Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-12-04
DisUNION.

we lsy before the readers Of the Gazette. We
have MOI room for the whole; an xtTact Is given
Of all that is material for the understanding of
the Transaction.
ustrac' Of an address 10 the sdisors Of the Hin.
yGTO fnte'hgsncer, BY RoBKRr Y. HAYsl, u.
8. Senator. Of soiah Carolina.
CHARLESTON, 24Ts Der 1898.
TO the Ed''or' Of fhs Hnya1s hsea,gsneer
Absence from the city, has hitherto
prevented me from answering commu.
nlcation, which appeared 10 our paper
OF the a7th ult under the signature of
"UNIoN,' in which the writer has thought
proper to PROFOUND TO the members of
congress from South Carolina, tue fol.
loving questions, which be states. "if
answered ia the negative, may have q
tendency TO change the opinion of at
least a portion of the people Of this state
asrsspects the nature OF the opposition
to the tariff, inc1lcated by few Of the
Jacksonltes of South Carolina.n
"Isi. Was there not meeting Of the
delegation OF this state, held in Washing
ton city, in the house of one OF our Sc.
nators, few nights after the passage OF
this tariff law, the object of which was
las twas said) to consul, upon mea-
sares best to be adopted and pursued as
ii regards this law.
sid AT this meeting was there not
one or more members deputed to wait
and consult with the respective delega.
tons from the Southern states, and to
obtain, if possible. their co. opera,ioni
Did this deputation not undertake the
mission, and totally fail in the object
for which il was appointed? If it did,
was il not then proposed by one or more
leading members OF the assembly that
the whole of the members assembled
should immediately abandon their seats
in congress, return home. and thereby
end all further political connection with
the government
sd, Was this proposition not nban
doned by the meeting IN consequence OF
one or more OF the prudent members
objecting to take upon themselves the
burden Of the great responsibility, which
would have been tbs Consequence OF
such a step?
"Las,ly, was the night consultation
not ended by majority of the nembers
finally determining that although they
would wait the adjournment of congress,
yet that upon their arrival home, they
would each visit their constituent. gene.
rally, and among them make every eff.
fort to inculcste such doctrines aud priu :
ciples as would induse the people OF the
states to agree to. and advocate a sepa-
ration Of the .tates'
Althoughis might be considered su
peItiuous to notice charges Of such a
character, brought forward without the
sanction of any responsible nsm .--tnore
especially when the object Of the writer
is to impute the men standing so high in
public confidence as my colleagues, the
extravagant design ofaaecting ''disso.
luton of the Union, ai* Of course to es.
tablish separate governmentn-yet the
favorable notice which has been taken
of this publication in the public prints,
and other circun stances which seem to
indicate q st lied purpose to misrepre
sent the true character of the late pro
ceedings 10 this state in relation to the
tariff, induce me to give an explicit an
swer to "the substance" of the accuse
ton involved in the preceding questions.
consider this task as devolving pecu-
liarly OF ne, because will not effect to
misunderstood the alluson to me, as the
senator at whose house a REASONABLE
meeting is alledged to have taken place
In answer then to the accusation pre-
ferred by the writer of Union" against
the South Carolina delegation, deny,
most unequivoca!iy, that there was ever
held at my house in Washington, or any
where else to my knowledge, any meet.
ing on the subject of dissolution of the
Union, or that any question was ever
propos ID or decided 1T any meeting at
which was present, or of which have
any knowledge, deny tFositively, that
any proposition was ever submitted TO
the South Carolina delegation that the
members should in,m edistc!y abandon
their seats. return home, and thereby
end all further political oonnexicn with
the government" And lastly,,L deny
chat any determination was ever made
Sthat the members on their return nome
should visit their constituents generally,
and make every effort TO inculcate a.