6. Resolved, That the principles contained in the Proclamation, and late Message of the President of the United States, meet our entire approbation; and that we will sustain the Chief Magistrate of the Union in the Constitutional enforcement of these principles.

7. Resolved, That we implore our Fellow Citizens of South Carolina, allied as they are to us, by all the heart stiring and inspiriting recollections of the eventful struggle, that made us an independent nation, maturely to ponder over the present crisis in their affairs, and magnanimously to return to more temperate councils, and a juster sense of that obedience to the general will which constitutes the lasting security, and should be the glory and the ornament of every member of this confederacy. But should our fellow citizens of South Carolina, contrary to our reasonable expectations, unsheath the sword, it becomes our solemn and imperative duty to declare, that no separate nation ought or can be suffered to intrude into the very centre of our Territory.

8. Resolved, That the Governor be requested to transmit a copy of these resolutions to the President of the United States, to each Senator and Representative in Congress, from this State, and to the Governors of the respective States of the Union.

HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, February 18th, 1833.

These re-engrossed Joint Resolutions having been three times read in the House of Assembly.

Resolved, That the same do pass.

By order of the House.

JOHN P. JACKSON, Speaker of Assembly.

IN COUNCIL, February 18th, 1833.

These re-engrossed Joint Resolutions having been three times read in the Council and compared.

Resolved, That the same do pass.

By order of Council.

ELIAS P. SEELEY, Vice President.

I, JAMES D. WESTCOTT, Secretary of the State of New-Jersey, do certify, that the foregoing is a true copy of the Joint Resolutions of the Legislative Council and General Assembly of the State of New-Jersey, passed February 18th, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, as compared with the original, now remaining on file in my office.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my said office, at the city of Trenton, in said State, this 18th day of February, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.

JAMES D. WESTCOTT.

RESOLVES

OF THE

LEGISLATURE

OF

PENNSYLVANIA.

RESOLVES

Relative to the Union of the States and the Constitution of the United States.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, That the Constitution of the United States, and the laws of the United States made in pursuance of the Constitution, are the supreme law of the land, to which every citizen of the United States owes obedience; and that no authority whatever can release him from his obligation to obey, or require him to take any oath, or enter into any engagement inconsistent with such obligation; and that any pretension on the part of a State, or any portion thereof, so to release any citizen of the United States, or so to require of him, is unconstitutional, and without the least foundation of right, and can afford neither shelter nor excuse for offences he may commit against the laws of the United States.

Resolved, That no portion of the citizens of the United States, have a rightful power to render invalid an act of the Congress of the United States, duly made by the people's representatives, and approved by the Executive, in the mode prescribed by the Constitution; nor to nullify the same, either generally, or within particular districts; but that every such act of Congress continues in full force every where within the United States, notwithstanding any such asserted nullification; and all persons who resist its execution, offend against the Constitution and laws of the United States, and are liable to prosecution and punishment for such offence.

Resolved, That no State has a right to withdraw from the Union, and to declare itself independent of it; and that every attempt to do so, would be a virtual infraction of the Constitution of the United States, justifying and requiring the use of constitutional measures to suppress it.