Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-12-19

political opinions hsrmonze with his, with deliberate de-
sign to overthrow the Union, and BY consequence the
berries Of their country am willing to eoncede that they
are honest, (and many Of them klotc y but Il
'er Of seperauve Indifference to you what the motives
oi your public servants are, their doctrines lead the
subveson Of the happest MT on earth Though
heir motives were a. pure Is the unrodden snow, the de-
unae. winch 'hey labor will not be the less fatal
The disciples of this school will tell you, that they
love the Unon--but they love liberty bette, Fatal
fatal error suppose that liberty can ever abide lonc
with people who would madly destroy the temple
where alone she be wor.hpped. BE persuaded to
r-inquish the substantial blessings Of freedom, to follow
the phantom Of liberty through oceans may be, of fra.
terna blood! The present condition OF the United States
Is peculiar nsy denied in the history Of Nations
No people on earth enjoyed much liberty. civil
political and religious as do the people Of these United
States Every national blessing which other less favored
nations seek, are ours already. Hall century Is but
as DAY IN national history, yet what prviges has the
pas' nan century effected in this country! Under he o
'erng influence Of free and happy institutions
population has increased from three 10 sixteen millions
our villages have into cities our noble Western
rivers which till recently flowed their dark and suen
course the ocean In the Wild grandeur Of through
an almost inermiDabe Wilde rDess, now whenrd Sy
the sail Of commerce and bear their boso,ns the
OF every cline. The wonderful resources physical in.
telIectaal and moral Of this young country have been
developed with rapdity elsew here slog unknown
The Revolution found us poor ani oppressed: il lett us
poorer still, but free The heavy debt VIII ch two
had accumulated, |, nearly quite extinguish We
are rich In resources, eminenty rich in ell the essential
citizens, this is picture drawn from the
and ii TO any IL should extravaganza il is be.
cause this country has advanced with such gigantic
strides to Its present pitch OF prosperity, that the sim
plest and unadorned narrative Of s progressive
Improvement, must necessarily somewhat the air Of
romance. Yet, Notwithstanding these unequaled adj
vantages, we far from being satisfied spirit OF dis
content broods the land; .pr engendered by dis
appointed ambition, and unhoy political aspirations The
hrebraEd Is thrown among you by him, who should be
only the messenger of peace, and attempt made
persuade you from the Executive Chair that You live
key-Depend upon IL, those who tell you So, them
selves deceived. or mean to deceive you. Cling to
the Union, as the sheet anchor of your liberties
Every rejecting know, that all these trans
cendant political blessings have been the fruit Of tho
sroyed When this sacred fabric is assaled every friend
oil liberty has TO tremble aud every friend OF his
country should ascend the watch ower, and sound the
tocsn OF alarm. "With the Union, every thing;
without it, nothing" The blow which Sc
this glorious Union, will be fatal to boity; its grave will
De the grave oil liberty and in it will DO buried the best
BUTT will be- asked perhaps why this socitude the
preservation Of the Union, when its advantages
design OF dissolving i' plainly, that however
sincere they may be in their declarations attachment
aud devotion to the Union, their mode Of evincing it, IL
rather uniortunate since the triumph OF their Doctrines
will inevitably and demonstraby lead its absolute and
immediate overthrow. Where Modification begius, Union
ends. This is the proposition which undertake TO
abish The politicians Of this school may point The
successful assertion as they pleased to consider it,
their doctrines in South Corolna triumphant vinca
ton Of them, from the charge of hostility to the Union
On recent occasion the great High Priest OF Nuica
ton himself is said to have boasted that the had
u
III the South Carolina that phrase hasnof triumph
ed In South Carolna-can never triumph in any State
until the funeral kne Of this Union has been
His Exceency in his late Message has made an sbor-
tive attempt TO identity the doctrines Of his school with
the State Rights doctrines OF Virginia. and TO institute
rael between the act the Of Virginia Legislature 10 1899
protecting its members from imprisonment words spo.
ken in debate, and the late ordinance OF South Carolina
declaring that should be collected her Dor
after certain day. Ii will be easy, very easy task
to shew' that there Is analogy between the
In passing the Sed'ioa Law, Congress guilty on
nal seofp HI,
the Constitution OF the Unit States. The State
acted properly 10 interpreting t0 arrest the progress of
he eu so lar as to throw her ngs around the members
OF he Legislature, and TO protect them in the
else OF an undoubted constitutional right. "The seiion
law, says the message, "was rendered harmless how
ever oy State interposton, in Virginia and that a,o
noto your statute book records the triumph of the
conservative principle" thank His Exceilency for
furnishing in the passage above cited the
and Irresistible reutaon Of the assertion which he was
labouring TO establish, vz that South Carolina Nuca-
ton and Virginia State Rights were Identical Yes that
law is still your book and the fact that il is So
is evidence full, conclusive and convincing in
ing 1t, no blow was mediated at the integrity OF our
Unon power intended be asserted Incompatible
with its existence. Does the ordinance of South Carroll
ma still remain her statute-book record the triumph
the first instance suspended and finally rescndcd her
ordinances and she acted wisely, wisely doing So
IL she had maaiy insisted on enforcing that -advised
measure, the Union would long since have been rent
asunder, and you would be mourning in
and ashes, the ruins of tho faest nobest s,ruc
ure that human wisdom framed Ii the experiment
had succeeded the consequence would have BEEN that
foreign goods would been imported into the por of
Charleston duty free, while in the port of New York
where the greater Of the whole Of the United
states Is collected they would be burthened with duty
varying from 40 TO 100 per cent Now according 10 the
hxed and immutable principles of trade every article of
commerce will seek that market where the largest profits
can be obtained, and surely requires extraordinary
sagacity 10 foresee that the whole foreign Of the u
States would be diverted from all the other ports of the
country, TO the ports Of s. Carolina This is plain prac.
neal, common sense view OF the actual conse
which must attend the exercise the extraordinary
power claimed by South Carolina, which must strike every
man oil sound understanding sinconroveribe. While the
osensb!e object, therefore, of Modification merely to
arrest the operation oil
direct immediate and inevitable efec, is TO de and
break down the whole financial system of the country
The revenue OF government is its vital air: Withdraw IT,
aud the complicated machinery which had received its
impulse from this power, stops and the whole system
tiers to its fall. Such, them fellow citizens is practical
NuliiicaioD and much for his seorserpa
fiue principle"
yield to man in this community In devotion to the
true doctrines OF the Virginia School, g they have been
interpreted by our fathers rigid adherence 10 those
doctrines, regard Indispensable the OF
tho reserved rights OF the States aud il is much TO he la
meDted that the true of State Rights should have
received deep wound the hands of the infatuated
disciples OF john c. Calhoun Most especially is cause
OF regret, that his ExcelIency the Governor shod at
this late PERIOD after the which has ragged ib
Jury, and which threatened the aw u and esolanp
consequences, had happily passed away applied him.
sell with so much assduy, TO the unworthy purpose of
.klndlng and terminating the dying embers Of party
spirit true patriot, might have found in the fortunate
issue OF the violent throes which recently conyued
our sister State Of South Carolina only cause of
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