Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1828-12-02

Snouiu ever DE, adduCed as proofs
|ot criminal intention, much less those
which existed only in the imagination of
jealous minds.
A YANKEE FARMER.
Boston Daily ADVERTISER
HIGHLY INTERESTING DEVELOPMENT.
10 THE Hon. ROBERT Y. HAYNE:-
STR-lt is with great reluctance that 1
ever appear in the publick prints; and
am sure no motive can be assigned for
my wishing unnecessarily to interfere be-
tween you and the writer under the sigma
ture of 'Union.' Who that writer is, |
know not. The communication appeared
In the Winyaw paper, when was one hum
dred miles distant; did not read it until
long after its appearance-and, although
it called on the members of the delegation
to explain our proceedings at your house
In the City Of Washington, did not feel
myself in any wise bound to obey. Twas
perfectly willing that others, ifthey thought
proper, should publish what | did and
said. l knew that the most malignant
tort no act of mine into sentiment hos
tile to the Union, or alien to that rever-
ence Tor the Constitution, which [ have
ever regarded as essential to the character
OF good cltizen--more especially of one.
honoured with such high trusts as we are.
Under this impression, / determined at
once that the publication should remain
forever unanswered by me.
But on reading your letter in the INTEL
ligencer of Wednesday last, feel myself
called on to address you in publick, be-
cause some of your positions, and the
whole character and air of the compost
ton, appear to impugn statements which
have made in respect to the proceedings
Of the meeting referred to-statements
which l know to be true, and which
communicated to few of the most en-
lightened and confidential of my constitu-
ents-not with view to criminate others,
still less that they should be published, J
but simply as part of that political infor-
nation which it was my duty and my
pleasure to give.
| will therefore proceed to contrast the
statements which have made, with your
positions. You say in your letter, 81 deny
that any proposition was ever submitted to
the delegation of South Carolina that the
members should Immediately abandon
their seats, return home, and thereby end
all further political connexion with the
Government" And will YOU deny. Sir.
that, after all the Southern delegations
Except Georgia) had positively refused to
unite with us in such protest as was
thought effectual by you and others, that
a proposition was made by one of our
members, that we should formally secede
from Congressional homeland say to
our constituents, that our services were
no longer of any use That when this
proposition was made, it was immedi-
ately opposed by Col. Drayton, who at
once declared, that he would not con-
cur, as the act thus performed would
be unconstitutional, and would not be
sanctioned by his constituents cannot,
sir, be mistaken in this statement. The
proposition excited feelings too strong to
be forgotten. | thought, if it were adopt
ed, that | should be placed in the most
trying of all situations. To remain alone
at Washington in opposition to the views
of the whole delegation, would be ASSUME
ing a fearful responsibilities shrink
from that responsibility, and yield to their
views in opposition to my own, would be
contemplate weakness. Besides, what
was to result from it What was to be
the fate of the People whom we represents
ed Imagination shuddered at the pros
pect. These were my feelings-these
were the ideas which the proposition call
ed forth. And | have never in my life
been more relieved than when it was