Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-04-25


linct Committees to be composed of Dele
gates from each State and Territory pres
ent, be appointed by the President of this
Convention, whose duty il shall be 10 take
all proper measures to eusure full repre-
senla,ion from every part of those States,
aud whose duty it shall also be TO attend
the meetings Of the Legislatures of their
respective States for the purpose of pro-
noting by all proper and laudable means
the nhjecls Of this Convention.
A molion was then made TO take up the
Report of the Committee of2I, previous
to The vote on which, Judge Longstreet
arose to submit series of Resolutions ad-
dtiOnal to those OF the Commlce, the OBJ
ject uf which was to set on foot an organ
lied and practical plan for promoting in
veslments by the planters of the inferior in
limited copartnerships. For this purpose
the Delegates from each section were to
he made Committee to act in such Sec
tIon. He pointed out clearly and convin.
cinely the necessity of going beyond argu-
meut aud Convenrion-heucelorlh 10 make
talking only subsidiary to aclio.,.
The Resolutions of The Committee Of
II were then taken up auh unanimously
adnpled: When The lasI Resolution rcla-
ting TO Southern Review came up for
consideration, Col. BIanding proposed all
amendment, providing for the appoint
ment of Il Committee to carry its object
into effect. Judge Lonsstreet, opposed The
Resolution as not suitable for the action Of
the Convention, but expressed The warm
est Interest in the establishment of the
Review.
A general Debate followed which con-
sumed the whole day. A motion was f.
nally made to lay the resolution on the Ia
bic. The vote was taken by States, and
The ma ajorty OF the Delegation of each
Stale voted i'll the negative. The only
votes in the affirmative were from South
Carolina and Georgia. So the States
unanimously voted mol to lay The resolu-
lion OH he table. II was then adopted by
an overwhelming majority, and the Cou-
ven,ion adjourned 10 meet to-day at 10
o'clock.
We shall endeavor at another time to
give sketch Of this dscussion, not be-
cause many and eminent men engaged iu
it, but The subject is of interest, and the
practical consequences oI the resolution
are likely to be Of vast importance.
The following are The Resolutions re-
ported BY The committee of II, and adopt
ed yesterday by the Convention.
Isl. Resolved, Thai, in the opinion of
this Convention, the present state of our
trade, by which The supplies OF foreign
goods, received in exchange Tor The produc-
tions Of the Southern and South Western
States, are chiefly obtained through the
cities of the North, is highly injurious TO
the citizens Of these States, and we are
therefore called upon by every considera-
ion Of duty and patriotism 10 correct the
evil.
I'd. Resolved, That as the producers
OF the great staples which constitute the
basis OF The foreign commerce of the Union,
It Is right and proper that we should enjoy
fair share OF llIe profits of thar com
merce, Of which, however, we have here.
totorr been deprived by The unequal action
o! the Fedora Government, and the too
exclusive devotion of our own citizens TO
other pursuits.
81. Resolved, That, in order to secure
to these States, the inestmablc advan,a-
scs oil direct import and expurt trade,
commensurate with their resources and
their wants, it is, in The opinion Of this
Convention, indispensably necessary, that
the public mind should be enlightened on
this subject by full and free discussions,
and that general sympathy should be
enlisted, and harmony of feeling and con-
cert OF action secured, by earnest and re-
lterated appeals 10 the public spirit of our
fellow-cilizens.
4th. Resolved, That The progress al
ready made in this work, as manifested by
the wise legislation Of several of the States
in the deep and growing interest every
where felt upon the subject-lhe great in
crease of our foreign and domestic trade,
and the number Of merchants from The in
terror who now obtain their supplies from
our own ports, affords great encourage
ment ior The continuance of our efforts,
and should urge us on, with renewed zeal,
energy and perseverance.
9Th. Resolved that The following meas
ures are, in the opinion of this Convention,
necessary to be adopted for the purpose of
ensurIns our success, viz
Ist. That the commercial capital and
credit of the South and South Western
States should be so extended and enlarged
as TO enable our merchants to carry on
the business o! direct imporlalions on an
exclusive scale and on The most advanta-
Seous terms.
:. That for this purpose, it is highly
important that portion of the capital now
absorbed in other pursuits, should be di-
rected to commerce, for which the strong.
EST inducements are nnw offered by The
passage of laws in several States, au-
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