Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-11-18
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S"u,n Oaroina, thcrc are certainly ncutfais. In
deed u would appear thar were to be tolerated
under any circumstances Every man finds his opiu
lows either called for expected and IL not given
improper motives are attributed to his silence.
lett home the latter end of June, OH a travel
"I6 my family, aud did return in time to avail
myself of the polite invitations OF tho citizens of
Stdcburg and Its vicinity, of the citizens of Lancas
Ter District. of the citizens of Ricbaud District
- parakc Of their public DINNERS, flor winch take
this occasion to tender thom severaliy. nv most res
-pcc,tni Acknowledgements where might have min
ged III free discussion and interchange of opinions
with the distinguished citizens Of those places or hs va
transmitted my views through the medium of letter
rs many other gentlemen saw fit 10 do. But when
Heh South Carolina, had no intimations from any
quarter, that the people were TO BE- called toce,hcr
IN large assemblies, and those topics publicly discuss
cd before thcm and the questions of notification and
convention urged with extreme warmth for their
immediate adoption II such had been the course
previously contemplated by any persons whomsoeyer
they had kept II a profound secret from me- Had
proposition OF that sort been suggested had no DOS
siole motive why should no, have given nv views
then, as well As other members of Ccnpress md m
'r citizens have done. However, retaining a. did
n Inc very eve of the general elections but not in
u'pe TOT my views TO have reached every portion of
me state previous 10 that event. determined to wait
u" the elections were over; not the least doubt
ing, that any thing might say, if entitled TO any
consideration would weigh Just as much with an inn
partai ana rejecting community, whose object cond
only be truth, and whose end could only be Tho nuhl
good as 1t possibly could have done had u,tered !, -
them IN the midst OF the most animated and biublv
excited canvass that perhaps has ever ag,,n,cd ,b.
sue. AS mat contest is now past, tranquility
IN some degree restored TO the public min such
opinions as hive been led TO form for myself unJo
existing circumstances, beg leave to present, with
out he east degree presuming upon their infsIbilv
There have been some unkind remarks un,n NV
supposed silence IL Is not true that I'VE becn 81
lent In my speech IN the Senate last winter in tho
ueoate on footes resolution | explicitly said IL
you'd mol be necessary for the people 10 rise in sr
might 10 put dorn this system ether By one ,or,;o
seeding from The uninn, By The more S;ref,f J,
nature, ccii to1r, TINT tcouid dreneh the SITES NTH
the blood q their citizens. And had what there said
on the SUBJECT OF the Tariff been taken altogether
no gentleman could have mistaken my cpposit;o5 -
nuhhcation, the doctrine then urged bv some othe,
gentlemen in that debate: or indeed 10 anv o,ia.
strong measures | there gave my reasons ior nv
OPINION went further during the last session =.
Congress; before | left WssbIncto n 7 wrote 70 co.
era distinguished gentlemen of NV acouantanco :,
south carolina, and gave it more than nro,,bl.
tnat o"th inc tariff and internal improvement svs
TENS were fast crumblins away, and would soon bc
entirely demolished / gave nv reasons wh,
thought so. When returned home from Congress-
gave 1t as my belief. and publicly too. 10 ali With
whom conversed, that the rapid decIina and s,.oi
HsSoiuiio"s OF those systems, thought could be no
longer doubted. Among the distinguished cit;zens
10 whom L made these communications were tho
ZION. Judge Desaussurc and several gentlemen of
the par, at Spartanburg court, in June last uas
also called on there. by the members or Tho T -,
lure, OF Spar'anburg District with CoI IT,.
smith at their head, who asked for nv onn;,n 80
piiCItly, WHeLner thought the
Corolina ought to adopt the sironr measures &c 81
hhcation or convention to arrest those svs,ams
nnhesItatlngly told them thought it unnccrssar
the Legislature to do so at this time and under tho
present prospect of their dissolution bv easier mud
safer means. and gave them nv reasons oIso e. ,t.
Deiief AT THIS interview, which was public and !,
tIc must oil 4 large concoursc, the Hon w IT
-tucKolS was present; and know that nv views
were spoEcn OF without restraint by many who beer
them Nor had | any wish it should have r.
Otherwise. So that my fellow citizens will nIa ,nl
perceive shat the mputatlon Of studied silence on
my part is unjust. ~' WI
In giving my views shall mot ro ;r,o 49,. =,
rate dissertation of what the constitution ou1h, =,
have been or how 1t might have been be,to7 Gov
9eructed 10 secure perpetuty OF equal rights and
!:nmunes TO the citizens of the different nortinn. &C
the Union. Nor shall attempt a Iero,by snoI...
OF the constitutional principles upon which the advo
Gates OF those systems urge their Legitimacy. !, 10
.I, mat we Know they exist and that they bear
uneqnaily' unJusily, and oppressivey upon the neo
pie OF the Southern States, and tend directIv r. IL
mnish Inc profits OF their labor without anv necee
saIy eX'ct"n from the general government for so
great sacrifice; whilst they are kept in oner,,;on h.
that government, avowedly for the purnnss of 49, ~
'nenng The fortunes and sustaining The snecula,;ss
oer porons OF the citizens of the Unit cd States
t upo" no Ce'ler authority than what is derived from
thaI IhcHhaustiole fountain Of implied leoislat;,a
powers the public good and general welfSre" y,
rom that stll more exceptionable and moro dan
uocr'ne thc power of Congress to mise mon 2. go
consequently the power TO dsburse il in ho const
ton of roads, the excavation of canals -, uc
trhVagant purposes which their cupditv oy thn,r 90
olton may suggest" Either ofwhich if carried o,,,
ana adopted as sound constitutional doctrine wn"IJ
ead directly to ntolcrabe despotsm, and ex,;n,nai
the equality ofrghs intended to be seemed ~ ~,
constitution. '"'eu ny 'he
me evidences upon which my belief was hereto
fore founded that the Tariff and internal Inn,oao
s men, systems were rapidly giving way and must
shorty be dissolved still exist and nsfy no j.; az
belief AS to the tariff which appears 70 b ~, ' th.
principal object with that class of our pol,ticions
Whp press the notification and convention Gocrinos
, LAO no other evidence of its decline and fall
'o1 S'g u existed IN the redeeminp shirt nj tho
people OF the T. Staez, which has been some ,irne
snce awakened in other quarters az well os n
I IonIncin states Tue golden dreams tba, worc
commenced and cherished the America s %mo nrst
!aueo Moreover the interests of the
themselves a have suffered Without stopping to m
6os, ,Ts H. mere - no doubt Of the fact, that the
anY tho Tarim Inun IL InnL ullnulncl nIeLs