The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1832-12-19


the period shen the mask which concealed The !
hideous features of DIsuSIoS should be taken off
II fell and you were made 10 look with co mia |
ccncy on objects which not long since you would I!
have regarded with horror. Look back at tn arts
which have brought YOU To this siate-look Il rward
to the consequences to which It must ineN itahh,
lead Look back TO what was first told YOU rs an
inducemeut to enter into this dangerous course.
The great political truth repeated to YOU that
you had the revolutionary RICH; of resisting all las
that were pllpably Unconstitutional snd il lolerabv
oppressive-it added that the right to nudity
law rested on the same principle but that it was
peaceahe remedy! This character which was
given to 1t. made you receive with too much conf.
dencc the assertions that were made of the nneon
situtlonality Of the law and its oppressive effects
Marx my fellow citizens, that by the admission of
your leaders the unconsttuionality must ,c pafpa-
bic, or it will not justify either resistance or multi
hcation! What is the meaning of the ord palpa-
bic in the sense in which it is here used THAT
which is apparent To every one, that VIII ch no man
of ordinary intellect will fail to percei ~. Is the
unconsiltulonality of these laws OF lat descrip-
ton d.! Let those among your leaders sho once ap-
proved and advocated the principle OF protective du-
ties, answer the question and lei them choose
whether they will be considered Incapable. then
OF perceiving that which must have been apparent
10 every man OF common undeTst" .ndng, as in
posing upon your confidence and endeavorng TO
mlsleld you now. In either vase e. they are unsafe
guides in the perllous path uiey urge YOU to tread.
Ponder well on this circuu stance and you will
know how to appreciate tb exaggerated language
they address to YOU The not the champions
of liberty CIRCULATING the fame of our Revolutionary
Fathers nor are you an op pressed people contend
ing, they repeat to you ainst worse than colo
| NAL vassaagc. You are free members of a flour
/ ishng and happy Union. There is no settled de-
/ sign to Cypress you. You have indeed felt the I'M
equal operation of laws which may have been I'M
wisely, not unconstiutionay, passed but that in
equality must necessarily be removed Atthe very
: " na1l tn thn
| fortunate course you have begun a change in pub
/ lc opinion mad commenced. The nearly approach
ing payment of the public debt and the conse-
qnent necessity OF diminuton of duties. had al
ready produced considerable reduction, and that
too some articles of general consumption in
your State, The Importance OF this change
underrated, and YOU were authoritatiyev told that
no further alienation of your burdens was to be
! expected at the very time when the condition of
the country imperiously demanded such a modi-
cation of the duties should reduce the m to a
Just aud equitable scale But as if apprehensiye
OF the effect of this change in allaynr your dscon
tents, you were prcciptaed into the fearful state
IN which you now find yourselves
! have urged you to look back to the means that
we're used to hurry you OIL TO the position you have
now assumed, and forward to the consequences il
will produce. Something more is necessary
Conte mpate the condition of that country of winch
you still form an mportan. part !-considor its gov
eminent uniting in one bond of common interest
giving to all their inhabitants the proud title of
! AMERICAN CITIzENs-protecting their commerce
securing their literature and their arts-iaciliiAt
I ing their Recommendations defending their
irontiers-and making their name respected in the
remotest parts of the earth Consider the extent
OF its territory its increasing and happy populatoa
its advance in arts, which render life agreeable and
! the sciences which elevate the mind See edu CT
ton spreading the lights of religion, morality and
general information into every cottage ia this wide
extent of our Territories and States Behold it vt
! the asylum where the wrotched and the oppressed
find refuge and support Look on this picture of
! happiness and honor, and say, WE TOO ARE CITI-
lens OF AMERicA-Carolina is one of these proud
States, her arms have deended-her best blood
has cemehted this happy Union! And then add, if
/ you without horror and remorse this happy
Union we will dissolve-this picture of peace and
prosperity will deface-this free intercourse we
will nterrupt-these fertile fields we will deluge
with blood-the protection of that glorious flag we
renounce-the very name of Americans we discard
/ And for what, mistaken men for what do YOU
/ throw away these inestimable blessings-for what
would you exchange your share in the advantages
and honor Of the Unionl For the dream of sep
arate Independence dream Interrupted by bloody
conflicts with your neighbors, and vile depend
! ence on n foreign power. If your leaders could
! succeed in establishing separation, what would
! be your situation Are you united at hOme-are
you free from the apprehension o! civil discOrd
with all its fearful consequences Do our neigh
revolution or contending with some new insuircc-
hon-do they excite your envy? But the dictates
oil high duty oblige me soemnly to announce
4 that yon cannot succeed. The laws of the United
States must be executed, have no discretionary
power on the subJect-my duty is emphatically
pronounced IN the Constitution. Those who told
you that you might peaceably prevent their execu-
uon, deceived you-they could not have been de-
ceIVed themselves. lhey know that iorclbe OPP
| position could alone prevent the execution of the
laws, and they know that such opposition must be
repealed. Their object is disnnion but be not de-
ceIyed by names dlsunlon by armed force is TREA-
SON Are you really ready to incur its guilt? If
you are on Inc heads OF the Inslgators OF the act
be the dreadful consequences-on their heads be
the dshnn0r, but on yours may fall the punishment
ON your unhappy State Will inevitably fall all the
eVIs oil the conflict you force upon the Govern
ment OF your country. IL cannot accede to the
mao PROJECT OF dIsunon OF which you would be the
trst Sictms-I's hrst Magistrate cannot, if he
wouid AVOID the performance OF his duty-the con-
1 sequence must lie fearful Tor YOU distressing to
i you: iehow citizens mere, and to the friends of
good government throughout the world. Its enc
mics nave beheId our prosperity with a vexation
lhey could not conceal-it was a standing reluta-
ton oil ther saV'sh doctrines, and they will point
10 our oiScord with the triumph OF malignant JOY.
IL is YET IN your power to dissappont them. There
Is YET tihe 10 snow mat the descendants of the
/ fincNheys' the Sumpters the Rutegcs, and Of the
thousand other names which adorn the pages of
vnnf revolutionary history, will not abandon that
Union TO support which so many of them fought
ana bed and Gied ladJure you as you honor their
memory-as you love the cause of freedom, to
/ winch they dedicated their hves-as You prize the
peace OF your country the lives OF its best citizens