The Arkansas advocate., 1833-01-30

] this Act. it shall be lawful for the Presi- dent of the United States 10 cali forth ] the Militia of such State, CT Of any oth- CT State or States, as may be necessary < to suppress such combinations, and to cause the Laws 10 be duly executed ;
 l The words here used, though they
 might be supposed 10 be very compre- ] lacnsve in their import, are restrained
 by those which follow. By the next
 section it IS declared, that .swllenever
 1t may be necessary il, the judgment c {!
 the President 10 use the Military force
 hereby directed to Dc called forth, the
 President shall forthwith, by Proclama
 ton, COMMAND SUCH INSURGENTS TO
 plspERsE and retire peaceably 10 their
 respective abodes within limited
 time. 0f reading these tso sections
 together, t IS manifest that they relate
 entirely to combinations ol individuals
 acting Of themselves without any lawful
 authority. The constituted authorities
 acting under tiiie laws of the State, and
 its citizens yielding obedieuce to it's
 commands, cannot possibly be consider
 ed as mere mob forming combinations
 against the authority and laws of the i Union, 10 be dispersed hy an Executive Proclamation, and any attempt so to treat them would be gross and palpa- 1 hle violation of the sovereign authority
 Of the State, and an offence punishable
 criminally in her own Courts.
 1 The power of the President, so far as this subject Is embraced, in relation 10
 the Army and Navy, is exactly COCK !, tensive with that over the Militia. By the stseetion of Act of Sd March, 1897, ; 1t is expressly provided, that in all cases of s.ehstrnetien to the laws of the United ; States, or ol any individual State, where
 it is lawful for the President to cafl ! forth the Militia for the purpose of caus- : ing the laws be duly executed, t shall be lawful for him to employ for the same ; purpose, such part of the iand CT naval [ force of inc United States as r0aY be ne a cessary, having first observed all the ], prerequisites oi Inc law n that respcct.a , : Here then ii IS seen, that unless the Pre- F sident Is resolved to disregard all coEsti
 tntional obligations, and 10 tranple the : laws oi liis country under his feet, he has ' no autlsofliy whatever fo Nse farce T. l gainsl South Carolina, and should he :. attempt 10 do so, the patriotic citIze IS ol sl thisState, know too welltheir own rights.
 and have too sacred regard 10 their duties, to hesitate one moment, in re. ], polling invasion, come from what quar- ter if may. Could they he detcrred by E threats Of lawiess violence, or any ap. r prehension of consequences, from the faithful performance of their duty, they 1 would feel that they were tine unworthy descendants of the spnekneys, Sum ters, aud Rutledges, and q thousand other names which adorn the pages Of : our revolutionary history some ol ; whom have just gone from among us, , and been gathered to their fathers, leav- ing as a legacy tlser solemn injunction l that we should never.abandon this con test until we shall have obtained "a
 fresh understanding of fthe b.ngdia.," and ~i sSstOtSu tDC BHCttICS fOt 0ttCis ttlGS fought and bled. Others still finger among US. animating us by their exam pie, and exhoftng us to maintain that
 ''solemn Ordinance and Declaratien'' which they have subscribed with their
 own names, and in support of which they have pledged tbeir lives, their for ! tunes and their sacred honor.''
 l,
 i, The President has intimated in his : Proclamation that standing army , , IS about 10 be raised 10 carry secession ], into effect. South Carolina desires that I her true position shall be clearly under stood both at nome, and abroad. Her
 object Is not ssdisuaionn-sIae has raised no ..standing Army.o and if driven to I repel invasion or resist aggression, she } will do so by the strong arms and stout } hearts of her citizens. South Carolina
 has solemnIy proclaimed her purpose ;
 that purpose is fhe rindicotion of her s1 r7ghts. She has professed a sincere at , tachmcnt to the Union; and that to the utmost of her power she will endeavor to preserve it,ssbut believes that for ihis 1 end, 1t is her duty to watch over and ops
 pose any infraction of those principles