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w- (;^Iop Rn i pupils, to suppress •!
s.t! • .1: t*— l; l* ■** • *U- in i.pe.iki ig. to avoid
f«) -lemet of • oinpli ioi’i* ivirli th •>
i -->i: .0.1. lhe in'.ill:'*- may !>o pi iv -.u:./ . . -
ini.;,!:'ii of :Ji • f.miis, iiiid if n ap:> ■ *r inl mou -.i.
Ihu liMClioiu of his 0.15-' o y be i'll'" 1 ' ixi' d oi
wholly removi'd. \ i* n- i may b ■ - ft from
the r.
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■l . - file quick eye <*f ‘*1 «*
.vi'! re.i.!ilv liiitinguisli !>. ; '■
of hi>ia•'**''. and the irregular atm.
com lining id!.* conversation, oven .!■
It. i,i -!,nn! I he «• ir.-ii-.i on i:i n whisper.
i"bo 1 dject of reward* nnd punt *'. ;1PI1‘*
cr*n n*i t.ul with s-lionl ilcs. ipliuo in gCI
do.* * n t come withi’i tho purpose of tins a
Kill d may ! **- jump*.* to a.lvi t to tin’ inatti
far as to in.litate tilt natiri* o( th
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motives
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ed, bee attse they would not take an unrighteous! true moaning of Allegiance, and these provis- the violation of his official oath. Had Con* j
and unconstitutional oath—that our tvi.eit- State j ions of the Constitution of the United States, gross, who, by tbe Constitution, liave power
was convube.l l*> its centre—and tii.it even the j no citizen can be* embarrassed by the subject to make all laws which shall be necessary and
horrors of civil war were aiKivIpaii J by thosej ,jf his Allegiance. When, therefore, the State,: proper for carrying into execution” the pow-
by an Ordinance, requires her citizens to take ers vested in them, aud “in the government ot
a test oath, by wnich they abjure ail Allegi-I the United Slates, or in any department or
nice, excepting to herself, it is obvious, that! office thereof,” not passed an Vet, witliou:
they must either violate that Allegiance, which which the laws of Congress could not have
they arc constitutionally and conscientiously I been carried into execution, they would have
bound to observe towards the United States, or befen guilty of a violation of their official duty,
by refusing to do so, heron tiered amenable to The Act which was passed in pursuance ol
any pains and penalties, (extending, even, to I these high obligations, (the true character of
death and confiscation of' property,) which j which, upon a candid examination, will be
may be imposed upon them by tint Legislature perceived to-be such as I have stated to be)
of the State. It is against such a test oath as! lias, nevertheless, been stigmatized as incon-
this, that I enter my protest—a test oath, un- i sistent With the principles of freedom, as stib-
constituiional, vindictive, and cruel, exhibiting 1 versiye of the rights of the States, as uncon-
a melancholy proof of the reckless extremes, stijutional, ferocious and bloody, as having
“ * the
•d to in order
i tbe
We
that
op-
,„s .%i
i*'-.«V
ttrd bv
duty,of 20
id tin ex-
tar
*i ;!i
better |
if disorder-
attentive
liter, wttii
nr m
may li
o* in.ary con:
wilt in telle*
utc lertu il an
dual
oral rev ard; the privilege
of partaking the higher pleasures of education
wilt be reserved for those who manifest a dispo
se non t.< prize and improve them.
In etmelusiini. i would s.iv, let the monitorial
system be admit! ! so tar as to give the adult
teacher ill th.* al. which it is capable of nfford-
iig, bn not to diminish tho amount of his own
ms. i: m , uld. in no instance, ho cm*
isrilul fur tho talents and iufor-
• h. to is ■nossia'scd by the mar-
t'i tuiolvhis deficiencies in dig-
inattt
plm-i ■*
illation w
ter, mm 1>
a ru
bh'li
less
nitv or ou'hnrity. It s!i.>'.;':l never be comtnit-
tod to the weak and iudoient, and should never
b ■ expected to create knowledge, or even to in
sure its acquisition, except so, far as it enu
prompt inquiry, and lead to the soureos of in-
Ibromtiou.. Let it ho employed to invigorate
otTort, bat rot merely to
wui •!:, after all, inn . bo
wii > deprecated it .is ih * direst calumny with
w iiioh an off.• i ling people could be visited by
an avenging Deity.
TIu.-'i', felbnv-eitiz ns, wire some
bitter ft ui»s of Nullification. \V i.at
i»."i -fits which it has conferred upon
wc re told, tliat it was t
wc might be relieved from t.bo intolerabU
pressions of an unconstitutional protective ta-
iin ; and vet the Convention which annulled
all the protective tariff acts, by' their Or'lm-
anco ii: November, 1S-32, formally repealed
that Ordinance in march, 1833, although a ta-
Iff net was then in existence, which enacted,
that protective duties should be levied until
June IS 12, which, thereafter, perpetuated “the
protective system ns the settled policy of the
country,” so far as it could be perpi
tentiou to ! legislation, in the event ol a uniform
i the mo- ! p t .p cunt, pro fuciuga revenue beyo
penditure "I he Government, which subs*.iu-
ted cash in licit of credit duties tmon till ini—
i,*-*«-io. and inch introdued the innovniiaa of
•r suti’ect to 1 tlie hnmn valuation of imports, thus increasing,
u teacher, if. by 40 per cent, the amount upon which the du-
lud defective, ties are to be assessed after the year 1342;
b *1 in n siini- I and although tliat Convention, in the ‘‘Address
teacher, | { 0 the people of South Carolina’,” resolved
that until these abuses (the protect:*.e tariff
i | acts) “shall beVefiffracd, ao more taxes shall
ni *rit ^ meet I ^poid here,” and in tho “Address to tlie
u ‘ People of the United States,” declared, “If
wo submit to this system of unconstitutional
npprosssion, we shall voluntarily sink into shi
very, and transmit that ignominious inherit
ance to our children. We will not, we cannot,
we hiro not submit to this degradation, and
our resolve is fixed and unalterable, that a
protecting tariff shall be no linger enforced
within the limits of Fenth Carolina. IVe
stand upon the principles of cvcrlaclh'.g justice,
arid nohuman power shall dr ice us from our
position," That position, nevertheless, has
been abandoned—tin* Ordinance bf Nullifica
tion, founded upon “the principles of eyerlast
ipg justice,” hint been repealed by the Con
ventian which ordained it—and “a protectiv
give an air of activity, ] tariff" is now “enforced wkhin the limits of
tils more than useless South Carolina." I shall make no further
in ly i
s. hot
lot
,il<*ge of pur-
cuibraced iu
into which a dominant party will rush for the 1 been recommended by tlie, President in the
attainment of their object, when milled bS n ir- spirit of a fiend, that he might execute it with
row prejudices, blin.le 1 by* exclusive feelings, I die.malignity of a demon,
and infuriated hy burning, resentmoms. Until; The re [Seal - of.the .ordinance of nullification
the Ordinance containing this test u ttli be an- of November, 1812, must have been produced
nulled, it must bo execrated In* all who rocog- by soma measure oft lie Federal Government,
nize the Federal Constitution as a Constitution. But two measures were resorted to by* the Gov-
It usurps the exercise of a power which no j er.imont tlie prssage ofthe Tariff Act .of 2d
•‘'rite, in the Union, can grant—invades the Mnrrli, 183-), and ofthe Act ft?v, the collection of
sanctuary of tlie heart—tramples upon the j duties on imports of the same date. It cannot
sacred rights of Conscience—an j. prescribes to ; be'primmed that the repeat was owing to the
citizens of South Carolina and of the. United ] first mentioned Act, because it enforces a pro
b4»a’S:ViSsilEX'
kxKOHGTA Ti: Li K G R AP H
MAcoar.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1S33.
ff/ 5 * We thank the Messenger for calling at
tention to tho subject of Reduction. That sub
ject must not be lorgpttcu : it is one ot more im
portance to the people ot Georgia than any that
has been brought before them tor the lost seven
years; inasmuch as arc involved not only* the t they complain of.
interests ofthe pretent generation, but the inter
ests of ali future generations. \\ c hope dnecou-
sitleraiiou will be given to tho questtou, mid that
the people will be prepared to meet .t it'idci-
standmgly on the first Monday in Ortoper next.
Our censorious couteiuporaries, judging eve
ry one’s motives by its owu, can see honesty ot . farel , ie public for tho purpose ofvimlirat
from itself. Thus' > • .' >-• —•>
Morgan, havo no good foundation. \y| ,
';e Palmetto Banner actually and lilerallv
ed over them, is a matter of little conseq,.^
It was in their mouths, if uot over die tat . llc "*
They met as State Rights men—they drank V
iilication Toasts, aud swallowed Disunion 'i Jl
ehes. Tin spirit of Disorganization prevail'
If the Disunion Flag was not setup, | t n ,
fo* the want ol'tlio wilt—as may be inferred f
tho whole tenor of the proceedings and p**..:
larly ftotn the following Toast:
“By Col. S- Rockwell, of .Mil)e<lgeri!l c r
Palmetto Banner and Single Star, tltrsbd u ’’
the Ham yurts of Stale Sovereignly—\y|,* ‘.- 1
either shall sink, the hopes of cousutufi olla ! C
erty will he extiugiiished.” 1
If they had the will, they are eqaaily cri.u; ri
as though they* did the deed. Aad so. t| le . e H ,
no “atrocious calumny or falsehood” In ! ie *j*
Though tlie Union ...
have been present, but little respect was lud f,”
it, if we may be allowed to judge from li.a t c;<|1> ..
and spirit of Ute tiinnuts druuk.
TO THE 1M 15CIC.
Toe uuders'gned, citt/o in ot Monroo Co:i;;r
having* participated in the dinner lately giv*i*
Mr. 'Berrien, at the town of Forsvtli, come !...
I'urposu ill tin
one w tlO diffel
tecffvc tariff, in diametrical opposition to ‘the
fixed aud unalterable resolvp of tho Conven-
^ tion “that a protecting, tariff should he no lon-
Tlm radical error which pervades all th- rea- ; S? r enforced within the limits of South Caro- ; of the Messei,
soilings of tho advocates of nullification is. this—-I htta; the conclusion,^ consequurtilys is^ uresis-j -hireluig.” \
States, to hlijure that Allegiance" from which
they cannot b • absolved, except by expatria
tion or revolution.
bustle and formality.
IT *J,STK\\L.
C "
aj i~3 v i on's speech.
From the (Hit:. ! .■.fun Patriot.
At tho cel br.n;,»n of i * ,* Fourtli of July, j iating a topic, and shall quit it, with simply
in this cit;*',. by the Washington Society; one j expressing my fervent hope) that .our sad ex-
of the Vic>* Prosid *.it’s gave this toast: pcricnce.of the evils of Nullification, and tlie
The ff'-n. 11 hi.’. Drayton,—Tho patriot rejection of its dogmas by every Legislature
“without fear aad without reproach,”—estiin- : In the Union which has considered them, may
able In private, illustrious in public life—all j operate its a solemn and salutary Warning to
comments upon the conduct and the acts of
the Convention of South Carolina. No pow
ers of eloquence could more vividly exhibit
' their character, than a bare reference to what
they have done and what they 1>< ve undone.
I take no pleasure, in dwelling upon so huinil
the. ends s aims at, arc his country's,
When the enthusiastic plaudits with which
this t >::st w..s received b id subsided; Col'.
Drayton* ft - an 1 spoke us full tws.—
Fellow citizens—Although you have been
induced, by personal kind ties , to speak of mo
in a manner which I -iu very fir from merit
ing, 1 yet receive your flattering compliment
with tlie most grateful feelings, not because it is
llatt; ring, but because it maciil f ts your appro
bation of my conduct, and your opinions, that
tho exertions which I liave made* for oar Coun
try, aud fin* tho preservation of tour tights,
however in ilioient they have been, have bet-ti
all that ut'* humble abiii’i 1 - enabled me tr> ren
der, end (ait they.have It *it directed bv pu
rity of intention. Bat, fellow citizens, any
drag relating to mys; If, i* unconnected with
tho object of this meeting. We have met for
\
deter others from imitating th
those, who, had they nor been
example of
‘driven front
tutionul and naulrnl rights—between rights un
der the constitution and beyond*itl As this
State always acknowledged the Federal con
stitution, site could not bo relieved from n
protective tariff, upon the grouit 1 df its being
uncdhs^tqtionaT, otherwise than in some of the
modes warranted by the constitution', among
which nullification was not included. When,
by her solo authority, she undertook to annul
a protective tariff, site exercised an extra-con
stitutional and revolutionary power, derived
from the rights of man and of nature, pa ra
th oy nave not distinguished between consti- * aI, ^ e { [ iat tne repeal is to be attributed >o tlie
latter Act. By tlie passage, tiiereof, ol that
Act denounced by tlie Convention, as “unau-
lves.aml ihusu who unitgd with tbetn
to havfftfpposCtl iu Convention some oftlie de- j occ:i-i>:u. as ::u.->t tlie atrocious taiselloc.il anj |
tails ui the bill winch is afterwards advocated iu j luinuy con tain t'd.iti tin.* following tons: n|«, j,
discovers to the jattudtceil c;t*»
;lt, soincihiii), “mercenary,” or j
c leave the Kdilois oi that paper *
lie newspaper,
mount to till constitutions, although she never cither liy infernal foesot by foreign enemies,
declared that she had seceded from the Union. ot observations which I have sub
the enju; mom ol tiieii* owu viiidieuve Icuiiu^b.
respects tho course ol ilio iJaitu/oi tins pu-
_ . jier while u Delegate m Couvcntiou, it is open to
thoriz-'.’d by the Constitution, subversive of dint * , . t t . A
• ~ , , . .- • .i M criticism, liiai ito ^oicU onanist m«ii>\ ui tne
Constitution, anu destructive oi nilulic liberty y
1 . • vr • ti*f 1 * > i UutilUS ol the 0111,00 CtOoS IlUl ilCli v • As WclltlVc
the fuOnster rv nil meat ion was strangled, the J
march of misrule and anarchy arrested, the su- j boioro stated, some ot tuo amenumeuts ivoitouot
prcniacy of tho Constitution and the laws approve. l>ut raiJitr limn i**> iLeobject oi Uic
maintained, and tbe cheering assurance aflord-1 Guuvcutiou itatuttcil; rather than iteducuuu
ed to those who venerate the Constitution and ! should be delayed ; rather than go on us vte
the laws, that our representatives will not beju^ve done uuh tho expense and niconvemeuccs
found slumbering ana sleeping upon their posts] 0 , ilU over uumerous JLegtsiutute, wo preier ta-
when the citadel ol our lfficrlics is menaced, vvitp all it> imperfections, leaving n j
mitted to 3 0U may appear to be alien to the
occasion for which wc have rout. But it seems
to me, that on the anniversary of out* National)
Had site made this declaration, and acted uppn
it, she would harp been entitled to adopt* such
measures its she deemed necessary fer the ac-
conlpiislfmeut of fee¥ object, fbV in revolutions! . uc ought to lake-
self preservation is the supremo law. She' view ol tin
might thetiharc called upon her citizens to re
nounce their allegiance to tlie Union, ‘and to
have nullified the constitution and all the laws
of tbe Union. Placed 5n this situation, she -
must either have settled Iter differences ivitit
the United States peaceably, by treaty, or
failing iu this, site must have appealed toarms,
and abided by the issue of the contest. In
this struggle, she might have considered those
citizens who were not for her to Le against her,
those who were not her friends to bo her foes,
comprehensive
ootl and evil by which we are
surrounded. Thanks to the discernment and
patrotism of tlie jSeople,. and to the wisdom and
energy ofour government, wc have been de
livered from the miseries of practicable Nulli
fication, with which wo were recently threaten
ed; but tlie storm which was raised by its agi
tators hits not yet subsided ; the angry passions
which they generated have not yet sunk info
repose. We have heard it reiterated and reiter
ated—that tlie battle with the General Gov
ernment is not over, that it lias just commen
ced—that the State cannot protect herself
to Ume anu ibc ^oias seme ui uie people to cor
rect whatever, upon trial, snail tie toumi to need
correction.
'There is much to be said on this question ; and
wo sliall continue to revert to it, on every slida
ble occasion, until die question is settled by file
people.
, , . and her citizens would then have liydn compel- . .... , _
their position,” would have plungedibeir State ! led, at their peril, to chcosc the side which they I '•Without being armed for resistance that no
into all thi miseries of anarchy and bloodshed | w ould maintain. ! , can SOVor ‘ J ‘=& P 3ra J 1 ’ s a ! , P : ' a ‘ s
Before resuming my scat, I will offer to you [ j.idicary to the Federal Courts—that
a few rotnttrks upon a subject which has crea- “ ,e Protective system consuUites hut <t sma.i yj e jj 0l , jjns occasion to the public curiosity—
ted no little excitement. 1 allude to the “Act,” P art of ° ur controversy with the General Goy-
urnmcnt ; nnd m the Gonvcntion nt Golutubia,
in March last, it was said by a delegate, “if a
tin' [Hirp -s*.* <if celehratitv.* tit
ll;i* Derlar.iti -1 ofour It. i r*
i.t. uiter;t.’ic.-j to the deep a ,1
v liiclt are a -s.ici.i v.l u ii.v 111*•
by the i.iiK, n:il t!tc mi It *rin _
and tho bloo ! if oar an :cj* *i
■rsary of
lenrc; ofgiv-
trtfedt emotions
collection, that
and tlie valor,
tv ■ were rats* J
and civil war, and, ultimately, have subjected
themselves to the degradation of siibmssion to
the Government which they* had resisted, or
of dependence upon a foreign power.
If tlie Convention which assembled at Co
lumbia, in March last, had limited their acts to
the repeal of their Ordinance of Nullifica
tion, the wounds which have been inflicted
upon our distracted State, might have been
healed by the lenient hand of timeq tho wrongs
and initt' ies which a minority .'tare suffered,
might have been forgiven or forgotten, and,
gradually, that harmony miulit havo reap
peared, which formerly prevailed among us.
But, unfortunately,* with that convention ori
ginated another Ordinance, declaring, “that
the allegiance of the citizens of this State, is
due to the slid State, and that obedience only,
and not alleei.ir.ee, is due by them to any other
power or :iu:hor'thv ; and “empowering tho
ffff’ Why decs tun oca. Hubert Augustus Beall
publish his4th ol Jun oration : Is he cffraid to
encounter tlie criticisms of “audacious ’ union
men ! or i» ho afraid to bear tho responsibility ot
tbe doctrines ho propagated 1 or is it owing to
lus excessive modesty !
No one v\ ho understands the “rules of criticism”
so will as Gen. J5e:.il can be afraid of’critics.—
And he “who shuns uo question and wears no
mask” can shrink from no responsibility. It
in use be then his inoddsty that deprives the world !
of his oratiou
published in the last Macon '1 * l. gt
been given iu Macon, at a party ccislirtiiin., '
th 1 -1th July im.*t. by I.ttkc J. Morgan, Prt**k* r
of tho day.
“Th. Disunion Flag ns set up in Mount mo.,
late dinner.—.May the pntrio'istn ol Gear;: i*.,
foil all the efforts of a disorganising l’;ieti.*n
would wish to .-.iibstitute thiu.ctnulcui of |,
and deatj; for our i !d American Eagle, s)
anil stripes, which encircle aud beautify |,j s ,,
mage.—1.2 Chtirs.”
We assure* tlie public that lit:-: tons; *,
given by Luke J- dorgau, Pr '•idem «*f ; j ; ,, , k
and so eliterinftly received by.the company i.-.i
which he presided, is uttcily devoid oi' : i | : _
No Disunion flag w - set .up at the late ,
given her;- to .Mr. Berri* r .nor was tier* ...
substitution of an emblem of blood and tietah.-I
i Tho only (llag that was set up, vv ns, what il:t t: ;
; (Icrsigufd have always understood to be the Na-
tiouai flag of tfie ( . States—thirteen stais pniut-
; ed in white on an azure field, and thirteen
I of alternate white and red. This flag, j-.r.inted
] expressly for the occasion, waved over tin: *
during the diuticr. It is yet preserved and i*iii
I lou^ exist, a memento at once ofthe patriotic 1 is-
trval which it graced, and of the nicked II>!!v c
those who rashly venture t > press false boot! in:-*
tbe service of party, in matters which adroit
speedy and ocular disproof.
Elias Beall, U- B ■ Lumpkin.
If'idioms F. Jackson, Ethridge Cuoiner.
Charlis Gibson. Absalom 11. Cknpjvi
Decker F. IFidJctr, Thomas _Y. Beoll.
John F. Ogilby.
iff* Editors geticraliy. especially those v, !:*-.
have published or may publish Luke .1 .Mcqpii'i
toast, trerequested to give the above ;.n ;:im r;*.
‘■further to provide for the collection ol du
ties upon imports,” Tor tny vote in I’avur ot the
passage- of which, the harshest epitlicts ol cqn-
suro and crimination have been lavished upon
me. When that act was passed, the ordinance
of the Convention was in force, by which all
; protective tariff acts were declared “null and
void, and no law, and all contracts, promises
and obligations made or entered iato-with pur-
general Assembly 6f the said State; from time
from t'i
cr. \V
n'lneml).
it:-
10:11 ti \ ’.s*-:
.inis r;•]•>!*■
I*. \S I
1:1
•inu!l
to so*, err!. ;t
we ought, a!
* i. '.*< ’*, less
I)OW-
50, t’i
confederacy of the Southerd States could now
be obtained, should we not deem it a happy
termination of our Ion"* struggle for our rights
against oppression V 1 When sentiments and
declarations such as these are avowed, unaba
ted firmness and vigilance are still,requisite on
the p’arf Of those who believe that the Fedcreal
pose to secure the duties imposed by the said Constitution is calculated to effect the greater
dels, aud all judicial proceedings which shall
be hereafter It id in affirmance thereof, sliall
bo held utterly null and void.” This ordi-
objects for which it was formed, in order to
counteract any open or secret machinations,
by which wc may he deprived of tho incstira-
nanco came into operation from and after the l > le benefits of that Constitution, and by which
1st day of February, 1833, from which period, I ,!lc Un,on m; ‘>’ bc torn ,,lf0 ^agmen.s, and a
it interdicted “appeals from the Statu Courts
Southern Confederation created from its man
gled members. Vigilance and firmness ought
to be exerted by all, who would deprecate the
success of a revolution, of which the inevitable
concomitants and cons *quencpd would bc ; —an-
irrity, intestine war, and miUitary despotism.
and r.'\ *■ rent! d, that our anctfst )ts rl’i.'T exp<**
• i.• :i* i t' the e vils o' til .*iiih:ir:* i'*.-'ng and fee-
bio Conf. d -r.icv, frime.la Con ..’oiti >11 whir
(ailOeil 1>> tin. |* • 1 j :1 111* tllC
i:t.s of iu.lep*
-d rstilte
r lihA
r P r '»
pend
rded titc pos-
1'1 ur *s, to p r o-
t
to svetr-' t!ie LI
ty nnd tai > t, to tn.-ms.dvi
tv. Ore.it *r i)h t
!ib*.*r:y and uni >11, were
man upon linn ,* aa.l yet
period, wlr ii oe of the
rij’n ancesicts w. aid !. t
sesssion of the-2 1 :k**>:i;,1.1
mot** the *i ininph of a pioni: inns sop iswy, !n
prowi,;. *.ted in th'* “Expasitim and Protest
wl’.’fh was pul.tidied bv the order of the L
ri**i.i!tire in 1) -rcinbiT, 1828. The.s,: o:j:'I*.*\'
liens are not made hym , as prefityry to an
c!*t!) trate investiiMtion of the odious doeftine
o! Xuliiiicafmn—a doctrine so paradoxical, as
to involve iti its mere si.it, mint tlie palpable
contradiction tliat a single State, un !er n > 0-
t‘< r r ■straint than her own discretion, ran,
within !ier limits, annul the laws of a Govern-
11! nt, whirii ill-* p,*ej)lt* of ;.!i the *S: :te.s hnv.
s )l**mti1y li nurl th o.s Ives ! > obev, as “tlie
.supretu* law ef the laud”—tit at ,1 State c.nt
excoijtt herself fr ,in *ite Inirt'iens, a : I narti i-
pale in the heitelis of the U tion—can lie a
member of tlm h ide fjoliiic, a: d absolve i.er-
seif from tiio obligation which it im;:
Tot* M *.v* gross ineongriitics mi'di! b** sus
tained, wh it hitvo w* n >t enrl ? \V’h V
the acc*i..lp!: 11"*.«'•.• ef N.lllilic :ti it) *..:, ii)
[ r..*g;c-*, 1 In* :..* ; t* , 1 • tt« , *. ol .chid. . *, s
..li *gc*d, would he a p. tia ;’■! t .: 1 c ■ .*.-:iti«:I 0 •
t* .: Iv for our grlevcanccs, c.*.; we* . f -
g 1 tliat clubs w ro or. .e d in
an ! Ii.enlet, bv wh • !,. *- ..-.si
< ,)tl,:i. :ii:*C -.-j ' * e ’ ,**■; \i-i*ro
tint tliotisati.i: of\ ’ 1 nt *er.s were
i:tg them selves ready, at a ni.uute » waraing, j
to march ami to li;.ht, as if a f *roi. n enumv 1
"were novertti.r tipi, i oar coast—mat large sitin' !
, when they may deem it proper, to
provide fi>f* the administration, to. tha citizens
uld officers oftlie State, or such ofthe officers
as they may think li;, of suitable oaths or afiir-J
maii'ins, bindingtheni fo the observance of such ( p*. impanntllod, unless they swore
allgiance, and abjuring n!i qtliqr alhgmncc; 1 truly;.to obey, execute and enforce it
and also to define what .snail imouot to a vio-I ordinance t/as constitutional, Congress had no . ,,,
lation of their all giancc, ant! to provide* tbe right to iaterfbre with if. Ifii was uuconstita- d'sciplespf \\ aslunglon,
punishment for such vi ilation.” With | tional, they were hound to endeavor to defend °> ( ! ,at s P ,rit .»
Lis. to lii: eirforclre i i i :,* w.,~ <1., r 1 .;i-,.*,*,i,. *1,1,. ' when alive ; 111;
THE MISSIONARIES.
[coMMU.Nic.vrnn.]
Mr,. F.ditob—In looking over the “flcr*:;;:
And it is to bo hoped that it will j J 0 ui nnl” of the I !th it’";, (a paper which I rca
occasionally, that I ntay ainnse myself nitliiu
witticism and fine nnecdoiej,) I find a l.-ttiT pt:r-
pnrting In be front an individual cf Floyd comi
ty, residing near those most holy “ Mission:::;
who have been used by the enemirs of the miiva
and of Gov Lumpkin r.s n nteans to inspire tic
pit!.lie mind with feelings os effervescence cnJ
discontent.
Tint letter seems to bo iatbndcd for no of *
purpose thaii to injure, if possible, the re c?ccti««
of Mr, I.umpkin. The tVr'ter be?nt= with-sw
ing, that he knows something r.f the re:'* urt
the “missionaries” “vine,: thev were smnzt
out of the Penitentierv ” YVhat li** meaia
term ‘^smuggled.” in the manner in
especially, since be tells us in Itis own paper, that
“its sentiments were heartily and enthusiastical
ly responded to by the large and respectable •as
sembly.”
It was unnecessary for the Messenger to
utter the truisms which it so gravely parades iu
its last No. That “every animal has its peculiar
cry, its owu mode of making known its hostility
or resentment; amt that the “{serpent [Nullifica
tion,] hisses; the Hyena [Disunion,] growls; and
the Skunk [u certain Press-] annoys, by emitting j the
its nauseous cifluvio,” every one most know, who 1 I 1 ,' 1 . 0 * 1 nm unprepared, to s*tv. riot Tdaki' f
. ’ 1 ,, , . , if it he allowed to retain im original •hrs'eat'fMf*
reads the messenger. But w bo ever thouelit ol 1 .1 . . . , ..
n • |uiticanon: in? writer must lie stinvtHv •'rm-raii
going to the 8xunk 10 Jearn decency, or to the | f i, ( , definition of tin* word, or is dispn-r.: ti
.Messenger to study liberality? That refined j wilfully pervert tdrms like some of bis comni't'*.
print is entirely welcotne to’ the use and nppiica- before him have doue in the u<c of • Rt):
tion of the figures it has with so much tai-tc se-
prop
lectod, add with which it appears so fafniliar.—
Its venom recoils upon iiseJf.
The Nullifiers stil! tritlce under the lash
of public oniqiou; for their contempt shown for!
the national flag iu their celebration of the itb.—•-;
In vain is falsehood invoked to their uid—its 1
cloak is too narrow to little their shuine. The 1
to the Supreme Court in any cases ’vijhin tbe
purview oftlie ordinance,” required “all per
sons holding, of hereafter elected to wy offices
civil or mil itary, under the State, (rteiubcfs of
the Legislature excepted)'to tn£c an oath to! , .. „ . , . , , ,
execute (hffordi.lm-.ee,” and forbad;:jurors to fhe r'T
lie imnatimiled. unless th v swore “well-and WASHINGTON, arc peculiarly cal
if this f Idd upon to be foremost whenever the Union j
is endangered! Professing ourselves to he
wo should imbibe a !
which animated him '
ur.h an Ordinance as this, to be enforcing in j p; p or ()k reasons which I have ttlfeddv sub- . ' v I ,o: ? alive ; like hint, in the worst of limes, .Messenger has said, the only ll ig in the place was j fiend
never Imsb.w-d by 1 the discredon of the Legislature, to talk of our j mitted to you, as well as for many others 'y w s '. 10!! ^ nnver despair ot the Ropublic; ] modopoliicd by the Uuiou party. Now we deny j ca ^*.
lave we u*i;n ed a rights and liberties is an insult to common sense* | tfhich are fimiliar to you, Congress entertain- ; ll . k ® ’" m * «’e shmihl dedicate our days and our
posteritv of our do-j I* am aware of the argument which is relied ed no ddii'o s as to the unconsthutionalirf 0 f j Ul 5 kl9 » our iani s ant 0lir . IC,U to t te pro
upon by our political opponents, tliat test oaths the ordinanse, they had, therefore, only to d
art* required in several of the States, and that a I liberate npc n the expediency of the measures . ....
St ite may, unquestionably, insist that the citi- j which they* $houldjtdopt.to prevent its enforce- 1 so ' °» c,t icr t,) con( P ,er 1(1 tl,e ca,,so 0 11|a( -*-
” , 7,ens in the form of an oath, shall manifest their nfcnti liaii they been quiescent, they would
- ! obedience to her Constitution and laws.— impliedly, have conceded, that the ordinance
- j These positions I do not controvert. 1 except > wu constitutional, and that the Federal Gov- |
p I not to a test oath, in tbe abstract, but to tho I eminent coaid not protect itself; that govern- address to tlie Society, in which he spoke in
purposes to which it lias been applied. The ! mutt wouk then have been annihilated for a appropriate terms, ot their meritorious cxcr-
i’cd.Tal Constitution was as directly ratified} government which cannot exccu*e i's laws, j tions to s*'.rve the cause.which they had espows
Federalist,'
For ererv candid m*
n. who has disnassvwo'
lvconsideredeverv circitii5stancc. i< fi'.itn nv •
ous coiiviction nCh’-: heart, comnellod to vsv w
Gov. T.umpkin ptirsuotl in tbr* ra<n of tite mis-
sionanes, tha ronr-o which priuVncfc,
and magnanimity pointed out.
But from tho content' of the nhnvn mr-ofoa* 1
letter, anv one who has nnvor Iwforr !: r -.*■ 1
Floyd county, an.' who IrnoVj- notlnng cf ?l*c'
/.cus of that countV. would be li-.il.t.- to mbicr:
bend their ftcliugs in ri ialion to tlie nii'-.oir*
sprvatiou oftlie honor and the security of our
... ; common country ; and like him, we should ro-
pendenco, liberty, and union, or to perish in
tilts conflict.
Colonel Dravton concluded with a farewell
every
i * will,
d, h .Id- j
of money w *re 1 \*| ceded by the Legislature ] pro
by the people of this State, as was the Con
stitution of this State. The allegiance of a
I citizen of the United States to the United
| States, is ns substantive and obligatory, as is
•1 :t a citizen of the State to the State.—
’•'.’i iti a the sphere of Federal Allegiance, the
l T iii:«*.1 .Sta.es are Suprem ■: within the sphere
of’State Allegiance die S11.* 1 is supreme. Fed-
ral and Si 'G Allextancc are perfectly consis
tent; instead of interfering with, they mutually
sireugthcn each oti. r. Notwithstanding the
ffi-dinction wliicli is drawn in the Ordlm: ice of
i!i Convent; >n, L *twt >1 al e/i.inco un : .jbedi-
t (SM;. .r.-s*-. !. ! pro.- till. . I>_. ji; . Ill 1 * S j)i !*-
r: i i\i.-subtilty, as the dogma' of mil-
. ... . ,) their meanings nrr identical. Ylle-
gi nice is tiio obedience witicii -rv ci.izeu
owes to the Constitution rel tlie laws ol his
country. A citiz-*n of South CarolinU is also
■ 1 c::.y. tn ot the United States, consequently*,
i;e owes Alieginnco to tiio Constitution and
laws of S ntth Carolin 1, and to the Constitution
.;.*: ! lavs of i'te Unired States. Should he,
n v. r.licless. In* involved in mv difii.idty,
ceases to be a government. Upon the passage j ‘ spite ot the terrors of proscription, and
or rejection of the Act of the 2d March, 1888, the discouragement inseparable from an or-
depended titc momentous alternative, tvhether ganized majority, which COntrouled and direct
or | K . j ed the power and patronage in lltc* State—
the fact, it migiiChavo said iviut more propriety
tliatwll tiio patriotism was monopolized by the
Union party. There was another flag 111 the
place, which, had they wanted one, they might
have procured. Jn looking alttietaiie statement
iu the Messenger on this subject, as wed as Us
subsequent explanation, uc tlo uot know winch
most to admire, the uuhhisl'iug effrontery with
Which it utters a falsehood ; or the dexterous 111-
It is w<dJ known, tb*<t there nrc bo! vers :■ ■
! Indiaits in Fiord eountv, atid it io also knout’.i '
tbev are quite bnnible rtnd well disposed, e:titr
qUPltlly there enu no detriment rise from tlsevi
As respects the “missionaries” tlipmselves, ernt
titan, who has the least knowledge of w ■
men, certainly believes ’bat thev elieri-h *•*;•:*ff
: inimical fedii.srs towards Georsia. in fact fo:W ■
| the whole son’ll. But thev do not manifest 'L ■
! in their own eonduet. nor will thev hazard t*' f ' r '
j selves bv “instillin'* fie mison of ft *ir z<~' a
. . hatred into the simple Indian, and hvs e:: knic'
gemnty with winch it cels itsell out oi it dilemma , j. ; , } , !le VJt lhe r „ e i r „ furv „fsr*ao-r fw-r*'
nbcti caught iu its slitue.
(mg from an apparent or real variance,
for the purchase ot inns and amunition, to re- 1 between tile laws of the Statv and nf tne Uni-
imivirse wiiich, wo must be heavily fixed— , ted States, by the Constitution of the latter,
th*t our y.Hith were ailitred from their appro- * “f lie ians ofthe United States made in pnr-
pn ato avocations, and tiio softer sex from their ■ suance ol tlie Constitution, shall bo tiio stt-
cniraetoristic pursuits, to mingle in the" strite j prerae law of tin* land:” should doubts arise,
in the*judgment ofthe citizen, whether a law
of the UniteJ States has been “made in pur
suance ofthe Constitution,” those doubt*, u\
the provisions ofthe Federal Constitution, are
to he resolved, in the last resort, bv lhe Fed
eral Judiciary. Keeping steadily in view the
of political contention—that ancient friend
ships wen* dissolved, tlie ti -s of blood rent a-
sunder, .and the domestic circles, where affec
tion, and harmony*, and confidence should reign
entbitt-Tod by party rancor—that a portion
K> our ciritfeiu were proscribed and disfranchb-
thc Fedcnd Constitution should
prostrated at the feet of a dominant party in a ! gratefully thanked them for their disinterested
State. Happily lor tho integrity oftlie Union and preserving support of himself—-requested
and tho honor and salvation of the country, |’Item to receive his warmest wishes for their
Congress were faithful to the trust which was j individual welfare and happiness, ntul to bc-
reposed In diem, and in their performance of it Hove tliat he entertained towards them, the
ki-pt themselves within the pale of their legit- ■ siiicercst personal respect and esteem—express-
iinn*:' powers. Those parts of their Act which e< ^ his fervent hopes that the dark clouds which
(authorize lie employment of military force, notr louvred over our political hurizon, would
which can inly be defensively employed) are ; kc diss paled, by lit > interposition of the om-
sanctioned by precedents upon our Statute j nipolont and mercilul Being, who wielded
Books, di ring the administrations of Gen. I l!,c destinies of man and of nations—assured
W.vstnxGTON an 1 of Jeffekson, (the const it u- *h“ Society*, tiiat wherever he might be, and
tionality and expediency of wiiich are admitted) 1 whatever might bo his lot, In* should always
authorizing the employment of that species ufl rejoice in the prosperity, and mourn over the
coercion, under less guarded restrictions, and j adversity ol South Carolina, and that he
under circumstances much I. »s imperious; and j should be ready and willing in any future cri-
those parti oftlie Act, for which no prcce- | s ' s > to identify himself with her fortunes, and
dents liavo been furnished, because the exi^en- ' ,0 render to her all the aid, within the sphere j ucxt display ot Blue Cockades* aud Palmetto
cies demanding them had not previouslv uc- ] his limiter! means and talents Buttons.
aim'd, were introduced for the purposes of —
preventing collision between our citizens, and J SO! J , liA i\ I'J‘] |{,
the shedding of fraternal blood, and to conn-J COSTEST * OF NUMBER 21.
ter.ict tie* Ordinance ofthe Convention, wiiich j Odginnl -Improvement in \gnrulturo; To
set tie laws at defiance. Had the President, matoea Parts; Work for July; Chinn Leaves vs.
woo is hot ltd to “aive to the Congress infer- ; Weevils i . Wheat; (.'old Bathing vs. Colds:
■nation nf the state of the Union,” and to; Horticulture—Application of .Manure—Dec y*o<l
“take car; that the laws sliall bo faithfully* ex- j ' egcuddes.
ecuted,” not informed the Congress ofthedes- i - ^retrd-fUi’crvation on the profit attending
U hu killed Lock liobin ?
The Messenger admits, that the gun they (tho
Nullifiers,) were to use on tlie -lih. was sptkeu.—
This ti admitting all we asked ; it is adniiiuug
that the gun was m then* possession, and that 11
was tucir busmens to take care ot it. if the Lit
ion party employed a guard to watch their gun,
(as the .Messenger sneenugiy intimates,) it was
because they knew that enemies, sly, unprincipled
and vindictive wi re around them. And they knew
that their rights, to be secured, must be
“The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.” Not !
for two dollars. t!or a thousand times that sum, !
wot;id die Union party have such a stigma 011 I
their ojcuiclteou, as, now obscures that ofthe Nul-
liticrs. A Spiked (United States) cannon would ,
he no inappropriate device to accompany the
T|r
the J(*ut'uai‘s correspondent si* forcibly expres
ses it-. r - 1
••But t''c da / of retribution will r.
dnv sir'll he distinentfsbed forthe lib. ,r a ! - ,:r [
which tlie voters of f’lovd co. and 'It** T'
Georgia will give to their worthy* n 11(1 l ,rj r!
fellow citizen. Wilson Lttnirtkin.
I was not a little .surprised to s»e fh A ri:r ”' •
into wiiich the editors of the Journal b' yr ^ .
bv eotntnittingdiscrepnncies. They rrmid* i J *
•flov. Gilmer put *be rnissionnrics into the ^
itentiarv—Gov. Lutnnkin turned out 1 ir'se t*
saries of sedition to incuh a'lii deri..c tl’f * '
and counterwork her vital policy (villiitt ! rro’ -
uarded. | borders.” t
The editors are Cerf.ainlv verv fo”!*o!0' nr *,._
very ’
pose the people of Georgia It
eernment not to oliserve the difference
ispinnartes 1#
th
iterate legislation of South Carolina, and no.! cu ' ,ur . e f‘he prape. by X. Herbeuiont;
» , ... 1 ; null—Agricultural science; Prize Lssuv on
re* anin?enderf tho.^e wlucit were expo- I riculturo m Virginia; Dysentery; Production x*.
dient, tit order the laws might be faithful- j Sugar: Maturity of Grains 011 old aud new iaud»
ly executed,” he sTould havo been guilty of Highways; Poetry, &c.
03 s * The heroes ofthe Monroe Dinner are get
ting uneasy under th. load of hom-rs th .t is heap- j
j ed upon them. Many ol than), yve have no
I doubt, if they do not repent of tho part they took
I m tli.it ridiculous ta.-.-e, would at K-ri't be glad :•>
have it forgotten. That they are sick of .Vuiiifi-
catiou is plain. It seems by the following card,
OUl that they were not only AFRAID to hoist their
own flag at >hc Dinner, but actually assembled
under the flag of the Union, which they so much
abhor. Theif exceptions to the toast of Major
language which they apply to the tots
the quotation above, and titc Inn pit age 1 .
on other occasions. la the above q ,,n ”
they call thein “emissaries of sedition 'f '
and deride the Frate, and cotuiterwork
policy. &c. Now, reader mark tbe r0,,r! f -,|. r
and respectful lanpmgf- used bv the editors ^
Journal when thr-v wish to make the met•
men (the missionaries,) the foutsriatirn 0 3
per controversy.
The lou'nnl after having premised.
an I affirmed nianv things to -" .juNce * •* ^,jj
of the people against (-’.iv. I .ni;;j.ki"- l’ ,f 0 .
cntiehides with saying “This aud much n |0
sorted and set forth bv these Kcv . c< ! l, ** r jp)
(having immediate reference to tbe mis'* inl ^ |J
is noyv forced on the conviction of tlie < eta ■
truths equally undoubted and unwelcome- p.
Now, in few.words, the JrnrnaPs *''' n
ises amount to this, that the missionaiacs ^ ^
and valid witnesses when their testimony^
appropriated to a paper controversy a 6 aN