Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-11-26
LITERARY CADET
DIVISION OF THE UNION.
WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 2e.

Il seems that the 8. c. Dele alton to Congress
srs thrown into q state Of great fermentation
in CONSEQUENCE ofthe recen, disclosure made by
Mr.. Mitchell, who has pubIiclyicharged the del
sgation with having assembled together last
winter in W ashington at the lodgings OF Mr..
Hayne, Immediately after The passage Of the
Tariff law, for the purpose, as he believes OF
holding a consult alton relative TO a secession
Of the State Of South Carolina from the Union.
He further says that The expcdiency OF the
measure wa. suggested by Mr.. Hamilton and
others /. that meeting. but that through the
influence of Mr.. Dray,on. the proceedings were
stopped, thus duplicating many Of the delega-
ton including MIR. Hayne at whose house this
special. solemn convocat'on was had. Mr..
Hsyns has published a long answer TO
this sllc CATION in the Chilesion Mercury
together with statements and certificates from
Messrs. Drayton, Hamilton, Martin and Carter,
attempting 10 dlsprove the charge. After CIV
ing a critical and candid examination to these
Documents and rejecting on what has been the
conduct Of nearly all that delegation during The
pss, season, we have come to the full and
decided conclusion thut. ~hatever mistakes
and misre p presentations are 10 be found IN the
Statement, Of Mr.. Mitchell land we do not
know that any were pnrposely made) a meet
ing was holden for the express object Of con-
sul, ing relative to the sxpediency Of taking
measures unconstitutional and contrary TO law.
This We now state on he authority OF Mr.Dray-
ton himself; all the certificates IRE evidently
more or less cvasive, but they contain enough
OF mndeniable TACT, TO fully warrant this be-
I;,I Col. Drayion appears to be the most
candid. and ho has, IN the main points, com
p,s,eIy corroborsled the letter Of Mr.. Mitch
ell.
Colonel Drny,on acknowledges that two
nee iings were holden at the lodgings Of
Mr.. Hayne ~ fter the passage Of the tariff law
10 consult as TO the course which ought to
b pursued by the delegation Of South Caroli-
ma relative tn the same" We would here in
quire what could possibly have been their mo-
tive in consulting respecting a law which had
slready passed both houses of Congress and
which they we'll knew could not be Io,c-
fully affected in any way by them in their
private councils. III any man believe that
thoy met merely for the purpose of voting that
they sho,.id make no attempts to incrt0se the
excitement ut home. or will he no. rather be-
Iieva tina, this vote was pissed on account, Of
some members of the delegation having called
tho meeting for different purposes and which the
more rejecting among them thought were lilo
gal, or rather p~rematmreiy introduced and
which were deemed more proper for another
season! Il appears the question respecting tho
Presidential election was first to be settled.
before Trey were to cry "Hapoc'! and let
loose the dog, Of ,car; because il they begantoo
soon, i, might prove injurious to the cause Of
General Jackson in other parts Of the country.
Such is The substance Of Mr.. Drayton's state
ment on this point. MI. D.. says that no prop
esifions we're formally submitted to either NEE
ting for the members suddenly TO leave their
seats and 90 home, or, to separate South Car
DINA from the union These were only mat
ssrs Of .'conucrsation' at the meetings in
which, TO spare his friend y he says he does
no, rsoolIsct that Col. Hayne uttered a word"
what! not utter a word in defence Of his coun-
try when men had assembled together at his
own lodgings TO talk treason! This is a sad
defence indeed, and the Colonel would have
lone wisely to have left that expression en-
iirely out.
We now ask where the moral difference ex-
lists between holding q g~eneral conversation
respecting any question, or submitting the
matter in the shape Of q formal proposition!
The difference in convenience, when there are
net mere than a dozen persons together, 10
quite obvious. - svsry one knows that the
restraint of formally must necessarily very
much impede the execution of business. The
prlncipsl object was undoubtedly in this case.
20 ascertain the Opinions OF zach other upon
sSisjsot which has been so often since brough,
ssup sid discussed by Hamilton, M'Ouhie and
Martin. in psbiie. viz! . Dissolution Of the
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