Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1828-12-30
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Like the ssceet South"
"What dust we kick up" said the fly
on the coach wheel. What a dust we kick
up, may the mercurial gentlemen Of the
south say. There is mighty war of words
now carrying on in the Legislature and out
of the Legislature of South Carolina. Six
strings of resolutions, some of them preg-
nant with mighty consequences, are before
that body for grave--nay, not grave, but
stormy-discussion. The elements are COM
mingling, dire omens are around, the earth
shakes under our feet, the heavens over us
are murky and threatning, and the foun-
tains of bitter waters are overlooking the
iowlands of the south. And why is all this /?
Why this fury and madness? Simply, we
answer, because Congress happened to pass
a law which they of the south did not relish.
And these very gentlemen, after having en-
deavoured to make the thing as bad as pos
sible, by introducing provisions, positively
injurious, now cry out against the govern
ment in strain of shameful abuse. But
pray gentlemen, why SO sensitive? if you
believe that law made for the protection
of domestick industry is beyond the national
constitution, make outyour case in Congress,
and obtain repeal of the law, and of all
laws for the protection of our own manu-
features from the beginning. If Congress
will not listen, then go to the Supreme
Court at Washington, and try the question
there. That is the proper tribunal in the
last resort, unless the people themselves see
fit to alter the Constitution. But away with
all such nonsense as that we viii " calculate
the value of the Union" "Lct us stand by
our arms" and all such idle and empty me-
naces. Remember that South Carolina is
but apetty concern, in comparison with the
mighty power of the rest Of the Union /; that
she is but drop in the bucket. Recollect
that you have but $4,000 militia, that your
white population is but little more than
237 600, and that the servile class counts
over 25S,00O Suppose that you have cal
culated the value of the Union, and that you
make up your minds to stand by your arms ;
it would be well to make friends of few at
the north. to keep the degraded caste, that
testers among yourselves, in check and sub
lection. This is not intended as bravado.
Your vapouring is somewhat amusing, and
Others may have more care for you than you
seem to have for yourselves. Why all this
hustle? The leaders are, many of them,
men of intellectual power. Col Hayne
writes well in the Southern Review, and so
does Mr.. McDuffie. Col Hamilton has some
little chivalry with all his clustering. But
gentlemen, this talk about seeding from the
/ Union is very childish. 1t is much like the
occasional disturbance that boys in college
make. You know they are frequently ready
to stand by their arms, and show big spirit
1Sof oppugnation to the powers that be.
But order comes out of confusion. You
cannot turn the temperate feeling of other
/ parts fthe Union into blazing, consuming
fire. No one will object to your opposition
to the principle of the tariff policy, if you
will show your opinions and urge your efforts
in a proper, constitutional way. But to hint
at fighting out the business, if other RENE
dies fail, is applying the cautery in manner
that may burn yourselves.
/ Perhaps your temperament is more heat
ed than ours, though we can be warm when
occasion demands-and are not to be thrown
aside from high resolve by menacing
looks--nor words-nor by the ultima ratio
either. different men," said distinguish
ed man, "require different degrees of grace
that degree of grace that would suffice tc
make John very good man, would moi
keep Peter from knocking man down in
the street." So order matters among your.
selves gentlemen that your Peters may no,
be turbulent and rash. Your pepper-and.