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Al T OCgTAS_
AS EIINKHI) \V. AlCtfffT 29. I*3 J
•• fi»‘ lll**. til<l Hue It'll.** (
'i o » irv m nscimums.
Tho Cwr.rr for the upper part of thti city
Veing nek, those of our Subac :L rwho do not
Tocc e th. :r , ’ ere, ill plausc call at th« office
pr them.
TUK rnOLEHiI.
In N.;W York, on tho ißlh mat., 77 new eases,
ID death*—on the 19th, 5C new cai.cs, Ibdcuths
--on the 20th, 0 s ? new cases, 13 death* —and,
on the 21st, 52 new canon, ID death*.
In Rhibidclplm, on the 17ih, 50 new cases,
£(i deaths—on the IBth, 74 new cases, IB deaths
—on the 19. h, 49 new case*, 11 deathr —on the
20lh, 54 now cases, 1H do itlnt —and, on tho 21st
Tl new ceres, 9 d< alln.
Tin; I
Thu condition and prospects of tho crops,
generally, throughout tho Hum, so far ns ,ve
havo soon or hourd, are exceedingly tad—worse,
probably, than they have toon known huloie
for many years, if< ver. What with the drought,
and the rust ; en.J (hen the wet—and now Hie
stoiins, irt reniu put* of this section, and prch
My olliers, Ili•• lain nf both the corn and collun
crops, is ieally alarming, In the counties of Co
liniitia, Wilkes, Oglethorpe, Chile, 1 ii.ia,hi,
Elbert, mi l F'linknn, which we havo passed
through, in various direclinmt, wi- have seen
thorn, of Course, or should ac.i. cnl v lie aide to
credit of them there and elsewhere, and we;
therefore, doiitl n it that they am huliovcd, hy
those who are not umpired to judge for lintin-j
Halves, to he greatly ci ated. JVninci o'. ; j
largah 'lds, (n.lli of < mi and <; jtt.m, in Iha n'liic J
• s above named, bavit heon at .•mdoiied alio j
gcthei, ns n ode. ; arid nne gent Icm an into, nied j
c , t.'mt a l'i nd id hi* expected to make not
r, e th.in hincfs (il'roin, .it faith t, llvin
VO bundled acre, pianli d. Hilling tin: severe
t!i*ai;• iit wlihdt j■ riv.tis l l ml It.*- late ram*, Th ■ n -i
oillln in lid nil th li: a, and tpr aid em ihr
nbly In ti. - the ram* c«m ■, which c lii'ckc U so.
a lime ; and n was then thought, leniovi d it. at
togethoi; hut it ha* sine* litkcn a new start, and
infinites *i-iiriially, with mure oi less foi r and
injiny. Iho Plain, mostly, and particnlaily that
planted eaily, is very stunted, discolored, mjd
dwarfish, and looks, in many pints, more like a
a nasty, unwholesome,woilhless weed, than the
o ilinaiy Cotton I’lanl, not reaching to the knee
fTiostly, where it has ustiully giown hroasi high.
Cl Corn, many of die planter* 1 have talked
with, believe they will not make a support, and
of Coiion, from personal nhs.ovation, mid Lo
ti .plant cunversaupn* on the subject, I should
think it hy w means improbable, that not mure
'.lull one hall tho quantity of tho usual mop v. i,.
bn made, end peih.ips, nut that, Lanier lie
•mo, inous uinl oppi ussiv u taxes imposed on them.
tho planters generally have found it djlSi uli
enough ahuinly, to mtilio even u living; ,m a
they have anil to us* as much, o nearly, iJ ,J
now tiiey use, horn necessity, almost as little ~s
practicable,) of cottons, woollens, iron, sugar,
dkc. «JLe. and pay lint sanie excessive e.-utios
, thou a, with it.* unul moep* of payim.
Jur thorn, w* inner nceossuriU look ioi mosi
impoverishing, olntinitig, end dt*ti i s.sicg times,
next year.
I s t o that you notice, in tin Chronicle of tin
v.S.I. one ci moionl* ot lire Cuoig a Court*.,
end a h . ito see it, Hinoe,xvith nomly all whose
H “id opinions 1 value, tl.nl paper is destitute of
cither inlluaiice or character; and, long before
1 at loiigui treated it with itte silent contempt ii
mciiis, j host friend* remonstrated against
my pan any regard to what ii says, uithm nl
mjacli i., my opinions, nr ttmsu oi any one cist,
lis pilneiples ana ch.riar-irr nrc odious among
t‘n> people, mitt are seldom spoken of, but with
disgust and contempt.
Cai.nj mu, AufujiC-JJ, left*
To rni r.ruTott or rtir Cukomcit,
'• if *1 enclose you an ollici.il account of the
- rei eodings oi a Public Meeting, held at A
p it.,.,mi Phursdiy the 23rd Inst. It was lunoel
ing called by a number of our respochihlo chi
7.l'iis, (among whom was Col. / William*,)
which lor id .ir 12 days previous, had been ad
' ■ Used in evtny pmt ol th* eouiitj, unit in two
ol the Angaria papers. Tho inoetmg was wel
attended, tho number present being es minted
at sud. As the pi oceodtngs were, in some re*
is, remarkable, I enclose you a full dctnil of
mein tor your next Saturday’* paper. In the
mo in lime, 1 will curly siato, tha , though we re
tvtr d to our Comintllcu, only the rnsohltion* ol
the Athens maotiug, and the Macon Cnonlar,
Cu p ht.mghl hack to us the proceedings of An
(pud o Thu innmniy, refusing ru concui in this
prosentea Hie enclose.; repott and res du
lions, which aeu l adopted hy a decided nrijo. t*
ty, mi l, in conlon uty with which, the County
Will unquestionably act.
Though this m i mg was got up, mainly hy
himself, or at all i ins, ivnh his iv inn , mco,
yet, mortified and wegnued, at his failure to
carry m* mva niAa.ii.es, and the strong disap
piubaluin, Ireqiinu j ■.,( • honlv ui imfotlc : hv
'•!'* rnneiing, alike : y ii soul.ments and his con
duct, Col. 4\ ILL i ams, iivu days all nr wards, goes
to a Baibm-ueat Caul ' in llmnis', and in con
junction wuhPiSi.xea.. rnr.Esq. gets the Au
guata resolution* passim there, and, by hut a
email company, (a* I Uudeistar; I) and througii
a gross misraifcsentatron of the proceedings at
Apphng. They had their r. elutions, published
as convey mg lii* *emim*iil* ol'n large portion of
tho ml icons li Columbia county, nn.k wiiimut
any umra ition tliat another meeting had been
previously held, though a; th* formt-r meeting
both had beau preeeut, und Col. William* had
P’O-ided. and that, too, by aUoluttly Jotting
hitlisilt into tha Chair, without the assent, and in
my opinion, contrary to the wiehc* of the larger
portion o! the audience. Th* lint meeting two,
was the largest of a political character, that 2
have ever seen in the county; audit coinpre
bended, much of us talent and res octnbrlily .
It occupied nearly the who!* of tho day, end
there was long and animated debates, in which,
both Mr. P. ami Col. W. largely
artioipalad,
1 complain not of their having .mother Meet
ing, to express their opinions ; but, I do com
plain of their deliberate instill to tho oouflty, in
•coding forth, such proceedings as they ha*,.
■ lone, as the voice of a“ !a go portion t.; f f> l *
znns," when they well knew, that at a previous
md larger meeting, those very prtir*odings w ere
most indignantly denotin' -d, and the denuncia.
* lion mu,t decidedly applauded. Even the nia- ,
jority of cur comm.ltoe, did not vt-nturc to t ing I
if h) the projfwpf ’i ■ r .rolution of Augne-a. Mr. •
a I*, and Col. ,V. however, had it passed at the i
e H irbccue, ir. n mcdified form- -and their ohjec 1 '
,* Apparent, tnl. W., it i* understood, wishes ,
! to be acaiid.datu for the Convention and Mr. I’.
is a candidate forth* Stale Legislature Hi.:
1 only hop* such men can entertain, ol any cleva-
’ lion at all, is to proscribe aJ mui ho! intelhgeneu ■
' ami worth as they can, under th* desperate «<• ,
pectalion, of i King u; on the turns of bettor and |
’ worthier men than themselves. 'I ney wnl find |
1: lioivover, that there is 100 in ich iatulhgcnco in
J ' Coluinhin r.ouiily, for any jimtioii oi her ; • oph
* to be made the dupes ol this shallow tricri, on \
the part of such shallow demagogues.
A CITIZKM of ColuHiiiu Comety.
, COLUMBIA COI • V MUMTIACA
. Aj-I’Liho, August 24'.h, 1632. |
, Agreeably to previous notice, a Meeting was
t held at Appling, hy lint citizens <.! Cohiriih:,i j
, county, on the 23rd instant, f"t the purpose ol
i l.k mg into cons nie iat inn th*- evils ■ I toe i * otec
live Hyslcm, and the mode and meatuie ui u
i drum host cult ol tied topreniie the rights ui
tho Houih, and the Union of the States.
, Cd. Wi. 1.1A..H WHScallfl to ih>; t'ha’.r, and
I after an address horn him, and .some disiiu.esion,
i tin; nii'Rting was organised, and Auncsroa 1(.
| W funUT ajipmntud .Secretary.
Uu inolion of Hr, \\ . A I . ( '.’U tvs, a Com-
I null*; of seven was appomli’d, to ivlimu ivasiu j
! for red the it sohiiions passed at Alliens, anil
I the Macon ('if u! ii*, with in at iin lions to report
I a, on the same. T oCh ii.in m np, oinled iho fol
j low. ’ii" gi-htl ;n:i. ii to coiislitille Hi ii Cmnmilti n :
; l.i ' ..I. a il.ll ii ~ Hr. N. f'l" . inn, Nai H I
li.M I.X > . I |. I- ''. UaMSKV I *.!■(. ill I. A Vl.
11l ,Ks j. I’ll. LVOV !’>;■« I IT. 'll: Jnll.v • AHI
Imor., I!<■ J, 'i'ln me.ting then ain iuiucd for
"lie ii ■ mi Ia !■ ill.
Aloo’e.nck, I'. 111. til* M< ling again cun
iftied, and tile majority i f the Ci inniillee de
clared llinir readmes* to ropoit; and John Cart
edge, i.sq, in befiall ol himself, I. Ramsey urn!
A. Avciy.l.sqrs. prest nled a re, oi l bom the inn
ti.iiily, unit requested tliat It might ho in el, im
inotlialely nlim that nf the majitiity. Both re 1
parts wore accordingly lend lo ihu innuing, and
after u long dnen*sioti, in which I).. Toll ms, W.
Uuhhy, F.sij. I’. Point, Es p ai d Win. M 'l'm
kersiey, I'.x.p participated, lie; lolljs’.vmg liepmt
and Jlcsolutiuiis of the minoiiiy of the Coiiiiinl
lee, uas, on ninlioliol' JoJm (,'aiiledge, l.e|. se
conded hy Hr. Collins, adopted hy the Minuting.
The minority of the Committee, to whom Was
referred the Resolutions of the Ruble Meeting, )
In,ld at Athens, on Wednesday the Ist Instant,
md tho Circular of tho Commit tec id t’orrespon
lencu appointed by that mooting, in give rl r, ci
id those resotnlions, bug leave to report, ii a;
limy have had tho same under uonsldorallon, and
!• oticilr in the sentiment* they i x re;", ait d t-fe, in
it advisable to inlocl the mcieiiiiis they reoam
mend. Youi Coniinitlee will not dilate, on the
pn sr nl "i 'isnin, i• |on that i i jiml, mi jiiitoii",
and i ncuiisli'nlion.i! sy item ;d'i• , resi-i.ei miucr
1 1
(tie operation of wle h, the in.lastry ol the Houih
•ias lie ell so ellig I" ■ :i 1 o w , and Us p: it-..' . ill
• rnsiicd. Tli -ir chiafolij"i lis instate, emphati
cally, ihsir dohbei.iie o, inn o, ml surf, si e:n
--lo be tha hliuosl linii e ’ ■ i :i’■ i■!' Ceo'.iia.
i, dial ad expectation i f M,aito> litc
p 1 Ss .'cm, . dio.se who i nine to lie
~ our IttsUni i;it*i , mua now bo gi "ii t On,
i only hoj * ot lecov.inj g ~-n.-b , aiid, vin.lica
I ting the Constitution of on. oimii y, rests upon
I the wisdom and ii, in lies a of.nn own mcaMiieS.
J'lm miiiurily of yoiqt Coin niliee can snggesl
no lan, «o iv«i! caluUialeJ lo o* sure that Lnion,
1, iinong on; sc Ives ami mu sister til..lns, itjeti
which, under Cod, the destiny of the South now
depends, as tho ono proposed hy that meet ing,
lo which their non.'delation Ims been dirt tiled.
!f any additional inducement ivero wanting,
' tb a i die charncior of the meavures proposed, it
M ould he found in the fact, thrit many nfjlio in
• Iliicvnli.it mninbora of every parly in tho Sia'e,
coiicuircd in their adoption, at the 1 uno they
) were first sugsprsted ; and that they have since
boon piomptly r,,spon.lcd to, by our fedoiv citi
‘ sons in Oglethorpe, Bibb, and Jasper counties,
mid Will doubtless receive it similar reSj Oiise,
I from a vast in ijorily of the people of this Hi.ite.
• Belli ving that the citizens of Columbia county,
I ore also disposed, to saci ifioo on the Altar of Pa
>' uiotism, ad minor and merely lurid illusions.
llm minori y ofyuur onnimilteu, respt clfnlly f
I so, to the considui atlou of dns meeting, the so)
lowing Resolutions ;
Ist, litsoheJ. That ilmoililens of Culnnilii i
* county concur with then fellow citizens, at A
thi'iis, on tho Ist instant, m the expediency ol
having « Alato Ccmvenlion, ta he assembled at
lldledgcvtile, on the 2d Monday in Noiemtier
next, invested with full noweis, in hehiflf of the
I good people of (leorgia, lo maintain, pr, •.m
• and defend, the rights and pru lieges of tho free
1 cnileus of ibis .State.
21. Refofrnl, That tho poojde of this roi'.mi
Mill, on die fust Monday in Oolohur next, elect
th: oe delegates (tho number cm responding vi ilh
* our present delegation in the House of Kmoio
seiitativesj as recomrneiuled by the Macon Cir
culm, to represent llietu imshul Coin nntion.
3d. liesalrMl. That b" appointed
« Comiiiitlce of Cm a esumdence, to correspond
and confer With similar coinmitloi s in other
counties, and with the Central Cominitte* of the
' Hlatc, in reference to the groat objects content
j I,lied by the above resolutions.
The blank in the third resolution was, on mo
tion of John Cartledge. Esq, seconded hy Isaac
Kninsey, filled up with die names of George
W. H u dwicloCv,. Jas. Luke,l s p Pr.W.A L.
Collins, and WciisK i Hobby. 1 *q.
On motion, I,'csoirrif|-Tliat A> v k>iv Jackso*
descive* the gratitude of his county, for tlie late
tl rn discharge of his constitutional duty, and
; will ion nc the support of this meeting, and ol
t io-Hlale. fur President of the I'. States.
UeijlnJ, That thePtoeeedingsofthig.Meeiing
be sig ed by the Chairman and Scerct.n), and
tnat tin* meeting request the insertion of the
same, nr every public Calotte of this Slate.
The oieetnig then adjourned.
7- WILLIAMS, Chairman.
Acopstps R \S iticnr, Src’ry.
flitauslA
JIDGE LO.VGSTUEETW
SPEECH,
Upon the Richmond Resolutions, Aug. I l ',
{Concluded from our lust.J
1 have no Idea, however, Mr. Llwirio-m that I
shall be the citizen supposed, or that nulli
j Hcfilii.n carried out into practice, would lead
lOr these fatal issues. I cannot behove that the.
Clerical Cioverrmrent would make war up
jon u Slate after its secession, fur things done
| try its oitiz‘ns before. It would be a curious
; question of international law, but not a cause of
I War. 1 have no idea that the general govern
-1 merit would attempt to bind a Slate to the Union
!by force. I believe that long before the Slate
' of'b'outh Carolina and tbe General Government
i shall roach the j oint of civil war (if tire latter
proceeds according to her laws) llio factories
! will he in turns, their influence upon the politics
! of the nation lost, the protective laws repealed
j as useless, the nullification laws repealed, a com
i promise effected, and the Union jiroserved. If
1 South Carolina proceeds with proper skill, (and
| -he has the talent to do so) this will probably be |
( the history of nullification. An error in her le- j
j gislalion, or a dating assumption of power by i
the President, or the frenzied legislation of’dis
! aj'pointed avarice in Congress, may make so
j c. s-fm uecossary, and then she will he ‘-rccisely
vvite -i, some of our wise ones would place this
.-.hale it once. They admit that (IccCgia has
I been almmef that lha Constitution of the United
i rStales has heeii violated, and byway of redrea
! sing those grievances, they would surrender all
i the blessings of the Union. Their doctrine re,
I that whenever a State becomes satisfied that
jI he Fm end Constitution has been violated,
she must desert tiro Union. Sir, nothing can
be presented to my mind which appears more
preposterous. In the short space of forty five
years, Congress Inn passed nearly, or (jtrilo llial
iiuniy iiucoiistiiutioiiul laws; and tlrat very Su
preme Court, wJncJi yon arc all doiiouneing for
ratifying every thing that Congress does, has
declared them to be so. In all these cases, the
advocatesofsecession would have had the Union
dissolved. -In some ol these, every State in lire
Union must concur with the riopieine Court, and
hero all lire Stales must retire. In argumunt
upon this subject, the other day, I was furnished
J by my adver. ary with a case peculiarly apjiusito
| to my jiurposo then, and now. “Is it not absurd’
i said ho “fur a Slate to claim the privileges of
j the Union, and yet refuse ohodiunoo to her laws!
Snpposo linen persons form a jnn tnershiji, would
you justify one of them in taking his share of
j the jirotit-i, and refusing u< bear Ins portion o*
| the bur lens and losses of the firm!'’ I replied—
I “Make tin; casus really analogous, and nothing
: r,, nld pioveiny jiosilion clearer than your case,
i l b,in j i-.i'Son-, enter into uiticlea of copartner
j ship o .<■•■ i,;rin> of erjutil labor, jirolit and loss.
11. lis a highly „dv mtaguons business to all. Two
I el to. ;u d 'dare lb ,t llii; third shall bear a don bio
: mii < t the ho.deiis, mid that they will have
1 a doiihl ■ portion i>l the j'lufits—What ought the
thiol I ' d'd Heine fiom the linn to Ins y,vnl
' injury, <u lef.iso obedience to lha rcijuisilioinU 1 ’
I Soces-ion answeis—"n-tne'these resolutions
] .uiswer, ■ suhiiia and beg;” and Nullification
j ■ iswors, “i.'liiso oh.-dianvn ’’ “Uut f!;»‘ two are
: a to J irity, and will agioo among I’wniselves,
j itou lie must submit." Then, lot him retire.
I lint they are the strongci will lie incensed at
| tim loss of so good a business, and willese force.”
I’hou, il bs can find no dauntless spirits to help
him in his extremity, let him perish. Rut let no
man invoke the name of V\ ashiugtoii, and abuse
him. Let no man in like eiiennislances with
| himself, make common cause with hie opprcu
' sora.
1 have heard Horn great name*, another sub
-1 slitula for nullification offered, whicli is, if pos
sible, worse than secession or submission. It is
| to call a general convention of all the St uns,
j mid to settle the question by an amendment iff
j the constitution, N i doubt sir, the TanffStatcs
j would come most cheerfully at our bidding,
I and j crimps all llio Olliers. And when ihey met,
! limy would say to the Southern Delegation,
i * * n ’
, “gcnileraen, we. have como hither by vtnjr spe
cial invitation to amend the constitution. Wo
are glad to find you have discovered, lint it is
the constitution itself, which annoy a you, and
. not the violation of its spirit. Hut, to silence all
cavils, and restore (>eaeo and good order; now
that, ire uie all together met, and throe fourths
ol the States happen to he against \on ; wo w ill
.justinsert the I.tile danse, that “Congiess shall
have I'owtr lo protect in any wav, domestic
»|‘ - * ’
I niaiiui.iciures.' Knowing that out kind friends
j tin! \,oil.kos see as far into tilings as most i.eo-
I pic, 1 should apprehend a chock male in this
i way,
I An tlier plan is to call n convention of the
Southern '■-Tut, s. 1 oppose this, net upon the
j ground assumed by the imlliliors of Carolina, that
! jit would ho contraiy to art. i. see. 10 * of tlio
| constitution , though il the Stales arc to be bound
• by w hat ihcir delegates might agree upon, (and
: uihei u ise il would oe tillujthe arguoi. nt is unan
swerable, by any one who feels bound to resist
by constitution,al means, encroachments ui on
j lha constitution, if it can be thus dune, most
i effectually and sjicedily, veiy well I ti;t Ido
not hold him who is stubbed through the Uontti
| union, bound to go round it in order lo return
1 tbo thrust. Hard would be the fate of honest
; dealers, if they vveie bound to look to the terms
lof their contracts for then icinedies. Mv obj o
j lions arc, that such a convention cannot he got
uj‘, (Jooigia and Alabama are all that would jto
; bably meet. Wo shall he called upon to take
sides for or against Carolina, before it call be
convened. We have had a more imposing con
vention at Philadelphia, which ended is noth
ing. Cong'ess would do no mine for such a
; convention than it would fur a single Ftale; n
! could only present the alternative of disum.-n or
' abrogation of the tariff at lest. JU would form
j the nucleus of a great Southern Republic, m
case of a disunion, which Ido tint desire, h
I would end m disunion inevitably; fur there could ’
be no compromise of maieis, 'no mutual con !
| ce!isiun! *' of the cuiiveiiliun to delibe I
rate Uj>on any fair proposition of Congress- and f
! disbud would ai.se between its members UI.CUI '
, a proposition if it could deliberate.
Another plan is for the rotate to , ropose terms '
to Conare*. It is possible, now that things are I
assuming a dangerous aspect al the South, ihai I
*'•* ° fi Ue M! *"' ' vi, '"' u ' fensenl V-w** ev
*' im ‘- agreement or compact wig, j
this jdan may form the basis of an ultimate ,l
justment of our differences. Though its va ue
dojiends upon what,l cannot know viz; the lei me
which arc to bo offered. Vet I have no doubt
that it is better than either of the three last,
whicli have boon considered. Nullification laws
may he so framed as lo meet the objects o! tb-s
jdan in all respects. Tie; objection is, that if it
threaten nullification, it will be too tardy; if it
threaten disunion, it is 100 rash.
Having now given you my view's, and hastily
compared them with the views ot others; in
bulge me ifyou please sir, in a few remarks uj>
on tho resolutions which have been offeied 1
mean the first, for I presume it will be uirneees
sary to say anything of the last.
I oppose them in mass sir. Ifecause it seems
to me, a vein of inconsistency runs through tiie
whole of them. They admit tho unconslitu
lionality of the American Sy stem, and yet pro
pose no remedy, Tney denounce the Athens
resolution, and yet propose the same thing in
principle, if the sixth resolution bo not a mere
! feint. They disapprove the Athene resolution,
I pronounce it “exceedingly dangerous,’ and yet
I reserve tho right of conformity to it. They speak
the language both of submission and resistance.
They are mild to the ojipressor, and harsh to
tho oppressed. They admit a grievance, and
proscribe our countrymen and friends and towns
men, because they have mistaken the mode of
redressing it. Sir, after all our vaporing, com-j
pluhiing and threatening, and doing, what will,
the jiuojdo of the .North think of ua, when llios*
resolutions go forth, under the sanction of -such
j mimes as will accompany it? What will they
think of a protest against the constitutionality o*
the Tariff', coupled with a jirotest against nulli
fication—if their eyesslioukl happen to he closed
to the fact, that u protest against nullification is
entitled to hut very little respect, when coming
-from Georgia! When I consider tho solemn aim
nii|iressivo preamble, in connexion with tho res
olutions which it introduces; it seems to me
like tin: dirge of Southern honor—the requiem
of our liope-.i—the death moan of the rcti. ing
spirit of the Revolution. I do believe sir, that if
Washington wore nr.life, he would f.own njion
these resolutions, f lid you learn from Washing
ton, sir, when tho stamp act was repealed, the
lesson of contentment, which your fust resolu
tion toadies. Did you learn from him to com
proinit your principles, for favors! That act was
repealed to allow Air. Townsend an experiment
upon American stupidity —He said ho could tax
the colonies, and they would not find it out. Ac
. cordingly, he imposed a duty iijion lea, glass,
paper, and painters colours; five articles, (nut
throe times live hundred, as our northern broth
cren give it to us) but the colonics would not
submit to it, They met, remonstrated, and
formed schemes of resistance—and tho duties
ujioi) all hut tea wore removed. Hid Washing
ton then tell his countrymen “now ho content,
great favors have boon done you, lake great
consolation to yourselves, ami put down any of
your fellow citizens who would act differently?”
oir,in all the great hook of Washington's canons,
where do ytiu learn jiaiicnt submission to
lawless taxation. To me, it is marvellous, that
our northern brethren should so soon have lost
the admonitions of the revolution—that they
should tmt have remembered the danger of de
laying redress until popular r go is* enkindled.
I ohjccl t) the Resolutions in detail.
The first avows that the laic Tariff'law is a
1 decided amelioration of the system. This post
i lion lias received the sanction and support of
i our learned Senator, (Mr. Forsyth,) who re as
i seits Ustiuth; and having thus clothed it with
- tho alttibuto “of omnipotence,” he deduces
from it a homily of consolations, altogether
■ soothing tijilie fevered spirits of the South. He
• gives ua to understand, (what Iliad not before
i conjectured,) that it was an achievement of
, Southern -thinness, talent and adroitness; and
I carrying us, with his own peculiar interest, lino’
s the several campaigns, from ’ 1(3 to TSJ, ho brings
, us at length lo the tiehl of our triumph. And
i kero he entertains ua with a lively description ol
, the final snuggle, Ho tolls us, what to the las
■ lidious "might seem to tarnish our laurels, that
) we are indebted chiefly to the .South for the up
» prossivo By-tom. That the North and East pro
j furred U'oinniermj to Manufactured; and for a
| season, furnished-us with some of the ablest ar
guments ami essays, which have been produced
i against llie Tariff'. Muslim immortalized herself,
1 and Mr. Webster himself, upon our side of tho
1 question. At length, however, tho combatant.
■ were (airly arranged under their respective ban
s’ tiers—(l am not using his language, sir.) The
- South advanced \v ith a firm and fearless stop,
i and doleanded a surrender. The Nor’h and
East maintained their posts for a while, but were
> soon driven from tbeir jiosilion. They then
, fastened on the protected articles, and licie they
t woie dislodged. They then took shelter in the
, iavoirs, morasses, and su’crct windings of the
1 system—and hcio they suffered reiterated de
1 louts; mm! at last they surrendered the rich
trophy, upon the acquisition of which, the gen
! tleman now felicitates ns. tic tells us, that the
i bill ol Tv, is belter, in its present sbajie, llianil
I was in any of its other forms. That il reduces
, (he duties about £3,000,0130; 15,000,000 0 f which
. coins ctf the protected a: tides: and that about
i §IOO,OOO from the article of plains, was an of
i feriiig of good will alone, to the South. IJo us
- signs the approaching Presidential Election, as a
• reason why wo should not ex, ect mure at this
i linn'. “Mr. (. lay is the. tniher of lha System, and
hU interests arc identified'with it. A yieldin'’
’ of the ono Would so far affect the other. A°
- soon as the election is over, his friends will
j and act nice impartially, .-uni will, no
: mere accessible to reason and justice,” Ho
I promises something too, from « change which
, , T n f' lacc 1,1 «outhe.» lac-ties. “Tim mem
-7* I:um South have heretofore, bcca in
dm habit of circulating their speeches occlusive
jly atmmg their own citizens. The j?orlli, East,
! j ll ' 1 U ‘ ’ lo lil ° Hence the people have
| been kept pcrj-ett’ally in a flame of hostility to
I r a v h ether. large body of the people of the
1 am; t.tfctes aro not as decidedly t-nifij
j tlivir Eojiresen'alivcs; and have only lo be en
lightened to ch..ngo, in a measure, the charac
j tar u s their IvejTt-seillation. The Southern
delegates have seen their error in this regaid,
j and are beginning to correct it, by sending°thc-ir
fights among them.” From these cousidera
j tions.bw most of all, “from the virtue of the j eo
! ! ,U: » » n en!igbtcct?4 press, and the Omnipolstico
or irutn, uiq {'eiuLeniun consuiue nmwiu
the hope of better times ; and recommends per- d
severance, temperance, patience, moderation,
and proscription, as tho best means of ensuring ti
the promised blessings. Sir, I believe in the p
virtue of the people, When llieiearo no Clays to s
be served before it can act freely. No parlies d
to distract, no demagogues to delude, no strong u
private interests to bias. I believe too, in the I'
omnipotence of truth; because, in every depart d
ment of moral science, except jiolitics, it has c
triumphed by its own intrinsic energies! and in o
that, it lias ever vanquished, by the aid of Him. ti
“ who keepeth truth -forever.” Every clause s
in our admirable Constitution, is but a trophy it
thus won from lire strong, who gloiiud in their h
strength while they oppressed the weak. Hence, v
when I caii record il for th; eyes of the world, v
that I believe the Tariff laws to leunconstitu- ■
tionul, and can call the world to witness that ' t
have peaceably submitted to its ravages for six- .
toon years : I am then, prepared to meet its ud | 1
vocates in the field, if they prefer ibis to my re' c
lief—trusting to Him, whose record i«, “that, v
the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the t
strong,” ' c
Further titan this, I cannot go with our en- '
lightened Senator, I witnessed the contests in 1
which be, and hi* compeers in arms, won their t
laurels; but it is impossible fur mo to ascribo '■
their success to the power of reason or the force t
I 1 of truth. I saw the champions ofthe South de- I
fcated again and again, when they were da- I
fending axiomatic truths, i saw them driven by <
the noise ofa letter from positions, which would I
have-been impregnable lo a nobler enemy. 11
witnessed suuh defeats, until the Union lost its (
beauty in my eyes, and civil war lost its deform- t
ity. i saw them repeatedly victorious, when 1
their opponents from ignorance or forgetfulness, I
stood but half exposed to tho force of truth; and !
as olden as they triumphed, I saw a corps arise r
from their ambush, in the galleries of the Capi I
tol, and rushing lo tho succour of the adversary, 1
drive our representatives fiom the vantage <
ground which thuy had gained. There is in t
tins highly complimented bill, a lasting token o! i
one of those defects—a sad memorial of the ini- I
potenco of truth, when opposed to the combined t
forces of interest and avarice. Mr. Haync—l 1
think it was—when the present duly on flannel, <
was proposed in the {donate; rose and said, that t
i from invoices, or prices current, which ho hold J <
, to Ins hand, it was oh views that a duty of six- 1 i
: teen cents upon the square yard of flannel, would j i
amount, to a prohibition us-the article; and, “I i
ask,” said lie, “ tho ad vocates of this system, l
whether they reallyjiacun to push it lo this ox- I
lent? 'Flannel is an article in great use at the t
l South; and t! we must pay an exorbitant price ;
[ j for it, i ask, in tlie name ot justice, whether fifty i i
, | per centum ad valorem jv'il nut bo enough ? I' ■
. • propose, thereto! n, to strike out sixteen cents i
, | ’be square-yard, &. nnterl fifty cents ad valorem.” 1 I
> j fibre, sr, was tho eloquence at' truth, recoin- ' t
f | mondod'by tlmsu qualities, which ought to have j i
j prevaili tl, with even avarice itself—and h had [ i
, ,ura niomeni it» proper edVvl. 'Wsc final! boon I '
i was grunted which be asked—When imincdi- i
I ately a commotinu was seen in tho gallery of
t the tomato ; several .per-anns descended'—wins- 1 ;
■ j pored to tlie Senator*—'Joe of whom, who bad
. just voted for the iiniendiuont, immediately mo
ved a reconsideration of the Vote—aliening ,
'bat lie iititi just been informed, that flannel could
i not be inumil actured in this country, without a
higher protective duty than fifty per cent, or
f something to this ett’ocl. His motion prov ailed— ]
■ the lf> cents was restored, and we now are to j
t pay from fitly to two hundred per Cent higher j
s Ilian is necessary, for this article of daily use, as
r a premium to <mr oppressors, for destroying t o
a beau iful arrangement of powers, which our fa
a diets made in tho council-chamber of the ua
• tion.
I Another case of tho kind, with your permis
Sion, sir. It was proposed to abolish the duty nn
s plated wire : no one in the capito! knowing, per
1 haps, that there Was a manufactory of this article I
11 in the Union. It was abolished —As soon as
the news could roach Connecticut, and a latter
1 bo returned, a member from that Etato was in
formed that there wore among Ins constituents,
" matnifactiners of that ailicit-; and ho moved to.
J have the, duty upon it reslorcd-and it was done
q accordingly Thus, every man in the Union
■ "ho needs lias article, must be taxed to support
’ 11 Ihtic diiviling faeto. y, in some qbscurc corner
, ,J 1 Uomiecticut. Let me add a word to what
our Senator himself tells ns of Air. Adams’ con
duct in Ibis m, liter. Ho was not as we are now
. l " 1 ' 1 ' 1,0 WJS dec!ired to be—mold woman, who j
j did not know his own mind two days together. 1
llckn « w his own mind very well, and it°would
h In vo led iiim to make some small concessions,
v ' 'ho preservation olTlie Union. Hut when lie
Ontolded his scheme of retrunehinwit, he was
L uvera "’od by his constituents, and he ImITT not
“ ,lm ft‘'mness lo do public justice, at the expense |
() ot ’ I’ rivate interest. Hence, after presenting i
Ids bill, tie commenced cutting it topieces in ail i
' its details ; presenting no other apology for his |
j instability, than a laigo bundle of lotleis, whn-li j
he kept cuniinuully before I.ini, and lo which ho 1
i I’nitf ns blind an obedience, as would a factor so >
' !ll ° ntders of his principal. Now, sir, with .
tacts, and many olhcis ofa like kind hi ;,. le j
supported by tlio testimnny of w !
m tbo hottest of tho bgltb* ji v-tiit , ■" ' J
i , . •H" ill Dot be eons j. |
surprising, out t Cannot fi m J the urn
I mul ’’ ovulations, noon !
;■ Kij.otWßvvitl.so.naeJ,!
* atit il! ity.
~ > !
r.or am ! more tncomajed by the dinn-c !■
' 'o v'ou.ilicrn tactics. Southern apeeches have!
- never been indebted for their circulation, ex- j
I “ lus,vcl . v t,! hfeUds. They have always !
»u W id thetr way through the Washington City
W«i* to every pail us the Union. 1 have never
. k " o, .'»‘l»r«i.::l0f Manufactures, who could
m , mid them, when he wished to ridicule them.
! Hul ’ Mr - 11,0 gentleman himself, has cut j
; I,OUI u »“ cr “ ,0 Siomid of hope, by telling !
, l * ml " 0 uuce hid a strong interest in our fa- j
• vor at the North, will. Mr. Webster at its head, I
' If the light which he tells Us they shed over j
tiicir land, luis bccc.mu extinguished—ides- t
I porala ts the hope that rests upon tho hope oft
{southernspeeches, to revive them,
Nor can I see brighter prospects behind *ibo ’
Presidential Election—simply because sucli elec- I
tions will always be before us, ami because four :,
have passed away sines the system uoicmcij- \ ■
dition at their termination.
No Mr. Chairman,you are indebted to I
lion for all that you have gained; and I
produce an hundred letters, written f r ,
seeno of action, and an hundred r,'
dropt by our adversaries, to prove it, T >-
ury bill pretends not to conceal it. > *.
fore, you can laud its fruits in one br, n
denounce it and its supporters in ti;,. ~ ,
clieeifully surrender to you the exclusive ;
of your generosity. In what I have said, 1 v.
no't be understood as intending to doatci-ia’c
services of oar honorable Ronrcsentsn
in the conflicts. Doubtless “ suen iff th-u
he paid” But while ho was endeavoring;
wrest from my pAnciples the honor of tie- 11T) C .
which ho prizes so highly, I could not ii.-j,
ing back my thoughts to the incidents id y
contest, to see how far they confirmed lus vie,.
And, sir, were I to speak from the hasty re,
lections of the moment,! should say—that will
our Wildes and McDuffies, Claytons and i! :v .
were fighting shoulder to shoulder, in the hou. (
of the battle, reckless of former dillbreticc J
our honorable Senator, like the renowned li c: l
whose words I have just quoted, was seekm
honor fn a cheaper way. Ido remember, tin
towards the close of the battle, (I believe at th
very close, for if I mistake not, tho gentles s
discharged the last shot that was tired byifc
South,) he made a proclamation to the eaenn
hut I understood him then to uso language vi'i
difleieut from that which ho now holds. Id, I
he told lire foe, ho would take what was wi.l
because it was batter than nothing; but that tl
people would not be satisfied with it. True, il
docs not say now that we must bo satifji.il, | l
he makes dissatisfaction extremely perilous ;.*■
be not of tho most harmless and patient cliaral
tervl grant however,that helimy have done mml
very much, that I did not olis ;rvo. All I conteil
for is, that South Carolina have tho lienor I
what Iraa been gained. I will nut, liuwoml
avail myself of the concession, which tho p I
tleuian makes, by unhuuning its value. I v.l
not stako my computation of its value
his; because, I liavo not yet possv..--.j,l mvsolfß
tho data, necessary to a compuiali.ii’, wl it;li
bo relied on. But 1 know Mr. While t I
all times, as patient of laborious i-alcukti ,rn, I
tiro gentleman, and upon this head he hasgii.l
creditable proof of his research; and he r.-1
denlly asserts, that the duties are net rcdiu'-l
more than §5,000,000. Many other pa.
maintain the reduction is still loss. A ,I
tiiink I might venture thft assertion,lipcc n I
but tim comparison of Mr. .McT.aue’s In;;, -■ 1
that which was adopted, tli.it hit. Wild .1; I
reel. The Secretary of the Treasure. ?,■ j
own estimate in his bill, only made ti - m..
tion r- l 177,1:00; and no un«, it Beutn-. to e • ,
compuio it with tho bill that passed, arid . .
l!i it tltc.c is a dilf* rence between theiu
(Mil) I/00, or the half of it. The coiic.;»i. u,
to us on plains, if merchant's atrouni ■>,
matters is to be relied on, i* a nttne m
That a, tidi!, unless it he ofa most info s I
i’y, cannot be purchased abroad ..t h.j I
The friends of the TtiriT dmibifo ,< I
good plains could ho ex, hided, the P-'-„ j
tiiv.’is could successfully com; "to wid- : c ...
plains, in our ni:i,«i ut— l ‘ r timo Third :
percales.” Wo loivlit allmd to gb c ■ i . ■■■
plains, for our loss on tl.nuiel.. Not • ■•n-.
with our Bimator, llioroloro, I camn.t adv;’ i.‘i
•fl.st resolution.
Upon the second, I have only to s ;
culcatos the doctrine of stibinissirio mij .
tore I oppose it for reasons already urged i
due'ires ihut soms of the remedies pi-.■«-:
are worse than the tariiV: and all ilia rentodw
wliiidiT have heard,proposed, may be redu
to tin cc : Milunission, secession and nut) ‘i ..t.o
—which ot the two make up tlk v.hj..
remedies, it is easy to perceive. AT, i.piiiir.:. .s,
latift is worse than any of them,
Iho third is highly objectionable, because
| places the candidates for Congress, and for till
Legislature, upon the same fooling, cir, it i
perfectly right for those who op; ore m..i.ti>’.
tion, to exclude front 'he Legislature, those «I,
liold that doctrum, because that bodv may i
called to act upon the tariff at the next Ber-ictl
Lut why exclude nullifluts firm U.,ng"s.|
Is there any danger of their bringing lhatM
over to their eniitimp.nl.s7 Wiiat can they do (Mr
speaking from a sense of wirings which -n
actually Joel, they may perhaps extort foul ti.
fears of our oppressors, wliut we may not ex. e:
fiom link.-justice. They ruay do us suin'
vice as signs oflhe s;d it of Georgia; but fife
toon this, they are of no more use upon ill" i; ■
question, than so many mules. T’jt your tin M
upon timm, and men of wax will answer ytr.j
purpose Just as well; and I uinforstandgilw s’, rj
! agree, that the constitution has been
, And with this declaration upon youj '• llr( . .
going loscmi men wlio will a Ivn' ~ ‘ ' , ~,,
• aiO 6lK’ml ’-
And can il Ih; possible that * ■ ,i„.
i w u jou nope- lor ai.' 'S'
Irom reason, when ‘ .
, j 'Ur roprcsunta'i.c t- i
u ion the fate of* j. ...
•tx cun,cntia'd, an aj..:. ■ *
11 o I' 1 css j ( o hear him ot nut, as they;!-'as
jj' l l "a not easy for mo to toll how f foil ■ ■
'-I Our Senator advocating this k - r "' 11
I and expounding *hc wisdom us t. >1 ■■ ■' ■
jex position „m,.noted so ilii-: "vrj Jionid '*
oiudo them upon principle.” Wha*.
| mi? Merely bvmuje f ...y disagt-'.f w.
i about the liioflo pf redrest;A ir .
| at a i,*ubli.c Moctmg, where was r '' ' ■■■i
I grcaleiit lyrcool mor il and
;l almost ever s.v.v collected in bi ■ -
when the feelings and pnrjudicijst..v n ■ ' !
were sitting strongly against that gen'' 1
Mr. \Vuyno t fur their vote on the Unfl’bilt' I "
I saw ono ul Ids colte,agues whom be tie I .'.’ i ■
sciibos, rtsy before tim multitude, ainl at t
bii/tiiid ul bis own popularity, must ab v, t
qucnlly and triumphantly vindicate lie ■ ' -■
llemyu for the course winch they bad pm?-
! turned the tide of [.opular feedii" ceir,; ’
ly, and elicited a j üblic roeantati; u from ”
j who iiad been unfavorable U> them. \i iiih
gentleman wjs >q oal:::;^,therefore. I v. '
Icdto a compari/. i?, t,- adyantagi e. "
; altogether on the side of I.is aJt.
will pursue the subject no farther. Dos
!my seat however, ;mil nm to y.v „t
i uehev e nuliliealiuu to be the I. <
dy Ibr infract ions of the conr-i'.j;;i.-,t, t •..*
for enforcing it rasbTy or irr . indentiy !
for enforcing that, or arv other rtmed". .
th? people can bo u&itcd upon ;t. I:. '