Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-05-08

q tne ONiIeu OldteS OupTeHle OOurC, anu Cule
/. Justice Marshall directed Tassels to b
:. brought before the Court al Washington o,
S appeal from the criminal Jurisdiction of tn
j. Courts of Georgia. As soon as the writ ar
e rived. at Milledgeville, Governor Gimer. thel
Governor of,Georgia, had Tassels hung. Thi
e ended that appellate Jurisdiction. The In
(: dians were removed beyond the Mississippi
: and the triumph of Georgia was complete
: By that triumph, the doctrines of State SOW
, ereignty and Independent jurisdiction were
. proclaimed the paramount law of this land
!, Thus Georgia, by her manly craftsmanship
3 and heroic bearing, has the honor of achieving
3 two q the most decided triumphs in favor O.
the great cause of State Rights; first, in her
: amendment to the Constitution declaring a
, State could not be sued because she was q
: Sovereign; and secondly, in vindicatipg her
, rights to exclusive sovereignty over her soil,
and by consequence the sovereignty Of every
State to the limits of her boundary.
After this spraDg up the great controversy
with the Federal Government as to the pow.
er under the Constitution tc lay taxes for
the direct protection of oapitul vested in
manufactures.
In April, 1882; the Government passed an
act with tbe avowed purpose of protection to
domestic manufactures, but it was not to go
into effect uu2il 4th of March, 1888.
In November, 1882, South Carolina met in
Convention consttutonaly called, and de.
clarad the act unconstitutional, null and void,
as Virginia had done in the Alien and Sed-
tion laws, and passed. a final statute against its
enforcement in this State on the 18th Of March,
1888. This produced intense excit.ment,
and the whole country was aroused from one
end to the other. Mr.. Clay, the ilustrous
Senator from Kentucky, rose in the Senate,
ON the 29d day Of February, 1888, and SOL
EMMY called the attention OF the country to
the dangerous state OF things made by the
issues Of South Carolina; and to avoid these
issues, he introduced the famous Compromise
Act of 1889. Governor Letcher, from Ken
lucky, his intimate friend, did the same thing
that day in the House of Representatives. so
as 10 be sure and get one Or the other through
in time. The 4ih of March 1899, was tfe
day for the Act of April, l55552, to go into
effect. South Carolina, in Convention, lad
declared'it null and-yod, and this issue was
to be met on the 4th of March, 1893 South
Carolina under Governor Hayne, had armed
herself, Mr.. Clay'S Compromise repealed the
Act nulliied, not 60 non,ine, bus Nv substitu-
ting another in its place This last reduced
the duties on imports ten per cent. every two
years until 1872, and then all was reduced
to an ad valorem taX "tor the economical
wants of government" All specifies and
minimums were to be then abolished. This
proposition fora compromise by Mr.. Clay
was Immediately passed by. Congress, and be-
came law 2Gth Of February, 1898, just
few days before the Tariff Act of April, lS32.
was TO 60 into effect; and thus the obnoxi-
Gus measure was removed before the ordi-
nance Of South Carolina could take effect,
and thus the inle.posilion Of sovcrti5n and
independent State was effectual, and the
origfr1at doctrines of Virginia., with the the
ories aud principles of the great trainers OF
the Constitution, were asserted and acQulcsced |
in, as belonging TO the nature of our c'mpex
form OF government.
These were the motives aud views under |
which South Carolina acted on the Goth Of
December, 1860. She had been educated |
10 believe and trained up to think that what
she was about to do was according to her
fundamental rights; as cxporndcd by all the
She did not dream that Madison AMI Jeiler
son, Rawes Lowndes, and Calhoun AID
:Cheves, had taught these men the lessons
of treason. She certainly navcr entered in.
to any understanding with lie Democratic
party North, that they were to protect her
from war, and il war was to Come: that it
should commence in tue North fist. No ig.
nobls motives swaycd her counces. She low
ed the Constitution az it came from our faith
ers. Governor Orr now says She is the on
ly State that wou'd have seeded but for Inc
pledged protection OF the Democratic party.
If this be true, then She stooG alone; but it
is where any State might be proud to stand
She stood on the battlement Of the Constitu
ton, without q feather quiyering in her
plume and without single lain OIL her ban
ner. Her sons leapcd on tie outer walls,
and they fell in their blood. Her cities and
her towns are in smoking ruiIis, ard the waii
of her widows and her orphans rise in this1
dreary night over the graves of the dead
but who would not rather see them thus, ter
rible as-it is, than that they should be cloth 1
ed.in purpl and auc linen, because their
fathers and husbands preferred 10 revel amid
tue eunuchs of the palace, and become cup
bearers to tyrauts and despots. | have mere
IL glanced OF the history Of tie comments
made upon our system OF government and {
its true nature, by the American people and j
by the different States of this Union from
time to time. did not pre-erd to present :
any argument to illustrate these comments,
but merely to show if South Carolina erred, {
she erred from conscientious motives, and
from love of The great fundamental princi- {
pies which were taught her ty the fathers of
the Republic. The doc:rine of sop .rate SOW
rreignty and independence was not put down
by arms. The emancipation Of the negro '
was forced, and for this purpose the civilized |
world was reused, and The vast armies of the 6
North were raised and excited to frenzy by I
the maddening Org Of wild fauaticism. Let
that CO. / for one would nos have mine as S
they were, if even returned to me. Supp ,rt
in true fidelity, in private as well as in pub
lie, the new state of things. Let every man I
who Is authorized to vote, 10 SO willingly S
md let every man who is disfranchised be |
coHte,ted. and submit without d murmor {
Be quiet, be truthful, be siaccre. We are t
told that the Goddesa Of Liberty is souie- t
ines forced, by destiny, to assume The 'loath {
some form OF a Kissing serpent and wo be- :
.ide the man WIN treats. her with disrespect
while in this form. But l say true liberty is
,ver logely and oomely in her form. her coun. !
.enance radiant with truth and justice, with
In outstretched arm to raise the helpless and '
sustain the oppressed; and swo betidc the G
nan who makes other prophet, and throws t
over him q silver veil TO cover his loath c
some deformity, and then calls upon his de
lded followers to bow down before the mon
ter god, y.
49,, "WhOrc knaycs shall minister,
And fools may kncel."
Let no man suppose that these great doc
;rines and principles which lie at the founda =
ion of American liberty are to be struck :
lown and perish forever.