JS, Letter, , Hancock Co., IL, to , Fort Hill, Pickens Co., SC, 2 Jan. 1844. Version drafted 2 Jan. 1844; handwriting of ; docket and notation in handwriting of ; eleven pages; JS Collection, CHL.
not regarded and his vineyard corrupted by wicked men, he sent men and took the possession of it to himself, and destroyed those unfaithful servants and appointed them their portion among hypocrites.
<And> To close let me say that all men who say that Congress has <no power to restore & defend their <the> rights have of the <the c[iti]zens, have>> not the love of the truth abiding in them. Congress has power to proct◊◊◊ [protect?] the nation against foreign invasion and internal broil: and when ever that body passesses an act to maintain right with any power; or to restore right to any portion of her citizens it is the supreme law of the land and should a state refuse submission, that state is guitly of insurrectionorrebellion, and the president <has> as much power to repel it as Washington had to march. against the “Whiskey Boys of ,” or General Jackson <had> to send to send an armed force to suppress the rebellion of !
To close, I would admonish you, before you let your “candorcompel” you again to write upon a subject, great, as the salvation of man, consequential as the life of the Savior, a broad as the principles of eternal truth, and valuable [p. [10]]