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CHARLESTON, January 22.

HOUSE OF SENATE.

Extract from the minutes, January 14, 1788.

Resolved unanimously,

That the thanks of this house be given to the delegates of this state, in the convention holden last year at the city of Philadelphia, for their great attention to, and faithful discharge of the duties of their appointment.

Ordered, that Mr. President do acquaint the delegates therewith.

Mr. President reported to the house, that he had, in obedience to their commands, transmitted by letter the unanimous thanks of the house, to the delegates of this state, for their great attention to, and faithful discharge of the duties of their appointment, in the federal convention, held last year at Philadelphia, and that he had received from those delegates letters in answer thereto.

Ordered, That the letter addressed by Mr. President, transmitting the thanks of this house to the delegates of this state, in the late convention, held at Philadelphia, together with their answers, be read and entered in the journals.

The letters were read accordingly, and are as followeth, viz.

Charleston, Jan. 15, 1788.

SIR,

I cannot sufficiently express my satisfaction to be an instrument of conveying to you, the very honorable testimony of the approbation which the senate of South-Carolina have given of your conduct in the federal convention; and in pursuance of the command which I have received from the house, I do, in their name, give you their unanimous thanks for your great attention to, and faithful discharge of the duties of your appointment, as one of the delegates of this state, in the federal convention, held last year at Philadelphia.

I have the honor to be,

With the greatest respect, sir,

Your most obedient

And very humble servant,

JOHN LLOYD, President of
the senate.

The hon. John Rutledge, Esq.

Answer.

Charleston, Jan. 16, 1788.

SIR,

I request that you will be pleased to present to the senate, my grateful acknowledgments for the honor of their unanimous vote of thanks for my conduct in the late federal convention, and to assure the honorable house in which you preside, that I prize very highly this testimony of their approbation.

I am, with the greatest respect,

Sir, your most obedient,

Very humble servant,

J. RUTLEDGE.

The hon. John Lloyd, Esq.

president of the senate.

The hon. brigadier general Charles Cotesworth Pinckney's answer.

Charleston, Jan. 16, 1788.

SIR,

I must request you to accept my sincere acknowledgments for the satisfaction you politely express in your letter of yesterday, in being the instrument of conveying to me the unanimous thanks of the senate of South-Carolina, for my attention to, and faithful discharge of the duties of my appointment as one of the delegates of this state, to the federal convention held last year at Philadelphia. I intreat you sir, to inform the senate, that I have the most grateful sense of the honor conferred on me by their vote of thanks, particularly as it implies an approbation of my conduct in signing that constitution, which I verily believe, considering the various interests, and peculiar situation of the United States, is the best calculated to promote the prosperity and secure the freedom and happiness of our country.

I have the honor to be,

With great respect,

Your most obedient

And most humble servant,

CHARLES C. PINCKNEY.

The hon. John Lloyd, Esq.

President of the senate.

The hon. PIERCE BUTLER, Esquire's

Answer.

Charleston, Jan. 16, 1788.

SIR,

I HAD the honor to receive your letter last night, conveying to me the thanks of the honorable senate for my conduct as a deputy from this state, at the late general convention.

The strongest incentive to honorable actions, is the hope of meeting with the approbation of our fellow citizens—it is to me the most heart gratifying recompence that could be conferred—every good is estimable in proportion to the source from whence it is derived—how highly then must I prize this honorable testimony of the approbation of my conduct, when given by such respectable characters as compose that honorable body of which you sir, are president. Judging by your own proper feelings of mine on this occasion, you will convey in more animated expressions than I am master of, my sense of the honor conferred on me and my gratitude for it.

Please, sir, to accept of my thanks for the obliging and polite manner in which you have expressed the vote of the house.

I have the honor to be,

With the greatest respect, sir,

Your most obedient, and

Most humble servant,

P. BUTLER.

The hon. John Lloyd, Esq

President of the Senate.

Hon. CHARLES PINCKNEY, Esquire's

Answer.

Orange-street, Tuesday Evening.

Dear SIR,

I HAVE just had the honor of your flattering communication of yesterday—so far from conceiving myself entitled to the thanks of so respectable a body as the senate of this state, for any services I may have rendered during my attendance on the convention, permit me, through you, to express to that honorable house, my most grateful acknowledgements for their repeated marks of confidence during my absence—to assure them, they are so deeply impressed upon my mind, that I shall always consider my exertions, such as they are, at the service of the public, whensoever they shall require them—I only wish they were more worthy their attention.

The appointment I had the honor lately to hold, was one, which however ambitious I ought to have been of receiving, I could not either in point of talents or experience, have had a right to expect—it will however, I hope, be the means of impressing still more firmly, an opinion I have long adopted—that a free government has a right to demand the exertions of all its inhabitants, and the approbation of his country is the highest recompence a citizen can receive.

Accept, sir, my thanks for the polite and friendly manner in which you have made this communication, and believe me to be with the truest respect,

Your most obedient servant,

CHARLES PINCKNEY.

The hon. John Lloyd, Esq.

President of the Senate.