. The history of our country from its discovery by Columbus to the celebration of the centennial anniversary of its declaration of independence ... hips to besent to the harbor ofCharleston ; he sent orders to the forts to be on the look-out for thefirst sign of insurrection ; he marched troops there, ready to suj)-press the first symptom of revolt. In short, if that insurrectionarylittle State had dared to take one step in opposition to the govern-ment, Jackson would have had her under subjection before she hadtime to strike a blow. The Nullifiers saw that resistance was foolhardy. The public
. The history of our country from its discovery by Columbus to the celebration of the centennial anniversary of its declaration of independence ... hips to besent to the harbor ofCharleston ; he sent orders to the forts to be on the look-out for thefirst sign of insurrection ; he marched troops there, ready to suj)-press the first symptom of revolt. In short, if that insurrectionarylittle State had dared to take one step in opposition to the govern-ment, Jackson would have had her under subjection before she hadtime to strike a blow. The Nullifiers saw that resistance was foolhardy. The publicmeetings were stopped ; the volunteers who had been drilling inCharleston went home ; patriotic South Carolinians took off the h\\\ecockade with a palmetto button in the centre, which they had beenwearing as the sign of their loyalty to the State, and defiance of thegovernment. Mr. Calhoun came quietly ujd to take his seat in Con-gress, and see what peaceful measures would do in the tariff busi-ness. Very soon Mr. Clay introduced a bill in Congress, softeningthe tariff measures so disagreeable to the South, and the disunioncloud passed ^^y^ ;^^z^ ^^^^ NULLIFIERS IN SOUTH CAEOLINA. 363
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