The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-06-28
WHERE SECESSION BEGAN.
One Of the First Acts Of the War as Com
piled from the Official Records.
Fror, tbe Richmond Times.

One Of the First Acts of the War as Com
piled from the Official Records.
Fron, tic Richmond Times.
The Times is indebted to Mrs. w. T.
Branch, of Abbeville, s. O., for copies
of the following papers The Alpha
and the Omega of the Southern Confed-
eracy. The first, or the Alpha, is an
account of the secession meeting in Abb
beville, S. O., and is taken verbatim from
the Abbeville Press of November %,
1860. It is as follows:
"One of the largest and most enthusi-
astic meetings ever held In our district
convened in our village on yesterday
Companies of Minute Men we're present
from Cokesbury, Greenwood, Ninety Six,
Bradley, Due West, Donaldsville, Wick
lifts, Calhoun's Mills the old artillery
| company, the Southern Rights Dragons,
| and an immense concourse from every
section of our district. Banners were
| flying in all directions and the booming
of cannon added to the general excite.
meut.
sat an early hour the procession was
formed under the direction of Gen. A. NJ.
Smith, marshal Of the day, and Col. W.
NJ. Rogers and J. F. Livingstone, Jr.,
assistant marshals, and repaired to the
grove near the depot, where a stand had
been erected, and where various speakers
we're expected to address the meeting.
"Thomas O. Perrin, Esq, presided, as'
sisted by the following vice presidents
Judge D. L. Wardlaw, Col. John A,
Calhoun, DR.. J. W. Heart, John Brown
lee and DR.. John H. Logan.
CATER an appropriate prayer from the
Rev. Mr.. North, and q well-timed and
affective speech from the President, the
Hon. A. G. Madrath, Of Charleston, was
! introduced to the meeting. and made one
of the most eloquent and soul stirring
speeches in behalf Of States rights and
Southern independence that it has, ever
been our pleasure to hear. he urged the
necessity of prompt action, and bis
appeal awakened response in every bs.
sem.
General Bonham followed in his usua!
able and eloquent style, and was loudly
cheered. The time for compromise, he
said, was past, and be was now ready for
immediate action. BE brought cheering
news from other sections, and upon the
questions of immediate secession, he
thought that the public sentiment of the
State. was unanimous-and, indeed, that
tho cotton States would cooperate in the
great movement. The speech was we'll
received, and at the instance Of General
McGovan three cheers for our gallant
representative we're given with great en-.
thusiasm.
edward Noble, Esq, introduced the
following among other resolutions, which
we're unanimously adopted:
-"Resolved, That in the opinion of the
people of Abbeville district the election
of Abraham Lincoln as President of the
United States, and of Hannibal Hamlin
as vice president, upon doctrines destruc'
tive of the rights and interests, the equal
ity and safety of the southern States by
the faction and sectional votes of ou'
northern confederates, utterly perverts
the spirit of the compact formed BY the
Federal Constitution, that it must be
promptly and sternly resisted by the
State of South Carolina, and that the &C.
cession of the State from the Federal
Union is the proper mode of resistance
I'D. F. Jones, Esq, moved appointment,
of committee of twenty-one to nominate
delegates to the State Convention.
"Committee-Messrs. D. E. Jones, DR.
J.J. Wardlaw, John Il. Wilson, james
S. Cothran, Robert A. Fair, Samuel Hes
ter, Charles T. Haskell, J.. NJ. Latimer
Joel ]. Cunningham, J. b. Wideman, R
W. Lites, P. q. Bradley, J. Q. Willard
R. Wilson. Samuel Donald, B. u
Herndon, W. T. Jores, E, R. Calhoun, J
". For she, Peter NcKellsr, G. W. sprout
"Da1iug the absence of the Committee
tho meeting was addressed by Genera
MCGOWAN, and James N. Cothran, Eeq
Owing to their indisposition, W. J. Lo-
max, Esq, and Col. H. b. Harper wer'
detained at home.
"The committee of twenty-one upoi
their return reported to the meeting tn
nomination of the following named per
SONS who were endorsed, seriatim: Ed
ward Noble, Thomas @. Perrin, John A
Calhoun, Thomas Thomson, John A
Wilson, D. L. Wardlaw.
"The delegates nominated were the1
each, before the vote was taken, called
upon for an expression of their senti
ments, and all, without exception, In
dorsed the action of the meeting.
"At night there was q grand display 0
fireworks, and our public square blazet
with bonfres and Examinations. An i'm
posing torchlight procession vas formed
and after making brilliant demonstra'
ton in our streets, halted in front of tn
Marshall house, where the enthusiastic
crowd we're addressed by succession o
speakers, whilst ever and anon, the strain
of spirit stirring music, and the shouts o
the multitude made the welkin ring.
"Judge Msgrath, Judge Wardlaw, Ho'
NJ. L. Bouham, Edward Noble. Thoma
@. Perrin, John A. Calhoun, Thoma
Thomson, R. A. Fair, A. M. Smith, d
b. Harper, S. MCGOWAN and W. Q. Davi
succesaively addressed the meeting, ant
others are speaking as we 60 to press.
"But one sentiment pervades the meet
ing, and from the mountains to the sea-
board the cry is echoed back: Resistance