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?1*11 be fkr more weak, far more exltaatfed
thun la*fullvfear(Mr.
Chairman that thi? increased weakness, wi I
result fmin far greater internal division*
unou* "urselves! There are many reason*
t<>o tcdi<?t now to mention, seriously t<>
apprehend tfcK
1 enter not into ealculationt to ihew the
< normous amount of oar lulTrrinti in a mere
futunlary point of view. These tlio' weight*.
enough to drive M* to rcsUtance, are M trifle*
light h? air*' cnmt?ired to the danger of ad
mitting the principle upon whicli these exac
tion* are made. Where in thin |*mer to be
limited anil how restrained.' Sir, 1 tremble
for the consequence*! Will the usurper
?top nt the txnfT? W1U not tlie Mine lati
tude of principle which distribute* our labor,
touch the very foundation upon which we
hold our tlavc population? I have hten told
that the Legislature of Pennsylvania will
.either at this or the next hcmIoo, in all pr??
"dlity, remonstrate or nvmorialiae Con
apo" the propriety nml expediency of
orting or assUtingi out of the national
ry, the Coloitv of Liberia. Is it not
hflt such fact* as them? imlicate that,
i'intant day, we m >v have the scenes
i West Indies exhibited before out
|i Hlityi
?i % ui
Bl ort
K
m
?re in one view of thi* question
?igh not new, I litive not heard
hi* debate. It ii the total pnt?
tolitirnl morality brought almut
It i? not only prtrtlul in it*
palpably Kuhvcrsivo of the
? federal eiinntitutKMi, ancient'
speaker (Mr Harper,) hut
tight) le*er for poliucul
nt speculation, and bur
power and.' Rice. Kvcrj
this trfttU_j*ho hm?
pari let throughout,
i the eve ?>t the prv?<?
lieen n matter of
ot <>nc right Miid it.
uttrr opprciui'Hi of
^ntrjr.
(hone for winker
ineaMireM at uM,
?it that we liavc
Bat we are told by the ume gentleman,
with apparent confidence, that there to no
medium between rcmonatrancC and unquali
fied resistance, or rebellion* end he utterta;
pressly theiein mentioned. Indeed I And
re there power* which are neoeMarllv Im
fihrd for >?ther punxwes and yma will not
permit a power to be implitd to eave the
constitution, and this too when it necettnrily
result* from the very nature of the cohstita
tion and the government I What oould be
the. use of reserved power* in the fctates if
they could not be drawn otft except by tamr
submission, or open rebellion. If thU be
really the rate* oar constitution it the bar
ren work ?if dotard* in politics, at inoii for
cibly mentioned by the gentleman from
Richland, Mi. Preston. nut sir, by the law
of nations itself there are clearly intermedi
ate stept between remonstrance and open
resist ince. Independent sovereigntiet may
Tfg'jtiate, they may use ?rtrdlalhn, arbitra
ment, conference or confrcM/w. or rr/lrfea W,
itnd may nl?o*wfrt thrir rights tiy juries and
contentions. And finally mny come the
right to obtain justice bv force, when ever)'
thr g else fails. Her. Valtel, L. Nat. 341,
542.
Another gcntl'-man from Charleston,(Mr.
Legare.) declared thut the eiTects of thcta
riff were exceedingly exaggerated?indeed
lie rtMittdl)' savs, ?* I understand him, that
our hijurte* in that regard a?e only />ro?//rr
th>r. Mr Chairman, I could hardly have
heiirved that sut li an assettkm could be ha
fti*iltil. Is not rrade and commerce limiied,
fettered, md even destmyi d, front the high
duty ??f 18J4, on foreign goods, such nt we
, ha* r hern *>??> inn and e.mpi llrd to buy, for
some time bark * 'I'he gentleman even at
tempts to arc u-it for the dcrlcnsiou of Char*
Ied?w fi-' in ?ic knt?'t the ?u;>erinr capital of
other cities, and other muM't, rather than
attribute h In nnv decree to the real eau*e,
the tut iff of pmterting duties. Mr. Chair
m in, I will not if? over the unanswerable
re ivniinjj 'if the speaker, (Mr. tfnrper,) to
nhotv that to the tariff we mu%t greatly uttrl
!>iitc the dilapidated state of your towusand
country?the detention of commerce*, the
liiminifthrd v due of your Intuit and slave*,
nml the universal hcartlessncsa and despair
that reigns througjout your IiiimI. If isclrar
th.it the remedy tt the evil pointed out l?y
the *pcaker,and bottomed on Mate sovercign
tv and reserved ri?ttt?, has startled the tim
id, nnd hern culled hy many visionary and
metaphysical. Out however novel or start,*
ling now. I risk, my little reputationthat by
I tin* end of one ortw-) year* hi* view* will b?
1 deemed wiar, ?ound, and firaetlcat. If thay
| lire not so, then i? our constitution a badge of
i tyranny, and our lihmics a huhhlt?;fnr then
thei-e may he, and now iw, a eombimtfaa of
interest*, carry ing usdown to slavery, with
| out anv redeeming ehrck. What despot Urn 1
? Legislation w it limit rc.ponsihility or ncheck I
? My plan 1% to ?ubncit this ntntter of awful
|?nport to s convention, to Ik ??! > ftetl hy the
' *?le. I approve of this ns'?i- itnecesaa
secure* rfrMrrafio-i, and gucs time io
"*h?sbody w||??- ? .a by Ium>c, ;,?';>ulae,
Ivifd ?*"? Is
iber ?, '??? ci nimbiion in reaving
ent ? I.. ? r d<.)i!>< ration the people
.in ' '<? oi( ml?er?,ati4tncn
latio; i ih convention itself,
soU'ii'iuty which must cojn
?nd ( think, show wisdom la
II more directly represent
L rreign will and power of
In setthjgdown the;
ik opinion on the subject of j
perceive that the Editor of]
Enquirer, after observing* th*t
mcnt in (he Southern States to i
considerable degree,
guage. " The letter*
(bin top it, which have been
Wished, mutt havea tranquilising<
Virginia and tht 8n?th. Mr.
decidedly in tavoar of that consti
?he constitution, which adroita the
tkmality of the Tariff for protection."
It is precisely for this reason that |
Madison's Letter* can never have upon the
South, we will aay most emphatically upon 1
S->uth Carolina, the effect which seems to be
anticipated by tho New-York Rnquirer. Mr
Noah Is a South Carolinian himielf, and ought
to be able to form a moro just estimate ot the
true chnmcter of his native State. But we
perceive that with most writers out ot our
own limits, and it is true in relation to wmc
within them, the state of public sentiment,
in reference to the doctrine of framing n Ta
riff of impost duties for the sole purpose ot
forcing into existence and profitable eyercisc
manufacturing Industry, to totally mistaken.
We are not astonished at it. Thto error may
well arise from % very obvious cause, and
Irom that tt doe* arise. It is this. Mr.
houn's connexion with the great doctr
liberal construction upon all the It
pic* of national
been combined to *enurg? us with
tyranny and oppression, which have i
us to a necessity paintul indeed to the heart
of the patriot, ha* been set down
who ?rc not familiar with
State, as constipating a
olina to doctrine* which
?n<l htis uniformly denounced^** the first
d?y tWatthey were fairly
legislature of tlie State
rial act of this State which j
ance to the Mhcmei of the j
?nd Internal Imj>rov<
government? These
brought before the
pie of thia State
ind true shape, i
Mice in the
of the Legislate!
the Federal
thit valuable <
miitees in l>oth!
>rntectinn nnd internal im
I the whole system of liberal
lii the Hkuse of Kepreaent?~
le portion of this message ??t
I ci*nmHtcc, a majority of whom
if ?#I*to judge from th?ir report, ap
to confide m?nt implicitly In the In
ity of Congress ami the supreme
irt;?and the Hcpott of that committee
I not make its appearance until near the
of the session, It waa n?yer adopted*
[ nor dintoned* by the House. For, if we
| are not mistaken, tome of the committee it
self, deprecated the discussion a* unwise nnd
IHtcoHpalrulatedto throw a fire-brand in
peaceful and contented mmmunity--and
ir approach of,the period for mijoern*
: an entr?nceu!>nn the discussion
embraced irt tfiat repo#/ It
jMl
In the
the
Ltbe
mm,'
thejri
ttire or H
liiir circu
keep them oftt
I much cflVct ought to
fluence of Mr. Calhoun's
the Tariff <>! 1816?and the
South Carolina in his behalf. Mid that
Lowndes wf ?hull not pretend to estimate.
Hut the heavy expense* of a severe end bit
ter national content rested upon an exhauit
cd treasury. To pay fhe debts which had
been lavishly accumulated "for the common
defence and general welfare*'?to rescue the
honor and the fortune of patriotic indivMLu
jU&who had gallantly pledged both forth*
rpnoftcs of the w?r, which hud but just ter
i mQpfMW&ftic faith and charatter of the na
! tiop was plighted. , Funds were ibdispensa
1 ble to profit by the costly lessons >f recent
experience, so far as to improve the defen
sive condition of the country by the ceeUkw
tlonal means of erecting forts and fortifica
tions?the organisation and support of tli?
ahny?the improvement of the navy. To
increase the revenue, therefoi e, by such in
alteration of impost duties as tiiat of I81G,
might reasonably have been regarded as a
proper mcansofaccomplishing these object*.
The recollection of the necessity of manu
factures for the supply of the necessaries of
? belligerent condition, was then vivid from
the lesson*?f ex-?ericncc?and whilst keep
ing the eye constantly Axed u|>on the l>ona
! fide purpose of revenue, such a scale of du
; ties might be desired, as would most success
fully secure the domestic production of artl
! cles of prime necessity.
| Such ?w the view of James Madison htnv
I xclf, When he wrote to Dr. Cooper upon the
subject of the power of congress to prate*
.domestic manufactures, hsm Madison
! too, during the whole course of his life, haa
' been a stickler for etrict construction. A
memorable instance of early date may be
recollectcd* in the contest which he waget!
with Alexander Hamilton, when he denied
that Gen. Wellington had the constitution**
al authority to issue his proclamation of nu?
trality in the war between France and Eng
land?which Hamilton had thought proper
to justify In the publU^prints, as expedient
and constitutional. At all-events, it is now
[too late in the day to suppose that Soutb
(Carolina, or any bold and hooest patriot, is to
I be bouttfl or influenced by the authority of
| any great name ( and if there ie force in ar
f gument, or integrity and intelllgenoe In oar
people, they too will acknowledge but littlo
allegiance to the opinion of any'man.whnu
ever, however much they have hereteforer
revered him, when he abandons, upon the
wane of life and faculties, the standard, of
their rights. When our columns shall not
be so much in demand for matter mefft
pressing, and at thia time more interesting,
we will allow our readers the opportunity
of perusing thr Inters of Mr. Madison.
In the H ?t?e of Delegates of Kentucky, &
Bill to prohibit the importation of Slaves
from the ether Atatea, for sale in Ky. hea
heen rejected, after elaborate discussion, by
a vote of 31 t?> 45.
How kind, and how honest Is the ??Jour
nal f* Determined to spread the whole anti
7 side of the question betore its renders!
(is scarcely any sinner who will not
inquire n little into the rectitude of
t, and to dlspfay a tew symptoms
i under ? levelling stroke of ad
ilowlng Is a deceitful, and
ed to mislead, in one
stars?arising either
erate habit of the
?ntt probably from