Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-07-03

assembly and in the presence Of taat God TO whom
ws are all responsible, that conscientously believe
that, 1t this question TO adjusted during this
session, South Carolina ill not submit to the tariff
live months from tho day of our adjournment. be-
seech gentlemen, therefore, not in u spirit of
mace, but of adnonition and =. more in than
IN anger" to pause for u moment and calculate the
consequences which may possibly ensue. will not
permit myselfto believe that matters will reach
The extremity OF tissoution OF the Union. But
| the gentleman from ssachusetts has presented
some views to show how essentially the interests of
the southern States involved IN the Union, will
briefly present some plain statements to show its
value to the northern States.
The dissolution of the Union, come when it may,
will be great and common calamity to us all but
1t cannot be disguised that its effects would be wide
| iy different upon the pecunary prosperity Of the
south asd of the north. In the event of separa.
tlon, the southern States would have exports to
least the amount of forty millions and tho immense
commerce Of which these would be the basis, would
exclusively pass through southern cities. If the
existing rate Of duties should be retained those States
would forthwith, have annual revenue of sixteen
millions OF dollars, without any increase of their
ourthens; sum not only sufficient for all the ordi.
nary purposes of government, but sufficient, in the
various modes Of expenditure to convert every de.
cayed village iuto furnishing town, and TO cause
the very waste and " blasted heath" to flourish and
4" blossom as the rose" An average duty of only
III per cent would yield OF four millions ;;
as large revenue, in proportion to population, as
tho northern States would derive from their whole
t.
| What would DO the amount of the northern com.
merce9 Certainly not more than twenty millions.
With the same rate of duty; the northern conedora-
Cyl with double the population. would havs only half
as much revenue as their southern neighbor. How
long then, would they DO wit out the blessings of
internal taxes and excise duIies7 But, above all,
where would be the bountiss and the blessings of
the protecting system Gone. sir; utterly irreco.
Verably vanished. II would remain as a dead letter
upon your statute book, like tho well known pre-.
smois OF an infatuated ministry another country,
from whose example much profit might be derived, if
gentlemen would duly consider it. Ii, therefore,
this bill would impoverish and desolate the manu-.
featuring States, what, pray you, would be the eff
tect OF dissolution of the Union their prospect.
tyr And yet, sir, We hear the blind and intatua,ed
advocates of tho protecting SYSTEM utterng their
anatheHias against the people OF the southern States
because they ill submit be slaves and insult.
ingiy exclaiming let them co." will here call
tic attention oil the committee a extracts from
the Weekly Register of Mr.. Niles, to show the
spirit which aninates of the leading adv
| OF this system give his very words:
1.-The musket bearers of tine llnd the who
know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain
them, cannot submit ~ that legislation which shall
grind themselves into poverty tnat tine ,ld famcies
una apar'cious PropensHies 81 a few of the
ton OF South Carolina, and some in toper Virginia.
may be induged." $50 long the father ct waters
rolls one drop to the sea, long may any conpro-
mise be rejected with such selfish and proud men,"
Nullihers, who rejoice That liberty coniers bes
sings, save on those who live labor OF others
| LooKing forward with exultution to the ultimate
ruin OF the slave holding States, he exclaIms:
I" The fox shall burrow the vault, the rattle
snake repose among The rubbish of the green house.
and bats take possession Of the ballroom. Ir ID THE
WILL OF HEAVEN, JUST"
/ present these extracts without commentary, in
the confident hope that they will be rebuked and
| reprobated by every member of this committee aud
every man Ill this nation, who has any regard Tor
the harmony of the Union.
MIR. Chairman, owing to the peculiar crcumstan
ces in which she has been placed, and not because
m r,xt..,
than the other southern States has been the To-,
OF South Carolina TO be in the of this great
struggle tor constitutional liberty. Virginia and
North Carolina, IN proportion to their population
furnish comparatively small amount of the exports
upon which the protecting system directly operates
georgia nus oeen engrossed mantoining her rights
In another contest with this Government; and the
people OF the new States of the southwest cultvat-
ing fresh and fertile soil, recently acquired at the
| MINIMUM price, can we'll afford to make cetton at
SIX or eight cents pound those of South Carroll.
ma cin ~ ten. They sustain this oppressive sys.
tenn with comparatively little suffering when the
older planting States will be utterly ruined But
they have too much sagacity not to that when
the TIDE OF rum shall have swept away the States
which stand rst the nIarch of the oppressor they
are destined to he the next victims
| south Carolina then, is fighting the common battle
vi ai' the southern States. She threw herself into
tho breach forlorn hope, when all the auspices
were against her, and, whatever may be the result,
OF the contest, cannot but regard her destiny as
happy and glorious one. Nothing elevates the cha
racter OF people to high point as a disinterest
ed struggle for liberty and do not believe there
Is at tins moment spot upon the face of the globe
where the spirit of freedom is higher than in South
Carolina. There is no vulgar ambition n,ingng in
this controversy In advertng to historical aralo.
gies have been struck with the strong resemblance
between the situation of the southern States IN this
apparently unequal contest and that of the Grecan
States which united to resist the Persian INVASION
Ours, to be sure, is civil struggle, to be waged
with the vulgar implements OF war, but by the soye.
reign the legislative, and the judicial powers Of the
States. South Carolina is fully aware of the re.
sponsibilty she has assumed, and OF the peril she
must encounter; but great OBJECT can be accom-
Pished without great sacrifices. Had it not been
for the heroic spirit of Leondas and his immortal
i band, who devoted themselves at Thermopye for
the common cause of Greece, the light Of Grecian
liberty might have been extinguished forever and the
destiny of mankind entirely changed. And do
confidently believe that if South Carolina tails in the
struggle she is now waging the brief days of Ameri.
can liberty will be numbered.
i have now concluded the remarks which have
deemed 1t my solemn duty to make on this great
question IT, in the heat of debate, and the excite
ment essential Y belonging to the occuSion, 1 have
uttered any thing personally offensive to any indyi.
DUAL assure the committee that nothing could I'VE
been farther from my intention, Whatever may be
the issue OF this controversy, and whatever may I've
our respective desniss, trust in God that our com
mon inheritance, though it should be divided will
never be destroyed; and that shall always che.
rsh the fond recoections and the friendly feelings
which so appropriately belong the common descen
, dants of glorious ancestry.
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, ODE FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY.
AIR-Scots ,0hd hae tor Wallaee 6Ied
, HAIL, country's natal mornI