State of South Carolina : Governor Hayne’s message

Governor Hayne speaks of the superiority of individual state sovereignty and states’ rights over mandates by the federal government. Hayne’s speech comes after President Andrew Jackson’s Nullification Proclamation that disputed a state’s right to nullify a federal law, in response to South Carolina’s ordinances declaring the tariff acts of 1828 and 1832 unconstitutional.

Annual message of his excellency Franklin J. Moses, Jr., Governor of South Carolina, to the General Assembly at the regular session of 1872-73

Governor Moses calls on South Carolinians to endeavor to become a respected member of the United States following the U.S. Civil War. His message addresses the status of the national debt, South Carolina public education, the South Carolina Orphan Asylum, the South Carolina Lunatic Asylum, the state penitentiary, the state’s quarantine of small pox, the revenue-generating phosphate deposits in the state, immigration to the state, the state’s flagship university, current state legislation, and the state militia.

Proceedings of the General Assembly of South Carolina in the matter of the impeachment of Judge William Dobein James, November-December, 1827, and January, 1828

This document contains an account of the proceedings pertaining to the impeachment of Judge William Dobein James. The document contains the arguments for and against the impeachment as well as the voting tallies.

Annual message of his excellency Robert K. Scott, Governor of South Carolina, to the General Assembly, at the regular session, commencing November 28, 1871

This speech was delivered to by the Governor to give the general assembly information of the condition of the state and give them recommendations to consider measures that the Governor deems necessary or expedient. He provides the information regarding the state debt, taxes, and bonded debt. He describes the financial agent of the state as well as the expenditures of the state government.

Message of Robert K. Scott, Governor of South Carolina to the General Assembly, November 24, 1869

This speech was addressed to the people of the Senate and House of Representatives. It was delivered to inform them of the progress over the past year made to place the finances of the state on a firm and healthy basis. He gives a report on all departments and projects funded by the government in the past year.

Free coinage of silver : speech of Hon. William Elliott, of South Carolina, in the House of Representatives, Thursday, February 13, 1896 [Pamphlet]

This speech is given to the United States House of Representatives. Hon. William Elliot gives a persuasive argument for why he will be voting against the senate amendment for free coinage of silver. He defines free coinage of silver and he describes fifty-cent dollar. He discusses the fall in the price of products and provides causation.