Litchfield enquirer., 1832-11-15
SOUTH CAROLINA.


 passed by constitutional majority the bill authorizing the call of Convention tO nulli- | fy the Tariff Act. Their decision is thus ex- 0ltingly noticed by the Columbia Tines, al tending Ratification paper:
 lNe Convention. The Legislature has pass- ed the hill. to call Convention by a vOte of! SI t0 IS in the Sspate. and an overwhelming C0Ostliutional nsajNfity in the House of Rep Tcsentatives. The long and fearful contest Is at length decided. and the friends of liberty FeiOice in the result. This session of the l1e- gislature forms new era in the history 0L our county. 1t has infused gladness into the AheaTts Of all true CarOlinians, and filled with dismay the enemies of State Rights. Aiter gpNDing in darkness and uncertainty for eight years, it comes upon us like some sunny isle, risiag to the view of the lost and weather beaten mariner. pr as the dawning Of day. tO the benighted and wayworn traveller. u is the forerunner of reformation. and South Car Olina sees the prospect of her emancipation from the thraidom of unjust taxation. ID this prospect, as if the veil of the future had been lifted to exhibit the delightful vision, she sees her commerce Aourishing- -her agricul- ture again prOftahle-her population cOnten- : ted to live on their native soil, and general prosperity frightening the countenances of all.
 We lament t0 say there are some among us who receive 10 pleasure from the prOceed- recent meeting the Union party in Charles. ton, that the whole of that class of the e;ti- zens in Charleston, denoniinated ]" Union Men," are opposed to the action of the State. But ws believe there are very few honest and patriotic men in South Carolina who will re- sist the will of the people, declared in their highest sovereign capacity. These few, if there De any, will act under the most pitiable infatuaiion. How can they oppose the State ]? Ifihey mean hy opposing. simply to argue and remOnstrate, the greatest evil that can be- fal thern. will bc the weight of popular opin- ion cast upon them. with all it's censure and contempt. But if they mean to raise rebel Iinn, and stain their tfsiiorotls hands in The. blood of their fellow -citizens their puny ef- forts will prove aboTtive, and their scanty troops will be 0f no more avail against the power Of the State, than "the small infantry warred on ny cranes" .ss,. ,.esF
 The demagOgues whO shall conduct them, will meet with the punishment due to traitors and their deluded followers share u similar fate, or in mercy be sent home t0 lead lifs. of infamy. But is utterly impossible to be- lieve that any one will take np arms against the constituted authorities of the State ; and resistance by argument and rem0nsrrance will be the height Of folly after the State has once acted. With the exception of few ta- 1 rifmen, all parties are for resisting the unjust exactions of the General Government and since the Union party have failed in their measures, let them join the State. The Nui. { lifiers arc standing with outstretehed arms. ready to embrace them, the moment they say " we go for the State." @ s:s..
 Some Oftheir leaders have already express ed themselves 10 this effect, and we earoestIy I hope that all will see the necessity, as well as { policy of union throughout the whole State. We shall then present to our oppressors one undivided front. and have the satisfaction to know, that the iendish spirit of discord has at length left us. and that wc are again restor ed to the blessings of peace and social order.
 Fms Cali 0f COuyentlOn. and the results which will shortly spring from it will compel all tho States. immediately, to take sides si- ther for, or against us. All the Southern States, whose interests arc identified with ours, willdeclare themselves in favor 0f South ] Carolina, and will of course, support her. in 1 any dispute that may take place between her} and the General Government. Ina COnven- tiOn of States 10 decide whether Congress shall have power to lay enormous irnpost du- ties. or not. a sufficient number Of States wilt tse found voting for South Carolina, to show that It is in vain to hope for the three fDurths necessary under the Constitution to delegate the doubtful power. And when We n1llify the protective system, we give it the death blow. The world will then see this daring monster laid low in the dust, and [. the absurd principle of NulIiRcation'' transformed into the most efficient remedy for the violation ofl our Consultation. 4fs11
 We shall soon have the grafiication to know that South CarOlin@Dwas inf the feont rank. in reseuing the great charter of American fiber. ty from an untinaely end. The future histo Eian, if he be . CarOlinian, will record this with delight. and our decendants will read it as something to he proud of.
 The following is synopsis Of the hill to provide for the calling ofa Convention, reler- red to in the above article. The preamble is in these words :-- 'f # ..l@
 Whereas, the Congress olthe United States. hath on divers occasions enacted laws layinr duties and inp0sts for the purpose of encour. aging and protecting domestic or American MapHfactures. and for other unwarrautable pasposes, which laws, in the opinion of ihe good people of this Stata and the Eee;slat.,re thereof are unauthorized by the Consiitution -sa the United States. and are an infringement aIihe rights secured to the States respectiye. y. and operate to the grievoas injury and on \ press'on of the citizens of South Carolina.-- ana wnereas. tO the people assembled in Convention it belongs to determine ihe ch.r. acter oi such act, as we'll as the uat,,r.. and cv. tent of the evil, and the mods and r,..,,s,,... of redress: '''sAs"'s