The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-08-19

Of the Convention be and is hereby re-
I;9ues,ed TO contribute the sum OF one dol.
lar for that purpose.
Rcsolred, That Committee Of five he
straightNay appointed by the chair, charg.
ed with the duty Of collecting these con-
trlbutions from the members ; also to com
pIctc the necessary arrangements for the
prompt publication Of the report.
The resolutions were adopted.
Mr.. ". G. FIournoy, of Va, offered the
following resolution
BE it resolved by this Convention, That
the scheme Of MIR. Dudley Mann to es,ab
'ish steam ferry line, for the transporta.
ton OF personS, produce and mauulactur
/ ed goods between the waters of the Ches.
| apeake and Milford UavcD, be approved
by this convention, and we hereby pledge
/ ourselves to use our best exertiouS 10 ac.
compIlSh TIC Objects thereby indicated
| MIR. FIournOy said that as he was com
PEELED to leave the convention after TO dav
he was anxious to place himself upon the
, record OF the Convention, in favor of The
scheme Of Mr. Mann, and therefore, he
would ask for the immediate consideration
! o! lis resolution. Mr. +. then proceeded
TO argue at length III fayQr Of the propo
, sitoH Of M. Mann.
MIR. Glount, Of Ala, spoke at consiIe-
rab!a length, in oppostiop to the resolu-
ton.
Mr.. Tourney replied.
Mr.. Hunter Of Norfolk, Va, moved that
the speech OF Mr. Mapn, delivered in the
Old Point convention be referred 10 the
committee Oh business, which was agreed
| to.
On Motion Of Mr.. Dean, Of Va, the
resolution was referred to the committee
on business.
Mr.. Lyons, OF Va, from the commitiae
on business, reported back to the Conven.
non the resolutions offered by Mr. Bryan
OF ). e., this morning, in relation to with.
drawing the u. S. squadron from the
coast o! Africa.
| The resolutions were resd, rs published
in the report of ills mornings session.
The question WAS upon the adoption o +
! the resolutions.
Mr.. L. Is. Bryan, of S. c., spoke at
length in favor Of the resolutions. and
without concluding. gave way to "A motion
to postpone the further consideration OF
Tie resolutions, and make them the spe
clal order for tomorrow morning ut ten
O'Clock.
The motion to postpone was agreed to.
THIRD DAf-MoRNING SESSION.
Wednesday, Aug. IL.
The Convention met at nine O'clock
and was called to order by the President.
Praye, 10y the Rcv. L, II. overly, Of
Georgia.
The journal Of yesterday was read and
approved.
The President laid before the Convon-
ton communication from Mayor Chase
OF Pensacola, Florida, in relation to the
necessity of increased labor in tins cuum
Try and the means Of opening a source OF
supply to meet the demand.
lhe communication was reaI and re.
ferred to the committee on business.
Ihe hour for the special order having
arrived, 1t was taken up for consideration.
The special order WAS the consideration
OF the resolutions Of Mr.. Bryan. Of :. c.,
in relation to tie Withdrawal Of the L. S.
squadron from the coast OF Africa.
~ Tos.ory, 90" ''ITi''s" M INC remarks C@E""
that he had understood that many gen
tIemcm of ;ho Convention were under the
impression that the object Of the resolu
tons he had offered was neither more nor
less than TO procure the re.opcEing Of the
African slave trade. lie w6uId slate dis.
tinciIy and emplaticalIy ,ba, spch was
not his object. His was A distinc, and
isolated proposition. Tie question Of the
African Slave trade wouId when ,L. ,;,po
came, be thrust upon the pcnp,e Of ,be
South whether they devised il or no, -
The present WAS not the time for that
all he drsired was to bring forward some
proposition uyon which the whole Sop,h
could unite in advance, 50 ~ 70 divert
The morbid sentiment that woull other.
wise arise, and tura the minds Of the
Southern people in The proper channel.
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