, 1860-11-15

To those who remember the Nulllfcstion
disturbance IN South Carolina, IN l822, tho
langu.ge of hcr Journals and secession lead
: ezs Of the present day, must appear compare
tively tame and polntles:.. Those who afe not
old enough for such remembrance viii appre'
ciate the truthfulneaA Of the remark by the
following extracts, showing how Gen Jaekson's
Proclamation was received: ...
From tho Charleston Mercury. Dec: II. as12l
The declaration of WaF, male Dy And!e"
Jackson, a-ainst tho State OF bonth Carolina,
occupies to-day tho larger PARTON oi oar
columns. It will be read with ne o s,aa1 lsenngs
which 80 Extraordinary document u caiculat-
ed to excite. This unhappy old man has been
suffered BY his advisers to arrosate the power
to coerce State of the Confederacy:. he has
issued the ed1ct Of a dictator--an edtct "ntcn
tins Will prove whether he dares or ean cn"
force. Ho has attempted in this proclamation
to intimidate the Whigs OF South carolina "
threats. and to encourage and fomcnt insur-
rcction aud violence on the part OF the inter-
nal enemies of the State. This document was
received here yesterday, aud greeted with the
Indignation and contempt whichtt mel1ts. IN
every freeman worthy Of the name, It mas e1-
cited no other feelings but thoss s Of defiance
and scorn. Recreants will hail 1t a. orasc
blow ut the Cause Of trcason.
From the Charleston Aerenry Dec; 10. 1s3a]
The rsisis for which every intelligent and
tcsolutc carollnian Whig has long been pre-
pared, is come, The efficacy of cur remedy
has been demonstrated. WeWere told It would
be inefficient; 1t has proved so potent that m
iufuEiated administration has been compelled,
in despair Of otherwise defeating US, to resort
to brute force. We have always said TINT our
remedy was Of right peaccful-we never said
that it would necessarily be peacefnl-t is al
ways in the power Of bad man to outrage
right By violence, II unrestrained By principle
or fear Of consequences personal TO himself
Gen. Jackson has not furnished the first exam.
pie. There has been Cnsar, a Cromwell and
Il Donapartc-mcn Of towering genius who
have atoopeI to play The u5uFper. Why may
not an inferior spirit, without as much heart
as either, and With none Of their genius. aspsrt
to imltate them In those actions Of their lives,
criminal We have all along said that he might
make the suicidal attempt to cocrce Us. He
is, It seems, preparing for It. Tha jackson
tariff men will encourage him, and the Clay
tariff men will cheer on as their bloodhound
the individual whom they rejected as their
public servant, whom they despiBe as man.
II the Legislature, Mr. Preston said: - Who,
aud whom are wey Are NC Russian serfs, or
Slaves of 4 liyan? Arc TIC on the banks Of
the Dosphorous, or the Narva, or Is 1t on our
own free streams TINT these things are pro
c1atmed? Wns our high and well considered
appeal 10 congress and Inc states IN luis 1u1n-
ner, to tc met by the blind fury and indecency
ofa man who thus vents upon the liberties Of
| tho country, hi5 own personal nuimosities
| We should, he insisted, hurl back Instant
| scorn and defiance, for this imporeut missile
ofdespicab1c malignity. Ofanswer to it, pal
try sophisms, and disgracefn1 invectives, It WINS
| utterly unworthy. But the country and the
| world should know, how perfectly we despise
aud defy him and they should be told that,
before they plant such principles as bis upon
| our free soil, the bones Uf many enemies shall
| whitcn our shores-the carca8ses Of nnny a
cltiE and traitor blacken our air."
| And Mr. Pickens declared he believed the
contest would end in Hood. Tho document
| Of the President WIS none less than the edief
| Of tvrdnt: and If they were for war, hs WIS
ready, and It behooyed all the citizens Of the
States to meet the storm with becoming man
| liners. He, for one, would never submlt-n
driven from the seaboard, he was for carrying
On tue war in the interior; If driven from the
interior, he wns for q guerilla warfare in thc
mountains; and If ut last compelled to yield.
he would die contending to the last drop Of
blood he had, to sustain the ordinance, and
the authority thereof. He advezted to the dot.
trine contained In tho proclamation, relative to
tle rights Of the State, and was astonished
that the President should attempt to scducc
the citizens Of the State from their proper a.
Icylauce and in no measured terms denounced
tle whole procedure. He concluded by say
ing, that before South Carolina should rccede,
be was for war up to ths rsry kni}k, and he was
fur risking al at sps7y hazard on tho die that