Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-12-18
IMPORTANT FROM COLUMBIA.


she Governor, covering correspon.
asnvs of the United States Government
and that OF Great Britain. Oh he opera
ton of Law of this s ate, respecting
the ingress of persons of color, and al.
90 a Message covering Resolutions from
the State of Ohio, we're submitted to
the Senate on Ss u,day last, by Dr.
jam Ramsay, of ST.. Psu's Parish.
which We ordered to be printed, and
made ,he order Of The day IN Com.s,,t-
tee af The Whole, Oh this day. The
Resolutions mentioned above (says DOR
9 rrespondentl are on subject of para
IN ,unl Importance TO tbis State. be-
live this is the only copy thatwillreach
Cbarieston by this mail, except one
wa,ch | have enclosed to Mr.. -
RssoIced, That the Staie Of South
Ca,ol,us 10 desirous of complying with
any measure necessary o peomote har.
mony between this State and the GO.
y-rnn mt OF the United 8 a,es and TO.
reign nations. and will cheerfully COM
ply in all cases which do not involve
sa,render Of tho safety and inherent
s,gbts of the State.
Resolved, That the Legislature of
this S,ate has carefully considered the
Documents transmlt ed by the Presi-
deaf of the United States, being q cor.
ra,pon6encs With the British minister
seialiye 10 law passed December 1922,
regulating free negroes sno persons OF
color, ard can yet perceive DO depar.
ene from the dulies and rights of this
S ate, or of the United States, In that
aas
Resolred, That the Legislature sees
with profound regret the alarming
.symptoms of aD Unconstitutional inter-
ference with her colored population,
waose condition az it existed at the es-
tsblishm ent OF the present constitution
efthe United States, Is expressly re.
cognised, paragraph 5 of Sec. 2, of
Art. and distinctly guaranteed by
that INSTRUMENT.
Resolved. That it is as much the du.
ty u the Safe TO guard against insu-
bord,nation or insprrection among our
60 ored population, Oc to control and
xegsiate any cause which might excite
or produ . it. 90 to guard against any
other evil. political or phyNcsI, which.
might sssaiI us. This duty 10 pramouhkI
60 al laws. all treaties. all constitu-
sions. Ii arises from the supreme and
pernanent law Of nature, the lazy of
ssIf preservation; and will never by
shis State be renowned, compromised,
eoDtsolied, or participated with any
power Whatever.
Resoivsd, That this Legislature isa.
Wa of the dangerous and insiduous
conuuct of party in Great Britain and
she U0ited States, who are ever ready
20 indulge their benevolent propensities
a. he expence of their neighbors, and
WHO seem TO reflect with complacency
o. ne scenes of carnage, and cruelty
winch must be the result Of their iDcon.
al erste and mi.chisvous machinations.
Resoivsd, That the Legislature sees
with su prise that the atie0tioD of the
$ BRUSH minister was not directed TO the
numerous acts WHICH have been passed
by tUs Parliament of Great Britain
-
wi hin the last twenty years, for the
Ok lsion Of Aliens, and for the repeal
of helHabeas Corpus act, founded on
che -uspicion that foreigners were in.
eerferiDg with the domestic tranquility
efahe country, and justified 10 Great
b am by the sery Law of self preser.
Sa,Iou, o which We now appeal
Rssoiusd, rnst this Legislature hav-
Ing ece,Ved very strange and i'll adj
Vic d communication from the Legisla.
tore OF the State of Ohio, approves Of
che reply of the Governor Of Georgia
toaslmilar communication, and will on
this subject be ready to make common
cause with the Sta Q of Georgia, and
the other Southern States similarly
circu .nstanced in fhis respect.
Rssoiped, Therefore that the Legis-
lature { South Carolina protests a.
gainst any claims of right, of the Units
cd Sta es. TO interfere in any manner
whate or with the domestic regula.
tions add presesva,ory measures in re-
spect to that part of her property
which forms the colored popula,ion of
the 5 ate, and which property they
will no, permit TO be msddlad with, o.
eappered with, or In any maner order.
ed, regulated. or controlled by any 9th
or power. foreign or domestic, than this
Legislature.