Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-12-22


of the State. The object Of this measure ~ SAID
tn be to hold rod in ierrorem over the y. o
Bank in Charleston, TO prevent IT from pressing
,ardly. lin the anticipated wind up OF It's ousi'
ness, on the Bank of the State.
Snar,anbursh has been greatly outraged oy the
J..y;sla,ure. m the election Of two persons, null
hfers of course. lwho were peculiarly OBNOXIOUS
On the neopie of the district. to the respective
off, es OF Commissioners in Equity and lax Col
lectnr. One Of the Representatives OF Spar'an-
bureh, said to-day on the Hoor OF the H"use' taat
it had reused the spirit Of rebellion from one emu
of the district to the other.
A correspondent of the Southern Patriot says.
g the Senate have not YET acted on the B'' 20
provide for carrying into effect the Ordnance OF
Modification, and it ~ thought bv many that II
may not feel disposed Oct on the Bill the pre-
sent Session. as proposition has been already
made to adjourn on Monday next..s@Nuiiihea''on
is evidently frightened at its own raw head, and
n very great re action in the pubic mind Is sa'u
to be taking place in the country
The Bill now before the Legislature, prescrib
inc the time of eectng members OF Congress,
which originally fixed it for the Sd Monday in
Fe5 uary, was amended in the Hnuse of Repre-.
senta,ives on the tn inst. by substituting the
ed Monday in January, as the day Of election.
Inc SOUltIICt6e uu Ccuetai Neia't"'' W. wv
Senate. to uhum vas referred that portion OF the
Governors Message, No 8. which relates to the
call of a Convention of the States, respectfully
Report the following Preamble and Resolutions.
w b. SEABRooK, Chairman.
Whereas, serious causes ot discomfort do ex'
ist among the States OF this Union, Ir"m the ex-
ercise by Congress OF powers not conferred or
contemplated bv the sovereign parties to the
compact, therefore.
Resoired, That il is exprdient that a Conven-
ton Of the States be called as soon as practica.
BILE, to consider and determine such questions OF
disputed power as have arisen between the states
of this Confederacy and the General Govern
ment.
Resolued, That the Governor be requested to
transmit copies of this Preamble and r, solutions
to the several States, with request that the
same be laid before the legislatures OF their re-
specii,p States, and also to our Senators and Re
representatives. n Congress. to be by them laid be,
fore Congress for consideration.
The Committee on Federal Relations. in the
House of Representatives. to whom we referred
tn. Governors Message. No S, recommending
an application to Congress for the call of Con
ventioD,
REpcnr That they have had the same under
considerations, and recommend that application
be made for the call OF Convention, IL the
form f0lOwng:--
WM. &. PREsroN, Chairman.
The Congress of the Uni,ed States having in
various instances usurppd pawers, not granted
bv the Constitution. but withheld and reserved
~ The States respectively, and having manifested
bv a long course Of legislation. determination
10 retain and exercise the pnwers thus usuiped.
it becomes expydlent, in the opinion oi this State
that a general Convention should assemble. eth
er 10 define the constitution. as 1t nov exists, o.
to amend il where il is imperfect.
The State Of South Carolina has determined
for herself under profound conviction that her
constitutional liberty and vital interests are en-
dangered by such uSurpaion,, aud 'hat she has
perfect right to do so as on" of the sovereign
parties who delegated and defined The p"wers OF
Congress. that the laws for the protection and
encouragement Of domestic manufactures. are
unconstitutional, VOID, and shall not be enforced
within her territories
in assuming tnls position, she has not been is
uorant 0f the embarras>,nents which must result
to the Union, from partial suspension ct thosr
laws, and deeply deplores the imperious neces
>ty which has tor ced on her such state of things
But the protection which she owes to the libert,
aud property of her citizens, and her deep devo.
ton To the constitution, did not allow her to he.
state longer to do what she conceives to be her
duty her attachment to the Union. under the
Constitution, as she and the trainers of that in
strument understood it al its adoption, has in no
degree been diminished, but rather increased by
an experience Of the evils in. Owed IN departure
from 1t. But if it is to be So perverted by con.
structlon. as to PERM, u ma rity III Congress IL
regulate the domestic labor Of South Carolina. or
to tax the indu>'r, of her cilZeGs, for the bcne.
hit Of the industry OF the citizens of other States,
as sac never has been voluntary member Of such
c0nfedrrdcv. she reserves to herself the right of
determining whether she viii be.
Anxious that these matters should be submit.
ted to the same high authority which created the
Constitution, for the purpose of ubfa,nIng "A final
and conclusive decision thereon, the Legislature
Of South Carolina applies To Congress for The call
Of a Convention, and requests the concurrence
OF her co.S'ates.
Resoired, That his ExcelIencv the Governor
DO transmit this application to Congress and the
States respectively