THE NEW CONSTITUTION
OF THE STATE OY SOUTH-CAROINA.
(CortcUitiJrotn eufihjl.)
article VIII.
3cß. 1. HPHE free exercise and enjoyment of religious protelti-
J. on and worlhip, without discrimination or prefer
ence, (I*ll, forever hereafter, be allowed within this (late to a I
mankind ; provided that the liberty of conscience hereby declar
ed (hall not be foconftrued as toexcufeafts of Itcentioulnels.or jul
afv practices inconfillent with the peace and fafety ot tins (late.
Sc3. 2. The rights, privileges, immunities and cftatesot both
.ivil and relig'iou. ioc.etu s »nd of corporate bodies (hall
u if thcconflitution oftl.is state had not been altered oramended.
ARTICLE IX.
S t a. i. All power is originally veiled in the people; and all
free governments arc founded on their authority, »nd«e initia
ted for their peace, fafrty and happiness.
Srt t No freemen of thi. state (hall be taken, or impnfoned,
or d.tfcifed ol his freehold, liberties or privileges, or outlawed or
exiled, or in any manner destroyed, or deprived of his life, liber
ty or property, but by the judgment of hu P«is, or by the law ot
the land, nor (hall any bill of auainder, poll faßo
impairing the obligation of contrasts ever be palled by the legil
iature ol this ftatc. .
S<3. s. Tac military (hall be subordinate to the civil power.
Se:i. 4. Excessive bail (hall not be required, nor excessive hnej
imposed, mr cruel punilhments iodifted.
Se3 -5. Thi legiQature (hall not grant any title of oob.lity, or
hereditary dulmdion, nor create any office, the appointment to
which (hall be for any longer time than during good behaviour
Self 6 The trial by jury as heretofore ufedin this ltate.and the
liberty of th; press (hall he forever inviolably prcferved.
ARTICLE X.
Scfl. 1. The business of the treasury shall be in future conr-utt
ed by two treasurers, one of whom lhall hold his office, and rc
fcde at Columbia, the other lhall hold his office and reside in
eharUlten.Thc fccrttJTy of an d f„rvevor general (hall hold
their offices both in Columbia and in Charleftoii—They (hall re
side at one place, and their deputies at the other.
Seel, r At the conclusion of the circuits, thfc judges (hall meet
and fit at Columbia, for the pnrpofe of hearing and determining
all motions which may be made for new trials and in arrcft of
judgments, and such points of law as may be fubrn.tted to them.
f rem Columbia, they (hall proceed to Charleston, and there hear
and determine all such motions for new trials, and 10 arrest ot
md-ment, and such poinisoflaw, at may be submitted to them.
S°a 4 The Governor (hall alw»y» reside during the fitting of
the legiflatnre at the place where their session may be held and at
all other times wherever in his opinion the public good may
Sftf ■; The leeifl 'ture (hall, as soon as may be convenient, pass
laws for the abolition of the right, of primogeniture and for giv
i 10 an equitable distribution of the realeftateof mtcftates.
0 ARTICLE XI.
No convention of the people (hall be called unless bv the con
currence of two thirds of both branches of the whole reprefeuta-
No part of this constitution (hall be altered, unlcfs a bill to al
ter the rime (hall have been read three times m the hou[e of re
prelentatives, and three tunes in the Senate, and agreed to by wo
thirds of both branches of the whole reprefcntanon ; neither fha 11
any alteration take plac- until the bill f* agreed to, be publifoed
three month, previous to a new clefc.on for member, to the house
of rcprefentatives, and if the alteration proposed by the
shall be agreed to in ihcir firft fefliori by two third, of the whole
reprcfenuuon in both branches of the lcgiflature aftefcthe fame
•hall have been read three times, on <hreffe»eral davfin each
loufc, thm, and not otherwise, the fame flnll become a part ol
tUone ft, in : the convention at Columbia, in the ftlte of South-Ca
rolina, the 3d day of J line, m the year of our Lord 1790. and
in the 14th year of the independence of the United States ol
America By the unanimous order of the Com- ntion.
CHARLES PINCK.NEY, PreJtfvU.
[Attiit]
JOHN SANFORD DART, Sct'ry.
i That no inconvenience may arise from the alterations and a
m ndments in the constitution of this (late ; it is hereby declared
and ordained. That the government lhall be adm.oiftered as
heretofore, until the meeting and filling of the legislature, to be
held under this constitution.
a And whereas tlie existing laws, render it highly inconveni
ent for the legislature to meet on the fourth Monday m Novem
ber next, it is therefore ordained, that infl-ad thereof, tbe mem
bers of the senate and house ot reprefeniatives, to be eUfted on the
' second Monday ... ©Sober, and on the day following, lhall meet
at Columbia, ihe feat ol government, oiuhc firft Monday in Janu.
Ttis also ordained, that tbe commissioners of thetreafury,
lhaii with all convenient, dispatch lake a balance of the treasury
books, which balance (hall be led f din the ireafurcrs office n Co
lumbia, and .he original book, in :he treasurers office inCharlefton.
a It is the opinion of this convention, that the legislature at the
fuft feflion, which lhall be held under this constitution, ffiould re
gulate and eftabhfh by law, all the fees of the rcfpcflive courts
and offices throughout this ftete.
C. That thi y also provide for the annual and final fcttlement of
the accounts of the commissioners ot the treasury, so that the pe
cuniary interest ofthe state, be duly attended to, and the prions
who faithfully discharge the duties of that important office be
quieted therein, and their lu.eties released in a fixed and reafona
'"'V That the legidature thall make cffcAual provision for revi-
Gng, digesting, and publifhiig the laws of this state, so as that a
general knowledge thereof may be d.ffufcd among the citizens of
"", S 'xtfc IfifUture at their firft meeting, (hall proceed to the e
lection of of .he peace thr.i.gl-ut vbe ftafc and of juft.ee.
of the county courts, where coun.y courts are ellablilhed, that all
former commissions of the peace expire at fixed periods, to be de-
C ' d g "Vhat aIT-rotation officer's at the firft meeting of the legislature
under this constitution may he not withftand.ng any
time they niav have befor, fcrved under the lormer constitution.
Bv the unanimous oidcr of the Convention, June 3, 179 0 -
y CHARLES PINCKNEY, Prc/idcnt.
(Attist)
JOHN SANFORD HART, tertiary.
TOWARDS the close of the late war, a Dutch
ship, mounting 74 g uns > having on board
her supply of men, as Ihe lay at her mooring in
the harbor of Currfcoa, one of the Weft India
lflands, was ftiddenly blown up ; the circumstan
ces of which are as follows : the gunner ot the
aforefaid ship, (to whom was committed the care
of the magazine, which contributed greatly to
the security of his design) was, for fonie inifde
8i can or or other, that fatal morn, to receive a
OBDURACT.
dozen lashes with a rope's end—but being
ouily actuated by an hellilh dehre ot revenge, lie
conceived the dreadful notion of conimunieating
fire to the magazine ; in order wheieu
procured a match, with which, in a victorious
manner, he marched directly to the powder
confiding of two hundred barrels ; on his wa}
thither he wis met by one oi the cabbiu y ,
(he being the only person preserved whereby
the circumstances of this horrid affair were bro t
to light) whole curiosity having led him to en
quire whither l)e was bound with a lighted match,
received this aftonifliing anfvver, « We are all
going, by a sudden roaring gale, to land very
speedily in the fafe port of the infernal pit,
where, it is probable, we (hall make a warm
breakfaft." Whereupon the boy, miftruftiug
his bad design, call himfelf out at the nearelt
port-hole, and continued fwimmg under water
till his breath was nearly spent, and at the time
of his appearance the fliip was blown up, attend
ed with thunderingdevaftation which was per
ceived in part, bv the damage done to several ot
the nearelt buildings—not to mention the man
gled limbs ofthofo belonging to the /hip, which
were afterwards picked up about the iflarnl. -
Thus through the revenge and impenitencc of
one bold wretch, 500 fouls were summoned be
fore the dreadful bar of God, in an hour which
they thought not of.
From the Antigua Jou
Corrtft lift tfthe Ships under imi
At Plymouth.
Royal Sovereign - - - too
Gibraltar ------ 80
- - - 74
Eg moot - -
Valiant - -
- - - - 74
Melampus - - - - - $6
Winchelfea - - -
Daphne ------
At Pirtfmouth.
- - 3 2
Victory ------ 100
Princcfs Royal - - - - 98
Formidable ----- 98
Courageux - - - - -
Canada - - -
Warrior - -
74
- - - 74
- • - 74
- - 3«
- - 3 8
La Prudente -
Arcthufa - - -
3 6
Minerva -
La Nyrophe - - - • -36
At Chatham.
Robust ------ 74
Alexander ----- 74
Alfred ------ 74
* This Journal contains the proclamation mentioned in the St. K'fts
Rajftenc Pafer—which turns out to be nothing more than tic Bnt jh
King's mejftge received here by the Packet feme weeks jince.
Last night a very hot press took place in the
Road and Harbor oPs>t. John. Wc hear that up
wards of* 100 Seamen were collected from the
different ships.
FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE. UNITED ST.fTES.
THERE are many pcrfons who boast of their
moral virtile, honelt principles, and heroic
fortitude, that have not afingle ray of the above
named prdj>erties, in their homogeneous mass,
that illumes and brightens the human foul :
tbofemoft deficient in virtue and the noble prin
ciples which dignify the man, are the molt apt
to swell the zephyrs with their own fame.
This is a great mark of vanity, strong proof of
want of common fenfe,and fufficiently evincive of
misapplied education on an unvirtuous mind—
" virtue without knowledge makes er.thufiafts ;
and knowledge without virtue makes devils ; but
both united, elevate to the top of human dignity
and»perfe<ftion."
Universal felj-approbation, arises from igno
ranee and euthufiafm—and universally defaming
and reprobating the public and private conducfi,
is a species of opprobium that Hows from an ireful
and corrupted Source ; those that drink deep of
this fountain will be tinged with such slandering
principles, as the water of time cannot cleanl'e
and purify; therefore avoid depravity in the
dress of honesty, for it may delude innocence
and corrupt virtue itfelf.
Disappointed ambition, connetfied with a vin
dictive lpirit makes a reprobate.
May not wjcJleihiers and ignorance, together
with certain physical causes on the moral facul
ty, or total absence of the moral faculty, be just
ly considered the parents of cowardice ?
A certain philosopher of the present age, in
his philosophical oration, or enquiry intothe in
fluence of physical causes on the moral faculty,
has given the history of the celebrated Servins
character, and there appears to be a total absence
of the moral faculty, while the chnfm, produced
thereby in his mind,feems to have been filled up
by a more than common extension of every other
power of his mind ; he was treacherous—coward/j
—deceitful—a liar, and blasphemer, &c produ
ced in consequence of the loss of the moral fa
culty.
ICT 4 large impression of this paper having been
struck off from the commencement of the second vol.
April 14. —Those ivho incline .to become fubfcr'tbers
from that period > may bs furnijhed with the number)
o'mpleat.
520
inal, EXTRA.* June 11.
uiiati orders of equipment for Jea.
At Sheerne/s.
Guns.
I phi gene - - - - -
Spitfire Firefhip - - - - -
At Woolwich.
Brunfwick. - - - - -
Juno ------
Tifiphone Fircfoip - - - -
At Dcpford,
Led a
Cyclops - - -
3~
- - =8
HulTar - - - -
Hind - -- -- --28
Totil.
Two of * - - - -
Two - - - - -
One ------
Nine - -
S»
Two • -
Three - - - -
Four - -
Three - - -
One -------
And two Fire Ships,
iNEC DOTE OF D 2. fRANKIIX,
A GENTLEMAN remarkable for his aveifi on
to revealed religion, some time ;ig 0) Ul
a large company, among w Horn was Dr. Franklin
indulged liiinTen in a number of remarks diihu
norablt) to the Christian faith, and warmly o p.
jiofed all who defended it : \vhen, • turning - 8
the Dodtor, he appealed to Itini for the truth of
his aiiertions. That good old man made this la.
conic wife reply : " IT IS SAKKST TO jj|£.
LIEVE." This declaration, tonfidttred as die
mature decilion of one of the nio'fl etllighctntd
sages, after upwards of fourlcore years c::p;rj
ence in the learned and active world, is of no
little weight in the scale of human opinion,
the moll important queltion in the umvcrfc.
Aji eftimater of the services of the Rev. ]y r
Wefley observes, that in the conflant labour of
upwards of 60 years, reckoning his difcoutfo
&c. at two per day, which is 730 a year, tiny'
aiuount in all to 43.9°° ! What is more extra.,,.
dinary, the literary labou.sof this gejnlci,,
are so numerous, that for many years pad tea
persons have been constantly employed hi ti. e
branch of printing. Mr. Wefley's library, ac
cording to a public valuation lately made by his
order, was eltimated at 40001.
New-York City Lottery.
Guns.
- 3 2
SCHEME of a LOTTERY, lor the purpose of raifmy
J**nd Five Hundred Pounds, ro an ACT of tkt
tare c*f the State of New-York, palled Bth February, >7&.;
74
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1 PRIZE of
3
to
33
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ißd
795°
- 100
- qR
. 80
- 74
Blanks, £ = Ticket., ai 40, each, £.5000,
Subjed to a dedu&ion of Fifteen per Cent.
THEobjeft of this LOTTERY being to raise a part oftheftiro
advanced by the corporation for repairing and enlarging the CI.
T Y HALL, for the accommodation ot CONGRESS, whichd<*«
so much honor to the Architect, as well as credit to the city. The
managers prelume tl.at their fellow Citi/.ens will chcerfu.ly con
cur in promoting the falc of Ticket*, especially as the fucccfs
this Lottery will relieve them from a tax, which mud otherwise
be laid to reimburse the corporation.
The above SCHEME is calculated in a manner very beiicfici;!
to adventurers,there not being two blanks to a prize.
The Lottefy is intended to cortNTienre dt -.wiag on riie T/sst i
Monday in August next, or looncr if filled, of which time!/
notice will be given. A lift of the fortunate numbers will be pub
lilhed at the expiration/>f the drawing.
Tickets are to be fold by the fubferibers, who are appointed
Managers by the Corporation.
Isaac Stoutenburgh, Abraham Herring,
Ps TF.R T. CURTENIUS, JOHN PINTARD.
New-York, 6thMa*-ch,i 790.
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By Order of the Honorable Richard Morris, EJq. Chief JuJlicc oj lie
Sbite of New- York.
NOTICE is herrby givtn to LewisM'Donald, of Conncflicut,
an ah fen t debtor, that upou application and due proof once
to the f<nd chief iuftice by a creditor of the said Lewis M'Donald,
pursuant to an ast of the Leg'flature of the said State, entitled,
l< An a£t for relief abfeonding and ahfent debtors," pas
sed the 4'h April, 1786 ; he, the said chief justice, has dueled
all the said Lewis Nl'Donalds estate, within this Hate, to befeiz*
ed, and thit unlcfs he (hall discharge his debts within twelve
months after the publication of this notice, the fame will be fold
for the payment of his creditors. Dated the 3d May, 17QO.
New-YorMay 7, 1790. (l.w.iy.)
James F. Sebor, and Co.
Have removed from No. 59, to No, 187, Water-Street, near the
Fly-Market,
WHERE they negociate all kinds ofPUBLICK
SECURITIES—R-ILLb OF EXCHANGE. &c. asufual.
New-York, Aprils 1790. *tf.
The Mail Diligence,
FOR PHILADELPHIA,
LEAVES the Ferry-Stairs, at New-York, Ten minutes after
Eight o'clock every morning except Sunday.
Stage Office, City Tavern, )
Broad-Way, New-York June 5,1790. 5
CASH, and a generous price given' for
nental, New-Hampshire, Maflachutcui, and Rhode-lM*
fccuritie«, of every denomination, by _ .
' EBENEZER THAYER, jun. No. 59,
New-Yoik, April 17,1790.
J CONTINENTAL )
) STATE S E*C URIT IE S> j f
BOUGHT AND SOLD,
A ' DUW wu i
V AT NO. 196. WAT EH-ST RUT,
C $3™ A generous price will be given for Military Rights *f i
y and Jersey Paper Money. •
THE Creditors of Col. tLISH A SHELDON, of
hereby notified, Thai the Subscribers l e.ug app o, »"* f V,
ees of said Sheldon's estate, will attend tothe pimtif j
ppointmenton the firft Monday of August next, at I: e ,
a cob us Da vis, in said Salisbury, agreeable to the A
ilv.—The intcre(l of the creditors >equ'res J e "
lance. IIEZF.KIAH FITCH, ( fra&c
N BIRD. >
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