Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-05-24
PROCL AVIATION.
STATE, OF SOUTu CAROLINA

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
By HIS Erce|iency PIERCE NJ. BUTLER,
Esquire, Gorernor ana Comn,under-in-
Chief III and orer tie State.
VIE recent Fire in Charleston, has laid
Il waste l4J acres Of the most populous
part of The Cify-has destroyed buildings
and their contents, valued between three
and four millions of dollars--has deprived
great numbers Of industrious men Of the
means OF re-insta,ing their property pros
tratcd III the common devastation. 1t has
greatly injured all the Insurance Offices,
and rendered bankrupt others in the State,
(the amount of property insured elsewhere
being comparatively sma.) 1t has do
privcd the bank debtors not onIy of the
means of paying their present debts but Of
procuring future loans and facilities, now
more than ever, greatly needed, and in
many cases absolutely indispensable TO save
the unfortunate debtor from utter destruc-
'ion. II has put to hazard tho ultimate
success of our great national Improvement
the 1restsrn raj road, and tie domestic i'm
porting cominny; and with these, it threat
ems to jcopardise the future prosperity and
The high character and standing otthc State
winch has so nohlv ra,roDiscd these wise
! ana extensive schemes Of public improve,
! mcnt.
o'uSi 'heSC circumstances. tilc l3tC nus
fortune assumes decidedly no, partial and
local, but Il general national aspect. In
various ways il will be fell, and severely
tclt. throughout the whole State; for the he
ncilclal influence Of Charleston is s. ough.
10 he felt IN every part Of South Carolina,
and 'hc pa!lia' proS,ra'nn of our mciroro-
lis is the partial prosiraton Of our whole
| country. affecting III some way or other all
IT'S commercial and agricultural purstIits-
l have personality and by letter onyiors.v
| consulted great number Of eur intelligent
citizens III every part Of the Slntc. on The
proprtety OF convcniug an extra session oi
The Legislature, to consider Of tie steps
necessary to bc taken i'll the present emer-
| gency, II any !ItcricrCucr on the part of the
State should bc deemed necessary; Uucs-.
non, Which IN my opinion, the Legislature
alone ought finally to determine. OF the
citIIehs Consulted OH lie present occasion.
many wise and worthy meu deem an extra
session OF the Legislature unidyisabic: bu.
INC great weight Of opinion transmitted to
me, IS III favor of The measure. Ii j, TO our
Legislature, that our ncople look on all oc.
casions of difficulty for advice nn,. relief
we are accustomed. 10 relv implicitly on
The wisdom and sympathy d! that respected
body OF men. Leaving all questions Of con-
s.'tnfional Jurisdiction. aud all coilsideru-
IONS OF public c%pcdiency. TO he decided as
'heV ought tn be by the representatives of
l:'c people, together with all questions as 10
the prolriety and extent of rttisf ! think it
my houndrn dnty OH the present occasion,
l" call meeting oft!lc Legislature of South
Carollna, at columbia, 10 deliberate Oh and
to determine such questions as the cn,cr.
Sency may require.
Now, know yc, that I. PIERCE NJ.
BU ILER, Governor I'd Commands, in :
t'!iief III a"d over The State aforesaid. deem
ing II duty imposed on the Executive by
The Constitution in such case to cunycno
the Legislature of the State, do hereby con.
vcnc the General Assembly OF the STATE of
South Carolina, and summon Ike mems
hers Q! the Senate and House of EcDrc-
Sch'ativcs to meet III their respective Halls,
al Columbia, on Monday, the 2Slh Nav
instant, to consider Of such matters a: NAV
then aud there be submitted 70 them, am,
afford such relief us in their wis,Sn may be
conducive 10 The interest and welfare of III.
State.
In testimony whereof, | have hcrcupto
set my hand and caused ihc Seal q,
the State to he affixed. this eleventh
day of May, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and thir
ty-cisht. anl in the sixty second
year of the Independence of Tie u
States Of American
T.. NJ. BUTLER.
r l.. S. By order.
Il. II. SAXON,