Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-04-22
NULLIFIERS IN CHARLESTON.
From the Portland Advertiser
CHARLESTON, March

Inc nUtlluers uOtuS W ou' oty ~
This Charleston is no Iaggard in working OF a
fefe. The nulli6ers are men OF taste; men ol
little guns and big guns, swords and cutlasses,
great spunk and fine speeches, pretty ladies and
nre,ty dances. Who would not be nullifier to
live in such land-feed on such chlvalry-and
epjoy such a feie, as notification ballF AS a
Yankee under good auspices, Invent last eve.
ming into the citadel, the heart OF the nullihers'
camp-and among big .mouthed cannon, muskets,
fusees. pistols, long swords and short swords,
Kings arms, rifles, and fowling pieces, spears.
mixes. and bayonets, bristlins for horr'd war; l
tound-think what?-not less than twelve nun
dred ladies! What a place to put LADIES in'
good hearted creatures, II they are ike our
nor,Lern bellies, and fair ones! What an area
for the dance-..t to trip the light fantastic toe"
in amid such a panoplv Of war! such an array
NJ mu,derous weapons! such Haunting OF flags !!
.nch displav Of cockades, and OF men waltz
;ro and coiiliioning in swords, pistols, daggers,
and ,ent.like uniform! Cupid fights with no such
weanons in my country. Love there comes OF
itself Ii is nut spurred up by the bayonet, hur-
,;ed on by mottos, aud folded up in flags! The
cold north precipitates beadlong into the passion:
but the warm south takes the drum and hte, the
horn and tambarine, for stimulus The ladies'
in nv land are alarmed when the 6avonet CLEANS,
or the shining blade is drawn, and faint at dag
ger scene: but here-mercy OIL their hard heart
ed hearts-,hev live off the pomp and clrcum-
stance of WARP they dance over stacks OF arms,
almost tripping athwart the points OF the bayon'
cts; they 81, upon huge balls, and cartouch box
es, aud cannon carriages; they wear the COCK
AIDES on their very bosoms. Venus IS not en-
throned in the saloon, in the drawing-room, nor
in the parlor, but in the camp, in the sitade!!-
What people! What NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
was going to say; but that they were fairy cine.
tsrei. beautiful and delicate, and all one could
wish for, except in their love oil a'ms-war'hke
arms, | mean
Well, went to the ball, at 8 o'clock. or a lit
tie before. 1t was in the citadel, which is the
armory of the State, and where are deposited
Cardinals munitions Of war, with which she was
going to whip her twenty three sovereign sisters
with men enough to eat her up, slaves and all,
If thew gave the Kentuckians but the .quantum
of an eve and ear apiece. The citadel is an ob
long building. perhaps two hundred feet IN length,
and with an open area on the centre perhaps SIX
~ feet in width. This area was 6oored over tor
the occasion, a canopy overhanging .h-and
thus grand, a magnificent Hall was prepared.
The armories answered for drawing rooms. We
hung our hats on bayonets. Their mszzles an.
swered for candlestlcks.-Their barrels for re-
Electors, as well as the tin dippers, tin pals and
other tin so-forths, which radiate the light most
brilliantly m all directions. Around the outside
door was vast multitude Of black people. white
people aud yellow people, with not a few nonde-
scrints, Pillars and arches Of light Of almost
all colors formed by variegated glasses, in which
were the lamps-immense in number, were
thrown around the door. There were blue lights,
fominous enough! scarlet lights, red lights. pale
lights, yellow Iights-in short, as many sorts OF
lights as there bad been sorts Of politicians. A
beautiful transparency appeared among them,
with the badges Of Carolina, the goddess OF free
dom trumpet sounding-the nottos OF Carolina,
and other figures and devices, which, not being
yersed in notification escutcheons and nulliica-
ton beraldry, I csnno; explain. Modification
is the righijtI remedy" QUOTED frem Jefferson
in large capitaIs,) giared the spectator in the
face.
Rockets and bombs we're let of 10 all direc-
tious; the nuli6ers vociferated and hurraed. =
The effect was grand beyond descriptlon--be-
yond any thing have seen any where. The
nulli6ers eclipse US all-in every thing-in talk
inc. Dragging, fighting, scoding fretting, and in
great DISPLAYS Who would not be DullifeI!
From haif-past seven till nine, carriages in
line wee discharging men in epaulettes, plumes.
palmetto buttons, green coats. grey coats, red
coats, and black coats, white breeches, yellow
breeches, and black breeches. All the soldiery,
the volunteers Of this empire, came In the uni
forms Of their corps. Some wore badges OF nui.
LITIGATION on their left breasts. Some bedecked
themselves with leaves Of PsimettO. And car
riages were dischargng ladies also. at least t.
each gentleman--isdies IN white, In black, 10
scarlet, in bue-in all colors-latl,es in feathers
and hats Of all fashions and ak de iptions, some
few in Boas. many with eockades, many with
palmetto fnunces interviewer ia,terly, longitude
nally, elliptically. No two ladies' were robed
alike. No two looked alike.
Now let US 60 into the hall. A more magnii
cent picture WAS to be seen. We ascended
ajsh, of stone stairs-walked along an ornament
ed piazza or corridor, interviewer with the imita
ton Gags Of csmbric muslin Of red and white
and sprigs Of cedar, and live oak leaves, aud pal
me,to. Ranges Of card tables were spread in tn
eentlemen's drawing room. Rivers Of VINE wer
near. Refreshments Of ices, Of triaes, OF lie
mon.ds, Of a thousand nondescrpts-who cal
tell how nauyl Ones head and hair adjusted