Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1833-01-24
.NO.vDAT, JANUARY 81, 1888.
From The National fatelligencsr, Jan. II.

proceedings Of Congress, transmitted by the
President of the United States to both Houses
Yesterday. The subject of it is the existing
difficulty between the General Government
and the State Of South Carolina; and the
Message was accompanied by copies of sever
al acts, proclamations, SC, which have enla.
mated from both governments.
The Message is OF great length & il has not
been in oar power to obtain a copy of it for
70 days paper We shall, however, from
cursoFy examination of II. give our readers
such synopsis of il as viii possess them of its
general course and bearing, which we con
dence into the following paragraphs:
The Message opeas by a reference TO the
last annual message of the Executive 10
Congress, and to the intimation therein con-
tanned, that, shonld any emergency arise rem
dering the execution Of the laws Of the u.
States for the collection Of the revenue i'm
Practicable in any quarter Of the Union, APP
plcation should be made to Congress for
such aid as they might appear to require
The message then goes on to say that events
which have occurred in the quarter then al
hded to, or which have come to the knowl.
edge Of the President subsequently to the
date of his Annual Message, do present this
emergency, as made known to him by the
i official transmission to him of certain acts of
the State Of South Carolina The President
l then adverts to his Proclamation of the IO.h
Of December, explaining bis views, Sc, to
his expectation that. that Proclamation would
not have been without effect, which reasona-
bic expectation has not been realized, as ap.
pears by the several acts of the Legislature
Of the State of South Carolina, which he
says, are calculated. both in their positive
snactments, and in the spirits Of opposition
which they obviously encourage, wholly to
obstruct the collection Of the revenue within
/ the limits of that State. ~
Referring to the Ordinance OF the Conven-
ton, &c. the President says that no nt.ma
lion has been received Of the re-assembling of
that body; and the interval between now and
the lst Of February. the day when the Or.
dInance is TO take effect, is too short to allow
| Of the preliminary steps being taken for that
purpose. The President adds, that in the
mean time the State Authorities are actively
engagcdin organizing their military resources
and providing means for supporting them.
&c, and giving the most solemn assurances
Of protection and support 10 all who shall en-
list in opposition TO the revenue laws Of the
United States; and the Governor of the State
has, in recent proclamation openly defied
the authority Of the Executive or the Union,
and invited volunteers 10 sustain the defiance.
Thus, says the Message, South Carolina pre-
sen;s herself in the attitude of hostile pre-
paraton, and ready even formitary violence,
if need be, to enforce her laws for proven
ting the collection Of the duties upon imports
within her limits,
The President then proceeds at large to lay
before Congress not only the acts and pro
h,t
10 acquaint them with those stems which he
has already caused TO be taken for the due
collection Of the revenue, and with his views
Of the subject generally, that the suggestions
which the Constitution in his opinion requires
him to make in regard to future legislation
hereupon may be the better understood.
The Message goes on to state that in
sructions have been some time ago issued
from the Treasury to the Revenue Officers,
pointing out their respective duties under the
ground professed by its advocates, that it
was pacific in its nature. Since which time,
. circumstances had changed, and, reviewing
/ the history olthe proceedings in south Caro-
Ina, SC. the President invites the attention
Of Congress 10 certain acts Of the State as pub
bs'ed in the newspapers of the State, OF
4 "'Nu utbVu-u iSHuOShSb' 'bS
bad not succeeded III obtaining official copies
from the proper authority Of the State. If
these acts says the President cannot be de-
feated and overcome by the exercise Of the
powers conferred on the federal Government,
DEMONSTRATION must be considered as ncom-
petent To its own defence. the supremacy of
the laws is at an and, and the rights and hber-
lies ofthe People can no longerreceiye protec-
ton from the Government Of the Union.
These aggressions on the authority of Con-
gress, the message adds, are moreover ab-
solute, indefinite, and without limitation,
they offer to the United State no alternative
but unconditional submission. IT'S true. that
IN their address to other States, the South
Carolina Convention profess 10 submit plan
Of taxation which they would agree to: il is
true also that the Governor Of the State, in
his Message, suggest the call Of Conven-
hon of the States as an alternative: but IT
Is also true that the conditions on which they
Would be willing TO acquiesce" from no part
OF The Ordinance: and even If these terms
We're offered in the same hiding form as the
orhpance, they are so nndeiined, and de
pend upon so many contingencies, and are
20 opposed to the opinions and interests of
tue great body OF the American People, as
70 be almost hopeless OF attainment-and
The shottness Of time would make them in
possible, If they were otherwise impractical
BY these various proceedings, the Message
'als the State Of South Carolina has forced