Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-12-20

laws be faithfully executed" shall be perfor
med to the extent of the powers already YES
ted In me by law, or of such other: as the
wisdom of Congress shall devise and entrus'
to me for that purpose; but to warn the cit
izens Of South Carolina, who have been delu-
ded into an opposition TO the laws Of the dan
ger they will incur by obedience to the Con.
vention-to exhort those who have refused tc
support IL TO persevere in their determination
10 uphold the Constitution and laws OF their
country, and to point out to all the petilous
situation into which the good people OF the
State have been led. aud that course they
urged to pursue is one OF ruin and disgrace
to the very State whose rights they effect to
support
"The laws of the United States must be
executed have no discretionary power on
the subject--my duty is emphatically pro
nounced in The Constitution. Those who
told you that you might peaceblS prevent
their execution, deceived you they could
not have been deceived themselves. They
knew that iorcible opposition could alone
prevent the execution Of the laws, and they
snew that such opposition must be repealed.
Their object is disunioD; but be not deceived
by names; dsunon. by armed force, is treason
Are you really ready to incur its guilt. II
you are, on the he ,1s Of the instigators OF the
act to be the dreadful consequences--on thei,
heads be the dsshonor but on yours may TALL
the punishn.sat, on your unhappy State vii!
inevitable, fall all the evils Of the conflict you
force apon the Government ofyour country
Ii ca,not accede to the mad project OF dlsu'
mon of which YOU would be the first victims
its first Magistrate cannot, II he would
void the performance of his duty-the con
sequence must be fearful for you, dislressin {
to your fellow citizens here and to the friends
of government throughout the world. Its
enemies have beheld our prosperity with a
;.sa:,un they could not conceat-it was
standing 'refutraton of their slaylsh doctrines,
and they will point to our discord with the
triumph of malignant JOY his yet your
power to 3sappoint them. There IS yet tune
10 show tllat the descendants OF the Pinek
news. the Sump.ers, the Rutledges. and the
thousand other names which adoru the pages
ofyonr revolutionary history viii not aband.
on that Union TO support which, so many oil
them fought, aud bled and died adjure you
as Won honor their nieinoty; as you love the
cause Of freedom, to which they dedicated
their lives, as you prize the peace oil your
country, the lives Of its best citizens aud your
own fair fame, 10 retrace your steps. Snatch
from the arehieves of your State the dlsor-
ganizing edict ofits Convention, hid IFS mem
bers to reassembie and promulsate the deci
ded expressions OF your will TO remain IN the
path which alone can conduct yon TO safety,
prosperity aud honor-tctl them that compar
ed to disunion, all other evils are light. be
cause that brings with it an accumulation of
ali-declare that you will never take the
field unless the star spangled banner Of your
country shall float over you-that you will
not be aigmatZed when dead, and dlshonor
ed and abhored while you live, as the authors
of the first attack on the Constitution Of your
country! Its destroyers you cannot be. Yon
ray ..st..,y 80 peaco--you may interrupt
the course of its prosperity may cloud
its reputation for stability-buI It's tranquility
will be restored, its prosperity viii return and
the stain upon its national character will be
transferred, and remain an etc rnal blot on the
memory of those who caused the disorder.
Fellow citizens Of the United States! The
threat of unaoloWed disunioh--the names OF
those, once respected, by whom it is utter
ed-the array Of military force to support il
denote the approach OF a crisis in our AZ
fairs on which the continuance oil our unex-
smpled prosperity, our political existance,
and perhaps that Of all free government may
depend. The conjunction demanded a free,
full, and explicit enumeration, not only OF
NV intentions but of principles OF acton; and
as the claim was asserted Of a right by State,
70 annul the laws of the Union and even to
secede from it at pleasure, frank exposition
of nv opinions in relation to the origin aud
form of our government, aa4 10 sahstrue-
ton give TO thh instrument by which IS was
created, seemed to be proper. Having the
fullest confidence in the business OF the legal
and constitutional opioion, ofmy duties which
has been expressed, rely with equal conf
dence m your undivided support in my de-
Termination to execute the Iaws-to preserve
ITnion by all constitutional rneans-to arrest
;f nossible. bv moderate but firm measures,
,be necessity of recourse TO force, and if
Il he the will of Heaven that the recurrence
ofits nrimeval course on man for the shed.
ding OF d brothers. blood should iaii upon
our land, that it be not called down by
any offensive act, on this part OF the United
States. -,
"Fellow Citizens! The momentous case is
before YOU. On your undivided support oil
| vonr government depend the decision OF the
great question it involves, whether your sa-
Cred Union will be preserved, and the bies
sing il secures to US as one People shall be
perpetuated. No one can doubt thatthe un-
anmity with which that decision will be ex-
messed. will be such as to inspire new con
f,ience in republican institutions, and that
The prudence, the wisdom, and the courage
which it will bring to their defence, will
transmit them unimpaired aud invigorat.d to
our children. ).