Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-04-17
SOIITu CAROLINA
Hon. GAB. MOORE.

The Charleston Evening Post Of the 3D. inst urnishe;
ana free Trade Association, at their great meeting held
the evening before Governor Hamilton the chair II
was first resolved TO celebrate the approaching
y OF the birth OF Thomas Jefferson as AN oracle of State
Rights Colonel Cruger then communicated the mpres
sons which made upon his mind Lv all that he hol
Witnessed III his capacity Of delegate to the Free Trad,
Convention at Philadelphia He was '.convinccd" tla
the only dependence OF South Carolina upon herself
-Chancelor Harper then delivered speech, for which
according TO the Post, no epitet of encomu could bc
deemed cXtravagan" He stated his conviction that the
protective principle would be abandoned bv the pre-
sent Congress- He said ~
"Ihose OF the Jackson party, who conscentiousv be-
eved the Tariff be injurious the whole country were
afraid 10 ALLEVIATE the Presidential those interested
in the continuance of the protective principc-and they
were seeking to retain the support both of their Tariff adj
heren's ana oil The South too, by modicatioa, which
while IT adhered TO the principle protection sufficiently
to satisfy the manufacturers, might by the reduction made
on articles not coming into competitor with those of do
nestle product conciac the South with delusjve show
OF concession and justice while in fact it increased the inc
quality Our only prospect OF relief then was that we
should ourselves apply the remedy
We must resist, and by resistance force 1tDOn them
case for practical decision The language of all our
most intelligent friends in the other States $50 OH
and by aconr' Even if we did pcril
something by resisting, would peril every thing and
make shipwreck of all, by submission
VIM. p. Finley, ESQ., then offered the following rcso-
luton, which received with cheers and unanimously
adopted.
"Resolred That it is the firm belief and conviction of
s Association that no modification OF the Tariff will be
satisfactory to the people OF South Carolina that does not
tecfiOn.'' f''
Governor Hamilton closed the grand discussion with =
vehement address, from which must be permitted TO Of
Ter the subjoined extract:
"The Governor stated that he had been apprzcd by his
correspondence that the attitude Of this State had had lis
influence the great jackson party and that they evinc
ed their apprehension OF the effect which il might have ON
their a-engrossng paramount object of retaining office
they began TO bid for conciaon willingness had been
declared in high quarter 10 fix the Tariff at an ad ydlo
rem duty OF 20 per cent This something gained in
that quarter, but having beaten them down TO that VIC
must not rest satisiIed-that iusfico
almost fifteen per cent too high-we must bring them
down TO justice But he said he convinced there
would be abandonment of the protective principle by
this Congress. He had that morning received letter
from member of the Senae's Committee on Manufac.
lures, to whom Mr. Clays resolution and the PROMISED
amendments had been referred, which he read stating
that the proposal TO take all taxation from unprotected
articles had been agreed upon by the committee and
that there hope of any other Modification
than Clay's going down in the Senate The Go.
said that in the event of this result there ,youd
doubtless be an attempt by those in this State who com
PEELED to acknowledge the necessity of resistance vet UNI
willing TO cooperate with US, and he believed too for te
very purpose of neualsing all resistance TO rally ON m
project OF great Southern Convention. Let us beware
oil themt would take five years TO consult and prepare
and induce the other States take ND the subject
If they should be brought cooperate then and in hc
time shall have forfeited all the bonors of re
ssancc by dishonorabe retreat from the station we have
assumed shall have lost the best opportunity for resist
and the spirit and energies Of the State sckcncd v
hope deferred; shall have waited for Georgia TO first
settle her Cherokee question, and more humiliation still
until Virginia had first tried her experiment to make Mr.
Van Buren, President mol let practice ON the doctrine
OF the truth Of which we are convinced. Let us apply
the remedy Of which of the efficacy Let us
mainain The proud place which we have assumed and
take the honors that belong TO it"-Ndt. Int
Rtnors.-Rumor with her thousand tongues s busy
in representing hat the Bank committee has made some
discoveries not very creditable the Bank and certain
Editors OF papers Its represented that certain printers
who had taken open and ayowed stand in opposition 10
re.charierng the Bank, upon the ground Of constitutional
objections, have been permitted to dip their fingers deep
W into the cash bags and suddenly become advocates of