The Sun.
London, England, 1833-02-04 00:00:00

The Baltimore Patriot of the 4th of January con-
tains the Message of Governor Howard to the Le-
gislature of Maryland, dated Annapolis, Jan 3. In
this document, Governor Howard condemns une-
quivocally the conduct of the South Carolinians. 'We
extract the following passage, having reference to
the subject :
" Whilst this subject presses upon my mind, I would
call your attentio❑ to the accompanying ordinance of the
Convention of South Carolina, transmitted to this depart.
ment by that body, with a request that it may be laid be.
fore you. In noticing this extraordinary document, I
would beg leave to state, that nothing but a solemn con-
viction of duty would induce any remarks from me, in the
hope that reflection amongst this deluded people will create
a re-action, and induce them to a different course; yet
having been myself taught not to shrink from responsibi-
lity in the expression of opinions, when such opinions
seem to be called for, I submit my views upon the subject.
The doctrines of South Carolina, I conscientiously believe,
will be rejected by the unanimous voice of the people of
Maryland. The doctrine of nullification, 1 hold to be per-
fectly untenable. If a State has the right to nullify the
acts of the General Government, each citizen of a State has
the same right to nullify the acts of a State—such a doc •
trine would meet with universal reprobation ; yet such a
result would only be carrying out, in extenso, the doc-
trine advanced by South Carolina.
"Upon the subject of disunion, I would speak in still
stronger language. Such a topic, a few years back, would
have been received everywhere with execration ; it is here
still considered as sacrilege—a severance of the union of
soul and body, and only to be thought of by desperate men
or unfortunate maniacs. I would appeal to the gallant
Carolinians and point them to the battle fields, upon their
soil, where the toil of the patriots of '76 was endured,
where heroic deeds were performed, and where the best
blood of the country was spilt to purchase that Indepen
dence and that Union which is now spoken of so lightly.'
1 would then ask them, what will the feelings of that
heroic individual be, who flew to aid us, from a foreign
land, in the days of our adversity, and first put his foot
upon the soil of Carolina, when he shall hear that the
beautiful fabric of liberty, which he aided in erecting, is
about to be torn down, and the fond hope that a people
can govern themselves, shall be dispelled. That a merci-
ful Providence may prevent such a consequence, and that
the people of Carolina may retrace their steps, should be
the earnest prayer of every good citizen of this yet happy
and now widely extended Union."
If reliance may be placed on the Washington cor-
respondent of the New York Advocate, the belief is
prevalent there that all will yet be peaceably ar-
ranged. We give the following extract :
_ " FROM OUR PRIVATE CORRESPONDENT.

' WASHINGTON, DEC. 29 (SATURDAY EVENING.)—
The various matters of political interest remain without
any change since my letter of Thursday evening. We
have no later news, either by private or other sources,
from the Empire of South Carolina. As regards the in.
terference of the Old Dominion' as mediator between the
high contending Powers, a position which she vauntingly
enutigh assumes to herself, things, for the present, are at
a stand. Intelligence has just reached us that the Legisla-
ture have postponed the consideration of the report of the
Committee of 21, which was the order of the day for
Thursday last, till next Monday, in consequence of the ab-
sence of the Chairman. One by one, the Legislatures of the
various States South of the Potomac, to say nothing of
Pennsylvania, have denounced nullification as a monstrous
heresy, and the attitude, bearing, and ulterior views of
South Carolina, as a thing not to be tolerated. And, not-
withstanding the bitter revrlings, the incendiary language,
and the furious denunciations of the leading nullifiers and
demagogues on the receipt of the President's proclama-
tion ; notwithstanding the General Assembly, which have
now adjourned, prior to their adjournment, made a regular
appropriation towards the munitions of war,' and the
putting the citadel and arsenal in Charleston in effective'
order, still frotn this expression of those States from
whom particularly they expected sympathy at the least, if
not to come over to their side, and the manifest and
avowed determination on all bands to crush the monster
disunion, and to preserve the integrity of all the States,
it is my belief, that from these causes, and thus left
to stand alone, with more than a third of her own popula-
tion opposed to her wild schemes, South Carolina
will yet pause in her mad career in time, and that our
former tyrannical mistress will be disappointed now and
for ages in casting on us the opprobrium that our ex-
periment' (so called) has failed, and chat man is incapable
of self-government. Such is the prevailing sentiment
here. Since the failure of Mr. Adams's resolution, the
vote on which was taken without a word of remark, the
topic has not been broached in either House of Congress."
The following extract from the Message of Go-
vernor Marcy to the Legislature of New York is
strongly condemnatory of the Carolinians :
" I perform an unpleasant duty in laying before you, at
the request of the Governor of South Carolina, the pro-
ceedings of a recent Convention of the people of that State.
In expressing my unequivocal disapprobation of those pro-
, ceedings, and my deep regret that a State which, in all
past time, has so nobly performed her duty to the confe-
deracy of which she is a member, should thus attempt to
exonerate her citizens from the operation of the laws of
the United States, I am persuaded I do but speak the uni-
versal sentiment of the people of this State. Fur the first
time in the history of this Republic, a claim has been set
up, on the justly cherished ground of State Rights, which,
if well founded, belongs equally to all the members of the
Union, but which is repudiated by all, and by none more
earnestly than by those members who, in respect to the
evils complained of, and for the redress of which the claim
in question has been asserted, stand in precisely the same
situation with the State of South Carolina. Whatever,
therefore, may be the nature and extent of the alleged
grievances, 1 do not go too far, I trust, in assuming that
the remedy to which our fellow-citizens of South Carolina
have resorted, and on the strength of which they are ap-
parently preparing for themselves the most fearful of re-
sponsibilities, is not merely unauthorized by the Constitu-
tion of the United States, but fatally repugnant to all the
objects for which it was framed. Let their doctrine be
once established, and the union of the States is destroyed
for ever.

" From a state of things so novel in its character and
so ruinous in its tendencies, duties of the highest impor-
tance, increasing in interest and delicacy, according to the
course of event., may devolve on us as one of the Mem-
bets of the sacred Union of these States. Whatever em-
barrassments may arise, I feel confident that the people and
Government of the State will support the Executive of the
United States in all measures which are proper, and may
be necessary for the preservation of the Union and for the
due administration of the laws, and will faithfully perform
all their duties resulting from our national compact.
" But I should be unmindful of the just and generous
character of our constituents, if, in expressing what I be-
lieve to be their sentiments, I did not at the same time
disclaim for New York all desire to aggrandize herself at
the expense of her sister States, or to pervert to local pur-
poses a system of Government intended for the common
benefit of all. She cherishes the Union of these States.
She knows what it cost. She estimates as highly as any
other member its value, both on account of the benefits it
confers and the evils it averts ; and it is not to be doubted
that she would make any sacrifice which would be consi-
dered reasonable to preserve it. Though its destruction
would not certainly be more calamitous to her than to
others, yet none will adhere to it longer, or exceed her
in great and generous efforts to sustain it. Without
it she might be proQperous ; but her highest pros-
perity would be embittered by regrets on account of
the blessings lost to herself, her associates, and to the
world ; with it, there is no policy that would be long
pursued by a people so virtuous and enlightened as
those of the United States, under which she could fail
to be an important and flourishing commonwealth. If,
therefore, the operation of existing laws be adverse to
these views, I am persuaded New York will consent to
such a modification of them as will remove all just ground
of complaint, and afford substantial relief to every real
grievance."
An Act has been passed by the Legislature of
South Carolina to give effect to nullification, in as
far as regards duties on goods.
We conclude our extracts with the following let-
ter from Charleston

" The following is an extract of a private letter from
Charleston (S. C.), to a gentleman in Gettysburg, Pa :
" Party excitement is here very great, We are all