The Northern star, and farmers' and mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1830-1834, 1833-01-05

and puts this denial on the ground "that
from, the time the States parted with so
many powers aa TO constitute Jointly with
the other States a SINGLE NATION, thew
cannot itofn tkat period posiess any right
70 secede." What then remains Of those
dafiehtsi of,xhan 6fa1es'h for (which the
Ffe1den& Yossesses 20 /" high a, rever-
'ense,""II s1lp wbst DC they 4, consist And
by what tenure are they held? The un-
coptrored will OF the federal government.
Like any one petty corporation, tho
States may exert siicho powers and such
only as may be permitted BY, their superb
ors. When they step beyond these lin
its, even federal officer will set at
nought their DEGREES, repeal their solemn
ordinances,-proclaim their citizens to be
TnA,,oRs, and reduce them to subiection
by milifary force; and ifdyiyen to desper-
alton they shv uld seek a refuge in secess-
ion, they are to be tod they. have bound
themselves to those who lave Peipetrat-
ed or permitted these enotnmt!os, Gin the
iron bonds of PERPETuALUni6s."
Ifthese principles cosldTb sstabllshed,
then indeed would the days Of our liberty
be numbered, and the republic, will have
found MASTER. If South Carolina had
not already taken her stand against the
of the federal governnent,
here would have been an occasion, when
she must have felt herself impelled by ev-
cry impulse of patriotism and every sem
timent of duty, to stand forth, in open de-
fance of the arbitrary DEGREES Of the ex-
ecutive, when sovereign State is de-
nounced, her authority decided, the al.
legiance of her citizens denied, and she is
with military power to reduce
her to obedience to the will of one of the
functionaries Of the federal government.
by whom she is commanded to " tear from
her archives" her most solemn decrees-
surely the time has come when it must be
seen whether the people of the several
States have indeed lost the spirit of the
revolution, and whether they are to be.
come the willing instruments Of an unhal-
lowed despotism. In such a sacred cause
South Carolina will feel that she is strik.
ing not for her own, but the liberties of
the Union and the RI GIFTS of MAN, and she
confidently trusts that the issue of this
contest will be an example to freemen and
a lesson to rulers throughout the world.
FELLow-CITIzENs--In the name and
behalf of the state Of South Carolina, I
do once more solemnly warn you rgainst
all attempts to seduce your primary allie.
glance to the State-I charge you to be-
faithful to your duty as citizens of South
Carolina, and earnestly exhort you to dis
regard those 'unenances' of military force.
which, ifthe President, in violation of oil
his constitutional obligations, and of your
most sacred right, should be tempted to
employ, it would become your solemn du
ties at all hazards to resist. ,....
! require you to be fully prepared, to.
sustain tho dignity & protect the liberties
Of the State, If need be with your elves
and fortunes" And may that great and
good BEING who, as ca father careth for
his children" inspire US with that Ho-
LY ZEAL, IN A Good CAUSE, which is the
BEST SAFEGUARD OF OUR RIGHTs AND LIE
ERTIEs.
In testimony whereof, / have caused
the seal Of the State to be hereunto affix-
ed, and have signed the same with my
hand.
Done at Columbia, the Goth day of De-
cember, iu the year Of Our Lord 1892,
and in the independence of the United
States, the fiRy-seventh. &;a
=. ROBERT Y. HAYNE.
BY the Governor,
SAMUEL HAMMOND, Sec'ry Of State.