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Nullification in South Carolina, i8jo-iSj-f 749 but to resist it too — which I think with prudence moderation candor and firmness we may accomplish, ^'e must not however now pusli matters to anything like an extremity. I shall leave this to morrow Morning for the pilings and shall return in the trip after the next in the John D. Mangin. I shall with this view be at Hamburg on my way back to take the Boat on Thursdaythe 2 of FebT and I hope to have the pleasure of being at Silver Bluff on Friday the 3 by noon that I may pass that day with you and on Saturday take the Boat at the Bluff. You need not make any arrangement about send- ing horses for me to Hamburg, as I shall have my Carriage there having dispatched it from Charleston to meet me on Wednesday at the former place. I am not surprised at our South Country as M' Macon calls it being infested with the Missionaries of whom you speak. It is nothing to what we shall see if we do not stand manfully at the Safety valve of Nullifica- tion, or to use a more euphonious term, State interposition. In conclu- sion, My Dear Sir, I am almost inclined to quarrel with you for not com- ing over this afternoon with my servant who was in town and would have shown you the way. Do me the favor to make my best respects to M". Hammond and be assured of the invariable regard and esteem with which I am Faithfully yours, J. Hamilton, Jr. P. S. I need scarcely say that I write this on the possible contingency of not meeting you at the Steam Boat to-morrow at the Pilings. XIV. Circular of the Union Party's Committee of Correspondence FOR Charleston. ( Confidential. ) Charleston, November 2, 1S32. ' Mr. Joshua Teague, Milton, Laurens, S. C. Sir: Besides the reasons publicly given by the central committee of our party here, " we are instructed by them to communicate to you less publicly, and through you to our party in your district, some other con- siderations which have determined their course. The doubtful character of the Convention about to be organized is a strong reason why we should not permit our leaders to take part in its de- liberations. It is certainly doubtful, if nothing more, whether such a Convention will represent the supreme sovereignty of the State ; for be- sides the objections so well urged in our published communication, (that the representation is the same as that of the Legislature, and thus makes our very slaves elements in the composition of the sovereignty of our 'The legislature had on October 26 passed (by 31 votes to 13 in the Senate, 96 to 25 in the House) the act for calling a convention of the state. The elections were to be held on November 12 and 13 ; the convention was to assemble on November 19. 2 See extracts from their address, in Niles's Register, XLIII. 175.