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The Daily Dispatch: December 21, 1860., [Electronic resource], Succession movement at the South. (search)
f The United States of America, is hereby dissolved. The ordinance was then passed by the unanimous vote of 169 members, at a quarter past 1 o'clock. As soon as its passage was known without the doors of the Convention, the news rapidly spread through the streets. A crowd collected at the Hall with immense cheering. Mr. Miles moved that the Clerk of the Convention be directed to telegraph the South Carolina members of Congress at Washington of its action. Adopted. Mr. Desaussure's resolution that the ordinance be engrossed on parchment under the direction of the Attorney General, and signed by the President and members this evening at Institute Hall, and that it be placed in the archives of the State, was adopted. Half-past 6 o'clock was agreed upon as the hour to proceed to Institute Hall for the purpose of signing it. In the debate on the passage of the ordinance, Mr. Magrath said: I think it a special matter that the ordinance should be immediately