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JOURNAL 
 
 OF THE 
 
 STATE COT^YENTION 
 
 OF 
 
 SOUTH CAROLINA; 
 
 TOGETHER WITH THE 
 
 '!■' 
 
 RESOLUTION AND ORDINANCE 
 
 PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE CONVENTION, 
 
 COLUMBIA, S. C: ^ 
 
 JOHNSTON & CAVIS, PRINTERS TO THE CONVENTION. 
 
 1852 
 
f-UIZ 
 
 In Convention, Friday, April 30, 1852. 
 
 Ordered, That five thousand copies of the proceedings of this Convention, 
 and of the Keport, Resolution, and Ordinance, be printed ; and that the same 
 be distributed as follows, under the superintendence of the Clerk : 
 
 For the Executive, three hundred copies ; for each of our Senators and 
 Representatives in Congress, for their own use, one hundred copies ; for each 
 member of this Convention, and of the State Legislature, ten copies ; and that 
 the remaining copies bo for public distribution. 
 
JOURNAL 
 
 STATE COIYENTION 
 
 MONDAY, APRIL 26, 1852. 
 
 Pursuant to an act of the Legislature of the State of South Carolina, 
 entitled "An act to provide for the appointment of Deputies to a Southern 
 Congress, and to call a Convention of the People of this State,"* ratified on 
 20th day of December, 1850; and also "An act to fix the time for the meet- 
 ing of the Convention elected under the authority of an act entitled 'An act 
 to provide for the appointment of Delegates to a Southern Congress, and to 
 call a Convention of the people of this State,' " passed in the year of our 
 Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty, ratified on the 16th December, 
 1851, the Delegates of the sgveral election districts and parishes of this State 
 assembled in the Hall of the House of Representatives, in the Capitol, at 
 Columbia, in the State of South Carolina, on this day, at 12 o'clock, meridian. 
 
 On motion of Mr. EDMUND BELLINGER, jr., a Delegate from 
 Barnwell, the Hon. David L. Wardlaw, a Delegate from Abbeville, was 
 called to the Chair, and Mr. Richard J. Davant, a Delegate from St. Lukes, 
 was requested to act as Secretary. 
 
 The Convention having been called to order, the Election Districts and 
 Parishes were called over, whereupon the following Delegates appeared at 
 the Clerk's desk, presented their credentials, and enrolled their names: 
 
 Abbeville. 
 
 D. L. WARDLAW, GEO. W. PRESSLY. 
 
 THOS. C. PERRIN, G. R. McCALLA. 
 
 J. C. MARTIN, 
 
 * See Addenda, at the end of the Journal, 
 
4 JOURNAL OF THE 
 
 All Saints\ 
 T. PINCKNEY ALSTON, PETER VAUGHT. 
 
 Barnwell. 
 
 E. BELLINGER, jr, 
 S. W. TROTTI, 
 A. P. ALDRICH, 
 
 SAML. McALILEY, 
 C. T. SCAIFE, 
 
 J. C. COIT, 
 W. J. HANNA, 
 
 JACOB BOND I' ON, 
 
 W. HAYNSWORTH, 
 THOS. R. ENGLISH, sr., 
 
 JOHN P. RICHARDSON. 
 
 J. V. I\L\RTIN, 
 WINCHESTER GRAHAM. 
 
 Chester. 
 
 I. MOBLEY, 
 
 WM. A. ROSBOROUGH. 
 
 Chesterfield. 
 
 HUGH CRAIG. 
 
 Christ Church. 
 
 A. V. TOOMER. 
 
 Claremont. 
 
 F. SUMTER. 
 A. C. SPAIN. 
 
 Clarendon. 
 
 JOSIAH J. EVANS, 
 E. W. CHARLES, 
 
 JAMES JONES, 
 F. H. WARDLAW, 
 F. W. PICKENS, 
 
 Darlington. 
 
 E. A. LAW. 
 
 Edgefield. 
 
 M. L. BONHAM, 
 R. B. BOUKNIGHT, 
 WILEY HARRISON. 
 
JOHN H. MEANS, 
 WM. A. OWENS, 
 
 STATE CONVENTION. 
 Fairfield. 
 
 JOHN BUCHANAN. 
 
 B. F. PEERY, 
 
 THOS. P. BROCKMAN, 
 
 VARDRY McBEE, 
 
 HARTFORD JONES. 
 
 JOHN CANTEY, 
 THOS. LANO, 
 
 JOHN WILLIAMS, 
 
 H. C. YOUNG, 
 A. C. JONES, 
 THOMAS WRIGHT, 
 
 H. J. CAUGHMAN, 
 HENRY ARTHUR, 
 
 W. W. HARLLEE, 
 WILLIAM EVANS, 
 
 JAMES E. DAVID, 
 WM. J. COOK, 
 
 Greenville. 
 
 JESSE CENTER, 
 P. E. DUNCAN. 
 
 Horry. 
 
 Kershaw. 
 
 L. J. PATTERSON. 
 
 Lancaster. 
 
 JAMES D. McILWAIN. 
 
 Laurens. 
 
 JOHN D. WILLIAMS, 
 J. H. IRBY. 
 
 Lexington. 
 
 JOHN C. HOPE. 
 
 Marion. 
 
 JOHN C. BETHEA, 
 W. R. JOHNSON. 
 
 Marlboro'. 
 
 WM. T. ELLERBE. 
 
F. B. HIGGINS, 
 J. H. AVILLIAMS, 
 
 D. r. JAMISON, 
 
 F. BURT, 
 
 JOHN MAXWELL, 
 
 JOHN MARTIN, 
 
 B. McBRIDE, 
 G. C. MACKAY. 
 
 JOURNAL OF THE 
 
 Nexohernj. 
 
 PETER MOON, 
 DRAYTON NANCE 
 
 Orange Parish. 
 
 M. GRAMLING. 
 
 Pendleton. 
 
 J. N. WHITNER, 
 R. A. MAXWELL, 
 F. W. SYMMES. 
 
 Prince Willianis. 
 
 JOHN E. FRAMPTON, 
 
 Prince George, Winy aw. 
 
 J. HARLESTON READ, 
 J. H. TRAPIER, 
 
 BENJ. H. WILSON, 
 SAMUEL T. ATKINSON. 
 
 Richland. 
 
 W. F. DeSAUSSURE, 
 J. U. ADAMS, 
 A. H. GLADDEN, 
 
 JOHN G. LANDRUM, 
 JAS. FARROW, 
 J. WINSMITH, 
 
 MAXCY GREGG, 
 C. BOOKTER. 
 
 Spartanburg. 
 
 JOHN RIVERS, 
 
 P. M. WALLACE, 
 R. C. POOLE. 
 
 St. Andrew's. 
 
 ALEXANDER H. BROWN. 
 
STATE CONVENTION. 
 
 St. Bartholomew's. 
 
 E. St. P. BELLINGER, DAVID WALKER, 
 
 LEWIS O'BRYAN, D. S. HENDERSON. 
 
 St. George's, Dorcliester. 
 
 I. M. DWIOHT. 
 
 St. Helena. 
 
 EDxMD. RHETT, • JOHN FRIPP. 
 
 St. James', Goose Creek. 
 
 ISAAC BRADWELL, jr., WEST WILLIAMS. 
 
 St. James', Santee. 
 
 DANL. DuPRE, SAML. J. PALMER. 
 
 St. John's, Berkley. 
 MORTON WARING, PHILIP C. KIRK. 
 
 St. John's, Colleton. 
 
 W. B. SEABROOK, E. M. WHALEY 
 
 HUGH WILSON, jr., 
 
 St. Luke's. 
 JULIUS G. HUGUENIN, R. J. DAVANT. 
 
 St. Mathew's. 
 0. M. DANTZLER, H. A. HAIGLER. 
 
 St. Paul's. 
 J. BERKLEY GRIMBALL, E. B. SCOTT. 
 
D. H. HAMILTON, 
 A. M. RUTH, 
 
 JOURNAL OF THE 
 St. Peter's. 
 
 E. MARTIN 
 
 St. Philips and St. MichaeVs. 
 
 LANGDON CHEVES 
 A. P. BUTLER, 
 EDWD. FROST, 
 C. M. FURMAN, 
 DANL. E. HUGER, 
 M. KING. 
 
 R. W. BARNWELL, 
 BENJ. F. DUNKIN, 
 
 W. PERONNEAU FINLEY, 
 THOS. LEHRE, 
 CHAS. MACBETH, 
 I. W. HAYNE, 
 JOHN BELLINGER, 
 A. G. MAGRATtI, 
 EWD. McCRADY, 
 JOHN CUNINGHAM. 
 
 St. Stephen's. 
 W. MAZYCK PORCHER, T. L. GOURDIN, 
 
 St. Thomas and St. Dennis. 
 
 GEO. ELFE. 
 
 J. S. SIMS, 
 WM. J. BOBO, 
 
 D. M. MASON, 
 
 R. Y. RUSSEL, 
 ROBT. T. ALLISON, 
 
 Union. 
 
 B. H. RICE, 
 
 J. M. GADBERRY. 
 
 Williamsburg. 
 
 S. E. GRAHAM. 
 York. 
 
 W. A. LATTA. 
 
 One hundred and forty-nine delegates having appeared, the presiding offi- 
 cer announced that a quorum was present ; whereupon the Convention pro- 
 ceeded with its organization. 
 
STATE CONVENTION. 9 
 
 The Convention proceeded to the election of President, and, upon an inspec- 
 tion of the baHots, it appeared that his Excellency John H. Means, Governor 
 and Coraraander-in-Cl)ief in and over the State of South Carolina, a dele- 
 gate in this Convention from the District of Fairfield, had been chosen. 
 
 On motion of the Hon. JACOB BOND I'ON, a delegate from Christ 
 Church Parish, a committee of three was appointed to wait on his Excellency 
 the Governor, to inform him of his election and conduct him to the chair; and 
 it was ordered that the Convention do rise and be uncovered to receive the 
 President. 
 
 Messrs. Cantey, DeSaussure, and Owens, were appointed the committee, 
 who immediately conducted his Excellency the Governor to the chair, who 
 proceeded to address the Convention as follows : 
 
 Gentlemen of the Convention : 
 
 Although I am fully aware that I am indebted more to my official station 
 than to any merit of my own for the distinguished honor you have conferred 
 upon me, yet I must be permitted to express my profound gratitude to you 
 for having honored that station in my person. Unaccustomed as I am to 
 parliamentary usages, I should be disposed to shrink from the position you 
 have assigned me, but that I feel assured that I will be sustained and assisted 
 in the discharge of its duties by the same kindness which has prompted you to 
 bestow it upon me. While I am fully alive to its responsibilities, I trust I 
 feel still deeper the solemn responsibility which rests upon me as a member 
 of this Convention. We have met together clothed in the sovereign power of 
 the land. The voice of this Convention, when it speaks, must be potential 
 for good or for evil. How much prudence, how much caution and delibera- 
 tion, does it become us to use before we act I It is useless for me to enter 
 into a detail of the peculiar circumstances under which we have met; a mere 
 allusion to them is sufficient to bring to your minds the fact that they are 
 full of embarrassment. We certainly have a most delicate part to act — one 
 which we cannot perform with credit to ourselves, or with honor to the State, 
 unless we are buoyed by a devoted patriotism above the petty considerations 
 of party strife, of personal ambition, or which is even worse and more to be 
 deprecated, vindictive feelings to each other because we differ in opinion. 
 The external circumstances by which we are surrounded fearfully admonish 
 us that we have no strength to waste in internal feuds. The very dangers 
 of our position call loudly upon us to be united. But, unfortunately for us 
 and the great cause of the South, we are not united. We have been divi- 
 ded and distracted by the convulsive throes of party strife. The great ques- 
 tion of our wrongs has been forgotten amid our wranglings as to the remedy. 
 
 While this state of things exists among us, the fiendish fanaticism of an 
 abolition spirit, which tramples all law, both human and divine, under foot, is 
 
10 JOURNAL OF THE 
 
 steadily moving forward towards the accomplisbment of its ends. If we in- 
 tend not basely to desert the cause in which we have been so long engaged, and 
 finally submit to our degradation and ruin, this tide of fanaticism must be 
 sooner or later met. As dark as are the dangers which surround us, still more 
 gloomy are those which threaten us from our internal commotions. If we are 
 united, we need fear no danger. The justice of our cause, and our strong 
 arms, will be sufficient to protect us. But if, in the madness of party strife, 
 we fall upon each other and forget the common enemy, an easy victory will be 
 accomplished by them ; a victory which will bring ruin and disgrace upon us. 
 The very first object of this Convention should be to heal these divisions. I 
 will not presume to suggest the course which will be proper for you to pursue 
 to accomplish this great object, and to maintain the honor and dignity of our 
 beloved State. This must be a matter of consultation and deliberation. The 
 intelligence, the patriotism, the dignity of this bod}', are an earnest that that 
 course will be one which will involve no sacrifice of principle ; one, the object 
 of which will be to promote the best interests of our State. We meet to- 
 gether as members of one common family, whose interest, honor, and destiny 
 are the same. A deep dev")tion to our country and its institutions should be 
 the polar star to guide us in our course. The arm of our State, which was 
 recently strong and ready to strike, has been paralyzed alone by our dis- 
 sensions. Let us heal them at once, that with firm and united strength we 
 may meet the enemies of our institutions. Upon the union of our State, I 
 solemnly believe, depends our destiny. 
 
 Mr. DeSAUSSURE moved that the proceedings of the Convention be 
 opened with prayer, and that the Rev. J. C. Coit, a delegate from Chester- 
 field, bo requested to officiate at this time ; which was agreed to, and the 
 fproeeedings were opened with prayer accordingly. 
 
 Mr. EDMUND BELLINGER, jr., offered the following Resolution ; which 
 was agreed to : 
 
 Resolved, That the Assistant Clerk of the House of Representatives be 
 requested to furnish stationery, to be placed on the tables of the members 
 of the Convention, from what he has in the possession of the House of Rep- 
 resentatives. 
 
 The Convention proceeded to the election of Clerk. 
 
 Hon. JACOB BOND TON nominated James A. Strobiiart as a can- 
 didate for the office. 
 
 Whereupon the Convention proceeded to a ballot, and the Chair appointed 
 Messrs. Cuningham, Albrich, and Magrath, a Committee to count the 
 ballots. 
 
 The Convention proceeded to ballot ftr Messenger and Doorkeeper. 
 
STATE CONVENTION. 11 
 
 On motion of Mr. EDMUND BELLINGER, it was ordered that the elec- 
 tion should be decided by a plurality instead of a majority of votes ; and the 
 same was ordered. i^ 
 
 Messrs. J. V. Martin, Gladden, and Spain, were appointed a com- 
 mittee to count the ballots. 
 
 Mr. CUNINGHAM, from the commitee to count the ballots for Clerk of 
 the Convention, reported that James A, Strobhart was duly elected, who 
 immediately entei'ed upon his duties. 
 
 Mr. EDMUND BELLINGER, jr., moved the adoption of the following 
 orders : 
 
 1. Ordered, That the President appoint a Cashier and Assistant Cashier. 
 
 2. Ordered, That the Clerk act as Reading Clerk, and also superintend 
 Buch printing as the Convention shall order. 
 
 3. Ordered, That the reporters for the public journals be allowed access 
 to the Hall, for the purpose of reporting. 
 
 4. Ordered, That the regular hour of meeting shall be 12 o'clock, m., sub- 
 ject to special orders fixing some other time. 
 
 5. Ordered, That there be printed for the use of the Convention an Alpha- 
 betical List of the names of the members, and also a list of the names ar- 
 ranged according to Congressional and State election divisions. 
 
 6. Ordered, That the journal of each day's proceedings be printed and 
 laid on the' tables of members before the hour of meeting. 
 
 The vote was taken upon each separately, and they were agreed to by the 
 Convention. 
 
 Mr LAW laid before the Convention the resignation of Hon. Geo. W, 
 DarOxAN, a delegate elect from the District of Darlington ; which, on 
 motion of Hon. WHITEiMARSH B. SEABROOK, was ordered to lie on 
 the table for the present. 
 
 Mr. JAMISON offered the following Resolution : 
 
 Resolved, That the President appoint a Committee of five members to pre- 
 pare and report Rules for the government of the Convention. 
 
 The resolution was agreed to, and Messrs. Jamison, Brown, Rhett, Al- 
 DRiCH, and Hamilton, were appointed the Committee. 
 
 Mr. EDMUND BELLINGER, jr., offered the following Resolution, which 
 was agreed to : 
 
 Resolved, That the proceedings of each day be opened with prayer by such 
 of the clergy as the President shall appoint to perform that appropriate 
 duty. 
 
 Mr. JAMISON announced that Donald Rowe, a delegate elect from 
 Orange Parish, had died since his election ; and, in a feeling and impressive 
 manner, commented upon the character of the deceased, and offered the fol- 
 
12 JOURNAL OF THE 
 
 lowing Resolutions, wliich were seconded by Hon. B. F. Dunkin, and 
 were unanimously agreed to : 
 
 Evolved, unanimously, That the menabers of tbis body have learned with 
 reo-ret the death of Donald Rowe, a member elect to the Convention. 
 
 Resolved, unanimously. That they sincerely mourn his loss, and, in tes- 
 timony whereof and as a tribute of respect to his memory, they do wear the 
 customary badge of mourning during the session of the Convention. 
 
 Resolved, That a copy of the foregoing resolutions be sent by the Secre- 
 tary of this body to the family of the deceased. 
 
 Mr. BURT oifered the following Resolution : 
 
 Resolved, That a Committee of Five be appointed by the President to 
 make a contract for the printing of the proceedings of this Convention. 
 
 The resolution was agreed to, and Messrs. BuRT, Nance, Young, Habl- 
 LEE, and Buchanan, were appointed the committee. 
 
 On motion of Mr. HAMILTON, the Convention, at 3 o'clock, p. ra., ad- 
 journed until to-morrow, at 12 o'clock, m. 
 
 JAMES A. STROBHART, 
 
 Clerk of the Convention. 
 
 TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1852. 
 
 At 12 o'clock, M., the Convention assembled, pursuant to adjournment, 
 and was called to order by the Clerk. 
 
 The roll being called, the President took the Chair. 
 
 After prayer by the Rev. Daniel DuPre, a delegate from St. James, 
 Santee, the Journal of the previous day was read by the Clerk. 
 
 The following additional Delegates appeared at the Clerk's desk^ 
 and enrolled their names, viz : N. A. Peay, of Fairfield ; D. St. P. DuBosE, 
 of Clarendon ; A. Whyte, of York ; M. T. Appleby, of St. George's, Dor- 
 chester; John F. Livingston, of Abbeville; T. 0. Elliott and C. G. 
 Memminger, of St. Philips and St. Michaels ; and J. M. Doby, of Lancaster. 
 
 The President then called for reports of Committees. 
 
 Mr. J. V. Martin, from the Committee to count the votes for Messenger 
 
STATE CONVENTION. 13 
 
 and Doorkeeper, reported B. I. Hayes to have been duly elected to the for- 
 mer, and B. O'Neal to the latter office. 
 
 Mr. JAMISON, from the Committee appointed to prepare Rules for the 
 government of the Convention, reported the following : 
 
 Rule 1. The President and eighty-four members shall be a quorum to 
 transact business. 
 
 2. If any member shall absent himself without leave, he may be sent for 
 at his own expense, and be subject to the censure of the Convention. 
 
 3. No member shall speak more than twice to the same point without 
 leave of the Convention. 
 
 4. Each member, when speaking, shall address himself to the Chair, stand- 
 ing and uncovered, at his place. 
 
 5. If two members rise to speak nearly at the same time, the President 
 shall decide which was first up. 
 
 6. Every member, when speaking, shall adhere to the point before the 
 Convention, and shall not be interrupted unless he departs from it, when he 
 may be called to order. 
 
 7. When a question of order arises, it shall be decided by the President in 
 the first instance, but any member may appeal from his determination to the 
 Convention. 
 
 8. When a motion is made and seconded, it shall, if required by a mem- 
 ber, be reduced to writing, and delivered in at the table. 
 
 9. AVhen a question is put by the President, and the Convention divider, 
 the Clerk shall, at the request of any seven members present, take down and 
 enter on the Journal the names of all those members who vote for and agains' 
 the question, and cause them to be published in any gazette of the State. 
 
 10. When the President desires to be heard, the members shall take their 
 seats, and keep order whilst he is speaking. 
 
 11. When a motion is made for adjournment and seconded, no question 
 shall be debated until the Convention shall have decided that motion. 
 
 12. Motions to adjourn, to take a recess, to lay on the table, to postpone in- 
 definitely, or to a day beyond the session, to adjourn a debate, shall be deci- 
 ded without debate, after such short conversations as the President may 
 permit. 
 
 13. On points not specified in the above rules, the Convention shall be 
 governed by " the Rules of the House of Representatives of the General 
 Assembly of South Carolina," so far as they are applicable. 
 
 All of which were adopted; the loth Rule having been amended by the 
 slight addition to the last line of the words " so far as they are applicable." 
 
 Mr. BURT, from the Committee charged with making a contract for 
 printing the proceedings of the Convention, reported that they had contracted 
 
14 JOURNAL OF THE 
 
 with Messrs. Johnston & Cavis to print for the use of the Convention, on the 
 same terms as like work had been done for the State Senate during the last 
 session of the Legislature, and asked the approval of the Convention. The 
 report was adopted. 
 
 A letter from T. G. Simons, of St. Philips and St. Michaels, offering 
 his resignation of his seat in the Convention, was read ; and, on motion, laid oa 
 the table. 
 
 The Hon. LANGDON CHEVES submitted the following Eesolution : 
 
 Resolved, That a Committee of Twenty-one be appointed by the Presi- 
 dent, to whom shall be referred the act of the General Assembly, entitled 
 " An Act to provide for the appointment of deputies to a Southern Congress, 
 and to call a Convention of the people of this State," with instructions to con- 
 sider and report thereon. 
 
 The resolution was adopted ; and, in order that the President might have 
 leisure to select the committee, the Convention, on motion of the Hon. JACOB 
 BOND I'ON, took a recess of one hour. After the expiration of the hour> 
 the Convention re-assembled, and the President announced the following com- 
 mittee, viz : 
 
 Messrs. Langdon Cheves, J. P. Richardson, W. B. Seabrook, A. P. Butler, 
 D. E. Huger, R. W. Barnwell, J. J. Evans, J. N.Whitner, J). L. Wardlaw, Ed- 
 ward Frost, F. H. Wardlaw, B. F. Dunkin, J. Buchanan, B. F. Perry, Maxcy 
 Gregg, E.Belhnger, jr , F. W. Pickens, L W. Hayne, W. W. Harllee, Henry 
 Arthur, Samuel McAliley. 
 
 Mr. EDMUND BELLINGER, jr., submitted the following orders for the 
 action of the Convention ; and, after consideration, they were adopted : 
 
 Ordered, That three hundred copies of the Rules of the Convention be 
 printed for the use of the members. 
 
 Ordered, That the Clerk be authorized to furnish stationery for the Con- 
 vention. 
 
 On motion of Mr. CUNINGHAM, the Convention then adjourned until 
 12 o'clock to-morrow. 
 
 JAMES A. STROBHART, 
 
 Cle]-k of the Convention. 
 
 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1852. 
 
 At 12 o'clock, M., the Convention assembled, pursuant to adjournment, 
 and was called to order by the Clerk. 
 
 The roll being called, and a quorum answering to their names, the Presi- 
 dent took the Chair. 
 
STATE CONVENTION. 15 
 
 After prayer by the Kev. J. Gr. Landrum, a delegate from Spartan- 
 burg, the journal of the previous day was read by the Clerk. John 
 ScHNiERLE, a delegate from St. Philips and St, Michaels, was announced, 
 appeared at the Clerk's desk, and enrolled his name. 
 
 The President then having called for Reports of Committees, and the 
 Chairman of the Committee of Twenty-one having announced that his Com- 
 mittee was not yet ready to submit their Report — 
 
 That it might have further time, Mr, LEHRE moved that the Conven- 
 tion adjourn until 12 o'clock, M., to-morrow ; which being agreed to, the 
 Convention adjourned accordingly. 
 
 JAMES A. STROBHART, 
 Clerk of the Convention. 
 
 THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1852. 
 
 At 12 o'clock, M., the Convention assembled, pursuant to adjournment. 
 
 The roll being called, and a quorum having answered to their names, the 
 President took the Chair. 
 
 After prayer by the Rev. S. R. English, sr., a delegate from Clare- 
 mont, the journal of the previous day was read. 
 
 Reports being in order, the Hon. LANGDON CHEVES, from the Select 
 Committee of Twenty-one, informed the Convention that the Committee was 
 ready to report. 
 
 The Report was then read ; and on his motion, it was ordered to be printed, 
 and made the special order of the day for to-morrow. 
 
 Mr. PERRY, one of the Select Committee of Twenty- one, offered a sepa- 
 rate Report of the minority of the same.* 
 
 Mr. JOHN BELLINGER moved to amend the majority Report, by add- 
 ing thereto the following, viz : 
 
 " Be it ordained by this Convention, That the Legislature of the State 
 shall have the power, by a vote of two-thirds, (accompanied with a notifica- 
 tion to the other States,) to withdraw the State of South Carolina from the 
 Federal Union." 
 
 Mr. E. BELLINGER, jr., moved that these, together with all other matters 
 connected with the question, be printed with the majority Report ; which 
 motion was agreed to. 
 
 * See Addenda at the end of the Journal. 
 
16 JOURNAL OF THE 
 
 Mr. GREGG offered a separate Report on his own behalf; which, on his 
 motion, was excepted from the geneial order, and was ordered to be printed 
 and laid on the table.* 
 
 Mr. HARLLEE offered the following Resolution : 
 
 Resolved, That the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House 
 of Representatives be invited to seats on this floor. 
 
 The Resolution was passed, and the invitation extended by the President, 
 
 Under a previous order to that effect, the President announced E. M. 
 WHALEY as Cashier, and 0. M. DANTZLEfl Assistant Cashier, of the 
 Convention. 
 
 The Hon. LANGDON CHEVES moved that when the Convention ad- 
 journ, it shall stand adjourned until ten o'clock to-morrow. 
 
 On motion of Mr. EDMUND BELLINGER, jr., the Convention then 
 adjourned. 
 
 JAMES A. STROBHART, 
 
 Clerk of the Convention. 
 
 FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1852. 
 
 The Convention met, pursuant to adjournment, and the roll was called. 
 
 After prayer by the Rev. R. Y. Russel, a Delegate from York, the Clerk 
 read the journal of yesterday. 
 
 On motion of Mr. LEHRE, Mr. I. M. Dwight, a Delegate from St. 
 Georges, Dorchester, was excused from further attendance on the Convention, 
 on account of illness in bis family. 
 
 The special order was taken up. 
 
 Mr. JOHN BELLINGER addressed the Convention in support of his 
 amendment offered on yesterday, which proposed that it should be ordained 
 by the Convention that the Legislature of the State should have power, by a 
 vote of two-thirds, (accompanied with a notification to the other States,) to 
 withdraw the State of South Carolina from the Federal Union. 
 
 The Hon. LANGDON CHEVES moved to lay the amendment on the 
 
 table. 
 
 After a short conversation between the Hon. LANGDON CHEVES, the 
 Hon. A. P. BUTLER and Mr. EDMUND BELLINGER, jr., on this motion, 
 
 * See Addenda at the end of the Journal. 
 
STATE CONVENTION. 17 
 
 the yeas and nays were called for by Mr. JOHN BELLINGER, ordered, and 
 taken as follows : 
 
 Feas.— Messrs. Aldrich, Allison, Appleby, Arthur, Barnwell, E. Bellinger, jr., 
 Bethea, Bobo, Bookter, Bouknight, Bradwell, Broekman, Brown, Burt, But- 
 ler, Cantey, Caughman, Center, Charles, Cheves, Coit, Cook, Craig, David, Doby, 
 DuBose, P. E. Duncan, B. F. Dunkiu, Ellerbe, Elliott, English, J. J. Evans, 
 W. Evans, Farrow, Finley, Frost, Furinan, W. Graham, Grimball, Haigler, 
 Hanna, Harllee, Harrison, Hayne, Haynsworth, Higgins, Hope, Huger, I'On, 
 Irby, H. Jones, King, Landrum, Lang, Law, Lehre, Livingston, Magrath, 
 E. Martin, J. C. Martin, R. A. Maxwell, Memnainger, Mobley, Moon, Mc- 
 Aliley, McBee, Macbeth, McCalla, McCrady, Mcllwain, O'Bryan, Patter- 
 son, Perrin, Pickens, Poole, Porcher, Pressly, Richardson, Rivers, Ros- 
 borough, Russel, Scaife, Schnierle, Seabrook, Sims, Spain, Sumter, Symmes, 
 D. L. Wardlaw, F. H. Wardlaw, Whyte, Whitner, J. Williams, J. H. 
 Williams, W. Williams, Young. — 96. 
 
 Nays. — His Excellency John H. Means, President ; Messrs. Adams, Als- 
 ton, Atkinson, John Bellinger, E. St. P. Bellinger, Bonham, Buchanan, Cun- 
 ingham, Dantzler, Davant, DeSaussure, DuPre, Elie, Frampton, Fripp, 
 Gadberry, Gladden, Gourdin, S. E. Graham, Gregg, Gramhng, Hamilton, 
 Henderson, Huguenin, Jamison, Johnson, A. C. Jones, James Jones, Kirk, 
 Latta, Mackay, J. Martin, J. V. Martin, Mason, J. Maxwell, McBride, Nance, 
 Owens, Palmer, Peay, Perry, Read, Rhett, Rice, Ruth, Scott, Toomer, Tra- 
 pier, Trotti, Vaught, Wallace, Walker, Waring, Whaley, B. H. Wilson, 
 Hugh Wilson, jr., J. D. Williams, Winsmith, Wright. — 60. 
 
 So the amendment was laid on the table. 
 
 Mr. RHETT proposed to amend the ordinance, by declaring and ordaining 
 that the first clause of the second section of the fourth article of the Consti- 
 tution of the United States, whereby it is provided, that *' the citizens of each 
 State shall be entitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizens of the 
 several States," should be rendered null and void within the limits of South 
 Carolina, so far as regards the citizens of Massachusetts and Vermont ; and 
 that it should be the duty of the Legislature, by suitable and effectual pro- 
 visions and penalties, to debar and exclude the citizens of those States from 
 entering, abiding, or holding property within this State, after the ratification 
 of the same. 
 
 Mr. RHETT sustained his amendment with much eloquence, and warmly 
 protested against the check to free discussion by motions to lay on the 
 table. 
 
 Mr. CUNINGHAM also, in strong and glowing language, joined in this 
 protest. 
 
 On motion, Mr. Rhett's amendment was laid on the table. 
 2 
 
18 JOURNAL OF THE 
 
 Mr. ADAMS, as a substitute for the Report of the Committee, offered a 
 resolution, that this Convention, having been called to secede from the Union 
 on account of the past aggressions of the Federal Government, yielding to the 
 popular vote of October last against that remedy, and not agreeing on any 
 other, should now adjourn si7ie die. 
 
 Mr. TOOMER offered resolutions recommending to the slave-hold- 
 ing States to call Conventions of the people of their several States, to adopt 
 and carry out measures for the organization of a Southern Confederacy, &c. 
 
 Each of these resolutions was, on motion, laid on the table. 
 
 The minority report of Mr. Perry was also, on motion, laid on the table, 
 
 Mr. MEMMINGER asked and obtained leave to read a statement of his 
 own opinion and that of those agreeing with him upon the questions under 
 discussion ; and moved that it be printed and laid on the table. 
 
 The motion to print, meeting with much opposition, was withdrawn by Mr. 
 MEMMINGER. The document was then received and laid on the table. 
 
 Mr. HARLLEE then moved the adoption of the report of the Select Com- 
 mittee of Twenty -one, which is as follows : 
 
 The Committee of Twenty-one, to whom was referred " An Act to pro- 
 vide for the election of Deputies to a Southern Congress, and the call of a 
 Convention," with instructions to consider and report thereon, respectfully 
 report : 
 
 That they have considered the subject referred to them, and have con- 
 cluded to recommend to the Convention the adoption of the accompanying 
 Resolution and Ordinance : 
 
 Resolved by the people of South Carolina in Convention assembled, That 
 the frequent violations of the Constitution of the United States by the Fed- 
 eral Government, and its encroachments upon the reserved rights of the sov- 
 ereign States of this Union, especially in relation to slavery, amply justify 
 this State, so far as any duty or obligation to her confederates is involved, in 
 dissolving at once all political connection with her co-States ; and that she 
 forbears the exercise of this manifest right of self-government from consider- 
 ations of expediency only. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE to declare the right of this State to secede from the 
 
 Federal Union. 
 We the People of the State of South Carolina, in Convention assembled, 
 do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained. That South 
 Carolina, ia the exercise of her sovereign will, as an independent State, ac- 
 ceded to the Federal Union, known as the United States of America; and 
 that in the exercise of the same sovereign will, it is her right, without let, 
 hindrance, or molestation from any power whatsoever, to secede from the said 
 Federal Union ; and that for the sufficiency of the causes which may impel 
 
STATE CONVENTION. 19 
 
 her to sucb separation, she is responsible alone, under God, to the tribunal of 
 public opinion among the nations of the earth. 
 
 Upon the motion to adopt the report, the yeas and nays were called for, 
 ordered, and taken as follows : 
 
 Yeas. — His Excellency John H. Means, President; Messrs. Aldrich, Allison, 
 Alston,Appleby, Arthur, Atkinson, Barnwell, J. Bellinger, E. Bellinger, jr., E. 
 St. P. Bellinger, Bethoa, Bobo, Bonham, Bookter, Bouknight, Bradwell, 
 Brown, Buchanan, Burt, Butler, Cantey, Caughman, Cheves, Coit, Cook, 
 Craig, Cuningham, Dantzler, Davant, David, DeSaussure, Doby, DuBose, 
 B. P. Dunkin, DuPre, Elfe, Ellerbe, Elliott, English, J. J. Evans, W. Evans, 
 Farrow, Finley, Frampton, Frost, Furman, Gadberry, Gladden, S. E. Graham, 
 Gregg, Gramling, Griraball, Haigler, Hanna, Harllee, Harrison, Hayne, 
 Haynsworth, Henderson, Higgins, Hope, Huger, Huguenin, I'On, Irby, 
 Jamison, Johnson, A. C. Jones, James Jones, H. Jones, King, Kirk, Land- 
 rum, Lang, Law, Lehre, Livingston, Mackay, Magrath, E. Martin, J. Martin, 
 J. C. Martin, Mason, R. A. Maxwell, J. Maxwell, Memminger, Mobley, 
 Moon, McAliley, Macbeth, McBride, Mcllwain, Nance, O'Bryan, Patterson, 
 Peay, Perrin, Pickens, Poole, Porcher, Pressly, Bead, Rhett, Rice, Rich- 
 ardson, Rivers, Rosborough, Russel, Ruth, Scaife, Schnierle, Scott, Seabrook, 
 Sims, Spain, Sumter, Symmes, Trapier, Vaugbt, Wallace, Walker, D. L. 
 Wardlaw, F. H. Wardlaw, Waring, Whaley, B. H. Wilson, Hugh Wilson, 
 jr., Whyte, Whitner, J. Williams, J. D. Williams, J. H. Williams, Win- 
 smitb, Wright, Young. — 136. 
 
 iVays.— Messrs. Adams, Brockman, Center, Charles, P. E. Duncan, Fripp, 
 Gourdin, W. Graham, Hamilton, Latta, J. V. Martin, McBee, McCalla, McCra- 
 dy, Owens, Palmer, Perry, Toomer, Trotti. — 19. 
 
 So the report was adopted, and ordered to be engrossed. 
 
 On motion of Mr. TROTTI, a Committee of Three were appointed to su- 
 perintend the engrossing of the resolution and ordinance ; and it was ordered 
 that the same be ratified in the usual parliamentary mode, by the signatures 
 of the President and Clerk, and that the great seal of the State be thereunto 
 affixed. 
 
 To allow time for engrossing, 8z;c., the Convention then took a recess until 
 five o'clock. 
 
 RECESS. 
 
 At five o'clock, P. M., the President called the Convention to order. 
 
 Mr. ELFE, who by mistake had voted in the negative when the yeas and 
 nays were called on the adoption of the report, was, by consent of the Con- 
 vention, allowed to change his vote. 
 
 On motion of the Hon. A. P. BUTLER, the -Clerk of the Convention was 
 allowed five hundred dollars for his regular and extra services. 
 
20 JOURNAL OF THE 
 
 The Librarian aud Keeper of the State House was allowed fifty dollars ; 
 the Assistant Clerk of the House of Representatives, the Messenger, and 
 Doorkeeper were allowed each one hundred dollars. 
 
 On motion of Mr. BURT, it was ordered that the Treasurer be required to 
 pay the Printers of the Convention such sum as may be due ; their accounts 
 to be audited by the Clerk. 
 
 Also, that the President of the Convention be authorized to draw his war- 
 rant upon the Treasurer for whatever sum may be reported to him, by the 
 Clerk, as due for stationery and other incidental expenses of the Convention. 
 Also, that a full and minute statement of the expenditures of the Conven- 
 tion, prepared by the Clerk, signed by the President, and attested by the 
 Clerk, be transmitted to the Executive, with a request that the same be laid 
 before the General Assembly, at their next session, for their information. 
 
 Also, that five thousand copies of the proceedings of this Convention, and 
 of the report, resolution and ordinance, be printed ; and that the same be dis- 
 tributed as follows, under the superintendence of the Clerk : 
 
 For the Executive, three hundred copies ; for each of our Senators and 
 Representatives in Congress, for their own use, one hundred copies ; for each 
 member of this Convention and of the State Legislature, ten copies ; and that 
 the remaining copies be for public distribution. 
 
 On motion of Mr. E. BELLINGrER, jr., it was ordered, that the Clerk do 
 prepare a full index for the journal; and that the journal, together with the 
 resolution and ordinance, and the roll of members, be deposited, in perpetuam 
 memoriam rei, amongst the archives of the State. 
 
 On motion of Mr. DANTZLER, it was ordered that drafts, signed by the 
 President, and countersigned by the Cashier of the Convention, be issued for 
 the pay of the members, and for such other amounts as shall have been, or 
 may be, ordered by this Convention to be paid. 
 
 On motion of Mr. ALDRICH, it was ordered that any delegate who has been 
 excused from attendance on this Convention, for sickness, or other cause, be 
 allowed hereafter to sign the roll of members. 
 
 On motion of Mr. BARNWELL, it was resolved, that the President do return 
 the sincere thanks and grateful acknowledgments of this Convention to the 
 Reverend Clergy who have favored us with their prayers. This the Presi- 
 dent did forthwith, in a very appropriate and feeling manner. 
 
 On motion of Mr. E. BELLINGER, jr., the Convention then resolved itself 
 into Committee of the whole, the Hon. J. J. Evans in the Chair. 
 
 The Hon. A. P. BUTLER offered a resolution, tendering the thanks of 
 the Convention to the President, for the very able, dignified, and impartial 
 manner with which he had presided over its deliberations, and for the fidelity 
 and zeal with which he had discharged the onerous and responsible duties of 
 bis station. 
 
STATE CONVENTION. 21 
 
 The resolution was unanimously adopted. 
 
 The Committee then rose, and the Chairman reported the resolution, pre- 
 faced by a few feeling and very eloquent remarks. 
 
 The President, in like spirit and manner, returned his grateful acknowl- 
 edgments. 
 
 The Engrossing Committee reported the resolution and ordinance prepared 
 for ratification. They were then ratified and signed by the President and by 
 the Clerk of the Convention. 
 
 On motion of Mr. EDMUND BELLINGER, jr., it was resolved, that when 
 this Convention shall adjourn, it do adjourn sine die, and be dissolved. 
 
 On motion of the Hon. LANGDON CHEVES, it was resolved, that the 
 Convention do now adjourn. 
 
 Whereupon, at the hour of half-past six, P. M., of Friday, 30th April, A. 
 D. 1852, the Convention adjourned, and the President announced the Con., 
 veution DISSOLVED. 
 
ADDENDA 
 
 TO THE 
 
 JOURNAL OF THE STATE CONVENTION. 
 
 MINORITY REPORT BY MR. PERRY. 
 
 Mr. PERRY", a member of the Committee of Twenty-one, to whom was 
 referred " An Act to provide for the election of Deputies to a Southern Con- 
 gress and the call of a Convention," with instructions to consider and report, 
 submitted the following as a minority report, which was read, ordered to be 
 printed, and made the order of the day for to-morrow : 
 
 The undersigned, a member of the Committee of Twenty-one, differing from 
 the Committee in their report on the act referred to them, calling this Con- 
 vention, begs leave to submit the following Preamble and Resolutions, as ex- 
 pressing his views in regard to the important matters contained in said report, 
 and as to the true policy to be pursued by the State of South Carolina in re- 
 lation to her difficulties with the Federal Government. 
 
 April 29, 1852. B. F. PERRY. 
 
 Whereas the Legislature of South Carolina, in consequence of the aggres- 
 sions of Congress and the Northern States on the domestic institutions of the 
 South, deemed it necessary to embody the sovereign power of the State in 
 Convention, in order that the " Commonwealth should suffer no detriment," 
 and for " the purpose of considering the proceedings and recommendations of 
 a Congress of the slave-holding States :" And whereas the other slave- 
 holding States have declined meeting South Carolina in a Southern Congress, 
 for the purpose of considering the past aggressions of the Federal Govern- 
 ment on an institution in which they all have a common and an equal inter- 
 est : And whereas it would be unwise and imprudent, and wanting in respect 
 to the other Southern States, for South Carolina, under existing circumstan- 
 ces, to take any decisive separate action in a cause which equally belongs to 
 them all : And whereas there have been recent manifestations on the part o 
 the Federal Government and a large portion of the Northern people to cease 
 their aggressions on the institutions of the South, and crrry out in good faith 
 the guarantees of the Federal Constitution : And whereas a deep-rooted and 
 long- cherished regard for the Union of these States, as " the palladium of 
 
24 ADDENDA. 
 
 our independence," " tranquillity," '•' peace," " safety," " prosperity," and 
 " liberty," makes it right and proper, honorable and patriotic, that we should 
 " suifer while evils are sufferable," rather " than right ourselves by abolishing 
 the forms to which we have been accustomed :" 
 
 Be it therefore resolved, That this Convention will forbear at present to 
 exercise that highest and most sacred of all rights which can belong to a free 
 and brave people — a right secured to them by nature and nature's God, and 
 paramount to all constitutions and political compacts or agreements — the 
 right " to alter or abolish " their government when it becomes destructive 
 of the ends for which it was instituted, and ceases to protect them in the en- 
 joyment of their " lives, liberty, property, and pursuit of happiness." 
 
 Resolved, That the Union of the several States of this Confederacy was 
 formed for the purpose of protecting equally the interests of all the States — 
 their domestic institutions, property, and industrial pursuits ; and the exist- 
 ence of African slavery in the Southern States, at the formation of the Fed- 
 eral Union, was not only recognised in the Constitution, but guarantied, and 
 made the basis, in part, of their representation in the Congress of the United 
 States. 
 
 Resolved, That this domestic institution of the South is not only moral 
 and correct in the opinion of this Convention, but a great blessing to the Af- 
 rican race ; and absolutely necessary for the continued peace and prosperity 
 of the slave-holding States; and as such will be forever defended and main- 
 tained by them at any and all hazards, and to the last extremity of their 
 existence as a people. 
 
 Resolved, That South Carolina, through her sovereign Convention, now 
 pledges herself to her sister Southern States, to resist, in company with them, 
 or alone if need be, by all the means which nature and God have given her, 
 any and every attempt on the part of Congress to interfere with slavery in 
 the States, or the slave trade between the States, or to abolish slavery in the 
 District of Columbia without the consent of the owners, or to exclude slavery 
 from the Southern territories of the United States, or the forts, navy yards, 
 and other public places in the slave-holding States belonging to the Federal 
 Government, or refuse the admission of a State into the Union on account of 
 slavery, or refuse to enforce and carry out the existing constitutional provis- 
 ions on the subject of rendition of fugitive slaves, or alter or change the Fed- 
 eral Constitution in any respect touching slavery. 
 
 REPORT OF MR. GREGG. 
 
 Mr. GREGG, from the same Committee, submitted a report on his own 
 behalf, stating his reasons for not concurring in the report of the Com- 
 
ADDENDA. 25 
 
 uiittue, wLicli, on bis motidn, was laid on the table, and ordered to be 
 printed. 
 
 The undersigned, a member of the Convention, to which was referred for 
 consideration the Act of the General Assembly calling together this Conven- 
 tion, being dissatisfied with the Report of the Committee, not on account of 
 what is contained in it, but of what is omitted, respectfully asks leave to state 
 his reasons. 
 
 The position of South Carolina at this time is a most difficult and embar- 
 rassing one. Suffering under injuries which render a continuance in the pres- 
 ent Union incompatible with honor or safety ; but deserted by other States, 
 suffering under the same injuries, and whose solemn pledges of resistance 
 gave South Carolina a right to expect very different action from them ; — the 
 citizens of the State became divided in opinion as to the course proper to be 
 taken. One portion of them believed that all hope being lost of any other 
 States seceding from the Confederacy by a concerted movement, it was neces- 
 sary for South Carolina to vindicate herself from intolerable wrongs by seceding 
 alone. Another portion regarded this course as unwise, and thought it neces- 
 sary to wait for the support of other States. The prospect of such support 
 has grown fainter day by day, until it has receded to an indefinite distance ; 
 and that portion of our citizens who have placed their only hope in it, now 
 find themselves powerless to effect their object. But by the popular major- 
 ity which they have exhibited, opposed to exercising the right of secession 
 at this time, they have also paralyzed the power of their fellow-citizens who 
 desired to adopt that course. 
 
 Under these circumstances this Convention meets, charged with the duty of 
 seeing that the Commonwealth receive no detriment. To secede under such 
 circumstances is impracticable. To obtain the aid of any other State in re- 
 sisting the aggressions which have been committed by the Northern States and 
 the Federal Government is hopeless. Unless some effective mode of action 
 could be adopted, which, while stopping short of secession, might place and 
 preserve the State in a position of readiness to take advantage of the earli- 
 est opportunity for successful resistance, guarding, as far as practicable, in the 
 mean time, against the many corrupting influences of a longer connection with 
 the Government which oppresses us, nothing remains but submission — a sub- 
 mission likely to be fatal If any such mode of action could be devised and 
 proposed by those who are opposed to separate secession, it would beyond 
 doubt be accepted and supported by those who have been in favor of that 
 measure. 
 
 The Report of the Committee is unsatisfactory to the undersigned, because 
 it contains no recommendation of any action whatever beyond a mere declara- 
 tion of the right of secession, and of the injuries which have been suffered, 
 justifying its exercise by South Carolina. 
 
26 ADDENDA. 
 
 If a protestation in favor of our rights, made at a time when m tact we are 
 deprived of them, can be of any avail towards preserving them in recollection 
 and recovering thera at a future day, it is wise and proper to make such 
 protestation. But actions outweigh words, and one step in advance towards 
 practical resistance would be worth more than the strongest declarations. If 
 the majority of the Committee had devised any measures with a character 
 of practical resistance, however moderate, impressed upon them, the under- 
 signed would have greatly preferred, for the sake of that harmony which is 
 of such high importance if ever the State is to be rescued from its present con- 
 dition, to acquiesce in their Report. He believes that such measures might 
 be devised by those who have opposed separate secession, and that, if adopted 
 with unanimity by the people of the State, they would aflFord some reasona- 
 ble hope of ultimate deliverance. But seeing no prospect that the intro- 
 duction of any such measures under present circumstances, and against the 
 determined opposition of those who have defeated secession, could result in 
 any good to the State, he has, as a member of the Committee, nothing to 
 recommend. He is willing to vote for the declaration of principles contained 
 in the Resolution and accompanying Ordinance ; but he desires at. the same 
 time to leave on the record of the proceedings of this Convention his distinct 
 declaration, that it is not in accordance with his wishes that nothing more 
 hould be done to prevent detriment to the Commonwealth. 
 
 MAXCY GREGG. 
 
ALPHABETICAL LIST 
 
 OF 
 
 MEMBERS OF THE STATE CONVENTION, 
 
 ELECTED m FEBRUARY, 1851. 
 
 JOHN H. MEANS, PRESIDENT, FAIRFIELD. 
 
 ADAMS, JAMES U., Richland. 
 
 ALDRICH, A. P., Barnwell. 
 
 ALLISON, R. T., York. 
 
 ALSTON, T. P., All Saints'. 
 
 APPLEBY, M. T., St. George's, Dorchester. 
 
 ARTHUR, HENRY, Lexington. 
 
 ATKINSON, SAMUEL T., P. George, Winyaw. 
 
 BARNWELL, R. W., St. Phillips and St. Michael's. 
 
 BEATY, JAMES, Horry. 
 
 BELLINGER, JOHN, 5^^. Phillips and St. Michael's. 
 
 BELLINGER, EDMUND, Jr., Barnwell. 
 
 BELLINGER, E. St. P., St. Bartholomew's. 
 
 BETHEA, JOHN C, Marion. 
 
 BOBO, W. J., Union. 
 
 BONHAM, M. L., Edgefield. 
 
 BOOKTER, CHRISTIAN, Richland. 
 
 BOUKNIGHT, R. B., Edgefield. 
 
 BRADWELL, ISAAC, jr., St. James', Goose Creek. 
 
 BROCKMAN, T. P., Greenville. 
 
 BROWN, A. H., St. Andrew's. 
 
 BUCHANAN, J., Fairfield. 
 
 BURT, F., Pendleton. 
 
 BUTLER, A. P., St. Phillips and St. Michael's. 
 
 GANTEY, JOHN, Kershaw. 
 
 CAUGHMAN, H. J., Lexington. 
 
 CENTER, JESSE, Greenville. 
 
 CHARLES, E. W., Darlington. 
 
 CHEVES LANGDON, St. Phillips and St. Michael's. 
 
 COIT, J. C, Chesterfield. 
 
28 ADDENDA. 
 
 COOK, W. J., Darlington. 
 CRAIG, HUGH, Chesterfield. 
 . CUNINGHAM, JOPIN, St PUllips and St. MichaeTs. 
 DANTZLER, 0. M., St. Matthexo's. 
 DARGAN, GEO. W., Darlington. 
 DAVANT, R. J., St. Luke's. 
 DAVID, J. E., Marlboro. 
 DeSAUSSURE, W. F, Richland. 
 DOBY, J. M., Lancaster. 
 DOZIER, a. W , Williamsburg. 
 DuBOSE, D. St. P., Clarendon. 
 DUNCAN, P. E., Greenville. 
 DUNKIN, B. F., St. Phillips and St. Michael's. 
 DuPRE, DANIEL, St. James', Santee. 
 D WIGHT, I. M., St. Georges, Dorchester. 
 ELFE, GEORGE, St. Thomas and St. Dennis'. 
 ELLERBE, W. T., Marlboro. 
 ELLIOTT, T. 0., St. Phillips and St. Michael's. 
 ENGLISH, T. R , sen., Claremont. 
 EVANS, J. J., Darlington. 
 EVANS, W., Marion. 
 FARROW, JAMES, Spartanburg. 
 FINLEY, W. P., St. Phillips and St. Michael's. 
 FRAMPTON, JOHN E., Prince William's. 
 FRIPP, JOHN, St. Helena. 
 
 FROST, EDWARD, St. Phillips and St. Michael's. 
 FURMAN, C. M., St. Phillips and St. Michael's. 
 GADBERRY, J. M., Union. 
 GLADDEN, A. H , Richland. 
 GOURDIN, THEO. L., St. Stephen's. 
 GRAHAM, SAMUEL E., Williamsburg. 
 GRAHAM, W., Barnwell. 
 GREGG, MAXCY, Richland. 
 GRAMLING, M., Orange. 
 GRIMBALL, J. B., St. Paul's. 
 HAIGLER, H. A., St. Matthew's. 
 HAMILTON, D. H, St. Peter's. 
 HANNA, W. J., Chesterfield. 
 HARLLEE, W. W., Marion. 
 HARRISON, WILEY, Edgefield. 
 HAYNE, I. W., St. Phillips and St. MichaeTs. 
 HAYNS WORTH, W., Claremont. 
 
ADDENDA. 29 
 
 HENDERSON, D. S., St. Bartholomew's. 
 
 HIGGINS, F. B, Newberry. 
 
 HOPE, J. C, Lexington. 
 
 HUGER, D.K, St Phillips and St. MichaeVs. 
 
 HUGUENIN, J. G., St. Luke's. 
 
 HUNTER, W., Pendleton. 
 
 TON, JACOB B, Christ Church 
 
 IRBY, JAMES H., Laurens. 
 
 JAMISON, D. F., Orange. 
 
 JOHNSON, W. R., Marion. 
 
 JONES, A. C, Laurens. 
 
 JONES, JAMES, Edgefield. 
 
 JONES, HARTFORD, Horry. 
 
 KING, M., St. Phillips and St. Michael's. 
 
 KIRK, P. C, -S-^. John's, Berkley. 
 
 LAKE, J. A., Edgefield. 
 
 LANDRUM, J. G., Spartanburg. 
 
 LANG, THOMAS, Kershaw. 
 
 LATTA, W. A., York. 
 
 LAW, E. A., Darlington. 
 
 LEHRE, THOMAS, St. Phillips and St. Michael's. 
 
 LIVINGSTON, J. F., Abbeville. 
 
 MACKAY, GEO. C, Prince William's. ' 
 
 MAGRATH, A. G., St. Phillips and St. Michael's. 
 
 MARTIN, EDMUND, St. Peter's. 
 
 MARTIN, J., Pendleton. 
 
 MARTIN, J. C, Abbeville. 
 
 MARTIN, J. v., Barmoell. 
 
 MASON, D. M., Williamsburg. 
 
 MAXWELL, R. A., Pendleton. 
 
 MAXWELL, JOHN, Pendleton. 
 
 MEMMINGER, C. G., St. Phillips and St. Michael's 
 
 MOBLEY, ISAIAH, Chester. 
 
 MOON, PETER, Newberry. 
 
 MOORE, J. S., York. 
 
 McALILEY, SAMUEL, Chester. 
 
 McBEE, v., Greenville. 
 
 MACBETH, C, St. Phillips and St. MichaeVs. 
 
 McBRIDE, B., Prince William's. 
 
 McCALLA, G, Abbeville. 
 
 McCRADY, E., St. Phillips and St. Michael's. 
 
 McILWAIN, J. D., Lancaster. 
 
30 ADDENDA. 
 
 NANCE, DAYTON, Newherry. 
 
 O'ER Y AN, L., St. Bartholomew's. 
 
 O'HEAR, J. S., 5'.'. Tliomas and St. Dennis. 
 
 OWENS, W. A., Fairfield. 
 
 PALMER, S. J., St. James\ Santee. 
 
 PATTERSON, L. J., Kershaw 
 
 PEAY, N. A., Fairfield. 
 
 PERRIN, THOS. C, Abbeville. 
 
 PERRY, B. F., Greenville. 
 
 PICKENS, F. W., Edgefield. 
 
 POOLE, R. C, Spartanburg. 
 
 PORCHER, W. MAZYCK, St. Stephen's. 
 
 PRESSLY, G. W., Abbeville. 
 
 READ, J. H., sr.. Prince George, Winyaio. 
 
 RHETT, EDMUND, St. Helena. 
 
 RICE, B. H., Union. 
 
 RICHARDSON, J P., Clarendon. 
 
 RIVERS, JOHN, St. Andrew's. 
 
 ROSBOROUGH, W. A., Chester. 
 
 RUSSEL, R. Y., York. 
 
 RUTH, A. M., St. Peter's. 
 
 SCAIFE, C. T., Chester. 
 
 SCHNIERLE, JOHN, St. Phillips and St. Michael's 
 
 SCOTT, E. B., St. Paul's. 
 
 SEABROOK, W. B., St. John's, Colleton. 
 
 SIMONS, T. G., St. Phillips and St, Michael's. 
 
 SIMS, J. S, Union. 
 
 SLOAN, WM., Pendleton. 
 
 SPAIN, A. C, Claremont. 
 
 SUMTER, F., Claremont. 
 
 SYMMES, F. W., Pendleton. 
 
 TOOMER, A. v., Christ Church. 
 
 TRAPIER, J. H., Prince George's, Dorchester. 
 
 TROTTI, S. W., Barnwell. 
 
 VAUGHT, PETER, All Saints'. 
 
 VERNON, J. J., Spartanburg. 
 
 WALLACE, P. M., Spartanburg. 
 
 WALKER DAVID, /S'^. Bartholomew's. 
 
 WARDLAW, D. L., Abbeville. 
 
 WARDLAW, F. H., Edgefield. 
 
 WARING, M., St, John's, Berkley. 
 
 W HALEY, E. M., St. John's, Colleton, 
 
ADDENDA. 31 
 
 WILSON, B. H., Prince George, Winyaiv. 
 WILSON, HUGH, jr., St. John's, Colleton. 
 WHYTE, A., York. 
 WHITNER, J. N., Pendleton. 
 WILLIAMS, JOHN, Lancaster. 
 WILLIAMS, J. D., Laurens. 
 WILLIAMS, J. H., Newberry. 
 WILLIAMS, W., St. James', Goose Creek. 
 WINSMITH, JOHN, Spartanburg. 
 WITHERSPOON, S. W., Clarendon. 
 WRIGHT, THOMAS, Laurens. 
 YOUNG, H. C, Laurens. 
 
MEMBEKS OF THE STATE CONVENTION. 
 
 ARRANGED ACCORDING TO CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS, 
 
 FIRST. 
 
 DISTRICTS. 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 PARISHES. 
 
 Spartanburg 
 
 r JAMES FARROW, 
 
 J. G. LANDRUM, 
 
 R. C. POOLE, 
 
 J. J. VERNON, 
 
 P. M. WALLACE, 
 
 JOHN WINSMITH. 
 '■ W. J. BOBO, 
 
 J. M. GADBERRY, 
 { B. H. RICE, 
 i J. S. SIMS. 
 ' R. T. ALLISON, 
 
 W. A. LATTA, 
 
 J. S. MOORE, 
 
 R. Y. RUSSEL, 
 
 A. WHYTE. 
 '■ ISAIAH MOBLEY, 
 
 SAMUEL McALILEY, 
 
 W. A. ROSBOROUGH, 
 
 C. T. SCAIFE. 
 
 
 Union 
 
 
 York 
 
 - 
 
 Chester 
 
 
 
 
 Pendleton ) 
 
 Pickens Sf Anderson. . . | 
 
 Greenville . 
 
 Laurens. 
 
 SECOND, 
 r J. N. WHITNER, 
 
 F. W. SYMMES, 
 
 WM. SLOAN, 
 
 JOHN MAXWELL, 
 
 R. A. MAXWELL, 
 
 J. MARTIN, 
 
 W. HUNTER, 
 
 F. BURT, 
 f JESSE CENTER, 
 I B. F. PERRY, 
 ^ V. McBEE, 
 
 P. E. DUNCAN, 
 
 T. P. BROCKMAN. 
 f H. C. YOUNG, 
 I THOMAS WRIGHT, 
 <} J. D. WILLIAMS, 
 I A. C. JONES, 
 { JAMES H. IRBY. 
 
34 
 
 ADDENDA. 
 
 THIRD. 
 
 DISTRICTS. 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 Lancaster 
 
 Kershaw 
 
 Fairfield 
 
 Eichland 
 
 C Clarendon. 
 
 I 
 Sumte^ { 
 
 Claremont. 
 
 Chesterfield. . 
 Marlborough. 
 
 Darlington . . 
 
 Marion 
 
 Horry 
 
 Georgetown. . 
 Williamsburg 
 
 ( J. M. DOBY, 
 
 ) J. D. McILWAIN, 
 
 / JOHN WILLIAMS. 
 
 ( JOHN CANTEY, 
 
 } THOS. LANG, 
 
 / L. J. PATTERSON. 
 
 f J. BUCHANAN, 
 
 J. H. MEANS, 
 
 W. A. OWENS, 
 
 N. A. PEAY. 
 f JAMES U. ADAMS, 
 
 C. BOOKTER, 
 
 W. F. DeSAUSSURE, 
 MAXCY GREGG, 
 
 A. H. GLADDEN. 
 ( D. St. p. DuBOSE, 
 
 \ J. P. RICHARDSON, 
 ( S. W. WITHERSPOON. 
 r T. R. ENGLISH, sr., 
 J W. HAYNSWORTH, 
 ] A. C. SPAIN, 
 [ F. SUMTER. 
 
 FOURTH. 
 ( J. C. COIT, 
 ] HUGH CRAIG, 
 ( W. J. HANNA. 
 ( J. E. DAVID, 
 \ W. T. ELLERBE, 
 ( W. J. COOK. 
 
 E. A LAW, 
 
 J. J. EVANS, 
 
 G. W. DARGAN, 
 
 E. W. CHARLES. 
 
 W. R. JOHNSON, 
 
 W. W. HARLLEE, 
 
 W. EVANS, 
 
 JOHN C. BETHEA, 
 
 HARTFORD JONES, 
 
 JAMES BEATY. 
 
 B. H. WILSON, 
 J. H. READ, sr. 
 J. H. TRAPIER, 
 S. T. ATKINSON. 
 PETER VAUGHT, 
 T. P. ALSTON. 
 
 A. W. DOZIER, 
 SAMUEL E. GRAHAM. 
 
 D. M.MASON. 
 
 PARISHES. 
 
 ' P. G. Winyaio. 
 
 All Saints 
 
ADDENDA. 
 
 35 
 
 FIFTH. 
 
 DISTRICTS. 
 
 Abbeville, 
 
 Newberry. 
 
 Edgefield. 
 
 Lexington 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 f J. C. MARTIN, 
 D. L. WARDLAW, 
 G. W. PRESSLY, 
 G. McCALLA, 
 THOS. C. PERRIN, 
 
 . J. F. LIVINGSTON. 
 
 fF. B. HIGGINS, 
 J PETER MOON, 
 ] DRAYTON NANCE, 
 { J. H. WILLIAMS, 
 
 r J. JONES, 
 F. H. WARDLAW, 
 M. L. BON HAM, 
 
 \ WILEY HARRISON, 
 J. A. LAKE, 
 F. W. PICKENS, 
 R. B. BOUKNIGHT, 
 
 HENRY ARTHUR, 
 
 J. C. HOPE, 
 
 H. J. CAUGHMAN. 
 
 PARISHES. 
 
 Charleston. . 
 
 SIXTH. 
 
 R. W. BARNWELL, 
 JOHN BELLINGER, 
 
 A. P. BUTLER, 
 LANGDONCHEVES. 
 J. CUNINGHAM, 
 
 B. F. DUNKIN, 
 T. 0. ELLIOTT, 
 
 I W. P. FINLEY, 
 I EDWD. FROST, 
 i C. M. FURMAN, 
 I I. W. HAYNE, 
 i D. E. HUGER, 
 I M. KING, 
 { TI-IOS. LEHRE, 
 A. G. MAG RATH, 
 
 C. G. MEMMINGER, 
 C. MACBETH, 
 
 E. McCREADY, 
 JOHN SCHNIERLE, 
 T. G. SIMONS. 
 
 S. J. PALMER, 
 DANL. DdPRE. 
 
 St. Philips and 
 St. Michaels 
 
 \St. James, Santee. 
 
36 
 
 ADDENDA. 
 
 DISTRICTS. 
 
 Charleston— continued. . . 
 
 SIXTH. 
 
 NAMES. 
 
 f W. M. PORCHER, 
 T. L. GOURDIN. 
 
 GEO. ELFE, 
 J. S. O'HEAR. 
 
 ISAAC BRADWELL, jr 
 W. WILLIAMS. 
 
 i P. a KIRK, 
 MORTON WARING. 
 
 JACOB BOND TON, 
 A. V. TOOMER. 
 JOHN RIVERS, 
 A. H. BROWN. 
 
 PARISHES. 
 
 [ St. Stephens. 
 
 St. Thomas and 
 St Dennis. 
 St. James, 
 Goose Creek. 
 
 St. Johns, 
 Berkley. 
 
 Christ Church. 
 
 St. Andrews. 
 
 Orangeburg. 
 
 Barnwell. 
 
 Colleton. 
 
 Beaufort 
 
 SEVENTH. 
 
 r D. F. JAMISON, 
 
 M. GRAMLING. 
 ' 0. M. DANTZLER, 
 
 H. A. HAIGLER. 
 ' E. BELLINGER, Jr., 
 
 S. W. TROTTI, 
 
 < J. V. MARTIN, 
 A. P. ALDRICH, 
 W. GRAHAM. 
 
 '' DAVID WALKER, 
 
 D. S HENDERSON, 
 L. O'BRYAN, 
 
 E. S. P. BELLINGER. 
 M. T. APPLEBY, 
 
 < I.M. DWIGHT. 
 W. B. SEABROOK, 
 HUGH WILSON, Jr., 
 E. M. WHALEY. 
 J. B. GRIMBALL, 
 
 [ E. B. SCOTT, 
 
 G. C. MACKAY, 
 
 B. McBRIDE, 
 
 J. E. PRAMPTON. 
 
 EDMUND RHETT, 
 j JOHN FRIPP. 
 \ D. H. HAMILTON, 
 
 A. M. RUTH, 
 
 EDMUND MARTIN. 
 
 J. G. HUGUENIN, 
 [ R, J. DAVANT. 
 
 Orange. 
 
 St. Mathews. 
 
 St Bartholomews 
 
 J St. Georges, 
 
 Dorchester. 
 
 St. Johns', Colle- 
 ton, 
 
 St. Pauls. 
 Prince Williams. 
 
ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 
 
 RELATIVE TO 
 
 THE STATE CONVENTION. 
 
 AN ACT to provide for the appointment of Deputies to a Southern Con- 
 gress, and to call a Convention of the People of this State. 
 
 Whereas the Convention of the slave-holding 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, entrusted 
 with full power and authority to deliberate, with the view and intention 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 : 
 
 I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Bepresentatives now met and 
 sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That eighteen 
 Deputies shall be appointed in the manner hereinafter provided, who are 
 hereby authorized, as Deputies from the State, to meet such Deputies as may 
 be appointed and authorized by any other slave-holding State in Congress or 
 Convention, as above recommended, and to join with them in discussing and 
 devising such measures as, in their opinion, may be adequate to obtain the 
 objects proposed by the said Convention at Nashville, and in reporting such 
 measures to the said several slave-holding States, as, when agreed to and 
 fully confirmed by them, or any of them, will effectually provide for the 
 same. 
 
 II. Four of the said Deputies shall be elected by joint ballot of the Gene- 
 ral Assembly at its present session ; and the qualified voters in each Congres- 
 sional District in this State shall elect two, at such time as is hereinafter pre- 
 scribed. 
 
 III. The Governor of this State shall issue writs of election to the Mana- 
 gers of Election, requiring them to hold elections in their respective Congres- 
 sional Districts, on the second Monday in October next, and the day follow- 
 ing, for two Deputies to the said Congress, in each Congressional District, 
 and the said Managers shall thereupon advertise and hold such elections, and 
 make due return thereof to the Governor. 
 
38 ADDENDA. 
 
 IV. That the Governor shall duly commission all the said Deputies, so to 
 be elected by the General Assembly and by the people; and shall, in concert 
 with the Governor or other proper authorities of other States joining in such 
 Congress, appoint the time and place of meeting, and give due notice thereof; 
 and any of the Deputies on the part of this State who may attend at such time 
 and place, shall have full power to represent the State, as hereinbefore provided. 
 
 V. That a Convention of the people of the State of South Carolina is 
 hereby ordained, to be assembled in the Town oC Columbia, as hereinafter 
 provided, for the purpose, in the first place, of taking into consideration the 
 proceedings and recommendations of a Congress of the slave-holding States, 
 if the 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 relations to 
 the Laws and Government of the United States, and thereupon to take care 
 that the Commonwealth of South Carolina shall suffer no detriment. 
 
 VI. That on the second Monday in February next, and on the day follow- 
 ing, the Managers of Elections for the several Districts in this State, shall, 
 after giving public notice, as in cases of elections for Members of the Legis- 
 lature, open the polls and hold elections in their respective Districts for Dele- 
 gates to the said Convention, in all respects in the same manner and form, and 
 at the same places, as elections are now conducted for Members of the Legis- 
 lature : And all persons who are qualified and entitled, by the Constitution 
 and Laws of this State, to vote for Members of the Legislature, shall be quali- 
 fied and entitled to vote for said Delegates to said Convention ; and, in case 
 of any vacancy occurring by death, resignation, or removal from the ^taie, or 
 refusal to serve, of any person elected a Delegate to the said Convention the 
 presiding officer of the said Convention shall issue his writ authorizing and 
 requiring the Managers of Elections, in the election districts in which such 
 vacancy may have occurred, after giving due notice thereof, to open a poll and 
 hold an election to fill such vacancy, as in cases for the election of Members 
 of the Legislature. 
 
 VII. That each election district throughout the State shall be entitled to 
 elect and send to the said Convention, a number of Delegates equal to the 
 whole number of Senators and Representatives which such District is now 
 entitled to send to the Legislature ; and the Delegates to the said Convention 
 shall be entitled to the same freedom of arrest in going to, returning from, 
 and whilst in attendance on, said Convention, as is extended to the Members 
 of the Legislature. 
 
 VIII. That all free white male citizens of this State, of the age of twenty- 
 one years and upwards, shall be eligible to a seat in said Convention. 
 
 IX. That the Governor be, and is hereby requested, forthwith, after the 
 passage of this Act, to communicate an authentic copy of the same to the 
 
ADDENDA. 39 
 
 Executives of each of the slave-holding States of the Union, and to urge 
 upon the said authorities, in such manner as he may deem best, the desire 
 of the State of South Carolina, that the said slave-holding States do send 
 duly commissioned Deputies to meet the Deputies herein provided, to be 
 elected, at the city of Montgomery, in the State of Alabama, on the second 
 day of January, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. 
 
 X. That it shall be the duty of his Excellency the Governor of the State, 
 by his proclamation, to call together said Convention, and appoint the time for 
 the meeting thereof, whenever, at any period before the next Session of this 
 General Assembly, the conjuncture of a Southern Congress, contemplated in 
 the purpose of this Act, shall have happened. Provided, That in case the 
 Governor shall not assemble the Convention anterior to the next Session of 
 this Legislature, this General Assembly shall, by a majority of votes, fix the 
 time for the meeting of said Convention. 
 
 XL That the said Convention may be continued by adjournment from time 
 to time, so long as may be necessary for the purposes aforesaid ; Provided, 
 however, That unless sooner dissolved by their own authority, the said Conven- 
 tion shall cease and determine in twelve months from the day on which the 
 said Convention shall first assemble. 
 
 In the Senate House, the twentieth day of December, in the year of our 
 Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty, and in the seventy-fifth year of 
 the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America. 
 
 ROBEET F. W. ALLSTON, 
 
 President of the Senate. 
 JAMES SIMONS, 
 
 Speaker House of Hepresentatives. 
 
 AN ACT to fix the time for the meeting of the Convention, elected under the 
 authority of an Act, entitled " An Act to provide for the appointment of 
 Deputies to a Southern Congress, and to call a Convention of the people 
 of this State," passed in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred 
 and fifty. 
 
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, now met and 
 sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That the 
 
40 ADDENDA. 
 
 fourth Monday in April next, be, and the same is hereby, fixed as the time 
 for the assembling of the Convention of the people of this State, provided for 
 and elected under the authority of an Act, entitled " An Act to provide for 
 the appointment of Deputies to a Southern Congress, and to call a Conven- 
 tion of the people of this State," passed on the twentieth day of December, 
 in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty. 
 
 In the Senate House, the sixteenth day of Deceviber, in the year of our 
 Lord one thousand eight hundred andfijty-one, and in the seventy-sixth year 
 of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America. 
 
 EGBERT F. W. ALLSTON, 
 
 President of the Senate. 
 JAMES SIMONS, 
 
 Speaker House of Representatives. 
 
 EXTRACT FROM AN ACT, entitled "An Act to make appropriations 
 for the year commencing in October, one thousand eight hundred and 
 fifty-one:' 
 
 For the pay of the Members of the State Convention, to be held on the 
 fourth Monday in April next, tea thousand dollars, if so much be necessary ; 
 each member to receive the same pay that is now by law allowed to Members 
 of the Legislature ; for the Clerk, and the Messenger and the Doorkeeper of 
 the said Convention, each the same pay that is now by law allowed to the 
 Members of the Legislature. 
 
 In the Senate House, the sixteenth day of December, in the year of our 
 Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty -one, and in the seventy -sixth year 
 of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America. 
 
 ROBERT F. W. ALLSTON, 
 
 President of the Senate. 
 JAMES SIMONS, 
 
 Speaker House of Representatives. 
 
ADDENDA. 41 
 
 A JOINT RESOLUTION of the Legislature, granting the use of the 
 Hall of the House of Representatives to the State Convention. 
 
 Resolved, That the use of the State House and of the Legislative Library 
 be, and the same are hereby, tendered to the Convention of the State, ap- 
 pointed by an Act of the General Assembly, to convene in the town of 
 Columbia, on the fourth Monday in April, 1852, and that the Keeper of the 
 State House and Librarian are hereby directed to be in attendance on said 
 Convention. 
 
 In the House of Representatives, December 15, 1851. 
 
 Resolved, That the House do agree to the Kesolutiou. 
 Ordered, That it be sent to the Senate for concurrence. 
 
 By order, 
 
 T. W. GLOVER, C. H. R. 
 
 In the Senate, December 15, 1851. 
 Resolved, That the Senate do concur in the Resolution. 
 Ordered, That it be returned to the House of Representatives. 
 By order, 
 
 W. E. MARTIN, C. S. 
 
INDEX 
 
 TO THE 
 
 JOUENAL OF THE STATE CONVENTION. 
 
 A 
 
 ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 
 
 Relative to the State Convention, 37 
 
 ADAMS, J. U., 
 
 Proposed amendment of the ordinance by, IS 
 
 B 
 
 BELLINGER, JOHN, 
 
 Proposed amendment of the ordinance by, 15 
 
 C 
 
 CLERGY, 
 
 Vote of thanks to 20 
 
 Convention adjourned, 21 
 
 Convention met, 1 
 
 D 
 
 DARGAN, Hon. G. W., 
 
 Resignation of, • 1 1 
 
 DELEGATES, names of, alphabetically arranged, 22 
 
 names of, arranged according to Congressional Dis- 
 tricts, • • 33 
 
 M 
 MEMBERS. 
 
 See Delegates, , « 22 33 
 
44 INDEX. 
 
 o 
 
 ORDERS. 
 
 That the Assistant Clerk of the House furnish Stationery 
 
 for the use of the Convention, 10 
 
 That the President appoint a Cashier and Assistant Cashier, 11 
 That the Clerk act as Reading Clerk, superintend the print- 
 ing, &c., 11 
 
 To allow the Reporters for Journals seats on the floor,. ... 11 
 
 To regulate the hour of meeting, 11 
 
 To priLt a list of the names of members alphabetically ar- 
 ranged ; and also a list arranged according to Con- 
 gressional State Elective Divisions, 11 
 
 To print the daily Journals, &c., 11 
 
 To iDrint 300 copies of the Rules of the Convention for the 
 
 use of members, 14 
 
 To authorize the Clerk to furnish Stationery, 14 
 
 I To print and distribute 5000 copies of the Journal, 20 
 
 To pay the printers of the Convention 20 
 
 To allow members excused from further attendance on the 
 
 Convention to sign the roll of names hereafter,. ... 20 
 ORDINANCE— (See Resolution and Ordinance, 18 19 
 
 PRESIDENT, 
 
 Vote of thanks to, ,„ 20 
 
 R 
 
 REPORTS 
 
 Of the Committee to prepare Rules for the government of 
 
 the Convention, 13 
 
 Of the Committee on Printing, 13 14 
 
 Of the Select Committee of Twenty-one, 18 19 
 
 Of the minority of the Committee of Twenty-one,. 23 
 
 Of Maxcy Gregg, Esq., 24 
 
 RESOLUTIONS. 
 
 To appoint a Committee to prepare Rules for the govern- 
 ment of the Convention, 11 
 
 To open the pioceediugs of the Convention with prayer,. . .10 11 
 
 To contract for the printing of the Convention, 12 
 
 On the death of Donald Rowe, Esq., 12 
 
 To appoint a Committee of Twenty-one to consider and re- 
 port on the Act "to provide for the election of 
 
INDEX. 45 
 
 Deputies to a Southern Congress, and to call a Con- 
 vention," &c., 14 
 
 RESOLUTION AND ORDINANCE, 18 19 
 
 To thank the Clergy for their prayers, 20 
 
 To thank the President, 20 
 
 To issue drafts for pay of members, &c., 20 
 
 RHETT EDMUND, 
 
 Proposed amendment of the ordinance by, 17 
 
 ROWE, DONALD, 
 
 Resolutions on the decease of, 12 
 
 SIMONS, T. G. 
 
 Resignation of, 14 
 
 T 
 
 TOOMER, A. V. 
 
 Proposed amendment of the ordinance by, 18 
 
JOURNAL 
 
 OF THE 
 
 STATE CONVENTION 
 
 OF 
 
 SOUTH CAROLINA; 
 
 TOGETHER WITH THE 
 
 RESOLUTION AND ORDINANCE. 
 
 PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE CONVENTION. 
 
 COLUMBIA, S. C: 
 JOHNSTON & CAVIS, PRINTERS TO THE CONVENTION. 
 
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