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this!” Tho sails were nire'iv trimmed, and' the zall.ru snip upon a bo .line bent to the brn ze and da-hod the spray from her *»<>■'s. Bl ip itoh's uore s.ill burnt occa-ionaliy, the lantern : were show n abaft, and in half an hour the ship was hove in stays, and soon was reach ing awav on the starboard tack. In another half-hour (for the captain timed it with his vvatci.) the mainsail was hauled up, and the after-yards worn ill the act of being squared, when the officer at the weather rat-head ex claimed, “A boat to windward —board on the. wea’her-!><> Ever eyew'S ms'anlly d j-pcmd ’O ’, tds the spot, and there was v .-,1 >. amidst the gloom a stnsil dark spe- k: out • the same :i was heard the sound of ma ny voices s in'ih ineo.is’v -hmj'tng, and war congratulations we-e exchanged among all classes on the deck, as there now con d be no doubt that it was the missing party. The mam and rnizt n topsails 're thrown to ihe mas-; the small cotter was lowered from the qu.ir » r and sent an av to t w the long neat dong side, and iti another : a.t-h• >i»r seventy-six individu als, who, in alt pr.suability, would have other wise parish'd wre safe upon our decks. — Leaves front my Lo* Book. BUR. BETTTOK’S SPEECH. We have no report of Mr. Benton’s speech at M’ Arans’s Garden on the 4th. but under take to give some of the topics whi- h he touched, without pretending to bo able to fol low the course of the speech, much less th« language of the speaker. The topics, how ever, and the mode of treating them, will be corractlv given. Mr. Benton commenced with a compliment to the democr icv of Philadelphia, of which he had read and heard much. He was old enough, be said, tn have been a suh-cribor “» the old Aurora, and f ruinate enough to have been intimate with Jefferson, Macon, and Randolph, from all nf whom he had learnt the history of those times characterised by the black cockade tnd tlv- reign of terror; and he repeated a conversation which he had had with Mr. Jefferson shortly before his death, in which that pr< a apostle of hb rty made the demo cracy o’ Philadelphia, and (heir cheering sup port of himse ’ and his friends, when < ongress sat in Phiiadelii'ui :, the subject of a warm and affectionate eulogy. Mr. Benton said the present democracy were worthy of the eulogitttn pronounced by Jeff rson npo . their sires, that they stood in the mouth of the furnace, and lived in the fires nf persecu tion, but di-damed to bow to the oppres sions, or to str render to the sedu-uions of a monied despotism. He said it was in politics as in religion—the persecutors of the faith were the spreaders of the faith tho blood of the martyrs was the seed of the church; and the remor<ele-s persecu tion which the dem -cracy ol Ph ladelphia had undergone—-a per-ecnti<»n which icac’ud eve ry man’s office, every ci tzen's trade, and eve ry laboring man’s bread, who would not tall down and wot ship th Bank w ,mid revive and reanimate the cause <4 democrat y, not Oulv in Phil idelohin, but ibro’ifih mt the tour and twenty Suites of this extended conledr> Mr. B. spoke nf the strange and eventful session at Cooltp'o, through which 'hey had just paased; and commented u on the tious defl iratton witu winch (he D< posite de bate, in the Christmas holidays, was opened in the Senate; by the leading panic orator, f.Wr. Clay.} “H e arc in the midst of a revolu lion, hitherto bloodless” — ■< declaration as un founded in fact as r would have been redirtj lous in 'ho issue, had it not been for the puw er of the United S'ate.s Bank and the U Hied States Senate, almost to create vh.it w«s»hti piedicted. From toal moment, said Mr. B the Bank and (be S«n-\'c uo.a <’» Woiß lo > 'e nte the r.-voht •*»’» whedt li id been p, l( | t ini d; and l<-r tour months; thesiiew ied press onerattons of the Bank, and ihe toesi: speech es ■ f the Semite d.irmed, agimted and con vul-ed the Ameii' m people. I o derange lie Currency Sink the plice of all property to break all me local b nks—to deprive all la borer* of riuplovtiie.it — to desfinv all confi dence between man ai d man we-e ihe ob jects of th' < ombmed p 'Wei-; and it these . >l> p>. is had been a. •<•olllldish* d the revidii’t'oi which had been proclaimed wind have com inenced; and the emphatic imp l rci 'ii can rained m the pl.ri.se—“lll ! HER I O blood less'' — and w hich too well imph< d the hope and expectation of speedy bloodshed, would have be* n realised. ( lie firmness ol on« man, and the interposition of Providence, Mr. B. said, had frustrated these dire rosulis, and saved this America from the calamit’* -1 which Were prep r d for lo r. Th' firmness of me President in refusing tn yield to the (••mbin’‘d attacks of h' B nk nd the Senate, md all their deluded f01i0... - and the foriunnte arrival of near twenty rr.l Jimis of specie from lore gn countries, h id s v ad the nation. !n pouri tying the firmness •»! rhe Pte-ident in him* mg the s'brm that was raised Hieund him and resisting t‘ • columns ~f attack which were da.ly and nightly n arched upon him, & his invincible determinate n nev er to yield with the tiro elevation ol bis spirt’, which never s o k w tide so in nv armmd Inin gave W 'V —in |»«hjilraving these scene.-, Mr. B described them tn »t e Ide. such is he h d Feet. them md dr»o ti 'Un ti'seniL ed thnusand the tributes of applause to he moral h-rmsm of the man wl.nm dang- rs cnimoi i inn date lior gold corrupt In ulni-ion i<> tn- 1-irtm a''- arrivals of specie, which had cved lh« >e.u banks, cad thriebv deie > ed the great plan for breaking tho-e l.niks, Mr B. quoted h -roti ment ot pieiv and pa r tisiu w inch tie borrow ed from the Fr-ncb: "Hifit protege la France" -—God protocis Fraire! And God, rxclaim ed Mr. 8., protect* America! V\ bit el-e hut an io erjmsition of Providence, an emanation pt sttpciintending gm-tjuess. could have sent faeuty millions ot specie to save the country the verv m«»y»eni tin a gigantic tnstruimn, rested to furntph currency and to r-culate currency, turning traitor to every object of it creation, s.a itself to work with all its vas me ms, and tribes of orators, to derange th. currency and to destroy the currency, and found annually tn the American Senate to for ward and promote its impious, infernal, an< diabolical design. Mr. B said the crisis was passed, but th daugv r wis not over; the battle was not ye fought out. file Bank was whip! out of tin field, but it was not exterminated: and as lon ’is there was life in its body,—as long as 1- 's • iffbldmg and skeleton coni I ue left stand mg n the St it os, m the shap« of nranche- - ( ■ meismurploS d ' » ..g’ u-t. the ■■ ■; ‘ i would continue, and a war of the ambush and j surprise nt sa ■> >g atvi miumg would be car ) ried on. The people had condemned th'* ! Bank at the presidential election of 1832, and (in the Congress elections which had since tak n place; but the Bank was not a ihm®’ to die f r • sun >le killing, or even for many killing, it was not a thing to give up to the people, ft was a sprig of the legitimacy <f Europe. The kmg never dies! L? roi le.'+itime, the le gitimate king,—-lives forever w nle a vagrant scion of toe stock wanders over the land to live upon charity, and to claim as his propertv the sovereign people who have expelled him from’heir soil. So of the batik. Rejected by 1 Hie people, rejected by the people’s 1 epi esen tatives in Congress, no long r a chance for a recharter from an open contest, it refuses to give up, it r< tuses to die, and looks to the floor oftne fl mse of Representatives, to the I election of the President there, where one ' may gve or tin n me vote of a State, to carry ■ the ele-tion of a President in the person of I its attorneys, or debtors; and then to obtain ; from th j combin' d patronage of’me Blue Book i and the B >nl< Ledger, that renewal ol ch trier which it can never obtain by an open contest with the people. Mr B. amplified this topic, and dwelt upon the fact that his amendment tn the Constim- ' tion of the United States, to carry the ele.’ttott | of President directly to the people, and to Keep it out of the House of Representatives, was not allowed a decision in the late Senate of the United States, m a seven month’s ses sion, allh >ngh introduced by him on the first day of the session; and then most e nphattc il ly warned, and call’d upon the D.-morrtey‘ not of Phtlladelphia alone, but if all \mertca, ' to remember, that the ensuing election sot I members o’ (’ongre-s, was tn ail pr tbabtli y ,e re-ele< tion of electors *>f President of the United States.---that it was th" design ofthe ■ Bmk party to distract the canvass, to dev d • t I md be wider the people with a multitude of j candidates, and to bring the election into the; H mse of Representatives, ivli-re the com- i bined pa ronage of the Blue Book and Bank! Ledger would almost ensue the election of ti.e Bank candhate. Mr. B. spike of the Senators’ committee, sent oti to examine the Bank. H> said the true design of sending tha committee, was to help out the Book. to loluvo a hide into it, to enable it to bear its infirmities till the fall elections. He said there was a law yer’s in the selection <>fthis cotnmi' tee, for it was one of the old standing committee 'of the Senate, appointed at the comni”ri<e mem of the Senate, nm 10 examine the B mk, ; but l» d » the busi.iogs of the Senate; when the ! committee to insrect me bunks ant < x itn’oe • the proceedings of the bank, must tie a >m ; rnii’er appointed for Ih tt purpose. M< B. • said the Commuter of ihe House of Reprt smi ( lativcs was a committee appointed according Ito the words of the char er; this commi'tee i was not so appointed: if it found any viol 1- I non of charter, the Judges would nonsuit the people on a scirc facias, for the illegallilv of thtj committe. appointed. Bui he apprrhened 'fv r.‘ was no great dan er of having violations of chaffer repmtvd bv rtii* Co«rrrntttee. lie I apprehend’d trn-y would not put any h ird ; questions to the b tik; they would not puzzle • the Bank, as the Q reii of Sh<’b 1 did King J Sob mon, with fi-od questions; and lie appre -1 bended it would inquire no Solomon to an -1 swer any interrogatory w hich this committee • would nut. Their hardest word, he presnm- 1 cd, would he, in going thro gh a course of /sumptuous dtnners, ,<nd wluit kind of report I men would m ke with B tt>k meat m their bel | |i» s, Bank wine in ,| lf t <h”>'ats, and bmd fl ! t’-rtes in iheir ears—[ u toy voices hero mul ■ mt, ‘ and many bank money in their —lm would h ave uto others to say. Km httn-elf he wo Id only repeat what was once slid «»t th’’ report of the committee of the Brit ish House of Commons, constituted about as aroperlv ns this committee was, and which was 'to this effect; —“That the repott of the com ' miltee was entitled to about ns much weight tn •deeidirg the case upon which they reported. ! as it w udd Ire if ih< v had brought in .1 chapter from ihe history ol Robinson Crusoe’s adven tu < s.” Mr. B. said th it he <r.n sorrv that a couple of Southern gentlemen were upon tins coinm’l | ire; be regret'ed. deeply regretted that they i had corn* t< Philadelphia tn <» committee so appointed, <h,d so constituted, lie would I vi~e them to w sh their hands of the com e> n, j and to escape from hecitv in ihn «tvlc in which the Indi n- report the m omnoths to have <■» • •aped l>"tn Kentucky betoie the whi »• hun’- ers rime—clearing the - Him, iVis.-ossiopi, and lake Superior, at thiee jumps; so be would r • commend to these gentlemen to m tke om j imp a< r >ss the S• ' ill, the second over 'he P<il«mic. the third ov er J one- River amt Ro ti -kr; and deny tb it the* had ever been io Pud <delp’ 1 1 mi s han err at ’ I’hc de nial. io be sure, In- s i;d, wou M s <% a bit of • tin; tail a thousand 'imr- br'ier <1 ■ that than ( • t their n ones tn nny report «>»'»•'» such • committee would ever bring to ’he Senate on the subj.-ct «>f he B tnk. Mr. B. s k” of the Gold Bill, and aftbe doe contradiction which the ester monos the I gold c r r enr v _>m- t all the me diet ions aboit ’ the ruit.s nfthe currency. He called ’his bdl , the B\ X K KI LLGR ! and snd he bad me-J di’ited r, for six years ffojj day that "otnmencad hi* forlorn and solitary altacks up •n the Bank of the United States, and the glo •ious success ol which attacks he had now the mppiness to see celebrated in the city of the lank itself—in view of the Bastile of the mon "d despotism of America! The military chief aiu’s administration h’d given to the People vhat the regular bred statesmen—the civil or tors —had of; a national \ iOLD currency!— Jackson’s Administration rid restored gold ! the law passed, but the >eop|e must execute the law. They must re fuse small notes, and demand gold ! If they nsent to take n ites, the banks will shove es into their hands, un'.’l nothing else ba' notes will be m circulation, and all the gold will he carrid "ft and sn’id- The ohje ‘ • ’fit- gold vill will ! >e defeated unless the peo ple stop the circulation of small notes. Let them form associations & pledge themselves to receive no small notes; let them enter in bonds to vote for no man to the State Legislature ' lio will not be pledged, like Hannibal upon the alter, to eternal warfare upon small bank notes. The French have notes under five hundred frank-; the English have none under five pounds s erliug. and both have a plenti ful gold and silver currency. Let the Ameri can banish all paper under twenty dollars, and g Id and stiver will be abundant; if such paper is no» banished, tbelaw which has been p issed is a vam and empty enactment. Mr. B pur sued this topic, characterising it as the crown ing and glorious act of Jai kson’s Administra tion, and a loly’og to him, with the change of a word, the encomium of the Roman historians upon Augustus, he found Rome brick, and l ‘f? it marble; Jackson found the currency of A menca paper at>d would leave it gold ! ! M B spoke of the removal of the depos its, and called it the wisest and most masterly movement ever m ide in the political theatre It had drawn the fire of the B i"k —it had ex tractedfcher fire—it had enabled the people to whip the giant before it was ready for the fight. He said the time would come when the concluding reason assigned by Mr. Ta ney for the removal, would silence all cav illers, and command the admiration of all Statesmen; that reason in which he pointed out the impossibility of saving the country from t'te power <>f the Bink, if it had been per mitted to gn on accumulating the public tno ney in its v mils; increasing i's debts; extend ing its circulation; raising b illatices against Sta’e institutions; m > uipoltz’ug exchange, and bout ding specie; nil the charter was ready to exphe, and then bursting upon the people in one Id ick cloud of ier‘°r, and desolation, call ing in dl debts, curtailing IH circulation, deny ing all fiuichasers <>t exchange, calling upon Io al banks fin their balances, using us specie to buy up their pipet, Hid run them down; and all the scene complicated with a Presiden ti J election! tn such a scene, Mr. I’am-y and the President foresaw that the bank would tri umph! that st-d .ftion on tine hand, and oppies ston «n the other, would enable her both to renew Jifir <• hart nr 1.0 <• !ec> her Prestden ! to banish speciefotever from America ! toes tablish the paper system as fullv as it was m Enyl-ind twenty years ago; and ’o rule the tw Houses of’ Coiigtens wi'ti despotic auihoitiy; to control ill elections; and 10 h Id tie Presi dent of the United States for her ,»ensione< until the people, by a bloody struggle, should relieve th< tnselves from the disg- icefiil domin ion of a s’ ltib aristocracy, Mt. B. went over several other topics, ex horted »he demyrracy ’<» unanimity, con ert. and co’tfiden e, and concluded with offe.rin* a ! sentiment of hon»t and admiration for the nian ; ner tn which theyhad stood the fi<es of perse cution tu the mouth of the torn ace. Pennsylvanian. FMO.V MEETING. 1 Front th Hanner. Public notice having previously been given, a large a d reap •« tah!<» number of the Union Dt inucratic Bep '-brans of Jackson roun'y, ■ assembl d al 'he Court h- nse on the 18th Hist, fu the nurpnse of taking into consideration I matters of inter*’*' 'o 'he party. I ()>> motion. WlLttiM D M IRTIN, Esq was 11-<1 m di- C air. ai I KnwtSD ’ dams and Sylvanos Ripley, Esqrs appointed Secre i t tries. Janes Liddell, Esq. then explained the ob jects ot’ the meeting, winch tie said were 1 i<> counteract the ed’-rts of the self etvled State Rights Pariv in this county, who had lately met i and urgamz-'d a political assoeinliou; ’ and al ! <o, “ to publish tn the world what are our own political doctrines ” lie then moved the ap poin'ment of a committee, to mnsist of one member from each (’apt.tin’s district in the county, to prepare and report to the meeting a suitable preamble and re* d'ltions. The mo tion having been carped, 'he Chair appointed the following genil'-men to serve on that com mittee : James L dri»Jl, Edward \dims. Thomas J. B »wen. Perry Bowen. J icob Braz ••i on, X. C. Jot . J <«nes *{. McLesk'-v, j Ri--h tr<t Pe-Hec ,-t J >h<t G. P "m io Hid P ter [}. M Mullen Esq-*, The cunmit-e- retired . md at er a-hurt ab«euce returned and reported the t-dl a ng preamble and resolutions: VS herras, 4 portom of the citizens nt Jack- I son county has recently organized an assuria tj»m f>r the purpi se of propagating the modern ; laenry -f -i p • --ights —and it 1* gen '■ fi illy i»- kn wh dg-’d ilia'the Stale Rights doc ' tr.ne-, -is defined hv the party in this state that 11 is Ist- ly approprl » ed to ilsell the itle of State r gn's p«rtv, are identically the same that are ~dvn ated by ihe nf South Carolina; we, a oortion of he citizens of Jackson county, v telding fe no party, either m er out of 'he state, in a .superior attachment to the rights of the. states, a* reserved to ih°m in the compact .»iii< h formed he constitution of the U.iited ' > .ltrs; but believing tha the ultra s’ate rights ; doctrines contended t >r by the advocates of the i v theory, would, if carried into practical ; operition. tend to the utter subversion of all good government, and the dissolution of the union of tbe elates—have ’.bought proper to| convene and publicly express our opinions and disapprobation of the course pursued by its ad vocates. VVe. believe the position assumed by our opponents, that each state has the con stitutional right of deciding on the constitution ality of every act of the General Government, and upon the use and abuse ol its powers; and of interposing its authority so as to arrest the | operation of such act within its own limits, to j he untrue. That it is not true we think is proved by the history of the formation of' the , constitution, and by contemporaneous and sun sequent expositions of its principles. The foimition of the constitution and its proposal to the people of the states for their atiiication or rejection, excited al the time, !•,- -• I >almisv Uid dtsti'i It m every part of our cou itry. ihe discussion of its principles and their practical effect upon the rights of tho states and of the peopk; was a subject of deep interest to every citizen. So groat was the apprehension entertained of tho eflact of the adoption of the constitution, that two states re fused their ratification for some time, and in many others the parties for and against it ware nearly equal. And yet in al the discussions upon the subject, it never was suggested by any one that each state had the authoritative power to interpret the cons.iiution and decide upon the use or abuse of its power by the Gen eral Government. As this power in each state would h <ve been the high, st and most controll ing of all the powers of either tn« state or General Government, if it had been really con ferred, it could not have escaped the observa tion ofthose who gave form and existsnce to 'he constitution itself. There is no evidence that either a single member of the convention that formed the constitution of the United States, or of either of the conventions m the several states that ratified it or indeed that any other individual who publicly wrote or spoke in favour or against its adoption, believ ed that such a power would belong to th i in dividual states after it should be adopted. If the existence of this power was unknown to those who formed the constitution, and to the members of the various state conventions who rittfied. and indeed to all those who took part in the discussion of its principles, it is impos sible that such a power does extsi. A'd as this power would effect more essentially tho relations created between the General Govern ment and the states by the constitution, it would, if it had been reserved by the states, been clearlv expressed and c| mned by them in forming and adopting the constitution. So far from this being 'he cas t, fr »m the form monos the constitution until within the last three or four years, not withstanding the manv collisions 'hat have taken place between the General and tate Governments, such a power has never been claimed by the states, or as we believe '•ven imagined to exist by any portion of tne people <»f 'he Union, except perhaps by the Hartford convention. And as we would protnpllv oppose by every - imstiiutional means, any assumption «f power bv the General Government, so we would op pose with equal prompities*, any assumnti >n of power bv th S ate authorities, Pel evmg tii.it both the General and S ate Governments should confine themselves strictly wnhin 'he letter <>f the ('oustHull »n. The General Go vernment assuming no po.ver not expressly deb-gate I to it, and tha State gov-o-nmatits no powers that wuuid conflict with ih >sa delcgat -d '<• the United St les We would disappro u-'e anv m'-tsme of either the Gen«rnl or Sta <t Governments, founded alone noon impli cation, or that would be cul ’iilated to draw tu rn c-dlisi >n their respective powers— ’L'herefove Resolved, That it is the opinion of this meeting, that tho doctrine of nullifica tion, as defined bv its present advoca es, and the pow< rs and rights claim' d by tin m 11s d rived from, or existing under, the Consntuiion, 1 are unfouiideETTiT taci, tiiuory. dangerous in praciice; and being leitli r peace able nor constitutional, should be resorted to only when palpable violations of the Cansittu tmn, continued oppression, and abuse of pow er. sh dl render revohrion necessary. Resolved, That we adhere to 'he doctrines contained m th- Vt'-gimaand Kentucky Heso lutmns oland ’99. as mid -rstood by Mr. Madison, but do tior cone ir m the imerpr- 11- tion given to them by the nalidiers ol South ( irohn • and Ge igta. R solved, That we have increasing confi deuce in the aitaclimem of the Execu'tve of hie United Slates to 'he righ's d hto States, which he has so dearly manifested by his oo position to the mtioml system oflmernal Im provements, and to the recharter of the United Stales Bank. Resolved. That tho Delegate# tn C->ngre S s from h s State, who alibrded t h* Pr -s d tneir 11(1 m thus protecing ther'.'his ol die States, qe-erv the di 1 iks of thi- Hireling. Resolved, f’ >it we d n muee ttie pr muc ot req or ng h iii.-mh. rs of pwl tic d as*o< ia u,,ns 1./subs ribe, 10 a cert .in ere-d, is itemg amt-rep • die.m ind deceptive—c Ic-.lafed lo entrap the unwary, and not affording on oppor tunity f»r review and reflection. ' ine Preamble and Resolutrnm* wer •, by the I req'f -t >1 the chairman of th»- comrni' ee, r»-ad bv Mr. J N. Pendergmss, who advocated dteir id ipiion hi a few remarks. !!•• was follow'd ' by VV. L. Mitchell, Esq. who in a rp-a', « ha> '■ i tufl elegant tnamei, de nonstra ed Ute anfi republ char u l»r and 'he dangerous fen ; d'‘ii<-v of political associations Junius Hill i ver, E*q. 'hen addressed the meting, and by 1 historical refereiires conclusively proved that the dectr.no oTSt .te interposition was explo ded at the time of ;h* adoption of n-e Fedeial Constituti .11; th d the power to arms' the oper ation 01 ihe laws of Congress, u’id belong to the individual Mates under'he At tir les of Con federation, and tbit «he ex sienee of such a power, and ns exerei-e by some of the States, were the tn >«t m nerial objections to tn it sys tem, Hnd that it was principally to remedy this evil that thn Convention was called which framed the present Constitution. To say that • the addruss of Mr- HJtyer woa truly eloquent,) is doing him very imperfect justice. Judge Schley also addressed the meeting at consider able length, and amused,‘.instructed and delight ed by turns, all who heard him- The ques tion was then taken on the adoption of the Pre amble and Resolutions, which were unanim ously adopted. On motion it was further resolved, that the proceedings of the meeting be signed by the Chiirman and Secretaries, and published. On motion, the thanks of the meeting were tendered to <he Chairman and Secretaries—• and the meeting 'djourned. WM. D. MARTIN, Chairman* Edward 'dams ) o . o o > Secretaries. Sylvanus Ripley, j RECORDER AND SPY M. jfl. 6XTHUIGIIT. Editor. C GA. S2f7 _ 3,1834. Union Congressional Ticket. JOHiN COFFEE, of Telfair County. SE ATON GRANTL\ND, of Baldwin. CHARES E. HAYNES, of Hancock, GEORGE VV. OWENS, of Chatham. WILLIAM SCHLEY, of Richmond. IOHN W. A. S INFORD, of Baldwin, TIMES C. TERRELL, of Franklin. GEORGE B. TOWNS, of Talbot, JAMES M. WAYNE, of Chatham. L'noin and Slate ‘Tigtits “one and indivis ible, now and forever.” UNION CANDIDATES. For Senate. William De FieldSo House of Representatives. Ileimry Be Slmw, James Cantrell* BoSiJKrt Obaro Co be continued until complete. 44 T2ae war of*the New Allies.” We perceive from copious extracts from the Charles, ton Mercury and other papers, copied into the Rich mond Enquirer, of tlv'22d tilt, that 'he Nullifiers of S Carolina have declared a war, in their usual bold and daring language, against Air, Calhoun’s new allies of the North and West A writer in the Mercury, who signs himself' 1 Algeron Sidnev,” and whom Mr. Ritchie recognises to be James Hamilton, Esq. uses the following emphatic language towards Messrs. Clay, Vlebster and the National Re publicans. Wbat interest can the State Rights Party have in any event, tn S' p ortinp Clay, W< lister, or any other National Republican ? We are not engaged in a miser able contest for power and office, V\ e profess to go for the vindication of great principles, which we believe to be essential to the liberties of this ennntry. We> make war, not upon the incumbents of office, but upon despotic and pi ofligate principle of a corrupt and op pressivc Government. What is the difference in prin-* cipl , b ’tween the Notional Republicans, and those wh < nowdisgracn the seats of power? The former with Clay and Webster as their leaders, have gone as far as he farthest io usurpati >n "p< nthe rights of this Confederacy. Tiny put the Tan if and the corrupt system < f Internal 1 iprovementw upon the country. They were tie adv. c itt s of the principles of the Pro clainat on, a id they were the very lite and soul of the “ Force Bill.” Where is their return to strict construe tio 1 sunken ofby the “ Whig ?” Where is one solitary principle of theirs identified with the rights of tha States? e know not what may be the local policy of Virginia S’aU Rights men; but base and abandoned, and profligate indeed must be the State Rights party here, if . ver it coi.ld lie brought to fight under the Standard of tho lenders of the “Force Bill.” They and wanned 1 hem in their perilous struggle for the li berties of theii country. Again—ho policy can bo wenk- r m more suicidal, dian for us to engage under any circumstances, in placing in powerany man or set of men, with avowed principles, directly opposed to us upon every point <>f momentous concern. If we act with such m< n, our Paiiy and its principles must ine vitably b< alts rbed The Columbia Times says “we believe that an nmnl gi-ni tion of ’ ie State Bights with the National Re publican party is as utterly impossible as it is impoli tic. The l itter party is well known both to Mr. , Pleasants and Gen. Grei n, to b ■ at heart and in pur pose, Ft d r dials. They compose all the old Federal party, and are as rad.cully opposed to the doctrine of State rights, as the Federal party, properly so called, ever were or could bo ” Phus i' would s<-< m. that this unh ly alliance, form ed i corm lion, and or the most corrupt is. si ic<- it has tail'd to accom phsh the ■ bjects ot its ' uuiitmal form itjon. now about |<, bi-dissolved and a id re.luce 10 1 s original eleinems by its own act of iimita i<> 1, that of prostrating the admi-iistratiun and its fri -nds. NullificeUion. This doctrine is not an ordinary error. Tta princi pal ischief co sists in the subversion of the very na ture a’ <1 chara' ter ot the government. It cnanges tha Coiis'i"itio 1 bv which our liberties have been guarded ami proie< ted, for fifty years, into a mere league, of fensive ami <l. fensive, ami tuk- s from the General Go ve ninen', its infl or rice upon the duty of the citizen. Let Nullification be admitted as pan and parcelot our imvernmen', it may indeed re. ain for a little while, but the spirit vhich now animates it, will soon be ex ti ict, and nodii ig will b. lefi but tho lifeless corpse, h is a poison w hicli corrupts the social feelings, and de stroys the moral ligament which binds the citizen to 'heb 'St Government ever devised by tho wisdom of ma ; it teaches him, that allegiance is alone due ti> his tale, and obedience only, ’o the General Govern ment —it polutes tiie very fountain and source of p®' W triotism. ji. tn n the Nulllfiers tell us, that all who approve of the course pursued by Governor Troup in 1825, or tha course adopted by Georgia in the Tassel case, are Nu.ldler.-; they give us cause to doubt, either tbeir want of a knoivlledge of the system, or their respect for the understanding of the public.