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Editorial
August 27, 1830
Rhode Island American, Statesman And Providence Gazette
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
What is this article about?
Editorial critiques nullification as a 'disease' confined to South Carolina's lowcountry, citing a letter about Joel Poinsett's flight from Charleston due to proscription threats. Argues absence from the region prevents infection, using Poinsett and Hayne as examples.
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We find the following passage in a letter published in one of the Charleston newspapers;—
"Poor Poinsett escaped by flight. This amiable gentleman found Charleston as convulsed as Mexico; and if he was not in fact ostracized, yet he saw proscription hot at his heels."
This intimation confirms what we have for some weeks past suspected. The nullification disease—for a disease it is—afflicts only those who have breathed the air of the low country, for years in succession.—Mr. Poinsett, on his return home, could not enter into the spirit which animates those who were formerly his intimates. We were sure, before we saw this statement, that the fact was so. It could not have been otherwise with any patriotic Southroner, who was out of the reach of the contagion. If Mr. Hayne, instead of Mr. Poinsett, had been Minister to Mexico these last five years, he would have been as much shocked at the nullifying doctrines as Mr. Poinsett himself.—Nat. Int.
"Poor Poinsett escaped by flight. This amiable gentleman found Charleston as convulsed as Mexico; and if he was not in fact ostracized, yet he saw proscription hot at his heels."
This intimation confirms what we have for some weeks past suspected. The nullification disease—for a disease it is—afflicts only those who have breathed the air of the low country, for years in succession.—Mr. Poinsett, on his return home, could not enter into the spirit which animates those who were formerly his intimates. We were sure, before we saw this statement, that the fact was so. It could not have been otherwise with any patriotic Southroner, who was out of the reach of the contagion. If Mr. Hayne, instead of Mr. Poinsett, had been Minister to Mexico these last five years, he would have been as much shocked at the nullifying doctrines as Mr. Poinsett himself.—Nat. Int.
What sub-type of article is it?
Constitutional
Partisan Politics
What keywords are associated?
Nullification
Poinsett
Hayne
South Carolina
Lowcountry
Contagion
Disease
What entities or persons were involved?
Poinsett
Hayne
Charleston Newspapers
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Nullification As A Regional Disease
Stance / Tone
Anti Nullification Satire
Key Figures
Poinsett
Hayne
Charleston Newspapers
Key Arguments
Nullification Is A Disease Afflicting Only Lowcountry Residents
Poinsett Escaped Contagion By Absence In Mexico
Patriotic Southerners Outside The Region Reject Nullification
Hayne Would Oppose Nullification If Away From South Carolina