The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-11-11

South CAROLINA
| The following proceedings Of the Southern
Rights Association Of Charleston will probably
indicate the course to be pursued, for the pres
ent by the secession party OF the State 1t will
be seen that they defer to the popular will, as
expressed in the late election, and throw the
onus of devising plan of action on their
successful antagonists, the co-operatonsts.
The meeting of the Central Association, which
was to have been held at Columbia on the first
Monday in November, has been postponed until
after the meeting of the State legislature, in
cordance with this line of conduct.
The legislature meets on the fourth Monday
with great interest, at indicating the course pro-
badly to be adopted by the convention, the time
Of whose meeting it is to fix. Many Of the
members of the Legislature are also members of
the convention.
From the Mercury
SOUTHERN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION. The regu-
lar monthly meeting Of the Southern Rights
Association of st. Philips and st. Michaes, was
held on Monday evening, 9th inst, at South
Carolina Hall, the President, the Hon. John S.
Ashe, in the chair.
The meeting being ready for business, Mr..
Wilmot G. DeSaussure announced that the fol-
lowing gentlemen were in attendance as dele
gates from the South ern Rights Association of
St Johns Berkly and st. Stephens, and moved
that they be invited to take seats upon the stage
which was unanimously adopted, and the dele
gates took their seats accordingly:
Hon. VIM Can, Hon. T. L. Gourdin, Peter p
Palmer, Benjamin Marion, Peter G. Snowden,
VIM. Threat, Roye Neal, II. f. Porcher, p C.
Kirk, Percival Porcher, s. w. Palmer, p. e.
Porcher
Maj. Edward Manigault, the chairman of the
executive committee, then presumed the fol-
lowing address and resolutions:
ADDREss.-Inasmuch as since our last meet
ing, the party to which we belong has been de-
feated in an election in which we had confident
ly expected decided majority, it becomes us to
consider, and decide upon the position to be
taken by your association, in the present al
tered state of affairs. In 30 deciding, we wish
it to be distinctly understood, that we assume
not to indicate the course to be adopted, even
temporarily, far less permanently, by the party
at large, or the Southern Rights associations
throughout the State; such course should be
OcClu6u OIL ny ZIG d6bOClHLlOLS lOI LU6ulS6VtS,
concert with the State Central Association, which
by the terms Of its formation, shonld be shortly
called together for its semi.annual meeting. Our
object now is, simply to lay down the course we
deem at present proper for our individual as
ISOLATION.
Our constitution provides that "the assoca-
ton shall continue in existence and persevere
in it's efforts, until the wrongs of the South are
radrouaad Or tho Stato raauma tho pOuara haro
tofore delegated to the United States for special
purposes" Neither Of these conditions having
taken place, we must still look forward to the
attainment of the grand end for which our asso-
citation was formed. Yet as from being in a
minority, we feel our inability to effect anything
decisive at present. and furthermore, as the sue
cessful party have avowed themselves to be as
highly indignant at Northern and federal agrees
sion as we can be, and as Jealous and earnest
in their intentions and efforts to redress our
wrongs, we deem it proper to suspend for the
present our meetings, and to abstain from agta-
ton, in order that they may have fair oppor-
tunity Of carrying out their plans for the redemp-
ton of the South, and the security of the State.
We had an honest faith in the remedy we pro-
posed, namely, secession, or the withdrawal of
the State, in its sovereign capacity, from the
| Union and we sill have full faith in its JUS
lice ana prOprlety, ana III us efficacy III Iaif1y
and firmly carried tive were willing to have
assumed, if the party to which we belong had
been in majority in the State, our full share Of
the responsibility of endeavoring to put it into
execution; but the matter has now been taken
out of our hands, and upon the successful party
must devolve at present the responsibility of de-
vsing and sustaining measures for carrying the
State through the difficulties which encompass
her.
Impressed with these considerations, we pre-
sent the following resolutions
Resolred That we still regard separate State
action to be in the last resort the true aud eff
fectual remedy for the evils under which we
labor.
Resolved That this association do appoint the
constitutional number of delegates to represent
it in the next meeting of the State central asso-
caton whenever it shall be held
Resolred That feeling that we have done
what we conceive to be our duty so far as under
present circumstances we can, and looking to
the successful party to divise or maintain meas
ures to relieve the State from her position, we
will for the present suspend the regular meet
ings contemplated by our constitution; leaving
our association to be specially called together
again, in the manner provided in the constitution,
whenever circumstances may render such call
expedient.