The Arkansas advocate., 1833-02-20

but upon the adoption of which that State will proceed 10 execute ife pur- .,ose. Ii has asowed in tLis Ordinance .! withdrawing from the Union.
 Onthe 27th of November, the Legis- iature as srnbicd at Golnmbia; and, on their meeting, the Governor lald before them the Ordinance ef the Convention. In his message on that occasion, lie ac- quaints them that ssshis Ordinance Las thus become part ol the iundamenlal Jaw oi South Caroiina that .sthc die has been at last cast, and South Carroll. ia has at length appealed 10 her ulterior sovereignty as a member of this confcd
 eracy, and has planted herself Oil her
 reserved rights. The fjahtial exercise
 oi tiiis power is not the question ai4ie Ii
 we shall any longer argue. II is sufi
 cient tlIat she has willed it, and that tfe act is done; norisits strict eompallhil ity aith our eoAstitGllonal obligation 10 al laws passed by the Genefai Goyef,i- nei,t, within the authorized grants ol
 power, to be drawnin question, wien
 this iiiterposition isexerted in 6 case in
 which the compact has been palpably, deliberately, and dangerously yiola'ed.
 That it brings up cofj junetare of deep and mementoes interest is neither 10 be
 concealed nor deried. This crisis pre- sents !, class Of duties which is reirrable
 10 yourselves. You have been com
 handed by the People, in their highest sovereignty, 10 take care that, wlthin
 the limits ot this State, their will shall
 he oheycd. The measure of legisla-
 lion,o he says, "wlieh you have to en:
 ploy at this crisis, is the precise amount
 of such enactments IS may be necessary
 10 render il utterly impossible to collect
 within our limits the duties imposed by
 the protective tariffs thus llnlli6ed. .s--
 He then proceeds: s'Ihat you should
 afrp every citizen uith civil process.
 hy which Ele may claim. ifhe pleaees,
 restitution oi Lis goods, scized under tie
 existing lmTests, On lis giving security
 to abide the issue oi n suit at law, aid,
 at the same time, define what shall eon-
 stitaie treason against tie State; and,
 y a bill q pains afd penalties, compel obedience aHd punish disebediehee to seur o"n laHs. are points iao obvious to rcqeire any discussion. In one word, you must survey tlle whole grouiid.-
 fou must look to and provide for all possible contingencies. In your own i.miis, ) our oHl, Courts ef .ludieaeufe must iot on1s be supreme, tut you must took to tie ultimate issue of any conflict ei jurisdiction ard eeN.r between iIlenl and lie United States The Govern CT also asks for power 10 gfat.t eleafan- tes-iA yeiaiion oi the lans Of tie Union. And, 10 prepare for ihe alier- native phiei4 must happen unless tht United Staies shall passiveh surrender their authcrits, aHd tie Executive dis regarding hls cath, and Ietralt from ex- ecuting the laws oi the UIion; he fe- c6nmends thorough revision Of tie militia system, ant Hat the Governor 'be authorized 10 aece pt, for the deienoe of Charleston and is dependencies, the service oftwo thousand volunteers, eith. erby companies CT fies," and that tlley be formed into a Icgionafy brigade, con sistlng oiinlantry, ,rifiemeIl, cavalry field and heavy artillery; ard that they s.be arned and equipped, from tie public ar senals, completely for tie field, and that appropriations be made for supplying all deficiencies in our munitions of war; Tn addition 10 these volunteer draughts. he recommends that the Governor be auihoriSs d s'to accept the ser,ices of len thousand volanteers from the othcr divisions ot tlie State, to be organized and arranged regiments and brig dcs shc officers 10 be selected ty tie Gem mander-iD-ehief: and that this whole force be called fhe State Gua,d.D
 A request has been regularl, made off the Secretary oj State oi South tt,arniii- na, for authentic copies ftbe acts which 1 have been passed for the purpose of en. 1 forcing the Ordinance, but. up to the 1 date of the latest adyiees, that request had not been complied with: and, on the present occasion, therefore, refer ence can only De made to those acts as 1 published intie newspapers Of the State. The acts to which it is deemed proper to invite the particular attention of Con gross are:
 l. "Anact to carry into etfect,i in part, an Ordinance to nulIity certain acts ofl the Congress of the United States, pur- porting 10 be laws laying duties on the