South Carolina Declaration of Causes of Secession

Glossary

• burthening placing a burden, responsibility, or duty upon
• eloign to remove or carry away, as to conceal
• evinced shown or demonstrated clearly
• forbearance the act of refraining or resisting
• General Government national or federal government
• insurrection the act of rebellion against civil authority
• material relevant
• rendition the act of surrendering a person to another jurisdiction
• sovereignty the location or repository of the supreme power in a country or political entity