Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1833-02-13
Conclusion of the Presidents Message.

| Conclusion of the Presidents Message.
The crisis undoubtedly invokcs the fl
deity of the patriot and the sagacity o
the statesman; not more in removing such
portion of the public burthen as may be
necessary, than in preserving the good or
der of society and in the maintenance oil
we'll regulated liberty.
While a iorbearing spirit may, and |
trust, will be exercised towards the errors
of our brethren in a particular quarter, du-
lty to the rest of the Union demands that
open and organized resistance to the laws
should not be executed with impunity.
In closing this communication should
do injustice to my own feelings not to ex-
press my confident reliance upon the dis
position of each department Of the gov
Iernment to perform its duty, and to coop
crate in all measures necessary in the
present emergency. .t.s
Provisions less than these, consisting as
they do for the most part, rather of royi-
val of the policy of former acts called for
by tine existing emergency, than Of the
introduction of any unusual or rigorous
.enactments, would not cause the laws of
the Union to be properly respected and
enforced. 1t is believed these would
prove adequate, unless the military forces
of the state Of South Carolina authorized
by the late act of the legislature, should
be actually embodied and called out in aid
OF their proceedings, and of. the provisions
OF the ordinance generally. Even in that
case, however, it is believed that no more
will be necessary than a few notifications
Of Its terms to adapt the act of 1875 to the
present emergency, as by that act the pro-
visions of the law of 1893 were acconmo-
dated to the crisis then existing; and by
comforting authority upon the President
to give it operation during tie session of
congress, and without the ceremony Of a
proclamation, whcneycrit shall be official
~ made known to him by the authority of
any state, or by the courts of the q. States.
that within the limits of such state the
laws OF the U. States will be openly oppo-
sed and their execution obstructed by the
actual employment of military force or BY
any unlawful means whatsoever, too great
to be otherwise overcome.
1t IS moreover obvious that in this conflict
between the powers Of the officers Of The u.
: ates and Of the states (unless the latter bel
passlvely submitted TOY the dcs'ruciioa t. which
the property of the officers of the customs iaid
I've exposed, the commission of the actual vios
ience, and the loss Of lives, would be scarcely
avoidabie
The rich inheritance bcguea,hed by our f;,-
theirs has devolved upon us the sacred obIiga.
ton OF preserving itby the same virtues which
conducted them through the eventful SCENES OF
the revolution, ard ultimately crowned their
struggle with the nobIest model OF civil nstitu-
tons. They bequeathed to US government
Of laws, aud Federal Union, funded upon
the great principle Of popular representation
Alter successful experiment Of forty -four
years, al moment when the government ard
the Union are the objects Of the hopes Of the
friends oil civil liberty throughout the worlti
and IN si1e midst Of public and individual pr,,s-
perry uneSampled in history, we are called
upon decide whether these laws possess any
force, and thai Unlon the means Of self pre-
servatlon. The decision of this question bv
an enlightened and patriotic people cannot be
doubtful. For myself, fellow citizens, devou;-
y w. wig uPo" tid' hlHu Il rONlueEte, WHICH
has hitherto watched over our destnies, and
actuael by profound reverence for those in>
stiu'ions | have so much cause to love, and
Tor the American people whose partiality hon
ored me with their highest trust. have deter
mined to spare no effort to discharge the day
which in this tonjunc,ure is devolved upon ms.
That similar spirit will actuale the re;.resen>
tatises Of the American people is not to be
questioned: and 1 iervenlly pray that the Great
Ruler oi nations may so guide your delibera-
tons and our joint measures as that they may
prove salutary examples, not only to the pre-
sent, but to future times, and soiemnly proclaim
that the constitution and the laws are supreme
and the Union indissoJnbie.
ANDREW JACKSON.
WASHINGTON, January 18th, 1893.