The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-11-24

him up To the public. AS a uan who had =
holiness 10 propose a measure which wpuld
inevitably have led 10 n bloody civil war. ?
TO an Instantaneou. dissolution OF the Union
He only needed the moral SUPPORT which the
association Of his colleagues would have 2 v.
en- finland then, what would have been tho
result II enough of the blood Of the Mari.
on's, pinckney's, Sunpter's and Lanren's. who
fought in the Revolutionary contest, still re-.
mains IN South Carolina, the denagognes
would have been crnshed-amiiy would Layp
been restored-Ihe government wonld have
been supported in the exercise of its ron.ll.
t%ullonal powers-an5 the holy ark OF our u.
mon wonld have been saved from destruction
But, IL il had been a~ihrrwise-iI. hurried hy
the mad inn nises which ambitious politicians
who have taken a step " rom which II is as
diticnlt TO reeede as 10 go on. % know how 10
'nluse into the breasts of the populace, they
had trampled on the constitution and the
laws, and she'd the blood of their fellow.
citizens, what arm couId have stayed the
torrent ! Vhht voice Gained the tumult Z None.
Piery spirits, animated by ambition aud chccr-
ed by hope. would have thrown OF the mask -
Armed with thai specious s~ophistry which ITO
frequently passes Tor eloquence, the, would
have stirred the passions Of the mob Ia a hcigh'
Of excitement equaIled only by their own mad
snerey. The worst passions of the worst men
would have been northumberland the proud
monument OF the valor and genins of our ances.
'ors would have been buried in ruins-furnishing
another evidence ofthe incapabiliiy Of man Tor
seIegoysrnment, aud of the instability OF Repub.
lies
Every other portion of Mr.. Milcheh's state.
ment is supported, word for word. by the gen.
tlemen implicated, as the reader will obse rye by
reference to iheir statements, which NAV be-
found in other columns ofto-day's paper, and by
a comparison OF them with Mr.. Mnchells. The
apparent discrepancy is very easily reconciled.
Mr.. Hayne has resorfed TO an ingenious arti6ce,
dictions between the statements made by himsel,
and his friends, and that made by Mr.. Mitchell
when, in truth, there are none. The drtifce l.,
IN making Mr.. Mitchell the author Of M nnonl.
nous address to Mr.. Hayne, (signed " Union')
against Mr.. Ms. express deHiat. Thus Mir.
Hayne quotes a sentence from the essay OF" u
niOn'--and another from Mr.. MITCHELL letter
aud, then he proves, Whai ? Thar Mr.. Mitchell
had contradicted kimself, because " Union" and
Mr.. NJ. did not agree And. he therefore very
sagely arg uss that Mr.. is unworthy Of credit
This is truly aa ingenious il nota far mode of
procedure and we leave Mr.. Hayne to enjoy
his tit'oty.
Although Mr.. Nitchells letter to Mr.. Hayne
does not say that the South-C arolina delegation
concluded then Washington deliberations with
a determination to incl ease the excitement of
the people ofthat State, against the Tariff law
when they returned home, yet, Mr.. Ha,ne thinks
proper 10 assume thasit does, heeause The aoriier
Of" Un,on' so alleged. But in what klnd Of a
dIemma do Mr. Hayne and his friends throw
themselves by thoir deniali They, each and
all OF them aver, that they separated, pledged
o exert themselves 10 uliny the excitement
which exisied-WeIl, fit were SO. how did they
redeem this pledge ? Let McDunic's speech at
Columbia aud llamilton's at Coileton, a,.d the
numerous essays and addresses " hich appeared
in the papers of that State, proceeding both
from the pens of themselves and their partl2ana,
answer the question. They Jahifed their
pledge, IN not attempting 10 cool down the pas
sipns of the multitude, which their ~Inilamma,ory
speeches in Congress had first put in motion.
They did m%ore-they threw fuel into the fire
aud endeavored to raise a storm, which, If they
had succeeded in doing, no magician among
them would have been able to quell. In.
deed, the danger is not yet over. The
excitement, which has nov measurabIy sub.
sided, will be again kindled If the hopes, fu.
tile as they are, ola repeal Of the Tariff Law
under Jackson's administration. should not be
realized. 1t will again begin TO rage-and let
those who have kindled ii, beware, lest they b.
the first victims to its fury.
II will be seen that not onlv the erpedieaty
but also the eonSiitulioudiitY Of the Tariff law, is
disputed. As to this, we have only to say. for
$500 f"'HSi 't' w go ''N'l ~ Wv "
piniou of MIR. Madison aud other trainers and
cotemporaneous ezpoandcrs of the constitution
TO adopting that of the newly .fedged Carolina
cxpositorS. And, besides, their own idol, Mr..
Calhoun, will tell them better, il he be honest
having always united with tie friends Of the sys-
ten, until ambition whispered him that policy
dictated a different course. Whether II be consii-
tutionai OF not, however, they loust subn,it to il
as long as it i, sanctioned by the CONSTITUTIONAL
authorities, under the penalty of being viswsd
and treat ted as traitors. The embargo law was
more oppressive on the last than che tariffs orr
the Souiil--the East denounced il as unconsti,u.
tionaI. and they received the same share of pub
,c scorn which will be awarded TO the South
under similar circumstances,