Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1851-05-17

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and sufficient reason have cen shown
He must cCn'ess, however, that lie
was precisely of the same opn on
then as hewas on his ente. ny he
Hall; and that South Carolina hould
act alone, ii she could not get coop
Grafton. He had come TO the con-
cciusion thatif we remain any longer
inthe Union we shalt loose our pro-
perty Our lives, our seh-rGspect and
honor. He thanked God that he had
not heard, during this debate, one
individual state that he was for the
Union atevents. The peop'e were
united in the feeling that Il honor
OF South Carolina was at stake. 1t
has been said that the gold of Philip
waSat work, he therefore advised
the State to strike in TINE, and thus
save the honor of the people from
the deg lat'on they would inc ur
Were they to accept II.
Mr.. Badger, lele~ate from both
the York and Indian Lans A oci,-
ton, craved the indulgence OF he
meeting for ADDRESSING hem, tn con.
sidercd that he shoul be dea 10 he
noblest principles ofn ture ii he 90 ii
sit and hear, unmoN ed, the many
compliments that | a been paid, du-
ring the p!o5ress of tie debate, to
North Carolina, his adopted State
His ioreiathers were South Carolini-
ans--he himself was Virginian by
birth, and was now halt way back in
his pilgrimage 10 the Mecca of his
fathers. Mr.. Badger, with cons der
able earnestness and eloquence, adv o.
Gated separate State action, and as-
sured the Convention that IN mo-
ment So. Carolina acted, she would
touch cord il The hearts Of the
young men OF North Carolina, that
would bring tht m from the mountains
to the Seaboard, to her aid.
MIR. Mccall, of Fairfield, at some
length, addressed the Convention -
He considered cooperation use es j,
though he would wait leasonab e
lime. A blockade, i'm his opinion,
was a war mrasure and in direct vio-
lation ofathe law of nations.
Col. Maxcy Gregg, as chairman of
the committee of2l, then rose to close
the debate, prior to the question being
put on the Address and Resolutions:
and replied at length to the various
arguments a6duced by Messrs. But
Ter, Orr, Barnwell, and other advo-
Gates Of delay f,I the present.
Mr. w. nj. Lawton briefly alluded
to the attacks made against Charles
ton, in the course of the debate, and
repudiated with Indignation, the idea
that her citizens would make Il 0ueS-
ton involving the honor and safe of
$. Carolina, one of dollars and ceats;
and deprecated the rema Ks dropped
IN relation.to the foreign population.
The Convention, at the conclusion
OF MIR. LaWton's remarks, took a re-
cess until 4 p. M, at which hour il
was agreed the question should be
put.
On re-assembling, ater some dis
cQssion as to how and on which part
OF the report the vote should be ia.
Ken, the minority report was rejected
and the question came up agan or
the Address and Resolutions origin
ally ropo ted, which were adopted
The Address, and the second and
third resolutions unnanimously, and
the first and fourth with but few dis.
senfIent voices. Several gentlemen
of the delegation O. ST. PDi ip and
-. Mi chel s, prior to the vote being
taken by acclamation, briefly defined
their positions. We could, however
barely hear the sound of their voices
much less what they said. We un.
derstood, however, Gen. Martin to
say that he enlorsed every word OF
inc Address and Resolutions and Tia Tia
Itwas with mm lhe settled rnciple
of q life time 10 get rid of thus Union
as speedily as we can
Col SImons, we understoodtos say
that although he was with majority
OF his delegation who voted against
separate State action, yet he could
not consider submission in any as.
pect whatever. He preferred the
minority report; if, however he could
not get that, he would endorse the
flrst, second andthhd resolutions, and
would that he could endorse the
fourth, but his Judgment warned him
not to do so at this juncture.
Che further report Of the commit
zee of TwehtyIOne was then bro,t
up and adopted.
Ex.GoVernor Seabrook having ta-