The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-06-26

ever - anticipate ~ east,#. .is.E o. ..#se.
"a" shonlda, lesst never geeonlu end thora,. TOO
much good sense in the South, tn much sound
patriotism. 70 be swept away hg tbs torrent 81
telling Il will MT ou'y operate a. a passive
neuirall1er OF The designs Of men whose amhi.
tlon speeds theinon toan infamous rcltbfif,. bun
also as an cfIec,ual obeel, # they should attempt
The execution ofthese designs Inc te,line of
disgust aaa indignation universally EXP, cssed
hy all Who have beald offhe dssra.sfal scenes
recently exhibited At Nledarvtle aaa Charles
ton. Il Of the intihmnaioty ual reasonable WI
fnEs Of those Who are The principal acton. IN
them, satisfies US that the Taioa is safe Aud If
nbe, what should be thrir doom who recommend
ITS dissolution Should not the hnger Of ssorn
be pointed al thcm every where Ave. ehil.
dreo shonld BE- taught 10 boot them as they pass
along The streets
But they propose Il Congress Of the Southern
| States Not consfHiioa-becau>c thar word
would sound '9o much like the Hartford Con.
peni on is twin brother in principle With
what Justice we ask them, do they rrproach ihe
New England siatcs for assembling IN Conyen.
hon the evident effect Of winch was 10 run
counter 10 a law passed and approved by the re
preseniailves Of the people, II they do the very
same thing themseycs7 They ma, reply. Il the
country was then engaged in war. aud ia now in
state OF peace What IS the difference IN
| point OF principle Besides the act on the part
OF the New ENGLAND States may find strong
/ grounds 81 Pnttailon While, on the part of the
South, It is unattended with any shadow Of ii nal
atns Circumstance For many wears previous
10 the war, the commerce Of New England had
been almost entirely destroyed and The fisheries
that mine from which \. Engl 3nd entoiprizc II
industry had extracted so much wealtn--wsre
shut agains them To the embargo. non.ni
poliaron aud non-in'ercouf>e laws which had
SO long and crleyously borne on them, sue
| ceeied tie VA Oppressed by "A series q: lie.
eIslatve acts, bearing hard, indeed. upon all but
particularly hard upon them they determined
on their much talked of Hartford Convention
with What definite purpose ~ vics WE are us TN.
able to saw ~ we should be to predlst the result
OF Il similar association IN The South We say
these we're paldatne circumstances, though we
do not pretend to juaWn Il was an n.advi-
sod measure, aud the members Of the Couycn-
ton found out, when n was too 'ate. that thry
had stepped too far in advance ofpublic opinion,
even IN their own states--that the peonle we're
not prepared 10 lend their sanction 10 confed
Grated body of men, assembled with the avowed
purpose OF thworting constitutional enactment
Long after the fcvcI:sh excitement Of the mo-
mcni had passed away their names were Lvc.
words of rcprnach Il contempt; even vet tbry
are regarded with suspicion and distrust, 4 poli.
teal association with them is an eiIectnal bar to
pr'forment. What paatlng Circumstance can
b" found, TIA Congress of the Southern States
a Chariestoa Conrcaioa--bc held We can see
none The Charleston writer's complain of
VIII" That the tariff Of ls2s is not only ,nieui-
tous aud unjust, but thai it IS oppressive and m.
nous to the South. We DENY IT, Where is the
evidence of the fact Bv what sort 81 .rc,.an.
ing has ihi, conclusion been arrived at The
tariff of 1929 has net ye, gone INTO operation
how then, can they say mat it as oppres.ivp
How, even, can they sag that II 10}iJe opvres-
sIvc until they give II fair scope, and witness III.
influence II will have ON the nrices Of then ,.ro.
! ducts lhc same prophecy was heard in lslP
events proved 1t 10 be false. In 1891. the IA.
! rift was revised and the duties ncrpased-tben
again gloomy pictureIwas held up to the public
view ofdesolate feIds aud tenantl-ss houses-ui
commerce Ian9ushing aud ships rottng at She
wharves. Things have gone on, however. as u
] snal. and this picture has been shown 10 have
hecn the child of disturbed imaginations.
Let The South feel the rod before they grow
rcstlyo aud exhibit prurient spirit Of res,s-
4 lance to good order and good government
II THY do not if thew are d, termined 10 rush
blindfod into the abyss dug by few OF its
of this Southern Congress III there be one) NAV
escape the infamous celebrity of being classed
with the Iiariiord Conyentons,s; but it will on
~ be because their grievances were fewer, and
their object more delcstable
One more remark. and we have done with
this subject for the present What has the South
to gain by dissolution Of the Union Nothing
whilst it has every thing 10 lose There are
many reflections IN relation 10 the population
with which the South Is cursed, which will SUP
gest themselves N once to every mind and
which it is not necessary to enlarge upon.-The
North, too, has every thing within itself, ift
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