Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-12-08
THE CRISIS

Z" The Union 1t must aud shall be preseTved.iH
VueaionIn hatred of doctrine let us not forget the
rights of the complaining States concessions spirit Of
%s %s pSa an G TGS" which policy
These two toasts We're drunk at the South Ward
Celebration of Philadelphia by the Democratic Par
ty, on the 18th ult. They contain the whole " Law
and the Prophets" The Union must be preseyyed-
.Ntdtcdt'On must be dScOu3tendncedTh rights of
The complaining States must be Uindicated-a sDrf of
orbedrdnce, and mutual concession, must be aiopted
In other words, the Union must be preserved and The
Tariff on protected articles must be grad,qlly but con-
sderdbty redced-aRd the Protective SysteHa must be
ultimately erPunged from the statute book.
We are now laboring between two extremes-the
lorong and the remedy-the Tariff and Modification.
We must protest against both. They are both evils
of gigantic magDitude-and situated as Virginia is,
we ought to lift hands and our voices against
both. word as to each of them
The TARIFF.-We adopt perfectly the sentiments
which are contained in the following extract of a
letter in the Boston Centinel, from New York
Correspondent Of the 9th November
"The dislike oi'he tariff SYSTEM recently carred out
Is well nigh universal the dislike of the father OF
that system That system of policy, pushed as has
been is ielt inurousy every where. IL inecis our bu
siness friendships, brings neghbors and Scquan
iances into angry collisions; but above ALL has broken
the brotherhood OF the Union, divided the. nation nto
angry sections and threatens make wounds which can
never be healed. Here, the current has set irressiv
agahs the tariff Hardly has a decided change
beeh wrought IN the feeling OF any community on any
subject than in this community during tie present year
on this subject.
nc recent election has developed the real opinions
the democracy OF the country respecting the Tariff IL has
gwen 1t an unaerabe verdict of condemnation and bv
showing that to advocate that policy not the road 10 popu
lar iavor has loosened that hold upon political
aspants which has been its chief support The tariff is
no longer the ladder which, in their dreams ambitious
men see before them reaching up the Capitol Your
arh politicians will have long faced account 10 settle
WIN the nation, and with the great OF the nanufac
uefs who have been in favor OF the ultra
Wch have been TAKEN but whose interests have been put
az hazard to crafty the ambition Of others.
"Ihe american System is Abandoned bV The eOiu
tJy and must be remoUed. Will your leaders have the
hberahy-l might perhaps better say, the sagacty-io
come out generously for compromise on fair scale The
hrst remove from the tariff Of 1916 was putting every
thing at hazard and every subsequent movement has gone
to consummate the evil Nothing but inaiuation pre-
vented the friends Of the American system from seeing
last winter, that the end Of their fayore policy was Al
hand But they hurried upon ruin n heV pursue the
same course hereafter, their oUerfrOc D be most dis.
asfrOus."
NULnFIcATIoN.-Th oppressive and miscIIiev-
Gus character Of the Ordinance which is Just passed
by the Convention Of Columbia is thus strongly de-
scri6ed in letter from Washington to the dNew
York Standards"
esn THIS very act, IL appears in form still more h6r
nbc' iou viii see that every citizen Of South Carolina
disqualified Tor holding any office under the State civil
or MILITARY, and even Rom acting Juror who does not
take an oath TO obey and aid executing the ordnance Of