The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-10-14
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ltle Il, !, I and a GonYeation, thus
creased is about "a seal our destiny.
/ Tho present elect ction furnish The on.
probable oppor limit before the
Imeeting of this ss5onyciisssotl Tor the he
ipebple ID declare their will. i Shas
Isheesi Iondl sested, that ii ma iiosity
of our paoplc nro iii favor Of ipimes
ldiate Secession from the Union, and
Iboth parties have turned To- this eiec.
Ition to ascertain the fact OH will
perceive, then, at once that if tho
ladyocates Secession elect the
members I'd Tho Southern Congress,
lit Will confirm this assertion, and iii
lall probability will induce them 10
carry ont their casurc as speedily;
Ias the Convention can be assembled !.
You aro sshcreforc, in fact, iea g
tcrnining tho g..e lion ], whether s.
tGarolina shall at once secede alone
Ifromthe Union.
IN deciding this question is IS I'M i'm.
portant that all curriers' ST siIffp5ald be re-
moved, which prevent you from look
ing directly into lis whole merits.
| One of tho most formidable Of these
BARRIERS is an in preston that tho
State stands committed BY pied dges to.
take scparatc action, which, as men;
of honor, her citizens arc bound to-
redeem. Let us, therefore, in the
first place, examine the facts. and
see how, and to wkat extent, the Ssatei
stands committed. d. ss5szs
We will 80 back as far as 184s.:
although that date is two years ahead
of the late action of Congress. At
the session of the Legislature in De.
cember, 1S4S, the following report
and resolutions contain tho action to
which the State was pledged.
Extract from, the Reports ana Res
oi0tiqAs, 1Slh, b. 14I. -.19:at
t'oas,afts 4hedes.as Z .Rs;c;3tuas.
In tie ltoasc of Representatives,
peoeehe Il, lS4S. i. t55ii.ass
,ssss ssssisss y. Seaate
81 iSs HI e 49, ~
sasioag, 81 % Nera rcirri ell 60
unucia 'l.s i, i,t 'sfaof's NEassage as
yo'asea 70 re e:Ssas:aa .of .la:-e4ss.s,9. -4ss9.s
crsd *fairy rcseiu,ioas uPlT tic sam,
subject, beg leave to report ;hc fol-
loving resolutions. as expressing the
undivided opinion Of this Legislature
upon the NVi!mot ProYisu, aud all SIM
.!as violations cf the great principle
Of equality, which South Carolina
has SO long and SO ardently maintain
cd should govern the action Of the
States and tho laws Of Congress up.
on all matters affecting the tights and
interests Of any member Of this Uni
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Resolved, unanimously, That The
time for discussion BY the slaychold-
ing States, MS 10 their exclusion from
the territory recently acquired from
Mexico, has passed, and that this
General Assembly, representing the
feelings Of the State of Sout', Caro-
linai is prepared to cooperate with
her sis1aa States, in resisting the ap-
plicaticn Of the principles of the vii
mot Froviso to such territory, at any
and every hazard.
Resolved, unanimously, That the
Goynrnor be requested to transmit q
copy of this report to the Governors
Of each of the States of this Union,
and 10 our Senators and Representa-
tives In the Congress Of the United
States.
Mark tho words. South Carroll
na is prepared to COOPERATE with
her sister States" This is tho whole
extent of our pledge in 184S.
In 1919, the subject was brought
before the Legislature by the Gov.
ernor, 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 action sciM the
other States Of the South. Read
the reports for yourselves, which, for
your information, Ihaye copied ver.
batims from the record.
Extracts from the Reports and Res.
olutions, 1S49, PIP. 512,313, 314.
In the Senate, December Is,
1S49. The Committee on Federal
Relations, to whom was referred so
much of tho Message of his Excellen.
cy tho Governor, as relates to the re-
commentator Of the people of the
State of Mississippi for Convention
Of tho people Of the Southern States,
to be held in Nashville, in Juno next;
and, also, so much Of the Message,
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