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BURLINGTON:
FRIDAY MORNING. JAN. I, 1859.
SOUTH CAROLINA AGAINST THE
MONUMENT.

MONUMENT.
Allusion has been made heretofore to the
proposed monument in Philadelphia, to b,
erected by the Original Thirteen States, tC
the signcrs Of tho Declaration of Indcpend
encc. The cost is to be Sl50,000. Ter
States have already agreed to pay their al.
lottcd share of the expense. a bill for that
purpose in the S. Carolina legislature was
reported on unfavorably by the committee on
Federal relations, to which it had been refer
red. The report Of the debate theron, on
on the 10Th inst, tells the rest of the story =
Mr. Read moved to set aside the report of
the committee as unworthy the sentiments of
the people of South Carolina its reason of
political hostility between South Carolina
and Pennsylvania he did not consider n rood
reason. as tho measure under consideration
had reference to the honors due to the pnst =.
and not to the present. No principle or
policy would be sustained in refusing to aid
in the work, and injustice would be done to
the feelings of pride in their ancestors which
he knew animated the b1soms of all South
| Cardinals sons.
| Mr.. G. p. Elliot, on behalf of the commit
tee, endorsed all the cncomiums on GLORIOUS
ancestors, but was opposed to building
monument where the people of the South
would be precluded from visiting it. Their
forefathers were Shareholders, and if there
was any infamy in the institution, it belongs
to the past as well as present generations 1t
was those who repudiatcd those principles
and those forefathcrs who wanted the asss-
tance of the South t. build this monument
He wanted the monument where S1utherners
Wis md tai ,t.it II,
dren and servants. without being told stand
back this is fre, soil There had been
but one slave State represented at the Com
vention; and for himself he was not willing
TO follow the lead of such men rs Charles
Francis Adams and y. p. Banks, the dele
;nt"- from Massachusetts,.
Mr. VIM. Whacy thought it right, while
IN the Mon us ono of tho thirty-o,o, b.
sides one of the thirteen States, that South
Carolina should contribute her quota of
money for the specific object OF erecting this
monument in memory Of the past, for while
they were in the Union they were of the
Union. He Thought the monument ought
to be built on free soil, as an eternal monu-
mcnt Of those principles which their foreia-
Tiers held and promulgated, and that in case
Of dissolution OF the Union it should turn
and say, "lu defiance of the lessons of the
past You have sundcred Union with the |
South. which should have been perpetual"
Let it stand upon their soil. as meinento of
what they We're, and what they should have
been.
Mr.. I. Y. Smons did not regard the |
question in IL political light, but as ncces-
sary patriotic act, which should be consum-
mated. True, there was IA sentiment in
Pennsylvania hostile to the South. But was
not James Buchanan. whose adherence to the
Constitution had won every heart. n Penn.
sylvanian? Was not D. CLANCY Jones a
Pennsylvania Let the Union be dissolved
and that monument would stand as pledge
Of the fidelity Of South Carolina, and re-
buke to those who took part against her
Mr.. Macfarian, a member of the commit
tee, said that if the proposition were that
they should never lay hands upon or destroy
that temple in Independence square, he would
vote for it. But he would not cooperate
with Banks, of Massachusetts,, because
Banks and the people of South Carolina
were not homogeneous. lie objected to the
locality of the monument, because he was
from taking his slave servant to
see it.
Mr.. Elliott characterized the schcmc as not
national but simply private enterprise,
headed by n p, Banks. Why did they not
erect monuments to the sons of South Caro-
lima Why had they transferred to woman
the task of erecting monument to Cal
houn?
Mr.. Read said the simple question was.
whether South Carolina would give 10000
towards erecting monument to the sgners
OF the Declaration. Philadelphia had been
selected as the ocation, because there the
document had been signed. No political
question wac involved and he asked if South
Carolina was prepared to say that she would
not give 10000 for this purpose,
Mr.. j. Williams said the South should
look forward to the dissolution of the Union,
and save her money Instead of spending
money they should keep it for the time when
the State had to interpose her strength for
protection. Every man was looking forward
to the time when black republican would
be elected President Of the United States and
for himself he was ready to dissolve the Union
when that happened, The recent Pennsyl-
vania elections should be warning to them,
and unless they intended to remain in the
Union they should not contribute towards
building of this monumunt.
After further debate, the bill was postpon-
ed indefinitely.