hold before .your eyes that which captivates your senses; tfiey push it forward to youf obserYa tioa. highly colored; they play upon your warmth of feelings your fondness r ii.--r-.t- t0-," .1 ' . lorevcry ming wnicn nas tne temi lance of liberty; but a eure as-you embrace jt, ;its. CO pear," anil the fair phantom of liberty, which you have been told was the only conservative principle, will be uc ceeded by anarchy, turmoil, and con sequent ruia ia your pountry. . .These, sir, and these only, will be what will remain of practical peaceful Nullifica tion, (about as strange, a misnomer as that which i applied ta a TariflD-of protection; for that too, is called the Americaa eystem.")-; They call it peaceful, and nave done all that would make U warlikr. , The first itep-at to abolish the revenue laws, to close; up every avenue through which it can oe cwiecteu, and then tleclare that it, the Government should attemrit to mi- force the law. that it , ill hVsUtd ? with the sword. 4 Yes; siN they have! dissolved the as their own the 25th lection for rathr..a'n-. ins it ebsolcte.1 .. Call tou thia ntocjtl, fuL Yas there evonany thing so un- Government itself so far umTC ."!, ;anu siupgs actxould do, by repealinjt we same tiraeoes it not t.ien, Mr. of the Judiciary act, hrman, come with; ill grace Horn .flrtiiallw- rin.lnr. t sav Mat the laritl is ttneonsti- hk6atseirsi unpeaceful? and shall ,irv,M" v'tHuui., w i we not warn our citizen of thi wolf .meant plain obvivusvabout injtSie habilaments of a. sheep? .:-.Tv ;h,ch a J mistake,) where sir, it is our duty; and I am told that-P." fl.r'Lwa8 sVS?t of that n tel. the citizen of South Carolina ere tliisJt whicVfigured ou the floor of Conr see that a. deception has been Drae-.!:"s? , here Sen were the power tketl on them whethcr.knowinirly W rot rwiirho sly ; (r hone the leaded thpmi.lvp Wn vv -.f ----i vr'i-' . ' " Mr. Chairman, ther have been deceive d, not by the great bodyer sau!124Pn9r X .naf,P? 8a lor the whole oi them are lovers oi the Union they are liigh minded, noble and chivalrous; not by the solid and suostantiar yen-man ry or the state, tor; their only asperations are their couri-i try's weffare; but, sir, if the prints of that vState are to be believed, they have beeh imposed on by a knot of po liticiaris around Charleston men who assume to themselves the right of giv ing tone to public, opinion. Yes, sir, am I contradicted when I say that the ways4 been t trance, and, in a great degree' give, th$mpu'4i44o. the most .(Jie nnlkof kirtdnessjn niy couiposi ttoithaMlo linpufe motives which have frequently been imputed to the teauers oi iuiiine4s'Ritr-wn 4o it. But one thing I can say with Eroprietyj that not one in twenty- of cr citizens," who voted for delegates to the late Convention, believed at the time of voting that the subject of "se cession would in any event come be iore the Convention. Tto, sir, 1 am told that it was hineople.':- Ye 'n yilLtfjfll'ter and think :I.am brne out in the --r: otahelableZlhatanullificationoffhe Tariff comes with vcrv had race from MessrS.:C4tHounrM''bu file and Ham ilton. Look at the course of John -Cal houn &3'8iitriYirbiWtrTlTOierf advocating it upon the protective prin ciple, upon the j-round. to use his own words, (in hi speech of that day,) of placing the nianulactureri beyond 'he reach of eon tingencyryesfandihrec: fourths nt the delegates of that State supported it, to protect us from foreign competition.... then; sir, was hatched the; mischierous eontrivanceof .uiitii- mums, since so odious, because so de lusive, trace the same party on to 1821. Ywu then find them' (when a resolution was lature bf3. Carolina by P. llt;Mays, declaring a Tariff of duties for prqt.ee.-. tion to" b3 neon s tit u tional) going e n masse against the resolutions; and, sir, in the report which was submitted by Mr Prioleau, (the chairman of the committee to whom Mr. Maresolii tions were referred, Vthe right of Con gress to lay dutiea' .torprtej.lwjit. distinciJy admitted- -The report went furoter . ' Hear it language. -K'.-.Thatl it took occasion to deprecate the prac tice, now 4 becomfngioo -common, of arraying flie States as separate and! ,uuM4ttV'overciniiea uaiusi inn vie- neral Goyernment. To alt of which Mr. Hamilton- subscribed for, if. my roemorjr .ienre .me,".' he as;.thea ; a member of the Legislature --L-L i'JFotlowlhe to i$i4. You then find the venerable Judge Smith, one of her ablest aons, (who wa al- wayi a State rights man,) turned outof the American senate, and his place supplied by Gov. llayrie.' For what was this done? " It was, sir, on account of his being - a State right man a name at that day so odious,: that they were cal lei Radical th cough 1 erisio a. Judge Smith' notions were not rpe enough for - Mr.-'-Calhourr.' -- J Udge" Smith, sir, could hot make the Constw tution any thing or; nothing, to suit the limes; but, being an old fashioned De mocrat, he adhered to his faith. Sir, when MrJ Smith returned home from Washington, true to his democratic republican principles, he' spoke : of them, wrote-in their support,' and the Legislature of the next scstiton sustain ed his principles, tlius leaving Mr. Calhoun in a tninority at home. Penn sylvania and Rhode Island had, some li t tl j timcbtiore, I think, backed out from hi ni a a candidate for the Presi dency What i he to tlo in a mino rity at home, deserted abroad, placed in a situation J.ittle suiting a man - of hii:;amUtiM?iWb-y I will tell . yoo what I think he did. He all at once turned a somerset, became noisy about State rights', and even outstrip ped the Radicals themselves. 1 oey were, perfectly . astounded. - Finding that it -would not dp "to' follow in the wake of Jude 'Smith, (for, sir, he will be second to node,) he grafts Nullifi- cation upon naiucaiism, and at this day huneli and his whole party are the loudest id the vociferations of j' served rights;;Stata ipvefeignty, &c The'poor lUdictU rrjve been distanced and denounced as Federalists by these modern Republicans. , Yes, sir, i. iiif Meaehmee with eireroua, . t "- iUnner ehare with elimM. : . . , .Teurt. with Wkaud principle, with I. meaj- :.IhoY been difierenf things cannot be iolerated? if; ?I,ei a7 ' '9. PPM' wt u.u mater which, as it by m: f tiirhtn. ?(kinnrihAniTiT subject? Had he then his mind on the Residency, and was he "buying gdrl i was. . Let U3 now,- sir, shift the scene, and turn to those other distinguished men, and- see in what-eompany they are to be found. We will take up Mr. MPu!Ge, the author of a piece signed 44 One of the People.?' ljear his lan guage. It was written about the time of. Maya' resolutions. ' 44 Ambitious men,V bays Mr. M'Uuflie, 44 of infe rior talents finding they have no hope tq be tUstinguiihetUin the councils of W ;.ntion4l- gov?rpmeji,jL, n.a,tur.al!y ; wisti to increase the power and eonse-' Stience of the State UovcrnhTentSj-thc: ieatrei,in which they-exnect tip ac utre distiriction.' it is not. tliererore, and a real apprehension that" those rightre Iii dah'fcf, that .caused so niuch ' to be said on the subject ofl Jl-pj;oU:a4v5Utetiwenty solitrated government.' It, is the am- bifXo.HtTiat, expect to figure only in the State coun cils," and of those States that are ttMi proud T to; acknowledge a -superior." Again, sir, in the same publication, he says, 44 We have more cause of ap prehecnv frO!, lh the General.' Government. I rt other words, there is in our system a great er ti?nt1eiicytn disunion than to con-. Tr a, rl1l . ..... ino ouier uisungtiisneu geniicmaii in hhirdri-rmir i Again, 'sir, hear the language; of a letter published irt ' tli"e''tJnTtcirStates4 Telegraph, -'which has alwavs been at tributed to Mr. M'Dunie:" 44 A man who will iontend that our government is a confederacy of independent States, wmiae7tmlepemIentovereightyTwa never in any degree renounced, and thatiljnav.be antrol!ed or annulled at the wifl ol the several inilepentlent states or sovereignties, can scarcely be-regarded as belonging to the pre sent generation. The several inde pendent sovereign States control the Geueral0ovcrmentlWlut,fta.lab surdity JThis is artarchyjtselfu-zS; 1 ..MtvChairmam-1 will not pursue theaubjec t: f urtheriArehese - the b the. men upon whose authority we are to test this doctrine? No, sir, I must be pardoned if I enter my disclaimer rSir,we4ia,ve lieen-ttddhyihe able Senator from-Pasquotank - that the South Carol ina - doctrine Js the" doC trine.of the Virsnnii and Kentucky re solutronsj-TintM'homls JeHei'lon and Jame Madisonliave been appealed to as sponsor for its orthodoxy.' Much Iw bee atd ef theabiercportof M r." Madison in-the VirxiniaiiCjiilature of 1799, and able, indeed, it i. ' To every sentiment therein contained do 1 fliosHieartily subscribe. ,l harre port- contains the - republican4 faith. the doctrine of State rights, hut not state abuses; and as a proot that it does,' bear with me while I read a part of a letter from Mr. Madison him self to the editor m the North. Ameri can Review as late as August, 1850, Listen, and see if he does not nullify INullilication, and declare it to be an exotic ; After other observations, Mr. Madison says, -'-Thibring us to the expedient lately ''adyanedrwhich.! cTaims'" to' a St'ate Ihe right to appeal against an exercise of -power by the General Government of the United States, decided by the State to be un constitutional, to the partie to the constitutional compact, the decision of the State to have the effect of Nullify ing the act of. the government ol the United States unless the " decisioa of the Stale be" reversed by three-fourths of the parties. ' . The distinguished names and high authorities which ap; peartot have assrHed and; given -a practical scope to this doc f ri n e t rititle it to a respect which it min;h t be ditTi j cult otherwise .to feci for iii. ' If they i were to be understood as retiuirin-r the-three-f'i'irths of the States tp us tai ft : instead of that proportion'4 to re verse, the .decision of the ppe,liiig State, to be without effect durrnglbe appeal, it would, bo sufiicient to re mark , tliat this extra constitutional course might well give way ; tO'lthat marked out by the Constitution, which authorise two-thirds of thetatejto institute, and three-fonrt,hs to effectu ate an amendment to the Constitution) establinliing a permanent, rule of the highest authority Instead of an irregu. lar-'precedent of construction onlv. TJ... !. .1 . i 1. . . iL . 11.. But it i understowl that the Nullify; ing doctrine imports that; the tie ch' of the State is to be "presumed vul'.J, and that it overturns the iw ' of L'u Unitetl StaeS..Can morO be neces?!- ' ry to demonstrate the inqthnUsali'iti .. y such a doctrine than that it putiif into the suuirest fraction over one fourth of the United States, that ist. say, of seven States'put of the 21, ,t give the law,".aii'l even the Cojistitu- tna;;t lae seven teen.State,-eac!t't' the scvencen,havu.gjas parties' to t'.o Constitution, an eouaTTi'rht with cicU of the-seven to expound it, and t o in--" Btst on ine jpuiua mm iiie sev-n -miglit in particular cases be right an l, the seventeen be wrongis morq ti.a:V possible.., B'it to establish a positive aod.. permanent rule,; giving .4.'c',V power to such minority ovef such .t maj irity, would overturn the first prin ciples of free government, and io.prac tice necessarily overturn thtj govern- m?ht iUclf." Cn , language ir,J'c, stronger than; this? and yet, tr;tng."' W U'U, tiua gentleman is ciunnea n. - one tn the. authors or iNuiiiucauon., No, .Mr. , Chairman, Virginia nevt r thought of . force. ,n She was for cot- . rectiug the evil throuxh the ballot-box i Hence sire- appealed -to her sistpty State r fir co-operation. , Her fo;ct was the; strong arm of moral senti- ment, and her revolution was. the re volution of public opinion. t In this V am- sustained by -both Mri4 ' JeftersCfn 15t'"- and Mr. Madismi, and by the history Of that day. Can more brwanting'ti fl,egAiJ.vi the rtUni,.I4ok at the re (ini t which the other, day 'emanated' ?om2POgi --sifr-" toiie eommUt-wlHeh-Wiis raised Wf8 the same commuhicationwhiclr wit have had. A committee of twqte. one of the most distinguished member of her present Legislature., What, kir. ! the v far? do thevnot d n v th-- dnctrine, and declare that it leads to disunion? Can more be wanting? If it be, look to Kentucky, .who has re crntly come out on the .same subject. gtiage, and uit the am sentiment? Should not ail these, irr the languag - of.-Mr., tion?-- Calhoun, ilenco the asser Smtlng--h-4Feen'4ibaV4h'"'1 Proclamation, as leading n its fea- lu reJto'. consolidatioru ;t hir.. for one,I was surprised to see some of the sen timents .whichlit contAini. Ther do not meet my " approbation; fur I bo- " lieve that State have rights. ' That our ia a government of strictly dele. gated powers; and that those not ex- - pressly delegated are reserved to tha Mtates I believe"! cannot doubt it "? That a State has-the right, in extreme ; case to secede, I cannot believe oth erwise." I would hot if I could. But it must indeed be an extreme case. Every other remedy must be tried. - - There must be left no other allerna- tive. it must be such a plain, palpa blal. and ruinout infraction of, the in-U trument,-which,-if submitted to, :' would nuke" us indeed 44 hewers of wood and drawer of wator--':4-- " Sir, we have been told by the Sena- tor from Pasquotank, that Nullifica tion is the only conservative principle ' that all governments Jiave it. I d j nr that ther have the South Carolina ' lNullification, . which has f been pro- ' - claimed in every city, town, borough, v. hamlet -and-cross -roads, and about """" whose 'tlcfiftitIpn'tIife.iCah,"be no mH-7"" take, (except as tp the character of the -principle- when -extended.) I fles4" ny, sir, that our government possesses it, and yet I challenge all the institu tion ever devised by man to compare with our State and Federal Govern ment. Hi here,- sir under the hap- fy influence of our Federal and State aws," that we worship under ourown v'the and fig tree-v. It is here the right 5 ; of property is respected. Jt is here, by their. whosesame operation, man, as in -nocountry under the sun, enjoys liberty of speech, thought, word, deed and ac tion. It i here that you are scarcely, conscious of being governed.- ' It "is " ' here that. youhave no censorship of t the press, np proscription, -net guillo tin. " It is here that t.iere is no titled V nobility, no crowned heads, no stars ? , and garters;7 and, sir, last, though not 1 the least, it is Aerin frerind happy4"'; America that, prescnti no; an tmrfi vided frorft, we are equal, and mora than equal to any power bri earth; and "" yet, with this,' we are not contented; but are seeking out a doctrine which aims a dead blow at Union (and when that is gone, farewell to liberty.) Yes, sir,' the doctrine is an excrescence on, StAte rights, and bears, the same rcla-. ,. ion-to pdhricahim'asdocs" licen tiousness to liberty, as doe morality to religion, as lins ' been ,said, Mr. . Sperkrr, of the "celebrated i .: Macn8or poison, (bnriwinheeeiment of .: one. of Jforth Carolina's sons, of ivhoj-n W'nee ' '. ftttbtle wa iriotsoperatient-and so tremendous in ' Its efficacy, that the smallest possible quantity was suffi cient to destroy Fife. Let but a needle puncure the.kin dipped in its deadly venom,, and the tide which flow through the human frame is thoroughly corrupted.. Not less subtle, not less fatal to political life i the doctrine of South Carolina Nullification, It ex- jm I' ' '' . .' ' "V'J ' Mr. Vaelon, ' v (Stt Athjtegt.)
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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