Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-04-09
SOUTH CAROLINA.

The Union Committee of South Carolina as
sembed at Greenville, according to appoint
ment on the Oath of March. Judge Huger act
ed as President. Neither the Preamble nor re
solutions adopted are so violent in character as
was expected, and do not seem to indicate i'm
mediate resistance by force. The resolutions
are as follows:
Therefore Resolved That in our opinion, eve
ry peaceful and constitutional remedy against
the evils we suffer, ought to be resorted to, and
we cherish the hope that the Judicial Tribunals
of the country will relieve us from the operation
of legislative act which violates our rights.
ReSOIred, That we will recommend to our
constituents to elect candidates opposed to the
Test Oath wherever they have the power to do
So
ReSolued, That we will recommend TO them,
not to serve under any officer, who shall be APP
pointed to command them.
ResoLred, That a committee composed of five
members, be appointed to correspond with a
committee of three or more in each beat com
pany.
Resolred, That these committees shall alto
gether form a Convention, and meet whenever
required to do SO by the committee of five, or d
majority of them, who are hereby authorised to
appoint the time and place of meeting.
Mr. Poinsett-from whom better things were
expected-appears disposed to act the part OF
an agtator rather than mediator. AT meet
ing of the Union Party held in Charleston on
the 31st of March, for the purpose of receiving
the report of their delegates to the Union Con
vention, Mr. Poinsett (who was one of the dele
gates) after delivering a speech of an infiamato-
ry character, rose again, merely, as he said, to
state an incident which had occurred at Green
vile:
The officers of Regiment waited on him,
saying, that if the odous Test Oath shall be fas-
tened upon the country, they were ready, with
their Regiment, TO shoulder their muskets, and
seek liberty of conscience and the right of free
menin another cline, and desiring to know from
him whether the General Government would
not assign them territory for that purpose. He
told them to stand tast-that they had right
to the soil, and the laws and authority Of their
country would protect and shield them from ty-
ranny, where they stood. That for his part
here he was, and here he was resolved to die
and no persecution should drive him down
from the soil of Carolina. That here the Star
Spangled Banner should be his shroud-pure
and spotless. he hoped-but even if stained with
blood, still 1t should be has shroud.
The amount of this 'incident' is that the Of
fcers preferred emigration to civil war, and
Mr.. Poinsett advised them to stay and fight il
out.
A committee of five was appointed by the
Convention at Greenve to address the people
Of the United States on the subject of the Test
Oath, and other alleged expressions exercised
by the majority in the State. A resolution was
also introduced authorizing deputation to be
sent to Washington to demand of the President
and Congress republican form of government
The whole amount Of the expressions COM
planned of [says the Baltimore Gazette seems
to be that the members of the Union Party can
not figure as Militia officers unless they take
an oath which they suspect means more than it
expresses. This they seriously compare to the
crueltes exercised by the Russians upon the
Poles.