Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-12-21

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Governor Hoyne-ths election of Mr. Calhoun to
| the Senate of tho u. Sttates-and Mr.. Randall
Hunts resolutions in tho Union Convention.
These lust viii strike the rcadcr as most s;,y,,
by Tho next mail we may hear how the Proclama.
tion was received in Carolina In the excited stat,
of nous feelings II is much DO feared that that
violent AID inHammaory paper may have led TO
| some sudden outbreak.
LEGISLATURE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
"CoLrMp A, Dec. II. 1881.
| "The House Of Representatives met at IL
a number OF Reports aud Acts, concurred iu,
was received from tho Sora,c.
| MIR. Pr"sto5, from the Committee on Fe,lcr-
| al Relations, made n Report upon the Govor.
nor. Messnge No. J, TO the following effect:
| WIN DO sent you to morrow norning print.
ed.l
| MT. Wnrdlaw. from Joint Committee on pc-
| tt'on OF Sou'h Carolina Western wud A, lau,ic
Rail Rond, presented report.
| mr.. FROST presented, with amendment, report
| On n''i TO give tho Judicial Magistrates Of
Charleston exclusive Jurisdiction in the trial II
rolored persons. To morrow.
| MIR. Caldwell. on the petition Of the Jackson
Guards attached To the 10Th Rcyimrnt Of tho
South Caroliua mili,,, praying ,l,nt their namo
b; changed TO "the South Carolina Guards {
and that they he Incorporated, repo, ted by hill,
for that purpose; which rtceiyed q first read.
ing.
~ IL. the Governor elect attended in the
hall Of tho House of Representatives, whcro
| nom houses were drawn up to receive him, and
to witness the administration to him of the oath
! ot office. iie appeared, conducted 10y OK Co
vernon tthmiltnn-and, standing i'm front of tho
| President aud Speaker of the Houses, address
ed the Assembly. Ills speech was fine dis
| course, mos. ,trikingly pronounced. II is, iu-
| deed, one of the peculiar excelrncics Of HE un-
common talents, that ho never incars failure
| mover Is below tho occasion. Such, in sui,o
OF the exceedingly important events. in the
midst oil which we are now placed, was the eff
feet of hi- .h"rt, but strongly eloquent speech,
| to-day. IL brsathcd OF nothing but the highest,
| most enthusiastic yotion to tho common
| wealth snd TO the principles upon which her
| existence ID now stakeh. In the ve.y noblest
| language, il pledges a determined aud thoron sh
obedience TO the great law of The Stnte, as la o.
| ly laid down, 10y tho convention Of the people;
| md an unhesitatng execution Of whatever the
Legislature shall commando as necessary, TO tho
| proper enforcement of The declared will of tho
State. Win ihis and III the midst of perfect
kndncss and genteness Of language towards
| the adverse party among us, IL exhOrts all mer,
by the great common duty. which we all owe
to our country; Ivy the affections, which we all
feel-tho rememhranccs and hopes, that we all
most Warmly cherish, TO rally to the banner of
freedom and Of the State.
| tic says, 'lu THIS great struggle for our
/
upheld the sovereign authority of the . ,ate,
and tn enforce, by all the III cans that NAV be-
placed IN my hands, the sovereign will. re-
cognIzc no allegiance as paramount TO that
which the citizens Of south Carolina owe to
the Stale of thar birth their adoption. I
have publicly declared. wish it to DO dis,inct-
ly understood, that hold myself hound BY ths
highest Of all obligations, to carry into full Of
| feet, not only the Ordinance of tho Convention,
out every act of the Legislature, and every
Judgment OF our courts The enforcement Of
which shall devol7e on the Executive. clsin
| no right to revise their acts. II will be nv du.
ty to sxocute them; aud that duly I mean In
the utmost of my power faithfully to perform"
lie then spoke of tho ordinary duties Of his
| Office, and pledging himself 10 their strict per-
iormahce, declared that no personal nor party
feelings shall in any manner interfere with
them.
Turning. then, to general view of our con-
di;ior, he spoke of tho long injuries and SAT-
IerinSs oil the state,-the violent and perscvc.
ring usurpations Of the General Government;
and the inal determination, to which, the State
has at last come. to endure this system no
longer. That she had put herself UroN HxR
SOVEREIGNTY, and resolved that this rapine
and Tyranny shall no longer exist, within her
territory. That sire has announced to her SIS
ter States her purpose, that this controversy
shall no amicably adjusted, either ny sa,is-
factory modification Of the Tariff, or By re-
'0'cHco VI tho WnOle matter 10 u General Con-
+, venton OF the States. Shond neither of these
reasonable measures lie acceded to, she will
ieel herself Justified before God end man for
} maintaining her position till tho difficulty can
, 10 some other way he removed.
/, "Whle with MIR. Jefferson, she would reg
the dissolution of her Union with the oIher
States. rs one OF tho greatest Of evils, there is
yet greater ono-submsson Governmer I
without Limitation of powers" "South Caro-
lima Is Solcitous to preserve the Constitution,
rs our fathers framed it, according TO its tr, Q
spirit. But she 10 inhexihly determined, never
to surrender her reserved rights, nor to suffer
! the constitutional compact TO he converted in
to an instrument for the oppression Of her cti..
zens."
Ii il surely impossible, he says, that, i'm this
froe country--iu this Confederacy, any attempt
should be made Ivy her confederate Suites, and
still less by the Government which they havo
created for special purposes. to resort 10 arms,
upon the constitutional question, ~ bich she is
making. The spirit of all our Institutions
that OF tho very age tself-seem to put it utter
~ out of the question, that il should be attempt
ed to cement our Union with the blood Of the
ouIzen We were, however prepared, if this
hope SHOULD fail, to meet danger, come from
what quarter il may. "SOuth Carolina las
) warned her brethren Of the inevitable conse-
qences OF All appeal TO arms: and If, 10 the de-
fehcc oil her rights, she shall DO driven to resist
aggression. Let it he remembered, that the in
nocent blood, whirh may I've shed in such a
contest, will, in the great day Of nccouBt. ba
required Of those who attempt ibis tyranny
against u.s."
Z" If such, fellow cilizcus be our lot--if thia
scored coil is to he polluted by The footsteps of
} an invader, or stained with the blood of her ri-
tlZeng, shed in her defence trust i'm Al;uio ~