AIST ORDr^AJNTGE
Offered bv Mr. B. F. Dunkin.
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Be it ordained by the People of South Carolina, by their
delegates in Convention assembled,
That, until otherwise provided, the Governor shall be
authorized to appoint Collectors and other officers connected
with the customs for the several ports within the State of
South Carolina, and also all Post Masters within the said
State; and that until such appointment shall have been
made, the persons now charged with the duties of the said
several offices shall continue to discharge the same, keeping
an account of the moneys received and disbursed by them
respectively.
RESOLUTIONS
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Offered by Hon. I. W. Hayne, Delegate from, St. Philip and
St. Michael.
"Whereas, the causes which have produced the separation
of South Carolina from the Federal Union have emanated
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from the States North of Mason and Dixon's line, using
hireling labor only: and whereas, it has not been against
the Constitution of the United States that South Carolina
has opposed her Sovereignty, hut the usurpations of a Gov-
ernment in violation of this instrument:
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Pesolved, That a Commissioner he sent to each of the
slaveholding States, hearing a copy of the. Ordinance of
Secession, and proffering to such State, or any one or more
of them the existing Constitution of the United States as
the basis of a Provisional Government, to he adopted on
the part of South Carolina and any other slaveholding
State or States which, after seceding from the present Fed-
eral Union, shall he willing to unite with South Carolina in
the formation of a new Confederacy, and we do hereby
ratify and confirm from the date thereof, any action taken
by such Commissioner or Commissioners, by and with the
consent of the Governor of South Carolina, in the forma-
tion of such Provisional Union, and we do further earnest-
ly recommend that in days after two or more States
in addition to South Carolina shall have acceded to the
said Provisional Union, an election shall be held for Sen-
ators and members of the House of Representatives of the
new Congress, and President and Vice President of the
new Confederacy.
Pesolved, That three Commissioners be appointed to carry
an authenticated copy of the Ordinance of Secession to
AMENDMENT
Offered by Mr. John Izard Middleton, as an additional
clause to the Ordinance proposed by Mr. B. F. Dunkin.
And the Collectors of the Customs are hereby instructed
to levy and collect duties on all goods, wares and merchan-
dize at half the rates heretofore exacted by operation of
the last Tariff Act of the United States government, until
otherwise directed bv law.
"Washington, to be laid before the President of the United
States, with the request that the same shall be communis
eated to the Congress now in session, and said Commis-
sioners are hereby authorized and empowered to treat for
the delivery of the Ports, Magazines, Light Houses, and
other real estate, and all appurtenances thereto within the
geographical limits of South Carolina; the authority to
treat upon these subjects to be extended to the day of
February, which shall be in the year of our Lord, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-one: Provided, in the
meantime, the said Forts, Magazines, and other places, are
allowed to remain in the condition in which they may be
at the adoption of this Ordinance; and they shall be fui-
ther empowered to treat upon the subject of the Public
Debts, and for a proper division of all other property than
the above, and held by the Government of the United
States, as agent of the States, and embraced in said Com
federacy, until such time as a new Confederacy of States
shall be formed, of which South Carolina shall be one.
AN ORDIbTAJSTCE
To provide for the continuance of Commercial and Postal
Facilities.
Offered by Mr. W. T. Hutson, as a substitute for the
Ordinance offered by Mr. B. F. Dunkin.
"We, the People of the Commonwealth of South Carolina
in Convention assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is
hereby declared and ordained,
That, until the General Assembly shall otherwise provide,
all citizens of this State now holding office under the
government of the United States, within the limits of South
Carolina be, and they are hereby appointed to hold, under
the government of this State, the same offices they now fill,
with the pay and emoluments they now receive.
And be it further ordained that, until the General
Assembly shall otherwise provide, the revenue and postal
laws of the United States be, and they are hereby adopted
and made the laws of this State; saving and excepting that
no duties shall be collected upon goods, wares, merchandize,
and productions imported from any of the slaveholding
commonwealths of North America.
And be it further ordained, that all moneys collected by
any of the officers aforesaid shall, after deducting the sums
necessary for the compensation of officers and other ex-
penses, be paid into the Bank of the State of South Carolina,
subject to the order of the General Assembly.
And be it further ordained, that the officers aforesaid
shall retain in their hands all property of the United States
in their possession, custody and control, subject to the dis-
posal of the General Assembly, who will account for the
same upon a final settlement with the government of the
United States.
AMENDMENT
Offered by Mr. A. H. Brown, to the Ordinance offered by
Mr. B. F. Dunkin.
That the Governor of this State be empowered forthwith,
ho collect duties on imports, at the rates now existing in the
United States, and appoint Collectors or other recipients for
the same, and hold them subject to the further direction of
this body; and also continue the present Postal Arrange-
ments, in part contracted on our behalf, till further arrange-
ments can be effected.