Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-07-12


GRATED, assembed nth scarcely any previous notice,
IN the Town Hall, at O'clock in the ey ening Col
haNcy, tue lnendan was requested to tat0 the chair
aud col Brown appointed to act as secretary.
MIR N'Cord rose 10 plain the objects OF tho mee
Jung lie SAID that the cause was that various copies
OF an absurd and knavis, memorial which proposes 10
aike the Ia riff infinitely effective by tax ipr ac,
lons 10 per cent had been to tnercI
ants OF this place some OF whom, without proper COZ
'desa,oa, had procured 10 IL persons 10 sirn
II. hei howcrer the true object of the memorial
was understood those persons had many of them era
seq their names lilo showed u!at, passover the
paipaoic absurdes IF the paper itself nothing could
be grosser insult 10 the Understandings or tho feelings
OF me south tban petition for measure which, is
Declared wall oe zen times more eec,ua than the tar
iu itselt This respectable production, he said claim
BED for its authors the n'"rchCats Of New York IIcS
had happencd however TO be there a; tho ~ omen,
when The thing was got up, and that iousy
combination between the manufacturers and the
wholesale merchants lie SAID ,s, lie had been then
told, nv the editor % exceeding popular curpaI
that none OF the gaz:ees dared unmasi the cpu,pa
ton; for the enmhy of those people would be airnos,
fatal TO them lie insisted tina; the proposed measure
was even 'nore daesable than the ;arir-fo. DESTROY
ng all that The other spafed--stopping the las, leak
through which some drops OF uni,si,nont were scat
tered over us- passes al iii addition ne i:suis Of
ats own, eXqusteiy cOniryeI To sting us
AdvGrtinS then, to the n9uitous issre of The tariff
questions he declared that lie believed there was no,
another nation in the world in which a thing would
nave oeen done SO generally odlous. IT, howc,er the
ia' di!,oOd OF lis authors astonsbpr ne confessed
hat tho suPinenes Of those who were not incuc to RI
sist such infamous attempts rights ey en- more
wonderful lie confessed that lie could only regard
such ovef-moicrate people slaves ready made To
tho hand ni any that chose 10 deprive Them uf
their liberties Tie begged ask such persons if
'heie were any IN t'la assembly, when their time
would come for vindicaiinG der rights Fur ,s
part, he knew OF little besides mere bodily berv ,,,
was iei' usthe liberty OF wearing lives il, aeon
muiatirg poverty and peanness-nf b, Calling the same
air win our Yankee task masers-or better still ,he
liberty OF hanging our drown ming oursolves-lhougl, we
should be obliged TO DO Tie .irer IL, crane vine
the present lax price Of hemp.
IL was apparent, he said tLat all The ends of CO.
'e'n''e"' were perverted when the property Of cue
man vas taken from him to enrich another. What
nattered 1t whether rights we're violated and our
property pundered the behest of one man or ono
thousands: The corruption of The chief part OF those
engaged IN public aGIirs--lhc open combina;ion-ihe
wide read nfr'guethe shameful sacrifice of public
goou 10 every demon OF party interests priv rain or
individual ambition. enough 10 fire tie NOSE mo-
dera'e q eSnsuish the hopes oftc most sangune He
mao seen he sa'd but The other day, much the leyd
"e oe'of"eu and atrocious scene II was Illuminating
10 see that the destinies OF noble an e;pir could
by any possibility, fall INTO such vile hands Ye, such
was our unhappy pos ton that had little to hone
as TO The adress OF our particular wrongs even should
we succeed in placing at the head of affairs tho man
whom We consider the most worthy
Some OF the enemies of free prncin,es ne said ba,.
enaeavoTed 10 ssnIaze our circumstances rs d,sluy
al and tTaorous-tiey had attempted to compars our
MI
tat'on could only be uttered by those who tramped on
all nth aud reason. The Hartford Convention was
devised by 'nen fer whose sake we had entered into
war that drained us OF vast sums and that destroy
our trade. II was entered into a moment when the
country seemed threaten ,yhdisrrace and min
we were, then defending, not endeavoring to over
throw their rights. And now in time of pref,und
Peace-when the government has reached height OF
prosperity and power that threatens 10 deprive the
the states OF all hberty-when the north has hes n
made at our expense, flourish like one wide Garden
-wheo the South has TO the very last stage of
distress and ruiu--if we murnur at this ponsiroue
injustice, if we declare that our pronertvi ia nrecon
10 u.s. mat our liberty is far beyond ail price,bat
nave borne too long encroacinens that are fatal m
oo'',-ii we at last are forced to hold The language
OF those WHO think that usurpatioD can bro,aIe nv
Shts we are TO be denounced rebels and traitors
Tie could only say to who held tins languare ina,
ne desPsed and deed them, FOOLS towards or VII.
/ laiDs. ~ va
He trusted ihat had exhausted all the measures
"H'ch ioVe OF peace ind an attachment 10 orr ad-
iniraoe though perverted Constitution pointed ONT
was CERTAIN az least, that could never again ne
"'oh congress without the most abject Disgrace We
were driven, II seemed him. 10 the last resort ,ba,
can be peacefully used. That step however was tho
only one which it any longer became us 10 take We
must no longer appeal to the general government
rom fhp drunk, 10 Philip that will never be sober
W must carry our complaints TO the tribunal of cnr
own legislature. Since other redress 70 left ne ve
must appeal TO the sovereignty of our own slate He
'h"hNtd nod mat he could look to our owu capitol
"''h Tue nope, WIN the confidence of Il freeman. -
lie had The most unbounded reliance on our repre
sehta'IVcs there, and would stake his existence on
'ne'r cong whatever was necessary maintain, in
us last stronghold, the dignity and the liberty of the
South. - 49,
ne THIRD extract we shall give, is from an address
10 the Editors Of the Telescope. 1t is Of more war
IKE character than The preceding and speaks inelligi
bly, Tie opinion Of the author as TO the crisis a, hand
TIE TINES
III rtBt-
repeated sounds OF martial music on our streets and
me oonhres indicate perturbed and angry state of
he pubic feelings which be sobe,ly contempla-
tea without The most solemn reflections Every man
at all coHYersaDt with the history the human carsc
Ter and OF human affairs well knows from what small!
beginnings have, again and again. resulted the tnost
stupendGns events. The existing signs of tie times
cannon out he viewed as probable portenis of some
event vi Crisis. With proud, tyrannica oppressye
'nu Incorporating power on the one hand, and a
popular and spirited declaration OF resistance on the
o'ner' ne must be more than blind who does not, and
Capno' orcsee the most serious and iportoB, ccnse-
quences. fhe people hold and hold truly that The