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The proceedings of the State H'tC'i.
«,Tn d Free Trade Assudestion. last evening,
■were of o character ■j»«*< - tilinrly it.lercsl-.
Tug. nml the meeting altogetherone 01 tli***
'tnost gratifying that vve over attended.
AOcrthe (Jovernoras Ist V in* President,
•find taken the-chrtir. and colled to order.
Alexander Muv.yek. Ivsq. rose, and utter
a speech of iriaeii foree and elegance, in
troduced the billowing resolutions:
Whereat, it Is"u*ofu! nml proper, that benoniint;
‘honors should be paid to die memory of the ii-
Iml nous dead, who «i tlnhr lives have eminently
contributed to promote the happiness and pros
penly of their country, and of mankind, and
whereas we entertain a deep sense ot the servi
ces rendered to our country and the cause of li
horly, by Thomss JKrctßSim, and especially in
the promulgation of those great conservative
principles of on: federative system, which can
•done presoive the integrity of the Union, and
the independent sovereignly of the Slates, and
guide us safely between the opposite evils of
Consolidation on the one hand, and Uisunion on
the other. Therefore
Resolved, That we, will eelehralo the ap
pro 'chmg Anniversary ol the Birth Lhiy of lito-
MAS Jtrf KKSOIV.
Rcsolrr.il, That a Committee of five ho ap
pointed by the Chairman of this meeting, to
make arrangements for . becoming celebration
ut that day, and that they shall, as soon as possi
ble, make known thioitghtliu public prints, such
arrangements us they may adopt.
These resolutions were unanimously
adopted.
Col fhtt’Orß then addressed l.lie meet
ing. offer in g llto following resolution —
Resiilrai, That the cordial thanks of the Stale
Bights and f ree Trade Association ol Cliailesiiiu
be, arid he>i'by reic'ered to the Him. W-m.
Haiu'Mk, foi’his recent zealous, (aitriotic, and
able, Ibongh' of course fruit less, services at
Washington, as a It.dcgVc if die Conveniion at
'f iiiludcl liia m nlvoc .ting the cause ot tec
Toole, 11,11,(1 Taxation, and Constitiilional Trill
(.iplcs.
This resolution being received with
•cnlh isiiiflic applause mid iilinnininiisly
mlii itcd—Judge ll.up’iß row, and idiei
i#'tnrinri#c lloinhs for (lit* gratifying com
•plinicut w liir h liml been rendered -
ni.nlc a speech to which no c|ntlicl id
tin omiiliii which \vc could apply, would
he* tlcfiiicil extravagant, hy tiny italivitlu
■id ofany parly ivho was so lijrluntili*:is-
To hear him.
Judge llaiiit.r slated his conviction,
Mini with h In - said was the conviction til
Washington when lie left at least <d a
large inttj >rity of one hrnlleh ol the Nil
tii>lii*l l.egislnturc, Hint the protective
principle tvoiild not lie abandoned hy the
present t'(ingress. I le analyzed the dis
position of dilferent parties in the Linton,
ss illiciting the protective system—ol
those who supported it from motives ot
private and sectional interest—and ut
'those who upheld it from political nio
dives, lie exposed the inivpiilous basis
of tin* reasoning oft ho former —who con
tend that it is the duly ot gov eminent, at
tla* expense of the South, to legislate
jollier sections into etpml {in fuel super!
sir) ltd vantages to those which I lie South
possesses in climate and staples. This
was the argument of (Governor Hieker
son—and it was also the root of the
whole argument of Mr, Clay. It was
the object of .Mr. Clay’s ultra advocacy
of the 'l’ariH’t.v ensure tin' support of this
class, and tic could persuade his western
adherents to go with him in ti| haiding
the Tarilf. ns (here were many who.
though in principle opposed to it, would
sin nine their opposition to vviia! they |
•considered of greater importance, viz:
the •• lev at ion of their candidate. On (he
other hand also, those d tin' .lack-vn
party . who eonsiuenlioitsly believed the
Tarilflo he injurious to the vv hole conn ;
try. were afraid hi alienate tin Presided I
tinl votes of thaw interested in the eon I
lii,llama' of the protective principle—and J
they were seeking to retain l ie support
hath of their I' irillTidhereuts and of (In
South toa, hy a muJilienli.m, which,
while it adhered to the principle ol’prt
lection siillleieiilly to sitti-l> the tnmui-
Jiici u-ers, might hy the redurlion made
les not (aiming into eompetitioii
wait those ot dome, tie product, coiietli
ate the South vv it!i a delusive show of
(•on -i-.-ion and ju.'llei', while in fa. I ii
ineri'aseil tla' ha quality. Our oniy pros
peel of relief then was. that we should
ourselves apply the remedy. It! contra
ry to expectation, there should he any
him * i fide ciir.eewi.iull, that would he the
result of what had been done in this
Stall by tin* Tree Trade and State
Mights I’nrty It was the voice which
laid gone from the people und the la'gis
i dare of South Carolinii. which had al
lered the lone of the Tariff parly, who.
had not this Stall' spoken as she has
done, and persevered as site has done,
would have persisted openly in the oh
jeel vv Inch they avowed at lirst, of pn.-h
iag llte system to entire protection hy
complete prohibition. Hut feeling now
that something must he done, their expo
dient is ait attempt at ('ratal; to seem to
yield whe.e there is no concession—and
the moddicalion which they propose i
nut for the purpose of doing it- justice,
tint of creating div tsion in our ranks, am!
panily /.iag our resistance. It be-mme ns
to ho well prepared against such an at
tempt—and to declare oar purpose of not'
submitting to any adjustment nf the Ta
rilf which did not involve the ultimate
abandonment of the principle of protoe
lion.
He said there was evi ry tiling to en
eouragi' iisiogooa. We mu-t.succeed,
ills eoavieli.m was that there was at
risk in applying the remedy of N alliliea
tion. and if risk, scarcely enough to he a
source of honor. The other (State* must
support us, for even those most opposed 1
to its on the subject of (lie Tarilf. were
inf tiiely more interested on their ow n
act nut. to prevent a Mute of litis Union
IV. a being put down—and the check
llm inhibited, which each possesses,
a:’ ii; t ilc tyranny of a federal mejori
ly <!.tr doeliine was rapidly gaining
ml •■•nts There were many intrlli
ge 1 icn in the other Malt s, and to h -
ow: t, aovvledge. not oniy on this side „f
the •' g t nine, hut oa the other too, who
acknowledged its truth, who saw in it
the gr it < e.aservntive principle of the
I toon, and of all representative govern
ment — .ml some who, though opposed
to as vm the Tariff quest ion. yet wished
us to persevere, and si t stahlish the only
principle winch could give perpetuity to
our institutions. But tc he suppuited vve
must act—to tie followed we must lead—
vve must retain our position in the van
\N e need not appeal hy mere words to
those m other Southern Stales, w ho have
not been awakened to the subject, and
enlightened on it us South Carolina law?
been, .tub expect from them n " J®*
live assent to ourtheory, hetore vve dare
to vimiicute It by action. We
sist, and by our resistance foree upon
litem a case for practical decision. Inc
language of all our most in ( 'h* " ,
friends in the other States was ho 0,1 •
and ensure success by action 1 Hvcn t
we did peril something by resisting,
would we not peril every thing, und
rnakeship wreck of all by submission.
riinncellor|ll vki’Eß (hen vindicated Hie
doctrine of Nullitication in an argument
so comprehensive and clear, that it (mud
hive left amongst his audience no doubt
unsafe lied on (lie part of those least dis
posed to conviction, and which was with
entire justice characterized hy the Chair
man, as giving 10-the great moral truth
which he advocated, the certainty ol
mathematical demonstration. vv edo
not pretend in what we have written,
and arc about to write, to present even an
outline of his speech ; but vve do not
know that it will tie published as we hope
it will, anil in taking this memorandum,
while we are gratifying ourselves in pro
longing the excitement of our ow n mind,
vve trust that to those of our renders who
were present, that vve are performing n >
tedious or ungrateful office, in talking
over the rich intellectual least in vvhich
vve have participated.
He shewed how the very existence ol
the separate sovereignly of the Stales in
volved the power of checking any inva
sion of their rights, that (he Union was a
confederacy, and that the government
could not he piutly federal and partly
consolidated—nor the Males partly so
vereign mid partly subordinate. There
vv us no such thing as a subordinate so
vereigu State. {Sovereignly whs supre
macy—mid to say that a Stale could cx
erci.-c its own rights and enforce it-- own
laws only so long as Hi. y did not eotdliel
with those of the governm'ut. while oi
dial the government was to be thcjndgi .
vvns to make the Stale no more than a
petty corporation, (list del or pal ish
which could do us much. The Hove
reignty of It Stale was its supremacy
within its limits,
||c exposed the weakness of tlic claim
-•el up fur tip* Supreme t’oiiri to hethe li
n <1 iirhilcr lie tween a Male and the (b>-
vernmeiit. How wait constituted the
arbiter ! Because it was vested with the
right of deciding iu certain eases in
which the general government and-states
wi re parlies! Supposeihnt the cunslim
tion had eslalilislicd no Tederal (!oui I bill
Imd left the same ipie -lions to the Stall
Courts, investing them with all powers
now possessed hy tl*e Federal ( ourt,
would it he contended that the State
Courts were the final tribunal, between
the (Government and the States—its own
Court to decide in a ease in which a
Slate was a party? \ct the claim for
the Slate Court to decide between its
own (Government and another would
have rested on identically the stone
ground, on which a claim is now set up
for the Federal Court to decide where il
i.wii government is a party, lie denied
that the Supreme ( huirt was the septa me
tribunal of the Union ns had been assert
cd. There was a tribunal tthove it.
.Supposea judge of Ihnt ( ourt impeach
cd. charged with a violation of the Con
*T it u I ion—who would jndgi' him f—,
would it he sent to the bench of judges to
decide Hie (pieslion oteostitutionality he
I li.re Hie Sen,He could proceed to haul
I Judgment? No—the Senate would de
cide al (.nee upon the judge and the con- ;
sliliftiontoo.
The objection of tho-o who say they
eaiiiKd comprehend how the eeiilrnl
| CGovoi nmi'iit can he stipreiae for Certain 1
j purposes within a Slab nml yet the Slate j
| i. tain full sovereignty, lie met hy nn ii I
lustrnlioii—supposing Hint a number ol ,
Hie sovereigns olThn ope had granted to I
a foreign or eentral ecclesiastic conoids- !
sicii supreme conlronl over ail i ecl< s> I
asticid eotna'i'its vv ithin their respective j
kingdoms. \\ ontd tliis have impaired |
their sovereignly? No! Tlaeh would I
iiave had a right t<» judge of, and to in
terpose ttttd check the usurpation with 1
in his territory ,d the ecclesiastical Lxov
eminent, if under eeclesiaslieid pretexts
it assvmied innnieipal p twers. I hi
t heck was Nnllifteatioa. la like man
ner had each Stale n right within her
limits to check any usurpation, by the
Federal agency or Cotnmi— ion. ofany
powers beyond those special and lintil
cd ones, which had been delegated.
He said he felt that ui the questic.n of
N'lillilienli ii was involved not only our
present redemption from Hie tyranny cf
the'Fat iff—not only the perpetuity of the
eonfederney—hut the euitse of civilized
man—of rei resenlalivc lloverinneiil—
of civil liheny. ut thistinw, w hen reforms
■ire in progress in all the Slates of lai
rope. The necessity nf a cheek to the
majority had always lieen recognized.—
It Imd heen sought hy some in a monarch,
hy others iu nn aristocracy. Home only
rise to her palmy slate, after (he Plebe
ians acquired the power to Nullify tin
acts, nml check Hie before supreme con
Irol of the I'nlrieiuns. Holland reached
h e hig'icst condition of prosperity and
glory, while under thedistr ictcd and iti
convenient system, where it the assent
of every State was nec -ssary before
there etui Id he any m lion whatsoever, —-
and dcelinet) so soon as a different form
of (Government was adopted, in Ihtg
land a rlirelx was found ill the aristocra
cy. the House of I.ords, to prelect the
wealthy class vvhich was the minority.
The old objection to representuti-ve re
nnhlies was the absence of some such
cheek. It had been said by statesmen
and philosophers, tha. would rath
er submit to the tyranny of one tyrant,
than of a million of tyrants. It was the
excellence of our tJovernment. that the
essential to liberty, resulted from out
being a confederated instead of a consol
idated (Joveminent. As there was here
no distinction o ' ranks, (lie contest cuttlii
not lie ta'tween ranks, consequently the
Nullifying power d'd not reside in any
one class. The contest must be between
a majority and minority purely—and it I
would necessarily n-s tine a sectional j
character—and were the (fovernn.etit !
consolidated, in so wide an extent after j
ritcry. the oppression of a geogrupHcnl,
majority would in process of lime become I
inloicruhle to a geographical minority I
I! en were there no selfishness to tempt I
them,the people of one remote section
are unacquainted with those of another,
not knowing their interests if they wish
ed to e nsuit them—and their represen
tatives would often, even while willing to
do justice to a distant section, be deter
ftumiaia
re.l by the fear of constituents less en
lightened thun themselves. But m the
separate sovereignty of the States, .
geographical check is secured to protect
each HltHe of a sectionul minority from
encroachment.
This power being "holly negative,
could never result in danger,though from
abuse it might sometimes occasion in
convenience. The power to which it
u ns to he opposed was a positive power,
and must if unchecked, necessarily pro
duce tyranny in no case could the ex
ercise of this negative power he danger
ous to the other Suites. It could not
interfere with their internal regulations.
Kven in time of war, were a State so
misguided ns to nullify, it could not pre
vent the others from defending them
selves. In the case of the Tariff, w mild
he presented, the very strongest instance
of inconvenience which could result ti 0111
it nnd from the consideration of Unit
very inconvenience, -nothing but a set
lied conviction o( gross oppression could
bring a slate to apply it in such a case.
Besides its being a merely negative pow
er it could never he hastily or rashly ap
plied. The population ofan entire stale,
hundreds of thousands of men, must
a.rree to make it effectual. Ignorance
must first he enlightened, sluggishness
excited-*—the love of tranquility and the
’ dread of change subdued throughout the
entire mass,ere it w*ili move in decisive
concert. To do this and bring the pub
lic mind to the point of action—the cull
fir the remedy must he imperii ive, and
the nature of the oppression such, that
submission would he ruin nnd slavery.
Such was the oppression which we had
resolved to resist, and such the concert of
nubile opinion, which he trusted hud in
.laced our determination.
The foregoing are hut some of the
•views advanced by Chancellor 11 a h ri'i.
—in our hasty notice of which wo pro
lend not to have preserved his arrange
ineiit or his language, lie concluded
maid reiterated expressionsof the deligli
ted admiration elicited by a triumph ot [
pure intellect unaided hy largess to the
imagination, or appeals to the passions of
his audience.
Wm I*. Einm'.y, Esq. then briefly ad
diessedthe meeting on the propriety of
affording the majority at \V ashingloii ;>
clear indication ol the terms on whirl)
alone Smith Carolina will assent load
just the Tariff-—and ofli-red iln* following
resolution, which was received with
cheers and unanimously adopted ;
Itr,suited, Tint it is ihe firm belief nnd con
viction of this Association, that no modification
of die Tuiid' will be satisfactory to iho people,
of South Carolina, that does not involve an lilti
ina'o ib indoiunenl of the principle of protection.
A8 T.OUST AJ_
N~\TCKI>AV. APKM. 11. 4H3'!.
* i Knjutl % and fear not.”
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
We have received a communication iront our
cori-w oudent, “Amicus Vmiae,” in reply to
“ Richmond,” who assailed him personally
in the Cornier of W ednesday last, anil publish
ing die name of the author; which led to our
inorlilyuig discovery of die fact (apparently cm
• known to our corrosjiondiait,) that ho was an in
dividual employed in our ollke, us a journey
mai printer. And, though wc have nothing to
do vvidi his opinions, or with the controversy,and
shall take no part in it, yet, inasmuch as he look
j die unwarrantable, and, so far as we know, un
preecdontod, liberty, of using llie secrets of our
oliice, to assail one of our tor espondenls, we
! deemed it due. to ourselves, and to our cones
j pendent," “ Amicus Verte,” to discharge him
from our employ, and did so, instantly; which
I we t. ust u ill ho salisfactoiy to “ A. V.” and in-
I duce him lo npp.ove of our withholding his
communication from the public, under thebe
lief that bo will not now desire to continue the
controveisy fai liter.
W’c, also, withhold the able retdy of “No
Esau,” to “Richmond,” i. consequence of tlio
above discovery.
Tire Present incuts of the G and Jury of El
bert county, were received too late for lo day’s
paper, but sb ill be published in our next.
and “Gin«kkcake" ah) received, mid
shall he published.
FIRE WORKS,
It will be seen, by reference to the advertise
inent, that Mr. ISkovvn, an experienced pyro
tcelniist, proposes to give an entertainment of
various brilliant displays of his n t, at the cor
ner oftiroone uc! Campbell streets, this even
ing. Mr. IVs skill is said to be very groat ;
and, from wh it wo have heard ofliis former ex
hibitions, we doubt not lii.it the entertainment
ho will present, will bo a very sti iking and in
teresting otto of its kind.
PKNM\NMII|>.
We recommend to the attention of the reader
the advertisement ot Messrs. Eldiucii A Pkks
*i on, proposiag to the citizens of Augusta, a
course of lessons in Peninanslilp, and of lec
tines on Book-keeping. Their system of Pen
manship, so lar us wo have had tin opportunity
of examining it, appears exceedingly simple aud
natural, and easy of acquit omunt; and is based i
on piinciples which would scent lo give peculiar j
ease and flexibility to the hand, in its control of j
the pen. They bring very slitter ing testimoni
als, both of their skill and and success in the j
I valuable art they leach, and of their merits as
gentlemen; and the specimens they present of
various improvements of their pu ils, in from I
six lo twelve lessons, arc very st. iking.
STAGE ARRANGEMENT.
A New Stage Line has lately been established,
& is now in regular operation, between Athens,
in Clark county, and Cooperstown, in the fluid
region of Habersham county—intersecting, at
the former place, the Stage lino four there lo I
j this city. A two horse Post Coach leaves Alliens ]
every Saturday morning, at 7 o’clock, and ar- I
rives at Cooperstown, via Curnesvillo and
[Clarksville, every Monday, and returns the
same day to Clarksville—loaves Clarksville,
at 7 o’clock on Thursday morning, and arrives
at Athens on Eiiday, at 0 o’clock, P. M.—The
continually incieasing importance and piospoiity
of the Gold region, will doubtless rondertlriaa
valuable facility of communication between it
and other sections of die State; and it may now
bo visited by Stage, four this place, cither
through the route mentioned above, or ttm pld
one, still In operation, by the way Os Lmcolnton, '
Petersburg, Elberton, Carnesvili* and Clarks
ville. • j
the “SLOP TUB.”
The presiding genius of “ that common sew- ,
erof verbal filth for the city,” self-styled the .
“ slop-tali, ’’ advises two writers on the subject i
of Nullification, to “stick to something that shall
enlighten the public,” rather than “ imitate a
bad example”— meaning that set by himself, of
course, in Iris uniform abuse of it, and all who
follow its doctrines, instead of fairly taking up
(heir arguments. “He is a good divine who
follows his own instructions.” But he does not
follow his own instructions. E.go, ho is not a
good divine. What is he, limn 7 He says,
himself, he is a “ slop-tub ,” and who doubts it 7
COTTON MARKETS.
Onr advices from Liverpool, by the ship Cale
donia, at New-York, are to the Ist of March, re
ceived last evening. The sales ol Colton, for
llie last four days, were about 10,000 bales,
at an advance on prices, of lully £d. per lb.
but a corresponding improvement not having ta
ken place in Manchester, the market had become
less animated. lm|>ort 29,299 bales.
We are pleased to learn, that the tears res
pecting the Cholera, were fast subsiding in Lon
don, and that some of the most eminent 1 liysi
cians denied that the Asiatic spasmodic disease,
had been in that city.
Wo have advices fiotn Havae of Ist March,
(by the ship Rhone, at New York) received last
evening. Gotten was much in favor. The
Mills continued in full activity, and the demand
for the raw meterial quite brisk; notwithstand
ing which, there was no accumulation of Twist
or Cotton stulls in first hands. Sales 5;000 bales
against an impoit of 1,500 bales, leaving the
stock on hand ‘24,000 b iles.
Comparative statement of the Stork of Cotton
in Liverpool, on the 181/t February,
1831 1832
American, 132 173 88,304 bales.
All descriptions, 225,809 147,107 do.
Wo give the following extracts of a letter from
a highly inlelligo t commercial house, dated
Liverpool 23d February.
“ The absurdity of the alarm respecting the
Cholera, must bo apparent to every rrtlucling
mind, who learns, that during a fortnight, foity
persons have been seized hy a disease, pro
nounced contagious, by persons who draw large
official salaries iu consequence, and tins out of u
population, exceeding 1,20(1,000 inhabitants.
But the alarm has gone, forth, and will not sub
side easily among our customers. Accordingly,
the sales of the present week have averaged but
little over 1000 bales per day, and prices have
given way on new Cotton, about an j,d. per lb.
from our quotations in our last Circular.
“ We are Fully agreed that if the production
and consumption of such an essential article as
Colton, are so nearly balanced, and the slock on
hand amounts to only twelve weeks consump
tion, nfiy deci ease in tlio supply, f,om whatever
cause produced, would occasion a cay material
advance, and would be a most material evil, as
it lias become as n cessary as bread; but we
expect that the prices which will be obtained du
ring the present year, will give a stimulus to pro
duction, and insure a more abundant supj ly.From
what we have said, it results that Wo have a fa
vorable opinion of Cotton for 1832, piovided
lhere is no rambling. If good Uplands should
touch Sd. per lb. we should become apprehen
sive of it.”
Exports of Cotton from Xew-Orlcmis, from Ist
October lo 31 si March.
1831-2 1830-1.
G oat Britain, 70124 !dlßo7
France, 31023 21907
North of Europe, 352 740
Oilier Foreign j oi ls, 3250 1705
108355 120285
Coastwise, 42433 03310
Bales, 150793 109595
Arrivals, Exports, and Stocks of Cotton, for
the last four years, from Isl of October to 31 si
March.
Years. Arrivals. I’.xp rts. Storks.
1831-32, 207540 150793 70444
1030-31, 256093 189595 70003
1829-30, 228507 160533 50930
1828-29, 101139 108228 57207
Exports of Colton from Mobile, from Ist Octo
ber to 31 si March.
1331-2 1830-1.
Liverpool, 22809 20783
Havre, 8900 4225
Ollier Foreign ports, 3903 1479
35738 32487
New Orleans, 15310 70
Other Coastwise ports, 18107 19099
Bales, 09101 52250
Stocks, 35154 27044
From the Xcw- Orleans Price Current of March
31.— Cotton —IVrces remain as last quoted, and
the market at the moment is dull. On Monday
last, it was rumoured that late advices from Eu
rope gave a highly flattering account of prices
there, particularly at Liverpool—immediately the
market became aiiitna cd, and purchases of a
bout 19,000 bales were made at once, at, it is
j said, near 1 cent advance on our quotations;
| since that time we have heard nothing corrobo
j rative of the news in question, and the maiket
| has receded to former prices and remains dull
1 the only transactions since, are about 2000 bales
■ at funner rates.
From the Mobile Register, 6th inst.
Although our quotations indicate an ad
vance, we have lo notice a dull week in the
Cotton market: scarce a thousand bales have
changed hands. Purchasers appear unwilling
to meet the juices asked, and holders manifest
but little disposition to recode. The stock on sale,
is fiorn 10 to 12,(Hit) bales. Freights are steady lo
Liverpool at 11-Kid. and lie. to Havre. For N.
| loik wc are not positively advised, but under*
1 stand that I of a et. has been paid in one or two'
instances. Receipts es Cotton sinco the Ist,
4,249; previously, 103,454. Total 107,703.
The advices from Charleston and Savannah
icprcsent those markets as dull, especially, for
common and inferior Cottons. Sales of those
descriptions have been ntade at a reduction of
1 cent on the curreftt rates of last week, tiuo
tufioHS Si all cents. Freights remain without
any alteration.
Our Cotton market remains in the same dull
state asjioticcd in our reporf of last week, Pur
chasers and holders both being inclined to wait
the receipt of later intelligence from Europe,
Our receipts-have been, comparatively speak
ing, nothing, and the quantity remaining in the
interior has not been as small for many years, at
this season of the year, ns at this time. The
stock in the warehouses is estimated at 25,0 W
bales, about half of which is in first hands.
Prices Current.
LIVERPOOL. AUGUSTA.'
Ordinary Bjd. Inferior Octs.
Middling sid. Common 9]
i’uir 5Jd. Fair 9J
Good fair 61. afijd. Good 9}
Good and fine, Cld. a-7' d1• v, choice !0] all
Freights— to Charleston, $1 per bale—to
Savannah, 50 cents.
Exchange. —Bills on Baltimore, Philadelphia,
Now-York, Providence, and Boston, at GO days
sight, 1 per cent, discount—at sight, on the same
cities, 2 per cent, premium.—United States’
Bank Notes, 2 per cent, premium.
THE “SLOP-TUB.”
The contemptible creature who lately applied
to himself, the above very appropriate title,
says: “The editor of the Chronicle, when’in
Charleston, was wheedled into an agency for
this purpose [the distribution of 1 racts of the
Free Trade and Stale Rights Associations] w hile,
ho was wheedled out of the little antipathy he is
supposed to have had to Nullification. Phis is
a rank falsehood, tlllogeiher. \Ve were nei
ther wheedled nor solicited into any agency,
whatever: and the part w r e have taken, and are
proud to have taken, in distributing the
has been altogether voluntary.--If “ some of
the gentlemen, to whom they were addressed,
have asked him what they should do with them”
—(which, however, we do not believe; for, even
though possible, it is by no means probable, and
be is so notoriously in the habit of falsehood, as
to render it impossible that, bo should bo believ
ed, even when be speaks the truth) —let-hiifi toll
them to hand them to the first plain honest free
man they meet, who is not afraid of hearing both
sides of the question, or being convinced a
gainst his will, and we will cheerfully “ pay the
postage” ourselves, if they will inform us to
whom we shall remit it.—As to the “supposed
antipathy," wo never had any against nullifica
tion, and consequently none to be w bridled out
of. When lire doctrines were first promulgated
in the Senate, by Mr. llavne, we openly pub
li-hed our most decided approval of them, as the
columns of our paper at that time will shew ;
and while wo have never shrunk from the stand
taken in favor of the principles, if we have not
urged the practical interposition of thorn till re
cently, it has been because, as we have frequent
ly said, we hoped for such a returning sense of
justice on the part of Congress, as would render
it unnecessary—a hope which we never entirely
lost, till we saw the infamous proposition of Mr.
Clay, in the Senate, and the favorable reception
it met with; and the determined resistance we
declared to that, cannot have escaped the recol-’
lection of -Oar readers. Wo returned from
Chiii lesion, With not a single sentiment in rela
lion to nullification, which we did not carry
there, as every passenger in the Steam Backet,
whciein the subject was fully discusser), on the
way down, can fully testify; and as Was known,
also, to all personal anil political friends with
whom we have ever conversed on the subject.—
If there-ever was a lime when we should have
been likely to ’ 'follow the indications given by
the Clark party,” contrary to our own judgment,
it was when both parties united iu the Senate of
last Legislature, in opposing the doctrines, for
momentary party | urposes; and yet, wo then
advocated the declines personally, and alone,
against those measures, in the most decided
manner, as will be recollected by every political
friend with whom wo associated, or conversed
on the subject; and the manner in which we
wrote on the subject, in determined opposi
tion to the course of the Senate, will be recol
lected by those who read our letters from Mil
ledgevillo, published in the Chronicle.—ls wc
had more confidence in lire ultimate justice of
Congress, than they seem to have deser
ved, the fault is theirs, and not ohrs; and if
slow to believe that a practical demonstration
of Nullification would be necessary, it follows,
of course, that we have been the more cautious
and reflecting in coining to such a conclusion,
and that wc arc therefore the more likely now,
to he correct in it, and ft in in sustaining it.
The declaration of the Courier, that we are
“crazy with the interested flatteries we receiv
ed in Charleston,” is wot thy only of the con
tempt it will meet with fiom every individual
who knows us. And when it intimates that Wo
are “not Used to good company,” we presume it
means to that of the “slap tub,” which of cou; se
constitutes a sample of what it consideis “good
company.” True; wo a,o not “used to its
company” —and, thank our good stars! nevei
have boon; nor do we know’of any gentleman
who is! But we know of reasons enough why
no gentleman ought to be; and, but that wc
are by no means inclined, unnecessarily (and in
the present instance it is entirety unnecessary,
in this community) to dissect a putrid carcase,
or defile our hands with the contents of a “slop
tub, we might take the trouble to show them.”
Mil. CLAY’S TAiiilF BILL.
\\ c intended to call the attention of the reader
to the bill reported by the Committee on Manu
factures, iu the Senate, on the 30lh ult. in rela
tion to the Tariff, as published on Saturday
last; but were prevented by want of room.
1 hose who read it, however, could scarcely have
done so without a deep sense of indignation, at
the manner in which the rights and interests of
the South are therein disregarded, and their fee
lings insulted, after all their remonstrances
against previous oppression, now endeavored to
be increased,in direct defiance of their appeals for
constitutional justice. The bill meets the views
01 Mr. Clay, as expressed in his resolution lately
offered and adopted, and may be considered as
reported in direct accordance with those views
proposing us it does to reduce the duties on
such articles as do not operate oppressively on
the South, and against which she does not com
plain—such as fruits, drugs, r/uils, nutmegs,
pencils, rattans, nuts, bristles, and other like
contemptible articles—(who does not cry shame,
shame, u [ion such open and insulting mockery of
the rights and feelings of the South?) —while at
the same lime, it neglects those on Cotton and
Woollen goods, iron, sugar, &c. of which
COm > lai «. so
winch are continually o m,r o J W'r.tl
•’hing her. Cun it be iy "J and ®:tJ
•n Congress expect sud,
and mockeries to be bo nt/Lr ■"*' I
submissively, on the parUf the J
the people of Georgilpre^^l
ly and indifferently at this m »r.
the old aggressions and I
they have so long remonstrated an!
We subjoin the following remark 1 I
jeet, from the Charleston Mercurv-
Mr. Clay's Rill reported !~Tho r '
fact arcs have reported i, lu ,.|, c """niltce „'X
paled; and therefore we liv linfi Prilflri ’w |
cions hill lln-y have *»■! a I
complete,he bif.re
mem ..(Mr Clay’s Uesnlmi'ln if S' 8 , “Willie * I
miiy with the views of Mr. ( ? V' II|,IU W’ .1
the unprotected, mid retaining
eles. U e look win, "nxlrtVr'i ft" 1 I
immediately on i.s i„tradftv;Mm ,„ f| t ' I
hi ehraml. and is said lo have , , Sc "aip. i, V ;
rnlleled decree of exi-iiem™. hindlej 1 -Jg
shows nileliherale, *•* k
of the majority, nntwjilisi-,,|| n , ra n C l ft ll »N OD C 1
treaties of the Smith, | 0 rivet unnn i' ' ' vl * ri " r -i- ’«
unequal &nd oppres-ive syste nor ln "*
Traced a civilized govermii™ I
hemiiKised upon a f„-e and e aZa n # 'Vl
er sis has come. Tins hill S" d l'»|ilr, , 1
I he enp ofhnmiliiton is Hlledin".- «
which art. tt the North ar" T'"""'? A J
which destroy the South are to be r,I
Slates are to he exempted fi „, n , ', IVi.J
burden ofgovernna nl throw , mo, I ' ''r'' ll »’» 1
Hie South. The Taritf Stales :d ’
exonerated Com tax bui’are n h,“ ,e "" 1011 ''
grniidized by e.mrmous , ,?T' 1
South—amt the unfuHunale ; ' ,r| laMe(• ■ ,i
pelled to (111 the cdti-rs of,he , u,™ T*> ■
ed ", »d ,i ,on. ib n-tain a u,os, „U ".‘i ,a,, ° hril, I
Guild up. upon (he ruin. o fi ts own h,"h T" I ’!’*.» 1
es's of nthnrsections at tin- Uni ,n w ' ,u * lr yni!i
ttii- i No: i, cannot, and vviH not
tliem m a emu cause. It is a blow it .i “ i I
o .eui, ami all of them mu-t n.iiie i n r! -
Const ituiioa is at it- last I r ' I 1 'lire
principa* must now he applied’' T '""Nr. ■
. hromtlil hack within itsi,-.Vi, t ■' ,|| "“ r r: r. „
iimrl.i to operate eipedly an i," Ir'd. ,' ’
ey Will be. dissolved. T ere 1 . ,s ' ( ' rlli 'C«ii(.-- 1
Inutile “rightful reinedv-_tia.• I
Smie. This is the only me 1, mUs * 1
i-ession—between uueuuiliiinnni sulmiiKsL'n'^' :t • i
ami a dissolution of the Union i
when ii must he applied. [, i"usHclsii 1""'' l,w :
ter longer. Whil-t‘wethlk of o S s j"’'''' l '
trom n . Whilst we dcliliernle whin ’ " ,yarf " S
ourselves from ruin, the waves tvrannvi
over and desiroyim. U s. Tlds is am a1 ! ;n: ' ■
Georgia anil Ma-SHehnselis'ac, Tnli'h mi?, lr ‘ j
ion her power, aad (ienrqia nullifiei'V, , I' 1 * - '
her rirflils or interests, and .Massaclm'l,'? ■" : ■ 1 •
<• ares tire act of the federal anihnriii ” J S's •
determines to resist ii. Amid vet in, 1. f* W
Carolina hesitate in a mailer, in whiJt,'
million." ofljasc inbutc money areuimu iilv
tlreni, hill in which every ,hi„ldear T. S™'" .
of 111,e.i ly—me security id' properiy-n.c -..p llh .'
peculiar 111-timtinns-the sovereiiiirlv «fi| v
"s polilreal equality will, every ~i„ef s„ ,! .
volveil. Uiileiianql). If Sninli-Uarnla .. . ”
onty will she he restored m r.ll'iS jj"
and her people to pro-peril) a
i n " Is ol tlai Bnleral li uer,, V! ’
he hailed and honored as Hie n rof Ihef,,,' '
and (hr preserver,,fthc Uni.,... Kremrmrii, •
o( and (Inirriuljiinm, of inu*n*>t iimi i,,.,'
luous prnlc and laudable ambition, cm \t w^
(» proemt. Lei her fail to slot now, Jim!i|„-,| :lV , • * |
>\ill have parsed. Submission lo Mr. < ,»• i
Uii’iillyuiYiie her oppre ors to still u'rrat.’rßnni *•'
Air. 1 lay, .»y the by, bas”»n-indvocaiß,i a i f , ,' r
infr Air money lor the Uolt.i.i/aiion ,JJ.. 1
ries and outrageumunulale, she will eiili« ,• .
insenibly into servile aniuicsccut-e wiili n',*' '
of lyranuy, or be wroin*i t i by druot-raiton * I
ads of icvoluiionary madness. Nal(jiie»ifM, (1 ". ls
' LoUi 11 left tt e\iremes. Ii el.irks i!u*
without impairing l l!ie i’nioii—it n--i„rf>
witlioiu involving physical collision with ■•...) •
ral departmiMil, or with any osier r*;,!,*. 1
only proper remedy, and, if eniplcycl us jiV,. •
ciinnol fail lobeclf tlii.il. W eluivt’piililiftiic.i ]j.,
Dili entire. W'e need not ask ahniiion in , . 'y
1 Kvery imm must Lc iiiiX ; on> io iv;it| ii, I'iaii,,.,. ’
our file. Tne aniu*xed idler, from a I*. iendai \V*. ,|
bm, will also be lound c\:n im :y iii.n-cs | .
of the exiciemciil in the .r>enah wliosjit)!ti up,„ ,
—lee liiiigiuigc held by ccruin S.•luiio.—m !,v ;
be ilie probable lennin.Mion of do* ••Giit-K 1 .
oliidan.s, mids.ee (he.4iluad.ln oMhciv n ,;
\\ ASlll'A.fi J'dN', Mir 1 !,; ~..
“ As we antieipaicd, t ie (' ..mniii, cmi ,\f.„• '
have, just it’pt.ried Mr. Olay’s Uc.*oli 'inn 1111 1
a-IJill. I ikiti-k* oil Ibe dudes en.ii .y Iron 1 .-t p
arlicfrt. Teas, tfpice , xV”,.--: n i .caviiuM'it jr..<• ..
dries, Co:ions, Woollen ,1 011, Ac \n *. 1 v
This Depoit ia IMe.li ilelv blew up a liaim m : -
widen I.as lM*en burning iotc.Mv c\ m.j. u; \
Air. Km%yll» Ims mo\e 1 1 •• re rmud'! Hu ■.»;?.
1.0 have lne other ar.n les innotincc.i 1 1
i given by Air. Dickerson, tin* Lh arm 11 ■ -;' 1 ■ (
why this course has been pa..-n.- 1 , t-, r»ai l.j.
must bike place be lore any pirn cm: il lie m;: .r
reduction of duties on (be proh cinl anirlc*,
1 could be decided \\ hellu r*l v iedij ilmii -»?u»n.: •.
f I 1 till it negiii /; rev rut iiinjdi'tr. J Jruiu be hi* (.’ ■ „ I
the p red cut bestinu —and d , 1 *• r* inn., wi.i. ■ j
ai inis lime \vbellu.T any such rediicti* 11 rtnil:! •••
, be made, - l hey ÜbiUt'l pr p r load vis*.l
oil the Uiiproh eled auicle-, T e ic-cnr I*. .n,- 1 1-’.
, vocated i.y .Vlessr •. 11;. lie, Km'VM. Ai ci, !v .
I u»n,A:c. on lae l*round ta.d ' aci il.-i .-ii ■
(’iay’s'Desobilion, will pirt U-K* :i • !n*|?ee.|:•
1 lion on the other ji! t : c|e>. I'li-cini-hf-r-Tiliv 'i... *• ;|
ern meinbers’. tl.al it’ll.is e"lirse i> sus!a*i.c..
1 ate, tin re \v ill be. an end of all hope b**re. (I, a
, very strong opinions have been expiVs-iM in t-rif* -
tbeilebale. Air. Krvo, of A! d»;ona. ':•> I ■’ l “'
scheme in the sironce.-i u rni-, und aiim|i; r <•!,
•aid, in siib-tauee, “I deelare h loir t".t!, , I •
gasconade,) (but if this cou»e |»ursii»’«l. t*ii ■" •
not siboi.il lo ib We have. a-k«*d lui 'jiidle.
received vv iih inmft. Ii cannot ami i: willt»oi' cu
1 , Air. Uk.ntok declared “ll’.ul the sclu'iiii* v..e* •■
s • irons, ilmt when published l c world, >' U!
with the execration of me American |Vtop!r. i
may lie tin* file of this motion, rt is ccruai) mi t
vv ill bring up tne ipieslion in a shape vv 'i w,
f tlunbt ufihe elli cl of lire inea-nic. \\ hal we
P (ear is a driuyir'e arranyeineni. Dot 1 v
1 110 one can possibly rniwinder.-tand. 11"’
Aluniiliiclii’es doubtless inn nd ii a-a ic i.j * .
' as to the promise lieM mil dial -miie I.ui.mt •’ - '
> hereafter 1 ke place, no one dm ivcl hv a!.«•«• ,
presume, the jaapl* trill not he uncut * '.*'••
1 now very soon Know our fat* *”
ni llifu vtiov.
t The following paragiaj.li, vln«3i we t
tlie Courier of Monday, ever >I ,B ’"• ll 1
. “ U.” is entitled lo that respect ami «w _
1 which will always he riiantlbsud by
pe soiiH, difleriug Irom us i" oj iiiion,
ject is lair argument, or infnrm Hion i< 1
, selves or the j.uhlio. Kntortamiug r." •
j pride of oj inion, rtor lh« least rt-garo c
: beyond a conviction ofifs
readv tn hour objections to "’ e
, to yield up at once all whh lure shewn v
- he erroneous’
“ Wii'itlie fi-inciph ofNnllitiraH*""
I'iple, that a mlninilv may nnl "»!> * " |
I m. jm-iiv-I am not now alH.nl t’" 1 " j
to a k (as inillilii’iiiion is a i - '
clnipl.-r jukl ver-e "I die "■ 1 * ’’ v ~ , .
details oflli>’ nr.H-.esj-, as la" 1 ’'■
1 Sj.iiiriliiy. IV!,V is
■ IVl.y i-.nniMii It..’lev'.slJ.ime v ,
. liftin’. leqi-IJ.ta.-e con. m’. . i
j’.i- cnnvenlii.n (ins.m e«h whr. t* ll« .
leuislatnre’s,” aiTm'-’ iarlher . ’ r , j,. ■ j
llie.-e tl.il.qs "mast" lie .loi.T’—- •
. arc l» call a .-.mv.
an,lter. Wlmr is the anl |, .;r | > ”. , .,J |l diu„i"' .’ ’
* a ponveiitii.n J I mat mm. wHa ;: , ..
colivenlioil hr first applie.llor, I - , v
* Hants of liie Slates, (See Cms
' In the first place, “ihe princy 1 L " ■
■ tion-that glorious principle, [>“*-
* glorious one I the most glorious ol a ,
1 pies of constitutional or ralwnm : « _ |
1 the minority may not only chiiL
majority’’-which is thus menH“tieJ ‘
* tor, as ttio’it were something st ' -
* or new to our republican iiislilu'i on -
1 as he hae staled it, the I. uo basis"*
a the great conservative jirintijik >
f what was the Constitution forinfL
s instance, but to “ check and r
B ty f”—and what else is if, or « J “
1 provision in it, from beginning ll> ’
1 “ check and control u, on the r "-’j -. .
people of this country, pre' 11 "'’ .
’ Constitution, had considered tla’ "
8 depository of their proper right*, r 1 ;
> liberties, and its will as the nl "" ‘ ,
tial, and righteous exponent 1
1 tainly never would have thougbt I
* tory and suicidal a thing •** " r ,, ; ,
which, shape, frame, t’.vrsf. ’ 1 n ’