Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1833-01-03
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NRATTNSBURG, JArUARr 3. 1893

War by his ExceIlency Gov. Hsyne against
the Cnited States.
The National intelIigeneer Of the 29rh Of
December. contains this extraordinary State
Paper. II is too long for insertion in extern
so in our sheet We give an extract which
contains the gist OF marrow Of its strocious
end di:organizins doctrines.
"sonth Carolina holds the principles now
promulgated by the President las they must
always be held by all who clam 10 be the
supporters Of the right, Of the States) ga.
contrsdicted by the letter Of the constitution
authorized 10y its spirit -lnconsistent with
every principle on which Vt WAS founded
destructive TO all the objects for which il was
franed" -uitery incompatible with the very
existence Of this State and absolutely fatal
to the rights ahd liberties OF the people. South
Carolina has so solemuiy and repeatedly ex
pressed To Congress and the World the
principles which she believes TO constitute
the very pillars Of the Constitution, that il il
deemed Unnecessary to do more al this time,
than barely TO present. snninery OF those
great fundamental truths, which she believes
can never be subvcrted without the iuevita-
BILE destruction Of the liberties Of the people,
and of the Union itself. South Carolina has
never claimed Gas Is asserted by the Presi
dent,) the right Of "repeaing at pleasure,
all tho reUeH,te Lags of the Union" much less
the right OF "repeaIIhg the Constitution it
sell, and iaws psshed TO give It effect which
have neoer been aAedged TO be mco,lstitu
hoaot" She claims only the right to
Judge of inlractionS OF the Constitutional
compact, IN violation OF the reserved rights
OF the State, and Of arresting the progress
OF ursrrpatidn within Der own limits, and
when. AS in the Tariffs Of 1898, and 1854,
revenue and Observation-Disclosures and
Unconstitutional object. have been SO mixed
Up together, that it is found impossible 10
draw the line Of Discrimination, she has 10
alternative, but TO consider the whole as a
system. unconstitutional in its character, and
TO leave II 10 those who have woven the web,
TO onravel tire threads" South Carolina in
sists, and she appeals TO the whole political
history Of our country, IN support Of her po-
sitlon, "tbat the Constitution OF the United
States rs compact between sovereign States,
that II creates H couledtrated republic,
not having a single feature Of nationality 10
ITS foundation that the people of the sever
al States, IA distinct political communities,
ratified the Constitution, each State acting
for itseIt, and finding It's own Citizens, and
not those OF any otter State, the act Of ra
tihcation declaring ii to be binding on the
State so rati ylng-the States q e its authors
their power created it-thelf toce clothed II
with authority-the government which II
formed. is composed Of their agents, and the
Union of which II i. bound Is a Union of
States and not OF Observation-Disclosures as re-
CARDS the foundation aud exien. OF its power,
the government of the United States are AS
sovereign now as hey wele prior 10 the en-
terlng into The compact that the Federal
Constitution ia confederation ia the nature
o. treaiy-or an alliance by which SO many
Sovereign States agreed to exercise their SOW.
erIgn powers conj0ntfy upon certain objects
Ut external concern IN winch they are O.
gnaliy interested, such as sear. peace, com
n1escc, Foreign Negotiation, ard Indian
Trade; and upon all other subjects OF cisil
eoternneni, they we're 10 exercise their Sow
erinsty Tpe'aleiy
"For the nrenient conjoint exercise OF
the Sovereignty Of the State. there must Of
necessity be some Common agency or turc-
tIonary This agency is the Federal Gov
eminent 1t represents the confcderatod
States, and executes their joint Will, as ex
pressed in the Compact The powers Of this
Government are wholly deriuutise II pos
sesses no more inherent sovereignty than an
Incorporated town, or any other great cor
Porate body-it is a political corporation,
and, like all corporations, it looks for its
powers 10 an exterior source. That source
is the States.
South Carolina claims that by the Decia-
ration of Independence, she became, and has
ever since Continued, free, sovereign, and
independent State.
THAT, as sovereign State, she has the in
herea power, 30 do all those acts, which, by
the Law of Nations, any Prince or Poteniate
may of right do. That. like all dependent
States, she neither has, nor ought she TO sui.
fer any other restraint upon her sovereign
viii and pleasure, than those hiah moral OBJ
legations, under which all Princes and States
are, bound, before God and man. to perform
their solemn pledges. The inevitable con-
ciusicn from what has been said. therefore
IS, that ~ all cases of compact between In.
dependent SovereIgns, where, from the very
nature ofthinss, can be no common Judge or
empire, each sovereign has right 'tu Judge
as well of mfractions, as Of The mode and
measure of re6ress," so in the present con
iroIersy, between South Carom d and the
Federal Government, II belongs solely to her
by her delegates in solemn Convention as
seFnbed, to decide whether The federal com
pact be violated. and what remedy tho State
ought to pursue. South Carolina therefore
cannot, and will not. yield TO any depart.
,seBi Of the Federal Government right
winch enter5 into the tssence of all sovereign
v, and without which, it would become
bauhse aud home.'"
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