Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-12-13
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a more distinct idea OF the existing there, aud
he uDdisgaised feelings Of hostility, not only
toward. the Tariff lave bat all laws and acts
and constitutional restrictions, not compati-
BILE with the wishes Of the ruling majority
in south Carolina,-than the tone with which
their executive organ speaks OF d. n,.ng for
civh war. He Says
From these Legislative provisions. tel me
now pass to the consideration of the conse-
dnences, trust, Of remote and improba
Die occurrence.
We claim that our remedy is essentially of
a pacific character. When we Sc up this
claim, all we mean TO say Is, that oil right 1t
ought TO be, and AS far as we are conquered,
it shall De so. To the peaceful redress aiior-
ded by our Courts, IN the restitution which
they decree, aud 60 the ultimate stbi'rameGt
of our sister States, iG a general Convention
assembled on the disputed powers, we look
with confidence to an adjustment OF tins pain
full controversy. But the final issue may be
adverse TO this hope
Threats of coeI eion, we know were once
in relation to The probable measurs oil this
State officially promuged, and public rumor,
to which il is not safe for those in charge CT
.he public authorities to be absolutely deaf,
has not diminished the conviction that these
dispositions RAY probably be yet entertained.
Nor ought we, in struggle like this, TO re.
" entirely on the confidence that power viii
not be used because right may be violated
| We must be prepared for this alternative,
! would, therefore. recommend that our Mil
lila System, and its laws, undergo a thorough
revision That the Executive be authorised
TO accept for the defence oil Chariestan and
its dependencies, the services oil two tho'l
sand volunteers, either by Companies or Files,
! as they may volunteer, and thai they be for
med into four t5aiialions Of Infantry, with one
Flank Company of Rihemen attached 10 each
Battalion, one Squadron OF Cavalry. and
! two Battalions, one Of Field, and the other
Heavy Artillery; that these Corps be orsani
tzed in Lcsionafy Brigade and that the
! Executive, from the precincts in which these
| Volunteers are OF anEed, select the Officers
| of the appropriate rank for the several com
mands. suggest the expectancy of this
! Brigade being armed and equipped from the
| Public arsena's completely FOR The field. and
| that's ppropriltions may be macs for supplying
all DEFICIENCIES in our munitions OF war
! In addition to those volunteer drafts,
deem il safe 10 recommend that The Execu
| tive be authorized also 10 accept o: ten thou
| sand Volunteers from the other divisions OF
| the State, to be organized and arranged in
! Regiments and haIgades, and the officers to
be selected by the Commander in Chief, and
| that this whole force he CARED the State
Guard
That portion Of our claim upon the Gen
eral Government, which was payable in arms,
amounting in value TO forty one thousand six
hundred and twenty-five dollars and eighty
cents have received in arms Of various de-
scrptions, but still some appropriations will
be necessary to augment our supplies.
| Mud provisions should likewise be made Cor
mounting some of our heavy pieces Of Urdi
nance, and fixed and annual appropriation
made for the Artillery in Charleston, and in
other parts of the State. according to their
relative expenses. have ordered the Quar-
ter Master General, whose report will he pre-
| sented to you, and the Arsenal Keeper, at
Charleston, the latter an experienced o.iiceri1
Artillery, to repair TO this place, TO attend, IN
consultation, such Committees of your re
spective bottles, in reference to the condition
Of their several departments.
would, moreover recommend that The
President be requested to remove the Uni
ted States troops, now in garrison in Tire
State citadel in Charleston, which they now
Of the State and City authorities, as the &C
: Communications of that post are wanted TO,
our own arms and munitions. Icould more
) over suggest that after the citadel is thu.
returned to the State and the public stores
belonging to the State, are deposited there
that the magazine guard he removed from
: the Neck 10 garrison this post, and that a
, daily guard he detached from it to the mag
, azine, and that the guard be augmented to
sixty men, and that the appointment of it;
officers and general disposition and organiza
ton be umier the orders and authority o
the Commander in chief
For the purposes, we suppose funds will
o! course be necessary, and though nothing
Is more abhorrent to our feelings than t
calculate any chances Gfthc unnatural conflict
should ever arise, it may not be considered
improper to state the resources ofthe Treasu
ry OF South Carolina, by which these vas
preparations. are to be supported. Whether
any use shall ever be made Of the armies thu:
organized, remains in the inscrutable future
we have only to hope and pray, that such
a melancholy and terrible disaster MAY By
the mercy of Providence not be permitted
to destroy the lairest experiment for rational
sell government and regulated liberty, that
ever cherished the hopes or kindled the en-
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