The Arkansas advocate., 1833-01-23

ergencies will probably arise, concerning which opinions will be so divided, that act as he may, your Chef Magistrate will have to encounter tie seyerest ccnsure and re- proa eh Nevertheless l will not shrink l from the task you have assigned me, but, reiying with confidence on your cordial snpport, aud on the wisdom and virtue, courage and patriotism of tie People,
 will walk steadily forward in the path of duty, indulging the hope that our united efforts for tie promotion of the welfare, honor, and safety, ef tie State may be crowned with success.
 1 In the great struggle in whici, we are engaged, for tine preservation oi cur rig hts ard liberties, is ed :. .:ai ton to assert and uphold the SOVEREIGN AuTHo-
 pITy OF THE STATE, aud to enforce, by all the means that may be entrusted to my hands, her SOVEREIGN mILl.. i recognize 10 allegiance a paramount to that which the citizens of 2. Carolina owe to he State of ti.eir birth, or their adoption. here publicly declare and wish If 10 be distinct l Iy understood that l shall feel myself bound by tbe highest of ali obligations. to carry into full effect, not only the Grdi- nance of the Convention bnt every Act of the Legislature, and every judgmenf of.our own courts, the enforcemeBtof vi l,ich may devoiVe or the Executive. l claim no right to revise theiracts Ii will be ny duty to execute them and that duty l mean, to the utmost of my power, faithful l ly to perform
 l In the administration of the ordinary duties Of ny office. 1t shall be ny constant aim, and earnes. endeayors 10 reconcile discordant opinions--to alia5 party animo. sities-and, as far as may 5e practicable l .t <.ff fn
 gard each other as brethren of one family l h the administration ofou criminal code, i l am firmly resolved to "execnte justrcc;" but shall endeayor to do so in the spirit of the Constitution, which iHstruets me that this shall be done ..in mercy" should despise myself, and feel ftlat was utterly unworthy Of public confidence if
 I were not unaiterably determined to per form this most painful part of my public 1 duty without ssfear, favor, or affection i The pure stream of public justice shall not be contaminated by personal feelings, or party ani,nosities.
 l And now, fellow citizens. having thus l frankly laId down the principles by which 1 ! inteud 10 be governed, in the administra- 1 ton of the affairs of the State, let us look forward, tosthe prospect before us, in or der that we may be prepared, to meet the crisis, as becomes men, firmly resolved to to our duty in every emergency. South l Carolina, after ten ears of unavailiug pe- titions and remonstraEces, against sys-
 fem of measures on the part of the Federal
 Governmens, which in common with the l etlier Southern States-~she has repeat edly declared. to be founded in usUR- PATIoN, ute erly subveraive of the rights, and aiai to tie prosperity of her people = i EaL n no far If ta xEafiI TsTfT
 SELF UPON HER SOVEREIGNTY, and made the solemn declaration that this system shali no longer be enforced within Ter im- l it's. All nope of 8 redress of this griev
 ance, from a4eturning sense If justice on inc part of our oppressors. orfrom any pro-
 bahie change in the policy of tic Govern ment, having fled, nothing was left for South Carolina. but to throw herseifupon 1 her reserved rigbts, 0r.to remain forever in condition of s'Colonial vassalage. "-- She has, therefore, resolved 10 stand upon l her rights, ,-aHd 1t is for her sister States. now, to determine, what Is to De done in this emergency. She has announced 10 them her anxious desire that this contro- vcrsy shall be amfcably adjusted, either l by satisfactory modification Of the Tariff, or by a reference Of the whole subject to 1 Convention of.all the States. Should nei- iler of these reasonable propositions be acceded to, then she will feel herself ius- tifed before God and Man, in firmly main taining the position she has assumed, until some other mode can be devised, for the removal of the difficulty. South Carolina IS anxiousiy desirous of liging at peace with her bretbrcn-;-she has not the re- motest wish to dissolve the political bands which have connected her with fhe great 1 A ca fIv af d1~ | With Thomas Jefferson st she wonld re- gard the dissolution of our UNION with them, as one ofthe greatest of evils but
 not the :gredtesf f,--there is one greater: l SUBMISSION TO GOVERNMENT WITHOUT LIMITATION OF POWERS ;' and such TO- yernTent be.conscientiorsly believes will l be our portion, should the system agaiust
 which she is now struggling. be finally es-
 abolished as the settled policy of the coun- try.
 ] Sontf Carolina IS solicitous to preserve 1 ..he CaAsT;TuTies, az nllr fathers framed
 lt-according to its true spirit. intent and meaning-butshe IS inflexibly determined never to surrender her reserved riphts
 nor to suffer the Constitutional compact to be converted into an instrument for tlfe
 oppression of Ter citizens.
 She cannot bring herself to believe.
 that standing as she does on the basis of the Constitution, and the iutmutable princi-
 pies of truth and justice. any attempt will
 he made by her confederate States, and
 least ot ali by the Government which they
 have created, for special purposes, 10 1 reduce her to subjection by military force
 scontederacy Of sovereign States, form
 ed by the free consent of all, cannot pos-
 sibiy be held together, by any other tie
 than mntua! sympathies and common inter est. The unhaIIow cd attempt to cement