The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-08-28
1onr Ubedicnt Servant, :
WlIiTEMAnSH b. SEABROOK
Cart. FRANCIS SUMTER.

southern Rights Meeting in Columbia.
al meeting held in Columbia on Sa,r:r- or:
day last {tho 2Ath inst. the following rcso.
F'etiaRa sesarn sir,aniroatsly aaoptesi: S,
Resolved, Thar il is the sense of This
meeting that District Association should
he formed TO be called Southern Rigb,s
iSsnciati0n'
Resolved, That Committee of TWENTY
tw" be appointed TO report a, an adjourned
meeting OF the citizens of this Us,y;c,
measures for cfiGcting the above named OH
ject.
Resolved, That the Committee be reoues.
tcd 10 report TO the adjourned meolingto be
hcid on the first Thursday in September
next, nj II O'Clock in the afternoon.
The following resolutions were sent 10
The meeting to the Hon. w. C. pRrsroy
the state OF whose health prccuded him
from being present They were referred
t"the Committee Of twenty-five
Resolved, That the persovcrnp and sys-
tcma,ic assaults made bv the non.s slave
ho!nhg States upon tho property and feel
'ngs OF The slave-holding States, reaier il
eNPcn!cht and proper that the after should
""'Pt measures To arrest the grievance and
secure 10 themselves that peace and SAFETY
'hc enjoyment OF which is the object of ali
government That the attacks upon orr
h"nor ana our interest suhjec, us a, once
to insult and injury, under which no roy
crnncnt is worth preserving, and 10 avoid
Wlich any danger should be encountered.
'lnf
,.oh lS necessary for the protection ol the
9oNtheFn States, and for the purpose OF ci.
'ecting ms II s expcd.cnt to organize an
Association FOR the maintenance Of South.
cFi' flights, honor, and tranquiiy-,hc
princip!c rules, ana constitution of ybich
association arc hereby referred 10 Com.
ihittee OF - 10 report To an adjourned meet.
lng this day-wcek. The n,embers Of rho
Committee TO be appointed by The Chair.
man.
a inriher resolution, as follows, was also
adopted,
Resolved, That this meeting recon-.
mend 10 our sister Districts tho iormo,ior
o! Southern Rights Association wi,h;r
the'f respective limits, and that the Sccre.
"'F'cS o! 'il's meeting be instructed to con.
'ey 'h,s request 10 such persons as they
may thmlt appropriate IN the several dis.
FIc's Of the State.
The Secretaries of the meeting have
published in the Columbia Papers The
following card, with request that Editors
throughout the Stale would givo the same
two or three insertions.
CRcuLAR-Tn Tie Ciii.enS of--Dfs.
Tict, South Car0!inH,-At n meeting of thu
citizens OF Rlchiand District, held this day
the following resolution, among others, wa:
adopted
Resolved, That the meeting recommend /,
our sister Districts, the formation of South
crn Nights Associations within their rcspec
tive limits, and that tho Secretaries of thu
meeting be requested TO convey such re
communication To sich persons as they ma,
'hInk appropriate, in the several District
OF the State.
The undersigned Secretaries of III,
meeting, beg leave to present the abov,
resolution 10 your notice, and ask for
such consideration as in your judgment /
deserves Respectfully,
W"B b J. JnSSsFoS JnGw4oS sooys A. VIZ i ccAnno1E
Columbia, :. G. Aug. 2ith, 1850