The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-09-09

Co-oPERATIoN AlEETISG.-Thc citizens
OF the Ridge and vicinity met ,orc,hcr ON
Saturday, lhc 81 inst, Tor the purpose OF
expressing ihcir,scntiments OH the subject
of secession, and to organze themselves
into a body of co-operationis,s.
Maj. Il. Watson acted us Chairman, and
w. II. Norris and John NJ. Norris, were
requested 10 act as Secretaries.
The resolutions Of the late Charleston,
iorkviile and Spartanburg Co-opcraion
meetings were read, which met tho hearty
app rotation of all present.
On motion, committee was appointed
to draft Report and Resolutions ior the
adoption OF the meeting. The following
gentlemen, constituted the committee, VIZ:
John Al. Norris, Chairman, f.. Watson, NJ
llolston, J. Mobley, NJ. B. White, Joel
Rldgall, p. Williams, Jarvis Ashbcll, w.
II, Norris and Ambrose White.
Alter tcw moments consultation, the
Chairman made the following Rcpor, with
RESOLUTIONS appended, to vii:
In the spirit Of people that know their
rights as freemen, we, the citizens OF the
Z Ridge and vicinity, have met together tu
#dcclarc our sentiments on tile mrca,
questions now agitating our State, and
which, 80 deeply concern our mos,
important interests. We hold that the
institution OF sIavory is Luarant cd to us by
the Constitution of the United S,atcs-tl.a,
it is sanctioned and approved by the
Christian religion, and that upon its
perpetuity depends the future welfare and
prosperity Of the South. We believe that
The General Government has pcrpclu a,cd
wrongs and injustice upon the people o
the South by seeking to break down this
our cherished institution. We believe il &c
be the settled determination of the greater
part Of the North to use every cilor,
in their power, TO have slavery abolished
in the South. We believe that our enc.
mes, the abo.it'onisis. arc already formi.
dable party, aud ore rapidly increasing in
strength and Humbcrs. We hold it to be
an undcniablc faci, that, VIC have the rulh,
to secedc from the Union, and that we
should exercise the right Tor the reasons
above enumerated But, whilst we hold
tDG rlglit OF secession TO DC undcuiablc, and
tIat It Is high time that this Union be dis
solved, we are nnwliiiag that South Carroll
Tia should scccdc alone under existing cir
cunstanccs; for, by such course, she will
not only separate from her Northern cnc
mes, but drive from her aid her true friends
and allies of the South We believe that
our sister States arc arousing up TO sense
OF their danger, and that the tine is not ia +
distant when they will be ready to ioin
South Carolina in Southern Conlcdcracy
We are of the opinion, that, the State, by
separate action, cannot accomplish one sin.
gle good result, under the present aspect
OF affairs. With these views, we have
adopted the following Resolutions
lst Resolved, That We are opposed to
the separate secession of South Carolina,
under existing circumstances, as unwisc,
impractcablo, and not al all agreeable 10
the wishes OF majority of the sovereign
people.
I'd. Resolved. That we regard concert of
action on the part of all, or u number of the
Southern States, as the most clleeluaI
means of sustaining Southern Rights and
redressng Southern Wrongs
I'd. Resolved, That should the State so,
cede under present circumstances, we do
not believe that any other Southern State
will JOIN us III Southern Conlederacy.
4th. Resolved. That our Delegates to
the State Convention be instructed To op.
pose the separate nationality of South Car
plina, and that the acts OF said Convention,
when adjourned, be submitted to The people
for ratification or rejection, and that we will
abide the iecision IT the people,