JOURNAL OF THE SENATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, BEING THE SESSIONS OF 1861 by [South Carolina in the Confederacy] - 1861

Columbia, S.C.: Charles P. Pelham, State Printer, 1861. 252pp. Stitching broken, uncut signatures. Last several leaves dirty, occasional browning and light scattered foxing. Else Very Good. The Called Session convened on November 4 and adjourned on November 6. The Annual Session convened on November 28 and recessed on December 21. They treated War-related matters: establishment of the Confederate States of America, raising troops for the War, justifications for secession, the Governor's recounting of the events of late 1860 and early 1861 at Forts Moultrie and Sumter, and a variety of other interesting matters concerning the breakup of the Union and the War. "We will be left free to develope our own civilization, and show, where there is an inferior caste in society, and the higher and privileged race governs, that a constitutional republic of States may be established upon conservative principles, identified with all the great ends of truth, justice and stability." Parrish & Willingham 3090 [248pp]. OCLC 617692258 [4- Emory, U GA, Boston Athenaeum, VA Hist. Soc.] [248pp] as of October 2019.