Semi-weekly Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1851-1852, December 05, 1851, Image 2
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
The gfeht length of tiiis document prevents
us from spreading it entire, before our readers,
and Ave have to content ourselves with extracting
such portions of it as are of general interest.
After a few congratnlatarv remarks on
the present peaceful and prosperous state of
our affairs, the President gives a detailed aci.
A ? 1 ?, ||,? ].ltn
count OI me projection <uiu ciniiii- ,,, W1V.
Cuban expedition, and the action ot' the Government
in relation to it, states that exertions
are now being made for the release of the prisoners,
and proceeds as follows:
The governments of Great Britain and France
have issued orders to their naval commanders
on the West India station to prevent by force, if
necessary, the landing of adventurers from any
nation on the Island of Cuba with hostile intent.
Trie copy of a memorandum of a conversation
on this subject between the Charge
d'Alfaires of her Biitannic majesty, and the
acting Security of State, and ol a subsequent
note of the former to the Department of State,
are herewith submitted, together with a copy
of a note of the Acting Secretary of State to
the Minister of the French republic, and of the
reply of the latter, on the same subject. These
papers will acquaint you with the grounds of
this interposition of the two leading commer>
r- ?i ? : !. .1...
cial powers 01 i^urope, ?uu ?iui m<.
hensious, which this Government could not
fail to entertain, that such interposition, it" carried
into effect, n>ip;iit lead to abuses in derogation
of the maritime rights of the Tinted
States are founded on a firm, secure, and welldefinded
basis; they stand upon the "round of
National Independence and public law, and
will be maintained in all their lull ami just extent
* . The principle which this Government has
heretofore solemnly announced it still adheres
to, and will maintain under all circumstances
and at all hazards. That principle is. that in
every regularly documented merchant vessel,
the crew who navigate it, and those on board
of it, will find their protection in the Hag which
is over (then). No American ship can be allowed
to be visited or searched for the purpose
of ascertaining the character of individuals
on board, nor can there he allowed any watch
by the vessels of any'foreign nation over American
vessels on the coasts of the United
States or the seas adjacent thereto. It will he
seen by the last communication from the I5rir'C..,.
,v v /, ttiri n<?nfirtinpnt of State.
II9U V/U?ti^ u aiiuato b</ .
that be is authorised to assure the .Secretary of
State that every care will he taken that, in cx.ecuting
tiie preventive measures against au expedition
which this Government itself lias denounced
as not being entitled tothe protection of any
government, no interference shall take place
with the lawful commerce of any nation.
Io addition to the correspondence on this
subject, herewith submitted, official iuforuiation
has been received at the Department of
State, of assurances by the French Govern;
ment that, in the orders given to the French
naval forces, tliev were expressly instructed,
in any operations they might engage in, to respect
the flag of the United States where ever
it might appear, and to commit no act oflio>.
Jtility upon any vessel or armament under its
protection.
Ministers and consuls of foreign nations are
the means and agents of communication between
us and those nations, and it i* of the utmost
importance that, while residing in the
country, they sliold feel a perfect security so
long as they faithfully discharge their respective
duties and are guilty of no violation of our
laws. This is the admitted law of nations, and
no country has a deeper interest in maintain
ing it than the I idled States. Our commerce
enrnfwlc or or pivrr sea and visits every clime,
aud our ministers ami consuls are appointed lo
protect the interests of that commerce, as well
as to guard the peace of the country and maintain
the honor of its Hag lint how can tin y
discharge these duties unless they he themselves
protected; and, if protected, it must he by the
laws of the country in which they reside And
what is due to our own public functionaries residing
in foreign nations is exactly the measure
of what is due to the functionaries of othgovernuents
residing here. As in war, the
bearers of flags of truce are sacred, or else wars
would be interminable, so in peace, embassadors,
public ministers, and consuls, charged
with friendly national intercourse, are objects
of especial respect and protection, each according
to the rights belonging to his rank and
station. In view of these important principles,
it is with deep mortification and regret 1 announce
to you that, during the excitement growing
out of the executions at Havana, the olKce
of her Catholic majesty's consul at new Orleans
was assailed by a mob, his property destroyed,
the Spanish flag found in the oflice
carried off and torn into pieces, and lie himself
i u:o ....i I.
KiUUCt'U IU ucc iui Ilia jivijvkih o?hv.j,
he supposed to be in danger. <) i receiving intelligence
of these events, I forth with directed
the attorney of the United States residing at
New Orleans to inquire into die facts and I heextent
of the pecuniary loss sustained l?y tinconsul,
with the intention of laying them before
you, that you might make provision for such
indemnity to him as a just regard lor the honor
of the nation and the respect which is due to a
friendly power might in your judgement, seem
to require. The correspondence upon this subject
between the Secretary of State and her
Catholic majesty's minister plenipotentiary i;
herewith transmitted. * * *
By reference to the Report of the Secretary
of the Treasury, it will be seen that the aggregate
receipts fur the last fiscal year amounted
to $52,312, 979 87 ; which, with the balance
in the Treasury on the 1st July. 1850, gave, as
the available means for the year, the sum ol
$58,917,524 30.
The total expenditures for the same period
warn ftifl 17 On 87.8 (58.
Total imports lor the year ending 30th of June
J 851, were ... $215,725,99.:
Of which there were in specie 1,5)07,901
The exports for the same period
were .... $217,517,130
Of which there were of
domestic products $178,540,555
Foreign goods re-exported
' - - - 9,738,695
Fpecio - - - 29,231,880
$217,517,130
.Since the 1st of December last, the pa
meats in cash oil account of the public del
exclusive of interest, have amounted to .3"
t>01,456 50; which, however, includes t
sum of ?3,242,460 paid under the 12th artie
of the treaty with Mexico, and the further sn
ol 82.591,213 45 ; being the amount ofa war
to American citizens under the late treaty \vi
Mexico, for which the issue of stock was a
thorisod, but which was paid in cash from t
Treasury
The public debt on the20lh ultimo, exclusi
j of (he stock authorised to be issued to Tex
! I?v the act of 9th .September, 1S50, was 86;
| 560,395 26.
The receipts for the next fiscal year are es
mated at 851.NQ0,()(){), which, with the proli
i hie unappropriated balance in the Treasury, i
| the 30th June next, will give, us the probal
j available means for that vear, the sum of 861
! 258,73 4 09.
It isas been! coined proper, in view of t
large expenditures consequent upon the acqi
silion of territory fiom .Mexico, that the es
mates for the next fiscal year should be laid I
fore Congress in such manner as to distiugui
the expenditures so required from the olhmvi
ordinary demands upon the Treasury.
'J'he total expenditures for tlie next fist
j year are estimated at 8 l'-J,89*2,~99 19,
which there is required for the ordinary pi
po?es of the Ciovernment, other than those co
sequent upon tlie nequisition of our new Ti
rilaiies, and deducting the payments on a
count of the public debt, the sum of 839,9 K
19S t?N ; and for the purposes connected diret
ly or indirectly villi those Territories, and
the fuilihiiont of the obligations of the Ciover
ment, contracted in consequence of their a
quMlion, the sum of 89,519,101 11.
If the views of the Secretary of the Trensn
in reference to the expenditures required 1
these Territories shall he met !?y correspond!!
action on the part of Congress, and appropri
tions made in accordance therewith, there u
he an estimated unappropriated halanco in t
Treasury on the 30th Juno, ] 853, of $20,301
443 00, wherewith to meet that portion of t!
public debt due on the first July fullowin
amounting to $0,"237,031 35, as well as ai
appropriations which may bo made beyond tl
estimates.
The values of our domestic exports for t
last fiscal year, as compared with those oft
previous year, exhibit an increase of $-13,041
322. At first view this rendition of ourtra
with foreign nations would seem to present t
most flattering hopes of its future prosperil
An examination of the details of our cxpor
however, will show that the increased value
our exports for the last fiscal year is to be fou:
in the higi price of cotton which prevailed di
ing tiio first half of that year, which price h
since declined about one-half.
The value of ourexpoits of breadstnfTs a
provisions, which it was supposed the inccnti
of a low tariff and large importations fro
abroad would have greatly augmented, h
fallen fiom 808,701,1)21, in 1847, to $20,05
373 in 1850, and to 821,1)18,653 in 1851, wi
a strong 'probability, amounting almost to
certainty, of a still further reduction in the ct
rent year.
The aggregate value of itico exported duri
the last fiscal year, as compared with the pi
vious year, also . xiii'iits a decrease amountii
to 8400,017, which, with a decline in the v
ues of the exports of tobacco for the same |
riod. make an aggregate decrease in these t\
articles of 81,150,751
The policy which dictated a low rate of d
ties on "oreigu merchandise, il was thought
those who promoted and established it, woi
tctiil t<> In'tietH nit1 tarming popui.unjii ui n
country, l?.v increasing tlie* demand and raisi
t!:e price of ngsiculturul products in forei
market.';.
'i"lie foregoing facts, Iiowevcr, seem to sh<
iiicontestibly tiiat no such result lias follow
! the adoption of this policy. On the central
notwithstanding the repeal of the lestrieli
corn laws in K.nglaiid, the foreign demand I
the products of the American farmer has slea
ly declined, since the short crops and con.
(|uont famine in a portion of Kurojtc have be
happily replaced by full crops and comparati
| abundance of food.
I It wiil be seen, bv reclining to the comm
cial statistics '??r the pa.-t year, that (lie value
' our dome-tie expott.s has been increased in t
single item of Taw cotton by 810,000,(100 01
i the value ol that export for the year preci
ing. 'J'iiis i> not duo to any increased gene
demand for that article, but to the short or
j of the preceding year, which* created an
i creased demand nod an augmented price
j the crop of Inst year. Should the cotton ci
now going forward to market he only equal
nmmtitv to that of tlu> venr nreeeditiif. and
Mild :it the present prices, then there wculd
a falling oil'in the value of our exports lor I
present fiscal year of at least 8 10,0!>t>,()t
J compared with the amount exported for t
I venr ending 80lii June, 1851. * *
1'lie exports of specie to liquidate our lorei
debt during the past liiscal year have liven
208,1)71) over tiie amount of specie import
! The exports of specie (luring the iirst qua
_ <if the present fiscal year have been 814,0;
j <v27. Should specie continue to he export
at this rate Ibr the remaining three quarters
i this year, it will drain from our metallic ci
reucy during the year ending 80th June, IS."
the enormous amount of ?58,007,808.
In the present prosperous condition of the i
tional finances, it will become the duty of (a
grcss to consider the best mode of paying
I the public debt. If the present and anticipal
? surplus in the Treasury should not he absorb
by appropriations o! an extraordinary char;
p tcr, tlii~> aurjilus should be employed in su
way,.and under such restrictions, as Congn
I may enact, in extinguishing the outstandi
debt of the nation.
Iii my last annual message, to whirli 1 r
i p. c llullv i i lcr, 1 stated briefly the reasons whi
induced me to recommend a modification oft
present taiifl", by converting the ad valorem
1 to a specific' duty, whenever the article impi
U'd was of such a character as to permit, a
jhnt such a discrimination should he mat
in favor of the iudusltria pursuits of our o\
c nut in. as to encourage home producti
without excluding foreign competition.
y- The numerous frauds which continue to he
Lit, practised upon the revenue, by false invoices
7,- and under valuations, constitute an unanswerhe
able reason for adopting specific instead of ad
:le valorem duties in all cases where the nature of
mi the commodity does not forbid it. A striking
ds illustration of those frauds will be exhibited in
tii the Report of the Secretary of the treasury,
"* | showing the custom house valuation of articles
lie imported under a former law subject to specific
duties, when there was no inducement to undervc
. valuation, and the custom valuations of the same
:l3 | articles; under the present system of ad valorem
-.* duties, so greatly reduced as to leave no doubt
| of the existence of the most flagrant abuses
t?* under the existing laws. This practical eva*
j .sion of the present law, combined with thelani"
: guishing condition of some of the great interdo
J ests of the country, caused by over importa3,
j lions and consequent depressed prices, and with
: the failure in obtaining a foreign market for our
ho increasing surplus of breadstuff* and provisions,
''* has induced me again to recommend a modifih*
cation of the of the existing tariff.
?o- Tiie report of the secrelary of the interior,
-h which accompanies this communication, will
?e present a condensed statement of the spcratioiis
of this important department of the Goveminent.
ol j It will be seen that tnc sales of the public
,r* lands exceed those of the preceding year, and
n* j that there is no reason to anticipate a still further
'r* I increase, notwithstanding the large donations
c' which have been made to many of the States,
and the iibernl grants to individuals as a reward
y lor military services. This fact furnishes very
111 gratifying evidence of the growing wealth and
"* j prosperity of our country.
c* Suitable measures have been adopted for com;
mencing tii". survey of the public lauds in Caliry
fomia and Oregon. Surveying parties have
"r | been organized, and some progress has been
;'o made in establishing the principal base and mer;l"
idiaii lines. Hut further legislation and addi|
tional appropriations will be necessary before
y the proper subdivision can he made, and the
'?* i general land system extended over those remote
U) parts of our territory. * * *
'a? In my last annual communication to Con|
gross I recommended the establishment of an
lc' Agricultural Bureau, and I take this occasion
again to invoke your favorable consideration of
lie thesubjet.
ae I Agriculture may justly be regarded as the
[}>' great interest our people. Four-fifrhs of our
active population are employed in the cultiva*
1,0 j ration of the soil, and tlie rapid expansion of
Lv- our settlements over new territory is daily ad*
| ding to the number of those engaged in that
?' i vocation. Justice and sound policy, therefore
| alike require that the (lovernment should use
lr* all the means authorized by the Constitution to
as i promote the interests and welfare of that imporI
taut class of onr fellow-ctizeus. And \ret it is
11(1 I m cimrttl*ir (' n't iti'if tlio man ii fa of urine
vc ;iii(l commercial interests have engaged the at111
tenlion of Congress during a large portion of
as ; ovcrv session, and our statutes abound in proI
visions for their r/rotection and encouragement,
fl i
11,1 little has yet been done directly for the advanee!l
j ment of agriculture. It is time that this reproacli
li? ?u.r legislation cliould l>o removed;
and I sinceiVly hope that the present Congress
[1S i will not close their labors without adopting
rc* ' eflieient means to supply the omission of those
'3 who have preceded them.
:l'" i An Agricultural Bureau, charged with the
duty of collecting and disseminating correct i?vo
fotnvdion as to the liest modes of eultivatien,
and of the most effectual means of preserving,
and coloring l!ie fertility of the soil, and of
'fV procriiig ami distributing seeds and plants and
other vegetable productions, with instructions
uis j,, r,.nr;ird to the soil, climate, and treatment best
"3 ' adapted to their growth, could not fail to be,
' 5" in the language ol Washington, in las last annual
message to Congress, a "very cheap in,u'
; struineiit of immense national henelit."
f,< | Regarding the act of Congrcssapjiroved 28th
v' i September, 18;>l). granting bounty lands to perV
sons who had been engaged in the military serp'
vice of the country, as a great measure of na
; tioiml justice and munihcicnco, mi anxious desire
lias been felt, by the officers entrusted with its
111 immediate execution, to give prompt effect to
lu* provisions. All the means within their control
were, therefore, brought into requisition 'o expepr".,
dite the adjudication of claims, and 1 am gratii
fied to be able to state that near one hundred
I thoueand applications have been considered,
't'1 i ed, and about seventy thousand warrants issued
| 1 within the short space of nine months. If ador;
quale provisions bo made by law to carry into
"l1 . (..fleet the recommendations of the Department,
,!l" it is confidently expectod that, before the close
j of the next fiscal year, all who are entitled to
''P the benefits of the act will have received their
i warrants. * * * *
',l' J It is deeply to lie regretted that in several
'JL> i instances ofiicers of the (iuvernmcnt, in at'u>
tempting to execute the law for the return ol
fugitives from labor, have been openly resisted,
'll' ! and their tflbrts frustrated ami defeated by
* ' . 1 I i . i. .. .1. .. I.
lawless ami Vioicm muiis; uiai in one tiisi- sutu
p" j resistance resulted in the death of an cstimahie
citizen, and in others serious injury ensued
j to those olfiecrs and to individuals who were
. 1 using their endeavors to sustain the laws. Proseditions
liave been commenced against the al.
i ledged offenders so far as they could he identilied,
and are still (lending. 1 have regarded it
[" as 11iv duty, in these cases, to give all aid le''?
gaily in my power to the enforcement of the
laws, and I shall continue to do so wherever
ia- and win-never their execution may be resisted.
"> i The act of Congress for the return of fugi
oil lives from labor is one icqaired and demanded
eil by the express words of the Constitution.
"'c' The Constitution declares, "That no person
,c'* held to service or labor in one State, under
l(:'' the laws thereof, escaping to another, shall, in
'ss consequence of any law or regulation therein,
"r> he discharged from such servico or labor, but
shall be delivered up on claim of the party to
? I 1. ? Iw> /Inn 'I'ltic *?mi
L'b" Wlltlill SIIUII MTViru HNIJ ?'v * ??*.. * ii.? ^vr..
idi stitulional provision is equally binding upon the
lie Legislative, the Executive, and Judicial departin
incuts of the (Government, and upon every citii?r
zen of the United States,
ml Congress, however, must, from necessity,
le, hist act upon the subject, by prescribing the
,vn proceedings necessary to ascertain that the
on | person is a fugiti/e, and the menus to be used
. for his restoration to the claimant. This was
! done by an act passed during the first term ot' f p<
; President Washington, which was amended ! th
by that enacted by the last Congress, and it Si
| now remains for the Executive and Judicial th
; Departments to take care that these laws be
1 faithfully executed. This injunction of the 1 ?t
! Constitution is as peremptory and as binding I }n
I as any other; it stands exactly on the same j ?0
J foundation as that clause which provides for I (r
; the return of fugitives from justice, or that | c,
which declares that no bill of attainder or ex te
post facto law shall be passed, or that which
provides for an equality of taxation, according tl
i to the census, or the clause declaring that all :ll
j duties shall be uniform throughout the United e]
Stales, or the important provision tl' .t the trial g
ol all crimes shall bo by jury. 'liiese several sj
articles and clauses of the Constitution, all 0
resting on the same authority, must stand or f]
tall together. Some objections have been ur- |;,
gcd against the details of the act for the re- a
I turn of fugitives from labor; but it is worthy of tl
remark that the main opposition is aimed ].
I against the Constitution itself, and proceeds [j
; from persons and classes ol persons, many |
of whom declare their wish to sec that Con- , 0
| stitution overturned, 'l'liey avow their hos- [ 0
j tility to any law which shall give full and prac
tical cflect to this requirement of the Consti- ?
tution, Fortunately, the number of these persons
is comparatively small, and is believed j0
j to be daily diminishing, but the issue which
! they present is one which involves the supremu- p
| cy and even the existence of the Constitution.
Cases have heretofore arisen in which indi- |?
| viduals have denied the binding authority of |J(
I acts of Congress, and even .States have pro- tl
! posed to nullify such acts, upon the ground
j that the Constitution was the supreme law of t|
: the land, and that those acts of Congress were
j repugnant to that instrument; but nullifh atiou q
is now aimed, not so much against particular
1 laws as being inconsistent with the Conslituiion, L.(
| as against the Constitution itself; and it is not' )r
j to be disguised that a spirit exists and has been S(
' actively at work to rend asunder this Union,
| which is our cherished inheritance from our w
j revolutionary fathers. e
In my last annual message I stated that I p
I considered the series of measures which had pt
j been adopted at the previous session; in reference
to the agitati-m growing out of the territo- sj
j rinland slavery questions,as a final settlement in n
! principle and substance of the dangerous and | ;l
i nvciiimr snliioiUs whitdi thev embraced : and 1 i ol
o ^ '
recomended adherence to the Adjustment es- L
tabli&hcd by those measures, until time and ex- h
pcrience should demonstrate the necessity of j
further legislation to guard against evasion or
ahusc. 1 was not iu 'uced to make this rccom- j ?
mendation because 1 thought these measures | y
perfect, for no human legislation can be perfect.
Wide differences and jarring opinions
can onlv be reconciled bv yielding something
on all sides, and this result had been reached w
after an angry conflict of many months, in j
which one part of the country was arrayed i
again-t another, and violent convulsion seemed Sl
to be imminent. Looking at the interests of
the whole country 1 felt it to he my duty to j
seize upon this Compromise as the be.?t that 1 n
could be obtained amid conflicting interests, j
i and to insist upon it as a final settlement, to he ! j
adhered to by all who value tiie peace and ;
welfare of the country. A year has now I j-f
elapsed since that recommendation was made, j j
To that rccomendation I still adhere, and 1 con- j t(
! gratulate you and the country upon the general j a
! acquiescence in these measures of peace, which !
has been exhibited in all parts of the Republic, p
I And not only is there this general acquiescence j
in these measures, but the spirit of conciliation (j
which lias been manifested in regard to them
in all parts of the country, has removed doubts !
and uncertainties in ti e minds of thousands of e
j good men concerning the durability of our
! popular institutions, and given renewed assu
! ranee that our Liberty and our Union may sub- j y
sist together for the benefit of this and all sue- i i(
i cceding generations. I .i
MILLARD FILLMORE, j t,
Washington, December 2, 1851.
Legislative Proceedings j ft
D;:ci:mbkh 2d. t
| In the Senate, the report ol the committee on '!'
1 the Governor's message?covering the commit!
nieation of the British Consul 011 the subject of
colored seamen, was unanimously adopted and
ordered to the House for concurrence.
The special order, being a bill to fix the time .
j of the meeting of the State Convention was j
i then taken up in committee of the whole, Mr.
! Buchanan in the chair. The bill being read, w
the committee rose and reported it to the Sen- ?
ate without amendment, and recommended that 1 0
it do pass. The time fixed is the fourth Moil- f.
I day of April next. , .
The Senate proceeded to the general orders. I
A bill to abolish Brigade Encampments was
read a second time, and ordered to the House
for concurrence. ii
Sundry other matters were before the Senate,
which will be published in the Journal to-inor- b
! row. ^
In the House, memorials, petitions, and re- \
ports occupied the morning hour. u
On motion of Mr. Dargan, leave of absence
i was granted to his colleague, Mr. Evins, on o
account of sickness in his family. d
Mr. Abram Jones offered a resolution to terminate
the present session of the General As- o
| senibly on the 18th inst.; ordered for consider- c
i ation to-morrow. I a
Mr. Haskell offered a series of resolutions,
(those now known as the "platform" of the co- p
operation party;) wlikli were made the special b
order of the day for Thursday next at one ti
o'clock. X,
Mr. L. M. Keitt offered the following preamble
and resolutions; which were made the tl
special order of the day for Thursday next at
one o'clock : | s<
1 Whereas in the recent elections held forde- b
putiesto the Southern Congress, those opposed i
to the separate secession of Sunlit Carolina j c<
from the Union, in many districts of the State, ci
not only declared before the people flirt they el
are opposed to the submission of South Caro- ol
Ima to the past wrongs inilicteu on tiiein uy the : Mi
General Government, but actually proposed ei
projects of resistance short of secession : i th
I Resolved, therefore, That by the recent elec- I
I tion for members to a Southern Congress, the j m
?ople of South Carolina did not determine
at they are in favor of the submission of the
Utte to the past wrongs inflicted on them by
ie General Government.
Resolved, That "No Submission" should
ill be the watch-word of the State, (as it was
the late election by many of those opposed
i secession,) which should call together all the
ue resistance men of all parties in patriotic
A nn/irottil CJlVA fVio iMohfe
' op.iiiivn vv# ???w V..V I 'pHWj 11UIIUI, UUU III"
grity of the State.
Resolved, Tfiat all the wrongs inflicted on
ie State by the General Government remain
s they were when the legislature ordered the
lection for a convention of the people of the
tate, in their high sovereign capacity, to conder
and determine for themselves what mode
f redress in relation thereto it is expedient for
icm to pursue ; and consistency in the Legiaiture,
as well as that respect which should
I ways be borne towards1 the people, require
lat a day should be designated by the Legisiture
for the assembling of the said Couvenon.
On motion of Mr. R. F. Perry, the special
ider, being a bill to provide for the election
I rreskleiHial electors ry the people, was taen
up, and the House resolved itself into comlittee
of the whole?Mr. Williams in the chair. *
Mr. Perry addressed the committee at some
ngth in support of the bill.
Mr. John I. Middleton briefly replied to Mr.
erry.
Mr. Ilutson next addressed the Chair not,
i? said, to discuss the merits of this bill, for he
elievod it beneath the dignity of the crisis
irough which the State is passing. He rose I
> offer a preamble and resolution, to the effec.
lat the committee report to the House that
ie bill do u >1 pass. At the suggestion of Mr.
'orre, the mover withdrew the preamble.
After some further .desultory debate, the
ommittee rose and made the following report,
eing the resolution introduced by Mr. Huton:
The Committee of the Whole House, to
'hieh was referred "a bill to provide for the
lection of electors of President and Vice j
'resident of the United States in South Caro- ,
na by the oeople," beg leave to report.
That they have had said matters under con- <
ideration, and are of oppinion that it is inexedicnt
at this time to agitate the State by any
(tempt to change the present mode of electing
lectors for President and Vice President of the
inited States. They therefore recommend
at the bill submitted do not pass."
After some remarks by Mr. Tucker and Mr.
,. W. Thomson, the question was put, and on
lotion ol Mr. B. F. Perry, the yeas and nays
-ere ordered, and resulted as follows:
Yeas?GO. NAYS?48.
December, 2.
As usual, on Commencement day, but little
as dor.e in either branch of the Legistature.
In the Senate, Hon. H. S. King, Senator
oiii St. Paul's Paiish, appeared and took his
eat.
Senate then receded from business, and joind
the procession to attend the College Con);
leiiceineiit.
At half-past cue the President resumed the
hair, when ^
Mr. Adams introduced a hill to fix the time
>r the meeting of the State Convention. Tho I
ill received at first reading, and was committed i
o a committee of the whole Senate to-morrow
t 1 o'clock.
Mr. Barnes, from the committee on the mil.
arv and pensions, reported a bill to alwdish
rig-ide encampments; which was read a first
line, and ordered to a second reading to morr>w.
Mr. DuTYcville introduced a bill to take the
videuco of free negroes and slaves in certain
ases, and lor other purposes.
Among other proceedings, was a motion by
Ir. Cam, instructing the committee on thecal>ge,
education, and religion, to inquire into
ic expendiency of erecting a new Chapel in
ie College Campus; which was adopted.
Mr. Carew presented a memorial from a laige
umber of citizens, asking aid from the State
jr the South Carolina Institute. <
In the House, Mr. Crookshank presente<Tthe J
etition of J. W. Cladwell. and others, prav- ;
ig for an net of incorporation for the Florida
team Packet Company.
Mr Middleton, from the committee oil intern-.
I improvements, to whom hail been referred
le subject, reported i bill in favor of selling
ie Rocky Mount Canal to Daniel McCullough.
Reports from the committee on the judiciary
ere read by .Mr Huut. We were pleased to
bsorve that the committee reported favorably 1
II the bill to increase the amount of property S
xcmpt from levy and sale, introduced by Mr. 1
'acker. Wo earnestly hope that it will receive j
10 favorable consideration of both Houses. j
December 3. |
In the Senate, the usual business of the morn- 1
ig hour was transacted. ^
In the House, the morning h on r was occupied
y the presentation of petitions, memorials,
, . *
Mr. Ashmore, from committee on claims, j
lade a large number of reports.
The report of the committee of investigation
i) the Branch of the Hank of the State at Camen
was presented.
Mr. Harrington, 011 the part of the minority
f same committee, made a report, which re- -I
ummended the discontinuance of the Branch
t Camden, and an agency there be establishedThe
special order, being a bill to define trie
rinciples on which joint stock banks should
e hereafter incorporated, and a bill to re-char r
the Bank of the State, was called up by
Ir. John 1. Middleton. 1
The House resolved itself into committee of
le whole, Mr. Chesnut in the chair.
.Mr. Middleton addressed the committee at ^
)ine length in support of the first mentioned
ill.
Considerable discussion was elicited in the
ammiltco on the provisions of the bill, espoiallv
011 that which provides a forfeiture ot
iiarter on the suspension. An amendment
t Mr. Torre, making the bank suspending
able to forfeit its charter, and giving the Gov nor
some discretion in the mode of applying
to penalty, was finally adopted.
At this stage of the proceedings Mr. Owens
oved that the comtnittee riso and