Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-09-29
n..,in cl,lh,. IN 500 Carullnn.

EaAasE1s ~ OVdAB -
n,iociplss, and thereby to counterfeit toe reea-
l., action OF the constiiuiianally enacted laws
- ,ba land. il the institution OF those powerful
.osioes which operated shh such fearful poten-
80 durin. the sauguinary era oil the French Rev.
.t.,ion-and which were then called Jdcobin
r,.Ls hu, which The South Caroline Anarchists
-. d,euihed with the more imposing aud
i. o,,oxious uilr Of" Stale Rigtts aud Free
g.aAs 3,ociatiou.o The cen'rsi seat of this
,o,uidalle body is in Charleston. aud at ITS
...d i. Governor James Hamilton, Jr.-who
.srm. 10 pride himself on his connection with
an. Revolutionary Club. even more than he
.ao IN. digniied station 10 which he has
,... called by the s%dflrsge s Of his f~ellow-ciii-
u.,. a. Cnief NJ ~,gistrate of the Sovereign
STAT. of South CaroIins.
Inc branches of this Association are spread
Throughout the State aud, receiving their i'm.
mia. RON the parent Institution, eau at all
,l,es he brought to act with wonderful concert
20 a,a rfic,eucy-lhus rendering 'he voice OF
rha,ies,oo TO South Carolina, What that of
p.,i. Is 10 France-,ho unelterabie law. What
G., Walter scott SAYS OF the French Clubs is
eoually true of those of South Carolina /:
Tn. afili4tion, as it was called, or close cor.
,s.oondence of the Jacobin Clubs Says he) in
all ,h.,r rami6eat,on$, tended 10 influence this
~rohl,csI fever, aud To direct lis fury" Wher-
ever ,l.ey exist. they exercise a controlling IN
au.pce over public sentiment, 10 which The
commands OF the law Bre as impotent as a
t,,pad ia the hands af a G'ant--or as the
v,ce of reasou drowned IN tina whirlwind and
t.mpe,l Of a I,centious mob, goaded 10 fury by
the arts Of demagognes. aud directing their
vengeance against their helpless slctnnS. II
need, no seer 10 tell hat mea sures which have
tnrIr oriyin in the mldnight Declarations OF tins
Jacolln Club deliberations they may be
called u, winch all The worst passions VI our
nature are wrought u to henzy by the
most soul stirring eloqpence, depicting INA
gi,aiy grievances, aoj pointing 10 the mode
If redress with an emphasis which leaves no
room 10 the imagination to doubt that the
ssord 10 nIeani-Ae SAY, that II requires no
rrophet 10 inreielI thai measures WHICH thus
originate must have q fatal termination. la q
country like our's, too, where every la" must
be the will of the people, speaking through their
Represen,atives no man or set Of men, and no
srction Of country can nationally apprehend
any oppression, which may not be Tedressed by
the peaceable aclion of onI political system.
For, the con stitntion contains within itself a cu-
r,tive principle, to which the aggrieveh can at
Nil Tim es resort, with the certain Of finding
1t ~efectlal to redress their grievances. With ii
hpll kn,wipdgs of this fact, IT seems to us that
~ patriot eau consent to resort TO ,Deans, 70
count erac, what they are pleased TO term un>
constitutional and oppressive lave, such rs
have been adopted IN South Carolina, aud
which fnd thpir models only among the most
licenrious men Of the most licentious age which
The history Of The world pourtrays-N which it
holds up ss an sdmooitory warning, that the
wise vii not conie mn nor neglect-Or. il they
d., they must submit, to be associated, in prin-
uiple aud character with those men, who, in
,hs language Of one of the eloquent historians
o. the 6Iaoiy times in which they flour,sbed,
and which is eqaally applicable at the presen,
period. ii in the prospect of be,terns their own
,.nualiou by wealth, or Obtaining stopp for tiieir
snbiti ~, aspired TO throw the elements OF So
liely into confusion aud thus
Disturb the peace of alIthe world,
" To rule 1t, when It's wiide>e,'
Gen. Washlagion, -" TN that ,agacily and fore
signt for winch hr ~ss distinguished above his
fellow men, early fore.aw The lie, nse aud the
Impunily winch our Tree insti,n' ions wonld give
50 The dema sog ical arts OF lsolious aspirents,
whose ambition would outran the public al
probation OF their merit. Aud his warning
u the American People, in that insaluabte
legacy, (his Farewell Address) seems TO have
been conceived ia The true sp,rt OF prophetic
wisdom. He could not have more accurately
pourtrayed the danger which our in.trUIIons
would have TO entonoter irom this source, had
tFe South Carolina Association been organized,
whle he yet lived. Hear his sole;an admoni.
ton "Atl combinations and associations,
under whatever plausible character, with the
4'di design TO dneci, control, counIeract OF
awe III regular deliheration aud action Of the
constituted authorities, ara OF fatal tendency.
Lucy serve TO organize iaclion-to give it am
h't'lcial aud extraordinary force-lo put in tue
place OF the delegated will Of The nation, The
voice OF a party, often a small, but a.liul AMI
ehle'prIsing minority of the community and,
according to the alternate triumpis OF different
parties, TO make tue public administration the
mirror OF the iil-concerted and homogeneous
projects of a faction, rather than the organ OF
Wholesome aud consistent plans. digested by
s4ionon counsels, and modified by mutual in
'eresis. However combiustions or associations,
NJ The sbo We description, may now and then
answer popular ends, they are likely, in the
course OF tine and Things, TO become potent