Isaac Marion.

To Danness, Hawkins and others .-- The members of this body, assembling according to summons, proceeded, with the utmost vigor, to the consideration of the subjects before them.
They approached their tasks with equal speed and solemnity.

Their labors were commenced with Divine Service, and an act of association was then passed, though not without considerable opposition.

This act ran as follows:-- "The actual commencement of hostilities against this Continent by the British troops, in the bloody scene of the 19th of April last, near Boston--the increase of arbitrary imposition from a wicked and despotic ministry--and the dread of insurrections in the Colonies--are causes sufficient to drive an oppressed people to the use of arms.

We, therefore, the subscribers, inhabitants of South Carolina, holding ourselves bound by that most sacred of all obligations, the duty of good citizens to an injured country, and thoroughly convinced, that, under our present distressed circumstances, we shall be justified before God and man, in resisting force by force--do unite ourselves, under every tie of religion and honor, and associate as a band in her defence, against every foe--hereby solemnly engaging, that, whenever our Continental and Provincial Councils shall deem it necessary, we will go forth, and be ready to sacrifice our lives and fortunes to secure her freedom and safety.