Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-10-30

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To COL Drayion, South Carolina.
SIR,-A slight acquaintance with vor;,r
er days is among the many pleasant inr; % nk
winters sojourn IN your fair CITY Of CbaJsG
the remembrance of which l love to cb'S%'
Not having the vanity, however, TO pre:r nns1a
this acquaintance would he either remant III
OF recognized BY you. address You and l,ro'ia
nature although alas. not fictitious, was ra,, ~;
not girea me at my baptism. 'NaT
Ii is no uncommon thing for men ~ ord.,.,
permanent, TO yield themselves. for time ~ ~.
absorbing topic, where angry feelings ARE T'Ga,
and resentment cherished. which hurry i tA1"A
to measures that tie sobered Judgment asr ,1 v
condemns.
In the turmoil Of the moment, they J,o,, -,
of all collateral circumstances, and ,b.. ga
position As regards themselves or their ne;olL ~"
They are like the subalterns of an army 7 A..
the hustle and excitement Of an active cam.
who are not untrequenty indebted to tba ~ 49,
published at sidistance from the scene of sci,aPtf
the knowledge of what rivers and sorps,. az.
have passed, what regiments they have er,a.:
tered. aud who Of their comrades are kilsJ .'I
wounded.
Hitherto the position of South Caro-, :,
the Union has been an honorable one ,,,a..
the foremost in the gallant efforts for the ,,b.s
ment of our independence. Furnishing 81 y
times her full quota Of talent, civil and mir,,-,
supporting and invigHra'Ing the admni.tr,i;
OF Washington, i'll bringing into form and Gov
illness federal sovernment-whilst the yoi,n =
her highly gifted citizens have, until nm,
been heard in our legislative halls oalv f1,sGS
He. prosperity has, thank God. kept pace viii
her patriotism. At this moment she is. ,Ant
the third creditor state Of the Union. H. ~,
MED Institutions are in a sound, healthy ,O,I
ton. Her charitable and literary estabIi.bm,p,
| do honor TO her munihcence, -her talented m,,
are participating, in tM proportion, in The Ia.
nors and cmounents Of the federal .oyeram,r,.
and the supplies for her people come Il her chan
err and better than at any former period Of =
history. Yet, in the face Of all this, If ,rn,
ger should now form his opinion Of he egn.ii,
IF South Carolina by reading her papers, Or h.
tenins to her tariff MULTIPLYING orators aud ro,y
makers, he would conclude that the most opr,s,.
ed and poverty stricken county Of ireland ys
eivsium in comparison 70 it.
| That South Carolina, az planting state ror
compared with herself. As such. some ru.-r
years ago, has no cause for eXultn'iDn am fee 10
confess: but the sources o! her difficulty in m,
respect lie far beyond the tariF-aud slgde %
them most assuredy with no unklnd fcems. nor
would | speak Of them tauntingy VI then Ii.
remedy is to be sous ht for III qualification, Imes
90 deeper than the tariff laws The LOllan
treaty must be nuli!ied; the acts BY which Ii.
new states of that vast region Of fertility ve.
admitted into the Union, must be Eullihpd-u.
laws permitting steamboats, To traverse The Ms.
sissippi and its tributary waters. must be MULTI.
ed-and last of all, aud above all, must be nll.
lifted that great law of nature, which crdan4
that virgin soil shall yield to the cultivate nt
abundant crops that can be gathered from Palal.
ly exhausted plantations.
If after passing through this process Of nuIi
| fcatiOn and reposing under the shade Of hef oa.
Palm-tree standard, she should find her ccaii
ton unimproved, and sigh to return to her fG
love, may she be received with tears Of JOS. las Oa
who had strayed but returned to the fold il lap
" any fold remain, save that Of some mla1 /
conquerOr.
But, sir, better things are to be hoped 6r-
1t has been your felictous privilege to per,eIn
in time, the crisis to which things were approach
ing in your native State-to avail you,ef d
your own commanding position to reOuIe The a.
ging storm and arrest, it is hoped. the pO.rs
of measured which could lead only to hat cii'
trophe which patriotism cannot conisnlit
without fear and trembling.
/ salute you kindly.
AN OLD MAN
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