The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-10-14
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the State, and d Convention, thus
created, is about to,seal our destiny.
The present election furnishes tho on.
ly probable opportunity, before the
meeting Of this Conversion, for the
people to declare their will. It has
been loudly asserted, that majority
Of our people arc in favor Of imme.
diatc Secession from the Union, and
both parties have turned to this elec.
ton to ascertain the fact. You will
perceive, then, at once, that if tho
advocates of Secession elect the
members to the Southern Congress,
it will confirm this assertion. and in
all probability will induce them to
carry out their. measure as speedily
as the Convention can be assembled.
You arc therefore, in fact, now de-
tcrmining the question, wtother S.
Carolina shall at once Sc. alone
from the Union.
In deciding this question. it is iu,-
portant that all BARRIERS should be re-.
moved, which prevent you from look.
ing directly into its whole merits. -
| One of the most formidable of these
barriers, is an impression that the
State stands committed by pledges to
take separate action, which, as men
of honor, her citizens arc bound to
redeem. Let US, therefore, in the
first place, examine the facts, and
sec how, and to what extent, the State
stands committed.
We will 60 back as far as 194s,
although that date is two years ahead
Of the late action Of Congress. At
the session of the Legislature in De-
ccmbcr, 1913, the following report
and resolutions contain the action to
which the State was pledged
Ertract from the Rcports and Res.
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IN the Ilousc ct REPRESENTATIVES,,
lccera'. -, 1913. az. mint.
vt.t!Gy vtltsGS.y;stit''' q, ,;.: Scnn ~ ::jpuse
OF lei a'iNs..,. u :.,r.,stai ) Ia:
'a'onS, 7l 81 NcE" l,irvrcG So
much II he !, ,rn,r's ,f,e,n s.
'a'cs y - e.,;'!a.:,,a 4
alurv rcsciui!oa.6 " Il . >..u,
~ It, beg leave g ycgoj ~. .o.-
!n"t'H resolutions: as cryros4uYs tac
nnd.%',cd opinion # ,aia o-isl9rnre
.! " tie Wi'mot i'rvi.p nd a.. sim.
~. ..o."i'o"s {. ino great principle
Of equality, which South Carolina
has so long and SO ardently maintain
cd should govern the action of the
States and the laws Of Congress ND.
on all matters affecting the tights and
interests Of any member of this Uni.
on.
Resolved, unanimously, That .hc
twc 70" discussion b. tic sla, choIl.
il. States, rs % ,hyir exclusion from
the territory recently acquired from
Mexico, has passed, and that this
General Assembly. representing the
feelings Of the State OF Soutl Caro-.
llnai is prepared to co-opcrntc with
her si4aH States, in resisting the ap.
plicatlon Of the principles Of the Vii.
mot iroviso to snch territory, at any
and every hazard.
Resolved, unanimously, That the
Govnrnor be requested to transmit
copy of this report to the Governors
Of each Of the States Of this Union,
and TO our Senators ard Representa-.
tlvcs In the Congress of the United
States.
Mark the words. "South Carroll
ma is prepared to COOPERATE with
her sister States This is tho whole
extent Of our pledge in 1913.
In 1S49, the subject was brought
before the Legislature by the GOV.
crnor, and each House had report
from its own Committee; and it is
quite remarkable that, in each scpa.
rate report, separate State action is
not once alluded to, bat each recon-,
mcnds concert Of uction mith the
other States Of the South. Read
the reports for yourselves, which, for
your information, | have copied rer.
batim from the record.
Extr0cts from tie Rrpo,ts amd Res.
ol"tions, 1910, PIP. 3l2,313, 314.
In the Senate, December Is,
1S49. The Committee on Federal
Relations, to whom was referred so
much Of the Message of his Exccllcn.
cy the Governor, as relates to tho re.
commentator Of the people Of the
State of Mississippi for a Convention
of the people of the Southern States,
to be held in Nashville, in June next;
and, also, so much of the Message,
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