Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-07-04
REBELLION AT THE SOUTH.
The following is an account of Public
Dinner given at Columbia Is. CO. to Mr.. Nc
DUFFIE and Mr.. MARTIN:

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Dinner given at Columbia Is. c. to Mr.. Nc
DUFFIE and Mr.. MARTIN:
Dinner to .Messrs Ma, lin and M DuEe-
We mentioned in our last. that public dinner
was given at this place to Mr.. Martin and Mr..
M'Duife, upon their return from Washington
on Thursday last. His Excellency Governor
Taylor presided. The meeting was composed
OF the most respectable citizens in this place.
Mr.. Martin delivered an animated address 20
the meeting. When he sat down, and the
toast was drank to the Chairman of the com
miftee of Ways and Means, Mr.. M Dufis
arose and addressed the Assembly in a very
able speech, which we hope in few days to
lay before our readers. He gave melancholy
account Of the prospects Of the South. A gov
ernment formed for her protection and benefit,
determined and resolved to push every matter
to her utter ruin and annihilation. Taxed to
tho amount of $40, 200, 900 per annum her
commerce destroyed her staples depressed TO
nothing--her citizens in debt, and her gov
ernment regularly and progressively increasing
these unhearable evils TO enrich mercenary.
desperate politicians, who regularly barter and
sell the interest of this country at every renew
al of the pre- sidential election. 1t was nothing
more or less, than a selling and buying of tho
Presidency. The people Of one portion Of the
Union were corrupted, and sold, by the money
of another part, with desperation and de-
pravity never before exhibited, in any times.
None but a coward could longer consent 10
bear such a state Of things. The Southern
States by rights beyond all human laws, by the
laws of nature, by the laws of self preservation
were bound to look TO it and save themselves
from utter ruin, and disgrn ceful annihilatien.
He had no doubt that the State had tho
Constitutional power to lay tax on the con-
sumption Of such manufactured goods as they
chose to select He would lay heavy duty
on Northern manufa ctured goods; the consti-
tuition did not prevent such a tax, after such
goods had been incorporated and mixed up
with the mass of property in the country. AZ
soon as the packages are broken and the goods
form a component part Of the stock and capi-
tai Of the country and thereby lose their dig
tnctisc character as imports, they could be
taxed as any other property in the state. The
state had much right to select these goods
for taxation as TO lay tax on negroes and not
on horses. The tax would find the article al
ready Incorporated with the mass of property
Of the country. 1t would not intercept il in
the hands Of the importer.
The commerce of tho Western States was
but trfng in any other article than hogs mules,
horses and cattle, which were bought by the
Southern states. Yet Kentucky was unani-
nous in voting for the tariff She has done
all that she could, TO destroy our commerce,
and TO ruin the market for our staples. II wss
high time she too should be made TO feel the
low price Of our pro duciions. No necessity on
earth should induce a Carolhan TO buy hog
horse, mule, or COW, from that country. We
could and must Of necessity, raise our own.-
How could We buy thom, but by involving our
selves in utter ruin. II was ma dness in Nc lon
ger to carry on such disadvantagcous COM
merce, and more especially with people dos
peratey bent, through the wicked influence Of
one man, on the ruin and annibilation Of tho
southern portion Of the Union.
There are no hopes, Mr.. M'Duffie said, Of .
change in the system. Two thirds Of Congress
actuated by selfish, ambitious and avaricious
motives, were determined to pursue their course
reckless Of all consequences and totally rs-
gardess Of the ruin Of that portion Of the un-
ion which produced more than two thirds Of
the export Of the whole country. Indeed some
he believed pursued the mea sure with redoubled
zeal, because they hoped in their hearts that
that would be the end of il. There was no
colony on the face Of the earth, that was not
better situated than we were. We were ten
fold more insulted, more injured, more disgrace
ed and contemned by the majority Of Congress,
than our forefathers were by the ministers Of
Great Britain at the breaking out Of the Revo-
luton; for the truth Of which assertion, he re-
ferred TO one living monument Of those times
before him (Col. Thomas Tayior.) He said the
people Of the south. although represented in
Congress in theory, were not 80 in fact; but
were actually in a worse situation than they
would be, If they had not even the appearance
/ Of il
Our representation in that body at present
is precisely that suggested by the British gov
eminent at the beginning ofthe revolution, and
which was rejected with scorn and indignstioa
by franklin, Adams, Hancock, and other no
BILE patriots Of that day. These great men
said. and they said wisely, that the proposition
was a mere mockery. For what could Il avail
this country 10 have q representation Of siaty