Indiana Palladium, Volume 8, Number 51, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 5 January 1833 — Page 2

From the Boston (Jftm.) Stateman. 01ET MEETING IN FANfcUlL HALL. T.ie meeting: of the citizens of tht city and its vicinity, friends of the Union of the States, to take into consideration the late proceedings of the

Legislature of South Carolina, express their opinions thereon, and to respond to the late Proclamation of the President of the United States, was a very crowded assembly. The meeting was organized by call ingthe Hon. Charles Wells, Mayor, to the Chair, and the appointment of Messrs. Ward and Sturgis, as Secretaries. The Hon. Thomas H. Perkins; offered the following Resolutions: Resolved, That the members of this meeting hare read with high gratification the recent Proclamation of the President of the United States. Raolvsd, That in the present situation of public affairs, when the integrity of the Union, and of the Constitution, are seriously menaced, the issuing of such a Proclamation is, in thejudgmenl of this meeting, a wise, timely, and patriotic act. Resolved, That we recognize in the Proclamation, the unequivocal manifestation of a decision, by the President, to uphold the Government, jand to miintain the regular and just authority of the Iaw3, by the exercise of such constitutional and legal powers, as are, or may be vested in the Executive for that purpose. Resolved, That in our opinion, the Proclamation exhibits in a full, clear and forcible manner, the true principles on which the Constitution and Government of the United States rest; and on which alone they can be successfully maintained and administered; and contains a powerful and impress ive appeal to the good sense and en lightened patriotism of the People. We hold these political truths, which we conceive to be expressed in the Proclamation to be undeniable: that the Government of the United States was ordained and established by the people of the United States; that its leading object was to form among them a more perfect Union, and to create, for the common good of the whole, a more efficient Government than had existed under the Confederation; that the Government of the United States extends, though with limited and ape cial powers, over the people of all the States; and that to the full extent of these powers the people of the United States is a GOVERNMENT, and not a league; that it owes duties to individuals; and, od the other hand, that individuals owe respect and obedienee to its laws; that the Constitution itself declares what overt acts shall be considered treason against the United States, thereby affirming the sovereignty of the United States and the allegiance due to its Government by the people; that the Government of the United States, not being a league or confederacy between States, but a Constitutional Government, operating directly upon individuals, and rightfully claiming their obedience, no State has power to withdraw the allegiance of the People from that Government, or to sanction disobedience to its laws; that the Constitution contemplates no such possibility as the secession of a State from the Union; that it establishes a government, which the people may all times alter and amend at their pleasure, but which is designed to be perpetual, without limitation of time, and with no such self destroying principle as a right reserved to any portion of the people to withdraw their allegiance from it, at their own will: that secession is, in its very nature, destruc. tive of the Constitution; that it is revolutionary; an act done, if done at all, not under the Constitution, but in defiance of it, and only to be justified by causes, which would justify revolution in othcrcases; That there is no power reserved to a State so preposterous as that of annulling a law of Congress, thereby subjecting the will of the whole people to be controlled by that of a part; nor of deciding the question, between the Government of the United States and those who are subject to its laws, whether such laws be constitutional; That the Constitution also declares, that the Judicial power of the United States shall extend to all cases arising under the Constitution and acts of Congress; and that the Judiciary Act, ' coeval with the Government, has prescribed a proceeding by which all such Constitutional questions are to be final ly decided by that Judiciary; and according to which such questions have bpen so finally decided throughout the whole history of the Government. These truths, so essential to the preervaiionof the Government, and its yrsi powers, appear to us incapable of coniranicnon. .Resolved That the Ordinance pasted hj the late Convention of South Carolina, purporting to annul the acts of Congress, on the assumed ground that ihey are unauthorised by the Constitu t:on of the United States, is an assump

tion of pnwrr, which is truly described in the President's Proclamation, as being "incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted expressly by the letter of the Constitution, unauthorised by its spirit, inconsistent with

every principle on which it was founded, and destructive of the great object for which it was formed. Resolved, That the said Ordinance, in declaring that no appeal shall be allowed from a State Court, to the Su preme Court of the U. States, nor the copy of any record permitted or allowed for that purpose, and that persons claiming such appeal shall be punishea, commands direct disobedience and resistance to an act of Congress of more than forty years standing and operation, and the constitutionality of which hasnever been called in question. Resolved, That we are constrained to consider these proceedings of South Carolina as being disloyal to the Constitution, and decidedly revolutionary; that we have seen with infinite pain a majority of the people of so respectable a State led into the adoption of such false opinions and such unlawful courses: a State which has always possessed, does now possess, and we hope will long continue to possess her full share of influence in the public Councils, to whose complaints the National Legislature is always ready to listen, as to those of other States; and which we hope and believe, will always find in the assembled Representatives of the whole country a spirit of justice and conciliation; and we would lain cherish the hope, that their own sober reflections, the disapprobation of the people of other States, and the solemn and affectionate warning of the President may yet recall the people of that State to a sense of duty and patriotism, and thereby prevent occurrences which would fill every true American bosom with the deepest mortification and grief. We trust in a Gracious Providence yet to save our beloved country from the disgrace and the horrors of a civil war. Resolved, That acting upon the principles now by him so solemnly and for cibly declared, we will cordially support the President of the United States, in every constitutional measure necessary for the execution of the laws and for maintaining the integrity of the Union; that we still fervently pray the Divine Goodness to avert the necessity of resorting to force; but that, in our judgment, it is a matter of absolute duty, on the part of the President of the United States, if forcible resistance be made to the laws, to see, nevertheless, that the laws be duly executed; that in this great and sacred cause, laying aside all personal preferences, we will act cheerfully and devotedly under the guidance of the constituted authorites of the government; that we will go for the country, and with the country, against disunion, disorganization, and nullification: and that whosoever is commissioned by the people to bear up the standard of the Union, we shall be ready to rally in the cause of the Constitution under that banner, which led our fathers, through years of suffering and of blood to independence and glory, and which has commanded for us their posterity the respect of the world. The Resolutions were seconded by Franklin Dexter, Esq., who, with Messrs Webster, Otis, Adams and Austin addressed the meeting in their support. Upon the conclusion of Mr. Aus tin's remarks the question wa3 then called for, and the resolutions were PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. Charles P. Curtis, Esq., then offered the following Vote, which was carried by acclamation: Voted, That a copy of the proceed ings of this meeting, signed by the Chairman and Secretaries, be trans mitted to the President of the United States. From tlicN. C. Star, At a numerous and respectable meeting of the citizens of Robeson county, friendly to the Union and opposed to Nullification, convened at the Court House in Lumberton on the 14th day of December, 1832, the following preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted : We, a portion of the citizens of Robeson county, believing it to be the unalienable right of a free people peaceably to assemble and express their opinions upon all sub jects of a political nature, having witnessed with the most heart felt regret, the proceed ings of the late convention of our sister State of South Carolina, for nullifying and resisting the laws of the general government, and, as we honestly believe, tending to annihilate those hallowed principles which have, for the last half century, supported the grandeur of our national edifice believing that those proposed measures are at variance with the purity, the honor and the very existence of the Federal Union, threatening revolution and bloodshed, with all the attendant train of horrors incident to civil war; and believing it to be the dnty of every citizen "to frown indignantly upon every attempt to alienate one portion of the Union from the other;1' Therefore Resolved, as the opinion of this meeting, that we view the assertion of

a right by the Convention of South Carolina, and all laws made in pursuance thereof, to nullify the acts of the general government, as unwarranted by the Constitution of the United States, inconsistent with the preservation of the Federal Union, tending to weaken the bonds by which we exist as a nation, subversive of civil order and calcu

lated to produce results which should be deprecated by every true American. Resolved, That we cherish for our brethren of South Carolina the warmest feelings of fraternal regard but that we view nullification as a political heresy, and that we will, "for weal or for woe," be found strug gling for our country and the supremacy of ner laws. Resolved, That we regard the Congress of the United States as the only proper medium, through which a redress of grievances, complained of in the Southern States of the operation of die Tariff laws, may be found. Resolved, That we estimate the Constitution of the United States as the bulwark of our liberties, the ark of our political safety and as such we will support the Chief Magistrate of the nation in all necessary measures for its preservation, maintenance and defence, and for the Union of the States. Resolved, That we deprecate the idea of a Southern Convention, as tending to encourage sectional prejudices, and calculated to impair the integrity of the Federal Union. Resolved, That we believe the Tariff laws to be unequal in their operation and oppressive to the Southern States. But, that we highly approve of the modification of the last session of Congress, and firmly rely on the wisdom and patriotism of that enlightened body for such further modification as will give satisfaction to every portion of our beloved country. llesolved, That we view the present as an eventful crisis in the history of our government; that "united we stand, divided we fall;" and that all those citizens who have enjoyed the blessings of liberty should rally around the Constitution, and shield it from the infliction of a blow which threatens its destruction. Resolved, That we will not yield our political support to any citizen who shall declare his opinion in favor of nullification or a disunion of the States, or who shall lend his influence to excite in the minds of the people a doctrine which may have a tendency to overthrow a government universally admitted to be the best calculated to ensure the happiness of its citizens. The communication, which follows, from our Representative, Hon. R. Boon, i3 copied from the Indiana Democrat. It will be perceived on perusal) that Governor Noble is accused of perverting his official influence for political effect. His Excellency's message has been in the hands of all our readers, and of course tbey are able to judge of the accuracy of the charges : To NOAH NOBLE Governor and COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE STATE OF INDIANA. Sir You have thought proper in your late message to the Indiana Legislature, to arraign the three Representatives in Congress, from the state of Indiana, before their constituents, for their having voted for the postponement of Mr. Clays famous land bill, which passed the Senate of the United States, at the last session of ConA 1 1 1 1 gress. Ana not being content with the opportunity afforded you of interposing your ''official influence" between the people and their representatives iu Congress, you have disgraced the office you hold as Governor, by officially misrepresenting important facts, with a view no doubt, to operate upon the election of a U. S. Senator, then pending before the Indiana Legislature. You have officially stated to the Legislature and the reading community, that Congress had "positively refused" their assent to the measure proposed for graduating and reducing the price of the public lands'. Now sir, the truth is, a bill passed the Senate of the U. S. some two years since, to reduce and graduate the price of the public lands, and was sent to the House of Representatives for concurrence therein. But did not receive the final action of the House of Representatives during that session, in consequence of the press of other business on the callendar which had precedence. At the last session of congress, I reported a bill to graduate and reduce the price of the public lands, which was twice read and referred to a committee of the whole on the state of the Union, and now remains among the unfinished business of the last session, subject to the final action of the House during the present session of Congress so that Congress has not "positively refused" to assent to this measure, as stated by you. with such unblushing confidence. Nor have you been less fruitful in misrepresentation in reference to Gen. Tipton's having given his support to Mr. Clay's bill to divide the proceeds arising from the sales of the public lands among the several states of the Union, and whicli seems to lay so near to your heart. You have stated officially that Gen. Tipton supported this bill, and you tell the people that the three Representatives from Indiana voted with the ''enemies" of the measure, and thereby defeated the project. It is true, that I did oppose the measure, and in doing so, I have no doubt but I acted in strict accordance with tbe feelings and interest of a large majority of my constituents. But it is not true, as stated by you, that this bill received the support of Gen. Tipton. The truth is, Gen. Tipton opposed this bill throughout; and told me that he would resign his seat in the Senate, rather than vote for the bill! So that you stand convicted before the reading community of having officially misrepresented two important facts, intended no doubt, for political effect for I should do you perhaps, great injustice

were I to iriiputo it to your ignorance. So much then, for the party zeal of an ejecu tive officer in attempting to use his official influence in putting down the friends of one political creed with a view to elevate

those of a different creed upon the ruins of the vanquished. . ' When you were a candidate for the office of Governor which you now hold, and which was conferred on you by the friends of Gen. Jackson, you was then, a "no party" man. But no sooner were you clothed with your royal robe, than you began to show yourself in your true colours and now to cap the climax, you have interposed your "official" influence, between the people and their Represensatives in Congress, and that too with the additional sin of having officially mistated important facts. Oh! shame, where is thy blush? R. BOON. Washington, Dec. 17, 1S32. Tlie Strength of South Carolina. While South Carolina sets at defiance the whole Union, it may not be amiss to consider the means she has at command to cany her schemes into execution. Her entire population amounts to 581,185. Her free white pop ulation is 257,SG3. Her black population is 3,32-2, exceeding the white population I ; 05,459. Of the white population. 130.-: by

590, are males, T4,(KW of whom arc be-! ,oni.' as t l;t manufacturers and their liicnds tween the ages of 15 and 00. The military shall s3)', kerp on the tariff, add or diminish power of the State amounts therefor to about ,nc duties at their will and pleasure, o long tU,000 men. y ill Andrew .lackson, the republican, force At the late election for members of the a on 'I10 south at the point of the bayonet! State Legislature, there wero 43,072 votes It matters not whether it bo constitutional polled. The Disunionists gave 25,013 and ! otherwise : whether it be a palpable violathe Union party 17,159. The Disunionists j J'0" f h? compact undo by the States, it then amount to about three-fifths and the ! s S,M a law 'tJf Congress, and Andrew Union party to two-fifihs of the bone and j Jackson will enforce it, although be knows sinew of war. . t will drench in blood the fair fields of his

- .. . The power with which Gov. Hamilton is resolved to make war upon the Federal Government, will be hardly sufficient therefore to keep the slaves, aud the Union party, in subjection. The Army constituted, compri Brigadier Genera Inspectors General oral A. OinHnr rmssary uencral ot l'urchas - ps 2 Militnrw Slnrnknonprs. Pntnnol, 13 j j 1 ' , Capt do. Quarter 4Fil C!nrnnral5- 14 Prinriml iXInsif intw.

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Musicians, 108 Artificers, 250 enlisted for T,,1C, following sentiments were given at ordnance, and 5052 privates. Total com- a cclcl'rat:on had in Concord, N. H. conmissioned officers, 5i)lj non-commissioned se(luencc cf 11,0 recent triumph of the dcofficers and privates, G510. Making the mocracy: whole strength of the Army 7134 men. I Anr Jaelcson. "And the rain dc-

The number of recruits enlisted into the uijiiaiiru iikw uiii ing 30th Sept. 5, was 1462; of iy,23 at Baltiservico during the year ending 1832, exclusive of, Rangers, wlirtm fvl rnliclrrt nt Allvnnv

more 45 at Buffalo, 9 at Carlisle, Pa. 13 at S ,hc buiWe rejected, tho same gliaii beConcord Mass. IS at Hartford, 19 at Harris- i come tho of h;c corner."

burgh,Pa. 11 at Linchburg, Va.2S0 at New j Va. 2S0 at New i at Philadelphia,: tcr, 13 at Utica, j le remainder at i York, 53 at Providence, 1UI 3 at Portland, S9 at Rochester, 13 at Utica. 3 at Winchester, Va. and the

the different military stations. 13 a singular circumstance that one hundred At the different armories of the United j and years oflcr the first emigration of States, there were manufactured or procur- j ner ancestors to America, this lady should cd, during the year ending 30th Sept. last, become Vico Queen of the country from 1 forty-two pound iron cannon, 133 thirty j unjch they Hoc), at the summit of a system two pound do., 11 twenty-four pounders',! wn'ch a more immediate ancestor had lifsk93 field carriages, 27,153 muskets, 3,490 i r(I every thing to destroy; e;r, in tiie rner Hall's rifles, 3,010 sots of accoutrements for j Kct'c alld poetic! language of Bishop Knginiantry, 4,000 for Riflemen, 1,000 do. for land, "tint in the lmd from which his f.cavalry, 5214 lbs. canister shot, 38 1.395 j thefs father IVd in f:ar, h diughtefs inuske't ball and buckshot cartridges, 11,322 j daughter, now reigns as queen." lbs. bullets, &c. &c. The whole number of militia in the L'ni- Rusincrx at llic South. V"e cvrry day fed States, according to the latest returns, is j see letters from different part? of S. Caroli1,308,047. There wcrcdistributcd tothem, I na, announcing the decline of business ow during the year ending 30th Sept. last, by ling to the gem.-ral conviction that a violent the United States, 17 pieces of field ar- j convulsion is near at h tnd. Merchants tillery, 23 field carriages, 21,070 muskets, and Factors in Chnileston direct their 2739 artillery and cavalry swords, 5707 sets j friends not to draw upon them on any term?, of accoutrements from small arms, 1100 for land the business men here look with suspicavalry. i cion on any transactions with that City and THE THINKING PARTY. Jl. !h.cJ'

Salisbury Carolinian: "South Carolina having interposed her sovereign power, to protect her reserved rights against federal usurpation, the question now forces itself up, what will Congress do? Tho ttMhinking part or the tariff faction at the North, and indeed their allies here, answer whv. let the Genkral Government put her down! Men who, for years, havo been heaping every species of abuse and contumely on Gen. Jackson, now cry out, ah! tho old Hero will soon put her down: he will soon blockade he r pert? "avenue cutters" ami a "ingate : Ine more thinking portion, however, of the lariii men. alreadv see t nt this will not do. i . . . the great Philadelphia lawyer, Horace Hin ney; there can be no dispute, says the Richmond Whig, (Mr. Clay's leading paper,) but that nullification is the republican doctrine of 1798. In short, the thinking ones, every where, begin to see that it will not do to employ force against South Carolina." The United States Telegraph makes the subjoined remarks on the Proclamation of the President: "We are glad of the appearance of the Proclamation. It cannot fail to do good. The mask is at last withdrawn, and, like tho rising of the veil of Mokanah, it enables us to see the deformities so long concealed behind it. We now see, in all its native deformity, the despotic principles of the Executive. He a friend to liberty I Ho a friend to State rights! It is profanation to name than in conjunction! What rights are left to tho States under the s.ve:pin;' dennnciatiors of the Piocl uction? Ncm

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there is a dignity in State nullification, says !

Hiot one, except fit' tj:e v.ijl nrd i'y tl.e juf' franco of the President!! The li.it is j .renounced. Right or wrong, constitution. or unconstitutional, the laws passed by Congress must be obeyed, under ihe penalties of treason! Although one liulf of the States may declare them palpably unconstitutional, and, also, oppressive and destuctive, there is no remedy except under tho penalty of treason! The States havo ru power to interpose. The majority may make the Constitution what they please. Not knowing what they did, the States havo deprived themselves of all rights, except those of unlimited submission. Jt is acknowledged tliat the constitution h fcrmcd by a compact between the States: and yet we have here a republican President, in utter contempt, as it were, of his own acknowledgment, avowing the abominable principles that however the compact may be yielded by the ma jority, the minority are still bound by it. This is the republicanism of a man, w ho once avowed himself an admircr of the principles of Jefferson! Well

did the elder Adams siy, that republicanism meant ony thing ornoihing!! 'IJndcr the doctrine of this metamor phosed republican, there is no possible bono for tho south, but what depend upon tho P'fy and compassion of the majority. As 1 . T . i "native Mate! ' ic n'u jKHijuc ri wjc U Jill TO ClutCS prepared to sanction this doctrine? Arc those of the south and our brethren of the Union parly, particularly arc they prepared to sanction lint part of the Proclamation imo.wii hu h. nu nave never ir.iv.irM.T le latter." republish these effusion? to sow ihs ; A , , i "m c u',r "-CillZCIlS mat WO are in 3 i frt"UL" .nu ine I,ootls camc aa e wind ' i ". mvi i Wcw am! beat upon the housr, and it fell : ,10t ur il was wundd on a rock." i Grt'llt afl Buren. "Tho ilonc trat

rlisle, Pa. 13 at S mc DU,1Rls rejected, tno same tluul herd, 19 at Harris- icome tho !df corner."

, 1,1 ls'-r,t one, nf Mr. Carroll's grand ybters was married to tho Marquis of Welleslayy then Viceroy of Ireland; cno it i d-3tcrs was married to tho Marquis" of North, and one letter last week Assured . there was not a single country merchant in Charleston. A great many negroes, this week and the 1 ist, have passed through this country from South Carolina. Between this place and Louisville a few days sine a gentleman informs us, he met at least 300 negroes, moving with their owners to j seek some morn trr.rquil sjot in tho West. We notice those things to show our fellowcitizens w!at they have rscaprdhy refusing to he thrown into the ranks withS. Carol1na in her mnd crusade iicuinst thn lawsof ; olJr cornlIi0ll countrv. Thes.. thinrs for. llfJfle a puliticil com uisionn,! every man d g1JS0 r!f,urcs hm ,hat W ;; s V ...:o i... . n ... , .j ... i .1 L" J llllla JIHUH U 111 LMlilV IllL' com I 1 I ovcrnmcut and interrupt the tranouillity u the rest. fnrri'ia L'curur. ?korih Carolina. Governor Swam was inducted into office on the 13th inst. In his inaugural address he holds tho following language : The dangers which threaten u? may b traced to that system of legislation which assumes the power in Government to dispense the bounties of Providence with ft more impartial hmd, than thry are distributed by the laws of nature. 1 look for redress to tho patriotism, t!:; wist'om. the prudence and forbearance of tin; President, of Ccr.gr: s?,and the Ami lican pornle. I k !y with humble confidence ia the h t! at thtt ProvidcncG v.h;ch hu gu'ded and sumUd us for marc than fifty yer.r?, vvh;ch h..a reserved us through the pniLi of two wt., with the trrtftfst bcli;gri nt cf lutrep will yet fuistain and tint our yloiu t s!r:pri nnd R'".r: w:l! continue ir ap. M tm ... Mi. ef a trei ; 'MK i' V

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