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as friirid as their climate; Before I would see them the tributary slaves of n ~rnnufarturincr people whose highest passion is the lust of gold; Before I woulcl see°them the serYile & submissive subjects of a Govern- ment whose policy it was to insult re,·ile & plunder them-before I would witness such a total prostration of their liberty, their hopes- their character- I woulcl not only make this Union crumble like a rope of sand, but I would that sori1e convulsion of nature- an earth- quake-should Shake my natire State loose from the continent itself and send it a floatin~ lsland on the Ocean- But as strong as may be my attachment to this Un_ion; there is one kind of unionism that belongeth not to my nature. I am not that kind of an Union mun who ran take the oath of allegiance to twenty three ~tates and clenv it to the one I liYe in. I am not that kincl of an Union man who ·can say that my State is injured by unconstitu- tional legislation, yet call it duty to enforce the oppression, and treason to oppose it. I am not that kind of an Union man who can ask of my State to place a sword in my hand and epaulets on my shoulders, when my heart tells me that in a conflict for her ri~hts, the sword shall be employed against the very State whose confidence bestowed it; and that ga,·e me all my honors. I am not that kind of an Unio~ man who can to clnny [ sic l advocate one set of principles and to mor- row forswear them nil, either for vengeance on foes or -for the favors of power. I nm not that kind of an Union man who can wear a tyrants "collar" as a Indy would her wreath of roses or a braid of hair- who can dank his chains and dance delighted with the music that it make. No; before I would be such an Union man, [ prefer to be that odious and audacious Gheber the Nullifier, whose Yery name makes Tyranny tremble even in its fortified holds. And who is he, this man of horror, whose glance strikes villiany blind and whose breath is the death of Despotism? Would you behold his living sem- blance? Then look at the bold bell bird, with his benrlecl beak and burning eye, perched upon the summit of the lofty Andes. See him spread his tempest-cleaving pinions to the blasts of the whirl-wind and wheel sublimely toward the burning sun- see him rising higher a11d higher- ngnin & again- until this earth becomes a little speck & the storms & lightnini?S break harmless beneath him. Such is but a faint picture of the bold unconquerable Nullifier, who soars above all other men, in all that's great in action & sublime in sentiment, as doth this rovnl bird ahoYe the humblest of the fenthere<l tribe that swims in the pool or fattens on the dung-hill- No. 118. PROSPECTUS OF COLU~IBl"S ENQUIRER. LA)[AR AND TINSLEY r Rroatlsicle l r Columbus, Genr~ia, 1 s:1:31 From the commencement of thi> emuin:r year, the COLU~!Ill;S EXQVTTIER ,rill lie puhlishecl hy )Iirabeau R. Lamar a!l(l William B. 'I'iu~lry. in i:upport of the pri1H·ipl('~ of the "/,fate Nigltfg P((rfy flf f;,,nryi11," ' a;. n1111111111<·ril in th· 1'01r;:roi11_!! prenml,le all<! rC'~olutiom:. Its <-111111:111~. howrn•r, wi 11 11r,t lw tlr\11f°c,l c•x1·lu,-i rely to pol it ir::: : liu t :::uc·h ath•11t iu11 "hall 111• ;.!?\"l•IJ to Litrrnn· n111l ~i :,<·•-lla11t•ous ~t>lt>dio11s. l'om- llll':·1·; :11 mid Forri_:!'11 '..\r,r,.;, mitl ·(:l'nrrd I11tP1li!,!C'llC'C', a:: to mnke it a, ·i·,•pt:11,ll' 11,:: pn~,.;ilill' to 1•,rn· dasi: of ll' Hill'l'i'.
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