The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-12-11
Althmonh Dispatrh.
TUESDAY MUkNING....,~,>>DEC-III''ii,s3 II is6s
SECESSION MOVEMENT AT THg SOUTH.
"essa.e OF Gov. Gtst, of y. C.-Speech of Ex.
novrrnsr Adams-Letter from John M
Bolts, &c ''-

Ventlon took place in South Carolina on Fri.
day last Out Of the twenty-five members
elected from Charleston, seventeen of them
have given the following pledge
u. That the Convention when assembled should
" wthdraw South Carolina from the Cnnfederacy of
the United States as soon as the ordinance of se-
eession can he framed and adopted.
the Contedsfacy of the United States she shoni ID
never be re united with any of the non -slavehoId
ing states 81 this Union IN any form of government
Fourteen of the gentlemen elected, says the
Charleston Mercury are of the old Secess ion
party, and seven OF the Old Cooperation par
ty-although it must be said no issue was
made in the election between these old parties.
Gov. Gist has sent in the following message
to the Sonth Carolina Legislature:
Allow me, IN this, my last communication,
parting word. South Carolina, after MANY
long years of earnest but fruitless efforts 10
arrest the progress of fanaticism and stay the
hand OF aggression upon her rights by the
Northern States OF the Confederacy after vain
demonstration and solemn assurance that a
free people would never submit to inequality
and degradation. has at last determ ned with
unparalleled unapimity, TO sever the bonds
that bind her to those States and part COM
pany with those that treat her citizens ra Their
as aliens and enemies than as friends and
brethren. The comparatively small Star which
represents her on the Latlonal banner and
which has hitherto illumined The path of the
IalthfuI traveller In search OF constitutional
liberty, must henceforth quit its appointed
place, and shine only on the banner conse-
Grated 10 Equality, Justice and Southern
Rights. To permit IL to remain longer in it's
present association, would only dim its lustre
and ultimately quench its light. We were
tolo Dy our great statesman that the cords of
the Union were swapping one by one, and
now the last is broken. Gould he have lived
10 witness our regeneration, he would feel him
self amply rewarded for all his tolls and sacri-
fees, and would say, like Simeon Of Old, ,"Lord,
now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace"
A few more days, and the act OF secession Will
be consummated by the solemn ordinance of
the Convention of the people, and the glad
tidiGgS Will go forth. with llgh aiming speed to
every Sc uthern State and rejoice the hearts
and cheer the dropping spirits of millions
anxiously waiting the signal for general de-
liverance. We have progressed thus far with
firm and even tread, with calmness and de.
liberation, but with coEStauGy of purpose
not to be shaken by any danger or suffering
A single pause or the least yascillation and all
will be lost. However anxious we may be for
CO operation, however certain we may be of
obtaining ii, let US first move ourselves as the
best means of ehectiug that object, aud having
forever closed the door from which we have
passed out of the Union, so that no insidious
device OF the enemy, or false promises of pre-
tended friends, can avail TO open 1t. Then,
and not till then, may we with safety seek CO.
operation and unity with other States who
have assumed their sovereignty and are pre-
pared TO form more perfect union and share
with US a common destiny. Every sentinel
should remain at his post, and not relax q
fibre until the great work is completed the
great battle fought and the glorious victory
achieved.
| The delay of the Convention for q single
week TO pass the Ordinance of Secession, will
have a blighting and chilling influence upon
| the action of the other Southern States. The
| opponents of the movement everywhere will
be encouraged to make other effort to rally
| their now disorganized and scattered forces to
| defeat our action and stay our onward march.
L l, Ah.
those of his school. though with a more un-
worthy purpose, who, shrinking from open
and manly attack, use this veil 10 hide their
| deformity, and from masked battery to dis
| charge their missiles. But | trust they will
strike the armCr of truth and fall harmless at
| our feet, and that by the 2sth of December no
flag but the Palmetto will float over any part
| of South Carolina. 1t only remains for me to
request the appointment Of Committee TO
examine the accounts OF the Executive De
| partment, and to inform you that l have no
further Communication 10 make.
WIN. II. GIsT
| Ex. Gov. Adams, of 5. c., was serenaded in
| Columbia, s. c., on Friday night. IA reply to
| it he made speech, which is thus reported
He said that he priced the honor lust con-
ferred upon him more highly than all the
honors heretofore heaped upon him by his
constituents. Lowndes, who opposed the
Union, in his dying moments said he wanted
no other epitaph than, "Here lies the man who
opposed the Union, because it was fatal to
his county, He (the speaker) wanted no
prouder inscription than, Here lies one who
signed the Ordinance OF Secession from that
Union" The abolitionists were our best
friends. Thank God for what they have al
ready done, and for the inestimabe blessing
they were about TO confer they were entitled
to our warmest gratitude. Laughter Their
assaults have been unceaslng, but all for our
good. They lave organized themselves in 10 Il
great geographical party. By so doing, they
have furnished us with Justification for dis
solving our connection with them If to-
morrow morning they repealed every anti
slavery law, and said they would never whisper
the word NEGRO" again, he would still cut
loose his connection with them. Applause ]
The climate, the soil, and the habits OF the peo
pie rendered it unsafe for Maine and Texas to
be under the same Government. The idea of
our fathers that representation was the bull
wark of protection for the Union, had proved
a fallacy, if ninety Southern men, were they
all Calhouns in in telleCt, would not weigh
against one hundred and forty OF the Loveloys
and the Hickmans. Our ancestors made sad
blunder when they went in to par tnerShip wi tn
the Pilgrim Fathers, who came across the
ocean in search of liberation, but became the
most relentless prosecutors in the world
They threw the tea overheard, but they did it
like thieves, wearing the guISe OF Indians, and
knowing that no indictment would lay agains I
them. [Laughter.l II was true, the Reyolu-
tionary war commenced then but the biggest
part of the Revolutionary war was fought at
the South, after Washington took charge of
the army. Their courage, like Bob Acres,
oozed out at their fingers ends. Laughter !
In 1872, when the South had undertaken to
protect Yankee seamen. they burned blue
lights their cOast-and IN the mexican
war they furnished precious little blood
He would OF go into the history of he tariff,
and show how 1t sWlnsled the South but the
pension system was adopted thirty or forty
wears after the Revolution, Wnen IL was sup
posed that most of the old soldiers were dead
and New England Immediately turned out
more soldier. claimants than were enrolled in
the whole Revolutionary Army. Laughter
They are very smart, and can demonstrate that
the higher the tax the cheaper the article
Next they will attempt to demonstrate thai
the lower the price OF cotton The better for us,
because it will teach US economy, which Is one
of the cardinal virtues. Laughter. He was
not going to discuss secession, for every body
was for c, from Dan TO Beersheba, and in il
few DAYS it will be d fixed fact. He did not
understand the position of MI. Buchanan but
he supposed he was like Selden, who, when
asked how he was on the Bank question, said
he stood between Nick Biddle an1 Calhoun"
Laughter. Ii secession brought peace, he
hoped we would enjoy its Introduction but If
| it brought war, we were the most unfortunate
people on earth, for we had not bread and meat
enough to feed the people who would come
here TO help US fight our battles Laughter
and applause.l He did not believe war would
come OF it; and, if they wanted our blood, in-
yite them TO the banquet. Throw away the
scabbard, and let them understand that We
will neither give nor ask quarter. [Applause.
They might overrIp the country, but II We
were anima ted by the spirit of our forefathers,
ne s,camps toAieh protected Marion 'cers here
yet. and the soil gro,cs good potatoes no,c as
fhsm. [ApplauseJ He did not have much
confidence il Virginia, because she refused to
treat wi tn the Commissioner of South Caro-
lima. 1t was just as nard TO turn Vtrginian as
a louisiana sugar planter. If she would Sc
ceds then he would listen TO her. In conciu- :
sion he said that on the 18th, 18th or 18th, he
did not know which, but as soon as the ordi-
nance could be drawn, he would vote TO secede,
and stay In secession, till doomsday. Loud
applause