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1ngS OF this body.
ADJoURNMENT-TlIE PRESIDENTS CLOSING aD-
DRESS.
The business of the Convention being nov
concluded. the body resolved itself into COM
mIttee Of the whole, Gen. J. 3. kershaw in
the chair. The following resolutions offerel
BY eX-Gov. VI. L. BOnham, We're unanimously
adopted. and communicated to the president
by the chairman Of the committee:
Rps0ired, That the thanks Of this Convention
are due. and are hereby rendered, to the Hon.
". D. Porter. for the able. courteous and i'm
partial manner in which he has presided over,
it's deliberations. and for the able and eloquent
address delivered by him at the opening of it's
deliberations.
EeSOlccl, That the chairman of this commit
tee be requested To communicate this action to
the Hon. W. D. Porter.
Mr.. Porter replied, and closed the delibera-
tions with forcible and touching address He
said:
Gentlemen of the Convention, have again to
express my thanks for this cordial expression Of
your confidence and l prize it the more because
I see around me so many men much more
worthy OF such dstinctlon-men whose lives
are q record OF honor, whose acts are part OF
our history, and whose names are dear to our
people as household words AS l have looked,
day after day. for the last three days, into the
upturned faces before me- and have seen the
flash OF the eye and swelling OF the bosom, and
listened 10 the earnest, indignant, stern andreSO-
Olute words in which you have denounced our
expressions and our OppreSsors, have realized,
more clearly than even before, not only how
grievOuS have been our wrongs, but that here
and now are present the spirit and determine
ton to redress them. And why should 1t not be
Whence do you derive your lineage? What
history are you connected with? There Is o
historic people in South Carallna, but our
present rulers are not of them. [Applause.]
q npoDp |
to the world. Their fathers planted
1hese colonies, felled the forests, subdued
the savage, erected schooihouses and
churches, and built cities and towns. They
are the men who signed their names to the
American declaration OF independence. and with
their own good swords, after seven long years
on the face OF the earth, made good that declar-
alton before the world and consecrated this
broad continent to the name and purposes OF
freedom forever. [Great applause:l Those men
taught their sons the lessons Of liberty; they
signed them with its sacred sign, and dipped
them In its baptiSmal font. And shall you, their
sons the llneal descendants OF such men, sur
render the rights ana privileges so transmitted
to YOU? Oh, gentlemen. il there is spectacle,
the very fullest OF sadness and OF the pity which
is only another name for contempt, It is the
spectacle or people who, born free, have lost
| the spirit OF freedom: whose traditions are re-
proach to them: who, having received from their
fathers the heritage OF liberty, have allowed
| themselves to pass under the yoke; and help
lessly. hOpeleSs!y, ANONYMOUSLY transmitted TO
their children Il heritage OF servtude and DIS
honor [ApplarSe.l appeal TO you, as men, as
| fathers, brothers and sons, t0 devote yourselves
/ TO restore the liberties OF the people who found
! cd and made the State OF South Carolina. II
YOU do not, a curse will light upon your memo
! rieS, ard your children Will be ashamed to ac-
knowled re rour names. In the earnestneSs which
has characterized your deliberations, l see an
omen and pledge OF success. We are about to
! organize our own people under the inspiration Of
the sentiments TO which have referred. You
need have no fears for them. They have vindicat-
| ed their title to the name OF freemel on many q
bloody battle field. 1t is for you only to lead
them In the right direction. Do not allow them
to run into haSry, impusive and rash action.
There Is relief III the future, as sure as there is
God In Heaven. AS justice rules In Heaven and
! on earth, it must be. It will be, that this un-
offending people, who represent not merely
| themselves but helpless women and unconscious
children, will be able to work out their ultimate
| dellverance.
'The action OF the Convention will speak for
ITSELF think its work will be approved by all
| honest and virtuouS men. There may have been
haSty utteranccS under the sting and goad or
bitter wrongs: yet in the results OF the Conven-
| and that prudence which will receive the ap-
proval OF all good men. II we who have met,
| not to found the State but to save 1t from dis
grace and diShOnor, shall succeed, our names Will
be honored by those who come after US; our
children will rise up and bless us, and the whole
country, OF which Our State is an integral part,
will feel that we have rendered not only 10 our
selves, but TO them, an ineStimable blessing.
| Again thanking you for the expression or your
confidence, bid you all a God-speed and safe
| return TO your homes.
This address, which was delivered in most
earnest manner by this distinguished gentle
man, was listened to by the Convention with
marked attention, and save for the frequent
plaudts that at times interrupted its deliver
ance, most impressive and significant silence
prevailed. 1t was pronounced by those who
heard it to be one of the most touching
| speeches that had ever fallen from the lips of
! the eloquent president.
| \ vote of thanks to the secretaries was then
| passed. and on motion of Col I. Y. Simons,
the Convention adjourned, subject to the call
OF the president and the executive committee.
TIDETTE.