Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-12-27

the contest would eud in blood The document
If the President was nothing ess than the edct 81
q ,urani: and if they were for war, ne was rea' !
DIV. and il behaved all the citizens OF the Sate
to meet the storm With becoming maniihess.-
"a. for one never would submit-it driven tro.h
the seabaar.i, he wss tor carrying on the war I'D
the interior. if driven from the INTERIOR ne was
Ter guerilla warfare in the mountains: anu "
AT least compelled 20 Weld, he would de con-
tending to the last drop Of blood he had. to sus-
tain the Ordinance, and the authority thereoi.-
He sdver,ed 70 the doctrine contained in the
Proclamation. relauv. to the rights of the State,
and wa, a,,onished that the President should at
temnt 10 setluce the citizens of the State from
their proper allegiance; and in no measured
terms, denounced the whole procedure. lie
concluded by saving. that before South Car"'ina
should recede he was for war up to the very hnye'
and he was tor risking all at every hazard on
the die that was cast. :,
The yeas and nays having been called tor'
they we're ordered. and are as fnlows:-
Yeas 90-Nays "a.
Mr.. PLAYER introduced a resolution, stating
that the Ordinance passed in Convention OF The
State on the Gath November last. is part OF the
Constitution thereof, and requiring that the
Judges of the Court of Appeals. on Thursday
The Goth inst; and the Chancellors and Circuit
Judges, ON the first day Of February nerf' 90
take the oath well and truly to obey' enforce ana
execute IN. Ordinance TO nulliy certain acts Of
the Congress of the United States; which was
referred TO Committee on Federal Relations.
There can be- no doubt but that this resolution
will be adopted IN the form OF report by ooth
branches Of the Legislature.
A message was received from the Senate. IN
sistiag on striking out the clauses IN bi'' 10
n hrHl
Cow entioo; which gives the Sheriff power to
break open any doors in certain cases; which
gives the Plaintiff in replevn. cases which might
occur under the operation Of the Bill, the right
10 sue out and execute the writ at Cdpids IN
U,thereana, and nhich disqua!ifes from Once,
any person attending against the provisions OF the
said Bill; which message was disagreed 10,
and an answer returned to that eHrc', I've
Senate sent another message, still insisting on
the striking ont; and stating they had appointed
Messrs Patterson. Butler, Manning, Hill. Hart,
Gregg and Campbell, u Committee OF Confer
ence, aud requesting the House to appoint Com
mittee to meet them: Uhereupon, the House.
sull insisting on restoring the clauses, app"'nteu
M.ssrs, Preston, Noble. Wardlaw, Dunk'n.
N'Whllie, 3 r Smith and Young, Committee
to meet that Of the Senate.
The House then adjourned to O'Clock. p NJ (;
but on re.ass,nb'ing. and up to The hour 81 ad-
iournmpnt at 8 O'Clock, there was no report from
this committee of conference. The de ermifa'
lion of both branches to strike oW and to restore,
seemed very positive; and II is not p"sn,h'e there
fore to presume which will rec,,le One or the
,,th.r must. as there IA no middle ground in the
matter The House, by its vote. on Saturday,
non esseIlfia or too severe. is Immateria', as they
evidenced TODAY. not the least disposition to
change in their opinion,
The Senate having copcurrcd in. returned MIR.
Preston's resolution, striking therefrom the word
iasiduou,," which. although done contrary to
parliamentary usage, the Senate not having ask
ed permission so to do, was agreed to.
Mr.. McCnrd, pursuant to notice, introduced
"a Bill to punish any inIabtant, who may be
found in arms against the State: read first time.
second reading to-morr"".
Such Is the title Of the Bill, and it enactS; that
# any inhabtant of this State, from and after the
passing Of the act, be taken IN arms against the
State, or in forcible resistance to the Ordinance
Of the Convention, or the laws passed by the
Legislature in pursuance thereof. he shall be adj
Judged guilty Of felony. and suffer death. with
out benefit of Clersy.-That any al'erali n
Of the Bill need be expe' ted, under the present
feeling exhibited in the legislature, we have no
TedSuu W UettSe anu w Jew udNes " udy W
the law of the present Legislature.
Mr. RICE submitted a motion for AL journ men'
on Thursday, The 2Olh irSt which was agreed
to, and orde red to the Senate for concurrence.
SENATE. Dec II
Mr. Patterson submitted q resolution, instruc-
ting the Committee on Federal Relations to en-
quire and report the powers vested by the Con-
stuulion of the United States IN the Federal
G'v, invent. or any its departments, TO coerce
a state into submission to an act OF Congress.
Which such State may have declared unconsti,u-
tlnnal and mot binding On her officers VT citizens
and also to take into consideration a Pruclama.
ton issued by the President Of the United States,
which was agreed to.
A bill to provide for the security aud protec.
ton Of the State OF South Carolina, was taken up
for second reading, the special order Of the day
for TODAY at IL o'clock when, on motion OF Mr..
Campbell, all the bill was striker out after The
enacting clause, for the purpose of inserting sun
dry amendments, which having been inserted,
the title of the bill was amended, as to read
bill, further to alter and amend the militia Is vs.