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those means? A solitary female! it wo.-fit bemad
ness to pay any further attention to tier proposals;
no! he would not keep his appointnoeut with her.
Might it not be a snare prepared for him? Vet,
the letter of Barbaroux, and also, the noble coun
tenance of the yojng woman. With that.serene
Her steps, as l..ty ooi-.,ucuu her to >iaiai,
were firm and assored; and, as sne passed me
monster’s den, sne glauce.l her eyes around, to
see if there ware any obstacles in me way ol liei
determined purpose. Nothing escaped the search
ing looks of that voung and sell'-devoteii maiden.
and open brow, with those eves, beaming forth ; There was nobody with Marat but an aged fe-
CHndor and elevation of soul; perfidy could never ; male attendant; he ordered her to leave him with
’ the stranger; she obeyed, and Chailotte drew near
to this terrific man.
exist.
Dupcrretwas faithful to the rendezvous lie had
made with Charlotte Corday. He found her pac
ing with hasty steps, her humble chamber; her
features marked by fatigue, and her look3 haggard.
She promptly recovered her self-possessioir, and
u smile *f welcome flashed across her face, which
tiroved to Duperret her delight at seeing him.
They remained silent a few moments; Duperret
then said, “You perceive, hiadain, the confidence
you have inspired me with; anJ I would | 'edge
tny existence that you amply merit it.” “Is it to
ino, or the letter of B irbaroux, the citizen Duper-
in a bath, his hideous visage turned towards the
side opposite the door, his light arm out ul the
water, resting on a block ol' wood, on winch were
a sheet of paper, an inkstand, and a jH-n. Marat
was writing; without lifting his eyes, he desired
Charlotte Corday to wait a moment. She stood
by the bath, following with her glance, the words
he traced upon the paper, as he murmured them
in an under tone to himse!f.§ He ceased writing,
and turned -lishead towards Charlotte. A fright
ful smile accompanied the look. She bore nis
some sccunuai'. cuarac-tr, sum as a o o-Fr >a
or a Sanrlio, to figim now and lieu. Fete. Font
is a distinguished functional, in this wav. He
the evil genius of our countei hopping heroes, and
commits uc,jieo . mus im t.i toac--. ,»r t-x "-
a portion oi tire papula no to oisui c.tum m i e
voil, would he noi t>< oatuy of treason? He von a
certami . nave forfeited bis aiiegiaoce 10 iue United
sorrowful but ludicious plights into wlucli poor States, and the laws of iho*e States would pumso
Funk is brought,-wiil make any one laugh who ; him for ilie off nee. Ifln pleads that no allegianct
don’t want money badly. We would advise all
young men of warm imaginations, who come to
Gotham to make great fortunes m a hurrv, to read
it. Ii will enable them to compare real life with
their glowing anticipation of the
“I’riJp, pomp, and circumstance of glorious Wealth."
POLITICAL.
ret awards it?” “To you, Madam, to you alone, j look without shrinking, and Marat, ail hideous as
Tell me, I beseech you, who you are, and what are
your projects?” Who i am, citizen? Such as
you behold in-*; a woman, a feeble, helpless wo
man. What i seek, what I arn capable of, you
Khali know, be assured of it; but it is not from me
you will learn it. You say I possess your confi
dence; give me an instant proof of it: let us go to
gether to the Minister of the interior.” Duper
ret opened his mouth to demand her motive; she
laid her right hand upon his lips. “For the se
cond time, M. Duperret, is it to Charlotte Corday,
or to the letter of lint baroux, that you award your
confidence?” “Let us go,” replied Duperret.
During their walk, Charlotte replied not a word
fo the questions her companion addressed to her.
The minister refused to grant them an audience;
why, it was never explained, although at the con
vention they endeavored to penetrate the mystery,
he was, inspired her with wo terror; she even an
swered the smile he had deigned to bestow on her
with another; and her lips severed but to bestow
on him flattering words:—“Citizen,"’ said the mai
den, “I had a great desire to see you; I was sur
prised that a man so renowned for his patriotism,
should have made me wait so long for an audience,
which I demanded in the name of tlie republic’s
safety.” “Cilizeness,” he replied, “Marat is ex
ceedingly sorry; if I could have figured you as you
are, it would have been myself who would have
solicited an audience of you; but I am so tormented
by similar applications, to which I am obliged to
submit, because I have popularity to lose—Tell me
what you desire. Speak, you are one of those to
whom Marat could never refuse anything.” "C
izen, you have received ray letter?” “Aid it
true;! recollect now the object of your visit. NVliai
ALLEGIANCE.—It is a source of great sur
prize, that any intelligent citizen of one of tiie
States shouid doubt whether he owes allegiance
to the United States; and of still greater sur
prize, that he should wish to divest himself of
the rights and benefits of an American citizen.
The following just and appropriate remarks from | mt nations ol tue world; hei flag would be hoiso*
the Amnisu'Constitutin',,; list nhov* this snhieet 0,1 t> " anl lier vess-ls; an I she wou .1 have c ...
was due by mm to itie United States, and it-wa
admitted that tie had acted by the aiitnoiitv ol bis
own State, could he be punished? If he ould not,
where is the security li>r the persons and proper! -
of the citizens of tiie other Slates? On the tithe,
hand, if toe offender did not act bv the authority <»t
a Stat**. as ilia: State has no toreign relations, and
is bound individually by no treal v with anv foreign
power; and nas delegated to the United States tin
power ii» manage those foreign rotations, and to
conclude treaiies, it has no laws in ore • of its own
enacting which would apply to the case in point.—
Il die Union was dissolved, or die Slate of Geor
gi-i was to secede, then the :>•» vers which have
been delegated to the United Si.ites, would he re
sumed,and Georgia would assume her rank among
i
Latin vain. Duperret reconductcd Charlotte to [ have you to tell me of the conspirato rs at Caen
the hold deln Providence, and then took leave of What wrong to avenge? What lover has prove
her. “G »:ne again ibis evening,” said she to him; faithless? You wish him to expiate Ids offence on
‘'perhaps I shall have something to communicate the scaifold. Truly he well deserves it. Make
to you.” He promised to return. j yourself easy; Marat is the eye of the people, and
On entering his o wn house, Duperret found ; that eve can discover his enemies in their most Idi
there the commissaries of the Comile dc Served- den retreats. Beautiful citizeuess! if I thus take
lance, who cam? to seize his papers, then called a j your quatrels to heart, what will you give me I’m
measure ol‘ public, safety, but a sail presage for : recompense? With a female, Marat is not disin
him who was the object ol' it. Duperret compre- j tcrcsted, and, perhaps, you yourself would not par
bended the danger of his situation, and met it man
fully. He wus a man of coolness and resolution.
In the evening he revisited Charlotte Corday.
Seated in an arm-chair, her head leaning back, she
held in her hand a miniature-portrait, which she
regarded with sadness. Tears stood in her eyes;
she showed the picture to Duperret, and asked—
“D i von recognize ii?” “Yes, it is ” “Si
lence, M. Duperret, 1 entreat you, do not pro
nounce that name.” She wept much. “Pardon
iny weakness; a woman, although she may pos
sess courage, is ilwavs a woman.” “Believe me,
l take a lively interest in all that concerns you,”
said he; “I have been faithful to my word, will you
La faithful to yours?” “I scarcely know whether
I shall have the strength.” ‘ I think I have suffi
ciently proved mv liiitii in you to merit yours in
return.” “Yes, M. Duperret, yes, you are right,
may you never have reason to repent it; Charlotte
Corday brings misfortune to all who regard her
ion me if I were.” “And what recompense wish
es the—Marat?” “Not much, belle Citoyenne; no.
not much; lor instance, a kiss from your charming
mouth. Oh! don’t be alarmed. Marat owes lew
thanks to nature for his face; and I might say
you, as Polyphonies to Merope—a good republi
cainc will think little of such a trifle.” She stoop
ed, as if to obey him; but she had placed her hand
in her bosom; and atthe moment Marat opened hi
arms to enfold her; he felt the mortal chill of the
steel which pierced bis breast. His arms fell, his
| head sank on his shoulder, his eyes, at first start
ing from their orbits, closed forever, and the wa
J ter was dyed with his blood.
I Charlotte quitted the apartment; the servant
( of Marat hail tier immediately seized. Willi
smile she said, “It is useless; I was going to deliver
myself up.” At the Convention, in the Clubs, an
even on the scaffold, she was covered with male
dictions by the infuriated Jacobins, but her emir
age never forsook her. She died icilh a rose be
with kindness.” Then, changing her tone and
look, she inquired—“Citizen, what do you think \ ^ ween her lips, L.
of M irat?” “Is it of the friend of the deputies lie j '
has proscribed, you a A this question? Marat—” I ■ * Dnjnrmt, a patriot member of the Convention; guill
r ’ a tiger, a monster, an assassin?” exclaimed she
with fury; then, resuming her coolness, she adde
“D > you think he deserves to die?” “Marat?”
‘•Think you it would he a crime to poniard him?”
“The hand that should pierce his heart”—“That
lnud, Duperret'’—“Would be blessed by ail
France; death could not disgrace it: that "hand
would have performed a deed agreeable to earth
and heaven!” “But—(she lo.veted her eyes) oh
may such a blow not be struck by one who is doar
to you.” “And wherefore, Madam?” “Your
young daughter, M. Duperret, her, whose blue
eyes are so full of tenderness, whose affection is so
K’.veet to you, whose talents you are so justly proud
of-—if you beheld her, armed, with the avenging
dagger, approaching M.irat as if to increase the
crowd that surrounds him, and then, accost inf
him with a smile, and then plunging into his breast
a ” “What an idea! such is not a woman’s
work. It is true thit y-»ur sex know how to die—
honed by the Jacobins.
t Barbarous was the representative for Marseilles; an
honest republican. He died on the scaffold, of course
t Verguiaud, one of the most powerful and eloquen f ora
tors of the Convention. He was guillotined during the
Reign of Terror.
$ David’s horribly faithful picture of the death of his
friend Marat, is reckoned one of the chief-d'ouvres of :hat
celebrated painter.
From the Baltimore Chronicle.
The two beautiful paintings by Dubufe, the
temptation of Adam .and Eve, and tiieir expul
sion from the Garden of Eden, are yet at the
Assembly Rooms, and continue to attract nu
merous visitors. These splendid productions of
art, presenting so forcibly the delights of in
nocence, and the terrors and remorse of disobe
dience, are noticed for removal from this city in
a few days. To those therefore in the city, pos
sessing a taste for the Fine Arts, that have not
! a f ht i!; bu ,V ' vh . ere 00,11,1 ! seen them, I would earnestly recommend to
one he brand, wan, without shrinking, d:ire even | , „,i„„ „ , .
to look upon tliote tigers, panting for human blood? j cmbmce t ie P^ 111 opportunity, as it may not
No; Marat, must fail, but it must be bv a power- I a S ai . n recur, and they may much regret having
lit! hand.” “Duperret,” replied the maiden, “cour- | lost The first picture is a masterly and sue
tig? is frequently concealed beneath a fragile ex
terior, and a feeble arm has, before now, perform
ed prodigies. However, yon are right, it is not the
work of a woman—I with to see Marat. They
say that females find- easy' access to him; and that
tie is less ferocious in their presence. Perhaps,.af
ter having listened to me, he might become more
olive to pitv, more prone to mercy. I know not
whether I flatter myself, but it seems to me I could
inspire him with regret (or the past,—that I could
render him better lor the future,—that I could sof
ten his heart with compassion far his enemies.
Could yon introunc me to Marat, M. Duperret?”
Sh? pronounced these words in a half serious, half
playful mood. D iperret was astonished “I in
troduce you to Mirai!” he replied; “I, Ma lam!
are you not aware that we are far, very far from
being on amicable terms together? Mine would
be but a bad introduction for you.” “Yes, M
Duperret, I believe so; but, perhaps—no, you are
light, I ought > * introduce myself atone—alone, do
you understand me, M. Duperret; but it isgetting
/ate, we must separate, I entreat your forgiveness
•or having trespassed on your confidence. 1 warn
ed someone to—con duct me to the Minister; I
was recommend *d to apply to you. Receive mv
thanks; adieu, Monsieur; forget that you have
known me; it is p >ssib!e that we may not meet
again, adieu! Your daughter is,-no doubt, wait
ing your return; she is very happy, your daugii-
ter!” S ic pressed the hind of Duperret, atid
withdrew into her inner chamber.
Alone! yes, she would present herself alone; that
• h Might solaced her. Her beautiful leatures as
sumed a n )!> e expression, her looks beamed as
with inspiration, her wuole appearance seemed to
proclaim a mission more than earthly. Nature,
however, ha I not lost all her rights; a deadly chill
pervaded her heart; but it was only for a moment.
Life iss) sweet in tue days of youth, that it is not
easy to mike if voluntary sacrifice of it without
8htiddcrin g.
H.w C iarlotte passed that terrible night, how
she siruggled with the feelings of her woman’s
heart, an I with ilie natural horror of death inwo
ven with our verv existence, it is impossible tosav
In her chamber we e found many papers nearU
reduced to ashes, and on a fragment which the
lire h id spared were traced a few tender lines of
which she was the theme.
Charlotte Corday had sent the following letter
to Marat.—“lam just arrived from Caen.Yo.ir
love for your c mutry must make you ready to re
ceive un account of the plots meditating there. I
expect your answer.” This letter remaining un
answered, sh# wrote another, which she determin
ed to deliver herself. She concealed it in her bo
som, and by the side of it she hid a poniard.
It was on the Sunday morning, 13/h July, 179 t
that she want to the residence of Marat. She 5
could not sec him, and was told to call again in
the evening. She submitted to this delay without
the slightest remonstrance.
Whatever feelings might have agitated her in
most soul during the dreadful interval, her exterior
was tranquil and untroubled; not a look, not a step,
not a word, betrayed impatience or irresolution.
Sue had nu ie up her mind to free her country and
to die* In the evening, when she returned to Ma
rat’s, her countenance-was serene, and nothing in
her manner indicated that she was about to per
form tinie part of a f.-tnale Brutus, or rather of a
Curtins.
cessful attempt to embody with the pencil, Mil
ton’s delicate description:—
“So hand in hand they pass’d, the loveliest priir—
Adam, th" goodliest man of men sine * horn
His sons; the fairest of h--r daught-rs, Eve.
I'nd^r a oift of shad-, that on a gr"pn
Stood whispering soft, by a fr-sh fountain side,
They "sat thorn down.”
The painter has represented them in a vale of
surpassing beauty, and seated on a verdant vel-
vet-like bank; and a huge lion, sleeping at their
side, offers them a couch on which to recline.
Roses and flowers of nameless radiance are
bursting through the mossy verdure. The out
line of stupendous mountains is seen mingling
with the sky, and shutting out this vale of Eden
from all the world beside.
From the truuk of a large tree near them, is
seen the serpent eagerly reaching forward,
breathing the deadly influence of temptation into
the car of Eve. She is reclining on Adam’s
arm, gazing persuasively on his face, and placing
in his hand the “fatal apple.” A shade of fear
and alarm is seen crossing his countenance, and
the action of his left hand is eloquent of the
promptings of his conscience.
In the second painting, all is changed. The
very elemenfs seem at war—The lion has rous
ed up and turns a bl -o iy eye towards those who
but lately were the lords “of the fowl and the
brute.” The outline of the mountains have
changed. Clouds and tempests are in the at
mosphere; the tree is rent by a thunder-bolt;
lurid lightnings hem the rugged edges of the
convulsed clouds, and a fierce wind seems to
prostrate each herb, tree, and flower. The ser-
pent has disappeared, and astern figure of the
Spirit of Evil, is seen issuing from behind the
tree, enveloped with a brassy light, rearing his
arm in defiance to the Thunderer
The figures of our first parents are blanched
with sorrow,—years of mental anguish would
seem in the space of a few moments to have
done their haggard work on the features of Adam,
while the faded, although still fair proportioned
Eve, gazes up into his distracted and bewilder
ed countenance as if he was still her only hope
in ruin.
The spirit, the sentiment, and poetic genius
displayed in these noble paintings, entitle them
to general notice. R. G.
the Avgusta Conslit utionilist, place tins subject
in a very clear light:
The tramers of die federal c institution intended
that every citizen shouid heir allegiance to the U
tilted Slates, and that every offence committed a
gainst tout allegiance shouid he considered as trea
son. We believe, consequently, tii.it Governor
i’roup is mistaken in the reason he assigns for the
definition in the federal constitution, of what is to
c institute treason against the United States.—
“Perhaps,” says G ivernor Troup, “the apprehen
sion was entertained that as no allegiance was due
to ihe United Stales inconsistent with that which
is due to the States, the United Slates’ govern
ment would not have had authority to punish trea
son, unless the power was expressly given, and that
if the government assumed it, without tlie defini
tion, it would be exercised as arbitrarily and capri
ciously as by tiie governments of Europe.” Trea-
s ui was defined in the constitution precisely for the
reason assigned by Governor Troup in the conclu
sion of the sentence just quoted, and not because
the apprehension was entertained that treason
could not be punished by the government of the
United States, unless the power was expressly giv
en. As proof of the correctness of our position, we
shall quote several authorities. Mr. Madison, in
the letters of Publius, says, respecting that clause
of the constitution: “As treason may he conmiit-
»m-
merciaiand political relations with other foreign
powers in tier own name T ten her citizens would
owe exclusive and paramount allegiance to lier T ior
any violation of which she would make laws.—
Teen the State of Georgia would pass laws estab
lishing rules for the naturalization ofaltens, which
power is now exercised hv the United States, and
to require them to l> ar all- giance to trie State only;
fi»r any Suite which has the power to admit an
alien to the lights and privileges ol a native born
citizen, has the power to require Irorn that ado > -
ed citizen a faithful discharge of the dutv attached
to t.he station to which lie has been raised in tie 1
community: and allegiance comprehends the dulv
we owe to the country which protects our lives,
and property, and ail the interests we mav have in
the political and commercial relations existing be
tween our country and the nations of the world.
If the citizens owe no allegiance to the TI tiled
Stales, but obedience to their laws, in what a
dilemma would a commander of a vessel of war
of the United States have he-n placed, if a coiii
flic! had unPirtnnateiv happen I 'd-het voen the au
thorities ol South Carolina a-;d the officers and
troops of the United States? Would that corn,
rnander, being a native of South Carolina, have
been bound, by his allegiance to his native State,
to place his vessel and his crew-, and ffl the forces
under his command, at the disposal of the State
ted against the United States, the authority of the ' authorities? If he had done so, could he not nave
United States ought to beeuahied to punish it; hut j horn tried for treason against the United Stales,
as new-fangled and artificial treasons havo been | and shot or hung? ? \ hose property was Die vessel
'The Perils of Pearl Street."—Wc have had
(says the Commercial) a squint at the proof'sheet
of a chapter of a forthcoming hook under the
above title, written, as Shakespeare says, by “a
fdiow who hath had losses.” Three several bank
ruptcies overtook the luckless hero pf this work in
the course of his experience in this city, which was
mi more nor less than ten years. Such a work at
this time is appropriate. Though it may not save
those wluihave fallen in these Jackson times,it ma v
save some of the thousands who are rushin r
into this city, and, without experience, and mostlv
without means, are plunging into wholesale and
retail troubles.
The art of shinning, kife-fllying and drumming
i.escrkied to the h‘\ Every heroic must have
the great engines by which violent factions, tfie
natural offspring of free governments, have usually
wreaked their alternate malignity on each other,
the convention have, with great judgment, oppos
ed a barrier to this peculiar danger, by inserting a
constitutional definition of the crime, fixing the
proof necessary for conviction of it, and restraining
the congress, even in punishing it, from extending
the consequences of'guilt bevoitd the person of its
author.” No apprehension is entertained hv Mr.
Madison, that, unless the power was expressly giv
en, the government of the United Slates could not
have exercised the power of punishing treason.—
He assigns the insertion in the constitution of the
definition of treason to the true cause. In (he fed
eral convention, a provision e. as offered hv M>.
Martin, of Maryland, to the same clause defining
treason, as follows: “Provided, that no nc! or acts
done by one or more Slates against the United
States, nr bv anv citizen of anv one of th< United
Si ales under the authority of one or more of the
aid States, shall lie deemed treason or punished as
such; hut in case of war being levied hv one o-
noreof the States against the United States, the
conduct of each party towards the other, and their
adherents respectively, shall be regulated bv the
laws of war and of nations.” Mr Martin urged
the adoption of this provision, on the ground that
the citizens of a State, when defending their rights,
invaded by the United States, would be punished
traitors to the United States, if taken, according
to the clause in the federal constitution, as it now
stands, though such cifzens were acting expresslv
in obedience to the authority of their mvn State.
The proposition of Mr. Martin was not adopted.
We have other arguments toad lice in support of
the position we have taken.
The United Slates hv their representatives, the
government of the United Stales, have power to
stablish a uniform rule of naturalization. Thai
government have exercised the power, and aliens
ire admitted to citizenship according to the laws
made in pursuance of that power. So that the
government of the United Stales, silling in the
D strict of Columbia, have the power to confer on
an alien, ail the privileges and immunities of a
citizen of Georgia, without the consent of the
sovereign people of the State. And can it he pre
tended that the new citizen does not owe allegiance
ifter he has taken the oath as well to the United
States, bv whose authority he was mode a citizen.
;>s to Georgia, in which State lie has fixed his abode?
Il he does not owe allegiance to the United State*,
ie might, if in time of trouble, excite insurrection
in another Slate, and plead in defence that he tins
a citizen of Georgia, and could not bear true alVgi-
anc? to any other Sta.e. Thus the power to pun-
treason against the United States might he
evaded, by pleading allegiance to a single State
>nlv, notwithstanding ihe provision in the federal
(institution defining the crime of treason, and 'he
iws which have been passed in pursuance of ii.
ind by pleading the authority of his own State,
under which lie mav have acted, because if the
criminal owes no allegiince, certainly he cannot hi-
guilty of treason, should the overt act he not com
milted against the State to which t,e also did owe
allegiance. As long as the confederacy exists, and
the instrument which hinds the States together
remain inviolate, it is our opinion that ever' citizen
owes allegiance to the United States. In bearin'
allegiance to the United Stales, it would he treason
igainst his own Stale, if a citizen were to e<> mu
an offence bearing that character. But should tie-
confederacy be dissolved, or one State secede from
it, then the citizens of that S'are, or of all ihe o-
I | ir>r1 -*s, uouM be absolved from allegiancp ‘o
f ‘ ie United States: thev would have to continue the
II ©giance vvhicli tney owe to their respective
Stales. That allegiance, under onrsystem ofrepre
sentative government, is indisnensahle, if we wish
to maintain our independence of all other powers
the world, and to preserve the liberties we.now
enjoy. That allegiance to tfie United States Cads
ns to look to them, in our commercial relations
with foreign nations, as well as in our political rela
tions with foreign governments, fbr that protection
and security from injuries, which the twentv-four
States united can better affo”<J than one only could.
I the Union was dissolved.
I hat a citizen of anv one of the States owes
allegiance to the whole, is indubitable hv the
act that he is responsible for anv violation of the
laws regulating trade and intercourse with fi >reicjn
nations, of which he may be guilty, and tiuat his
allegiance lor bids him from joining the enemies of
the confederacy, should a war have been declared.
A citizen of Georgia builds a vessel, and load
with his own produce, and sails fh r Europe. The
flag of his vessel is that of the United States; the
register, the sea letter and the clearance, show that
the vessel and cargo belong not to a citizen of Geor
gia, hut to a citizen of the United States. This
vessel navigates th seas with the flag of the Unit
ed States. Every foreign vessel of war that item
counters, recognizes this flag and respeets it. Ifoni
citizen of Georgia were to hoist the flag of his own
•State, instead of tiiat of the United States, would
it be known and recognized? In Liverpool, would
the vessel anti cargo he admitted as property he-
ongingto a citizen ->f the United Slates, and enti
th-d to the privileges guarantied hv both countries?
If this citizpn of Georgia behaves amiss, while un-
ler the protection of the flag of the United States,
and commits acts of violence ou the hi h seas, oi
r ,. on board of his own vessel, or attempts to rapture
ave vessels belonging toother States of the Union, and
he commanded? AH thp crew were not natives of
South Carolina, and bv the aPegiance they owed
to their respective States, wan'd thev have permit
ted their commander to p'uc.e them hi the no ver
of the authorities of South Carolina? The read-'
will perceive at once all the consequences whiff
would arse should such a circumstance as we
have just statpd ever occur; and it shows bower
roneonsit is to pretend that no allegiance is due to
the United Stales, as long as the Union exists, and
how many evils would he created, should the prin.
dole prevail, and he incorporated in our public
institutions.
. From the Charleston Courier.
Allegiance —The following extract from the
Journal of the old Congress, found in th- hand
writing of one of the most distinguished wor
thies of the revolution and furnished us bv a
friend, will shed no little lighl on this much eon
trovorted subject It conclusively establish'-;
the fact. that, in the opinion of our illus’rious
ancestors even under the imperfect union form
ed bv the oi l artie’es of Gonf-de-ation a u r f
mice was due to the United States from the
citizens of the several States, and s'-ems to im
port that the authority of thr- Union was held nt
'east bv the fairs of some, to extend to tho e -s
sion of n State as the price of r>»nce. If all?
gia tie-'* was du rt to the Union th^n when i‘ was
littjii br-tterthfin rrr-re confederacy how mnc 1
more must it be due to if now. under a co >stifu
Don which lias rendered it more national, both m
form and authority. It will be difficult for those
who claim allegiance as due only to the States,
to do so in future without impeaching the wis
dom of our ancestors, and imputing to them n
strange ignorance of the principles of those in
stitntions, which constitute the rich inheritance
of their posterity. We now give the
referred to.
i it oi.ig t i |- itg mm.,, d. a m .o .oruol in ...
who have opposed tueir wild a >d ruinous m as
ii-cs. They have p 'u-sun -d to pr< sent a.i oat .
of Allegiance to South Carolina, to us.— l'i» -i>
who have shown our deep devotion, our firm
and constant attaenment to our native State, by
breasting the storm in her defence—To make
us sw -ar that wc will “true allegiance b air to
the State? of South Carolina,” is as absurd as it
would have been, to have profF-red an oath to
the dauntless Hampden, that he would true al
legiance bear to his country at a moment when
lie was braving persecution and d nth in defence
of its liberties und laws. W’mt greater proof j
of allegiance to South Carolina can patriotism
exact, than unyielding opposition to that madden-1
ed ainbi ion, which led men to disregard her j
dearest interests, und to invade her most sacred
rights? [protest that 1 would as willingly swear,
that I will true allegiance bear to Sunt i Caroli- j
na. as fiat I would not wilfully offend my God—
and so I have no doubt would every member of
the Union party in the Stat.*. Ii is the tim .- and
manner of exacting tiiis oat i, which renders it
so extremely irritating; and notwithstanding, l
view this oath as not in t ie least calculated to
impair the allegiance wc owe to the United
States—I regard the exaction of it, at the pre-
Mo wtiom
['lippus
O -tv vV
Vv
•x'vver
•’"at? has op n,' av (lejc
<:***. oower «le!?ga.e<!
I i Stat? rights i).*?]
•ercas tin* ihmunani
to
Carolina, while thev by their'
” inuiorily
rip" (lower,
j - ;ii B it n;
Peru able.
■van of Sou > mi-.i uv itielr nnji;
bra uo.1 prolmsed to he m aid of the minority oi*
u - United Stines, they trample into the d , it,
a «t sacred rigiits of the minority of their
State, ihte proclamation and force Bill i,. ° V ii
hedged up their path of dusuion—they annenp’T
ternuned hv their late arts to po„ r «'>.,« Ihei'r lurv
oil the Union parly of the State. Thev | ‘ V
goi the purse of the State and are "ra-iintr ,'r. Ve
ihe sword. Bv theirdate preparations it apt* a Vt£v
intend to fight ior Nullification and to be na ; i *
of the public treasury. If the union party 7
to defend their constitutional n»hts’ihe*'
tneir own arms and ainni r ’
own provisions and expect no
temp'
must find ...... ...... mw ami ammunition, flip;’..
i , i . . , P a . v hut glorioi-s
hb‘*rty, the production of the Americ
which le-r sons aie hound to defend and sii- ;
1st. r leref.re, Resolved, that we n„. ' t
etui soi' (
pport.
the Union
„ f orty view I ie organization of the militia t| )e Ihr •
rou ter of proscri it ion, lisl'ra-cuisemeni am! con'
fi-canon of — 1 -
fir a I mm oolitic.
•ar-cnisement
property, a dangerous policy uncalled
lie sol red. That lest oaths are
with onr republic
ed down subjects
n pmictpl
h e n « | Vi
ttl varj;,nee
es—they may before-
’emeu. Therefore
will am respect th-command, nor obey the ord,-
of any officer that has taken
take the lesi oath
or may iierealier
prescribed m the military ac*
view the acts passed
open declaration of Wa:
sent moment, as a mos unwarrantable act
The majority of the Legislature could not have by the legislature,
been so utterly ignorant of the state of public 3 I. Resolved, That wc
feeling, as not to h ; aware of the effect the pass
age of the extraordinary provisions of the Mi
litia Bill, would create throughout the State.
They co il I n it have disguised to themselves
tint fact, that it would irritate and inflame men’s
minds, and drive them to deeds of despera- i
fion, and yet they persisted It is strange in- j
deed, to s~e with what recklessness these men ,
risk invoIVing the country in civil war. Have I
they no regard to the honor, or interests of the j
-State which have heenco omitted to their charge?
Could they see with indifference that their con
duct was likely to bring upon Sour i Carolina the
disgrace of .being the first in this Union, to
we pledge to encli otlic
bv the legislature an
against the Union parlv of the State.
Hh- Resolved, That we will continue to ma : -
lain the ch i acit-r of peaceable citizens vvliiie | v ,
are permitted to remain in the enjoyment of our
c vil and religious liberties, free from indictnietr
and military fines, prescribed in the late militar-
ads. ‘ •
5th. Resolved, That we wiil consider anvai-
t npt to enforce the late militia ads hv indiettnem
fin--, or i nprisoument of any of the 'U„j o;i , )an .
for not obeying test -mill officers, a commerce,ner
of lios’ilities on th© part of the nuilifiers; ami t| llK
w? will del-u11 o;;r liberties, our property am] mV
j persons, with all tiie power that God and nr.tir
I ha
. . . given -is against such tvranny.
stain its soil wit the blood of its own sons? | (Jth. Resolved, That
Could they have doubted for one moment, that
the Union party in the mountains would act ot
erwise than they have dona? Can tney now
doubt that those, who are bound together hv
persecution, as we have been, will fail to sus
tain each other, whenever and wherever, we
may be assailed?
B it I refrain from pursuing this subject anv
further. It is of too solemn an import to be dis
cussed at this convivial board. It ought, in mv
Opinion, to be considered elsewhere, and the
course of the Union party in relation to it, de
cided upon afte- that mature deliberation which
a question involving the peace and tranquility
ol the State, the rigiits of freemen and the fu
ture destinies of this country, d inlands from us.
I have seen with some surprise that the great
statesman of the West, who contributed more
than any other man in America to produce this
state of excitement in the agricultural States <•!'
the Soui h, has thought fit to compliment the lead
ers ol tiie Nullification party upon t ie sacrifices
l.iey have made for liberty. \\ o cannot c-nn
prebend wiiat Mr. Clay means Sacrifices!
aav they not obtained all tlie power and mu.
topolized ail the offices in the* State? For lib-
at : q ir s irred Honors, our property ntul our lives in d- .
it- f- ice ol tliHiberties bequeathed to us, hv our fore
fathers.
7th. Resolved, That
district he and they are
the Union party of this
ipreby advised to he pro
vided with arms and ammunition not to attar!
anv one, hot to defend themselves; that if anv
uiff *ii mao is pm in goal on account of the militV-
r Bi l, that we will at all hazards release him,tL
anhis, If necessary, and that a committee of safe!
be appointed at thp general meeting next saieda
at Greenville Court House.
bth. Re=nh:ed, That we think il expedient th •
a Union Convention of the Suite he
•ri'
■ ■tty!—have they not, in the name of lib
trampled upon all tier most sacred rights?
idm let us 1 ave these champions of the Tariff,
Hiiu its nullification, to congratulate each other
• ii ..u lavtng inflicted upon t;-e country the great-
s , hide d tiie only great und serious evil it has
'-mi • ; -d sme we were an independent nation:
und let s pursue a calm, steady and dignifi- I
Course, opposing firmly a id fervently all m ns
ii s t mt mav bo p ej idicial to th? great inter
Sis of tile State, or a.f ct the stability of in ■
L nion. In t.iis man er we shall prove our at-
• hi meat and uilegiaoc to ^initli Carolina bet
ter than by fighting ..ar own battles for
extract
promotion under tae baa
ant
m-
_ . “FRIDAY, TUNE 23, W-n.
i he Commit! e to whom vv is r f-rr-d th • I tt--- r-,„ n
Govrnor Uiul-rigo, brought in or»po- r whereupon Con
gr--ss earn • lo th following 'solution:
“V\ li r as, it has he si r-pr-s nt. -d, in order to *e lu • the
citizens of South Carolina and Geor ia from their am egi-
ance to these United State*, that a tr-aty of pear- - h-Mv- -i
Am-riea ami Gr-at Britain was about to t ik • p!ac -, in which I
these two stale* would be cedet> to tire,l! Brit,'in
“Resolved unanimous/!/, 1’har th- -aid
and utterly void of fimndauon.
‘i hat this ( onf-d racy is most sacredly pledged to sup
port th liijerty and ind -pt-id'-iio of . v -ry on of ts ,n in-
liers, and that in a firm r iianc -ofth • divi i- hi ssmg will
unremittingly p rs.-v-r- in th -ir x -rtions for lb stablish
ni'-nt ot the same, and also in th- r -cov-ry and nr servation
of any and every pari ot th -s ■ ( nit-d Slat -s, that lias b ■ -n
or may her -alter be invaded or possessed by the common
en-my.—Fag l'JO.”
ns
•at!-
: get
our own
man >»r set
i .■emselves
:d
'port i ■ insidiou
ISOI"
of ti
JoLL R. 1 ('INhL 11, ESQ..—At a oublic
men; oi;r o|
• exclusive title of
name of tratio,
n md of Unioii
t tgiits ot the jtat
5-s we may -stnii ,-
r Kitiv. State. Si
o. those who opp >se
i ie ea rliesl foundaiion
and Route Agitators
exclusive tith of uti mt
liberty ■ ave commit d
Those who refused to join tht m were called
dastards, and those who dared to oppose them
w re branded with th- name of traitors. The
same language which* was held then is used
now, and Sim la scenes are acted over in every
convene!
soon as pracbeiMe to take into consideration or-
grievances and to point nut tiie best anule of a
d rt-ss.
9th. Resolved, That ih- editor of the Gren
ville Mountaineer be requested to give this prear,;-
bipaud resolutions a place in Ins ttsel'ti paper. Als
that the satire request be extended to all the edi
tors itt the State oil both sides of the question
t'a 1 tire dominant parly, may fully underslatti
our deter initiations.
The above objections, preamble and resolution-,
were read hy the Qiairman of the committee an?
tnanimonsly adopted bv more than a hundred
union men present, notwithstanding ihe inclt'iueu-
cv of the day.
On motion of Mr. Harrison. Mr. N. Berrv rvr.s
requested to prepare the papers and forward then
to the n ess; tiie meeting then adjourned.
. IENRY SMITH, Chairman.
J. II. Haskisox. Secretary.
unites
e; from
Greece
.red the
, and t ! tite name >*:
h> gre iti-st exc sses
■iU
festival by the citizens of Georgetown, S. (J and ff a,irt ( !r °T the world From Cape Horn, to
UNION MEETING.
A number of tiie citizens of Greenville Dis
trict met at Captain Adam Jones’ on Saturday,
the ' 1th ult. for the purpose of taking into con
sideration the ’ proceedings of the late Legisla
ture. Fite Meeting was called to order bv
Captain Henry Smith, who explained-the ob
ject of if. and moved that Captain Titles Bol:
ing bo appointed Chairman, and Benjamix
Nelson, Esq Secretary, which was uruininiou--
iy agreed to, The Chairman then appointed
the following gentlemen to draft a Preamble art !
Resolutions lor the consideration of the Meet-
" v 7: Henry Smith, M. Berry, Hiram Coo
ley N. Berry, John Richardson, David Vin
cent, and S. Turner, who retired, and after a
short ime, returned with the following Pre-run-
b • and 'esolutions, which were agreed to:
M ' teas, the dominant party of this State,
t; :d» r the specious pretext of guarding the
ri"' ts .- id liberties of the people, have over
leaped the barriers of the Constitution of thi.
State and the United States, and trampled upon
the liberties of the people, in a manner unknown
in a Republican Government. They have
passed a law organizing the Militia and vacat
ing the Commissions of all the officers, and re-
requiring those elected after the passing of tin
its neighborhood, in liouor of this distinguished t !e ^ a bme, civil war rag.-s in ail its furv and Act to swear Allegiance to the State, in conform
r T • ^ 4 I t too croot » «... .1 I a 1 * . t " n fo. < k ...1: .f*.! l Ori. P L 1
friend of the Union, to a toast which expn-sst
the feelings of the party towards him, Mr. Poin
sett made ihe following response, in a style oi
impassioned eloquence:
1 am deeply sensible of the very flattering
manner in which this toast lias been received
any expression of the approbation of my fel-
l"W-citizens of tin's district, would at ail times
have be u gratifying to me; hut is particularly
so at a moment when circumstances have
brought me to .eside permanently among them
There is nothing which draws men of firm
principles s > cbisely together, as unjust pers-ca
tion, and wc are bound to each other bv the
strongest and most indissoluble ties.—VVe have
suiiered togetiier in the same cause, and we will
continue united together by chains as strong as
adamant in our unfaltering efforts, to oppose ty
ranny and oppression.— We deemed the contest
those vast regions are desolated in the name of, ' f V to the Ordinance of the 18th of March, 1833
liberty—If I ooiiid read to \ou the proclama- ; —thereby disfranchising the whole Union Par-
tions, ordinances, and harangues of those, who US T° r it is idle to talk of their being allowed a
declare themselves the champions of freedom in
the new world, and have taken up arms against
the established institutions of those Republics,
you would suppose you were listening to the el
oquence of the btute House of Columbia, or of
the Circus and Citadel of Charleston.
VVe have •hitherto been preserved from the
calamities theirexcesses hav brought upon those
beautiful and fertile regions, and winch have
made the new American Republics a bve word
and a reproach among nations; a circumstance
due altogether to the nature of our government
and our institutions. Let us, at anv cost, and
at every sacrifice, maintain them in all their pu
rity, and transmit them to our posterity as the
brightest inheritance of freemen.
Mr. Poinsett then offered the following toast:
Tiie Union Party ot Georgetown District, dis
over. The nuilifiers had accepted a compro
mise of the Tariff*, which is far from satisfying, ...
us; but we believed the preservation of the peace, j tU1 f U!S ! . e ^ To'- their attachment to the Union
and tranquility of the country, to be more im- aiK t * le ' 1 activity and zeal in the cause of free-
portant to the Mute than the maintenance of a-' dom *
ny theory of political economy; and we were I UNION MEETING
content to submit to any evil, rather than con- [ At a meeting »i* the Union partv convened a:
tinue that state of violent excitement, which Major Tullv Bdiings, in Greenville District, Soutli
would more speedily und certainly exhaust and Carolina, bn Friday the 17th January, ’ I3H,
destroy the country, than the payment of anv I ^'P'* Henry Smith was call '
duties however unjust and exorbitant. But
peace and tranquillity do not suit the plans of
tiie nuilifiers. They must agitate the country
at any cost, in order to maintain tltei, dominion
over it. In all ages and in all countries, t!i<*
Jo!
I In the chair an .
H. Harrison appointed Secretary. O
motion, Nathan Berry, Wilson Cohh. \Vm. Da
venport, John Mac,hen, John G.i nbrell, Owen
Jenkins, Robert Gains, Capt. C -olley, Micajah
Berry and John W. Harrison, a-committee to prr
... I ):, re ami report a preamble and resolution expres-
lust of power has proved the destruction of Repub-I s 've of he sense of this meeting on the preset)
lies.—To obtain power, or to preserve it, ainbi-] Manning crisis of our public affiirs, who In
tious men are ever reckless of consequences. j retired a short time, reported the following wh
Thev will } was unanimously adopted:
“Wade through slaughter to a Throne” Because said o.aili is predicated on the ordi-
“And shut th ■ gates of mercy on mankind.” nance that was past on the 1 5ih of March, 183.5.
To obtain power our opjtonents have tram- ^- v ' v * iaf '. s called the State Convention. The s- -
pled on all the rights of their fellow citizens, and c,,n ^ section of t lie said ordinance of said conven
plunged their native State into the most appall
ing difficulties. To preserve their power at this
time, when wc had so much reason to expect
the restoration of peace and tranquility, they
seek to agitate the country, by provoking and
lion declares and ordains, “That the allegiance .
ifie citizens of the Slate while thev continue suio.fi
is due to ihe State, and that obedience onlv ami
not allegiance, is due hy them toanv other power
or authority to whom a control over them has been,
or may be delegated by the State,” [mark this,] it
vote, when the object of their choice cannot
serve them, because he is too honest to swear
that which lie does not believe: He is not only
removed for the present, but is incapacitated for
ever from holding the office for which he was
elected, and some other person appointed to fi-
the office whose conscience is more elastic.
Resolved, That we consider all Test Oatln a
cowardly engine of tyranny, and utterly incom-
|>atib!<* with the fundamental principles ol Re
publicanism. .
Resolved, That we will never obey any ofric-
er who takes the oath of office as prescribed by
the Legislature of December last.
Resolved, That we are willing to do Militia
and Patrolduty u n d e r o ffi c e rs o fo u r o w n c h oosi ? fo
and defend our country against any enemy ilia?
invades us, or tramples our rights as freemen
under foot.
Resolved, That we recommend meetings oi
file State Rights and Union Party to be held in
every company beat, and declare their opinions,
so that a co-operation may be had with the State
Rights and Union Party throughout the State.
Resolved, That we recommend the assem
bling of the Union Convention of the State,
soon as practicable, to consult and devise the
best plans of operation under present circum
stances.
Tiie above Preamble and Resolutions were
read over separately, and the question taken on
each by the Chairman, and unanimously agreed
to. ft was then moved and seconded, that a *
those who were determined to support the
bovo Resolutions should form a line in ffoti-
of the . ■> ;se, which they did, and numbered
eighty five—five only of the whole company
staid behind
TULLY BOLLING, Chairman•
Benjamin Nelson, Secretary.
The Rev. Timothy Flint has, in conse
quence of ill health, withdrawn from the Edito
rial chair of the New York Knickerbocker.