Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-03-08
From Mc CharicS'nn Cou,icr, F.5. o..
PUBLIC MEETING

At n meeting of tho Citizens prChar,es.
ton, held ut the City Hall, las, night. In re-.
ccivc the Report OF their Delegates To tic
Southern Commcrci1lC Convcntior, his IIou
iiict Mayor, was called to the Chair an,
II. BAILEY appointed Sccrc,;,rv
The Mayor stated the object y: tI,, Meet.
ing. Ailcr which The Hon. Gcors. M'DuIic
one OF the Delegates To the Con, cu,io,, r,,, 9
and after returning his thanks for the h,nor
conferred upon him by his being appointed
one OF the Delegates of the CITY, s;.mI. lin.
although he had bccn engaged for ncaly oiI
years. with but brief interval in the s;.rvi
ccs of South Carolina, and flied yaro,,,
! public situations, he doubted whether b.,
| had ever occupied one more linnorablc there
useful, or more Important, than thu, of 81
Representative Of Charleston IN the lat.
Commercial Convention. lie then pro.
| ccrdrd 10 show the Indispensable necessity
| to the prosperity of the South of possessing
commerce under their own control: and
traced the decline which had marked thc
prosperity OF the South, to our havin:. pcr
, mlItcd our commerce To he under The con-
troll of others. lie congratulated the south
on The removal Of some of the causes TO
which this drain of our prosperity was duc
and upon the present signs cfa rcvivinn
commerce. Ahovc all, he congratulated
ms fellow citizens upon the union of rcclin-
which prevailed to combine their efforts TO
buIsd up again the lately depressed com
mcrciai prosperity of their country.
lie then pronounced an eloquent culogium
Oh commerce, and proceeded to show what
was necessary TO be done to promote the
common object, and what the obstacle to be
removed. Opening communications with
tho interior, and arranging the exchanges
educating oar youth to commercial pursuits
whlch he declared To be more honorable.
!hah occupying place at the fa. end of the
par. or engaging in the miserable scramblcs
ana sqnabhlcs of trading politicians, We
want merchants, we have capital in album
dance, and every other element of CONNER
cIai prosperity. We must secure the direct
trade, which he cnntcndcd was. from the
nature OF things. cheaper, and better in it.
sell. than circuitous trade, and its profits
would he Our own.
lie concluded with an animated arpcal
to the patriotism Of the citizens ofCbarIcs
ton, who. he said, had ever been dist;n.
guishcd for their high minded dcyotion to
their country. Never, he said, was there
an occasion when their patriotic feelings
and their most energetic action were invited
to more important object.
Tch. Robert Y. llayne also addressed
the meeting in strain of erca, clooncncc.
and concluded, by offering the following
preamble md resolutions, which were sec
onhed ny Z. X. Homes, Esq. and the blank
IN the 9th resolution having been first filed
We're 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 "a dircri trade
with iorciSh countries. The harmony which
marked all The proceedings of thar Assembly
ana INC ah!c manner in which the subject
mas nccn presented TO the public in the RE-
rohT L" thc convention, and the ADDRESS
to the people Of The Southern and Sou,l,
western States arc calculated 10 make F.,
deep impression on the public mind. and
we trust may lead TO the adoption of those
measures which may eventually crown IN.