The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-10-04
Important Ls.,er from the Sol


south Carolina.
Inc Following letter from thJ GOyernor oil
rolina, Is IN reply to one requesting the spe|
tbs legislature
PesoIsroS Sept
have received your istta-. In s5isb ~
of an immediate meeting OF the Ia.riflG ,u
gesttd. That body. In Dscembsr H. al
following resolution, VIZ
'Thst should the wiimot proyiso. or an
measure become u law Of Congress-. ths q,
hereby earnestly reqnetted To call togst her
isture, should " not be Ia session at the I'll
passage Of euch law"
To execute this request "forthwi.h,n yor
judgment. be uE oise and itnPclitic. In an Z
AXE the present, ii IL vitality i'm portaut to
cipitation The most conclusive reasons
south Carolibs should b. deliberate and W
nisvemt nts. A false step on her her part, a.
tGre. might ruin the cause la which the wi
~ embarked. We have sole % My resolved nc
submit 10 Congressional aygre scion and No
psticism. That resolve ought to be carried
with cslmness ana great discretion by a III
pie. while, I may almost say, | persona
that . o division exists in our ran ca on The q
resistance, at all hszard6, / EN- noe certail
best moGe Of making that resistance eff,
bean agreed upon Let th.n, the remedy
usurI alton fiom this period to the day OF Il
session CT the Legislature, be the subject 0
consideration. Let meetings he prompt
every district and parish in order that VIII En-
:
act, ard not TO oelibs rate merely Our ststel
will AXE place in less tha1 a month 1t is I
tain, tbtTef,re, that the Prese mt Legislature
convened. To call together the body soon to
only about five weeks presed my the time VII
stsem bic under the constitution. would. on
display bcediessDess not warranted by tn
tous consequences Involved 10 the issue befor
the intervening time to the people. to ids
pare measures that will luz urs success. On
ut such unreasonable moment. = little della
assured, siil be productive Of tse most SIGN
tagss. But sgain, the Nashville Convention
s-mb,e on the llth Of November, or Just two
fore the meeting OF our Legislature The Isl
ssquently, 1t IL nearly certain. will be in sesI
the adjournment OF the convention. 1t will n
ness % ratifJ the acts OF that august counoi,
such ether course as the exigency OF tho Il
demand. Would not an extraordinary coal
the representatives. Of the people Of SO lth "a
mediately before, or st tho time OF the asss
the Southern Convention. In which this
doubtless be fully represented. embsrrsss the
iDgs OF = body convened for the special purp
ton mining upon the mode and measure Of r,
Southern grievances If so. what useful en-
attained by an extra call, that might not
reached 1T the rsgSlsI session Of the Law ma II
Georgia viii shortly hold her convention.
the nag. bearer Of the South. upless our 81
contend successfully for the honor on this o
hound by statute to assemble her leyislatu
event of the passage of the Wnmot Proyiso,
slave trsds be abolished in the District Of
That Mississippi Alabama, and Florida will
neld w have the assurs nee of their solem MI
declarations. South Carolina, IL Is W ell kno
ling TO occupy any hon orahis pest that n
sigred her In q lev weeks. having surveye
tire field Of operations we hsll be veil pr
cooperate With our sister states in the mob
pr.servirg. unimpaired the federative princl
government. Very truly. yours, sc.
WuITEMAi.Su B. SEA