WASHINGTON, _February 12, 1833_.
_To the Senate_:
In compliance with the resolution of the Senate requesting the President
of the United States to lay before it "copies of the orders which have
been given to the commanding officers of the military forces assembled
in and near to the city of Charleston, S.C., and also copies of the
orders which have been given to the commander of the naval forces
assembled in the harbor of Charleston, particularly such orders, if any
such have been given, to resist the constituted authorities of the State
of South Carolina within the limits of said State," I transmit herewith
papers, numbered from 1 to 17, inclusive, embracing the orders which
have been given to the commanding officers of the land and naval forces
assembled in and near the city of Charleston and within the limits of
the State of South Carolina, and which relate to the military operations
in that quarter. No order has at any time been given in any manner
inconsistent therewith. There is a part, however, of the letter of the
Secretary of War dated December 3, 1832, omitted, which, being
conditional in its character, and not relating to the operation of the
troops, it is deemed improper in the present state of the service to
communicate.
No order has been at any time given "to resist" the constituted
authorities of the State of South Carolina within the chartered limits
of said State.