Phenix Gazette

The Southern Cadets.—We published, a few days since, certain resolutions of a public meeting in Charleston, S. C. applauding the determinations of the Southern Cadets at West Point, to take part with South Carolina, in the nullification issue. Assuming that such had been the resolve of the cadets, the resolutions went to assure them of the support—"aid and comfort"—of their friends, the nullifiers, at home; with a view to warding off any evil consequence that might arise to the cadets, on account of their peculiar situation.

It now appears, however, that these resolutions were premature—the southern cadets having formed no such determination as that attributed to them. A letter from one of the cadets at West Point is published in the last Charleston Mercury, which disavows the proceedings imputed to the Southern Cadets. The letter is signed "A Cadet from South Carolina"—and contains this exposition of their attitude and feelings on the nullifying question:

"Whatever may be their sentiments in reference to the great contest pending between the United States and South Carolina—however deeply their sympathies may be enlisted: they feel bound, on account of their peculiar situation, by every principle of honor and of duty, to withhold those sentiments, and to remain neutral, at least, for the present, to this unhappy controversy."

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