The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1860-11-22

out the State shall be entitled to elect and
send to the said Convention number of
delegates equal to the whole number of
Senators and Representatives which such
District is now entitled to send to the
Legislature; and the delegates to the said
Convention shall be entitled to the same
freedom of arrest in going to, returning
from, and whilst i'll attendance on said
Convention, as is extended to the mem
bers of the Legislature.
4. That all free white male citizens OF
this State of the age of twcnty-oneycars
and upwards, shall be eligible to seat in
the said Convention.
5. That his Exccllcncy the Governor
be and is hereby requested, forthwith af-
ter the passage of this Act, to commune
cate an authentic copy of the same to the
Executive of each of the slaveholding
States of this Union, and to urge upon
them, in such mode and manner as he
may deem best, the desire Of the State of
| South Carolina that the said slavcholding
States should concert and cooperate with
her in providing for the future safety
welfare and independence Of the South.
The amendments were agreed to, and
the vote recurring on the bill, us amen
dcd, it passed, with the following vote ::
|
Yeas, A noes, 1.
The House resolutions in reference to
day Of Fasting. and Prayer, were re-
ferrcd to the Committee on Education.
The Senate then adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES..
The House came to order at II O'clock,
m, and after Prayer by the Rev. Mr..
Spain, the journal Of yesterday was read
and adopted.
On motion OF Mr. Mullins, q message
was sent to the Senate informing that
body that the House had completed its
organization by the election of Reading
Clerk and Messenger.
Mr. Coffin, from tho Special Committee
on the resolution in relation to day of
Fasting, Humiliation and Prayer report
cd an amended resolution, recommending
that, in view Of the solemn crisis in the
affairs of the country, the 2lst of Novcm-
Der be set apart for that purposc-which
was adopted.
Mr.. Winsmith offered resolutions, which
were ordered to be printed and made the
special order for tomorrow at l o'clock.
Mr.. Lucas, from the Committee on the
Military, to whom were referred the bill
to arm the State, reported tho same back
with several amendments, and with the
recommendation that it do pass. The
time fixed for the meeting of the Conven-
ton is the 1st of January next. Tic bill
was ordered for consideration tomorrow.
Mr. Lucas, also from the Committee on
the Military, to whom was referred the
resolutions in regard to the amount of
money to be appropriated for the defence
Of the State, reported that the Commit
tee recommended the appropriation Of
S4OO, COO for that purpose; when the re-
port was accepted and the Committee dis
charged.
Mr.. Mullins then introduced his bill, of
Which notice was given yesterday, post
poning the operation of the Sd section OF
an Act entitled san Act for tho suspen-
sion of certain acts ratified 21st day of
December, 1S57"-postponing the election
of the Directors of the Bank of South
Carolina until the 1st day of January,
1862; which was read once and referred
Mr.. Trenholm amended his resolutions
in several particulars. s.sae'
Mr.. Gray rccounted the wrongs endu-
rcd by the South from the foundation of
the Government, and the boast Of Black
Republicans to rc-organizc the Supreme
Court, which they would be able to ac-
complish since they had control of the
Legislative and Judicial departments Of
the Government Was the South tamcly
to submit? We're their mothers and
their sisters to be subjected to scrvilc in
surrcctions, and all the horrors of civil
war? 1t was toe late for cooperation !;
but there were two ways of dissolving the
Union: First, by revolution under form
of Government, and by individual rcvo-
luton.
He preferred the latter, because it was
justified before the world; twas the doc
-trine advocated by Calhoun and McDuffie,
u ,.ooonn;zad hu DeTocnuevilte. Pru-