The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1841-05-04
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they might be enabled 10 make themselves su
premeiy ridiculous, anil thus become The Laughing
stock or The rest Of the nation, South Carolina II
pre eminently that State, and The little, power'esi
clique of NulIifars that exists only within her Dor
de,s is that party. Their arrogance has long beer
40 io,olerablo, THOR assumption of importance 50
insuAerabiy absurd and their insolent tone OF die
tation so ridiculous, from the Importance of those
who thus gave themselves these airs, ,hnt The resi-
OF The Union has been constantly at loss whether
10 laugh at or to be provoked with, their 'nsuppo'
table impudence. a So, "a ESQ tai
Is any pubiic measure proposed, which iheir Lo'
Illnesses of 8. Carolina, in the Supremacy oil tlef
wisdom, do not deign 10 approve, DO 'hese sages
and DISTINGUISHED patriots condescond to show, Nv
sober argu,nen the impolicy or tho injustice OF the
proposed measures? win they degn 10 descend
10 the employment OF reason VT common sense 10
convince their brethren IN !olher states that they
are wrong! Not they Argument, reason, CONS
mon sense and such vulgar common place weapons
as these, beneath the dignity and unworthy the
chiDal,y of your truo South Carolinian. As well
might you expect Bombasies Furoso himself to de-
scend to plain prose, one OF these South Carols
na Nulli6eys to argue u point OF public policy.
With him il is all swords, daggors, pistols, nufca-
tons md death far sugar. And angry threats,
vain glorious housings, arrogant commands, and
insuferaby despoic orders are relied upon, imEtic
lily, available means Of defending themselves a,
gainst what they are pleased 10 regard aggres
sion. .,.s, Pea. -.... a.t
One can hardly listen to the speech Of a Loco
Foco orator, or read a Loco Foco newspaper that
halls from that State, without stopping, almost in
voluntarily, 10 ask himself, is South Carolina the
whole universe? Is there no other portion OF the
earth? Have we been in error, hitherto, in suppos
ing there were twenty FIVE other States in the u
MON, thirteen Of which are larger than South Car.
olina, and six times as larger Their is no lin
il their intolerance cessation 10 their increas
ing assurance which only increases with their in
creasing weakness and poverty. A small duty on
wine is proposed. Forthwith the empire of South
Carolina is up in arms, and from the din that is
raised, one would think that all the wine that
drank in the country was consumed in South Car
olina; when the statistics, exhibited by Nj Stanley
on the floor Of Congress, demonstrated that in a
single public house in the city of New York, more
wine is drank in day than in whole districts in
South Carolina. The bare proposal Of duty of
twenty per centrum ad valornm imported silks
raises Just such another breeze if the whole bur
then was 10 come upon that devoted little State.
More silks sold to go TO single county in New
York, shown by actual statistical facts, than TO
the whole State, and yet the bare idea Of such an
enormous burthen drives them almost to open in
surrection
But the horror Of horrors--the monster of mon
nters, the very name of which drives the whole
State into commissions, lisa National Bank The
recent Address Of President Tyler has aroused all
tho idomiiabs, courage, the fearless chIvary, tho
patriotic devotion to hemselpes, word, all those
r. re
o;naism that marked The golden age of notification
The nation of South Carolina is buckng on the
nrmor once mole for battle mot now, MS before 10
'kick sheep" bur to attack, with Gre and sword,
that juggcrnot of juggernots, Nationa Bank.
The African poteDtate, Of whom il is narrated by
travellers, that every day AT noon, when he had fin
ished bis mess of boiled rice, he caused procla
maticn to be made by the sound of rumpe,s. that
all the nations Of the earth were now at liberty to
eat their dinners, modesty itself com pared with
Of the world represents the Celestial Empire as oc-
eupying tho whole oft, except few spots on the
margin TO represent the countries Inhabited by tie
barbarians, are practically more ridiculous than
these Palmetto braggadocios. Listen TO the follow
ing from the Charleston Mercury, which in self
sufficiency and assumed importance, places the a
bove mentioned African and Chinese im;neasura-
bly, in the back ground.
s'Wocld il not be adv isable for the Governor 10
call an extra session fthe Legislatures? The alarm
ing condition of the country seems TO require
it. When Charleston partially burnt down.
the emergency univ ersally deemed Of sufc len,
importance 10 assemble the Rep, csc natives of the
People in extraordinary convention. But what
was the destruction ola few millions of property
compared TO the dangers that overhang us from the
approaching extra session OF Congress, and ,ohich
might be aDerted by the exercise cf TIMELY FIRM.
REsss Let the Legislature meet, PUT THE STATE
UNDER COMPLETE MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS and in
sruct the Governor, National Bank or
Protective Tariff is enacted by Congress, 10 sum.
mon forthwith Convention Of the People Of South
Carolina to deliberate on the measures necessary
10 be taken in defence Of their liberties. There
should be no hesiiatioa-no delay. Every thing
depends on their bold Incorporating decss;on
His excellency has pledged himself TO The world to
meet the crisis, should it arrive, il ought to be
met. His responsibility is great Let him take
no counsel of tmid and interested politicians Tho
fsoplc- the people, whose servant he is-expect
him to do his duty" afi" sb'Fi.'ttA - asp
A writer in the Charleston Courier seems to un-
derstpnd this heroic break in its true character
and he proposes to extend the PROJECT, .sin conca