The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-06-01
MOVEMENT IN eourH CAROLINA.

We indin The Charleston Courier detailed account
ofthe proceedings o,he gre, meeting of the friends Of
the National Administration, which was held in that
ctyion Saturday week. The Hon. THOMAS LowNDEs
called TO preside. A Committee of thiry-two
SONS appointed of which JAMES l.. PE1lGnu,
Esq., chairman, to draft resolutions expressive of
the opinions ofthe meeting the great subject which
had brought them together.
The resolutions reported by the Committee were as
follows:
l. Therefore, Resoired That Revenue Tariff is
mode ofprovldi for The National Defence not on
consistent with the uniform practice of the country,
but entitled to a decided preference any other
scheme of taxation and that regard the Conpro-
of 1888 the bond peace and pied &c of
equal justice To The various and conflicting interests Of
extended Federal Republic
3 That The question OF he constitu,Ionality OF a
nted States Bank has been settled by reason, by au-
hority, and by experience OF Is Indispensable utility
That no other remedy has been found for the null
iplied and Increasing difficulties of heterogeneous
currency, and that the me and place for the es,ab
ehment of such Bank are subjects VIII CHI call Tor
the mature and deliberate consideration OF Congress.
d. That the Hon. w illiam G Preston has well and
faithfully served the State member Of the Senate
of the United States and by the uniform of his
Sc, has proved himself superior to the hlandish
ments OF power and the terror of prescription That
while admire his eloquence, still more highly
appreciate hi frmncss and consistency as a States
man, aud heartily unite in awarding 10 him the conf
dencc " hch he has so well deserved
5. Resolred, That the right of instruction and the
requison 10 obey or resign, never admitted by the
State of S Carolina, cannot surely belong TO neigh
borhcod associations or District meetings; that we
iiust Ia the firmness and sound judgment Of
tcemed Senator, steadily 10 resist and repudiaie any
such usurpatlon of authority. And that we heartily
approve OF the course he has pursued in regard 10 this
matter, and the expression OF sentiment conveyed IN
his reply to the demands made upon hun by sectional
convocalion composed OF his political opponents
That the political independence of the Represe alive
is not only privilege, but sacred duty, an element
of Institutions abs ,lutey essential 10 the well be-
ing of Republican Constituency, and that Col Pres
ton is entitled to cordial gratitude and prompt
and unwa,erng support In the manly stand he has la
ken in lis defence.
g. Resoired, That the Public Lands, coded to the
Confcderacy, by Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia,
South Carolina and Connecticut, coded, in the
words OF the Virginia Deeds of Cession, the con-
dton that they " shall be considered common fund
for The and benefit of such of the United States
have become shall become members Of the COME
dcration Federal Alliance OF the said States Vir-
GINA included, according 10 their respective proper
TONS ia the general charge and expenditure and shall
be faithfully and bona fde disposed of for that pur-
pose and for no other purpose whatever"
T. Resoired, That the scheme Of sorrcndcrng these
Lands, thus made the common property of all the
States of the Union, 10 the few States in which they
ation of the contract by which they were generously
entrusted to the Confederacy. That this scheme
bringing mass of ncghboring contiguous States, IN
der common Indebtedness TO the General Govern
ment, holds out such enormous bride of ambition
aud avarice, could not fail to breed corruption and
violence, and array The indebted States in disast Gus
hostility TO the authority OF the Union terminating 10
a conflict which would have certain re~ut--the
total loss to the country Of its splendid National Do
main.
Mr.. PET1oRu then addressed the meeting in refer,
to the principles forth in the resolutions, and
at the close Of his remarks they were unanimously
adopted. The Courier J az the following sketch ofthc
remarks Of MIR. Senator PREsTos and the gentlemen
who followed him,
Col. PaEsroN then called for and received byl
the meeting with an applause and enthusiasm that
.orsnc from the hearts the audience II is impos-
sibe TO give more than barren sketch OF his speech
rich and glowing Il was in imagery, and fervd at
lines in Indignant, cloquence. he returned his heart