K^ ? ^XV V^^ .^^ ^ .""^ii^^* "x .0- ^ i ' * f o o * .-i^' .^Z ,^^' "^„ '3^ ^c ^ ♦ ^ o , • -» o " A^ Southern Rights Documents. CO-OPEMTION MEETING, neld in Charleston, S. ('., July 29lli, 1851. For a few days previous to the meeting, the following CALL was cir- culated among the citizens of Charleston, and received upwards of Twelve Hundred Signatures. Had time been afforded, the list could easily have been increased to 2,000 names. PUBLIC MEETING! We, the undersigned, unite in a call for a Public Meeting, to be held in Charleston, to give expression to the views of those of our fellow-citizens who, in common with us, are in favor of co-operation for the purpose of resistance to the aggressions of the Federal Government, but who are pposed to the Separate Secession of South-Carolina from the Union, un- der existing circumstances : W. Peronneau Finley, D, Alston, Sr,, Wni. Bull Pringle, A. G, Rose, Charles T. Lowndes, A. P. Hayne, M. D., James R. Pringle, A. P. Hayne, Henry A. Middleton, John Ravenel, J, Berkley Grimball, Sam'l. Wilson, Joseph A. Winthrop, W. A. Hayne, Joseph H. Dukes, Wm. Henry Hsyward, James B. Heyward, Edward J. Pringle, St. Julien Raveuel, E. B. Heyward, Mitchell King, Benjamin F. Dunkin, Edward Frost, W. D. Porter, Isaac W. Hayne, Wm. Hawkes worth, Louis R. Gibbes, F. A. Porcher, John Bachman, D. D., J. W. Miles, Wm. Porcher Miles, Francis S. Holmes, S. H. Dickson, M. D. Nelson Mitchell, A. G. Magrath, B. C. Pressley, W. C. Dukes, T. C. H. Dukes, William Bell, C. L. Burckmyer, A. P. Caldwell, Richard Caldwell, M. P. Matheson, R. M. Alexander, Samuel Lord, James H. Taylor, Donald Mackintosh, Wm. Y. Paxton, Wm. Kunhardt, Nathaniel Tylee, Robert Lebby, M. D., Thos. W. Covert, James Chapman, Samuel Y. Tupper, T. C. ekrine, W. J. Mosiman, James T. Welsman, R. M. Butler, James Macbeth, John W. Caldwell, H. P. Lewis, John H. Honour, John Greaton, Joseph Ballard, A. W. Black, Benjamin Ford, y^'^ Kobert Brown, Henry F. Baker, William Birnie, W. R. Brailsford, George B. Locke, M. L. Lafar, John H. Schreiner, John McNellage, T. B. Ellsworth, Charles H. Cohrs, Joseph White, Jr., A. Bolles, W. B. Lambert, John Stanton, J'ames S. Bailie, John May, N. A. Simons, Isaac C. Chapman, Danl. L. Glen, W. R. Babcock, James C. Logan, E. F. Kaworth, R. S. R. Chrietzburg, H. M. Bruns, John E. Phillips, J. W. Grierson, Wm. B. Steedman, N. M. Porter, Geo. n. Gruber, Emanuel Currant, T. D. Muller, M. D., W. M. Fitch, M. D., Robt. James, W. J. Crafts, James McLeish, John E. Marley, James P. Earle, T. Ogier Smith, C. Y. Richardson, Joseph Guy, Senr., Paul Remley, C. Whittemore, H. Pauls, John C. Miller, H. Judge Moore, Jas. S. Roberts, J. A. Pelot, Jesse H. Bolles, A. Scherfesee, John Thomson, A. L. Michel, A, D. Armstrong, Jt>hn W. Hagood, Chas. E. Howland, J. A. Simmons, James Steed man, Jr., A. Von Dohien, H. M. Hinck, John Warnken, James R. Simonton, Lewis M. Hatch, Jno. Caldwell, Jr., C. L'homdieu, G. Artope, Thos. Smith, C. R. Cassidy, Eugenie L. Tessier, James C. Jones, J. K. Wiltberger, C. F. Stoney, J. Seigling, Jr. N. Jacobi, Robert Lambert, James S. Shingler, John S, Bird, B. Meyerhoff, S. N. Hart, H. Johnson, George Colman^ W. J. Jacobi, Jos. Frey, T. J. Shingler, J. L. Moses, J. Small, H. D. Johnson, Henry Horlbeck, Elisha Mowry, A. W. Trou, John E. Rivers, H. Weebens, Edw. Smith, Daniel Horlbeck, J. H. Kalb, Thomas Steen, Wra. 0. Turnbull, Geo. E. Ring, William Veronee, W. W. Wilbur, O. L. Whitney, Daniel E. Huger, Jr., And. Moreland, James R. Addison, Augustine L. Taveau., Peter Gowan, Charles Fraser, Alex. H. Gowan, F. R. Wickenberg, J. B. Cummings, John Young, E. R. Stokes, R. L. Davenport, J. M. Fraser, T. S. Jones, Elias Horlbeck, W. H. Lafar, G. Kellerman, J. F. Bonniott, Robert K. PayuQ, C. D. Ahrens, L. F. Aimers, H. B. Clarke, P. B. Martin, Jr., A. Fogartie, J. H. Haitz, J. Ketchum, Henry Siegling, John G. McGillivray, W. England, John Siegling, John H. Honour, Jr. J. A. T!ristoll, W. W . Kunhardt, P. F. Myer, E. R. Cowperthwait, Sol. Moses, Benj. Lequeux, Isaac Seigendorflf, C. W. Crouch, J. E. Mehrtens, E. Devineau, J). A. Amme, 'Sam'l. F. Lequeux, James W^ May, B. Gardin, T. Burke, Henry Gerdts, Isaac S. Riddell, C. Sablmann, James M. Caldwell, S. T. Robinson, John Wilkes, James K. Robinson, M. W. St Amand, Thomas A. Croft, A.St. Amand, T. B. Trout, G. Gaetjens, James Bancroft, Geo. M. Goodwin, B. Lanneau, Nathan A. Cohen, Aaron N. Cohen, Jr. Thomas McMillan, E. J. Meyer, James I'reston, William McClure, W. D. Locke, James B. Riley, James P. Stuart, Jno. McKenzie, BarthV. Foley, Wm. T. R. Harden, Charles Clark, J, B. Carberry, W. C. Smith, B. F. Moise, Geo. Heron, Edwin Hamilton, Thomas G. Budd, J. B. Duval, Wm. J. McClure, W. J. Skrine, F. Schouboe, Chas. W. Montgomery, Wm. II. Easter by, Rut'us Fairchild, Edwin Welling, Alex. Owens, T. C. Cornier, Samuel D. Stoney, Joseph Prevost, Wm. E. Procter, Benj. C. Locke, Henry R. Stocker, J. A. Burckmyer, H. Z. Laurey, Geo. W. Ohiey, E. C. Jones, Joseph A. Enslow, Geo. N. Reynolds, Jr., Jacob Cohen, N. S. King, R. White, John T. Darby, H. Bartlett, Thomas J. Kerr, J. L. DeLange, Lewis F. Robertson, Richard Cunningham, L. Parish Ashby, Henry J. Neville, George E. Gibbon, Gusts. FoUin, P. F. Smith, Thos. B. Ueriot, James Poyas, R. C. Davis, T. L. Wragg, Michael Webb, W. Nayler, J. E. Adger, Joseph Whilden, S. S. Farrar, Stephen Owens, John Boyce, W. H. Davis, Charles F. Levy, John Brady, John C Blackwood, Jas. M.Tyrr.-ll, Thos. H. Dewees, A. M. Lee, E. W. Petit, R. L. Stewart, A. Moke, Junr«, Chas. H. West, Junr., E. P. Milliken, James Adger, Wm. Adger, E. H. Frost, J. A. Bailey, W. G. Jeffords, Geo. Cotchett, Alex. R. Mitchell, A. F. Ravenel, T. L. Ogier, M. D., F. C. Prioleau, James A. Gunnison, Henry Cobia, Joseph Aubin, Thos. N. Gadsden, J. L. Dawson, M. D. A. 0. Andrews, James Kerner, P. Mahon, W. H. Betts, Henry T. Street, Henry S. Griggs, Francis S. Parker, Motte A. Pringle, John L. Hedley, Peter B. Lalane, T. D. Mathews, Jabez Norton, C. Pansin, A. B. Wilson, W. A. Young, W. Shepherd, Edwin Ueriot, J. G. Mackey, Geo. Cannon, J. Van Winkle, Thos. J. Burdell, William Rennett, Matthew Pearce, Jno. T. Lindsay, C.C. Lynch, W. L. Porter, Saml. Chapman, F. Fisher, G. Garrett, Jaoob F. Schirmer, H. H. DeLeon, Thos. Surtis, E. H. Marsh burn, Samuel Gilinan, D. D. John Klinck, Wm. Young, W. S. Cochran, Henry D. Loper, D. J. Cain, W. H. Houston, Wra. P. Lea, Senr. Edward H. Locke, Louis D. Mowry, Langford P. H. Close, Wm. N. Hamilton, W. Lissak, J. Schwerin, George Prince, D. W. Davis, Julius M. Woolf, Nicholas Froclich, E. Sonmiers, M. Koopman, W. H. Wbilden, J. J. Gidiere, Joseph McNamara, L. J. Misservy, Wm. C. Forsyth, Chas. McAlister, John McCafFer, John White, Joseph White, Sr. Miles Drake, Capt. C. H. Getty, A. E. Miller, Joseph Johnson, James McCabe, William Kirkwood, J. J. Pope, Jr., W. Whaley, Wm. M. Lawton, Jacob Hincken, F. Skrader, Thos. C. Oxlade, John Russell, M. C. Mordecai, Jos. T. Caldwell, D. C. Gibson, Daniel Lesesne, Thos. Y. Simons, M. D. Theo. S. Gourdin, W. Alston Gourdin, N. Ileyward Gibbes, A. G. Mackey, R. Culliiiane, Theo. D. Ruddock, Edmund Divine, T. A. P. Ilorton, Joseph Lenar, A. liutterfield, Edward A. West, Wm. rettigrew, M. D, Peter J. Barbot, John Nicholson, W. B. Deas, E. Myers, C.J.Bailey, D. Barrow, J. M. Seixas, George Kinloch, John G. Milnor, Ph. J. Porcher, Wm. C. Breese, ' Wm. B. Heriot, George B. Reid Wm. S.Caldwell, James Lamb, Wm. Jervey, F. G. Ravenel, Edward McCready, T. Riley, H. L. Darr, Thos. E. Chapman, John Bonnell, Jr., Robert Adger, 0. R. Levy, T. Street, Wm. T. Lee, Jr ). Macaulay, l>onuld McQueen, R. A. Tavel, Edwin P. Starr, J. N. Cardozo, Thos. Arnold, Isaac ^foise, Gustnrd Miller, D. J. Stocking, S. 11. Hool brook, G. ^V. Wienges, A. Moise, Wm. J. Lloyd, Wm. Llovd, Wm. G. Lloyd, Jas, M. Harper, James T. Ogilvie, D. C. Seixas, Nicholas Wynne, S. T. Weinholtz, Joseph Prevost, P. F. Hauscheldt, James Barnes, H. W. Colman, Thos. J. Gantt, John A. Gyles, Charles P. Eraser, P. Weber, Isaac Davega, J. Weber, Wm. Enstou, W, Heine, H. D. Ellerhorst, Wm. Ufferhardt, P. Kilroy, A. Ruchler, M. A. Kappelman, Charles Guenther, C AV Seignous, Samuel Francois, Gerd Reicke, James W Williams, M Walch, W P Chandler, John Meyer, C F Bredenberg, H Bah n tie, H Bulwinkle, Jr, W S Parker, G F Meldau, Adolph Beckman, John Heesemann, S Daggett, "* J C Blohard, J Evans, C McKenzie, John Keiffer, Benj Mclnnes, M Weatherhorn, A Musso. Antonio Remonsetto, Peter Darcy. John B Beckmann, Richard M Collins, Wm P Sharp, Eugene Vente, Henry L Williams, J D Habenich, James Angelo, John O'SuIlivan, Joseph She[iherd, Theodore Cordes, C J Beckmann, Peter Murphy, Ilenrj' A Thompson, C Kellers, Emanuel Bueno, John Dowling, A Nimitz, Henry Goldsmith, Jos Patani, Thomas Ryan, Z B Oakes, Wra Thompson, M McBride, Richard Hogan, Patrick Hogan, George Thompson, Wm Kelly, Jno Burns, Wm H Gilliland, John Williamson, A J Burke, Samuel G Courten?.y, Charles L Edwards, John Cheesborough, J K Sass, C McKinney, James R Bee, WilUam Greer, Bernard O'Neill, Wm Procter, I S Cohen, Win born Lawton, Wm Rogers, John C iVlartin, W Alston Priugle, James S Gibbes, John Phillips, Wm B Yates, Thomas P>ost, A M linger, Henry C King, John Mahoney, A Gordon, James Jvose, P G Gerard, Dunbar Paul, John Drummond, John T Marsliall, Ueniy Missroon, Charles H West, Theodore Matthiessen, B F DeBow, C C Trumbo, Wm Cantey, E Cheney, Jr, Wm G Mood, J F Ficken, J H Norton. Robert Munro, S Valentine, H Gissel, E Poincignon, James h Smith, Joseph Zealy, Isaac S K Bennett, William Curtis, Hugh E Vincent, Geo W Davis, James Rt.ljortson, Thos Trout, A H Chis(^lm, James W (. leapor, Loi'tus C Cliflbrd, Wm Bird, J E Walker, George Hervey, H S Rice, Mordecai Hyams, Alfred H Dunkin, T Y Simons, Jr, Louis J Barbot' J D Ravina, Jno Tarrant, Jos F Tarrant, Wm Horn, Jas W Brown, Simpson Adkins, Wni II Jones, Peter J Siies, R C Gilchrist, Otis Phillips, St .luhn Phillips, M D, C D Young, L T Potter, A Guynemer, J...lin F O'Neill, . A Can ale, H Fisher, J M P Foster, H D Alexander, Phineas Pierce, George Edwards, L Burke, W B Fickling, Tho W Malone, Fred Kinlocb, Patrick Collins, J Campsen, Jules Lachicotte, Chas J Prince, John F Strecklass, James McCarey, Morris Meyer, J M Mulvanty, James Ca'iiiHld, (■rinda! ».)T\ane, ^' R B-rewster, David S Little, Henry A Mullings, John H Burk, Wm Mullings, Colin Campbell, i 6 Samuel Bell, M L Lafar, James O'Neale, C II Pankuin, Henry Bui.-t, James B Cunningham, John Mealy, J n Konig, W F Jenkins, G C Timmons, B Figeroux, Geo Griiustein, Henry Campsen, Jno B McClire, P Joulriguier, Wm H Ward, y Hau^cheldt, John Smyth, John Martin, James Engli.^li, J H Kemieker, John F Popj.enheim, Francis J 1 elzer, Jesse Lloyd. Osvvell Reeder, John H Greer, M B Reeder, John M Calvitt, James Kirker, John Gordon, Chas Wm Simons, AVm C Leak, Benjamin Bross, EM Whiting, John Clarke, P H Moore, H B Waters, Michael Arnau, A G Barton, John Mahoney, C I'lrickson, Peter G t ^rker, John Blake, John Mac, James Cairoll, Wm H Barlless, J B Otten, Thadeus C Hubbel,, O Tiedeman, H Tiencke, John Staunton, Wm Fiynn, John P Williams, Thomas Hickmer, M II Pooser, Thomas Dixon, Robert H Norman, Peter H Ulmo, Joseph Poulnot, S S Lloyd, W H Boring, G W Falmestock, R Stinton, S Holway, T Melcher, John Clear, John Wilson, John Butler, Gilbert Road, Wm Culbcrt, Wm Schwartz, J J Weinges, Hugh Mair, H French. Joseph G Thorpe, Anthony Dunivaii, Thomas Glynn, John Curoort, John H Thee, Robert Foss, Joseph B Mars, Th Eyme, Thomas Gvidrick, S McLaughlin, R Hartley John Vineyard, I'atrick j^iady, MGoldsi'i'iiii, Stephen ^ irmer, A Delia ■"' rre, Wm M Dnbo-^e, John O'Brien, Benjamin F Moore, GeorgQ Jackson J. S. Riggs, Sea "Wm. B. Ryan ■Joseph McCall Amlrew Cunningham Seth tSpencer Francis Sires, B. Ballings J. S. Riggs, Jr. E. C. Pahiier Edward Mitchell, M. D. L. Lubken John Donald, Samuel Burke Nimitz William Reed Walter Webb, Luiler Johnson William Koob J. C. Klein H. Schrage Robert Stewart T. Alexander Broughton C. Waterman John Puutt S. A. Benjamin William I'. Stan- John H. Wilkenning James Quiu W. B. Terrell A. Adams W. N. ParseU H. Oldenbuttel Wm. L. Bartlett, Sara A. Nelson C. H. Sigwald RY. Pt.rcher. M. D. James Dillingham H. Harrenburg R.T. Bunch John G. Beverson W. H. Gibson B. Weinberg R. W. Seymour Dan. p'erguson John J. Bluett Wilham Teppe Henry Heye Thomas D. FeU A. J. Buckner Wm. F. Simons Charles Ludia Samuel Samson James B. Wattles Charles H. Uudea A. Morein Peter O'Gorman Thomas Maber M. Divine J. Divine Tlioinas Knight George S. Cameron J. S. Bowie Joseph Tomhnson H' nry Van I lerzee Hugh R. Banks D. F. Fleming Wni. Harrall S J. HuU John M. Walton Alexander W. Dutfus S. Thomas L.Crane John Buike J. Mack John V. Lyoa L. Barber J. B. Langston Wm. B. Russell Charles Linstedt, George Linstedt P. Boyer Umsted J. C. E. Richardsoa John Nolm Hugh Duffy Thouias Johnson Morris Roach Patrick Barden John Topham F. W. Bensenaan James Ruth James Kelly Henry Hancock, Henry Humphreys John McCaniJ W. H. Burrell 0. B Russell Mark Malay L. E. Sloppelbein Albert J. Russell S. G. Crugler B. G. Willis Abraham Polk R. C' inly A. S. Wiley Alex'r J. I'hamplin Peter C. Mousseati N. H. Lebby R.G. Smimons M. Pecare P. G. Hargrave 0. P. Stanley F. R. White S. Purcell P. Brandon C. Forlkill N. E. HaU P. Dreyer A.T.Landon G. R. Rehkoff M. Koopman Hy. Williams H".B..llman H. Myer M Laux F. Carsten B. Eastrang N. P.Smith R. Goldberg R. M. Hardwick J. Schneider P. Rembert A. Myer H. Nathan F. A. Beechei James Robb John A. Comings C. Schwing Daniel H Sllcox John A. Schtijidt M. W. Cros8 James Robb Jr. Benjamin J. Lequeux H. M. Noirii John Ansel T. A. Honour Wm. >tone G. W. Patter.-on A. Doty Wm. H. Ladson Chai les B. Lucas G. W. Sass Parker J. Holland Allan! H. Behn J. W. Holmes Bi-njan in Lucas, D. Pinckney J', bnstone Edward Mitchell F. Maiion Mitchell C. G. Memminger F. Pauls J. Beesley P. B. Bennett Michael Donoghue James Meagher E. Geddings, M. D. James P. Jervey Wm. P. Patterson A. A. Weber Betij. Chaplin Robert Smith Granville W. Buzby John H. Steinmeyer Joseph T. Sanders A. S. Johnson A. J. Norman D. Hayne J. C. biimons James Silcox N.Thompsou H C.Stnll Wm. T. Chaplin Thomas Claggi;tt John F. Bidire M. A. Wannamaker Wm. Sou^h'4 A. Amierson A. H. Morse H. Hastedt Wm. Loughary Jas. G. Wheeler James Loughary J. W. J I'ierson H. C. Baker Philhp F. Davis P. Bahaer Thomas O'Riley Jacob Cook Henry Mehrtens, Sr. C. V. Hadeln Martin Moure Edward Farmer J. Mehrtens R. S|)rigg M. Cahill John A. Cook M. Callan Isaiah Moses W. Hummel F. Wi tpenn S. G. W. DUl B.J. E. Hatcher P. W. Seyie H. Nachmaii Henry Oeticn Henry Heoken Thomas Dailey James Keeuan George P. Williams C. W. Watkins F. P Thack^m F. Dufort W. M. Salvo Benjamin Greer Joseph B. 1 loyd C. C. Miller John Fawcett Edward Milligan William H. Cox James Hiott Charles P. Petit John G. Martin i D. McDomilil .' John Schroder Fredk. Frieze, G. M. Evans Jrhn Charlon J(.hu J. Bunch Thomas C. Cook. W. W. Brown James Jeffreys G. Dunhip F. Gilles James B. Morris G. A. Schneckenberger T. North John Dooly A. Seeiey Geo. S. Douo'las C, T. Dunham Robert H.Thompson Thoma* F Deiieux Wm. McBurney Wni. C Rising L. S. Know'lton Daniel Mixer James L Brawley Charles H. Baii-d E. J. Folger Henry Hynies H. Shokt s Archibahl Cameron L. W. Daggett Nathaniel Tyiee, jr. Mait. MuUer Alexander G. Chalmers Wm. Esti'd F. Caminade A. J Crews Wm. W Beckman J. A. Lackw(H)d Wm. M. Sage Patrick Carroll J. Lucas John Carnighan Henry D. Lesesne M. L. Wilkins John Drayton Ford Henry R. Frost Abraham C. Romaine W. Aiken Martin Robert Martin, Jr. Thomas Delta Toire A. DeCaradeuc John M. Greer L. A. Smith H. W. Perouneau Heniich Humme D. Werner J. Payre James Hannahan Heniy Hatch J. F. Addison J. C. Iieynes }^obert McDermid James Dau;g:iu Davitl MeDougal E. B. Baker A. Steinbeck A. Ron la in A. L. Hill W. H. Day Styles Fisk John McKay John B. Gibbes S. S. Roberts James E. Spear Taylor, Charles Hart Robert A. Wallace John Mcllroy Thomas Canty P. Shehan John Figan George Walker J. Boshall Robert H. Thomlinson L. Avery Eneas Smyth S. Bunch H. Antley A, F. Bize J. Dufort J. P. Reid Joseph Torlay W. H. Purse L. D. Passallaigue Freder.ck A. Ford J -mes Moultrie, M. D. Wilham Tiiayer George Buist David Mustard Robert McKay Robert Cameron Thomas Herbert Juhus W. Woolff, Jacob Meyer Ferdinand M. Gregoiy, P.T. MiddleNm James W. Wilson Joseph T. Dill I'atrick McDonnell John Money Charles McCarty Peter Delia Torre Edmund Bui'ke S. Lapenne Thomas Hennessey Patrick Mahouey Michael McMannoB Thomas Hallis Patrick Conhoy George Astle F. Stinte P. Brady Petei' Esnard E. H. StelUng T. A. Glade A. J. Lapenne H. Pauls Nathaniel C. Mitchell Wm. Cross Paul Jones A. Barton John Wincey Benjamin Lucaa Wm Lloyd A. Dorrill D. B. Hasselton Henry Clark Samuel E. Axson Christopher Geraty A. K. Long Joseph H. Oliver Samuel Ginnis James Raven el J. F. Frideman Edward Henry Thomas J. Kniuflf F. C. Miller R. N. Lord D. Bulkley A Marines John Woodweou John A. Kelly (i. H. Vcronee J. Hewitt Thomas Airs P. M. Avenny A. P. Smith Richard Yeadon B. Carrall A. Barbot Aug. E. Cohen John Sassard W. B. Moore Peter J. Fink B. H. Fink C. Bonner H. Plein George 0. Robinson Robert Evans Gustavus Salvo Jacob H. Wise H. J. Harby David H- Deyeaux 9 C. W. Brundt Daniel Petigru F. Charlow A. Koeunecke W. C. Richards John Corby, Sr. W. Logan Hamilton Slawson, Jr. Josh L. Venning T. 0. Elliott H. W, Schroder Charles E. Kanapeaux R. S. H. Hannahan G. Sergeant S. Kingman T. Heyward Thayer Tliomas Gates T. C. Prioleau Fleetwood Lanneau John I'reston John F. Stafford W. S. Adams L. V. Martin George Christofel L. F. Petit David E Jones H^nry Solee R H Brodie P S Chase Angus Wilson Joseph Wilson Thomas F Cumming John JSymons Henry Winthrop, M. D. J Emanuel Wm C Graham, M. D. John Corby, Jr. W J Wiley John Caldwell, Sea Joseph L. Brugger Thomas R. Egleston John W. Dorman Maier Triest Joseph Triest W. H. Moore Marks Levy Aaron Loryea F. C. Lynch M. Winstock John W. Bize Peter Kennedy F. Lampe T. L. Quackenbush Joseph F. O'Hear R. Anderson Charles Bremer Nathan Emanuel James A. MidJIetoK E. W. Brown C. G. Martin E. T. Howard Alfred Wise Joseph W. Harrison John Hill David Jacobs Wm. F. White Francis Clarke Owen Campbell George Reicke H Kembling H Broyman C M Logan J W Kane Robert W Bumham G W Birkman Daniel Maguire J Wheaton James Caldwell. P. M. Doucin John P. Laborde P. H. McDonnell T. H. Beny David E. Johns M. T. Mendenliall Leopold Cohn Samuel Cruikshank John Foirest, J. S. Meniken A. Gambati Michael Murray Thomas Maysey Daniel G. Wayne W.J.Bennett Lewis Rebb S. D. Parker B. Mordecai Henry Ashe Thomas Addison A. T. J. LaCoate A. RoumiUat Thomas H. Dillingham- W. T. Wragg, M. D. E M, Broughton Martm McMaster T W Riggs Thomas E H Miles T W Albergotie Samuel W Wiley S Montgomeiy John M Bryan P V PoweU Charles Campbell A Pelerin Wm M Moody, jr L M Aubert William Mcintosh GREAT SOUTHERN RIGHTS AND SOUTHERN CO-OPERATION MEETING. In pursuance of a call, which had been very numerously signed, a meet- ing was held, on the evening of the 29th July, 1851, at the Hibernian Hall, in Charleston, of those "who are in favor of co-operation for the purpose of resistance, and opposed to Separate State action, under existing circumstances." Notwithstanding the storm and heavy rain, which occurred at the hour for assembling, the meeting was very large, filling the Hall, and many who came failed to gain an entrance. Not only in regard to numbers, but in the earnest enthusiasm of those who were assembled, and the patriotic spirit with which it was animated, it evinced the high resolve which governed those who were anxious to dis- 2 10 charge their duty to the State, with a deep regard to the momentous con- sequences which were involved. At the appointed hour, Nelson Mitchell, Esq.. moved the organiza- tion of the meeting, and the appointment of the following officers : President. JOHN RUTLEDGE, Esq. Hon. Dan. E Huger " Thomas Bennett *' William Aiken " James Rose " J B Grimball " Mitchell King " T L Hutchinson ^' John Schnierle Gen. S Cruikshank Dr Samuel 11 Dickson Dr Henry R Frost James Adger H W Peronneau Wm Bull Pringle Charles T Lowndes C G Memrainger J L Rowie Dr Benjamin Huger W C Dukes Dr Elias Horlbeck Vice- Presidents, W M Lawton John Vinyard James I'oyas Hugh R Banks William Bird W H Houston M C Mordecai James Welsman W H Gilliland Dr. E Geddings Charles Alston, Sen. Wm Henry Hey ward Dr James Moultrie Henry A Middleton Arthur G Rose James H Ladson Geo N Reynolds, Jr Charles Macbeth Dr Thomas Y Simons Thaddeus Street J F Steinmyer Dr St John Phillips James Chaiiman Col A P Hayne George Thompson John Klinck Col BF Hunt " James S Shingler '• Thomas O Elliott Edward McCrady Edward P Milliken Col A H Belin John H Honour James Lamb Thomas Ryan Dr C C Pritchard James M Caldwell James E Walker Henry Gourdin James Robertson Secretaries. C Richardson Miles Thomas Frost Sam D Stoney Edward J Pringle John Seigling, Jr Charles H West, jr The following letters were then read, by A. G. Magrath, Esq., having" been received in reply to the invitations, which had been addressed to these gentlemen, to be present at .lie meeting. The reading of these let- ters aroused the meeting to the highest point. At the announcement of the name of the venerable Langdon Chkves, repeated cheers strongly told how deep was the respect cherished by our citizens for this eminent statesman, so truly worthy of the appellation of our Nestor, in this mo- mentous crisis. The letter from Col. Okr and those from the other gen- tlemen, which are published, were also received with marks of the highest approbation : LETTER OF HON. LANGDON GHEVES. Savannah, July 26th, 1851. Gentlemen — I have had the honor to receive your note of the 2 2d inst. 11 I am both flattered and obliged by the invitation whiph it contains, as weH as by the manner of it; and 1 regret very much that it is altogether out of my power to attend the meeting. I concur entirely in the object of the n)eeting. I have, several times within the last twenty years, entered publicly my protest against separate State action. Of the right of a State to secede from the Union, I have never had a shadow of doubt. That right is the right of a sovereign State. A right of which, a sovereign State cannot be divested : and the only real question is, are the States of the Union sovereign States of which, I t-uppose, no Southern man will venture to express a doubt. IJut, I think separate secession, though an undoubted, legal and ]>uh]ic right is scarcely a moral and social one on the part of one Southern State in reference to her sister States of the South. Their relations of unity are so many so homogeneous and so slrong, as to amount to destiny. God and nature have combint^d them by such social adhesion, such hoiiiogeneousness of interests, by such grt-at and benign sympathies of blood, of character and historical action, as to make their separation deplorable, dangerous and unwise. And what resison, is there, to despair of their union ? The precise question under de iberation is not a year old. I think, indeed, this is more than time enough to make us certain of our injuries — they are so great and obvious, and to satisfy us that we cannot exist under t';e present Government of the United States, without being a degraded and ojipressed people. But, I should third? it nevertheless a short time, within which, for a people to be required to decide on a ques- tion so momentous as a ureat revolutionary change of government ; for &uch, undoubtedly si cession must be considered. For myself, I think we ought to secede — but not alone; and I have an ardent hope and a san- guine belief, that the Southern States will resist, by a united effort though not on the instant. vVe have few perhaps no examples of such speed in the movement of nations, and, if we ha\e any, 1 believe, the results will not be found to have been always happy. 1 pray God to inspire your deliberations with his wisdom, his truth and his power. I am gentlemen, with great respect, Your obedient servant, LANGDON" CHEVES. Messrs. A. G. Magrath and others. Committee, &c. &o. Charleston, S.C. LETTER OF HON. J. L. ORR. Anderson, July 24th, 1851. Gentlemen — Tt is a source of profound regret to me, that a previous engjigement, [irecludes the possibility of my attending your meeting ou tho 2\){\\ inst. Meetings all over the State by the Co-operationists are imperatively- demanded, if the State is to be saved from the perils of secession. The sentiments offered at the 4th of July celebrations in the parishes, (and you Lave no doubt, observed, that nearly all the exhibition of public opinion, 12 in favor of separate Si:ate action, lias come from one Congressional district in the parishes,) evince a spirit of proscn|)tion and intolerance, against the CO operationists, which furnishes a beautiful commentary on the professions of the actionists, that they desire harmony may be preserved in the State. I have no doubt that they will give us the harmony which the wolf gives to the lamb. If the State is to be put upon the perils of separate secession, and your beautiful city is to share the fite of Moscow, in God's name, let it not be done by a minority of the people. If the immediate actionists have by accident, secured a majority of the Convention, and are resolved in pushing thtir advantage to the uttermost limit, we have no recourse left, but to instruct the delegates elect, through public meetings of the people. I had ho[ ed that the Convention would be leffuntrammelled, to act with wis- dom according to circumstances when it assembled. The late proceedings of the actionists, wherever they have the strength to move, has dispelled that illusion, and if the schemes of the leaders can- not be frustrated, then secession is a fixed fact. The people, however, in my judgment, are not with them, and whenever the issue is made, the self-appointed leaders will be routed — overwhelmed by the voice of the people rebuking their temerity. In such an issue, gentlemen, they will be beaten in the mountain districts. Our people here are not submission- ists — nearly all are for resistance, and for efticient resistance, to the Clay Compromise — but they have yet to be convinced that they have more courage and patriotism than their Georgia and North Carolina neighbors. They have too much modesty to thrust themselves forward as the orily champions of Southern Sights and Southern honor. They believe that Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi are as spirited as South-Carolina, and that there is no very startling disgrace in their waiting for the co-operation of these States. I am gratified that you have originated the meeting in Charleston. Every South-Carolinian has vital interest in this question, but the people of your city are peculiarly involved, when yon are advertized in advance that you can become a second Moscow without exciting any sympathy from the interior. The meeting will have a happy influence, and will, I trust, be followed up by other meetings of our friends in every district and parish in tlie State, and the seal of condemnation, by the people, put upon the rash and unfortunate move of sepa; ate State action. I am, very truly, yours, &c., JAMES L. ORR. Messrs. A. G. Magrath, and others, Committee. COL. CHESNUT'S LETTER. Camden, July 27th, 18.51. Gentl emen — A few days since I received your letter of the 1 9th instant, inviting me to be present at a meeting of the citizens of Charle.-^tun, to be held on Tuesday, the 29th July instant, for the purpose of defining their .position in reference to the present poUtical position of the State, as favour- 13 iibleto co-operation for the purpose of resistance and opposed to separate State action under exi?;tirig circumstances. I feel and acknowledge the honor of your invitation, and regret that I am not able to be present. I agree entirely in the position you have indicated, and tliink it points to the only true and wise policy for tlie State. A concerted action on the part of the Sonthern States., must produce redress and security in the Union, or result in our independ-nce as a Southern Confederacy out of it. With either condition I believe Sonth-Carolina would be satisfied. For myself, however, I consider tlie first not very probable and prefer the latter as furnishing the only permanently safe conilition. Any step, there- fore, which leads to the attainment of this end, has my hearty concurrence, and will receive whatever support I can give. While the citizens of Charleston to this great end feel it necessary to "define their position," I am assured that it will be so done as to give no just cause of dissatisfaction to a considerable portion of the resistance party who are separated from us, T feel a strong hope (as their policy is disapprov- ed by a large majority of the State) that they will in their patriotism fall back cheerfully upon us and co-operate for a great and common purpose. I have tbe honor to be Your fellow citizen, JAMES CHESNUT, Jr. To Messrs. A. G. Magrath, N. Mitchell, P. D.Torre, and others. Immediately after the reading of these letters, Col. Isaac W. Hayne, announced that the Hon. Robert W, Barnwell, and the Hon. A. P. Butler, were in the city, and moved that a Committee of Three be ap- pointed to conduct these gentlemen to the Had, and that out of respect to them, the business of the meeting should be suspended until their ar- rival. The motion was adopted, and Col. Hayne. A. H. Dunkin, Esq., and P. D. Torre, Esq., were appointed the Committee. At the return of the Committee, accompanied by these distinguished gentlemen the warmest and most enthusiastic welcome greeted them ; and convey,ed to them the assurance of the deep anxiety felt by all classes of our community, that the city and country should remain, as they ever had been, united in feeling, and following the advi-je of those, whose pa- triotic devotion to their State, had been among the chief elements of a character, which ennobled them and dignified their State. W. Peronneau Finley, Esq., then rose, and after a brief address, intro- duced the following resolutions : RESOLUTIONS : 1. Resolved, That the aggressive meast res of the Federal Govprnment, in connexion with various t Jiibi'.ious of public sentiment by the people of the North, throi.gh their State Gov- ernments and otherv^-ise, for a series of yei.rs, indicate, in our (Opinion, a deep rooted hostility to the interests of the South, and 14 a settled purpose to deprive the Southern States, on account of their peculiar Lisiituiions, of their original rank as vSovereigns and Equals in rhis Confederacy; and that the inevitable result of such proceedings, if allowed to take their course, must be uliimately the entire abolition of negro slavery in the South, and the erection, in place of onr Federal Union, of a Consoli- dated Gov^ernment, alike despotic and irresponsible. 2. Rfsolofd, That in view of the humiliating condition of the Slaveholding Stales in this Confederacy — their rights violated — 'heir Institutions proscribed — their character vilified — their offers of compromise rejected — and in view of the sr.ill greater dangers which are impending over them, we believe the time has c me when this Union should be dissolved, and a new Gov- ernment organized on the basis of a Southern Confederacy. But while such is our deliberate opinion as to our wrongs and our remedy, we would still be willing to give a trial, fairly and in good fii.i h, to any plan, short of dissolving the Union, which our sister States of the South may propose, for re-instating us in the possession of our Equal Rights, and providing us with adequate guarantees of our fu'ure security. 3. R'!n from the Union, in oppo- sition to their views and wishes, would '^"em as it we claimed to be the exclusive chrimpions of Souiliern Rights — an as- sumption wh'ch could not but be regarded as arrogant in us, and insulting to them — thus, in place of harmony of feeling, and concert of action, provoking jealousies, and sowing the seeits of discord between us and our natural allies, and operating to 15 prevent the formation of a Southern Confederacy. Scl. Becaupe our separate secession would he eminenHy preinatiire and un- ^vise at tliis time, when we vr^ny fairly ealcuhi/e r>n the co- operation of other States at no distant period, siiif^,e the effei^t of renewed agitation and continued aggression by .Northern fanatics — results which may be regarded as absolutely certain, must inevitably be, to bring up some of our sister ." tates of the South to the same position which we now occupy, and thus operate to ensure the formation of a Southern Confederacy. 3. Because Souih-Carolina, by separate secession, would be placed in the attitude of a Foreign Government to the other slave-holding States of this Union, the effect of wdiich w^ould be, that, under tho law^s of Congress, prohibiting the migration or importation of slaves from a foreign country in'o the United States, we should be subjected practically to the "VVilmot Pro- viso," in its most aggrava^^ed form. 4!h. Because in all her public resolves, South-Carolina has given no other pledge — has avowed no other determination, than to co-operate with her sister States of the South in resisting these aggressions; and^ Finally, Because in the present postui e of affiir^-, ^n dissolve our Union with the South, and thus isolate ourselves from the sym- pathies and support of those with whom we are bound together in a common destiny, would be not only abortive as a measure of deliverance, but if not utterly suicidal in its effects, in the highest degree dangerous to the stability of our Instifu-ions. 5. Resolved, that while we are opposed to the sep'ira*^e seces- sion of South-Carolina from the Union without the concurrence and co-operation of at least S';me other slave holding State, or the reasonable assurance that such would be the result of her separate action, we hold the right of a State to secede, as no longer an open question, and as essential to the sovereignty and freedom of each member of this Confederacy. 6. Resolved, That as our hope of deliverance at this crisis rests on the formation of a Sou' hern Confederacy — a conclusion which we believe to be entei ained by a large n.gjority of the people of South-Carolina — we would earnestly invoke the early action of our State Convention, whenever it shall be assembled, to devise and adopt such measures as in their wisdom shalt seem most effectual to bring about a system of concert and co- operation among the slave-holding States in resisting the ag- gressions of the Federal Government; and also as representing the Sovereignty of South-Carolina to determine by a solemn or- dinance what relation to that Government it shall meanwhile become us to occupy ; and at the same time to prescribe to tk© 16 constituted authorities of the State, such a course of action as will enable them to take advantage of all emergencies, and to be prepared for ull results. After the reading cf the resolutions, the me'^ling was aose the action of the State. After a few earnest re- marks, by the Rev. Mr. Yates and Dr. A. G. Mackay. against any attempt on the part of such as were known to be opposed to the objects of the meeting to discuss its proceedings, it seemed to be regarded as an unwar- rantable interference, and a motion to lay it on the table was adopted by an overwhelming vote. The resolutions offered by Mr. Fin ley were then put and adopted with great unanimity. The following resolutions were offered by Mr. M. C. Mordecai, and unanimously adopted : Resolved, That, inasmuch as the organization of The Auxil- iary Southern Rights Association is now recognised as intended to advance the doctrine of separate State action, it is incumbent on those who are prepared to stand by the Resolutions just adopted, to make equal preparation for the just maintenance of the doctrines that we believe essential to the welfare and honor of South-Carolina. Resolved, That a Committee of Vigilance and Conference, to consist of one hundred members, be appointed by the chair, whose duty it shall be to recommend such measures as shall be, in their judgment, best calculated to unite the public senti- ment of our city and State in the support of the principles we have now openly professed. Resolved, That a Committee of Correspondence, to consist of twenty-five, be appointed by the chair, to correspond with our It fellow-citizens in this State and other Southern States, in rela- tion to the great purpose of combining Southern feeling, and making it conduce to the great end of united Southern action. The meeting then adjourned. JOHN RUTLEDGE, President. C. Richardson Miles,") Thomas Frost, { Samuel D. Stoney, ^ ^,,,,^„^i,... Edward J; Fringle, j John Seigling, Jr., j Charles H. West, Jr. j LETTER OF GOV. CHARLES J. McDONALD. SUMMERVILLE, Ga., JuLY 26, 1851. Gentlemen — I received your note of invitation too late to answer it at home, and I seize a moment of leisure while travelling, to say that I cannot, if it were otherwise proper, be pref^ent at your meeting on the 29th inst. Much will depend on the result of your deliberations ; and allow me to say, that the course your State may pursue is destined to have a tremen- dous influence for good or for evil on the Confederacy. That the great principles of equality and justice which lie at the foundation of the Consti- tution have been flagrantly violated by the admission of California with her usurped Constitution, into the Union, and the organization of territorial Governments in Utah and New Mexico, with the understanding by those who enacted the law for the purpose, that the Mexican law prohibiting slavery prevails there, over our own political regulations to exclude it therefrom, is unquestionable. It is equally clear that this utter disregard of Southern rights, has its foundation in a fixed purpose to abolish the in- stitution of slavery in the States. The purpose is avowed over the whole North, that another State tolerating the institution of slavery shall never be admitted in the Union, except such as the Government is bound, by its compact with Texas, to admit. It will soon be insisted, I apprehend, that that compact has been abrogated by the Compromise, notwithstanding the stipulations in the bribery act, and a State erected on Texas territory will be refused admission, unless it prohibit slavery. The Constitution is then to be changed, and Congress is to acquire authority to interfere with and take away the property of the people of the States. The Constitution of our fathers, by the change, is to be despoiled of its excellence, and the rights which the States now have, to manage and regulate in their own way, their own affairs, is to be prohibited to them. The system of Gov- ernment left by our ancestors, beautiful because if rightfully administered, it is just and equal, is to be transferred into a hideous system capable of wrong and injustice even when constitutionally administered. If the pow- ers now held by the people of the States, and the States as independent 3 T8 coraraunities are to be consolidated, and placed in the hands of the Gen- eral Government, the States of the North and North West, being most powerful in numbers, will have absolute coi trol and dominion upon t le rights and interests of the people in other sections. Time will develope these things. They are in progress and will be ^.c- coraphshed. The people are to determine what is best to be done for their own protection, and the people of each State must determine for them- selves. The right of a State to secede from the Union, is unquestionable. The secession of a State from the Union, being the exercise of a right re- served by the people in the Constitution, it being the exercise of a power not prohibited to the States, it follows that the government has no power to subjugate her. It being no offence against the Constitution, against the law of nations, nor against the rights of the general government it will be no cause of war. If the State secede, she will be a foreign State to all intents and purposes, and the general government can no more enforce its laws on her territory, than it can on the territory of any other fjreign gov- ernment. These positions are, I believe, undeniable. If your State were to secede from the Union, the General Government could not interfere to force her into the Union, nor could it enforce her laws over her. If the Government were to attempt it, it would light up a blaze of civil war, which could never be extinguished, but in the life's blood of the lovers of consti- tutional freedom. But I sincerely hope, that you will not take the asser- tion of these unquestionable propositions, as encouragement to proceed ta extreme measures, to secession from the Union. Thei'e are Soutliern States which are in the same predicament with South-Carolina, which have been as much wronged and as injured by the unequal measures of Congress. Their people, however, do not see the danger to them so imminent, as do the people of your gallant State. They hope, and they are led to hope, by men in whose judgment they have confided, that the hand of wrong has done its last work of injustice to them, and that the government has arrived at the point at which its aggressions will cease. The people of Georgia entertaining these opinions, have, in their sovereign capacity, determined to abide the wrongs they have sufl'ered, and hope in the future fidelity of the Government to the constitution. You cannot expect, therefore, the co-operation of Georgia, in any measure of resistance, against the past measures of Congress. She has taken her ground, however, for the future, and declared what she will and ought to do, should the General Government continue its injustice and wrongs to the South. Whether any other Southern State would unite ■with you in seceding from the Union, I do not know. I think it extreme- ly improbable. A large number of the people, in other States, who think ■with Carolina, that the wrongs of the Government are scarcely endurable, are unwilling to resort to so strong a measure of resistance. Is it not a matter well worthy to be considered by South-Carolina, whether it is not best to defer to the opinions of her sister States, equally wronged with herself; and whose sympathy she has, and not proceed separately and aloue to a measure of at least questionable expediency ? If the hopes o( 19 other States are realized, and the Governtueut returns to a due respect for the rights of the South, and a faithful administration of the Constitu- tion I most respectfully ask, if it is not better to remain as we are, a uni ted [leople ? I think so decidedly : for all we want is a faithful administration of the Constitution. It will give us all our rights. I confess that my fears are, that tiiese hopes are without solid foundation. But it is a matter that time must decide, and the decision will soon be made. If made against the constitutional rights of our people, we shall be as one man, in any mea- sure necessary to the safety and happiness of all having a common interest. I would ask if it would not be best to base your action upon the com- mon public sentiment of the aggrieved States. I assure you that the peo- ple are properly appreciating the danger of tolerating palpable violations of the Constitution, and unless they can have their rights respected, they will take no step backwards ; their march will be onward, until all the riglits they are etitled to under the Const tution are respected and protected. I must beg to be pardoned, from the interest I feel in this subject, for inviting your attention to a matter which has doubtless been well consid- ered by you and the people of your State, generally. If South-Carolina resorts to secession and separates herself from the Federal Government, she will be a Foreign Governirient to all intents and purposes. She will be subject to all the policy adopted by our Government in relation to foreign Governm.ents. The same duties collected on foreign importations, will be collected on merchandize, coming through and from Carolina. Your great and growing seaport will be subjected to disadvantages that cannot now be well estimated; and if your example of secession should not be followed, it does not require much political sagacity to foresee the difficulties to which you will be subjected. I trust that whatever you do may be fol- lowed by the good it is intended to produce. I have ever been opi)Osed to any national policy based on sectional con- siderations ; but that policy has been brought upon us, and the Southern States, co-equals with the rest in the Confederacy, are treated as inferiors — their rights have been disregarded, and new injuries are threatened against them. If these are inflicted, the consequences must be upon the authors. I have no doubt but what you do will be done upon due deliberation, and upon a firm conviction that it is demanded by the occasion. I have the honor to be, with great respect, Your obedient servant, CHARLES J. McDonald. To Messrs. A G Magrath, and others, Committee. From the Southern Standard. THE TRUE POSITION OF THE STATE. No method of persuasion seems to be more confidently resorted to, by our secession advocates, than an appeal to the susceptible patriotism of our 20 citizens, not to cast upon the State tlie discredit which must attach to her, if she retreat or depart from the position which she has already assumed. We are proud to think that our citizens are sensitive on this point, and we doubt not that there are very many, who, otherwise unable to see that isolated secession, on the part of South-Carolina, is the part either of dis- cretion or duty, might easily be prevented fiom opposing it, if they believed that the State had really pledged herself to such a step. But let not the repetition or vehemence of these appeals, mislead any as to tlie existence of the facts on which they are founded. Let them not mistake the con- clusions of associations, or the counsels and harangues of those who would change her previous position, for her decision. It is a question of fact, and the only conclusive mode of disposing of it, is to api)eal to the record. We will there see to what she is really committed, and for that purpose, we will bring to the public attention this evidence, as a substitute for ar- gument. In 1848 she adopted the following: Extractfrom the Reports and Resolutions, 1848,^. 147, Joint Committee on Federal Relations. In the House of Representatives, December 12, 1848. The Joint Com- mittee of the Senate and House of Representatives upon Federal Relations, to whom were referred so much of the Governor's Message as relates to the agitation of slavery, and sundry Resolutions upon the same subject, beg leave to report the following Resolutions as expressing the undivided opin- ion of this Legislature upon the Wilmot Proviso, and all similar violations of the great principle of equality which South Carolina has so long and so ardently maintained, should govern the action of the States and the laws of Congress upon all matters affecting the rights and interests of any member of this T'^nion. Resolved, unanimously, That the time for discussion by the Slaveholding States as to their exclusion from the Territory recently acquired fi'om Mex- ico has passed, and that this General Assembly representing the feelings of the State of South-Carolina, is prepared to co-operate with her sister States in resisting the application of the principles of the Wilmot Proviso to such territory at any and every hazard. Resolved, unanimously. That the Governor be requested to transmit a copy of this report to the Governors of each of the States of this Union, and to our Senators and Representatives in the Congress of the United States. Resolved, That the House do agree to the report unanimously. Or- dered that it be sent to the Senate for concurrence. By order. T. W, Glover, C. H. R. Resolved, That the Senate do unanimously concur in the report. Or-. dered that it be returned to the House of Representatives. By order. W. E. Martin, C S, 21 JBSxtracts from the Reports and Resolutions, ISiO, pj). 312, 313, 314. In the Senate, December 13, 1849. — The Committee on Federal Rela- tions, to whom was referred so much of the Message of his Excellency the Governor, as relates to the recommendation of the people of the State of Mississippi for a Convention of the people of the Southern States to be held in Nashville in June next ; and also so much of the Message as re- lates to convening the Legislature of this State in the event of the passage by Congress of the Wilmot Proviso or any kindred measure, beg leave to report : 'i hat they cordially concur with the views expressed by his Ex- cellency the Governor as to the necessity on the part of the Southern people of a united action against the encroachments upon their domestic institu- tions and their condition of equality in this confederacy by the people ot the North and by the Congress of the United States ; and rejoice with him in the lofty and dignified position assumed by the people of the State of Mississippi against any such infractions of the compromise of the Con- stitution ; and the appeal which she has made to the people of her sister States of the South to unite with her in common counsel against common aggression. The committee are of the opinion expressed by this Legisla- ture, at its last session, that the period of decisive action has arrived, and that the authorities of South-Carolina should be prepared, promptly to take such steps, as the other Stat s of the South shall recommend, and her own position demands. The committee, therefore, in conformity with their own opinions ; and as they believe, with the expressed and understood wishes of this Legislature, and of the people of the whole State, recommend for adoption the following Resolutions : Resolved, That in the event of the passage by Congress, of the Wilmot Proviso, or any kindred measures, that his Excellency, the Governor, be requested forthwith, to convene the Legislature, in order to take snch steps, as the rights, interests, and honor of this State, and of the whole South, shall demand. Resolved, That the Senate do agree to the Report. Ordered, that it be sent to the House of Representatives, for concurrence. By order. W. E. Martin, C. S. In the House of Representatives, December 19, 1849. Resolved, That the House do concur in the Repoit. Ordered, that it be returned to the Senate. By order. T. W. Glover, C. H. R. In the House of Representatives, December 18, 1849. The Committee on Federal Relations, to whom Avas referred so much of the Governor's Message, as relates to the recommendation to the Southern States, by a Convention of the people of Mississippi, to send Delegates to meet at Nash- ville, to consult in common, upon common rights, with a view to unity of action. And, also, so much of the message as relates to the convening the Legis- lature, upon the Wilmot Proviso, or any kindred measure becoming a law of Congress, report, that the people of this State entertain an ardent desire, 2S and fixed determination, to resist the lawless and unjust eucroacliments of Congress, on tlie ri^-hts of the Soutli, and have pledged themselves, through tlieir Legislatures, to co-operate w th the other Soathern States, in opposi- tion to all such measures. They, therefore, concur with his Excellency in the belief, tliat South-Carolina hails with delight, the proffer by the peo])le of Mississippi, of meeting, by delegates, in common counsels, at Nashville, and will heartily and promptly send delegates then^, ti> repre- sent them. That they concur, also, with his Excellency, in the propriety, of calling together the Legislature, should any such contingency occur, as is alluded to by his Excellency, and therefore, recommend the adoption of the following resolutions : Reso'ved, That should the Wilmot Proviso, or any kindred measure, become a law of Congress, the Governor is hereby eai'neslly requested to call together the Legislature, should it not be in session at the time of the passage of such law. Resolved, That the House do agree to the Report. Ordered that it be sent to the Senate for concurrence. By order. T. W. Glover, C. H. R. In the Senate, December 19, 1849. Resolved, That the Senate do concur in the Report. Ordered that it be returned to the House of Representatives. By order. W. E. Martin, C. S. At the last session of the Legislature no resolutions or reports on the subject were adopted, but the ground was covered by 'An Act to provide for the appointment of Deputies to a Southern Congress, and to call a Convention of the people of this State." — Acts 1850, page 56. The preamble setting forth the motives of that Act is in the following words : Whereas, the Convention of the Slaveholding States, lately assembled at Nashville, have recommended to the said States to meet in Congress or Convention, to be held at such time and place as the States desiring to be represented may designate, to be composed of double the number of their Senators and Representatives in the Congress of the United States, en- trusted with full power and authority to deliberate with the view and in- tention of arresting further aggressions, and if possible, of restoring the Constitutional rights of the South, and if not, to recommend due provision for their future safety and independence. The act then proceeds to provide for the calling of a Convention, and by sec. v. p. 56, enacts, "Thi-.t a Convention of the people of the State of South- Carolina, is hereby ordained to be assembled in the town of Columbia, as hereinafter provided, for the purpose, in the t-rst place, of taking into con- sideration the proceedings and recommendations of a Congress of the slave- holding States, if ihe same shall meet, and be held, and for the further purpose of taking into consideration the general welfare of this State, in view of her relation to the laws and government of the Uniied States, and thereupon to take care that the Commonwealth of South-Carolina shall suffer no detriment" f 3F 23 The act then proceeds to make provision for the number of delegates, -■^ /■> /^^•' :^.- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS DD0232b4fl70