Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-03-05

there good Opposition may have been
the population but it unresIancd in ITS
principle, violent in manner The nnoites dealt quite as
harsiv their State Governments, the n,aoritics
dealt with tho administration here There we've presses on
both sides, popular meetings both sides aye and pulp,s on
bo, sides also The scm,lcman puveyors have only catered
for him among productions side certainly, shall
supply the deficiency by furnishing samples OF tie other
leave to him, and to them the whole CONCERN
II enough for say tina, if, any pau of this their
grateful occupation if, in all their researches, they nd any
thing in the history of Massachusetts New England
the proceedings any legislative other public body disloy
al the Union, speaking slightly of its value, proposing to
in. States of difference of political opinion. then,
sir give them all the honorable scn,lcman unrss,ran
cd rcbuke; excepting however that he will extend his buffet
Sss IKE manner ''" p''fssa '''s's' e''s
The gentleman sir has spoken at large of former parties
longer being their received appelIaons and has
undertaken instinct u.s. Gully the knowledge Of their
principles respective pesees lilo has
eended 20 ORIGIN and gcnealoges With
exemplary moesty he spsaks of the party which he
processes have belonged himself the Pure, the only
honest, patriotic party derived by regular descent. father
tine time of tire vuous Romans! Spreading be-
fore us The family of political pat,ics takes especial
wak. the cSediency of adopting such rules of descent
for political parties as shall bring HIM M IN exclusion OF others
political principle His doSy is always orthodoxy Ie,ero
do confined to his opponents spoke sir OF the ede
rals and thought eyes begin open and
little, when he ventured that ground. expected he
would draw his sketches rather lightly when he looked the
circle round him. and especially If he should his thoughts
high places, of the Senate Nevertheless he
back Rome, al urte conda and found the fathers
Empme lie traced the flow of federal blood down through
ages and centuries till he go, the of the
American Tories (of whom by the way, there twenty
the Cardinals for in Massachusetts, From the Tories
followed tho eeralists: and tic federal party
broken up, and possibility OF transmitting fur
this side the Atlantic, he to have discovered
that gone Of coa,cray thou against all the
decent, the Ulras of France and finally became
guished like exploded the adeens of Don Msu
e. This abstract Of the gcn,lemans history of fede
ra about TO controvert it. II net, at present,
pains rctatn, because sir if this day any
feels the of federalism lying heavily his conscience
gcuce if he DESTROYS Of repeating the anscssion
affair of difficulty get this right line
patriotic descent man, days. is at liberty choose
his political parentage He may elect his fathcr FEEDER
as not he may, if Inc choose, claim belong the
favored Stock and his claim will DO allowed He may carry
back pre,ensions just the honorable gentleman
SELF nay may make himself the honorable getleans
same political great grandfather All This allowable We
all know process sir by which the whole Essex Junto could
and come OUT every one of !hen an original Democrat dyed
in the WOOL Some of them have actually undergone oper-
alton and they say y q''a easy The only Il,
the face so su.ison which however transient
nothing is said calculated deepen tho red the cheek,
but prudent silence observed, in regard all the past In
aeed s smiles of appreciation have been bestowed and
crumbs Of comfort have fallen, thousand miles from
the door of the Hartford Convention itself And the author
of the ordinance of 1897 possessed the other requisite qua
cato There is knowing Notwithstanding his federalism,
to what heights of favor he might not yc, attain
Mr. President in carrying his warfare, such as it into
New England the honorable gentleman all along processes
he acting the defensive. He desires consider av
ing assae South Carolina, and insists that he forth
only hc champion, and IN her defence. Sir do al
nit made any attack whatever South Carolina. No
thing like it, The honorable member in his first speech,
pressed opinions, resar and other topics
Witch heard both with pain and with surprise told
gentleman that that such sentiments
tanned out of the government bu, had expected fine
them advanced III rat knew there persons the
South Who SPEAK of Union with indifference doubt
king pans magnify its evils and say nothing of
tits; honorable himself sure, could neve
he these; and regretted the expression opinions
he had avowed because thought their obvious edenc,
was encourage feelings dsrespert Union and
weaken its This Sir, the and substance
all said the subject. And this the attack
which call the cvalry of the gentleman, his opinion Il
harry with such oray, among the party pamphlets ant
party proceedings of Massachusetts If he means iha,
spoke with dissatisfaction dsrespect of the ebulons
divduals South Carolina it 10 true But, if he tina
had assaed the character of the State her honor patriot
ism, that had reflected her history her conduct, lat
the slightest ground for aay such assumption did no
refer Think in my observations any collection of
divduas said nothing of the conventions. Il spoke
in the guarded and careful manner only expressed
for the publication Of opinions which presumed
honorable member disapproved much as myself In This i
seems mistaken. do remember that gentleman
has dsClaed any sentiment any opinion of supposed
anti Union tendency, which all any of the ocoa
expressed The whole drift his speech ha
heen rather prove that in divers aud manners sent,
equally liable my objection been pronugcd ir
New England And would suppose that his object in THU
reference to Massachusetts, was to find precedent JUSTLY
proceedings in the Soul were not for tile reproach and
umey with which he labos all along load his precedents
BY Of defending South Carolina from what he chooses
think an attack on her. he rst quotes the example of
chuse then denounces THAT example, good set terms
This fold purpose consistent with ITSELF one would
think was exhihcd more than once in the course of his
He referred, for instance the Hartford Convention Did he
doths for authority or for topic Of reproacb3 Apparently
for boh for he told that he should find with the
fact Of holding such convention and considering and
discussing such questions he supposes and
discussed but what rendered obnoxious tile time il
holde0 and the circumstances of the country existing We
were i'll he said, and the country needed all our and:
the hand of Government required be Strengthened weak
ened and patriotism should have postponed proceedings
to another day The thing ITSELF then, is precedent: he
time and manner of it, only subject of cesure Now sr
60 much farther OH this point than tic honorable member
SupposIng as the gentleman that the Hartford Con
yenon assembled for any such purpose breaking up the
union because they thought unconstitutional laws had been
passed or TO concert on that subject ciase the ualc
~ e Onon suPposing this TO be their purpose or any part
OF IT. then say the meeting itself disloya and was oil,
noxou to whether held in of peace or time of
war, or under whatever circumstances The material matter
Is Tie occI Is dissolution the ccc1 If be, external
circumstances make il less aggravated case
bat cannot affect the principle do hold therefore, sir
mat the Hartford Convention pardonaLe the ex
tent OF the geutemans admission if objects were really
such as have been imputed to it Sir, there was time
under degree of excitement in which the Hartford Con-
Vent0n or any other Convention could maintain itself one
noenI IN view Enslaud assembled fer any purpose
as Inc gentleman says would have an allowable
10 hod conventions to decide questions of constitutional
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