Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-12-28
POLAT'ECAR.
COLUMBIA Telescope Extra, Thursday morning. Dec ~ 1881
PROCLAMATION ~ -


Ties and imposts for the protection Of domestic manuiac
tures.'
! And WHEREAS, the Legislature of South Carolina
now in session. taking into consideration the matters con-
tanned in the said Proclamation OF the President have
adopted Preamble aud Resolution to the following ef
iect, viz:
Whereas, the President of tho United State has
issued his Proclamation dcnouncing the proceedings o.
TINS State calling upon the citizens thereof 10 renounce
thelr primary allegiance and threatening them with mill
iry cocreion unwarranted by the Constitution aud utter
y inconsistent with the existence of free State be il
therefore,
Resovsd, Tha, M Excellency The Governor he renuest
e forthwith, issue his Proclamation warning the GOOD
people ct this State against the attempt of President
oil the United States 10 seduce them from their allegiance
eNorung them TO disregard his vain neuaces aud to be
prepared TO sustain the dignity protect the liberty OF
President"
Now l. RoBERr Y HAYNE. Governor of South Ca.
rona in obedience TO the said Resolution do hereby issue
tlis my ProcIanaon solemny warning the good people
Of this State against the dangerous and pernicous doc.
ihc promulgated in the said Proclamation OF the Pre.-
dent as calculated TO mislead their judgments as to the
Uue character OF the government under which they i've
anu The paramount obligation which they 10 the State
and maiicstly intended 10 seduce them from their allie
glance, anu ny drawing them TO the support of the
violent aud unlawful measures empated by line Pre-
sident, TO Involve them in the guilt OF REBELLIoN-
| would earnestly admonish them 10 beware oC the
specous but false doctrines by which is now ATTEMPTED
be shewn that the States have not retained their
ehure sovereignty, that 'the allegiance their citizens
was transferred I the first to the government of
the United States, that ga State cannot be said 70 be
sovereign and independent whose citizens owe obedience
~ laws not made by liz that "even under the
eminent we haI no separate character, that the Consitu-
ton has created ga national government which is not ga
compact between Sovereign Sates"-'thota State has
NO RIGHT TO sEcEDE'-in a word, that ours is MA
TtoNAL GOVERNMENT in which the people of all the
states represented, and by which we are constituted
'oNE PEOPLE and chat our representatives in Con-
gress are all representatives of the United States and not of
the particular States from which they come"-loctrnes
which uprooi the very foundation OF political SYSTEM
ahni'a'e me rights oil the Siaesand utterly destroy The
liberties the citizen.
requires no reasoning to shew what the bare state
ment oil these propositions demonstrate that such Co
'eIeut as Is mere described, has single feature of
aconlederaed republic. Ii is in truth an accurate deli
neaien drawn with bold hand, of great consolidated
empirc,-"one and indivisblc" and under whatever sne
clous form, its powers may be masked is in fact The
worst OF all despotisms in which the spirit of am arbitrary
government is suffered pervade institution, pro sng to
be i'ee-Such not the Government, for which our
fathers fought and bed and offered il' uao o...r
9J' aSsS'aine steot dIU paTfjac who called the
Union into being in the Penude Of hsr VISIONS framed
Such was not the Government which the fathers Of the
republican faith, led by the Apostle of American Lib
eriy. promulgated aud successfully maintained 1895
ana by which they produced the great political re-
yolution, effected at that suspicious era. To Govern
ment based on such principles, South Carolina has not
been voluntary party, and TO such Government She
never will give her assent.
The records OF history do indeed afford the pro,o.
type oil sentmeus, which TO be found in the
corded opioh OF those, who when the Constitution was
framed were IN favor OF "hrm National Government,
in which the States should in the same relation TO
the mon, that the colonies did towards the mother coun.
ny Inc journals oil the Convention and the secret hslo
ry OF the debates will shew thai this party did propose 10
secure 10 tbs Federal Government absolute supremacy
the States, by giving them negative upon eir laws
sitions were rejected, and Federal Government was
finally established, recognizing the sovereignty of the
States, and leaving the constitutional compact on the foot
ing OF all other compacts between 'paites having no
common superior"
is the natural and necessary consequence of The prin
cp'es thus authoiialyey announced by the President
constituting the very basis of political system that
The Federal Government is unlimited and supreme; being
The exclusive judge OF the extent Of its pow cs tbe
laws OF Congress sanctioned by the Executive and The Ju
dietary, whether passed in direct violation of The Consttu-
and rights Of States or not are The supreme a oc
the land" Hence it is hat the President obviously cons
ders the worG7, made Ia pursuance OF The Constitution
surPlusage; and, Therefore, when he processes
10 Tecite the provision oil the Constitution this sub
Jcc'' he states mat our :" SOCIAL COMPACT in eX-
press terms, declares that the iaicS Of the United
states, its Constitution, and the Treaties made under
are the supreme law OF The land, and speaks throughout
of the explicit supremacy given 10 the laws Of the Union
those of the Satcs"-as if law OF Congress was Of
itself supreme while was necessary 10 the validity If
treaty that it should he made in pursuance of the Consu
ton Such however, is not the provision of the Consl-
ton. That instrument expressly provides that he Con
maae "a pursuance thereof shall be the supreme law Of
The land any hingi the Constitution laws of any State
to the contrary notwithstanding"
Here it will be that a law Of Congress "a such
can have validity unless made Gin pursuance Of the
Constitution. An unconstitutional act is therefore null
and void and the only point that arise in this case is
whether, TO the Federal Government, or any department
thereof has been exclusively reserved he right TO decide
autlSriiaYcly for the States this question of Cousu-
may be asked IS this right of final Judgment given! IT
it be 10 Congress, then is Congress only elevated
above the other departments of the Federal Government
but IL is pat above the Constitution itself This howe.
yer, the President himself has publicly and solcmnly de-
nied claiming and exercising is known 10 all the
world the night to refuse 10 execute OF Congress
AMI solemn treaties after they had received the
sanction oil every department oil thc Federal Govern
meut.
That the Executive possesses this right Of deciding
finally and exclusively tic validity OF acts Of Con-
gress will hardly be preiendodaSd tina; belongs the
Judiciary except far may be necessary to the dcci-
sion Of questions, which may incidentally come before
them. n ceases Of law and equity has been denied by
none more strongly than tho President himself who on
memorable occasion refused to acknowledge the bndn,
authority Of the Federal Court aud claimed himself and
has exercised the right Of enforcing the laws accord.
ing 10 Their judgment, but CHS understanding OF be
And yet, when IL serves the purpose Of bringing odum
upon South Carolina, his natiyc State, the President
has no hesitation la regarding The attempt Of State
lease herself on The control Of tbe Federal Judiciary n
matter affecting her sovereign rights, violation Of thc
Constitution
II is unnecessary 10 enter into elaborate examination
Of the subject II surely cannot admit Of doubt that by
the Declaration OF Independence c several Colonies be-
came cree, sovereign, and independent States, and
pOlit cal history. will abunddny shcw that every sub.
seqUeut change n their condition up 10 c formation OF our
present Constitution, hc States preserved their sovereign
~. The discovery Of this feature in SYSTEM that
the States exist only members Of tire Unon-that be.
/ lore tie Declaration Of Independence we were known
only Omitted Coloniesand that even under the ari
Giles of confederation the States were considered rs form.
ing collectively oNE STANDARDIZATION any right oil
refusing TO submit TO "iny decision of Congress wa
reserved 10 the President sud his nCdi1e prcdccessOr
To e latter "bconge ie tpUcnf0u and upon the former