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TO NULLIFY certain Acts Of he Congress Of


me United States, pnrporting 10 be h,os iaune


Dw'ies and imPosts on The Importation Of For


ciga Cdmmodhics


WHEREAS the Congress Of the United States,
10y various acts, purportlng TO be acts laying duties
aud lmposls on foreign imports, but ia reality IN.
tended for the protection of domestic manuGac.
lures, and the giving Of bounties 10 classes and in.
divlduals engaged in particular employmens, At the
EXPENSE and TO the injury and oppression of other
classes and individuals, and by wholly excepting
from taxation, certain foreign commodities, such
as are not produced or manufactured in the United
States, TO afford preiext for imposing higher and
excessive duties on articles similar 10 those inien.
ded 10 be projected, hath exceeded its Just powers
under the Constitution, which conlers on il no au
ihorty oailord such protection, and hath violated
The true meaning and intent of tho Constitution,
which provides for equality in imposing the bur.
dcns Of taxation upon the several States and por.
tons Of the conledemcy;- Whereas, the said
Congress exceeding Ms Just power 10 impose taxes
and collect revenue for the purpose Of ciIecilng
and accomplishing the specific object and pnrpo
scs which the Constitution Of the United States
aulhorses II 10 effect and accomplish, hath raised
andcoIecicd unnecessary revenue, for objects una
9TH o1zcd 10y tic Constitution;


We therefore, the people Of the State Of South
Carolina, in Conyeniion assembled, do declare
lad oIlan, and It IS hereby declared and ordlincd,
hat the several acts and parts of acts Of the Con
gress Of The lInlied States, pnrporinq 20 be laws
lor the imposing Of duiics and imposts on the I'M
pous'on Of foreign commodities, aud now having