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NO. 9 jiul 'orth' -Carolina' Gazelle, ' ' pvilMRtn, wmtt, Br LAWRENCE & I.EMAY. TERMS. . gpitcilfno, three- dollar' per annum one Msnot b allowed to remain in rreir longer kill ID a"c. ounwrmen iu emrr .vnffi tbrtoiieye!!!!!, be : of the er tubscriptioa h .Trnce. , w . j , - - , j Ktpiuiiv i-pnuipeu to mr m hniit aunt -not -exeelin nine nneev tine. .five tcntt lor each eoniinuanee. IgttitL to ll Editor matt te (totf-palC tanee. - DEBATE Ji A Senile of llie United State's on the bit! fur - (her to provide for the olleatioa of duties joo ,la. BbownV spkech ooscu'ded. I take my stand, said Mr. Brown, 00 tne renervcu rigiiw oi tne oiaies. t repudiate the doctrine of Nullifica tion, l repuuiaie. aiso me nigrv loneu doctrine ol the Federal party.. I be lieve that it is to that Uisti-toned doc trine that we are to attribute -Nullifi cation. I berievethat doctrine pro1 duced it, is the parent of it It is by an impcuper prensyre oi me reuerat Government on the rights ot the states, and - by exercising doubtful jiowers, that the State of . South Carolina has Been thrown luio this pbtitioD course ol that state, liut whether ilie wai right, .or whether she was ; TBr tW furnished fcer-wtth f ome-1 latfflige fflrgfftMirtuwrT lie believed that' the principle wa as ' it-- i j - susceptiDie oi aeoionsirauoa as any nrinciole of mathematics, that almost Federal uovcrnment, in which- states &A ttcea eenarj)8eout..of. the un- . t i - . i...Lif..l . virraniaDie exercise oi aouunui pow atwavi iyg been inclined t .tranquUlityMycrninea. , It They : had always been disposed to Bike child' bargain with the United States if you will let na alone, we will let you alone. They would ne ver have admitted the idea of rising in opposition to . the ..United States, un- Jithbada.IaaQmfe7,!citwjd ciusc. The wholjht6torT oryie Wortd"TJroya ihia fat-Iheref ia aOO precedent where a people have array ed Uiemselvea arainst a3upreme pow er Without any occasion, because the great body of mankind haa alway been found more ready to acquiesce in opprtission than to resist it He de sired gentlemen to produce a singl precedent, where, a Ppl e whose pur suits are peaceful, and arricultura for the most part, were willing to cast away "the piping times of peace,' and lor the mere love ot Exory, to rash into a conflict against power, and that power twenty uines larger man useit. Could gentlemen produce an instance wiiltc any oiaie, wiuioui provocation, Had ever ottered resistance to the Oe neral Government? He had thua, he believed, established the great pnnci pie mat tne sutcs themselves were nlwivt willinar tn ka nniiv n.rkt imost ol the opposition which Had been inamlested against , the. General ..Go nernment had arisen from, the exercise J"t doubtful power by that . Govern- ment, by which had been provoked Lt . . . . ..... tat state pride which the gentleman rom :cw-Jersey -ao- earnestly de Mnced. Without that pride this republic would now hive been as othinj; - T rastiftlthn wintinle hat most of the controversies which d arisen, have arisen from the cir f umstance of the Federal Government king their, debateable-f ground, he pould read an. authority which would Wet with the approbation of all Dure Uemocrat'taiitlitaubritr- Meorge iiuionr name Reserving of vurt-4L man uistinguisheiL for his teady adherence to democratic doc nncs. When he was r resident of ;he Senate- in- lSlOhe gave. big ..cast. ng vote airainst the Bank. It was on fiutt loccaMiontliit he used the foU ow- j"g language: , v in the course or a lofig me i have outld lht fln(rnmpnt is not in hp itrengthened br the assumption of Etful powers but by a wise and ;etic execution of those which are. , testiblej. the former never fails 0 Prod ace suspicion apd distrust, hifst the latter inspires respect and onftdenec. ;e -.'If, however, after a fair expert jat, the powers vested in the Gene al Government shall be found incom. tent to the attainment of the obiecta k which it was instituted, the Con- wtution happily furnishes- the means fr remedying the evil by amendment, B i bave no doubt, tliat, in such eJ ent, on an anneal to tha natruttiem P-'hv4iitrit f'i Je readily applied." v4.r,- What was tlie result of hfa erner!- """.'iMt ute uoyernment wameH "trengthened by the exercise of OUbtful ' DDWrrL A .inrfrma wUh M'l Prevail amnnw t Aiit'mrmiiMaA Fadersof the party in the SUte of New fY' ami which thejr can never con rnt to aurrender. unless they should rcome recreant th nmn;. I1 which they have al Jd.-ButhewbuTdnot way matntain- wottTd''nblnijr qnoteTiiii' , buthe wouU hat was it which excited controversy liofwwn St.. n.r . 7 " " vuiwi ouici, ci.iuici wnicn.mre.ai- ened-to bring ruin on the country, and which was designated tiie reign of ter- ror by the Republican party as it well ucsci veu io oe cnaracterneu. u& re ' lerred to the Alien and sedition Law, which, by usurping the power .of - t 1 - ----- - ....... 1 j v. ' I ,T . - i speecrrrinireeuoTin lotflriiif thet$ressrnd all the ritrhts unil airnntiia wRtrh h i r ---- - movetnent thcr most-glorious-to the country that, can be imagined. : It ilww forth the celebrated report of 31 r. Maaison, a report to., the- merits of whith he was totally inadequate to do justice. This was a movement of the aspiring pride of the State sove reigntieswhicli, instead of destroy iag tlieUnldn, "brought" Sack" the Go vernment to its first principles. So much then for State pride. If that State pride had preserved the Consti tution at its last gasp, it ought not to have called down upon jt siieh unqua lified reprobation. The doctrine. of Virginia saved the confederacy in that dangerous crisis. They produced a civif revolution, which brought into power the wisest and the ablest states man who erer lived in any country. This' was one of the benefits which had resulted TrtMh'Sfat I a-the case of the establishment of (he United States Bank, there arose also a conflict fif powers. There we're man v wbo-Jielj ved ibal it wa an as- inwptr-f-t-pwrBot-Wgatdlo. uie reuerai --ovei iimeiK. ' one ef-the States which lield nion. -Thi : matter alsar wa9 finally uon which agitated the country? It was the exercise of tliepower of lutcrtial ImproveinenL That was" not an ex- was aWrik.th"e doubt ful powers, and the right to exercise itwasdenied by several ..f the Biatea. It was denied by the State, of New Hampshire, and by a very respectable portion of the State of N. York, which field that it was one of the doubtful money to all or an v obiecta was anoth er of the douttful povers. The State of NewTork", and' some' oQier of the States, disputed the right of the Fede ral Government to appropriate money except for the purposes pointed ou t by me ion6utuuou. aucn are tne con tentions which had arisen from the ex ercise of doubtful powers by the Fede ral uovetnment. ' The ca'se of Georgia was the next to which he would call the - Attention of the Senate." The usurped powers t 1 it WT rtj . . 1 wnicn tne unucu Elates ait e in p tea to exercise over her provoked the lride of that state, as well it might When the Government of the United States undertook to' tell her that she coul not extend her Jurisdiction over the whole ot her own soil, she might wel resist, inn contention, arising also from the exercise of doubtful powers by the United States, was at one mo ment pregnant with awlul menace. The last but not the least of the con flicts which have arisen from the exer cise of doubtful powers by the Gene ral Government was in relation to the protective system. Here the Govern ment of the United States had assumed the right of unlimited taxation, of tax ing one portion of the corafmunity for the beneht 61 another, and a wore ta vorcd portion. He honed th&f he had thus succeeded in establishing the po- siuun inai most oi tue controversies which had arisen, had their origin in the exercise of doubtful powers by .the those nghts.wiuch.the States deem ne cessary, for Hhe preservation of their existcnco4noveieign character. The rentleman from New Jersey had held up the Constitution in his hand, and with 'all that patrotic ardor for whichheJwas distinguished, said he should cling to teJbjnd.;'jK&1i while I will willinirlv allowHhe een tleman to take' full osager l hope that, irv,v,takiagli,tba pound of fleshy nerill not spill one dropof blood. The gen tleman had also said, that old Rome never submitted for the dictation of anyfAejproyjnccs.rJ'bit waa a Iut minous commentary on the rest of his remarks. Na wonder that he had spo ken disparagingly of the States, when he coihpared thenito Roman provfn ces. "This sufficiently accounted for the congolidatory principles of the gen tleman from New Jersey. But old Rome waa always ready to extend jus tice to her. provinces. Whenever the deputies of a province came before her senate, sue uia not tear to im mem justice. tWe may all becomingly fear to do wrongs but we would not leap to do justice. ; ''-vf-- 7- The zcntleman fromNew Jersey had aid Re wold.nottrikrriTsTcr Sfate, but,v would retire to the wall.! ' He,. Mr.;B admired this principle, which ao admirably accorded'wiw what he knew of the private worth of the gentle man from New Jersey, ; ; But .when the cjentleuan went on to say,"that the 4'Sn'tf of the country- required that the laws should be executed, he could not avoid A askin j hint Jn ' what tKat ff. -.- ".vjtMg viuvu iuiu couuici wiui citizen. janu. deluging the country with . the blood of her children? -If that was the meanifg of (he dignity of the country i ii. n el . . .. ne, air., u. prayea ueaven to deliver nun from such dignity. He consid ered that the dignity -and honor' of the country would be best promoted and etabHsnettW n car. TBg-out peftrefuttT'anfl efllciently tteteiirerTineTttf IhrtddndhrTy principles of the Uottstitutionr: TJiis atrtngth of the Union," and whether it:I would be "worth aTITalse eloryTall the national glory of which we have hearU so much It would eclipse all the glory of Imperial Rome, and of linnet- nai rrancct wntcn wa nothinar to the glory -of a just, equal, and benignant dispensation of the laws. - One of the reasons which had main ly induced him to rise was, to shew that every peaceful remedy should be resorted to. the Constitution was framed in a spirit of mutual deference. It was ratified in that same spirit of deference; and so it ought to be ad ministered. The whole history of our country conforms to that principle; a mutual deference to all sreat inter ests of the country. The practice of the Government had been invariably marked with the spirit of conciliation The State of Kentucky in 1794 was dissatisfied with the Government of the United 'Sfati's''be6aue'-6'free navigation of the Mississippi hadpot been secured. The- Legislature: of that State made a strong remonstrance on the subject to the Kineratoytrn i5T?r4!u given them this right: and thery menaced a withdrawal from 4be UBo-.if it wa not obtaiswV -for them. What was the course of Wash ington? What was the course' of the American Congress on this occasion? JltejRjdiiLjuri: annmnm fftfi groujidjflial they would not legislate while this menace was held over them. Yet no one could doubt tlie courage of Washr ington. No one could doubt that he was not prepared for every cmergenc j. He aid that the government nad been established in "a aoirit'of compromise; reply oe given to the state, lie laid before the. Legislature the facts in the case? and' tlie" free navigation of the Mississippi wan obtained. There was also another case, which was the assumption of the S tate debts. At the close ot the war of the Re vol u tion besides 'the national debt, each State had contracted its debt, and it was- demanded by the Eastern States that the txeneral Government should assTimedie payment of these debts of the Mates. ' such, was, the dissatisfac tion which, resulted from Congress de laying tlie payment of these 3ebtJforlI.ll 'V ,f haveany patrioeim five years, that a dismemberment of me union. .was expecteu. iu makmg uus rcicrence ne naa no intention to cast an imputation on the States, but merely to state tlie facts. . The Gene ral Government ultimately assumed these debts. . Suppose that instead of taking this course, the General Govern ment had acted on the idea thrown out by. the. gentleman from- New Jersey, that, the pride of the State sovereign ties ought to be checked, we should not, said Mr. B. have been at this niot ment engaging in this discussion, and enjoying - the - privilege w which this floor entitles jis. .The next instance was the repeal of tne emoargo taw in ieut ams was a measure of Mr. JeSerson: and one to which he was greatly attached. But when he saw that, by the continuance of this embargo, the Union was likely to be dismembered did h say that the law must -be enforced t all hazards? No- such -thing. Acting on the cpn viction that this is a government ofi comproraise. herepealed the embargo. In lua works, published since his death. it is-made apparent that this was a Ve ry favorite measure with htm. , Yet, on v6 approach ot so dangerous a crisis, Ke hesitated not to; abandon and repeat it''7-'?,rT""".:: This is another instance of conces sioa Tba the, parJLpijUusfieneral Go- vernment to slates, which resisted the --a.-; v.'-fT"' . . . exercise of doubtful powers - , .. Mr Brown said As he had stated his objections to th course which the honorable Judiciary Coknmittee had ad vised of recommended to the Senate to adopt, and deeming it not calculated, as hon. gentlemen had observed, to pre serve the Union, bat, on the coutrarv. calculated, if -carried into practical operation, teli,ieatroy this glorious Union, it was proper that ha should state what he though t'uwulJ best meet the present crisis. ; He considered the true, remedy a peaceful remedy that of conciliation according alike "with the genius of the Constitution and the practteeof the' tJoyerewen't" rreti enue should be redaced to the wants of the GoyernmeotJ and. the ppresstonj hich the Southern peonlelabored under in consequence' of the Tariff, svstem. ought to be removed. If gentlemen wished to preserve the Union, the coun try should be appeased.- 'This appear ed to him to. be an infallible remedy. TLa L :--.Lr.L .i. ... ins ouc, uowcer, wnicn ine com mittee bad rescribe'j. might be fraught with som4 danger.' - He was aware that there was i sef of Tpbllticlahswho - " r : ., in( thought (hit the forab!e" !.-.' . : moinentto oi wo union, ana mat Uovernment oujht not to concede one particle of the protective system. Can; i wo wsiuie at inii uaj, aaiu Air. u.j .that any individual would wish to' jeopardize the peace ana harmony ot twelve -or thirteen millions uf people - not only the peace of a whole people, but to retard the progress of free goy ernmenti throughout the wbrid.' by an can survive tne trse - or the" military power?- tierliopedmotr- lIe7truted, thatour Republic would be hazarded ..LIT by no such speculative experiment. It is argued, contiaued Mr: B. that the State' of South Carolina having pUced herself in this attitudeof defence. Congress ought not to legisUle on the subject; as had been said-in some of the neWpap ishing over our heads. Thii ii-not meeting the question, it is not the true question it is a question of a very diherent character. Are the. pcoole. of South Carolina alone concerned 10 ( then from our resources .attbrd the this matter? Is not a vast portion of the 'meant of further provision for alUhe American' People concerned init?Are objects of general welfare and public not the whole of the Southern States; defence which the Constitution author, interested in this subject? It is not oii-tizes, and presents- the occasion ;" for ly the southern states, but the state ot New Hampshire, the State of Maine, and a portion of the people of New Y ork; but a large and respectable num ber ol the States 10 the South -West which consider th Ta riff aystem unju st ana repugnant to the principles ot tne Constitution-and that we have no right 10 Keep 11 up .11 is arjueu inat justice of the People will devise, not justHO tne other state. Ii itaor f ei6n becu se'Sou tli Uarorrnaas acted imprudently, that she should not re ceive justice? If she has forfeited any claim to the consideration of the Gen-1 era! GoveronwRtj ought thenther Stitet to incur the forfeiture? Nothing can be more erroneous nothing more aburd nothing, ! wUtaamDretyrannical than to oppress an the southern states, because South Carolina hat acted rash ly. I d ttot, said AIrB.7 argue "this question -as a Southern -'question legislative rights and duties here, I can look beyond the Potomac. Thank God, have a feeflng ''wliTcVTaiioi' confined to the geographical limits of jy portion 01 tne unueu states. 1 can loo it ami judge of my countrymen North at wel as south ot tne fotomac: and I wish i tube distinctly understood that what ! . . . ' t .1 jn . l? a now say respecting sou in Carolina, dcemL.applLcable.-to every membec-ofilhia as on other subjects, makes it doubt mis coDiueracyia opo oniriflese States would 1 arroga ntly- say I - will not do justice, until you come on your Knees Dciore mc it is not thatnarrow, contracted patriotism which is confined to geogra pliictitfimiML'tritatritiiia- that,, pat notism which looks abroad over the Union, and embraces every portion of my teiiow citizens, aqu so neip me .-.ii . - r 1 God, if my constituents were this day to demand that 1 should perpetrate an act of injustice against any member of this Uonledcracy that I should do an act io benalf'of North' Carolina which would trench upon the rights of Maine or of Massachusetts,' or Pennsylvania, which 1 believed destructive of their constitutional riehts; so help me God I would resign my seat and retire to my home, rather than jeopard the peace ' this Republic this tlorious expe riment of a free government by taking wnat justly oeiongs 10 i tine, ana un ustly to Destow it on IN. Carolina, be ievins that a man presents a more truly uignineu attituue wno reiuses to do an IT 't I .... I f . . unjust act,. mun ne woo perseveres in injustice, yr--; ' . r y cut wnat art we now called upon rroaor tc rrs cinea opoa immTDenTly tojeoptru tne public peace, by a novel and dangerous experiment to' enforce a law which opt only a large portion of the American people believe uncon ttitufional, but which I verily believe, If the-' question were submitted to their individual opinion this day, they would repudiate and require to be'rrtectedv We are called upon tO; enforce a tariff aw, wnicn 1 neueve me majority .01 the people ot 'he United slates desire to have amended or modified, and the modification of which is 'fortified like wite brthe "TecoiHBsefidatioat of The Chief Magistrate And before I proceed further, tet rae explain myself on lhis.pointy I do . not take the ground, and 1, will not ttke it, and I wish to be distinctly understood with respect, to this matter, that a law which is tainted with injustice should not be put in force. I take the ground tlut no law oppressive in its character should be executed by interposition of inn 1 is rj power, . cnu -cvtry - pacinc measure which can be " devised shall have beeh resoried to: wtthob t the ' desi red result. The rertedf-Jw-etUa-ef tho - eatestniignitude, should be sought lor in the peaceful tribunatT of thit country, according to the , great principles handed down to us by the English,, Whigl, and which we have infused into the spirit of our constitu tion and government. If, on a failure of all these means, it shall be fiond necessary to use force to execute the laws, let it be used. I am nof prcpafed to say that the emergency cannot arhejjbut I doayTWat before a law oiinis Kina is to oe executed oe . fore the peace of the Union is to be 1U- turbeil, there ought to be a reference to me justice, o me wisuonrpi congress to weigh, to examine the , provisions nt that law, ana soleinnly to pause and reflect, before proceeding to put '".fa in force by .military power. v-' what the . President of the United States ami do U because this is thtst remedy rwincft the rrestdeht'Tecommended to CongcesiTrttheroprning -of therpmeril W ' t-T J session. I cannot doubt, .that if ihe Eiecutiye'Tvtshes were Ttonnultedr he wbuTdVahd decidedly , gi ve'theprerer ence topeaceful settlement of the dif ficuTlles by Congress. 1 1 do not mean to say that tup ersreac ihauW lA?la enca our legislation, but it ought to bS?C'welg1r Speaking of the extinguishment of the public debt, the -President goes on to 'remark'- '"''.' v ,:- " The final removal o( Ihi grest bur such further reduction in the revenue as may not be required for them. . From the Keport of. the "Secretary of . the; glowed with, pitnotisip. Hat what has y i Wsui4t-5WtK b ffiv that after 4lW'-bw the? 'pmticat'frOeyeraHMttl present year, such a reduction may be heretofore? I be'j leave to recur to an-l. inade to a considerable ettcntr and the ther cae dj8tinulshel-ifl; the hist subject ia earnestly recommended to ihe'iof our Government, and whicIrL over .: consideration of Congress, in the hopeMooked at the time I was renvrklnz" on . I iiiai iiiv vuiiiuiiicu wuuum ui me ivi object, as may remdve-those burthens; which shall be found to fall unequally SWri any, ioaiajfromolTaTl th great interests of the commoniiy." -Again, in another part of the Met sage, the President remarks: F y mat manufactures a efo the supplr of ourv domestic coniumptlou would, in the abstract, be bcndicul to we found jnany on that occasion, vci, our countryi there if no reason to doubteveu pnd1tilhegloomiMf )eriod ohhe p j and to elTect their establishment, there! war, resisting every bill which went to . I is perhaps no American citizen who give the Government of the United (. I would not for while be willing to psytSttlermea Sdd mrthC to Worecufethar ' J a higher wiee forthwyIkt4orhm rng-ttH,u8igne:j lor jierpetuai pro-! tection, fiasJenteredinto thiJ tniniU of rto be - unjust, and, while oof villages but fe w" of 0 u F 'it they have anticipated ia a tempurary.jby a large body ofhostile troops. , - i arid generally . incidental protection, j. We find at that moment, a large body which v they maintain has the effect to, of men in Congress, whose patriotism! reuuee me pneeor domestic competi tion below that of the Foreign article. Experience, however; our bent guide on ful whether the'advaoTage ofliIsrtys tern are not Counterbalanced::.byi mby evils, abd whether it does not tend to beget in the minds of a large portion of: our countrymen, a spirit of discontent ' and jealousy dangerous to the stability of the Union." These are the sentiments of thlPre,- tident regarding the ttw which we areJNow jttaijpirilof forbearance, great now called on to adopt extraordinary meant 0; carrying it into execution. . : As I consider this is a most Impor tant point at-I contider it- the-true metns of removing the difficulty now i iovolved in this quetlion.' I have not on-1 ly diverted to the "Annual Message ol . the fretiueat as snowing me, views 01 1 the administration and their remedy for the dilficultiet in the South,, but I would now beg leave'to read from the Annual Report of the Secretary of the Treatury 't riIere:Mr,: Brown tread "en' extratt from the Annual Report of the Secreta ry of the areatur v on the aubiect of the reduction of the duties. 1 Thus we have the direct suggestion of the present Administration, that thi is . the appropriate remedy. It . is the one which "was first suggested at the opening of the session, and i believe irlicalcBlated w ichlye'i1tthr-gfe objects ao much lobe desired, all which it is necessary to achieve, ' amt-that without endangering the Republic. Whit is the extraordinary spectacle. I would remark, which the American Republic now exhibita - ta t the world? A Republic which bai heretofore boist- ed of its freedom a Republic which has heretofore pursued the "even' and peaceful tenor of its way" a Repub lie which had been found competent to all the legitimate purpotea of govern ment without tltughtering itt citizens. ihdSMchrwttlryery few: exceptions; as gone on peacefully for fifty years. We present the extraordinary spectacle of calling orr the; Administration and the Executive branch ' or tho. Govern ment to enforce a law againtt a poni- n of oar fellow citizens to compel them to contribute to loqcli money to the revenue, which it is acknpwledged is Six millions . annually more than is re' quisite for the wautt". of- thi .'General Government.. A removal of that bur den would remove all' difficulty with the i State of South Carotina.;w retjjt- partitt remoal of "'if a mitigation, of if. would "make the Tari flf Sy ttehi more acceptable to the people, without a total tbandonraent of the principle? I speak in relerence to the views and pref ailing sentiments of that portion of the people represent. . . Sir, it docs appear to me a .. pq werM consideration that we are almost on the eve of a civil wars tod for whale.-, lot . t . .. it it. . eniorce a iaw lor me coitectntn oi -rev enoe,-when it is admitted bjthe try of the Treasury that there are at pre'eritT1mliroiii of dollars more than ( wanted for the common purposes of. the Government Is this calculated to ' . elevate us in the, eyes of the nations of Europe? ;l this calculated to cheers j the hopea of those people who have V been lonatrujgliug for their i riglits? ? : Permit me to say that I think it will i, some whjjtweakea tUe,force f .ottreWvs.--publican experiment: yetil believe1 that our GoTernment is capable iifciueving i., atlthe great objects for which itwat de-' signed, and settling this matter, f y i y Ifjrinthe"reolttttonary contestrwhen " the blood and treasure'of thisjeountry , ; were -profusely poured fwlh to estabtisrt . ' tjie rights and liberties of mahdind to T" " give self government and (0 abolish un- ittst taxation jot one of our anecsta- i hrt4og1et tti this gl6ri.ujtritg-"i f le bad predict-'Hatia Us than half ' a xentary aiterwsrds weinourflr o ga..;- gaged in the consideration of a bill tu compel a portion of the -people at the ; point of the bayonet, to pay taxes when ': the -Government had' sir millions if 1 i. dollars inoM (harti it needed, they would Hv I not have believed nun; credulity itself -. ? at that tune Would not. have believed ? I such a predictioo.- Ifihey conlil bava credited the-story, it would have euer- . 1 vated the irm which sTruck for ""liberty T." f would have damped the botoifl which . . . - "i B ti9 i iwm immune ui , iuiuc shown br our Government. - In the of the people y of , the Uoited .States believe the pride of the country i vc" been wbu nded wfien the' con stitutcd authorities ot the land believed , the national honor to have been tram- anu cousiMerea it the sacreu iuty ol all to assist them in tesenting thei insult, waryyrhey.: r oeiieytj, upesuse mey ueemmi me war do oot caIl-in7j5iestion,-far be 4t -fronvT me to do so a powerful and talented" respectable body of men even at the , darkest -erioua'. ofi:that ,warK Vofln against pvtngmW oo the war.- Great Britain" had tfara"-- pled on our commercial rights- hid in tutted us on the high seat for six years before war . wss declared. Notwith . ttanding all this, we found a powerful body who said tbt no army pof mooey- y: ou-int in bo voted to the Government. . ... . ... , . as it was, coma oe shown to an enemy whoae cry was, Delmda est Carthago-i. if that spirit Could; be exerciiicd b'elld ;v t?a5Tonfecertainly some litllepatictico is due to our brethren of the Sooth. Surely tome'forbearance "Ought to be shown to oiif own countrymen.yjf there were many at that time who thought the sword should not be unsheathed asainst those who would trample ut under foor, -' ' it it to be supposed that we are now to plunge k into our fellow citizens with- -7 out tome little examination into their l'Cuse?hSfiiia'' ; I wish tobedrttmtrty hdmtoid'rirt'ir:'",'i one point. I: do not intend to justify y ; South Carolina; I am not her advocate, ' but ahe has a right to have justice doha R ! her. " I do believe; however that this ' riaestioamsy be settled; and that by act - -ing in a tpirir of conciliation a spirit tH not only due to her, "but the Vaat por ' j ttonTof mrNorth: triaou1B7thTqucs. - y ' lion might be put at rest. As regards the Union of these Statira, there is not aT member In the 8enate, and I trust I '--? shall not be considered egotistical when I tay that there is not," in the whole 4 Union, one in sottl and heart mare dear ; - -ty devoted to it thaii my Jiumble tell?" y f believe that all the advantages of li- r L berfy; and of a free Government, are at ' issue in this' matter; ahd jt is-for thatyy reason I urge a pacific course .Even ? yi the Grenvilles and the Norths, arrogunt ? as they were, even the brought for " y ' ward 7 their "measures tyep' thejrrfayr pealed some of their Odious laws to sat- I isfy the desire,, of the colonies.' "And yy ' shall it be said there 4a--now ,,. .spirit iy more inexorable,. mora inaccessible to uie timco iii justice iriin n wnicn pre- . j failed under Ihe British Monarchy? :.rlf to, the blood of those who achieved the Revolution was shed in vain, and tho y . hopes of j)ie friends of free government . ; sre for ever put at rest..! If that, inei- arable' priotiple, that there is to'be no11 I regard, pnid to the feelings and wishes 'f; ! of ;iheHtrIt y7 b 'Mw W: say t h a t "tfris)ls-3a : woiiw change the whole principle of borTy" Federal coraplct,' depriving it of ell v. its republican and. benignant feature. . and converting the" Fedend into a Con - solidated Government. - '. V" yy , In every portion ;bf the Uoion there- . : it a set of grtjat primary inierents, He wished to b; ilistmcuy . ttmJerjtHid jn- s : thif point, t Hi 'ditl it wh'ch fc s.w".'--' . . that -she -. GCT.iHfiit nf ll.e Uwtit--4S'-i -iStatei aUynitd yield to evryf).. rt-r Seere-Jquiremjnt of a.StatQ fir from it; butty i
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Feb. 22, 1833, edition 1
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