Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-10-10
.NULLIFYC9TyOv

motley Committee.
.NULLIFYC.4TTON
The Tuscaloosa Expositor the IT, s, Teleurnpb
and other affiliated papers, have attempted To build
up ON The authority of an article which we wrote i'm
1872, The unqualified assertion that Mr. Thomas
Jefferson was the author OF the South Caro-
lima doctrine of Notification. That article wns
hastliy written. lnsiead of combining ourselves as
we should have DONE Ia stating that MIR. Jefferson
was really the author of that memorable phros4 i'm
The Kentucky Resolutions, Stint Notification is the
rlghtiu remedy we employed the expressions of
mir. Jefferson's opnions"-'te doctrine of Nulifi-
cation was his" sc. The nadvertence will appear
as follows:
I'VE shall NOT goinlo the qucs on whether the s. Caro-
lima doctrine OF Null iicaon be the same will, in, oi KIN
mckv. or OF Mr. Jefferson Whether Mr. US theory of
Qualification be applicable the TariH; that il. whether
.na aoom'nsoe stem be abuse Of delegated an as
sumption Of undelegaisd po,ccs o. The sill more i,er
esiiig question: whether Ire never changed his opiuuns
on This subject Nor shall 20 this Time into the siiI
more Important question, whether Mr. j. was right in ever
hodnng ms doc'rne-or whsher Modification or 'scis
on (>ecessicn) be Inc rghifu remedy in case Of tha
sresest ex'remiiy-ghtiu as it regards the provisions
The Union" '' -
We said that Mr.. J. was the author Of the doc
trihe oil Modification. But might have been
asked, uhGt doctrine? ohoSe doctrine? Is il The doc
trine OF South Carolina? Could one State Milf,
or more than one? Or how manu-? Or ho,o iene
nullify? Could they nulIi(y absolutely /? Or nn-
III saith OF the States could pronounce M act to be
~
mt 3-4ihs to judge for it-and surrender us risht
OF Secession?
To the same article in the Enquirer, nre snboin-
Ell numerous extracts from MIR. Jeiferson's works
To show that other remedies (not Nnllifcaion) are,
sci forth III tbem-lhat the word Qualifications
does never appear in those wriiings--thnt i'm his
Letters TO Messrs. Nicholas and Giles in '9s and 90
he speaks OF SECESSION" secesson) us the only true
remedy--and that in his famous letter TO Mr. Giles
III 1870, he employs this uncquyocal languages:
I'VE must have patience and longer endurance then
WIN our brethren while under ds!uon; give them limo
ot reflection and experience Of quences keep our
seies III situation 10 profit by The chapter of accidep
anu srparae from our companoas only when tie sole al
ternaiv left, (Ol Qualification buf .c dissolution
Of our mon with them, submission government
without liinitaon OF powers Between these Two ev
whei sc i't n'ke choioe, there he no hest alton
Du III me meanwhile, The States should he watc 10 note
every material usurpAton their Iieh; 10 ,l,uounca
mem az they occur, in the pertmptory terms. 10 pro-
TEST against them as wrongs TO which our present bins.
SION sha be Considered not as or prece
nens OF right bnl as temporary yielding 10 the les err
eVi nnu 'heir accumulation shall overweight that Of sepa
rs'ioh."-p. 42l-2
FOR ourselves, we have been aitcoYs against NuI
lhcotion--and the more OF H. the more we
dislike The monster For tie present, we content
ourselves with saying, lst that in the course Of "A
ieW days, VIC shall publish tie eloquent specch of
Mr.. Walker, OF Mississippi who discusses The f5eo,u
OF Nulilicaiion IN mastery manner, and exposes
It's alarming consequenccs-And 2dIy we submit TO
our on readers ihe following PORTRAIT of it, drawn
from lis practical consequences written by mn nble
aud iIigll-niindcd South Carolinian-w has seen
and felt what he so well describes--and who warns
inc Virgln'ans against permitting the Wolf TO take
shelter in the Sheepfold:
PORTRAIT OF MULTIPLICATION.
"SEPTEMBEn Is h.
"yNy Dear Sir-Thc approach of cold wea,brr and ,,
great rna'eiy 10 r'oin my family bot TO deprive
me Of me pleasure OF renewing intercourse at the
Warm Spring beg you to accept nv ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Tor your polite and kind attentions and 10 assure Of
luz "s Ee~' pleasure u would have given sid
know more oil State which have been taught all nv
NE 10 admire aud respect IN our variu,ls uohicaI en-
o'rfassmen's we have sought always act with ycur
touhirynen; aud in the darkness and soan which row
hang upon our local hor z5n Is our only pfiy,ge ami
our only hope. 10 in with anxious socituIe 10 lie OH
Dominion You will pardon me for synO ,ovysxsr H.,
much as am grsed by ibis WRIT. yet !eave tie Noun
aiis with many aud with fearful sppr he lsious NulI6
eaon which, like poisoned fountain has poured its wa
ers OF tfieroees and sorrow the land live on il
evidently developing Itself here-tskfg hey did e,e
popular name aud dealing largely ia the cant Of nonI
ahmS us advocates, find, assume the title Of State
tights and c"im 10 fight the banncrs Of Jefferson
and OF Madison Your politicians deny that they sustain
the doctrines Of Mr. Calhoun, but fey precisely The
sophsry that lie used, and anticipate. Without Shade nj
difference the gOod qnenceS that he did ~
ying hat hey his Posey ies, they 20 (nav thai
have secr) step by sep ia the same road i.t hi
have travelled Ia s. C. r. g1ary enlisted here as t,ev
were there, his cruis without seeming 10 kno,V ~
practising and drilling by those Which, Will us
against this holy Union. My dear SIR " ilI II be ,;,
bic FOE who has and felt the practical resis or
ms hefesy 20 soy something Of the deormly which be-
longs to u! Bofn and bred in s. Carolina aud descsn
from men whose bones have mingled with her do, To-
many generations and owning species Of prepegfv m ~
interest beyond her confines, cannot bur leeI MAI e -
nouf IL NY honour, aud her welfare and prospetiv ;,
also But, these considerations do not delude NE Her
Iofinef greatness II where found No longer devots
10 ne Liberty OF lie Naon, her leaders are The leaders
o. far'y and OF Parry ony-ihe authors Of public sui
leHng aud Of private wrong. Her People, naturally mag
unanimous and generous, have yielded the vindctiSe
and demonisc Spirit which lives by, and leeds upon
domestic siiIc Her society once known for its Omen
hearted hospitality. is broken down and rent ssun-
der by family discord; aud her Statute Books fbs
nefly her glory and her pride are defsced and die
honofed by Test Osihs and Prescriptions These are real.
" ana prtcucaiy lhe fruits which This newy-plapled
Hee mas Poluced Yet, every thing that has been done
"na ssld Is put forth under tie sanction Of the Virginia
snd Kentucky Resolutions Your community is threat.
eped by the same sirssgem which has delu6ed and led
asrsy South Carolina II scarcely meet an individual who
does not repudiste the Modification OF Mr. Cslhoun-vet
hr calhoun has great reason 70 be Satisfied with die in.
dustry and success Of his enssafes and sgenOur N..
liners have already publicly pledged Virginia; and al
though ieei Indignant Al the charge, dat she will
lend herself 10 ibis work Of prostitution cannot do less
than sntfedt You sfouqe from heir snobc,s tto,e d