The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-01-12
Charleston Has Spoken.

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Charleston Has Spoken.
The mass meeting in Charleston on Thursday
nigh; was a lit opening of the final act in the
grand drama of peoples recovery from n goy-
ernincnt OF misrulo and corruption. In the
number and character ut the citizens who CON-
posed 1t, and in the spirit and purpose which
animated them, It was without u parallel in
Charleston. II was presided over by Charles T.
LOwndeS, Esq, assisted 10y over 100 vice prcs-
drais AMI addressed by the President. Rich
ar'ison Miles, ). Y. Tupper, NJ. z. O'Connor,
j. AdScr Smyth, II. IL. Rutledgc and K. 5.
Ihirm, ESqs., and General james Conner The
address and resolutions were adopted uuani-
,nously. The resolutions as follows:
1tSotrcd, That the Conservative citizens of
Charleston, Democrats and Republicans, do rec
uGnizc Wade Hampton, and none other, us the
Lawful HcycrnJr Of South Carolina. To him
nlnlc will they yic!l, Governor, obclicl &C
AMI support, and to him they pledge such aid
ana rs istancc moral, financial and Iuat crial, as
may DC required for the establishment and
maintenance of the constitutional government,
of which he is the head
HsSDlrc1, That recognize VIM. ID. Simpson,
ANT none other, as the lawful Ii, utcnaut Cover
nor Of South Carolina and that we recognize
the House of which the lion. ". H. Wallace is
Speaker As the illegally constituted House of
Representatives" OF south Carolina.
H,@oir:E, rhM y. II. Cha!nb, rlaim, having
election, and placed iii oicc under the dcclara-
uon OF an Illegal General Assembly, by the uu-
w;iraniabIc use of military force, is regarded
hy us rs an usurpcr, aud here avow nur uu
cffIngYablc reSviu. ION meyer to recoguizo HIN as
Guvc:nor, and our inlcxiblc determination to
r@ru,siatc his every a2t, and every act of the
pretended Lieutenant Governor, and every act
of the pretended General Assembly, rs being
without authority of law, nUIl aLd void.
!t"fpirci That while we, by these res, lutionS
assert our right and determination to be gov
crtncl only by the officers whom the ma joriy o
the people nave chosen, and while we are fixed
IN the purpose TO oppose to the uttcrmoSt the
Efforts ot ID. II. Chamberlain and his associates
to uSurp the functions OF government in this
State. we expressly diSclaim any intclt TO resist
thc cxccu;ion oi the process OF the United States
toGrts, he"rycg harsh they mny seem, or to re-
81 t, under amy circumstances. the military force
ri the Umi,cd States.
!,'soIrci. That The pretended government of
which 49,! 'ha:il craim is the head has lao
power, foSepor authority in South Carolina save
"htt is given to ii by the continuous support and
aciI"! uss uf Cuitci States troops. II is the
creature Of political fraud and armcl force
Without that armed force il is us impotcnt rs
it : aUlacipus and unlawful.
fmH SECURITY SMNsu.-iir. 1hcrfcs>c, the
Suu,!, Caro...:& agent of the Security Life IN
suvInce AMI Annuity Company, still declines to
furnish any data ns to the amount or number OF
the policies hclI III this State. The following
circular issued yesterday TO the policy
IA, lers in this State:
CHARLESTON, :. g., December GG, 49,.
D"dr Sir: | regret - iut,rm you that
{ :npaMv has been declared inSovent by the !
s,!ancr Commissioner of New YORK, and that ii
ha, been placed in the hands of Il receiver
Mayor " II. Wichham, OF New York
The tr>t iut'naton | had Ut il was through
the daily papers oc the 18th. Immediately