Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-06-19

r1"o"TS, on The 2Ofh uI. 6y ne citizens %
H"mo"rg and augusta.
The following tonst having been drank
Ger distinguished Guest Coz. IIAMiLroN-- A
patriot without fear, aud without reproach. lie
mas generously devoted himself Ia the defence
o' southern Rights aud Southern InlrrestS, aud
| Is qualified for every crisis. And Southern peo-
PIE "l'i support him IN the great cause In every
peru, "hh AT every hazard -
'"V HAMILTON arose, and addressed the com
| pany as failows:-
feu9'c C1iiscns :--Whil.; I feel very scnsiblv,
"e kindnoss which has dictated tie sentiment
| You have just uttered, aud the overpowerius
t'"h"NI'm with which II has been received.
'"S' e rs no vanity, however extravaganza, nor
7'''-'oFe' l'owevor InUrdiuRtc, that can induce
me . pat down one iot OF this comuli.nent to
my own Personal accosut desire to Indulge
!" no idle display "f affected modesty. In a
spirit OF no more than becoming humility, | ask
ny Ell, how comes To pass, humble as ] am,
| uiSthSu'sh"d IN no degree save lay the TOO par
UNI Kindness aud fuvcr of my coumtr, men, .hnl
these demonstrations of pular regard unsoup IA,
Tor AMI unsolicited, await me? Is il on account
OF me aniiI'y which bring to the mighty contest
IN winch we are engaged? Alas! ny poor talent
ceh!e as II 49, SINKS in dstrust If not in despair
Oh us own powers. III despite of the enthusiasm
winch the glorious struggle itself bids to gush
rom my bosom. Are, them these tokens Of
pubic regard SO essentially at fault? No, they
arc not the proofs OF AN unworthy homage To
an individual, but the fires which are kindled
D" me affairs OF our country. They blaze forth
10 Tell us, that however humble the labourer
thrice-honored shall he he who brings his whole
heart 70 the worsl'p,-that tue incense is offer.
eu' not 10 the man, but to tho principles with
winch he Is identilied,-aroundw hich we Q atber
IN tie hour of peril and of darkness, to offer UP
our isrvent adorat,on, that we NAV take cournoe
not from despair, but from the living uracles of
truth, Justice and our rights.
You are pleased To associate my name with n
cause, IN which arn proud TO he considered as
IA feliow-labourer with yourselves To rive
this cause local habtation" (aud where else
does il find refugee it is called the cause of the
Sou H. But we have greatly mistaken its true
character, If it is not cause which involves the
freedom and happiness of our whole people and
upon which, the Constitution and tho Union
must now and forever depend. 1t is, in one
word, cause which has for its object, the pro-
motion IF equal, ami il possible a perfect ius-
tice among all the various members OF this Con-
ltcderacy, according to the plghted faith of the
compact-that this compact may be preserved
IN It's srIctest letter, and If need be- that its VIC.
'auons may be redressed. peaceably, yet firmly,
consututonally, yet effectively; yet redressed-
redressed al every hazard.
Gentlemen the posture of our couotrv il GER
tainly remarkable one. We were once a united
AMI happy pcopie-unted and happv, until
The lonl serpent found his way into the Eden of
our Union. The differences and collisions of
party, which distinguished the early operation of
our system OF government, resulted from mere
questions OF administration and foreign policy
essentially temporary III their nature No geo
SraPhchl lines, turrowcd broadly and deeulv
HH'"nu ''ose sttleS Tor political pow er, which
now fling cloud OF darkness over the futur.
nrsu"y OF our country. The citizens of each
state were divided in contests if nor of n frieud-
W. AZ least OF salniary tendency. Now tho
me st unsuitable passion of the human heart has
ura"h NOSE lines with Typographical accuracy
'""I may DC traced on the map--and that, too,
on question, involving, not only the direction
OF inc industry of the country, but the dist ibu-
tion oil It's lnccme, on the proportion which In
Vorcd sections are TO receive Of "A common snoiI
wrung Ivy an unconstitutional scheme of taxa
tioh' from minority, which finds that the very
'"S' u'''e'l designed ;or ITS protection, has hcen
made me means of its piIage and oppression.
lie late war with a;-BrituiIi. gentlemen
forms an instructive era in the history of our
country God forbid, that 1 should desire to
strike from the pages of history either lis plo-
RES or the SOLID securities which il gave us for
hat"hai houor ana Independence. But, its con
sequences show "hnt II paradox, after all; arc.
mo hopes ina the aspirations Of man it
was war waEcd, cnpiIafjcallv for Fro
Trade; andy il, Free Trade has Seen ,,e;,,Iv
destroyed, We expelled the enemy from onr
walls, but admitted the 'iroIan horse within rho
c''a"ci. IHl manufactures, which grew up uu-
Cc' me com" ercial restrictions 0fthe war were
'oS'tieH NY "iH nave themselves fOstcrcd a sys
tenn under wMch this portion Of our &C ,pron
country, Is nov whitening by Il h ipht couaIlv ,s
destructive, rs that which arises from barron
SOL ana nnEIarous seasons. ] should jnderJ
pay but an Indifferent compliment To the in,elE
eence of this assembly, if were TO dwell anon
an event or upon its obvious CONSEQUENCES
winch must lie so familiar TO you ALL If we
can derive no instruction from experience. to
wan over me past, is but tho part of weakness
we may, however, learn one lesson by this G..
vent never from views Of temporary expedi
ency, 10 compromise constitutional principIc
surrendered, II has not been. Out of this
war, however, that monster, which by n dctes
table PROCLAMATION IS called the American Sys-
tenn, sprung. Making its appeal to prciudices
me most oiSottea n"h ignorant, and extending
It's fooi bride 10 entire sections; aud ,ulistiop
under its banners, ambition, and avarice il has
succeeded i'll dividing one part OF the country
from the other, and of substantially re- coIoni
zIng territory, which measures some six or Sc
ven degrees of latitude. This change i'm the
character Of our government, and in tie des,,.
ny OF portion Of its people, has been perform
ed 10y process so subtle and deceptive, that the
most difficult problem IN the despotisms of an
tquty, has been realized-''of reconcilinp the
forms Of II free, with the ends Of an arbitrary
governments" and, even now. there are those
among us, who, IN their delirious irCatuatiou
love to- hug their chains, and fall down ip sin
pld doat"y to kiss he hand that Expresses them
Have ] Overchargcd this picture? Look at the
operation of the system itself. " has decrced
that the industry Of NE people Of one section of
THIS Union, shall receive Il steady discriminating
bounty IN its favor, aud that another pottiou
hall raise this bounty, by sustaing, in point of