Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-05-22
BEAUFORT AND THE SEA ISLANDS.
Their History and Traditions.
NUMBER SEVENTEEN.
BY j. A. j.

BY ]. A. j.
God has not planted in the breast of man higher
and holier principle, than that by which ne IS
prompted to resist oppression. The viest &C Tile
that crawls upon the earh without the gilt oil rea-
son TO comprehend the injustice OF Its injuries.
would bite, or br,se, or sting the hand by which
they were Inflicted Is ii to be expected, then, that
frecmen will patiently bowdown and kiss the rod
Of the opprcssor"
McDUFrIE
The promptness with which South
Carolina acted, even in her weakness,
in suppressing Indian revolt, not only
within the bounds which mark her present
limits; but extending her arms, and
effectually displaying her prowess in the
heart of the present State of Georgia.
and also within the confne OF North
Carolina; the energy with which she
exterminated the pirates and ireebooterS
which infested her sea coast; the bold
ness with which she overthrow, in l1l9
the proprietary governorment, and placed
herself under the more immediate rule OF
the British Monarch the alacrity with
which, in l776, she took up arms in the
cause of New England, during to war
against that mighty power whose ggan-
tic strength was known to all the world
and whose fostering re and patronage
yes, whose parental love. had been so
freely extended to herself; the severe
chastiscment and utter defeat of the
British feet at Charleston, even before
the s'dcclartion of Independence had
been signed at Philadelphia; the
renowned valor and endurance of he.
people during the long and doubtful con-
test; the lead which she took in resisting
the pretensions of Great Britain, result
ing in the war of 1912. These all point
to her as jealous of her right, ready at ali
times, and at all hazards, to maintain
them. 1t was not with vainglory that
her people read the incription on her
shield; from their "heart of hearts"
they endorsed the patriotic sentiment OF
those words:
"ANIMIs OpIBUsoE PARATI!
Ever watchful, then, over her liberties
South Carolina discovered cncroachmcnt
on them when the tariff duties were laid,
which bore with unfair discrimination
against the agricultural interest Of the
South. 1t matters not that their unequal
operation was disputed by those who
imposed them. He who bears the bur
den is the judge of its weight, not he
who lays it on. Hence the principle that
every State must, of necessity, be the
sole Judge of its own grievances. do
not propose to discuss the question here;
mean only to say, that after South
Carroll IA and other Southern States had
protected in vain after her legislature,
and that of Georgia had pronounced the
Act of Congress 18th May, 1928, by
which the duties on manufactures were
heavily iacreased, ; to be unconstitutional,
as ueU as myust and oppressive, aad
consequently not obligatory on the States,
If they thought proper to resist It; after
every effort had been fruitless, and the
burden had been long endured, not with
out restive anxiety and reiterated warn
nings; after the celebrated debate in the
Senate of the United States, between our
beloved Haynes and the great Webster
of Massachusetts, (lS3O, it was not till
l4th July 1882 that any modification Of
the tariff was obtained and then so inSlg
nifcant as to seeln designed rather to in
flame, than to pacify the Indignation OF
the South. A convention in the tate,
called for the purpose, passed an "or5i-
nance of notification" on 18th Nov.
This prohibited the collection Of the
revenue within the ports of the State.
General Andrew Jackson, native o. 5.
c., was in the Presidential chair. y
man Of strong prGjrdicos, in loni;a5.e
will, most pertinacious obstinacy, ,-somc-
times light, often wrong,-met the
emergency by stirring proclamation, III
which he declared that 'the laws of the
United States must be executed" Not
with>ianding the passage Of Tie nu!lltca
ton ordinance by the convention, ma
jority ofthe people advocating it; there
was yet 4 large minority opposed to such
extreme measures. Influential in num-
bcrs, they were still more 50 in character
These two parties in the State, known
respectively as the nulliticatiom,' ANA the
Union States Rights" parties, stood,
in round numbers, Of the former -, 900 ;
OF The la.tnr l7,0JJ. Ia naiiitisr3 large.
ly predominatcd in the low country willie
the upper districts were the stronghold Of
the UnioniSts.
1t will be noticed that the Un'on rar.
ty called themselves States Rights, -
protesting that it was against the eco'di-
cacy not the right of the State placing
h.r>clfi in the attitude Of opposition, and
haply, of actual hostility to the general