United States, acting under Inc laws,
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t from suits and prosecutions Ill the tribu- nals of the Stale which might thereai- ter be brought against them, nor would 1t protect their property from the pro- ceedntg by distress: and ii may we'll be apprehendcd that it would be inefficient { to ensure a proper respect to the pro ef the ;t:sis |. prosecutions for otIeaces against the United States, and to protect the autho- rifles of the United States, whether a. divial or ministerial, in the performance Of their duty. It would, moreover, be inadequate to extend the protection due I from the Government to that portion oi the people of South Carolina. againsi outrage and oppression of ans kind, who may manifest their attacllNent and yield obedience to the laws ofthe Union. It may, therefore, be desirable to re- viYe, with some moditications better adapted to the occasion, the 9th section of the act of the 3d of Nfarch, 1915, which expired donthe ith Of March. ISl7, by the limitation of that of 27th Of April, lSl6, and to provide that, in any case where suit shall be brought against any individual in the Courts Of the State for any act done under the laws of 1 the United States, fe should be autho- rized to remove the said cause, by peti- tion, into the Circuit Court of the Unit ed States, without any copy of the re cord, and tbat that Court should proceed te near ard determine the same, as il i had been originaii, instituted therein; sad that, in al cases of injuries to the persons or property Of individuals, act. l ing andef tIse laws Of the United States. l foi disobedenee 10 the ordinance and laws of South Carolina, in performance thereof, redress may be sought in the Courts Of the United dsStates.

 IImay be expedieat, also, by modify Ing the resolution of the 3d March, i79l, to authorize tic ATarsi,9is 10 make the necessary provisions for the safe.kecp- ing of prisoners committed under the authority of the United States.

 Provisions less than these, consisting, as they do, for the most part, rather of Il revival of the policy of former acts called for by tlse existing emergency, ] than of the introduction oi any anusnal 1 or rigorous enaetnents, wonld not cause

 the laws Of tue Union se be properly respected and enforced. II is believed

 these would prove adequate, unless the military fn-ces of fhe State .of South Carolina, authorized by the late act of { the Legislature, should be actually esn. bodied aid called out in aid of their procce edings, and of the provisions of ! the Ordinance generally. Even in that

 case, however, it Is believed that no more will be neeessrry than a few modi-

 !ications of it's terms, 10 adapt the aet

 of II95 to the present emergency; as,

 by that act, the provisions of the law of l i195 we're accommodated to the crisis then existing: and, by eoHferfing aotho- Fity upon the President to give 1t opera 1 ton during thesession of Congress, and ] without the ceremony of q Proclamation.

 wherever 1t shall be officially made known to him by the authority of any State. or by thc courts 'of tie United

 States, tbat, within tho limits of such Slate, tl,e laws of the United States will be openly opposed, and their exc cution obstructed, by the actual employ

 ment of military force, or by any unlaw- lful means whatsoever, too great to be

 otherwise overcome.

 1 Ia closing this communication, l lshould do injustice to my orn feelings Inot to express my confident reliance upon the disposition of each department 1of the Government 10 perform iis duty, and to cooperate in all measures acces. sary in the present emergency.

 The crisis undoubtedly inyokes the fidelity of the patriot, and the sagacity

 of the statesman, not more in removing such portion of the public barthen as

 may be necessary, than in preserving

 the good order ot society, and in the

 maintenance of well regulated liberty.

 While foflaearing spirit may, and 1 trust, will be exercised towards the ef- TOTS of our brethren in particular quarter, duty 10 inc rest of the Union demands that open and organized re- sistas4ce 10 the laws should not be exc.

 cutcd with impaniy.

 The rich inheritance beaaeathed bv IonFfathers has devo.yed upon US the sa- cred obligation of preserving it by the same virtues which conducted through the eventinl scenes of the Reyolution, ard ultimately crowned their straegl,.

 with the noblest model of civil insiitu.

 tions. They bequeathed 10 us a go-

 yernment of laws, and Federal Union, founded upon the great principle of pop uiar representation. After success l fll eXneri,neilt nf fnrfp fciar rnars ..4 :,