The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-12-28
View from the Sea of the Habor Charleston Showing


little accustomed to the duties Of presiding over body
Ike this feel my want Of qualification for the posi-
ton You have assigned and have been so long with
drawn from delberatve bodies that must ask your In
mencing that overcome by your conhdence that
Thad nothing 70 say An oen DO would be TO express
but imperfectly the emotions that agtate my bosom
This speech was received with an amount OF applause
which showed the unanimity Of the Convention on the
question Of secession.
Colonel Pckeas the new Governor Of the state whose
opinions favor Of wen known, that
day nauguratcd and the Legislature, which then in
session. transmitted invitation TO the members OF the
Convention be present at the ceremony The smallpox
was then raging in an epidemic form al Columbia and In
consequence the Convention removed It's stngs Charles
ton where the members arrived the 18th inst, and
we're received with military hcnors Proceeding 70 In
suie Hail. now named Secession Hail. the business Of the
Convention resumed. Important debates, upon the
future course Of the state after independent position
was assumed, occupied that day and the nextall Of
which have been published In the HRAID. Therefore II Is
unnecessary 70 refer them in detail here Committees
were appointed on Relations with the saveholdng States
of North America Foreign Relations, on Commercial
Relations, on the Constitution Of the state.
resolution also passed 10 ascertain what proper
" the rnited States claims the ownership OF In south
Carolina how was acquired, and whether the claim
resolution also calls Cor information 10 the value Of
such other property the United States may possess
and the ysce of the share TO which South Carolina
be entitled ON equitable division.
On the following day the alqucston o from
the the United States up and on the
10th day of December the Convention unanimoury voted
In favor o. uithdrawing from the Union. The following
ordinance Vas adopted by the votes Of the strc 100
members. and 10 passage welcomed with xemcn-
dous applause.
~ oraSASo nfs-clvr uu UNION HsrvNxs um srarr ov
aotrH CAROLINA sr1rr,- rSufD WITH fKR
I'M FS1rnyp nsF CONSTITUTION oF raE csruD
sTsI1S AMERICA.
We the people Of south Carolina In Convention Assem-
blcd 10 declare and orain, and u u hereby declared and
ordained that the ordinance adosed by US IN Convention
the 1d day Of May in the year ot our Lord 17ss,
rat fed and also all acts and parts of acts " the
General Assembly q this State rasy ing amendments Of
Union now shssstng between ou,h Carolina and other
states under the Of the United states cf america
is hereby dissolved.
when ntclgn ~ tho event he'd the leading South
crn ces il was received with immense enthusiasm Guns
were ErsJ professions turned out rcs lighted and
tho utncst furor was exhibited In Charleston on the
Following night there VAS grand procession a Minute
Men, and several thousand citizens strangers, nrcmcn
and military wcre IN line, with music banners trans.
parencies and rsneccrs Tho procession formed iron,
a Secession Han and proceeded 20 the Mills House se
rcnade Pckcns, and subsequently 70 VIM. y.
porchcr. President of the senate; General Simmons
speaker ~ the House General Jamson, President of the
Convention, ard Mayor Macbeth, who acknowledged
their thanks and compliments. The Palmetto flag was
borne IN front q the procession Tho city was alive
with cx mcni and number of residences, newspaper
establishments and other public buildings were u.
lurn minated
The eject produced IN Washington not very Dc.
monsuative but u nevertheless intense The dele.
CATION from South Carolina retired from their seats n
Congress and badc adcu 70 their friends Meantime the
Convention continued and st continues scssionp II
adopted the Declaration n immediate Causes which In.
duccd and Justified the Secession o. South Carona from
the Union waving tho repetition of the causes IN The
past, she declares 10 the remaining States and na.
tons Of the world the immediate which led 10 the
act The declaration refers 70 the causes which cd W
the separation from England and the declaration Of the
colonies that sey free and independent states In
pursuance of this declaration thirteen States proceeded
70 exercise separate sovereignty subsequently they en-
tered into league by the Articles of Confederation but
retaining their sovereignty Under this declaration the
war the Revolution fought the close of which Eng
land acknowledged them free sovereign and Independent
States. Subsequently the Union formed, limited 10
the words Of the grant The declaration declares that
many Of the States have violated the compact in letter
and spirit which consequently absoves tho rest from the
obligations Of the Onion II refers 70 the states which
violated The fourth article OF Tho consttuon and says
mono Of Them have complied with the stpulscns of the
constitution consequently south Carolina absoIved from