The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-10-28
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MEETING OF SoUTHERa RIeHrs AssocIA rroh
Rtchland.-The first regular meeting Of the As
sociation was held in Columbia, on the 18th OF
October in the Town Hall. TT
The President, Col. Wade Hampton, on ta-
king the Chair, addressed the meeting as fol-
lows: ITsa&el t.H
Gentlemen-In assuming the station you
have assigned me, permit me to express my
acknowledgements for the honor you have con-
ferred upon me. No ono can be more sensi-
Bile than myself that to your kind partially
rather than to any merit of my own, am i'll
debted for this compliment, alike unexpected
and undeserved This conviction serves to i'm
press me the more, and to heighten my sense oil
obligation for this gratifying expression Of your
confidence.
( Ipray you, gentlemen, to accept my thanks,
and with it the assurance of my hearty co-ope-
ration in carrying out the objects OF your Asso-
citation, and my entire willingness to occupy
"any place in the picture" however humble, that
you may be pleased to assign me.
w +. DeSaussure, esq. Chairman of the
Council of Safety, made the following report
The Council of Safety respectfully submit to
the Southern Rights Association for Richland
District, the following report:
The Council of Safety met and organized it.
self by appointing the undersigned its Chair
man, and Augustus II. Porcher, Secretary.
The Council have the qualification to an
nounce that the call for the formation of South
ern Rights Associations in other parts of the
State has been met promptly, and that such
Associations are now being formed in various
districts, and rs the Council believe, will spec
Oily be organized in every section of the State.
1t is manifest that the people of South Carroll
M have n due sense OF the approaching crisis
and are firmly resolved to be found prepared
to meet it. As soon as Associations are
formed, correspondence will be opened by the
Council where circumstances may render it OK.
pedient.
The Council have the satisfaction to report
that the list of membes of this Association is
large and imposing. AS new signatures are con-
stantly added, they do not now report the actual
number, satisfied that in short period it will en-
brace nearly every voter in the District.
The Council recommended to the Associa-
ton, that fund be raised by voluntary subscrip-
ton among the members to meet the necessary
expenses of printing and other things.
An invitation was extended by the Council to
our immediate Representative, the Hon. Joseph
A. Woodward, to meet the Association and his
constituents upon his return from Congress-
With their invitation he promptly complied, and
auoresseu large Dody Oh MS lelioW cltlzens on
Saturday last. From the able view of our rela-
tons with the Federal Government and the
Northern States, presented by our faithful Rep
rescntative the Council became fortified in the
conviction that our present organization is wise,
and that our reliance must be upon our own
courage, and not upon the justice Of the North,
or any protection which the constitutional COM
pact was intended to afford
w. f. DE SAUSSURE, Chairman.
Those present who had not signed the Con-
stituton, were invited to do so, and number of
names were added.
On motion, the Secretaries Of the Association
were requested to present lists for voluntary
contributions from the members OF the Assoca-
ton, to deiray the necessary expenses.