Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-09-28
STATE RIGHT CELEBRATION
IN SUMTER DISTRICT

STATE RIGHT CELEBRATION.
IN suMprER DISTRICT
Extract from, General Blair's Speech:
NV op;niens in relation to the encrOachments
Of Cousress-,he present excitement IN South
Carolina, and our prospects of redress from the
present administration, and the subsequent pro-
ceedinss Of Congress, have already been made
known to YOU through the medium OF the public
prints. Until the change which thought thugs
took for the better at the very close OF the last
session Of Congress, was as murh disposed ior
prompt action on the part OF South oarohna' as
any of YOU. now think 1t Is MOI me nme 10
act. Most Of nv reasons for TINS opinich nave
heretofore been given. | will only now suggest
as an additional one, The d!Isfence :" Cp'"''n'
that exists throughout the State upon ui's SUE
iect. We are divided amongst ourselves not
SO much as to the mode but with regard 10 .he
time of action. To my mind, this consideration
forms one of the strongest reasons ior further de-
law and forbearancc. South Carolina need not
recede from her attitude or her doctrines; but
simplv oire time for the realization OF those
hopes so confidently founded, by many on the re-
cent proceedings Of the President, and the late
Indications Of CONGRESS. If finally, those hopes
prove vain and deiusive, it Will stu be Tune
enough for South Carolina to take the remedy
IN her own hands, and ''srappie win the sI
ant - In the mean time. tst her prepare herSsJjoF
action. Let her Top of all useless offices, cur
tail extravagant salaries, and abandon all use
less expenditures. among which, would enumc-
rate the item for free schools Let her also pay
off her state debt. and fill her Golfers with pen-
~ of her own cash; and last, though not least,
let her reorganize and classify her militia Hoard
I'm arms and munitions of war, and bcstow RI
cid discipline on that class composing the elite OF
her military force Let her do this and every
thing else that may be necessary to prepare her
for the contest And when 1t Is known 10 the
General Government that. the mouth OF old Ihg'-
sites has been stopped from railing, and that
'the great Achilles is armlng IN his tent" you
NAV expect to have yonr rights and your inter-
ests respected. Under this state OF things,
would present YOU the following sentiment:
The freemen Of Carolina, they may be annihi-
lated, they nerer cGn be conquered.
am respectfully, Gentlemen,
Your Obedient Servant,
JAMES BLAIR.
THIS extract needs no commentary. The invi-
tation to prepare for ,cor. is express and une-
uuiyoca!. Replenish your cOtfers--hoard up
arms and ammuniton-disciplin your troops"
This language is held by member OF Congress,
and addressed to Americans against Americans.
ana the SONeTuNlent vi 'Wo Po'-
rotism! Patriotism of the Cooper school -
But let the United States tremble! 5. Carolina
is arming in her tent-Great South Carolina
and when Achilles takes the field, what presump.
tuous mortal will dare the contest! Who but
will smile at this idle gasconade. from the weak
es, State in the Union! 4 State which, If in
time of danger. she keeps her own helots in sub
lection, will achieve great things. What is the
meaning of such language: Is it to intmdate
the government and people Of the Z. States, or to
stimulate the dropping spirits CT the Cooperianss
But it matters not-whatever the motive, the
language is alike unworthy the sense of the au-
thor. and the people of s. Carolina and the Uni
on.
We advance to another. and more singular
matter. In the Columbia Telescope of the 18th.
we find the following letters from Judge john
stou Of the Supreme Court U: S. and Col. Tay-
Tor:
To The Editor Of The Telescope.
S1a-The enclosed letter from Judge VIM.
Johnston you will see BY the concluding para
graph was sent to me for publication. The I'M
portance of the allegation, that there has been Tor
six years a conspiracy TO dissolve the union,
whether believe the high authority from
whence If comes or not,) leaves me no choice
but to put the accuser to his proof and the COM
plying with his request will, ii is thought, bring
him out. The publication Of my answer it will
be perceived, was intended at the time it was
written, to be at the discretion of Judge Johnston.
The committee of invitations have thought it best
that the two letters should be published together,
and see no improperly in acgulescing.
JOHN TAYLOR.
Charleston, .Rugusi 81, 1880.