The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-11-20

sen. jackson, iii1ugll they have M, dis lived
the Union, And. what will be the efe,,
Why, some ui these very nrn viii hec.me The
constitutional advisers of the President elect !
fhey will I've sslectrd 10 guard the CITADEL, who
were y moment before, 0ourishing a lighted
torch over the magazine IfaR Of ,hem he mol
appointed 20 the highest offices of the STATE. oue
of. tbem-ihe most daring OF them alive susuec,
viii. George McDudie, ~l,om We verify b.lie..
10 be. the most dsnserous man IN The eouot,y
with the exception OF John &. Calhoun. III, IN
fanny of whose example he has CLOSELY cori,d
will he called On Ia manage the Treasury dc.
partment-in fnc, We fear THAI however abr
the Generals cabinet may be filled. il will
be composed OF lie most desperate poli,,cal
gamblers which this or any otser aye or
country ever produced OF ,prn who. their
mouths filled with professions of reverence
Tor the Constitution would not hesitate.
If il would advance their personal pnr
poses, 10 tear il TO atoms aud scatter il 10 lie
fonr winds of Hesveir-.and who are eierns,ly
ptating about their love for Tie people, who
occupy no place in their regard but as they
are Instruments of iurlheriug their ambition.
We snhjoin Mr.. Mitchell's letter, wi,hon,
further remarks lo-day-Furhe- develops-
ments which will be the con-rq renee of 4.
win furnish Us with an opportunity OF %continu-
NJ our observations hereafter:
Prom the Winyav $3.50 Iu,ellivsnos,.
To The Honorable Robert Y. Hayne
SiR IL is with great Reluctance that ever an.
pear in The public prints aud | am sure no mo.
tive eau be assigned Tor my wishing uanecessdri.
" to interfere between ,ou and the writer under
the signature Of Union" Nhn that writer is.
| know not The connuni cation appeared IN
The Winyaw paper. when | was one hundi ell
miles distant ; | did not read IL until long after
rs appearance-and, although it called on the
members OF the delegation 10 ekpLain our pro.
ceedings. al your house Ia the ciiy OF Washing
Ion, | md not feel myself IN any wise bound TO o.
hey. was perfectly wiling that otl,e, $, if they
| thought proper, should publish what | did and
said. knew that The most malignant SANDER,
unprincipled as 1t is, could distort 40 act ofuninr
iato u sentiment hostile 10 The Union, or allen 10
| that reverence for The Constitution, winch | have
ever regarded as essential TO the character of a
good citizen--more especially OF one honored
with such high trusts rs we ate. Under this inn.
preston, ] determined at once that the pubIica-
,ion should remain forever unanswered ly me.
Blu, on reading your letter la tle In,ellisrncer
of Wednesday lat. | feel myself called on 10 I'd
siress you in public, because some If your posi-.
tons, and the whole character and air Of the
composition, appear 10 impu8n statements which
] have made IN respect TO The proceedings Of the
meeting referred tu-statcnienfs which knaw
to be tue, aud which ! communicated to a few
of the most enlightened aud confidential OF nv
censiltuents-no not With A view 10 eliminate. o.
theirs, (stiil less that they should be publish
ed hat simply as part of thai political infor-
nation which II WAS my duty and my pleasure
To give.
will therefore proceed 10 contrast The stale.
ments which / nave made, with oar positions
You say in your letter, " deny that any mon.
osiiinn was ever ubnified 10 the delegation of
South Carolina that the members should immr.
distciy abandon tiItIr seats, return home, AMI
thereby end all further political clnneciion with
The Government And will yon deny, Sir. that.
after all tine SOU hern d. Legations (except Geor-
gia) hHd positivel, refused 10 unite with rs IN
such a proits, as was thought effectual by you
aud others, That ii proposition ~as made by Que
OF our Members, thai we should formally secede
from Congress-return home-and say 10 our
constituents, that our services were no longer of
any use ! That whei this proposition was
nadet WAS immediately opposed by Col. DEAI
ron, who At once Geciai ed thai lac would mol
concuiN as the act thus performed would be IN
constitutional, aLd would not he sanctioned by
His constituents Icannoi, sir, be mistaken in
this statement. The proposition excited feel
ingS too slrong to he forgotten. thought, If il
were adopted. tIat ! should be placed in the
most trying ofail situations. To remain alone
at Washington, in opposition TO The views of tne
whole delegation, would be assuming a fearful
responsibility 10 shrink from that responsibility
and yield TO their views ia opposition 10 my own
would be contemplate weakness. Besides,
what was 10 result from it? What WAS to be
the fate OF the People whom we represented ?
fmas nation sinddered at III. prospect. ihfae
were my .eelings-the,e were the IDEAS whiel,
the proposition called forth. And nave never
IN my life been more relieved than wtrl IL was
Immediately put down BY Col. Draytod.
Again. Sir, in your letter on deny that any
determination was ever made tpatihr members
| on their return home should sisi tncir c"nstIiu.
cnts generally, and make every effort 10 incul'
cate among them such doctriIte! aud principles
as would induce the people 10 agree to, and adj
Evocaie n separation from the Statrt." And ALL
you deny, Sir, thai a proposition was made,
that ae should. on our rel4H hOmc, commune
cate By letter, or otherwise, Giih The pri,tcipat men
ofour respective districts, On Tie SUBJECT n The
1GriB-.rpid'n 10 them The fatal effects on heT
trGde and agriculture anu saggreSsion on The
s0rereigniy Ofthe Stale Further, that ii sCdS
proposed. that ue should during The summer, CONF
ulunicnte 10 each other, by letter. the state Of
feeling mhich we d'Scoperei IN our respeciiee
disirics7 And finally. that The delegation
should meet at Columbia IN October OF NOrem-
Der. for The purpose Of d%+ctsing and maturing
some plan Of %action for The State GOeeraHiem I
DO ynu not remember, thAt one gentleman
Mr.. MDufie1 hid say, that, in his oPInIon,
there was no other remedy for the evil tnan a
separation Of the State from the Uulon-that
temporising measures would prove unayaiIng-
and that he, himself, was prepared TO g" all
lengths :-and, when IL was remarked that Ina
constituents might not approve such n MEASURE
did he not reU!y, WITH an exclamation, that he
wuuld not Hisa reprefent them that he consi-
dered his services IN Congress as IN oJlIga,ioii