Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-12-09
The HaEcGag1aoRaea VgEa5g.
k'eslaESCaE
Entract from The Message cf The Goperno
of South Carolina

Among the Interesting events which have oc-
Cured since your aGlournmCnl III dircct refer
ence and In conneXlOn " tn our relations Ia the
FED raj Government, IS letter bearing date
the IAN OF june, 1881, which the President o.
the United ) ates thought proper 10 address t.
a portion fthc ciliz ms oi tins State; aud the
case which was presented under the Tariff Law +,
Tor adjudication, Mt the September term OF the
District Court Of the United Safes.
The first of these events presented the extra
ordinary anomaly the President OF the United
States, taking sides la the strife OF the domestic
parties IN n State, IN vI"l ton OF those pr:ucI
pies OF puelic duty, winch were so ably eX-
pounded ana so stcahtaS'Iy adhered TO, ny TIE
greatest II his predecessors, save one i: would
nave been well, II tins mor;lying circumstance
had stopped mere but IN acco rdIng to one party,
me praise 10 when th',r attachment t"the Union
oo"o'irss eh'ilHd 'hem, ne seems to have coE-
e'uere" IL as MS ouiv7 III "ehouhcing me DINER
70 imP"'e L" them designs "nflenGy to the
ohioh' ana 10 accompany these declarations "itii
n threat OF the military power 81 the Ncncral
'"'''"hi"eh' against tie o.d.c II SCUM CaTo-
Hha'
lShouio as A',ie consult your dignity MS my
own by gong INTO formal defence of our
state from these charges, Theth, originated o.
endorsed by the high authority by which they
We're on TINS occasion aV0u&hcd. Bat as the
eisorganlZcrs against whose "f'An ot dlsorgan-
iEh''"n an !hsarm"nh'ap'e onr!lcr w'sd be pre-
sented, by the performance CT high and sacred
duties, winch must and wli. at all hazards, be
performed, can only be the pail C au hori,Ies OF
South Carolina, whom she has clothed With her
sovereignty, ana who weuld act IN obedience
TO her sovereign will, it certainly is worthy OF
dispassionate consideration, how far sove-
reign parry 20 TIE compact oil Union, can, whilst
actlng on her sovereignty on disputed cues
ZION OF deiegatcd power, he cceTced into sub
"iisslon L" the "oVefnmeut ctrnted by The Coin
pact by the Application ct military force OF the
part OF lhe Executive OF the Conlederacy when
all the DINER departments OF the Federal Coy
etntneht couia not OF rlght exercise this power.
Al Is rendering no more Than Jus Ice 10 the gnod
people OF tins State, TO declare that neither
reason nor 'eocl!"h' P'Ny conspiracy nor po
Puar tuhiuh hSS' IN one single instance or one
single moneht' Oeon thought OF as remedy
!or thelr grievances Ney nave Always looked
III the last resort 70 tIe peaceful yet s'V reign
authority OF tneir own State tor redress ],
would lnreco Dc arguing tn ultcr ignorance
an the CHlei NaSistFats 81 the Contndcracy.
that' WIN these vents 'GioTe nm; the imputed
pan O. o'e"i uH'%Ht,oH' should nave airson
90 any thi"s 80 w 'ne din'Ii'a'loh OF our
state OF iier SuEG't'S" -" TO !hteFPose Tor the
pteselvd' ~" vi NJ. FSu i'g"'S' III tAe case
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