Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-01-08
A PROCLAMATION TO SOUTH

he loilOHlHS pToCldHd1lon, lSSsueu
by President jackson, after his re-elec-
ton in 1882, to the citizens of South
Carolina, who showed disposition to
rebel against the general government.
will show in what light he would have
viewed the past attempt to overthrow
our government. Let every professed
Democrat who reads this, examine him.
self, and see whether he be in the faith
and practice of pure Democracy"
o. V. P.
Fellow citizens of my native State
Let me not only admonish you. as the
first magistrate of our common country.
not to incur the penalty of its laws. but
let me use the influence that father
would over his children whom he saw
rushing to certain ruin. In that pater-
nal language, with that paternal feeling,
let me tell you, my couutrymen, that
you are deluded by men, who are either
deceived themselves. or wish to deceive
you. Mark. under what pretences you
have been led on to the brink of insur-
rection and treason on which you stand !
Look back at the acts which have bro t
you to this state Look forward to the
consequences to which it must inevitably
lead And something more is necessary
Contemplate the condition of that ceu5
try of which you form an important
part Consider its government, uniang
in one bond of common interest and gen.
eral protection, so many different States ;
giving to all their Inhabitants the proud
title of American citizens protecting
their commerce; securing their literature
and their arts; facilitating their inter-
communication defending their from
tiers and making their name respected
in the remotest parts of the earth Con-
slider the extent of its territory; its in
creasing and happy population ; its ad-
vance in arts which render life agreea-
Bile, and the sciences which elevate the
mind See education spreading the
light of religion. humanity and genera
information, into every cottage in this
wide extent of our territories and States
Behold it as the asylum where III,
wretched and the oppressed find ref
- 1 nnk on this Dictur
S of happiness and honor, ana say. f'Hs ny
f too, are citizens of America Carolin
Is one of these proud States. Her arm
! have defended, her best blood has ce
. mented this happy Union = Aud the
add if you can without horror and re
5 morse. This happy Union We will dis
f solve this picture of peace and prosper
n ity, We will deface this free intercours
: We will interrupt these fertile field
8 we will deluge with blood the protec
IS tion of that glorious flag we renounce
j and the very name of Americans We di
s card u And for what. mistaken men
is for what do you throw away these inc
8 Unable blessings ? For what woul
IS you exchange your share in the adval
FL tages and honor of the Union ? For ii
1IV~u4 "r svp~--t~ ;-l-r~-I~.~v
re dream interrupted by bloody cOnhic
ct with your neighbors. and vile depen
D. ence on foreign powers If y our lea
N ers could succeed in establishing a sep
st ration, what would be your situation
% Are you united at home? Are you fir
a from the apprehensions of civil discor
Re with all its fearful consequences ? |
ID our neighboring republics-every d.
o. suffering some new revolution, or CO
D. tending with some new Instruction
ne they excite your envy? But the d
20 tates of high duty oblige me solemn
be to announce that you can not succee
The laws of the United States must
executed. have no discretionary pow
on the subject; my duty is emphatlcal
a' pronounced in the constitution. Tho
=, who told you that you might peaceab
- prevent their execution, deceived yol
% they could not have been deceived the
Is selves. They know that forcible Q
position could alone prevent the exec
" ton of the laws; and they know tn
such opposition must be repealed. Tn,
" object is disunion; but be not deceiv
,e' by names disuniou. by armed force,
" TREASON Are you really ready
~ incur its guilt ? If you are. on t
= heads of the instigators of this act
- the dreadful consequences; on tn
heads be the dishonor; but on yours m
" fall the punishment and. on your I
happy State. will inevitably fall all I
he evils of the conflict you now force up
ed the government of your country. Z
Sc there is yet time to show that the {
Ter scendants of the Pinckneys. the Sun
to ters, the Rutledges. and of the thousa
I'm other names, which adorn the pages
he our Revolutionary history, will not alb;
no don that Union, to support which so n
18th ny of them fought, and bled. and dl
len | therefore adjure you, as you hol
lsh their memory; as you love the cause
tn, freedom to which they dedicated til
ers lives as you prize the peace of "
pa country, the lives of its best citiz,
err. and your own fair tame. to retrace "
re steps. Snatch from the archives of "