Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-01-30

Iartn law way WduC opPtSsSNSS Uie Ord
nance would not be enforced.
Mr.. Poindexter here remark ed, that he s,.
that any new Tariff law, even if more oppressr
would not apply toit
IF the terms of the ordinance are considered
continued Mr. W., there is no possible Node n
arre,tiag it; 80 sure as time rolls on, aud ou,
DAYS pass over our heads, the ordinance and d.
laws e,nans,ing from it will lead to the empU,.
ment IF physical force, by the citizens Of Scub
Carolina, against the enforcement Of the reyem.
laws. Although many Of the most influential cit.
zeus of Carolina protested against tie idea h,
auy but moral force would be resorted TO. We, H.
excitement and determined spirit of the reoDl,
would, in his opinion, lead speedily to the en-.
ploymrnt Of ph ysc al force. He did no, dor,
that the Senator from South Carolina abhmr,t
the idea Of force; no doubt his excellent he,,
would bleed at the scene which it would produ,,
but he would refer to a passage in the OrLInanc,
70 prove that il was the intention Of its farmer,
TO resort 10 force. Mr.. w. here read the hrl
paragraph Of the Ordinance
. Dncs the snadow follow the sum- Eve {,
sureI, will fnrce follow the attempt TO dis,
the laws of South Carolina. In the last p.,.
graph Of The Ordinance Is this passage:
:. Determined TO support this 0rdinanc. I.
every hazard,"-an this declara ration is made b
a courageous and chivalrous peopIe-we I'D,
further declare that we will not submit to The
application of force. on the part OF the Fedora
Government, TO reduce this State TO obedience
! This attempt, SAID Mr.. w. is not made BY hp
bill, or by any one. - But that we will consdsr
the passage. BY Congress, OF any acl au,lOrz
ing the employ ment Of military or naval fore.
against the State Of South Carolina. her cons.,
tuted authorities or citizens ;Or any act aboIi.ha,
or closing the ports of this State. or any of them
or otherwise obstr ucting the free ingress aut
egress OF vessels to AN d from the said ports, O,
any other act on the part OF the Federal Govern.
ment, to cOeree the State, shut up her ports, des
troy or harrass her commerce, or to enforce the
| acts hereby declared TO be null and VOID, other.
wise than through the civil tribunals Of the oOun.
try. a. inconsistent with the longer continuance
Of South Carolina in the Union"
| Force must inevitably be used IN case any a.
/ tempt is made by the Federal Government to
enforce the acts which have been declared ~"
and void. The Ordinance clearly eslabha
! Notification as the Law Of the land.
I GMr. Miller: Will the Senator read tt.
| furthers
Mr.. Wilkins finished the paragraph, as FL
lows:
"And that The people Of this State Wi! thenc.
forth hold themselves absolved from all furha
obligation to maintain or preserve their polllcs
connexion with the people Of the other STATES
and will forthwith proceed to organize sePars':
Gov eminent, and do all other acts and things
which sovereign and independent States may o.
right do"
They stop with notification; but one step faf'
thrr on the part Of the Government brings dU"i
secession aud Revolution.
mir. Calhoun: Ii IS not intended to use ,rl
fmce. except against force. We shall not stop
the proceedings Of the United States Courts; BAT
maintain the authority Of our own judiciary
Mr.. Wikins-how can the ordinance refer b
any laws OF the United States, when they are G.
cuded from any operation within the limits d
the State? Why do the laws and ordinanesd
South Carolina shut out the United States Courts
from appellate jurisdictioni Why do they shut
the doors Of the State Courts against any lDquI
s,,ion from the United States Courts? They 10
tend that there shall 0e no jurisdiction over tbs
subject, except through their own courts lte'
cut of the federal judiciary from all authority
that State, and bring back the state OF thIo.
which existed prior to the formation oil the Ied'
raj constitution.
Here notification is disclaimed. on one ham,
unlcs, we abolish our revenue system. Wecaa
sentlng to do this they remain quiet. Bot u"
90 hairs breadth towards enforcing ihat sysleu'
they present secession. We have secession :"
one hand, and notification on the "ther. ir'
Senator from South Carolina admitted the ors'
day that no such thing as constitutional 'ec'|
sion could exist. Then civil VA, di'unlon, a''
anarchy must accompany secession. M one Ot'
MES the right of revolution. That is nlun'
indefeasibIe. inherent right-a rIsh; wht'o "
have exercised and held out, by our example"
the civilized world. VIM denies II. Then We
have revolution by force, not constitutional 'f'''
sion. That violence must come BY sece''Ih
certain. Another law passed by the Les'a''''
of South Carolina, IL entitled Is u To prG'"'
for the safety Of the people of South ClfO""
1t advises them To put on their armor. IL f'
them in military army; and for what puTPos'e u"
for the use Of force? The provisions OF "r'
laws are infinitely worse than those Of the 'e'O.
system, SO far as they apply to the el''le"
Carolina. BIT with its operations on nef ",
citizens, he had nothing to do. Resistance va
just as inevitable as the arrival OF the day 90 w.
calendar. In addition to these document VIZ