Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-07-07

friends m
knd-all over the world.
AS thesc essays are predcated on the d,ncer -,
dissolution of the Union, and tho arr,,r., y.
determination to effect that unhallowed object ON
cessary that should establish these al ,nor. on,
points '''''
ooih oAhoLiNA is VIRTUALLY ABsoLvED FROM
ALL OBLIGATION TO THIS CoNFEDERAcY The end for
WHICH hcn TINS government has been instituted, has
been ueieated-and must Of necessity resolre itsrlt
INTO ats original elements."-Charesfon Mercury
~ resistance produces disunion, let disanicn
CONG. Better that it come now than seventy wears
hence, when our trade shall hare been DESTROYED
our policy cruinbled to ruins-our citizens ruined
ana our spirits broken down by wrongs upon wronrs
heaped upon US, by government, in the hands of
manufacturers, families and abolitionists."
Lot the Legislature meet IN the spring. and either
declare separation from the anon, else declare
the o6norious ta,es n nuiitp and FORBID opEpIrycr.
TO THEM, in conformity with the sentiments of the
country and according to their own repeated and
most solemn pledges. Columbia TelLescone -
Sin proceeding to nulify, we commit no act of
aggression or usurpation! We merely mildly de-
fend ourselves against onc."-Charlcston Mercury
"1herc ,could not be, under any circumstances, a
necessity for revolution. We resist to ultimate
extremity ioithout 1T. a DISSOLUTION OF THE UNION
DOES NOT NECESSARILY INVOLVE A REVOLUTION The
State of South Carolina, which, by a convention,
acceded to it, can by convention oecede from it.
She contracted with her sister states upon certain
conditions, and those conditions Ibeinpl grossly
and rremediably violated it is her right 10 abandon
tho union."-Southern Times.
'hEsIsTANcE DE FACro TO TYRANNY or Con-
GREss-a right and duty consecrated on the altar
of our revolution The best rail road to restore to
dls commerce, confidence and safcty."-Toast Jv r.
4rumbnu.
''Suppose Charleston A FRI: PORT, cxactinp no
duties on entry exit-or at the very utmost
five per cent. ad valorem, on imports free mort
where the vessels OF evcry nation upon earth might
bring, without let hindrance, what they have
to sell, and purchase freely what we can supply.
,ehdt city acould it be IN fire gears. what depot
for the transatlantic world! what scene for com
mercial agency! And what nation would modest
a free port which is the port of every nation
which all nations are deeply interested in promot
ing and guaranteeing? And what other taxes do
we need In that case, thar the same taxes we NOW
raiser And what danger have we to fear? Who
molests Lubec, Hamburger, Bremen? Would Eu |
rope permit 4 free port to be blockaded? And
where are the taxes to be obtained, to pay the |
expenses of an hostile attack upon us by our Guon.
dam friends?"
i'Resolved, that the governor of the state be in |
structed and required to protect the citizens ofths
state from the unconstitutional control or oppres |
sion of all such laws as may be attempted to he
enforced upon them from any and every foreign
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. altered to the LEGISLATURE of
South Carolina by Mr.. Wilson
"You are oppressed, wrongfnlly, grievously, I'M
eonstitutionaly oppressed, beyond the liberation of
any free people since the rose upon man in the
of his rights--and if it is your will to
thTo,D oil this oppreSSion and to uindicate your H.
berties, rest upon one man, number of men,
but rely upon yourselves for self Protecion."-Ad-
dress of X. b. Smith, Esq. to his constituents.
"fhe crisis is by far the most important one that
ever tried the institutions of our country believe
they will go through it safe. But if they do not
for one shall be for my natiue glorious little state
right or i1rong.' And regardless Of what others
may suggest, 1 NOT BE ONE OF THE FIRST
TO sIcKEN AT THE SIGHT OF BLOOD Charles
ton Mercurg
"Answer me, What is the issue now made nm
Onr mr. ri orD hraf
1t not issue Of life and death-of hberty and
stduery Turn not to your rcvoluton for it
must shame you: look back to the history OF all
past ages, and tell me when and where did that
people ever live, possessed of the least pretensions
to civilized liberty, no have been goadcd with such
insults and such wrongs, ind DID NOT SPRING TO
The cANNoN's MATCH AND TO TIE 3svrzrr To RE-
DRESS THEM?-Idem.
''THE MEMORABLE SCENES OF OUR REVOLUTIONS ,pr
TO BE ACTED OVER AGAIN."-MiHedgepiHe JournaL
could fill large volumes with matter of SINH
lar sedtious, might say rebelous, tendency, from
the Charleston Mercury, the Columbia Telescope
the Southern Timas, &c.
Here we the address, the zeal, the ardour the
industry employed to marshal the citizens of the
United States in hostile array against each other
to let slip the dogs of war'-to arm father apainst
TO renew the horrors of the bloody scenes that took
place during the revolutionary war; particularly in
South Caroline and Georgia, where neighbors shot
each other down, in the sanctuaries of their res
pectiye houses, remorselessly they would dis
patch so many tigers. Every description of per-
sons is appealed to- for the purpose of raising re-
cruitS In the crusade against the TYRANNY OF CON-
BRRss" The friend of tranquility is allurcd by
soothing strains, that qualification is not war
it can be effected peaccably, and il
would seem to be almost simple process as the
repeal of city ordinance. They are assured that
10 nullify l&w of Congress is ''no act of agress-
sion or usurpation"-that ''there is no necessity
for reyolution"-and that ''they can resist TO ulfi-
mate extremity t0ithOuti t!'
The ardent friends of liberty are aroused bv the
that "they are grievously wrongfully
oppressed" and beyond any
thing ever endured by any civilized nation; but
the declaimers do not detail what those terrible oD
pressions Those who aspire for fame sat tie
cannons mouth" arc called upon ..'to reneao the
scenes'-the bloody ''of the reuolution,r
And, finally, the votaries of Mammon are to he al
lured by the extension of trade and commemorative
brilliant advantages of making Charleston ga free
port every nation upon EARTH to to for the
disposal of what they have to sell; and for the MIR
phase of what they want!
1t is not, therefore, wonderful that, with sol
much industry so necessarily employed, deep
has been made, and that many of
your citizens prepared for any extremity.S
But let me repeat once moTe-and s'as if an an
gel spoke feel the solemn Sound"-Nullifcaton is
civil war; which man too often plays the part of
demon incarnate.-
"When after BATTLE the field have seen,
Spread DER with ghastly shapes, which once Svere |
men;
A nation crushd! a nation of the brave!
A realm of DEATH and on this side the gravel
Are there, said i, who from this sad survey
This human chaos, carry smiles away
How did my heart with indignation riscl
How honest nature swelfd into my eyes,
How was SHOCKED, TO think the lloro's trade |
'Aof such materials, fame and triumph nader