The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1832-04-04
SOUTH CAROLINA.

The National Intelligencey says-We
feel it to he our duty to lay the following
before our readers, corresponding as 1t does
with information which has reached US from
other sources:
From the Sarannah Georgian
Extract of u letter dated Charleston, Mareh
8, 1882.
The state of public feeling here, aud pro-
bahly throughout South Carolina, IS 10 say
the least oft, alarming. Nothing is talked
of but Modification and its probapie fohse-
quence and the excitement grows SINCE
the manifesto of the Nullifers. adopted al
the Convention. was sent forth on MONDAY.
] do not know what will he the upshot OF
this business, but the party does seem ne
termined to proceed TO do the very worst II
has Threatened. The consequence is, peo-
pie, particularly the moderate part, look on
with dismay and It's possible some OF the
violent view it also as hasty AMI lil-advlsed.
1t is understood here, that if Congress does
not essentially modify the tariff, special
session of the Legislature will be called,
Immediately after its adjournment who
will adopt measures necessary to render 1t
nulItv. though civil war, disunion, &C., &c,
NAV follow. Depend upon it, the crisis is
at hand, and the efficiency of notification
will probably shortly be tested. The fol-
lowing, the concluding paragraph of an ad-
dress to the people Of Chester district, ).
c., bv the committee appointed 10 draw 1t
up, shows the high state of excitement of
the public mind -
"Fellow Citizens Your country is in
danger. and the subject need no longer he
disguised. 1t is apparent that there are
men in the midst of us who are urging the
State into hostile contest with our own
Government and who are looking to England
for assistance to rescue them from the d.
lemma consequent upon such a contest.
Yes, to the degenerate and corrupt Govern
ment of Old England-against whose wick
ed misrue the noble army Of religious mar
tyrs is yet bearing testimony--a Govern
ment which in its unrighteoas and unhallow-
ed lust for domination, has shed the blood
Of men from the SHOWS Of Scandinavia to
the plains of Hndostan, and which IS now
denying to its own citizens the inestimable
right of an equal representatlon-to this
Government we are to look for assistance
in the event of struggle with the Govern
ment of the United States. To those of
our opponents who yet retain their Ameri-
can feelings, and who have been de-
luded into an opposition to their own coun-
try, we say-come cut from among them,
and be separate. By the eternal principle
of liberty, therefore-by the immortal mem
cry of Washington, and by the blood of
your fathers, which was poured out like
water for the establishment Of the Ameri-
can Union and American independence,
and which cries to Heaven against every
plan of disorganiza.ion. we conjure you to
be up and doing. If other districts prefer
the black and piratical, and traitorous hand
of Modification, and the bloody flag of Old
England, let il be known, that when the
standard Of liberty, the broad stripes and
bright stars of the American Union shall be
unfnrled to the breeze, the people of Chester
will be proud to acknowledge themselves
among its most strenuous supporters"
ISAAC Hit made his debut in the Senate on
the Tariff question. lsaac's maiden effort was
an essay rather than speech-for we learn that
he took the manuscript from his pocket and
read it off, verbatim, as it was written. The
occasion, we understand, gave rise to most
excellent comedy. Isaac, like genuine Rem
egado, went the whole length, in his written
speech, against the protective system, which
he formerly advocated. He is for repe aling all
protective duties When he sat down, Mr.
Holmes rose and inflicted upon him we'll mel
tied castigaiion. He quoted Isaac against him
self--hy reading his former opinions from the
New Hampshire Patriot, OF which he has long
been and is still the editor. In reply to the
praises which Isaac had lavished upon Jack
son in his written speech, for his antitarif
policy, Mr.. Holmes cruelty read passages
wherein Isaac had formerly praised Adams and
Clay for their tariff policy, and abused Jackson
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and others like him. The Jackson men at first
hung their beads-then smiled-and finally
laughed obstreperously in Isaac's face hr
Holmes addressing his victim observed that
the change was very great-whereupon Isaac
turned pale, trembled, and getting half mp from
his chair, stammereG forth" Principles dc
not change-men do That is precisely wha
meant to say-said Mr.. Holmes.
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