JOURNAL OF THE CONVENTION

OF THE

PEOPLE OF SOUTH CAROLINA:

ASSEMBLED AT COLUMBIA ON THE 19TH NOVEMBER, 1832, AND AGAIN ON THE 11TH MARCH, 1833.

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JOURNAL OF THE CONVENTION.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1832.

Pursuant to an Act of the Legislature of the State of South Carolina, entitled "An Act to provide for the calling of a Convention of the People of this State," passed on the 26th of October, 1832, the Delegates of the several Election Districts of this State assembled in the Hall of Representatives, in the town of Columbia, on this day at twelve o'clock.

On motion of Gen. J. B. EARLE, the Hon. STEPHEN D. MILLER, of Claremont, was called to the Chair, and Mr. A. BURT, of Abbeville, appointed Secretary.

The credentials of the following individuals were then exhibited, and their names enrolled as Members of the Convention:

From Greenville-B. F. Perry, Thomás P. Brockman, Silas R. Whitten. From Spartanburg-John S. Rowland, J. S. Richardson, J. B. O'Neall, James Crock.

From Laurens-Archibald Young, William Arnold, John S. James, A. Fuller, Robert Long.

From Abbeville-George McDuffie, John Lipscomb, John Logan, A. Bowie, Samuel L. Watt, A. Burt.

From York-Benjamin Chambers, I. A. Campbell, James A. Black, James Moore, John L. Miller.

From Marlborough-Benjamin Rogers, Nicholas Ware.

From Union-J. S. Sims, Thomas Ray, A. Lancaster, John Littlejohn, George Douglas.

From Kershaw-Everard Cureton, Chapman Levy, John Chesnut, C. J. Shannon.

From Chesterfield—P. Phillips, James R. Ervin, Alfred M. Lowry. From Darlington-William H. Cannon, S. B. Wilkins, Robert Ervin. From Marion-A. L. Gregg, Thomas Harllee, William Evans.

From Williamsburg--T. D. Singleton, Sen., William Waties, P. G. Gourdin.

From Clarendon-John P. Richardson, Richard J. Manning, N. R. Burgess.

From Claremont-Stephen D. Miller, John B. Miller, James G. Spann, Stephen Lacoste.

From All Saints-Peter Vaught.

From Prince George Winyaw-Philip Tidyman, Allard II. Belin.
From St. Peter's-J. Hamilton, Jr., A. J. Lawton, John S. Maner.
From St. Luke's-A. Huguenin, T. E. Screven, James Mongin Smith.
From St. Helena-R. W. Barnwell, Charles G. Capers.

From St. James', Goose Creek-Isaac Bradwell, Jr., G. II. Smith.
From St. Thomas and St. Dennis-Francis D. Quash, John L. Nowell.
From St. John's, Berkeley-Peter Gaillard, Jr., William Porcher.
From St. John's, Colleton-William M. Murray.

From Chester R. G. Mills, John Douglas, Thomas B. Woodward, Thomas G. Blewett, William Stringfellow.

From Fairfield-William Harper, D. H. Means, Edward G. Palmer, John B. McCall, William Smith.

From Richland-Pierce M. Butler, William C. Clifton, Sterling C. Williamson, Sen., James Adams, John G. Brown.

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From St. Philip's and St. Michael's—James Hamilton, Sen., Richard B. Baker, Sen., Robert J. Turnbull, S. L. Simons, John Magrath, Charles Parker, Barnard E. Bee, Elias Vanderhorst, Peter J. Shand, Nathaniel Heyward, Robert Y. Hayne, C. J. Colcock, John Ball, John L. Wilson, James Lynah, C. C. Pinckney, Philip Cohen.

From Christ Church-Jacob Bond I'On, James Anderson.
From St. James', Santee-Samuel Cordes.

From St. Stephen's-W. Dubose, Theodore L. Gourdin.
From St. Matthew's-R. P. McCord, T. J. Goodwyn.
From St. Andrew's-Benjamin Adams, John Rivers.
From St. Paul's-F. Y. Legare, Thomas W. Boone.

From St. Bartholomew's-W. C. Pinckney, F. H. Elmore, Isham Walker.

From Prince William's-Wm. Williams, Thomas H. Colcock, J. B. Ulmer.

From Orange-Edmund J. Felder, Donald Rowe.

From Barnwell-Jennings O'Bannon, Stephen Smith, L. M. Ayer, J. G. Brown.

From Lexington-West Caughman, Jacob H. King, Edwin J. Scott. From Edgefield-James Spann, John Key, John Bauskett, Abner Whatley, John S. Jeter, R. G. Mays, F. H. Wardlaw.

From Fendleton-R. Anderson, Thomas Harrison, J. B. Earle, Thomas Pinckney, J. T. Whitefield, Francis Burt, Jr., F. W. Symmes, Bailey Barton. From Newberry-Job Johnston, George W. Glenn, John Counts, John K. Griffin, John Hatton.