The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-07-21
r-om the BOSTON PATRIOT.
THE NULLIFICATORS.

length Of the Grand Notification Dinner"
given TO Messrs Drayton and Hayne, by por.
ton oftheir constituents. The perverted zeal
manifested on this occasion, as It results from
mistaken views of personal and sectional inter-
est, shews how easily the most patriotic feel,
ings, and valued associations of country and
home, are lost and forgotten under the influence
of stroug but temporary excltements.
The attendance at the dinner-the " nuihty-
ing" newspapers state to have been unexPect-
edly large-600 present and many absent Tor
want of room in the Dining Hall but the
" American" newspapers represent the Ies'iVa,
to have been on the whole rather failure, ana
they state that the number present did not eX, !
coed 430, : large number OF whom are opposed
to the Notification" doctrine. |
Col. Drayton was the first of the henored
guests toasted, and Of course made the nrst
speech. His speech was in the main charac,
terized bv good sense, moderation, and SOUND
Constitutional Law 1t spoke those sentiments
which we trust and believe still PerVaoe the DO
SONS Of the more rejecting u discreet portion OF
the S. Carolinians. The following is an extract:
sour citizens, suffering under an Act which
a great majority of them believe to be uncon-
stitutional, have naturally been led to dellber-
ate upon the steps which ought to be taken,
under circumstances SO critical and momentous
OF the expedients proposed, that when seems
most generally to be relied upon, is, through
the medium Of the Legislature, or OF conven'
! ton chosen by the people, to nuiiy the obnox-
| ious law, or in other words, to declare 1t to be
unconstitutional, and to absolve our citizens
| from obedience to it, unless contrary decision
I should be pronounced by three-fourths OF the
I Legislatures OF the several States, or by con-
vention of the people, in the same number oil
! the States. Those who recommend tins course
are sanguine in their expectations OF Its etfica-
cy. They assert that sovereign state, under
its reserved rights, can cOnstltutsonGty resort
to il, and that by ne other means can the IN
ion be preserved. Ifby any process of reason
ing, of which [ am capable if by any lights
which could derive from intellects far supe-
rior to mine, | could accord in these views and
differences, should rejoice to do so; for no one
condemns more than myself the principle OF
J the existing Tariff or more deprecates ITS bale.
full effects Nevertheless after anxious and
painful meditation, directed by every motive
which ought to influence lover of his country
, and of his country's reputation and prosperity,
l cannot perceive any substantial distinction
; between the abrogatien of law of Congress,
by State. and the separation of that State
t from the Unisn. When an act of Congress has
: been passed, in its customary forms, until re-
pealed by the body enactng it, or decided to be
invalid by the Federal Judiciary, il becomes tbs
law of the land. The President of the United
: States is compelled, by his oath of office, to en-.
e force it, unless, perhaps, he should be SATISFIED
ofits unconstitutionality, which is not the opin-
n ion Of President Jackson, as to the tariit Of
u 1928. Should then the President, or the man
Q date oc the Federal Court, direct it to be carri
ed into execution, it could not be resisted by
/ u.s. excepting upon the ground, that our State
8, had withdrawn from the federation, or by tht
N exercise of force. The first alternative would
be ipsO factO, a severance of this State from
or the Onion. The second would be an appeal t
r arms, the Ultima ratio republicG."
The following is Col. Drayton's toast" Ma
TO our star-spangled banner, so often triumphant
) unfurled upon the ocean and the land, eve
r wave, with undmnshed luster, over free, sov
ereign, and united states"
I'd Far very far different we're the sentiment
a. uttered on this occasion by Ger. Hayne, VIII
" seems to emulate the fame of becoming III
champion of" Notification and Disunion. Ca
IN led upon by complimentary toast, he gave nj
nd tcrance to the following imprisoned and-w
must speak acknowledgements sentiment:
nd ain my view ofthe actual condition of you
r. affairs without undertas jpGyts aethsesisary
nc give your brethren in other quarters Of the III
ion, distinctly to understand, that you new.
I'm will acknowledge the right claimed for the Fe,
m eral Government in either or all of its depar
IN ments, to decide ultimately and conclusivel
IL as to the extent of its own powers, that 20
n never will consent to substitute the will of til
IOI tie NOnSllluLlOH, HOT recognize VI
nj constitutional acts of Congress, as the suprem
'e- law of the land That viewing the Constitu
ton as a compact prescribing limits to the Fed
eral Government, the State of South Carolina
nc one of the parties to that compact its SOW
ng ereign capacity, claims the right " to Judge c
ne its infractons y and that whilst she will at
ne times yield ready and cheerful obedience I
u all laws made sin pursuance of the Constitu
ton" she claims the right to hold to be utterl
III Il. Il. Il Al
~ served rights of the States. Let these princi
or Piles be maintained, and your rights may
s' preserved. The day that you surrender then
he and acknowledge the will of the majority, a
on declared in the acts of Congress, to be the su
s preme law, you will have surrendered the gle
III rious privileges offLeedom, to put the yoke uI
Z" on your own neckS, to fasten manacles upo
~ your own, and the hands of your children, I
" surrender your valuable possessions without
O. struggle, and consented to put yourselves an
"a all that you possess at the mercy of those, VIII
% though standing to you in the relation, and call
9 ing themselves your {" brethren," have in tn
- eager pursuit of their own peculiar interests
:. turned deaf ear to your loud rem0nstrance.
: Knocked at your complaints, and manifested
utter disregard of your feelings, your rights an
d' your interests"
The following are some Of the toasts -
By DIR. J. E. B. Finley: Disunion-Our on
ly preservation.
D. By J. G. FrIer: May every Carolinian VIII
OF backs one inch be down six feet
81 By Mr.. VIM. Gray: South Carolina and tn
tariff-the former must be freed from the latter
2, peaceaby If she can, or by an appeal to arm.
~ if she must.
ID By, J. Hebron Northern Leeches-the
have long fed upon our vitals SOathern Sag0
y Of lead will disgorge them.
"a BY Mr.. Joseph d. Cheves: May talking po
le iticians not forget the three great requisites
9, Oratory are action, action, action.
20 By w. P. Finley: Liberty ofthe tongue
n Liberty Of the press-Liberty Of the coascisnc
n Liberty Of the hand"
70. The following are in better temper:
OF By Mr.. John Crawford: s. Carolina-Whils
.. contending for her rights as sovereign State