The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-05-01

CHARLESTON, S.
riod. and at onco to place before its members
an object practical and sub stantial; be it
| ResOloed, That the Executive Committee be
authorized to raise the necessary funds, by
| subscription other wise, for the purpose Of
| erecting in this city buildings necessary for the
annual fairs Of the society.
Reso!oed, That the first annual fair of the
| Agricultural and Mechanical Society of South
Carolina be held in Columbia on the second
Wednesday in November, and that the Execu-
tive Committee be requested to make all ne
cessary arrangements to this end.
MIR. Thomas said:
Mr.. President-On Yesterday must confess
that l somewhat despaired of the success OF
this movement. 1t seemed to me that the dis
cussions indulgedin were somewhat wide of the
mark. But the indications and Developments
this morning have cheered me, and induced
| the belief that this enterprise will be prose-
| cuted with success. am one, Sir, who have
| confidence in our people and faith in the fu-
ture. Wisely adapting ourselves to the new
order OF things and availing ourselves Of the
elements at our command, believe it possible
to place the prosperity Of our State upon a
which it formerly rested. But this, sir, cannot
be accomplished by the putting forth of ab-
truse propositions or the simple adoption OF
resolutions. More than the eloquence of words
we need the elOquence OF action; more than
| the wealth OF intellect we need the wealth shat
| springs from material development. Mr.. Pres
| ident, to obtain success in this movement,
and to help on the industrial regeneration Of
the State, we must adopt practical instrument
| talities. Sir, the human mind is 80 constituted
as to require something real, something tangi
PIE, to arouse Its enthusiasm. to quicken
| its energies. HENCE my proposition at once
to erect your buildings, and at once to
hold your fairs. Let this be done, and
| we form q nucleus around which our efforts
| may gather. and from which vitality may flow.
| 1t we expect to succeed we must raise the
| funds necessary, and go at once to work.
| Mr.. PRESIDENT, when the temporary chair
man stated that the life Of the State rested
Let us resolve to make this movement q sue
| cess, to The end that we may bring back to tho
State al era Of prosperity and plenty. Sir,
when the poet says:
'Thy spirit, Independence, let me share
Lord of the lion heart and eagle eye,"
he expressed q sentiment that finds response
in every elevated nature. Now. sir, If we
would catch that spirit, if we would reach the
height OF lofty independence, we must go
through temples resounding with the hum of
machinery, and pass on through fields white
with cotton and waving with grain.
Gentlemen Of the Convention, in the provi-
| dence OF God the political cross has been laid
upon our shoulders, and we rest under the
| oetracism of our own country. But God has
| given us great natural advantages--has given
| US genial climate and teeming soil. Brave
ly working and wisely using the elements
within our grasp, we can mould them to the
enduring interests Of the State, and make the
future of South Carolina prosperous as her
past is rich in the noble devotion of her men
| and the matchess spirit or her women.
Mr.. President, hope the Convention will
entertain the resolutions.
The resolutions were unanimously adopted.
Mr.. j. S. Richardson, Jr., in behalf Of the
commltte ee to draft constitution and by Laws,
| submitted the report of committee.
On motion Of Mr.. .Chesnut, the report was
taken up, considered by sections, and the fol-
lowing adopted as the constitution Of the Agri-
Cu) 1oa1S ~
Ina r
SECTION 1. This society shall be styled the
South Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical
Society. the object of wolch shall be to dev ell
Ope and promote the entire material interests
Of the State.
SEQ g. The officers shall consist of one pres-
| ident. four vice-presidents, one treasurer and
one secretary. to be elected annually, and to
continue in Office until their successors shall
be elected at the next succeeding meeting of
| the society.
SEQ. 8. The annual meetings OF this society
shall take place on the second Wednesday in
November.
SEQ 4. The president, or in his absenc, one
OF the vice-presidents shall exercise all the
shall have power to call special meetings of
the executive committee, and also regular
meetings Of the society when occasion de-
mands.
SEQ s. The treasurer shall keep an exact
account of receipts and expenditures of the
society, but make no disbursements except
| upon an order countersigned oy the president
Sec. 6. The secretary shall keep such.books
as the society needs q list of the life, annual
and honorary members Of the society, aud in
| obedience to the orders Of the president shall
perform all such duties as are incumbent upon
| such Office. ..
SEQ. 2. The members OF the society shall be
distinguished as annual, life and honorary.
The annual members shall pay yearly into the
trea sury two dollars, q life member ten dollars,
| and an honorary member shall have that dis
| tinctiOn hv 10 oP 4,
majority OF members present at the regular
meeting.
SEQ. 8. Fifty members of the society shall
| constitute q quorum. Two-thirds Of quorum
shall have power to expei any member. and
| until the second Wedn ssday in November
| next. all applications shall go before the ex
ecutive committee, and the power Of accepting
shall remain with that committee.
SEQ. 8. The officers OF the society, together
with six members to be elected annually by the
mittee, whose duty shall be to execute all laws,
Rld to carry into effect all RESI- lutions Of the
society. All resolutions. designations ana ap-
plications for membership must be made in
writing.
sEo. IL. Any alteration or amendment ia
this constitution can bs only effected by two
| thirds vote OF the members present at O regu-
| lar meeting OF the society.
Mr.. A. A. Gilbert, Of Sumter, introduced the
i following resolution for the purpose, he said,
OF drawing out expressions from the planting
interest here upon matter which very vital
| ly concerns our agriculture r
| Res0Lued, That it ls the sense of this Con-
vention that the experience Of the past three
| years, with the present element OF labor, has
demonstrated the implacticabllity Of any sys-
TEN OF shares or partnership-that such
| systems are IN fact contrary to the fundamental
principles which underlie the successful Co
| operation OF capt. al and labor-and that 9
judicious and liberal system OF wages Is be-
lieyed to be the only one upon which effective
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