Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-12-02
NO. IA.

J may SUCH Hn IHs'l'uIlbN UC SuI'f''H9 ~
have had the pnwrr TO regulate the cur
renry: bni i, would have hcen with ihe
iron rule oftleSpoiism sm-resiraining all -
teresls. absorbing all capitni, measuring oil
profits. overpowvriuG all competition, aud
attracting the wea!tl, aud pTo,prrry "f
every other portion Of the union, 10 the GEN.
ire of i's operations.
II was an honest confession. OF one the
! ablcst presiding officers of the late United
States Bank. before u committee appuiHt-
{ 'h hv Congress 80 investigate 'ts affairs,
that it was NJ any time within IFS power 10
crush Sinir aud local institutions. What
( m nrpal!irg farr for 'hr rrGfeinp!nti"u "t
the Sovereign States of The Union! What
/ prrphrric warning 10 the institutions
chartered hv their authority! The insritu-
lions the country TO be uprnorcd and
I erased a, the bidding Of q heanie>-. soul
loss cru,. rer cent, calculating corporation!
The rights Of the States. and The liberties
of the people. TO he subjected 10 the domin-
ion ola sordid monied Autocracy! And
vet. suchis The supremacy over Iaw. liber-
~. and he constitutions To which such m in
stitutinn would ne,iiably have attained.
E,ncroarhnenrs upon The liberties Of Tho
people. in other tines aud nations, were to
| hc anprehcndcd from The swords Of cou-
ouerors. anh The usurpations. Of ambitious
rnlers: hut experience has shown that in
our own age and country, Tho srronges,
contests 10 maintain constitutional, and
even sovereign rights, have been waged
nga;nst an ambitious moa'y potcer, in all
i,s various forms. Of Bank n0n0poies, md
protective rariif-.. Well. therefore, may
we congratulate The country on having
escaped the Ambitious preiensions cf an
Institution which. after impeIiously dicla-
ling ,l,r humiIia,ing duty TO the Federal
Executive. of violating his constitutional
obligations, now threatens. through tho
vengeance Of n disappointed party, tho
rash and iniquirous retrihulion, of abolish
ing the mos, useful and conservative, OF
oil The proroga,ives OF his department.
The revision Of The duties on imports.
justiy regarded by The people ol this State
with sn!icilude proporioned 10 The bur-
deps which the Protective Policy has hilh-
erto imposed on them, has been made.
neither in that spirit Of equity. or Of COM
promise. which we had just feason to anti
cipate. from The principles and CONCESSIONS
Iaf the. .Ac,.nf '33, The history of the op-
tpo4;tion OF his Stnte, 10 a Tariff for pro-
iectinn, can neither be ohliieralei or for.
gotten. And The high considerations
which aciuated her, 10 consenting TO COM
promise hcr interests Tor term of wears,
to The peace and safety Of the Uuion,
should he warning, as we'll as au induce
mrnt. 10 respect her rights, as well as her
forhesraucc. While the government, is
acknowledged to be disembarrassed OF
debt, and the manufacturing inrcres, per-
haps the least oppressed aud the most pros
porous of any u the Union, the renewal Of
policy by indirect means. which is now
universally admitted 10 bear uneqnally
upon The productive industry Of different
portions Of tue Union. is most fragrant
abuse of power, as well as most waniou
violation Of faith. The living generation.
who were The witnesses of The struggles
and pledge, in the late contest for her
constitutional rights, have not yet passed
away, the monuments OF the times have
uoi yet peri,hed.-thc very nIars conse-
Grated hy her vows, still stand before US
even her preparations for defence, are still
in readiness and requisition,-'he age, ito
records, and reculiectiuns, have scarcely
hccninc part OF history. before the very
burdens aud expressions which they were
| intended To resist. are renewed with
shameful inGdelity, which seeks neither
prelcSt ur Justification. A home valuation,
cash duties, and IN unreasonable and c1-
nrbitanl rrvcnuc Of more than thirty mil
lions. it is believed are little less oncrous
in amount, or unconstitutional in effect.
Than The enormous forty per cent. duties
winch the sovereignty OF this State was
50 slrruly inierposed to resist. Aud il.
upon The principle OF all protective duties.
they arr destined tU increase TO an exlen,
aud cnorni,y TO which our experience Of
The past. as we'll rs the tendency Of the
times. mos, cmpha,ically iorrbodes, then
1t will be for you 10 say. whether South
Carolina has 50 fallen from her high emf
nruce of sovereignty aud independence. rs
TO admit by a silcn, Hcqmiesccnce in these
wrong, and grievances. that there IS no
"mole. no remedy. no measure olredrcss,"
II she was sufficient then for The cn'rrgcu.
cy. she is doubly adequate aud fortified
nolc in the union and sire 9Th ni al! her cit
izens. 10 meet ngsrcssions up N her rights.
come frunr what source they may. Nor is
i, less becoming he dignity aud character,
Of tree Slnte, in assuming a position of
defence which she is resolved 10 maintain,
TO mauilesi due and timely regard Tor ali
the means and appliances Of rendering
tnai position. as strong and impreguahle Ia
fact, rs il ~ in equity. AMI in argument
DA.resardiue all theories. that 10 o'teu con-
found tho convictions ofihe best aud Pu-
res, minds, and rcSortiug to the resources
which she can so amply command through
her orsan,zrd government, and VITA which
God and rho People have endowed her.
there can 30 emergency arise. ~ which the
hands AID the hearts Of her ciuz"ns, would
no, be invincib!y united in her defence.
Another topic. OF o., ..ss impnrtane" II
itself. or deep momcot 10 the citizen. :"
this STATE, is the act distributing the pro
eeeds Of the public lands, as source o