The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1872-02-07
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he was cent BY the Republic Of
Texas % Embassador, To- Europe,
and, whilst there, he. made use of,
funds which, had hsen entrusted to
him by como company in Virginia.
for the benefit Of the Texani Re-
public, expecting most confidently,
TO DO placed in funds BY the gov..
ernniont of Texas, in time, to re.
fund those Of the Virgiipiia eomps-
ny. III, THE, there was q, failure,
and the, transaction cast, q cloud
over his bright fame for q time.-
He becane embarrassed, too, in
his pecpniary affairs, and rwas
greatly dharrasseu and annoyed by
his creditors. His specnlations
were bold and wreckless. .n oGaa,
,a Governor Hamilton was for sey.
eral years a leading mem Der of the
South Carolina Legislature, after
wards a prominent member of
Congress from Beaufort, and then
was elected Governor of the State.
After his term of Office expired,
and Notification, with all it's polit
ical excitement, had died d Snalural
death, he went to Texas arid com.
menced his magnificent specd!a.
tions in lands, &C. He wac a mem
Der of the State ention, at the
same time he was Governor of the
State, and was elected President,
of the Convention. His venerable
father was alsol q member. of the
Convention. He had been All active
and gallant officer Of the regular
army in the American Revelation.
The father and son came into the
Convention together, the former
leaning on the arm of the latter,
and presented an interesting spec
tacle. Governor Hamilton had
been an officer Of the United States
army in the war with Great Bri.i
tain, and rose to the rank of Ma.
jor. This military title stuck to the
Governor all the time he was in
Congress, and until he was elected
Brigadier General Of the Nullifca-
tion army. He was Governor of
the State when lie was elected
Brigadier General bnt in order to
be eligible to the Office, he had
fret to be elected ensign in one of
the militia companies in, Charles
ton. 1t gave great offense to the
Union officers to have an ensign
elected over their heads to the com
mand of the Brigade. The fact
that this ensign was Governor of
the State, did not 'appeasc their
wrath. Judge Huger told me that
Col. B. f. Hunt would challenge
Hamilton;- that he was bound to. do
so according to military etiquette.
Whenever an officer has been over
slonghed, said the Judge, he must
fight or he is disgraced! But Col
onel Hunt did not regard his mil.
itary honor SO deeply wounded as
to make it necessary to call out the
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In the beginning OF the Nullifi-
cation controversy, Hamilton ad.
dressed q letter to Mr.. Calhoun,
who was then Vice President of
the United States, with a view of
giving him an opportunity of com,
ing out with an expose Of the doc.
trine of Modification. Mr.. Cal.
houn availed himself of the oppor-
tunity thus afforded by Governor
Hamilton's letter, and published a
long communication explaining to
the people the constitutionality of
Modification, and it's operations
in being carried ont. This docu
ment gave the initiated a reason
for the faith that was in them. It
was said that Modification was, q
peaceable remedy, and an appeal
must be made to the courts TO test
the constitutionality Of the tariff. -
In order to. do this, Governor
Hamilton made an importation of
sugar, and declared, in public
speech, that he knew every true
Nullifier in the the State would go
with linn to the death for his su-
gar. This expression gave the
Governor, with the Union men,
the sobriquet Of "Sugar Jimmy"
When his sugar arrived, instead
of depositing it in the Custom
House, iresident jackson ordered
it TO be placed in Castle Pinckpey,
and there kept till the duties were
paid. This was a great disappoint.
ment to the Nullifiers,. for they
coald not so well get at it in Castle
Pmckney.a After waiting awhile,
the Governor went and paid, the
duties, and took his sugar. A
case had been made up in court,
to test the constitationaiity' of the
tariff, and General McDuffie went
to Charleston to argue IT,;
but they could not get the ques.
tion before the jury, and tlie case
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