The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-12-22

nary and one on the 18th OF the same mon III
| III was suggested that a temporary arrange
| meht could go into operation on the "0th OF
| JNuary, so that time be given to the General
| HoVeFhment TO know our views and be ready
| 10 answer yea or nay whether they are disposed
TO treat. But in the meantime the ordinary
| operations of our citizens are TO go on.
| One matter more as TO the revenues. The
Pos tmas ter of Charleston would most likely
| keep an account until the transaction was Sc l.
tied after January Eth. MY friend from St
| Michael has well pro posed that the money re-
| ceived by the Postmaster should be con slider
| ed in account, and settled with the General
Government the day OF the ratification of the
Ordinance, as adopted by this Convention
| that n month hence all matters can ba arrsnO
| ed between us as between two indepe ndent ma
| tions. In the meantime, the rccounts should
| go on, so that no sudden disruption shall take
| place Sir, merely suggest this as spoken by
| others.
| learn that Secretary Cobb has said that the
| revenue OF South Carolina from the Custom
! House would not near pay the expense OF the
| Cnstom- House for the last quarter. l also
learn from the best authority that the Post
Offices of South Carolina cost the Government
| from thirty TO forty thousand dollars per q uar-
| ter, and that the receipts have been less than
| nifty Thousand dollars per annum. Therefore
| Mr.. President, there need be great appre-
| hensioR on this score. But the accounts
! should, nevertheless, be kept in the mean time,
| The usual business transactions should be al
lowed 10 proceed until 1t Is ascertained what
are the viewS and how the matter is regarded
| by the Administration, which have no doubt
| are entirely friendly TO u.s. and will do every
thing that can be done in order to prevent
| inconvenience
Mr.. President, have only one word more
and will take my seat. We are at the inau-
gnration OF great cause. All of us look wi tn
an undivided interest to the consequences of
that movement. One of the most promiu % e n I
and the most favorable is the perfect unaniu :
ty which prevails in the State of South Caro-
iina-a unanimlty not only unexpected, but
n Il - fon lUh tn- hnr Il
as TO the sympathy found in other States it
Is, TO certain extent, greatly unexpec ted -
1t has surpassed, L take the liberty to say,
every expectation. Our great object should
De 10 preserve this unanimity-to warm and
not chill this sympathy of our Southern sis
ters.
Mr.. President, have said stop for 4 day
shut up for day the port of Char les ton and
the ships now loading with the prod uce OF our
country would rot before they would go 10
sea. If an Ordinance is passed they will have
no papers-they are stopped from departing.
Pass your Ordinance Immediately, and what
Is the consequence l say, sit, ii we were
stopped single day-f We were stopped two
1ays-the eloquence of Mr.. Stephens OF
Georgia, would De but as penny whistle
compared with the astounding consequences
among ourselves. The stoppage of postal ar
ransements is an argument which Will make a
man silent, and this would be but the begin
ming. The port of Charleston stopped postal
arran gemen Is stopped people unrequited and
their ships rotting at our docks, Will lead to
the stoppage OF all ordinary transactions. Is
there any argument that can obviate this re-
suit Look At our sister States-Ihey will
commence TO hesitate. Some are more than
ready now 10 call halt. Look at Georgia,
whose cooperation We desire more than any
other, because she is Identical in her nteres is,
and has the same position, side by side, Wi III
South Carolina.
Mr. President, L repeat that have a reso-
luton which propose TO offer al the proper
time, TO appoint committee and refer 10 that
II } m N tttlti y IS N ~
tenn platiOn, on the withdraw Of the State
from the Union, either TO make permanent
or temporary arrangement in reference to the
officers of our Post-O Office and Custom House
and that they shall report thereon.
SPEECH OF JUDGE MAGRATH.
The following is the speech made by Judge
Magrath on Wednesday, in reply 10 Chancel-
lor Dunkin:
Mr.. Magra IN said-If we were now In q con-
ditlon OF profound peace and about 10 inaugu-
rate this act of secession of South Carolina
from a brotherhood OF States in a condition OF
good Will and good wishes, that resolution
would be proper and necessary. But when we
are about 10 cousummate this great act with
out the good will and wishes OF many of the
States OF this Coptederecy it is i'm mpOrtant that
South Carolina should know il the rights
claimed in behalf of this Government We're to
be exercised. Would ii be we'll 10 inquire
whether she shall defer her rights TO be exert
cIsed within the limits OF her own State 3
The President of the United States affirms it
to be his right, his constitutional duty, and
high Obligation TO protect what he calls the
property OF the United States within the limits
of South Carolina after ne secession OF South
Carolina from the limits OF the United States.
And il is true, sir, that he says he has no con-
stitutional power TO coerce the State of South
Carolina after she shall secede while at the
same time he denies her the exercise of her le-
sitimate right OF secession, which she claims
and apprehend there will be, Mr. President,
an attempt to coerce the State of South Caro-
ma a a TT nf
the United States within the limits OF South
Carolina. l am disposed, therefore, at the very
threshold of the movement, to contest the
curacy of the logic and weigh well the conclu-
sion which the President of the United State.
has arrived at in his consideration of the mat
ter. There never has been a day-no, nor au
hour-in which any body could claim the right
of the property within the limits of the State
OF South Caroline, whether the claim be made
by al indlvid ual or nnation. Is IL nota sacred
under the Constitution and laws OF South
Carolina-and rs sacred as when that right is
claimed by one OF our own citizens And If
here be- as is asserted, property of the United
5 ates within the limits Of South Carolina, the
property after the secession OF the State,
cording 10 my opinion, Will be as safe as is
consistent Wi III the dignity and houor of the
State. After the act OF secession it will receive
only that protection which IL has hitherto re-
ceiyed-I mean that protection which has
been derived from the laws Of South Carolina.
Mr.. President, look at ii. There is property
which while we were in the Union belonged
ID the Union OF States. AS an independent
State, has II been protected by the arms of the
United States When was it, sir that the
United States considered it necessary, within
the limits of South Carolina, to consider this
property needtul of that material protection
which it seems disposed To assert for it Is 1t
because the act OF secession makes the people
of South Carolina occupy in the eyes of the
people of the United States the position OF
robbers So potentially is 1t asserted that the
rights Of the United States are only to be
hYyt al
No!no II il be so, then the United States
cannot, consistently with the honor and dig
nifty of South Carolina, own property within
the limits of South Carolina.
The President of the United States states
that this property has been bought by the
Union of the States-that the United States
has paid for it, and therefore claims the right
to hold It, IL must be remembered that when
South Carolina secedes from this Union, her
sovereign rights arise and are to be considered
IN connection with this assertion of the right
of property. In this Convention, in the face
OF the whole world, ii is tor her to decide to
raise the banner OF justice, and let every one
see whether we owe the United States any
thing. If there be dollar that South Carroll
ma owes TO the u States let 1t be paid, even
II il impoverishes the people of South Caro-
lima 4 there be dollar claimed which is
NOT iustly due the United States, let South
Carolina be de ISOLATED before that dollar is paid.
(Smothered applause
There is one condition of public affairs to
which wish moment 10 revert III coHse-
auence of the remarks which fell from the
gen tleman on the resolution Just disposed OF.
1t is this When the State OF South Carolina,
in and through their Convention, have passed
this Ordinance OF Secession; when, III fnil
consideration of these responsibilities which
we are about 10 ass ume, IT. shall be the deter
mination of South Carolina to uphold the
position of an independent State-it becomes
us, as men, who represent the public senti-
ment of South Carolina, TO look boldly in the
eve the responsibilities of the position. /
shall vote against any action of Joint owner
shi, 90 narshn agency Of .nu mi