The southern press., 1850-10-01
PENDLEToN, Sept. 81, 1850.


DEAR CoLoNEL have received your letter, in
which the propriety of an immediate meeting of
the Legislature is suggested. That body IN De-
cember last adopted the following resolutions, viz
ssThat should the Wilmot Proviso, or any
kindred measure, become law of Congress, the
Governor is hereby earnestly requested to call to-
geher the Legislature should it not be in session
at the time Of the passage of such law. !"
To execute this request, s'Rorthw with, - would in
my Judgment, be unwise and impotic. In an
emergency like the present, it is vitality important
to avoid precipitation. The most conclusive rea-
sons exist why South Carolina should be deiber-
ate and weary in her movements. A false step
on the part, at this juncture, might rum the cause
in which the whole South is embarked We have
solemn.y resolved no longer to submit to Con-
gressiona aggression and Northern fanaticism
That resolve ought to be carried into effect with
calmness and great discretion by a united people
While, may almost say, personally know, that
no division exists in our ranks on the question of
resistance, all hazards am not certain, that the
best mode of making that resistance effective has
been agreed upon. Let then, the remedy for fed
eraI usurpaton from this period to the day of the
regular session Of the Legislature, be the subject Of
ceaseIess consideration. Let meetings be prompt
ly held in every district and parish, in order that
when the great council of the State shall assemble,
it will be ready to act, and not to deliberate
merely.
Our stated elections will take place in less than
a month. Ii is pretty certain, therefore, that the
present Legislature cannot be convened. To call
together the body soon to be elected, only about
FIVE weeks preceding the time when it must
semb!e under the constitution, would, on my part,
display heedessness not warranted by the mo-
mentous consequences involved in the issue before
us Give the intervening time to the people TO
consider and prepare measures that will insure
success On matter of such immeasurable mo-
ment, a little delay, lie you assured, will be pro-
ductive Of the most signal advantages
But again. the Nashville Convention is to reas-
semble on the llth of November, or just two
weeks before the meeting of our Legislature.
The latter consequently, it IS nearly certain, Will
be in session afterthe adjournment of the Conven-
ton Il will be i'm readiness to raufy the acts OF
that august Council, or to take such other course
as the exigency Of the crisis may demand
Would not an extraordinary convocauon OF the
representatives of the people of South Carolina
Immediately before or at the time of the assem-
bling of the Southern Convention, In which thus
State will doubtless be fully represented, embar-
rass the proceedings Of body convened for the
purpose of determining upon the mode and mea-
sure of redress for Southern grievancesf IL so,
what useful end could be attained by an extra call
that could not be better reached at the regular
sion Of the law-making power'
Georgia VIII shortly hold her convention. Vir-
gina the flag bearer Of the South, unless Sis
ter State contend successfully for the honor on
this OCCASION is bound by statute to assemble her
egisaturein in the event OF the passage of the Wiz
mot Proviso, or il the slave trade be abolished in
the District of Columbia. That Mississippi, Ala
ban,a and Florida Will take the field, We have the
assurance Of their soemnly recorded declarations.