The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-12-20
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SECESSION MOVEMENT AT THE SOUTH.
The South Carolina Conventiou-.Gaxerua
Ftctens Inaugural-Republie Press,
view OF Compromise Meetings i'm
Virginia, &c, &c
THE SOUTH CAROLINA CONVENTION

mary mas oeen published We give the speec h
In full OF Gen. Jamison, on taking the chair
Gentltnen: l take il that we have met here
uhder the most solemn circumstances in a
have ever been placed
we nave come here for the purpose. as
take II, OF throwing of a government to which
we nave been accustomed, and of seeking new
safeguards ior our security. It is a most sol
eIun act, and l trust, gentlemen. we have all
come mere 10 preserve the honor aud character
OF South Carolina. II ANYTHING has been de-
ciceo oy the late election, 1t is that South
Carolina must be taken out OF this Confedera-
cy in as speedy a manner as possible
! trust that nothing may interfere no out
siue pressure, no guarantees from abroad will
drlVe us from our purpose ; for, gentlemen.
tnere are two dangers which we are to avoid
ovsrtures from abroad, aud dispu tations from
within. l trust that the door now is forever
closed from any further connection with our
northern Confederacy. What guarantees can
they offer us more binding, more solemn, and
with higher sanction, than the present writ
ten compact between usl Has that sacred in
Strument protected US from the jealousy and
aggressions of the Nsrthern people, which
commenced forty years ago, and which ended
In the Missouri Compromised Has il protect
cd US from the cupIdity and avarice of thu
y Northern people, who, for IS wears have
imposed upon us the burdeR of sustaining this
government, chiefly upon the South Has it
saved US from Abolition petitions, in tended to
annoy and insult US on the very floors of Com
gresS Has that instrument enabled US to ac-
quIre one foot of the territory OF Mexico, where
tns South furnished three-fourths of the men
ana Tour -nfths OF their graves Has it thrown
any obstacle around us TO the conversion Of
California into free. soil State, without any
previous territorial existence without any de-
lined boundaries Did 1t throw any protec-
uon around the Southern settlers OF Kansas
when the soil of that Territory was invaded
by emigrants, armed in a crusade against the
south By the Northern people; when even
their women contributed Colts revolvers to
put down the Shareholder Has not that in.
strument been trodden under their very feet
by every Northern State by placing on their
books statutes multiplying the laws for the re-
coVery of fugitive slaves
l trust, gentlemen, We Will put no faith In
paper guaran tees. They are orthless, unless
written in the hearts OF the people. As there
Is no common bond between US, all attempts
% continue us united, will only prove futile
to the least and smaller section of the coun-
try. Our greatest danger is from any division
within our border.
In inauguratIng a great event like this,
trust we will go onward, and not be diverted
from our purpose by any dictates from with
ont, but do wnat We are sent 10 do. can at
this time offer you nothing better in inaugu-
rating such j movement than the counsel of
him who inaugurated the French Revolution
10 ddrs, and again to dare, and UlthoHt end to
SaTe.
Hon. Porcher Miles, member of Congress- in
opposing the adjournment to Chaleston, said
l am just from Washington, where | have
been in close consultation with ali our South
ern friends. They are unanimous, ana their
urgent reg uest is not TO delay al all, and the
very last Thing urged upon me by my friends
Of Georgia, of Alabama, Florida, Mississippi
and Texas, and from every other Southern
State there, was to take out South Carolina
the instant you can and now the mem bers
are panic struck, and urge that we forth with
scamper off to Charleston.
Il does not seem 10 ne the effect would be q
little judicious, if may be allowed the use oi
the provInciallsT. Ientreat the gentlemen to
lock at this matter. l am prepared, the in
slant The body passes the Ordinance OF Seces-
sion, if the gentlemen desire ii, 10 remove 10
any other point, and TO go on and perfect our
work; but / would not bulge an inch from
this until We have sundered every tie that
binds US 10 the Confederaey. [Great ap-
plause.
INAUGURAL OF GOV. PICKENs.
The inaugural of Gov. Pickens, delivered at
Columbia, S. O., on Monday. recites the
wrongs sustained by the South from the
North and after stating the circumstances un.
der which South Carolina entered the Con-
federacy, says
There is one thing certain, and l think il
due to the country to say in advance, that
South Carolina is resolved to assert her Sepa-
rate independence, and, she acceded sepa-
rately to the compact OF Union, so she will
most assuredly secede, separately and alone,
be the consequences what they may; and |
think it light to say, with no unkind feeling
whatever, that on this point there can b. no
compromise let it be offered from lChsre IL may.
The issues are too grave and too momen tous
TO admit of any counsel that looks to anything
but direct and straight forward independence.
In the present emergency, the most deci-
ded measures are the safest and Wisest.-
To our sister States who are entitled with
us in interest and feeling, we will cordially
and kindly look for cooperation and for a fu
ture Union; but it must be after we have as
serted and resumed our original and inaliena-
BILE rights and powers of sovereignty and inde-
pendence. We can then form government
with them, having common interest with
people leofhomogeneous of feeling, united together
by all the ties that can bind States in one COM
mon destiny. From the position we may oc-
cupy towards the Northern States, as well as
from our own Internal structure of society,
the government may, from necessity. be-
come strongly military in its organization.
When we lock back upon the inheritance, the
common glories and triumphant power OF this
wonderful Confederacy, no language can ex-
press the feelings OF the human heart, as we
turn from the contemplation, and sternly
look to the great future that opens before us.
1t is our sincere desire to separate from the
States of the North III peace, and leave Them
to develop their own civilization, according to
their own sense Of duty and of interest. But
IT, under the guidance of ambition and fanati-
cism they decide otherwise, then be it SO. We
are prepared for any event, and, IN humble re-
lance upon that Providence who presides
over the destsy of men and of nations, we
will endeavor TO do our duty faithfully,
brayely and honestly.
REPUBLICAN ORGAN ON THE CRISIS.
The Albany IN. " Journal publishes a
leading editorial from the pen OF Thurlow
Weed While maintaining the constitution
ality of the principles of the Republican par
~. it advises such a compromise as will settle
and the evils
present threatening the Union. The compro-
misses of the Journal are set forth as follows ::
We are prepared to say that an efficient but
not a revolving Fugitive Slave law should be
passed, and that lis passage should be followed
by a repeal of the Personal Liberty bills.
We are almost prepared to say that the Ter
ritories may be safely left TO take care OF
Themselves. and that when they contain a
popuIation which, under the census, entities
them to representative IN Congress, they
NAV come into the Union with state govern :
ments of their own framing, provided. OF
course that they conform TO the Constitution
OF the United States.
This. in view Of the surroundings of the
Territory belonging TO the RepubIlci In view
OF the fact that for four years, at ieast: iree-
dom will have fair playi and In view, also, OF
two other elements of emigration and the
census-this, we say, almost constralns us 10
believe that we may now confide the future OF
the Territories to the intelligence and patriot
lam of those who are to inhabit them. Or II
this is inadmissible, there is another, which
con mplates division of the remaining ter
ritory of the United States, as in 1890, when
the Missouri Compromise line was es taslis he'd.
To This we shall be told that the compact was
violated, and mat the South cannot be trust
ed. Perhaps it would be so again, but not In In
our generation. or the next, nor indeed uatii
the lessons OF the last six years nave been ior-
gotten.
MEETINGS IN VIRGINIA.
In Fredericksburg, Va, Monday, meeting q
was held, at which State Convention was Ia
vored. Among the resolutions adopted, are
the two following:
That without assuming to on selves the rs mt 10
utter complaint against any State for the course
she may thlnk proper 10 take In the vlndieat on oi