From the Charleston Patriot,
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There is no word in the English language that has been twisted and tortured in so ma ny ways in South Carolina, for the last two years, as the term "Sovereignty." The changes have been rung on it until we are al- most at a loss to know its original meaning.- In all the treatises on government which have ever fallen under our notice, it is regarded as expressive of supremacy in the exercise of political power It is typical of unity in go- verhment. The right to do any act or thing by those with whom are deposited political au- thority, and the right to undo the same act or thing by those who are subjected to that authority at their own option, is so subversve of all ideas of regular government. that we are not surprized at the confusion of thought which besets those who are lost in the laby- rinth of State Sovereignty, State Rights, &c. We wish we could get an intelligible deini- tion ot Sovereign Rights, from those who pre- tend to instruct the public on those subjects.

 We had thought that the right to declare war and make peace. and the power over the purse and the sword, were among sovereign rights and powers. They are the highest known to government But this is mistake,