Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1833-01-24

Gus alternative OF permitting the State to oh
struct the execution Of the laws within il:
limits, or seeing il attempt to execute the
threat OF Withdrawing from the Union. Bott
these purposes, says the message, are revo
lu,ionary in their character and tendency. s
subyersive OF the laws and of the integrity
of the Union.
The message then enters at length into
discussion OF the rights of the Government
and OF the States, &c, and adds that, in de
Gliding upon the course imposed upon tue au
liberties of the Union 10 the present crisis,
II must not be overlooked, that there is no
sufficient cause for the acts of South Carroll
ma, or for her placing in jeopardy the happi.
ness of so many millions OF people, To es.
tabllsh which, the message enters into re-
cital Of The ailedged grievances, with some
examination Of their reality, Sc.
The President then adverts 10 the solemn
duty imposed by the oath of the Executive
to take care the laws be executed, and ex.
amines the extent Of the powers already con
ferred upon him for that purpose. Suisse
euently to the date Of the instructions 10
Collectors, already referred to, and TO the
passage of the ordinance, information is SAID
TO have reached the Executive that itlwoulJ
be impractible for the Collector Of Charles
ton to preserve the custody ofvessels detain-
ed by him, against any attempt t. remove
vessels and cargoes from his custody The
removal of the custom house, therefore, from
Charleston to Castle Pinckney, was deemed
measure Of necessary precaution.. From
the nature OF things. however, similar pre-
caution cannot be observed with respect &c
the ports of Georgetown aud Beaufort, il
| South Carolina. After recurring TO the va
rious penal and other provisions of The late
| State acts, the message suggests the pTotec
| ton Of the collection Of the reveniie, by pla
| cling the custom house beyond the immedi
ate power OF the Courts. The message also
! suggests the expediency OF providing by law
that the Presides, of the United States may
| be authorized to alier and abolish such oil
| the districts and ports of entry. in any State
| as shall be necessary. and 10 establish the
| custom house oil any port so abolished, in
some secure port or harbor Of the same
State, Sc.
AS even these provisions cannot ALWAYS
protect the officers Of the custoDle in the dis
charge of their duty, the Message furthur re.
commenGs the revival, with some mod,fica
tons better adopted 10 the occasion. OF the
9th section Of the act Sd OF March. 1915.
anthorising the removal Of causes agains.
officers OF the Government, in certain cases,
from the State Courts to the Courts of the
! United States. 1t is also suggested as .expe-
| dent, 10y modifying the exiS'ance legal pro-
| vision on the subject, to authorize the Mar
r ehal to make the necessary provision for the
safe keeping of prisoners committed under
| his authority Of the United States.
| The Message closes with some remarks,
| in which the President expresses his reliance
on the disposition of each DEPARTMENT of The
! government TO perform its duty: Whilst a
| iorbearing spin, may, and he trusts will, be
| exercised towards the errors OF our brethren
in particular quarter, duty TO the rest OF
TIE Union (says The Presidency demands that
open and organized resistance to the Laws
shall he executed with impunity, lie trusts
that the present difficulties may result in
proving that the Constitution and the Laws
are Supreme, and the Union indissoluble.
The whole Message, 6r hich this is bat a
brief and ueagre outline, is written with much
ability, and the whole, contents OF it, when
published at large, will command universal
attention. The reading OF il produced, in
both Houses, very considerable sensation.
but no greater than was natural on such &C
casion.
The following is an extract from an ad
dres delivered by Col. Preston, at meeting
of the citizens of Richlapd, s. C. on 22d ult
lie thus alludes to the Presidents Proclama.
tion:
"Among the many events that were crowd
ed around them. he was hound to direct the
attention Of his fellow citizens to the Procla
nation of the President II was an act more
prolific of mischief. more hreatning, more
portentous of the utter and sudden overthrow
of all freedom, than this country, in the ma
tural decay and corruption Gifts institutions,
could well have expected, for centuries TO
come. Not only must the votaries of liberty
in this country, and .yherever freedom has
voice, pronounce curses upon it, but all
! tongues and times will join in the execraiion.
Il was such an act. as would have cost an
| English Premier his head-such an act as