Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-10-05

FOR TIE Enquirer.
confess my establishment az the course pur. ed nv
South Carolina. What though the Tariff be both un
constitutional and inexpedien; what though it may
bear hardly upon the South and upon her in particular
10 this the time for her Ia fly 10 exlremtiee
The last proceedings of Consress were calculated TO
encourage hopes Of relief The high duties tea,
coffee, moasses and salt, reduc ed The enter
ang-wedge was thus introduced into the whole systc IN
OF imposts The Maysve Message also Ievell.d an IL
Iec"ve blow at the whole system Of unconsiU;ion.'
appropriations IL this the time TO threaten nuliifca.
t.oD!-But we have other nduc- ments to orbear Tb.
doctrines Of Safe Rights making their way IN The
mind' OF our ie'ow-c''zens States, which once su'n
nered In apathy, are now awakening Maine is reused.
Ana Is 'hIs time for TO throw away vigorous
ana arguments and appeal doubtful arms?
But let us look before us; and we see that i'm fou,
years more. the Public Debt will he extngui.bed :
when Tie question will be directly bel fore the Peop.
OF he Union, Will you suffer these monies be taxi
en- from your pockets by taxes and tariff overflow
an idle treasury; or, subservs an unconstitutional ap-
preparation will You keep your IN ,ney 10 your
own pocket or, yield such portions OF it the State
Governments may desire for legitimate purposes -
The struggle will then on and the fate of the
tariff will be dscided.-Is the present, then, the
time to talk OF notification and resistance!
South Carolina has not eersiDly " calculated" a.
clearly as she ough, to dc, he value Of the Union,
any one State nullfy an act of Congress at her
pleasure, the Union would indeed he ga rope of sand"
PennyvaDa would nullify IL, account OF excise
on Observation-Disclosures, On account Of the En-.
bsreoGeoreia, for the sake OF Indian Trea'y-aDd
9. Carolina, on account Of the Tariff The bands of
derand should be threatened forever with all the
horrors OF discord and Dsunion.
l do not insist upon the duty Of unlimited acouies
eeDce-Far from il, admit the right Of a SAFE,
when the whole compact is grossly violated, and no.
thing but oppression can arise from encoachment to
resort TO the strongest remedesto Duilifcs alton to
force 10 disunion.I hold with the Declaration of In
dependence, that when long train of abuses asd
u.urPa'ions, pursuing invariably the same object,
vioces design TO reduce them under absolute
'sm, II Is their right IL ia their duty to throw off such
government and TO provide guards for their fu
turs security In such an extreme es,e, would
net hesitate one moment about the aernstive.-Bm
the qnsson now 10. shall ny to the alternative of
nu'lihcs'ion or submitting to the Tariff take AL our
chance. for an orderly and constitutional modica.
non OF lie obnoxious provisions. Fer my own part
have as little hesitation about this alternative, az
should have about the other. ! am fer going agaibs,
the Farm, as you have so often said, with Z" long
pun, and strong pull, and pull altogether =; but
an not Tor resorting TO any such "exems medicine :"
as that Of nulIibca'iop or resistance-aDd resIiv
think "ih Dir. DrayioD, that they are birds of The
same leather
But we reminded by the Politicians Of South
Carolina, tina, they are only GLOWING our own cyan.
pie that they only puhng TO their L. Ultimate
results, the Report OF M. Madison and the tesoI,,
iiops OF Mr.. Jrherson-and that iis shame upon IN
Old Dominion, that after having seduced South Carroll
ma into the adoption Of principles, should now
desert her when 81 IL about 10 them into exe-
sstion. have no wish tore,on upon South Carolina
Dr. else she might he reminded, that IL she had fought
EIDE by side with Virginia, for more than thirty years
IN the defence Of Sac Rights. su abuses as che now
neprecates. might not N We existed. We might re-
MIND her. mat no State ever opposed The Virgins
School with 80 much vehemenre SOu'h Carolina !;
that no politicians denounced our principles with
90 murb zeal as Messrs. Calhoun and McDuffie that
hhss been hut within Elk years. that Mr.. MadisoD's
Report was ever known stsdied nv Major Hami'.
Ton; and we 'u regret 10 hnd her misunderstanding
hold With Mr.. dayton who, addressed from
Balston Springs Of the 3d August TO Mr. Speers Of g. o.
TIE radical sr'S gstSysaog the mind. Of those who
coaooad general principle only bs upon in oxrome
With remedy. " considers an Act Of
Consre whether constitutional o. onccnstituona
Of granted may he injurious usnrpation Of
he vitality bcr intors
thst she would be- 10 botor situation Ivy Withdrawing from than
by sdhefng the Union right and ~ %
government for herself Whether che shall pursue This
course is question of cxpdency, which ought
mined without the profound deberotion The
tfuo question be solved by not
the prevailing opinionis whether existing Tariff or D-
pjop, be The greutor evil"