Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-01-20
Pas this SUBJECTS neither injurious nor uni,uUor.
tant VIC ask attention to the following article from
the Charleston Courier:
COLUMBIA rim MIX

the Charleston Courier:
From the Charleston Covr;r,
COLUMBIA RUN MAD.
on the SIN OF January, day on which the hearts
oil American ireemen rejoiced in the recollection of
our national glory, the Columbia Teescope in Icnrt
ened paragraphs OF bitter nveciiye, pours out the
phas OF It's wrath upon the good people of Charles
ION because they are not quite mad those whos,
neuosai feelings have been utterly paralzed by the
oaneio influence OF few wild enthusiasts. That
inc eitizens OF Charleston should be abused from
sucn quarter IS to them of little cvnsequencc-of
ono thing their advcrsaries may rest assured that
they VIII not get into a passion upon tho ,ubcc,.
they reel too well assured of the purity and rood
sense OF their conduct to regard the rawlings of NAL
II Is m o. tine Inc t h OF Disappointed men,
tue state should no longer be stifcd by the Wild
Iinagnations ct honest but misguided men, whose
menus nave oeen turned by high sounding epithets,
ana p'atng about state rights by the vciy men
whose zeal hos once burned equally BRIGHT on the
ether side -" vac
! But the Telescope must not do Injustice bv omit
;ns 20 s.ato "the whole TRUTH" and it may be ow.
ny perhaps 10 Its want of information that il prc-
| sumes any one who advocated the npplcotion IN
diu so ut the expense Of his political con-
Ss na out even had opinions change, it would
reviewed their doc rines on many important, no;n,s
Tne'es voted against renewing the charter of Tho
onlteq states Bank, changed bis opinion, and be-
came president of The new institution Mr. Gil
h1uns speech on Internal Improvement, went the
wnoic iength-yct these pure radicals of Columbia
lately pledged to the toast "'rbat Carolina vvouid
supper. MN In Tor the Presidency",o hear them now
cry aloud for consistency, is farccsl But wise and
good men change their opinions; fools and bad men
II they do neoer otcn 10. 's"'
Thus much is due to these recent advocates for
state rights,-they may be honest in their n,,c 6I5
but their desertion of Jackson whose .cn,;n,on,,
'hcy well knew, admits of less excuse Either thew
were mere man worshippcrs." and voted for one
WHOSE principles they dslkcd, or they have dc.
serted their iaoorite in his utmost need .
Out great Injustice has been done in sunr,,sr,,
!nat the Charleston meeting was composed of tho
ule atstocracy or degraded and selfish portion of
ou, e@eHs IL may be relied on that the bone ard
muscle OF The community were there; men whose
SSe, education families, and long tried Character
oeiy the indecent language of scurrlous newspaner
wrners AS TO the advocates of the resolution orc
OF men, II aiiudo TO Col. IIuni) avowed himself
rom ms earliest manhood, disciple of tbat school
IN which Jefferson, Madison, end Crawford wete
leaders lie openly stated his firm conviction of inc
business OF the principles of 1926 and only was rs
tohShen 'nat those who once denied and pe.sccutc,
thei should now not only have become Converts b;,t
apostles OF The very creed they bitterly denounced
he rePeied the thought that lie should Learn, tie
principle OF democratic republican from tho Ja,;i,,
dinarians OF 1925. While he commended Eor s,;n,
construction of the federal constitution he still nss
tea, that u was as much the work cf the peopl, e.
the state constitution The people made holt ,nJ
they alone had the right to destroy either H..
was the DUTY OF every phanthropist and patriot in
stead of tanning the fame of discord bet,yoar ,ho
ono ana the states, to use every exertion to hor-
= Oyyadb his
belief, that the doctrine of strct cons, yuc,;or 80
ohy To be rendered odous by the extrayapuncies or
lts new disciples whose principles led 10 tho on,;b,
i"sead OF inc true interpretation of tho consti-
lutoh' he expressly stated that he adhered 70 H.
resolutions OF 1888, which he advocated and ,Ia6r
ded from the vituperation of these recent rad;rei
that although the United States had no consttn,;on.
o. authority ITO adopt n general system of In,o.na,
Improvement, ds national meastre"-vet no rndor
stood the proposition to involve no such absurdy no
was now COMMENDED for-but that Congress had the
snquestonaoie night to proVide for the common dc.
fence" that 1T bad too long reelected the defence or
the sea board of this State. The maintenance ~
armories and troops, was both safer and cbeano, i,
the interior and good military road from Augusta.
was In itself, work worthy of the national GOVERN
ment and so long as Congress acquired no r5;rss r.
so! or jurisdiction Independent Of he Slate he eouE
not conceive why Congress could NOT add IN The
Ia seG9Iiy OF Charleston, by contributing to
PROJECT which would unite the TOO objects of mill;
tary and commercial avenue from the nte,;o, 20
the sea board. That which was in itself consi;,u.
tona could not be less because happened 4, ho
peculiarly beneficial to any portion Of the TJnor
He protested against any national expendi,uTe
whlch operated unequaJly--he denied the rigbt tn
foster one portion Of the Union al the exncnse r b
resi-, out conlured the meeting to adopt, and act
upon those paterna principles, which the present
Executive had inculcated-to look upon the Distress
ing conflicts which have of late distracted orr conn
Try, rather az domestic feuds which il WINS the nat
oil wisdom and humanity to alay. He utterly ro
lected The idea that any crisis mpcndcd except ono
III which prudence, good sense and patriotism was
about to triumph newborn zeal, and the VIC.
lcncc OF new-made proselytes.
He commended that II was.uninsI and ,nee,s,o. a., ,,
20 men OF liberal education and whose whole tenor OF LIE
ny honor aud virtue The base design of enssypg
ana foDbng their common country alluded 10 the Welt
Known iaeI, that hI WDmhe who yielded intellect and
ahes' negry TO no one Of our State Representatives was
pwn TO be decidedly favorable 10 In. petition which rs
pe.es Compatible with the strce principles o.ha, .eo
winch had so lately won the good eaces OF its
And Mt Editor be assured that there was al hi, same -
ting more age experience and public WORTH than has rraes
any or all The barbacues and wskey dinners which Ina e
gotten up by the blind zcaDs OF disnion with ali the e
we say men of family whose children would reap the pnod oT
ev OF Her ways whose all was involved in Ihe "a
tunes OF Carona aud among them the known heads and
leaders OF the Pures times Of Republicausn The meenI
was animated by no eectoneeung fury msed by no paG9
Len HwaseHm, temperate and RATIONAL aud was the IN,
uswnng Of that bright day. whose early light all uneasv
pirii which have lately terrified distracted the S,o,
stos back to their dark abodes the people will submit no
10 ~ oeuded by the haPsode Of uBfedged politicians
or cheated by the desve projects .so, nm, r6s
mould be gain tits high time that the priuce of sruS
with no God ~ worship end country love should mo- nr
ger poison the morals and the patriotism Of South Carona
Let old teach the Lessons which they learned fm G
bhoKrp ntac fam