The Arkansas advocate., 1830-04-14

ue the war, by active means, by vote, or
 leading money, dare 10 prostrate hiIn- self at the alter on the fast day. Twill
 ltederalists subscribe to the loan? Will they lend money to our National rulers? It is Impossible. First, because of the principle, and secondly, because of prln- cipal and interest" s.Do not prevent the abusess Of their trust from becoming bankrupt. Do not prevent them fron1be- coming odious to the public, and being replaced by better men" :. Any feder- allst who lends money to Government, must go and shake hands with James Madison, and claim fellowship with Fe- lix GrufdY. q beg pardon of iilj hon. ourable friend from Tennessee-but he is in good company, l had thought 1t was < James Madison, Felix GrundY and the Deyil.,9 " Let him no more call himself FederaIist, and friend to his country-he will be called by others infamous" &c.
 Sir, the spirit of the People sunk un- der these appeals. Such was the effect produced by them on the public mind, that the very agents of the Government, (as appears from their public advertise ments, now before me, could not obtain loans, without pledge that < the names of the subscribers should not be lxnown.n Here are the advertisements, "The names of all subscribers (say Gilbert and Dean the Brokers employed Iby Government "shall be known only to the undersigned" As if those who came forward to aid their country in the hour of her utmost need, were engaged in some dark and foul conspiracy, they were assured ssthat their names should not be known" Can any thing show more conclusively the unhappy state of public feeling which prevailed at that day, than this single fact? Of the same character with these measures was the conduct of Massachusetts, in withhold ing her Militia from the service of the
 United States, and deyising measures for withdrawing her quota of the taxes; thereby attempting, not merely to crlp- l pie the resources of the country, but ac- tually depriying the Government (as faI as depended upon heD of all the means of carrying on the war-of the bone and muscle, and sinews of war; ol
 man and stee1-tte soldier and hi. sword" But 1t seems Massachusetts was to reserve her resources for herself she was to defend and protect her own shores. And how was that duty per formed? In some places on the coast neutrality was declared, and the enemy was suffered to invade the soil of Mas sachusetts, and allowed to occupy her territory, until the peace, without one effort to rescue if from his grasp. Nay, more, while our own Government and our rulers were considered as enemies, the troops of the enemy were treated like friends-the most intimate commer- eial lrelations were established with them, and maintained up to the peace. it this dark period of our national affairs. where was the Senator from Massachu- sets? How were his political associates employed? "Calculating the value ot the Union?' Yes, sir, that was the pro- pitious moment, when our country stood alone, the last hope of the world, strug- glng for her existence against the co lossal power of Great Britain "coneen- trated in one mighty effort to crush us at q blowr-that was the chosen hour to revive the grand scheme of building up "a great Northern Confederacy''- a scheme, which, it is stated in the work before me, had its origin as far back as the year i796, and which appears never to have been entirely abandoned. Er the language of the writers of that day Iq796) .rather than have a Constitution such as the Anti-Federalists were con- tending for, (such as we now are con tending for,) the Union sought to be dissolyed;" and to prepare the way fol that measure, the same methods were resorted to then, that have always been relied on for that purpose, exciting pre- judices against the South. Yes, sir, our Northern brethren were then told ss that if the negroes were good for food, theiI Southern masters would claim the right to destroy them at pleasure ? e0lise Branch, p. 267. ) Sir, in 1914, all these topics were revived. Again we heard of ca Northern Confederacy." "The Slave States b tthcscives;;p '- tho noun tains are the natural boundary We want neither :. the counsels nor the pow CT of the West" &c. &c. The papers tonr,nnd ,uitb nccncntionc orn1rrt 4l o