The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-09-03

| the representatives OF the people of South
Carolina, in Convention assembled, passed
the Ordinance, commonly known rs the
| Ordinance of Secession, by which the State
was soicmnly withdrawn from the confcdcr-
| acy OF States called the United States of
America. The enactment Of tha: Ordi-
narce was great historical event. 1t was
one Of th, most important in ehc chain Of
events that led to tho bloody four years
| war between the Northern and Southern
States, and cudcd in the subvcrsion. at least
for time, Of the Constitution of the Faith
crs aud the substitution in its stead of a
great central despotism, or so-caled Ma
tlonal Government. Is it not passing
strange that the circumstances attending
an event Of SO vast Importance and of,
comparatively, so recent date, should al
ready be suukcn into oblivion even in our
own State?
In the Columbia correspondence of the
Nc~s ant Couric" published yesterday it is
said that many people in Columbia claim
that the Ordinance OF Secession was passed
in the Old Baptist Church of that city.
No one who was i'll Charleston on the 10Th
| OF December. 1850, is likely to labor under
| any misapprchension as to the facts of the
case. y majority Of Secession candidates
to the convention had been elected, the
passage OF the Odinancc was hourly looked
| Tor and the city was wild with excitement
The Convention was in session at st. An
| drcw's Hall, in Broad Street north side,
near Friend, and there the Ordinance was
passed. The news flew like wild fire. The
-Hcrc"'y, the organ of the Seccssionis.s,
| published u small extra with a copy of the
Ordinance set out with flaming headlines.
Pettigrew Rifle Regiment was engaged
in battalion drill on the Old Parade Ground.
near Magnolia Cemetery when copies of the
extra were received. The regiment was
formed in hollow square aud the news for
mally promulgated. The soldiers, like the
people throughout the city, received the
|
But few, save Col, Hcuisrcw, had any Just
appreciation of the inevitable consequences
of secession.
| .',.'"uS'. ,',v-H., fir-"~-, - .y.vvssiuu
was passed by the Cou,> >..:nn in st. An
drew 5 Hall, that place Was ~ small that
the Convention determined that the Ordi
nance should be publicly ratified at mass
meeting to be held at Institute Hall. the
largest public hall in the city. The meet
ing was held, and no scene like it has ever
been witnessed, save perhaps at national
party conventions Oh the nomination Of Il
President. The immense hall was packc
until no standing room was left, and many
were unable to gain admittaucc. Gray
haired sires and callow youths, stalwal:
men and elegant women "ic,. with each
othec i tActr exhibition of patriotic en-
| thuSlasm.
Would any one there have believed that
in less than twenty five years it would be
claimed that that historic scene occurred
i'll the old Baptist church "a Columbia =
.NcrS anH CJ,:y!.g.
4 RrN,rK ,u,r 'I,u,rocr ,ru r,u
tow, Fla. August 2l.-l have ltcly seen
an extended account Of = frcol or ,;on,
ming printing the photograph Of Miss lii,
lin p,rI an , fin ,r,v ot pi,;,soI y
and that ccctriG;;33;:..a a.4 considerably puz.
,lct. over H. knew Of stranger case
that occurred at Amcricus, Gcorgia. few