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land, who nre now in independent circamstan-
ces. One hundred dollars here in the pur
chase uf land and all the staples of life, are
worth more than five hundred in the east, and
then you have the advantage of all the ad
vance in a new country. The principal diffi
culties in coming here are the distance to be
travelled, and ttse scarcity of comfortable
houses after reaching here: and they are not
small.
FOREIGN.
From the Boston Commercial Gazette, Sept. 13
IMPORTANT FROM ENGLAND.
The ship Amethyst. Capt. Nve, has brought
London papers to the 6th August and Liver
pool to the 7th. The only news of import
unce which they contain nre give below:
The Chambers of Peers and Deputies had
been opened at Paris, and the papers contain
the speech of the Lieutenant General on the
opening of the same. The King bar abdica
ted, and in the act of abdication, IIis Royal
Highness Louis Autoiue tie France, also re
□ounces hi* rights.
These acts had been laid before the Cham
bars by the Lieutenant General. The King
was at Rnmbouiilel, with 1500 troops, and
General Pajol, with a force of 20,000 men, and
several pieces of cannon, had marched from
P .ns for itambouillet.
It appears that the King's last hope was in
rxrittng * oivit war in favor ot me young
Duke of Bordeaux; in consequence of which,
■the Parisians ivere more than ever exaspera
ted against the Bourbons and the whole popu
lation of Paris were again in arms.
PARIS, August 3.
Opening of the Chambers—Speech of the Lieut.
General cf the Kingdom
Peers and Deputies—Paris, troubled in its
repose by a deplorable violation ot the Char
ter and of the laws, defended them with hero
ic courage! In the midst of this sanguinary
struggle, all the guarentces of social order
no longer subsisted Persons, property, rights,
every thing that is most valuable and dear to
men and to citizens, was exposed to the mas;
serious dangers.
In this absence of all public power, the
wishes of my fellow citizens have turned to
wards me; they have judged me worthy to
concur with them in the salvation of the coun
try, they have invited me to exercise the
functions of Lieutenant General of the King
dom
This course appeared fo me to be just, the
dangers immense, the necessity imperitive, mv
duty sacred. I hastened to the midst of this
valiant people, followed by my family, and
wearing those colors which, for the second
time, have marked among us the triumph ol
Liberty.
1 have come firmly resolved to devote mv
aelf to all that circumstances should require of
tne, in the situation in which they have placed
me, to re-establish the empire ot the laws, to
save liberty which was threatened, and rend
er impossible the return of such great evils,
Iiy securing forever the power of that charter,
whose name invoked during the combat, was
also appealed to after the victory. (Applaus
es.)
In the accomplishment of this noble task, it
is for the chambers to guide me. All rights
must be solemnly guarantied, all the institu
tions necessary to their full and free exercise
must receive the developements of which
they have need. Attached by inclination an<!
conviction to the principles of a free govern
ment, I accept beforehand all the consequen
ces of it. I think it my duty immediately t«
d’all your attention to the organization of th<
National Guards, to the application of thejurv
to the crimes of the press, the formation <>i
the Departmental and Municipal Admimstra
tions, and, above all, to that 14th article of thi
Charter which has been so hatefully interpre
ted. (fresh applause ) It is with these senti
moots, gentlemen, that I come to open f his ses
sion.
The past is painful to me. I deplore mis
fortunes which I could have wished to prevent;
hut in the midst of this magnanimous Iran*
port of the capitol, and of all the other French
ciiies, at the sight of order reviving with
marvellous promptness, after a resistance free
from all excesses, a just national pride move;*
tny heart, and I look forward with confidence
to the future destiny of the country.
Y ’s, gentlemen, France, which is so dear to
its, will he iiappv and free; it will show to
England, that solely engaged with its interna
prosperity, it loves peace as well as liberty,
?tnd d sires only the happiness and the repose
©f its neighbors.
Respect for all rights—care for all interest-
—good faith in the Government, are the best
means to disarm parlies; and to bring back to
people’s minds that confidence—to the coosti-
tuuon that stability, which are the only certain
pledges of the people, and of the strength of
states.
P»ers nnd Deputies—as soon as the Cham
ber shall be constituted. I shall have laid be
fore you the acts of abdication by his majesty
Charles the X By the same act Louis Antoi
ne de France also renounces bis rights. This
act was placed in my hands yesterday,
the 2d of August, at 11 o’clock at nigt. I
hare this morning ordered it to be deposited
in the arebieves of the Chamber of Peers: and
I cause it to be inserted in the official part of
the Moniteur.
The cries of “Vive d’Orleans!” “Vive la lib-
erte! were again heard louder than before.—
The Prince appeared to be deeply affected: he
saluted the assembly several times, and with
drew with his son, attended by the great depu
tation. which conducted him hack to the door
Mr. Lafilte advanced the centre of the as
sembly, and said, “1 think, gentlemen, that we
ought to separate to-day, to meet again to
morrow at noon. ’
Numerous voices, “Yes, to-morrow at noon
—ic-naorrow! to-morrow! *
Other voices,—“to-dayl to-day!” “The Bu
reaux might be formed.”
M. Sal vertex 1 'Where is our president by
seniority!” t
M Dupin the elder— 1 “M Chillaud de la
Kigaudie is apt here; but we have M« Labby
de Poujpiere
Several voices.—“till to-morrow for the Bu
reaux, till to-tBorroplf'
ft e assembly broke up and left the hall—
The immense crowd wbich surrounded the
pallace filled the air with the loudest acclama
tions. The National Guards, in their best uni
forms, alone lined the way, but it seemed to
have come to take part in a fete, than to main
tain order, for no body seemed to think of dis
turbirg it At the slightest injunction of acilizen
soldier the groups dispersed as if by inebant-
ment to make room for the Deputies.
From the Messager des Chambres. Aug- 3.
Paris, Aug. 2.—“Charles X. and his fami
ly, with the exception of the Dauphiness, who
has remained at Fontainbleau, have been*
since the day before yesterday, at RambouiNet,
accompanied by 2000 men ot all arms and a
great number of general and superior officers,
without troops. The division ot Bordesoulle,
and all the rest of the Guards, have not left
Versailles. The General is at Rambouillet,
and the regiments have refused to follow him
The new authorities and the tri-colored flag
have been established at Versellies.
“The patriotic movements had spread from
Paris with so much rapidity and enthusiasm, to
Orleans, Chartres. Blois, Tours, and the whole
country on the Loire, that the retreat of
CharlesX tola Vendte became impossible.—
Events partly resembling those at Paris have
occurred al Nantes. The Victory remained
with the citizens, and National Volunteers
were immediately pot in motion. In these
circumstances Charles X. has been oblig' d to
ask a sate conduci ot the Frovlsiouai Cluveiu
ment. This safe conduct has been granted
him, and the National Commissioners have,
it is said, already set out to accompany the
Ex King to Cherbourg, where he will embark
It had been thought that he would ask to
proceed to. the frontier of Switzerland, in or-
d» r to go to Rome; but apparently it would
have been too painful for him in his niislor-
' unes to inhabit a city in which many mem
bers of the Ex Imperial family reside, and he
has wished to spare himself the pain ol such
a situation.
*• We learn that Charles X., abandoned by
all and retired to Rambouillet, has sent to
ask a safe conduct to the first sea port, offer
ing to abdicate in favor of the Duke ol Or*
lcan9^ Messrs. Odillon, Barrot, De Schonen,
Jaqueminot. the Duke de Trevise, are gone
to carry him his safe conduct, and to regulate
the conditions of it.
"The Dutches of Orleans ha9 just been to
visit the wounded- in the hospitals.
“It seems certain that tho Ambassadors of
Foreign Powers now at Paris have already
given to the Duke of Orleans, in the name of
their respective Sovereigns, the assurance
of the most friendly disposition.
“Mr. Edward Ternaux. who has arrived in
28 hours from Clermont, at Paris, saw every
where on the road the National Guards or
ganized, and the tri-colored flag flying. The
troops no where show any hostility against the
people. At Lyons, the post are divided Iwv
tween the troops ofthe line and the N itionai
Guard.
' News has been received of the death of
the Kirig of Naples
‘ A plan of a complete counter revolution
has been found among the papers ofthe Duch
ess d»*’Angouleme It will soon he published
“The last Ordinance which Charles X.
signed at St Cloud, was for the abolition ot
of th Pnlvteehnick Schools.”
The Messager states that on the arrival at
Rambouillet of the Commissioners appointed
ogive him a safe conduct, the Ex King relum
’d to adhere to the proposals that he had him
-“|fmade. “The news of bis bad faith ini
lediatelv excited the indignation o‘ the Par
isians Six thousand National Volunteers as
-enabled in the Champs Elysees, to march to
Rambouillet. All the hackney-carriages of
Paris and all those that ply in the environs
‘nve been put into requisition at the expense
»f the city, to convey them to Versailles. AT
the armed population will join them on the
road, as well as 8000 Normans, likewise well
armed who have just arrived within two
leagues of Paris Ir is now for the pretended
rights of the young Duke of Bordeaux, that
Charles X. retains the last hope of causing a
civil war to break out. He is deceived by
those who surround him and by his own pre
judices to the veiv last moment. He does
not comprehend, and he cannot comprehend
that this 19 not a civil war hut a deliverance
—a national movement against a perjured and
despised Government, which would have cov
ered France with executioners, if the citi
zens could have been conquered. However,
Gen. Gerard has set out for Rambouillet with
20 000 men. and several pieces of cannon —
We cannot hear of him again till to-morrow
The population of Paris is again in arms, and
the exasperation against the Bourbons i9 ex
treme ”
Paris, August 3—The Duke d’Angouleme
read at Maintenon in presence of th troop-
who accompanied him, a Proclamation, an
nonneiog to the army that it was disbanded.—
‘The commanders of corps in all parts of th-
country are preparing to make their submis
sion to the Prince Lieutenant General.
It is said that a telegraphic despatch an
nounces that Marseilles and Toulon have
hoisted the national flag, and the public will
soon learn that the army in Africa wears our
glorious colors. M. de B-.irmont had landed at
Toulon, but he re.embarked it is thought, for
Naples.
M. de Montbel and M Chappelle are the
only Ministers who remain with the Royal
family, and it is not yet known what has be
come of Messrs, de Polignac, Guernon de
Ranville, d’Haussez and Chantelause.
Most ofthe Theatres were re-opened yes
terday evening, with a representation for the
benefit of the family's of the victims to the
patriotic cause. M. Norrit was at one of
them, in the uniform ofthe National Guard,
and he song the cantate of M Casitmr D«*la-
vigne, which excited great sensation. At
the Theatre Des Nouveautes, Marseilloise
hymn, and Villeneuve, were received with
much enthusiasm.
NATIONAL GUARDS OF PARIS.
Orders of the Day.
August 2.—At the glorious crisis when Pa
risian energy has re-conquered our rights, ev
ery thing is still temporary. Nothing is defini
rive. hut the sover igntv of those National
Rights, and the eternal recollection of the
arVof tlie people. Butin the midst oft my encamped at Coigmers wanted to set out
uowees invented by the necessity of this morning at three o’clock to go to Ram
ihP re-oriranrzation ofthe Na- bouillet, and even farther, and it was with
great wor
various
gre»t.aiffic 0 U„b..Ge« P.j«V-».ble.opr..
vent their march, wbich was now become use
less-
Bot the result of this movement has been
immense; the flight of the King, his definitive
abdication, the taking of all the diamonds of
the Crown, the capitulation ofthe whole Royal
Guard. Such are the fruits of this day, which
closes the glorious revolution tflat a great na
tion has just effected. After the praises me
rited by the brave National Guard, which yes
terday behaved in a manner worthy of itself,
both by its enthusiasm and its discipline, we
must do justice to tbe talent of General Pajoi,
and to the zeal and presence of mind of Col.
Jacqueminot and M. George Lafayette. Such
troops a worthy of such chiefs. At six o’
clock these brave officers entered Paris with
the Crown diamonds, amidst cries of “Charter
forever! the brave National Guardforever!”
(From the Messager of Thursday 6th of Aitg )
Saint Acbcul is destroyed, The people pro
ceeded to that establishment, which they de
molished and burnt.
A letter accompanying the express says—
“As soon as the charter is constituted, a pro
posal will be made to offer the Crowu to
the Duke ot Orleans Every thing is prepar
ed for this. It is probable that the Peerage
and the Magistracy will be remodelled. It is
affirmed that Geuer?l Clausel is appointed
commander in chief ofthe army in Africa.
From the Moniteur of August 4.
Paris, Aug. 3—(Official )—The following
Act, superscribed ‘to my cousin the Duke of
Orleans, L euteuant General of the Kingdom.”
has been deposited by order of the Duke of
Orleans in the archives of the Chamber of
Peers;
Rambouillet Aug. 2. 1830.
My Cousin—I am too profoundly grieved by
tbe evils which afflict or might threaten my
people, not to have sought a means of prevent
ing them I have therefore taken the resolu
tion to abdicate the crown in favor of my
grandson the Duke De Bordeaux. The Dau
phin, who partakes my sentiments, also re
nounces his rights in favor of his nephew.
You will have them rn your quality of Lieut
Governor of the Kingdom*lo cause the acces
sion of Henry V. to the crown t-> be proclaim
ed. You will take besides ail measures which
concern you to regulate the forms of the go
vernment during the minority of l he new King
Here I confine myself to making known these
dispositions; it is a means to avoid many evils.
You will commuicate my intention to the
Diplomatic Body, and you will acquaint me
as soon as possible with the proclamation by
which my grandson shall have been recog
nized King of Francs, under the name of Hen
ry V
I charge Lieut. Genera! Viscount de Foisen
to deliver this letter to you. He has orders
to settle with you the arrangements to be made
in favor ofthe persons who have accompanied
me, as well as the arrangements necessary for
what concerns me, and the rest of my family.
We will afterwards regulate the other meas
ures which will be the consequence of tbe
change of this reign.
I repeat to you, my cousin, the assurances
of the sentiment with which I am your affec
tionate cousin,
Charles,
Louis Antoine.
Extracted from the Supplement to the Moniteur which ap
peared this evening.
A private letter has just betn received by a respectable
genlleu> in .nthis city, staling that 40,040 of the Nation
al Guard, beaded b) two Cooimissioneis, « ho had previ
ously been with tbe King, proceeded to Rambouillet.—
This imposing force caused Charles X to come to an im
mediate decision; lie has given up every thiug, and gone
to Cherbourg to embark.
Letter from the Commissioners appointed to attend the King.
Rsmbouillkt, August 3.
Monseigneur—It is with joy that .ve anouncethe suc
cess of our mission. The King has determined to depart
with all his family. We shall bring you all Ue incidents
and details of the journey with the greatest precision.—
May it terminate happily.
We follow the route to Cherbourg. All the troops arc
directed to in irch on Epernon. Tomorrow morning it
will be decided which shall definitively follow the King.
We are with respect and devotion, your Royal High
ness’s most humble and most obedient servants,
DE SCHONEN,
LE MARESCHAL MAISON.
ODILLON BARROT.
The despatch which encloses the above official letter
savs, “it is understood to be the King’s intention to era-
1 bark for the United States of America. The King’s re
solution has evidently been hastened by the approach of
the armed force from Paris ”
and public order, which is generally called for
The ordei of the high function of Liutecant
General of the Jiiogdom—most honorable for
me—was, tkat for the present I should take
the commai^t I refused in 1790, at the ad
vice of three millions of my comrades, because
the office would have been permanent, and
might one day have become dangerous.-—
Now, however, the circumstances are differ
ent, and I think it my duty, iu order to serve
the cause ofliberty and of my country, to ac
cept I he general command of the-National
Guards of France.
LA FAYETTE
Another Order of the Day gives directions
for the general organization of the National
Guards, which, it says will be upon the prin
ciples of that formed in 1791.
From the London Morning Herald, Aug. 6.
(PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE )
Tutu O’clock, P. M.
“The triumph of the country daily becomes
more decisive and brilliant. With the excep
tion ofthe South ofFrance, from whence there
was not Sufficient time to receive accounts,
all the rest of the Kingdom has mounted the
tri-coloured cockade, called out the National
Guard, and disowned the perjured and pros
trate government of Charles X. Last night
despatches were received from Bordeaux, and
Metz Bothffiese important places have de
clared in favor ofthe Provisional Government.
There is litt’e doubt but that ail France with
out any exception, will follow this example.—
The treasures from Algiers, the army comman
ded by Bcurrponl, and the remainder of the
Swiss troops who accompany the Court, are
ihe only supporter- that Charles X. can at pre
sent rely upon. They will prove impotent a
gainst the force, the union, and energy of the
national mind. The population of the c- untrv
is every where in arms, their watchword being
“Vive La Liberie.’*
Fwm the Boston Commercial Gazette.
POSTSCRIPT.
One Dav Later.— The Ship Ilcicufes,
Captain Rich, winch arrived at this port yes
terday, brings a London paper of the 7th Au
gust, containing accounts from Paris to the 6th.
The King had quilted Rambouillet with his
family, abandoning every thing: the diamonds
of tho Crown had been taken by the National
Guard, and the Royal troops wuich accompa
nied the King, had capitulated We subjoin
the particulars of this interesting intelligence:
It was stated that the Ex King, Charles X.
was about to seek an asylum in this country.—
This statement, it will be seen, comes to us
in an authentic form. The Morning Herald,
announcing this tact, says: “If this be the case
lie may meet With the deposed Majesty of
Spain m his exile, and in the back settlements
ol Kentucky, or the green solitudes of Penn
sylvania, Charles Capet and Joseph Bonaparte
may console each other’s misfortunes. It
would be a curious and instructive subject of
moral contemplation, to see :he Ex Kmgs,
members of R yal families, living under the
protection ol the simple President of the Re
unite. It would be pleasant to see them for
getting tbe cares ot Europe and the intrigues
of Courts, enjeying in company the harmless
pleasures of tne wilderness, angling in the
same waters, or pursuing together the pastime
ol the woods ”
Paris was |>erfectly tranquil on the 5th.
The news of the death of tbe King of Na
tes is confirmed. He died at Turin, at the
ge ol 53. He is succeeded by his son Fer
dinand Charles Duke of Calabria, who is in
his 21st year.
A lett- r from Paris, August 4th, says—“It
a remarkable fact that the people, the lower
classes, the mere mob who were the real com-
battants, and who triumph'd, have, after the
victory, peaceably returned to their labor.—
Peyrounet and Chantelaur, late Ministers,
have been arrested at Tours. The French
x\rmy makes every where us submission: the
tri-colour< d flag is flying m all the depart
ments. The National Guard is organizing it-
elf rapidly: it is in arms in every part of
France”
The French Chambers.—The Morning Her
ald contains an account of ihe sittings of the
French Chambers on the 4:h. Baron Pas-
quier, who was appointed President of the
Chamber ot Peers, by an ordinance dated on
the 3d, took the Chair The Chamber ap
pointed Secretaries, a commi’tee to draw up
Ihe address, and bailor led for the bureaux.— The ha.e armed at
1 sitting ot the Chamber ol Deputies was | Rambouillet, accompanied by a sirgle officer of her house-
POLITICAL.
hold. Sjie travelled in a hackney couch, and was dis
guised in the garb of a peasant’s wife.
Gen. Drouet has been appointed Governor of the mili
tary division of Metz. M. Beinhard, formerly French
occupied both in the morning and evening, in
examining the validity of the elections A
great number of members was declared duly
elected, and the decision respecting others ad- j Ambassador at Frankfort, is said to have betn appointed
journed. Toward the end of the sitting, as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Algiers shut its gates to
reported by the Messager, ofthe 6th, M. Ch f r , lefiX Nantz joins its forces to the citizens ol Main
Charle- Dupin s».d. •■Will, Ihe Charier in my ,r * - Sl ““ , “ rh “ m “ usua theiri-coloureU cock-
hand, I say, M. Do. Corcelles, the Charter is j At Lyons the tri-coloured fit* flies, and 10,000 men
deiuncl!” After some other members had ( we r« on the point of marching to Paris. Lisle answer-
spoken, the Chamber resolved to form a list i cd . t0 the telegraph of the Horae department, “All your
ofthe Candidates for the office of President
The number of voters was 218; the majority
110. Tbe five members chosen were M. Cas
imir Perrier, M Jacques Labile, M. Benjamin
Delasseri, Al. Dupm, Sen M Royer Cullard
Express from Paris.
London, August 7 —Saturday morning, 7
o’clock. We have just received by an ex
traordinary Expiess from Paris the papers of
Thursday morning, and the Messager des
Chambres, dated Friday, 6tb August.
[From the Moniteur.]
Paris. August 4. —Firsl comes t he note of
the Commissioners, annou ring their depar
ture for Cherbourg with the King.
Yesterday accomplished the work wbich
was begun on the 28th and 29fh July. The
transport of patriotism which led to Rombouil-
let nearly 60,000 men of the National Guard
ot Paris has been fruitful and powerful as was
to be expected. At the news of this move
ment the King quitted Rambouillet with his
family, abandoning every thing, even his last
hope The National troops which set out un
der the command of General Pajol, who was
accompanied by General Excelmans, Col.
Jacqueminot, and M. George La Fayette, dis
played, as in the great work just finished, an
admirable enthQsiasoi* The expeditionary w-
orders vhall be obeyed.” Tours displayed the tri-colour
ed dig. Gen. Donedieu has made his submission. At
Orieaus the Swiss grounded their arms. Last night the
remainder of the troops, both cavalry and infantry, who
had folio" ed Charles it. to Rambouillet, returned to Ver
sailles, and made their submission. Tri-coloured cock
ades were immediately distributed among them, which
they adopted.
From the Gazette de France.
We do not know the conditions which the commission
ers were authorized to consent to, but it is marled that
Charles X demands an income of four millions, with
liberty Intake with him whoever he thinks proper. |i is
thought however, that the latter part of his demands will
not be granted, and that he will be allowed only a limit
ed number of servants, well known to he such.
He demand' d for the present onlpnne million, which
has been paid in gold. It seems that the last funds which
he had at his disposal had been distributed to the troops
the day before yesterday. AH the princeases were with
him at Rambouillet. The resolution to quit Prance which
be formed so. suddenly, seems to have been brought a-
bout by the knowledge that he acquired respecting the in
surrection of the towns on the road to l)a Vendee, es
pecially Chartres and Mans.
M. Benjamin Constant and M. Dupin Aine, are said
to have beeo chosen tbe government orators to develope
the motives of the laws tote presented by the Ministers
to both Chambers.
Most of tbe Ambassadors of foreign powers residing
at Paris had yesterday given to the Duke of Orleans tbe
assurance of the most friendly disposition of their res
pective sovereigns. The English Ambassador is said to
have been the first. By way of a !ast resource, Charles
X- entered into a correspondence with Viscount Chateau
briand, on the 27th, 2Sth and 29th of July, but after ex-
changing a few letters the curreypondence
FROM THE CHARLESTON COURIER.
MEETING OF CITIZENS.
Ad unusually large, and highly respectable
meeting of the inhabitants of St Phillips* amt
St. Michaels’ Parishes, was held at Setle’s,
on the evening of Wednesday, the 22d lust,
when Dr Samvel Henry Dickson was called
to the Chair, and Henery Ravekel, Esq. ap
pointed Secretary. Attor a brief explanation
of the objects of the Meeting, by the Chair
man, the following Address and Ticket wer®
submitted for consideration, by the Delegates
appointed by the citizens of tbe Neck, and
four Wards of the city, and adopted with great
unanimity.
ADDRESS.
Fellow Citizens—The agitation which pre*
vails on the subject of the ensuing election,,
arises from causes that deeply affect every
member of our community. From the day
when a voice was heard proclaiming, that it
was time to calculate the value of the Union,
the Iriends of Constitutional liberty, and ot’
public order, have had reason to feel the deep*
est anxiety. In tbe strong and steady attach
ment of the people to the Constitution,, may,
however, be found the best reason to hope for
the permanence of our happiness. Such too,
is our strong feeling of the blessings of a freer
government, and such our conviction that
these blessings greatly depend on our happy
Union, that ive believe, when the question is
fairly presented, there are very few favourers
of Disunion.
But under cover of the well founded hostili
ty ot this State to the Tariff, opinions, tending
directly to the destruction of the Union, have
been introduced. Doctrines, at variance wit Ik
the sense and spirit of the Constitution; subt
le explanations, which destroy the text, amft
do away with contemporary exposition, have
been urged with unceasing zeal; and measures
have been pressed upon a people, under the
influence of strong excitement which aro
plainly inconsistent with the maintenance oC
the Union. A strong and active party have
been at work to- induce the State to interpose*
and prevent the existing Revenue Laws froiu.
being executed in South Carolina That such
a proceeding, on the part ofthe Slate, is tan
tamount to Disunion, has been publicly de
clared by oar Representative in Congress; anil-
the name of William Drayton will long-be
honored, for the ability and independence with
which he has stood forth, on this occasion, to
maintain the integrity of the Constitution.
We know that our opponents, to evade tfier
force of the arguments against Nullifig&tion,
sometimes profess to confine the action of the
State to a mere declaration of the nullity of th»-
law imposing protecting duties. But such a
declaration, without finy farther interposition
of sovereign power fo maintain it, would ex
pose the authority ofthe Stale to humiliation
and disgrace, and could have no effect (as i&
fondly supposed) on -the collection of the ob
noxious duties: for according to the settled
law of the land, no defendant in an action on a
Custom House B.nd, could submit the wncon-
stitutionaiity of the Tariff to a Jury* In fact,
the notion of Nc.Mification is new so much out
of iavor, that its advocates swe glad to shift
their ground, and affect to limit their views to
tbe cal! of a convention—but a Convention tV
onhj the means, of which Nullification is the end.
It would argue great imbecility of purpose to
call a Convention, ami after every thing was
made ready, to r cede without striking tho
long meditated blow. Let us at least preserve
the honor of the State from tbe imputation of
submitting to the suggestions of prudence,
when we were deaf to the calls of duty.
But if the high spirit of our countrymen
should revolt (as it necessarily must) from the
degrading supposition, that they are capable
of assuming the attitude of resistance, for tb*a;
mere purpose cf intimidating; or that they
profess the inclination, without haviug the
courage to strike-—then, the only alternative
of Convention would be, Disunion and Civik
IVar, This alternative, fellow citizens, brings
home to our bosoms the necessity of opposing
a measure, fraught with results so perilous;
and which involves not only the fortunes and
honor ol South Carolina, but the hopes of free
dom throughout the world, it brings back to
our attention tbe words of a man, who would
never suffer his country’s escutcheon to be
tarnished Col Drayton has said, “1 feel no
hesitation in answering, that I should regard
the separation of South Carolina from the U-
nion, as incalculably more to bo deplored, than
the existence of the law we condemn;” and
such, we unhesitatingly avow, arc our opin
ions.
But we have been taunted with an inclina
tion to submit to wrongs which o«ght to b©
intolerable to a gallant and high rainded peo
ple. In this imputation we are willing to
share with the same noblo spirit, and like him,
we refer for our vindication to the candor of
those who know us. We adopt his fl»wn words,
“it might he a*ked of me, whether I woafdre*-
commend silence and inactivity, amidst th«f
wrongs with which we are vffl eted. My an*.
9weris, no. What can constitutionally he done*
by the Legislature, ought to be done by it —-
Through Congress and the press, and com**
munications with these States whose cause is
common with ours, every possible exertion
should be made to dispej the delusion under
which the Vcovlth Uhatf AND SO WB
SAY.
In pursuing these means to redress oar
grievances, we are greatly euconragi d by tho
support of our venerable President, General
ANDREW JACKSON. Whatever differ
ence of opinion may have existed before his
elevation to the Chief Magistracy of the Na«
tion, his administration has developed an en
lightened patriotism on which we fully rely?
and we confidently trust, that his integrity and
wisdom wifi, with the blessing of Heaven, re
concile the discordant interest* now agitating
our beloved Country, and' hind together its
parts in one indissoluble bond of Unity and
Peace.
In such a crisis as the present, it is time to
act on the Republican maxim of “MEAS*
URES, not MEN.** It i^to the support of
principles, and not ol’ men, that we invoke
vour aid. when we submit tbe following
Ticket for Member to Congress and "Members
of the State Legislature. The t&ndidefop