The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-09-30
From the Chssisstom Courier.
Great Southern Co-epcr~tlon and And .Eeees
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The citizens OF Charleston district. in favo
of Southern cooperation. and opposed to tn
separate secession Of tbs State, axsem bed u
great numbers Ut the Hibernian Hail. on Tues
day evening, the 23d inst Never has there beer
exhibited more enthusiastic and overwhelming
demonstration. The spacious hall was most
densely crowded. and every avenue leading to II
was filled with those who were excited with The
high purpose which led 10 the assemblage, and
animated with a jealous determination TO carry
triumphantly tho cause in which they were en-
gagged.
Al proper time, J. J. Pope, Jr., esq- moved
that the meeting should be organized by the ap
pontment of the following gentlemen as Of
fcers
FOR PRESIDENT.
HONORABLE JAMES ROSE.
VICE PRESIDENTS. f
Hon. Mitchell King, Hon. j. b. Grimbull, Hon.
John Schnierle, Hon Il. l.. Hutchinson. Hon.
John Wilson, Hon. Thos. ]. NJ, Hard, Hon. John
Rivers, Hon. Sanford Barker, DR.. Be jamin HUI
ger, w. G. Dukes, Charles Hayward. Dr. Henry
X. Frost, Charles r. Lowndes, J. 8 Bowie, Ar
thur G. Rose, DIR. Sam'l II. Dickson, James
Adger, VIM. Bull Pringle, DR.. Elias Horlbeck,
Thaddeus Street, Charles Aston, SEN, Henry
VINEYARD, w. NJ. Lawton, James Poyas, Col. JAS
s. Shingler Col. John b. Earnest, Edward Seb-
ring Henry A Middleton, Alexander Gordon,
Henry d. Lesesne, James r. Pringle, John III.
Honour, James Lamb James Robertson, Geo.
BUST DIR. j. p Jervev, Arch. Cameron, DR.. f..
Horny Deas, Samuel DuBose, A. ]. Harvey, Jo-
seph Provost, Dr. E. Huger, jr.. Major J. b.
Rhame Joseph A. Winthrop, Dunbar Paul,
Frederick A. Porcher, DR.. j. w. Schmidt, James
Robb, Samuel Gourdin, A. Della Tore. M. p.
Matheson, G. N. Reynolds, jr., DR.. l.. A Tramp
ton, James H. Caldwell, John Hamlin, Thomas
RYAN, Benjamin Freeman, William Kirkwood,
Dr. Thomas Y Simons, H. p. Shipman. DR..
James Moultrie, w. ii. Gilliland, Hugh H..
Banks. nj. c. Mordecai, Lewis Rebb William
Bird, Col. John Phillips, James Chapman. Col. A..
p. Hayne, j. II. Stenmeyer, COL A. II. Belin,
DR.. W. T. Wragg, DR.. IT. l.. Ogier, w. &. Mood,
Geo. w. Black, Robert Munro, A. H. Chisolm.
SECRETARIES.
| C.. Kanapaux, w. Y. Paxton, John b. Gibbs,
A. l. Taveau. C. w. Montgomery, c. Doug
! lass, ir.
Mr.. Rose, on taking the chair, briefly ex,
| pressed his appreciation of the honor which had
been paid him and after adyerting to tie great
Importance Of the movement in which they were
engaged, announced the meeting as prepared
for the transaction of business
| B. C. Pressly, esq, proposed that the dele
gates from st. James, Goose Creek, and other
parishes, in attendance, lie conducted to their
seats on the platform. The following gentle
men appeared, and were warmly Welcomed
Rev. West Williams, Capt s. G. Warnock B.
b. Godfrey, Sen, J. ]. Browning, Rev, A. G.
Sims, John McCuller and Dr. John F. Poppen-
| helm.
Henry W. Peronneau, esq. chairman of the
committee of vigilance and conference, then
arose, and stated, that the committee, Of which
he was the chairman, in pursuance of the duties
with which that committee was charged, after
great deliberation, and consultation with the
people of the parshas of this district, had agreed
on an address and nomination, that he hoped
would meet with the enthusiastic response oil
the meeting. Mr.. Peronneau stated, that thu
! address and nomination would now be pre-
scented by Thoms. Y. Smons, jr., esq
Mr.. Simons then appeared, and read to thu
meeting the following address, with the accom-
3 panying nomination. Its reception was marked
: by the highest enthusiasm, and repeated cheers
testified the high satisfaction it afforded:
The Committee Of Vigilance and Conference "a
The Voters Of The District Of Charleston:
Fellow Citizens We address you at a
period of deep interest, and under circumstances
witch must, to a certain extent, control the
action of our State. In that action are now in
volved the issue of property, life, and liberty to
us and our posterty.
We have opposed ourselves to those who
now advocate the separate secession Of South
Carolina as a remedy for the unjust legislation
Of the federal Congress in relation TO the In
sttution Of slavery. In our success we expect
to find the political salvation of our State and
the perfect guarantee for all the rights incident
to her sovereignty and independence.
We have deliberately interposed ourselves to
the further prosecution Of the separate seces-
sion of the State because it brings to US no prom.
Use of good, but much of evil In IL we can
only discover the beginning of that, the end of
which must be our ruin if not our utter dis
honor.
If secession ia proper as a remedy for exist
ing evils, it must be because it operates as n
redress for the injuries they produce. We see
| in it no remedy for the wrongs which are com
planned of; and more than this, it is surrender
of all those rights that are yet untouched, be-
cause of some that are now invaded II is
urged, and with perfect Justice, that the legisln-
ton Of the federal Congress has been in regard
TO the siaveholding States, opposed to he letter
and spirit OF the federal compact in attempting
prohibition Of privileges to which thew are emit
tied. The remedy Of secession by withdrawing
the State from the Union without a combination
with her sister States, alike aggrieved, confirms
that prohibition, by voluntary abandonment Of
the only arena upon which battle should be
fought; and Is a concession 10 our opponents of
everv advantage their ingenuity could have de.
vised, or their rapacity desired And thus II
developes the political paradox Of redressing a
wrong by course of conduct, which If wholly
successful, establishes the exclusion that is com
planned Of and TO repel which our patriotism is
invoked. II the legislation of the federal Con
gress. 80 justly complained of, affected South
Carolina alone; and for separate capacity az
an independent sovereignty we should hold it
unnecessary for the State TO do more than
TO prepare herself for the conflict in which
she should seek the redress TO which she was
entitled.
But the true grievance does not relate to our
State in her separate capacity. The course
Of federal legislation has developed it's hos
tility to an institution which exists not only in
South Carolina, butn many other States of this
Union.
In these States 80 connected with us, by ties