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Win. Bond doc’d, ficc. and lo require the
Commissioners of the Gold and Land lotteries
to take an oath, and :>ive bond and security,
has been assented to and signed by the Gover
nor.
Mr. Kin" of McIntosh, had leave to inlrn-
dneo instunier u bill to sell the public hand-
&e.—which was read the tirst lime.
.Saturday, Dtc. 8.
Committers were appointed in conformity
to notice of veslnrdny.
On motion of Mr. Iteming,
Resolved, Thai the joint standing Commit
tee, on the Penitentiary, be instructed and re
quired to enquire into ihe reasons why, and
.tint be il further Resolved, Tli it Ins exci 1- the policy of granting Ihe Convicts the privi-
ncling as a member of the State Convention, l lenov tlm Governor bo requested to Iraiieimt a I lego of working for themselves, and trafficking
and that in an nddresg to the people nf Burke, j eopv of this preamble and resolution, to each [ and trading with the citizens who visit that In-
I expressed the opinion, that a Southern fon- (of ihe Senulor* and llepresenlahvrs of tlii
lature of Georgia, and certainly cannot be
foord in the resolution referred to. I believe
Inisy now safely leave this part of the subject.
The filth resolnlioo asserts the right of a
tilale to deride upon infraction of ihn f'nnsti
lion, and this the Legislature of Georgia have
rrpejiiedlv uffiiini d.hul il no where asserts the
right of* Stale Ui nullify a law, and practical
ly to enforce this derision upon her co-Slates.
by remaining in the Union, and refusing obe
dience to such law, until! Ihe requisite number
of States shall concur in a new and substan
tive grant of the power to enact such a law —
ail'd this is Nullification.
Mr. Crawford’s second charge is, that I
have advocated n southern Conven'ion. w liil
Senate anil House of Representatives of Ihe
Stair of Georgia in general assembly met, Thai
the Congress of the United States might, at
its present session,to propose to the Slates an
amendment of the Constitution, having lor its
object the lasting settlement of ihe diiigorous
controversy between the d-fT renl sections of
the Union, which has grown out ol the protec
tive Tnnffpolicy pni»ued by the Federal Gov
ernment, and also having lor its furlher object
the express protection of ibu people of the
U. States, against Ihe assumption by Congress
of the power to pursue such a policy, or any
policy n adoring the burthens of l.ixaiion un
equal on ihe different sections of the. country,
• rd S:
■ the purpose of being laid befi.ru their I •
ventinn was unconstitutional, unless it was Stale in the Congress oft!
consultative and recommendatory only, in | and also the Governors of U
which case, it might he harmless from ns im
becility. Now, what I desire lo have under- : lature
stood in the first place is, that the Southern
Convention recommended bv the Convention
et Milledgeville, is nicely “ consultative and
recommendatory." The Resolutions propose
that the measures recommended by the South
ern Convention, should be first Nuhm'tted to
the Slate Convention, nnd if adopted bv them,
should he finally referred lo the people of the
Stato of Georgia, for their approval or r< jee-
tien. The proposed Southern Convention
was, therefore, to he slrieily n congullnlirr bo
dy, and was consequently not obnoxious lo
Ml® charge of being unconstitutional, upon Ihe
principles laid down in the address to the pro- |„ IVt , n ||,'j g Genera
pie of Burke. The first part of this charge of'"
inconsistency, is then disposed of. The se
cond admits of an answer, which is equally
plain.
- Mr. Crawfmd will agree, that nlher opin
ions, ns well ns those which are individual,
must be understood with reference In the sub
ject matter under disrussion. The question,
at the time of the meeting in llerke, «vns be
tween a State and a Southern Conven'ion.
atif'itimi—the reasons why some Convicts arc
Unicd Slates—| dressed in citizen’s clothes, wearing watches
I
believed, that in ease of nn irifr c'inn of the
Constitution, the people of a S:ate could only
aft legilmslely in a Convention of the Stale.
since that was the power, by which the Con
stitution was ratified : until that power was
called into existence, I ihought it was merely
useless to send Delegates to a Southern Con-
vcfction, since all legitimate action must lie
bad in a Convention ofthe Slate. If a South
ern Convention hod hem called before the
Slate Contention tras organized, I should
therefore have considered it useless, because
of its imbecility—but tin- did not prevent me
from believing il lo lie useful ns a meins of
concentrating ihe news ofine anii-lnrifT
and ns auxiliary to a S'nt" Convention already
organized, and competent to net upon us re-
eommenda iun-, if they w ere approved bv ib”
latter, and bv the people. The error id tl-i-
accusnlion arises fiom n wnul of aiteuiiou to
time nnd circumstances. When the question
was. whether wo should have a Stale nr u
Southern Convention, I l.elievu thnt the latter
alone, if nrjamzqd for action, would lie uo -ou
stitutional. and if fi>r consultation merely inm’il
unaided hr a Slate Convention, lie imlienli
and useless; I thought it was first „r •;.r to j ,|. r ..j for G’oinn.il'ee of Ilia whole,
orgumze the latter; nnd that it was the pro.) Hitts Pa seed
Wednesday, the. 1 2. j
The debate on Mr. Hyuti’s l{,-s.i| i|ions and j
the substitute i (fund for them by Air. Cliup-j
pell, was resuniiul.
The question was laken by yeas and nays
on rereiving Mr-Cli.appell's subslitiie m lieu of
the original resolutions—ami decided in the
negative liv a vole of48 to 2d.
Mr. Harlow then proposed tin following as
a snlisiiluiu for last of llio original resolu
tions :
Resolved, That we no where ti ul in the Con-
n of Ihe United Stales tiie authority
\ asenl’.lv. lo set la jilllg- j
merit upon any net of a sister sta'o in her sov
ereign rapacity—and although we deem Ihe
late action of South Carolina In he premature,
wo are slill of opinion thnt wv have no right,
and it is impolitic for us lo ufl'er lo that State
united with ns n< she is in interest, the gratui
tous indignity of our censure. l.ost,yeas 29,
nay- 48.
The original preamble and resolutions was
llieii agreed to—vena 48, n ivs 29.
Those who voliul ill llm allirmalive arc,
Messrs. Barnard, Baxter, itcuil, lllaekstnne,
Brown, Burch, Cargile, Clavton. Cleveland,
Cobb, Cochran, Cone, Dunngan, Eclinl* of
Coweta. Echols of Walton, Fans, Freeman,
F'dwood. Graham, Gieen, Groves, Mall, Hen
derson, Henley, limes, Howard, Me Dong aid,
Mealing, Mum-rief, Bosov, Prvor, It.igers,
Sellers, Sherrard, Shorter, Singleton, Smith of
I'.viggs, Siarr, Temples, Tennille, Towns,
IV,Ills, AVilcox, Wood of Heard, Woo ! of Alc-
Intosh, Wofford.
Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs. Avery, Baker, Boykin, Bryan,
Chappell, Collier, E'klny, Gresham, Harlow,
Hudson, Kmg, Knight, Lucas, Melt in,Mitch
ell, Neel, Neshil, Newman, Oliver, Uagan,
■•'•ecidcr, Sheffield, Sntpletoo, Surrettcy, Ttir-
u"r, Wuldliotir. West, Williams.
Trio loll to exempt all persons who have
•"•'ui engaged in a duel, culler directly or indi-
• e'-iiy from ihn poms and penalties, and disabil
ities thereby incurred—was reud the 3;l time
:u,I passed.
Thursday. Dec. 13.
Several Bills were read ihe 2d lime and or-
n ilieir pockets—and whether the Keepers
j have hi'eii, or are ri nv in ihe habit of hiring
the Convicts, pr.va'elv, in work for them, and
thereby keeping the State'from llie profits ol
, ilieir labor, and ilterehv itidueing the Convicts
to emhezzel the State’s materials.
Resolved Further, That the Committee have
full power lo call upon ihe principal and depu
ty Keepers, and Inspectors, or any other offi
cer connected with the Institution, for infor
mation to'irliing any, and every matter connec
ted with the internal police, and regulations of
the Penitentiary.
.Monday, Dec. 10.
Mr. Fetor, gave notice lor the appointment
nl'u committee lo prepare anil report a bill to
alter and amend th
1st article of the constitution of this State, so
that should tins legislature refuse to pass a hill,
providing for a convention, to reduce the Hep-
loseniaiion, sumo plan may he devised by mu
tual compromise lo atlHin ibis object.
Tuesday, Dec. 11
“The battalion is full, and brings with it | hallowed feet both Constitutions! People of South
(says ihe Norfolk Herald) a completely equip- j Car0,in *' docs ' h ' 9 no * pruveto 7°“ ,b « reel designs of
perl field truin of sixteen pieces of different your artful leaden? In addition to this, they ptofe*.
calibres, and a suitable supply of fixed ammu- * e<, t0 b6 en 8*S ,;li in * ,lo, J warfare for the rights of
uition. Tho officers attached to the hattal- minoritu ’ : a ad what do ynu Hud them eng.ged i„ 1<0
mo are—Captains Monroe, 4th ; Lynn, 3d ;
Frazer, 3d ; Galt, 4th ; Lieuts. Graham, 3d ;
Manadter. 1st; Bryant, 3d; Ringgold, 3d ;
Picked, 4th ; Thornton, 4lh ; Collins, 4th ;
and Keyes, 3d.—Sao, Republican.
Cotton Market.
dlttgtisla, Dec. 27.
COTTON.—We have to notice a better de
mand for Cotton this week ; a few • hundred
bales have been sold at prices they would not
command lust week—the stock fut sale very
light.
We quote prime and choico
Fair average crop lots
Inferior am) common
Aluoti Chase and A. ,11. HitdicL
SATURDAY, DEOEMDEH. 29,1832.
.Cjr tVe are rcqucsled to say that Asncnr Hull,
3d and 7ih sections of the ) j, , 10 # a candidate for Judge uf the Inferior Court
of this county.
—SO&—
Legislature of Georgia.—This body adjourned sine die
on Saturday lost. We have received by tho -Mitledge-
villu papers a list of acts passed by it. We will give
them to nor readers entire next week. We did anlici-
Cnminilt.'cs were appointed agreeably to pate, after hearing of lire loss of the resolutions in lit
video of Ihe people thus n-semblnd in I
own Stale Convention, lo determine wlietlii ri
thev would confer with Ilnur sister States, in n i
Southern Convention; lint when llio Slaiol
Convention WasorgntuZ' d and rornpelenl to)
act, in order that its m linn might bo dehtn'raii'|
nnd pruden', il saenied lo me proper, In Ink"
counsel with our sister SlnlMs, having a mm-
men interest with us in this mailer ; nml linn I
I ihonghi, could lie most cffuui'nllv done,
through tho tnednmt of a Sonihern ('onvcnlion.
1 have, I Imst, relieved myself from Ihe
rhnrgc* of inconsistency, alleged against me
by Mr. Crawford. I hope I Iravo done so,
with tho respect which is due to llm public, to
whom, thus milled upon, it has haenmo mv
duly to address myself. Tho fact of Mr
Crawford’s consistency or mine, is indeed ut
terly unimportant, in the derision of tho verv
grave anil interesting question which now ngi-
lalca the public mind. Bui no limn is bound
to submit to uuim ri'i ! nccomition. In repel
ling that which has been preferred against me,
Ti.
Cl.e
compel llm SlicrifF-
k"i> Circuit In ailvei
if the counties of the
ii-n all Ilnur sales
previous nances.
- Hills Reported.
To restrain tlm circulation of Bank Bills
under the denomination of Five Dollars.
To prevent trespasses nn real estate and
point nut tlm ui'ide of punishment.
The Bill to limit the operation of Judgments
and cxeeiitions after the term of one year, was
rejeeled hv lim House.
Several Bills were read the second time nnd
engrossed for a third reading or ordered for
tho Committee of tho whole.
fVetlncsday, Dec. 12.
Rills Reported.
Bv Air. Glascock.—To improve Ihe Peni-
iniiliary Edifice and to regulate tho manage
ment of its concerns.
Tho House look op tho resolutions off"red
hy Mr. Turner in relation to the call ofn Fed-
oral Convention lo amend :1m Consfitut on of
:he U. States, and agreed to the sumo by a
vote of 91 to 50.
T io Bill, To change the mode of electing
the Judges of llm Superior Courts of this
Siam, and to transfer the election of said Jud
ges to the people hy circuits, wns laid on tho
table the Imlm.o of the Session by a vote of
SI5 to 07.
A number of Rills were read tho 2d lime
and eogrosed for a third reading.
Thursday, Dec. 13.
Nearly Ihe whole day wns consumed on Ihn
Bill lo lav aud collect a Tax for the political
Im papers of Mdlcdgevill".
'I'ii prevent any timelier I'rmn receiving pay-
inenl out of the poor sell ml funds of certain
counties, unless sm h teacher shall have been
examined and found qualified.
Several o'lmr lolls ulTueiil character were
also read tlm Hurd tune and passed.
Friday, Dec. 14.
At 10 o’clock A. M. the 11 iglt Court of Im
peachment was opened by proclamation, nml
the day consumed in lim examination of wit
nesses in ihn caso of Siiadrneh Beg in.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Wednesday, Dec. 5.
Tlm House agreed to a resolution that the
Commissioners proreed tori I, with lo tliri draw
ing of gold and land lutterias, and that as
soon as it shull Im ns.-eriuiiied that any tickets
I have studiously confined nivself within |)„,} b’ iv, ‘b* M 'n kept out ot, or (r.iudiilemly drawn
limit* at'self-defence. Irom llm wheels, that the same lie made nut
under the dnec'ion of the Governor, nnd re
unit'd to and drawn fur hv thu remaining
Senate, calling a Convenient uftho Statu for reduction,
amt those proposing a Federal Convention of 'ho States
for the purpose of altering and amending the Fcdcrnl
Constitution, that the lam Legi-loiuro would rise with
out effecting much lo redeem it from llm obloquy un 1
just indignation uf llie people. Bui it gienis its mem
bers, dreading tho cnnsiqueiti cs, reconsidered lho»c
■natters, and we have n ,w to inform our readers —and
we do so with much plensuro—that upon reconsidera
tion, both of those important iiiensures prevailed.
—CiQO—
jLJFMmung the no.uerous public documents that
crowd our tnhlo, and which wo nro compelled to post
pone publishing for want of room, are Gnv. Ilnym'i
counter proclamation anil the report nf the Union Con
vr nlion lately held at Columbia. Gov. Havoc assumes
the high ground that Soutli-Carnliou is absolutely sover
eign, nod Ims the ** right to do all those aria which by
the laws of nations, any Princo or ?olcnir.tc may of
right do.” The General Government, of course,in iho
estimation ufGov, llayne, is no Government nt all,
and our glorious Constitution and Union, a mere farm.
The report of lire Union Convention is a document
dignified and mild, but firm and decided in its charac
ter, It declares that the people of Aouth-Carolina owe
allegiance to Ihe United Stales as well as to Sooth-
Carolinu—I lull thu tale Convention, hy its ordinance,
tins destroyed the rig his of the people—lrarnpl.it nn
the Constitution, both of (he Stain and of ihe United
Slates, and that they are determined to protect their
rights by all legal and const ituiionat measures.
—VC/}—
IC7*'Ve d •ictn it nnneermry to publish hereafter,
aiUivanea, *! c’lnifnts <$•<;. on llio <mbject of the Into
present.
I.ii..la for Hu. next tt.re.i ye,-its in any ...m of . v /' ,,r 'bu a.mmrlmunta pi.qioaed . . , ,
thereto—llio Bill Wit* laid oil tha table fur the Convention in this Slate, and Itvan’s resolutions. Alt
linin' entry into effect the
Friday, Drc 14.
Tho hill ns namndail by Srmnto, lo iljsposa
if Ihe Fractional parts of Surveys, being tin
ier consirl-rntion — Mr. Burns moved to ilia-
roc to the same, and lo adhere to the origin
al lull, agreed to hy ihu Iloiiau (which diapn-
d of said fractional part* of aurvovs hy pin
ing them in tlm lottery wheels respectively)
—the motion prevailed Gy a vote of 82 lo 62
Rills Passed.
To lay and collect it Tax for the support of
Government for the year IS33—And
To regulate ihe return* of Division and Bri
gade Inspectors.
Mr. King of Greene reported a bill to re
peal the act incorporating the Bank nf Macon,
and to declare the charter forfeited—which
was read the first time.
JOHN MALPIIERSON BERRIEN.
Savannah, IOiIi Dec. 1832.
CSrovflf.T '/LfQtfilntuvr.
I names. I
Mr. Turner, laid nn Ihe laldit n Re-nlulioi'!
j providing ter the luitl of a General ('omentum, J
' which was read and made llio i rdcrlfir lo-mor-1
t i
l row.
) Thursday, Dec. 6.
uicr, a Bill
en.I the in i
IN SENATE.
Tuesday. Dec. 11.
Mr. Ryans resolution* having been read—
Mr. Chappell offered the following as a substi
tute lo them. i m ' r
ll’hrrrns, a pr"ni and dangerous mutest!I'****-’*! Mill Dee.‘tuber, ISIS, to
has long agitalril ru.r eounlry in relation lo | consolidate Ihe nlilittu laws in tin* Stale, so
the conslilMtionaliiy nnd expediency of the | lara* relate* to tile (towers ol ( oiir's Marital-
protection extended hy Congress to certain! < l he Bill to repeal the net to extend Hie
domestic prodoetions nnd manufactures hy K barter ol the Rank id llm Slain ol Georgia
tho imposition of heavy duties on nrlieles of ami the nets m>w of f.iree, umruidaiorv iherem,
Mr. Speaker Hull. — On Saturday last, Mr.
Mt'iriwetlipr offered the follutving resolution,
will' ll was adopted iiiinmiiioiisly.
Resolved, unanimously, that the thanks of
tilts Mouse be tendered to the floiiornhlo As-
bury Hull, Speaker,for the able, dignified, and
j impartial manner, in which he has presided
j over iis deliberation
Gentlemen of the House of Representatives—
Mr. Rutherford, of Monroe—had leave to j The Resolution w’hieh vou have been pleased
like kind imported from foreign countries—
and whereas the people of Georgia are deeply
impressed with thu conviction thnt duties im
posed for the purpose of protection, are unwar
ranted hy tlie Constitution, nod nt war wnh
the prosperity ofthe Southern Stale*—And {amount of judgment* agur.st Hie same, and
where** the "hostility of liialing* and interest ,n make valid all execution* and judgments
passed 2d December, 18 }i', was ft rally rejec
ted hv Hie I louse.
Tlm lull to prescribe in part the fee* of sher
iffs and to itinke them sut j.'ct to rule, in favor
of dcl'cnd iius when they eollnet more than the
which tlii* policy of protection has nlrcndy en
gendered between tiio Geographical divisions
of the enquiry, threatens danger to the Union
itself, ami li m produced a crisis in which wo
beholds ■uvcrcigu member of the confederacy
deliberately and doer ivdv arraying herself in
perilous I'ontli.'t against tin* common govern
ment of all the States — And whereas also, the
urgency and magnitude of thu danger* atten
dant on the existing state of things requires a
prompt recourse to the spedicsl made provi-
ded'by the constitution, by which this unhap
py contioversv can bo safely and permanently
adjusted.
Be it therefore resolved at the tense of the
ubtuined pr.'vtmi* lo 22.1 Doeemoer, 1823, nnd
uhn li have no entnns tlieruon, "/as read the
3d time and passed.
Friday, Drc. 7.
Mr. Ward, on leave introduced instanter a
Bill to alter and amend the G.uienl Tax Law
of llie State, passed Dee. 12, IS01, so far ns
more fairly lo equalize the assessment of Tax
es—and a bill lo amend the 47;h section of
Ihe Judiciary System of this Slate, and poin
ting out the maituer ol tilling vacancies m the
• dfieo of Clerk of the Superior and Inferior
Courts, passed 19ib Dec. 1817—which was
rend tha first limn.
Tito act for the relief of the Orphan* of
dopl, approbatory of my official conduct,
o am!! us presiding officer of this Mouse, command*
my profound respect and sincere aeknnwl-
lulgeinenia. Next io iho approbation nf my
God and my conscience, that of my fellow-
citizens with whom I act in n public capacity,
is the highest object of my ambition.
I am lint vain enough to suppose, that I
may not have erred in administering the duties
of ihu Chair—my only consolation in this mat
ter is, that they have Hooti error* oftltu head,
out of Ihn heart. In the discharge of the ar
duous duties of tho office, (with all my imper-
lections,) von have kindly sustained me, und
extended to nt" the must favorable indulgence.
That the result of our deliberation* may eon-
tiihitle to perpetuate the blessing* ol free gov
ernment, to us and our posterity, to Ihu latest
period of future time, is my ardent desire.
Wishing you nil, gentlemen, a sale return
to the bosoms of your wives, children and
friends, a happy rhrislmas, und prosperity
ihrotigh hfe, I stand ready lo adjourn you sine
die, alien ever you desire it.—Journal.
Five companies of tin; United States’ Ar-
ullery, under the command of Major U. M,
Kuruy, of (he first regiment, are shortly to
leave Fortress Monroe, for Charleston.—
parlies will, we hope,
resolutions caltina u F e ,J,. ri ,l Cooven'inn, adoplnt hy
Iho L"gislsnu e. Il is a mrusurp we originally ailvnca-
ted, and in tho present posluro of affairs, is the only-
one calculated lo restore harmony und ptmeo to the
country.
—GOO—
Firgtnia and ihe Crt.m.—Tho late proceedings in
Sonth-Carolii'n, nnd the proclamation nl* the President
ofthe United States, have boon luid bcforctho l.c*»udn-
ture of Virginia, now in scrinn. Tins patriotic Slain
will, wc hnvo no doubt, act ut ihe present juiicnne of af
fairs, worthy of ihnl msgninimily whiidi distinguished
her councils and her actions, in “ tho tunes that tried
men's souls.” She will now step forward in hchnlf nf
the Constitution and Union, nod save them, ns she did
tho Constitution and Slate Rights, in '08, when strug
gling for Iheir very existence. She will interpose her
mediatorial offices between die two factions which have
brought the Government lo the very brink of ruin. Iter
rights ns a Slate are dear to her—su are the rights ofthe
General Government, nnd ihe glory of the Union. She is
e(|i!ally opposed to the tariifnnd to the reckless, liend.
long measures adopted hy Simlh-Carnlina f>r its remo-
vol. She wi’l relmkt the wave of revolutionary mad-
ness on tho one hand, and stay the hillows of federal
oppression on the other—she will pour nil on the
dieting elements, and the »'orm which new threatens
almost inevitable shipwr. i It to'hr Indy ark ofuur liber
ties, must eutmido at her bidding. U'c look to tier
now ob the only remaining hope. On the wisdom,
moderation and energy of llie course she may adopt,
depends the salvation of nnr liberties. Should she,
however, fail in her magnanimous efforts—should her
counsels be rejected by her sisler Slates—her warnings
pass by them unheeded—then, indeed, will we " despair
of the Republic 1” and when llie “star spangled ban-
ner” shall cease to wave o'er tlm United Republics id
America, we will renounce forever u sentiment, Ihe
must cherished of our hearts, viz. tho ability ofthe peo
ple to govern themselves.
—Q/J}—
The Proof.—\V'e have repeatedly charged llie leaders
of the Nullification party iu South Carolina with cor
rupt and a nhiiitms views—with a design to subvert llie
Government nf ilus great nnd prosperous eounlry, and
out nf its rums to form a State, nr Stales, over which
they might rule and tyrannize at pleasure. Do not Ihe
course they have pursued since they have acquired the
power,prove this beyond the shsddow of a doubt ? The
peopleofthnl Stale were gulled by them into the be
lief that their oppressions were worse than colonial
bondage, and lliat they were fixed and iinmoveubls.—
By such artifices they aroused the sensitive people of
Carolina to the point desired, and they were then told
that a Convention of Ihe Stale would, if called, relieve
them of u!l their burl hens anti oppressions—that lids
Convention would act in strict conformity with the Coiu
stitutioa of the State and of the United States; and what
has been the ic?u!t 1 11 has trampled undei ils un-
us you clothed them with power? why, with th*
will and the power ol worse than an Eastern despo-
tism, riveting on the minority of freemen in your own
State, who dare to oppose their unholy designs, the
chains of slavery—depriving them of the right* of cop.
science hy test oaths, thereby depriving (bent of citi-
zenship—and degrading them below the very negro wluv
bows at your feet! J
IVith the Constitution, liberty and equal right* on
their tongues, they have gained your confidence—it h*«
been the song of the Siren, and chanted for yonrdee.
traction! Woke up, people of Carolina! descendants
of .Marion, of Rutledge, of the Pinckneys, ol Laorens
ol Moultrie and of Sumter, arouse to a true sense of
•he awful situation to which you have been brought by
those III whom you have misplaced your confidence—
ami shake them from yon as the waking lion would the
toil* of hia enslavers.
—
The Opposition.—Notwithstanding the voice of near,
ly Ihe whole country, from Maine to Louisiana, have
spoken so decidedly in favor ofthe leading meaairetof
the present Administration—by sustaining its present
venerable and patriotic head, Gen. Jackson—vet we
find in the leading prints of the opposition, indications
or a disposition still to continue their rancorous and
futilo efforts to obstruct, if they cannot entirely destroy,
llie harmony and success of iis measures. The orgsn
of Mr. Calhouo, the United Slates’ Tclegroph, has si.
ready raised llio b’oody flag, and under ths protecting
■ Egis of the United Slates’ Bank, hr.s sworn etsrni]
emnily.ay, “war to the knife,” against the new Ad-
ministration; w hilst llio Swiss hireling of the same
institution, J. Unison Webb, of tho Enquirer, hasrsi-
scil tlie tomahawk and scalping knife in behalf of the
Cherokee Indians ; and rcsolvcj lo wield them to the
In st of his endcavois against tho happiness and pros-
petiiy of the Umird Slates. These favorite and patri-
Otic schemes of ihe Administration, vix: the desiruc.
lien of that corrupt, dangerous and unconstitutional
establishment, the U. States’ Bank, and the satisfacto
ry settlement of tiic Indian question—are,it is evident
In he made the chief rallying points of the opposition.
I'hcy eoiu lode dint Ihe monied influence of the Bank
together with wtial may he obtained by exciting ths
religious prejudices ofthe people on the subjects ofthe
Indian and Missionary questions.wlien brought to bear
by a united effort of the whole coalition press against
die views of die present Cabinet, must and will dis-
tract Ilieir councils, nnd perchance bring the Adminis
tration into disrepute before die expiration of theensu-
ing four years. It is evideut,ton, that die unhappy po.
sition assumed by South Carolina against the General
eminent, is to he made a fruitful eourceof cnibar-
rubsnwnl to the President.
Dn/TUrccn is to continue to be thu uncompromising
advocate of Nullification on the one hand, and Wibb,
on the other, whilst professing hostility to the doctihie,
is to give it indirectly c nntenanev and protection; and
to bo in readiness to rui*c the hue and cry agcinsl any
course the President may adopt for the purpose of
meeting the crisis it j* about to produce in the history
of our Government. And it i» evident that those cor
rupt hirelings ol a base and unprincipled coalition—a
coalition manufactured irom ihe odds and ends of all
the broken down factions which have existed from
the formation of th -Government to the present day
urc determined if possible to precipitate “ the crisis” on
the head ol (jcnur^l Jackson, for the unholy purpose of
involving his administration in inextricable difficulties •
hoping thereby to procure his distraction, though at
the imminent peril of the Union, glory, and happiness
of this gt\ u‘ Republic. In proof of this we have only to
refer to Webb’s paper a few weeks since, wherein he
hypocritically averts that the doctrine of Nullification
had not been treated with the liberality it deserved by
the Northern presses, ami volunteers his columns for
toe promulybtioM of a doctrine which ho has ever de-
nouiicua as trtav/niible lo the government! The oppo
sition have calculated strongly, and still calculate
(notwithstanding tien. Jackson’s moderation tints far,
on the subject of the Carolina difficulties,) on hi* adopt
ing a rccklers and violent course of policy on the sub
ject—one well calculated to enlist the sympathies of
the people in In-r betm!f, und to fix upon tue President
tlmt odium, which they have been so long and so un
successfully Lb..ring to attach to his name—the char
acter of a military tyrant and ambitious despot, lie
will, liowevfr, disappoint them in those v. ual hopes
and expectations, lie will act throughout “the crisis,’*
come when or in what idmne it may, with hn wonted
mildness, ioibcarar.ee, wisdom and firmness. Vet there
is no hope that his course, iu any cvcut, will receive
the least favor or support from his factious opponents’
Should his measures l e correct, rnild, forbearing, firm
and dignified towards our deluded fellow citizens of
Carolina, ho w ill be accused of a want of energy,or
perchance of countenancing the vicyvs of the nullificrs ;
•dionld they prove to he strong and energetic, he will
receive Ilieir n not human, and “Tyrant!” “Military
Despot!” &c. will resound fur and wide throughout the
land. Whatever ho does, however, we have no fears
hut that it yvill be done regardless of their praise or
censure—in strict conformity with that Constitution
v.'hicli lie has sworn to support and preserve inviolate,
and fo the honor and glory of limt Union yvhicb he has
declared “MUST BF. PRRSERVF.D.”
The above w as prepared for our paper of last week,
previous to the receipt of the Pit sidcnl’s proclamation,
and crowded out by that document. We now wait
anxiously a Hevelopementof the course the opposition
ut tlie Nor:h w ill pursue in regard to this movement of
the President Our predictions are more than verified
in the course of the opposition at the South. The Presi
dent has been denounced in South Carolina at a Ty
rant, Traitor, Tory, Dolt, Demagogue and Despot, for
telling tlie disorganizes iu that State, in the most mild
and conciliatory w ay, that he was bound by hisoatb of
office and by the Constitution, to tee that the Uwaof
the United Stairs were enforced!!
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If’Ao are Resistance Men ?—There if a ccitain claf#
of our fellow citizens, who profess to see no difference
between the opponents ofthe South Carolina doctrine,
and the quiet submisriontsts to the tarifflawa; nwn
whose obliquity of vision will not allow them to draw
a direct and tangible line between these two extreme*
—and it is from such as these that we hate often heard
the question asked with the most grave self compla
cency, “ Who are resistance men 7” We concei*®
there is nn difficulty in answering to simple » question;
but, in thus gratifying those who ask It, wc must pre
mise, that there are at least two kinds of reactance—
one is that which mat urea its plan** und weighs it*
clotures of success; the o her is that which rush**