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The Daily Dispatch: November 29, 1860., [Electronic resource], Conservatism in Alabama. (search)
overnment, with as much power as the people saw fit to give it; and, all that is set down in the Constitution is the supreme law of the land; and secession or forcible opposition to it is treason. Nullification is not so bad. That simply refers to a law, and may be adjudicated by the courts. But secession strikes at the Constitution and is treason. Now, I have lived under this Constitution ever since its first formation, and have never felt oppression, and I venture to say, that in this whole broad Union there is not an honest man will say he has. The Union and the Constitution are our protection, and still we are firing hot shot and shells into them. For what? Because Massachusetts, Vermont, and other States have passed unconstitutional laws, have nullified or tried to nullify a law of Congress, which the Courts have, or will declare null and void. "The fool rageth and is confident," and by following his advice we will jeopard the best interests of our country and of the world.