The Arkansas advocate., 1833-01-23
GREAT MEETING IN BOSTON.
From the Boston Daily .adveyfise,..

GREAT MEETING IN BOSTON.
 From the Boston Daily .advesaise,..
 On the l7th ut. q large assembly of our most respectable citizens, convened at Faneuil Hall, to take into considera- ton the proceedings of the Legislature and Convention of South Carolina. and the late Proclamation of the President ot the United States, and to express their Sentiments thereon. The Hon. Charles Wells, Mayor of the City, was chosen Chairman. After some desul. tory remarks on the part of one or two gentlemen, the Hon. Thomas II. Per klns offered the following resolutions:
 Resolped, That the members of this meeting have read with high satislac- ton the recent Proclamation of the Pre-. sident Of the United States.
 Resotped, That in the present situa- tioii Of public affairs, when the nteeri- ty of the Union and Of the Constitution are seriously menaced, the issuing of such Proclamation is; in the judgment Of this meeting, q wise, timely, and pa triotic act.
 Resoived, That We recognize, in this Proclamation, the unequivocal mani. festationof decision, by the President. to uphold the government, and to main tain the regular and juslaulhority of the laws, by the exercise of such constitu- tional and legal powers as are. or ma, be, vested in the Executive for that pur- pose.
 Res0lped, That, in our opinion, the Proclamation exhibits, if d full, clear. and forcible manner, the true pri1ci- pies on which the Constitution and Go vernment of the United States rest: and on which alone they can be successfully maintained and administered and con- tains powerful and impressive appeal 10 the good sense and enlightened patri- otIsm of the People. We hold these po- lltlcal truths, which we conceive to be expressed in the Proclamation, 10 be un- deiiable: that the Government of the United States was ordained and estab- lished by the People of the United States; that its leading object was to form among thens more perfect Union and to create, for the common good of the whole, more efficient Govern. ment than had existed under the Con- federation; that the Government ofthe United States extends, though with linn tied and special powers, over .!ie Peo. pie of all the States; and that, 10 the full extent of these powers, the People of the United States are one peonlc : that the Government of the United States is GOVERNMENT, and not a league; that it owes duties to indi- vlduals; and, on the other hand, that individuals owe respect and obedience to it's laws: that the Constitution itself declares what overt acts shall be con sidered treason against the United States. thereby affirming the soYereign- ty of the United States, afid the alleei- ance due to it's Government by the Peo. pie; that the Government of the Uni ted States, not being league or con. federacy between States, but Consti- tutional Government, operating direct ly uponiadividaals, and rightfaliy claim. ing their obedience, no State has power to withdraw the allegiance of the Peo- pie from that Government, or to sanc- ton disobedience to its laws; that the Constitution contemplates no such pos s!bility as the secession of State, or the People of State, from inc Union; that it establishes Gnvernfnent =h!:ch, tie People may at all times alter and amend at their pleasure, but which is designed to be perpetual, without linn itation of time. and with no such self destroying principle as right reserved to any portion ofthe People to withdraw their allegiance from it at their owf, will: that secession is, inits very nature, de- structive of the Constitution; that it is revolutionary; an act done. if done at all, not under the Constitution, but in l defiance of it, and only to be justified