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

HOUSE, OF REPRESENTATIVES. Dec. H.
The House met at 10 o'clock; and after some
,n;n,r business, Mr Preston introduced the io.
lowing resolution:
Whereas. the President of the United
sSiiiYLrns 10 renoince tier primary allegiance.
and threatened them with military COERCION, IN
warranted by the Constitution, and utterly IN
consistent With the existence of a free State:
Be, therefore Resolred, That his Excellency
the Governor he requested forthwith to issue his
Pruci amation warning the good people at this
State, against the insidious attempt Of the Pcrsi
dent of the United States to seducc them from
their allegiance. exhorting them to disregard his
vain menaceS. aud TO be prepared to sustain the
diunity and protect the liberty OF the State.
against the arbitrary measures proposed BY the
President"
The Proclamation Of the President of the
United States was then read by Mr.. Finley, at
the reading Clerks desk, after which, the ques-
ton was put, a. To agreeing to the resolution,
when Mr.. X. b. Smith novel for the yeas and
uays.
Ia making the notion, Mr.. Smith said. that he
wa. DESTROYS TO ascertain the entire sense ut the
Hu,., on the extraordinary paper of the Presi-
dent. az the resolution had heen prepared. in
consequence Of that paper. He said, that il
Party. ,hat a. State, throwing herself upon her
sn,ercignty, had right to secede from the con-
fedpracy, when IN its opinion. it would be de.
struc,,ou lnnger to remain therein a member
He was now told by high authority, that she could
not. and should not. aud ne vas for giving the
G.,.ruor. the requisite paer III defend the State
AZ aN and ersfy hazard He hoped there was
no, d, native born Carolinian in the House, or IN
III State. who would refuse allegiance to the
Safe. al such crisis; but that on the contrary.
every man would b. prepared. noV. AZ the de-
TERMINATION oi the President Mas known, 10 stand
b, The Ordinance, OF perish in the attempt to sss
tain II.
Mr. Holmes rose he said. for the purpose Of
giving his assent to the resolution. He had
been mtl,sposed for several DAYS, so much 80.
that he bad been unable TO attend to his duties,
and hu, for the knowledge that such resolution
would have been introduced. he did not know.
that he should have been in his place. He
would give his unqualified assent to it. He had
ALWAYS been disposed To grant every character.
is,,c Ia, orabe to the President, and he had been
one, ~ho had defended him, in time- gone bv,
but that ya0,c he could not nor would he He
denounced Gen. jackson as fyra,t. and the
Proclamation as fyrannicai. and he too was rea
DIV IN On all lengths TO defend the State ON the
ground she had assumed. and II the cause and
State fell. he vas willing to fall with her-he
WAS read, to defend with his life. all his acts on
that tioor, and he hoped that, all would see the
attitude which the State was compelled to con-
tend for.
Mr.. Pickens said, that he would trouble the
House but moment TO saw, that he should vote
for the resolution. and was ready for every con-
tipyency-what was the language OF the Procla-
nation but a the,e eat Of coercion? What was the |
military array around aud about Charleston. but
a warning for tine constituted Authorities Of 3.
Carolina to prepare for rhe contest. What were
the meetings in New York. Philadelphia and
elsewhere, but to exhibit to this State, that an