The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-05-11


Legislature of South Carolina, with
a view to meet fully and promptly
every obligation Which she had in
CURED, and to carry out the recon-
mendations Of the Nashville Conven-
tion, passed an act to provide for the
appointment of deputies to South.
ern Congress, and to call Convcn-
ton of the people. The preamble
and declared purpose of this act will
best explain its object. They are
as follows: '.a .s'1@2sii y
!" TVAereas, the Convention of the
slaveholding States lato assembled at
Nashville, have recommended to the
said States to meet III Congress or
Convention, to be held at such time
and place lis the States desiring to
be represented may designate, to be
composed Of double tho number of
their Senators and Representatives.
in the Congress Of the United States,
entrusted with full power and autho-
ritz to deliberate, with the view and
intention of arrcsting further aggres-
sions, and if possible, of restoring
the Constitutional rights of the South
and if not to recommend due provi-
sion for their future safety and inde-
pendcnce." ~, 81
The act then proceeds to make
provision for the Election of dcpu-
ties to this Congress, aud for the call
of Convention Of the people, "for
the purpose iii the first place, of ia.
king into consideration the proceed
ings and recommendations of
Congress of the slaveholding States,
if the same shall meet and be held,
and for the further purpose of taking
into consideration the general welfare
of this State, in view Of her relations
to the laws and government Of the
United States, and thereupon to take
care, that the commonwealthgsof
South Carolina shall suffer no dotri-
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This recital embraces The whole
action of South Carolina, and shows
that her constituted authorities have
never proposed any other action than
through union of the South, and
with the joint counsel and co-opera-
ton of the States aggrievcd. These
States had, by their constituted au-
thorities, solemnly adopted the reso-
lutions which have been cited, and
South Carolina believed that she was
acting in strict conformity with their
suggestions. So exactly did she fol-
low in the footsteps Of Virginia, that
in 1S47 her House Of Representa-
tives refused to adopt resolution of
the Senate, proposing and extra call
of the Legislature in case Of certain
action by Congress, while in 1S49
both branches Of her Legislature
unanimously agreed to such clause.
Upon examing the records, it will be
found that the Virginia Legislature
in 1S49, had re.affirmed their resolr-
tions of SAT, and had added to them
new resolutions in the following terms
Resolvea, That VIC regard the
passage of a law by the Congress of
the United States abolishing slavery
or the slave trade in the District of
Columbia, as a direct attack upon the
institutions Of tho Southern States.
to be resisted at every hazard.
Resolvea, That in the event Of the
passage by Congress Of the Wilmot
Proviso, or any law abolishrng slave
ry or the slave trade i'll the District of
Columbia, the Governor Of this Com
inonwcalth is requested Immediately
to convene the Legislature of this
State: (if it shall have adjourned,)
to consider the mode and measure Of
redress.
So too, it will be found TINT the ac-
ton of South Carolina in 1850 was
in exact accordance with the previous
action Of Mississippi and Georgia.
Both these States had authorized the
call of Conventions Of their people,
and Mississippi had appropriated
$350,000 to meet the exigency and
prepare for the contest. South Ca
rolina followed their lead and in like
manner called q Convention and ap-
propriated $250,000 to meet tic
like emergencies. Thus, in each
and every movement did South Ca
rolina evince her confidence in her
sisters and her determination to give
them full support in every particular;
while OH no one occasion did she indi.
cate desire to assume the position
Of leader, or leave the company of
her sister States Of the South.
Unfortunately for the South a plan
of compromise was afterwards con.
cocted at Washington, which, for the
time, has diverted our sister States
Of the South from the execution Of
their declared purpose of concerted
Southern Resistance, and has left