Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-12-28
Third Day Of the South Carolina
Convention.

In the Convention, yesterday, a res )lution
authorizing the President to issue tickets of
admission to reporters, at his discretion, was
adopted. A resolution was adopted to adopt
the rules of other conventions for the gov
ernment of this.
A Aresolution to take the communication
from the Georgia Legislature and refer it to
the committee on address to the people
of the Southern States, caused debate, but
was not acted on.
The Committee on Commerce and Postal
Arrangements swas increased to Is, after
some immaterial debate on the subjec. of the
mails.
The special order being the resolution rel
ative to the secession portion of the message
OF the President Of the United States, it
was taken up. 2
Mr.. Magrath spoke of the property Of
South Carolina.
Mr. Miles.-I have not the least idea
that the President of tho United States
will send reinforcements here. In Con-
versat!on, and subsequently, in written
communication, l know this to have been
said to him "If you send solitary soldier
to these parts, the instant the intelligence
reaches our people (and we will take care
that it does reach them in good season) the
forts will be taken, because they are neces-
sary to our safety" Mr.. NJ. spoke about the
repairs to Fort Sumpter and mentioned the
cause of the resignation of Secretary Cass.
At Fort Moultrie, there were only 65 men,
with or musicians, Capt. Anderson is
needful of troops. He (Miles) felt the neces-
sity of being watchtul, lest few persons
from Charleston should surprise the Fort
| in the night. Let US wait awhile, as all the
| repairs will be to our advantage.
| The resolution was then adopted.
Mr.. Oentriville introduced resolution
for committee of safety. Transferred for
special order tomorrow.
| Mr.. Memminger introduced resolution
for the appointment OF committee Of 7
members to draft summary statement of
the causes justifying South Carolina to
withdraw from the Union.
Mr.. Hays introduced the following resolu.
tions.
WHEREAS, The causes which have pro-
duced separation of South Carolina from
the Federal Union have emanated from the
States north of Mason and Dixon's Line,
which use hireling labor only and whereas
it has not been against the United States that
South Carolina has opposed her sovereignty
in usurpation by the Government in revo.
luton of this instrument;
Resolued, That q commissioner be sent
to each of the slave-holding States, bearing
a COPY of the ordinance of secession, and
profter each State, or any one or more o1
them, the existing Constitution of the
United States as basis of provisional
government, to be adopted on the part oi
South Carolina aud other slave-holdine
States, after seeding from the present Fed
eral Union, which shall be willing to unit,
with South Carolina in the formation of Z
. new confederacy and we do hereby ratify
, and confirm, from tho date thereof, AM
action taken by such commissioner or com
! missioners, and give the consent of Soutl
Carolina in the formation of such provis
ional union; and we do further earnestl,
recommend that in few days after two O.
more States in addition to South Carolin,
shall have acceded to the said provisiona
union an election shall be held for Senators
and Members of the House Of Representa-
tives of the new Congress, and for Presi
dent and Vice-President of the new Confed
t Grafton.
l Resolved, That three commissioners b.
appointed to carry an authenticated copy 0
, the ordinance of secession to Washington
3 to be laid before the President of the Unite,
States, with the request that the same shal
be submitted to Congress, now in session
and said commissioners are hereby author
, lied and empowered to treat for the deliver,
, of the forts, magazines and light houses
and also for all other real estate and appurt
> : enances thereto, within the geography Q
: South Carolina, and that the authority t
> treat upon these subjects be extended to tn
last day of February, 1861; Provided, i
= the meantime that the said forts, magazine
:, and other places are allowed to remain in tn
= condition in which they may be at th
It adoption Of this ordinance, and they shall b
a further empowered to treat upon the subjet
n of the public debt and for a proper divisio
8 of all the other property wlthin.he above no.
# held by the government Of The United State
now embraced in the said confederacy ur
e til such time as new confederacy of STATE
s shall be formed, of which South Carolin
0 shall be one.
From Columbia.
n COLUMBIA, s. c., Dec. %.
i The Methodist Conference of this Sta
: passed resolutions in favor OF secession.
Ex.Gov. Mcdowell died at Marietta, MOI
10 day.