extent that they had no right to enter. The Constitution has
admitted the jurisdiction of the United States within the limits
of the several States only so far as the delegated powers
authorize; beyond that they are intruders, and may rightfully be
expelled; and that they have been efficiently expelled by the
legislation of the State through her civil process, as has been
acknowledged on all sides in the debate, is only a confirmation
of the truth of the doctrine for which the majority in Carolina
have contended.

The very point at issue between the two parties there is,
whether nullification is a peaceful and an efficient remedy
against an unconstitutional act of the general government, and
may be asserted, as such, through the State tribunals. Both
parties agree that the acts against which it is directed are
unconstitutional and oppressive. The controversy is only as to
the means by which our citizens may be protected against the
acknowledged encroachments on their rights. This being the point
at issue between the parties, and the very object of the majority
being an efficient protection of the citizens through the State
tribunals, the measures adopted to enforce the ordinance, of
course, received the most decisive character. We were not
children, to act by halves. Yet for acting thus efficiently the
State is denounced, and this bill reported, to overrule, by
military force, the civil tribunal and civil process of the
State! Sir, I consider this bill, and the arguments which have
been urged on this floor in its support, as the most triumphant
acknowledgment that nullification is peaceful and efficient, and
so deeply intrenched in the principles of our system, that it
cannot be assailed but by prostrating the Constitution, and