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Beware! Ella Barnwell beware! Do not put your head in the lion's mouth too often, or he may think the bait troublesome; and by ! had other than you told me what I just now heard, he or she had not lived to repeat it."
Tyler gave his assent, perhaps in the hope of holding his New England friends like Webster. In view of the fact that the next Congress would be at least half anti-tariff, this move on the part of the Whigs was resented in the South, where leaders like Robert Barnwell Rhett still spoke openly of secession in case the old protectionist policy should be resumed.
In the beginning of July, Robert Barnwell Rhett, and other ultra men in Charleston, made violent speeches to the mob, urging them to drive every United States official out of the State; but as many influential Secessionists were enjoying the sweets of Federal patronage under Buchanan, we did not anticipate any immediate disturbance.
Laura Clark was also somewhat changed, but by her being in her father's company, Barnwell came to the conclusion that she was yet unmarried, and had most likely proved true to their betrothal, nearly three years before. He was determined to present himself, and so ordered his coachman to turn about and follow their carriage.
"Silence!" shouted the prince, and after waiting a moment, as though to recover himself, he waved his attendants from the room. Then, turning to Barnwell, he beckoned him approach nearer. "What did you say?" he asked, in a lower key.
South Carolina, under the leadership of Robert Barnwell Rhett, called a state convention which met in Columbia, but adjourned to Charleston, and on December 20 severed all connection with the National Government and recalled her Representatives in Congress. President Buchanan did not favor secession, and he hoped that some way might be found to settle the difficulties which underlay the crisis.
But, in spite of all drawbacks, the ingenuity and deft hands of the ladies had given to the premises an air of comfort and refinement that was most refreshing. Here I rested two days, enjoying the company of this charming family, with whom Lieutenant Barnwell remained. On the 15th I crossed into Florida, and rode to General Finnegan's, near Madison.
But there was something about the old lunatic which attracted the young American, and there seemed to be a counter attraction between them. "And the surgeon wishes me to teach you the Russian language, does he?" asked old Batavsky, reclining on his miserable couch. "Yes, sir, if you will be so good," replied Barnwell, politely. "So good!" "That is what he said, sir." "You are English, eh?"
She gazed at Barnwell a moment, and then sat down in a chair without speaking. "Do you not recognize me, Miss Clark?" "It is barely possible that you are Mr. Barnwell, but if so, you are greatly changed," she said, calmly. "Yes, I am William Barnwell; there is good cause for the change you see in me.
An explicit declaration, that an "overwhelming majority" of the present Congress concede the power to abolish slavery in the District, has just been made by Hon. Robert Barnwell Rhett, a member of Congress from South Carolina, in a letter published in the Charleston Mercury of Dec. 27, 1837.
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