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 the Cherokee Indian case, in which event they might join and make common cause with that state.

One of the most bitter opponents of nullification was the able and sarcastic editor of the Columbia Free Press and Hive. It was such a disgrace in South Carolina to have any connection with manufacturing interests that men would fight if accused of it. In the course of his campaign the Free Press and Hive editor appears to have printed a list of John Preston's property to show that the latter was interested in some manufacturing enterprises. It was thought that this