Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-12-29
pROCLAN ArIpN q THE GOVERNOR
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p,>,xCE OF He OPLE OF Not'H SAhoLiN"'
tn nu.,iiv &c tain as al 'hr t"rS'rss W .'e
n,rd states" h,,i"g /" duties AMI inposts LOT
.h,. urn,rctI"n Il dones'lc manufactures
Am WHEREAS. NE iegI>l ature al South caro-
G,, nnu IA ,,s>uu. taking iato consideration the
,,,,,.r. con aimee, IN the sid pro, lana'on oil the
p...idrnr, haze adopted a preamble anu resoiu-
t,,.n to tie following esf'ct. VIZ:
MN pE,s, the President 1T the u. States
ba. ,,.ued In. y, nc iamatlpn denoancing the pro-
,,,d,n.. at this State; calling upon the clt'Se"s
thereof 10 rrnonnce their primary allegiance '"u
I'm esrening them with military coerc'"n. u""a
rantpd by the Constitution, an nitrI's ih'""''
ton, with ,ae existence of tree State, oeit the'e
fore c,r
RsxoyrsJ That his Excellency the Governor
,.,,,,..,,d firth with. ~ issue his procIama't"n'
v.rrins tin. good people OF this State against tue
,,t.,pnt of the President OF the Unlte" States "
s,,luce them from their allegiance, exhort'ns the"
to disregard his vain menaces, am, I" DC p'ePa'
ell TO sustain the dignity, aud protect '"f ''"t'v
of the State, against the hMTafy "e1''' P
posed bY the p esident:'
No,vI RoarRTY. HAYxE. Governor ct South
C.r,I;n. in INCIDENCE to the said resolution, do
hereby issue thus nv proclamation, |o'emnIy warn
;,g ,be oool ueopla OF this State against the dan
'rprous and pern,eiuu, doctrines promulgated IN
fha .,;J proclamation of the President, as cacu'
Lated to instead their Judgments as to the true
h,r,rter of the Government under which they
live. and the paramount obligation which 'he'
owe 10 the State, aud manifestly intenhru 10 Sc
,,uce them from their allegiance, ana ov drawing
them 10 the support OF the violent aud uniaw.u'
measures contemplated bv the President, 10 IN.
yoiye them in the guilt o. REsELLIoS. "ou'o
EARNESTLY admoni,h them 20 beware Of the spe.
cipus bII false doctrines by which 1t IS now al
tp,nn,ed To ~ shawn thai the several States nave
not retained their entire sovereignty, iha' tne
- allegiance al their citizens was traDs'erreo ni
the first assignee to the Co ernMent III thr Unit
ed States" that "a State cannot be salu 10 oe
sovereign aud independent, wh"se c,tizehs 1--WE
obedience to LAWS not natie 6y 1t; mat y" eve"
npder thr roya, government "e had 10 separate
Characters" tina; the Constitution has ered'eo I'd
= ,I;nnal oo,,rnmrnt," which is not "a compact
b.,,,epu sovereign States that Slate hds
IN RIGHT TO sEcgpE''-in a word. that ours Is
,x,r,oxa1. covERNMEXr IN which the people OF
Al, th,i States are represented, and By whlch we
ar. constituted ONE PEoPLE-and ~ that our
conservatives N Congress are all representa-
lives of the United States, ana not OF the paru
cpi,r States from which they come '--GOer'ncS
vhirh uproot the very foundation Of oar political
sxs,.m: snuihilate the lights at the States, anti
utterly DESTROY the Liberties of the citizen.
/, requires no reasoning To show what tSe bare
statement Of these propositions dcmonstrat'. tha'
sncb Government a. * here Described, has ~;
,iuoIe l-,;d,- IT a confederate republic. IL Is
in ruth an accurate delineaion, drawn with a
bold hand, Of great consolidated empire
"uae and indiyi>Ib'e, anti under "hatrver spe'
ciaus form it's pnwe"S NAV 6e masked. IL IS ~ laC
arbitrary government Is suffered 10 pervadc insti
tution. protesting To be free. Such was not III,
T,,r lich Fat nd
bed. aud offered up their lives and fnrtune> as
wiIlinr sacrifice Such was not the Government
which the great and patriotic men who called the
Union into being. 10 the plen,tude of their wis
doms framed. Such Vas not the Gnvernmen,
with the fathers OF the republican faith, led or
by the Apostle of American Libcrty. pron,u lgat-
ed and successfully maintained IN 1893, and by
which they produced that great poi'ica! revoiu
ton which ,hev effected al the suspicious era -
To a government based at such principles, Snutn
Carosina nd, not been a voluntary patty, and ia
such Il Government she never will give her as
sent.
Tive records of our history do indeed atfmd
the prototype of these sentim. ntS, which is to be
found IN the recorded opinion oi those, who when
the CONSTRUCTION Wa trained. were in favor of a
>.iirm National Government" in viii h the States
sIopld -taud IN the same relation to the Uninn,
that the colonies did tn ards the mother cuun-
trv rhe Journals Of The Convention and the
secret history of the debate will show that thi.
party did propose 10 secure tn the Federal Gov
prnmpnt an absolute supremacy over the States.
b, g,vrns them negative upon their laws; but
the ,ane history asa teaches Us that all these
propositions rejected. and Federal Gov,
ern,n Mt vas finally eS'abil>'ed, recognizing the
so,etelsutv of the States. and leaving the Com
srtutlonaI compact on the font,ng of all other
co,upac,s between " parties having no common
superior,
It's he natural and necessary consequence OF
thu pm iples thus auihurl,atively announced by
the President. as constituting the very base of
our political system, that thu, Federal Govern
meot is unlimited and supreme; being the .xclu-
sive Judge If the extent of its own powers. the
law %, Congress sanctioned by the Executive and
tn judiciary. whether passed in direct violation
OF the Constitution and right Of the States. or
not. are " the supreme law of the land" Hence
il -. that the President obviously considers the
words. "made in pursuance OF the Constitution
al