The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-05-15

seyepal persons among tlle leaders ot ! he *
psdition arrested The activity displayed b.
the United States officials, for some time
past seems to have seriously embarrassed
their operations. The persons Who went
from this city have not yet returned; when
we see them here again we shall conclnde
that the expedition has been abandoned
.4tldate1 lastel al Tie 7lls INST
South Carolina
The general convention of delegates from
1.-THE various sotthern Rights Associations N
the above State, asscmbledin Charleston, en-
the 5thinst., some $50 members being pres.
cnt The convention was organised by the
selection Of Ex.Gov ] p Richardson g
President, assisted BY several Vice Presidents
and Secretaries. After adoption Of rules
/ for the regulation Of the Convention and q
brief but spicy address by the President, fol-
lowed by some unimportant proceedings the
Convention adjourned over to the End day.
During the next session q committee OF p
was onmotion of Col. Maxcy Gregg appoint
cd to prepare and report business for the
Convention, the mover being made chairman
of the committee.
After the presentation of resolutions, and
the reading Of a letter from the Hon. Lang
don Cheyes in which he opposed the policy of
soperate Stateaction, Col Maxey Gregg frop
the committee of q submitted the report of
the majority of said committee. 1t consist
edof the resolutions given below, accompan-
led by well written address vindicatory of
the policy set forth.
/. Reso7eea, That in the opinion of this
meeting, the State of South Carolina cannot
submit to the wrongs and aggressions which
have been perpetrated by the Federal Gov
eminent and the Northern States, without
dishonor and ruin; and that it is necessary to
relieve herself therefrom, whether with or
without the cooperation Of other Southern
States
?. Reso7rcd, That concert of action with
one or more of cur sister States of the South,
whether through the proposed Southern Con
gross, or in any other manner, is an object
worth many sacrifices, but not the sacrifice in
volyed in submission.
g. Rcsolycd, That we hold the right of Sc
ccssion to be essential to the sovereignty and
freedom of the States of this Confederacy;
and that the denial of that right would fur
nish to an injured State, the strongest addi-
tional cause for It's exercise.
4 Resolgcd, That this meeting looks with
confidence and hope to the Convention Of the
people, to exert the sovereign power of the
State in defence of its rights, at the earliest
practicable period, and in the most speedy
and effcctual measures towards the same end
On the subsequent day Mr. Barnwell from
the minority of the committee presented the
following report
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 depart
ure from the proper objects Of this Conyen-
ton and prematurely making issues not call |
ed for by the present occasion, beg leave toI
rs q substitute for sad report, I
the resolution submitted by a Delegate from
Anderson, amended so as to read as follows:
ReSotred, That feeling entire confidence IN
the Constitutional organs of our State Gov
ernment, and in the wisdom and fidelity Of
the Convention, elected under the act passed .
at the last session Of the Legislature, wearc
perfectly willing to leave to them the mode \
and measure of redress for the wrongs we
have suffered from the Federal Government. |
as we'll as the time CT Its application, and
without indicating or suggesting the course It i
behooyes them to pursue, We hereby pledge |
ourselves oabide by their decision, whether
the same shall be for secession from the I'm
ion, with or without the cooperation Of the
other Southern States.
w. PERONNEAU FINLEY
JAMES CHEsNUT, Jr.
7. DELLA ToRRE.
The special order Of the day, the report Of
the committee, having been called, an ami
mated debate sprung up in which Col. Gregg,
Mr.. Grant, Gen. Adams, Hon. WE. Col
cock and A. P. Calhoun sustained the Re
port, and the Hon. a. P Butler, Hon. ]. L.
Orr, and Hon. r. Barnwell oppoaedit. The
question was to have been taken in the even
ing Of the 18th inst. The proceedings are
supposed to indicate a prevailing and 6zed
resolve upon secession.