Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-06-27

9TH We believe, that, by the second clause OF
the tenth section OF the first article of the CCns
tuition, the power Of fostering their manufacture
by duties laid, is expressly given to the separate
States, and consequently, is expressly denied TO
the General Government.
Such, fellow citizens, this subject, are our con-
stitu,ional points Of belief We appeal confidently
To the charter itself and to the coemporaneous *
positions OF those who framed it, to Justify our opn
ions We cannot test their accuracy by resor, to
our Courts OF Justice; for, with tmd fraud. well
becoming the tyranny it covers the Tariff Bill, up
on ITS lace purports TO be for revenues and of course
IN court OF law, could only be Judged of by its
terms. But we are free to confess that could the
constitutional point in dispute be fairly made before
our courts OF justice the decision Of every court in
the land, in favor of this masked oppression, could
not convince our understandings of its constitution
atty IL may obtain our submission. but never our
convection According to our humble conceptions
the constitutional grounds upon which our fathers
resisted the prctensions of the British Crown are
weak ami trivial when compared with those upon
which now stand.
i e history OF the Constitution OF the U. States
IS the old story Of every Constitution that was ever
devised by man. We had once hoped for better
,"ngs; and m the iondness OF our weak idoatry,
had almost believed, that wisdom surprising mans
had destined this Union for duration approaching
perpetuty Although the Constitution contains
upon the face OF it, the grant Of every power that
can be necessary TO our foreign relations; and by
virtue oil these powers and these alone, for more
than forty years has kept us in comparative pros
perity, and lifted US 10 giory-yet the busy love OF
power has grown restless under its limitations and
would stretch them forth into indefinite and indie
Unable extension. According to the professions of
some, we have truly no Constitution. All the re-
sources OF this Union under the control OF Con-
gress Tor internal regulation. All the property We
possess we hold by their boon; and a majority IN
Congress, mag, at any moment, deprive us OF il and
transfer II northward, or offer it up the bloody al
tar OF bigots philanthropy. Usurpation has ia
deed followed usurpation. What was harmless in
novation to-day, has become precedent TO morrow
Our very forbearance and liberation has been con-
sidered as construction; UNTIL at last, this whole in
strument, framed in the proioundest wisdom and the
most jealous caution, is virtually abolished and
merged in the powers broadly claimed " for the
general ,pejdre"
Fellow citizens, There is no security for Nc as
citizens OF this Conederacy, unless we can bring
back the General Government to an administration
oil the Constitution in the spirit in which il was
made Under this Constitution most Of US have
Deen porn and live. * under its government it is on
most ardent aspiration to die. We have. indeed,
been taught that it is our ming Glory,-the
pride OF the New-the terror of the Old-and the
admiration OF the whole World that property and
lie Itself are but cheaply lost when lost beneath
the Star-Spangled Banner of our common country
Have we not proved Gf blood and treasure can
prove ~ that our attachment to this Union Can on
iy be limited by our superior attachment to our
rights; that our generous love for Brethren of
this Conederacy can only be aienated by course
OF iong-contnued and settled hostility: Previous
10 our Revolution, when the arm OF oppression was
| stretched over New England, where lid our Nor
| thern Brethren meet with Drawer sympathy than
mat which sprung from the bosomS OF Caronians,
| we had no extortion-no oppresSion-no collision
with the Kings Mnisters-no navigation interests,
| sPinging up in envious rivalry OF England--no
hired soldiery were beted upon Citizens, or
| patrolled our Country, goading with mockcry and
insult the peaceful and unoffending yeoman to ha-
tired and to rage. The blood shed al Bunker Hill
was resented as our own; and with simultaneous
! ACTON we cast the swords scabbard TO the rust,
and by their side assumed our stand to live or per
| ish together. We contributed one fifth of the
whole revenue that supported the Revolutionary
w ar and suffered in that glorious struggle more
than was ever told, words can tell. The last
war was waged, and maintaine by us in the de-
fence OF Northern Interests; and. from the first
I commencement OF the Union to the present day,
we nave paid, proportionably, more revenue into
the Golfers OF the General Government than any
single State OF the Confederacy. Our politicians,
in the uliness OF their love and confidence, have
been for surrcndering TIP all to its discretion
\ such Is the tale OF history. We have done these
things from loveao Brethren and from an ardent
I attachment to the Constitution OF these IT, States
In maintenance OF the great principles of Liberty
| Not then, from desire of disunon, or to destroy
the Constitution but it is that we NAV preserve the
Onon, and bring back the Constitution to its orgi
nal interrupted principles, that ve now ADVISE
you to resist It's violation. From The rapid step OF
usurpatIon, whether we now act not, the day of
| open opposition to the pretended powers of the
Constitution cannot be far Off and is that ii may
not so down IN blood that we now call upon you TO
resist. we feel ourselves Standing underneath its
mighty protection, and declaring forth its free and
recorded spirit, when say we must resist By
all the great principles If Lberty-by the eIorious
achievements of our Fathers in defending Them
| by their noble blood poured forth like water in
maintaining them-by their lives in suffering, and
| their deaths in honor and in glory-our Country
| men! we must resist Not secretly, az timjd
| theves, or skuiking smugglers-not in companies
ana associations, like money chaffers or stock Job
bers-not separately and individually, as il this
was ours and not our Country's cause-but OPEN
| ~, fairly, fearlessly and unitedly, as becomes a
| free, Sovereign, and independent People. Does
| uiilidity ask " When! We answer now even now
while yet oppression is not old to u.s. and the free
spirit looks abroad in pride this land of glorious
freedom, and OF beautiful, though depressed and
broken fertility Let not time eat away our RIGHTS
! and prescription plead your sanction TO your ruin
AS IN those dark times :" that tried mems souls
let us assemble in solemn Convention or in Lepis-
d're' ana IN hrmness, but humility Of spirit rely
I upon that Providence who has hitherto protected
US, to guide and direct our anxious councils
| But II you are doubtful OF yourseves-if YOU are
nov prepared TO follow up your principles wherever
they may lead, TO their very last coDseuuence-if
you love life better than honor-prefer ease to De
rpous liberty and glory; awake nsr stir nou lmpo.
tent resistance will add vengeance 10 your ruin
Live in smiling peace with your Unsuitable On.
pressors, and die with the noble consolation. that
your submissive patience will survive triumphan,
! your beggary and despair.
AN ADDRESS
Va sUnory Citizens OF CoIcton District, n his Ex.
cellency JOHN TAYLOR, Governor Of the
| State Of South Carolina.
Sir-Without pretending TO advise, or To infrino.
IN The slightest manner upon your constitutional di
erection, some Of your fellow citizens venture to