Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-12-10

gin are essentially the same animals; and II mat
,ers little whether he drives spindles or ne
proes The man of cotton is indeed the most
inclined 10 self competence and to look down
upon the man ot woollen. He is also more
sensitive being. The value OF his animal spir-
its flies up more easily, and lets on more sua,
den and furious impulse to the Voiuo''ity OF
tina, "unruly member" against which The Apos'
tie would put US on our guard. he thus COM
mils and enlangIes himself in rash counseis,
which mistaken notions OF chivalry iorolo
him to qualify or recaat. But they are equal
ly alive to the bearing Of public measures up
on their local and personal interests-equa'iy
prompt to cry Wolf! before the sheePtold is IN
actual danger, and to depict In glowing ana ex-
aggerated colors their grievances ana iears.-
They are both prone occasionally 10 we" the
constitution as castle in the arr whose apart
ments and dimensions and Inoats and bridges
are accommodated to the fantastic forms Oh
heated imaginations. This has sometimes been
done by the Eastern people, and 1t has not oeen
left undoRe by those Of other SECTIONS anu
States. You, however, have most 10 answer
Tor You have seen and condemned what you
regarded as Of evil example and with your sew"
en- league boots, you have distanced all VINO
have preceded you, in the erratic Course. ~
is absurd in any Of you 10 yapour against Inc
worshippers of"Mammon." as if avarice were
indigenous on this side oil the Potomac, ana
public spirit only SO on your side. he
question on the Tariff is question OF proper.
IT, as we'll as policy, and 1850 felt and treated
on both sides. You bellows that your wealth
and that Of your STATE will be impaired by that
system. Other. think tina, without it, them>
selves and the nation will be impoverished. II
is indeed momcntous question But, ss Col.
Drayton Justly observes, j. is OF inferior con-
sideralun compared with the existence OF the
Union. It may be easy for eloquent men in
committee room, or over bottle, with scale
& dividers 70 separate the Union. But il is easi-
err 10 calculate The effects Of an Earthquake Or
the eruption Of a Volcano, than OF such an
event, should il be accomplished. 1t IS not
conceivable that any Of you will seriously
permit yourselves to place the value OF this =.
MON in competition with the price OF coarse
woollens Remember that this same Union is
a dome site manufacture, in the fabric OF which
our fathers wrought together. And though II
is a patch work Of many pieces and coiors, 1t is
sufficien, for all the family purposes. The States
must not be separated. They have taken
each other for better and worse. Provisions
for divorce are left out of the book-but every
page Of it is written in the spirit ofc
promise The Eastern people are not merce.
aary selfish hos. Those Of them who are vers-
I'd in our revolutionary annals, hold in honor
and affection The land and the names OF The
Draytons, the Hamii,ons and the Haynes. Re.
ciprocate their feelings, and teach not your
countrymen 10 disparage The land Of the Lin
coins and the Greens. Admit you have done
them injustice. Pause and retire with good
grace from your dangerous positions Initiate
the precedent Of the Hartford Convention, by
ins,ructIng your fellow citizens, that "thus far
vow may come, but no father" And listen
TO The monition Of AIMEE. "You cannot apply
a torch TO barrel ofpowder and blow up only
given portion Of its contents.
"The Genius of the Constitution" will dis
pense us from the misery of meeting as enc.
mics at "Cowpens" or "Eutsw"-and may the
Providence Of Gnd forever proven, an exigency
thai nigh compel you to require our assis-
lance as Brethren and Friends.
PALINURUS.