The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-08-20

from South Carolina Nullifer.
COLUMBIA, s. c., slst jan. 1868,
MY DEAR SIR: / received, some DAYS
ago, the Nashville Republican extra,
containing President Jackson's proola-
nation, which you sent me, and note
what you write on the margin. Not
We will never repeal the ordinance of
notification. 1t is our charter of
rights, and will never be repealed
while the odious and misnamed Ameri-
can system is in operation. We will
defend it as becomes freemen. South
Cardinals sons are freemen, and will
live and die SO at all hazards "Slaves
may cover and submissively Yield TO
threats, but freemeh scorn and despise
them" We are not yet chained to
tho car of would-be despot, and. will
die and be damned before we will sub
NIT our necks to bis yoke. We are no
mans mer, but free and Independents
South Carolinians, neither afraid to az.
ssrt our rights nor to defend them with
our lives and fortunes. We scorn your
old masters rage, and defy bis wrath.
Let him come on, we will meet him.
and damned be he, that frst cries
hold, enough You say, "Come to
Tennessee, and we will cure you Of
notification" Now this is absolutely
backing out, for we nulli6srs never have
said that we would go any where, to
do this, that or the other. We said
8 always, and We say now, "we stand
< upon our own soil, our own South Car
DINA, the home of the barve, and the
+ land where all white men are free, and
say to all the world, 'this is our home,
here We have certain inalienable rights,
which We will defend at all and every
hazard ard woe to him that puts an
hostile foet upon it," 1t is for you
+ then, you good and loyal subjscts, you
vassals and slaves of jackson, who are
to come lat his command,) to beat US
into submission to his will To you,
: then, l repeat, "coms over, and you'll
find to your sorrow and cost, that q
company of free men, led on by such
men as little Jenny Hamilton and
Robt. G. Hayne, is equal, nay superior,
to ,chOle regiment of Jackson slaves.
You'll find that it is much easier to
drive drove of cattle to Virginia, for
your master. than drive South Care
lima nnlifier one single inch. You may
point to New Orleans, and say, "be-
hold our deeds" True, you did beat
the British slaves there, but that only
proves that you were better than they
that your master had you under bet
ter command than theirs, and you
fought for fear of being hanged up by
the necks. blush at the reflection
that you, that any of my blood rela-
tons, are slaves. What think you,
your gallant old father would say TO
you, could his spirit appear? l can,
tell you, although / only know him.
from the information of my father and
uncle William. No slavish blood ran
in his veins, and in his wrath he would
say. "Mat, you are a slave; you dis
honor my name, and discard you"
have received copy of David
Dickinson's speech in the Legislature
of Tennessee upon the subject of nulli-
fcation, which suppose he sent me in,
return for the papers have heretofore
sent him from this State He, too, il
one of Jackson's slave, and blush for
his degeneracy. 1t is evident that che
had taken his politics as men generally.
do their religion" upon the mere ipse
dirn of some popular, damned hypo-,
critical rascal of preacher, who tells,
them they must take things upon faith:
"twas His will, and He is good" with.
out taking the trouble to read and in
terpret for themselves. So with Dick
inson he had adopted version of the
Constitution of the United States, upon
the opinion of Jackson, or some one Of
his slave drivers, without reASiog for
himself He thought when he made
his speech, that South Carolina would
only nuIlify if she could obtain the CO.
operation of Tennessee and Georgia,
and the other Southern States. I hops
he is undeceived by this time. South
Carolina never did rely upon any but
her own sons'to protect and defend her
Constitution. rights and liberties.
Expect support from Tennessee and
Georgia! :" No. We knew toe well
that the majority of the Tepnesseeaue
belong as much 10 Jackson as our negro
slaves do to as; and we had nothing
to erpect from Georgia in her sovereign
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