Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1832-12-13
SilVrTyy CAROLYN 4.
ADDRESS.

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70 TIC PseJle of HE United states By ne conre"'
tam a. .S5Hih CGrolih@
yo ,bc p,opl, oF MASSACHUSETTS,, Virginia, New
York pcnrsytyania. North Carolina, Mary land
Connie, ticut. V.rmoat New Hampshire Maine
y. Jersey, Georgia, Delaware, Rhode Island
Kentucky rornessae, Ohio, Louisiana, INDIANA
A.i<.iS,irpi ILLINOIS, Alabama, Missouri.
H.e. lhe pcnAc Of South Carolina, assembled IN
C.9sp,,tion. have solenl,Iy and deliberately d.
.larc3 ia our param 1ant sovereign capacity mat
the act al Con ress approved the 18Th day OF May
1925 aud TIE act approved the i4th OF July, 1852
ali fng and amending the several acts imposing
dates on imports, unconstitutional and there
fore absolutely void, and i 40 blndns force with
IN the limits OF his State and Cor the purpose OF
..c.rfyine this declaration into full and complete 't-
&c, we have Invested the Legislature with ample
,wers and make i, the duty OF all The functloarIl-
md all ii, citizens Of the State oa taeir aiic"'-
ance to cooperate in enforcing the aforesaid dccia-
Vaiioa.
In tesortnr to this important. measure, to which
W. hayc Seen impyed ny M most sacred OF All 'hc
auies which It free people can owe elihcr 10 tile
,nsnory Of hcIr ancestors or 10 the AIMS oi '"ef
nn,teriv We feel that II is due TO the intimate Pr
lili,al relation winch exists between South Caro-
Ina aud the other States Of this contcdefacy, that
we should present a clear and distinct cxrosito" OF
the PRINCIPLES on which we have acted, AID ct the
causes nv whic, we have been reluctantly COM
strained I, ASSUME this attitude OF sovereign resIs-
tance in relation to the usupations OF the fcd'fai
Government.
For this purpose il will be necessary Ia s'a'e
briefly, wI at We conceive to b. therelaii"n ere''eu
by the Federal Constitution, between the States
and the General Government; ana also what we
believe to b. the tue character ana prnehea' ol'"-
ton Of the system OF protecting duties as " "oo's
our rights, our Interests and our liberties.
We hold then that on their separation from Inc
of Great Britain, the several colonies nec'e
fee and independent States, each enjoying the sep
nrato and independent right OF sclt,9oSefnhe"' )
and that no authority can be exercised over them OF
Within their linjts but by their consent Respective
y gwen as States. 1t is equally true that tue Ion,
slteton of the United States Is Il compact iof'aeu
between the several States, acting as sovereign
communities; that tic government crea'eo ny " 10
II Iul 1t agency of the States appointed 10 cAr'u'c
the powers enumerated and granted by that 'nS' u
mont; that all lis acts not intent onaly AUTHORISED We
Of themselves essentially null and tod and that the
States have the right, in the same sovereign caP'o
ityiin which they adopted the Federal Constitution
,o:nn,nounc, in the last resort authoritative JudS-
man, on The u>iupation of the Federal Government
and to atlom such measures as they may deem
necessary aad expcaient 10 arrest the opef'''o" u
r,G unconstitutional acts Of that government w'th"
their respective limits S.,ch we deem 10 De 'h'
inheren: rights Of the States-righ's, III ''e very
nature OF things, absolutely insep"t"olc h''" 'o''
creign,y, Nor is the duty Of State, TO "ftcS, al
unconstitutional and oppressive act oil inc co', =, +"
'ievcrnmcnt, less imperative than inc ''s", ~
cnntest.ble Each State by raiiyng Tie + e'e'''
Constltution and becoming member OF the con
icdcracy contracted an Obligation to "ro'c'' ~a'''
defend' that instrument, as well by fessl,'s Wv
usurpations of tho Federal Government, as ny su'
tanning that government in the exercise oil 'ne ~"
ers actually conferred upon it. And the 'G'%'U''
Of the o,th whca is imposed under the '"h'''''
ton, on every furconary of the States, to pre-
serve, protect, and defend" the Federal oo"S'.'"
'oe, clearly comTehends the da'Y on t'o'Ft ~
aR defending it aims, the userpations Oh '',c 'u
tfal Government that of protecting ana oe'c"i
Ing against violation i'll any other fofn'' Oh "e'
any othUr quarter