Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1832-12-03

ports. sp:ross.p.th The ninl4.eri,n jag oi A., Oh
,;holsa"i, esht Hundred and t. cDiy eight, and ais
an act entitled " an aci alter anu amend The sew
erai acts imposing duties imports" approved OF
the fourteenth day OBS y. one thousand sish hun
dred and thirty-t"o ara Unauthorized by the eosii
tuition Of the United aics, aud violate the ,rt.
meaning and intent hereof aud null, void, al.
no law, nor binding upon this State, its officers Q
citizens aud all proinls s. contracts and obligations
made OF catered inio or II bc made or entered int
with Purpose 10 secure tue duties imposed by III,
said acts, and al Jud.cal proceedings whlc. .lal
be hereafter bad III aiIirnnce theraOf arc an shal
be held utterly null aaa void
And !, is further ordained that il shall not be Inv
IA. fm any Of the consiu d authorities whether o
this State or OF tho United States, to eni,fce llf,
payment ofduties imposed the said acts within til,
Limits OF this State bu, that it shall oc the duty q
the Legislature to adop, such measures and pas,
such acts as may be necessary 10 give full eiiec, tc
tins ordinance, aud TO prevent the enforcement ant
arrest the operation OF the SAID acts and pars of ols
! Of the Congress Of the United Suites, within the
| lh.i Of this State, from and after the lst day o
Februn,v next and the duty Of all other constituted
authorities I'D Of a, persons residing Or being
within the limits p this State and they are hereby
required and enoned " obey and give effect this
ordinance and such acts and measures Of the Legs.
lature as may be passed or adopted in odcdiaUee
| thereto
! And rs further ordained, that in no case of
law or Equity, decided in the Courts of this State
wherein shall be drawn IN question the authority of
this Ordinance, Or the validity Of such act or acts
oil the Legislature as may be passed for the purpose
OF giving effect thereto or the validity OF the a0Ic
sad acts OF Congress- imposing duties, Shall any
| appeal be taken or allowed the Supreme Court of
the United States, nor shall any copy ofthe record
be permitted or allowed for that purpose, and # a
ny such appeal shall be attempted 10 be taken The
Courts OF this state, shall proceed 10 execute aud
enforce their Judgments, according TO TIE laws and
usuages Of the State, without reference TO such a.:
tempted appeal and thr person or persons attempt
ing 10 take such appeal may te dealt with as for
! contempt of the Court
And /, is further ordained, That all persons now
| holding any Office oi honor profit or trust civil Or
military under tins State, shall within such time
and IN such manner as the Legislature shall pre-
scte, take an oa.I well and truly 10 obey, exc
cute and enforce this ordinance and such ac,, or
acts OF the Legislature, as may be passed III pur.
suancc thereof, according to the true intent and
meaning OF the sainc aud on the neglect or ons.
SION Of any such person Or persons 10 do, his or
their Office Offices, shall be forthwith vacated,
and shall be filled up, us # such person or persons
we're dead or had resigned, and no person hcreaf-
ter elected 10 any office OF honor, prof, Or trust c-
vi or military, shall, until tho Legislature shall
Otherwise provide and direct, enter on the execu-
ton of his Office or be 10 any respect competent to
discharge the duties thereof until he shall IN like
manner, have taken similar oath and no juror
shall be impannelled in any ofthe Courts of this
State, III any cause in which shall be in question
this ordnance or any act Of the Legislature, pas
sed III pursuance thereof, unless he shal first in
addition 10 the usual oath, have kcn an OATH that
| he WIN well and truly obey, execute, and enforce
this ordinance, and such act Or acts of the Legisa
ture, as may he passed 10 carry the same into ope-
ration and effect according 10 the true intent and
meaning thereof
And We, the people of South Carolina, to the
end that 1t may I've fully understood by the Gov
crnmcn, Of the United States, md the people OF the
States, that VIC are determined TO maintain this
onr ordnance ami ,telaraliun ut every hazard do
further declare that will not submit To- the an
pllcaon Of force, the part o! the Fedora, Gov.
eminent, 10 reduce this State To obedience but ;at
NC VIII consider the Passage, bv Congress Of any
act authorizing the employment OF military or
naval force against the State Of South Carolina her
constituted authorities Oh citizens or any act a.
hollshns or closing the ports OF this State or any
OF thcin or otherwise obstruc' Ing the free inyress
and oEross of vessels TO and from The said ports
or any other act Oh the part Of the Federal Govern
l2nt, to coercc the State shut up her ports destroy
or hafraas her commerce, or to enforce the acts
hereby declared TO be null and void o,herw SC than
hrolsh the civil tribunals OF Inc country, MS ccn
slscnt with tho longer continuance Of South Caro-
lima III the Union. aid that the people of the State
VIII thencriorlh hold themselves nbsolved from all
uHAer obligation 10 nailtain or preserve iLelr 30
llIe,d connexion with the people OF tho Other
States, and will forthwith proceed to or.unlzr Sc
paratc Goveromen and do all other acts aud
things, which sovercisn uul inIcpcuJea, Sla.cs
may Of right do
Such e the act of Ealli6calon /, and VIC think il
must be apparent, to all, FROM bare perusa of this
docu'l."t, that the ugh' is demonstrated, by
ms very act 10 be exra-consttutcual and reyolu-
tonary and not, Us its inventors have heretofore
asserted, deriyablc FROM the terms OF the compact,
ana peaceable IN ITS operaons--an argument by
which they have dcludcd and cheated majority of
'he people OF that State into the support Of tins mon
strous hercsy. W. await the denouemeu. with
deep anxiety
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! system Of Protecting Duties, and which has n,
length assumed such serious aspect begins to at