Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-04-23
From the Western Continent.
LETTER FROM
G E ORGIA TO MASSACHUSE IT'S
NO. II.
DEAR SISTER Mass:

DEAR SISTER Mass:
You may remember that left you, with
your colleagues of the Hartford Convention,
paying your third visit to Washington, in quest
of protection. About this time the sisters Of
the South began to become impatient of yo'lr
opportunities, and to protest sternly against a.
ny further concessions to them; but you had
now enlisted so many in your favor, that you
were gratlfied once more. Still in the prose-
cutlon of your suit, you preserved the SEM
blance OF modesty at least; though your spi-
rIt manifestiy rose with your strength. 1t was
not long before you were back again upon the
same errand, with strength that was irresis-
tlble. And now ensued scene, which for the
honor of my connexions, blush to record
Your children thronged the Council-chamber,
with all effrontery, which in mine, would CO.
yer me with shame, and demanded the old
dish, according to their own recipes. Every
ingredient was weighed and measured by thei1
own standards, and handed over to their Depu-
ties to be cooked under their own directions
There was not morsel of the compound sui
ted to the Southern taste, save a few grains OF
sugar thrown in, to consulate sister Louisa.
Your son John CO., was selected to preside
over the mingling and simmering process, and
your son Dan, was &c to do itup brown" with
garnlshments to his own taste. John, who is
really good man atheart-wonderfull good
considering his origin and calllng-commen-
ced his work but before he had completed it.
the better feelings of his nature, repeatedly
prevailed over his servility, and he was seve-
raj times in the very act of putting in an ele
ment or two, to make it palatable, or at least
less offensive to the South, when the purvey
| ors bounced down upon him like harpes, and
compelled him to plumb the line of their pre-.
scriptions! 1t was passed through the fur
mace and finished to order.
Such scenes in the very temple of liberty
shocked and incensed the whole ssterhood Of
the South and they talked boldly of seeking re-
lief from this miscalled protection, by self-pro.
lection. At first, you tried to convert them tc
your faith, as you do the heather, by liberia
distribution Of tracts amongst them, in which
you set forth the blessings of the tariff with
peculiar force and ingenuity. But finding then
incorrigible, you told them plainly, that the
slave labor of the South should not come il
competition with the free labor of the North
and you gave them to understand, that if ar,
gument could not reduce them to order, North
ern muskets would My neighboring Sistel
Caroline, in the meantime, began to assume
of the tariff seemed the only alternative. Thi:
state of things found you at your old employ
ment of abusing the government, but most Of
all, ANDREW JACKSON, who was then at the
head of our affairs. Of all men in the coun
try, this was the man against whom you had lif
ted up the warning voice loudest,' and upor
whonfyo had poured out your bitterest ana
themas. AS the clouds gathered and darkenec
over our political hemisphere, you threw you
self into this mans arms. If he smiled, you ii.
tered-if he bent, you bowed-ifh he threatened
you bristled-and so fast, & all-confding grew
your friendships, in the course of a few weeks
. that you moved to clothe him with almost des
potic power, in order TO meet the emergency
say that you moUed; for your son Dan doe
nothing without your orders, expressed o
implied. The cannons were loaded, the match
es were lighted, and nothing was wanted, bu
the ''fre,'' to deluge the country with blood
! when, by the interposition of Mr.. CLAY,
compromise was effected. | now fattere;
myself that this overwhelming subject was pu
to rest; and certainly it ought to have been
for concedng thu benefits of protective tariff
it is but matter of policy at last, and no de
mands of policy will justify breach of faith
But this is not your ethics, Sister Mass, AM
it is with you alone that | have to do upo,
this occasion; though, as / said before, shat
not cover your faults, from courtesey TO 9th
ers who share them with you. The compro
mise was hardly effected before you began t
throw out hints, Qrish hints) that you di
not mean to abide by it. Who that knew
you, supposed you would did not dream
Of it, though hoped that others, more trust
worthy, would not permit you to violate il
So far as have been enable to discover, you
have never considered it as involving an,
!, higher moral obligation, than the concluding
Acknowledgements of friendly epistle:-
s'your most obedient humble servant" Hav
ing brought you to this compromise, which
had mainly in view in giving the history o
the tariff, and in reaching which, | followe'
the order of events directly connected with II
regardless of the order of time, let me nov
take up the history of some other compromise
to which you were party.
While the articles of our confederation
| (Which for the sake of brevity, we will here
after call the Co1stitutIon,) were under dis
cussion, very knotty question arose. which
had like to have defeated the Union. Con
sdering the views of the parties at that time
| it was a very curious one. You of the Nortl
considered slaves as mere chattels, and, there
As the letters which have already received fron
| Georgia contain some things which Mr.. CALHOUN Ia
said in substance, be well TO remark that all