Litchfield enquirer., 1833-01-31

sliaatio0 has provided Cor I'D cases IN law Of
eqaiiy arising nndeF ahe Constitution Rud laws
of the United States. but has endeasOred to
Illustrate their proper action on her citizens
by drawing the cognixance OF cases under the
revenue laws to her own tribunals specially
prepared and fitted for the purpose Of enfoF-
cling the acts passed by the State to ohstrnct
those laws. aud b0th judges and jurors of
which will he found by the import Of oatbs
previously taken to treat the Constitution and
laws Of the United States, in this respect, as a
nullity. Nor has the State made the proper
appeal to public opinion and to- the remedy Of
amendment. For, without waiting to learn
whether the ether states will consent to a
conVentioH, or il they do. will cOnstrue or
amend the Constitution to suit her views. she
hasiof her own authority altered the import
Of that Instrument aud given immediate e.
feet to the change. In ine, she has set her
own will aud authority above the laws. has
made herself arbiter Of her own case, and has
passed at once over all intermediate steps to
measures of ayOwed resistance, which. unless
they he submitted to- can be enforced Qnly by
the sword.
In deciding upnn the course which high
sense Of duty to all the people Of the United
! States imposes upon the authorities OF the
Union, in this emergency,it catlnot be over,
looked that there is no sufficient cause for the
acts of South Carolina, or for her thus placing
in jeopardy the happiness ofso many millions
of people. Misrule and oppression, "a war
rant the disruption Of the free institutions Of
the union Of these states, should be great and
lasting, -defying all other remedy. For eau
SEES Of minor character. the government could
not submit to such catastrophe. without a vi
Olation Of its most sacred obligation to the
other states Of the Union, who have submit
ted their destiny TO its hands.
/ There is, in the present instance, no such
cause either in the degree Of misrule or OPP
preston complained Of, or 10 the hopeessness
l Of redress by constitutional means. The long
i sanction they have received from the proper
authorities and from the people, not less than
the unexampled growth and increasing pros
perty of so many millions of freeuen. attest
that no such oppression as would justify, or
even palliate' such resort, can be justly I'M
pnted 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 began with the
foundation of the government. and which has
conducted the country through it's subsequent
steps to IFS present enviable condition OF nap
piness and renowD, has not been changed
Taxation and representation-the great prin-
ciple of the American Revolution-haye con-
tinually gone hand in hand and at all times
and 10 every instance, no tax Of any kind has
been imposed without the participation-and
/ in some instances which have been complain
ed of with the express assent of part OF the
Representatives Of South Carolina. in the
councils Ofthe Government. Up to the pres
ent period, no revenue has been raised be-
yOnd the necessary wants Ofthe country, and
the authorized expenditures Of the govern
ment. And as soon as the burthec Of the pub
lie debt is removed, those charged with the
administration have promptly recommended
a corresponding reduction Of revenue.
That this system, thus pursued, has result
ed in no such oppression upon South Carroll
IA. needs no other proof than the solemn and
official declaration of the late Chief Magis-
trate Of that State in his address to the Legis-
lature. In that he says, that q the occurrences
OF the past year, in connection with our do
nestle concerns, are to be reviewed with |
sentiment of feryent gratitude to the great
Disp0ser of human events; the tributes OF
grateful acknowledgement are due for the va
rious aid multiplied blessings ne has been
pleased to bestow on our people that album
dant l,arvests in every quarter Of the state
have crowned the exertions Of agricultural
labor; that. health, almost beyond former
precedent, has blessed Our homes :; and that I
there is not less reason fnr thaHkfuiness 10 !
surye wing our social condition. 1t would, !
indeed, be difficult to imagine oppression.
where, in the social condition OF people,
there was equal cause Of thankfulness as for I
abundant harvests and various and multiplied
blessings with which kind Providence had
favored them.
Independently Of these considerations. 1t !
will not escape observation. that South Car
Olina still claims to be component part OF the
Union, and to participate In her national
councils, and to share in the public benefits
without contributing to the public burthens
thus asserting the dangerous anomaly Of con-
| tlnuiDg in an association without acknowledge
Ing any other obligation to its laws than what
| depends upon her own will.
In this posture of affairs, the duty Of the
government seems to be plain; il incucates
q recognition Of that state as member Of the
Union. and subject to its authority, yindi-
csiion Of the just puwer Of the constitution,
the preservation Of theintegrity Of the Union,,
and the execution of the laws by all constitn-
tonai means.
\ The constitution. which his oath Of office
I0bilges him TO support, declares that the aex-
ecutiya "shall take care that the laws be faith
fully executed" and ia providing that he shall,
from time 10 time, give to Congress Informal
ton OF the state Ut the Union. and recon.
mend to their consideration such measures as
he shall judge necessary and expedeat, i'm
poses the additional ALLEGATION 'ofrecommen.
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