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& FARMERS’ JOIJRNAli. PRiWTEn AXD Pt ni.ism;i> kvkhy H.vn;ui>\v, by j. h)i,to>\ ' ji L" ■ jJBgll. J , .C IIAKMm i:, MIX KLFMIL'KU COUM V, MOKTll-CAROLlNA. I WU.L TW TO riWCK w »OWMJ 0|r THE KARTII AXI> BKIMU OUT r»OM TUB CA^RNH Of THU HOI'NTAINH, MKTAW WIIK II Wll.I. OIVr HTKKNOTHJO OUR HANDS AND gUBJKCT AIJ. NATIJItE TO OHIt USE AND PI,EA8lRE.—D». JOHWSOR. VOI^ SATI K!)AV, MARCH 30, 1833^ NO. 131. , m 1 that if the Srimtc should i Having now, fwid Mr. (’.,corrcctfd some miBfl** * r? •iouraai I be equally divided, the bill would be lost . of tlin proniiiirrit uiisrcHn sentations, ns to l,pnnt**l and puWi«»ied rrery Saturday mornirn without the aid of bis casting vote. The llw nature of this controversy, and given a ,t r«N> MUtrt ; reply to thin entreaty was, that no con«id- j rapid sketch of tho mofoiiient of the State 7\»« * r*** JiT*' *" * lerution, (>ersoual to himself, could induce in reference to it, he would next proceed to vaac«t T}>rtt *** ** | I*® ••uch a course. 'I’hat ho con-' notice poine unjcctions connected with the y\pVERTI8EMKNTS will ** i »idercd the measure as of the mo«t danger- . Ordinance and the procciKlin;;* under it. crnuper«qMre(n^ e*wdinc9ninci,)^tl» clmractur, calculated to producc the 'I’he first and most proniinont of these is fintinnftio". andaocrnU^for^cacti inrct«>dni2 fearful crisis; that tJie [mjoient of the directed against what is called the tent oath «Tck—orfl ^ *’ I public debt was just at hand, and that tho | —which, an elliirt has been made to reiKJer A hbrrtl diMwnnt * h I* j great irurrcase of revenue wiiich it would odiouM. S.. far from deservinKtho deoun* adrertiff ^ ■" "^^*^^jpour into Uic Treasury would nctclemte ' ciatinn which li:id b'cn levelled against it, communicated puW.OBtlon the numl-^r of of that |«riod; and that the , lie viewed this provision of the Ordinance iD»ertkmi muat * * i co»mtr)- would l)C placed in the most trjiiit,' as hut tho natural result of tlie doctrines iiwntMcript, or Hwy will contiimed until ibrbid, and cbarf**! ac«oraift|fIy. • t All cocnmunieatiom to the Editor mn«t come 'tnr of tx'rtagt, or they may nc be aHeiided t% THE MAKKintk rHARLESTtJN. MARCH If. 1P33. Cotton. &* liUnd, IS a SO; upland, new. 101 a d, iiia of all situations; w itb an iiniiiense revejiuc, entertained by tiie State, and the position without the oieans of abw>rplioii, u|kiu any which she occupies. The people of that legitimate or constitutional object of appro- Slate lM‘lii-vo that tho I’tiiou is a union of piintion, awJ would be compelled to Huhmit Slates, and not jf iinli^ iduals; that it was to all the corrupting cwsequences of a large form'sd by the Staten, anl tliat the citizens surplus, or to make a sudden reduction of of the Miveral States, were liouiid to it the rales of dutiex, uhich W(>uld prove ruin- i through the arts of their «;veral States; ous to the very interests whieh went tlwn ^ that eac'i State ratified the Constitution for fi»rcin;» tho passage of the bill. I'nder ^itself, and that it was only by such ratifica jOj; Bm*, prim*. S| • *1! infcriar to fotid, a SI Hour. »u|)cr&ie, 6 a (M); forn, a 66; 0au.4>‘a50; Whi»kcy, 3-1 a 35; N. K. Rum, time, he infoniieil his fri» nd» tliat he would , (Hwr,-! the ohli;j:ition, to declare, in the iaut Of, 13 a l(i Bak Kope, t> a lU cenU; So compl tely ab«*>rlx'd wa* rngn or pf>Iitical Uxiirs. ()n this pnuci- tlie pniiie nf ambition and , pie, the f>f*op;c of the .Stale, acting in their I V 11 II ' d'luhle iii'iHilM^ of the s«verf i^ni apncitv, in t'ouventi'iii, preciwly L.-'nt Savaonah ttutTBilW TpercMVdi^«»onl;' 'manufacturer'* and polittcian?, tliat none but as they had adopted their ow ii and t’.ie Fed- lAu oUwr Geofria Bank BiUa 1 asd U ucr ccuL ' 1 * appeared to anticipate the prcaeiit ' enii Coii.-titutions, hud decian‘J bv the Or- f«w Oil«an«, 6i a 8; .MtlaMt^, Cuba, 'J« m3U; that p' riod. S (VWan*. SO • 32; CotTee, prime ifmii, M a 15 J * Congress in t! yriorUifoorf.l9a 13*; Hy*mTea.77.«Wrt«. , ted majority, who, by ineunsofthis uncon- authorized, beyond that they were intru- stitutional and oppressive system, are annu-1 ders, and might rightfully be expelled ; and ally extorting millions from the South, to be that they had been efficiently expelled by U'stowed upon other sections, was uot at all the legislation of the State through her civil surprising. Whatever inijxtdes the course process, as has been acknowledged on all of avarice and ambition^ will ever be de-; sides in the debate, is only a confirmation nounced as rash and preci|>itate; and had of the truths of the doctrine for which th« South-Carolina delayed her resistance fifty j majority in Carolina had contended, instead of twelve years, she would have ! The very p»int at issue between the iwv heard from the same quarter tho same Ian- parties there, was, whether Nullifictition guage; but it was really surprising that: was a peaceful and an efficient remedy a- those who wore sufTanng in common with ; gainst an unconstitutional act of the Gene- lierficlf, and who have complained equally ral Government, and which might lie as- loud of their grievances; wU had pro-1 serted as such through tlie State tribunals, oounc*^ the very acts which she had assert. I Both parties agree, that the acts against ed within her limits to bo oppressive, un-1 which it was dircctod are unconstitutional constitutional, and riiinous, after so long a and oppressive. The controversy was only struggle—a struggle longer than that which ; as to the means by which our citiiiens might preceded the separation of these States , be protected against tho acknowledged en- from the mother country—longer tlian the croachinents on their rights—This being p«‘riod of tho Trojan war—should now com- the point at issue between the parties, and plain of precipitancy ! No, it is not Caro- the very object of the majority, being an ef- lina which has acted precipitately, but herficient protection of the citizens through tho sister States, who have suflcred in common . State tribunals; the measures adopted to eii- with her, that have acted tardily. Had force the ordinance, of course received tho they actcfl as she had done—had they per-1 most decisive character. We were not chil- f^rraed their duty with equal energy and idren to act by halves. Yet, for acting thus promptness, our situation this day would be efficiently, the State is denounced, 6c this bill vifhal we now find it.— reported, to overrule, by military force tho dangerous, and never ' civil tribunals ajKi civil process of tho State ! true than in the pres- Sir, *>aid Mr. C., 1 consider'this bill, and tho monopoly, it is the arguments which have been urged on this very nature of monofKjIics to grow. If we (Joor in its support, as the moet triumphant take from one side a large portion of the acknowledgment that Nullification is peace- procccds of Its labor and give it to tJie ful and efficient; and so deeply entrenched other, the side from which we take must in the principles of our system, that it can- consUntly decay, and that to which wegive not be assailed but by prostrating the Coo- E^t^a C; Ttach, 40 a'fi2. | ambition lay o|«ii befor'* him; he hsd but tf iion, and therefure null and void, ^'he [ the other sectwiis, in the ^hape of bounties that the Ordinance is unconstitutional, that to follow the corrupt lendofK-) of tlie tiiiiTi— Ordinance thin enacted by the people of to wiamifacturers, and appropriations in a they infract the constitution of S. Carolina ; Re »f U,**U^itj.J an tirf t, n f I i ‘a sovereign I th"Ui-and form?—[lensions, improvement of although to bim the olijection appears ab- u>"wwide In all cUkciwiT'ol duile* '*** *•'** reasonable hope of community, was «ll nitr n\» and pui po«‘s, | rivers and harU.rs, road* and canals, and surd, as it was adopted by the very authori- „4jpu,u. relK-f. through the tUt tmn of ti’.-n. Jack-P’’* >'• *very shajw that w it or ingenuity can ty which adopted the Constitution itself. (me. CAUiors’i imriB cormxtr.D.] I .-v-n, »a« bLni-J ; but still, oii« hojie re. '-fa peculiar chanrt-r, was as ob-1 devi-jr. (an wc then be surprised that the They also tell us that the Supreme Court Here Mr. C. said he rount n«ufe for a 5 discliarg** of the h,it>ry on Ih^ citizf'ns of that Stale, .h any j principle of inonipoly grows, when it is is the oppointed arbiter of all controversies *ment’ U> ^peU rharee which ha* br»'n *'*• an event near at tiaiMl, woukl ''f'hc Com^titutiou. In prr>« rihiiig,, s-> amply remun«.-rated at tho expense of Utweeo a State and the General Govem- .often’maiJe Md which rv«i the Preoi.l^ nt n-ni'J'*: ‘HJr l.u^kn. 'I'hat event uould then, the oath to o!k v the Ordmunre, no tlmso who sup[K>rt it ? And this is the real | n>eut.—Why, then, do they not leave this ia« mteratwi in hu proclaoiation. T* - Trennirv a larg«- hurplu.^: u nion* wrus done than to prrscribe an oath to; r^Ubon of tiie fart which we witness, that controversy to that tribunal ? Why do they har'»e that he bad hiw actuated* in tli«* “urfiius that could not be e\jwn-!'d uiwlrr li**’ Con-tilulioii. It was in fact, hut | all acl-s for protection pass with small mi- not contiti'e to them tho abrogation of the . , ^ the mmtextnivcguntschenM'K of r.r.prf*t.n- and in every nonties but s(x>n come to lie sustained ■ .nrt which he had taken, bv feelmgn of me mmi exinivcgunt schenM s nt r.pprf*pn i«I>pon.ted ambition. Mr. \ again folwr of dereiKy praii'd, that he d««piy regretted the nece*- eoDstituti(*i»ahty. 1 hat tvrnt, at lu«t, ■itT of noticing him«i-if in ao importnnl a At the last w-ssion «>f t ongrei«, dncunioQ. and that nothing couli! induce •’ "a* avowi-d on all sidts, that the public him to adv.rttohia own CHirwe Ut the ‘Jebt, for all practical purpos»rs, wa«,in fart, comiction that It wai due to the cnu»*, at »’'rp!u'i rcinaimng Ijeui;; which a Wow was aimed, through him. It covert^ by the iiM»oey m the tnasu. »u '^Iv in thm view that he no«ico«l it. '«'■ had al •Mr. C. by Ordinance, ami the laws made in pursuanco re.jwt t Kimilar ti that wliich i» presrnly/d groat and overwhelming majorities. Those of it, and the assertion of that supremacy miller th»* ('onslitiilion of the I 'nitfHi J?tate>, w ho s-ci;k the luouopoly, endeavor to obtain which they claim for the laws of Congress ? til 1(0 adm:ni«-trred to .ill ollinTS of the it in tho most exchi«ivc shape; und they The State stands pledged to resist no pro- Stale and IVdeml (toTcrnmeni'^; .nod was‘take care, accordingly, to associate only a cess of the Court. Why, then, cont'er or» no more desorving the har>h and hitter, sutficiciit imml)cr of interests ban ly to pass the President the extensive and unlimited epitlirts which had lieen heaped upon it,! it through the two Houses of Congress— powers provided in this bill? Why autlio- th:.n that or any •‘imilar oatli. on the j)|ain principle, that the gr»*Ktor the rize him to use military force to arrest the It ought fo be h Tne in mhd, that ac- number from wliom the monopoly takes, civil process of the State ? But one answer tBid, It illy became llie ChM-f Ma- reai.' acrfii‘'d i hut v»i‘h thr arrival of this »'or iuig t> the opn;ion whirli prevail'd injnnd the f wer on whom it I»estov*s, the can be given. That, in a contest between •‘•tnite to make thi- charge. The cour*- *Kjr la»t Iio-k? was d«Kiined to Carclina. t!ip ngi.t of r s.i,tance to the un-f greater is tho advantage to the monopolists, the Sta»e and the General Government, if itch tlie State hal taken, anl which had diapp,iiitfd. Af;er a lung «^ssion of man\ cn-tilnlioii.il laws of (’ongnR.-i fielongs to j Acting in this spirit, wc* have often st'en the r^isistance be limited on both sides to the tn the prffient contr».ver\v b^twtfii h-r "»"nthM, and the inot eurin st * (li.rt on tin* thf- Stat *, and n .t In her itidivnjual citizens,' »vith w hat c.vact precision they count, add- civil process, the State, by its inherent ”nd thr (ii>rH'ril Govfmmeiit, was taken ah r ha'ka« in the verv mid«tof thit rere ranva« which pJac«l him m power: n^i in that very cant a«s ('itruhnu had >|wn- y avowed «nii Zf*nl>u>«ly maintained the«- ery prinrip)«ti which he nuw ntVieially pm- •iii e tf» bn trenar'n and rebellion. 'I'hat •a^he period at which he o«i;;ht to have ken. liaving remained mlenl then, aihl part of S (utiiCarohna and the Smiliorn and that, thong'i the latter may. in a mere 'ng "ool I'J as.-ociatmg lead and sovereignty, standing upon its reserved pow* State*, to obtain re!i f. all tluit ctmld l>e ef- qnejitinn > I nu um and tin.m, rcMst. through , iron, (eeling their way, until a bare niajori- ers, will prove too powerful in such a COB- f«'cted H a* u kmall nxJuction in the amount t!i* court*!, an unronstitulioiial enrn'ach- 'y i- obtained, wncn tlie bill passes, con- troversy, and must triumph over the F'ede- >f the duti' 9; but a reductK.n of «ich a mcnt upon llieir rights; yet the final stand ; necting just a* many interests as is sulli- ral GovcrnrDent, sustained by its delegated character, th.it while it dimiiw^!i d the against usurpation res.t> ilol with them, but ^ensure Us success, and no more.— and limited authority ; and in this answer, amount of burdeji, dutnbuteiJ, that Imnlen wilh tlie Stale of which they are nieinl.ers:' In a sliort tune, however, wo have invaria- we have on acknowiedgment of the truth of iiior*- un«-quallv than «v n the ohnoxu'u'^ and that surii art of re..|>(ance by a State, bly f.Kind that this lean, becomes a decided those great principles for which the Stato act of 1 ; revering t!te princi|.ie adop- hinils the cons-ii-nce and allegianco of tlu- niajority, under tlie ccrtain o[>eration w hich has so firmly and iKibly contended, tixj by the bill of 1 ^ 1 li, of la> my hicher citizen. r!ut then-app«-ared to be a gencr- comiu ls imlivi(lu:i!s to descit the pursuits Having made these remarks, the ffreat King, unler hm approval, imbli'd bv that “» ••'*» unprot»xtd artich-*. by n-- al ini-Tpprehonfiofi as to the extent to which vvhich thf'monoprly have rendered unprofi- question is now presented: has Cengress lie.vp, rw-cive«l tho wjpport orul tl»r vote p’i»hng aluicst entirely the iluliei laid up- 'h" State had arteil un.ier this part of the table, that they uiay participate in those the right to pass this bill? Which he would f ttie State, l»e, (Mr. if a iw'n*' of de. '’n the I'ormff, and im|x>sing the UiriJen al- t^rOinance. In«l( ad of sweeping every n|'. pursuil-s which it has leiidered pri>fitat}!e. next proceed to consider. The decision of fUMilf ngain^ n moat unfoundefl charge. fomllj untiniKiicd, the\ .'=tate had in firi, acted witii the greatot He time alon*, at which thf cnir^ ii|*.-n '**'re arraiijjed as to l»e, m tiict, bc>un- lenderne>,all ciriiinwtaiicesconMilered, to. hu h thii charii' of thMtvpcHnltd amhi. “tw! taxation on the other, wards citiz"ns whodiirored Irom tiie major- 'I, will, fif n«i*lf, repel it in •I'**’* placing the two ^reat **‘ction' of ity ; ani, in tliat spirit, had directed the ry unr^iudiced* and honest country iii direct conthcl in reference vith to l>e admini'trn'd, only in eases »1 •irine which he now ■usiains No lUi fiscal action, and therfby letting in s.,ui*'otViCial net directed to l>e jn'rlormrMl, chargi I''*! I* f>jtiiMie| li" eye r>f evrrV' 1 he (kx'triiH* which he now sustains, I'ler thfl prrs.>nt dirtieultles, he openlv P"l'tical corruption wiiirh and maintoined imniefhatcly after ibn atens to sweep away our Cuistitution hei-t of that “hll of ali.'.mina- mid our liberty. ■onii,’’ it ^ often and properly This unequal an I unjUst arran^n'mcnt 'nncil. Mas )h> at that jirnoddiaappoint- was proiioum cd, l>oth b\ the aduiini;>int- not k'cn sjkhvJiIv arrested. ihg country. It enables him at his plca- Tht re was anotlu-r powerful reason why sure, to subject every man in the U. States, the action of the Slate could not be safely not exempt from militia duty, to martial delaved. Tho public debt, as he had al- law—to call him from his ordinary occupa- n'ady statetl, tor all practical purposes, had tion, to the lield, and under the penalty ol already lieeii paid ; and, under the existing fine and imprisonment inlhcted by a court III which ol>ecn ntc to tne C)rdinanco vvas (Inties, a large annual surplus of many mil- martial, to imbrue his hand in his brother « involved. j lions, nui-:t come into the Treasury. It bluod. There is no limitation on the pow- It had l>een furtherol'jected.tliat the State I wa-* ini|H>ssih!e to loo'i at this state of things er of the svvonl, and that ol the purse i« had acted pn-i ipitatclv. ^\ hat! pri'cipi-1'vithout seeing the most niischievous con- equally w ithout restraint; for among the ex- latelv ! ut\er making a sircniKKis resistance sejuences: and, Jmong others, if not speed traordiiiary features ot the bill it contains •iny View i of ambition which he might I (lun. through its pro(M;rorgm, the Secre- f.ir twelve years—by discussion here and in dy corrected, it would inter[)09e powerful no appropriation, which, under existing cir- pp'sed to entertain’ lie was Vice'lary of the rrMsiiry, ami by f‘-■ - - " 'remdent of the I niteil .‘tafe«. elertixj bv tioii, to l>o a /»»rOTi/i»n/adjustrn '^ipp'sed to entertain ’ lie was Vice ' tary of the TrrMsiirv, ami bv the opjx.si. the oth.-r lloiw of Congress—by essays in , nnd almost insupenible obstacles to throw- cumstanccs, is tatitaniount to an unlimited trm-nt; audit all forms—bv resolutions, remonstrance!*, • ing i>tf the burden under which the South appropriation. The President may, under ^ ...umphant *ticces.i of that t'as at length icrixed, atwhiclitlie Mate attempt '' t'»“t, «nd w ill) H fiiir prosp«'ct of the "as compelled to choose bi'twoen ahsihite bringing thi'qiK'stion fiirly l>etore the Cimrt, ghe«t t)(T»re to which an Arni'ricnn citi. ! acquiesii*nre in a ruinous •.ystoni of op- and that by an art ol that very majority in ■■n ro»i|() n^pire. \\ hat was bn coiirw , pn snion, or a n‘S4itt to her n'wrved im>w- Congress which now upbraid them for not _tl*"»e prtMi|)orts ' Did ho h»dk to his ' Ts—jtowi rH of whi*;!i she nione was the nmkmg that app«’al; of that majority who. ''dvnncemenl, or to an bon'st und r'thtiul jmlge, ami w Inch only, m this mo-; on a motion of one ol the moinliers in the r'll'^'**‘^''fhnrge of his ihitv ’ Lot flirts UM-nti us junrture, could save iicr. She de-| other House t'roni SMilh (’arolina, n'liis-ed '•ili lor theniselveii. When the full to | terniinel on the latter. Uo give to tho art ot I'-’J"" its true tille, that "i'"h he had r-ferred came iVom the other i The cons«'nt of two.thirds of her legisla- it ** proh ftin', and not a rci'rnvc act. to the S*'nale, tho almost universal ture was neci asary for the call of a Con- j I he Slate has never, it is tnie, relied upon “as, that its fate would de|>eiid ' ven'ioii, w hich w-ns considereil tho only that tnlnmnl, the Snpreine (. (airt, to vindi- 1"'^ Mis ciinting \iite. It was known that, legitimate organ through which the IVo- cate its r‘«erved rights; yet they have al- ' 'hill then DtfKMl, the S«'natn was nearlv pie, in their mivereignty could speak. Al'- i 'va> s considered it as nn auxiliary means ol .v'li'ided, and as It was a combined ter nn arduous slriiggh*, the State Rights j defence, ol which they would gladly have '’ji'iire, originating with the politicians party sueeeeded; more than two-thirds ol'! availed tlieniki hes, to test the constitution- iimMifactnrers and intemled as much Iwth’branches of the legislature favorable i uhty of protection, had they not been do- ' ^iir tip«,n tbe I’residentiiil rlectmn as to ' to a Convention were elected ; a Coiiven- ' prived of the means ol doing so by tho act I rnnniifactnrrs. It was Iwlieved that, tion was callnl: the Oidinani’e adopted. ‘Iroke ot political policy, its tale would ’I’lie Convention was succeeded by a nieet- e to(,n bis vote, in order to mg of th> l.egislatiire, when the laws to ^' It n n»!r:il .lackson’s election, as well carrv the Onlmance into execniion, were as o«n. I bo Irinnds t>f (ienoral .lark- enarted ; all ot' whu’h had ln'i'ii roinmuinca- re al.'irnied, and he, (Mr. C.) was ted bv the I’resulent—hail U'en referreil to , _ , , ' "'’■e.ited to le;ive the chair, in the t'oiimiillec^ on the .hidiciarv , and this j ly—that her c.onduct has lieen rash I 'I’hat ■f louv.jiJ the res|)oii8ibiliiy, under thu bill la the result t»f their lubur. ests in support of the existing system ; not debt ot millions to lie paid out ol^ the pro- only in tiios«i sections which have b«'en ceeds «t the labor ot that section ol the couii- lieretof.ire bi’netitted by it. but even in tho try wlios*' dearest Constitutional rights this South itseit'. He could not but trace to tho bill prostrates I Thus exhibiting the extra, anticipation of this stato of the Treasury, ordinary spectacle, that the very section of tho sudden and extraordinary movements the country which is urging this measure, which IkuI taken place at tho last session in and carrying the sword of devastation a- the Virginia Legislature, in which the gainst us, are at the same time incurring « whole South was vitally interested. It was new debt, to be paid by those whose rights impossible for anv rational mnn to believe, are violated; while those who violate them that that State coiild seriotisly havethuuifht are to n»ceive the benefits, in the shajie ot' of elK'cting the scheme to which he alluded bounties and expenditures, by her own resources, without powerful aid And tor what purpose is the unlimited from the lieneral t lovernmeiit. control of the purse and of the sword thiii* It was next objected, that the cnf.rring P'aced at tho dis|>ositiou of the Kxecutivc ? nets have legislated tlie V. States out of S. To make war agninst one of the free an.l Carohna.-He had already n'plied to this sovereign tiiemU'rs of this t onfederation; objection on another occasion, and would which the bill proposes to deal with, not a* now but re,H»al what he then said-that they n State, but as a collection ot had b»-cn legislated out only to the ext*>nt outlaws. I bus exhibitmg the impious that they had no right to enter. The consti-; l;'cle o| t.iis (.overnn.ent, ^ intion had ndnntted the jurisdiction of the l!»e Nates, mal.m- war against the power umi o. . I'. States within the liniit-of thn several to which it owes iis e\islenc(. such should be the lanjjni'ge of au intcrcs- ■ States, only so far as the delegated powers 3'he bill violates tue Coustitotion, plaiol.r of tho majority Notw ithstanding this long delay of more than ten years, under this continued en croachment of the (Jovernment, we now bear on all sides, bv friends and t'oe.s, gravely pro- nouiiceil, that the State has acteil pn'cipitiite-