Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1832-12-20


laws Of their conniFyand 70 Pont 10 al the per-
lIous situation into which the good people Of the State
have beea ledand that the coarse they are urged TO
p9Fsue 10 one Of ruin and disgrace the very slate
whose rights they affect 10 support.
Fellow czens Of my native State !-let me not on
admonash 5oa, n The tirat mag. o. our COM
mon eounry not 10 incur the penalig Of s laws but
use the inhuenee that Father would oteT his chill.
dren whom he saw rushing certain ruin. In that
te yo, my cOnnlrymen thar y"u are deluded by men
who either deceived themselves wish deceive
yOa. Mark Under what preienees you have been led
the brink OF ineurrection and treason, whic
yoI staOd First, dminuiiOn Of the *aIae Of yOur
staple commodity, lowered by production III 9TH
er quarters aHd the consequent dnin oiihe val
0e Of ynnr Iands were the sOle effect Of the Tariff
laNS. The effect those laws was cOnGessedIy inju-
riOas best the evil was greatly exaggerated BY the
sounded theory sou were iaagh belive, that jas bur-
cns were IN proportion 10 your exports, moi 70 your
coasumption Ut imported articles. Your pride was
rOdsed y the assertion that submission those laws
was state OF vasslage, and that resistance 70 them
was equal 10 patriotic merit, TO the opposition our
Eeers offered 10 the oppressive laws O Great Brit
ain. You were told that this OppOsnon might be
peaceabiy, might be constiIHlioRally made-that you
might enjoy all the advantages OF the Uacn aud bear
none Of lis burlens Eloquent appeals TO your pas
sionr TO your state pride To your native courage, 10
your sense Of real injury, were used to prepare you
for the period when ihe mask which concealed the
hdeOus features Of disuaioR should be taken off. Ii
tell, and ydh made look with cosnplacency
objects which not long since you would have regard
ed will, horror. Look back 30 the arts which have
hr0ugM you 10 ihis saie-lOok forward 70 the cODse
duences 10 which il inevitably lead! Look back
20 what was FIRST told you as induccment 10 enter
ato ihis dangerous course The great political truth
repeated you, that you had the revolutionary
right OF rsieting all laws that palpaby uncODsti
nlona aud niolerably oppressive-il was added THAI
the right to nuly law rested ON abe same principle,
hut that il peaceahle remedy This character
which was given 10 il, made you receive with too
much confidence the assertions that made Of the
Enthusiastically. Of the law and its oppressive ef-
fects. Mark, my fellow that by the admis-
sion of yOur leaders the uncOnsitNtionaiy must be
paipabte, il will justify either resistance null
lfca,on! What is the meaning Of the word paipG6te
in the IN which il 10 here uaed ?that which is
apparent 10 every one, that which of ordinary
intellect fail 10 perceive. Is the unconstitutional
icy Of these laws ofiat description Let those among
yeur leaders who Once approved and advocated the
principle Of protective duties, the question
and let them choose whether they will be considered
incapable, then. OF perceivng that which have
been apparent 70 every man Of common understand
ing, or as imposing upon your confdence and e"deav-
orng 20 mslead you now. la either case, they are
unsafe guides ~ the perlous path they urge you to
tread.
Ponder well ON this circumstance, and you will
kaow how 70 Gappreciaie the exaggerated language
they address to you. They NOT champions Of Lib
ery eMua;ing the fame OF our Revolutionary Fathers
--nor are You AN oppressed people conending, AZ
they repeat TO you, against worse than colonial vassal
age. You are free members Of 6ourishing and hap
Yau have Indeed ftl, the uaequal Operation of laws
which may have been unwisely Unconstitutional
" passed; hat that inequality necessarily be
moved. Al the very moment when you were nAdly
urged To the info tunae yol have begun,
change in public opinion had commenced. The near
W approaching payment Of the public debt, and the
consequent necessity Of dminS,ion Of duties had al
ready produced considerable reduction, and that too
ON articles Of general consumption in your State.
phe importance Of this change was moderated. and
you we're auhoratively told that no further aevaliOn
Of your burhens 10 he expected, at the very time
when the condon Of the country imperiously deman-
died such qualification Of the duties should reduce
them To just and equitable SCALE But, as if appre
hen nj 6s,faa rhnnoA in
disrOntents, you we're precipialed into the fearful
state in which you now find yourselves.
have urged sou to look back to the tAeans that
were used 20 hurry you on to The position you have
assumed, and forward to the consequences il will
produce Something more is necessary. Contemplate
tire condition Of that country Of which you sti form
important pari !-consider ire government, uniting
in bond Of common interest and protection
many different Stacs-giviMg 70 all their inliaI-
tants proud title Of Anerican cifisensproieeling
their misunderstanding their literature and their
misunderstanding their iRtereommu Dicaiiondetend.
ing their frO0tiers-and making their respected
inah remoes parts OF the earth! Consider the ex
tent Of It's isrriory ne increasing aud happy pOp.a-
ton, its advance in which render life agreeable,
aud the sciences which elevate the mind! See educa
ton spreading lie lights Of religion morality, and gen-
era Information into every co"ss 70 si,s VIDE sxssn.
lum where the wretched and oppressed find refuge
and support! Look this picture Of happiness and
honor, and saysOe, too, ere citizens OF Aersca Car
Tended her best blood has cemented this happy Un-
ion! And iheu add. il you can, without horror and
morse, this happy Union we will dissolvethis picsare
Of peace and prosperity we will deface-ihis Tree 10:
will iHcrrup-these fertiieGel we will
delage with bo0dlhe protection Of that glorious flag
wewiII ren0unGe-the very name OF Americans we will
discard. And for what, mistaken men fOf what do You
throw away ihesc ineslimable biessings-fOr what
would you exchange yonr share ID tue advantages and
honor Of the Union For the dream Of separate in
Gependeace-a dream interrupted by bloody conflicts
with Your neighbors, add sile dependence on for.
egn powers Ifyo1r leaders could succeed 10 es.ab-
lishiag separations, what would be your stuatiOn
Are yOs united At home-are you free from the appre
hensOns Of civil discoFd, with a lie fearful conse-
qusnces Do our neishboriRg republics, every day
suffering revolution coniending with some
new iasurreciion-do they excite your eRsyf But the
dictates ola high duty obge soiemnly 10 announce
that you cann0t succeed. The mws Of the y. States
musi he executed. have discretionary power ON
the snhject-my duty 10 emphatically pronounced in
the Constitution. Those who told you that you might
peacefully preyeat their execution, deceived yoa-
they could have been deceived themselves. They
know that forcible opposition could aone prevent
opposition must be repealed. Their object is dsnn
ion but he no, deserved by names disunion, by
armed force 10 TreasOR Are you really ready in-
ice guilt lfyou are, ihe heads Of the insiiga-
If the be tho dreadfal consequeDceson their
heads be the dsonor, bur yours may TALL the pun.
ishment0n your uRhappy State will inevitably fall
all ie evils the con6ct you force 0poB the Govern
ment Of your conntry. il cannot accede TO tho mad
project OF dsuRisn, Of which you would be the 6rsl
Vciimsiis iFsa Magistrate cannot IL he would, avoid
the performance Of his duiy-the consequence mast
be fearful for you. Distressing your Gellcw-cizeDs
here. and 70 she rends Of good gosernment through