The southern press., 1851-05-14
charleston southern Rights convention.
WEDNESDAY, May,7, 1861.

| WEDNESDAY, May'7, 1901.
The convention met pursuant to adjournment
Prayers were offered by the Rev Dr. HAScHEL
comprehending the Lords prayer, and several
collects from the Liturgy of the Protestant
| Episcopal Church, and concluding with the fol
lowing:
| 80 God who art the blessed and only Poten.
tate, the King of Kings, and Lord of lords, the
Almighty Ruler of nations, we adore and mag
nifty thy glorious name for all the great things
thou hast done for u.s. We render thee thanks
| for the goodly heritage thou hast given US for
the civil and religious privileges we enjoy; and
for the multiplied manifestations of thy favor
and goodness towards u.s. Grant that we show
forth our thankfulness for these thy mercles, by
living in reverence Of thy Almighty power and
dominion, in humble reliance on thy goodness
and mercy, and in holy obedience to thy rlghte.
GUS laws Preserve, we beseech thee, to us and
to all the nations of the earth, the blessings OF
peace. Grant that the Kingdom OF the Prince
| of Peace may come, and reigning in the hearts
and lives of men, unite them in holy fellowship
that 80 their only strife may be, who shall show
forth with most humble and holy fervor the
praise of Him who hath loved them, and made
them kings and priests unto God. We implore
thy blessing upon all in authority over us, and
especially upon those of this our beloved State
that all things may be so ordered and settled by
their endeavors, upon the best ard surest foun-
dations, that peace and happiness, truth and JUS
tice, religion and piety, may bee established among
us for all generations. 0 Lord, continue to
prosper our social, civil, and religious institu-
tons. Shed, we beseech thee, the quickening
influences Of thy Holy Spirit on all those who
are here assembled to consult together on our
State affairs. Give them right judgment in
all things, and impress upon their hearts deep
and abiding sense of the great truth, that the
only security for the continuance OF the bes-
sings we enjoy, or hope TO enjoy, consists in the
constant, f,ithful, and practical acknowledgment
of thy sovereign and gracious providence, in
humble and holy submission to the Gospel of
thy Son, and in thy favoring mercy upon their
efforts to maintain the integrity of our BIRTH
right in the confederacy. Save them from un.
due excitement under the sense of the injuries
against which they are striving to provide
Keep them from every act of ungodly violence
or indiscretion, and let not the foot of pride
come nigh to hurt them, nor the hand of the I'M
godly to cast them down. Save us all, we be-
seech thee, from the guilt of abusing the bles-
sings of prosperity and freedom, to luxury and
RIGHTEOUSNESS, to irreligion and vice, or to the
disregard of reasonable restraint, lest we pro-
woke thee, in just judgment, to visit our Of
fences with the rod, and our sins with scourges.
And while thy unmerited goodness to US, 0
God of our salvation, leads us to repentance,
may we offer ourselves, our souls and bodies,
living sacrifice TO thee, and seek that genuine
liberty, both spiritual and temporal, with which
the Gospel makes us free. For the support of
this liberty, may all our efforts, public and pri-
vate, be directed. By its true spirit, may we be
guided at all times and in all circumstances, and
at its sacred, interrupted call, may we follow
whether to life or to death We ask all for the
sake of thy son Jesus Christ, who, with the
Father and the Holy Spirit, reigneth ever one
God, world without end"
Mr. w. PERoNNEAU FINLEY, on behalf of the
minority of the committee of twenty lone, SUI
mitted the following report, which was read:
The undersigned, the minority of the com.
mittee of twenty-one, dissenting, as they are
constrained to do, from the report Of the ma
jority Of the committee, as involving departure
from me proper objects of this meeting, and pre-
maturely making issues not called for by the
present occasion, beg leave to recommend, as
substitute for said report, the resolution sub
mitted by delegate from Anderson, amended
so as to read as follows:
RESOLVED, That feeling entire confidence in
TIE COUsbltulloHdl Bilo VI pSsAtS EO'Slh'
ment, and the wisdom and fidelity of the conyen-
ton elected under the act passed at the last
session of the Legislature, we are perfectly will
ing 10 leave 10 them the mode and measure of
redress for the wrongs we have suffered from
the federal government, as well as the time Of
its application and, without indicating or sug-
costing the course il behooves them to pursue,
we hereby pledge ourselves to abide by their
nc ion, whether the same shall be for secession
from the Union, with or without the cooperation
of the other Southern States.
w. PERONNEAU FINLEY,
JAMES CHESTNUT, Jr,
p. DELLA TORE.
The report was made the order of the day for
tomorrow, and was ordered to be printed
The order Of the day, being the report Of the
committee Of twenty-one, was taken up, and
Col GREGG, the Chairman OF the committee, ad.
dressed the convention at length in its support.
He was followed by X. A. CAN'T, esq, Of
BARNwELL, and Gen. J. ii. ADAMS Of Richland, on
the same side, and by Hon A. p. BUTLER and
Hon. JAMES l.. ORR in opposition.
The convention then took a recess until 4
o'clock.
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