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be requested to communicate to the Convention,
reference TO the condition Of Forts Moultrie and
Sumter, and Castle Pinckney. The number of
guns each, number Of workner employed, and
the kind Of labor In which they are engaged; also
the number Of soldiers and marines stationed at
each point, and what addition, IL any, has bscn
made 70 the forces sinces the Goth Inst; aIso
whether any assurances has been given that the.
has been assigned to fhis assurance; also, what
police other regulations have been made. n
any, in reference to the defence defences of the
harbor Of Charleston and the coast Of the State.
sion.
Mr.. Brown offered resolution that ali citizens
Of the United States doniciled within this State.
December %, ls6O, be, and the same ace hereby,
declared citizens OF South Carolina entitled 10 ali
privileges and subject to all the liabilities incl.
+ Mr. Brown said there were a number Of mari.
otious citizens Of this State who are citizens by
adoption, and well founded apprehension exists
in their minds az to the extent Of their allegiance
| can become cit zens Of South Carolina-by birth
or adoption. Birth gives unqualified citizenship
In State and relative citizenship In the United
States BY naturelilation persons were made cisa
liens Of the United States. and by virtue of being
such were made citizens Of South Carolina. In
1882 the Constitution Of South Carolina was
| amended 30 as that naturalized citizens were
required to take the additional oath Of their true
allegiance to South Carolina long az they mig ht
| continue citizens thereof Sometimes in another
method-that Of the test oath
Mr. Brown also said that some period must be
adopted. He did not mean nor contemplate
making involuntary citizens Of those accidentally
domiciled in the State at the period of the adop.
ton Of the Ordinance of Secession. x
| Mr.. kenniard offered a resolution that recess
be takcp tomorrow till the 18th proxmo, OF to
subject the Resembling tothe order of the Presi
Mr. Rhett offered the following. desiring that
L lav On no tah axr-ifb
Mr.. Memminger doubted II there was authority
| by which paper could be received In public
deliberative assembly without having at least one
| reading. -.r. = -
Mr.. Rhett then read the paper himself:
An ordinance to provide for Convention of the
Slaveholding States of the United States to form
| a Constitution for Southern Confederacy, pro.
| viding-First, for Convention Of all the seed
| ing Slaveholding States of the United States to
unite with South Carolina and hold a Convention
at Montgomery, Alabama, for the purpose of
| forming Southern Confederacy and to agree on
| the terms. :
Second Recommending that said States ap-
point by their respective Conventions or Legsla-
lures az many delegates as they have members In
the present Congress of the United States and
| that In said Convention on the adoption of Con-
| stitution, the vote shall be by States
| Third Whenever the terms for 4 Constitution
shall be agreed upon by such Convention, The
same shall be submitted at early day as D &C.
acable to the Convention Or Legislature Of each
state respectively SO as to instruct the delegates
In the General Convention whether to ratfy or re-
Ject the Constitution.
/ Fourth. Thatin the opinion Of the South Caro-
| lima Convention, the Constitution Of the United
states Is suitable basis for Confederaey of the
southern states Withdrawing from the Union
| Fifth. That the South Carolina Convention an
point by ballot eight delegates re present south
Carolina in the Southern Confederacy; and lastly
| that one Commissioner from each State be elected
Referred.
MI Dunkin moved a secret session. Carried.
| Dec. 26, p. MIR. Browns resolution offered
this morning was referred by the Convention to
| the Committee on the Constitution.
The Convention remained In secret session till
l ~ O'Clock this afternoon, and then adjourned
till 10 O'Clock TO- morrow
The following ordinance was passed In secret
session this evening" and the obi alton of secresy
withdrawn so that IL might be published,
At a convention of the people of South Carolina,
| begun to be holden at Columbia on the 18th of
| DecembeI In they Of our Lord 1850, and thence
| continued by adjournment to Charleston, and
there by divers adjournmenh to the 2eth day Of
December, In the same year, was adopted the fol.
| lowing ordinance to make provision for the con.
| Carolina:
Whereas II is due to our late confederates in the
political Union, known as the United States Of
America, as also to citizens Of South Carolina en-.
gaged In commerce, that no abrupt or sudden
change shall be made in the rate Of duties or i'm
ports into this State; and
Whereas 1t 10 not desired by this State to secure
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Of any OF the saveholding States her late confed-
| crates In said Union; and
| W hereas this ordinance for the consideration.
| indicated, is designed to be provisional merely,
| therefore, we, the people OF South Carolina, In
Convention Assem- bled do declare and ord N nd
| tits hereby declared and ordained:
| II" hat all citizens Of this State who at the
date Of the ordinance Of secession, were hold.
Ing Office connected with the customs under the
general government Of the United States. within
the limits Of South Carolina, be and they are
hereby; appointed to hold, under the government
necnon whatever with the government Of the
United states, the same Offices they now d until
otherwise directed, and to receive the same paw
and emuluments for their services
I'd That until this convention or general "A.
sembly shall otherwise provide, the Governor
snail appoint to all vacancies which may occur in
3D.. That until otherwise provided by this con
vention or the general assembly, the revenue col
lection and navigation laws of the United States
a. lar az may De applicable, be and they are here.
saving that no duties be collected upon imports
from State forming the late Federal Union known
as the United States of America; nor upon ton
mage vessels owned In whole or in part by citizens
OF said states; and saving and excepting the act
OF Congress, adopted on the ID day of arch Is57
entitled an act authorizing the deposit of papers
OF foreign vessels with consuls Of their respective
OF no force within the limits of this State
an All vessels built In Carolina or elsewhere,
ana owned to the amount of one third bya citizen
or citizens Of Carolina, or any of the slavehoid.
Ing commonwealth of North America and com.
manded by the citizens thereof and no other
snail be registered as vessels Of Carolina, under
the authority Of the collector aud naval officer
9TH All Official acts Of the officers aforesaid in
which 1t is usual or proper to setforth the author
lty under which they act, or in the style Of docu
menu issued by them, or any of them be I'm the
name OF the State Of South Carolina ~ p
, ON All monies hereafter collected by any of
the officers aforesaid shall, after deducting the
sums necessary for The compensation If said ON
GERS ana other expenses be paid into the treasury
Oh the State Of South Carolina for the use Of said
Sate, subject to the order Of this Convention or
OF the General Assembly. -.E 90 TX
9TH The officers aforesaid shall retain In their
hands all the property Of the United States In their
possession, custody or CONTROL beet to the dis
posal OF the State, which will account for the
same upon final settlement with the government
Of the United States '''
3. Done at Charleston this 2eth day Of December,
In the year Of our Lord 1850. sT1-T-F"-''
(Signed) ID. F. JAMIsoN, President.
Attest: b. F. ARTHUR, Clerk.
THE PAPER FOR THE TIMES.
The PAPER FOR THE TINES.
THE pApEp pnp NM,