Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1830-03-09

wa w iiie the JEStlce to re-
"elnoer' mat at the time this unprovoked
and uncalled for attack was made unon the
south, not one word had been uttered bv
me, IN encouragement of New-England, nor
mad made the most distant allusion either
to the Senator from Massachusetts or tbe
State ne represents. But, Sir, that gentle.
man has thought proper, for purposes best
known to himself, to strike the Soptb
through me, the most unworthy of her ser.
wants. tie has crossed the border, he has
invaded the State of South Carolina. is max
ing war upon the citizens, and endeavourinp
10 overthrow her principles and her institu.
tons. Sir, when the gentleman provokes
me to such conflict, meet him AZ the
threshold will struggle while / have life
for our affairs and our firsssaes; and. iytso,
4 gives me strength, Twill drive back the II.
vader discounted. Nor shall stop there.
II the gentleman provok es the war, he snail
have war. Sir, will not stop at the bor-
der; will carry the war into the enemy's
territory, and not tonsent to lay down nv
arms, until shall have obtained "indemnitv
tor the past, and security for the future" It
IS with unfelgned reluctance, Mr.. President
that enter upon the performance of this
part OF my duty-I shrink almost instructive.
~ from course, however necessary, which
may have tendency to excite sectional
feelings, and sectional jealousies. But Sir.
the task has been forced upon me; and I
proceed right onward to the performance of
my duty. Be the consequences what thew
may, the responsibility is with those who
have imposed upon me this necessity. The
Senator from Massachusetts has thought
proper to cast the first stone; and if he
shall lind, according to homely adage.
THAT ne lives in glass house"-on his
head be the consequences. The gentleman
has made great foruish about his fidelity
to Massachusetts, shall make no profess
slons ofzeal for the interests and honour of
South Carolna-of that my constituents
shall Judge. If there be one State in this
Union, Mr.. President, land I say it not in a
boastful spirit) that may challenge compare
son with any other for an uniform. jealous.
ardent and uncalculating devotion to the
Union, that State is South Carolina. Sir,
from the very commencement of the Revolu-
ton, up to this hour, there is no sacrifice,
however great, she has not cheerfully
made; no service she has ever hesitated to
perform. She has adhered to you in your
prosperity but in your adversely, she has
chung to you, with more than flial affection.
No matter what was the condition of her
domestick affairs, though deprived other re-
sources, divided by parties, or surrounded
by difficulties, the call of the country has
been to her as the voice of God. Domes-
tick discord ceased at the sound-every
man became at once reconciled TO his breth-
rem, and the sons of Carolina were all seen
crowding together to the temple, bringing
their gifts to the altar of their common
country.
| What, Sir, was the conduct of the South
during the Revolution Sir, / honour
New-England for her conduct in that glori-
Gus struggle, but great as is the praise
which belongs to her, / think, at least equal
honour is due to the South. They espoused
the quarrel of their brethren, with gener-
Gus zeal, which did not suffer them to stop
TO calculate their interest in the dispute.
Favourites of the mother country, possessed
ofneither ships nor seamen, to create COM
mercial rivalship, they might have found in
their situation guaranty that their trade
would be forever fostered and protected by
Great Britain. But tramping on all con-
siderations, either of interest or of safety,
they rushed into the conflict, and fighting
for principle, periled all, in the sacred cause
of freedom. Never was there exhibited in
the history of the world higher examples of
noble daring, dreadful suffering, and heroic
endurance, than by the Wings of Carolina,
during that Revolution. The whole State,
from the mountain to the sea, was overrua
by an overwhelming fierce of the enemy.
The fruits of industry persisted on the spot
where they were produced, or were con-
sumed by the foe. The "plains of Carroll
ma drank up the most precious blood Of her
citizens! Black and smoking ruins marked
the places which had been the habitations
of her children. Driven from their homes
into the gloomy, and almost impenetrable
swamps, even there the spirit of liberty sur
vived, and South Carolina Sustained by the
example of her Sumpters and Marions) prov
cd by her conduct that though her soil might
be oyerrun, the spirit Of her people was in
vincible.
But, Sir, our country was soon called up
! on to engage in another revolutionary strug-
ole. and that too was struggle for princi-