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be peFmittedby their supcriors. When they step beyond these limits, limit es :: federal officer will set at uought their decrees, repeal their solemuordlnances -pfooii5li their their citizens citizens :e b sGsA. TORS, and reduce them to subjeetion by military force; and if driven to despe- ration, they should seek refuge in se- cession, tl.ey are to be told that they have bound themselves to those who have perpetrated or efmiited these en- ermities, in the.iron bonds of a sspER- PETUAL UNION"

 lfthese principles could be establish ed, then indeed would the days of our liberty be numbered, and the republic will have found MASTER. Ii South Carolina had not already taken her stand against the usurpation oi tine fede- raj government, here would have been an occasion, when she must have ieit herself impelled by every impulse Of pa- tIiotism and every sentiment oi duty, to stand forth, in open defiance Of the ar bitrary decrees of the executive, when sovereign State is denounced, her au- tharity deridcd, tie allegiance of her citizens denied, and sEe is threatened with military power 10 reduce her to obedience to the will of one of the fune- tionaries of the federal government, by whom she IS commended 10 ssiear from her archives her most solemn decrces surely the lime has come when Ii must be seen whether the people of the several States have indeed lost the spirit lof the revolution. and whether they are 10 become the willing instruments ol au unhallowed despotism. h such Il sa- cred cause South Carolina will feel that she is striving not for her own, but the 1 liberties of the Union and the RIGHTS OF MAN, and sine confidently trusts that the issue of this contest will be an example io freenaenanda a lesson to oruiers through. oui the world.

 FELLow-s .IrrzENs-1n the name and behalf of South Carolina, do once more solennly warn you against all at. tempts to seduec you from your primary allegiance 10 the State,-l charge you to he faithful 10 your duty as citizens o } South Carolina, and earnestly exhor, ] YOU 10 disregard tllose ssvain menaces' of military force, which, if the presi. dent. in violation of all his constitution al obligations, and Of your most sacred rights. should be tempted to employ, if would become your solemn daty al all hazards to resist. ] require you 10 be fully prepared, 10 sustain the dignity and protect the liberties of inc Slate. fl l need he, aith vour s,lives and fortunes 5 l And may that great good PHrNe. who. as tsfather careth for his cbildren.r .r inspire us win thai HOLY zrAr. IN 4 GOOD CAUSE. which is the REST sArE. GUARD OF OUR RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES.

 in testimony whereof. have T. - caused the seal of the State to lh' s'I be hcreunto affixed. and have

 signed the same with my hand.

 Done at Columbia, this 2Oth aav oj December, in the year of our Lord 1899, and in the Independence of tbe United States, the fifty-seventh.

 ROBERT Y. HAYNE. Ry the Governor.

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