The Constitutional Ratification Convention of South Carolina votes (YEA, 149; NAY, 73) to ratify the proposed Constitution for the united States—with four provisions, numbers two and three of which state:
- “…[T]he [S]tates do … retain every power not expressly relinquished by them and vested in the General Government of the Union”;
- “…[T]he general Government of the United States ought never to impose [D]irect taxes, but where the monies arising from the duties, imposts and excise are insufficient for the public exigencies… .”
This makes South Carolina the eighth State to secede from the Confederation, and brings to one the number of States still necessary to put the Constitution into force.
[updated 12/13/2024]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
Articles of Confederation, Article XIII
ccc-2point0.com/Articles-of-Confederation
References:
“Chronology of Events, 1774-1804,” from The Debate on the Constitution, two volumes, Bernard Bailyn, ed., (New York: Library of America, 1993), 2:1066.
Joseph R. Stromberg, “Republicanism, Federalism, and Secession in the South, 1790 to 1865,” Secession, State and Liberty, David Gordon, ed., (New Brunswick, New Jersey and London: Transaction, 1998), 115.
Avalon Project – Ratification of the Constitution by the State of South Carolina; May 12, 1788
avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/ratsc.asp
Current U.s. National Debt:
