Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-03-08
From Mc Charleston Couiicr, EJ. 81.
PIIRIIC MLNEtEING

ht Il mcetinS OF the Citizens piChnr,cs-
ton, held ut tho City Hall, las. night. To re-.
ccivc the Report OF their Deie.a.es To the
Southern Commcrci1lConvcm,ioa, his Hon
The, Mayor, was called to the Chair AM,
II. BAILEY appointed Secretary.
The Mayor stated the object y: The Mce,.
ing. Aficr which the Hon. George Nl'Du,,;c
one of the Delegates To the Convention. 10. q
and after returning his thanks for the honor
conferred upon him by his being appointed
one of the Delegates Of the city, said. tia.
although he had been engaged for ncaIy 20
years. with but n brief interval, in the srryi
| ccs of South Carolina, and flied various;
public situations, he doubted whether h,,
had ever occupied one more Memorable, mere.
| useful, or more important, than that of :,
Representative of Charleston IN the late.
Commercial Convention. lie then pro
ccrdcd 10 show the Indispensable necessity
to the prosperity Of the South of 30 o.sessino
a commerce under their own control: and
traced tho decline which had marked the
prosperity OF the South, to our having Der
mItcd our commerce To he under The con-
troll OF others. lie congratulated the South
on the removal OF some of the causes To
winch this drain of our prosperity was due,
ana upon the present 81 gns Of Il rcvivinn
commerce. Above all, he congratulated
ms fellow citizens upon the union If feeling
which prevailed to combiuc their efforts 10
build up again the lately depressed com.
mcrcial prosperity of their county
lie then pronounced an eloquent culogium
on commerce, and proceeded to show what
was necessary to he done to promote the
common object, and VIVA, the obstacle to be
removed. Opening communications with
tho interior, and arranging the exchanges
educating our youth to commercial pursuits
which he declared TO be more honorable.
Than occupying place at the fa- end OF the
bar. or engaging in the miserable scranlbcs
and sqnabblcs of trading politicians, We
want merchants, we have capital in album
dance, and every other element of CONNER
ciai prosperity. We mus, secure the direct
trade, which he contcndcd was. from the
nature of things. cheaper, and better in it.
sell. than circuitous trade, and its profits
would he oar own.
lie concluded with an animated aprcal
to the patriotism Of the citizens ccCbar!cs
ton, who. he said, had ever been distin
euishcd for their high minded devotion to
their country. Never. he said. was there
an occasion when their patriotic feelings
aud their most energetic action were invited
to n more important object.
ten. Robert y. llayme also addressed
the meeting in strain of great clouncncc.
and concluded, by offering the following
preamble nnh resolutions, which were sec
onded by c. II. Homes, Esq. and the blank
IN the 9th resolution having been first filled
we unanimously adopted:
The citizens of Charleston have received
with satisfaction the Report of their Dele
gates 10 the Convention of Merchants and
others, held in Augusta in October last, on
the subject Of establishing Il direr trade
with foreign countries. The harmony which
marked all the proceedings of thai Assembly
and the able manner in which the subject
has been presented to the public in The RE-
PORT I" the Convention, and The ADDRESS
to the people Of The Southern and South
Western States arc calculated IN mako n
deep impression on the public mind. and
we trust may lead TO the adoption of those
measures which may eventually crown Tho