Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1851-05-17
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bIed, and the President having taken
the char, prayer was offered up bya
the Rev. DIR, Gilman,
Col. Maxcy Gregg, from the COM
mlttee of 81, submitted the following
additional report from said commit
tee, which was laid on the table, or
dered to be printed and made the,
special order of the day, to be taken
up after the first report of the same
committee should have been dispoB-
cd of.
The committee of Twenty-one neg
leave 10 report, that they have con-
sIdered the subjectyo of the best mode
OF providing for the more perfect and
efficient organization of the South
ern Rights Associations Of South Car
DINA, and respectfully recommend
The adoption of the following resolu,
tons, as appropriate for that purpose.
Regarding these resolutions, in adj
dtion 10 those already reported, as
embracing all that is at present nes
cessary, for the action Of this meet
ing, the committee respectfully ask
10 be discharged from the further con-
sderation of the various propositions
referred to Them
l. Resolved, That this meeting Of
Delegates from the District Associa-
tions, do now form itself into a oen-
tral Southern Rights Association of
the State Of South Carolina, presery-
ing IT'S organization under the same
officers.
= } hat the central Southern.rights
Association of the State of S. Caro-.
inai do consist hereafter ofDelegates
appointed, by the several District A.
soclailons, in the proportion of twice
as many Delegates, as the number
OF Senators and Representatives to
which each election District is enti-
tied; and that it meet semi-snnually,a
atsuch places as may be designated
oy The presiding officer; the present
Delegates continuing members, until
a new appointment by the several
District Association.
3. Resolved, That Central Com-
mttee for the Southern Rights Assoc
clatlons Of South Carolina be an
pointed by the President Of this BODY,
to consist of nine members, whose
duty II shall be, correspondence,
by publishing and circulating sound
documents, and by all proper means;
to promote the common causes; and
that any member Of any District AS
sociation in the State shall be ehgible
as member of the said Committee
d. Resolved, That the Central
Committee be authorized 10 appoint
a Secretary and Treasurer, and to
take all suchmeasures as may be pro-
per to oprovide for all the necessary
expenditures. s..t .'i' &.
Col. Gregg then claimed the at.
tention OF the meeting for Col. A.. r.
itayne, than whom he statedour
State would find no truer friend. J5Ia
Col. Hayne stated that he should
be found on the same platform with
Butter and BarnweIl--noble sons OF
noble sires, and that three-fourthsf OF
he,people of Charleston were to be
found on the same ground as that oc.
cupied by those gentlemen and lang
don Cheves, and that Charleston
would do her duty, come veal or
woe. In the event of separate State.
action, he considered the ,Govern.
ment would at once send ssnall st<S,s-
"'ers and frigates not only off the,
ar of Charleston, but within ii. He
regarded the slave question as one OF
property; and believed that If the
now non-slaveholdng States would
not permit negroes, or their descen.
dants of mixed blood, to residein,
pass through, or even visit them; and
the slave States forbade emancipa.f
lion, the Union might be saved
lhls,was the substitute proposed sby
DIR. Drake instead of the comprSa,
mise twenty years ago. He consids
cred that great circunstancesip pre-
dueed revolutions, not men; and that
great events are work of labor, eons
sequently helurged the expediency
and policy Of patience for thepreSs
ent. R,,.e.. 49,, -.
- Ex@G Governor Seabroal coneeiyed
it utterly, impossible by delay ID Sc
ton to secure cooperation. 4 Action
Was required 10 awaken lethaf9y.
.Sonth Carolinians were one pc5ple
in Patnre,, feeling and patriotism. but
herlioreign population were against
her. There were certainly, 4 few
who measure their patriotism bya:le
scale of profit and loss, :; IYs sxssssrf,sx4