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1 . : ' ' V . . ,r . - - .. , . N.- J - - ' , ' , ..A - --v fr-v v-. ., v ra-v rri1,. .. v -rt e cx w m. wm -m i a i , a h . m.. t r a w m am aav . -i . v . w ; "THC WEy! OUR yOR.nNO, MOOS, AfID EVE.MXO CRjf VOL. XXVII. . . . i No. 30. K DENTON. N. C. WHDNK8DAV, SEPTEMBER 7, t83i. WHOLE No. 1388. rLBLISlllO Wt.fcKLT BY FOR Tilt rROpRltTOR, . Al TSrM Dollar pf r i de. 1 ance, with iu cbarnctcrimie wia- Uom, novU( power Which in the Iat Retort, iuperceiri effectual ly the neceeiitjr, ami errn thb . pre text for force a power to which none can fairly ohjectj with which 11jrrnlefeWl'Wll''irr''iafrwhietr; nir. ctLttotJA utYrtMEXTfc IcMttldcGaitf If cloge llf oritror '(( oci(,) V friei in the only effectual mode, Aainrt thote eoncluivd argo. hy freeing the compact of every de- tonit. thry erm to me, it 1 feet and Uncertainty, hy an amend- ebjrcleJ, iImi if ot party hi th of the inttioroent iuelf. It rihtt jttJe fiufrttCtionf the ImnowibU for human wUdorn, in CcMtituiio.1, o ti ll the other, nod m 0,!ra..? de,MM",!t 1 that rwnoreuenily iu eci of co.- er mode which thaU be are and ef- tMeJ wrr Ui ween- a . State and fctul. and at the Mme time eon- Iht r"'nt-ral vrttncntt fach itent wtth'al.at aie the rehtiwt oimohmi. a m tho rata when kite- lo great detHinmenii or o.r go- .feutup4r4idbr i tU an.truc- rrnmwil II jptfet beaMyand tini oftrr.tu.- or rfm.uiO"iJ cri1y eeuhnr to our ycn, -ttnrWrrrofwe ir wwBt t TOinirTo hr Tthwh HVduly apjireciaTed, will a mere qietwn of fare. The t ratnil Hri.WMuigi w me Trmoi Wri mrhe nw t fty,iinnrthHnhe (J.-... rl Uovirnmrrti. a pane to JMwmo uucipuHn w Ihe I'.HutitutUm! ( omirtct. The 'M proa bnt an empty dream. L&ifciV4Juij!tf a jfaran; fuf n.e.1 f tiipped of all in rorering, ihena U r ..,.j4 t, !.;; at aof enif m M q-ienion if, whether oar i ' ; ' tevolution or orertbrowhut in re formation. It ia;1n fact, properly nndolratnrut. A tlilitt it lit wrhr ttin alternative would be force, tenaioj; I to prevent, and if that fails to corVI reet penceaoiy, me aorerauonii 10 which aft litlcatriyiie'maliPaliaS hie and whUh if permitted to occn-1 mutate, without correction, mutt finally end in a general catastrophe. I have now.ftid what 1 intended in reference to' tha abstract ques tion of the relation of the State to the General Government, and would hre conclude, did I f ot be lieve bnt a rorerenernr ;tenieflt on an ahttract quetin, without in ciudu.x i" wnan rmiv nave . cau- ered by many, imperfect, and un" nlitfnctory. Fwlins that h v ould be JtJtly iho ciiaeTT am eonlPt nriied, rtiactantir, to toucii vo tne t Tariff, so fir. jit leat. a-jmnrtii J - r. i.- . . era a . .. . an ariaariia The Uenerai Gov ernmrnt h but it. npU ronMitatiooal of 4haoI"le ,rMiurr arut ihonih ia reahtv Crament rtttiMiikiflure eaveroroent wb all the riihta and My U.e oUd ba.it of lh oer autboiity hich br loox to aoy oth- oniM State, or on ma un- er enreromenr within the orb of rera,oed !! of a J-wJ;J ( Ha twr. it it, nevrrtHflea. " , 'I r,'rMmeu! emaonimfr from a cm- hn ,,fh ,$'--?- a 1 ' - . I. W iul fufr moil lliiallk ltf. iwci between ikiv erngnt anq pur- " " - - i.k, in it. pature and ohjctN of y'l-, fl it 'JM?fr.ii,l khe chartfTorpnn-onwM'Mnn rlr ' majority nkf tkt mtnn aiWml tuperintend and Hi- 'Jf u.tht tmnjrttt na iriMMeribeiulriertain ahifh all hoU alwnrdly wir.hute , t- the wjMiAily eonret aed, tw Jbatin. rmcr, the eclift tipbt or co- -nt,r. ii Itrninff tlie Contti dtion, there Bi.tre-l-ci Tthan if UdU not irouM br in fart iwtanm thiriTFf Ctx.U - To deny this' wool I be to aubject,' ondrr $$h a jjor- 4le4he mMl- incmtrttiUle facta, ernment, oLntitutun;.r at eit and lint clevett confluion: hd ihing deaervmir the name, or ecr- j . . Mm its truth is to dea- " ih lS".nate oUjt ofs-o a ir..-. httrtU the ol.ircti..ii. thai lltf I H"d an instiument, . i . ii... u-a..n.r , kM4Li ie. ia. laree. ia.iuc u-n A tu Sui'-Ni. , r or H etch party na i"" . ..... .,..-. rit.1 ta Uif. theu aniler our svt-1 hch rontiiMie aoreuiial a por- t-... ..I ..r.,.,..,,!. lb final roff'itiottuf their rfwrwJ riijht thut It tMSt.ire of a quotum of loi.tcMt.l I tan beJrxitfJ ri'Ao an tnlirc p.mrtw.iuU beta tha fitatee, an,l rrrKT J wnr mrrrrngmj, , -.hi ii..;M the Clrweral Gvernmrnt. Ktirrtiw at syatrm from Jtdtr- ti .U'.I tii..lutvf the latter. !l into.a ctatoiaatt tovi nm hi . ; .11 u.Jl ir ratea of a eonteallU oufalion, that tha Suite cnly r il. nrinrUi re fomoelent t determine. 1'he n,l t,.;n, MHmi..itMt m eii-l rf nmenta which prove th.it r. i VriW (lift rnnit ii iba orin-1 loftiIie iHmer. emiHi ei!h7i5Tfrs SiclTar Ihejihat tliey are in ih laagaaga. of tJani dirtaiea of reaon and anlo-1 Ji fferton "the right WjttJgtt tf tht m iU. fl no aound nriaeiulelWeda rntwurt el mint. Hut - i . . , , . - ti the azentl hire a rtil.t to ine spin o i.rurraBre, a. off", or diminish iti burden; a su ug- gle in which all jhe noile and gen- erom faefinffiof patriotism are gradually subsiding into sectional and stlfuh attachments.. Nor has )hfl effect ofthU dangerous con flirt 'eltfdjt oreTfrtrnot-twlyirM ed tbeHwo sections on Hie impor- tnt poiitt already stated, Buroii life deeper andsninre dan; eroua que- ions, the const" utionality of a pro tective Tariff, and the general prin ciplei and theory of the Constito lion itself: the strongeX iri order to ronatruction tu , tue . ins i liieu- the other Ixiievet wouM eon- verl the General ' GoverrimentNiito llirrinifrtrdr ernment, tth the total destruction of liberty, ond the wenker seem wofidfia f relief UH torinEti'tllll' tionbr jibwersV" turnoig"Jtae)es to tli!t-mcrveiliSo ntyf-tle fates, as the only refuge from op pression. 1 sbMI act extend th-e remarks, migWi- by shew ing neeessary to illustrate the opinion whirb I have already " advanced. Antious. boweier, to uitruie a tiltle ttrMiible, theMiet4hat wbdtheaff-ct vf tho syntein the country, s disteinK-red and dangerous, as to demand the most serious and pt'ompt-atlentioni Ik is only, when we rome to ronider of the remedy, that Under the as pt-ct, I am viewing thts subject i here-ea he-anwng 4 he-infortMed. and considerate any diversity bf dpinion. - ' -Tboie,. who bare duly jerlected''' on its-dangerous and ihveterula. character, suppose (hat the' disease will cure itself; that events ought Id bo left to take their bwu course; and thai eiperieore, in a abort time; will prove, thai the Interest of the whole community, is the aam. id refrreucn to the Tariff, or, at ! aU ttBluVtr giversity there may inv I Le. time w ill assimilate Such has been their langunga from the be ginullMit uiifortvatey.ilil pr- greasohevenu uaa ueen we revrfsc. rt com? trillion, I will bea bml as possi ble, ami with that view, will, as fur as may be ronUtent wit h my ob ject, avoid all d1ateable tojnc. whatever diversity of nmooni may atist, in reUtioii to the princi ple, or the efltcl on tlie prmlurtive indurtiy oftho cointry, of the prcs ent, or any "other Tnff of protec- Hon, there aie certain political eowte queners QuW ing from tha present, which none cii lutt, and ail must deplore, It would be in vaiu t' at tempt to ronrrul that it has dividrd the rountry into two great geo f f ilditeaf-ol VttiWfrRuTrgyen tliem again! each other, in opinion nt least, if not liiterenta nUo, on wm of he nst vital of tolilu-k suhjrrt: on its' fmanre, its cou mcrce."aitd itr iuutryrubjerts imnattailateiL of protection n'os rapid' alienating one section, it was not h ss rapidly, by it rM"cesarjLoperation,diMracl ingand corrnpting the other; and between the two, subjecting the ad rnioistrntioii to violent aud sudden eliaoges, t:illy infon!isteiit willi all attttbtiitr and wiiMiom in tli- nifin- acmsnref the ttOoTrs of the ftu- tioii, of which we already see fear ful sy uijitams. 2"t Jo I-itcrm it oectfary to inquire --whether thi uiibitppy couiiirt grows u't of tru or mistaken views of interest it her, or bStii sides. Iteearded iii titTicf hgtit, It ougTtTTti inhuoniti us of ihe citrcioc danger to wlii- li uur vi in in eziMhied, ' aud the .real iii.lt-ratiuii and vtijdom ne ressarv to ir srve it. U U cornea from" Tiiisfifeeu v iewsjif ' the" titter the aatar of the riiht itsrlf, for bidsreeoui tit,-eicept in ca ses of dangerous infraction of the. Constitution; and then only 'in the ht resort, when all reasonable hope of rclinf, from the ordinary action of tha government, bus fill ed; when If the right to interimse did not esist. the alternative would Iks iuhminion , and oppression on not li-le.or rfUtnc by foreo on ihe other. That our svstem should can fifi.il conixtnce, as against the prim il, much lca to use . fPf a?iut them, to maintain their .eonructi'.ti of their jiowera. Such a light would ha monstrous; and !) never, heretofore, been claim el in similar enses. That the"iictrin il applicable to the enM of a contested power be twera tlio States and tha General Government, w h?,ve the aathori nni onl of reason and anaWv iii ..f !. ,!..i;orUihiiHl statesman afford in suh eureino cases, onin- " already rrAtrM to. Mr. Jcffprson,termr,riat , hct wcen Hhese : t Wri.iJ of hit life, after hmdire alternalivas, by which Ihego? ex perienre and mature reflection, ernment may be brought to a pause, ' an. "With iepect to onr State and thereby tin interval obtaiued to ond Federal Goternments.l'thi not eompromie dinertneel, or, if im thl.lht'ir relitimis are correctly practicable, bii comjielled to nt-ii.-t,r"T. f...;-,.r.i. The mtl lhefttistioil to a eonstiuitional ;- ' taiHa-ltir fariwr aulwrJmate to .adjastmenf throojth an appeal to ial.iUcV. This, is not the fn.fi- MT?'! '"- ThVv are to-ordmate departinehiw denr;ofit high wisdom; an ele- r '..:,n,.U .... tntetnal whole. Iment not a aopiwsed l.y some, t... ..... -.v if ilioViwo de. 1 of weaknees. but of strength; wot iMinmentf Sliould r-Uint l h the anarch -or tttoltttmn. bat of jieace ' .... l.m i and snfetv. Ita cem-ral reeocnii the umpire o decide, between Hon would of itself in a gieat tnea h,nf inr- oflitlle tirttenevor sure, it altogether, supercede u..m. it.. ..p..7unr ,f 'hoth the necessity of its esercise, by im !i i .i -i.w.r rrm I iireMn on the movements of the .ii. .i..;i'...,.l.l- ......!. Lot ifil envrrnniftit, that roo.lfration au "taut'eithef be w.,id.d nor comma- j'l.t ice vtteittial toharnsnny and tV,i.l. n rtit.veiitton ol the Stat peAre, in a C Notry f u h a vast tMiU4itVr ilh'd, to ascribe the !nht Utfrnt, nnd divWy of vt reMs as ful uower 'tart'hMf.deiHrtmoni whWh 'aim an.1.. would, if r.ntrocrsy of iieare, to produce etcitemeot, and in rel.ition to which, the Tanfl hat olaced the sections in qaetkn deep anl daneeroiis cootlitt. Il there beany point on whUh the (I wns 'goini? to say Southern acctioo, hut tavoit, as f.ir i p.tib!',"llH piinful fcetingl surh diru.iim are calculated to 'excite, ' I hah it thev. I av) wraker of IImi twaw?Hiw u p'nN, in a great roeiisuie, u free trade, light tare, eeonmirbl, and as far as jtoioaUle, eqiinl dis bornemenl of the I'ublie' revenue, and an. uih kled industry, leaving hem tnpurose whatever mat apr rardiust ntvautngeaa to tlieii m- w . i - arw . & leretts. I rm the t'otumae to lite Miiipii, there are tew iiul.-ed. mwever dvi';cl on other parts, w ho would not if dependent on their vo lition, and if they regarded the in terest of tbolrpartifular aettioii only, remove fmm commerce and hwMMryHrLvery h:icfcle, reuuee tut revenue to llie lowest point that the wants of the governmrnt faiily teqiiired, and teMrict the - appro- fiions to the pence, the security, and the engagement ot toe public; and do not lielieve that the oppo site system is .cajculatfd to throw on them an-unequal burthen, to Te- pres their prosperity, and to en rronrh on their enjoyment. 1 " " On all t heeVdeeply importa nt h now more divided tliaii in Iflil. nTihii, iriore tl.aci- in 1610. -TliekraBWitir-iniy have increased, bia tiiteuplHMiite sides ate heydiVd Vopufv.nore determined uud excited, thant qy preceding ' perid. I'ormerlyNheNnri'iem was 'etiinted mainly, as incljUu'nt; but now, as- ncontititotionV ukeqiial, ' unjust and oppressive. Thchyro iri was sought, etcluaively fraoitiie ..." m . . V). V. Ueucrol Uovcr nmrni; but oon.iim My-4lrituio-depmrnara--raUtag their eyes talhfr reserved sovereigd' ty of theStates as their only tefugeu If we tura from the past and pre-1 t-nt to tue future? we ahail- tin nothing to lessen, but much to ag- ravatf the danger. The? increas- i nihar raasment, and diit res d V ineaswres, the opposite opinion pre. vails i" not with .equal - unanimity with at least a greatly prepomlera- in mnioritv. in the olhcrUnd '--pi - rri, . I - stronger iect Kin; so nuicu so, tliat no two distinct nations ever enter tiiined jnore, opposite views of poRJ e ihan these two section do, .on all the important points Ho which I have rcf;rr d. Not w it lew eer tain that this unhappy conflict flow tn- ,brf.tlv from 'the "Tariff, has extended itSi lf'to the hall of legia- tv the Tariff, bo really the same, and the -sy litem instead of acting (tiicqiiatly,iii Iruiity ililTusts equul tefings, aud imposes linual bur Vih on ct cry pait, itoulit to tea; b u Ikivv I'.abW those, who are differ iifflyTirualedru o d w hat iew their tntero-fit-umkr iiiffertMit nupects, ireto-cnme to different conclusion ! wlrt'n their iiertils urestrwt' with what extreme J-nutum nui oystem of poliry ought to be alt ed, and " csiasetei ly, j wifh s Iwt .n npirit of inKlrratktt;ursuv4l,iiA rountry of such'-great extent mid diversily nt ours. ? Hut if cn l U rtwitrarytbe conflict rpring rcnl lv from eootrarli'ty of inteicits, il the burden be i n oue side, and lle bem fil on tho other, then are Ave talixht a Jesson ii6i,in importunt. how little i egaril se Ime for the intfrestsof others, while in pursuit of our o n. oral Jent how art we ne to consider om own interests. the interests of all othr?J andol cturse how greats the danct-r 1 m a country of euch aitnowledired di versit) of iiiterestj of the feebler by the stronger'"' intercuts and in consequence of it, of the most fatal sectional conflicts. Dut whirhevrt may be the cause, the rea.1, or sup jjidscd diversity of inlercit, it can. not be doubted, that the political conseqayneea -of t he pMi i bi t ory sys- he etaple States, the growing con- lictiou, from experience that they ' are raoaed by the prohibitory, sys tem principally, aud that under its fiurau'us n1ut become JroCtlesi, 5Tiu!liTcon" aud peculiar , agricultural capital, ' cannot be oivcriea irom ns anciem and bemlitary channels, without . . ...... . niiiMius josses, an cosuur to m-.-rwase, .instead of dispelling;; the jfWwjn that hang over the future. In fact, to those who will duly re fleet on,tlse subjert, the bopis that ii?ijiseaio w ilL caie itself, must . ioiMrierfect!X.jilM9 erxtioni of .Congress into an nnhu tern, be jt$ eflVcts iu other , resjeets, beneficial; or otherwise, are really such, as I have stated; nor can it. be doubled, I fiat a conflict between the great sect ions oti questions' so vitally important, indicates condition of The system if continueti. must end not only in subjecting the in dustry and property of . the wahr section to Vhnrontrol oflh strong er, but in. prosciiptitSn and iwliticul disfranchisement, llt must finally htton, and ha converted the delih-) control elections and apointmefrtr i il. .. ... i i..ii " it i. i .lii.iiiu rotor. ii n- ,.T.,.,t 1- V. . I :il . r..V. .1.- ...ii.iiJ,,Llii.i'la hrl HPfll IIIO 1 WO Ol-nfTll. fSiine,(!nents anil bv prerr,l.. l.,"t,vh hit aMtVt d pow- the strnger to mMutim and jn-. Jnt,W r-.i "M t-V.d aU;;i.n,T.J crease to ttow I : - Us the.n, ha by a timPlxtotrI.rc.uW tbem tactU rcdrcsW W J. 3,urcd' ,od.oolhw xml rtii exportingand non-exportine in . terts of the country. Were there no rxfKcts there would be no tariff. Ir woiih! be perfectly useless. -On tho contrary, so long as there "are ; ' tate, which raise the great "agri uttural staples, with the view-ofoM ttiining their supplieff, anfl wnich Tiiuut ilrpend nn the general market of the world, for their aalK, the 'conflict inu-H remain, if the system ' should continue, and the disease be come more1 and more inveterate, n Their intere!, and that of those, - who by bish duties would confino ifej put chase of their supplies to the general mVrkr t, must, from the na tine ofthin-i; in reference to thd Tariff, be in conflict. 1111 then, wd cease to rriise the great 'staples, ot,: ton, rice and tobacco, for the same in.tr krlx, nnd ti'i we can find some other1 profitable inyeslmeut for the" in uiense amount of capital and 1aJ bon r no ve e hvplQ5 ed trr their ' p ro-' to'ofSre, as well as act? of 1egi:la feelings , of .animosity,- and of the Uiblv rcttrrtVd, or ih iia,u fatal tendency to 4 co.nplet e alien ation bttwesn the two sections. lurtion, the present unhappy and v dangerous conflict cannol ter.nnnnte unless with the prohibitory ystcttt ittelf. :: ". :','.-.: " In the meantime, 'white idly wait nig for its tfiinination thgh irf own action, the progress of eventsi . , in anotlier quarter is rapidly bring ing; the contest to ah immediate and derisive issue. We are fast apv proai hing a periotlyrjy ... tow-l ti the history of nationsy and earinjf directly and powerfully on thd paint under consideration, the final payment or long stan.iing luruitU . . ! . .1 .!. Ann..... i . a . . n riiTroiise-'T nint-t- of it eluded, without ioovJ irti disastreui to tbase, w ho tuay a ( 1 m - ft,".. ... v, - - v. ;-.T r7r::rr T
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