The Arkansas advocate., 1833-02-27

both Judges and jurors of which viii
 be bound, hv the import of oaths pre-
 viously taken, te treat the Conssitrs:on fand laws Of the United States in this
 respect as q utility. Norhas the State
 made the proper appeal 10 public opin.
 lon and to the remedy of amendment.
 Tor, without waiting 10 learn whether
 the other States will consent 10 q Con.
 vention, or if they do, will construe
 or amend the Constitution 10 suit her views, sine has, Of her own authority,
 altered the import Of that instrument. and given immediate effect 10 the change. In fine, she has set her own
 will and authority above the laws. has made herself arbiter in her own case. aud iiitts passed ai once oyer ali iiflterme-. dlate steps 10 measures of arawed re- sistance, which, unless they be sub- mltted to, can be enforced only by the sword.
 in deciding upon tle course which a. nigh sense of duty 10 all the people of the United states imposes upon the au- thorltles of the Union. in this emerpen- cy, It cannot be overlooked that there Is ilo sufficient cause for tile acts of south Carolina, or for her thus placing iaJeopardy the happiness of so many millions Of people. Mjsrnle and op- preston, to warrant the disruption of. the free institutions of these States. should he s5fes.t and lasting deff:;i ;;l ;;l other remedy. For causes of minor character, the Government could not { submit to such acatastrophe, without i sloiaaion oi is most sacred obligations to the other States Of the Union. who have submitted their destiny 10 its hands.
 There IS, ip the present instance. no such cause, either in the degree Of mis- rule O. oppression complained Of, or in the hopelessness of redress by constitu- tional mcana. The long sanetion they have received from the proper authofi- ties, and from the people, not less than the aaexampled growth and increasing prosperity ol 50 many millions of free men, attest Shat no such oppression as would justify, or even paliiate, such resort, can be justly imputed either to the present policy, or past measures of the Federal Government. The same mode of collecting duties. and for the same general objects which bcgnn with the foundation of the Government. and which has conducted the country thro' itssabsequent steps 10 its present enyja- ble condition Of happiness and renown, has not been changed. Taxation and representatlon--the great principle Of the American Revoluton--ha con- tinually gone hand in hand; and at all times, and h every instance, no tax of any kind has been imposed without tho participa pation--and in some instances which have been complained of, with the express assent of q part of the Rep .resentatives of South Carolina in the councils of ihe Government. Up to the present period, iio revenue IiHs been raised beyond the necessary wants of the country, and tfae authorized ex- penditnfes of the Government. And as soon as the buftlaen of the public debt is removed, those charged with inc administration have promptly recon. mended a corresponding reduction of revenue.
 That this system, thus pmrsned, has l resulted in no such oppression upon South Cafoiinas needs DO other proof than the solemn and oiEicial declaration of the late Chief Magistrate of that State. in his address 10 the Legislature. In that, he says that ssthe occurrences oI the past year, in connexion win our domestic concerns, are to be reviewed with sentiment of ieryent gratitude to | the great Disposer of human events; that tributes of grateful acknowledge 1 ments are due for the various and multi ] piled blessings he has been pleased to bestow on our people; that abundantl harvests in every quarter of tiIe State have crowned the exeriions of agricul- tural labor; that health, almost beyond former precedent, has blessed our homes; and that there Is not less reason for thankfuiness in surveying our social eondition.n 1t would, indeed, be ditii- cult to imagine oppression, where, ln the social condition of people, there was equal cause for thankfulness as for a. bundant haryests, and various multi piled blessings with which kind psc.i- sience had favored them.
 Independently of these considerations lit will not escape observation, that South Carolina still claims to be com 1 ponent part of inc Union, and to partl-
 cipata in the national councils, and to, share in the public benefits, without con- tributing to the public burthens; thus