The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-05-13
WEpsEspAY, MAY 4, 1851.

comprehendlng the Lords prayer, ana severai
collects from the Liturgy OF the Protestant
Episcopal Church, and concluding with the ioi-
lowing
40 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 us. We render thee thank )
for the goodly heritage thou hast gwen us ; Tor
the civil and religious privileges we ENJOY and
for the multiplied manifestations OF thy favor
and goodness towards Grant that we show
forth our tbankfuness for these thy mercles, by
| living in reverence of thy Almighty power and
dominion, in humble reance on thy goodness
and mercy, and in holy obedience TO thy righte-
Gus laws. Preserve, we beseech thee to US and
60 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 ia holy fellowship !;
that so their only strife may be, who shall show
forth with most humble and holy feryor the
praise CT 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
tce, religion and piety, may be established among
us for all generations O Lord, continue to
prosper our social, civil, and religious institu-
tions. Shed, we beseech thee, the quickenng
influences of thy Holy Spirit on all those who
are here assembled to consult together on our
State affairs Give them a 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 bles-
sings we enjoy or hope to enjoy, consists in the
constant, fithful, and practical acknowledgment
of thy sovereign and gracious providence, in
humble ana 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 I'M
due excitement under the sense of the injuries
against which they are striving TO provide
Keep them from every act of ungodIy violence
or indiscretion, and let not the foot of pride
come nigh to hurt them, nor the hand of the un-
gody TO east 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, o
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, uncorrupted 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:one, su
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
ority of the committee, as involving departure
from the proper objects of this meeting, and pre-
maturely making issues not called for by the
present occasion, beg leave to recommend, as a
substitute for said report the resolution sub
mitted by delegate from Anderson, amended
so as to read as follows:
ReSolued, That feeling entire confidence in
the constitutional organs of our State govern
ment, and the wisdom and fidelity of the conveu-
ton elected under the act passed at the last
session of the legislature, we are perfectly will
ing TO leave TO 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 it behooves them to pursue,
we hereby pledge ourselves TO abide By their
&C ion, whether the same shall be for secession
from the Union, with or without the cooperation
of the other Southern States.