The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-09-06
81 [ADvERrIsEMENr.1
.KESOLUTIONS ADOPTEE BY lie PUBLIC
MEETING.
"INNsBono', FAIRFrnsn pTRIcr, s. c.
Scptemr 3, 1866.

"1LllNus.
"iNNsBoRo', FAIRFtHssD FTRICT, s. c.
Septem,r 3, 1865.
In compliance with q nee published in
the Fairfield Herald, reouting a meetino
OF the citizens of the Distst at this place
gu 'he ora September, irt., largo num-
Der OF citizens assembled
me meeting was orglizcd by the\ ap-
Poihtment of B. Is. Coo to the Chair and
nayne McMeefin and)r. JIM. Glenn, Sec-
The chairman having opened the business
py some remarks relaive 20 the matters to
Ge discussed by the meeting, on motion of
Ne D. hrKmhd, a committee Of six consist
ing asfolows DR.. J,hn Wallace, DR. J.
w. Glenn, Messrs. D. B. Kirkland, J N.
ohe1o, u; IL. Miller, J. w. Woodward, were
apl,Ln'ea oy tfe char to prepare business
Ipretiring short time, the committee re .
ions '""s fes''u'
whereas the people Of Fairfield District
1so.emn,y impressive by the complete desc
:a.io' 'hht surrounds them, and not know
ing now they can be relieved from thcir
present sad conditions do most respeotf1lIv
solicit the aid of>t1e law making power in
,neir behalf fSFeHow that power can come to
.heir assistance, is for the Legislature in
1nelr wisdom to decide. We, the people of
rairneld District, can only recommend to
,"". honorable body, what we conceive to
co just honorable and equitable. There
lst. Resoloed, That in the opinion of this
meeting. the people of this District. regard
the decision of the Judiciary, relative re Tho
oonstitutionality Of the Sta% Lo,o as prema.
ture, and that no action should have been
taken until the State of South Carolina had
peen admitted into the Union with all the
privileges, guaranteed to her by the Con.
=, IND. ResotDed, Whereas, the Judiciary of
south Carolina. not contemplating the vida
spread ruin that will result from their do.
cision, relative to the constitutionalitv of
the stay law. And whereas, the Judiciary
OF other States have decided that tbe stay
La" is constitutional, we. the people Of
this District do most earnestly desire. that
they willreconsider their former decisions.
3rd. Resoioed, Whereas, the Constitution
OF the state OF boAJh Carolina, distinctly
afiirms, that the Legislature shall not pass
q law impairiug the obligation of contracts:
that we earnestly solicit the law MAKING
power, (the Legislature) to call Convene
lon, to take into consideration the anoma.
ious condition Of affairs not contemplated by
the trainers Of the Constitution.
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9th. Therefore. Resolped, That the people
otSouth Carolina, in convention ass, mbled
did, with extraordinary unanimity secede
from the Union We, therefore, the people
of this District, believe that equity, Justice
andcharacter demand, that we should he
come eqeal participants in all the disastrous
consequences resulting therefrom.
9th. Resoloed, That while we ask the Leo
islature to protect the debtor from an im-
proper sacrifice of his property, at the same
time IL is our opinion that the rights of the
creditor. ought to be protected by preventing
debtors from making fraudulent disposition
Of their property.
/ On motion of Drs. John Wallace the reso-
lutions were presented seriatim:
Upon being presented to the meeting by
the chair, they wers all adopted except the
fodrth resolu tion, which after some discus
sion, was Withdrawn by the chairman of the
committee, DR.. John Wallace
On motion Of d. E. Elkin, ESQ. il wac
RESOLVED, That a general meeting of tho
citizens Of the District is earnestly recon-
mended 10 be leld on the first Monday in
October next IL NJ, at the Court House.
for the pufpoIc ofdevsing some uniform
: plan to regulsS the employment of free la
bor.
B. B. COX, Chairman.
hNnAe ). n. aLss. LissshEKlS' Secretaries.
sept Skill