Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1853-12-07

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situation better adapted to 1nv--.I4- -
view. When such building has been made
to progress towards completion, the State
can be refunded to the extent Of portion
of its outlay by the sale of the present Asy-'
lum properly, which is valuable, and becom-
ing more 50 daily, with the increase IN the
value Of real estate in the town.
At your last session an appropriation ol
Filty.l'bousand Dollars was made for The
continuation of the construction of the new
Capitol and during the past year the work
has progressed to an extent commensurate
with the amount appropriated. The plans
have all been perfected by the skill Of a
competent architect, who has also the su-
pervisiun with the Commission Of the whole
work. Ample and convenient arrangements
are made lol all the departments OF the State
Government, and the building, when COM
pleted, will be one of the most elegant,
commodious and desirable in the Union
Every improvement which modern skill has
devised has been Incorporated in the plans.
The granite of which it is constructed IS
found in great abundance convenient to the
work. Ii completed upon the plans already
determined upon, lat a cost in my Judgment
by no means unreasonable,) this edifice will
be fresh in its massive strength and beauty
when many generations shall have passed
away, aud will remain for ages monument
of your taste, State pride, and lberality.
recommend such liberal appropriations as
will warrant an active ..'d energetic prose-
cution of the work, and insure its e"r'y COM
pletioa.
At the last session of the Legislature, the
Governor, in connection with the Attorney
General, was directed to take such steps to
protect the rights and jurisdiction OF South
Carolina, in the controversy now pending
between Georgia and this State, upon the
subject of boundary, as they might deem
necessary. In conformity with these IN
structions, the Attorney General addressed
full and able argument to his Exce!lency
the Governor OF Georgia, in reply to com
munication from him to my immediate pre-
decesscr, in which the rights of this State t1 g
the thread of the stream of the Savannah
River; following the most Northern Drane'
rs the true boundary between the States arc
clearly set forth. am now confirmed II
the opinion of the equity of this view OF TIT
case, since by examining certified copy o
the original charter of 1872, and other re
cords among the archives of this State,
iiud the express language which this Stat
claims to have been used III the orlsina
charter, and under which our title IS urged
This State has right to rely upon thu
following as conclusive in the controversy
lst, the words Of the Georgia charter q
1882, as given by Whitaker's Report i
1876 and half century later by Watkins
and copy of the original charter, certifie
/ by the Lord Mayor Of London. and no,
among the archives of this State; "a, tn
convention of Beaufort in 1857; 3d, tn
, Constitution Of Georgia in 1877, dehuin
her own boundaries. !.
: perceive by the late Message Of His E'
+ celency Governor Cobb, that he recommenc
!. to the Legislature of Georgia 70 submit th
: question: of boundary bet%ceu the States f