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Observed all tiu pre-requisites of the Lav in that respect.” H 're then it is seen, that unless the President is lesolved to disregard all constitutional obligations, find to trample the laws of his c/>tintry under his feet, ho has no authority what ever to use forco against the State of S. Carolina, and should Ire attempt to do so, the patriotic citizens of this State, know too well their mvn rights,arid have too sa cred a regaid to their duties, to hesitate one moment, in repelling invasion, Como from what quarter it may. Could they be deterred by tire tiirp.its of lawless vio lence, or any apprehension of consequen ces, from ilia faithful performance of their duty, they would feel that they were the siuworty desendauts of the “ Pinckneys, 1 Sonnets, and Ifutledges, and a thousand other names which adorn the pages of our !Revolutionary History,” some of whom have just gotift from among u*, and been gathered to their fathers, leaving as a leg. ;ncy their solemn injunction that we should Ynever abandon (bis contest until we shall 'have obtained “ a fresh understanding of Mhe bargain .” and restored the liberties for which they fought and bled. Others I still linger among is, animating us by their example, and exhorting us to main tain that “solemn Ordinance and Decla ration,” which they have subscribed with their own names, and in support of which . they have “pledged their lives, their for tunes, and their sacred honor.” The annals which record the struggles of frec ; dom, show us that Rulers in every age and eve ' rv country, jealous of their power, have leeurt , ed to the veiy same means to eztinguisii in tha bosom of man that noble instinct of Liberty y which pr mpts him to resist oppression The ■system by which Tyrants in every age have at tempted to obliterate this sentiment and.to crush the spirit of the people, consists in the skilful employment of promises and threats, in alter nate courts to encourage tlipir hopes and excite their fears-*-to sh »w that existing evils are exag gerated, the danger of resistance great—ami the ' difficulties in the way of suocess insuperable; t and finally to sow dissenfinns among the people M creatine jealousies and exciting a distrust of | those whose counsels and example may he sup posed to iiave an important bearing on the Suc cess of their cause. These, with animated appeals to (he loyalty of the people, and an imposing arriy of military i'foi ce, constitute the means I<y which the people * have' in eVery age been reduced to slavery.— When ive turn to the p age* of our own history, we‘frill that such were the measures resorted to at the commencement of our own glorious revo l imroit, toKeep onr fathers in subjection to Great Br itain’ ; and such are the means now used to in , tl.ice jhe people of Carolina to ‘'retrace their and to remain forever degraded colon * hts, governed not in reference to their own in terests hut the interests of others. Our Fathers ?’ were told, as we now are, that their grievances: were in a great measure imaginary. They were ; promised, ns we have lierhi that those'griwvaii «,«* should lie redressed. They were toll, as we t i’vow are, that the people were misled liy a few designing men, whose object was n dissolution of the Union, and their own s-df nggian dse men*,—They were told, ns we now are, of the Danger that would tie inclined by disobedience to the Laws.—The power and resources of the Mother Country were then, ns now, ostentatious ly displayed in insulting contrast with the scat tercil population and feeble resources on which sve could alone rely. And the pu'iisjmient due \ i Treason and Rebellion were held out as the certain fate of all who should disregard thg pa 1, tern il efforts of their Royal Master f> luiog Lack his erring children to tire arms of their in ♦lulgent Mother They were commanded, as we hove been, to “retrace (heir steps.” But though divided anion.g' themselves to a greater extent than'we are now, without an organiz 'd. Government, and destitute of arm? and resour ces of every description, they bhl defiance to the tyrant's power, and refused obedience to his 'commands They incurred the legal guilt of Rebellion, and braved the-dangers, b itli of the scaffold and the field, in opposition to tire colov sal power of their acknowledged sovereign, ra ther than submit to the imposition of taxes light end inconsiderable in themselves-, but imposed sifithnnl their content Jo: the benefit of o'hers And what is our present condition? \Ve have, an organized Government and a population three times as great as that which existed 1 in '76. We are maintaining not only the rights and liberties of the people, buV the Sovereignly of our own State, against whose authority rebellion may he committed.'but in obedience to whose comm unis no man can commit treason. We are struggling Bgainst*unconstitutional and oppressive taxation imposed upon us, noi only without our consent, but in defiance of our repeated remonstrances and solemn protests. In such a quarrel our dti ty to our country, ourselves, and our posterity, is too plain to he mistaken. We will stand up on the soil of Carolina and maintain the snver igu authority of the Slate, or be buried beneath iis ruins. As unhappy Poland fell before the power of the Autocrat, so may Carolina be crushed by the power of her enemies,—but Po land was not suirounded by free and Indepen dent States, interested, like herself, in prevent ing the establishment of the very tyranny which ■fhey are culled upon to impose upon a sister State. If in sjdte of our common kindred, and common interests, the glorious recollections of the past, and the proud hopes of the future South Carolina should be coldly abandoned to her fate, and reduced to subjection, by an unho ly combination among Irer sister States—which is believed to lie utterly impossible—and'the doctrines prnmulg ited by the President, are to become toe found nfons of anew system ceoleu- Tod by the blood of our oUz :ii.<, it m nters not what may lie our loi Under such a govern meuf, as there could be no liberty, so there could be no security either Ibr our persons or nur property But there it one consolation, of wli ch in the providence of God no people can be deprived vyi,(limit ilicii ow i consent Toe proud con sciousness of having done their duty, l-'f our Country mint be enslaved let her not be dishon ored by her mvn sons ! Let them riot -‘Jo'gb the chains themselots by ichicli their liberties are be. manacled.” . The President has ir.tiinated in hh Pi'oclani.t fip.ii* that a “ standing army” is about to be rais •ed to carry secession ipto effect. South Caroli lia tlesire* tltat.her true position shall be clearly understood lyoth at home, and abroad. Her ob ject is not “i-Usunipn”—she has raised no “ stand jog army.” and if driyen to repel invasion or re sist aggression, she will bo su by the strong arms aiulstout hearts of ber citiz-ns. South Carolina has solemnly proclaimed her purpose; that pur pose is the vindication of her rights. She has professed a sincere attachment to the Union; and that.to the utmost nf her power she will endeavor to preserve it, “but believes that for tnis end, it is Iter duty to watch over and oppose any inl’r.tc (too of ihose, principle* which constitute the o-iiy basis oftbat jiWiun, because a faithful observance of them can.a'one secure its existence; that she venerates the constitution and will protect and defend it “ against every aggression either for eign or domestic,” but above all, that slie'esii mates as beyond all price her i.tB«RTr. which she is unalterably determined never to surrender while she has thejiower to maintain it.” The President denies in the most positive terms the right ofa Stat under any circumstan ces to secede from the Uniou, au-l puts this de nial on the ground “that from the lime the State parted with so many phwers as to constitute jointly with the ntlibr States a single nati >n. they cannot from tIM period possess any right foseoede ” What then remains of those “rigid* of the States’’ for which the Picsidcnt professes so ‘'high a reverence.*’— in what do they con sist ? And hy & hat tenure are they hfeld ? The nnContioiled will of the federal gov<rument Like any other petty corporation, the States may ex> i t such pow rs anti Such only as may lie permitted hy theft superiors. When they s'tep beyond these limits, even a federal officer will set at nought their decrees, repeal their solemn ordiances, — proclaim their citizens to be Traitors, and tetluce them to subjection by mil itary force, and if driven to. desperation, they sltould seek a refuge in secession they are to be told that they have hound themselves to those who have perpetiated or permitted these enor mities, in the iron bonds of a" perpetual Un ion,” if these principles could lie established, then indeed would the days of our liberty be number ed, anti t lie Republic would have found a Mas TKtt. If South Carol pm had nett already taken her stand against the usurpation of the federal government, here would liave been an occasion, when she must have felt hetself impelled by eve ry impitj ve of patriotism and every sentiment of duty, to stand forth, in open defiance to the arbi trary decrees of the Executive, when a sovereign Slate is denounced, her authority derided, the at legiafice of her citizens denied, and she is tin eat eued with military power tn reduce her to obedi ence to the will of one of the functionaries of the federal government, hy whom she is commanded, to ‘ tear from her archives” her most solemn decrees—surely the time lias come when it must tie seen whether the people of the several States have indeed lost the spirit of the revolution, and whether they are to become the willing instru ments of an unhallowed despotism In such a sacred cause South Carolina wilt feel that she is Striking not for her own, hut for the libcrtMß of the Union, and the rights of man, and she confi dently trusts that the issue of this contest will he an example to freemen, and a lesson to tulers through >ut the wot Id. FelloyLCitizens —ln the name and behalf of the State of South Carolina, I do once more so lemnly warn yon against all attempts to seduce you from your primary allegiance to the State — I charge you to be faithful to-your duty as citi zens of South Carolina, find earnestly exhort you to disregard those “ vain menaces” of mili tary force, which, if the President, in violation of all his constitutional obligations, and of your most sacred right*, should be tempted to employ, it would become your solemn duty, at all haz ards, to resist. I require you to he fully prepar ed, to sustain the dignity ami protect the liberties of the State, if need bfc, tvith your “ lives and fortunes.” And may that great and good Being, who, ns a “ father careth for his Children.” in spire us with that holy zeal is a good cause. which is the best safeguard of our Rights and Liberties. ‘ln testimony whereof, t have caused the Seal of the State to be hereunto affixed, and have signed the same with my ham!. ■fL S■)^ onp ’ at Columbia;' this twentieth day of ■ ' ■ -*December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty twe, and in the Independence of the United States the fifty-seventh Rouestt y, iuyne. By the Governor ; Samuel Hammond, Secretary of Slate. .Proceeding-!* of the Union Convention at Columbia. THE REPORT of the -Committee of the U iiion and State Rights Convention now as sembled at Columbia,- Ur whom was referred the Ordinance of Nullification, and certain Resolutions of the Union Party in relation thereto'. The documents which have been referred to. your Committee, disclose the character of Nul lification, and the Spirit and sentiments of the. Union pfcrty; And your Chmrttittee have no hesitation in saying, that the “progress of* Nulli fication has amply justified the friends of the Union in denouncing it as revolutionary, and destructive of liberty. The Ordinance of the State Convention has presented the doctrine to the world in all its de formity ; stripped of the- thin veil of sophistry which formerly covered its revolting features. The provisions of this Ordinance, as respects the relations between the’State and the United States, are too revolutionary to be mistaken.— The laws of the Union are no longerto be en forced in South Carolina. The cognizance of’ cases in which the United Btatcs are a party, is withdrawn from the Federal aud given to the State tribunals. In these tribunals, every judge and juror is to be sworn to decide against the United Staes. The 25th section of the Judi ciary Act is nullified—and haying thus iri ef fect precluded the Federal Government from the civil tribunals, the Ordinance further de clares, that if-Congress or the Federal Execu tive should proceed in any other way than thro’ those tribunals, the State will secede from the Union. The firrt blow is struck with a declara tion that any retaliatory measure shall he fol lowed by a formal secession. No hardihood of assertion will be found equal to the task of re conciling this Ordinance with the professions of those who have taught the people that Nunifi cation is a peaceful constitutional remedy. It is not only revolutionary but essentially bellige rent. The natural consequences are civil war and disunion—and the mere possibility that is left of averting this catastrophe, in no degree alters the character of the measure. For so the occupation of territory, or the issuing of letters of m-irque and reprisal, might end in submission to the demands of the assailant, and terror supply the place of arms ; but it is idle to deny that these are hostile enterprises. How they will be received and met by the Gen eral Government, we will not anticipate, but we cannot regard the threatened destruction of a mild and rational system of liberty, without apprehensions of the keqpest anxiety. If Nullification is revolutionary and hostile" to the General Government—in- relation to the Union party, it betrays all the"features of an odious tyranny, and evinces that • its progress will be as fatal to. liberty as it is to the Federal. Constitution. Biit another step of the domi- nant party is wanting to put the friends of the Union, so far g.s the. State authorities are con cerned, entirely out of the protection of the' law. It was only necessary to declare that the | test oath should be taken by every individual, | aud that a refusal to do so, should constitute a i forfeiture of life at goods, as they have declar- j cd that it shall be taken by every officer, under ( pain of a forfeiture of office, without trial, aud upwards of 17,900 voters would have been at once, exposed to a sweeping outlawry. Nor j would there be the smallest difference in prin- j ciple between the two cases, as there is no J more color of justice or of right in depriving ■any one of an office against the terms on which it was granted, and without trial, than in depriv ing him, in the same manner, of his life or of his estate. The Convention have assumed to do this, on the ground that they are above the Constitution and the law, which is a tyrannical exercise of a despotic power. ‘ The power is despotic, because it submits to no rule ; and it i is tyrannical, because the act which it requires j of the citizen is contrary to his oath of allegi ance to the United States. Under the Constitution of the United States, the liberty of the citizen is doubly guarded.— Not only. are the Executive, Legislative and Judicial authorities distributed, as in all free. Governments, between different departments; but the civil power itself is still further restrain ! ed by being divided between two Governments ■ State and Federal—to the total exclusion of j that mad and arrogant domination, which knows no limits but its own w-ill. But the in estimable securities of a system thus emphati cally established to maintain justice—give rise to corresponding duties ; and when power en croaches upon power, the same institutions which serve the cause of liberty, are made to aggravate the evils which tyranny imposes.— No one denies the omnipotence of Parliament; because it is an established principle of the Bri tish Constitution. But the omnipotence of the State of South Carolina is announced for the first time, by the rescript of the Convention, in language as new as it is imperious. No man can take the oath which the Convention re quires, but he that believes the Constitution to be a rope of sand, and the alternative is be tween violating his allegiance to the IT. States, and disobeying the menacing commands of the State authorities. Whether we are bound to thei Constitution of the United States by the tie of allegiance, depends upon the fact of being citizens of the United States—and. those who deny any such allegiance, are driven to the extremity of con tending, either that the Federal Union is no Go vernment, or that the Government of the Unit ed States has no citizens. But to deny, the ex istence of the Government, Is to reject truth al together, and a Government without citizens or subjects, is a solecism in language which ren ders exposure unnecessary. Atid if there be any legal tic between the citizens and the Gen eral Government, a Convention of the people, of South Carolina can no more dissolve or re lease it, than the Legislature ; for whatever be their power over the Constitution of the State, they cannot alter tb'fe Constitution of the United States. The proceedings of the Convention are indeed entirely anomalous. The proper function of a Convention is to organise govern ment, and establish institutions for securing the great principled of liberty and justice ; but they have in fact trampled on the Constitution .of the State without altering it. They have not de vised constitutional rules for the action of the State Government,- but authorised and com manded a violation of those rules which have hitherto been held sacred. And their Ordi nance resembles more the proclamation of a monarch ordering and commanding his will to be done in certain..fnatterd, executive,legisla tive and judicial, than an act intended to settle the principles of a free govetnment. If the Federal Government was at an end, the provisions of the Ordinance, however un just and severe, might be lawful, but as long as the State is a member of the Union, as long as we are citizens of the United States, an act like that passed by the Convention, is the as sumption of power against law and right. The Ordinance is therefore nothing more than the declaration of the will and determination of the ruling powers of South Carolina, to which our obedience is commanded in the language of despotism. Nor cun it be said, that these proceeding are formally a secession Union, and jus tifiable as a result to the principle of resistance. For in fact the people have been induced to give their sanction to Nullification upon the most solemn assurance of its- being a conserva tive, not a revolutionary measure. Can any man pretend to say that the sense of the good people of this State lias ever been taken upon the question of secession! And can there be a ' deception more gross than to rend this confed erate Republic into fragments, and set up the flag of anarchy, under the pretence of main taining the Union, and prosecuting a redress of grievances in a peaceful manner 1 By the same rule they might have sold the State into foreign bondage, or delivered us up to the colonial yoke from which we were freed by the united arms and counsels of America. And is there no duty on the part of the citizen to cling to the defence of the Constitution, when its pillars are shaken ? Can it be possible that all the defence of Freedom shall he surrendered with tame in difference to the first, enemy that surprizes the garrison J No the defence of the Constitution .s the defence of Liberty itself; a duty from which no man can excuse himself, on account of the arduous nature of the service. The peo ple have been misled—they have listened to those who “ prophecy smooth things to them ;” and now to warn them of their dan ger, to speak unwelcome truths, and show how infinitely the dangers of Nullification exceed the importance of the evils for which it is pro posed as a remedy, is an arduous duty, but one to which no real lover of his country can hesitate to devote himself. Nor can we doubt that the exasperation of the people will moderate, and that they will consider the question of secession with more calmness, seeing, that the great ex citement which now prevails,- arises principally from a theoretical dispute. The new thorv of the South Carolina politicians, that the producer pays the duty, has had more influence in pro voking the public mind, than all others causes put together. It will be a most melancholy fact, if a plan of ration al constitutional govern ment, which has’ done so much, and promises so fair for the happiness of mankind, should fall a sacrifice to a speculation, and to an erroneous speculation. That the idea is erroneous, and that the error is easily detected, will be seldom denied except by those who have adopted the doctrine as an article 6f faith. The argument ihat the Planter is the producer of the merchandize fol - which his crop is des tined to be exchanged, and the fallacy of the opinion consists in considering the merchant as the agent of the planter. It is just as reasonable to assume that the planter is the agent of the merchant. If there were no duties on foreign manufactures, the planter would sell It's crop as he now does, and fbr no greator price. The mer chant would sell his goods for a. profit as he doos now; but as some goods would come into mar ket at less —and in this way the planter, in com mon with every other consumer, would gain; but he would have no more inducement to turn mer chant then because goods would be cheap, than to do so now# because they are high. The pos session of cotton 1 has no'more tendency to make one a merchant than the possession of so much money,or any thing else tiiat may bo sold or ex changed. If’the protecting duties were abolish ed the European merchant would bring more goods to Charleston, and the Northern mer chant less; but free trade wauld no more con vert planters into merchants, than the restrictive system into manufacturers. In the same way, by assuming that the merchant is the planter* the conclusion is drawn that a duty on imports is equal ta a duty on exports. It is true that if a per son under the protecting system were to pay an export duty on his c'dtton, and import his goods duty fire—the result would be the same as if the duty had been paid on the goods. But this does not prove that a duty on imports is equivalent i to a duty on exports; for in the case supposed, i the cotton, though taxed, is sold as if it was free —and the goods free as if protecting duty had been actually levied upon them. But if the system was changed, and exports were taxed, and goods admitted duty free; cot ; ton would fall in price to the extent of the duty ; imposed ; and goods would be cheaper in por ' portion to the duty taken off' In the fall of cot | ton the planter would sustain the whole burthen, but the gain arising from cheap goods he would only share with the rest of the community. The objections to the protecting system are abundant ly sufficient to justify vigorous and unceasing opposition—but to regard them as a justiftcaton of revolution, .amounts to the wildest extrava gancy of opinion. Should we be called db Ators of the TarifFbecause vve are unwailling - to over-, turn the Government 5 With as much reason may the lawgiver be reproached with the en couragement of crime, because every offence is not visited with the last serverity of the law. Our obedience has been challenged to Nulli fiication as a duty to the State which protection imposes. We acknowledge the principle in all things lawful, and shall not forcibly obstruct, the constituted authorities ofthe State, as long as we lire protected by the laws. It is not tine,' how ever, that we owe all allegiance exclusively to the State ; or that we are indebted to the State alone for protection by the U. States- in peace and hi war.' Nor is the Union less efficient in the protection ofthe Citizen, though it operates silently, by preventing thoss scents of proscrip tion, cofiscatioh ‘ail’d new made treason, of which till now we have happily been ignorant; and which indeed we never have heard till the Union itself was in danger.—We do not believe that a majority oftlie good people of this State approved of secession, or meditate violence against their fellow-citizens of the Union Party. YVe shall therefore not interfere to prevent the legislative regulations of hulification from being executed by such constiutional and peaceable means as the authorities may be able to employ : Protesting always against their injustice, and always in our behalf the reason of our fellow-citizens and their natural detestation of tyranny: Nor shall we be driven from the position of peaceable citizens, by any thing short Os intolerable oppression. Your Committee therefore recommend the adop tion ofthe Protest and Remonstrance herewith reporter!. REMONSTRANCE VM> PROTEST OF THE UNION AND STATE RIGHTS’ PARTY. THE UNION and STATE RIGHTS PARTY of South Carolina, assembled iu Convention, do REMONSTRATE and Solemnly protest against the Ordinance passed by the State Convention, on the 24th day of November last, Ist. Because the People of South Caro lina elected Delegates to the said Conven tion under the solemn assurance that these delegates would do no more than devise a peaceable and constitutional remedy for the evils of the protective tariff, without endangering the Union of these States.— Instead of which, that convention has pass ed an Ordinance in direct violation of all these pledges. 2. Because the said Ordinance has in sidiously assailed one of the inalienable rights of man, by endeavoring to enslave all freedom ol’ conscience by that tyranni cal engine of power —a Test Oath. 3. Because it has disfranchised and pro scribed nearly one half of the Freemen of South Carolina for an honest difference of opinion, bv declaring that those whose con sciences will not permit them to take the test oath, shall be deprived of every office, civil and military. y 4. Because it has trampled under foot the great principles of Liberty secured to the citizen by the Constitution of this State, In depriving the freemen of this country of the right to an impartial trial by Jury, thereby violating that clause of the consti tution intended to be perpetual, which de clares that “The trial by Jury as hereto fore used in this State, and the liberty of the Press shall be forever inviolably pre served.” sth. Because it has violated the inde pendence guarantied to the Judiciary, by enacting that the Judges shall take a revolt ing test oath, or be arbitrarily removed from office, thereby depriving them of the privi lege of trial by impeachment, which by the cOnstitutior of the State is intended to be secured to every civil oflicer. ' 6th. Because the Ordinance has direct ly violated the Constitution of the U. S. which gives authority to Congress, to col lect. revenue, in 'forbidding the collection of any revenue within the limits of S- C. 7tli. Because it has violated the same Constitution, in that provision of it which declares that no preference shall be given to one Port over any other in the U. S. by enacting that goods shall be imported into the Ports of S. C. without paying any du ties. Bth. Because it violates Hie same Con stitution, and tramples upon the RIGHTS of the citizen by denying him.the privilege of appeal in cases in Law and Equity ari sing under the Constitution arid Laws of the Union. 9th. Because it has virtually destroyed the Union, by carefully preventing the General'Government from’ enforcing their laws through the civil tribunals of the cduntry, and then enacting that if that Go vernment should'pursue atiy other mode to enforce them, then this 1 State shall ho no longer a member of the Union. 10th. Because the tyranny and oppres sion inflicted by this Ordinance, are of a character so revolting, and the effects anti cipated from it so ruinous, that the com merce and Credit of the’Slate- are already" sensibly affected and will soon be prostra ted; ana its peaceable and industrious citi zens are driven from their homes to sec.k -tranquility in some other State, The Union Party of S. C. in Conven tion assembled, do further remonstrate and solemnly protest against the. project of a Standing Army, proposed by the party in power, as dangerous to the liberties of the people. They would respectfully ask their fellow citizens, whether such an army must not be confessedly inadequate to protect the Nullification Party, against the People of the rest of the U. S- should they resolve to* coerce them. What other object there fore can such a force accomplish than to serve as an instrument of tyranny, over their fellow citizens? This Convention doth further protest, against any eflbrt, by a system of Con scription, to force the citizens of the State from their tire sides and their homes, to take up arms, and incur the pains aud pe nalties of Treason, in support of a doc trine which the people were assured was pacific in its nature and utterly inconsistent with any idea of danger to the Constitution or the Union. Solemnly remonstrating, as they hereby do, against the above mentioned grievan ces, The Union Party would further ex press their FIRM DETERMINATION, to main* tain the principles which have ever been the ruieSof their conduct: and whiU; on the other It arid, they will continue theio unfai- tcring opposition to the protective tariffs, so on the other they will not be driven from the cnjo.ym.eut of those inalienable rights which by inheritance belong'fo eve* ry American Citizen. Disclaiming there fore all intention of lawless or insurrection ary violencdj tlfoy• hereby proclaim their determination to protect their rights by all legal ami constitutional means, and that in doing so they will continue Id maintain the character of peaceable Citizens, Unless compelled to throw it aside by intolerable oppression. THOMAS TAYLOR, President. HENRY MIDDLETON,") DAVID JOHNSON," I XT n .. . RTCfPD I. MANNING, f v ’ Pre6ldon,fa ’ STARLING TUCKER, J ALFRED M. LOWRY, H. E. LYNCH, BENJ. MASSEY, B. S. MASSEY, C. G. MRMMINGER, WM. MORROW , ALEX. MOULTRIE, JAS. MOULTRIE, Jr. JOSEPH MICIIAL, ALEX. MILLER, RICH. T. MORRISON, R ll MONTGOMERY, J. MONTGOMERY, C. MA YIIANT, JNO. D. A. MURPHY, NORMAN MLEOD, JOHN MTV EE, > THOMAS MLURE, ADA TN. M'LADEN, D, M DO WELL, GORDAN MOORE, WIL LIA M M I VIL L IE, JOHN M LEMOHE, J. E. M CASKILL, DAVID MYERS, If A VID M'CALL A, A. M. MIVEIi, CHAS. NEELY, WM. O. NIXON, JEPTHA NORTON, - JOS. B. NETTLES'; JOHN B. O'NEALE, JAMES O'll AN LON, J. L. PETIGUU, RENJ. F. PEPOON, JOHN PHILLIPS, R. PHILLIPS, ‘JOHN IV. PICKETT J. R. POINSETT, R. ALEXANDER, MATH. ALLEN, JAMES ALLSTON, B. G. ALLSTON, SAM'L BACOTt . JNO. BARRILLON, ANDREW BARRY, J. S. BELLINGER, THU S BENNETT, MICAJAM BERRY, SIMPSON BUBO, JACQ'S BISHOP, JOHN BRADLEY, JAMES BRADLEY, GEORGE BUST. CHR. BREITHAIIPT, JOHN J. BULOW, IV’. 11. BURGES , D. C. CAMPBELL, JAS. B. CAMPBELL, CIIAS. R. CARROLL, KASHA CANNON, JOHN CANNON, WM. CHAPMAN, M. N. CHAPMAN, JAMES CHESNI TANARUS, ■ JOHN bIIESNUT, WILSON COBB , THOS. CORBETT, Jr. M. CLINTON, JNO. A. CRAWFORD, JOHN CRAWFORD, JOHM M. CROOK, JOS. J. CROSBY, GEO. IV. CROSS, HENRY COBB, DAVID DANTZLER, JOHN N. DAVIS, E. S. DA VIS, ABB. DELEON, 11. A. DESAUSSURE, JOHN DODD, LEONARD DOZIER, MIDDEN DUBOSE, BENJ. DUNHAM, JOHN IV. DURANT, H. FADDY, THE RON EARLE, JAMES R. ERVIN, ROBERT ERVIN, S. N. EVINS, JOSEPH G- EVETT, DAVID EWART, JAMES EYLAND, MANLEY FORI), I>ETE R IV. FR A SER, TIIOS. FRASER, E. N. GAITHER. JABEZ GALT, JAMES R. GIBSON, GEORGE GILL, Sen. JOSEPH GRISHAM, THOS. F. G A USE, BENJAMIN CAUSE, THOS. GARRETT, 11. D. GREEN, BURR H. HEAD, WM. HEATH, ElhV D T.JIERIOT, Daniel e huger, JAMES HOPKINS, rv, C. HIGHBORN, II AND ELL. HUNT, J. K. HOOD, J). Si HADLEE.; JOHN 11. HARRISON, WM. HAYNSWORTH ROBERT JACKSON, D. D. KANE; JOS]AH KILGORE, MITCHELL KING,. JOHN J. KNOX, JOSEPH KOG ER. Jr. U ILHAM LANCE, THOMAS I.EE, Jr. DANIEL LEG ARE, JOHN B. LEG ARE, CHAPMAN LE VF, Donn at Columbia, on Friday, the 1 4th day of De reinbr-r, in the year of oar LoW .dhp thousand tight hunched and thirty-two, mid in tfu: Fifty-seventh year of tin Ihdependcnetf of the United States of America. Attest : FRANLTN J. MOSES, JAMES EDWARD HENRY, , Sfef*r.?tii;-ies qf ConYeiiiidh. ip *n«**«® .ii»i n' J AIJGLSTA.^ MONDAY, DISC 34, 1832. I.t (>-. (ter (lull l:-r iniiwpes of our offi e in iy have I'.jiVt f rt:< reeUi/t,! . ft uni Ibe (lull iltilie# of (Iveir trade, we -luiil not i>another piijify be. I f.e l-'ci lay. to lire lin-g > lime, we teiuler pm r a.fc'dt anil f i - I «fk the compliments of the Sen son an’d »vi»j theui a happy Glil istmus. (j T \Ye regret we r old net <-ive imr f i -nils tn-.fr. ,t<>.i end linn w« ion: tn-ibiy. In oilier lo ea!c>- u i tor ild and jirancy inside, we have placed th - Aitdr/sx nflhe < oinntitite appointed liy those Dele-sat rs id to s ttd dfr on lhr. title loh vent inn. on the opisi - Hang out In-line,B on (lie Oilier wall/ you know-. The sentence «.i tiuCiAv. tin frm bih-ut Lotieiy Coiiiiinssiouer, i- ib-privittbu ui Ulli.c and dis iVapiliisi mini far 20 years’. Two new Xnt' liyir.ii'oH papers have mailt- their appearance siinuii.iua.iiw! v, one i.i Mobile the oilier in fuse lions i. Alabama is to he carried by siuiiii li may turn out like.the one Clayton iaEcU hi Inis stain —storm i » ;< tea-pot, Our oj.i iion nf ilia c' „tneter of t!>e 3-mlli Ca l' l.na OrJin.-i'M-';, and the laws passed in obedi ence to it, it. ig Hut necessary to.re-pda!. Ahhoi •h*: ocnate, urijed by the li'i»ru!itv and eloquence of onr friend Ini. Buj'leu whs nuainsi I heir, pro sciiptinn, the madness which ru ed the hour lias triumphrd; and bills providing for a stufrdji)- army and increased taxes to suppnit it, nmi enacting pains and penalties eveu to attain ter, have passed the Legislature and br r ciiihC lews. “ The Parly” was most parti.tu.ar in disavowing any such projects, tilt they had tfecuied their ob ject—they never dlearned iff such things, and it was Ml lo be *■> peaceable, that uubody would know any thi 'g about it-r-ri, would Work itself, like pert eiual motion—smooth as the unruffled surface of son e placid lake. Ami because the rest of fliei’r fel'ow-ciiiz-ns have the spirit, on the occurrence of the crisis which they foresaw, to piutesl against this invasion of their lights, and the denial us common justice, th.-y are to be stigmatised, as in tin-lasi Carolinian, as ‘ fac tious tu'jects”—a* “ Tories”—and their ‘ being pinnitted" to iat*#t and consult oil the best meat sos preserving the ordtuarv rights of titi zemhip, represented as an •• extraordinary prooj of the forbearance " exc-i vised towaids liu-in I Mr Ward! iw is oiie of the architects of the Or dinance —why did he not suggcsi to some of his friends in the Legislature, to incorporate the following provisions in thejaws, which have just been.passed to carry t« at Ordinance into effect 7 The Union men might eettainly b. e perm-tied” to be, at least, on a looting with the slates: Ist. No Union iiipii, exceeding seven in num ber, shall travel on the high w-iv, or he found any where together, unless there is present at least one Nuliijier with them. 2 id. No Unmn man shall be allowed to wa'k the streets, nr lie from home after nine o’clock at nil! hi, or read any’ papers or books except Nullification Tracts. 3rd. It shaft he lawful for a Nullifier to search all suspected planes, end houses, and to break open a«y d«or for that nml seffce all Union AthtiTSscji, find- Jackson IVorlanr. nicks •m ; to ilis|i.»rsfr f at his plvksiirn, iriy assemblage of Union men ; and if any of them should ?>« ®»u* r iiin ic ions, and loiter in obeying,l <’ommands. ' they iiiiiy be iirresteil, forth* tfb, and carried'l >«• fare a Magistrate, who.has taken the Test Oath, to l»e tre'itffl as they please. The New-,York Comma, cial A.*lr.e>trier of the 14th inst. nays— *• On Wcilcrsdin afternoon tin: Wardens of (hy. Srctm J Ward seiz ,and fi*ty seven kegs and 1 case .of‘ml! eaitVdges. wt rich were on .boaid the hj-ig York, bound t,i Char'e-ton. ! lie seizure was unide under tin 1 art for the picv*’.,- , tiiYn of fi'es in tlie ejtv of IV w. Y rk. Ai the lime Hint every tiling was work s ig with ■hi tinei ri ig eerl ii;i:y ns to she result, tor the mod (ii ..lion of the Tin fl" aim its redtn (ion to the Revenue ,stan lard—-the adjni.' islmtem a.id Congress, ieco amending it ahd.aciii ifly slivering i ff" nine million, of dunes el mm .time, South ; Ciir diii t gets nil at out e into-the must indomita ble fit of despei a lion, an i li st she slrmiUi lose the .opportunity of shew ing how f.t Iter in ad mss could chi" vTter, breaks down ai! res'vaint, « ven her allegiance. Mid seems to .hi' trying live pa tience ol liei sisteis to see if their ..(Vi ctioO for her weakness «ill allow her insanity to tie a good /exeii-ef ii e.ve*y thing stie inay do Ini' asuait jacket inu-f.nove be pul upon her That rp< ta tiin and the ttm. Va! Ol some of t'.e illusions i whi It. she fancies, hvr deception, will J probably hiiijttf tier hark tn her sposis hi fir- the close of l!h; g2d , E-nogi ess. The remedial pro cess is already begun, and when the cure is c-ioip'eted we h ive in doubt, patient amid. c fors u ill quart el, who did it. -The PieshfcMit’s fioclninati m continues to re ! ecive tbe app'imse ot all v'ho love tlu.ii country, With hut few exception' It tends mid I es applaud its iibiiiiy and (lie >ollll.lues- ol Us general vi• a-: : For our own part, we feel 110 drip sitimi to find : tau t with the sp us on the sun. The packet 'hip Ontario, at iV-w-Y rk, brings us dates 10-llic. 8 l Nov. li»>i.n l.omlon and nth from IhnteUionllt. Ue have not rnijjii for del a is. '1 he reported capture o! Don lYligm I’s Heel is not coidSii tttfil. They Imve had some ban; fight ing in Portugal, the Mtguelites beaten. the einptrt of <heßorte tienYblcS before tlie vicl"ii oiis Puahim, whn;cliases the. Wri t k of the >1 s iem aituy trefiireltim like ait I, hied and -er. The lasi lihpc of the. Ui tltid ,' ult.M.i is placed in 111 • interveiithUndf some of the liiTtopean Poweis llnahim in taking p.issessiou of JeiuMtlem r«- nioveil all taxes Hud inV|ms. lions <d evety kind on Chi is ians. \'ho vi*tl lliat sacred spot Ihe pence of Europe is not yet ft 1 Hilly embroil, ,1 bv the disptirte between Holland nod Belgium; hut the RtV-sfaft ftiemhers of the Comf'et t its e. have g I yeti theif < olliHgtieS 'noth e, tlnu the I'.doplidu oPc eicive (in t:v Flame and Knghmd against Hhiiau eimipi js .them, in etc I'nvmity with tiicir ffctrlie",ocs. to withdiaw from the pncifi inediatioii, id which they weie i i'ited tn take pan In 1 11 lan I, l,l>. y seeru and, (, ! mined tn prevent ihe cpi lei Hun ol Tubes, -ui.d.Jinv, iuhT- Ueie l a p(■oiest.mt Clergyman 80 years .of age, whose u>!lv <>fuui e was Unit hi, p com. p iled him Ip cojb-ct 1 is,tithes, in rbinig which he Wis gniity of i.irf severity It is >.ai 1 ttie ..clergy will be all cut oft - in >ti cession, if they (Lire U> collect their tithes. The; kv<si>;uut of the Cotton M ukcl, it will be v*en. is out tli» t ed. It was vHcispe.ied aimtn ((lg.ijttmf ,t,a_V. that in a certain neighiieurhood, a little li.pdi of .Teio cions nullifi is were getting tip a Corps of (Ca valry, to assist their neig ib ittis over th- river when the time comes, in rai«ihg the blockade of Charleston They are said to. he in n sta-te of greaf frp'iViii(tucss. having alie.uly » fqrnight’s growth of musiachio, on flieir fipp, 1 : De* |» fellows those iitlli,'S‘. in t„clie> st» well ns politics. If Uncle Sam’s Ciittms dvrn’t keep a I right lo ,U out. they will tic rod- ’over v,>iigt,--liml some of these dark nights. Tie name of the, couMyand er is not yet announced, fI they coth'd only gel fora mounted Cuoimpdpie, that ' ,affhotse b'lijl' alliga'fo'r.” Davy Clorkett, lie wnu.id Jbe the vtry ‘ .vtiroieuf” »o jftiak** a 1 splash” in the this (tiltphi..i >us campaign. Wlit re is Davy ? Has no body ofi'-red him a chance, in Ru 'h and beautiful ' rM sot la”.of a row?, Or does he reiitly give over diviitig, and eonclude that lh >.ic coin* off “ driest" a lio ketff out of lie wnh r! -- Wonder if there are not more thao th it iviij .niake the a time diseov-r.V'fter. a whip? B.F. PERRY, JAMES S. POPE, PHILIP J. PORCHER, SAME. VOUCHER* JOHN S. PRES SLY, ED J. PRINGLE, THOMAS POOL I' EDWD. If. PURCELL ISAAC RANDOLPH, JOHN RAMSAY, JOHN RAVEN EL, J. E. REM BERT, J. .S’ RICHARDSON, J. P: RICHARDSON, EDWIN REESE , WM. ROSEi WM ROBINSON, JOHM M. RIGHTON, J. ROSBORO UGH, J. HARLEST'NREAD JOHN SUTTON, JOS. M. SANDERS, C MAS: J, SHANNON. VV. GILMORE SI VIMS, JAMES H. SMITH, IV. MASON SMITH, THOS. P. SPIERIN, DANIEL G. STINSON BANISTER STONE, JOHN S TROD EL: J- J. L. STIWHECKBtk GEO. STRATFORD, WM, G. STJ'MLE. THOS. STANLEY, SAML S. TA YLOit, J. W. TOOMFIt, HY 11. THOMPSON, A. V. TOOMFR, JNO. C. YA UGHA:t, S. VFRDIER, A. Y. WALTON; PAUL WESTON:, S.L.. WESTMORLA ND J. G. WILKINSON, JNO. N: WILLIAMS, J. S. WRIGHT, JAMES YOUNG. UICH'D YEAHON, Jr. DIED. At T)ai juiry, CnniM-cticul. on Friday the 7 1 1> , i ist. •>> Consumption, Mr. Chaui.es Phu.t.ips; I aged 28 years Mi. I'liidip- tvas Ini several ' years a re-blent of ■ i-i - City . Wiswi II known ami i much respected.by an extensive circle «j liien.d* anil .u-qoVmtiiiires. - y q—mot " «r»«gj’»»r-3’--yT—. PoU-Ojfice, Augusta. 2 tilt Dm. 1832. rTYO M'tmilOW being C'lnisiinn* day the Os- I sue will tie closed from 10 M t 0.3 PM. V\ M c. Mirull V A7. Dee 24 l! 113 i v uTzns !>urzi:s i \ BLERvS’ OFFICIAL PRIZE LIST Drawn yum/frif of (lie Now Yotll Consofidatud Letter} , Chss No. 45, fit 1832 49, f>, 60, 55, 65. 61, 33, 24, 5, 23 L >wesil Pi izc sl2. Cunihinniiou, 5,40, 65, a Pi : zn<d SSOO . scmii Ip age iileman in Miijedgevillc. Cimibinriun, 5, 60, 61, sold lo a geil* tic in ait of this rii v. aT Ptjget Sold and Cm la dat ‘ liirhnifitr t.olh'.y Ofjiir jVo. 24 I lirojid-eirfU * # * A dtliess utiltMs; Mr W. P. Bi-.ers. tier 2A ■, » . ' - RUisTiticEV^s WISHING (n make the pi-re of. her peinjauent residence, respei’tlijlly tendofs her services to the public as Teacher of Vocal anti Instrumental Music. Scholars who wish her services will please to leave ijieji names at .‘he Book Store of Messrs - Richacds &. Ua.vahl; where her (emu will be made known. Dec 24 ‘ H 6 if Toys ! Toys !! ..Toys:!! [ \gceat variety o( Toys’ satiable for (Tirislmas and New Years’presents, fur sale Wholesale or Retail by. ,10 UUa DANFOUTH, Bridge Bow. Dee. 21. 1832 __ ,2' I ls» A B YUgTvLV. VPAIR of large Wagon or Dray HORs-ES will be given for one share nf Eagle ami Pine ill Hotel ntouk’. Apply at this Office. December 21 , 1 *5 foi; Salk, ■ A Valuable tract of L ind lyinj. in tire county iGa’rrol, Lot No. 99, 21 District. loc tunher uai t.culars, npp'y to - IS \AO l)’L\ ROCHE. At Knowltnu’s Stoic. Dec 24 3t 115 _ 'VotlieProprietorsofGoid Mines fllHE'Sifbsciiber t>eg leave t-> say. that he would t 'Ue employment Mh'*’ Engineer, for the yi ur 1813, or longer if *wt3 iem iiu'uce men tis off red Hts *« qiiaintanco with ai n bine- f ty and experience at the mines (in G-orpin). render fit hr adequate to the p-i formance. of roi b • duties, as the sui vey and exaiuinatinn ol Assay of ores .constmciion of Engincß i*ml woikiiglhe mines may require. • WILLIAM PHILLIPS. Dec 2< H 6 lui 3