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EDAIIWAH, I
SJII’XJ/XaAiT, March 8, 1834.
Some short lime ago, we remarked with some
surprise that the certificate of Air. Olin’s offi
cial chai actei had not been signed by all his
associates in the Faculty of Franklin College,
since then we learu that the certificate was not
presented io those whose names do not appear,
this is sufficient.
Whilst we regret the loss tie Institution has
sits iited by 'hr withdrawal of Mr. Olin, we
c;.' - - be im.’ 1 nutted io say we have no unkind
fi elino against any ofthe Faculty, mflettslany
(<t itv r:-m :ieei members. Some of those that
have oiideavert'd to reproach him under fititious
names', h-vmg been disclosed, renders it entire-
Iv mineucf.s .iy for Mr. Oliris’ fiiends, to troub
e thi ves fin lh<w ihout it.
The following is an extract of a letter re
,- •«! from'a gentleman, of high standing,
dated,
“Lawrenceville, Feb. 27, 1834.
‘'Sp.ariltiv hist, Washingtons bit -th-day, was
< : i line by a large meeting of the cit-
Ti meeting had been called by ad-
; ■mi-, •‘without distinction of party,”
f in a Jocksm) club, but for the purpose
<! d. Toomas Worthy, esq. chairman; John
>. Pendergrass, secretary. The Secretary
r->ad Washington’s Valedictory Address, pre
faced with a pretty little speech. Tire meet
ing was addressed by Messrs Hutchins, Winn,
Willi ims and o’hnis. Resolutions were offer
er! by ho first named gentleman, ( a voice for
_ Union ) and adopted by a large mujoiity, you
v-l| see them in the Southern B inner. Yours,
&«■”
There is no man in the community, however
"Virtuous and unassuming, however retired or
humble, but is annoyed by a certain class of
pests to Society, known as anonymous Ictcr
writers. These vet mm attack alike the well
earned fame of the warrior, the motives of the
statesman and the unsullied repu’Hion of female
character. Secured by the impem ti ible se
crecy with which the plot may be earned out,
their designs leave m ide an impress every
vvheie. W” ask the attention of our readers
to certain letters of this description, found in
this days Intelligencer, directed to the Presi
dent of the United States.
We learn, with much regret, that Mr. IV<7/-
iam Wirt, long known as the Attoiuny-Geti
ei dofi ; • United States, is dead. Wc have
!>•»' learned the circumstances attending his
de uh.
From the Washington fl lobe of \dth iiist.
T • following is given to the public as a
fipi i nen of lhe nv’ins that arc resorted to by
the friends of the Bink to force a restortation of
the deposites. Similar kters, we are informed,
are sent constan'lj by lhe mads, not only to
the President, but to those of his confidential
fiiends who are known to accord with him in
the steps which h 've been taken to pievent a
re charter of the Bank:
New York, Feb. 9, 1834
Andrew Jackson, President of the United
States, dpc.
Sir: This isto inform you that I, one of a
Dunmor of young mtn of this city who have
conspired your death, unknown to my col- j
leagues, write this to warn you of this plot—not ,
from any intention to benefit you thereby, but
solely for tho good of my country—a step,
which influenced as we are, by sentiments of
pure i>'4|iotism, myself and associates have |
doomed divisible for the welfare of our much
abused country. / recommend you to revoke,
as soon ns practicable, all the opinions, declar- ,
ations, and piacl mi llions which have emanat- )
cd from you relative to the re-chartering of,
nnd rem >ving th' government deposited from,
the Utv‘ed States B ok. The ultei native will
most assuii dlv be vote curtain death,
# * * * *
Tiirtoofour number, elected by chance, I
Will proceed, in tin- course of the present
month, to the Capital, there to put in execution
the design entrust'd to their hands. Even'
should one attempt fail, do not think to escape, '
for we aro firmly resolved to free otn country
fi ’n» the hands of a despoh To conclude—- i
“Beware tho Ides of March.”
To Gen. Andrew Jacksox, President of the )
United Stales of Ameiica:
I am very sorry 'o inform you that if the
Deposiles are not teplaccd, and the Bank of die
United Stales is not re-chartered, by the 4>h j
ot March next, you will be a dead man by the
15 th day of Al at ch, 1834. Now, my dear sir,
1 hope you will net wisely, and re-charter the
said Bank for if you do not,’ the United States
will lose one of her best Presidents and Gen
erals that has been known in America. There
his been a private meeting held, mid a plan is
all laid out for doing the above mentioned. I
ain a signer of the above meeting, hut I could
not engage in such a thing before 1 acquaint
y our honor of the above plm.
Your humble sei v mt
A DE MOOR XT.
[The ibnve letter is post-matked Philadel
phia, Feb. B.]
confidential.
Philadelphia, Feb. Sth, 1834.
Sir: The wi iter ot this anonymous commit
nii.r.i.m te»ls it his duty to apprize von, that
it s seuoiisly contemplated by a few individuals
in 'bis city, to adopt measures foi tho diaboli
cal mr pose of ASSASSIN XT ING the ven
erable Chief M igistrate of our Union.
A. J. Do.NEI.SON, Esq.
Washington, D. C.
From the Standard of Union.
Editor Permit me to give vou a A’uf
lifitrs definition of Liberty. Liberty, causes
men to cui each others throats—to spurn at law
and good order—the watch ward of despotism
to persecute and oppress those, who ditfer from
u-s in opinion. Then Liberty is not freedom,
hut restrainsij. NEW' LEXICON,
Florida legislature.
Tallahassee, Executive O.i fice. )
January 25th, -1834. j
lhe President oj the Legislative Council*.
Sir—l have always held lhe opinion, that
the choice oi Gitiel Magistrate of right be
longed to the People, and the best interest of
the emm ry requires that he should hold his
| trust directly hom the freemen over whom he
! is .o preside.
In (he formation of our Territorial Govern
ment, immediately alter lhe cession of Florida,
the recognition <4 ibis principle would have
been unwise if not impraciiaable.
Our increased population at this time, and
I ils present condition, justify (he conclusion, that
the People of Florida would exercise this
power with credit to themselves and advantage
to the country,
i Congress in its wisdom can frame the organic
law, to secure the interests of tho United States
which may be confined to the Governor, and
confer on the Peopled the Territory this de
sirable privilege.
Entertaining these views and principles I
deem it not improper to slate to the Council,
that any measure they may adopt to obtain
this gi ant of power from Congress, will receive
my approbation and cordial concurrence.
I am respectfidv, your obedient servant,
AVI LLI AM P. DUVAL.
I And thereupon on motion, referred io a
i Select Committee--Messrs. Blount, Smith
Robinson & Gautier, wete appointed there
on.
January, 29th, 1834.
Mr. Blount, from said committee, made the
following report, which was read and adopted,
and on motion of Mr. Bulloch, 500 copies or
dered io be printed.
The select Committee to whom Was refer
red the resolution in ‘“'.don to “The Aler
. chant- ‘‘lamers’ Bank of Magnolia,” beg
■ leave to make the following
, REPORT:
Thar on Monday last, they proceeded to the
I town ot Magnolia, and commenced their inves
l ligation of the affairs of the institution and
found thai on Saturday, the 25>h instant, when
(h. B ink suspended payment, lhe notes in cir
culation amounted to the sum of Sixty-five
thousand sir hundred and eighteen, dollars, as
appears by its register of notes issued. That
to meet this circulation, they have in notes dis
counted, past due and running to maturity, pay
able at Magnolia, the sum of Seventy five
thousand sir hundred and three dollars thirty
six e n s,rd which sum two thousand seven
hundred and seven dollars, is due from citizens
of Leon county, unconnected with the institu
tion.—t-c b.d mce, Seventy-two thousand eight
hundred and ninety six dollars, thirty -sir centSj
is due by ’Thomas G. Gordon, Thomas Pace,
and A. E. Patton, all of which will more fully
appear by reference to the list of notes dis
i counted hereto annexed, and mzrked No. 1
| 'I he Committee after examining the notes
i discounted payable at Magnolia proceeded to
ascertain the situation of tho balances that ap
i pear by the state of the Bank hereto appended
I marked No. 2 to he due at New York, Chailcs-
I ton and in Georgia. The examination result-
I cd in the fact that although the bank stetement
I exhibits large balances to b<» due at the afore
] said pl.ices, the Buis of Exchange and Checks
I upon which those accounts were predicated,
were still in Bink sealed up by tho President
who is now absent at lhe North with directions
not to bo opened Dnlil his return. The
Cashier however, opened the package in the
presence of the Committee, ami the contents
proved to be, B Ils of Exchange tnd Checks to
(ho iinoiini oi Fifty one thous m l seven hun
dred and eighty-nine dollars, forty-six rents.
■'S it appears by the statement marked No. 3.
The drawers of these bills of Exchange and
Checks ero Thom. G. Gordon and Thomas
Paco.
Tin Committee in the discharge of their du
ty, considered it important to ascertain in what
m uinei the directors had performed their func
tions and the result- of their investigation was
that on 'ln- I2di Nov. last, the following reso
lution was adopted: J
“Resolved, That iho President, with the
Cashiei under his directions, constitute a Board
for (he transaction of all business relating to
this Bank during lhe absence of a board.
Signed.
JEREMIAH POWELL.”
On that day Mr. Powell resigned his situa
tion as President, and Mr. T. G. Gordon was
elected to fill lhe vacancy: Under this resolu
tion Mr. Gordon discharged allphe duties of
(lie board until lhe 27th of November last, a
boiu which time tie left the territory, delegated
all his powers to the Cashier by the following
order.
“Magnolia, 27'h Nov. 1833.
“Ordered, that the Cashier be a board for
the transaction of all business relating to this
Bank, during the absence of the President, and
of the Board of Directors.
THOMAS G. GORDON,
Pt esident.”
The Cashier from that period up to the 23th
inst. discharged (he duties of the President,
Cashier and Directors! Such a course of pro
ceeding, it is unnecessary for the Committee to
say was illegal, and in direct violation of the
charter ot lhe Bank.
By an act of the last session, it is required,
that the different banks of the territory shall
by their Ptesident and Cashier, render a true
and correct statement of all their affairs, under
oath to the governor on lhe first Monday of
November in each and every’ year to be by
him submitted to the council. This Bank in
pursuance of the requsitions us the said act, did
make the return hereto annexed, marked No.
4. by Jeremiah Powell, President, and Seix
as, Cashier, under oath, on tho first Monday
of November, last, stating that they had on
hand lhe sum ot Nineteen thousand nine hun
dred and twenty-nine dollars, which appear by
the said statement to he available funds. Up
on inqui:ing of the Cashier, the Committee as
certained, that of the said sum of 19.929 dol
lars, lhe sum of 10.500 dollars, was in THOM
AS PACE’S ( HECKS on Banks in Geor
gia, and contained tn tho scaled packages be
. fore referred to ! J
j The committee deemed ?t unnecessary to’
I recommend’the adoption of any measures a-;
' gainst the institution, inasmuch, as the credit- !
i ors of the Bank have instituted legal pro
; ceedings, against it, and tho assets are now
jin the hands of receivers appointed by the
I Judge of ihe Middle District.
j . The Committee have come to the conclusion •
i that if Gordon, Pace, and Patton pay the)
- amounts of their several liabilities, tho B ink
) will be amply able to redeem its circulation; if '
j (hey do not, it will be an entire loss to a con-i
[ siding and unsuspecting community.
I AH of which is i Qspectfully submitted.
THO. M. BLOUNT, i Com
i Signed JAMES RIZ, l> mit-
P. W. GAUTi ER, jr. ) tcc.
From the Standard of Unio;-'.
CHEROKEE SOVEREIGNTY
. ST/f 7'E 8.0 LEtfE/GATF.
j The aspect of affairs tn the Cherokee coun
| try, is assuming a character and complexion,
' demanding not only the vigilance of the gov
i er«fttent, but the sober consideration of every
; citizen who regards lhe sovereignly of the
state or the rights of ihe people*
The state oPGeorgia, a few years since, act
ing upon her own consiiiuiion.il sovereignty,
determined to distribute that portion of her ter
ritory then occupied by the Cherokee Indians,
• and accordingly it w >s surveyed: thrown into
i the wheels of the Lotteries—d-rawn ou : , and
thereby became lhe property of individuals.
The opposition to this measure, both in and
out of Georgia, and the various arguments
brought forward to defeat it, are very fa miliar
io the writer, and m.iy be spokenof moie al
’ u 11101 ’ e convenient season.”
ine measure, however, met the public ap
ptobation by an .overwlielinning majority in (he
state, and was fully sustained by that gallant
and patriotic old citizen, woo sits at die iiead
of our General Gnveinmeui.
Thus sustained in her policy, the state pro
ceeded to organize the country, by laying out
a number of counties, and a judicial circuit,
and to appoint the proper officers for exe
cuting the laws of (lie State.
i The counties have elected their officers, and
’sent their representatives to the Legislature,
’who have taken their full share in legislating
I for lhe state. A Judge of tho superior courts
j was appointed, who has been for more than a
I year, exercising iurijdictioii ovei the people
.by state authority, and who is sworn to exe
| cute the laws of the stale, within its jurisdic
tion.
Thus organized, wc had hoped that tho hand
ful of Cherokees who still lingered upon our
tsoil, would euher submit quietly to our laws,
ior accept the boon offered by the General
Government, of removing to a country, far bel
ter suited to their habits and pursuits.—
Os one thing at least, wc fell confident; that
. however restless the Indians might be; whaicv
! er steps their counsellors might advise—what
ever interest, Wirt, Webster, Freiinghuyscn
Henry Clay and the Supreme Coan might take
in the mailer, the officers appointed by lhe
state, and charged with the execution of her
laws, would under no circumstances be instru-<
mental in continuing oid difficulties or raising
tup new ones; but in this we have been sadiv
disappointed by recent intelligence from that
country.
A bill of injunction drawn np at the instance '
of \v titer Adair and John T. Adair, charging
ih.it they arc natives irf the Cherokee nation of I
Indians; and asserting the Cherokees to be tin ,
independent nation, has been sanctioned amU
served upon Wm. G. Springer esq. the states
agent, for the purpose of restraining him from
executing an important act of the last legisla-’
ture, wherebv many good citizens who are en- '
titled ta grants for their lands, will be kept out!
of possession, and excluded from all the bene- ;
fits intended by lhe act in question;
Bat the evil will not stop here. If tho State’s 1
agent is to be arrested in-the discharge of his :
duties, because ihe Cherokees are .a sovereign
nation, dvery individuid who has drawn or pur
chased land in that territory, may cxceptasim
ilar process against himself in behalf of some'
sovereign Cherokee who may please to set up '
iiis chum.
It is time for the people to look to their in
terests—*-to vindicate their rights, and stand by,
and snppcrt those, who aro willing to execute'
the laws.
The Judge may grant injunctions—lie may'
make decrees, —he may send out attachments !
for contempts—he may imprison our citizens—'
if he can; bu» there is a spirit among the white
men of Georgia, that will look down Judge)
Hooper and his Indian injunctions; The Ex-i
'•entive will do his duty and lhe people will sus- )
tain him. He will maintain their rights with
firmness and independence—and they will stand
by him with strength and spirit.
DEATH OF JUDGE BOULDIN
In the death of this gentleman, while in the;
act of of announcing on the floor of Congress,
the decease of his predecessor, we meet with
one of those striking and inscrutable co-inci- j
dences, calculated to impress the mind with a;
superstitious awe. Strange—passing strange —
that he on whom devolved the duty of paving
the posthumous tribute to another, in the very
moment of ns performance, while eveiy ear was
attentive to his accents, and every heart ready)
to yield the sympathetic response, should have ,
been,himself struck dow i bv ihe unseen, but un
eiring shaft of death ! Weil may such an even' ;
have wrung with maddening agony, the bosom, >
stoic imbfierencr must have caught the infec
tions grief of so appaling a scene.
' In addition to the account of this sad anti j
' extraordiua-ry occurrence, given by our Wash- j
ington correspondent, we give below a notice
of it from the United States Telegraph.
! “It becomes our painful duty to annoiice the!
: sudden and lamented death of the the Honora- ,
ble Mr. Bouldin, nt Virginia. But an houi be
fore, he was in fine health. E’er zealous to
.defend the lights anti interests of his constitu
ents, against the encroahments of power, he
was peculiarly animated on the subject which
is now so deeply agitating the public mind.—
. He had obtained the floor, and before proceed-,
ing !.-> the argumonf, vv.is speaking of the death
of his illustti >us predecessor, Mr. John Ran
dolph, of Roanoke, and was about to assign (he
reasons which had prevented lhe official an
nouncement of that event, when his own life
was arrested. He paused, and fell. Imme
diate medical aid was tried, but ihe spirit
fled.
“It is impossible to conceive of lhe deep
sensation produced. Both Houses immediate
ly adjourned. The agony of his amiable wife,
i who was present, added to •ht» poign tncy of
i feeling, which wrung tears from the sympathiz
i ing fiiends who witnessed this .filleting dispeu
i sation. 'There me times when neither the pen
or the tongue, can give utterance w the deep
feelings which overwhelm us. Our natures
I are so constituted; and wo feel unable to speak
j ol ihe virtuesand services of the lamented dead,
as they deserve to be spoken of. ILs memory
will be engraven on the hi story of his country,
and his loss will be deplored by a large circle
of admiring fiiends. To an abler pen will be
confided the mournful task of tracing lus culo
cy‘ ,
“Tho following is our reporter’s sketch of
his lasi words, which are given vmba.im, as they
may derive an interest from the peculiar circum-
j stances attending their delivery.
“'The House then took up the subject of the
removal of lhe deposites. Mr. Bouldin, oi
Virginia, was entitled to the floor.
“Mr. Bouldin rose, and spoke as follows:
Mr. Speaker, before I ptocced to submit me
few remarks I intend >o make the ’nei itsol
line serious quest'on beto die House, I .vistj
to auvert to the rebuke ’which I eave received,
and hiivo borne with all due hiinrii.y, from mv
I colleague. He slated to the House, and itulv,
I that although Mr. Rmdoipii "as a meinoer
elect of ttiis body, the fha of nis death hau not
; been announced on 'iiis floor.
' “Mr. Speaker, lam not in the habit of taking
to mj self general i emarks; but when general re-
’ marks will apply to none else, or to no one else
;so appropriately, 1 am compelled to taice them
,to myself. My colleague did not so kindly
; suggest that this thing on Jit io be done, but
another colleague in <lie most kind and delicate
manner did suggest that it ought to be done.—
Now, sir, as my bounden duty, I must toil my
colieagn-o, and I must teii this House, avid I
1 must tell my cotisiiiuf-nis, tlie r '.ison why Joim
■ Ramlolph’s'ieath was not ann-oiinced.
“But Mr. Speaker, 1 c.maot toil why that
; de am was ooi announced without telling what I
j have told mv friends and more than one, i
' must tell, if 1 did that thing
’ [llere M. B. paused, fell—md expired.”
I The folow ug lemuks mi die .subject, are
j from the National InlcUigtnceT.
i “It was a striking mstaiic , indeed, that Mr,
i Bouldin should have been struck by the hand of
' D. all) at the "untmeiii of iiis allusion io the de-
I cease of tho eminent citizen who was elected
I to succeed him, bin died before the meeting of
j Congres . It is not supposed, how. ver, that
) ‘lns salemn visit ition could have bec-o biough
) about by any mem d association of lhe memory
; of tiie decor,sed with die actual position ot the
. living Representative. Tins remark is htZ trd
) ed because it happened to one of lhe Editors to
’ have casually conversed with Mr. B-mldiil on
■ tins vetv subject, at the tune ofthe motion, by
one of th ? Iv'ti’resentalives of South Carolina,
in honor ofthe uv mory of a deceased colleague.
M . B. appeared - asirous to do what was pro
per iqjhoiiai of the memory of his colleague,
but drew the obvious distinction between his
case and that of Air. Singleton, that the latter
died or. his way to take his seat in Congress, &
Xltcr the opening of the session, whilst not .nly
the death of Mr. Randolph had occulted sever
al months before Congress mot, but a successor
to him had been elected; ami was called, at the
opening of die session. This appeared to ihe
writer to bo tho only ground on which Air.
Bouldin refrained from what he appeared to be ;
otherwise desirous of doing. Tho coincidence, :
however, is not therefore the less, but rather the
more, remarkable.”
FRENCH MINISTER’S PARTY.
That elegant and spirited writer, “'The Spy !
in Washington,” furnishes lhe following notice
of M. Surruier’s party.
On Friday evening Mr. Scrruicr the French
Minister gave a splendid party. Tho houses
of foreign ministers are neutral ground, and I j
regret to add almost ihe only neutral ground ,
hero. It is delightful to he occasionally in a '
circle where pat ty dares not intrude its frown
ing countenance. Until the year 1829, the lies- )
pilalitics of tho palace and of the members of {
lhe cabinet were enjoyed without apprehension '
of intolerance or proscription. Not so now. 1
At those places there is a fawning and truckling )
disgusting to a proud spirited man. Without !
it you may expect to receive a eld and re- |
pulsive salutation from the sycophants and pan- <
surround you. Il is thus that the plea
sures of tho social circle aro interrupted if not
destroyed.
Mr. Wcbsor was present. Contrary to his
custom ho exhibited an open and disengaged |
air as if he had spent all his life in courts.
Among the young ladies who attracted ad- i
miration, was the sprightly Miss Florida as i
blooming as the orange blosom and as lovely as |
its fruit.
There was also a winning maiden of the i
East whose intellectual bounty charmed all
that enjoyed ihe felicity of her conversation.
As for married ladies I could name some
who contributed greatly to tho delight of the
evening, hut perhaps it is hardly fair. Os her .
however, who did lhe honor of her house in a
manner so gracious and so engaging, I must be ;
allowed to say she was the belle of her party.
EXCITEMENT TN SOUTH CAROLINA.
Various public meetings have been held in
ihe mountain districts of that State, particularly '
in Greenville ami Spartanburg, in which they
have solemnly resolved that the act for the mili
tary organization of the State shall not be en- '
forced among them: They view it as a party j
machine which by applying screws to the con
science of their adversaries is to force them
from office. On the llth day of April next, I
new subordinate officers are to be elected ■
the State, the field officers having.!
’already been appointed by the General Assgc.k
bly, and if any one is elected who refuses to
swallow the new oath, whether it agree with his
stomach, matters not, bis place is to be supplied
by the Colonel ofthe Regiment, and the con
scientious rascal is to be fined by a court mar-
twenty dollars, from which sentence there
is no appeal. Another clause of this despotic,
act compels the militia to adopt lhe badge of
Nullification the Palmcllo button. The peo
ple of those districts have i esolved that they will
use force rather than submit to such oppression.
'That they will liberate by force any one who
may bo imprisoned under this la w; and unless
lhe dominrnt parly stand by and see their laws
openly derided & nullified, we see no alternative
but civil war, for there is a tone of solemn de
termination in those proceedings tint cannot 1
be mistaken. Those people will fight il the
alicrmHivc is presented, ami like nil in the
wo-Id’.? past History, who have stood op fur
the Rights of Conscience, they will be uncon
querable—it is literally fighting for a man’s
own soul, and is quite another thing from
marchiig to the dcath for Governor 1 lam
'd ion's Sugar.— Carolina Watchman.
From the Cam len Journal.
There is one characteristic ii> the proceed
mgs ofthe Union Party of this State, in<>ppo
sitjon to the tyrannical measures of the List Le
gi-'l itiire, 'it t! must command lhe respect ot
> vmy unpYej'.idic ’d mind. It contrasts nobly
w' h tho course o| the Nmltfiers in lhe>r late at
tempt to b' htj iho State in contact with tho
G'mm.u Government. Tim Union Party do
'no . Like tire nmiifiers, pretend that the remedy
tiicy propose for 'heir relief is necessarily a
p ciccab'ie remedy.” They do no., like them,
i lead •>!*. tiie ignorant ami unsuspecting, blind
• IbiJe. i to tin? brink of tito re volution, and thetx
) remov'* veiL They come out boldly and
i fearlessly in opposition to the tyranny cf their
, oppressors, and have resolved that they will re
sist. Cert duly there is not one who would not
[rather succeed by a moral, thana physical re
; sislance. But bo this as it may, they do not pre*,
j tend to hide It’om themselves or their friends,
the probability that their resistance may ulti*
I mately bo any thing but peaceable. They
i have hov.’ev"!', determined that they 1011 l not
) submit. They sincerely hope that those whoso
province it is to guide the destinies of the State,-
) vill not force upon them the dire alternatives!
lof submission to the obnoxious act, or. physi
' cal resistance. But they have solemnly re
solved that they will not suffer lhe rights of
commieticc to bo invaded, —their stand is taken,
and they will maintain it, at any and every haz
ard. Tho dominant pat tv have wonderfully
mistaken the character of Union men. They
have so long branded them with the epithet of
cow irds and submissionists, that they have per
iSiudtx! themselves into the belief (hot the fact
is so, and that they m ty, consequently, with
j impunity, add insult to injury. But they will
ft .id tb it abused, oppressed and instilled party/
) to consist of men willing to sacrifice much fop
! the peace & harmony of ihe State; Caridini.tns,
’&. b'mig Carolinians, whatever oilier sac. ifiecs
the\ may make; they can never, no, never coin
promise either their consciences or their honer.
From the Charleston Gazette.
Gov. Trout has made great discovery in po
litical science—he his actually found out that
“the reserved ngh s” of ihe Stales constitute
no p irt of State Sovereignly. This very sa
gacious conclusion is based upon the shrewd
and nii-S'iffi -ieu’ reason, tfiat if the reserved
rights be srrvereignty in tho States, the delegat
ed rights mus be sovereignty in the. United
Slates, which every one with half .an idea
knows to bo preposterous. The whole pas
sage, :n which this novel theory is broached, is
- i curiosity, tn... wo hero quote it, in order
tii it our readers m y cither admire its profuH?
dity, or laugh at its absurdity.
“What are called die reserved rights OX
poweis in the Cons ittuinn, are very erroneous
ly deemed to bo the sovereign power. They,,
on lhe contrary, are only those rights and pow
ers which are usually exercised by govern
ments, or enjoyed by the people, mid which
have not been given to tho Federal 1 Govern
ment. If they were cons Anted tn mear» sovor—
eign power, then indeed it would f0110w, .1 hat a
Stale had conceded a portion of its sovereignty
to the- government of the United States, and
retained only a por ! ion for itself; which would
bo making that government sovereign, when it
is only servat’it. Sovereignty protects both
delegated an] reset ved powers, bin is neither"'
die one nor die other.”
1 1 the nnllificrs regard ibis as onn of tho
fruits of Gov.' ; Troup’« wisdom, and not ns a re
sult of that excessive learning which produced*
madness, they will soldo>" measure, Kr*
change their mode ot speech—'they will have
at least, to abandon their favorite phrase of a
iS’tato’s “throwing” or “poising herself,” or
“standing” or “falling back” “itpon her reserv
ed rights,” in order to arrest the unconstitution
al march of the General Government. But
let us examine a little, this new article of nul
lification faith, which we h ive no t’.nnbt will
soon be embraced by al! the orthiul jtf “Sov
ereignty protects both delegated a p.| reserved
powers, but is neither (he one no / ihe other..’*
If sovereignty consist neither ij ihe power®
coiiierred on the United nor in tho
powers reserved to the States, what in the name
of all that is wondctful can sovereignty be.—
How unfortunate that G-jv. Tr. ;t e should
have only told us what so’y<-rvignty is.not, and
left Us wholly in the dark to what soverei-' n
ty is. How much to he I. rented that he should
have suffered this imp’ ,rtant point to remais
sealed up in inscrutal /.• mystery. “The ro*
served rights aro very erroneously deemed to
bo the sovereign pow A; r—they, on the contra
ry, aro only those rights and powers, which artt
usually exercised by geve-nmeitis, or enjoyed
by the people, ar.d which have not burn given
to the General Government.” Wo arc then
to conclude thr.f the “powers which aro usually
exercised by governments or enjoyed by tha
people,” are rot sovereign powers. Thus th&
reserved right to tax the citizen for Slate pur
poses, the reserved right of domestic or muni
ci(id legation, the reserved right to take ibfl