Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-11-30

vessels, to and from the said ports; or any Other
act, on the part of the Federal Governments 10
coerce the State. shut up her ports, destroy or
harass her commerce, or to enforce the acts
hereby declared to be null and void, otherwise
than through the civil tribunals of the country.
as inconsistent with the longer continuance OF
south Carolina in the Union; aud that the peo'
pie Of this State will thenceforth hold themselves
absolved from all turthss obligation to maintain
or preserve their political connexitn with the
people of the other States, and will forthwith
proceed TO organize a separate Government ana
do all other acts and things, which sovereign
and independent States may os right do.
New Hampshire The Legislature met on
the 5lh inst. Governor Dinsmore's message IS
brief 1t thus treats of the troubles in South Ca.
rolna, and of Notification:
Before closing this communication, cannot
forbear adver,ing TO subject which deeply con.
Germs all who feel interested in preserving and
perpetuatinc our institutions aud form OF govern
nent.
M one accustomed To- watch with any degree
of attention the Of public affairs, can have
been an Indifferent observer OF the progress OF
certain new and dangerous opinions in regard to
the respective powers OF the general and state
governments, which have been gradually spread
Ing until they have unhappily placed one OF the
members of our c0nederacy in an attitude OF hos
tity aud almost defiance to the Union. Wide.
and, perhaps, irreconcileabe differences OF oplnl
on, have, it is well known, long existed in re-
gard to the extent OF the powers conceded to the
general government on the one hand, and rcserv.
ed to the individual states on the other. Such
diversies of sentiment are unavoidable, anu
when temperateiy INDUCED give no cause OF
alarm; but when we see the psetenslon unequI'
vocaliy ayowcd. that the Legislature OF single
State has the right to abrogate at will, any act
of the Congress of the United States, there is
enough 10 awaken the most anxious sol'cltude OF
everv lover of his country
Whatever sense of injustice oppression may
have given birth to these pretensions, their ten.
dency, If successfully asserted, cannot be dis.
guised. To deny to the general government the
powers obviously indispensable TO its existence,
must infaliby lead to its dissolution. Against
such doctrines, IL is our duty to protest, howe
yer gladly we might the Of dissatis-
faction With produced them removed. A just
! liberailtv towards our fellow. citizens of the
South, while struggling to secure the equitable
operation of the laws Of the general government,
bv regular constitutional means:-a general sym
pathY in their suliirinSs while legitimately seek
ing relief in q way recognized by the authorities
of the land: or a charitable allowance for the
excesses of an ardent temperament. while
chastened by devoted attachment to the Con.
sttution and union OF the States, can never re-
quire of US TO countenanoe or sanction measures
which are directly subversive Of the principles
which hold our confederacy together.
In 1927 the editor of the National Gazette
published biography Of Mr.. Carroll, which ap'
peared in the American Quarterly Review. He
reC0rus MN rlUr.
In 1875, one of Mr. Cnrroll's grand daugh
ters was married to the Marquis Of Wellesley,
then Viceroy OF Ireland; and it is singular cir
cumstance that one hundred and fnrty wears at
ter the first emigration Of his ancestors to Anne.
RIGA. this lady should become vice queen OF the
country from which they had fed, at the sum
nit of system which more immediate ancestor
had risked every thing to destroy; or. in the en-
ergetic and poeical language OF Bishop England,
.sthat in the land from which his fathers father
fed in tear. his daughters daughter now reigns
as queen.
From the same publication il appears that MIR.
Carroll, some wears before our revolutionary war
wrote TO member of the British Parliament as
follows:
"Yuur thous nls of soldiers have come, but
they will be masters of the spot only on which
they encamp. They will find nothing but enc
mics before and around them. II We are beaten
on the plains. we will retreat to the mountains
and defy Them. Our resources will increase
with our difficulties. Necessity will force rs to
exer,ion; unnl tired OF combating IN vain,
against a spirit which victory cannot subdue,
YOUR az mics will evaCuate our soil, and your
country retire an immense loser. from the con-
lest. NJ, sir-we have made up our minds to
abide the issue Of the approaching struggle; and
though much blood NAV be spilled, we have no
d1ubt of our ultimate surcess-"
The Philadelphia United States Gazette has
the following pleasant item respecting the cleo.
ton in the patriotic little town Of Hull. com
munitv small in number, but correct in principle:
Unanimi'y. There is one town in Massachu-
sets where party spirit is not allowed to operate
where the whule number of votes Is for one
side. and happily. in general, for the right side