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PROCLAMATION,
by the G0res,sor OF So,rsb
Carolina.

Carolina.
WnrnEAs, the President Of the Tinted
States hath issued his Proclamation concern
tng an Ordnance IF "a. People of Sc.,h Co
rctsna, to nullify certain acts Of the Congress,
OF the United States" laying duties and ,,n-
posts Tor the protection of domestic manufac-
lures.
And WBEREAs, the Legislature of South
carolina, now in session, taking into con,i-
deration the matters contained IN the said
Proclamation OF the President, have adopted
Preamble and Resolution TO the following
effect, viz:
"WuEREAS, the President Of the United
states has issued his Proclamation, denounc-
ing the proceedings of this State, calm. upon
the citizens thereof TO renounce their prima-
ry allegiance, and Threatening them with
military coercion, UNIV arrantcd by the Con-
sttution, and utterly inconsistent with the
existence Of free State, be il there fore
hssoirtd, That his EXcellency the Governor
be requested, forthwith, to issue his ProcIa-
nation, warning the good people of the State
against the attempt of the President OF the
United States To seducc them from their al
iegfance, cxhorting them to disregard his vain
menaces, and to be prepared to sustain the
dignity, and protect the liberty of the State.
against the arbitrary measures proposed by
the President"h
Row !, RossRT Y. IIAYSE, Governor Of
south Carolina, in obe iience to the said Reso-
luton, do hereby issue this my Proc lamation,
soiemniy warning tire good people of thi,
state Against the dangerous and pernicious
doctrine promulgated IN the said Proclamation
OF the President, as calculated to mislead
their Judgments as TO the true character of
inc government under which they live, and
The paramount obligation which they owe to
the State, and manifestly intended to seducc
them from their allegiance, and by drawing
tnem 10 the support of the violent and I'M
lawful measures contemplated by the Prcsi-
dent, to involve them in the guilt Of Rebellion.
would earnestly admonish them 10 beware
oil The specious, but false doctrines by which
II IS now attempted to be shewn III AZ the seye-
raj states have not retained their entire soye-
reignty; that "the allegiance OF their ci,i-
zens was transferred, in the first i,,sis.r,. TO
tne Government Of the United States - that
State cannot be said TO be sovereign nd
independent whose citizens owe obedience TO
laws not made by il - that " even under the
Ioyai government We had no separate charac-
Ter - that the Constitution has created ga
national goVernment," which is not a COM
pact between sovereign states"-'that n stale
mas no right 10 seeeds"-in a word that ours
Is naho"a! government, in which the pc ople
oil All Inc states are represented, and by which
we arc constituted Z" one peopIs"-and that
our Representatives in Congress are all repre.
sentatives OF the United States, and not Of the
particular states from which they Gomez
doctrines which uproot the very foundation
OF our political system--annihilate the rights
OF the states-and utterly destroy the lber-
ties Of the citizen
u requires no reasoning TO shew what the
bare statement OF these propositions demon
stratc, that such n government as is here de-
scribed, has not a single feature Of con-
federated republic. II is in truth an aeon
rate deiineation, drawn with bold hand of
great consolidated empire" Or. and indi.
visible, and under whatever specious form
Its powers may be masked, il is IN fact Tho
worst Of all dcspotisms, in Which The sniri, If
an arbitrary government i, suffered ~ ~ p
Vaoe institutions protesting to be free such
was not the government Tor which our fathers
fought and bled, and offered up their lives
eoo iortusIcs as a willing sacrifice. Such was
MOI the government which the great and pa
UGotic men who called the Union into being,
In the Plenitude Of their VISIONS, framed. -
Such was not the government. which the IA
theirs Of the republican faith, led on by the
Apostle Of American Liberty, promulgated
and successfully maintained in 179s, aud by
which they produced the great political re-
Volutiou effected nj that auspicioas era To
government based on such principles South
Caroiina has not been a voluntary party, and
to such government she will never give her
assent
The records Of our history do. indeed, ar
ford the prototype Of these sentiments, which
. 10 be found in the recorded opinion 81
those, who, when the constitution was framed
were IN favor 81 a " firm national Govern
meni, IN which tbs states should stand "a
the same relation % the Uaiou. that the colo
MES did towards the mother country The
Journals of the Convention and tho secret
history of the debates, will SHOW that this
party did propose TO secure 90 the Federal
Government an absolute supremacy over the
states, by giving them a negative upon their
laws bat TIC same history also teaches Us,
That all these propositions were rejected. ani
FEDERAL GOvernment was finally establish
ed, recognizing the sovereignty Of hc states,
and leaving the constitutional compact On the
same footing of all other cDmpacis, between
parties having no common superior"
u u the natural and necessary consequence
Of the principles thus authoritatiseiy an.
Dounced By the President, a. constituting the
very bass Of our political system, that the
FEDERAL Government j. unlimited and W
preme being The exclusive JUDGE Of the cx.
tent Of hs Owp powers, the laws u Cougrcss
sanctioned By the Executive and the Judi.
ciary, whether passed In direct violation ol
the Constitution and the rights Il The states,
or not, are " the supreme law ~ the land. "
Hence Il h that the President obviously con.
siiers the words made 10 pursuance q the