Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1832-12-06
LyNCHBURG, DEC. g, 1872.
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SOUTH CAROLINA

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Che South Carolina Convection was sill in s...;
The several Committees appointed 10 prenars A
dresses with which TO sugar the pill of n olii6o.
moi bong ready TO make their Reports ~.
respondents Of the Modification papers dl,,.
the proceedings Of, the Convention with much =.
parent JOY, as it. ins,end Of applying the ,o,.h :,
our proud edliIcc, they bad rescued j, iom ru,, !.
seema 10 US to be strange i,aalua;lon which -.
mus caose wise and sober men to oiee +, the ar.
preaching destruction Vi THIS Confideracga i. like
company o.! intorate,I demons or wild bsrchs,.,I.
ans leap mady intorlie vortex Which yawns tho.
feet. The Roman who plunged into III. onen;n,
jaws OF DEATH peri with the grateful reelection
that the sacflree of Cunlus secured Ire aalyat,.
of his country but tue South Catolinisas rsb
10 tic tecipicr, aw arc that their rum will bo
bu, the sigma! for the destruction Of our goyern,nrn
and the introduction amongst Us Of add confusion
Iawcss anarchy, eivil disscns.ons ioregn alliances
& every other evil which re imagination car denc,
ending III or more Mouafehies, laatc or ,ex,
dcspotc in their character These are tie pcrIs
through which, II Disunlon follow Modification
| and TO rs it seems to be as certain as that Nirl,
n,us. succeed TO Day, we shall have /, y,nss snl
such Ill be the end OF our briar hlroy and islor
on, career SUI, viii he the comment hch le nos
enlI. htrncd people the fare of tie earth uilloler
10 the world on the FIRST experiment of man in the
science of self government IN the i's half century
, OF taI mud W,p e tt,,
fought To secne, and who l.borcl IN the c,ose, aD3
IN the council TO devise and frame an enduring s,s
tenn OF popular governmcnt, ye, lingcr amongst Us
II acc sink under the oppressive weight OF Liberty
the friends Of freedom across the Atlantic NAV
indeed IN the language OF tier Apostle as we'll nj
once cease their noble struggle aud I" lie down in
their chains aud die in despair y for The dream Of
human liberty will have been forever dissipaicd
the problem will have been fatally solved and
the decree will fayc gone forth tina, Tyran.s are
as Indispensable 10 man as any one ofthose Other
physical restraints which are found necessary 10
keep the bad passions Of our race in subicc.ion
face OF the earth the fierce ava OF their unbriJcd Ii.
cen,lousness.
II seems 10 US that many very Well neanin,
'ons view this SUBJECT through AL improper mt
diuin, ana consequently arrive at .uty mcoctee,
conclusions lhc!r course ofteas Mig II Is tsut,
is credItabc 10 Their syaiiir., Father
S"!efy To Their Judgments. 1hey rt.oon toi, i,u
iac.,-wh'ch for ar! unlsnt sake, We are w.ihns To
aaihi'-'ih"t South Car"i'na /, oppressed mosl
GENEROUSLY ny the operation OF tho t.o.: laws, that
sAe oayt iobe relieved and, that ha-.ns !, .t,tioued
The Constituted aHthortlcs II! ,aA IL H., relrl ene
Is iht u.ilma't so,,er II nvr a.n t.s., an- hes
20 ','.in'F, william her s.file. .;.v anofta.
!nent OF thc statutes OF ~ lic .uc oanl .ains. bog
~ 'usso sem!c'acn lows, tIst, at f,r', lha .ao
enei n,csit oil representative su,eiruenj.l N
thus tbs, they fasu,s!, Tho hr redress Of
All grievances Though ihc ballot bas, II is M.ts
tina; evs are 10 be cuns,itulionay resrvssei b,l
chdise OF those who, III Administering. the .:oveth
ment produce them. Bat #, as is alleged 10 he tle
case IN Inc present instance, South s,ouipsi atd
those Stairs, which, With kcr, consulate the ui or
ny, have rssorind 10 ,ni- mode AID iou., ,h,ir Il
!orls 10 be useless, FROM the superior nnor ca allc
Of those sections Of countr. So interest il is to
rcfpc.rnte the policy Of Is Inch they complain, The
alternative IS biore them OF dssolsins the compact
II that be AN evil less formidable than the opprcseoh
ct ahch they complain. Let her, however, Stat
he, intentions fairly and oprnly. 1t, her moi bat
he, hook with the d,lusyc declaration thai III, ron
idy which she proposes is - constitutional ard
peaccsb'c," until She has induced majority Of her
citZ' us to embrace IT, and then for the first time
she has done IN the olJnanee recently l'a~sedby
her Con'enIop, throw Of ,he mask, and prcsentus
With the undsgulscd FEATURES Of hel mode ofle-
a,t.s '-not peaeaabc, but revolutionary no: CO.
stit"dona, but paramount 10 all the rights that Ners
ever cn'oilej on parchment ind deposited in the
archives OF our Ssnaie-ious. 5. I'll. question Is.
shall the state of Sorth Carolina be permitted to
take tins high gsoGnd. while She remains a member
Of e'e tnioh Tia, she ousnt not, and must ao',
IS as citai as that We must have government, ard
as cc't'!n as that, II she DC permitted the fedora
:,fonmtnt Is The mcr,st cobW,b ever inycmedhY
Philosophers 10 anus. drca,nlrs The Al,ro Sieyes
could iaInlsa a better system a, a ha'i-hesrs no
tee In deciding, therefore, as 10 tfo prnpriey oil
the couise which South Carolina has Though prop
or to aJopt, we are to look, not AT her alleged grew
aces, though they be even as oppressive as the fan
cy which invented .le forty baic theory" can dc
pet them, heightened by the forvid ina naton OF
Hayne, and coiored airesh by the chewing Ian
suagc ola Hamilton That is not the question 10
st decided: But tie true poin,,--as the lawyers
say the sit OF the mattSis, whether she has aoo'
[" The proper remedy whether, under any cltca''