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 (Confederate South Carolina) Isaac William HAYNE (1809-1880) Manuscript Document Signed “I.W. Hayne” as Attorney General of South Carolina, 2pp., 325 x 205 mm. (12 3/4 x 8 in.), [Columbia], 3 November 1863, to Governor Milledge L. Bonham (1813-1890) containing Hayne’s edits to the First section of the Impressment Act of South Carolina, in full: “First. Over and above ‘the property necessary for the support for the owner & his family & to carry on his ordinary agricultural & mechanical business’ of The Surplus ‘forage, articles of subsistence or other property’ in the hands of those who have ‘raised, grown or produced the same’ can only be taken for public use according to the provisions of the 1st and 2nd sections: that is; where the owner and impressing officer cannot agree as to compensation, the same must be determined by two loyal and disinterested citizens—on their disagreement, an umpire’s to decide to be final subject to an appeal by the impressing officer to the Commissioners Second. The above articles (not surplus) whether in the hands of the producers or in the hands purchasers not for sale of speculation but held for their own use or consumption ‘shall not be taken or impressed for the public use’. But where the owner and impressing officer cannot agree as to the quantity necessary, the decision of the appraisers, appointed under the 1st section, as to the quantity, shall be final. Third. The taking of ‘forage articles of subsistence and other property’ for public use, at the prices fixed by the Commissioners appointed under the 5th section, is not warranted under the Act, except in the hands of persons not holding the same for their own use or consumption: that is; in the hands of those who have purchased the same for ‘sale or speculation’—And then only according to the provisions of the 6th section.” On the verso Hayne writes: “I have examined the written and concur in the views expressed as a correct constructure of the Impressment Act.”Hayne was a staunch South Carolina secessionist. He served as Attorney General of South Carolina from 1848 to 1868, and was appointed Commandant of Conscripts at Columbia during the Civil War. In 1861, he operated as a special envoy to engage in discussions with President Buchanan regarding a cession or sale of Fort Sumter to the Confederate State of South Carolina, following an incident in which the Star of the West, a civilian steamship employed by the U.S. Government to supply and reinforce Fort Sumter, was fired upon by Confederates and forced to retreat at the onset of the War. He also served as the Secretary of the 1832 Nullification Convention. His uncle was Robert Young Hayne (1791-1839), Governor of South Carolina from 1832 to 1834 and U.S. Senator from 1823 to 1832. One of Hayne’s sons joined the Confederate Army and was killed at Cold Harbor in June 1864. Light toning to address panel, edge wear as shown, usual folds, overall fine condition. (EXA 5288) $850 |
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