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AG BICILTIP. Al»
l!if l i( ii>iih> ol Agris ulmre,
jj; fj-ee count ri* s, fit, ini rt, and in intltvulj lewer,
• . ii!• .plot mi nif. The
it r.son of it is. that • grictilttue both fit » it* nature, and
Iso s beit.jfgt 8cr...1y the employment of great portion
t j’a j.ation, cai not be united with power, consul' red as
an exclusit r ini.T, ft- it most of course he enslave/,
wherever and, s; oti.-m eXis’s, rr.d its masters will enjoy
■ °
the contrary, win re power is r.ot an exclusive, hilt a
mnetni firtcrest ,■ ■ ! i t» I i: i i.i r
j n*s !i rihe alta.iitni nt ol its ov. it liappin: »s.
Under .. [f.- •'overrun nt it has before it, the unex
l.austihlc se.ure's of human pit asure, of fitting ideas to
sui stand s, anti substances to ideas; and a constant rota
tion of hope and fruition.
The novelty, frt ijuency and exactness of acconrmotla
lions beteen oar tilers and operations, constitutes the
most exquisite source if mental pleasure. Agfictillure
feeds it with endless supplies in the nature of soiis,
pixnts, climates, inn run a, instruments of culture and
donest ck animats. Tlu ir.coinhinations are inexhausti-
Idt, the novelty of results is endless, discrimination and
adaption are never idle, and an unsatiated interest re
ceives gratifications in tjniek succession.
Henevolence is so closely associated with this inter
est, th it its exertion in numberless instances, is necessa
ry to foster it. Liberality in supplying its labourers with
the comforts of life, is the best sponsor for the prosperity
of agriculture, and the practice of almost every moral
virtue is amply remunerated in this world, whilst it is
also the S< -t surety for attaining the blessings of the
next. Poetry, in allowing more virturc to agriculture,
than to aiiv other profession, lias abandoned her orivi
lege of fiction, and yielded to the natural moral effect of
the absence of temptation. The same fact is commem
orated bv rc Ittrion, upon an occasion the most solemn,
within the scope of the human imagination. At the aw
ful dav of judgment, the discrimination of the good from
the wicked, is not made by the criterion of sects or of
dogmas, hut by one which constitutes the daily employ
ment ami the great end of agriculture. The judge upon
this occasion lias by anticipation pronounced, that to
feed the hungry, clothe the naked, and give drink to the
thirsty, are the passports to future happiness; and the
divine intelligence which selected an agricultural state
as a paradise for its first favorites* lias here again pre
scribed tlie agricultural virtues as the means for the ad
mission of their posterity into heaven.
For the Gciirgia Times and State Rights Advocate.
To the Aiihtor of, “Dermot .HcJlorrosli.”
That you are learned, no friend to truth denies ;
Ilut Critics say. friend John, that you’re not wise — >
(Altho’ you’ve built some “ light houses in the skies." j
Not wise, with your defects, to use the pen
In malice flipp'd, ’gainst deeds of gallant men—
Not wise to kick at Lions that are dead,
Nor furnish weapons’gainst thy heart and head —
Not wise to raise in modern times, a curse
On deeds hid by six centuries, in verse—
And drag a woman’s frailties from the dust,
And build mean fame upon a tale of lust.
Pray did you mean your poem to reform
The fiery passions, or the cold to warm 1
Or deem the crimes which you describe, unique,
Or samples of great price, because antique I
Or did you mean, instead of“duck or plover,”—l
Instead of Dovergilda’i warlike lover,
To wound some modern hero from your cover 1 J
And while ye painted “Scoundrel**" who might trace
Motives not seen upon your poem’s face,
Pray did you, for this freedom to atone,
Amidst their likenesses display your own ?
Had your intention merely been to add
Lustre to goodness, by contrasting bad ;
Fair virtue through life’s labyrinth to aid,
Hy stripping infamy of masquerade;
You might have found, in multitudes at hand,
Gigantic vices of your native land;
And With the Dovervildas oUhis age,
You might have feasted long thy virtuous rage —
And tad our Derinol’s been selected game.
One blow might have expos'd a thousand’s shame. —
Men seldom draw much wisdom from the past,
\\ ilh ancient fashions ancient deeds they cast--
Examples of the nge in which they live.
Must through their senses useful knowledge give.—
The acts of Erin's warlike sons of yore,
You should, friend John, have left to Tommy Moore—
Or other bards vvho’ve touch’d her harp’s sweet string,
Hecause your “ Force is wrote and cannot
A truth that would have better grac’d your tongue
(1 (Jidt) before, not after //on had sung—
Besides, friend John, you want the poet’s springs,
The burning thoughts and genius that gives wings—
Your soul's too cold, too narrow for the sphere.
To genius and to gen’rous feelings dear.
Genius, thou lovely messenger of God !
bent from the Court ot Heaven with magic rod
To touch tlie occult mysteries of earth.
Unlock their treasures, and enhance their worth ;
To solve the laws of nature, and expose
Hie secrets that the elements inclose;
At win -e enchantment darkness turns to light,
And hidden wonders crowd upon our sight
In l 'Untless figures, colours, lights and shades.
For use and fancy in their various grades;
Whoso pr w’r unravels even the iviley art,
That veils , the feelings of the human heart,
Directs each active impulse of the mind,
And from a state of barbarism lifts mankind;
Angel divine! I never can believe
That’John Q. e’er wrote poetry with your leave.
What could induce you John, to rashly write
About the thing you dread the most, a fight I
Has flattery or malice turned your brain,
Or do you worship gold, and write for gain I
Whatever be your motive, cease to strive
Within the lists where genuine poets live—
Remember, John, the critics of the age
Will show Scotts,Byrons, Moores and Campbells page;
And think. O John ! Sow will th- world deride.
When an Ex president chirps by their side.
But though in poetry an humble place,
You rnay obt; in with or (without) disgrace,
There is a reason why you should be still
W lien valour is the subject for your quill—
Think on thy son—upou his well pulled nose
Hy Jarvis’s fingers lengthen’d, without blows —
Think on your message, and your blushes hide— A
Mponw hjln mv pen shall o’er your follies glide, >
And recommend to you a modest guide, j
Fly from the muse that guards the soldier’s fame,
(I or thou canst not approach her without shame,)
And choose some nyntph for thy poetic bride.
Who weaves no chaplets, and who has no pride—
Some goddess of the Spinning Jenny tribe,
W hom tariff laws or skeins of yarn might bribe.
Valour, though link’d with crimes as black as night,
Cannot be hurt by thy ignoble spite,—
C roak not then, John, around the Soldier’s grave,
Noe touch the harp's deem’d sacred to the brave,
Lest some grim spectre w ith majestic air,
Might rise in wrath, and slaughter thee with—; fear.
Be not by folly into mischief led,—
Hut be content that you’re well clothed and fed, £
And that a nation’s banner’syj’er your head, j
Which has wav’d kindly o’er your errors past,
And o’er you willingly a shade would cast.
That banner proudly on the blast still waves.
As when at first it rose o’er tyrant's graves,
Hut see, its stars are twinkling in their sphere,
) litnm'd by the tempest that around appears.
Author of Dermot if that flag you love,
And the vast blessings that it lU.ua above,l
If patriotism dwells within your heart.
Show it by acting now a noble part.
Exalt your voice lit the Nation’s hall
to foil Injustice, and her threats recall
Not wrongs nor menaces from lands,
Hat outlet tyrant/ and bust Jei unJ,
Thy voice, thy vote, might turn the wrath aside, A
New sulking o’er the land with giant's stride, £
And bellowing to the angry Mutes, divide.’— j
And let me whisper music to your ears,
(In notes that **••'/ the tenor of your prayers ,)
Should certain Statesmen in their project split,
You may, for office, make a lucky hit —
May on their broken fortunes speculate.
And fill once more the pillory of State' *
JAVELIN.
Camden County — Feb. 1833.
•See Dermot '-'cMorrogh”~ Canto I—-Stanza 2.
fSee Dermot McMorrogb” last Canto nd Stanza.
IFigurati cly, the Presidential hair. -He who gains that un
easy scat is liabln to be fettkked in the mazes of party polities,
ami amidst the fluctuations of public opinion, to be fxlted by all
parties with praise and abuse.
For the Times and State Right's Advocate.
Cur uext Governor.
I cannot condescend to call his “ obsolete Excel
lency” “our Governor,” nor give the hand of fellow
ship to the Editors of the Federal Union, in the as
sertion, “that the people want no change;” nor can I
sanction the idea that Gov. Lumpkiu is capable to
discharge the duties of the Gubernatorial Chair; but,
he promises us, if we will hurl him from his seat that
he will not “ape Troup.” Now, shallow indeed
must hehisco nprehension: this is the very reason for
which we wish to “turn him out,'’ —because he will not
“ape Troup," and like that unwavering son of Geor
gia, that noble and magnanimous patriot, discharge
fearlessly and impartially his dut y to the State : yes,
because you will not “ape” the revered patriot who
planted the standard of State Rights high on the bat
tlements of freedom, and scoffed at with meritorious
ridicule the scowling menaces of that degraded sy
cophant and fosterer ofConsolidation, John Quincy
Adams, and when questioned Dy the American Auto
crat, what would sustain him, replied, in language
not to be misunderstood, “when argument is exhaus
ted, we will stand by our arms.” What! I ask,
would have been the conduct of the present truck
ling incumbent of the Executive Chair, had a ques
tion like this been propounded to him ? it would have
been with a supplicaffon, if yon, Lord Andrew are
displeased, the gates of the Penitentiary shall be un
barred, and the pious Missionaries walk forth to
freedom, and disgrace the State, yea, degrade her
in the fathomless depths of servile humiliation, bv
such timid and backsliding conduct, as was evinced
in the case of Georgia and the Missionaries, or more
justly, Georgia and those black-hearted propagators
of revolution, and whisper in a sweetly modulated
tone, soft as unHedged cygnets, “ th- y appealed lo the
magnanimity of the State.’’
Away with such Jesuitical and gasconading non
sense. Your incongruity has its just derivation and
you are arraigned before a tribunal from whom you
will find it diflic alt to extricate yourself. Do you
not remember your time-serving messages to the
Legislature of Georgia, your exhortations to priv ate
correspondents who were supporting that “mystical”
doctrine of Nullification, “to be strong ?" when you
were attempting to sneak behind the curtain of res
ponsibility, gamboling as you thought, in the mazy
labyrinth of a cobweb, but ere your bright ideas had
perceived danger, “you let slip” and ensnared your
self, from which predicament, neither your own fal
lacy and illusion can release you. nor the vile calum
nies of the “federal Editors” nor the outpourings of
falsehood, which constantly appear from advocates
of Consolidation, and the hireling, tributary vassals
es the Royal Monarch, who has been said “was born
to rule,” may now be seen through the vista of
a common imagination, sitting in stately maiestv,
wavin- aloft his bloody banner, and when the misty
cloud which is now impending is dissolved, will be
seen written in characters indellible as truth, “pre
pare for Coesar and his Fnrple.”
Come forth old patriot, there arc yet enough true
sons to counterbalance the contaminated sect who
would oppose their country’s good. Lay aside, all
considerations, even come forth, tho’ enfeebled by
long indisposition; your words arc true, and we will
sustain them. Like the immortal Washington,though
your declining years, and silvery locks admonish you,
again walk into the arena, and b v your just judgment
direct us in the wake of our forefathers footsteps, or
ere long, State Sovereignty will be an empty name,
“a tinkling cymbol, and a sounding brass.” Free
men ! let not vour rights be scattered to the four
winds—“stand united;" they will be preserved,and if
to he immo’ated, “divided let us fall.”
Let the tried and fearless George M. Troup a
gain come before us, it would be sanctioned from
the Savannah to the Chattahoochie, and whilst “ it is
heard to reverberate amid the rocks of the lrioun
by tains, it will be re-echoed on the billows of
the ocean.” Let us move in a solid phalanx, and
the aid of an honest and unwavering leader like
Troup, (who is a troop in himself,) and by correct
legislation,preserve the rights which were transmitted
to us, and hand them down unimpaired to posterity.
Be faithful to your trusts, and our Liberties will
stand “ like the Pyramids of Egypt, amidst the wreck
of matter, and tlie crush of worlds.”
A Gcor;ian.
MillcJgcville, April 5, 1833.
For the Times and State Rights' Advocate.
We read in the scriptures, “Judge n t least ye be
judged,” and in another place, “ hy their fruits ye
ahull know them.” I think both passages have often
been misunderstood, and I wish to give what I con
ceive to lie their true meaning—allowing myscli to
be a fallible being, and therefore subject to err.
The caution given against judging our fellow
beings, is intended to prevent our judging the
motive of either ruler or subject; when they do a
good act or deed, the mott/e can only be known bv
the Omnipotent. Therefore, we have no rfoiit to
say the motive was bad, when the act or deed is
good. Charity requires that we should believe ones
motive to be good, when good fruit is exhibited, and
if we should be decieved, there should be no blame
attached to us. The Almighty will gee that we shall
not be punished for our obedience to his command
ments, whilst on the other hand, if we fly in the lace
of divine authority, and judge the motive of our bro
ther, when he has done a good deed, we may do him
injustice, and bring upon ourselves the displeasure
of the Almighty. I have never known a violation of
the caution given in the passage, to fail producing
the subsequent sentence, viz: “With what judgment
ye judge ye shall be judged, and the same measure
ye mete untoothers, shall be measured to you again.”
I have known many men who have been very lavish
in judging their neighbors, and met with the same in
return : but, when we see a man do a wicked act or
deed, such as the word of God interdicts, it is not
judging to say, that the man is a wicked or bad man;
for “by their fruits we are to know them,” and it is
the word of God then ; for example, when a man
steals, it is not judging (o sav he is a rogue—when it
is proven that a man has toid wilful falsehoods, it is
not judging to say that he is not a man of truth—
when one swears it is not judging to say that is pro-!
sane when a prcaJier will not f reach the gospel
without you pay him money, when lie can do so
without injuring himself or family, it is not judging,
under such circumstances,to say,that the man preach
es for money—when a professor of religion is known
to get drunk, or have drunkards in iiis house cursing
and swearing, it is not judging to say that such a pro
fessor is a bad professor, or when a professor op
presses his brother or follow being, by extortioning,
in selling money or other articles w hich his brother
is compelled to "have, it is not judging to say that
such a professor docs wrong and violates the Chris
tian rule—when a professor is guilty oi fraud, it is
not judging to say that he is dishonest—when we see
members in Congress passing unjust laws, it is not
judging to say that they are doing wrong—w hen we
see them vote for the President to have the controul
of the army and navy to force the execution of a law
acknowledged by themselves to be unconstitutional,
it is not judging, to say such members act a very in
consistent part in enforcing, at the point of the bayo
net and sword, an unconstitutional law—when we
see the President advocate Republican principles,
and at the same time ask Congress to clothe bin
with equal, if not greater power than the King of
England, it is not judging to say the President wants
to be King himself—when he advocates the doctrine
of the Sovereignty of the States, and at the same
time firces a State to submit to a law of the general
government, acknowledged hy himself to lie unjust,
it is not judging to say that his example is at variance
with his precept —when one of his precepts contra
dicts others w hich he has published to the world, it is
not judging to say that he favours one and ctrine at one
time, and a contrary one at another lime. In conclu
sion, I would say, that if wc wish our liberties res
tored to us, we must unite in depending more upon
the Almighty,& pray that he would change the hearts
of our corrupt rulers, and for the time to come to u
nite in turning out of office every man that seeks to
murder his enemy, merely because that enemy en
deavors to obtain justice ; we must also unite in en
couraging pure religion, and oppose worldly minded
and unjust professors, who are seek.ng popularity
and wealth more than the good of our citizens; we
must know them by their fruits and not by the mere
ipse dixit of one great man. VVe must also unite
in supporting men that are honorable, industrious,
humane and benevolent. By so doing, we shall soon
have our liberties restored, and our nation be
come more prosperous than ever, but it we continue
to worship man and wealth as we have done for
some time past, it will not be long before the people
of these United States will destroy themselves, or be
visited by the Almighty with one pestilence after air
other, until we cease our idolatry, and acknowledge
the GoJ of Israel to be the only Being entitled to
our adoration. May the Lord awake up all sincere
ministers and members to a sense of our danger, and
may tlie watchmen of Zion no longer seek to please
men, but may they first divest themselves of pride
and vanity, and assume the simplicity and fashion
of old, &c. A FRIEND.
POLITICAL.
ADDRESS OF GOV. HAYNE,
On presenting the Standard to the Volunteers.
Fellow-Citizens !
It is impossible lor me to express the satisfaction I
have derived, from seeing this dav the Volunteers of
Charleston—all well armed—well disciplined—and,in
the language of our glorious motto— “prepared with
strength and courage.” Who is there that can survey
this proud scene,and not feel that the sure defence of free
States, is to be found in the courage anil patriotisinof
their I’eople ? Where are the myrmidons of power who
could hope to prevail against the strong arm and stout
hearts of freemen—animated hy a noble enthusiasm in
the cause of Liberty—and inspired hy a holy zeal in de
fence of tneir altars and their firesides!
Arrived, Fellow-Citizens, at a most interesting crisis
in our political affairs, it mav be well for us to take a
brief retrospect. But a few months have passed away
since South Carolina was environed by difficulties, and
beset hy dangers.—Having taken a noble stand in de
fence of the rights ar.d liberties of us all, instead of re
ceiying sympathy and support from those whose interests
are identified with her own, she was (with a few honora*
life exceptions) coldly abandoned to the tender mercies
of the Federal Government, hacked hy ari Army and Na
vy, heretofore sustained by the voice, and supported hy
the Treasures of the South, and now, for the first time
in our history, used as an instrument of despotism, and
directed to wield their arms, not against the enemies of
their country abroad, but against the bosoms of their own
brethren. Tureats of military and civil vengeance were
loud and deep, and to add still darker shades to the pic
ture, the impression had be~n created—( would fain
hope without sufficient foundation—that the first blow
struck hy the Federal arm, ivas to be the signal of a des
olating civil war. In this condition of things—infinite
ly more appalling to the heart of the Patriot, than the
bloodiest foreign war, and as w. II calculated, I must
think, to try the souls ot men, as the darkest scenes of the
Revolution, did South Carolina quail? uid she “humble
herself in dust and ashes”-—as it was predicted that she
would, —before the proud oppressor ?—Did she yield o
bedience to the haughty mandate which commanded her
to “tear from her archives,"her solem decrees ? Oh so!
Thanks be to God ! the spirit of Liberty was not yet ex
tinct in the bosoms of the Sons or Daughters of Caroli
na.—They had not forgotten the lessons taught hy a
glorious ancestry, that Liberty and Life, are insuperable
in the bosoms of the brave and the free. A few of the
venerable relies of the Revolution still lingered amongst
us, in whom the spirit of 76 not merely survived, hut
was syen burning brighter and brigt rto the last. Un
subdued hy difficulties, unappalled by dangers,—the
people ofSouth Carolina taking counsel ol their own
brave hearts, and coißulting the interests and the honor
ofthe State met the crisis like freemen; and Carolina, in
stead of crouching at the footstool of the oppressor, rose
in her native majesty, and like our own Eagle, “tow
ering in his pride of flight,” bid defiance to the tyrant’s
power. With a pro,aptitude, unanimity and zeal, which
if ever equalled, has sur-ly never been surpassed, the
people es South Carolina at the first trumpet call, flew
to her standard, ams voluntarily devoted their lives and
fortunes to her defence. There is something in an ho
nest, manly and unfaltering adherence to principle, a
fearless performance of duty, which commands the res
pect ofmankin I, and all experience has proved that the
best way to avoid Hanger is to he prepared to meet it.
Fellow Soldiers—Vou and your brave companions in
arms, the Volunteeisof Carolina,(and I) make this dee.
laration from a deep conviction of its truth— “have saved
the State,” and are entitled to the honors of a civil tri
umph.
If we have not been involved in all the horrors of a ci
vil war : if our streets have not been deluged with blood :
our dwellings wrapt in flames : and our fields devastated:
if instead of mourning over the desolation and ruin,
which follow in the train of invading armies, and are
the bitter trui's ofeivil strife, you are now permitted to
rejoice with honest exultation, at the new and improved
condition of our affairs, and the cheering prospocts be
fore us—we are indebted under Heaven for all this to
the undaunted spirit of our people j to our TWENTY
THOUSAND P ATRIOTIC VOLUNTEERS, who Imre
hold themselves in constant readiness to repel invasion,
and ever known to be prepared to lay down their live* ill
defence of the sacred voil cf Carolina,
Whatever difference of opinion may exisn, as to the
precise character of the new Tariff, great, indeed, has
been the gain—inestimable the advantages, put chased, as
I believe, hv your virtue, firmness and patriotism- Is it
nothing, fellow citizens, for a single State to have stood
up, unaided and alone, in defence of her rights, against
the colossal power and patronage of the Federal Govern
ment? Nothing to have roused the attention of the
whole Union, befoie it was too late, to those establish
ment of which must depend the preservation of the coun
try and the Union? Is it nothing to have .arrested the
progress of the miscalled American System—that vile
scheme of robbery and plunder, by which, under the
colour of law, the proceeds of your labor and capital
were transferred toothers, and to prevent it from becom
ing the settled policy of the country? Is it nothing to
have obtained a distinct recognition of the principle—
aye, and to have it recorded in the statute hook— that
the duties shall be eventually reduced to the revenue
standard, and that no mort * oney shall be raised than
may be necessary to the economical administration of the
Government, —thereby destroying at one blow the pro
hibitions, minimvms, specific duties and other fraudulent
devices, constituting the very life blood of the protective
system/ And finally is it nothing that by this premised
reduction of the duties, a fatal blow w ill he given to those
extravagant and unauthorized appropriations of the pub
lic money, by which one portion of the people are rob
bed that others may he corrupted? It is impossible for
any one not to see, tlut these arc great and valuable
achievements, and ifthere he any by whom they will be
more highly esteemed from denying to Carolina any
agency in producing them, ck it so. We feel conscious
that w e have done our duty honestly and fearlessly—we
iiave stood hy our country in the hour of her trial; we
have xdiiered to Carolina through good report and evil
report—and for the rest we know that posterity wall do
us justice. We have fought the good fight—God Ins
given us the victory—we w ill not quarrel about the dis
tribution of the honors, and if our country is periuittcfl
to enjoy its fruit-, •et who will take the spoils.
I am now, fellow-citizens about to perform a most
grateful office. lam about to confer upon you, as the
Chief Magistrate of this State the most distinguished to
ken of public approbation, which it is in my power to
bestow. The State has, through the Convention, declar
ed her sovereign will, that in the present aspect of our
political affairs, the existing organization of the Volun
teers snail he maintained, and I have this day issued or
ders to that effect, which will be read at the head of your
respective Companies. Congress has committed another
hold and daring usurpation of the rights of the States, by
tne passage of an act commonly called the Force liili.
While that act shall remain unrepealed upon the Statute
hook, and the princples it embodies are sanctioned by
those who are entrusted w ith the administration of our
national affairs, there can he no safety for the rights of
the States, hut being constantly prepared to defend them
“at any and every hazard” We trust that public opinion
will ere long seal the fate of that Bill, and that it will p.-r
--ish amidst the universal execrations of the people. But
while the principles are abroad against which we are
struggling, let me tell you, that we hold all our rights
by no ether tenure than that “eternal vigilance,” w ithout
which we are told liberty cannot he secured. Influenc
ed by these views, as an honorable reward for past ser
vices—& an incentive to future exertion—l now present
to the Volunteers of Charleston, through vour command,
er, Brigadier General Hamilton, this Standard, hear
ing the Arms of the State, with this solemn injunction,
the noble sentiment which is emblazoned upon its folds -
“LIBERTY—IT MUST BE PRESERVED.”
Geu. Hamilton's Reply.
Gen. Hamilton on receiving the standard replied as
follows:
On the part of the Volunteers of Charleston I accept,
with sentiments of profound gratitude, and with feelings
ol the most lively satisfaction, the proud and gorgeous
standard which your Excelilencv has been pleased to
present to tis, in the name and in the behalf of the State
ol South Carolina. To have received at vour hands
this soul stirring banner, infinitely enhances its value.
Who so fit, sir, as yourself, to present to us this dona
tion ? You, who in Mo: dark hour of a starless night,
when South Carolina seemed to be deserted by the whole
world, rent in twain by dissensions among her verv chil
dren, whose only rivalry ought to have been who could
have loved and served her he si, stood at your post of du
ty, cool, collected and undismayed: Yes, at that very
moment when our city was helcagured hy a standing
force, whose valor and .powers we had vainlv supposed
could only he turned against the romtnon enemies of our
whole, country—when the national Legisl iture, who with
equal delusion we had supposed were the guardians of
the public liberties of the country, were seen catering
lor the malice of an infuriated despot, and from tlie frag
ments of a broken and violated Constitution, were arm
ing his hands that he might wreak his vengeance, not on
ly on the bosoin of those who had largely contributed to
place him in power, hut that he might even strike the
spot of his birth, the land where he first saw the light of
heaven.
Jt was at a period like this, 1 surrendered the Execu
tive of the State comparatively defenceless, into your
hands; with scarcely a cannon mounted or a musket
equipped for the field, our arsenals empty and hardly
powder in our magazines to fire an ordinary salute. You,
however, met and vanquished the crisis. Applying the
resources of your sound judgment and enterprising spir
it to this exigency, in the short space of one month, we
had ammunition enough to have blown up every public
building and every private dwelling in the capital of this
confederacy, the materials for all arms of service were
collected with unexampled dispatch, for equipping five
thousand men for the field to begin with—arid prepara
tions we know were in progress for arming our whole
volunteer force. Y’our heoroic call was responded to
from the mountains to the ocean, and thrilled and rever
berated throughout our land. It must have indeed been
to you one ol the most cheering of all possible circum
stances that tha force in arms was equal to the whole
number of the suffrages which our party rendered at the
Ballot Box when by a victorious and overwhelming ma
jority they recorded their heroic determination no lon
ger to submit to oppression.
It does not become me, still less the brave men whom
I have the honor to command, in a spirit of vain boasting
to predict what would have been tiic issue of the strug
gle into which we would have ,cen hurried, but for the
recent adjustment ot our controversy with the General
Government. A long and uninterrupted peace had ren
dered our hands unused to tne implements of war—
without pretending to much science in this art we should
at least have tried to do our duty to our Country. One
thing Sir, is quite cr rtain, when the tug did cotne, if we
had allowed the enemy to have occupied more of our
I erritory than was necessaty for us to bury their dead,
the very spirit of our Fathers would have spoken from
their graves and rebuked our degeneracy.
We are cheered by the determination vour Excellen
cy has announced, not to disband the Volunteers of South
C arolina, whilst the Force Bill is suspended over our
heads, however idle its brute thunder. Wo respond cor
dially to vour patriotic sentiments on this subject, and
one and all declare let us remain in full organization
w ith arms in our hands until, in the language of our owe.
highly gilted and highly chetishcd Statesman, this law
gashed with dishonorable wounds is torn with disgrace
troin the Statue Book.” Allow tne to renew to y6u a
gain,Sir, my profound acknowledgements for this inesti
mable donation, and to assure you that under the a-gis
ol our own Palmetto, it shall never be tarnished.
Gen. Hamilton then turned to the Troops: anti ad
dressed them as follows; Fellow Soldiers! This banner
ts coinortterf to our guard anehip. Althc’ a civic tri-
Xttdi&Sr,'**' struggk9 {ot a* pro
tat*ri*o# a comparative calm now™
on the surface ol a community lately so deeuk
yet it is impossible from causes so fearfully at
our federative system of Government to tell how
this tranquility may agaiq be disturbed. Everv m *
loves his country must wish the bright Stars Jhi u?
the Constellation of this Union, mfy J ' k
hrmament in blended justice, l.aarmony and peace i
this blessing is not under our control. If j n ,u "
table dispensations of Providence, it should ho ""5
otherwise, look cut for this banner .” “ You »!11l
it waving in the pathway ol honor and duty bear! I
its ample folds the effigy of that glorious tree «
vincible shafts lifts high its verdant top to kissanZj
the earliest light of Heaven. Consecrated here jfl
thronged presente of that better part of God’s £O.l
lion, whom the vow of manhood compels us to (t il
and the very Sacrament of our nature leads us in 3
honor and adore, let us swear that it shall never k 1
honored.
Ensign Frost! To your hands this Standard is comj
tc ' • Ptomg it in your possession, I know that I
confided to one w hose patriotism enables him to ml
ciate the proud and cheering associations with whirl
is connected, and whose valor will defend it, Lrieht l
stainless from reproach. Long mav it wave, the rmbl
of our past triumph and the incentive to renewed I
riousand untiring efforts for our Country.
“ nullification
THE RIGHTFUL REMEDY.”
“ Paramount Allegiance
TO THE STATE.”
Robert V. Ilnync,
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF SO. CAROL! J
“ I - t;t | ul "' rs ,InS( ft her if they can—Let th™ ■
rcwle her if they will—l shall stand I
with Carolina. In ‘weal and in woe’ I
through evil report and through good ■
report, I go for my country.”
JoSiu C. Cnlhouu,
TjIE GREAT LUMINARY OF THE SOpJ
“ He’ll leave his lofty name,
A light and landmark ori the cliffs of fame.” I
Stephen D. Hiller,
The Ballot Box—The Jury Box— and the C.irtoucM
George Washington,
THE FATHER OF His COUNTRY. ■
Cien. Thomas Sumter,
The “ Game Cock” of the South, whose lastc
was for liberty.
Resistance to Tyrany, I
IS OBEDIENCE TO GOl). I
Janies HamiUou, Jr.
EX-PRESIDENT OF THE STATE
The Bayard of Souih-Carolina— Without fear, uH
without reproach. gB
George McDuffie, B
The heart of Hampden, and the tongue of Rennie
William Harper,
“We can add nothing to Ins fame,
l or panegyric sinks below his name."
On a handsome Urn was inscribed, in a consul cfl
position— 1 ■
BACHED TO THE MEMORY
OF ■
THOMAS JEFFERSOX-
Jlh July, I Vg(J.
“ Recorded honors shall gather round his inomJ
and thicken over him. It is a solid fabric, I
and will support the laurels which ■
adorn it.”
Gen. Charles C. Piuekiiey,
Millions for defence—but r.ot a cent for TribuiJ
Geu. Thomas Pinckney,
His Head was the temple of wisdom—his Heart ■
sanctuary of viutue.
Warren K. Davis, and Robt. W. RarnJ
Iwo of Carolina's biightcst Jewels. I
Warren, linker, and Hamilton, I
NL LLIFiERS in '76 and in ’J3. I
In youth anti old age', alike de voted to the holy calm
Liberty. «
Robert J. Turnbull.
The Roman Brutus struck with a Dagger for tlm
Liberties ol Ins Country—The Carolina Brutus iM
the invincible arm of Reason
• and of Truth.
Liberty.
’ ('is sweeter to bleed for an age at her shrine,■
Than to sleep for a moment in chains.
Freedom’s battle once begun, S
Though baffled oft, is ever won. f
Breathes there a man with soul sodcad, ;J
Who never to himself hath said, ijj
This is my awn, my native land.
“Whether we stand or fall, survive or perish, it sIH
With Freedom’s soil beneath our feet, S
And Freedom’s Bannct streaming o’er ns. jE
THE
Price oi Liberty is Virtue! ,
Numerous Medalions containing patriotic
in poetry were displayed ; we had procured a
th- in, hut unfortunately mislaid it, and could notfl
atofhet i.i t tne.— Post. §
H’d u’uijj jpjyaji&KS 9 J
!N iif much as the Drawing of the Union Hotel W
Lottery is not completed, it is due to the I’uhhc “H
plain statement of facts. Good Titles to prize holofH
not published by the superinteodants, till the Sth
September, (the time the Lottery truly came before ■
1 icy to bo drawn the “4th day of December therea*
was then postponed liil the 2nd day of this month, V
casuailies could not he drawn. The proprietor in ■
time given, from the situation of his family, eon V
Thomaslon to sell Tickets till the slh day of
in the last lime from the duties of office, coula no'
after the 2nd Monday in January. Therefore e ■
time to sell as many of the Tickets ashewisie - ■
here make no apology —but still state facts- . ■
amount of the Lottery ; and from the position®■
creditors, he is compelled to take the unso ■
the others he returns many thanks, and cou •
as easy as thunks, lie would have them » 1 f l,ll ' J
hoped that lids indulgence will he allo»e‘ . ■
public. Hr lias placed the drawing when tne .
or most certainly the first of next January. .■
lice lio shall make, unless he draws belor M
drawing shall be final. Tfakets to be W
It is due to those who have bought It
that the money is in the hands of respect* J anU B
the hands of the Treasurer of the '‘“j”* y by atfl
will return it to purchasers, should the bo J' IB
seen circumstance, not be drawn. . . H
The unsold tickets are offered w ith r" oe - E
Then come forward and buy, E
Hr the Proprietor will be iiullihea, ■
Ami you a FORTUNE, sh'P b U ba tEMB
Editors who have published then'tejcspet'B
ti-ry will please insert this ihsftad or t H
the drawing. »