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Nullification in South Carolina, iSjo-iSj-/: 737 the extent of the resistance planned (the unpreparedness of South CaroUna in some respects is made manifest, but that of the United States must also be considered). But the series is too long for one issue of the Review. For want of a better point of division, it has been di'ided by the date February i, 1833, the date at which the Ordinance of Nullification was to go into effect. The remaining papers already collected, and perhaps some others, may be expected to appear in the October number. The reader who wishes to see the same series of events from the point of view of the opposite party, may be referred to Dr. Joseph Johnson's narrative and the letters of Jackson, Huger and Drayton, printed in Stille's memoir of Joel R. Poinsett, in the twelfth volume of the Pennsylvania Magazine of Histoy, and to Grayson's Life of James Louis Petigrn. For the more general aspects of the struggle, see Houston's Critical Sfueiy of Nullification in South Carolina. I. Robert Y. Hayne ' to James H. Hammond. {Private. ) Washington, 25'." Feb. 1830 Dear Sir. I have rec'! your letter and will best manifest my friendly disposition towards your enterprise by answering it at once. [Youjr objects are honorable, and of vital [im] portance, and you have my best [vvisjhes for your success. I agree [wi] th you that our success in the [great ?] struggle in which the South [is en] gaged, will in a great measure depend on the firmness, sieadinesj, and _tem'per of our proceedings. Eerything [whjich looks like unnecessary violence [mu]st have the tendency to create reaction, and yet it is extremely difficult to keep up the public feeling at a proper point, and prevent its boiling over. Men who are suf- fering, and who are justly indignant at a violation of their rights, can hardly be expected to speak and act with due moderation. Be assured, that a perseverance in the course you indicate as approved of by jw/r own Judg- ment, will be attended by the happiest effects. If our friends at home could be induced to base their proceedings on the Virginia Resolutions of '98, I am confident they will carry with them the whole South, and a large portion of the people in other quar[ters]. acting on any other principle, [we] shall encounter difficulties at ev[ery] step. I shall be glad at all [times] to afford you all the informa[tion] in my power, on matters of public concern, and with my best wishes for your welfare am with great respect your most ob! Serv' Rob. Y. Havne. James H. Hammond Esq. ' Hayne was at this time in the Senate. His great speech against Webster had been delivered a month before. Hammond was editing the SoiiUic'ni Times at Columbia.