The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-12-24
,oypAY moRNINa,.....,. DEC. 81, isc
rspn SOUTH CAROLINA.

FROM SOUTH CAROLINA
.,ufica,ion Of the Secession srdi.
f". f".c...The Addresses TO the People, &c.
o,rsps OF souTu CAaoLINA's sEokssIos.
t. allowing is the declaration of causes
-, ,uslify the secession of South Carolina
w., she Federal Union, as reported by the
",,ittee TO prepare ga address 10 the people
:, n. southern States
"r.,S.sie OF Sou:h Carolina having dster
"a 10 rest ume separate aud equal position
mlnN, nations. deems II due TO herself aud
sao..Vasining United States of America and
ih'.Iiel. vi the world, that she should de-
hs he causes which led to the act. In i165
Hsn,r,ion of The British empire embracing
- Britain undertook TO MAKE laws for the
yrmeni cf the American colonies.
t.oeste for the right OF seifsJvernment en-
80 uhich resulted, Oh the 4th OF July. lrr6
" seelarstion ey the colonies that they are
arS II r.shi ought 10 be, free and independent
.s aud that as free and indepepdeut
S,stss tbey have full power to levy war. con-
-. pesce contract alliances es tablish com
80 sad TO do such things which indepand
80 states have the right TO do. They further
s."..nulv declare that whenever any form OF
oxerunent becomes obstructive of these ends
- i. The established right of the people to altar
- abolish IL and institute a new govern.
rasrt Deeming that the government of Great
Eolsin had become destructive OF these end.
nv declare The colonies free agd absolyed
,rora allegiance to the British crown, and the
Vii issi connection between them and Crea.
Er,rln was totaIly dissolved.
Tee committee say the right of State TO
roy.~u ilseif, aud the right Of the people IL
"a government when Ii becomes desirug-
tlys Q. the ends for which it was institu ed
wsrs expressed when the colonies separat,d
.ro,a the Mother Country, and became free
sad independent ; tales, Thu parties amend
N-fG 1 N ion Nt,T IN,h
-, were the several sovereign States ..
Ms, g. l.so, South Carolina. by Conyentlou
q, ssr people assented TO the amended Con
,u,uii0u OF me United States. The failure of
oas cf The contracting parties 10 maintain the
Constitutional obligations releases the other
Fifteen OF the N0rthern States have delioer.
aie.y refused for years 10 fuinll their consti-
tulsnai obligations. He would refer 10 those
Slalss for . proof of this. When the fourth
srtIeie Of the Constitution was adopted, the
greater nuhosr OF me coatrac .lLg parties held
slaves. The hostility OF the Northern Sta les
10 the institution OF slavery had led them 10
disregard their institutional obligations
Tne laws OF the General Government have
ceased 10 effect the Objects OF the Constitution
Name, New Ham pshire, Vermont, Massachu.
sets, Connec ucui, Rhode Island, New York
Peansy iNania, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio Michi-
gsu, Wisconsin and Iowa have enacted laws
either nuliItying the Constitution or 10 render
useless all attempts To execute the asts Of Con-
-
te service aud to labor have been claimed, su L
IL none of them has the State Government
complied with the stipulation on this subject
made in the Cons The ends for which
this Government was instituted have been de-
isaled, and the Government itself made de-
strnctiye by the action of the non .slayeho old
Iae States. Those States assumed the right of
deciding on the propriety of our domestic in .
ii u tons. They denied the rights of property
& "a olished in fifteen States and recognized by
=.
ul lne institution of slavery; have permitted
az open establishment of societies. whose
ay0w Al and object are to disturb the peace and
OF the citizens of other States thev
have encouraged and assisted thousands OF
our slaves 10 leave their homes, and those who
remain Ave been melted by emisSarles, by
books a, Spictuces to seryile insurrection.
wenty- years this agitation has been
steddily increasing, until they have secured
the power of the common government. OBJ
serving the forms Of the Constitution, q sec
iional party has found withia that article, es g..
an executive department, means Of
the Constitution itself geo.
graphical line has been drawn across the
l Lion, and all States North of mat lire have
united in the eleC ton of q man 10 the high
Jlii e OF President of the United States whose
opinions and purposes are hostile to slavery.
In the formation ef the federal goyerumen n
Zach State was recognized as an equal; the
risht OF property in slaves was recognized by
giving ali free persons distinct political rgh Is;
BY giving them the right TO represent ana
Durthening them with direct taxes for three
lfihs OF their slaves; by authorizing the i'm
Dor tatiou OF slaves for twenty years, and By
,upulnting for the rendition of fugitives from
labor. He is TO be entrusted with The admin
biration of the common government because
& is declared that a government cannot endure
half slave aud half free and
mat the public mind must rest in the belief
hat slavery is il the course of ultimate ex-
nction.
This sectional combination for the subver.
sion OF the Constitution has been aided in the
States by eievating to citizenship persons who
BY the supreme law of the land, are incapable
of becoming citizens, and their votes have
been used ~ inaugurate The new policy hostile
~ the SJuth and destructive 10 Its peace and
safety. Oa the 4th of March sext this party
Will take poss session of the Government II
lss been announced that the South shall be
from the common territory, that the
judicial tribunals will be nsde sectional tina
war must be waged against slavery untIl il
'hali cease throughout the United States
rne guarantees Of the Constitution wi then
40 longer exist; eQ ual rights of the States will
ID lost. The slayeholding States will no longer
lave the power OF self government or self
protection, and the Federal Government Will
lave become their enemy. Sectional in teres Is
md animosity will deepen the irritation and
III hope Of remedy ls rendered vain by the fac [
hat The public Opiuion Gf the North has in
res Ted the great political error with the sane
ions OF a more erroneous religious belief
We, therefore, the people OF South Carolina,
1y our delegates in COnyen ZION assembled, ap-
pealing 10 The Supreme udge of the world
or the reclitude of our intentions, have
olemnly declared the Union hereto tore exist
ng between this State and the ether States OF
NorIh America lie dissolved, and that the STATE
If South Carolina has resumed her position
among the nations OF the world as a free, SOW
.reIgn, independent State, with full power 10
evy war, conclude peace, contract alliances,
stabliSh commerce, and do all other acts and
hings which independent States may OF right
10; and for the support of this declaration,
Yah firm reliance for protection on Divine
We mutually pledge each other
ur lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.
The second ballot for tw . other Commission
RS 10 Washington was unsuccessful.
On the third ballot, Ex.Gov. j. II. Adams,
md ex- Congressman j. l.. Orr were elected to
.ct with Mr.. Barnwell as Commissioners 10
reat with the United States.
THE RATIFICATION OF THE SECESSION ogDI-
EANCR-INTRREsTING SCENES.
The Charles ton Mercury has an In nteres tin 2
description of the passage aud ratification OF
the Ordinance Of Secession by the State Con-
Sention. 1t says:
Precisely at seven minutes after one o'cloeK,
-he vo.e was taken upon the Ofdiuance-eacn
mans name being called IN order. AS name by
name tell upon the ear Of the silent assembly,
The brief sound was echoed back, without one
solitary exception in that whole grave body
Ay. AT Is O'Clock +. NJ. the last name was
called, the Ordinance of Secession was an
aounced TO have been passed, and the last 1et-
Ter had fallen from the limbs OF brave, but
100 long oppressed people.
The Convention sat with closed doors. But
upon the announcement outside that South
Carolina was ne longer mem Der Of the Fed
sIal Union, loud shouts of JOY rent the air
he enthusiasm was unsurpassed. Old men
went shouting down the streets. Cannon were
aIed, and bright triumph was depicted on
every counteuance.
But before the Great Seal of the State was
ah&ed 10 the Ordinance of Secession, and tha
lames OF the Delegates 10 the Convention
were signed, II was proposed that this cere-
lhony should be postponed until O'Clock that
evening, when the Convention should reas-
,emole and move In procession from the ST.
andrews Hall, where they then sat, TO the
great StcssSion Ha!k and that there before
NE mbled citizens OF the State the Great