Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-01-03
VOLUME I.
Gge Msns If tbe 4ag,
CONVENTION
People of South Carolina.
THURSDAY, deer. 20, 1850.
FOURTH DAYS ocEEpINGs.
OF THE


Delegate from Sumter, the roll was called,
and the journal Of yesterdays proceedings
read and adopted.
Messrs. Conner, Means, Met Queen, Cad
berry, Spratt, Thomson, Dunovant, Buch-
anan and %Wardlaw, desired that their
names should be recorded on the minutes
as having been present on the day previ-
ous They had been detained by the press
Z at the door, which was SO great that the
several members had been detained over
one hour at the door.
The President announced the following
Committees:
a Committee to'dratt the summary Of
the causes aohsch justify the secession of
South Garozina-Messrs. G. G.. Memmin.
ger, F. H. Wardlaw, R. W. Barnwell, j..
P. Richardson, B. Fl. Rutledge, J. E. Jen-
kins, B. F. Dunkin.
A Committee to consider so mach Of the
Message Of the President of the q. States
as relates to claiming the property Of the
United States aoithin the limits Of South
Garozina-A. G. Magrath, L. NJ. Keitt,
j. p Carroll, W. w. Harlee, j. 81. Will
son, r. G. M. Dunovant, W. H. Campbell,
j. P. Reed, VIM. Hopkins, William S.
Lyles, G. W.. Seabrook, J. j. Iugraham,
and =. NJ. Clark.
CSnan,ittee ON ow Relations wih other
Szaveholding tStates-T. j. Withers, J. a
Means, John l.. Manning, John Townsend,
Henry G. Young, Alexander Mazyck, l..
M. Aver, VIM. B. Wilson, T. r. English,
Simeon Fair, R. J. Dayant, J. M. Gadber-
! ry, G, St. P. Bellinger.
Committee. on oar Foreign Relations
W. P. Miles, J. 81. Adams, W. Il. Gist,
F. D. Richardson, L W. Spratt, Isaac W.
Hayne, T. L. Gourdin, A. W. Burnet, G..
:Manigault, Edward Noble, j. L. Orr, j.
J. Pope, E, W. Charles.
Committee ON Commercial and Postal
q Arangements.-B F. Dunkin, Edward
McCrady, H. w. Conner, r. N, Gourdin,
j. 81. Novel;, T. D. Wagner, Wn. Gregg,
j. j. p Smith, John jenkins, W. Mid
dleton, A. H. Brown. E. M. Seabrook, R.
F. Simpson.
Committee ON the Constitution Of the
.State.-D. L. Wardlaw, J. N. Whitner,
T. W. Glover, I. W. Hayne, R. DeTre-
vile, J. A. Dargan, Thomas Thomson,
John Buchanan, A. G. Spain, H. McIver,
/. T. G. Perrin, W. D. johnson, j. B. Ker-
{ shaw.
Cashier,-R. G. Logan.
Deputy Castier.-J. G. PRESLEY.
Mr. RHETr. Mr.. President, I beg leave
ooffer the following resolution:
Resozved, That committee of thirteen
be appointed to report to this Convention
an Ordinance proposing and providing for
the assembling of a convention of the sew
eral seeding States of the United States,
to form constitution for the Southern
Confederacy.
Mr.. WARDLAw. l move that it be re,
ferred to the Committee on slaveholding
States.
So ordered.
Mr.. INaLIs. ask leave to offer the fol,
lowing report:
The Committee appointed to prepare q
draft Of an Ordinance proper to be adopted
by the Convention, in order to effect the
secession Of South Carolina from the Fede'
raj Union, respectfully report that they
have had the matter referred to under con-
sideration, and believing that they will
best meet the exigencies of the great occa
sion, and the just expectations of the Con.
vention be expressed in the fewest and
simplest words possible, consistent with
perspicuity, is all that is necessary to effect
and no more. So, excluding everything,
however proper in itself or fitting to the
occasion, but which may be effected by
distinct ordinance or resolution, We submit
for consideration the following Ordinance
AN ORDINANCE TO DISSOLVE THE UNION BE
TWEEN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AMI
COMPACT ENTITLED s'THE CONSTITUTION OF
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA"
We, the People of the State of South
Carolina, in Convention assembled, do de,
clare and ordain, and it is hereby declared
and ordained,
That the Ordinance adopted by US in
Convention, on the twenty.third day Of
!. May, in the year of our Lord one thousand
seven hundred and eigbty-eight, whereby
the Constitution of the United States Of
America was ratified, and also, all Acts and
parts of Acts of the General Assembly Of
this State, ratifying amendments of the
said Constitution, are hereby repealed; and
that the union now subsisting between
South Carolina and other States, under
the name of "The United States of Ameri-
ca" is hereby dissolved.
Mr.. REED. Mr.. President, I move that
the formal ratification of that ordinance
take place this afternoon, at seven o'clock
o. M, in Institute Hall.
Mr.. MILES. Mr.. President, I would
move as an amendment that the ordinance
be at once put upon its passage-(Thats
it. Yes, let's have the vote now )-and
then after we have passed it, We can pro.
ceed to ratify it in a formal manner.
Mr.. T. R. ENGLISH. Iwould state that
by direction of the committee, 1 had the
ordinance placed last night in the hands Of
the printers for the purpose of having sui
fcient number printed for the use of the
members of the Convention. They are no"
in possession of the Clerk.
A DELEGATE. Imove, sir, that the vote
on the passage of the Ordinance be taken
by ayes and noes.
Mr.. WIrHERs. Mr.. President, if the
terms of this Ordinance, when it has been