New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-08-04
SOUTH CAROLINA.
. Meeting i'm Charlie ston.


yery large meeting was heiu az
Lesion. S. C., on the 25ih ult' OF those " ~
.a !, favor Of Cooperation between the ' n
s States. and opposed TO separate ola'e
.,,on for the purpose Of Resistance 10 'he va
a'" ST. government. JOHN RUTLRDGE, Esq pre-
wa '%ss and in the list Of oher officers we ma the
-. Of many Of the most distinguished cltlzeh'
h,' 's. palmetto State. Among the letters read
~. Meeting was the following from the vene-
able Iangdon CheVes:
SAVANNAH. Saturday, July DO 1851
..Fs. have had the honor to receive you,
ohs.fbe 22d INST. | AIN both battered anu o'lI5
Dos ,nvtaton Il contains, as well as Dy t 'io
D,oft and regret very much that IL y az ncur
ne, ~ nv power 10 attend the meeting IN,
opl " -, he object of the meeting have seseia
80 within the last twenty years enteiSdf 70 ,,gb,
~ protest against separate state action i've mayer
Gsstate % secede from the tt'o, 80 right OF 4
"a shadow OF doubt That right IS l'e a.9 sat
oyeTegu state a r!gh. OF which SOW .oyI -
c.nnot be 6iveSoG and The ohiy rec. SssteSf OF
Are the STATES OF the Union SoFeicil III sntu,e 10
.h,c6 1 eu,oose no Southern man ~ --,o.
WINCH SUPPLY d., I think separate seceSsoh'
,hdmgb an undoubted, legal ana pdono I's 80 ono
srarcely q moral and social one Oh vi. SEQ ,f
Southern state IN reference 70 hei s.s'oa 80 ~
enc south Their relations OF unity are 50 na"f ~
smoge0eous and so strong, as 10 amount 70 ~
INV God and nature have comOiheu tle nn
snch social adhesion, such hOihoyoheouo-.., ,os
interests. by such great ana oeillsi 80 70
THAI of character, and historicai action, a. "a
49, their separation 6eplOrable dangerous ana
x,se And what reason IL mere 10 uesPdl. Va
-, unionf The precise question unleI ueHpci ar"
=. a., wear old. | think, indeed, thls Is more tiiau
fbo1o,,gh 10 make us certain Of our injuries, they
a "a great and obvious, and 70 SATISFY US thdt We
sn,ot exist under the present Governments vi 'hc
LATED States, without beng degraded ana oppreSs
4 rh1 NH "A
,,mp within which for people TO be required 10 de-
"a. an q question 50 mOmentouS as great rey0iu-
tonary change Of Government for such, unnouD'ed-
!, secession must be considered. FOR myself tnhA
=, - ought 70 secece-but not alone and have an
,den, hone and a sanguine belief that the Southern
S,aies will resist by united effort, though not on
,he instant We have few, perhaps no examples o
III sneed IN the movement of nations, and, II we
&c spv believe the results will not be found to
1.re been always happy. pray God TO inspire your
aelibera,ious with his wisdom, ms truth am ms
yosef. -, 1900. . o. hod,.,,
am gentlemen, with great respect your ooedien'
servant, HAN'oo' I'm A''
Hon r v Bamweil and Hon. A. p Butler
le,ns IN the city, a cOmmittee was sent out to
invite their attendance, and when they appeared
IN the hall the warmest and most enthusiastic
welcome greeted them They afterwards adj
dressed the meeting IN support OF series OF
important
l. Resoired, That the aggressive measures OF the
Federal Government, IN come rton WIN various fh-
hbItiOns OF public sentiment by the people oi me
North throug hout their State Governments ana 9th
erwise for series Of years, Indicate. IN our OPINION
zaeep-roOtcd hostility to the interests OF The south
and settled purpose to deprive the Southern SialeS
Oh account Of their peculiar institutions. OF thcr or
snal rank As SoveIogns and Equals IN this Conicde
rscy ard that the inevitable result OF such proceed
ms II allowed 10 take their course, must be uiii
maiely the entire abolition OF negro slavery ip the
South and the creation. n place OF or Fedora
Union. OF a Consolidated Govcrnncni alike despOtl
and irresponsible
2 R,soircf, That IN view Of the humlllatlng con
ditlon of the savc-hOdng states IN this Confedera
cy-their rights vIolatcd-ther institutions pro
,srbec-,heIr character WlIted-iher offers of com
urom,s reeced-and IN view of the still greater
dangers which are impending over them, we believe
ihe time has come when his Union should be dis
solved, and new Government organized on the "a
as OF a southern Confederdcy. But while such Is
our deliberate opinion a. In our wrongs and our
remedy we would stlli be wiling to give trial
fairly and good faith to any plan, short of dSSo-
INF the Union which our SISTER States of the South
may propose for Tenstatinc MS IN the possession OF
our Equal Rights, and providing us with adequate
guarantees fOI our future security
g. Rcsoie5, That as the subject of the controversy
IN which We are engaged is not peculiar to South
Carolina, but equally concerns the other slaNe-hod
ing States OF this Union, our true policy and moSl
proper mode procedure U.s. IN our opinion, to make
common cause with our aggrleved Confederates and
unite with them IN counsel and action TO obtain re-
dress or our common wrongs "such concert of ac'
t0n," according to the views of our own Calhoun
being the one thing noedful," whether to save thu
tnlon OF If (aS We beheVe) that be now too late
ihen 4" TO save ourselves"
So the dissolution OF the Union Is postpone,
Tor the present The forbearance of South-Caro
lima is a spectacle for the world How mag
unanimous IN her to defer the act of seltdes;ruc
ton entirely out OF respect to the judgment q
her sister slave-holding States. Anxious to TAX
the last and iaNl plunge, she consents to prolonl
her existence from motives OF the purest benevo
Ience