Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-04-06


that have taken place in the last three months,
and this force was suddenly raised under cir
cumstancss requiring the stcrnest character.
| They have served faithfully, and their Gen
| cral has been brave and meritorous officer in
| the Palmetto regiment throuoh the Mexican
War, and of great experience as Adiutant
and lnspector-General, oppointcd by the Leg
| lslature for many years. The other field Off
GERS and captains, with but a siuglc exception,
have also either served through the same war
or been graduates of West Point, and officers
in the United States Army 1t may then he
said, as far as officers are concerned, to be as
efficient a force for the number US can be OBJ
tained.
therefore most respectfully urge that the
Convention will cilcctualy guard and preserve
their rights in any arrangement or disposition
they may adopt iu reference to their transfer
to the Confederate Government. The high
toned and noble regiment, commanded by Col
Gregg, was organized under resolutions adopt
cd by your body. They were called forth at
time when We expected an immediate CON
ilict of arms, and under powers granted me by
the Convention, | entrusted to great extent
! their formation to their patriotic and gifted
commander. The term Of service for which
! they volunteered was only six months, and
believe they do not propose longer time now
unless there should be some prospect of more
general state of hostilities. But communi-
cate with this report from the Secretary of
War, and refer.to the details there presented
| for more full account of the forces that have
been employed. | must cordially adopt that
| report and recommend its clear and truthful
representations to the earnest attention of the
| Convention.
send on, also, with this copies of all let
tcrs that have passed. in relation to the mill
tary forces of this State, from myself to the
| President of the Confederate States, and the
Secretaries of War and Navy, together with
/ their replies. | make this communication in
order that the Convention may fully under
| stand all that has been .oEa and the partic.
uIar interests involved. | doubt the right to
make the transfer of these forces and fix the
conditions that may be necessary except
through the Convention.
Ialso communicate with this reports from
the different heads of Bureaus or Departments,
and refer, with great satisfaction, to them as
not only showing the ability and fathfulncss
with which each one of them has administer
ed the affairs under his particular charge, but
also to show, that if the Exccutixe has been
at all successful i'll administering the duties
of Office, it was principally owing to the very
able Council with which he was surrounded.
1t WAS by a resolution of the Convention thnt
this Council was appointed One of It's
most useful and prtrio,ic members hrs been
transferred to the administration of the Con-
fcdcratc Govormmcnt and | have apointcd
the Hon. Edward Frost member of the
Council in his place 1t was required by the
resolution appointing this Council, that /
should refer any nomination to your body for
confirmation. /, therefore, now respectfully
refer to You this nomination for your con
frmation.
1t will be seer by the report from the Treas.
ury Department, that our expenditures have
been $3.50, ,3l7 (six hundred and forty thou
sand three hundred and seventeen dollars) !;
of this amount $l05, 500 WIS expended by
the Ordnance Board. This includes what has
been expended for ordnance and munitions of
all kinds AS to all expenses incurred since
the 10th of December last, the day on which
South Carolina seeded from the old Conecd.
eracy, take it for granted the Government
OF the Confederate States will become rcspon-
slble to us for the amount, rs it was incurred
IN defence Of a common cause, and partcu-
arly as the Confederate Government oxprcsslr
assumed jurisdiction of all questions between
us and any other governments relating to de-
fences and military operations.
1t will be perceived that, through COM
munication from the Secretary of War Mt
Montgomery. | was particularly requested to
turn over all arms and munitions received
from the Arsenal of the United States in
this city, and also all other arms / might
think proper. | suppose the ordnance and
arms the State owned itself, which were pur-
chased in 1850 aud 1851, might with great
propyiety be retained by the State now and
also some small arms in the late United STA .cs
Arsenal essential to arm our Volunteer force
If called into service, ought TO be retained !;
but all the ordnance and munitions OF war
procured and purchased recently, might be
very appropriately turned over to the Confcd-
crate government, and | most respectfully
| call the attention of the Convention to this
subject, as connected with any arrangement
they might make in reference to the transfer
lsof our regular forces to tho Confederate
States.
! | herewith transmit the Ordinances and
Resolutions of the different States that have
sceeded, and would call attention to the OBJ
vious propricty of providing for them, to-
gether with our own Orc finance on the same
subject, some suitable place of safe deposit.
They are the simple, but authentic, records
of events well calculated to produce pro-
found impression upon the future destiny of
our country.
/ Heretofore, in the history of. the world
| the great struggle has been to secure the
personal rights of individuals Tn former
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