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 that they have had the same under consideration, and recommend that the proposition made by the State of South Carolina for the holding of a Convention of such slaveholding States as have seceded or may secede from the Federal Govermnent, be acceded to, with the exception that a change should be proposed by this Convention, to wit: that the powers of the Deputies be enlarged as to the time and place of the holding of the Convention. W. G. M. DAVIS, Chairman. Which, on motion, was received and spread upon the journals. Mr. Davis of Leon, from a Select Committee, made the following report: The Select Committee on Communications from South Carolina report that they have had the accompanying resolution before referred to them under consideration, and beg leave to report the same back without amendment, and recommend its passage. W. G. M. DAVIS, Chairman. Resolved, That the Convention do receive with pleasure the communication which has been made to this body by the State of South Carolina through her Commissioner, signifying to this Convention that South Carolina has assumed the position of an independent sovereignty, and that we, the People of Florida, in Convention assembled, do heartily recognize the correctness and the justice of the act by which South Carolina has assumed the character which she now occupies, and in which, we, the People of Florida, in Convention assembled, do now receive her Commissioner as a free and sovereign State. Which was read and the resolution adopted. Mr. McIntosh of Calhoun moved that a certified copy of the report of the Select Committee be furnished the Commissioner from the State of South Carolina; Which was agreed to. On motion, the Convention adjourned until Monday next, 12 o'clock, M. EIGHTH DAY. MONDAY, January 14, 1861.

The Convention met pursuant to adjournment—a quorum present. Prayer by the Rev. E. L. T. Blake. On motion, the reading of the minutes was dispensed with. On motion of Mr. Beard of Leon, the Standing Committees,