E1'EEE ADVOCATE.
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Ihe Presidents proc}opoti0n. We exceedingly regret that we have not

 room for the whole of this highly inter- esting document, which is dated on tho. f0tb nlt. Wecan only give the most Important views, taken by the Pres- dent, ofthe Constitution and laws, as. applicable to the present state of things in South Carolina. After cnaalerating the positions set forth in the Ordinance passed by the Convention, he states

 To preserve this bond of our political

 existence from destruction, to. maintain Iinyiolate this state ofnational honorand prosperity, aud to justify the confidence flay fellow citizens have reposed ir me, HI, 4adfese Jacfson, P,eslaesa of ft1e Chg. lted StQtes, have thought proper to issue this my PROCLAMATION, stating

 my views of the Constitution and laws applicable to the measures adopted by

 the Conyentiono South Carolina, anG Fthe reasons they have put forth to sus-

 tain them, declaring the course which duty wilIrequire me to pursue, and, ,ap- l Peailng tosthe understanding and pairi- fotism of the people, warn them of the

 consequences that must inevitably re- Esult from an observance of ille dictates

 of the Convention. .| He then goes onto state the eonstita- l tional remedy for unconstitutional acts 1 .Eof Congress-bs an appeal to the Ju.

 diciary, or an appeal to the people ol

 the States. He shews tl,e fatal tendcn. icy ef the views held ny the Gonvesttion

 and remarks:

 If South Carolina considers the reve

 nue laws unconstitutional, and has { right to prevent theil execution in tl1t port of Charleston, there would be z clear constitutional objection to thei

 collection in every other port, and ns [ tfreyenue could be collected anywhere for all imposts must be equal. Itis n, l answer 10 repeat that an nunconstitution ! al law is no law, so long as the qnestiol } of its legality is to be decided by tn . State itself; for every law operatin

 injurioasly upon any local interest wi

 Dc perhaps thought, and certainly re Il presented, as unconstitutional, and, q n has been shown, there is no appeal. S, If this doctrine had been establishe ss at an earlier day, the Union woul