Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1832-12-27

can be annulIed by no other authority than
that by which Il was impOsed. In our own
State, the laws relating to taxation had been
charged with inequality ia operation 10 our
own city, It had been occasionally thought,
that taxes were unequal in their pressure it
was by no means improbable that Boston did
actually pay more than her just share of the
taxes imposed by the State. Bot has any in
dividual therefore right to declare the law.
imposing taxes nall and void? II not, what
right have thousand people to do so, more
| than one What right can thousand people
Of South Carolina have, more than a fragment
Ofthe population ofany other State! Suppose
that all the taxes paid into the treasury Of the
State were imposed on Boston only would
the Inhabitants Of Boston have right to de-
! clare the law which leves them nnIiity T.
| No doubt, we should believe such a law hos
tile to the spirit of the Constitution but we
should hardly think Of calling a meeting as
! remedy, and ordering the Colonel of the
| Boston Regiment 10 carry the resolve Of such
! meeting into effect.
1t might perhaps be thought, that those
who were of the majority in this State IN
! times gone by. should speak with some eau
lion ofihe multiplying doctrine. Allusion would
probably be made to the course Of Massachu-
setts in some former days. This was no prop
er time, nor was it his purpose to enter into
| any comparison IF that course with the re-
cent proceedings Of South Carolina but as
| time wasapt 10 lay heavy hand on the trans
| actions and ducnments ofpast years, he would
read passage from little book, of which, il
gentlemen did not remember il, he would de-
clare the title as soon as he was done.
! Here Mr.. Otis read several passages from
pamphlet, on the subject Of the rights and
duty III the States, when the policy OF the
General Government is felt TO be hostile to
their interests.
sThese, said Mr.. O.are extracts from the e.
| nal report Of the Convention Of Delegates as
sembled at Hartford 10 1914. He appealed
$50 gentlemen 10 compare their spirit and char
acter with those Of the proceedings Of South
Carolina. They would find that South Car
! olina levels her artillery and discharges her
point blank shot right into the. raii1parts OF the
Union, while Massachusetts hung out signals
| of distress; and that was all. Her people in
their suffering called upon the legislature for
iredress; they formed Convention. which
lassared those people that they could do moth
/ ing Inconsistent with the Constitution and laws
! of their country.
He had now said all thai he intended, and
more perhaps than was strictly pertinent to
the subject. The present time was certainly
pregnant with great events. The fate Of the
Unionat this hour perhaps depended on the
support which the people might afford to the
| constituted authorities. Should that support
be full and cordial, there was reason to hope,
that the present crisis may pass over without
| bloOdshed. He trusted that our Government
would not become the object Of scorn to the
foes nfciyilliberty that the carping travellers
| nf oiher countries would not be permitted I"
triumph in its downfall. Undoubtedly, the
state Of things was difficult aud dangerous |;
but for himself, he now felt like the tempest
tost passenger, when the storm is gathering in
! the heayens-the horizon Oakland himself
uncertain Of his course-who u eheered by
the cry Of Land. NOT from the mast head. but
from the quarterback. He knew not what
rocks and shoals mlght.b be before us; but the
Captain assures us that he knows his course,
and will pursue it. TIA mutinJ should break
out among a portion &c the crew, he was
ready to do all that might be.in his power to
suppress il. He trusted that this sentiment
was shared by all who heard him; he trust
ed that no doubt would be suffered to remain
| upon the mind Of the Commander Of the ship
that, come what may the majority of the
crew will, in this exigency. be ready to stand
by him.
Yirguliu Cor. Floyd in his message TO
AHG LeSlS1dtufe AstuueS 10 INC pTOeeeUtnSS OF
South Carolina, without any expression Of
disapprobation. The following paragraphs
are extracts from his message.
"The late Tariff with its oppressive exac-
tons. has been replaced BY another hardly
less injurious, which only mocks our suffer
ings by assuming the shape Of notifications"
South Carolina, a prominent and distin-
guished State in this confederacy. in despair
of any beneficial modification of the Tariff by
Congress has thrown herself upon her sove-
reignty, and called a Convention ofthe peO-
pie to take under their revision all the laws
of Congress, upon the subject, with the view
to pronounce upon their constitutioDality.~
This naturally brings before the confedsracy,
the whole question. The situation of our sis
ter State is new and interesting, and it is not
the time to discuss the question whether the
procedure on her part, be premature or tar
dy. Your deliberations will be looked to by
our people with intense interest, as our own
position 10 relation 10 our sister state and the
Union. is one Of novelty, and calls for. fpru-
dence and wisdom"
The Proclamation. correspondent Of
the Journal aud Advocate. under lhe date Of
the 18th, gives the following statement of the
first reference yet made in the House of Rep
resentatiyes To the Presidents Proclamation
Thereswas also spirited debate in the
House to-day on another subject; and which,