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MISCELLANEOUS*.' & - -k T ' •?:<>!<‘k-;’/-. From the. Chaibsto.i ' rtrr The appeal of Dr. C’.-mpcr, in b’a defence before the Tnisrees of South Carolina Collage, to such names as Milton, Lo< ke. Frankliti, (.'anniiig. and others, in jiri’ifieation of his conduct in assailing the I ns'ilnti >:is of Christianity, is an artifice that will avail him Imi little >n the judgement ol an en- Jigfitened p:d lie. The living individuals to whom he has rei'<.•■•red, will not regard it an honor to have their mimes associated with his. The dead, almost without an exception, wyrithey i-ormitti d to speak, would consider their fame, tarnished l.p sriciujp appeal. S<> ■!',.>■ as Franklin is concerned, it Is deemed stimeient to re-puh’ish th“ following arti cle, w'ii'iii has frequently appeared in print. DR. FRANKLIN A XI) THOMAS PM.XE, When Paine was writin" his infamous at•acl? on the Christian Religion, lie submitted a part of his manuscript to Dr. Franklin for bis inspection and opinion. The following is the answer of the great Philosopher ami Patriot: Di'-ir Sir— l have mad your manuscript with, some attention. Bv the argument it contains against a parti -tdar Providence. though von allow a general Providence, you strike at tlm found > ion of ail Re )> jinn. For without the belief of a Providence that takes cognizaneo of. guards and guides, and favors particular persons, there is no motive to wor . ship a Deity, to fefir its displeasure, or to pray for its protection. I will not enter into any discussion of your principles, though you seem to desire it. At present I shall only give you my opinion, tb it though your reasonings are subtile, and may pre vail with some readers, you will not succeed, so as to change the general sentiments of mankind on tin' subject. and the consequence of piloting this piece, will be. a great deal of odium dinwn upon yourself, mischief to you, and no benefit to others. lie that spits against the wind, spits in his own face. But wete you to succeed, do you imagine any good will he done by it ? You yourself in av find it easy to live a virtuous life without the assis tance afforded by Religion ; ■‘•yon have cl°ar pre cep'ion of tire advantages of virtue, and 'he disad vantages of vice, and possess a strength of reso lution sufficient to enable you to resist common temptations. But think how great a portion of mankind consists of weak and ignorant men and women, and of inexperienced, inconsiderate youth, ofboth sexes, who have need of the motives of Re ligion to restrain them from vice, to support thei virtue, and retain them in the pr ic'ice of it till it becomes habitual, which is the great po'nt for its se curity. Ami perhaps you are indebted »o hf*roi : - ginality. that is, to your religious educa’ion for the habits of virtue, upon which you now justly value yourself. Yon might easily display yem »■•<;< I lent talents of reasoning upon a less Imzm '.ons sub; 'ct, and thereby obtain a rank with our m st distinguished authors. For among us i' is not necessary, as among the Hottentots, that a voutli to be raised into the comnany ot’men, should prove his m mhoon by beating bis mother. I would ad vise you therefore, not .o attempt unchaming '.lie tiger, but to burn the piece before it is seen by any oth r person, whereby you will save yourself a great tie d of mortification from the ee.f mies it may raise against you, and perhaps a good deal of regret and repentance. If men arc s? wicked with Religion, what would they be if without it? 1 intend this letter itself as a proof of my friendship, and there fore add no profession to it, but simply subscribe yours. B. FRANKLIN. A lo'tcr ft am Columbia, S. C. to tlte Editor of the Boston Atlas, thus describes Dr. Thom as Cooper, lire famous Jacobin and Infidel, the I ...her of Nullification, who like the ser pent tb it poisoned the car of Eve, taught the South Carolinians to “c Icttlate the value of the Union,” by a miserly computation of dol lars and cents: — Dr. Cooper is the oddest Bight that ever was. An accurate description of him would seem a burlesque on humanity— short figs, stooping hump back, slo'-enly dress btl, mid wearing an old white hat. IF* rides a sm dl, bob-tail, pacing horse, and v hen they are under wav it seems as i* the Devil was snaking oil with his last load. The people of Rockingham county, Virgin ia, among various resolutions denouncing Nu!!.- fi-ation, and approving the Proclamation, &c. have passed the following. “That the patriot ic exertions, and untiring energy of the Union party in the State of Somli Carolina merit the wa in approbation, and zealous support if eve ry friend of our happy Union.” Ami it a * snee'.iii'i its Powhatan county a.) the ordi nal' e was denounced, “so far as ii re g; rds tne Uni n party, .as unjust, unwise, ci uel and ly rann’eal in the highest degree.” V,tli.mk out follow c’tizens in our Sister State for their w n vti approbation ar l sympa thy . ml iiss't'o them (ant we will not despair cl t! e Republic. While there is life, we will < (,■>'( 'id for the principles of the eou -tiltt ion, i; , ~ (|), blessings of the Union. We will nev- lend our aid to strike io the dust the glorious p, > () i th,.! has waved in triumph over a iim.ts.md sea'.— -STORY OF A PIKE. The I 's',' ferocity of the pike is no! more rem rk '.ble' 0. ' ’he < vtraordmaiy retention o liie it s . v< r being removed from its na tive • '•.(• /’•diowiug is a remarkable and ■ r Imlicro s )n «•<'of its possession of both < ■ visors, tor the tn ’’th °t’ which we can safe. .e mn veiaciiv. A n acquaintance, who is 'mu "t emhu-i;st in ’he sr'i'tice of angling, ' ime time ago '•tripped the cr*el over Ins shoul der, tool, the run u 1 is ham!, arm with a pleutitul ;m ! -.i’ll et assm tmci.t ofhooks, ba.hs. »nd fly. in his pocket, si t < If. e t piscatory 'grtmagc, to th • l>:mks of th- ('!■> le. There he , en ’ ci’umete !a s cpherd. with his Celley al i f pf> L ;i '.d Willis'ex iau :ing t ews ami a pinch-oi r 't-'P f ' e w ’ h the p.isi ’i d patriarch, our acquaintance ’s’' si ” J a Irog spring out of the grass in the water — v > i h it hi I no sooner done ’han an immense p.ke shut wi It be speed of liglitninf tom hem-, h t i" wink, ami the next moment poor monsieur Fmg bi iane an inmate-of the inoii'tor’s insatia ble i; iw. hi an instant, the five piece hickory rod was screwed together, th? hooks fixs’d to the line, ami aim'liei unfortunate , pndilcc!:.' as the wmphetd trim--i it, being soon found and ti ins our tiicn l relre,red back to a piop’-r dis tat’ec and ttm ( w in the bait. No sooner h, i. it dropp. >1 into t ! .c wateF than it «as in the •i - s ot if e i . win II till barbs were fcrlhwith struck in in Iris gums, an I after about half an hour’s /i.r.-A, a !w fc e\l -:ib. fish v.,as laid on the greea sv wd W liilst rmr fricml wa- m.dm ..• bis rm’ ar:.l iaei.k'. . having made ,lhe shepherd a gift of ilia pr •.<■. , tin j I colley that had walclwil die sport, set-mingly wi.h ; I rnucli attantion, was going suufiltng and s»m.-limg I ' round the cap’.ive, and wagging his tail evidently ; J v.'tih "rent satisfaction. Tnod at last with scruti ! ; nizitig, the unsuspicious quadruped sat down I with his rmr.t) to", trds the fish, and the bushy tuft cf his tail Ivi.ig temptingly near the jav rs < ! the latter, it snapped and caught hold of it. ’n'o words can paint the terror and surprise of the. pm>r ■ coliey nt this unwrm-nd assault on his pm mu! Firs! he boll< I .-itraiglu out for a Ir.mdrcd • aids or iso, like an arrow- -then wheeled round with th : r •■iiiliiv of a mill sioiin---an l finally sprung in’o ; the water, ihiuki':no doubt, that ii'.s a i-a'dant won! I prefer ematidj'ntmn and safety in his na- Ttive • ett'inent, to the. gratifira’iirn o! a mali- ious revenge; and so n.i dmii;t, it would; Imt i:.c wishes | of boih-weic fated to be baulked-- ihn hair having ’got so w.upv.d it.iie, I ihe pike's jaws and grinders. i that the latter was totally t;>i;d>!n to disengage it i sell'. Away swam t’so dog' acre’s the river, the pike tugging and tearing with might ami main--- ; r ow pulling poor co.llcy the mm inomrn! fably - below the water by sheer weight and strength; the I next ’died his burdics, •* high iu .nr, ” as it sprung I I aloft in its struggles (o get free—at every pull the ' J terrified quadruped bellowing forth his alarm, whilst the two spectators, completely overcome by ■ the ludicrous novelty of the spectacle, absolutely i roared with laughttr till “the tears coursed one ; another down lheir noses, ” with dewriight mirth. ; Having landed on the opposite bank, the col’ey I took direct for his master’s cottage ( which was a gunshot or two off the river) at full speed—-tlie ' pike throwing incessant pironettes in the air, to each of which a lengthened howl was responded. Anxious to see the icrmmatmn oCUjjilaughablc afiair, onr friend sli’ejrlieid across ' a neighbouring ford, and on arriving at the domi- ; cilfound the whole family, wife, weans, dog-;, I I cats, ami cliuckies, in a state of tumuttiious up i i roar and contusion that bailies description. The ■ unfortunate colley had c,ept under th° bed with J Ins tailpiece, wherce lie literally sent forth shrieks j I t’f agony a:,<i terror. Having pulled him out bv the neck, the gudewifes shears were put in requi- 1 sition, ami the poor dog was soon freed from hts ' truly unwilling persecutor, yet notwitl,standing all i the. pumping and thumping which the latter had I undergone in its awkward career to the cottage, ; he assures us that the voracious animal snapped ' at and sunk its teeth into the porridge stick which ■ was employed to force open its jaws-- Aller rest- ' ing himself a little, and giving the gaitified shep- I herd in addition to the fish, a caulker from his ! flask, our friend resumed his angling. An old woman who sold ale, being in I Cbm ch, fell asleep dming divine service an.! i : ti'iltickiiy let her old I’lshioned clasped Bible ' i fdl, t'hmli making a great noise, site cxclaim- I ed, b ill' aw.ikc, “so you jade, there’s unuliier : jug b:okc.” POLITICAL. I i From the Standard of Union. Let us now turn to Mr. Jefferson’s Inaugural j ! Address, delivered when he was about to enter j on the duties of the Presidential office, iu 1301. i In that artdress he says “If there be any among ' us. who would wish to dissolve his Union, or to [ change the republican form, let them stand undis- j turbed, as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion ntay be tolerated, where reason is left tree to combat it. I know, indeed, that I some honest men tear a ropublicait government - i cannot be strong- -that this government is not j ( strong enough, i believe this on the contrary the j strongest government on earth. I Let us then « iilt courage and confidence, pur sue our own federal and republican principles— j our attachment to Union and Representative gov- { ' ernmeut ” • ( In compressing in a few words, the principles (by which he avowed his intention to administer i ! tne government, he states as indispcnsible, “The I I support of the slate govertiumnis in all thr'ir rights, ; as the most competent administrations of ourdo I i ntestic concerns ami the surest bulwarks against j anti-repulilicau t» ndencies---the prcseivatim. of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at Imine and safety abroad-—“ a zealous care cf tb.e right of election by the people-—a mild and safe cmrec live of abuses, which are lopped by th< sword of j j revolution, where peaceable remedies are unprovid- | (ed altsolute acquiescence in tlie d« visions of the ; m.ij 'lit -, the vital principle us republics, from which here is no appeal, but to three, the vital ! - principle md immediate parent of despotism i’ii.* dittusion of information, and arraignment of all ;iui.s'-s at the bar of public -eason —freedom of r< !’gi:in---!reedom of tl:? press -freedom of person under the protection of the habeas corpus, a <1 1 ami trial by juries impartially selected. A.-d should we wander front them in the ele ( meats of error or a! trm- -let us hasten to relieve our steps, and to regain the road which alone : 1< a-’s m peace liberty and safety” Could any language p< int more strongly than this, to a reli- i anee on public opinion as the corrective of the a- j buses of Repubiu an government? General Wash- '• ingt hi says, ami says truly, that “the very idea of | the pow er ami t e right of the people to establish I a govt rnmerit, presupposes the duty of every indi vidual to obey the established government.” Air. . Jeilerson says, that a republican government “is the strongest government on earth.” And why? . Because man is capable of self-government. But I neither Washington nor Jefferson inculcates sub- j , mission to arbitrary pourer—Nor does either, look . to force as the corrector of tlieabuses ofonr gov ( ernment. If the Constitution should not answer l t the expectations us tne people, w hile Washington . tdls us it is our duty “to obey the established 1 government,” he asserts the rijit of the people , to alter it. Mr. Jefferson tells us to have * a , zealous care, of the right of election bv the people . a mild and safe corrective of abuses,which are e lopped by the sword ot revolution, where peacea » bie remedies are unprovided.” He further tells . us that if we appeal to force, we appeal to “the . vital principle and immediate parent of despotism” and as il ha feared (hat all these might not be s ntficteiit, he enforces on ns the “arraignment of all abuses at the bar of public reason.” And why this? Becntise the public reason isso enlightened tbaf- to use an expression ot an eminent historian, “the creat body of the people, are seldom wrong, - loti" at a lin'e. with respect to any political mea sure.’’ f'-v't Mr. Jefferson coos not even leave us here, withom 'he so ’emn admonition "to hasten to retr rce our stepsf. and . ’ regain the roa 1 which a- ' lo.ie leads to peace, libe.’iy ami safety, if in the moments of erior oi alarm” v.e should have wan dered fiotn the great republican Joc'ri.ues contain ed in '.he extracts we'havc tiered his address. if sc :ms to tis, th ,t '.u-i ehms-' of the > -Ji.ict from the farewell address v<’i'e eueial Wash- ( ingtr-n appeals, at this time, with peculiar force, I io evriiy lover of his couniry--now. that, to use bus I language, “combinations and assot iations exist, ; ( with the real design tn direct comm!, counteract ! 1 ami awe the regular deli'imatinns and actions of i the constituted authorities.’’--and that under the , j “pl •■Jsiblc” pretext ot tm.* correction ot abuses, by j revidutbinary violence, the correction of which ; have, iteeu «• wisely confided to ‘ the right u! elec tion by the ;ieop'e.”---tlt?J “mild and safe cmr< c l<ve id abtt-os, which am lopped by the sword of i v ilplion v.dti-re peaceable remedi.'S arc improvid t ’ Wo go heart ami seal wiih m;r coui;trvtn:'n i t (Ict'rgln and r lswhf re, for corre; ting every a- . m' ■ ' of government --ILit. «••• have too mmdt res pert for that “right” and the “power” - f the' people, < i;i which, both Washington ami .!■■ i’ms-i.) re’;--.], j,, (pyubt (or a monV rit ths triumph of pri-j. ciyolc, ever, not only the protecting tariff, bat oyr-r ; <’ ich and a:i the abuses of tli? feiieral .'’overmrietit. v' e may be asked, in what do we place cm roii a.uc,e?--- We answer in an enlightened public onin- | ton- —Wc may lie further asked what will enlig’o-o i that public opinion? We answer, th.’.t. intelligence ; ; among the people which will not fail to point out ’heir true interest. Should we be further asked, ’ti ""hat th'’t interest consisted? We would say, ' i'i freedom, from unequal and unecessttry taxation, i ; Vve venture the assertion, that more than ninety- ( l~ |V e out of every hundred ol the American people. , :,|R tax payers, cither, in dti'io-, to the govent luent, or in bounties to the m mufaettirers. It is imposilije that this mighty m jority of numbers and ■of mind can be kept longer in darkness on ibis i T'lihjcct. They are already enl; hfem d In neli | anoe of <-/ery effort of the high tntifi'party against ! him In defiance of the <!t 11. nation oftheir lead er.s, that, his success would prostrate their ‘'svslc'n ( Gon. Jackson lias been re-i'ectcd by an over whelming majority, ami is using his mightv popu- i lurity for the purpose of “making the government I n’t.it it ought to be, bv reform in ottreodcof I'" -' i arid system of political economy.” And he will I succeed (>) the aid of that public opimoti which j lias once more, so triumphantly, placed him in (the highest office in the wml J. because it is the ; highest in the gift cf a free people. NO RTILCAROLINA, OUR OWN STATE. Wc will not exclaim,‘out'own Carolina’, lest i it might u • supposed we would intimidate the ■ moderns of a neighbouring l.ttid of chivalry; (but we will hail Nut ili-C.it o'in.i as oitr own ! Siati', because we feel an heart felt pride when ■ we look and contemplate the conduct ol’s tne | of our more pretending neighbors, and compare jit with Iters, 'i'he first to resist the iviaunv and oppression of the mother country, site was behind none iti ofl'eting the blood of Imi sons and her treasure to aid the great struggle lor in dependence. Acting from principle, she was content to perform tier duly, withmii endanger ing the success of the common enterprise by clrnnot ing for the promotion oflter sons. When the constitution of the Untied Simes was frammi, she weighed it well miter couvetiiion imf'oic she would subject her citizens to is control ; 1 but when she gave Iter adhesion to ii, she - plighted an honest faith to su-tam it. Each , trial which hasaiis'Ui under it, she Ins end med ; ’j with patriotic devot on—each tempaii-m sit Ins j j resisted with republican pla nness and sincerity (of purpose. No whiskey insurrection can be j laid at Iter door—no secret measure to tests j any department uftlie Govct mnen:—no II re; ford Convention countemmcec by lie —uo im constitutional measure in the form of imilifiea- ' lion, or any other form propos' d or ; <1 -ocafcd by her, by which the ime -riiy of fie LLnm or liberty of the ci. z its mi-’/u be eu.j.iugt i ni. Acting e.n the principle that ou. s is a- ova n- ! ntetti ol opitumi, sir' iris c irefally ah.--.lined | from any act which migitl we ikon , ! (r/ its effect, i’r fess nt. '.he prim •' so- Jc- ' i mocracy, site in-bee t conietii tint ;i 1; ; ,ei. r joftite m ijori’y should have >ts i tp-e ,- t ,u! I questions vv'iete iheie was n > / v. >i .lum jof (he conslitmion ; relying on th. v l( toe and in telligence of the people of the miter S at is to 1 redress any grievance she is sni.jec ed o bv change of representatives, with a lielermmed ( purpose to exliaus; all constitiitimial m. atis oi ; relot m, ere site wi'l bring her mind io calculate j the value -d tire Urrioii B is.ng iter action up |on a fonmiaiion so obviously just and reasona- j j ble, one would conclude ilr.it evet y lover ofor- • derand good government, would appreciate ; j her conduct and do justice to her consistency —and so we are induced to l>. lieve they do ; but in all communities theie are a sm t of bius letirig, gasconading set of wo 1 I-be g ei folks, 1 whose chief c< tsequencfi arises from a fit e in dulgence in the abuse of those exceilmictes which are foreign to them, and which litey h ive not the Immiliiy to iniiniate. These leflections occurred to us on reading;! paragraph, in .vlticn j vv<- find our good old rep iblican S. He cil tr tc jieiized as lite Rip Vm W inkle of (lie S utth, ; by one of the nullifiing knights of the i ml of chivalry. Hath she them slept tor 20 years? W as site (losing amid the clash of arms and the r oitr of cannon during the last wir? Was sire dosing when the thousand of her sons weie go ing forth to offer up their lives for I hen counuys honor?—Was she dosing when her Forsydtes land her Blakeleys were sealing their <l<;vution to their country wi:h their blood? Was she j dosing when Iter M icon ami Gaston were op j posing with manly imi pemience the very svs -1 tent which some ol these kirtglits of tire i nil of chivalry weie there adv eating so z«.*al<»u-.|v, but which they now denounce ; s a pal: <!bln I violation of the coustiiutioii ! W .s she ties u_i , when her Representaiives mein red the odium of j being termed Radicals for oppusin" ‘fie app.o piijtion ofm-.mey for wo ks of In eitml Im provemeiit iiy Congress, by the v< r\ me t who now atrogate to lltemst Ives ex< lusiveiy .1; • proud cl iim of State Rijliis Ch tmpitm.-, ? W .s Iter Legislature asler p when they so leccitlly and so emphatically denounce 1 tm: die ,;i<m .i> unconstitutioti d and ievobu on u \ ? It' these ait* (lie evidences ot> which the legend ol’-deepv hollow is sought to be r .msll rred to lie.’, 1 i.ij may they endure, they furnish to Ju r children in every clime the proud »iiisf'ac'iou <>f know iti: •th it she Ins not been seduced from le r in tegrity, that ire .son receives no cmrnten ince within her borders, that she is not fit for strata gem and spoil, that the Stu - Spangle Burner still floats proudly over her soil, t’.it-r ding her .w>r,s to deeds oi* generous dev >ti<m iu the emtst? i of (he L'uiop. Let h< r k vtieis turn to the hisio jry of lbi> past, and lead (heir destiny. Where j titen will be tlicir gibes? where their scoffing ? ; Looking to the future we aiHieipate (heir ejacu : bilious ot would ll ai we too h id enjoyed sm Ir ! rejmse, which however unnatural was blessed j with quiet coasctsnce. Fayi.tl.e.i ill Journal. Extract f;om the Message of the frovernor of ! Kentucky, communicating to ihe General ( Assembly the Ordittance ami other Docu ments of ihe late tJaiivitniimi of Smt;lt C.ir- 1 olid i. The assumption of power by a single Slate Io i‘eel ire vo: Ii he acts of* the U-mgrt-ss ot’ the U:> !(.'d S'lites, to I’mbid lheir execmiott within its limits, to 'iis'r.i.ic'iicm all lu r own ( iiizens, who will not join t' .e eritsni'a, imi pmti.'lr those may a 1 in sus aining the emt-u it .tied au ; thmitms rd’the count.y ; ami, as is imim sted, to ! tine ami imprison the ofiicers of the Gmtetal Govcrmneiit for obedience to their consiiltiiioE al obligations and oaths; ami l<> em’orcc the : wliole, as is further suggesied, by a S .ite army, ; is such a palpable iiiliact’mn to the Federal | Constitution, so distinctive to the Union cf this ■ republic, ami so subversive of ail good govet tt i rm-nt that i need not, ’ am sure, urge upon you j ll>e necessity of’prompt action on your p ot.— . ' The advocates of liberal ;>t inciples ibrougliout ( the wot! !, wi'l look will tinxiotis solicitude to I the result. Il ibereforo becomes us to save ( ourselves by taking such steps as wiii preserve the Union, perpetuate ami transmit to posterity j unimpaired our cotis'.ituiiimal freedom and i pi ivifr’ges, ami demonstrate to the woild that matt !•■■ .capable of self-government. Il is deemed pa oper that our sister Slate s’.muiil ktiow tvli.'t is the opinion of the people of Kentucky, in relation io >lm subject presented, as soon as mtr voices can be made to reach public auibut , itios and cilizmts. We are told that the remedy is a peaceful one, th it ii is a constitutional mode. i ant at a ; loss to understand how that is possible, it is !a solecism manifest, that a State can be cover ed with ihe panoply of tb.e Constitution, ami at the same time bo acting against it. The atti tude of a peaceable cp.tiet citizen yielding obe dience to the laws emaimting from (Ito constitu ted aiitlmrities, is very different fiom that of out) who bids defience to lheii execution, and tlilies ihe remedy into his own hands, declaring him "if the p: oper jtirige of lheir justice and propt iety. Allegiance and nun-tdiegiaitce are i repugnant, and not opposite to each other. “tie that is not for me, is against me.” But why this sounding of ihe note of pre pu :i ton for war on th part of .Squib Carolinii j—the prop rsed organiz <;ion of t <vo thousand ; men for 'die doftmee of Charleston and its <le ; pendencies, and ol leu thousand troops, called “(ho Stnie Gnarii.” Do not such acts prove thal the remedy is any thing else than a “pe tce iii one;” (hit it is wailike? Call the course ' p r-u -I by wfrat name you will, j'- t< ts are not .to he disguised. I ( will, if persisted in result in civil w ir vvitlr ail its horrors, which God, in his ' ( infir.iie mercy, aven! Why it' nulling else; was iniended but a peaceful remedy, tins rapid -mmession of im.mi .am evenls in South Caro- Im i? I'iit* S aie uleclions in Ociober ; an ex-( j Hamdinary cling of the Lu od time in No- vember, to pass a law mi'hoi omtg a convention j ”1 dm pso?!" ; the elm timj la.ld ; the members ; he o.adopted, virtually declaring ( a '.i : am-e if du- Union; a meeting of the ■ L" ;••! iiti'" em 7, all in the same month ; and 3 ' '’aam i : i mu, by the Governor, to pass; ■ ii- i I \V> as m iy lu- m et i.sary to carry the or- diti m <• Imo < i;e,-t • to raise and equip troops to ' *m m;.■ til ■ c >.’uroi of the ‘State ;to au.liorize bim to aie < leoiam es to vessels, in case (he oV'>m . -■fit - .res siioidd insist irpoir the obser vance of I.; : laws ; to .mpe.'-.t th.- general gov < iiiiii nt io tm '. »ve tiie LLii« d Si ites’ troops from in. l citadel ai (dii.,; le.stom Why this man ifest dispi.si'imt to be on the alert ' This so ; liciluae displayed by the cclerily oftlm-j ■ move m< nis to bring the crisis to its climax ! Let us ; again admonish our friends—do not hasten i wait,and iuterch iirge opinions with other States (and w;ili the general governim-nt. Wny m ike the commmi eaaon, herewith sent, io each of the States of the Union, if the fatal step is to be taken before sufficient, time : has elapsed to receive an answer ? Suri Iv I :lie m\v attitude about to be assumed by Somli C irolina, cannot be so desirable as to call ; .or such precipitation. An attitude that ex inbiis the extraordinary spectacle of a single ■ S ine ittemptitig to nullify that wliiclr Ins re ceived the sanction of Congress, ami of the ' Executive, and of (lie Judiciary of the whole U iiion. Bm the question made by the people of South C i rol 111 • ii i flat ion to the ta i. (i is so i ilta nglble, and so dd’lieult of being brought to any ecu tail,- j ty by any i.itow’i rule, that it is not easy to come * to any conventional arrangement in regard to it. I hey admit the power of the general gov ernment to lay duties “wiih a view to pro- ; tect the domestic mamifactu es ol our cotm-q ’ If the motivesof a measure are to fix its constitutionality, how are they to be ascertain- I "d ? Otte Sia etn ulii resolve tint a given du- i iy upon an ariirle worn'.l lie protective in its < cii iiacter, mother might think otherwise ; a du- l y (Int some years ago might h vo been regard ed as the cohesion of the American government ! is made o depend, according to the view of ; Souili Carolina, upon the single fee', whether t aliw 1 -iying imposts has in it a single* clause of i a pro eciivedia: ne'er, whether a duty is too high I o' too low whether tins article, that, or the I mher i-i selec ed or omi'led in the scale; and i tu 'i? f ask, is to decide lire Congress of the ; ! nited giimes, and (he Executive of the nation, to whom lite s ibject properly belongs/ No. \ majority of the people of South Carolina, ori ai.y o'her Stale, however Sun!!, accorditrg to I this new theory. Firns it is, that a single Slate i might die: it : io (he whole gem ritl govi rmnenf, i and to the twenty-three other States. Cun anv i one beleive th it intelligent statesmen, such as i formed the cmi.-.ti!ii'i<m, wmihl have consented i to such a right—that they would have given to < pjs'.erity a fm in of govurmnetit, wit!) a lextuie i 'so fragile ? infiuiti 'y worse than the confedera i lion itself. ■ 11 is not important to enquire, whether ours j be a government of Stales or of the people ; ( for whether of the one or die o'.ltt r, the right I claimed by South C noliiia cannot be conce ded. Whatevei has been reserved to the States (hey must Le pennited to enjoy ; but that which has linen (’tamed to the general government must he under its iHtccimti. As r elates to those powers, lite exercise of which is given exclusive- (lie general government, (lie States, as sovereign!ies, have no negative ; acting iridivid- \ ually as tcspec.ls those powers delegated requi , i mg a conjoint action of the general and State ( govei iiumiils, the slates act in their sovergigt) I opacities : as is :l;e case in the mode of calling ‘ forth the mililia into active service. The re ( (position is made upon the States to send forth tlioir quotas , they appoint and commission tho ; officers ; organize the corps; ami place it under tmjgeneral govei umem. In the execution of that ; braticir of power, we h ive seen that difficulties 1 and embarrassments attend ii, even in the his i tory of our own government during the late ( war ; end that such will of'te.n be the case where the action is joint, is fully proven by the history of otmir republics. If the measures of the gov ernment have been retarded and embarrassed, in cases where the Constitutiwh'requires joint action with the Stales, it is proper to a State to 1 place its negative upon the exercise of a power t..;picssly delegated. Suppose it was deemed ; proper by the functionaries of the general gov ernment, to declare war against a foreign pow er, and a single state was to i esolve that altho’ j Congress have the express power over the mai ler, yet the cause was not sufficient, —the rno tioe in it induced the action of the government was not a legitimate one —therefore unconsti- ; t mional, void, am! of no effect.— We will annul it ; we wa! imprison the officers of the nation who wiii dare to give ttllegi ince to lheir govern- ; men! ; we will swe tr oitr officers of the State so to regard it, onr jurors so to decide it ; and if all ; that will not do, we will raise an army cf our State, to enforce the opinions wo entertain.— ',V h-ii, I as!;, would the people of Kentucky 1 sty ? Always patriotic, they would answer as : they did in the last war—we make no such question, when our country calls by her consti tuted authorities ; we go, wli(".h>*r it be to Can ada, to the North West, to New-Orleans, or elsewhere, we are tor the field ; w? go, for our country,our ic’tolc country —onr united country. ; W ill any one even in this day, conclude in die case staled, that it would be consiitutional fora ist ne to assume the attitude described ? 1 , think not. r i he effort would be legitimate as the one now making tn South Carolina ; the au thoiity is delegated with as much certainty and precision to Congress, iu one case as in tho ; other. It is desirable, gentlemen, that our sister Stale should be informed, what is believed to be the fact, that, while Kentucky is ready to re lieve her from all just ground of complaint, she wdl not permit this Union, which protects us in J the enjoyment ol so many blessings, civil and ■ religious, io be torn asunder for any cause. Iler infant blood flowed freely to extend the settlements in the frontiers ; and imtli the North and South can boar witness that although her position shielded her from invasion, her gal lant sons during the late contest wiih Great Britain, were forward to meet toil, privation, and all the horrors ofsavage, as well as civilized waif.ue, to maintain the dignity and assert the ' rights of our common country. She cannot consent that her treasure and her t blood sit ill h ive been expended in vain—site cannot consent that a sister Slate shall give to our children waters of bitterness to drink. It is considered proper that the general gov ernment, and each of our sister Stales, should clearly understand the course which a deep sense, ofduiy will inquire Kentucky to take. 1 therefore i (’common I, that your opinions be em bodied ina series cf resolutions; that vou dis approve of the revolutionary doctrines contain ed in the Ordinanee'conimunicated ; that:f,af ter all has been done that can be towaids a reconciliaiioi) of this unpleasant, unnatural con troversy, S. Carolina shall resort to force, and resist 4jn* exmmlion ol the laws (timed, or make a violent attempt ta severe herself from the Umon, that the people of this State will stand upon their duty and lheir allegiance, and will support the general government, in the ttsc of any legal and cons’uution d mentis, necessary to prevent the accomplishment ofso sad •• ca tastiophc : and ihat a copy of those resolutions be sent to the Governor of South Carolim, to the President of iim United States, the Gov ernor of each of the other States, and to each of our Senators and'Representatives in Con gress. John Breathitt. CA LIIOUN’S RESOLUTIONS. In the Senate on the 22. i tilt. Mr. Calhoun Oilei t.d I lie fol Io wing I’esolut ions, which lie pre faced by a speech ol some length, reiteratin'’' and enlarging upon the views siibmite I bv him to the Seirite on a recent occasion, and in the course of which lie comm-mtyd with much sc vertty upon the cnaractei and provisions of the bill reported by the Judic.i ii y Committe, “above referred to,” which, if passed, he deci ti ed woul I operate as an entire repeal of the cumsli’ii tiun : Itesolve.d, That the people of the several Stales, composing the United States, are united as parties to a Constitutional coin’p-ict, to which the people of each State accccdetl as a separate and’-sovercign coin nunity, each biuding itself, by its own pnrttctdar idiificaliotr, and that ihe Union,of which the said contpacj was the bom’, is r/n 6/rio/i between the Slates ratifvin ■ the same, lit so!red, Diat the people of the several Slates, thus united by the constiuiimnal com pact, in forming that instrument, and in crea ting a General Government to carry into r frbet tin? objects for which it was formed, delegated to that Government, for that i?iipu-;e, ceiiai.-i definite powers, to be exercised joimlv, res:.;- mg at the sime lime, eacir State to itself, llie rtsidir uy m iss oi puw.-is to be exercised bv ii - own separate government ; and th .! wii "iii.ve the General Govcrnim* :* a-;sj. , r"'> dm r.x ; ••