Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-07-02
EXTRACTS FROM MR' NoUrFIE,s ss.a..!

, Sy "i our lorefatherS, are again c. fened HfoH ns by new and r,,a-e .sr Gerr task- masters. Onr ancestors we're compelled to trade with the mother country, a restriction which they scarcely felt, because, even with unlimited freedom, thay would hardly have traded any where else. We are compelled under rheavy Custom House penalties, Co trade vHh Me IarF States, who have no ciaims of faternty to sanction such an exercise of authority over us, or 70 enSure moderation ID is eycerciSe a restriction which we feel to be runous, because it excludes us from the very markets to which our interests most strongly lead us."
 "Thcrc is no form of despotism SO utterly lntolerabe, as an interested majority acting upon the peculiar and adverse interests of the minority. They act without any control. moral or political, and are utterly destitute Of the sympathy which would be felt by the most absolute aristocracy, when residing a. mong their subjects. We are, in fact, the $HojectS cf fhe Uery 7vorSt shecics Of aristo- cracy in he 7oorid, an uhsfart mersenarv aF'sfocracy, of absentee landlords, gvho kno7o very fatie about our Suferings, and care stlll less, and arc notorously influenced by the most bitter feelings of animosity and pre- Jutlce' Indeed, the whole of the planting States may be justly regarded as constituting vast plantation, and ourselves mere Stew ards, tolng Tor the benefit of these absentee landlords, who accurately receive much the largest part ot our nett income, without any ot the trouble or responsibility of manage ment.."
 |" No one Can contemplate the rapid growth and prosperous trade of the Northern cities. and the towns and villages which are con- stanty sprnging into existence, as if created oy some magical power, and then turn his eyes upon the memorials of decay every where exhibited in the cities and towns and villages of the South, without being convinced that the pernicious influence of human tyran- ny and ppression have withered the choicest blessings of Heaven in one portion of the con- federacy, that another portion might prosper. on its ruins"
 ''We cultivate staple which is subject to a federal tax equal to one third of our in comes, and this very tax is transferred as a bounty to Northern industry-It is impossi- ble that any soil, however productive, or any industry however tolsome and efficient can stand thls exhausting process. Ruin, utter rum, IS the inevitable destiny of the cotton planter, 1t some power be not interposed to relieve him from the oppression thus inflicted upon him, by heartless and irresponsible tyranny"
 
 Whatever fosition Mere fore, this State may aSsume fn is souereign cahacity, neither Congress, nor aH Me dehartment8 of Me Federal Government united, can constitu- tionally do solitary act 70 change that ho8i- lion. rMey could, t 7uould inToiue he a6- surd contradiction that the State is soyereien. and subject at the same time"
 
 Whatever sovereign decree State shall promulgate in protecting the rlghts and d.ii6er- ties offhe heohie from outrage and oppression, sOery citizen 7vithin its limits would be bound by the most sacred Ties of allegiance, to carry into effect The citizens would, of course, be exempted from Me guilt of treason. The real traitor-he who would be legally and subject to be punished for treason, qvould De the citizen of the State zvho look sides 7vith our ohhressors, and at- to enforce the acts Q / unconsttution- al tyranny. Where then is the diDic uity, and where the danger of nterposing the sove- reign power of the State, in case of ac- knowledged injustice and oppression, perpe- trated in opposition to the most solemn guar antees of the covenant of the Union? Allow me to tell you that there is no real difficulty or danger in the matter, that freeman should regard for moment"
 
 "When tyrannical and oppressive majori- ty, throwing aside all the restraints of the Constitution, oheniy herhetrafe robbery un- der the forms of legislatiom, and l am called upon to recognize this as the authority of the Union, say, and say it in the spirit of the decalogue, 'sI will not bow down and wor- ship this false idol" The Union, such as the majority has made it, is q foul monster, which those who worship, after seeing it's dcformi- ty is 7vorthy oftheir chains !!!!!!
 ''lt is impossible to contemplate the con- duct ot our ancestors, when placed in similar circumstances, without 6iushing for our de-, Seneracy They commenced the revolution that secured our liberty, when their oppres- sion was not one hundreth part as grievous as ours. miserable tax of Sd pound on tea, was the extent of their grievance. Being dependent colonists, they had no organized sovereignty to protect them from the perils of rebellion and treason. With halters round ther necks, and the stigma of treason on their foreheads, nobly disdaining to count the costs ot a contest, which, though they should perish,' was to secure liberty to their posterity, they fearlessly encountered the gigantic powers of mighty nation. And with this glorious ex- ample before us, shall we basely surrender the inheritance of our children, from q dis SrdcJut fdnfc eIcited bu imaginary dan- gers? Shall we be terrified by mere hhan- foms of blood, when our ancestors, for less cause encountered the dreadful reality? Great God are we the descendants of those ances- tors; are we freemen; are we men-grown men-to be frightened from the discharge or our most sacred duty, and the vindication ot our most sacred rights, by the mere nurse ry story of raw-head-and- bloody -bones, which even the women of our country laugh to scorn?
 Attack upon the Liberty cf the Prsss.-On We'd nesday evening last, horse, having ran away with