AN ORDINANCE
To dissolve the Union between the State of
South Carolina and other States united
with her under the compact entitled " The
Constitution of the United States of Ame¬
rica.55
We, the People of the State of South Carolina, in Convention
assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared
and ordained,
1 That the Ordinance adopted by us in Convention, on the
2 twenty-third day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand
3 seven hundred and eighty-eight, whereby the Constitution of
4 the United States of America was ratified, and also, all Acts
5 and parts of Acts of the General Assembly of this State,
6 ratifying amendments of the said Constitution, are hereby
7 repealed; and that the union now subsisting between South
8 Carolina and other States, under the name of " The United
9 States of America," is hereby dissolved.