The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-11-23
KE1rT MAKES A sANGUINARY SPEECH.
RESIGNATION OF CONGRESSMAN.

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RESIGNATION OF CONGRESSMAN.
Mr.. TooMBs, of Georgia, and Mr.. CHEST.
NUT, of South Carolina, have resigned their
seats 10 the United States Senate, the
resignation to take effect on the 4th OF
March next. On that day, the seats OF
Messrs. HAMMOND, of South Carolina, and
IvERsoN, of Georgia, become vacant. The
Legislature of Georgia, on the 10th, refused,
after debate, to name a day for the election
of a Senator to succeed IvERsoN, agreeing
to postpone the election until the action of
the State is determined. South Carolina
! also refuses to name a successor to HAM
MoND.
ln the next Congress, in the event Of the
secession of South Carolina, Georgia, Flori-
da, Alabama and Mississippi, and the
withdrawal of their members from Congress,
the Republicans will have decided majority
in both branches.
SOUTH CAROLINA CONVENTION.
A convention of the people Of South
Carolina is to be held on the 18th of De-
cember. The election of delegates takes
place on the 9th of December.
Alabama has already provided for a
convention and Georgia is now discussing
the time and place.
MEETINGS AT AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
A large meeting of the citizens of Angus
ia, was held in the Council Chamber, on
the 10th inst, Mayor BLoDcEr presiding.
The Mayor stated that he received informs-
ton that two of the citizens had been notified
to leave by unauthorized persons, and that
the meeting was called to consider whether
they should protect themselves by upholding
the laws for the preservation of order, or
allow unauthorized men to take the law out
of their hands. The Chairman selected a
respectable and influential committee, who
reported the following:
RESOLVED, That we live under government
of law, and that it is the bOunden duty of ev.
cry good citizen to see all our rights respected,
and all our wrongs speedily redressed in the
forms provided by law.
RESOLVED, That the genius of our institution
forbids the punishment of a citizen without
fair trial by jury.
RESOLVED, That the assumption by individu.
ais, however influential and respectable, of
any power of government, are subversive of
all civil liberty and that its tendencies are fatal
Al .k,1s toto 81 khAn
RESOLVED, That if the existing laws are in
sufficient for the protection of the rights of our
citizens, the proper course is to apply the Leg.
isature to amend and modify them as the in.
terests of society may require.
Unequalled excitement prevailed at the
time, and during the meeting, which was
addressed by Col. CUMMINGS, WRIGHT, CONE,
SMEkD, MONTGOMERY, FORD, DoRT1E and
others. Conservative sentiments generally
prevailed. The resolutions announced were
adopted.
AUGUSTA. Nov. lO--9P.M.
The Secessionists are holding large
meeting here tonight. The Savannah res
olutions were unanimously adopted, after
being amended as follows:
RESOLVED, That it is the sense of this meet.
ing that the only remedy for the election of
Abraham Lincoln is immediate secession.
This resolution was received with loud
and prolonged applause.
RESOLVED, That the thanks of the South are
due to the brave and gallant men of the North
who attempted to roll back the tide of fanati.
| cism.
RESOLVED, That the meeting is pledged to
| submit to rate of taxation to raise a million
of dollars to arm and organize military of the
State.
A further resolution was then adopted
condemning the action of the citizens meet
| ing this afternoon, and declaring the reso-
lutions adopted by that meeting did not
express the sense of the community. Col.
| Anderson, of Savannah, is now addressing
the meeting, arguing in favor of decided
| and immediate action. The most intense
excitement prevails.
MINUTE MEN.
One of the most notable features of the
present state of excitement in the South, is
the organization of minute men. In every
village of the seeding States, companies
are being organized, and drilled daily and
nightly. The Charleston correspondent Of
the New York Herald gives an account OF
| the movement:
At this time it is impossible to describe
the extent of the minute-men movement.
There is not hamlet in the State that has
not its squad, either of mounted men or in
fantry. They are drilling every night, and
have generally adopted Hardes's tactics,
which, because less monotonOus, are pre-
ferred by our young men to the old, heavy
infantry drill. Not a night passes that we
do not hear in the streets of Charleston the
tramp of large bodies of armed men, NOV
ing with the double-quick Zouave step, and
with admirable discipline and precision.
They are generally without distinctive uni
form, save the simple blue cockade. You
may be sure that the memories of Marion
and 5umpter, and of the gallant Palmettos
at Cherubusco, are not lost upon South
Caroliniaus in the present crisis. Whether
tho haliaf he riQht or wrong they are Ger