Litchfield enquirer., 1833-01-31


He ielt 10 disposition notice many Of the errors
which the Message contained 10 reference the doc
one which he should deem himself recreapt TO his
State IL he did not rise emphatically and promptly 10
notice. II was saied by The Chief Magistrate, sub
stance; thai the movements made by the STATE o. SOUTH
Carolina Of character hostile 10 the Uniohs-
Was lie right in This impressiOnf so, be Nodln say
that there was not shadow Of foundation for such
There was not State in the Union less
disposed than South Carolina put herself in such
attitude of hostility. Buth grounds on which the
President fOhnds this inference less exiraOr"
dinafy than the Inference ITSELF When be stated that
hostile movements had been mde IT wac 10 be Fegret4
ted thu The President did state the whole Of te
movements Of this character which had taken places
BelGfe SOuh Carolina had lakeh any position Of "a
conflicting character, there had been concentration
of United States troops points; obviously for
the purpose Of coDIrOing the Of the State:
One Of these concentrations at Augusta, aud the
other at Charleston Previous ths ercumetanceI
the State OF South Carolina had look ed nothing be-
yond civil process, and had iRsended merely TO give
effect TO her opposition in the form Of snit nj law
Ii only when military Iorcc was displayed
her borders, and in her limits, and when the menace
thrown against The lives Of her citizens, and
Of their wives and cen, that they found themselves
driven altitude Of resislance Then Il wis thai
they all prepared TO resist any aggression.
But the President had also rested his inference
another ground He had I'D il down thar the Irbu-
nal Of the Supreme Court of The United States was,
IN the last resort, the on!y aih,er Of the 10
the construction ofihe consiiinionality 0fike laws
Ga His point there to have been great change
the OF The ExFcflt within lie last twelve
months. The President had not held this opinion IN
refer she Iesstance Of the Stale Of Georgia.
river only divides the territory al Georgia from
that Of South Carolina; yet on the one side, the pow
er o The Supreme Court, the arler ln the last re-
sort, is TO be sustained; While on the other side the
viii nfihe Executive IL to be supreme.
But, ifthc Supreme Court 10 be tho arbter, he
wished TO know in what manner the decision Of that
tribunal as to the OnsuOnay oi the tariff law, as
a measure of protection, was To be obtained? How
was AN issue 4" he made up! This mode had already
ind Helm rNs,fC
ton, and the Court had, declared ills ncapacy TO act
for Of jurisdiction, and refused take cogni-
zance Of the subject. He wished TO know why this
circumstance had been suppressed--no, suppressed
too strong ierm-lorgot,en in the message OF The
Executive. twill be remembered that when the bill
Of 1928 introduced, which had been justly called
by the Senator from Massachusetts, bill Of alOmnai
TONS Representative from South Carolina had inei-
lectaaily eneayored To obtain amendment Of the
title it, SO thatil might bear the face the charac-
of protection which belonged to il. But it was
SEM abroad under delusise and deceptive name
How, thea, was South Carolina try the question
Even il she bad every reliance the authority OF the
Supreme Court, she could not Obtain the judgment OF
that Court What then left for South Carr
oiRa, but thai which she had pursued .s
II also suggested 10 the Message Of the Execu-
tive, thai the State ought 10 have resorted to the Other
remedy whch pointed out, aud asked al an eari-
period for Convention Of the States, IN order To-
amend the Constitution. S"u:h Carolina had beeu
prevented from any applications this subject. She
had wished over and over again to Obtain ConVen-
ton, but she had uniformly found fixed majority IN
both Houses against her. How, then, was she TO Obj
tain the acquiescence Of the constitutional majority of
two thirds of the two Houses? Under these eircum-.
stances she made application until the SYie itself
had declared i unco"su,ional, and the emergency
which called lUr ia
These wee all the remarks which he considered
himself called TO make at this moment in rctegence
to the errors OF the Message Of The Executive.
ii was obvious that the country had now reached a
crisis. il had been often said that every thing Which
lives carries in itself the eieMe Of s owT' 5es'fuc-
ton. This principle less applicable 10 PnliIi-
cay is to be found in institutions; AMI unless it
he checked and corrected in its course, by the
wisdom of the Federal Government its operation will
form exception 10 the general course al events
The only Of wonderi in his opinion was that our
Uniop bad continued long thai, at the end offer
y-lonr years. Government should still reiaIe ats
original form. He considered that 10 the grea teht
of 1901 the "f the party which had etfyated
Mr.. eferson the Presidency, was maInly ta re at
triu,ed this duration Nothing but The elevation OF
that Individual had prevented The earlier eTn'nanoi
OF an experiment. But the time had ut length come
when we required decide whether this shall he
Confederacy aay longer. or whether it shS give
Senators solemDly TO pause and deliberate on this inn
poriaht question. As he lived, he believed that The
Of any consolidated government was i'm
possible Il must inevitably lead 10 military despo-
tism. AT this moment, without having been brought
into contact with any adverse circumstances, without
any conflicting causes ~ 'me o. peace nma r I Tmaer
stands the Of dissolution, the verge OF civil
war. How was this? Was i, attributable to the
powerful WORKINGS OF tne consolidating PTtHCFViCi
In this widely extended republic, there has been Of
necessity active conflict Of interests. In one por-
ton system works benefcialy, which is found 70 be
oppressive in another portion. The system Of pro-
lection is said operate to the advantage Of those
parts Of the country which the strongest. Every
said so, and therefore he bound to believe 50.
But in the weakest partitions Of the country, there was
be found who would not, Il he had the
power, put down the system Of protection. There
were thus different views on both sides. How was
this TO operate? He intended in nothing TO which he
should say, make any personal references IL was
his wish argue the subject solely on philosophical
grounds. A President 10 elected, und comes into
power bis policy necessarily conforms 10 that OF the
party by which he 10 chosen II cannot be Otherwise
The Tariff party for example, support as their candi-
views. He did not condemn this. II was the natural
aud oidable OF things The opposite side
must then take up their candidate whose opin.
ions on the subject Of protection are less marked bus
who may be sustained by portion Of the Tariff par
ty because he 10 for that system 20 certain extent.
and by portion Of the Anti Tariff States, because he
IL less hostile 10 their Interests than his competition
By this combimGtio ion, triumph Is obtained Heswho
comes into power, in this manner, he Is possessed
ofany intelligence can never be dslodged. How can
he BET He lakes middle ground betweenthe North
and the South. II one interest attempts TO make
forward movement the other side has occupied the
30 millions without aha Post Office Department, and
nclutlng that Department. 80 millions, are imposed
ON the country, under the pretence ofrevenuean a.
considerably greater than the value OF any SIN
ole one ofthe great Interests Of the country, exceeding
lie whole amount Of the COTTON crop, or the enure sa-
ne Of the shipping interest. Thus idenniy'Dg h'm-
self neither with Tariff aniI-Iari, Bank nor an