Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-01-21
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The following extracts fretn the Message of
Governor Llooli, to the legislature of aassachu-
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The State of aou,! Carolina, lay its Chief
Magistrate, has formally transmitted flr your aited-
ton, the proceedings Of tuaeenlion Of the Dele
@,tes Of the people, IN relation the Tariff laws
q! the United States. By an Ordinance, drliber-
a'rly AMI sn'emn'y adopted in that Body these
l'a, arc 4 ri,rad to b, unconstitutional, AMI after
"a first ot February next, are abrogaed and made
hull AMI o 70 effect within the limits of that state,
and all attempts /, enforce than, by the Cener,i
Government, are TO be resisted with f1rcn md 10
blood The powers and process of the Federal
Courts, III the coaniz in1e Of matters concerning
the Revenue, or IN ho exercise Of civil uris'liction
in ahy-wise touching its collection, against the CT
tiz ms of tue efete, prohibited. aud the sanction
Of oe;hs requr 4, and penalties ENACTED, to assure
disregard and d,sobeJence 10 tner authority. ia
dresses by tho Convention, TO Tie people of tn"
State and The CliIZans of the United States
which accom- amy the traas mission Of the Ordl-
nance, the powers exercised by the General Gov
eminent, are denounced as gross ,isur2a ,ions"
Measures deliberately adopted and pursued fDr
years, with the sane ion OF large major o. al the
States, nhd people Of the Union are repre- ent Il as
partial unequal and corrupt" The laws OF Con-
gress, passed at successive periods, and under
t. unparalleled for injustice 6 oppression under the
forms Of free government" The whole protect
ing system i, pronounced a visitation Of the e
terna PRINCIPLES of nntura' Justice, converting the
Government INTO a mere n'slram III of Legislative
plunde', aud IN sustaining IT, il is SAID, d" the
iority of Congress, IS in strict proDriey of Speech
an irresponsible despotsm." Ii is further Sravely
charged Tint IN relation to South Carolina, " alt
the powers of the Earth by their commercial res
tfctions, md all the Pirates OF tae Ocean, could
rot have done SO much to destroy her Commerce,
as Inns been done by that very Government 10
which IT'S Guardianship has been committed by the
Federal Constitution" that, gigantic syse. n
of restrictions has gradually been reare up, sni
ut length brought to fatal maturity, OF "hch it is
Who uyowed object, ard must he the inevitable
result, to sweep that Commerce from the
gaeat highway of Nations, aal the land
with p,ve II arl rum" And the people Of MI
TIE Stat q lmonished that the die is cast,
that " South Cagoli.a has eolcmaly resolved, that
until these ABUSES are reformed, no more taxes
shall be paid there that she will " throw off
this oppression nj every hazard; and will regard
any attempt 10 enforce the laws declared by her 10
be uu!i aud void "olherwsc than through the civ
= Il Tribunals nconsisten, with her longer con-
tnuance in the Union, '--ahd finally, by requiring
ofJudges and Jurors an o,.h, well and truly TO
ORGY execute anu cnlorCc the ORDINANCE, she
closes these Tribunals against even this resort.
Sucn Is a synopsis ofihe principles, measures,
resolves " thfea c1ings, ~ terms extract d on the
Documents themselves, which one of the States OF
the Uuion has sent tonh, expressly for the notice
and consideration and implicitly, for the sanction
otevcry other Monsrous they may appear
they are represented il no other stronger char
acter, than the elaborate arguments by which they
are attempted to be justified, evince they were in
tended to be understood Called to pass upon this
hil OF Prescntment agant common Government
II Will better comport with the cooler Temperament
OF section otCountry anonymously tainted as
the Manufacturing States, with an inhosptabl'
climate and barren SOIL" to examine the matter
with caimncss AMI deliberaton, unexc'ted by
the ardency of the appeal and undeterrcd from thu
performance of any patriotic duty by threats OF lis
Consequences.
And 1t Is then true that we live under Govern
incht which can dcscrycfIy be thus arr7i2nch
Are we Willingly and Willingly, he slaves OF
seit-'h.cied Tyrdnny2 Is the policy to which VI
fave SO long submitted, and which has Leen Sc
generally approved, injurious, partial and corrupt
Arc the tariff laws, rope tie ny enacted by a constr
tutIana representation Of tn. people, oppressive L
the neopla. aad tspugnant TO the Constitution