Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-12-16

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DAVID ADAMS Speaker OF II. ufR
Approved ~ December, iga3
&. NJ. TKoUP, Governor.
IMPORTANT FROM COLUMBIA.
CnAkLEsTON, Dec. THE following Re
s"in''"ns on Message from the Governor, Gu
verlnSa correspondence of The Uoiicd States
Government aud that of Great Britain, on
tue operation of = Law Of this State. respect
ing the inSress OF persons If color, and also
Message covering RESOLUTIONS from the
Stale of Ohio, were submitted To the Senate
on Saturday last, by DIR. j ,hn Ramsay, Of ST.
fauis Parish, which were ordered 60 be print
ed, and made the order Of the day in Com
| tnttee Of the whole, an this day. .. Th.
Resolutions mentioned above (says our cor
respondentl are on a paramount Importance to
this State. believe that this is the only co
py that will reach Charleston by this Mail,
except one which have enclosed To Mr..
=" The highly important correspend-
enc- alluded Ia above will be found in our CO.
iumns.
Resoired, That the State of South Carolina
| Is DESTROYS OF complying with any measure
necessary 10 promote harmony between this
o'a'e ana the government of the United States
anu foreign nations, and will ch-rIfully com
ply IN all cases which do not involve "A sur
render Ut the safety and inherent rights of The
State.
Resolred, That the Legislature of this State
mas carefully considered the documents trans
united ny the President of the United States,
oeins correspondence with the British minis
Ter relative To law passed December 1892
| Regulating Tree negroes and persons of color,
anu can yet perceive no departure from III.
duties and rights of this State, or of the Unit
ed States. in that law.
| Rrso',ed, That the Legislature sees with
profound regret the alarming symptoms of AN
Unconstitutional interference with her coIor.tl
POPULATIONS whose condition as it existed al
| tue establishment of the present constitution
ofthe United States. is expressly recu.m;zrd
lparag'a ph ofSrc. 9. ofAn.l. and distinct,
- guaranteed by that instrument.
"eSo'red, That il is as much the duty of the
| ot"'e Ia guard against INSTRUMENTATION or in
surrecaon among our cOiored population, or
10 'on'roi and regulate any cause, which
'p'Sht excite or produce il, as 10 guard against,
any other evil, political Or physical. which
might assall us. This duty is paramount 4,
all laws, all treaties, all constitutions. taris
es h"m The supreme and permanent law OF
nature, the law of self presery alton and
WI" never oy ms Stale be 'nnunced com
promised, controlled, or participated ,yi,b
any power whateyer.
Resolved, That this Legislature ia swar.
OF the dangerous and insiduous conduct of a
party In Great Britain aud the United States.
| VINO are ever ready In indulge their beDe,o
ent pT"pensitics at the expense of their
"eiShoors, and who seem tn reflect with com
p'actncy on the scenes of carnage, and cruel
~ which must be the result of their Inconsid
erair and miscilievous mach.naiion..
feSoiced. That this Legislature sees with
| surprise that The attention of the British min
lister was not directed To The numerous act,
which have been passed by the Paraneo, OF
threat Britain within the last twenty wears.
Tor the expansion Of Aliens, and for the re
peaio tn: Habeas Corpus act, founded on
IN. suspicion that foreig rers were Interfering
with The domestic tranquility of the coun,
try, and justified in Great Britain by the very
law of self preservat 10 which We now an
peal
Resoiced, That this Legislature having re-
ceHed very strange and ilI-advised cummu.
nleation from the Legislature of the State of
Ohlo' approves OF The reply Of the Governor
OF GrorSIa to similar communication. and
will on this subject hc ready TO make com.
mon cause with the State of Georgia, and the
other Southern States similarly circums,anced
IN this respect.
ReSoired, therefore, that The Legislature of
South Carolina protests against any claims of
right, OF the United States, 10 interfere in
any manner whatever with the domestic reg
"'at'ons and prescrvatory measures in respec,
10 that part oil heriproperty which consts in the
co'ored population of the Slate, and which
property they viii not permit 10 be meddled
"th' OF tampered with, ar in any manner or
dered, regulated, or controlled by any other
power, foreign or domestic, than this Legisla-
lure. ITo,r;sr