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Cttmjjs 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. fio.n .1 f-..- ..toil *ioi iiians i 1 Ui:i ■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 tea ti vi •*:;o\ on ecssary riont'Otl ilia nc- of al. •war urn met to m In emu!.iti yon til i i’ 1 ritli <-.! to i! inoiiitor: 11 itMtrnetioi should ill lie CM: s con- Tbose, i a nature >r, or the motives sented to scMOtifir 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