Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-11-30

""t !, hecocIcS $50, reign STATE ~ s,il.,,.ii
:" "o"e'esafed and consequently ut,iuii'ed pow
f' !" ID" man ~ DO ~ "f men ou ear h-lhat in
.'sS :" abuse ct Ia, d hgdted pOrers, the mem,
"o'S o' tie GenerI GovernuIe nlNet chosen
oy ,ho people. change by the psoile 40, li
oo me CONSTITUTIONAL remedy, bu, Were pow er,
"'0 assumed when have not been Il ls.a,ei The
'''' case now before us A NULLtfIcArInN or
.hL ACT IS THE hIGHrrUL RkMtDY; ;hu an,
"'''o mas MA ural right cases MOI within The
'o'"p"ei (cdsus non }ederis 70 NULLISY. of ther
Nv" h",i"rIiy all assumption Of power bv otis
ers witLin their limits. aud that without this
.'g"' they wond DC under the dominion ahso-
'"'e ana u"l iitcd of whom. oever might exer-
c'se lie right of Judgment for tnein' AID mat
:" vase o' acts being passed by Congress so
Paipapiy agHi is' ihe Cons itii,tor as % annu.I
10 an ndisguised icclHa,ion, thai tie compact
20 ""t meant To- the measure Of the power, uf
Tue peneral Government hnt that y, will tro-
we" l" eXer'ise over the States all powers
whatsoever, hy scIziUg the rights of the States.
"ou consolidating them in the hands of the Gee
o.''' government with pnwe, assumed ~
n'h'ng 'he States, not merely ~ ca,ts mad.
iedera', but in all eases Whatsoever nv laws
maze mt with their consent, hut by otl,ers "A :.
g"u>t their consent II would he the outy of tn
States In declare the aci '.vui,l and af ~ force
ana that each should take measures Of its own
Tor providing that neither such acts nor any q
Their at The General Guvernment not plainly and
Intentionally nuihor,z d by the Constitution
shall he exercised within their respective terr,-
tories
In acting these great and essential truths South
carolina surely cannot She convince ed and has
so declared To Congress and the World that the pro-
tectDg system in all its branches s'gross delibe-
rate and paipable violation of the constitution She
believes that after having exhausted every other
means oil iedress in vain, it is her right and that
has now become her solemn duty inter pose for ar
resting the evil within her limits by declaring
said acts to be null and void and no law and taknp
within her territory" That duty she means to per
FORM and to leave the Consequences in the hands OF
hni, with whom are The issues of life and the desti-
MES OF nations
South Carolina will continue 10 cherish sincere
attachment To the UNION oil the States, and will the
utmost ot hef power endeavor to- preserve it, Sand
believes that for This end it is her duty watch over
oppose any infraction of those principles which
conste the only basis OF that union, because faith
tul observance of them alone existence
She Venerates the CONSTITUTIONS and will protect and
defend IT against every aggression either foreign
domestic but above all, she estimates beyond all
price her LIBERTY, which she is unallerably deter
mined never to surrender while she has the power to
maintain it, Influenced by these views your com
mttee report herewith for the adoption OF the Con-
vention solemn Declaration and Ordinance.
For the proceedings Of South Carolina, and the
other States here qnoed, Elliotts Virginia Keso-
iutions of 1898, page "a and tho Congressional Docu-
ments OF the years referred to.