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„|h of CVM «|T,- >„ad"w .T sovereignly, and of; hasty nnd e..n*tdur..ie nctiim, by «bt*h great,»““« »* "!» oo..f, d../fjl.r
CO.T-, ■ -muml reclamation of .,11 those ri<lrt* I Me»id*« •*» *’" l,e P 0 ** 1 '- •*'»« ••••n'tMer..t|.m- **» abandon*..
«■»'! „.,,,We* winch, in the exchange ofcquiv- jmay f-r e ihume.il, res. ue liberty 5 tor tne now gowUm*...; Iweanse .«
liicii* »i* »M»t fo.tm inaiinointrd wnliuul .(n^wcr iu y«i MrIr*. |»‘i) w*»i* ,IIm>
» H»td :u,J iruie|><»i»(ient'R cannot Inn*; l»f* rn iinfritn«*ri *rf«Yvyov<*rnr»#rMf :»doj»*ci| iivrocive Stnt»*<?
Ition I hymn insulated .Stale. A solitary SWo rejuiiiU"-('i*Tisii|ty not. It was adnited'in coirco indi-
. own limited resources, mill great w.inl« v!ilo.als, tar ihe ve'f)^ tcns«n n»«t States ‘Oulp
oini.I. J in.Mm miniil. The statesmen of.that day
! II.n, von hull expressly reserved n
mg essentially u* )onr pernlinr |>«*sifi
condition—ll tnton special Convents”)
V0« tt«i«l be prepared for ti ntompt .rejection
.'.rvo.ii amendatory pr.. m , uimi* (if these Imiktlm mteuuiUi.d ei'ernel ohj .
■ ‘ , r volir rigtiia and inter- | by oilier Staten (muled lor rvinimm duleinx.) j.rtri-imd that every Hung »u* gumed-by mo-
<So«8rcm
Be:
further reelin''
<• for iho rp-a-®st'rtion mid . iimih he expos* d to owl*, mu) u iki**ian
pare ii.it for on improvement of your eomli-
110.j.I>u' for a CfBsur nod die purple. If there-
fife, ii hif'lme tliol you are to dope nut of a
Cutveiiiign •horn und despoiled, it may Ii-
wt'.l to think of munc other nnd heller course,
I.y » hu h the perils nf the day are lo he tum
id iinlo. Can you think of any tuner, than
i'h old Republican Jund-murks, liy which, so
fir, ahkougk wo have nut escaped from sioiiua,
n-r l.nro from sliipwreek t Yon want no bel
le
islcred accordinji to ils letter—no hudy a»k
more lhan justice; and justice it secures, a
tarns written instruments ran secure il. For
a’l exlernal relation*.ihe govttmmeul is stronger
than the strongest in the .world—Its slro-glb
d | nnds not less on the integrity of thn Slates,
tl- > ■ on that I'l.mtimn coo-tent n il enlightened
r.j Iv oi oh whwh all our institutions are I'.un
til d. :uiu by which they tiiu»t be held luge'll-
nr; nnd whil ufic all is the Inundation ol
Iht se but Justine. Ji-tiro, Justice—nil that*
the iill'll of represenla-ioiv can jive, it secures.
\\ uh'ii the pile nod leper of Hm ('onstiliilioh
tbs-man of Massm-hosetl* is,’ to ho sure, as
much our Representative in Congress an the
mr.n of Georgia—beyond that pale nnd letter,
however, l.c is ns m .cli n sir ing.-r ns the Rep.
trSpntatives of Scotland or Irelnnd in the
Fraisli Parliament ; and this is all in this res-
port iluil w e could nsk. A re there no means I hen.
by which Cone teg- cnr.be held to die letter oftlie
constitution t I answer,no constitutional mcare-
hi t the ballot fine, unless the power of nmend-
met.!, in the sense I have Interpreted it, be
so roti.'Ufertd. The right of petition, of ro-
rr.r nsltuncc, i f discussion, are onl y auxiliaries
by which ihciuio oi the other may lie suppor
ted.. Rut if these fail I if that power, w hich
d Trees ils own supremacy, perseveres f-i en.
f rce it,roust every thing yield to force l Foico
may Vanqiil-.ll every thing—reason, right)
Ir lit. j-siicc ; and it is because fnrro niiyd..
g i, that wc have erected harriers to d- fcjul
ruuson, right, truth and justice. These I
riel s ate die sovereign Stales of this Uniuii,
w hit h, whnmvrr the old federalis's nnd mon-
arehv men may say of them, were absolute
sovereigns on the Decl iraiimi of linlepcn
dctit-e, areao.ereigiis now. nnd will remain .«•
i r.lfl by the voluniurv surrender id their liivf-
riuglity, they,' pleagn to make llieni>rilves
il.iyes—hut I trn-t, ..f all wlpi shnll makn.tlint
guif- udnr, Georgi i will he the Iasi.
lint you will nsk. Sow is this doctrine ’to
w ork 1 T sen no more dim iilty than is inse-
j .rihln from the management of all human
tifT.iirr. You have, the passions mid interests
of melt to crteolliiler ul evefy step ; and these
Hoist lie so nie 1 , ns In m ike them work rather
for good than for enl. For nrdiiinrv grievan
ces, we have raid there is no consui'Uiniml
remedy but the ballot hut—f >r ex'r'."rdinary
ai d et'irme ones, tlu.re is no ren'edy lull the
sou rcigli p'.Vvi f oftlie Stales; ami In cvreme
puses, you repos-- yourself uqui the Jtovemign
power, for the V>ry ip iW> the eiuistiiii-
lineal remedy fa.ls. This sovereign power
at Inst, is in eohimuniires, little more than lie-
right of self 'll fuiii-e mid gqlf-pruaervntion —
nf the exercise of which, il is the sole judge,
heeinise, in this regpeei. '|i is independent' ns
vve'l ns sovereign. It n'-knowedges no law
bat the law of eat r» and nations, which in
the scitlement of controversies between Suites,
ncKrt.twIed-ies no menus hut negotiation nnd
forte. Shall we Hop hero to enquire which
will serve us best m the long run, the doctrine
winch acknowledges die sovereignly of the
Suites, which recognizes, in extreme eases,
the right of this sovereignly to defend itself.
In nogminlr, to make treaties, which in a spirit
ufamily that consigns the past to oblivion, will
rc-unite dissevered Stales, who being gener
ous enemies! arts once moro and on that ne-
cminl cordial,and mat hap.irscprrid.le friends;
or that which admits the nlifudote lupreiancy
of tho Federal Government, its right to wlnp
a Slat* into the Union, and In hold i| there
f rever liy brute force t, I know it is saij that
this power in the Slates is inrnnsisfe-it with
the power confided to the Federal Govern
ment. That for light and trivial causes, States
may. and will have recourse to it, by which
the Union will he constantly agitated, anil Ii-
ually dissolved. I .el us see if this nppri lieli-
sion is well found- d A Slate lias |C- onV
doubled right (undoubted i Ven vrt) to elnng
liese, and many of kindled cit.ir u ier,
lie sources of endless emliarrussni.Jit and vex
ation. 1 would radicr say. upon die wJude,
that the Slates would *tiul s. cede lor light null
trivial mimes—lluit grove and weighty rnttsid-
orulious alone eualil inttaenee thorn, mat only
sumo grievous oppression or friglnnd tyranny,
driving llieiri to despair, could divnto them
from the Union. Are there anil soma reasons
fur Hits behel l We bear tliu cry of. Union,
i Constitution, if the government bn admin- Union, front all.quarters, as il tli4t» were no
thing left in his world worth .p/eservnig hut
Union—so that the friends of Liberty nnd
Union may well doubt whether the people.iove
liberty least or Union- must, (fee what has
heuil submitted to for many years, witii. a tie.
greugri patience and forliearan e, winch might
nn construed, mm suoieiluog not,to be nmu-
d. Unnecessary taxes, to inika a splsnditf
ol w'lmt was desigued In Im a simple amt ecu.
muiuca!government—tlln taxes levi d on.the
many to p. imole the iuiercais ui iho few—
ltuijuveniles dtsii ibuied for objects of intermit
impiuvetneiil, where (lie luxes vvuie not levied
—every scheme and device for the extrava
gant expenditure of public monies—dormant
claims on thu government revived, nnd pen
sion ay-linna established on principles an I - iso.
us to i.fli r the s'ruiigest temptniiona to Iraud
and perjury. As tfit were not enough for the
Federal Government In regulatn commerce,
which it is authorized to do, it assumes the
rate nnd leoiilution of iniitlufnctiires ;. and
then the transition is easy to tho care and reg
ulation of agriculture—so is tho transition
sometimes from the grave to the ridiculous.—
Who uf the Convention who framed the Con
stitution, would huvo believed it |>osNilile, that
even tri our time, cumuli!tees o.f Agriculture
would have been orgau’Zcd in built ([buses
uf Congress, to instruct our people how to
sow and to reap, to weave nnd to spin, to mirk
"and lo churn. It is hneauso they employ
themselves with all llicsti follies, abuses, nnd
usurpations, that the Congress which should
m ordinary and peaceful tunes, despatch ils
constitutional business in three short months,
Is occupied through live,-six anil seven! mid
a ponton, ajnf 'n largo portion u/n, of this tuny
devuied in the miiaiqyroH of factions, with aeeiii
lb have boon congregated here J’ur tbo siligfc
pufpuso nf making Fresuleius, lo" iiiuhe' the
lumlers oF those fagiious PresidcnU in. turn
eis, uqualiv prididiileiJ liy ilio Consliliinoii.
wlurh lias at any.time hrtinglil the General
Guveniincni iuhi vnlltsimi -with the Slates.
lo scriuiiliog thus much, l think I tnny have
answered, out of order,- no doubt, all your en
quiries. Tho result, according to my poor
opinions, is iluil
Tberp as no power given by tho Constitu-.
•tiou fo resisi the Uwa of I tie United -Stutes.
The oi.ty eoiisiiiuiionul remedy for unuoti-.
Htiii|ti,imi| laws, i» ilie baliirt-bo/t. .
Ainendineiits of the. Coiistitulion, pelilitui,
ri iiioiuir.uices, conventions, correspomloneo,
and coiiSiilliUtous.of ihu iftu’es—these, (tl yon
please tn ea.l tlienj remedies,) are not uncoil
siiiuium.il. .
Under a geveriimcnt foundeil on .consent
and ((pinion, evils are to be hoftift as long sb
poss.blo.
The States in virtue of their sovereignty,
when evils nro no longer s’npperlable, must
judge thn evil nnd the remedy.
Tho Sovi reign-knows but two inodes ol
soltling controversies, Negotiation and V\ar.
Negupalton admits of arliUratlno, and 'con-
Iroversitt*mayibn r.eiertrd |o other.Stnies, but
this is liy consent and not by the Conklilttlio**
It is of cotirso not permissible to one .of the
parlies, to refer it to hsuwn Courts and.Juries-
When plates cyase .to hate nn mterest m
i ho IJni' ii, .or sulfur extreme oppression, -ii is'
bui'cr that they u ithdruvv peaceahly, liiiin lliat
blond shuuld. be shed in Contests, which sel
dom decider any lluug. and which ure apt lo
sepantn (lie parlies forever. -
As (states may d.' very imprudently end un
wisely, what they have a right to do, it becomes
them to net very dcliheraltdy and cautiously,
because it is lawful for other States lo un le
against then), to com|iel a fulfilment uf lluer
obligations under the public law.
You nsk what Georgia ought to do? My
wntihless!opinions had been given on -former
ucrnsion*, nnd ion know wlixt uso has been
made of them. Those opinions were -un
changed, and nro, ns I think, iinchnngeiiklo—
they r.fiiountcd -VO this; “if tho uhosex nnd
ilsurpullOui of whicl) we complain are conlm
ucc), and hycomo lho shilled poliry of the Gov-
ernaie. l, the .Slated having indentical inler-
csih ought to withdraw”—bnkil was indispen
sable Id a niofeiiifthl like this, -.that them
Are nut these tilings, guoif Sir, uriougli to dis- siiould bo iiuiou—that this - union should
lurli the harmony of tlio'Sini'es? If a single I bo the Jesuit of n deep nnd inilled oiHivie-
Stato Iroiled and 'urturjd by such ulmimnji- j'tioii, -that suelLpolicy .was inconsistentwith the
hOtiKsfoill, liy any unwisu ami hasty movement, parutmmnl peace, interest, prosperity and hap-
resolve to shake ilium off,, is slin.m bo brtmd • puiess ol tbe State, und tint a temporary union
neck and heels* mol rutitigneil lo tho cave j produced liy an urlificiid.excitement—*it-united
•>L'l rc|kimiluus or ilio Cyclops I The alinusi j people even of the Slate, might, rescue liberty
universal answer is, ^res, yea ! down with the
traitor fOnle. lint whose turn comes next f—
If Ilia b id ora I Guvtriiuiini is not stopped in
its career of elicronetunmit by soino eoiiu-
leMchyuAtgiml, vvli.il,.'n itsdiiifig from what
lias been ddno, to vvhor may ho ‘dutie, will it
not do t ft gives eoiinion.in.'u fo culnutza-
Hon and other voluntary ossoeintioiis, wjm'l)
keep to* ferineu! large .Kt-elions nf‘ couuiry,
wlneli by n Single (also movement would he
exctirtl to ilio most desperate resistance. Il
may, for any thing we know, qutss aels of at-
Hinder und proscription, by winch in ssox of
.ooisly may bo out irtf. It lias, on aeca'sions,
stopped thu liberty of speech and of tbd press,
Il may ordain it State religion ur decree a uni
versal t ma|it ip.tinoi. (is supremo judicutl
tr.bunal, winch it cnntwti'ds is, m Ilio last re-,
sort, lo pass on die consiitniiunnliiy uf nil
laws, may -end its wniranis' inio Iho Suites,
cuniinaridllig its Marshals to hurig up by tin;
lamp-posts, A. |i. nail C. These yen will
say me extreme eases. Sotbey lire. It may
prniiiiuni-p null uml vu d ehailers, by which
Mates clanii their' rights of soil, juriediclwn
and torcre.gnty. Il may rtrci ocu sovereign
ty wplmi aq.itlier. It may decide lh.it one
portion of the comm mity w ji Ip n i(io elisrtvred
limits ol a Stale is soveiiugo and imlepiendeut,
and cnfitlrd to the riglu ef self-gevqiuuppui.
It limy control 'lie cmninul j. roitietym und
' arrest tho cfimiiiul laws ol a (Mule by. writs, of
error and appeal. ' litre these, too, trireme ca
ses t If nicy are, extreme eases reqniro ex-
lieine remedies; and if these are its lie. siuiglil
in the power of tho States, it is because .tile
.States nre sovereign ami may protect nnd.’ de
fend ihuiiKufvfs. ■ Hut dura this eoii-is; with
fur a tiuio, Iml w nhout.itii) means ofmiiiittam-
nig iutlrj.enatiice. Iiici /j cuuld iioi ho preser
ved. 4y wits nacessary therefore, 1 -ihnt other
Siuie's having cnimimn mlrreats,. glmohl lie
cuiiy period, on too subject ofbis resolulion s
V M r. Gmi.ilv expressed u hope Ihnt the ge n
demon from North Carolina would, for a mo
nifiit, willulr.iw his motion, in order to <riv„
}um nn nppr.rlur.iiy to present „ n amendment
ihi orradter a substitiite fur. the original res
olutions. His snlisliiutn might then be prm-
tnd, and Ihc whole might lie lukeu up toeeil,.
• r. flu wml'I. after uir.-ring his aiiTend.
men', acquiesce in any (notion for postpone-
merit.
Mr. Manuiim withdrew his motion.
Mr. Gruurly then moved ijHjf lullowin" as o
suhsiifiiip fur llm oti-m.il rereltutons.
“ tlciotrcd, 'f lu11 by the Cimsliiuimn of i) lc
Untied Stales, certain-powers urn delegated to
die Geupral Government, mid those not dele,
giiled nor prohibited in the Stums, are reserved
lo llm Suites, re-pei uvefy, or.to llie People.
“ 2 /ieso/red.rTtia! mntibf .the powers ex-
eresslv granted liy Ihu Coiistllutioii to the
V ,; \ Itt-SKNATK,
'*, preiidetft l.iei:-JUessas;e.~-Mr/ AYdkotk
moved to jmstpone'the previous‘orders,-fr ihe
porpoxo 4)f la1(tag-np the fnll further to provide'
mr ihe < otluciinn of tho dmies op imports.—
lie Slated ihailt’was liiV vibjecr to ffjr'fin'ii 1
future day, wlmn this hill dlinuld.be taken
■ip fur riivciissibn.
Air. Poindexter a-ked if if was in order to
move the piisfpfi.-e ttieiii. As Hie hill lipd mu
yit been rbad' ii remind lime, lie juesome.d
Hint'll v'oS lidt RTO'UiJJ (Jib ordrr-i of life day.
The Clinii cqdsidt ri'd ll>*» nmlimi to order.
■Mr. Clay expres-cd a Impe that all objection
Would he v.iilidrawo', the 'object of ilm Chair
mao of the Co'mntilied being merely to ap
point a day fu.r"taking uplbe subjei-l.
The lull was then read a (teciind *inic.
Air. Wilkins then moved thot the hill be ] Geuernl. Govi iomom, imd prohibited to t|,g
made the spurial order for Thursday next. Slates, is dial *d" tavu-g-ieHies on imp..*is.
fir. Hit.u moved Thursday we* k
Air. Clay moved Monday nuxt.
Mr. Munguin moved Monday week.
Some (iisenssinn look plnee, in which Mr.
Miller, Mr. Grundv. Air. ( lay. Air. Mangiim,
Air. Smilii, Air. Rihli, Mr. Poiiulexier, Air.
Krelmghuyaen, Air. Brown, Mr. Wilkins nnd
Mr. King, took part. On tho call nf Air.
Poindexter, the yeus and nays" were ordered
on the motion of posiponeinent -to Monday
wook, and the question bqing taken, it was de
cided in the negative, as follows ":
Yeas — Messrs. Ribll, Blaelt, Cal’.nun,
Manguiii, Miller, Moor, Poindexter, liives,
Tyler—9.
Nuys—.Messrs. Bell, Benton, Brown, Buck
ner, Chambers, Clay, Clayton, Dallas, Dicker-
son, Dudley. Kwing,.Foot, Forsyth, F-reling-
tiuysetj, Grundy, Hendricks. Hill, lluuilcs,
Jolimdnn, Kane, Kiug,. Kuighi, Niiudain,
Prenliss, llohhins, UolmWun, Rugglns, Sey-
moi-r, Sllsbee, Sjniigire, 'I qitoii, TtirnUirsoli,
Waggaman, Whim, Wilkihaf- Wiie|||_37.
Ho die niiumn" wks iivgaiivud.
Air. Wilkin* then wididrew bis inuijun. fur
Thursday. , „• ... •.
'J ho motion of Mr. Clay, making the bill
llm special order for Monday next,, was then
agreed lo. ■ * • •
Air. Calhoun then rose and ulfercd the fid-
loui .g resolutions, which ho prefaced with
some animated remarks. . ■ *■ * - •
*• Resolved, That the peopla-of the several
Stales composing tiles.) United -Slates, ore
united as partus’ in n eoiisiilipj .iial cumpacp,
ui wnicli .the people of each Slate pccedi-d, as
a sepuralu sovereign community, each binding
itself by its own purthculuf runfiestion ;-and
(hat the anion, of w hich-the said rumpUi t is
if.e bond,-is nn union between the Stales ratify
ing the same. _
“ Resolved, That .the people of the several
Stales, thus united hy.tho.coiml-itulioiiuj com
pact, tit forming ihat-instrument, and iu crea
ting a general government to carry into efit-cl
life ehjeoM for which they wereTufmcd, dele,
gated lo that govertifrteot. Tor! thul purpose,
certain definite pownrx.to ha exercised jointly;
■reserving at ihu same lime,fiai-lt State.lo itdelf.
i ir esiduurv miissofpowtirH,rohee.x**rcisedity
us nu n scper-i'e government ; am) that when
ever the goner il government lisstimea the ex-
• reise of powers nut'delegated bv Ihe coni-
pani,hs del*"arq unauthorized,and arp ul'yio.ef-
ferl ; and lluit the spurn gn'.eromrnt h nut
made Ihe fmal judge of the .powers deb*gn!l*d.
to it, since" ihaMvouId makeilVdiseruliou, .and
not the runsiitutiorj. tho njeasare of-it* {low
er ; hut ihnt, us m et| ol.lter ea«ia of compart
among sovereign piulies, w iihuat onv r.onunon
judge, encji bus nil equal right, ro jadgo fur
Usell", as well nf the ittfsaeViun, as ufllie mode
-ind. measitre of rp.di'i-ss. ... ".. . r
u Rftplud.. That the assertions that-the
penpje of these United States, lafcoik.qolhm-
'ively ns iiidivnhnjs, are now, or. ever Inrvu.
Jicen,. united nn (lie principle of-ihe social.
im|iu_
•• 3, 7fr»a/reii, : Thar ilm "power to lay j.mpns|«
■* by. the Coiislilulidn wlinlly iraasferred from
Hie Shit« anthorilies lo the Genera) Govern
ment, without uny* reservation of power or
right on the purl nf the ivluie.
*• 4", Resolved, Thai ihe Tariff Laws of 182S
and 1832 are exercise* of tho- ronstitutinnul
power possessed by.the Congress of the Uni
ted Stules, wimlever viirimm opinions may ex
ist as in thitr polii'y uml justice. .
"5. Resolved, That an attempt on the part of
a Btnier to nrinul an act of Congress passed tip-
mi any subject'exclusively confided by the
Cunslilulion to Congress, i* nn encroachment
on .the right* of the General Government.
“ G. Resolved, That altenijiis to libstrucl or
prevent ihe exiu-nnmi of the several acts of
Oiingvcs* imposing dmies no imporla," whether
by Ordinance* «f 'ConvenlioriS or l-Ogislaljla
ohacluienls, hre tint wurraiiled by the Ciiinfl-
lution, and are dangerous lo the political in
stitutions, of the country.”
Air. Giiindy moved that the resolution* lie
had offetHil be prinjad.
Mr". Webster suggested that tho motion, to
be correct ip_ point o'f'form, should he lo post
pone llto Ivhole suTijncl tt’.l Monday, and, iu
the. mean time,.to print the amendment.
Mr. Mnngmn then varied his motion lo em
brace 'the ttyo objects ;■ and Ilio mutton fur
postponement was thon agreed to.
prcpuicd lo ilimlt.and act with os.g and. it w.v-j cumjiact, and ns such n.ro uow furtued into one
its own govemnieiit at pleasure, consultin'; that unity, on# nhd Iudtvt*il{R>; claimed Jor the
only ils interest* and happiness, regulating
it* internal reticent*, with it* right’of «..,l and
jurisdiction art absolute that Ihe Federal Gov-
ernm-nt catmet r l.iim to erect , u arseml or
fort or dock yard within it* limits, wilhnui it*
expre** consent. I lore then i* a rnmnnmity,
by till power of self-government, pvtile free
and happy at home, wanting for tbn consum-
matinn of that hnppincas, scarcely any thing
but protection against power* stronger than
itself. Will these Im p It f„ teiz ird for light nod
trivial cause* t Reason snys no—the puhle
law ssya no. '1 he public forbids the presump-
United Slatx's ns a nation! Certainly not.—
But llirn, it'heroines those who make that
ehiiiii, in ihc same lime to mako it good.—
For ourselves, We protest ngaunt il, ns most
will, extravagant and f.dlacimis. Th*'-. Stales
formed the government uf ihe Uiut* d State*
—thn States Mtilied it. ' From that day to
this, it exist* ami breathe* bat any permission
of the Slate*. Though three fourths of the
Stales arn eecesvary to amend or alter it, a
■niij riiy, ur less than a majorl'y, m-\V dissolve
t . If the Htatcs refnsit Klecturs of Prestjimi,
il i* prostrate.
uiiogetliur proper dial lur lid* purpose, n
ipm bar correspondence hikI cnngiiltainui
should lie organized as the br*t mesus olpro
due'ng union. My ii wo -bl'licf wav, (hut the
Tariff would not yield and cnuld-net ho made
In yield but lo souiu interest stronger than
the interest iu nianufauiure^piid I knew 1ml
one that was so, and lliat wan Ilio- jnterqpl ip
Union. It could not bn -doubled.that the
Northern-Stales were as. much cunuerr.rd in
preserving Ihu Union ns ourselves, nnd -it was
Hiiogeihci; fair, that in thn Inst resort, we
should present to ilium -the plain • olternntlvn,
cnlior” tojrelro'n ta lks bargain and. stick to
the bargain, or give-up the Union !’ .if-unbap-
ptly it should turn amtitbnj they take-more . in
I crest ill Miiinlfaelurqs liinh in Union, ills my
delikerilto opinion, die Union is not vyovth
prcktr tag. In all this, we have considered
U(ii so much ivhn'l might tie dolin'aiid tightlul-
ly done by the sovereign Slates oflhis Uihoii,
as iv hut tuny ! Im wisely done. Do what we
m.iy und let wluit of evil coirm, wo wilt have
the consolation, Ihnt from lltu lvcginriing tf) the
ii, we have be«*n pvsstve suhjuctg, .and the
tidyt-rsn party active agents. . 'Iho nbosos and
iiMiipanon* iiiaotisod, auil*the b'urdeh- impos
ed. itavo been of q jiosilivo ehara.-ler—» i*-
huvo dons nnihintebut beg rehef*.<rn|it ilium.
Xqn have insisted on my upinihhs, and • I
have given them. No one r*dn1(J^ n*k- lltpm
with mnrupruprioly ih*ti yourself. You have
been uil your lift) u uniform, consistent Kg.
jinblican. und ns ntucli devoti cl to the prosjieril v
of die Slain, mid Slates ioo, nv ifiv map in it.
The stake* which you and all. of your tiiitne
and family liavo m n, is .pledge sufftcituil for.
your loyalty and discretion; and llip jiusmjin
for hie riv Ilia' was horn will; you, is absolute
security that you cannut.be a slave. .
Yinir Friend, *G. M. .TROUP.
U. S. Senator.-On the 23d ult. Dr. Joseph
Kent was chosen a.Senator to represent Ihe
Slate of .Mqrylnnd in iho. Senate of the United
. ._ . .'.tales, for six ysors from dto 4?|Tof March
If tliey refuse, their Senators,[next—when ihe term of Goni. Sinnh vidl uxpue
niitioti or ppuple. or dint they have ever been
*o united in any other stage oi' their political
-existence {-.that the people of tho several
Stales" co;nposi,.g the Union have not* ns
memlicrv .thereof, retained, ilo-ir sovereignty,
ihal.die ulingianqp of i.heir nilytons Imve hoen
iraiisluirfd to die .General Gnvertupei i ; ihai
liicy have ported Audi,-die right ef puiii-hirg
treason through tlictr rcspe..lw»> .State Gov-.
eriHiieiils : uml Ihiit they have not iho right of
judging in the lusij’nsorl a* to tha extent oftlie
powers reserved! and of consequence of those
delegated, are not, only without foundation m
truth, hiil jtre-contrary l« the- nnisi certain and
plain hisipricul facts, and din. clearest dedne-
tioqa of renspn ; and that all exercise uf power
on tbd pad of Iho General Govern incut) or
any . of. its Oopartmenis, .churning -authority
from b errotieniis assQieplioes, pmst ef tie-"
ccssiiy ho iinciiiisliiiitional -limsl tend, direct-
ly amj iiihvitubly, to subvert Ike sovereignty of
the States, to destroy tho federal i l.sracier of
the Union, and torear emits rums a ri.g-i.d da-
tod guvornuteel { wilbhiK.consululie'iql chccJt.
or limitMlietb.and whielt ittitsC necessaiily ter-
uliuhte in thu luss of Itherly itself..” v.
‘Thi) ^*srtlil1ioo8 - were ordared to"lie priuled.
.. ‘ ". _ • Wednesday, Jan. 53.
Jl/r.- Calhoun's Resolutions.*—’Vhc-resido-
iiims offered yssterdav fit Air. Calbnun,were
taken up for qppmdrradorf. ■ -' ’ .
The sesohitfem*having been road, . r'*
Air. Aliingtim said, that lie-lid not perceive
dfnl nay, benefit eueld'-rwudt fiminr ihe diheti*.
sinn ol llu se riw.iliini.a* aMt.is tuns. There
w'ns other, business of importance before tho
Senate,- lo the iinmedette-netion nn «liich the
disposition of that bodv pointed. -With a view,
therefore, to save the time oftlie Sonata) arid
In bring Ihe whole subject eiider rnnsidern-
tirth together, he would move to postpone thn
Tnrher consideration nf the resolutions' till
.Monday. *--' ■»
t-Mr. Cnlluiim expressed tim acqieeseeoen in
Ihe motion. He had Mo. desire to-•neetpate
Htiu&B t*F niamsBNTA nvEs.
'rhurstldy, January H4, 1833.
TUr. Wing,*tffu Delegutc lyonr Ihe Mrclii-
gnn Tetr.ioL,, jfresueted. in btjialf uf d.e. cin-
zetis ol ibat 'I erliiory, a - IncimH'i'u'f irnui die
Logishifive Couricil; Verpie'sllog the n:i-s-i'oc nf
a law uutJiurisiiig tlyeir. ..diei*-u<ni a* a State,
'into this Union—acco'mpnhindby it prole*! of
one of.tlip uieinliers of the "CmnlrfFagaiie-l Hm
honodary proposed by lltfe CoiiociI—which
Wer* referred to the Cpnfmilteo oo the Terri
tories. >.
The following rcB'dntions In relufore ollercd
by Mr. Admit*,' were tuea taken.iq.;
-Rrsoheei, That the Secretary" of Hie Treas
ury, bo. dirneied’rii rc|inrt m this (louse a lii.t
of articles upon A'iii.h tin: reduction of six mil
lions jnay, lur the uius) purl, hir iiouii* upon
diiiSnduoomimitcd prnteeted arm Us, wiilmut
prejudice to tho tealimsbl.if olanns.uf existing
ostablishnii tits.
Resolved, T bat die Frosideut of the United
Hiatus be requested Ui coirttnuiiie.iiu to this
Hgusfi.trhst/nfanielas. of domestic niainifac-
luru, ptiich iis- indispeioMibju to our s tfely m
lime of war. and to which it is stated-id the
msssagwmf'the President ti> Uuiigrnss, lh.it
llm policy 'of prtilnelio'u m.nst irllimnlely ho
limited. ,
Air. Clay moved to'liiy His fi»svdiilinns and
thn iiiTiendiDeut on »| rt ; table—which wits ear-
nod—Ayes 90, Noes 72.
TARIFF BILL... ....
The H.i.i-0 thiwi, on motion of Air. Ver-
plnacki tveti't into Cornmntep of ilm Whole on
-thu stale oftlie Union upon the larifl" bill, Mr.
IVayne in thn Chair--. » —
Mr. Wild*’resumed his s;rperh in’support
ol tho b II and, in reply to’thq objeclinns that
had been urged against it, nod cnocloderi after
speaking about an hour itud it half, when
Air. V ilium addressed tim Commitleu again-t
ihe hill-morn than an hoar,‘when lie gave Way
lo a motion by Air. A mold dint the Cuminiileo
which was curried—Yeas 4J9, Nuys 62.
The I louse again resolved itself into Com-
mine* upon the "J urtffblll, Me. Wayne in the
Chair. ■
M r. Vihton agkin resumed his speech, in the
course ol vvluett ho cumiiiented at length upon
ihe Causes i>t the decrease pf splyndur and In
dividual .'affluence in the Southern Stales,
which Ho attributed in a aronl' degree fo Iho
abolition ol the luws of priniogenitorn and to
the impoverishment of si il vonsi-queni fo tho
system of slave Tabor—Ilio relief from both
which he miid was within tho’ constitutional
power el'll,e Slate Legislatures. Air. V. cpn-
uloileilhis speech 'll almiit half past slXuVIock,
wiilnaii aqjnuti'd' .gppeaf fo the Commiltco
' upon Ihc necessity of-protect nig tho Consti
tution of the' United States, against-every for
cible- invasion, even at hazard of shedding
blu
At thfe rlcsa-bflht* appeal Mn McDuffie
prnnnuuci if'Tq.tin emphatic tone- thn, word
1‘ilohcspicrre”^—whep ,n slight hissing was
heard from several parts 'of the Hall.
The Chpir iiomcd'htpiv cnllpd to order.
A-destdipry (‘iniver«eijon look place between
Messrs. Carson "nnd -^Ynlifnuigh . npiitt. this
occurrence, bolli of whom were-' culled to or
der-’
Mr." Vintoii thfitl rose nnd said the gentle-
man from North Carolina [Mr.-'Carson] had
evidently ijiismulorslniid his r*.marks and ro-
pealed the Tnhvliitive* and conclusion of his
speech. ; "•
Mr. McDuffie rose and said he was.sorry
to he under Ihe necessity, in consequence of
. , w hat had just ocrtiretl, of addressing the Chair,
the discussion oA the bdi. He merely desir-j It had been his. vtlled intention to lake no
cd to have an opportunity tifbeicg heard at an-'pirt whaicvor in this debate. He regretted