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The Ui for prokiWrifr rcn&a not haying had the intended effea, bat the evil fo jatlly complained of daily CTCafinS' " appears neceflary to make trial of fome otheremedy ; and as a plentiful fupplof food, u the foreft way of facing the pndb of them, I fubtnit to your jodgment, whether it may not :ex Ldient to eftablifo a board of commerce for importing fuch mer chandize as may be wanted for the Indian trade, and other pub JfcfaSi and" for accommodating the inhabitants c chis U e who are in low or middling circumftances, wuh Ac xnoft rcqaifite for their own confumption, at reafonable races. Honourable gentlemen of tbi legijiative caned Mr. Speaker and gentlemen of the general ajfimbh, A well difciplined militia u fo cfleoual to the preformation of freedom, that I cannot avoid carneitly exhort:ng you to perfect a law wTidi may renaer our aili alone equal to che-oelence at he fta-e and ; I hope chat your zealous and laoaablc attachment o the hberde, of the people, will lead you to fuch .Iterauo., of che militia aft as che ficoacion of our affairs requires : 1 rue t iV that we ma boaft of many men amougft us whofe flifpofi on wouM make a law enneceflary for chem, W wh.ro i. che country in which fome uacoward perfons will noc be found I ? for thorn it is indifpeniable. Beleive me, a good mthtia wil pra fveyour Hberdes; chey may be loft withouc ic ; nor Arnold he fear of enacW a bad law, prevent che attempting a good one . Let cL aftVof (hort,duracian ; a liccle experience will prove it if found injurious or oppreffivc, let it never be revived. Th- fubiecW vagrants to ferve in the continental regiments, .ilht reclaim L idle and difToluce and make chofe ufefd co theftaces who are now a burchen and difgrace co the commu- "'several laws having expired, and others tH son will confider which of chem Qiould be revived and continu ed, and whether fome paffed lince our lace revolution, may not TsvUent, that during the continuance of che prefenc trou ble P-er moft be exercifed by the execuuve Lhoricy in every ftace, b,t It is moft conftitutional that ne leattve mould determine what are fit to be entrufted to the ixecuc Z, as it is fatar fr the people that their reprefenta:;ves mould veft fuch by a temporary law than that the executive fho.tH exercifeany under the fanftion of neceffity only. fhotfld exercie any uu JOHN RUTLEDGE. Toiis Excelled Jons Rutledc.e, Efquire prefdent and com- naner in cbnf of tbe fate of Scutb Carolina : The ADDRESS of the Legislative Council ot the laid SlAtE. jlfz it pka'e rour Excellency , V17 E the ieciflative council return your Excellency Our W thanks for your fpcech delivered to boch houfes ac the ooenine of this feffion. . t' Fully imprefled with a fenfe of the very momentous and weigh ty objects Therein recommended for our deliberation, we aflure your Excellency, That we will proceed on them with that zeal candour and aiSdaity, which matters ofiuch real concernment necclTarily demand, and from the refult of which, we fervently hope, many folid and permanent advantages may flow to the public weal. -..- i j- We heartily concur with your Excellency on the expediency Of forming a well regulated milicia, fo very eflential to che pre fervation of freedom, and fo truly conducive to che happinefs and dory of a commonwealth. Hiftory doe3j noc furnilh an 10 rtance wherein the ftrenoous exertions of a people were more torefiine for fo wife an eftabli foment, than the prefer, t glorious concert affords ; a conteft, which, we troll, will difplay to Pol terity the moft fplendid examples of magnanimity and heroifm that ever dittinguiftied human natureThus purfuaded and fen flWeof theadequatenefs of the prefenc milicia-law to the exigen cy df our affairs, we will readily unite with the general A Sembly in endeavouring to m del and prreS fuch a law and in every other meafure that will tend moft erTiaually Co the defence and fecurity of the State, and to the perpetual iupport of its luttre tnd independency. . In l be kgijlaii ve mined de itb day of Jan. 17, . By order of the bouje, HUGH RUTLEDGE, Speaker. . ; . ? ' 8 . May it tUafeyur Excellency, tALn s j I was with great pleafure the general Affembly received y0ar Excellency's lpeech at the opening of this feffioo, contain ing matters of tranfeendent moment, demonftratmg yoar atten. t?ogn To, and foUcicude for, che we fare of the peopte over who vou are appointed co prefide. We chank your Excellency for loir expreffions of fatisfaction in meeting us at this feafon, when onr private concerns admit of our paying due attention to the public bufinefs ; indeed, the dim jceod .local crcomfonce.de.. 5. "e this to be the molt eiigable feafon m the year for the det patch of che weighty affairs oHegiflation ; and we hope the time Tbrardccfederatiot, between the United States of America well demand our early and moil ferious attention : The fubjea is itupendoufly important, and oughc to be matam. lv diee ted, equally weighed, and W fn"er unon che coniideration of this bufinefs with mindi STrfeSy difpod to a confederated union of the ftate, upon a f,c" . r .3 j.mMnir rtnlv as much of our lovereiPn erincipleot equanry, ucic5a..5 -...7 j- P fy as may be ablolutely neceflary for the general fafety. - , Lt .,a ;or which cur conftituents have ever dif- His Excellency's ANSWER. linear able gentlemen, - . . YOUR affurances give great reafon to expeft that thole ad vantages to che public weal, which you hope for, will re from your deliberations : An addrefs which affords fuch a profpea, cannot therefore fail of being very acceptable to me. Jan. 14 7i bts Excellency John Rutlbogb, Efquire, frefdeni and com mmmder in cbilfinand : r the fate of South Carolina; The ADDRESS ui the General Assembly. stayed, marking cSem for a people tenacious of their right., mimfm$ rUir pvsmnle. and ftimulate us cannot but mltruct us w Af 7- 1 A ,-, 7 " adopt and purfue luch meafures as we mall think moft likely to -cftablilh their independence die ty preliminary hat we will ever hear of, !diog- to i iltoii .iMf'eat BaW. We are refolved to hazard, and if need be t6 lofe our all in the profecutien of our endeavour, no lefs laudable than juft, to fe cure oorfelves from the Bririfh dom:aation, winches cruelly as ungratefully operated to our ruin ; and we fhall -therefore moft cheerfully grant every a:d in our power forAj fervice of the United States. Without doubt, . the fum allced of us by Con, arefs is more than our proportion of the five millions required of the continent ; but we recan to ftrain every nerve m fepport of the war and will leave the due fctttement of our proper quo ta to a ci me of more tranquility. . Your Excellency may rell ffurcd, that we fhall anxioufly en iieavounco fupport the .public credit at home and abroad and reputation in Congrefs to relieve rhe people from che high rafes at which .neceflary foreign goods are foldto procure fup plies for carrying on the indiah trade to place the militia upon the moft ferviceabie tooting to difburden the fiate of vagrants, hod yet to render fuch men of tome advantage to the communi tyto revive and continue wholefome laws and co reft the ex ecutive government in this time of imminent danger, with fuch powers as may tend to enable it to fruftrate the machinations of fecret traitors, to repel the attacks of the open enemy, and to prelerve tne itate. By order of the hcufey , jkn ,4 . THOMAS BEE, Speaker. ; . His Excellency's ANSWER. Mr. Speaker and venthmeny I AM much pleaied at vour ravouraDie recepiiuu uj wj iwjw mendations, and give you my moft hearty thanks for this addrefs, as it is a further demonftration of what indeed has been always fully evinced of your regard fo the welfare of the people1 over whom I have the honour to preiide. Jan. 14.. j . . ON Thurfday the 15th inftant, a li: tie after 4 o clock in the morning, a fire Was d:fcovered in the bake-houfe of one Moore, at the north end of union ftreet. The alarm being immediately given, a number of people with the engines, fee. was foon af fembled, but tn wind blowing frem at N. N. E. drove che Jlames with an irapetuolity that could not be checked. The fire was fo rapid in its progrefs,' that before twelve o'clock it had entirely deftroyed all Union, ftreet ; the fouth fide of Queen ftreet f om Mrs. Doy ley's houfe to the baygreateft part of Chalmers's alley all the bay, excepting fifteen houfes, Troni Queen ftree: co Granville's Baftion che north fide of broad ftreet from Mr. Thomas Smith's houfe to the bay ; the fourh fide of the fame from Mr. Sarrazin's to Mr. Guerard's houfe all Gadfden's alley Elliott ftreet excepting two hcttfesi-Be-don's alley the eaft fide of Church ftreet from broad ftreet to Stoll's alley, excepting 5 tenements--and the whole of Tradd ltrect to the eaflward of Church ftreet. The cr ckling of the flames, the dreadful columns of fmoak, bearing with them my riads of large fiery flakes, which fell in all parts of the town ly ing in the direftion of the wind, the roar of explosions, the crafli of falling houfes, the fhrieks of the unhappy fufferers, the horror painted in every countenance, the confufion apparent eve ry where, and detecting the infamous wretches (and they were not'a few) who availed themfelves of the opportunity to pilfer, altogether formed one of the moft difmal fcenes of woe and di ftrefs that can poffibly be conceived. Much praife is due to the ofheers and foldiers quartered in town, who afforded every affift ance in their power to the inhabitants ; and it Was chiefly ow ing to their cxtrao:d;nary exertions, that the houfes at the focth
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