The southern press., 1850-11-07
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soUBfHHHH NIGHTS IdEEIfrG At WALTER
BosbbgH-On Monday the 2sth DIT, n lafs,
number Of the citizens of 81 Bartholomew.
Parisi, assembled at the CUurthouse, in iIii:
town, for the PURPOSE of forming Southern
Rights Association. The meeting was organi
zed, by calling Daniel S. Henderson, esq, to the
Chair and appointing John w. Burbidge, esq.,
Secretary.
The Chairman opened the meeting with q
brief address to the assemblage, explaining the
objects of the meeting aud the advantages to be
derived from the formation of the proposed
Association, at the conclusion of which, on
motion, n Committee of Ten was appointed by
the Chair to prepare business for the meeting.
The following gentlemen constituted the COM
mittee: Dr. Thomas Lining, DIR. X. l.. North, c.
w. Oswald, esq, J. b. Perry, esq, l., j. Witscll,
esq, r.. B. jenkins, esq, Hon. David Walker,
Jacob Folk, esq, o. p. Williams, esq, and DIR.
George M. Rivers The committee retired for
short time, and while absent, the meeting was
addressed by Eustace st. p. Bellinger, esq,
the Hon Sinon Yerder, and Carlos Tracy, esq
The committee, through its chairman, reported
the following preamble and resolutions:
Whereas, Congress having passed an act ad-
hitting California into the Union upon an equal
footing with the other States, contrary to the
repeated remonsrances and solemn resolves Of
the slayeholding States, thereby excluding one
half the States from all territory of the Union,
stretching one thousand miles along the Pacific
Ocean and, Whereas, the said Congress have
virtually declared that slavery shall not exist in
any State hereafter admitted into the Union, nor
in any territory hereafter acquired, whether by
purchase or conquest; and have further abolished
the slave trade in the District of Columbia, thus
Oyerthrowing our domestic institutions, which
said acts are suicidal to the plantation States,
and in direct violation of the spirit of the Con-
further appeals are unavailing, be it therefore,
Resolred, That we ought no longer to submit
to the unconstitutional acts which despotc
majority have forced upon us. i"" "T q
Resolued, That our paramount allegiance is
due to South Carolina, and we do solemnly
pledge ourselves to support, by all means in our
power, any course which she may think proper
to direct .u.,.r... ~. ~. .,.' ,..'... y.
Resolred, That at the next meeting of the
Legislature, our senators and representatives be
to use their efforts in passing an act,
our senators from Congress- and
also to recommend to the people of the different
Districts, to withdraw their re-
until the rights of the South shall
be acknowledged and fully restored
Resolred, That believing the above resolu-
tions to be in accordance with the views of the
people of this parish, we proceed to form a
Southern Rights Association 81 . ..rl -s..
We, the undersigned, citizens of ST. Bar
tholomews Parish, impressed with the necessity
of union among the people of the South, and
for the purpose of better resisting the aggrcs-
sions of the North, do form ourselves into an
association for the protection of Southern rights,
and adopt the following, .... ..,... -. -.
CONSTITUTION. .,. .t....... .-sr
ART. I. The name of the Association shall be
".the Southern Rights Association of st. Barthol-
omew's Parish" Its object shall be to organize
more cfiectuilly the people of the Parish ia
support of the interests of the South-to insure
concert Of action among the citizens of this and
other Southern States, in vndation of their
rights, to maintain the federal compact in its
original purity and simplicity, as the only means
of preserving the Union, and to support the
State authorities in any measures South Caro-
lima may adopt for her defence, or that of her
siste. Southern States against the injustice and
aggressions Of the Northern States. . s.D....
ART. Livery friend of the South shall be
considered u member of this Association upon
signing these rules. .....s
ART. III. The officers of this Association shal
consist of a President, six Vice Presidents,
Recording Secretary, and n Treasurer, to be
chosen annually at the anniversary meeting of
the Association.
ART ~. There shall be Committee of Safety
annually appointed, to consist of five members
for Walterboro, five for Combahee, five for
Ashepoo, five for Pom Pom, five for Round o,
five for Edisto and Buckhead, and five for the
Fork of Saltketcher whose duty it shall be to
consider all communications relating to the OBJ
jeets of the Association; to call extra meetings
Al.
President, or in his absence, Vice President so
to do, and to prepare and lay before the meet
ings such information and reports as they may
deem important. The officers of the Associa-
ton shall be ex-officio members of the Com
mittee Of Safety. ... rs. .
ART. " There shall be Committee of Cor
to consist of fourteen members,
whose duty it shall be to carry on all cores
pondence in this and other slaveholdng States,
in relation to the objects of this Association,
and to report the same to the Committee of
Safety, whenever it may be necessary
m ART. VI. There shall be annually appointed
Committee of Finance, to consist of eight men,
bers, whose duty it shall be to raise, by volun-
tary contributions, the ways and means of car
rying out the objects of the Association, under
the direction of the Committee of Safety '@
ART. VII. There shall be four regular meet
ings of this Association annually, viz; on the
first Monday in January, April and July, and an
annual meeting on the first Monday in October,
the anniversary of the Association. ......
ART. yIII The Association shall appoint de-
legates to other Southern Rights Associations,
Conventions and Mass Meetings, whenever the
Committee of Safety shall deem 1t expedient for
its interests and purposes ... -" |.'
ART. TX The Association shall continue in
existence and psrsevere in its efforts until the
wrongs of the South are redressed, or the State
resume the powers therefore, delegated to the
United States for special purposes
FoR PRESIDENT,
Col. RICHARD B. BEDON
VICE PRESIDENTS.
Col. JOHN d. RpwARps, marlborough.
w. C. HEYwARp, esq, Combahee,
THOMAS M. .RHErT, esq, Ashepoo.
JAMES SANDERS, sr. esq, Round o.
Col. GEO. WARREN, Buck Head.
Hon. DAVID WALKER, Fort Satketcher.
Secretary and Treasurer-John w. Burbidge.
Committee OF Safety for INTERCHANGEABLE