Delaware journal., 1828-11-25

nencement Of the session Of the Legislature not to
obtrude their advice upon it. but to give any infor
nation respecting the rarf, or any other Congress.
siona proceedings which the members Of that bodv
might see fit to ask of them 3dly, That as wha,e
yer, measures might be adopted would have more
weight, if they were supported by all the States On
posed to the Tariff Law, than if South Carolina stood
alone certain individuals of our ,legation should
inform the Representatives of those States of Our
views, and invite them to conference with US. Ma.
ior Hamilton, after expressing great indignation at
the passage of the Tariff Law, said, that in his opin.
on the proper step for him to take, and he had re-
solved to take il. was to go home, as he could no
longer be Of any service at Washington. to deliver
his commission to the Speaker of the House of Re.
representatives., and not to return to Congress- unless
he should be directed to do so by his constituents,
who, he was sure. would approve of his conduct
remarked that did not agree with Major Hamilton:
that representative had no other power than to re-
present his constituents in the Federal Congress;
that he had no right to abandon his post aud that
if the people felt themselves aggreved, it was for
them to decide upon what the emergency required.
Gen. Hayne said, that he concurred with me, and
made some observations eniorcinghis opinion, which
| do not retain in my memory. There was con.
persotion at one of the meetings. as to the effects
which would be produced by the dissolution Of The
Union Upon the topic, do not recollect that Gen.
Hayne uttered word.-Major Hamilton remarked,
that should South Carolina be driven from the Union
by the restrictive policy, it would not be in the pow
er of the Government to enforce it; that the regular
army was too small to create any apprehensions
that sister States of Virginia and North CaroIi
ma would never suffer the Eastern or Northern mill
tia to march through their territories, for the pur.
pose Of reducing South Carolina to subection and
if they did, we should be able, successfully, to dc.
fend ourselves. Some observations were then made
|upon Major Hamilton's remarks, by one of the Del.
/. egaton. but not by General Hayne. | stated, that
| regarded the Union to be of immense importance !;
that much as deprecated the restrictive system !;
partial, oppressive and unconstitutional as concey-
ed it to be, should yet consider the dissolution Of
: the Union as more serious calamity; and that
when two evils we're presented to US, as statesmen
and citizens ought to choose the least of them.
Before the separation of the Delegates. the indhid
! uals who had been deputed to communicate with the
Representatives of the Anti Tariff States, reported
that many of their Representatives had acqulesced in
. the propriety of our course, but that many Others
thought to be inexpedien none OF them therefore
II had been invited to conference with our Delega
!, tion. We then adjourned, finally it having beer
IS previously declared that the agreement which hat
u been entered into to assemble at Columbia at thu
S commencement Of the next session of our Legisla
D ture should not be binding upon us, but should b
q subject for further consideration, to be decided up
s on after we had returned to our homes.-The fore
going, to the best of my memory, contains the sub
stance of all that was said by General Hayne, Ma
,r jor Hamilton and myself, at these meetings, whc
IS were not conducted according to the forms of de
e. Lucrative body. it sometimes occurring, that willis
n. one was speaking, others were carrying on CONVEX
to satons together. am positive. that nothing NOR
al was either proposed, agreed to be done by OF
n delegation at these meetings, than what have mel
in toned. do not introduce the remarks of any
the Delegates not because suppose that those WI
e. made them, would be averse to my doing so b
Mt because should regard it as breach of proprie
It and ofmplicit confidence. publish what fell fro
a. them, without their authority.
er WIN. DRAYTON.