The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-11-28
We give the conclusion Of Mr.. MEaMiSGrkt
remarks In full


remarks In full
"when the Stamp Act of the British Parliament
was repealed, there were great rejoicings in this
our city of Charleston. Bonfres were lighted,
guns fired, and every demonstration of Joy which
people could evince, made. A statue of
William Pitt (the great champion Of the repeal)
was ordered by our citizens the same which
you may in the campus of the Orphan
House
''But amid the general exhibition of Joy, there
was one man al least who that the repeal
was mere tub to the whale. He read in the
peal, an assertion of the right of the British
Parliament to bind the colonies in all cases
Whatsoever, and he determined to prepare for the
worst. That man was CHRIsTopHER GApspEN
Amidst the general rejoicing he assembled par
~ OF trusty friends under the old liberty oak
which some Of our old men can remember as
standing near the old market at the east end of
Boundary street, read to them this declaration of
the British Parliament showed its relations to
the Issue pending, and then exacted from them a
solemn oath that they would never yield to the
usurped claim Of the British Government With
ceaseless vigilance they watched the progress
OF events, and kept themselves ready for ac-
ton. Just anticipated, the British
Government, in a few years, renewed it's assault;
the tea tax, and others of like kind, were i'm
posed. But Colonel Gadsden and his sworn bro
therhood were ready for the occasion they were
true to their oath; they would not yield and our
independence and freedom were among the fruits
OF their constancy and vaor.
''Such men we have occasion for now, and anon q
such men foremost stands the name of Langdon
Cheves. will, therefore, propose to you a sent-
ment which feel assured will meet your cordial
appreciation
"Cmistopher Gadsden and L.angdon CAeves-
master minds which foresaw the revolutionary
storms of l776 and 1850, and pointed out the way
: to weather them
The Hon. VIM. +. CoLcoCK being called
out, declared, as the result Of his deliberate judy
ment, that secession was the only remedy"
Col. j. w. HAYNE gave, "The first step to the
independence of the Soah-four steamers to
be built by the State, and proper system of
coast Defence"
In answer to an alluson of one of the
speakers to Charleston, DR.. BELLINGER, the
Mayor, spoke in the following terms:
"GENTLEMEN: The absence Of an alderman,
. who was expected to respond to this sentiment,
imposes on me the necessity of again obtruding
on your attention by few remarks We, of
South Carolina, have been sitting long in the
shadow of that coming event. Disunion that we
have been compelled to study its features, to cal
culatc its dangers, and to rehearse our parts in
in the grapple with it. Now, however emulous
all sections of the State may be of the honor of the
first encounter with our foe, it is generally ad-
mtted that the city of Charleston must and will be
the theatre of the principal if not of the first con-
: fiict that may happen within our borders And
am sure that you need no promises from her civic
or military authorities in regard to her behaviour
: in that event. Have you not just been reminded
that under the " Old Oak Tree in Boundary
street," was cemented the first solemn compact
for effecting our deliverance from British thral-
DOM And do you not know that there are in our
State, and in our city, aye, at this tabe-the
descendants of those who there met-there con-
sulted-there resolved, and there adiured each
other? Will these, think you, be less prompt, or
less fearless, or less firm, than their sires, Your
applause is convincing answer to the question,
and propose
The memory Of those who met under the OAK
Tree, an boundary street; we impatiently bide the
{ time for emulating their example"
Col. GADsDEN, Mr.. L. Is. NoKTHRoP. ana
Mr.. SnfMs, were also called out, but we have
no report OF their remarks The mayor had
the honor, we presume, Of giving the climax
to the evening, in the expression of his desire
Tor 'the first encounter with the foe"