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thereto, tho Governor is authorized In rcsis,
the same. and to order into service the whole
or so much OF the military force Of the state
rs he may deem necessary and that in case
OF any overt act OF coercion or intention To
commit the same, manifested by an unusual
assembiage OF naval or military force, In or
near the state, or the occurrence OF any cir
cumstances indicating that armed force i, a.
boat TO be employed against the state. or in
resistance TO its laws, the Governor i, autbo-
rized 10 accept the seryir ICES Of such volunteers.
and call into service such portions, of the mi
ist,a Is may be required 10 meet the emer-
gency.
The act also provides for acccptin. the
services of the volunteers, and organizing IN.
militia, embracing all free white males he
tween The ages Of l6 and 60; aud for the
purchase OF arms, ordnance, and ammunition.
u also declares that the power conferred on
The Governor shall be applicable To all cases
ot resurrection or invasion or imminent dan.
ger thereof, and To cases where the laws of
the state shall be opposed, and the execution
thereof forcibly resisted, by combination, too
powerful to be suppressed by the power vest
ed IN the SheriiFs and other civil officers; and
declares 1t 10 be the duty of the Governor in
every such case, 90 call forth such portions
oil militia aud volunteers n may be necessary
promptly to suppress such combinations and
cause the laws Of the state to be executed.
ID. Is An act concerning the oath requir-
cd by the Ordinance, passed IN Convention nj
Columbia, the Gath OF November, 1891.
This act prescribes the form OF the oath--
which Is to obey and execute the Ordinance
and all acts passed by the Legislature in
pursuance thereof and directs the time and
manner % taking il by the officers of the
state, civil, judiciary and military.
III Is believed that other acts have been
passed embracing provisions for enforcing the
Ordinance, but have not been able TO pro.
cure them.
l transmit, however, copy OF Governor
Hamilton's Message To the Legislature of &
Carolina-of Governor HAYNES Inaururol
Address to the Legislature, as also his Pro-
ciamaiion, and general Order OF the Cover
nor and commandcr-in-Chief, dated the Goth
December, giving public notice that the SER
wees OF volunteers will be accepted, under
the act already referred to
II these measures cannot be defeated and
overcome by the powers conferred by the
Constitution on the Federal Government the
Constitution must be considered as incompe-
tent to its own defence, the supremacy Of The
laws Is at an end, aud tho rights and liberties
oil the citizens can no longer receive protec-
ton from the Government of the Union They
not only abrogate the acts Of Congress COM
monty called the tariff acts of 1923 and 1892
but they PROSTATE and sweep away, ut once,
and without exception, every act and every
part OF every act imposing any amount what
ever oil duty on any foreign merchandise, and,
virtually, every existing act which has ever
been passed authorizing the collection Of the
revenue, including the act of 1916, and also
tho collection law Of 1893, the constitution
atty Of which has never been qucstioned.-
IL IS not only those duties which are charged
To have been imposed for the protection o!
manufactures that are thereby repealed, but
aii others, though laid for the purpose of re-
venue merely. and upon articles IN no degree
suspected Of being objects Of protection. The
whole revenue system of the United States i'm
South Carolina is obstructcd and oyerthrown
and the government is absolutely. prohibited
from collecting any part OF the public revenue
within tho limits Of that state. uenceforth
not only tho citizens OF South Carolina and
Of the United States, but the subjects of
foreign states may import any description or
quantity Of merchandise into the ports of S.
Carolina, without the payment Of any duty
whatsoever. That state Is thus relieved from
the payment Of any part Of the public bur-
Then; and duties and imposts arc no, only
rendered not uniform throughout tho United
States, but direct and ruinous preference is
given to the ports Of that state over those OF
all the other states of the Union, IN manifest
violation of tho positive provisions Of the
Constitution.
In point Of duration, also, those aggression,
upon the authority &c Con gross, which. by the
Ordinance, are made part Of the fundamental
law Of South Carolina, arc absolute, indefinite
aud without limitation. They neither pre-.
scribe the period when they shall cease. nor
Indicate any conditions upon which those who
have thus undertaken TO arrest the opera ton
OF the laws, are 20 retTacr their steps, and re-
scind their measures. They offer 10 the Uni
ted States no alternative but unconditional
submission. II the scope OF the Ordinance Is
To be received ~ The scale OF concession.
their demands can be satisfied only by n re-
peal OF The whole system Of revenue laws.
and by abstaiDing from the collection Of any
dutic, aud iinp0sis whatsoever
u IS tr'ic, that IN the address tn the people
OF the United states, 10y tho Convention Of
South Carolina, after announcing the fixed
aud final determination Of the state, IN rela-
ton TO the protecting system. they say, that
=" II remains for us 10 submit plan Of tax
alton m which we would be willing Co acgui-
esee, ~ liberal spirit Of concession, provid-
ed Ee are met in due time Il in a becoming spi-
rit by the states interested IN manufacturer e"
IN the opinion of The Convention, an equita-
be plan would be, that {" the whole list Of
protected articles should bc imported free Of
all duty, and iliat tho revenue derived from
import duties should be raised exclusively
from the unprotected articles, or that when
ever duty y imposed upon projected srti-
cies imported, an excise duty II the same rate
shalt be imposed upon All similar articles ma
ruiacturod IN the United States" The ell.
dress proceeds ~ state, however, that they
arc willing 10 make large offering 90 pre-
serve the Union. ard with a distinct derlar.
ton That az concession on our part. We will
consent that the same rate IT duty may be
imposed upon tho Perfected articles that shall
BE- imposed upon the unprotected, provided
hat no more revenue be raised than l. nsees-
sary 90 meet The demands II Government for
constitutional purposes, ani provided. also
that duty subdantially uniform be imposed
upon al foreign imports.m
= al-o truo that IN his Message 10 the
ifgislature, Wien urEing the necessity az
providing " Hleans q occurring their safety Nv
T II WrIaH q.