Daily Republican., 1878-12-04
A SECESSION RELIC.
A New Castle County Farmer In
Possession OF the Orig ina' South
CaeOIIna See eesslA u diWance.

Csvoiina Secession Ordinance.
Yesterday afternoon, Mr.. George Var
Fleet, living near Brackenville, this
county, called at our Office and unrolled
s,roll Of what looked like parchment.
Upon examination we found, to our
great surprise, that it had written upon
it, in very fine copy, plate hand, the
ordinance Of secession Of South Caro-
lima, with the signers to the SANE, az
follows
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
At a convention of the people Of the
State OF South Carolina, begun and
holden at Columbia, on the seventeenth
day of Decent er, in the year Of our
Lord, one thousand, eight hundred aid
sixty. and thence continued by ad
iournment to Charleston, and theme,
by divers adjournments to the TWEEN
tieth day Of December in the same
year.
An Ordinance, to dissolve the union
between the State of South Carolina
and other States connected with hrI
under the compact entitled "Thp con,
stitution OF the United States Of Amer.
ica.'
We the people Of the State Of South
Carolina, in Convention assembled, dc
declare and oriain, and it is hereby d.
clared and ordained, That the ordi
rance adopted by us in Convention OF
the twsnty third day of May in the year
of onr Lord one thousand seven hun.
dred and lightweight, whereby tht
constitution of the United States o.
America was ratified, and also all acts
and parts of acts Of the General Assem-
bly, OF this State, ratifying amendments
Of the said Constitution ar" hereby re,
praled; and that the union now sub
ssting between South Carolina and
other States under the name Of tn.
'nited States of America is hereby dis
solved.
Done at Charleston the twentieth day
of December, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty
D. +. j4MlsoN.
President Of the Convention.
ATTEST, A,AMlS +. AnrnoR,
Clerk of the Convention.
The ordinance j. also signed by l6s
Delegates. each in a good round hand
veil written. showil.,s ( that the member
of the Convention were the hest educa
ted in the State. Amongst the names
are many who have been members of
Congress and who have filled Other
important Federal Offices. The ordi-
nance is written ON glazed tinted draw
ing paper 8 by 10 inches and pasted
on double plat Of thick white paste
board 10 by IA inches.
Mr.. Van Fleet, after the war attend.
ed government sales and being in
| Charleston IN 1868, he attended gov.
eminent sale at that place and bought
a large amount of property which had
been slowed in a large ware house and
amongst this property was a mahogany
secretary containing the ordinances. be
says there were many other documents
which he bought at the same time, but
which he considered Of little value, and
did not preserve, but which he now
wishes he had saved. Seeing the or.
dinance of secession amongst them be
retained that thinking it would BE- a
sufficient relic of the war.
He says he has every reason to be-
lieve that the document is the Original
secession ordinance of South Carolina
and has a standing offer of $500 for it,
but would not sell it for mnch more
than that amount. 1t looks as if Mr.
Van Fleets idea was correct one and
if it is hr has a treasure in very small
compass.