The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-09-09

}nf The Ridge and vicinity met together on
tugtay u thr Sd jinsl for the purpose Of
expressing ihcjrs scntimenJs the subject
mi secsa and sto r9nnize Themselves
iptoSa body OF co-ope rationsts. W.
/, z, q Maj. u. Vatson acted as Chairman, and
w. II, NORRIS and John NJ. Norris, were
requested to act us Secretaries.
Ihe5resolutions Of the late Charleston,
Yorkville and Spartanhurg Cooperation
meetings were read, which met The hearty
appreciation ofa,lpresent.
Onmotion, committee was appointed
odraft y Report and Resolutions ior the
adoption ofthe meeting. The following
gentlemen, constituted the committee, viz:
John M.Norris, Chairman, E. Watson, NJ.
Holston, ]. Mobley, NJ. B. Whittlc, Joel
Ridgail, p. Williams, Jarvis Ashbell, w.
II, Norris and Ambrose Wh,lle
Alter few moments consultations, The
Chairman made the following Report with
Resolutions appended, to wit:
In the spirit Of people that know their
rights as freemen, we, the citizens of the
Ridge and vicinity, have met together to
q SGcclarc our sentiments on the great
questions now agitating our State, and
which, 80 deeply concern our mos,
important interests. We hold that the
institution Of slavery is suarant cd 10 us by
the Constitution Of the United Stutes-thal
it is sanctioned and approved by the
Christian religion, and that upon it's
perpetuity depends the future welfare and
prosperity Of the South. We believe that
the General Government has pcrpetu ated
wrongs and injustice upon the people OF
the South by seeking to break down thls,
our cherished institution. We believe it 10
be the settled determination Of the greater
part otathe North to use every effort
in their power, to have slavery abolished
in The South. We believe that our enc
mics, the abo.itionists. arc already formi-
dable party, and ore rapidly increasing in
strength and numbers. We hold it to be
an undeniabe fact, that, we have the right
to secede from the Union, and that we
should exercise the right for the reasons
above enumerated. But, whilst we hold
tbe right OF secession to be undeniable, and
tbatit Is high time that this Union he dis.
solved, We are unwilling that South Carroll.
ma should sccede alone under existing cir
cumstances; for, by such course, she will
not only separate from her Northern enc
mics, but drive from her aid hor true friends
and allies of the South. We believe that
our sister States are arousng up TO sense
OF their danger, and that tho time is not fa I
distant when they will be ready to Join
South Carolina in a Southern Confederacy.
We are of the opinion, that, The State, by
separate action, cannot accomplish one sim
gle good result, under tho present aspec,
of affairs. With these views, we have
adopted the following Resolutions
8isIst. Resolved, That we are opposed to
the separate secession Of South Carolina,
under existing circumstances, as unwse,
imDracticable, and not al all agreeable 10
the wishes OF a majority OF the sovereign
people.
I'd. Resolved, That we regard concert OF
action on the part OF all, or number OF the
Southern States, as the most etlectual
means Of sustaining Southern Rights and
redressing Southern Wrongs,
I'D. Resolved, That should the State ser
ceae4under present circumstances, we do
not belieye that any other Southern State
will join us in q Southern Confederacy.
4th. Resolved, That our Delegates to
4 The State Convention be instructed tG op,
pose the scparate nationality of South Car
!. plira, and tl,at the acts Of said Conventions,
when adjourned, be submitted tho people
for ratification or rejection, and that @e will
abide tile deeisipn gf the people, n !