East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-01-03
south. Caroiina's Declaration of
Independence.

sSThesf9llowias is tae repsrs of ia com;
'mitss appointed bytte South Carolina
Con veniion, 10 set forth to tho anxious
world the causes which hsveimH elled her
10 array herself against hpc General Gov,
ernmcut and the opinions Of mankind:
"The State Of South Carolina having
,deierrDsned to tesunlea .separate--a nd.
equal rank among nations, deems II due
lFoIhg@lf and thes rrmaiuingf United
States Of America AMI the haiidns OF the
world that she should declare the causes
\ WHICH lei to the act. IN l1G} that porI
tion of the lBriaSh empire Iembraemt
Great Britain, undertook 10 make law
.ffor.the gevernmeat-ot the-Ametiean- cob
onics. A,strUggte for the fright of self
Government enSiled which resulted on
the 9TH day of July, l776, ia a deeiara
tinn bv the colonies that they are, and of
RIGHT ought to he, free and independent
States, and that as free and indedendent
States they have full power To levy war,
conclude peace, contract alliances, estah
fish commerce, and to 30 such things as
independent States have the right TO do
They further solemnly declared that
whenever any form of government be-
comes destructive of these ends, it is the
established right of the people to alter
and abolish it, and institute new gov
crnmcnt. Deemiug that the government
Of Great Britain had become destructive
of these ends, they declared the colonies
free and ahsolved from allegiance to the
British crown, and the political connec-
ton between them and Great Britain
was fatally dissolved. .as
"The committee say the right of a
State to govern itself, and the right of
the people to abolish a government when
it becomes destructive of the ends for
which it was instituted; were expressed
when the c0lonieS separated from the
mother country and became free and in.
dependent States. The parties amend-
inr the Constitution on the l1th of sep
tember, 1887 were the sevcral sovereign
States.
"On tho 23l Of May, 1888, South
Car6lina, bya Convention Of her people,
asssntt / to the amended Constitution of
the United States. The failure of one
Of the contracting parties to maintain
constitutional obligations released the
other. Fifteen the Northern States
have deliberately refused for years to
fulfill their obligations. We would re
fer to those States for proof of this
When the fourth article Of the Constitu.
ton was adopted the greater number OF
! the contracting parties held slaves. The
hostility of the Northern States to the
institution Of slavery had led them Ia
dsrepard their constitutional obligations
The laws of the General Government
have ceased to effect the objects Of the
Constitution. Maine, New Hampshire
! Vermont. Massachusetts, Connecticut
RhodeIsland New Y DIRK. Pennsylvania
Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Wis
. consin and Iowa have enacted laws either
: nullifvinr the Constitution, or RENDERING
= useless all attempts to execute the act,
of Congress. In many Of these State,
rugitives 'held to service and to labor,
j, have been claimed, but in none Of then
has tie STATE government complied will
, tho stipulation on this subject made ii
the Constitution. a.l H. ar ~
! Elm the formation of the Federal Gov
: eminent each State was recognized a
! an equal: the right Of property in slave,
! was recognized Nv Givinr all free persons
: distinct politiral rights; bv giving then
the right to represent, and burdcniGl
j., them with direct taxes for three-ifths %
: their slaves; BY authorizing the impnrta
, tion Of slaves for twenty years. and hN
;. Stipnlating for the rendition Of fugitivc'
, from labor. The ends for which thi
Government was instituted have been de-
I, fcated and the Government itself made
i, holding States. Those States assumed
. the right ofdcciding upon the proprie,.
OF our domestic institutions. They de
:. nied the rights Of property established il
:, fifteen States and recognized by tht
= Constitution. They have denounced a.
= sinful the Institution of slavery; have per
= mtted the open establishment Of socie
% ties whose avowal and object are to dis
4 turb the peace and prosperity of tho
5 citizens of other States; they have encour
aged and assisted thousands of our slave:
to leave their homes, and those who re
I main have been melted by emissaries
q by books and pictures to servile insurrec
l. ton. Twenty-Five years this agitation
q has been steadily increasing, until they
have secured the power of the common
: government. pod OBJ EH rtll 90,
i .slg0bserving the forms Of the Constit u
e tion, a sectional party has found within
. that article, establishing an executive
= department, means Of snbvertinc th'
e Constitution itself. A geographical lin,
If has been drawn across the Union, and al
States North of thot line have united il
!, the elevation Of man to the high Office
!, Of President Of the United States who's,
! opinions and purposes are hostile t.
J. slavery. He is to be entrn sted with tht
administration Of tho common govern
mont, because 1t is declared that gov
eminent cannot endure permanently bal
e slave aud half free, and that the public
l. mind must rest in the belief that slavery
Il is in the course Of ultimate extinction
! The sectional combination for the sub
, rertion of the Constitution has been aid
Is ed in the States in elevating to citizen