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EXECUTION OF THE LAWS.

ss%N'SS A'Oss Va tsh VIC.
Every one con.urs in the trusm. that Z" the
President is bound TO execute the Lava" In
order, therefore, tina, the public may know ex-
setiy ~haf posrers The President - m,eSted .sI,h
ve deem IL our duty to copy the act Of Congress,
which has refercuec to insurrections. aud which
il is presumed that high fuue,ionsry means TO call
into action in the case VI South Carolina A re-
ference to the act sustains in the opinion, al
ready expressed, that the Proclamation Was pre-.
mature, whatever may have been The patri0ac
motive, which prompted it.
An act 20 provide for calling forth the militia
te execute the laws Of the Union, suppress
instructions, and repel invasions.
SEC. j. BE 10 enacted By the Senate snd
House Of Representatives. # ne United States Of
.imoiea in Congress assembled, That whene.
YER the United States shall be invaded or in
Imminent danger of invasion from any TO
reign nation or Indian tribe, il shall be law.
fnl for the President of the United States Ia
call forth such number Of the militia OF the
State or States most cony enient to tbs place
OF danger or scene Of action, as he ma,
Judge necessary TO repel such invasion, ant
To issue his orders for that purpose TO such
officers Of the militia as he shall think proper
and IN case OF an Instruction in any State
against the government hereoC il shall be law.
ini Tor the President Of the United States. or
application Of the Legislature Of such state
or OF the Executive, (when the Legislature
cannot be convened, 10 call forth such mum.
oil the militia Of any other State or States n.
may be applied fer, or as lac may deem suif
cient to suppress such insurrection.
SEC. 2. Ind be II further enacted, That when
ever the laws of the United States shall o.
opposed or the execution thereof obstructed
IN any State, by combinations too porertuI :,
Dc suppressed by the ordinary course Of jusiieia
proceedings, or by the powers vested in Ii,
Marshals by this act, the same being nofi6sd ..
The Prtsidtnf Of the United Stats by an associate
J''ties, or fhe district judge, it shall be Lawful
Tor INC President Of the United States TO cal
forth the militia Of such State 10 suppress,
such combinations, and TO cause the laws e
be duly executed. And il the militia OF
the States, where such combination ma,
happen, shall refuse, or be insufficient q
suppress the same, il shall be lawful for the
President, If the Legislature Of the Unitct
States be not in session, TO call forth and cu.
pioy such numbers of the militia Of any olhe,
State or states most convenient thereto. n.
may be necessary, and the use Of militia
so To he called forth, may be continued, il nc.
cessary, until the expiration Of thirty DAYS af
ter The commencement Of the ensuing session
SEC 3. Prorided aicays, and BE- u further an.
acted, That whenever il may be necessary. il
The judgment of the President, To use tb,
military force hereby directed 20 be caIlee
forth, The President shall yJorth,oiih, aud pyeri
onsfy fAereto, by proclamation, commend such In
n1genfs 10 disperss, and retire peaceably Il
their respective abodes within limited time
We have received the Proclamation OF Gov
HArNE, Of South Carolibs, in reply to tI.e Presi
dents Proclamation. We will lay il before ou,
readers next week
The Following remarks, by the intelligcn, cdi.
tor Of tho AlexsSdfia Gazette, are precisely ON,
sentiments In r, slrd To the documents which
been sent forth by the South Carolinian. u,on IN,
subject Of Modification:
A paper before us remarks upon the ,Io-
quenee Of the documents emanating from III.
Nuiliflers. This is all true They arc writ.
ten IN vein OF real feeling and energy. which
- calculated to make men pause aud ponder
u " does not convince. There = buldpe.
and Vigor about them far different from tI,r
tone aud temper Of official documents gene.
n ~. They, are clothed in language which
comes warm from the ieart-tbey are fun oI
=" thoughts which breathe and words wbicl
burn '-aPpropriate. n, cmanating from "the
children Of the SUM-" as the people of the
south were once POLITICALLY designated b,
MIR. finckney. We speak thus. with regard
TO the literary merits Of these d. cumepts
we hold another opinion oOhcsrn.ng the doc
irines which they avow.
Gen. Moor, of the Rockingham district. and
hoETHT ALLES, Esq. uf il,c Frederick ,i,.,r,c,.