Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-08-14

gia" 's'"' '''''''S 0'""s people OF Geor-
Another fact by way Of shedding light upon these
interesting scenes in Georgia. On the 4tb July last
VIM ii. Crawford gave the following toast:
w. H. CTdtcford-"A Convention 20 revise tho Federal
ConstitutonThe first measure preparatory to separa
uon from the Tariff States: Any tending to dis
solution OF the Union, before attempt at
Is Treason against the Union"
Mr. Crawford is therefore for General Cospen-
"om.-And Mr. Torrance gave the following toast:
~, ~ ~ "a. 11,rance-A redress of Tariff Grievances
Inc hrst granu move Sc"~ enon of the peoplc nv dele
gates from Mason and Dixons line 90 ,ba M, " 80
the second and unilinchng resolve, naris;hI q,
be free from such odous exacons and the third, an I'm
yielding and uncomPromising execution of such resolve
come veal, come woe
He, therefore, is for Southern Convention.
Clayton, Foster, and Gamble among the sneak
ers, are candidates for Congress on The To,,D ticket
and Harriss, Terrell and Stewart, OIL the Clark
ticket.
His impossible not TO see that these movements i'm
Georgia are calculated TO nsprt the Nullifiers of
CaroIina-and to push them OH in the course they
are now pursuing. But no man can vet know what
course &c ,rgia herself will take whether she will
can Convention, or what measures they will adopt
suppose, however, the worst; suppose Georai,
should be Opposed to march under the banners of
Mr. Calhoun, and heedlessly to rush into nullifoo
uon; what them We must not despair of the Re-
pubhc: We must struggle to save the Union
AS Tor North Carolina and Virginia, they will pro,
pooy nave an important part TO play i'm this political
Drama 1t becomes them to be cool as well as firm
AS Tor the Old Dominion, we can scarcely be mis-
taken IN the course she will adopt She is devoted
TO the sacred cause of State Rights. She has main
tanned them since the adoption of the present 90
vernment. She saved the Constitution i'm 100 Sbe
mas watched the vesta flame from that moment TO
this-and bore aloft the banner of State Rights
aione and unaded. She "never dcspaired of the
hepubhc"-and through good report and through
eVii report, she has been true her princpes-un-
moved by the sneers, and unawed by the opposi-
uoti, OIL every other State-yes, every State, and
s Soutn Carolina herself the bterest among them
10
'Ihe Is true 10 them still, and she TO defend
thein. She Is opposed to the Bank and she means
10 oppose IT. She is opposed to the corruptnp sys-
rem Oh Internal improvements and she means to
oppose II. she is opposed to the abominable Tariff
sys'en ana she will oppose il until it is shivercd
INTO pieces piece by piece. She has taken the late
arifi Dill, because it is better than the Tariff of '2S
but she protests against it as embracing any settled
pohcy Tor the country. She protests against its re-
coghizihg any protective principle at all. She has
gone against that oppressive and unconstitutional
principle and she icW go against it. until private
industry shall become Free and the burdens of po
vernment shall be equalized us far as possible among
.Ie several States AS far could understand
her wishes, think she iCaS anxious to have clause
engrafted upon the bill, providing for successive
gradual, but sure reduction of the Tariff from wear
year, but she was bafed in her wishes-and we nm
dertake to say AS far as know the sentiments of
her citizens they will still prosecute that object and
be content with its adoption. 1t has beer said in
deed that the majority have determined to fas,en this
larlif upon us as permanent neasue-but if this
should ever be attempted, Virginia will then speak
and speak in voice that shall not be naisunder
stood-Aye, and she will act too.
But the cause of Liberty and of State Rights Is
one great object with us-The safety of the Union il
another. MIR. Jefferson in his Inaugural Address
alu down as the essential principles of govern
ment, the support of the State Governments i'm all
their rights, as the most competent administration
lor our domestic concerns, and the surest buwarks
against anti-Republican tendencies; AND the
Vauon OF the General Government in its whole con-
a lxrIfrn 81, che
home, and safety abroad."-The dissolution of onr
Union would be one of the heaviest blows ever struck
at the happiness of the human race We ourselves
should be divided into two more( who shall 81 how
uny snal a. powerless communities, insulated by
foreign States, u constantly warning wheach other,
Virginia, too, would probably be a frontier State
Nothlng but the EXTREMIST necessity should drive ms
mo TINS gloomy measure.-And we should be bed
lIes 10 tiink OF II, If we fairly and rightfIly
AVOID IT. we would then save the Union if we couII
and we nave no doubt, that let the worst come
almost to the worst Virginia can save it, bV dscre
ton, GOODNESS and frmness. Throw men ont of die
question. fut aside all eager aspirants and dis
appointed politicians. Let us not suflar his
splendid ediiice, almost the last hone of onnres
sed humanity, TO be sacrificed to the ambition of
candidates. or the eupidity of manufacturers
we should go against Notification. We should go
against separate State action. We were willing with
the present Tariff before us (ncomInens,rote ms II
Is TO our just rights and expectations yet yielding
some sensible relief against the Tariff of i2S and
cuttng down the impost, though not in proper pro-
portions among the various articles, 10 or IL mil
nons) we were willing TO wait for the deyelopments
OF the next session of Congress-yet i'm no event
ana at no time we intreat our countrynen not TO
be urged into notification. The States ourht first
frankly and calmly to commune with each other
we must appeal in the last extremity 10 the
good sense of all the States i'm General Con
venuon-and try TO the Union as we did
IN oo-or we must seek to commune with orr
brethren OF the South, in special Convention
calmly confer with them as to what is hest ~
DC done, and prepare for solemn aDpeal IN
our brethren of the North. We must attempt to
awaken them again to n sense of Justice Whether
IN the event OF n Southern Convention, this an
peal IL TO he made TO Congress- or TO n Gene
raj Convention, depends upon events which we
cannot anticipate. But with thing we are Sc
riously impressed that the time is probably coming
when 1t becomes ali the good and true men I'm Vir-
gna TO do their duty, to come forward, to throw all
minor calculations behind them, to exhibit all their
love of country, and 20 save this Union We must
do it, not by Nullification-we must do it by on
posing both the extremes of consolidation and
of Notification. We must do it by united couu-
ciLS-and Jefferson said ave will separote
from companions" mot n,diiI mark D~only when
the sole alternatives left, the dissolution of our
Union with them, or submission to a government
toitho1d limitation Of PotoerS,"
PROGRESS OF CHOLERA
We have grouped, under Domestic Head, as many
details thought might be interesting to our readers
1T is exhausng itself in New York. and seems TO be de
Ginning in Phadephiabut is spreading itself over more
OF the small towns and villages Of the interior seems
have undergone no mitigation among onr bretren nj
cODtrollable The "ScOtsyille Farmer of the OH re-.
ports Of the genuine Asiaic Cholera as occurring