Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-01-05

than drop Of ynur blood should be shed 10 us
collection We cannot Weld our opinion TO
you,s $; for vas, majority Of the people and Jour
sister States approve ours and condemn yours;
ju, et the Onion perish before its cement SHAH oe
the blood Of brothers. We shall 60 onward. 10
what appears to US the path Of duty to the unlon,
and even to yourselves. But II you interfere.
we shall not resort to force. Dur INSTRUCTIONS
to our officers will be. in such case, to employ
none against your authority. II you continue IN
! the Union, we are willing to trust tn your goon
sense. and your justice, for indemnity. Ii you
continue noi we are willing to bear the loss. rather
than use violence 10 prevent it. Cost what 1t may,
zoe never ,oiH employ against BROTHERS me Ved'
pons otan ENEMY. We give you year 10 retiect.
| We be seech you to do il, in cslmness and mohe-
ration. in The spirit Of psace and love. we con-
lure YOU to do il. by all that Is holy IN liberty,
commanding in duty, and precious In the recoi.
| lections of our common history" Al the enc
uf that wear, / would have the Union ask you to
| meet in Convention. TO that assembly would
have them send deputati0n 0f the wise ana We.
| nerable men Of a former age, one from each OF
| the other States in the Union. These should
come to YOU, in the garments of mnnrnin9' anu
with the deep and solemn feeling 0f the Priests
and Pontiff., whom Tie Romans sent to depre.
! cate tie wrath Of Corioianus. would have
them address your delegates IN that spirit, "hch
breathed the pathetic sentiment, Daughters OF
Jerusalem weep not for me, but weep tor your
selves and your children l would have them
ask, are YOU prepared to yield your opinion
to that of all your Sisters. If you replied that
you were not-l would have them pronounce,
in the sublime and affecting language OF freemen
and brothers, YOUR divorce from the marriage
bond of the Union
Then, had authority to speak for the sister
States. and the National Government. would
have their delegates say to Carolina. III grief.
not in anger, Depart in peace. Never shall
American blood be she'd by US in CIVIL contest.
You have shown, that you know not the charac'
ter of the Union: that you bear to It no love:
that YOU estimate its value. not by the precious
privileges and glorious associations which dignl'
~ and adorn il; but by the edger and the price.
current You have shown by your Ordinance,
that you understand not, or count a, n"thlns,he
cardinal principles of American freedom: that
you can violate deliberately, palpaby and dan
seruusly," your own and the Constitution Oi the
Union: that you can set at naught the ancient
landmarks of Legislative power. and ~ indie
pendence Of the Judiciary, the sancuty Of CON
tracts and the purity Of the Mai By jury. You
have shown, that in the name Of Liberty, you
can smite and dishonpr her: that with her praise
on your lips. you have put her to shame by yo1r
deeds: THAT you HAVE CEASED TO BE AN AME-
RIc.N REpuBlIc. Depart then IN peace: with
the blessings and the grief, not the curses and
wrath Of your sisters. Depart until you shall
again become worthy of the society OF free States,
af a place in the Sisterhood Of American Re-
pubic>
Such would De the sentiments which should
utter. had power to speAk for the rest OF the
American family. But it is among rnlers. as
among individuals. Few have the wisdom. TO
soknnw ledge. Or the courage to act. on the noble
and lovely principles of Christian Peace. TIE
battle ship and the tented field, the sword and
the cannon. :hc science and the strafa.Pms OF
war. are at once the symbols nf pawer, and the
proofs of courage, the lngc OF Statesmen, and the
eouuence of Patriots The very dead. who lie
in their CORY beds at Lexington ADD Bunker, at
Kings Mountain and Eutaw, the victims OF TO
reign bayonets, are invoked tn bless fratricide;
and ..the chlvalry of the South becomes a watch
word, to kindle the pride aud inf1ame the pas
sons Of brother against brother. And is it TO
the sordd elements of pride and passion, of sell.
fi.hness, Jealousy aud prejudice, that the Amer-
can Statesman is willing to appeal? Can he con-
sent to make the sword the arbiter in any event,
| under any circumstances, between the States
themselves. or between one OF them and the
Bnioni God forbid that drop of blond should
ever be she'd IN such a cause. | would have the
| Union say to South Carolina, :. IF YOUR people
prefe a separate existence. let them have it; If
they would rather enjoy foreign dependence on
natural enemies, (for that is inevitabie,) than a
brotherly dependence on their own kindred. be
it so; ifthey prefer to the republican government
Of the Union, the anti republican Ordinance OF
their Convention, let them be gratiied." But
who believes that the Union will act thus? With
the same elements Of pride and passion, Of sci.
6shness, jealousy and prejudice, which inflame
you, can you doubi that the National Rulers.ele-
waited by the consciousness Of superior power,
will take up the gauntlet, which you have cast at
their Ieet?
For myself, trust, that I hold with an infex.
ibIe conviction the sentiment. that the character
Of the Warrior. in any point Of uie,r is uNcHRIs-
TIAN, and in CIVIL contest. is absolutely and ,1a
| chan geabiy INTERRUPTIONS. Above all, in our
American Republics, SO inco'nparably superior
in their elements and structure to all other 90.
| veraments, ancient or modern, l hold the appeal
to arms, on disputed questions of any kind, to be
insratiude to Heaven, treachery to the cause