PROM TUB MOUNTAINEER. a
PUBLIC MEETING. 1
On the n^M.uiduy in August last, a meeting (
*v< $ ?: the Court House lor the purpose of
tiki-u into consideration the propriety of giving ^
the ewtrioM of Presidential Electors, and Goveri:- j,
or uf the State, dhfectly to tins people. ?A Com- j
mim-i* of ht Jcen was appointed to prepare a He- t
?j 3|9 port and KoaoiutioAa to be submitted to a meeting r
? ! S?li; df\V V* -inhcr. 1
lu moec??*f mice with the proceedings above re- l
(erred to, a meeting was held on Sale-day last, c
when Josiali Kulgore, Esq. was called to the Chair i
(tilts Chairman of the previous meeting not being t
present) ami J. Choice, Esq. appointed Secretary. ,
Alter llie organization of the meeting, the follow- t
ing Report was submitted by Dr. O. B. Irvine,
(Chairman of the Committee of 15) which was ad- ,
vocated insjseechos of some length by Dr. Irvine, j
Maj. Perry, Capt. Brooks, and opposed by Dr. (
Crook, after which it was adopted :
REPORT. >
The Committee to whom was referred the Res- 1
olutions of the meeting of the citizens of Greenville ]
District, held in the Court House on Sale-day in 1
August last, have taken every opportunity to meet I
together and to consult upon them, and they beg
leave to offer the following Report, viz :
The Committee have first exumincd the Consti- '
tution of the United States where it prercril>es *h<- (
mode of appointing the President. flic following
is the language of the instrument on the subject:
That "mcMWi i to ahull appoint, in sncli mnnwr I
?u the Legislatures thereof may direct, a number :
of Elector* oquul to tlic whole mnnberef Senators
Representative* to '-Inch the State may f ><
entitled in the Cong* ess," Sec. Sec.
This language si'enii'd to the Committee to be
plain, susceptible of but one construction, as to the
powers conferred upon the Legislatures. The Legislatures
were appointed by the Constitution simply
the agencies, mo far only, as to direct the manner
in which the Hectors, should be appointed by
the State.
A brief analysis of the wording of that clause
will conclusively show this. Its words are these : '
"Each Slate shall appoint a number of Electors,"
&c. &c.; "The Legislatures thereof may direct
the manner." There is surely a difference between
the doing an act oneself, and the directing others
how hey msy do it. It'it hat! intended the Leg- '
isiuieres to appoint the Electors themselves, it
w?.. J huve said so ; its language would have been
. n o . ,
imp- rative, as it is in all instances in which a pow- '
er "-conferred.
^appose, ror Instance, thar the Constitution Viml 1
int; *sted to the Governor of the State instead of
the Legislature, this agency or directing the manner
in which the State shall appoint the Electors,
and the Governor, instead of doing so, had tuken
upon himself the appointmont of the Electors.?
AVould the people have submitted to it for a moment
? So palpable an encroachment upon popular
suffrage would not have been attempted l?y an
individual ; but where is the difference, in principle,
between the usurpation of power by a single
nidi vidual, and the same act l?v an organized
body of individuals, such as the Legislature of the
State 1
The Committee, in every light in which they
have viewed tiie subject, confidently assert that
the Legislature of South Carolina, by retaining in
tKoie ?1 * " '
uv.ii m 111 iiic election ot the .Electors lor I
President, have disobeved the Constitution of the '
5 United States. They have misapplied a trust,
simply, that was i onride ?the to. and have thereby
withheld ffotn die people a high prerogative i
thju wfr* Ojt"sf clearly con tarred .jjpon them. By
i\ f , the net that iheV von -n.!y sc.i
JhorititWlo dimrt -he manner iti which others
should doit, tKoy ive, to that extent, disfranchised
the people; legislated them out of the suffrage for
tl" . yhe-t <i.'u,:. r krnwn to the Constitution of the
1 "lli'e,!
n.ltfo Jcotn die argument; or further
comment on this it ranch of the subject referred to
them, wholly unnecessary. They contemplate the
subject with surprise, astonishment and regret ;
that the people of South Carolina, so republican in
feeling, so intelligent, and so watchful of all encroachments
upon their political rights and privileges,
should so long have acquiesced in so plum
and so palpable a usurpation of their suffrage, a
suffrage, loo, above all others regarded most dear
to a freeman?that suffrage, too, which, on repeated
occasions lias been so profligately abused,
under the control of the Legislature or rather, the
politicians of South Carolina.
The Committee here would have gladly passed
over in silence those former acts of the Legislature,
but they belong now to the history of the State,
and they arc referred to only as history?"philosophy
teaching by example," and as a warning to
the future.
How often has the Legislature of South Carolina
repeated that most disorganizing of till precedents,
that of bestowing this hi^li suffrage of the
' o O
State upon men who, at flit) time, were not cantlidates
for the ollice, scarcely known to the peo pie
at all, hut who happened, tit the time to he the
mere ephemeral favorites of the dominant party of
the State; and thus, in repeated instances, the
dearest right ever wrung from the hand of tyranny
?that high prerogative for which the patriots and
statesmen of *?G and 'c>3 toiled and counselled, lias
boon withheld from the people of South Carolina,
and prodigally wasted l?y her politicians, to he hestowed
on their party favorites. The Committee
trust that so dangerous and so capricious an abuse
of the elective franchise will never again he tolerated
in South Carolina. And from this part of her
political history the Committee are almost led to
distrust the wisdom and the policy, i?*? tlu; first inttCilutioif
cf iILsW.T.1 bodies, tor CiKK\CctTtivc appointments,
more especially that for President of
the United States, in place of a direct vote by the
people themselves. The history of every Presidential
election, not only in South Carolina, but
il>'? ? ^ 1
....... me v? huiu country, lunusnes out loo
many evidences to strengthen such distrust?all
our experience in Presidential nominations and
Presidential canvasses, has shown that every step
through the invention of electoral bodies, of whatever
name, whether of Congressional Caucuses,
National Conventions, or State Electors, all, all,
are hut so many steps, over which to multiply the
chances lor defeating the will of the people. Political
agents intrusted with the suffrages of the
people are never lacking in pretexts to substitute
their own, in place of the people's choice, when it
has suited their own interests or promoted the
schemes and views of their own party. Ifadinitteil
that flu; people are capable of self government,
which a half century's experiment has not yet con- ,
tradicted, why are the people not allowed to be- ,
com#; their own constituency ? Why the creation
of an intermediate constituency 1 why this body
of Electors, much less, as in South Carolina, first a
body of Legislative Electors and then, through |
them, a body of State Electors, all professedly to (
vote for the people, instead of the simple, honest ,
democratic vote, by the people themselves t <
The Committee are brought, by their invesf'gn- I
tinns, to but one conclusion. It is this : that the i
Legislature of South Carolina, in retaining in their
own hod v, the control of the Electors for the Pros- t
ident and N ice President of the TTnifed States, |
have violated the Constitution, arid in repeated in- t
stances, have abused a hicrh and important suf- v
frage, be!- "gi:ig, a . it ha.: of right. #> the people, p
I
.nd therefore should, at the first session of the next
.legislature, be restored to thetu.
The Committee proceed, next, to consider the
Governor's election.
By the Constitution of South Carolina the elecion
of the Governor has been vested in the Lcgilature.
Will the people admit that this was, in
he first instance, wise or proper! The Kxecuive,
in organizing the State was intended a sepaate
and distinct branch of the dhmc Government.
Gut here, he is dependent on ai*thcr branch of
ho same Government, the Legislature. They
llect lllin ; thev ri?irnlnl?liiji aiilarics nf tl.o'.r xiill I
w J
Vrc the |>eo|)le prepared to admit that his election is
insafc in their hands ? Has lie a patronage, by
vhich to control, or in any way influence his clccion
amongst them 1 None whatever.
It would seem, then, that consistency, if not the
rerv wisest considerations of State policy, called
or a transfer of this suflerage. Tliis, above all
jthers, should be under the control of the people,
l'hey are the only legitimate consistency ; vested '
n any other body is anti-democratic, and violative
if the principles upon which our State Government
>vas professedly established. All our political
nslitutions professed to lie republican?the people,
the acknowledged source of all power?their
GSovcrnmcnt, a system of agencies?their agents
to he directly responsible to them! Rut, in
South Carolina, what a departure from these boastpd
fundamental principles J The highest officer
Known in their Constitution is not appointed by
the people. The chief Execute of their State
!?y the manner ofhis becomes, virtually,
n creature ofa'. ? .nuiicli of their
State (jovemmsnt, removed antl protected, in his
responsibilities and sense of official duties to the
people, by an intervening body of electors," the
Legislature ! To account for these inconsistencies,
lit the origin of our political institutions, is not difficult
when we reflect jliut it was common then to
regard them all as so many eaywtwew/.*. untried
<mi uncertain in their stability and duration ; and
hencelhe framers of all the first Slate Constitutions,
acting in distrust of the wisdom and discretion
of ihe people, to a very great extent disfranchised
ihein, and heaped upon the Legislature a
patronage and an influence over the appointments,
that was threatening to the rights and liberties of
the people ; ami to remedy these first and palpable
errors in tlie distribution of the elective franchise,
nearly every one of older States of the first
thirteen, have been reforming their Constitutions
rind restoring the right of suff rage back to the people.
Ami further, not one of the new States, in
I he formation of their Constitutions have attempted
to withhold from the people the appointment of the
Governor by direct vote.
It becomes a subject of enquiry, why it is that
South Carolina should be so fur behind in the work
of democratic teforin. While nearly all the States
of the first Union have been remodeling tbeirConslitutions
and extending the elective franchise upon
the true democratic busis, and making themselves
ftractico/li/ republican, she remains nearly where
she was in the experimental days of our republican
institutions, so slow is the change of political
opinion among her citizens. And but lately has
her people been permitted to elect some of the
subordinate officers, such as the Sheriff's of the Districts,
the Clerks of the Courts, the Tux Collectprs,
&c. Occ.; and in relation to these elections loo, the
opinion was but lately prevalent that the people
were incapable of making even these, judiciously.
But are the people not awakening to their vights
and duties and interests ? "Will they stop .r
and be content with these small elections, when
die great suff rage for the cbeit Executive officer
of their Stole ? <m * *Wi*i I It is again ask?a;
r1 J r f r5:
n i'iii' ?j; uw '-natr oui ?owiy, and with i:
stealthy hamf. thmfc mino<* ttr.'d comparatively 'insignificant
appointment*, when the election of the
highest ami most responsible officer of the Stale is
withhold frotn thein, invested as he in. Uy the Constitution,
with some of the highest powers ami duties
compatible with the l ights and liberties of the
people 1 A bare enumeration of bis constitutional
prerogatives and duties will demonstrate the importance
of his appointment hy the people, viz :
That of reprieving and pardoning the citizen after
conviction of his life?he is the Commander-inChief
of the armies and navies and militia of the
State?the chief executive officer of the State, presiding
over one of the great departments of the
State lioverninent?whose duty it is to see that
the laws are faithfully executed?to recommend
to the Legislature the great measures of policy they
should pursue, and the laws they should enact?
with power to convene and adjourn that body under
certain circumstances.
These, then, are his powers and duties under
the Constitutions; and will it be conceded, that
with nil these powers and duties and influences,
operating so directly upon the people, that his appointment
was more wisely vested in the Legislature?
Are they prepared to admit that it is not
safe under their own control ?
The Committee entertain a very different opinion.
They believe that the opinions and wishes of
the great mass of the people of South Carolina are
now in favor of reforming this suffrage, and that a
general expression of opinion, a united action on
their part, is all that is requisite to effect it.
The Committee would here close the subject,
but they arc aware of the fact that there are
onm." i.. .1 1 - ->
.......j ....... .^11..13 mruuunowi me country oppose*!
to any reform whatever, but, at the same time, entertaining
among themselves very discrepant ami
conflicting opinions in regard to the whole matter,
one opposing all constitutional reform, on the
ground that Constitutions are too sacred, too timehonored
and hallowed to he sacrdeged by the
meddlesome bands of the people ; "better to bear,"
they tay, "the evils we have, than fly to these we
know not of." JVo/i mr tangerc, is their maxim.
While another argues that a Governor's duties
in South Carolina are so limited and unimportant
that his ofHce is a mere sinecure, and why trouble
the people with his election, which, us they .allege,
it is so demoralizing and so distracting to Unpeople
to multiply the number of elections among
thetn. These are afraid of ultra democracy?that
tint people will not stop at the Governor's election,
hut will demand all the others?that a pure, unmixed
Democracy, a political licentiousness, will
he the consequence of such indulgence to the peo*
p!e.
Hut these are all exploded doctrines. Time
hns refuted them, and the Committee will not argue
them. Hut there is one objection which the
Committee will notice as more formidable than
the rest, because of its more general prevalence.
It is asserted that any reforms of the elective?franchise
are unnecessary, because, under the right
<;/ wie people possess the power to
control these appointments, if they choose to exercise
it.
This is their argument. " The people," they
my, "elect their members to the Legislature;
they have the right to instruct their members; the
member, so instructed, is l>oun<l, as their representative,
to obey the instructions ; and so they
mjoy all the rights and benefits of sufl'rage, ns
"idly and effectually as if they were to vote di ectly
themselves."
Now, in the opinion of the Committee, this is
he argument that has quieted the minds of the
icople of South Carolina ever since the organizaion
of their State Government. It has been
vielded by the politiciann, to conceal from the
icople the practical operations of the elective
i
franchise, and to delude and defraud them out of
one of their highest political Privileges. But it is
all false and delusive ; a# fdtse in practice, as ia
theory it is specious and plausible. Every voter
in the State will recognise what is the fact, in relation
to the Governors election, that, at the time
of the State Legislative eloctfons, there is never
a candidate known to them to* the oflce of Governor.
How, then, is it possibA or practicable for
them to instruct, whep-sjbro have no available
cundidute in whoso lavortVrey can instruct? They
are compelled, from this very circumstance, to
make their elections to the legislature, regardless
of any individual preferences; the candidate for
the Legislature may have fbr thte Governor's appointment
their candidates, then give no pledges
to the people. The people can give no instructions
to the members, nor do they ever ask any
pledges; and the first that they are permitted to
know of the Governor's election, they learn it from
the ballotings for that office, among the proceedings
of the Legislature. No one will deny bnt
that the Legislature maketheir own choice of the
Governor, untrammelled qy their pledges, or any
instructions hy the people But admitting that it
were practicable for the | ?ople to instruct, docs it
follow that the Legislatuie is the most safe and
suitable body through whiph to make that appointment
J The Committee think not. The Legislature
and Executive are both equal. They are
both equal departments of the same Government.
| Their lunctrons and duties qietifically ei foment?
I the one lCxpoiitivf, the other Legislat \-e; the
'creative electoral, cqntrof^pver both raiding in
j the people, in tl.oii pr'tWIry ca| icifiesN where
I alone it can be tnainttmcd in its ip'v and Republican
simplicity,
Our State Goverwyi nt is Orfranixed into three
distinct departments, Legislative, Executive, and
Judicial, each endov ed with separate and specified
powers. And i their declaration of rights,
many of the States 'declare that these shall he
Jorerrr kept ?? ?*? :;. d distinct from each
other." But in Soi h Carolina, they are not separate
and distinct?the Executive is appointed
l?v tlie Legislature./ The Executive in South
ill .1 1? >
i3 wiuLuiaiij liL-jicnucm inr irs existence
upon the Legislature. The one is effectually
merged into the othek Now if the Legislature
may go on to absorb the Legislative department
of the State Government, may it not the other ?
Is the Judicial now safe under its encroachments?
Is the tenure of the Judges left quiet?
Is there no danger tba: the Judiciary may sink
under their curtailment: ? Where, then, will h?
the guaranties for the liberties of the people, who
all the departments of' the Statu Government are i
centred in the Legisliture ? The work of een- '
tra!i?att?n, so much cveadcd by Republicans, is
then completed, and thl people are left, as they
ever have been, in all instances of usurpation, the
name, only, of their Government, while they are
living under a Legislative despotism. May it not
be so now ? Is thatbulv not now essentially omnipotent?omnipotent}
through the extent and influences
of its appointing patronage ? It is fash
ionahlc for politicians'to fall into paroxysms of
dread of such monsters as Executive power ami
Executive patronage. But there are no such
monsters to bo dreaded, us Legislative powers
and Legislative patronage? Is one tyrant more
to be dreaded than one hundred and sixty-nine ?
But neither of them are monsters nor tyrants, nor
to be dreaded, when the appointing patronage is
held and controlled by tbo people.
" the C'-mmittec close'the! "Report,
they w !' e'urn onco more o the argument ui the
right r srructioir, as this, by mufly, is regarded
11$ iIn; 'i:i-..efl>c]f?nt gear in'ae ofpopular suffrage,
j -4tv! vi 01. wUioft tl - - * -tlv.. ?. " -11
t , ? VSf " T" -IT - ' ""
reform. - 1
Admit, then, for. tjw; sake of drgufecnt, that nil
the candidates, for It be offices of President and
V?ee President of if ?S., and f.?r Governor of
the Stare, were t nov- .l *5 the pen; !r before their
! elections to tiio iiuili Legislature, the Committee
can easily demonstrate the fnct, that not even then,
is it practicable for Ihcm to attain their full suffrage
for all these difercnt appointments. It becomes
so, from the vkry diversified character of
the functions and dulcs of the members of tlie
Legislature?there bang no kind of congruity in
the functions of lawmaking, and the selecting
those high officers; itlis made their duty to appoint.
It is most cwdeut that it would rarely
ever happen, that theflgreut mass of the voters of
the State could find fa the same set of candidates
for the Legislature, fitness and qualifications for a
Legislator, whoso views and preferences for all
those appointments vould coincide with their own.
Every voter who witild vole upon principle, and
aiin to secure his full suffrage, would meet with
this difficulty. He vvtrtJW be forced by this very
circumstance, to give up some one of his own
preferences, to secure another that he might deem
of higher importance.
The Committee therefore conclude by repenting,
in pan, the language of one of the Resolutions:
"That this mode of elections in South Carolina
is incompatible with the rights of suffrage;
that it has operated, and must, from the nature of
the system, continue so to operate, as to deprive
the people of their ownunhiussed choice of some
one of their liigldy responsible officers of the Genera.
or Slate Guv eminent, and therefore ought
to la* < :ni o< d."
After the Report had been read, discussed and
, 1 M t .11 -J <* V < -
-jr., r i i itj oiierca win following Jtesobition,
which was parsed by an almost unanimous
von- of tin; mooting ;<
Therefore Jiexvfrtl, Tltnt this address bo published
in the Greerville Mountaineer, and that copies
of it be presetted to each l?ra; < h of our Legislature
by the in (Mi be rs of the House and tlie
Senator from this-DlflHict, and thai they l?e requested
to do all tlicy can to effect tbo object of
the same.
J. K.ILGOIIK, Cliiurman. ,
J. Choicf, Secretary.
1 j_?
SOTJTH CAROLINA,
Spartanburg District*
in tiik court of ordinary.
['arhnnt Rici :.i I .vu'e uad otters, \
Appiicuuls. f Summons in
vs. > l'urtitiou.
I'.luabetli Ikniuir and otlu m, t
rii'fendants. J
JT appearing to my Hntixfictinn that I'.lizatxMh Rnuiar,
? ............. in.iiiiir, cpcncer 11 unar. Matilda Dolour,
widow of Armst<-<l Itosuir, Sr. deceased, Caroline
Dom.ir, Irvin lloninr, Mary Bomur and Surah Donuir, children
of the said \nii?t?'d Honor, Sr., drteiuril, defendants
in tliia rune, reside from and without the limits of this
Statu. It in therefore ordered that they do ap|>enr and
object to the division or sale of the real estate ot Arinsted
Domar, sr., deceased, on or before the third Monday in
! November next, or their consent to the same will he taken
| pro con/ftto as to thctn.
a R. BOWDKN, o. s. p.
Ordinary's Office, August 28, J844. 36-3m
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ITALIAN DKNTIST8 Coiii|niiiu(I Orris Tooth Wash?
for wile by WM. B. SKAY. ml.Y-ly
DU. LIN'S Celestial Balm of Cliinn?For wile bv
hi 15-1 y WM. B. HE AY.
PATENT MACIIINK SrUKAl) Stren(<tlieiiiup l'lus
tern?for wile by WM. B. SKAY. inl5-ly
The above invaluable Medicines tire for sale by Win. B
Seny, Spartanburg, C. II.; Crenshaw A Ailiekx, York
villa; Bromley Harris & Co. Chester: .1. Me.Master
Wiiineshoro*; .1. S. Swindler, Newberry; Win. Itiibe
Laurens.
Spnrtanburfr C. II., May 15,1811. 1 v
JUST RKCKIVKI)?
Muriatic Aeid, Aeetic Arid, Tartaric Acid.
Kochelle Salts, Aipia Fortis, Atpia Amoiiin.
Wine of Colehieiiui, iMur Aiuoiiia. Bole Armenia.
Sweet Sp. Nitre, Balsam Tola, Ceunndc Balsam.
Cotworve of Rose*, (itnn Ciiuijihor, Ilyde. 1'otash.
Quinine tie Sulphate, Lunar Caustic.
Corrosive Sublimate, Red l'recipitnte, fiuin (iuiac.
Crotou Oil. I'ulve. Arsenic, Oil lU'riruuiot.
Oil Lavender, Oil Orange, Oil Ngjhfrns.
Liquorieo Hall. II >ttcn Stone, Scotch Snuff.
McAbov Snu 11'. Sliavitv. Sonp. ToiletSoap.
Wafers per oy., Turpentine Soap.
C route Yellow, Lamp i.litrk. *
Tugfilirr with iiiuuv other articles, for wile by
WM. H. SF.AY.
Spartanburg, May 2f?, 181 -I. ly
/.V EQVITW
STATU OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
Spartanburg IMstricl.
11. F Hates .{ others, 1
vs. ^ llill of l'artition, &
Mark Croekcr ami Wife nml others. y
IX obedience to an order of the Court r.f Chancery, ii
this ease, will lie sold at Spartanburg Court House, oi
Sales Day in November next, tin- realty of Anthony Hate*
deceased, as exhibited by plutts I. 2 and 3. -Lot No. '
encloses ?60 ai l ce, and is honuiled by lauds ?l'T. I'urket
J. King, and A. Ilarinond. Lot No. 2, comprises 123 acres
and bounded by lands of .1. Gore nml others. Lot No. 3
contain'ml.' 07 acres; and bounded by lands of II. F. llate
and others. All the above Heal Kstate will be sold iu twi
equal annual instalments, with interest from date, ex
ccpt the costs of the proceedings, which is required t
be paid down,?also that the purchaser give bonds am
good security, together with a mortgage of the premises t
secure the purchase money. T. O.Y. VKRNON, c. x. s xi
Sent. 1 1. 1.144
I.V EQ1JITW
HpnrtmiburK District, South Carolina.
R. T. Sims and wife and other* 1 Kill for the parti tio
v?. > of laud.
Dr. Samuel Snoddy. )
IT appearing to inv cat infliction that the defendant Di
Samuel Suoddy reside* from and without the liniita t
this State, on motion of lleury X- Dean Cnmpluiimiit^ftt
Iicitors it is ordered thut he tin appear within three month
from the publication of this rule aud plead answer or dc
mur to this hill or the same will he taken pro eon/e??o.
T. O. 1', VKRNON, c. c. s. i>.
Commissioners Offico, July 10th 1844. 29-3m
state of South Carolina,
Spartanburg District.
IN THE COURT OF ORDINARY.
WittfAM Parius, Applicant, }
vs. f Snmmont in
LAiuroRD CARTnr.i.L and I Partition,
others, defcnehint*. /
IT appearing to mv sntiafartion that Nimrnd Cantrell
Abraham ('autre 11, Cale*b Cantre-11, and Inane Forth*
fotir of the* defendants in this case, reside freim anel witli
exit the; limit* of this State*. It is the*re!fe?rc oreleroel, thn
the*y do appear anel object to thee eliviaion e?r mile* of tlx
re*nl estate of Mary Cantrell, dece-nse-el, e>n or leefore the
20th day of September nc?t, or thoir consent will be fak
on pro eonfesso.
n. nownr.N, o. s. n.
Juno ID, 10 11. 26-3m
I
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
At a general mooting begun and holden at Columbia on
tbe fourth Monday in November, in the year of our Lord
one thouaaud eight hundred and forty-three, and from
thonce continued by diverse adjournments to tho nineteenth
day of December in the Mine year.
A Bill to alter and amend the first section of the Consti*
tutioa.
Be it enacted by tbe Senate and Home of Repreientafive*
now met and tilting in General Attembty, That the
first section of the third article of the Constitution be altered
and amended to read as follows : "The judicial power
shall bo vested in such superior and inferior Courts of Law
and Equity, M the Legislature ahull frmn timo to time direct
awl establish the judges of each lioroafter to be
elected shall hold their commissions during good behavior,
until they have attained the age of sixty-five years,
but no longer ; "and the Judgea of the Superior Courts shall
ut stated times receive n compensation Air their services
which shall neither be increased or diminished during their
contiuuaniro in otlicc; but they shall receive no fees or
jierqtiisites of oflico, nor hold nny other office of profit or
trust under this State, tlie United Stutcs, or any other
power."
In theSenato House, tho nineteenth day of December, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty
three. Wo certify that the above bill has been read during
the present session, three times iu tho llonse of Representatives,
und three times in the Senate, titid was agreed
to by two-thirds of both brunches of the whole reprcsenta
lion. ANGUS PATTERSON,
Speaker of the House of Rep.
W. F. COLCOCK,
President of the Senate.
Skciiktaut's OFrtce, )
Columbia, Julio (i, 1844. J
T do hereby certify the foregoing to ho n true and literal
copy of a Bill entitled " A Bill to niter and amend the first
section of the third article of the Constitution. " Passed
on the l!?th day of December, in the year of our Lord on?
thousand eight hundred mid forty-tlueo, und now in thia m
office.
Given under my hand ami tho seal of the Stnte, the day
and year above written. WM. F. ARTHUR,
Dep. Sec. of Stato,
In tiik Hovse or Representatives >
December 1G. 1R13. J
Resolved, That tlie Clerk9 of the Senate nml House of
Representatives ?k> cause the bill passed by this General
Assembly, entitled, "A Bill to alter atjd amend the first
section of tlie tliird article of the Constitution," to be pub*
fished three months previous to the next general election
for members of the Goncrul Assembly, agreeably to tbo
provision* of the Constitution.
Resolved, That the House do agree to the resolution,
1 Oidered. that it bo sent to the Seuatc for concurrence,
' lly order.
T. W. GLOVER, c. h. a.
In Henate, 1
, December ID, 1843. (
1 Resolved that the Senate do concur in the resolution.
' Oidered that it be returned to the House of Rep.
by order. WM. MARTIN, c. a.
%-#' The following i?npcrs will ropy tho above onco a
week till the second Monday in October, commencing tho
1st July: South Carolinian, Columbia; Journnl, Camden;
Observer, Georgetown; Gazette, Cheraw; Mountaineer,
Greenville; Spartan, Spartanburg; Advertiser, Edgefield;
' banner, Abbeville; Messenger, I'endleton; Gazette, An'
derson; fanner's Miscelluny, Yorkville.
July 3, 1(544. 28-lot
Viibtt Notice.
ALL jiersons indebted to me by book account, are reipiested
to settle tho same with Jesse Mason, or E. C*
Leitner. lisii. To avoid putting my debtors to cost, I have
| employed Air. Mason, at a considerable expense, who boa
been travelling for several weeks past, and trying to col^fc
lect my accounts ; but thnt plan having frilcd. 1 now
r for the last time, those who do not pay off their ncconnt*
soon, will have to pay cost. My situation compels me t?
collect my del.!.:. * JAS. J. VERNON.
'
i MANSION HOUSE.
mnr q..i.? 1? - ?? ? f 4
. _ fuiiN nuvr nun again iukcii cillirgC OI niK well
JL known I Intel, in Spartanburg Village, which will !>
carried on under his own control mid direction, by part of
. bin own family, in plain, decent style, nnd will accnnimodate
travellers una hoarders at the regular Country Tavern
price*. StiM'k driver* who muy jmss through said
village, niul choose to give liiin a call, will be ncconimn.
5 dated with suitable lot* for'feeding stock, Corn nud fod?
del* aold them a* cheap a* can be atlordcd, and all waggon.
era will be furnished wilb a lot foi tlirir waggon*, and
? alielter for their horaea, except at public tiinea, free of
r cliorge.
b. c. tool*.
Spartanburg, Mnrcb 00, 18-1 -I. ?13?
IIore Cheap <?oo<l?.
(JUST RECEIVE]) THIS DAY,J
r | ll'SCAN, Slruw, Lawn, nnd Wilton Bonnets, Wilton
A Hoods, of every quality and shape. Alan, Georgia
Nankeen, Ginghams, stale and mixed I lore, eilk Velvet,
. worsted Sierge, Dimity Collars, India Rubber, Mitts, Id'k.
and fancy, Parasols, inonrning l'rints, \ ictoria Plaids, (a
beautiful article for children's wear,) also a few bugs Cof.
- fee, (10 lbs perfl.) All of the above elirnp for Cttuh.
k AI.IItKI) TOLLKSON.
may 8?00 ly
S. 15. DEAN,
A T T () R X E V A T L A W .
: w II. . I'll A ("TICK in Paulding. Cass. Cherokee.
' T Forsyth, Lunikin, Union. Gihuure, Murray, CliutogH,
Floyd, Dado, and Walker Counties.
?RESIDENCE?
Chatooga Co., Georgia.
March fi, 1041. ly
S. Ilobo *V IS. ('. Ivcitncr,
ATTOIINKVS AT LAW AND SOLICITORS IN
EQUITY.
HAVE formed n Co-partnership in ilie practice of their
Profession, and will attend to any business entrusted
to tliein in the Courts of Law and Equity for Spartanburg,
Union, Laurens and Greenville.
Office at Spartanburg, 1st door Last of the Conrt House.
January 17 th, 18 14.?4?
II i:\KY A DEA\,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW \ SOLICITORS IN EQUITY,
(Spartanburg C. II.)
THE. undersigned will practice in co-partnership in I.?w
and Equity for the District of Spartanburg, and will
attend the Courts for Union, Laurens, and Greenville.?
Their Clients may be ussured of the same prompt uttention
they have ever bestowed on business for the fast twenty
vears. Thev may be found at the oilioe lately occupied
c by Henry & Bubo. .IAS. EDWD. HENRY,
H.J. DEAN.
(1 Rpnrtatdinrg, February 7, 1844.
!1
W. C. BENNETT, Dentibt,
} T1 KSII)KN('I) ut I lirum Mili lioll'a?pcifoims all ope'
JLA> rations iu Dentistry.
i' Artificial Teeth inserted, from one, to a full set, plugg \
j ing, cleansing, and extracting carious Trctli. Particular
n attention |>ai<l to regulation of Children's Teeth. ^ y
Spartanburg, January 1, 1844. 3m \ \
[l Tj^ II. LEGO ho? been commissioned by the Executive \
? .I to net ns n Magistrate, to fill the vnflsncy occasioned
' by the promotion of ft. Bowdcu, Esq. to the cflica of Or- *
dinars.
MAIL ARRANGEMENT, \
COE^r HOUSE, 8. C. J
" CoinMail arrives every Saturday and >
departs Tuesday
>f rives night and Friday
s ^^^B^^^^^^P^tVcdncHday night and Sunday
Greenville and Southern, arrives Wednesday and Saturday,
5 P. M.
Greenville and Southern, departs Thursday and Sunday,
8 A. M. * ,
Lincoluton, N. C. arrive* Wednnndny and Sntuiduy, 7 P.M.
" " departeThursday & Sunday, 6 A. M. *
Yorkville, 8. C., arrives Wednesday, 7 P. M.
" " departs Thursday, 5 A. M.
Union C. H., 8. C., arrives Tuesday, 4 P. M.
'? " departs Monday, 6 A.M.
Laurens C.H. via Woodruff, arrives Tuesday, 10 M.
" " " departs Saturday, 2 P. M.
Laurens C. H. via Pooleaville, arrives Tuesday, 12 a} night.
I " " " departs Monday, 4 WlT 111!
Limestone, N. C. via Poolesvillc, arrives Saturday, 6 P. '
^ " " " departs Wednesday,6a. n.
t The Mail will be closed in future, at 7 o'clock, P. JiL.
n persons wishing to Mail Letters will please deliver,them
b before that time, or they will remain in the I'ost Office
? nntil the next Mail leaves. This Hole will be stric^y ad to.
herred to.
<i. W. II. LEGO, P. M.
Febrnary 1st, 1811. ^ t