The Gazette of the state of South-Carolina — Charles-town [S.C.], 1784-05-06 00:00:00, page 1

RULES
For the
MARINE ANTI-BRITANNIC
SOCIETY.
=(Continued from our Igt.)
RUI E io.
The % ice-President is to auiff and co-operate in
Ins place (at the center feat in the I&er end of the
room) with I the President, concerning the various
duties of his' office, "maintain order and decorum
among thofewho fit'near (him; and to affurne the
1 resident s Chairend -Power during his absence.
°".°. "' Senior "and Junior Wardens are to
officiate (in their refy^tiv'e^ dhring ^he ab
sence of (uperior officers; when ' officiating as War>
cers, they shall fit, the Senior on the right and the
Junior on the left of the Frehdent, 'midway be
tween the Prefiderit and the Vice-President, and
shall be aiding to those officers in the fueport of
oidei in the center. Should all the prefixing offi
cers be alifent, the members present are to proceed
by ballot, in the choice of a President P. T. and
the President so chosen, shall fill for that meeting,
all vacancies, till the arrival of fomte cßablhhcd
prehding officer-; and tne officers thus appointed,
shall have and possess every authority and power
annexed to their offices refpcdivelv.
12. The Treasurer is to receive, disburse and
record an accounfof & monies, by cafti, bond or
otherwise, appertaining to this Society; to provide
at the Reidy'sexperts a ftremg box, in which
may be lodged the cash, bonds, notes arid money
documents, as received, lent, gifted,for 'paid in
from time to time. He shall procure a proper hook;
, which all monies received, or disbursed 'fhall
be accurately entered; and keep an exa& Rate of
the Society's funds. He is to enter into a bond,
with one or more approved Securities, To fcon as
elected, for double the value of the funds in hand,
with this condition; to be 'accountable for, and
deliver up the fame, with all improvements during
the term of his Tieafureffhip (fire and other una
voidable accidthtsexcepted) to his fu&effdr, or to the
Society's order, which bond shall be in the custody
^nd trud of the President; after the fame shall be
duly recorded in the Secretary's Office bf this
Cffwnwealth: and all, bonds for monies lent of
r't'" '° '" e '° det y' shall be taken in the names
of the President; Vite-President 4nd Wardens ex
pressly, tb Rod for the rife of this Society as Draftees.
. 13. The Secretary, is when present, to arrange
in a rouglr draught, the tranfaftions of that meet
ing, and to prefix the names of attending members,
t( ? re™' 3 digest and correct the Journals, to enter
all lums received at each meeting, as a check Oh the
Tretafurer, and tb dire& and fuperihtend the De
puty Secretary.
.^ The Deputy Secretary, is to tranf a & all the
^nexed to the office of Secretary in his
absence, to be punctually present at every meeting
especially at periods when the Secretary is pre
cluded from attending—tb ehtef on the Journals,
m fair arid legible characters from the rough
draught the tranfadions of each meeting, and
otherwise to do such things as the Society's pre
siding officers or the Secretary may direst. For
his trouble, care and excelled assiduity, hl is to
be paid the annual sum from the funds of this Sc
ciety, of Quo hundred Dollars, which payments
are to be made annually or quarterly, but should
lie prove in his office signally remiss and inattentive
in the opinion of a majority, he may be fuperfed
t~d' and such proportion only of his salary allowed
him.; as shall correspond to the time of his having
brought up the books officially entrusted to his
care.
''' . '':° Stewards are invariably to attend every
meeting, in consideration of which ftri& atten
dance, they shall be exempted from their propor
tion of expenses, at the meetings they attend on.
foil liquors are to come through their ofdi:s. They
THE
GAZETTE
OF THE
STATE OF SOUTH-CAROLINA.
CHAR<LES TON: Printed for A TIMOti-tv n
O I HY, No. 100, Meeting-street.
THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1784.
are to keep ^regular account of each meeting's
expenditures, so as not to exceed the Rated quot^
of each member, to demand and colled all fines
and forfeitures, to keep order at 'the door and about
its precinds, arid to tranfad all other business not
foreign to their office, as may be required of them
by the President or presiding officers..
'. l6 ° , hat ever y officer may foe induced to give
his punctual attendance, the following fines shall
be levied on such as are absentees, viz. For each
'l™°^ "'"'' the 'refident shall pay one Dollar,
the v ice-Preiident, Wardens, Treasurer and Se
cretary, one fourth of a Dollar, each, and the
Stewards each one eighth of a, Dollar, to be ap
,t'-1"" Softy's funds; chiefs he or they so
e aulting, do, at the ensuing meeting, render
ex ,cuf e to the Society,;as may be deemed fa
tislattory to a majority of the members present.
: '7° Every member appointed on a Committee,
who docs not attend, at the time and place
directed by the Chairman; such defaulter, fhalf
pav towards the funds a fine of one fourth of a
Dollar, provided he does not give a fatisfa&oiy
excule at the Society's next meeting.
(To be Continued.)
To the PUBLIC.
T' m s distress and alarm every good Citizen to
4 fee the many insults on Govemmqntfo frequently
happening, ,not only from thq Frefs but at the cor
^f of . a ^° ft , every stre et. , Where tan this end?
Is it pomble such public dufe can come from
any thing like nicnds?,%re we henceforward
to look upon ourselves under an orderly efhablifhed
Government, or a set offefareated upstart bullying
f r° J?.." 1 ! is ^FQ blind, bd
h ,, e , en from whence fpryhg the ffiameful
Riot of, last ypar;.which it is well known has
greatly injured the Trade and Credit of this Coun
and particularly hurt many of our most deferv
;ng Citizens: nor does it require any extraordinary
penetration to differ that L M. k^ account
whipping a Mr. Rees, i§ puWiihed by 'our cen-
Jors, as a prff to so me farther intended Town
Manoevre, this frolick no doubt, took its rife in
the country . in order hot.,to be /behind hand
^ith our last year's renowned exploit, and the
Champions of .the town arc again probably to
strike tome notable ftfofce for the admiration of
^7'% "% thus Ive may have this
h,^ i? uhne £ continued by b.Qion and re-aftion,
y ^ffo, J ,not timely prevented. Amazing
reverence and rtfpea; notwtthftanding all this
^pretended for the Affetnbly: but is this, possible
^ rTMCT*^ ^ ^inft the laws
% nd h lhls Mri .Rtes I knawfet; fad am
y er y pt e acquainted with any one of the thirteen
1, © i # ° d ni ° ent ^.ordered away the other day,
but thts, s worthy of inoftNature confident ion.that
1. one man, can pick Out a Mr. Rees, against law;
V, ""^ " J(I so on t ma y pick out!
Mr Anybody and every body; and then, what
must become of Law, Order, and Government? It
a maxim wxth most wife States,thatitis better ten
'c a P e ° than one innocent man should be
pumfhed. States a& or ought to a&, without pat-i
fion. But <to we find individuals do so? Would
they not fy, , they did, how, many widows,
orphans, and other honest public creditors they
arc whipping, at the fame time they are flogging
one poor unhappy morta l, that has incurred, and
p ihaps deserved their resentment? This is, and has
certainly been the case, pay more, they at the fame
time, may be said, by these rash, lawless proceed
'^ to be in a manner, whipping every honest
man in thjg State; from the richeft.rice, tobacco
sot Planter & c . throughout the State, down to
tne lowed sober housekeeper: for what must be
come 01 any or all of us, if our trade fail? Have
^ e ,X ^ he jway to supp ort ourselves, or maintain
cur families? What foreigners will trade with such
Ffrenft only regards of; but eyen inlhlt
mg tnezr own L^Utwes/ Pn^em strangers, will
certainly be on their guard, and avoid us. Who
then will be principally whipp'd, or receive the
' juice of hickory," as I. M. K. phrases it? I
f a y y°urfelves, the few individuals thus illegally
punished, will lee themselves amply revenged, and
the Farmer and'Pldnter of all denominations, will
have no body to thank at the end of the season,
but thele Rioters, if they get little or nothing for
their year's 1ab0ur...,,
7Heaven has blessed us tyith one of the most va
luable States in America for trade, not only from
its excellent situation, its many various staples and
productions, but also from its climate, our ports be
ing open the whole year, when many of our Sifter
.States often ]ofe a fourth .part fpf their annual
foreign trade, by being shut up by the ice. Besides
our metropolis is as healthy a spot, I believe, as
almost any in the world; with all these advantages,,
and many more that might be enumerated, if we
afted but a tolerable prudent part, there is hardly
a doubt but in three or four years at fartheft, all
our fa^hc creditors might be paid every farthing,,
and the State in as, high, oiy higher credit than
""'..' re ; we then to risk all these 'great-and
plain prolpeds? for what? A narrow pitiful, un
manly gratification of revenge on a few individuals
at our feet! f Shabby politics ipdeed! Is not this
biting our nose to spite our face? It is very lamen
table tlrat civil ,wars, the worst of wars, are far
from being a new thing.,q ± faiftoty, almost all
Nations have had them, and what has been gene#.
tally done by a wife people when they were over?
^W hat is to be wished we had done, made an examp
ple if net eldry, after afair and candid trial, of three,
or foul 01 the mbft notorious Delinquents, of rank;
of the high,eft authority; arid universally known,
whose weight and influence muff have been of the
most pernicious conferences, and then passed &
geneial Amnesty; this would have done honour to
tz.e State, soon and effe&ually restored peace and
harmony to it, on the ,most solid basis, but to
5°?"!"-^' tne law of the land is shocking and
innumerable? And where will this capricious Retail
Tyranny end, r tis continually starting up here or
thcie, and carried on merely as the gnawing worm.
°‘ malice or resentment may bite individuals.—As
to weighing punjfhments in equal proportion to
offences ip civil commotions wnere such numbers
have been concerned, 'tis what never was, and.
never can be the case; and none but the shallowest
chimerical novices in matters of policy, can sup
pose it to be practicable. -A fefpe&able and
. e ^y (Government;, will fommiferate all its.
Subjects, overlook all it can,, confident with the
feft'y ()I '' e . State, punish with Telu&ance, and
when obliged to punish, .do it with spirit and pro,'
priety, always shewing itfelf ready to protect the
poorest citizen, and not afraid of the highest. ,
, Captain 1 's affair .has been productive of
t re consequences I apprehended. I am sorry it hap
pened, but ^ll,l cannot fee how the Aff%ibly
could have acted otherwise ; they were I think
unanimous in theit determination; and is di not
Grange when fevctal of Capt. T —'s friends
Mere on the floor, that none of them IhdYd obje&
to any part of it?-If Assemblies so not indivi
dual as well as colleflive privileges Mile "the House is.
Jetting,, adieu to public business and freedom of de-
, tc .i it would probably be filled with few or none
but inlolent bullies, fine persons indeed to carry on.
the affairs of a, State! That an insult when any
:. a PP ens >.was defigped against the man and not the
member, may be always pretended, for that reason
as .weii as others is inadipiffible.. Would it not
, en m ° re lixe a Gentleman and an Cfficer„
and shewn a greater regard to the peace of the
otate, if Capt. 1 h a d suppressed his refent
any fu PP ofed affront, till the House broke
up. As to the Banishment Bill, I never heard it
o much as whispered till a few days ago, and am.
perluaded it would never have been counten
anced by the House had any such thingbeen proA
poled: and.can any man in his fences think the Ah
femby accountable for what anv finals mmbe#
^9 have ft %d - -- . a.
No. 2201.