Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1833-01-03

,ral Government"
In reference to the doctrines laid down
in the Presidents Proclamation, Gov. III.
rcpudiates them in single paragraph as
follows:
"South Carolina holds the principles
now promulgated by the President, (as
they must always be held by all who
claims to be supporters of the rights of
the States, Gus contradicted by the let
ter of the Constitution-unauthorized by
its spirt-inconsistent with every princi-,
pic on which it was founded-destructive
of all the objects for which it was franz,
ed"-utterly incompatible with the very
existence Of the States-and absolutely
fatal to the rights and Liberties Of the pco-
ple."
After endeavoring to establish the doc
trine Of the sovereignty Of the States, he
says--"The doctrines which South Ca
rolina has through her Convention SOL
emnly promulgated TO the world, by them
she will stand or fall "
The Proclamation concludes as fol
lows:--
owe are maintaining not only the
rights and liberties Of the people, but the
Sovereignty of our own State, against
whose authority rebellion may be COM
mitted, but in obedience to whose COM
monds no man can commit treason. We
arc struggling against unconstitutional
and oppressive taxation imposed upon us,
not only without our consent, but in def
ance of our repeated remonstrances and
solemn protests. In such IA quarrel our
duty to our country, ourselves, and our
posterlty, is too plain to be Mistaken
We will stand upon the soil of Carolina,
and maintain the sovereign authority OF
the State, or he buried beneath its ruins.
AS unhappy Poland fell before the pow
er OF the Autocrat, so may Carolina be
crushed by the power Of her enemles,-
but Poland was not surrounded by free
and independent States, interested, like
herself, in preventing the establishment
of the very tyranny which they are cal
led upon to impose upon sister State
II in spite of our common kindred, and
common interests, the glorious recoIlec-
tions OF the past, and the proud hopes OF
The future, South Carolina should be
coldly abandoned to her fate, and reduc-
ed TO subsection, by an unholy combina-
tion among her sister States-which is
believed. to be utterly impossble-and
the doctrines promulgated by the pres-
dent are to become the foundations of a
new system cementcd by the blood of
our citizens, il matters not what may be
our lot. Under such Government, as
there could be no liberty, so there could
be no security either for our persons or
our property.
"But there is one consolation, of which
IN the providence of God, no people can
be deprived without their consent. The
proud consc ciousness Of having done their
duty. If our country must be enslaved,
let her not be dishonored by her own
sons! Let them not '..forge The chains
Themselves bY ,chich Meir liberties are 10 be
"Ihe President has intimatcd in his
Proclamation that Standing Army is.
about to be raised to carry secession into
effect. South Carolina desires that her
rue position shall be clearly understood
both at home and abroad. Her object
is not "disunion''-she has raised no
Standing Army and if driven to repel
inv vas!on or resist aggression, she will do
so by the strong arms and stout hearts Of
her citizens. South Carolina has solemn
ly proclaimed her purpose; that purpose
is The rindicat'on Of her rights. She has
professed sincere attachment to the
Union; and that to the utmost of her
power she will endeavor to preserve it,
'but believes that for this end, it is her
dutyto watch over and oppose any in
fraction Of those principles which consti-
tute the onl y basis of that union, because
faithful observance of them can alone
secure its existence; that she vcnerates
the CONSTITUTION, and will protect and
defend it against every aggression either
foreign or domestic but above all, that
she estimates as beyond all price her
LIBERTY, which she'is unaterably deter
mined never to surrender, while she has
the power to maintain it,
"Ihe President denies in the most
positive terms the right of State under
any circumstances to secede from the
Union, & puts this denial on the ground
'that from the time the States parted with
so many powers rs to constitute Jointly
with the other States a single nation, they
cannot from that period possess any
right TO secede.' What then remains OF
those rights of the States for which the
President PROCESSES so high reverence
In what do they consist? And by wha,
tenure arc they held? The uncontrolled
will of tho fcderol oovcrnmont ,k,