The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1859-06-08
From the Son of Temperance.
Southern Commercial Conyept tion


The following Resolu tions were read
before the Southern Convention rscor,Ir
assa,nhl,d ., v;,,.o, ,C, - ~:
D.mI 's' =, ~o'' " W.
''"E' VI luis pace
Resolved, That the demands Of the
SOUTH IN 1850, for territorial! expansion.
are not fairly reconc'lable with the idea
40" 'nco'cated' mat tnere Is too much
land 'or tne !aoorers, when in point of
'act' no aHH'''onaI territory has been ac-
.fu,.'u cS tue oouth since 1850.
no inA' IN the formation of the Fed
'ta constitution, The Southern States con-
49,; ~ congress me r'g" to prohibit
'he importation OF African slaves, after the
80 ~ ,,a, so 20, ana .n"I The laws since passed
;non, Sa',Lo, s., "a' '"e "PPro"a'iof o! EN-.
h,, 49, " e:I o'A'eS'.e"; ana endorsed
s,;on" m' ,ar "oi"eSee"Iy !,y y tne people ior SO
y orc ooHS"'o'y upon me peo
pc ~ 'no oou'ne'n STATES, SO long as they
"''! C"oose 10 remain IN the Union.
3rd, That tho apprenticeship system is
pu' HI evasion OF these laws, for it cannot
oe u'SSu'stq' 'n"t contracts for Survitude,
n"ue ~ ey "'e 'nte'''geht white man with
s"""'o"'s ana insect eaters OF Africa,
".o 1 'oo o'"cn u'gh'hed by such a title,
'D 'e '"tenoec 10 place moose around
VIZ e,A ~ '"e ''c'''h' 'hat can he tight
.u ~ +, p'e"Su'e'
4th, That the re opening of The African
s,aNe 'raoe, would diminish the value Of
io ,nt "c "nea1y naEe-inv'te their hru
@ "S''nt'S 10 acts OF insnbordiha:ion,
Hnu " oi'''n'sh'ng the demand for the
~ y. 'ne """S"'eholder, would pre-
," "''" from competing u 'he market
~ ""ost any P'lceS' with Ei& more fortar
""'e "e'ghoor' ior property N SI$yes.
olh' Ihat It would reduce the prices
OF cotton and other Southern staples, to a
degree not to be compensative to the in
aiVidual, 10y bis large crops-for expenses
nave been increased also, particularly in
"J1;.ig' .eI1Hg' c'T'n'ng and contingencies of the
o'"' '"core,s' 90 that IN the end,
;nro",roa s a'G,'S y, 'ne planter upon h's
Mnl;n;.I,,I ~ .I' ""n , "nu neS'oes' would De
.,I ~, ~ """ ''o'e''eu
o'"' ""' 'ne ,'gh pr'ces Uf negroes,
ARE not owing alone to the scarcity Of
.nein' out fa'nef 10 The relation they have
III '',hes past oorhe, 10 the value Of the
staples they cultivated, and these in their
.u,n' n"e "I""ys ,iue,ua'ed with the
tbe of fsnaouI.,;o, " We .u"''''.' anu
tbs bnrers " f'''"'''''s "'''o"SS'
,I
'n, ,""' ""e constitutions OF the se'-
eI"' o'ales' PIoe'o,"s 'or the election and
ApPo'"t'''en' o' JUDGES were intended to
%:'r so.uIe :or '"e CITIZENS medium through
" "',I" Ju''e'' e''P"'ne'!ed 10 try the J"ctS
W '"o o"''S, "'Sn' oe instructed upon ie
70, pU'"'S .ney nau never studied and
f.II , E.oa no""i, .ouu ~ greater c"Ian!tV De-
in the ;ury % how and r hs,s .o s'"k ,h 'pe Judges
the constitution 70 bs evnornJod avs am,Lns """
atiyelv. bv anv ct;zen wLn - 'dO' -
be drawn unon the ;~rv " "'e'' ~
OIL rh.I :.
r ,.In h"' H., - - "S". 70 'hcn!ca'e upon
vne PeIP'e .Iose ui doc'r'hes OF morality
W VI" ""'Cn ",0'o can rest any nope tor
'", p'oI?o'''s' ""p '''"' III all 'he'r reIa'
.DTa' N!e'"'' pu"'c OF private they eV-
81 hoep =" view tue 'a'ue OF n good PHn'
o,P,t' IT, '"'ner .''" 'n"h "naI might be g"ned
~ ~ we ne .,so'nSu' p "y '1''owi"g the exam
Pc o. Ehe NoF!H, ana substituting the