Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-03-29

though some OF these States thought very oppressive up.
ON them, as well they might. Carolina, however, insisting
on the right 10 Judge for herself though a large majority
of the other States differ from her. declared the law to be
null and void, and passed various laws to prevent its be.
ing carried into execution. The effect oil these laws, If
permitted TO operate, would be TO permit goods 10 go into
Carolina without paying any duy, unless the iatih law
should be enforced in spite OF the uuliiying law. The
Northern and Eastern States hold on to HE tariff, and will
not agree To iepealit. what does The good Old Dominion
say aud do? She ,aiuks the law a bad one-she thinks il
oppressive; end many of her people believe it am uncon.
sliiutionhl Law. She say a. might he expected from her:
FIR, she IS pdeed me idnd IF steady habits; me land M
good order and obedience 10 The iaurS and constituted
dufh0TineS-Shc says "bad as this law il, il is our duty
a. To obey IL, until we can getit repealed by constitutional
g must pay the duty Accordingly, al. the people of yir.
ginia are obliged TO pay duties upon the foreign goods they
buy; whilst the Cstoliujans would pay no duties on the
goods which they buy. In other words. Virginia would
pay her full amount OF taxes as heretofore, and Carolina
would pay not one cenioi taxes. Moreover. as merchants
might land their gcoJsin C'rolina tcith0ut paying idres,
whilst they would he compelled 10 pay taxes on goods
landed ia Virginia, they would soon cease to bring their
goods to our Virginia ports at all and If this state of
thugs could continue, the commerce would naturally 90
10 Charleston; aud be brought from thence cOastwi,c to
Norfolk, Richmond and Alexandria. l. is not olvious
that this canno, be permitted? l. IT not o5vions. th,t so
long as the Law il unrCpealcd, il must be enforced equally
upon all, or it will be utterly ruinous 10 part? IL surely
~. Wha, then is The next step; The government, MS it
i lin duty bound, sends the officers Of the custom. hou.r Il,
duties are secured TO he paid. Iheic power il re.
sisted, and a State officer comes uuder the ~nulhlyinc
Jaw, W YIN W. SOp4S lHe cu.tONi- mouse OIL.
GER. lie and his followers resist as they are bound
TO do, and if too strong for the multiplying sheriff.
the latter calls upon the posse c0Ditdtus to help him.
HeiS in his turn, too strong Tor the custom house officer,
and he calls upon the military authority TO support him
and thus the parties come 10 blows and blood il SMILED
and the torch OF civil war is lighted, and the confagraiion
speeds 10 the adjoining States, and the whole country il
wrapped in the flames of iratcrnal strife. Such is the
natural progress Of this pedcedbie remedy, notification -
but, observe that the South Carolina Ordinance de-
clares, that so soon as the United States shall use any
force whatsoever, the State shall no longer be considered
a member of the Union. Thus, then, it is obvious, that
notification, fpersisted in, leads directly 10 disunion-rpr
either Sou'h Carolina must go free of taxes, by nuliiiying
the laws of the Union, which cannot be-or, She must be
forced to pay them; and then she declares herself out of
the Union. =
Such was the case, fellow citizens. when the Concress
of the United States, from a sacred aud noble regard to the
Union, which they prize Gas the p%1llidiu;h OF our liberties
and happiness" passed the recent bill TOR modifying the
Tariff. In consequence oil this hill, it i believed the null.
LITIGATION act will be repealed. But how has the oilerina
made by the General Government upon the altar oi pub.
lie peace, how has this compromise, which does so much,
honor 10 the good feelings of the people of this Union.
been received by the ~nulifers of South Cirolua? Hear
what is said in a leading paper of that party, supported no
doubt by the most Influential amongst them, aud speaking,
| suppose, the general sentiment. tits considered in unison,
with Governor Hamilton, who also claims for notification
the honor OF victory over the Federal Government, both in
hs speech and report. This il the language of the Trles.
cope, the paper | have alluded to. 1t says: "This little
" State IN the mere panoply OF courage and high princi.
g pies, has foiIed the sicdggering giant Of the Union.
&c Thirty thousand Caroinidns have not only AwEp The
&c tciid UeSt into eSpsct-coMPELLED Pennsylyani,
-" SiOlulty INFO something like sensc-Ncy FORK cOrruDtiOn
&c into something like decency-Yankce rapacity int, q
&C sort OF image of honesty; but all this has been loniiv
e and steadily done, in the face of II, shall
g we call them! What epithet is of a shame wide,
90 lasting and deep enough, for betrayers of the liberties of
90 their own Countrywide instigators Of merciless slangh.
&c ter-the contivers OF irretrie vable servitude against
Z" their own struggling State?' The seventeen thousand
referred 10 are those who have manfully stood for the Union
and the laws, in opposition TO a wild and desperate mis-
rule.
This is the return which is made for concession and
compromise! This is the ground on which South Carroll.
mans P'oSs IA act, that has proceeded from affection for
Carolina as a sister State; from horror at the thought of civil
broil and bloodshed; from an instructive shudderine at the
prospect of the arms of the U. s. being arraycd against a
member OF the confederIcy. For, she was indeed prepar.
ing for resistance. She had her volunteers aud militia in
requisiion TO the amount OF many thousands, and was
procuring Implements of war TO turn them against their
6refhTCn, rather than submit TO the laws until repealed bv
constitutional means. Did not this lead to disunion? Does
II not betray their object to have been ACKNOWLEDGMENT
How, indeed, is IL that even before matters had come 70
a crisis, " lille the leaders were ''riding post throughoui
g the State, collecting the citizens at barbacues. and s,riy-
% ing 10 excel in toast1 and sentiments best alspted to
&c produce a deep hatred TO The Union, and excite the cii-
:" Zen TO civil war;" WHY il il that the crijnsOuef G10
devised by Governor Hamilton as the national banner Of
South Carolina, with Que ONE STAR and ONE STRIPE.
e"inblematical OF her separation fiom the Union, was I'M
iurled and waved over the snmptuons banquet? Such. AT
least. is the state meht made by the venerable JUDGE Suib
their confidence, because he would not give into their
views. No man can question his veraci;y.
Hero, then, E llow-ciiZcns, we have the sad evidence
OF The designs aud the obvious tendency of the acts of our
erring countrymen of South Carolina: anl here, too, | fear
we have too certain evidence, "tbat the danger, is not
over In another paper, the subject will be resumed.
\ VOICE FOR UNION.