The Saline County journal., 1892-08-11
HULLIFIcArIoH IN lssa


lts Cgiy Hsad Again.
Sixty years ago next Novenbsr eensraj
Convention was iu session In South Carolins.
Its members represented the sentiments Of
that arro-ant siavehf ID ng oiigarehy Whoss
Influence u few years later induced the South
@rn States o atiempt the dissoiution of this
Republic BY armed forcs. They we're by
birth, training and interest opposed TO the
lei-yaIion OF workinEmen aud women, and
viewed with alarm he growth OF tbs army OF
10 -,ligeat free labor In tho Northern States
under the shelter OF tn Pro,ecfiv- sys;en. so
hev hat-d Protection with m sl-eonsuraine
hale, and bad called his convention for The
purpose OF formally serving notic' on tho
Pr-siient and Congress that the Protecdve
Tarin OF lS2S must be repealed, 90 far as
SJuth Carolina was concerned, or Soath Caro-
lima would secsds from the Onion. Ths con-
Y, niI q passed an "ordinanes" OF nuIliaca-
ion, OF which the sist 10 contained In the toll
lowing extrscts:
Whereas. the Congress of the United States. BY
various acts. purp.rtins 90 be acts laying duties
and tmp0sts GA foreign IMPORTS. but in reality
,ntended Tor ih, protection of d.inestic manu-
factures. ETC.. hath exceeded its
Iu-t powers under the Consultation.
We, therefore. the people Of the state a South
and Ordain, and &c is hereby declared and OF
datbed. thai the several acts and part OF acts OF
the Uon zr--s Of the United States. pprpOr;iHx N
BE- laws f.r the Imposing 81 duties and imposts
etc. arc unauthorized by the Corsu-
tuition OF the United stAtes. and violate the true
meaning and intent thereof. aud are null. void.
and NO law.-OrdaGso ef SSHfoohss Pfssed By
!Sosa CdreLsa hrsssA H<iesaf-, assesbkf N 0es1ai
Csnr>a;.sn. Nor. u. i-J2
The ans~er Of that great Democrat, Andrew
Jack -on. who was then President. was TO or
der South Caroiipa 70 s..bnit to the TIrin. and
te dispatched troops aud cunboats to sss that
his orIers were complied with. Congress,
~ upnlify the TaFfH sn MI =
cieatiy t1 appease the South Carolina nullill-
ers; they rscsded from their poSiil q and
bioodshed VAS postponed iil tsenty--ighi
years later. when the pre'ensions OF South
Carolina we're stamped upon by the American
people for good and all AT a cost OF half mil
lion precious lives and untold suffering
They hoped thai they bad heard the last OF
nullifca'ioa and the absurd Tariff views Of
Ca hoan and his fellow-Hn.lifers. Bul they
we're m list ken. Just about twenty eight
yesrs after the closing So mes of the irrmsnd-
Gus str1g.le, in which Il Was believed the
principles OF the nallifers were buried for
ever, another convention was held, no; IN
South Carolina this time. but in tue natiy
) ate o. Abraham Lincoln, which has r,As-
serted the teachings OF Calhoun. Here Is IT.
pronUnclamento:
We denUunce Republican Protection as a
American people for the beuert % the few. We
declare it % lie n fundamental principle 81 the
Democratic party that the Federal dnvetnmrnt
has no constitutional power to imp"- ~ q cot
lect Tarlr duties. except for the purpose Of
revenue only. and We demand that the cullrc-
tion Of such taxes shall be limited T. the neces-
sities Of the Government when honestly aud
economically adminIstsred.-Pfoa D-a"aruIc
P'aifarn n lse2.
For the first time since the Civil War a politi-
cal party has dared to incorporate into its
platform the u;ieranc-s Of tho ordinance 0
NuliIfi "a ion. and to declare that the Tarl
- a
Jefferson, Hamilton. Adams. Malis on. Clay
Webster. Jackson and Lincoln were unconsti-
tutional anI more legislative roboery Of the
people.
There IL no mistaking the meaning OF the
Democratic Tarih plank. and We are glad o.!