Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-07-14

cecuinSS anu Resolutions of the meeting at Beth
ei on the Ridge. and recommend that such meet
ings be held all over tho State.
Resolved, That, in the opinion of this L. act
ing, the Legislature, if it should have the con.
stitutional power. should cqualze OF regulate
the indebtedness of the people, according to the
principles OF equity aud justice, keeping in view
the depreciation of their property, and their ac-
! tnal losses, by the war and its results, and their
means and ability Of making payments; and if
the Legislature lacks the power, TINT it DO re.
qucstcd to call Convention Of the State for
that purpose
Resolved, That it is the duty of tho Lccsia.
ture to pass any other constitutional measures
! that may occur to their wisum for the relief of
debtors, and for the restoration Of confidence.
and Of proper relations between debtor and Gro
ditor. :,
| Resolved. That the Chairman appoint Com
| mittce OF three to urge upon His Excelcncy, the
Governor, the necessity of calling an extra scs.
sion OF the Legislature, to consider the vital in.
tercsts Of tho State, which arc now in imminent
peril.
Resolved. That these proceedings be publish
cd in tie EdgcGold Advertiser, and copied in
all other friendly journals of the State.
STILL ANOTHER. Salcday last, the
citizens of Ncwbcry met to take into consid-
Grafton the condition of the country The
following preamble and resolutions were adopt
ed:
Whereas, The means and energies of our
people we're necessarily devoted to the support
OF the war, which has just closed, and during
its continuance, this fact, together with t.l,
| existence OF deprecated currency, which
was the only circulating medium, rendered the
paymcntof debts impracticablc Ind mhcre-
aS one Of the disastrous results of the war,
was tho entire destruction of more than two
thirds of the property of the people and tho
| depreciation OF the remainder to such an ex-
- =" ~. rnntlori it aim,.ei y.lnol,,s ~ n. ~
| of paying debts; dn1 achercuS the people,
after having expended their means and made
| every sacrifice that duty required Of them, to
support cause which they believed involved
| their dearest interests, had right to expect
| that Legislative provisions would be made to
| protect them in the possession of their homes,
until they could, in some degree, recover from
the ruinous effects Of the protractcd struggle
| which had left them PROSTATE and exhausted;
| And ,chcrcns the Legislature did provide for
! their protection against further ruinous sacri-
fees of property, by re-enacting the law, com
monty known as the "Stay Law" which bad
its origin in the exigencics of the times at an
early period of the war, the wisdom and cxpe-
diency of which had been approved by every
succeeding Legislature and by the Convention
of September last, which by an ordinance con
tinucd of force said law, and which, under the
circumstances that surrounded US at the close
of the war, was not only oxpcdicnt and proper,
but absolutely necessary to save the country
from irretrievablc ruin; And whercas by II
late decision Of the Court of Errors of this
State, the Act referred to has been declared
unconstitutional imperative and void
4 l. 7herciD,G RcSotocd, That while we would
dcprccatc a resort to violent measures for the
redress of the grievances complained Of as the
result Of said decision, and cannot sympatlizc
with or consent to any movement, contempla
ting such an object; still we cannot dissent
from the opinion that the Court, in making a
decision by which n sovereign State is denied
the right to control the remedy which she af-
fords to suitors in her own Courts, so contrary
to tho generally received doctrine and opinion
not only Of the most eminent Judges Of this
State, but also of some OF the most distin-
.guishcd Judges of the Supreme Court of the
! United States, acted, not only unwiscly but
with unnecessary haste and that thereby the
great interests of the people and prosperity of
tho State will be most ruinously affected, un-
less some measure of relief shal be speedily
afforded. s G|
2. Resolyc,l, That We, the people OF New
berry District, in tho exercise Of our inaIeu-
able rights and in the performance of what
we conceive to be paramount duty to our
selves, our families and our country, do most
solemnly protest against decision without
precedent in this State, so mt variance with
the doctrines heretofore inculcated, not On.
ly by some Of the most ten,inont Judges but
also by the Conventions and legislatures of
this State, aud at the same time so antago-
nistic to the general interests Of our country,
we do hereby invite tho cooperation of the
people Of the other Districts of this State, in