Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-12-15
Tn order still further 10 secure The IN

terrupted exercise of those high powers
against State interpostion, it is provided that
tins Constitution and the laws Of the United
States which shall bc made in pursuance
thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall
be made, under the authority of the United
States, shall be the supreme law of the land;
and the Judges in every State shall be bound
thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws
OF any State to the contrary Notwithstanding"
The solemn sanction of religion has been
supcraddcd to the obligations of official duty,
and all senator's and representatives of the
United States, all mcmbers of State legsla-
lures and all executive and judicial officers,
both of the United States and of the scvc.
RAJ States. shall be bound by oath or afGrma-
tion to support this Constitutions
In order to carry into effect these powers,
the Constitution has established perfect Gov
crnmcnt in all its forms, Legislative, Exccu-
tive and Judicial and this Government to
the extent of its powers, acts directly upon
the individual citizens OF every State, and ex-
ecutcs its own dccrccs by the agency of its
own officers In this respect it differs entire
ly from the Government under the old Con-
federation, which was confined to making re-
QUESTIONS on the States in their sovereign
character. This left in the discretion of each
whether to obey or to refuse, and they often
declined to comply with such acquisitions.
1t thus became necessary for the purpose of
removing this barrier, and "n order to form
Il more perfect Union to establish Govern
mcnt which could act directly upon the pco
pie, and execute its own laws without the in
tcrmcdiate agency of the States This has
been accomplished by the Constitution of the
. United States
| In short, the Government created by the
/ Constitution, and deriving its authority from
the sovereign people of each of the several
States, has precisely the same right to cxcr-
else its power over the people of all these
States, in the enumerated cases that each one
OF them possesses over subjects not delegated
to the United States but reserved to the
States, respectively, or to the people"
To the extent Of the dclegatcd powers, the
Constitution of TIE United States is as much
Il part OF the Constitution of each State, and
is as binding upon its people, as thought had
been textually inserted therein
This Governments therefore, is great and
powerful Government, invested with all the
attributes of sovereignty, over the special sub
jcctS to whc! its authority extends It's fra
mcrs never intended to implant in its bosom
the seeds of its own dcstructon nor were
! providing for it's own dissolution 1t was not
/ intended by its Trainers to be the basclcss fab
ric of vision which, at the touch of the en- /.
chantcr, would vanish into thin air, but sub
stanta and mighty fabric, capable of resist
ing the slow decay of time and of dcfyng the
storms of ages. Indeed, we'll may the ical-
Gus patriots Of that day have indugcd fears
that a government OF such high powers might
VIOlntp ~ lri,r1 Of
wisely did they adopt the rule of a,.stri,t con
s'ruct'on Of tA.csa pa&2Ss-'to prevent the dan,
@%s% But they did not fear, nor had they any
reason to imagine, that the Constitution
would ever be So interpreted rs to enable any
State, by her own act, and without the con,
sent OF her sister states, to DISCHARGE her pco.
/ pie from all or any of their Federal relations.
1t may be asked then, are the people of
the States without redress against the tyranny
and oppression of the Federal Government -?
| Ijjy no means. The right of resistance on
'hc part OF the governed against the opprcs.
sion OF their governments cannot be denied
1t exists independently of all constitutions,
and has been exercised at all periods of the
world history. Under it old governments
nave been destroyed, and new ones have ta
ken their place, 1t is embodied in strong
and express language in our own Declaration
OF independence. But the distinction must
ever be Observed that this is revolution
against an established Government, and not
voluntary secession from it by virtue of an
inherent constitutional right In short, let
MS look the danger fairly in the face Srces
SION is neither more nor less than revolution.
IT may or 1t may not be justinbe rcyolu-
ton, but still it is revolution.
what, IN the mean time, is the responsible
ity and true position of the Executive? lie
Is bound by solemn oath before God and the
country " to take care that the laws be faith
iulIy executed" and from this obligation he
cannot be absolved by any human power
Bl't what if the performance of this duty. in
whole or in part, has been rendered impracti.
cable by events over which he could have cx
erclScd no control? Such, at the prcsant mo-
mcnt, is the case throughout the State of
South Carolina, so far MS the laws of the United
states to secure the administration of Justice.
hy means of the Federal Judiciary, are con.
ccncd All the Federal officers within it's
limits, through whose agency alone these
laws can be carried into execution, have al
ready resigned We no longer have a Dis.
trict Judge, District Attorney, ora Marshal.
III South Carolina. In fact. the whole ma
chlncry of the Federal Government, ncccssa
ry for the distribution of remedial Justice
among the people, has been demolished and
1T would be difficult, if not impossible, to re-
place it,
Inc only acts of Congress on the statute.
book, bearing upon this subject, are those of
the 18TH of February, 1895, and 3D. March
iool These authorize the President after
he shall have aSccrtained that tho ,norsbol Will,