The Convention proceeded to the consideration of the second resolution. Mr. Rhett moved to amend the second resolution by adding the words, "all the matters appertaining to the business of the Convention.” On metion of Mr. Hutson, the amendment was ordered to lie on the table. On motion of Mr. D. L. Wardlaw, the, blank was filled with the number seven; and the resolution was agreed to. Mr. Inglis withdrew the third resolution. On motion of Mr. Orr, the Hon. Henry Dickinson, Commissioner from the State of Mississippi to the State of Delaware, was invited to a seat on the floor of the Convention. On motion of Mr. Manigault, it was Resolved, That it is the earnest desire of this Convention that the Commissioners from the States of Alabama and Mississippi accompany the Convention to Charleston. On motion of Mr. Pope, it was Resolved, That the thanks of this Convention be returned to the Baptist Congregation, of Columbia, for the use of their building. On motion of Mr. Keitt, it was Resolved, That a message be sent to the Committee of Arrangements of the Legislature, returning the thanks of the Convention for their invitation to attend the inauguration of the Governor, and explaining why this Convention could not attend. The President presented the credentials of Hon. John A. Elmore, Commissioner from the State of Alabama, and the credentials of Hon. Charles E. Hooker, Commissioner from the State of Mississippi, which were ordered to be filed, and entered on the journal. On motion, the Convention was adjourned at ten o'clock, P. M. B. F. ARTHUR, Clerk of the Convention. STATE OF MISSISSIPPI. JOHN J. PETTUS, Governor of the State of Mississippi, To His Excellency, the Governor of the State of South Carolina, Greeting: BE IT KNOWN, That, reposing special trust and confidence in the ability, integrity and fitness of Hon. C. E. Hooker, I have, in compliance with a resolution passed by the Legislature of this State, on the 30th day of November, A. D. 1860, appointed, and by these presents do appoint him a Commissioner from Mississippi, to proceed to the Capital of South Carolina, to inform the people of that Commonwealth, through their Executive, that the Legislature of this State has passed an Act calling a Convention of the People of the State, to consider the present threatening relations of the Northern and Southern sections of the United States-aggravated by the recent election of a President upon principles of hostility to the States of the South, and to express the earnest hope of Mississippi that South Carolina will coöperate with her in the adoption of efficient measures for the common defence and safety of the South. Given under my hand, and the Great Seal of the State hereunto affixed, at the City of Jackson, this 5th day of December, A. D. 1860. By the Governor, [L. 8.] C. A. BROUGHER, Secretary of State. JOHN J. PETTUS. STATE OF ALABAMA. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, Whereas, the election of Abraham Lincoln, a Black Republican, to the Presidency of the United States, by a purely sectional vote, and by a party whose leading and publicly avowed object is the destruction of the institution of Slavery, as it exists in the slaveholding States: And . whereas, the success of said party, and the power which it now has, and soon will acquire, greatly endanger the peace, interests, security and honor of the slaveholding States, and make it necessary that prompt and efficient measures should be adopted to avoid the evils which must result from a Republican administration of the Federal Government; and, as the interests and destiny of the slaveholding States are the same, they must naturally sympathize with each other; they, therefore, so far as it may be practicable, should consult and advise together as to what is best to be done to protect their mutual interests and honor: Now, therefore, in consideration of the premises, I, Andrew B. Moore, Governor of the State of Alabama, by virtue of the general powers in me vested, do hereby constitute and appoint Col. John A. Elmore, a citizen of said State, a Commissioner to the sovereign State of South Carolina, to consult and advise with his Excellency Governor W. H. Gist, and the members of the Convention to be assembled in said State on the 17th day of December, instant, as to what is best to be done to protect the rights, interests and honor of the slaveholding States, and to report the result of such consultation in time to enable me to communicate the same to the Convention of the State of Alabama, to be held on Monday, the 7th day of January next. In testimony whereof, I have hercunto set my hand, and caused the Great Seal of the State to be affixed, in the City of Montgomery, this 8th day of December, A. D. 1860. [L. S.] A. B. MOORE. B |