Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-07-27
CELEBRATION BY THE
"UNION AND STATE RIGHTS PARTY"

OD me yNut0nut .dnnCcrSJTl.
The Hon. Thomas Lee offered the following sepii
Hugh L'eare-An enlightened Jurl't and
eo1.,iiuionn Lswysr-.a frisnd 20 'he Uri1n md an
sale and Sfficisn' advocate Of Safe r ghis
On which MI Lsgare rose, aod sddr essej the meet
irg in he suhjOinsd admirable Spsech;
Mr.. Legsre said he obg ID to the Meeting =
the oppor uui,y IL red him. acc ordns 10 an
usage, OF sayng what he thought and fsi upon III,
momen'ous occasion Tor il seemed to biu that ad
brought hem 'oSethsr, aid would glad avail him
self OF it to fpeSk vsry much at epgh not ahy
sicaly impossible TO mske himself he hesd in so vas
an asstmbsge. He ihorg'i II due 20 himself and 10
these who were OF The same way Of H. ink ny thet their
senms nts should be f,iriy and Iully expressrd-for
he had no doub', that they we're ,ueh as would mss
the hearty concurercs ota great mijoriy of the peo
pie Of Saul Carolina. He Tel, the less regre,, how
ever, at the selidenis he was oh iged 10 practice, be
the able spsesh OF he Orator of he day, bed
maintained the docttioes wbi, lie (Mt. L) proeis
ard for which as The representative OF the people
Cha ss co. he had s'rsnucusly, and, he aered him.
sef, not unnecessarily ctntended in the Legisa,u
cf State during several successive sessions Thee.
doctrines they had heard expounded and enforced ha
morning, by man ard in worthy ef he
proudes days o. This groud city, did Ia thit
any or could have listened TO that discourse whour
being The wiser and better for H.
l. has been frequently thrown out Of late Ia the Ian.
gUasc Of mptaDt and censure, (said Mr.. L) and Oh
a recent occasion, very empha,ieaiy, by geoiiemap
for whom every Account, entertain the profcundes
respect that ibeTe s serisin party among u.s. who
much intent w. on Correcting the OF some 81
SIT sTe" Than upon putting their shoulders tn
wheel ling witb the rs,t oitseir iesw izen, in al
homes, and manly sot 10 relieve the Sac from ho
theDs rnder which II IL though, TO be snsing-.n plain
English, that their pretended hostility 10 ihs tariff
IL si sham. Sir this would bo severe febuke il i,
deserved for one should be very sorry % think
that the par, am tax ng in The proceedings OF this
open to thai construction. God knows il with
extreme reluctance, that mae Up my mind 10 take
hi. s,ep. But what was to do? What terra i've ha
been lett us by itose who have the s'rueiv-
jory OF The State, that is % say, The IN jory Of the
leei aure at their bxsk! They have chosen TO narrow
down he whole controversy concerning the American
,ysem 10 single point. Thy have made up Issue
and demand categorical EXPIRE 'sioD Ct opinion upon III
expetiercy ct Immediately nerpo'og the oveIeigb
powered the Stale, TO proven, the execution at N.
TT II law. That il 10 saw, according To Mr.. NJ Duf
h.s reading, One only sensible r4sdnE) of that rahe
ambguo phrase, 10 raise the standard OF the S ato
Gas they said niOdtsty 10 express, iD ard to
summon her subjects, by the allegiance which they
10 her, TO gather around it, 10 order 10 resist law
Congress SIR, If do not isuudersaDd all thai hay
recently heard from men In high Iltces, (and " do
mi.uI dtrstaud them, Il IL no because havs
aDxiOusly ard pa ieny examined Whatever hey have
said and dore) ,his, and this alone, is the question
before us. In such a question all mir or cons dera-
lions are swallowed Up and los'. Upon such ques-
ii n can or ought TO benz man 10 the face oil
a mhuity excited ard divided this is, dare be
neutral Il prcPounded TO ne. after the fahoD OF the
old Roman Sina,s-you who thihk ibus, go ibiiher-
you who are OF any othT opinion stay hsre. The
country call. upon every individual how'ver hxmbie
he may be, TO tsks his posi- in ;bs ah'y eol c. Sir
obey that psram cunt cormsnd. and be II Tor veal
be II Tor vice. b: II f glory be II for shame, for life
and for death, here am
But, Sir, | repeat II. should mos, dee,Iy ,osre,.
that what we are now 6oos, should be tough, to
give any eountensncs to any part e The American
System" lis kuo~p, l beisve, 10 every body pre-.
sen', from various publications when have teen iops
before The community, that think that system un on
situiiouB', usjn,t, sud usxpedisnt. Tb, opinion 1
did not take up hastly-or, with regatd 20 The TMif
l. In common with evsry body else 10 he STATE once
thought /, within the eOmps.nsy Of Cosgte". But
more AZURE inquiry has resulted in a change of nv
opinion upsn ,ka, suSsc and although dare not ex-
press myself confidently 10 refp.e 10 H. as IL 10 The
habit Of tie tmestO do must be permitted TO say tina,
am more and more sreng ibened in that conviction
by every day experience and e1-cop.-Sir II had
any doubt about the matter tbs proceedings OF ri, day
would be sufficient 10 dspsl ii.-It is melancholy 10
think ct the change which has been made In the Tee
log and opinions Of Of the best and sslest me A.
mong us, by this psTniciOus sysiem-to rtfeci tina,
alienation aud distu' Ray, In some insanets hsps,
that wrath and host Ivy now possess ibsse bosobs,
which were but few years ago warmsd with the LOT.
test and the hottest enthusiasm for The goverpr1eni OF
their own ADD their iathsfs choice. The authors ei
This policy Indirectly respou sibe for this
sAie OF things, ard Tor all the conse uusnees that NAV
grow out Ct n. They have been gail,y nj 40 inexpa
bic offence against their eountrJ. They found us 3
united, they have made us a dist acted people. Th.y
found be UDisn OF lhese States an o. ,titf Gerv.n,
love and relic ous yenofa ion they have made even
lie ui'y subject OF controversy smoog very snligh-
ened msn. They hsve brought US not ptaee but a
sword IL owing 70 this policy, that the nj
has TO bear tie blame Of whatever evils beal The PEG.
pie, fom naural OF residential causeF-ihat whether
siorunss sp ing from the barren Of the earth
the nelemsncy at hs seasons The revolutions OF
eommeTcs, or dsiseuve system OF domestic end ru
raj economy In short, from any other soufcs, they
are oil Unfortunately imputed 10 The Tariff The de-
cay and desoleuon Which are invading many parts o.
Ihs lower souftfythe tall In The piee Of our great
uap!s eommoti y-ths conpWa i've unproduefivspess
Of slave lsborsre confidently deslar, 4 10 be the sf-
fec's Of this ojious std iyrsnnissl monopoly gr
firmly convinced 40 sm ihsi here IL SORT OF en-.
nexion, Tor exceedingly slight one) between ihe,s
upquesaonable iasls aid the operstion Of the Tar
Law, YET DO rot ~ooder the indignation which ia,
imposi ion OF such bufhsn OF t1 ibn has excited
10 our people 10 the present gnpFoPsyovs state " ths