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the other-- And the Southern Coast will probably be their aim-- they may Calculate on our Rice and flour-- but they will meet with the reception which they deserve. If they attempt a landing, which may be an object, in one of our Southern towns, and perchance Savannah, as affording facility to supplies, I trust we shall give them a reception as unacceptable to them, as glorious to ourselves. When will the Legislature be convened? Now is the time for an exertion of magnanimity on their part, for the aid of the Sea Coast. The United States may do much for the maritime frontier, but the Legislature ought to recollect that immediate protection and aid is due to any and every exposed section of the State, and make a handsome appropriation for the purpose of defence, as every State in the Union has done or will do. The States come in, in aid of the Union in such a crisis. I am