Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-11-09
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s9it4 tb3 7aia ICoMMuNIcATED.lod
Southern Rights HEectimg.n
according to prcvious notice a
large number of citizens assembled
inthe Court House onthe A h INST,
TO takesimo considerations the uncon.
s!itutional aggression, of the North
efn against The Southern Sta cs.
a1Qn motion Of Mai, " :, i. x eth,
TAomasG Boggs was ,calledlto the
Chair candJ w. Norris, jr.y arpoin4
ed Secretary. 1.-THE object ofnbe
fiisei;Hg was briefly stated TO he 10
form a,''Sonthcrn Rights Association
Hon Jas. J.. Orr heing present
was,Invited 10 address the meetinr
which nc did in a clear, bold, and
patriotic stvle.
-xsWaK.o Eas'ey,s Esq, offered the
ioll9jSing Preamble and ,Constitu-
ton forIthea formation, of. "a Southern
htsAssoc.ation for ih;s Districf.
whichi@crc unanimously adopted ~
Nst.R o. sLl PREAMBLE 'iiD@aH ai
s''WBereas, t'is apparent, not on'y
from the acts OF Injustice which have
been perpetratcd blythe dominant
majority yin C6hgresS. hut also from
tie ,eonrse OF Systematic anil organ
izet aggression on ihe rights of the
South which have been for years purr-
sutd blythe Northern Safes of this
Union'5 that there. is a fixed and nn-
aterab'e discrimination on tile pari
of,thoae States torob us OF our DO
iitical rights and 70 despoil us Of our B
domestic instiiutions;2 and, believing
as we do, that Their peaeeable pos
sesslon and even Preservation Eas
become lincompatlbfco With our pres
ehe relations to the existing Confed-
e'acv ana having been forced to The
painil conviction that, South Caro-
lima IN common withher Sister States
of thelSoath is driseh 10 choose be-
tween the preservation of her rights
and the preservation of the Union /:
Therefore, We. the peop'e e of Pickens
District, do now, Z so'emniy pledge
ourlliyes9 our fortunes and our sacred
lioaof" to aid. defend and SUPPORT
her in men aiming her rights, by 'any
course or by any means TO which
she NAV he driven by the foul inius-
tlce,and {agyress;ons of the usurpinG
Iyorifti aildaln view Of an issue SO
painful but nc2itabe 10 n5. Wv
ed AeA therefore Re@s@e& That we
dosnoW Organize aud constitute our
selves INTO an Association for thel de
feneegol Southern R;ghts.and Inter
ea'sSthe objects and rules of which
wahereby pleslgen oursesyes as men
and jas lsclli2ens@toa support and OBJ
.segYs,sfaiil ttheesseeas},igg which threat-
easlheidestr8ctipn Of ourrights shall
have been entirely removed and for
that purpose weiaslopt the foaow ng
iConstltuiion: aafsr satgtss
8et 9sgDa CONSTITUTIONS.
MaART. I.The name Of This Associ-
at'on shall Ibe "'fhe Southern Rights
Association fPnkens District" Its
object SbalI3be sto organi and pre-
pare the people of Pickens District
the better to defend themselves from
the dangers which threaten ITO pro-
mote the interest and to secure the
harm 3nl,iy and united acto. Of The
Whp.e Soushln the glorious cause of
Eons,itutional Freedom. AMI more
especially shalliis objects be to pledge
ITS members 10 support South CaroIi-
ma m any course which she may be
driven 10 psEstie In defence other
rights as afree aud s0vereion STATE.
AwT. o. The officers Of his Ass,-
sciation shall be b PRESIDENT sixteen
Vice Presidents, fone for each beat
coiSpany,ltwo Recording Secfefa-
ries, two Corresponding Secretaries,
n fFraasitrar ant "a Cns,, ,,,3. .ffa<ss ac