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Description and Holding Information
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Joint Select Comm. on the Convention of South Carolina. Report, 1833
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Senate No. 23 Report of the Select Committee of the Legislature of Massachusetts upon so much of the Governor's address at the opening of the
present session as relates to the proceedings of the Convention of South Carolina. Boston : Dutton & Wentworth, 1833. Five men from the House and four
from the Senate formed the Joint Select Committee and issued a lengthy report. South Carolina had declared null and void all federal laws relating to
duty on foreign goods and declared she would not enforce them in her state. The Committee disagreed with this for twenty pages, citing incoherent
reasoning, poor understanding of how the Constitution worked, and no evidence of harm from the laws, among other problems. The Committee offered two
Whereas paragraphs and five Resolves for the Legislature to consider. 1. No state can annul the Constitution. 2. A right to annul federal laws is not
consistent with the Constitution. 3. It is the duty of the President to enforce the laws. 4. In spite of this, Massachusetts does not dislike South
Carolina. 5. The Governor would please communicate the texts to other states, including South Carolina. (Digitized from a microfilm copy of title
originally held by the Massachusetts State Library).
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Title:
Report of the joint select committee of the legislature of Massachusetts, upon so much of the governor's address at the opening of the present session, as relates to the proceedings of the Convention of South Carolina.
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OCLC Number:
1396610179
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Available Volumes
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| Name | Fiche Count | Online | Paper Backup |
| Vol. 1 | | Yes | No |
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