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monarchy, with her wholetrain of oppress ive nb<'intnntlons. 1 believe that the States are " Sovereign within their constitutional sphere* of action," to the ?ame exteni and to the tame acute In vihich the Federal Government is Mid to he ??Sovereign within its constitutional sphere of action/' and th*t they Are co-ordinate member* of one sysrem, exct/it wiiere the former are expressly made by the Constitu tion subordinate to tlte latter. At a corrolary from this, 1 belie vfc that the State* have u njfkt a* absolute and tiucon t rotable to Judge of the natui c ami extent of their constitutional powers a* the General Government have or ran have? but that this right should be exercised a* well by the one a* by the other with the calmcst delibera tion, and in a spirit of the most rcspcctful Kcrenity, ami with a constant, eye to the de licacy of our domestic relation*. I believe ?hat whenever our constitutional rights are invaded, that it i* not only the privilege, but the duty of the people to meet together In their primitive a?*cmblics, cm quire timidly and frefcly into the extent and natute or the transgression, *end forth their remonstrance* to the correctlvcprgan*of the government, and express and publish their opinions of public men and measures fully mid in mr.h.n manner as to the people shall .-.com meet: I believe that vye should exhaust ull the power# of petition, ami remonstrance, ami argument, and every moral resource before resorting to phvsieal force in defence of our ? ights ngaih?t Federal invusion>?that this latter should ever be considered as the last and ui'Mkt awl'ul policy of a deimly injuied people, .t menus icsorted to when ft uitkss at tempts at redress have told us that all other means have failed, and after solemnly eon-' ?tilting original principles and all those coo side-rations cf wisdom ami prudencc which should govern our council* in a crisis s?? momentous to ourselves, to the union, per haps to the rising generation. I believe that the Supreme Fedcial Court, organized as it is, arc< untnblc to the Feder al liovermnent for its conduct, dependent upon it forpny, receiving vlience its very ex . Uence, and holding its session* m the great Tntrr of Federal influence, has exerted und is exerting a bearing <untin< tly unfricndlv to ?he liberties of the States?that n all ques tions involving conflicting claims of State m l Federal p ?wt:r impartiality' here nerd ?tot and cannot be expeced, th.it under the i^'K.tiee ot this tribunal, the rights and pri vileges of the States will be either frittered away by the arts of construction, or sa- j rifieed by tlie control e::ertrd by distinguish - cd character and talent upon public opinion whilst the aggressions of federil ambition will here liud their b.deful purposes most artfully disguised, am! lite baleful policv ] ;uojt ably defended, I believe thut al I fht'enr ies in ran* go\et n- ! ment to engender an :n itiuetacy or privile- \ ged class, should In- narrowly uiitchtd as a dangerous prelude : t a despotism the most itide? us iiinl dread. d, and siiould be imm? - liatelv stifled Sy a repeal of the <flVnv.\e I prov i\i<>i.s <>f g(J\ ei i.tncnt or an umendnu nt ' of the ( 'institution, before precedent and) pf'Seripion ar'pi r?- t o stubborn an illtiinee J over our minds, and 'he a< t*niiiI coemptions j ' i p?itt(>nage to i stein .1 t <>mmiutt~nver the ? orstini-.'s i i ruv heloved rountri . i 1'mail)-7I !>?..iev? th it undet Clod's bless | ? .'g , the p<*rm.tnv:i ;y of our institutions and j i>e 1.?s*in;; prosperity of our eoui.try depend ?:i tlic distinguishing ami it it e lligent scrutiny ( I the people, anil the freedom and puritv, ?.ltd power ot popular elections; if the great 1 ! mdutarks of ?.ui ( '.institutions are* preie r* cd for ..ges to conic, it w !l be hee.mse aa en- ' lightened community ol free born titizen, acquainted with tlieir 1 iglUs unin.a'.i d b\ patriotism, and hold;?g t!:? rfins ol saprem acy, is .1 tribunal belore which ambition ? rembles. I hu?, 1 c!!aw-t'itiiens. \<.tt hive an epi 'otne af my political faith, the result of sct ? led views and calm di liberations, uninfhi- , ' ncc'l bv prcjuttU'.c and uucolored Ij\ pat ty ! feelings; they have been .mbibed since tnv ' e iilv youth; they have grown with the j growth of years and the increase of knowl edge, ami they will, whatever be m/ det tmie?, be earned with me to the grave. \\ ith this candid dcvclopemuiit before yon of what I am, nod what you may expert to find me ii elected by the people of P lltllMO ,' >vitli whom I|have liv( d and associated from ] 1V c,ir"est inianey nod in who:<v \ leissitude :i j I have deeply participated, m> fellow-citi- ' /cn* of Putnam shall have all the resources ( fl not of competent abilities, at /ruat of hou- i fit service, JAMKS C.LAHK. j f mnam county, May i lib, 1M.>9. Mininter to Madrid.? Adces from Wash ington leave no room to doubt that Ovcriior van Ness, of Veiinout, will be appointed minister to Madrid. IJe has been a sternly and valuable friend duricg the reccnt con tlict.and is every wayjqtiulificd for dischnrg '?'K the duties of the station A residence nt Madrid may he considered as more agrccn ? ?le a', the present than at any former period. Revolution has ncarl) reused?the govern ment is reduced in resources ami in influ ence, and there is less intrigue und manage ment at the csrurial?thing* progress more tranquil and harmonious. Our relations with Spain will impose no heavy duties on the new minister. One tiling, however, is certain. Coventor Van Ness will not con- , su.cr it absolutely necesssarv to m ike fpiite ' v. formal a spec It m King Ferdinand as Mr. i r.verett, nnt| will avoid tendering his" hom age" and "profound respects," as the voting protege of the late President did.?AW*. (It is said that Governor Van Ness will! not leave the United States for fi or ?' arnths.) Quite i\ toiler ate?The city of Boston has tusi elei ted .JO representatives to the legis lature. N<.t contented with that number, the M tyor has issued a notice for another batch. Why don't they pick up three or four wards of the city in a lump and empty them at iKice into the State House? J//? /?>// )??Our friend Buckingham has lost hi* election, lie was warmly opposed to it, ami of course has had the pleasure of he 111* victorious against his own nomina tion, and therefore once right in bis Jvoa/i. yfcfftmtnhl Journal.?A gentleman late Iy took tUo following meteorological journal of hi* wifo's temper Monday, rather clow dyjinthe nfttrnoun ralny.-^ 7'j<r?rfay, va porish, brightened up a little at night.? It'ednctday, changeable, gloomy, inclined to rain.?'/Tkiir^y, high wind* and tope peals ofthunde..?Friday, fair in the morn ing; variable the afternoon, cloudy all night. Saturday, a gentle breete, ha*y,athick fog, mid k frw (Utilesof lightning. The Grand Jury of the Superior Court, now sitting in Savanah, have found true hill* against Ghokok Milmlw, William W. Oath, and William Williams, for fals*) imprisonment, in the case of Stk FHKXSON. Trouble in the Ruitern Faclnrltt.?The S'*lem Gaxettc of the 8th inst. states, " that during the week previous, n revolt took place at the building* of the Taunton Manu facturing Company, in consequent of u new regulation adopted by the propi ktors dimin ishing somewhat the wages of their Wea ver*. ' About sixty femule Weavers left their employment. * Three of the Factories were in consequcncc stopped, naiiinlly or wholly, nud must rem tin so, till new hand* nre employed, or the old one* return." FOREIGN NEWS. Four dntja Inter From Jiuro/ie, The Packet ship Amethyit, ('.apt. Nve, nrriwi! at ltos'ou on Tuesday, brings Lon don papei* of the 20th and Liverpool of 21st lilt, From the Uoston papers of yesterday morning we compile the following tummu* I ry. [The Editor* of the N. Y. Commercial have also received Liverpool papers of the i 20th and 21?t, and London of the i lKth] I The Amethvst made her voyage from Liverpool to Boston in nineteen tla\ s,?a *hort, but not tlic shortest passage which has been made from Liverpool to nur sea hoard. Hostoit i<? lour dny? ahead of New | York, in the article of foreign news?not^lG or IT as Mr. Jinks of the llutlctin imng? j ino*. It is lumored that Mr. Secretary Peel is I soon to lie ea!?cd to the Peerage, and also Sir 1 Robert Peel, Parliament adjourned on the ?Ctli, fori the lvtstcr llohdav!>, till the IPM, i>? ! pi i!. It was expected thr.t Parliament wonMoe ptorogned at the end i f ,M..y or tlie Ingisi- J ning ? f June. 1 lie King was expected in London on the ' 2Vth, to remain some days. Iuki.and?1 he latest accounts from Ire- ? land coin ur in representing the great bene- ' fits that even at this early period, have ae 1 crued to that 'ong afflicted country, from ! lliv passing of the glorious Catholic Relief j li'll. The Papists e\ nice no indecent \ ulgar t exultation on the occasion: the Protestants ' no abject despondency, but l>.tli parties' seemed inclined to meet half way, and co- ? < perate with each otliei i.i the i>rontuti>iH el , a neial }?o ;d will and toleration. Mean while, nun)viotis cm to en uil speculation* are alre.?-ly ? n foot, and which wait only till the country shall have settled down into a firm, decidctl, and permanent tranquility. Confidence, we may add, bus already ex tended itself moic or less umung nil classes of the conituuiiit) j and many of those who, np to the present period, have been distin KMi-hed by the strong violtnee ot their ultta ? Protestantism, l.ave, now that the great question is settled, confessed that they have been ?uis'.aken in their opinions. Such a .-ecantation of old prejudices dw? litem the hi^lust honor. A great meeting was held *in St. J.unc*' to consul* r tlu bixt means nf testifying the gratitude ef the triends of tivil and 'religious liberty to tin. duke of Wellington, for the great measure of peace and justice, in the consultation ot which he, as prime minister was principally instrumental. The duk?: of Lcinticr was called ?o the Chair. Several resolutions were passed, one of which pro posed that a meeting should be held on the second of May, at the London tavern, to con sider the menus of raising a sufficient sum of money to erect a statue in or near Dublin, ot the duke of \\ cllington, as commemorative of this, the most glorious of flis public scr \ ice*. We stated some days since, that the bene ficial eflects of the Roman Catholic Relief Hill were already experienced, in the decis ive tone they have enabled the llritish gov ernment to assume in it* negotiations foi the restoration of tranquility throughout Eu ropc. l'hc last foieign arrivals confirm our previous statcmuuts. ? Morn. Chroni cle, Mr. Hume had given notice that at about the middle of Mat, lie would introduce a motion for altering the present system of corn law s so as to change the picscnt fliu tu- I atmg scale of duties ot. importation for u fix ed duty. It was stated in the London Standard 'hat! an Extraordinary Ambassador was going ' from Great Britain to portugid to nego- J ci ne the settlement of the differences be- I t ween Don Miguel and his brother Don I Pedro. l'hc lute F.<iriln/uakr in S/iuiit?A letter from Madrid of the 2d of April, states that fresh shocks of an earthquake were felt on the ^Mh,.>Otb and Jlstof .March. The lat- j ur, which took place in the night, spread j terror and consternation through the city. If the accounts from Madrid, given in the French papers, be true, the effects of these eiirthqnakesin Murcla have extended far be yond that province,and been attended with still more Mai disaster* than on the spot it self. All Cadiz, it was reported, had been submerged, though pains were taken to con eeal that dreadful calamity, by which every family in the kingdom, and many in other lands, would be thrown into desolation; for that rich commercial city comprised within its merchants individuals from almost every country on earth. The number of victims hitherto dugout of the ruins of the towns destroyed bvtheearthquakcamotintsalrerd y to more than .1000, and that of the perilous wounded or mutiluted, more than double that number. The house*destroyed are be tween 6 and 7000. The wine and oil o! last year are lost. the KingofHpnln hnil ordered nil th* revenues of the province of MuirI* to be '?mployed In relieving the persona reduc ed to misery by the late terrible earth Slakes iti that country. It U said alto, i at 00,000 francs (be produce of the tame purpose. ' ? ?? i . U iii^ i I II ?i Columbia Gtltntopt. FRIDAY. MAY 99, 1690. DomeJlic Manufacturet in 1819 and 1838. "It It vain that (action would rtprasa the #e?r> fr and ?plrl? ol the nation, or dfeafactioa ciata the rmufcM of tba country."- Addrtu ?f I hi J>*. ?/ 3. V. to Ikt Pru. V. S. 1819. SIR?Accident having brought before me Acts of Assembly for 1813, 1 have made the subsequent extracts of the opinions then ex I istingi.stoDomesticManufactures. As the Cvliihibia Telexo/ie is darkly al ' ludine to what it imagine* the State Legia tur* is pledged, by its proceedings in 1835 nnd 183t>, 1 cannot but believe that its talen ted and liberal editor will make He reader* uequainted with its unqnimout pledges and pntriotic urotctdingi in lb 13. Nor can I per mit myself ?o to estimate the candour of the Rditor of the Afetcury, as for one in stunt to believe he will not immediately Imblish them. Nor can 1 doubt both of these Mlitois will cxcuse my making the Courier itschunncl of convc)*mcc to the public and their patriotic prcasua. The motives ami movers of the late war with (ireat Britain are as well known as the object* in view. In one (a high officer oi the ' U. S.) we probably And the author ot the | celebrated exposition of the Protest to the : Seriate of the U. S. To these politicians, > and their supporters in the Legbiatuie, wc are most probably indebted for liie ad dress oi he war in 1S12, and the Protest and the exposition in 18^8. Will they excirise their ingenuity in ac counting tor the different lights in which they have placid State policy in 1813 and in I 18JS? "Finally"(concludes the Protest of I iy.8,) "because S. C. from her climate, sit | uati. n, and peculiar institutions, /sand i ver mutt continue to be, wholly dependent on 1 Agriculture and Commerce, not i nly for her j prosperity, but tf>r her very exUtcnce at a Stutr; because the abundant nnd valuable products of the soil?the blessing, by which | divine Providence seems to have designed to i compensate her for the gtent disadvantages I undc: which the Millers in other respects? .tii- among the very few that can becuitnn ted with profit by slave labour, and if by the 1 ss of her foreign commerce these products xl.ould be confined to an inadequate market the late of this fertile state would be pover ty and utter desolation. Her citizens in Ucspiir would emigrate to more fortunate rcgu lis, and the whole Iranic and constitu tion of her citil polo v he impaired ami de ranged, il not dissolved entirely." N' w 1 icalh find ?>y perceptions sohlun li el, ut. ni t todi^coser why ?? measure soben eti'.*i;il in 1812 iOiubalclul lit 1S28. Nor can 1 av?i I contiastingHu' third and lourth pro position* of the addri*s to the I'res'ulent of the l\ S in suppoit of the war, to the Kcso- , lulion* of the last Legislature, " that the ( mc i>ure to he pursued (by the Mute) conse- ! oiient to the perseverenee in tlii* svstem, (the Tat iff.) are /, un /., tj tuition* nfexficdt? \ enc\i, >n.t Jy* ofclicgiantc.". Is tli;.sthe svs- j tc in of measure* to which the next Legist*- | tare is pledged, and to which the '/'ileico/ie j a!!utU?' AlUit'S. i 7:'i Mui,, 1fi:0 \ I jlrt* ami Hr?o!iition? of the (ienerul ,4 *rm- I hly of the Stoic of.S^nth Carolina, fm*ked in .Intfuit, 1*12. The Committee tn which the Inst para graph ol tile <iuvemor'h Message was refer red, reported an address to the President of ihcU. n. from which the following extract is made; In the Hou*c of ](cft. ,1ugtt't 28, 1812. "From the inconveniences and privations incident to a state of war, we aRc-it not to I expect an exemption, but weave able and willing to support them. We shall support thetn with the more cheeifulness, m they will not tail to lie accompanied with more than correspondent advantages. "A commetcial a* well as political inde pendentcfiredicuted (%fir?t J ufion the im firovement unit udvantement of DomeMlic Manufacture*; (tecomlly J the extcmiinu tion of tlf spirit of faction; (thirdly J a cor dial union of all parties fur the common wel fare; (fourthly j a happy amalgamation of the various, and in some instances discordant materials, which, to a certain degree, com pose our population ; in a word, the forma tion of a national character?these are tome <>f the benefits confidently nntmfiattd from the present contest."?Passed unanimously in hoth Houses. In the //uine of lit ft. *1tttfu*t 8, 1812 ?? 1 hcCommitle to whom was' irfcrred the petition of certain persons, praying aid to enable them to establish a Cotton Manu factory, having had the same under consid eration, respectfully repcit. That from the information giver, them, it appears that the purpose of the petitioners is to establish at some suitable place in (Irecnvillc District, a manufactory, for enrding, spinning, and weaving Cotton, (AOO spindles to be employ ed, 2.50 yards of cloth woven per diem?the sum Jfl0,000.) The Committee therefore intfir rued with the yu/iortance of J/~ encouraging Uonict- 1 lie Alarm/act urn, recommend that ? the piayer of the petition be granted, and that a elau?u be inserted to that effect in the Ap propriation Hill. H. fftANT.C. II. H. Concurred iu by the Sen ite, the 8th Dec. 1812. J. MUHI'llY, C. H. Kxtrictfrom "an Act to make appropri ation* for 1812: "And hi it minted, (fc. Thai $ 10,000 '?e appropri.vied for the purpose of establishing a Cotton Manufactory in (ireenville District, to be paid to Messrs. Cakutii and Thompson." Then follow the terms.?Ch. Courier. The foregoing communication appear* in the " Cfinrlnton Courier," and since the writer seems desirous of inviting our atten tion to It, a* well as that of ottr renders, we feel not the slightest hesitation to accommo date him. We excuse him, most rertainly, for his selection of the Courier, as a chan nel of communication with ourselves and the public, not only because he has an irres ponsible right to exercise a perfect freedom of choice, but more particularly fur another reason, vis. ? If he desires to advocate nor- j thcrn doctrines sod northern interests, end to opiywe southern doctrines and southern interests, we know of no print In Booth Car olina which presents to bis notice paramount claims to the Courier. If this be not the design of the writer, he ought to remember the adage, noicUur m serifs. In 1819, it appears, the legislature of this state expressed the opinion that manufac tures would be improved and advanced by the war, and that this would contribute to our dmimerclal as well as political indepen dence. Did they exprese a different opin ion in 1835 and 1828 f We bcliere not; and we arc satisfied, that at any period of our history, the present not excepted, the legis lature of this state, perhsps every man in it. would witness with pleasure, the successful cnterorise of manufacturingskill and indus try, developed by the progress of society in all the arts und improvements of peace?or if war exists, stimulated by the impulse which such a state of things naturally com municates. But did the legislature of 1813 desire the war with England because it would improve and advance domestic man ufactures It is ptcpostcrous to say s?^? Could tlicy then, or could they now, applaud a measure which 1 is all the blighting ef fects upon commerce, which a state of war would nave, for this purpose t If so, they would not be patriots, und would bt misera ble political economist*. This writer has exhibited no inconsinttncy in the legislature of this state by any thing ho has bruight to light. They could *ay every thine they old say in 1812, and do every act they then did, und by no means advise or approve nny ta riff law that has yet been enacted. For in dependent of u total dissimilarity of circum stanccs in ati.ne of war and n time of peace, a state legislature may loan g 10,000 to a munufiteiui ing company, ami sintcrcly wish ,its nroaperity, and yet, assuredly, they would not thereby yield to Congress the constitutional power to render all other in terests subsidiary to the manufacturing in terest, nor would such an act acknowledge the expediency of such a polity. We eould , not imagine a more forced and fallacious de duction. In fact it would he totally the con* 1 trary : it the state possess the power to fos ter und protcct manufactures, it is or.c of her reserved rights, and does not belong to congress. This we believe to be true con stitutional doctrine. It i? umong the posi tions taken in the Protest, by Mr. Turtibull in his very able pamphlet, the Crisis; by the Hon. Warren H. Davis in his resolutions of fered tu the Hoidc of Representatives in 1828, and we have no evidence that the !?* gislature of thin state has at any time tho't otherwise or said otherwise. lhit admit that the legislature of IS 12 yielded unqualified allegiance to the wild and tyrannical doctrines of 1S28 in favor of manufactures?is posterity to be eternally hound by the ignorance of their fjTand fa thers ' Is the world to remain stationary in darkness and slavery for the sake of consis tency in opinion * la discussion, is dear bought experience to shed no light upon contested points ? If so, then we arc bound to applaud the inquisitorial power which incarcerated (iulilco in a dungeon, because he did not choose to believe (fiat the earth was as flat as a trcncher ; then ate we con strained to admire the zeal of Lord l&ldou, the Duke of Cumberland, and the high church interest in Parliament, who have bravely adhered to the gi ey-headed errors I of aristocratic asccudancv and religious in | tolerance. The British 1'arliament has re cently furnished us a different illustration of ! the proper effect of full discussion and n [ more enlightened public opinion. In point ot fact, now long has it been )inrc the science of political economy had any thing to do with the affairs oA'icgislation * I It is not more than 30 years old in Kngland, and is not half that age in the United States, l'he public has been totally uninformed us to the well settled doctrines of writers upon this subject?and what do nineteen twenti eths of the members of congress know about political economy f How much, for instiuire, had the maxims of this science to do with tWu vote of that member from a certain manufacturing state, who, in 1828, in the sen .tc ot the United States, kept im account currcnt in which he entered minutely thu debits and credits derived from the items of the tariff bill and the proposition for a mcndmeiit, according as the raw material ! was taxed or the manufactured article pro I tccted, and nt the same time that he stmck I a favorable balance for the manufacturer, 1 -..truck his hands together in delight, and ex claimed, we have it ! What, in truth, is the knowledge of antiquity upon this sub ject, but the ignorance of the childhood of society, presenting absurdities too glaring ! for common sense, patronizing iniquity too j disgusting for common honesty f 1 No mat matter, therefore, what the legisla ture of 1812 might have said about the im portance of domestic manufactures, or what they might have done to promote them in (ircenville; we would aslc, what authority ought their opinion to carry with it * Hail they before them the question of free tiade or no foreign commcrce at all?'.he benefit of a few clamorous manufacturers or that of the whole community In'side ' Had that which is tjie question now evei been discussed or thought ot then f The true matter of enquiry is not, what were the spec ulative notions of men in 1812?but, what i* right, now ? We know of nobody in fair early history as a nation, who seems to have entertained auv thing like a rational estimate of the in calculable Importance of free trade, and who seems to have struck nt the root of the pret cut monopolising spirit, and prohibitory pol icy, but Dr. FAakklin. I his illustrious s.ige and patriot appears to have carried his usual philosophical spirit to the discuftsion of this question. The following ii hi* lan guage upon restrictions and prohibition* : " Perhaps in general, it would be better if povertimenM meddled no further with trade than to protect it, and let it take its course. Most of the statutes or nets, edicts, arrets, and placards of parliament, princes, or states, for regulating, directing, or res training of trade, have, wc think, been ei ther i>otl(1cat blunders, or jobs obtained hy artful men, for private advantage, under pretence of public good. When Colbert assembled some wise old merchants of Prance, and desired their advice ami opin ion how he could serve ami promote com merer, their answer, alter consideration wtft in three words only, ' lAtmz nout/aire,' (lei us alone.) It it Mkl by a very wild writer of the same nation, that he It well advanced In the selence of politics who knows the full force of that maxim fiat trot gauvtmer, (do noc govern too much,) which perhaps will be of more use when applied to trade than In any other public convert). It were, therefore, to be wished* that com merce were as free between all the natioos of the world as between the several counties of England. 80 would all, by mutualcom muuicatlon, obtain more ei^Joyraeut Those counties do not ruin each other by trade, neither would the nations. No natlo# was ever ruined by trade, even seemingly the meet disadvantageous. Whenever desira ble superfluities are Imported, industry to thereby excited, and superfluity produced.'* We are not aware that these doctrines > were subsequently brought before the pub lic previous to the year 1819* when the ar ticle was published in the Anslectic Maga alne, which we, lately transfercd to our columns. The legislature, at its last session, resolv ed, that" the measures to be pursued* con sequent to the pcrsevercnce In this system (the tariff) are purely questions of expedi ency, not of allegiance." ?'.Irgut" seems to have opened his hundred eyes in terror at this doctrine, and we are softly interrogated whether this is the doctrine to which we imagine the legislature tu be pledged. Aye, the very doctrine : we never had a doubt In arriving at it, nor have we the slightest he sitation in nvowing it. The writer lor the Courier may make out of K whatever he can. If language like this does not comti tute a pledge?language, adopted after ma ture deliberation und arduous discussion? then we aver, there is no meaning in words, no dignity, no linccrity, no manly indepen dence in legislative resolves. If the work of the legislature under all circumstances, is over?if our master* refuse at the next ses sion of congress, to alleviate the scourgc which they have mi finely and ko busily ap plied tous?If, after nil that we have solemn ly uttered and done, we are eventually to yield our rights to usurpation, our feeling* to insult, our money to plunder?then will the sovereign state of South Carolina cut a ridi culous aspect in the eyes of mankind, and deserve to become, as she speedily will, a black ftrovince. The " National Intelligencer" of May \9f uffords Ui a moat melancholy picture of af fairs at Washington, From a loop aiticlc of deep-toned lamentation we extract the fol lowing : ?? Nor is the effect of thin high-hnndcd ex ci'cisc of |mwcr [rrmova/4] confined to those who are rcmovtd from office. No : its influ ence pervades all socicty. The very air we breathe is tainted with it. No man ut office knows how long lie will he safe, and all hut the elect live in painful suspense. Their friends ure afraid to hold communion with them, lest the fact of their doing so should he noted down and inadc a charge against them. Friendship has bccome Indeed hut n name ; for, warned hv example, you know not hut the friend of to-day may become the accuser of to-morrow, pouring into the ear of King Caucus, ns accusations of a damna tory coihplexion, temnrks and opinions ?;? sually elicited in the unrestrainedand confi ding freedom of social intercourse. 1 his, which is not too high colored a pic ture of the state of things hero, in Washing ton, is not, we fear, without its copy in eve ry community throughout the land in which the Government of the United States ha* oflkct to bestow, or offices which may be taken away. Surely, in this state of things i? pourtray cd a great moral evil." Verily, the dcvelopement of the Intelli gencer must he regarded as highly flatter ing to the coalition cterks who afe yet trem bling nnd shivering in the offices at Wash ington ? So determined are they upon hold ing on to the teat that has so long kindly ndminificrcd to them the nourishment of life, that they abandon the communion of friends, the " confiding freedom ol social in tercourse," lest their friends may become indices to the President of their political bearing. The amount of this is, that they are actually attempting to delude and decoy (icn. Jackson into the impression that they arc his political friends, in order that they may retain office : nnd this by the open con. fession of the Intelligencer. What will our South Caiothia readers say to this ? An: such dastardly, pican, sycophantic, hypocrit ical wretches as are afraid to avow their opinion*?who will forego all the courtcsios of social existence, that they may obtain by fraud and deception, from the bounty of tin: govCmment^that which they are too lazy, too dissipated, or too worthless to obtain by manly exertion in some of the honest em ployments of life?are these, we ask, tin creatures for whom the sympathies of the nation arc implored by the coalition press ' Has the time come in the United State*, where labor is higher than any where else, where the quantity of fertile noil is quite in. exhaustible, ami presents a wide field fot the successful employment of industry at?d enterprise?that an under clerk at Wash ington, together with his family, must starve in wretchedness nnd beggary, because the President of the United States withdraws the patronage of his offke ? How do nine hundred and ninety nine out of every thou sand of th? citizens of this country live ' Not by clerkships at Washington, but by honest labour at the ft lough, or their res pective trades. There is no clerk St Wash ington too good to do the same thing. Why not turn out to manufacturing 7 This was the great fianacea of their patrons, Adams ami Clay, for all natural evil*?this was