The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-12-07
LegisIaasve Proceedings.

Legislative H0rocecdalDsa.
Although the present session of our
General Assembly will no doubt be
one of unusual interest, so far they
have made no decided impression on
the business before them.
We arc compelled to CLEAN out of
many columns oftiull and unintercst.
ing reports, the few items of general
interest which we lay before our read.
ers. rN: Ha
We see that there are before the
Legislature at this time no fewer
than seven applications for the charter
OF new banks. We do not know
whether this mania forthe multiplication
OF banks arises from, desire to invest
capital, otherwise unemployed, or from
an eager wish among those destitute
of sufficient means, to ses established
among them, institutions which may
relieve their necessities; We rather
fear however that the latter is the i'm.
pelling motive among those who arc
urgent for the establishment IF new
banking institutions and if We are right
in our conjccturcs the new charters-it
granted-will slumbcr, for sometime
to come with the Winnsbor6 bank.
Our talented and scstimable friend
Col. l.. M. KEr7r Of o Orangeburgh, has
introduced into the House bill an.
pointing the first Monday in Novem.
Der for the quadrcnnial sessions Of tho
Legislature, i'll order to obviate the
present difficulties in the way Of elect
ing Electors for President and Vice
President. The move is a good one
but there arc too many lawyers in the
Legislature at present to render it ac-
ccptablc to that body unless our pres
ent judicial system is torn to pieces,
so that the legal and Legislative duties
of the disciples Of Blackstone may
not be brought in conflict.
The Legislature has gracefully en-
dorsed the choice made by our Govern.
or f"r,,schator, sb!yS clecting the Hon.
w. +. DESAussuRE to fill the uncx.
pired term of Hon. RIB. RnErr, which
ends on the 3rd day of March next
1t is still unknown. whom the I.cgisla.
ture will elect to fill tho vacant Sena.
torship but the friends of Messrs.
PIcKESs, ORR, CHKsNur, PnEsroN,
WOODWARD, and Judge EvAxs are
busy in canvassing for their respective
fav0rites.
We learn on good authority that the
friends Of Gen. ADAMS have determined
not to put him in nomination for the
Gubcrnatorial chair, and Col. MAS.
MING will therefore be elected without
opposition.
On the first Tuesday of the session
our Hon. Senator presented a mcmori-
al from the citizens of SumtcrvilIc
praying for the establishment of n
bank in our town.
a bill to alter the Constitution OF
the State so as to divide Pendleton in
to two Districts was brought forward.
Mr.. MARsnAL of the Senate gave no.
tice that he would introduce bill Civ
ing the election Of President and Vice
President TO the people. Mr.. PorrEs-
HEM also brought forward bill to
show the manner i'll which the Pres-
DENTAL Electors shall be appointed.
OF this scheme the correspondent of
the Mercury says:
The people vote for the whole
number of Electors to which the State
is entitled. The names of the candi-
dates in each District or Parish are
forwarded to the Governor, who assist
cd by the Comptroller and Secretary
of State, adds to the votes received BY
them, the slave population of the said
Districts or Parishes, in the rates of
three votes for every five slaves. The
Governor and the officers above men
toned, are then to "ndd together the
different votes Of all the Parishes and
Districts ofthc State. and to determine
who have received the largest number
of votes in the whole State"
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