Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-04-22

much Win your dig anu iOuu'sou"u"e -.
those truculent speeches OF yours, SO 'oa","s
with fire and lava. Etna-like. Your cocAaue'
and palmetto, and palmetto buttons, we thlnK
little silly. We should take piece of home
spun. and herring, corn stalk. or red oak Out
ton for devices, Il we were making such rum.
pus. You are a very clever-Yankee clever
mean-kind of people, though expected to had
you with horns, huge ears, wings, aud hobs; TOT
YOU have made such a disturbance these three
wears, as | supposed no mortal men could ever
make-none but imps, and fallen angels, or via
beasts of the forest. Pray do return to your
senses. Hust up again the star sPangled oao'
ner IN your citadel. Let US be all Ameri-
cans, all Caroinians, all Yankees. b.
CHARLESTON, April I, 1888.
1t is April.fools day. and | have been TO see
the nullfers play the fool, and have been exceed
inglv amused, though the rain has been pouring
down in torrents. and the mud aud siosh are
over our shoes. The nulifers have had, and
are yet having grand parade. The volunteers
of Charleston have turned out, In full UNIFORM
and with all the show of war. war, horrid war.
The truth is they are becoming craZer and era
zler Their late success has made them fully
mad-auJ for aught see, in shurt time. Uncle
Sam will be obliged to hand cuff the great men
and lock up the boys.
This morning, according TO order from B'iga-
der Gen. Hamilton, the volunteers OF Charles
ton. nullifying vOlunteers-who were to nave
fought like tigers in the event of war, and who
are good looking fellows enough, but who prooa'
bly, love gunpowder no better than the Yankees
assembled to the number of--abont fre nan.
drsd! There was the Republican Artillery. with
brass pieces-the Cadet ArtiIlery-the Jefferson
A T. r.. Ia ptnckncv
tiIlery, the Scotch Infantry, the Riflemen. and
know not how many other companies Of the
90, 900, who were preparing to Hog the whole
United States of America, all arranged, up and
down Meeting street. with horses. ordinance,
and servants, by 10 NJ. Soon Gen. Ham'i-
ton, Emperor of the nation of South Carolina,
the great god of war IN this quar'er-a bonaPar'
team kind of man by the way, with black whls.
kers, not tall, hut compact and stout.bodied,
rode up and down the ranks on fine bay char.
ger. lie had on two epaulettes, yellow plumes,
and blue cockade, and drove horse as well as
any Virginia horse racer. Anon there came
along, amid the sounding of flies and drums and
trumpets and the waving Of colors, and of swords,
his Excellency, Gov. Hayne, followed by five
aids, all in buff kerseymere breeches. well sword.
ed, we'll epanletted. and well horsed. The line
Of march was soon formed, and they the military,
in the middle of the street, and the lords OF Ca.
roIina on horse, and we the people, and they, the
slaves on foot, soon made our way toward the
Citadel, there to talk of liberty, and death and
Carolina. During all this, nothing happened ex.
cent that some Of the horses attached to the hra.
w ordinance threw off the negroes from their
backs, into a soft mud bed, AMI some OF the gal
liant cavaliers in uniform had hard work TO bride
I'd their snor,ing steeds. terrified as they were
by the music of the black band, and the glitter.
ing parade of great guns aud little guns.
Arrived at the citadel, into which marched the
military rank and file,-and there we the people,
overseeing aud multiplying the State Guard oy
the way; who in vain attempted to keep Us out.
The citadel had los ,he awning which over-arch-
ed the area. The meda!iions were all there
The paimettos were all there. The imitation
flags we're also there. The area below vas pref
ty well occupied with III, military Uniforms, OF
all coors. handsomely variegated that part OF he
house. The ladies bordersd the galleries; and
we, the people, did as we could. among the null
titu.lps in the portico. Soon Governor Hayne
came forth from balcony about twenty feet high,
oyersha widowed by two tall pamettos. His i've
aids came forth With hun. one bearing in his hand
a flag. CIV. Ha,ne then addressed the audience
fer about fifteen minutes, or rather his " fellow
60lUlPrSs as ne "cW' iAS WIZ t"S''
that Snuth Carolina had effected the late change
in the Tariff-that she had stood alone, and ne
yer quaed when the South had deserted sd ner
her. and when the whole Union seemed to be pre-
pairing war against her. She had done her duty.
She had beaten off the myrmidons Of power
She had DESTROYED the American System-had
gwen it its death blow, and had achieved g'o-
r;,,. vctorv oyer tyranny and OppresslOn-Over
the men who had been taking from her her pro-
per,y to pay their taxes, and who would have ad'
drd murder to robbery, by sweeping her Cities
desola,ing her fields, and destroying her citizens
Then taking the flag from the hands Of the aid.
he shook open its folds, and displaying the arms
of the State, and Cardinals palmetto. and large
gold letters engraved upon it" Liberty u
must be preserved" (,housh hundred black
slaves were gaping about)-and after making
some ine remarks on the value Of the gift, as the
highest honor he could bestow, handed it to
staging some feet below him, to Brigadier Gene.
raj Hamilton. az commander Of the volunteers OF
South Carulina. During this speech, which was