Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1843-01-25
NlssfelERsaeOag9.
Fom The charksscn Mercury.


battle for the Constitution and preien-
ded 10 no more than to defend that bull
wark Of our liberties and bond Of FOUR Uni.
on from i~nfraction. II stood on ibs prin-
cipIcs of Jeifersoniau Democracy; but ii
was obnoxious to sectional and party
Observation-Disclosures il made the Con
sii,niion q. stumbling block to sectional
cupidi,y, and to the political ambition
which sought power BY pandering TO that
cupiJi,y. We have had instances after
instances Of Nullifcaiou by other States,
but which have caused 40 outcry, because
they did not interfere with the greedy
schemes Of avarice.
Missouri has uullifsl the Appor,iou-
men, Bill.
New HamshiTe has n,lifedit.
Georgia hes nulifsdit
Ohio uulliiad, tyith rrmcd hand, the
law fixing her BOUNDARY with Michigan.
Missouri aullifsd, )y Girl violence,
with mobs and tar nnd!ea,hers-,he law
fixing her boundary win Iowa.
Massachusetts nulliid tho call Of the
Union in the last war. ttdefend il against
! British invasion. Yet heir Modification
armed against non of'iem a vindic,ive,
m~erccnary host TO sh4,he blood of,hcir
citizens i; they did not desperate avarice
intent Oh unjust un!aHai gain! South
| C~arolua did. Her ciiicnt imi,ated the
c~olonis,s ofthe Revolutia. who presented
the fra, instance in hiory OLA whole
people rallied on an astract principle.
Why should her Nullifalion, in which
there was gallanlry 6scause there was
risk, in The evil Passios .lIe detied. be the
only one against whicrh ers is prejudice
Blu, much worse. VI have bad New
York under Governor Sw ard, Multiplying
the C~ousutr,ioh itself, nd the laws or
Congress clearly madeifsursuancc ,terc
Of.
We have Massachusts under Cover
nor Davis doing the sue lhing-settinS
al nought the guaranty our property {:
wi,hou, winch, there cod have been no
Union.
Where is the holy honr Of those who
shulder at South Canlh, because she
resisted the attempt Of Cseress to nuiify
The bond Of Union |! e
Where slep, it-whts Clay and his
Charles made furioashulifying was
a~sains, tho veto fca,urcf The Federal
Charter
To wink al these thiC. and ye, re.
proach our State for MfdeIi,y to the
charter itseIf-is base anaselfsh and mer-
~ceuary hypocrisy aud w,hy only Of the.
perpetrators Of such deedas arc the sub.
ice, Of the articles we hesabioin.
TuE DEEDS OF ALir,eY.
The persons who are led q Vigilance
CommiIee Of the Abolihisis of Albany.
have published a fpil reyt Of their do.
ings in relation 10 slavoiuring the past
year. They stated thatsy have aided
about three hundred aud runaway me-
gross since ihe opening navigation in
las, spring. OF these fgtsess about one
hundred aud fly were ii. one hundred
and City women. ndfftkiidren. Nos,
Of them can from W;a, MARYLAND
and ihe District of Cod and nearsrs
,[1uHS hau3sSu HoNl - pynBUb 80
Georgetown. These .t%sins .,ase goa
chiefly TO Canada. ind ,tn So Of five
hundred dollars has heen e1peudet u
their board. passage sad other expense
-Erenirg POSI-. -z,,,
We nave only 10 sBs.iftonisis have nsd
tic avowal escribcd them in the Pas
that they ough, forthwith 10 DO iudic,e
tried and punished for a diree, yiola,io,
OF the Law of The State Of N. York. and e
the laws Of Congress under the Cons,iiu
lion Of the United States. They are gui
y Of a high crime by their own shown:
and every owner of q slave whose masrr
can identity him as one of The ruuawa,
thus rescued from his hands. entitled 10 re-
eeise The full value Of hin property an
exemplary damages for The hieh-haodc
ACT Of dispossession. ,lf;any of these ow
ners a identify their slaves thus spirire,
away from them, and can bring the &C
homo upon these ..yisilautr vioia,ors o
their righ.s-a suit 10 the United State
Caurt would very readily reach them, ant
make them settle their '.%phiiaitrophy'
through their pockets. 1t is the crosses
Outrage tina, ne have ever yet seen ac,
kuowledged by the psspelraiors.-N. Y
Courier & Enquirer, ~