...all persons to obey the laws, and denouncing the South Carolina ordinance. "I consider then," said the President, "the power to annul a law of the United...and destructive of the great object for which it was formed. ' ' The President declared it to be his intent to "take care that the laws be faithfully executed,...

...States, when assumed by a single State, is " incompatible with the existence of the Union, contrawhich it was founded, and destructive of the great object for which it was formed;" that the people of these United States are, for the purposes enumerated in their constituon,...

...said proclamation, the assumed power of a State to annul a law of Congress is conclusively shown to be incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted...was founded, and destructive of the great object for whichit was formed:" Andwhereas, the particular application of this assumed power to the alleged grievances...

...impracticable theory, could alone have devised one that is calculated to destroy it. I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed...contradicted expressly by the letter of the constitution, unauthorised byits spirit — inconsistent with every principle on which it was founded, and destructive...

...law§ of the Union carries with it the internal evidence of its impracticability and absurdity, thai the « power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one State,' is incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted expressly by the letter of the constitution,...

...of the most able and conclusive state papers ever published in this country. The president considers the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed...and destructive of the great object for which it was formed." The constitution of the United States, says the president, forms a government, not a league....

...of the most able and conclusive state papers ever published in this country. The president considers the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed...and destructive of the great object for which it was formed." The constitution of the United States, says the president, forms a government, not a league....

...could alone have devised one that is calculated to destroy it. I consider then the power to annul n law of the United States, assumed by one State, INCOMPATIBLE...AND DESTRUCTIVE OF THE GREAT OBJECT FOR WHICH IT WAS FORMED. After this general view of the leading principle, we must examine the particular application...

...and declaring the doctrine that a State has the power to annul a law of the United States, " to be incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted...and destructive of the great object for which it was formed." In the month of January, 1833, the president communicated a special mesgage to Congress, requesting...

...imposing duties on imports, or any other law of the United States, when assumed by a single State, is ' incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted...and destructive of the great object for which it was formed ; ' that the people of these United States are for the purposes enumerated in their Constitution...