Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1833-01-17
SOUTH CAROLINA.

newspapers, and show pretty accurately the
form and pressore" Of the times in that
stat,. One from Nuliier, published in
the New York Courier and Enquirer, says
GAN that we ask or desire is that our North
ern friends should know our true position,
and understand our views and wishes We
do not desire dsunion, much less civil war
and revolution. Our only end and aim Is the
redress OF grievances After ten years pc
tilioning and remonstrance, not only without
effect, but absolutely without inducing or
brethren even TO listen to our complaints, we
thought and still think, the time bad come to
act 50 as to compel them to listen.
at is not too late now. Let the Tariff be
modified. .Any modification Of necessity re
meals on. Ordi1aace; ICE ,eiu haze to begin DE
Novo. Let Virginia and the other Southern
States come out and say that the Tariff must
be reduced 10 the teuenue standard, and all
will vet be wei..-But as to our being drs
gooned into submission by General jackson
or threats from any quarter it is out Of the
question Our friends of the North have ali
along been deceived as to the true state Of
things here The people are tceding their
leaders, and not the latter the people"
One published in the Philadelphia Inqui-
rer, from merchant, says:
ave have a report here to day that there
is a prospect for an immediate adjustment OF
our difficulties, by material reduction OF
The tariff If it is true. no person need fear
rsking his property in this quarter; but ifnot
true, and "Old Hickory" fuifls the pledges
of his proclamation, then think those who
have the least property here, the best of. 10
short, if you think that Congress will during
the present session, quell notification, by
granting the demands Of unlliiiers, send on
your goods--if you hold different opinion,
retain them.
"On the arrival of the Presidents Message
at this place the nullifiers were delighted,
said that Gen Jackson bad in several rassag
es proved himself nullifer, and began to
consult as to the propriety of re assembling
thaSr convention and recalling their Ord
nance-but the proclamation came down up
on them like a thunderhot- IT excited their
hottest indignation, and they talked Of bur-
ming the "last of the Romans" that night in
effigy They were prevented from this move
ment by the preparations Of the Unionists,
who would have resisted, and riot would
have ensued.
al presume you have before This seen
General Haynes counter proclamation, in
which he tells the people that Jackson has
no right to coerce S. Carolina. II has warm
ed the blood of the nullifers to the fighting
point. They are greatly excited and chang
together" in remarkable manner, consider
ing the desperate game they are playing"
One from a Union man, published IN the
New York Daily Avertiser, says
eve were spared from the pestilence, TO
be visited with worse calamity, and are now
brought to the brink of ruin by few Violent
ambitious men, who have deceived TIE peo
pie by persuadihg them they were pursuing
peaceable measured, and that the southern
states would support them. Fhis del,ison is
somewhat dispeed by the Presidents proc
lamation and the resolutions of the neighbor
ing states. But the evils already done are
great. They have disgraced our country,
and destroyed the commerce of the city
There are no Instructions 10 the collection of
duties yet, nor do believe they will be able
to enforce the laws they have passed, for
than lose their credit But confidence is much
impaired Many Of the merchants are clos
ing their business, and leaving the place
Not man who is friend to the Union.
can hold an Office in the State, and the spirit
OF d'scord has spread enmity in every family
which must soon produce conflict that may
prove disastrous. You may have read the
arbitrary laws lately passed by our legislature
(nnder plea of defending US against the
Tariff destroying, or tramplng on our most
sacred rights ard liberties. No despot IN
Asia could have done more The Union par
" comprising the wisest and best men in
the state, and nearly one half are determined
not to submit to their tyrannical edicts. The
egregious folly of the nullifers, to think they
could support themselves against the Union
is only equaled by the means they have "a
dopted."
We confess we begin to have more hopes
Notwithstanding the facts stated in these let
tiers, of an adjustment of difficulties, than we
had some weeks since. We rely somewhat
Upon a better spirit being awakened in Caro-
lima "a spirit which will have in II more Of
peace and good will than we have seen ex-
kibited for three months past.
French JVest h1dies:-The following de.
cree has just been received at the Depart
ment of State, and is published officially in
the Washington Globe.
lTRANsLATToN.l
We Louis Philip, King of the French, &c.
do hereby DECREE.
Art. /, Foreign Wheat Flour may be in,
ported into the Colonies of Martinique and
Guadalonpe, at all seasons, without regard
TO the price, either in France or in those