The Arkansas advocate., 1833-01-09

StFaDl1 CSlQSkts tfittt9 "S the manufacturing States would pear no part of the burthens ot Federal ak allon. so far.as the revenue should be derived from protected articles. The earnestness with which their represett- atiycs seek to increase the duties on
 these articles, is conclusive proof that
 those duties are bountIes, and not bur
 thcns, to their constituents. As at
 least two thirds of the federal reEeiue
 would be raised from protected articles,
 under the proposed modification of the
 tarHf, tho manufacturing States would { De e!ssttiEelyysey eyempied from all nartlel- l
 patton in that proportion of the public
 burthens.
 Under these circumstances we can fEot permit oufselVesto believe for mo-
 Inebt, that ii a eflsis marked by such
 eortentous and fearful omene, these
 States eanhesitatein aeeeding 10 this ar engagements @ Z when they perceive thateLt will be the means, and possibly the on- E lY means, ofrestorlng tllc broken lar
 mong ol tllis featconlederaey. They
 most assuredly have tte strongest of hu- 1.
 man inducements, aside ffoin all coil-
 slderations ofiustice, 10 adjust this cof- ] troyerss, without pushing il 10 extremi i ties. This can be accomplished oaiy $ by the proposed modification q the ta-
 riti, or by q call of a general convention
 ot all the States. Ii South Carolina.
 should be driven. out Of the Inion, all the otller planting States. and some ot the western States, would follow by
 an almost absolute neeessiiA. Gan fl be believed that Georgia, Mississippi, , Tennessee, and even kentuekv, would continue 10 pay tribute of 50 per cent. upon their consumption, 10 the north lem States, for the privilege of being hunted 10 t'senl. when they could re- .Heeige all their snppliesthaoueh the ports ]. of South Carolina, without paying a sin gle cent for tribute
 he separation of South Carolina. would Inevitably produce q general dis dis solution of the Union; and as q neees- Isafs consequence, the protecting sYs- E tesal, with 'tiiii fis peeenisfy bonnties to f the nofthefn States, aud it's pecnnia-. -Ery bufthens upon the southern States. would be utterly overthrown aBd de.
 molished, involving the ruin of thou 5 sands and hundreds of thousands in the 1 manufacturing States.
 I By tiiese powerful considerations. l connected with thelr own pecuniary iil- , terests, We beseeeh them 10 pause and contemplate the disastrous eoasequen- Ices which wiA certainly result from an 7 obstinate perseverance ontiIeir part. in
 Inaiiitilii'iifg the protecting syste..s.--
 Wlth them, It Is question merely of peeanlaTy interest, connected wlti4#ao ) shadow otright, and involving DO prin- ffclple ol liberty. With us, 1t is q qnes- , Ftion involving our most sacred rights those very rights which our common ]? Ianeestors left 10 IS as a common ipber- ltanee, purchased by their common toils and consecrated by their blood, Iii Ia qnestlon oI hoerty OH the one hard and slavery on the other. If we sub
 mt to thls system of unconstifutional i oppression, we shall voluntarily sink into slavery, and transmit that iano- mnlous inhcritance Co our ehildfen.--
 " viii not we cannot, we dare tot
 submit 10 thls degradation, and OUT rc.
 solve IS fixed and unaltcfabIe. that
 protecting tariff shall be no longer en.
 forced within the limits of South Caro
 llna, Vie stand opon the principles of l everlasting justice, and To human nov.
 CT s!lfifl drive Us fToa ouf position.
 ] We have not the slightest apprchen
 sloh, that the general government will Eatfempt to force thissYsten upon uS hx
 military power, We have warned a,,.
 brethren of the consequences of snch ah attempt. But f, ilet~itbsta,,di,,a
 such a course of madness should ko nu:,' sued, we here soletnnly declare that l tfis systemof oppression shall never ore. l vail n south Carolina, until none bnf ! slaves are left to submit to it. xVa ! would lnflhltely prefer that the terr:to. ry ef the Stale should be the eeaetry Kof ireemen, than the habitation orI saves. Actnated by these principles
 and animated by these sentimenfs ,s' n.e
 vii cling 10 tfe pillars of the te,n,,,o l oi s, our liberties, and fit must fall. we
 wtil perish amidst the ruins. "e s,' SopTn 9 CARonINA.-A 4 caucus of fbe fnuliihing party in the State leoislse e,'aa 1.,s ls ,,as dcslgnated Sen. liAYNE, now ,
 SsehatoT ofthe JnitedStates. as the nor son to succeed Gov. Hamilton ir pJ fbo
 chatr of the State executive-ti,e fon,s, a.,s l of the latter eypiriny tl,c s''9 'slin