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NULLIFICATION.
The following is the conclusion of an address
f.> the citizens of Abbeville Distiicf, 3. C. by
Mr. Steer.
Having said thus much on the subject
of the Tariff, 1 come, in the next place,
to the a bum Ling question of Nullification ;
in relation to » hich I beg leave, in as few
words as possible, to give my opinion :
nod I do so the more willingly, because
1 regard this new construction of the
Constitution as the most dangerous to (he
durability of «>ur Union that has ever
been promulgated ; and I verily believe,
if the intention had been to destroy it aod
subvert the government, no better plan
could have been devised for the purpose.
The doctrine of Nullification, as laid
down in the pamphlet called “ Tho Ex
position,” and which was used in tins Dis
trict as a ten book at the commencement
of this debale, by Mr. Wardlaw and
others, anJ aUn as laid down in the de
bate in iho Senate es the United States
last winter, is as follows “ Whenever,
in tho opinion of a State, an ic< of Con
gress in palpably unconstitutional, that
Slate has the Constitutional right to in
terpose its sovereignty to arrest the law
by its veto, and to prevent its execution
within its holders ; and that it is to re
main so suspended, until Congress calls j
Convention - * of the States to dendo on its ,
validity; and that whatover three-fourths j
of die Conventions determine, is to he
law and obligatory on tho parlies.
1 believe «hie is a fair exposition of iho
doctrine, mid I think time is no millificr,
who is not disposed to shrink from respon
sibility, that will deny it.
In testing the correctness of this prin
ciple, lot u« see how it will work, and
what will bn its consequences. —la the
first place, Congress pusses a law, the
President signs it hikl the Supreme Court
pronounces it Constitutional—a State .
nullifies it, mid if the doctrine he luc, it j
is no law ; and thus one Stale has more
political power, tlinn the whole twenty
four Suites combined ; omi the whole Go
vern moot is made subject to tho absolute I
control of oue of its members ! ! !
Hut again. If one Stale bus a Consti
tutional right to arrest a law of Congrcf9
within n» borders, it arrests it in nil tho
oibei Stale* |i>o.—For instance, Confess 1
lays a lax; Suuih-Cuiolinn nullities it;
the Cen*iituti"ii says " taxes shall he uni- j
form and, therefore, if we have a Con
stitutional right to refuse payment, it must 1
be equally so throughout the Union. And
thus, uhhough we refuse to obey the laws
of the Union, yut we have the peculiar
modesty to jitumpl to control the laws in
all the other Stales.
But again : Tweniv-four Slates, in |
('ougress assembled, pas* a law which I
they believe Constitutional; one State >
says it is not Constitutional, and that one
State raq tiros the other twenty-three to
give up their opinion, and hack out from 1
the execution of the law ; and it is on this
forlorn hope of the Piesulent backing oat
proving irrirant to his liust, and viola
ting his oath of nffire, that the chance of
hh cess depends, nr t tthrr begins to de
pend, for there are oilier difficulties still
behind. Is this reasonable ! I On the
(diiUMi v, liavu we not a ii;ht to espcct
that tho President will have snmo respect
f>r the duties of Ins station, tome r«epeci i
l**r Ins t wilt of uAvr, and some respect
tor hit ow n character t And if so, will he
not enforce the law * And then, if we
«tand out, and do n<" turn tail and skulk,
w ill nut blood he shed T
Hat Bgtin: Suppose the President
Isuks our, and proves rertrant to hts
tins* ; van we get two third* of Congress
to call Conventions of the S ales, to see '
nfirtliri Jv*HSth-Carolina mivv net get
clear •>! ibe Tariff, w hen it is notorious
•ho a majority ol Congress is against ns
«u the q iestion t We cauual grt i bare
rnaj **ny tv ••pea! tho Tat iff, and yet we
expect t>» g.*t twn-tlords to go about do
ing *be B>me thing ' ! '
Agate : suppose Congtess agree* to
cm! Convention*, and suppose those Con
v*n«i"trs agree to meet ; l deny that they
Have, under the Con-ti inmn, any right to
exercise pud mil pswtn, aad which they
would beeteretsinj if thev undertook to
d«*ct le on tlp> i'onstimtionalitv of any
,m a whatever, 4 inventions have aright
to eve erf the Constitution, but n<t to dc-
I * t«* «» the Copsiituiionaloy of 4 law, uo
-1 •<o-v ivvsiiu' Revolutionary power.
\ 2 . rv : One State h»s no right to tr
qhi I'apgirii to call Can vent ions. The
Coos luitioo requnes two-thirds, or six
teen Sutes, to ntvke this call, before it is
i>bu|*ivo on t'.ißjieo, to notice the ,ap
jd c• 1 n it el! ; A inf yet, Gen:|*meo
w*o ovVr o it, that th»< nullification is a
C'oostuvii «il toitrjv 1 • '
Again: *1 i*e Sta’c it to l>« put upon
her urmigsfy, for the pu.-p >ae us p«e
le<u >g Her ot>t-M, and this sovereign)v
feu) 'nrivni light* ol the !>iate, are to be
irnrsJmd and bowed dew a to a aw
p.) ivW, Vit. »o tin* ttibwawl called the
tUree-fourtbs of the Slates! 1 ! When
ever we admit that arts tribunal has the
euthortty to art hi judgmoot ca our re
»<'»eed r ghts, we «vl eoiy acaQowledgc
its superiority, but xve surrender our sove
reignty, and our previleges may be ad
judicated from us, one by one, until none
are left—For instance, suppose Congress
passes a law, emancipating our Negroes,
we regard it as an infringement on our
reserved rights, and nullify it: and then
go and ask three-fourths to decide be
tween us and the General Government.
The three-fourths sit in judgement, and
pronounce the law Constitutional, and
away goes our property ! ! Aud thus
ive have not even the sagacity to apply
to an impartial tribuoal, but go to our ad
versaries and ask them to decide between
us and themselves !!!
I ask for authority for this new-light
doctrine; shew it to me; there is not a
word of it in the Constitution ; this the
nullifier admits, but he says it is a reserv
ed right. This we deny, and it is capa
ble of demonstration, that if there is such
a reserved right, the Constitution con
tains in itself the elements of its own des
truction. The President is bound to en
force the laws of the Union, and the new
doctrine is,that a State has a tight to re
sist. Now it is perfectly obvious, that
| here is an obligation on the part of the
. President, and a right on the part of the
State, that is utterly incompatible with
each other; and if both parties insist on
their duties and rights, blood must be
shed ; and the Government, which our
ancestors established, at the expense of so
much toil and treasure, evaporates iu
smoke. Is it to be believed, that the
1 Constitution which we have been lauding
to tho skies for the last 40 years, is such
patch work as this ] or that those patriots
and statesmen, who formed it, were such
miserable Idiots, as to produce a compact,
“ in order to form a more perfect Union,”
the very first principle of which would
produce bloodshed, and disunion ?
Hut there appears to be another kind of
nullification, gotten up to suit the meri
dian of the up-country, by those w ho have
the fear of the coming elections before
their eyes. The plan is as follow s : The
State is to bo placed on her sovereignty,
for the purpose of protecting her citizens,
and is immediately to acknowledge, that
aim ha« no power to do any such thing,
bv applying to the District Court of ihe
Uni'ed State* to protect them for iier ! !
What wo have authority and power to do
for ourselves, wo surely ought not to aak
our adversaria* to do for us : and bow we
can venture on such course, without aban
doning the doctrine of State sovereignty
altogether, is to me perfectly unintelligi
ble : certainly no man has any preton
• ion* to the character of a state right man,
who is thu* willing to surrender the items
of reserved sovereignty, which she may
have, to the jurisdiction of the lowest tri
bunal known to the laws of tho Union !
Tho State, too, i» to be prepared for the
sacrifice ; she is to be arrayed in Imr roy
al npparvl, and then assume the character
of the sciipe-goat,& the sins of every defaul
ting merchant who refuses to pay his bond,
is to be laid on her itoad; & then, as a sup
plicant petitioner, sba is to entor this petty
court, nml prny that honorable body, in
and for Iter suke, to release this fraudulent
debtor from the paxment of his bond. I
say fraudulent debtor, for nil admit, that
the greater part of the bond is justly due,
and whenever tho merchant attempts to
get clear of what ho admits ho owes, he
commits a fraud, und so do his aiders, ad- I
viseis and mlmmiots, and I beg that the
State may not bu implicated ta such a
dishonorable transaction.
But, Fa'.loir-CitisifQS, if the project of |
1 stopping the law succeeds, I care out bv '
what moans it iscffacted, it becomes us to ;
! inquire, what w.ll be the consequence ? j
What, think you, will the Government < f
the Union be doing ull this time I Is it j
tu stand silently by t and see it* law* thus
trampled under foot by a single State T
Ami do you believe it will tamely submit
to it T If sre atop flip payment of t.ixe*
in this State, they stop iu all other States,
and the Government would he a bankrupt
in six month*. What is the consequence?
Our Navy, that defended us so gallantly,
must be demanded ; our little Army '
banded ; the National debt remain* uu* J
paid, nor ia tln-re ca*h to meet the requt
•itton* of tlie Civil List.—All tin* most
inevitably follow, or the Government'
must resort te dxrttt tare*, and bring back
the days of old John Adams. Tax col-'
lectors all over the country, visiting you
every two or three months; yoor stills
taxed, your windows taxed, you wagons
taxed , your horse* and oxen taxed, vour
land snd negroes taxed, aod even vour
heads taxed. And all this most happen,
i if the null fins succeed in getting entirely
i ciaar of tho tax on goods.
Rut a question of fearful responsibility
rest* on ibeir head*, in relation to the ex
pel iment. We arc not t-i suppose that
the Government will be driven from its
position by the menaces of a stnglo State;
»nd if we proceed in the ra*h experiment,
it w.ll come to » contest offeree. He hi*
read the lesson* of History to little pur
! pose, who does not knurr, that when a
Community is excited, the smallest thing
i ib the world, preduces Revolution ; and
which once *t tried, no h - am sagact'y or
strength can control it. Like a mighty
torrent, it sweeps every thing before it ;
and not (infrequently, tho very men who
were mainly instrumental in setting it a
going, fall the first victim* to us ravages.
That shedding rs blxvl is Anticipated bv
1 the leader* of Nullification, is perfectly
evident from their published speeches,
and there appeals to be not a few, that
look on disunion with perfect indifference.
The most of vou, Fellovr-Ciiiteos,
knuw how th«s controversy has been car
» «-d on. Five or *<i Lawyers, (several
»»f whom are volunteers) have quitted
their office*, ami traversed the distiict in
every direction, pronouncing bitter phil
ippics agamat the government of iheir own
Country; a» and, as far ms the power* of
their intellects enabled them, have endea
vored to destrov all confidence in its op
erations. The! Government, the corner
, stones of which, have been remetred wi h
' the blued es uu: ancestors, bss been rude
ly assailed by parricidal hands, for the ap
parent purpose of tumbling it in ruins.—
(t has been publicly denied that we are
represented iu Congress at all, or that the
representation is of such character as to
make it a mockery. We are said to be
in Colonial bondage, aud are called on
continually to resist the laws ; and men,
who are now candidates before you, as
sert, that they would prefer the British
Government to our present condition !
Every argument urged, and every paral
lel run, go to shew that we ought to resort
to Revolution ; and all are cowards and
tories who refuse to go for this peaceful
remedy. The plan is organized through
out the State ; extensive correspondence
is kept up, and thousands of speeches and
pamphlets against the Government, have
been published and sent gratuitously to
every man that would reed them. Not
content with this, frauds are practised ;
and hand-bills, under the head of “ Taxes,
Taxes," are distributed by thousands over
the District, in order to shew how much
the Tariffites of the North impose upon
; y.»u. A regard to troth compels me to
expose this deception ; and I now tell
you, that the great mass of the Taxes put
down in that paper, were laid on us, not
by tho votes of the North, bit by our
own delegation in congicss, in the year
1816. We were the master* then, and
we imposed the tax on them ; and now,
when it suits our politicians to excite your
passions, these very old taxes of ISIG,
laid by our own members, and taken into
the account, and charged to the people of
thf North ; and the persons who attempt
this ft aud, suppose you too ignorant to find
it out.*
Fellow-Citizens ; The question before
us is of no ordinary importance ; it is
pregnant Wtth events «f .lie tno*t porten
tous clinractor ; and as we act judiciously
or otherwise, we are to h ive p**ace or ci
vil commotion. Our neighboring s’ao*.-,
a* deeply interested and aggiiuved by the
Tariff as we are, a e looking on our com
motion and new light doctrines, with a-
MtdZemclit ; or what is worso, wi'h cold, ,
uuniinglHd contempt ; aud dieatww all 1
connexion with us in the matter. The
doctrine has produced dissention and dis
traction iu the bosom of our own commu
nity, and has placed us in a situation that
require* enly a spark to light tha blaze of
Revolution. In this country, under the
most favorable circumstances, wo are ma- <
king perhaps the last experiment in favor
of free instiintions; and if it fails here,
tho cry may be, all bail to Kings and
despotism ! for the question, of man’s ca
pacity to govern himself, will bo settled
forever.
|
• Notf.—l have taken the sheet of Taxes !
which ha* been published, amt compared il with ,
the Tariff Act. and find that there are 263 arii
clei of pood* put down there •*> taxed; of this
number .V3 came under the Tariff of 1628, and
210 under the Tai iff of 1816,
Cot. Taylor's Reply to Judge Johnson. ;
My Dear Judge :—I was not at 'he
meuttug which selected tho invited guest*.
The other gentlemen of the committee
and whose name* are on the invitation,
unassisted from any other quarter a* they
diroc: mo to assure you, made ihw selec
tion, and further that tho names of your
self, of Judge Lee, Judge Richardson,
aad of many other known and supposed
auti-conventionists, were selected in the
spirit of fairness, and with the view of el 1 - j
citing a full, free and candid discussion of
the great question now before the public. 1
If 1 had been present, I should have
excluded yours and Judge Lea’s, not on
account of any personal disrespect, but,
because I deem it uuerly incompatible
with my notion* of propriety, for the
mernhei* of tho Federal Judiciary to*
come tlown and mix in the common fight,
in tho discussion of subjects which miy,
and in all prob.bilitv will, conie before
them for adjudication ; and the more es
pecially as in the very subject now to be
discu**«‘d, some of the politician* refer u*
to tho Ssjproma Court for redre** against
the usurpation* af the General Govern
ment. But if you will come, I, a* «no of
the members of the " conspiracy” you
uudertake to prove has existed for sis
years, whether tre are in the secret or not,
do promise in their belt If, to rue you a
full hearing en yoor eight point*, and if
not a* pattentlv a* judges usually hesr the
pleading* against their culpiits, at least
more patiently than a Federal Judge
heard the defence of poor Tries, or the
defences of the victim uoder the Sedition
Law—and a* we h t sp '* much at stake,
we shili bestow breathless attention in a
case where a Judge become* the accuser,
witness, and advocate against us. Your
compliment to m*-, that I am not 00c 1
whom 'yon would think to frighten, as
sures Vou that I shall not runaway from
vour philippics, and I can promise the
same for my compeers.
I am left no alternative but to do a*
you requested, publish >*ur letter; for,
1 in making the necessary inquiries of (be
committee, it became proper that I should
shear it to them, and ere til judge that it
would be an ctrideer* of gusli and an act
of cowardice, to suppiess your eight
points ; we hold yon bound for »he proof
—Aye, the proof most learned Judge.—
We shall not be satisfied, nor will the pub
lic, that you should leave yeur eight
points wi "h cities not tret unwnend, of ihe
denunciators of the South sn John Adam »
re:gn of terror. Whv did you oot come
out with vour eight pom's at the late elec
tion t«»r Intendant in your City l I have
the address of the tr leads of the success
ful candidate for iu’.endant—their is no
thing so serious and weight* as your
eight points in thst address—l say so s»-
rious and •eighty, if you esn establish
them ; but light as chaff if resting only on
assertion.
I am out of public life and never wish
to be in it again—but I sincerely wish my
countrymen may go no in the pursuit of
that great destJeramm. a tribunal (other
Jfcan that on ehtch yea s>\) which sha.i
ihjve po*»r end weight enough to prove
an] obsia principits, to the usurpations of
the General Government in despite of the
Constitution and in despite of the Rights
of the States. And in Mr. Jefferson’s
words, I say, " I would separate from my
companions when the sole alternatives
left are the dissolution of the Uniou with
them, or submission to a Government
without limitation of power; between
these two evils, when we must make a
choice there can be no hesitation.”
If this is conspiracy, make the most
of it.
I am yours,
JOHN TAYLOR.
P. S. You have my permission, uay re
quest, to publish this.
FOREIGN ARTICLES.
In relation to the report that the king
of France intended to seek in the United
States, a shelter from the cares and dan
gers of Gevernmeot, the Lon Jon Ilcrald ,
of the 7th August, observes :.
“ It is said the ex-King Cliatles X. is
about to seek an inglorious asylum in the
free States of North America. If this be
the casi* v he may meet with the deposed
Majesty of Spain in his exile, and in the
back settlements of Kentucky, or the
green solitudes of Pennsylvania, Charles
Capet, and Jnseph Bonaparte nny con
sole each other’s misfortune. It would
be a curious and instructive subject of
moral contemplation, to see the two Ex-
Kings, members of rival families, living
under the protection of the simple Presi
dent of the Republic. It would be plea
sant to see them forgetting the cares of
empire and the intrigues of courts, en
joying i:t company the harmless pleasures
of tho wilderness, angling in the some wa
ters, or pursuing together ihe pastime of
ih** woods. VY r e believe some ot the fami
ly of Murat, the late Ex-King of Naples,
have taken up their abode within the ter
ritory which the bravery of ns inhabitants,
and the genius of Washington, wiested
from the British Crown. Il is strange
that a Republic should he founded by fu
gitives from oppressive Governments, to
give refuge to exiled King*. It w as at
first reported that the unhappy Charles
intended to retire to Rome, where he
might have poured his Royal sorrow* into
the sympathetic bosom of the Sovereign
Pontiff. That strong hold of priestly
ambition owes him some con*'*lati«n iu his
adversity, for thence emanated the in
auspicious influence which led to his de
served aud memorable downfall.”
A letter ftom Paris to the 2nd August
received in Baltimore says, that the cry of
Liberty acted like a firebrand amongst tho
Youth of all nations iu Paris. That the
Louvre was taken chiefly by the Scbolais
of the Ecole Centrale, and the students
from the polytechnique and St. Amand’s
school*. The Amorican boys took part
in the contest :—it was impossible to re
strain them. A laJy of tbi* city rode
through the crowded streets, amfdsl the
firing of * ddiors, at the peril of her life,
to got to the boarding school of her son,
where them were 160 students, to make
tho Teachers prontiso her not to let him
out. She went to Lagrange, aud retHrn
eJ on the 30th inst. When she got back,
thev told her they had kept hint the fiisl
two day*; that ho was up oil night
moulding balls, and at last escaped ; and
when she nrtivrd he had been all night
on duty ! Th: c young Americans weie
killed.
Masters R. >IcL , R. 11., and T. B.
S., American you’h*, went together to
see the old General on the first of Aug.
He was just starting with an imtncuse
crowd, for the Calais Royal, the rf*i
d*»nre of ihe Duke of Orleans, Flio
guard moved nit, but ihe boy*advanced ;
in vain they cried lire la Chartel l ire
Lafayette ! when ono of them cried out
in English long lire Lafayette /—it struck
tho old General’s ear in a moment ; he
stopped, turned tound, called them to
him, and they went, on each sido of him
to the Palace. In a g'sat Revolution,
alter astonishment at the great event* has
in a measure subsided, the most trivial «n
--ecdote* become 1 utcreating.
At the last storming of the Tuilleries, a
voting student of the Polytechnic School,
at tho head of the Liberators, received a
ball in the breast. Ha fell, shouting
" Liberty for ever •” Two of bi* com
rade* earned him through the scuffle, a*
fjr as the throne room, and placed him on
the throne, tvhete they held him in a sit
ting posture that he might behold the tri
umph of the patriots. The noble victim
expired, smiling, oti the very seat which
the unworthy Charles had recently aban
doned. A guard of honor was placed
.I*ol the corpse of the young hero, which
w is covered with a tri-coloted-fl ig, and it
remained 00 the thr-me of France until j
Ins relative* came to fetch it away.
Os the cotton crop, the planters’ esti
ma;es vary according u> appearances in
their particular neighborhoods, from a $
to I of the ordinary production. On
some plantations where the fields were
very luxuriant from 15th to 20th August,
ami promised an abundant harvest, there
will n<>t probably be more than one half
the qu.aotity of last year ; the plant being
arrested in ms maturity bv a drought and
beat of unprecedented iotenser.es*, which
has prevailed for the last fortnigh l . In
many extensive and fertile seem n«, the
whole prodoet of cotton w,ll not reacu
above one-thud of last vear s crops, aud
in many places it wdl not be even one
fourth. The planters generally have
e«*niineneed harvesting iheir cr p*, being ;
fuliv a fortnight than usual, owing j
to the backwaidnest < f the Spriog. p*
on the *h le viv» of the subject, we ve
ry much d‘<ubi whether N«»rib Alabama)
cau, let wra-ber be ever so favorable
hereaf er yield h*lf h* quaoti.y of last
year. —Huntsvdie Adc. Sept. 4.
T eat 1 seith the Ckoelatct. —\\ e ua
d*rv»nd that tbe Secretary of War, Geo. j
John C. ffee, aod George S. Game*, Esq. ,
have be*o appuorcted com»ts*ioßers oc ,
the part of the V. Stale* Goirerbment,
to hold a Treaty in the Nation with the
Choctaws. We anticipate the most fa
vorable results to this negotiation ; and
have the utmost confidence in the belief
that the territory of the Choctaws will be
speedily acquired. This appointment of
commissioners is a very happy ono, as all
the gentlemen, and more particularly Mr.
Gaines, have great influence over the
Indians, who place much confidence in
their integrity and fair dealing. The
Treaty is to be held on the 15th inst.—
The favorable termination of the treaty
with the Cnickasaws, will perhaps have
an influence upon the other Indian tribes
within the limits of the South-western
States.— Hunt. Advocate.
AUGUSTA.
MONDAYTsEPT. 27.
Our friends will oblige us hy sending us
as early as possible, the result of the next elec
tion in their respective Counties.
According to the census taken by the Board of
Health of Savannah, that city contained 7.115
[ inhabitants between August 26th and Sept 15th.
The Andrew Jackson, now on her way to Au
gusta, is the first St.-Boat that has left Charles
ton for this port this season. She has undergone
considerable improvements, and her light draft
of water, combined with her velocity, promises a
speetlv and certain communication between the
two ports.
The citizens of the village of Abbeville, oppo.
sedto nullification, at their meetiug on the 16th
inst. nominated James L. Pettiorc as a suitable
person to succeed Gov. MILI.KR. The venerable
Major Alexander Hamilton, wbo is in his 91st
year, presided, and resolutions were moved by
Col. Pressley.
The census of Beaufort Di»friet, S. C. will
shew a population of about 40,000 —being an in
crease in the last ten years of 25 per. cant.
Will the Columbia papers explain the reason
why so few out of the thousands attended th e
putting of the question at the close of the meet
ing f Were the people satisfied that their poli
ticians would do what was right, or were they
averse or indifferent to the course pursued?—
Some of thair correspondents asserted, that
R chland district was going to camp out—that
the country people intended to come in their
carts with plenty of “billy timber,’ and if one
day was not enough to enable them to under
stand the question, they would stay • week
Were they satisfied in part of a day? It is strange
that but 200 «.ot of 3000 should wait to decida
what the State should do- Uid tba former con
■ist of their politician* only, or ware they com
posvd of the peopla in pai t?
We had not room for Cot Taylor’s reply to
Judge Jobuaton’* letter when wc published the
latter. It i* in to day’* paper. We apprehend
the Judge will find it difficult to substantiate all
of bis allegation*. We tegret that he made
them. If ever the good •cnir of Carolina should
appeal to the only tribunal that can constitution
ally settle her difficulties, ahe will have good rea
son to object to hit honor being one of her
Judges, as he lias prejudged the case, and has
expressed himself, however strong his convic
tions may In-, too much tike a partisan for a U.
States'Judge. We wish hi* Honor had Mood
aloof from this matter ; but his bei g a citizen
of the State, and interested greatly f®r her ho
nor and tiappineaa, may justify, in some mea
sure, his participation in the tumult of the day ;
yet as prejudices oow run in Carolina, agaiust
the Supreme Court, it would have been much the
moat prudent roursc for him to have given a very
different an.wertothe polite invitatiou he receiv
ed. If he thought a trap had hern laid for him, j
a silent avoidance of it would tiavc been better 1
than the course he has taken.
The "Political Meeting" ou tlic 20th, at Co
lumbia, (S. C.) na* opened by prayers from the
i Clergy, and the di»cu*»i*»ns commenced esrly in
the day. Col. Thomas Taylor. Senr expressed
himself opposed to calling • Convention,.while
Co*. Samuel Hammond, another venerable Re
volutionary soldier. w.n in favor of it. When
ihe v le »at taken about »untel, there were only
from two to three hundred per*on» present out
of the three thousand said to be in attendance
early in the day.
Letters from vaiious gentlemen were received
aod read Bishop F.ngtand says, he “considers
tbe bolding of a convention to be not only unne
ce*»ary, but very dangerous Judge O Neal
is willing for a convention at tome future day ;
but “hopet it will not resort to nullification;
which he think* U coutd not do, aod remain a
member of tt»« Union, and that disunion, crime,
anarcbv and civ l war must necessaiily result
fiom it " tiov’r Bennett, “considers a cooveo
uon a revolutionary movement, and mutt inevi
tably emlaoger the L’nioo of these States." Gen I
lacker is of opinion ‘ that the annulling of an
act of Congress, bv the Legislature or a Conven
tion, would be rebellion, and that the doty of
the President would require him to retort to
force to subdue it." He thinks a convention
ut.uecessary, at the system of internal improve
ments and tbe tariff will be sl.oi tty abandoned.
On the opposite side, Chancellor Harper s,
the Hoo Mm D. Martin's. Judge Cbevet’, Geo.
Blair's. Major Hamilton s Gen. Haynes senti
ments. be. Le. are already kaown. The last
hzt sent their MBtiosenU in tetters
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Ii isreportcd.Gov. Gilmer received an invita
tion to be present at the Columbia Political
Meeting. If he did. which we caooot believe,
we see no notice of any reply to it to the C'i!ui»-
tia papers The invitation to a Governor of a
neighboring State would have been as iivdeeo
rout as his aiteodance The friends of Sulliji
ca:.o* will find no sympathy in Georgia. The
suspicion of such sentiments would blast the po
litical character of any public man 1 a the State
The General Anti-Masooic Convention at Phi
tadeiphia have adjourned tint die.
>o iHMowtioo of President aod Vice-Prvsi
.leoi »•• made, the Convention in lieu thereof,
having adopted tbe follow tug resolution :
Kuv rtd That it is recommended to tbe pen- j
p e of u*e L nited States, opposed to secret tooe
res to meet m Convention on Me* lay the 2f>tb
[ day of 4 September, 1831, at tin* city of Baltimore
by delegates equal in number to their represen
tatives in loth houses of Congress to make no
minations of suitable candidates for the offices of
President and Vice-President, to be supported nt
the next election ; and for the transaction of such
other business as the cause of anti-masonry may
’ require.
Extract of a letter to the Editor.
“I have lately been to Abbeville District, S. C ■
and was well informed that the PJullifiers lost
ground by Mr. McDuffie’s speech, on »al e a J"’ * n
that place. His views were so palpable, that the
people became alarmed, and are earnestly enqui
ring after the truth. If stune political changd
does not take piece, I fear Carolina will disgrace
herself. After McDuffie and some others were;
done speaking, a drunken fellow took the stand,
and made a speech against McD. (It was a com
plete builesque on the nullifiers,) and declared
himself a candidate for Congress. A certain
lawj er then said, he could not live, the Tariff
was so oppressive Next morning, a boot and
shoe-maker’s sign was seen over his oflYee door,
and it was currently reported through Abbeville
village that —— Esq. could not live under the
oppressive Tariff, and that he wa forced to take
the shoe-maker’s trade as a business, or sinecure.
An old wagon was carried to another gentle
man's office, (a strong anti-tariffnullificator) and
it was reported in like manner that he had be
took himself to the trade of wagon-making in or
der to compete with the distresses occasioned by
the Tariff. This I have from a respectable source,
and it wilt enable us to judge of the stnte of feel- -
ing exhibited there.
Very respectfully, your’s.
*t)R THE COURIER.
A short, pathetic, tragical and mournful
Story.
I am a widower, and most earnestly desire to
remain so. I am one of those unfortunate beings
that inherited, from infancy, a cold temper
ment. Never could I he ardent in friendship,
love, or any attachment whatever, at the risk t>f
interest, without the prospect of further gain.—
Wtien l married, it wSis altogether a piudent af
fair—a matter of business. I selected one, as |
thought, equally as prudent as myself, sufficient
ly handsome, amt, above all, the appearance of
a good constitution. In wealth, among the rich
est —and no old, cross or conn ary parents to
consult. It was long before the lady was con
' Stilted, thnt the principal actor* to nppearjupon
the stage hod arranged the whole play, (tiagc
dy!) for me, and I had only to go through the
performance, logically, systematically, and, I
j may say, philosophically. From my wealth, in
-1 fluruce and cunning, I placed all those aimind
j her under such obligations to me, the lady in
j accepting tne, therefore, had only to pay off old
j scores, hy her persou and her purse. Reader.
1 do not believe but what I aped much affection,
I deep solicitation and anxiety for her consent.—
Tnis was not to be dispensed with in a love affair.
Moreover, it was necessary for me to makeup in
ardor for some discrepancy of conduct, which
unfortuiiHtely leaked out in despite of a'l my
grave, acrious and artful manamvriug —lint my
friend* soon smoothed that over. The fair one
believed it wa» slander, persecution, or pretend
ed to believe it, and, of course, it amounted to
! the same thing. Having such assistance, it was
! like playing all the cards at n game myself—
! There is nothing in love so acceptlhle as profuse
liberality ; it w ill hide a bad temiier, bad person,
and almost every tiling also —verily, the scrip
| tures speak iu a language, forcibly and wonder
fully, when they say •• charity covered a multi
i unle of sins." Rut alas! 1 not only cheated the
world, but 1 unfortunately cheated myself.—Na-
I tuie will out—principles will speak for them
selve*. My darling and self were married no
! cording to the rules and regulations made and
' provided, upon matters of such occasions.—
At first, we lived sufficiently happy, considering
we were two persons continually under restraint,
and both different in principles and actions.—
Our characters finally became perfectly known
to each other—and as we became acquainted,
to did wc appear hateful to each other's prr--
•ence —all and any company wns preferable to
the delightful society of one another. Neither
fine houses, fine carriages, Lc. be. ii eninf to
break into the eternal jar of discord—sure we
• nid little to one another, but looks, manner and
freling were terrible. As well might you reeon
-1 rile the wolf to the lamh as truth to falsehood.
I honesty and honor to villainy, or candor to hy
j pocrisy —they can never remain under the same
roof contentedly together. I saw she could not
but condemn my course of conduct The fits!
principles of virtue had taken root deep in her
bosom, and every thing contrary to it was hate l
ful and despicable. I saw, alas, to my sorrow,
my lime was lost, my money had been spent in
vain, and rny pretended liberality had only pre
pared far me misery and discontent. But Hea
ven, in the plenitude oflta mercy, took her to the
mansion of eternal bliss, 1 trust —and tiius left
me disconsolate and alone. When the awful mo
ment arrived in which her immortal soul watt
• bout to take its everlasting flight, it was in vain
that I rried to weep, tears were denied me! There
it a sorraw beyond grief' Reader, believe that
was the rase with myself. Her lo*s to me will
be irreparable For two whole years was I pro.
fu>e in crape and black Who could do more?
CANDOR.
We have been politely permitted to make
some Extracts from the rough Note* of a Gen
tleman, who this Sommer visited tbe Gold le
gion and the curiosities thereabouts.
“I became one of a party of gentlemen so
vi.it the Gold Mines in Habersham. We started
from C. about 8 o'clock, and arrived at 12 at tbe
house of a Mr Williams, in the Nansootchy
valley, ten aides distant front C., where after di
ning, we proceeded to tho gold mine*, named a*
follows - —White's, Richardson’s, Poweli's and
observing the laborious L unintermitting process
for obtaining the precious metal. This day a
machine was pat into operation for separating Ihe
gold from the baser materials, by a Doct. Reid,
who is interested in the business. Il is formed
by a long shaft. on tbe upper cod of which, is to
overshot water-wheel, and on the lower end is a
cylinder, or tub, resembling the bolting elotb of
a wheat mill. In this tub is deposited the earth
excavated from tbe mmet. which is continually
agitated by the motion of tbe tob, and where it
it washed by a stream of water conducted to it.
The water, earth aad rocks, are finally rolled
out of the lower end of the tob and are received
into a vieve where all the small particles pasting
through are again washed to a trough upon an
inclined plane, while the courier materials remain
on the iurfaee of the neve, or are raked off sod
ta-own arid* T*»e gc.’d Gjif the bwaeiert vub*