Delaware journal. [volume] (Wilmington [Del.]) 1827-1832, 1828-07-18


In expressing our belief that scheme has been Il
'ecrey agiated, for placing the State of South Caro-
ina, and such other States South might chuse to
oln the Combination, in an attitude of defiance of
the General Government, do not impeach the
motives of the respectable portions of its agators
to whom we have above alluded. They have odd
notions of allegiance, which sophstry subtilizes {
down to nothing With them the Union is but a
name, and they owe no duty to it but such as they
chuse to pay This is the effect of the anti-nationa
doctrines Of Mr.. Giles and his fellow labourers /;
among whom may be included the Editors OF the
Richmond Enquirer, who have yet the grace to ex-
perience and evince something like alarm at the ex-
poson of the mine at which they have so long labor
ed. Far different is our opinion of this matter.
We hold fidelity to the Union to be paramount
obligation. and that every attempt upon it ought to
be, in the language of the immortal Washington,
Indignantly frowned upon by every lover of his
country.
In the South, the means of excitement. and the
only avowed pretext for it, is the ne1c Tariff bHl.
But from Mr.. ROwan's disclosures we learn that it
is in the event of The reelection of Mr.. Adams, tina
the Southern States are to withdraw from this Uni
on, and the Congress of the United States is no
longer to exist Whichever is the erent upon which
it is to depend. the design is inimcal to liberty, and
its success would be fatal to its projectors. 10
what point will not the madness of party-to what
extreme will not the promptings of all unchastened
ambition carry even polished and enlightened men
Will it be said, that we look upon this matter too
seriously, and that thinks of resistance to the
Laws and Government of the United States We
answer, that. if it do not take place. it will be be-
cause the actnrs in this find among the People
a strength of attachment to the Union which will
roll back upon themselves the storm which they have
sought to direct against the Government of their
country. Already, if we do not mistake appearan-
ces. they are appalled,? They have found amongst
the People spirit they did not look for and they
stand rebuked before it. But, even yet some there
are who are hardy enough to advocate in anony-
nous publications, the parrcida measures to which
we have alluded. BY the very last mail. we have
received the Charleston Mercury. the recognized
organ Of the Jackson party, containing an essay
conspicuously published, from which the following
pregnant extracts are taken
8. In my former number, l alluded to the soue
reignty Of the States, as beign the only remedy We
have for the slavish oppression of our country"
6" What are we of this section to do? Must We
90 down to infamy and slavery Must we abandon
the rich inheritance of our glorious ancestry? Nus
we yield up that for which they contended even un
to death, the right of taxing ourselves No j
we do, widely mistake the proud and lofty spirit
my native State. What then are we to do Mus
we resort to non-consumption That is tune an
partial remedy, at most temporary"
| " Non-cOnsumptiOn is decentralization. But
above all, is it compromising principles Is j
not savish subterfuge from tyranny This, then
am persuaded, is not the course that the lofty
fearless spirit of freemen will ever pursue"
Sc No: we must take higher and holder stand
the only stand upon which we can stand unshaker
Stand under the sovereignty of the States and tn
Constitution of the Union. Let our Legislator
meet. enumerate the different acts of what is Gale
the Tariff Bill, declare them unconstitutional, nu
and uoid, OPEN THE PORTS FREE, and me,
the question ireemen under our chartered rights
Under this act our merchants would refuse to pa
Custom House duties, and would have right I
bring the suit before our own State tribunals, VIII
under our Legislature, would declare the law III
constitutional, and, Of COARSE no laO for the po'
err that made it, had no right so to do. Here, the
would be plain issue made up between two pa
'"e ties, and THOSE PARTIES sovEREIGNs."
~, We make no comment on this language it is u
400 necessary lths writer not for opposition to Il
- collection laws the ultima ratio reguaa, then we
IF not understand the vernacular tongue. The lao
OF the United States is to be resisted by the arms
of the State, if the People are mad enough to follo
hat such desperate guides this. We fear, howeve
,oat no such result. We rely upon the Intelligence
liz Americansm Of the People, to defeat the purpos
nen Our object in taking up the pen is to besPeak
iii serious attention of our readers to the address
ha;r Mr. Rowan and, to show that it is full of mes
ing and that there is something more than the ht
We tilitv to the Tariff at the bottom of the arttul
cIv tempts of the Mercury, and other disorganzi
ave prints in the South to excite the people against
The Government and Laws, quote from the article
the the Mercury the following:
piah elf we export ten bales of cotton, and wish
fo import their value in something else, through ta'
ton and monopolies, four out of ten are consume
ton. and we only get return of six. And this not
han support glorious Government no, if ii were,
ena would pride ourselves in it but to support sci
per- pohac0 q" '0S0 D"0'''0" "" o'''
,self ons Guar'ce.
civil Is this the language Of argument against pal
artv cuar description of tax it that of rank jac
lson anas striving to excite the fury of the multitude
and acts OF violence ana desperation we nave .