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VOL. XVIL ^ SPARTANBURG, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1800. * NO. 39.
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i/Uiuiumu.
The contributing editor of the Yorkville Eii?
q utter?J. W. D.?makes the following suggestion
upon the name of the new government
soon to be inaugurated :
" The secession of South Carolina sccius now
to be a fixed fact. A Southern confederacy
seems to be probable. We have a name to pro-"
pdse ft* U.
"Ooktmbus -eras defrauded when this oontii^ent
was called America. Every body recognises
the wrong. We can make an offset to
' - that by giriQg his nathe to the choice part of it.
Beetdes, this seceMioa emanates fr??m Columbia,
a C'. as ,ila ceetrai point, Herein we fiud a
double snggestiou. One is that Columbia bo
the capital of the Southern Confederacy ; and
the ether is that the Confederacy, be named
and known as tho Columbia Confederacy, of
the Republic Columbia."
What Our Enetnlcx Predict.
We clip the following from the Philadelphia
Enquirer. We clip it from an article in which
that paper ridicules the idea that any thing will
bo done by the Southern States." We cotn
a mend it to our readers :
* Georgia says to Alabama, 'you go first;'
Alabama says to Kouth Carolina " You go
first." and South Carolina seems to be divided
between tho advocates of separate.'
and co-operative, secession, with a certain
number of so-called ' submistuonists.' probably
largo enough to quash all action lint something
must lie done, und we have no doubt
sorae>hing will be/ High-stomached and full
of iro are these gentry, and it will never do to
back down utter all their high-sounding
threats. There remains the usual safety-valve
of Southern politicians?resolutions. We have
no doubt, therefore, that a convent ion of some
Sort wilf assemble, which will pass the must
resolute resolutions, make und listen to tt.o
most fierce and fiery speeches which will be "Inly
printed in the New York Herald and other
sensation papers, after which they will adjourn
to meet again on tho 'ruins of the Capitol,
and disunion will die a nat ural death."
Affairs in Nrnv Yo?k.?The oorrespon..1
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cm ov ine iiiiniucipiiia itciiytr, writing iroin
New York 011 the 13th inst., says:
But little else is talked oV Deside? the nowte
from the South, audihe effect it is having upon
biwno'^ affairs licre. Wail street looks
particularly cerulean. Southern funds are ho
. hard to Hell, ah to bo almost worthless to the
merchant?and 10 per cent, is the current rate
of diaoouiu for a majority of the bank hills of
t'10 flavcholding States. One authority declars
that men who thirty days ago could timl
collateral which would obtain them thousands,
cannot to-day, upon the name description of
security, realize a singlo dollar.
But this is not the worst of it. The working
classes arc beginning to feel the pinch, at
their very hearth stones. 1 have already men
tioned the suspension of trade, by two leading
clothing houses in this eitv. who inint.lv
employed 7<J0 hands, and now must be added
lbs discharge of sixty more, from one of the
??' principal silver inunutucturing establishments
in the city. Some of those were parties who had
served for years as apprentices in the es
tablishnient.
The Williamsburg tailors?ef whom tnauy
hundreds just now have nothing to do?are to
have a public mectiug this week, to consult as
to what is best to bo done. If tlicy have no
work they cannot starve, they say. when the
granaries of the country and the store houses
of New York are ovcrtluwing with plenty 01
.food.
Arrival op tiikNkw Mexican M ml.- Independence,
Tuesday, Ncv. Id.?The New Mexi
can mail, with dates to the 28th ult., arrived
here to-day.
Cupt. George McLane, of the Mounted Hides,
was killed by the Navajo Indians on the 13th
of October. He was out on a scout with his
company, and when within about twenty-five
lii'lus of fort Defiance, a party of Indians were
overtaken. In the charge upon them Oapt. McI.anc
killed four Indians with his pistols.
When the charge was made, and the word to
rally was given, the captain became separated
from his men and was seen to fall front his horse
His foot became entangled in his stirrup, and
bis horse being frightened, ran otf. dragging
him a considerable dhtunce before ho stopped.
When hismencnmc up they found that he w as
dead. He had three shots in him, which must
have produced instant death. So perished one of
our bravest and noblest officers by the hands of
the red skintt. Capt. McLane was the son of
Senator MoLanc, of Delaware, lie leaves a
widow and three children, who are at AlbuberJue.
The Indians after the death of ("apt Me>anc,
made their escape.
TtllUl n ii j u in Nlnntn L'a I.. .1.-11 1,1 - '
.?. ...v. ..- iu u in >11^ <11111. i nere is
considerable snow and cold weather beyond
the crossing of the Arkansas River. From
thence the weather lias been pleasant. There
la no news front the plains of any interest.
Oxroxn Mississippi, Nov. ' I, 18fl0. - .lfr.
Eiitor : From one en 1 of this State to the <? iter,
the feeling <<f resistance has heen aroused.
Vtt> send cordi d greeting to 8<Aith Carolina, an<l
Although she is in the lead, you need have no
fears that we will not follow.
No host! e foot shall ever tread the ground
ofPoulh Carolina except over the deal'bodies
4>f fifty thousand Mississppians.
Our governor has issued his proclamation
convening tho Legislature. The action of the ;
Legislature will be prompt in calling a conven
tion for the p irposc of taking the Stnto out of
the Union
All parties are in fnvor of disunion here.
Volunteer companies are forming in every direction.
In less than three weeks we will be
upon a complete war footing.
I hope that in less than two months the same
ray of sunlight will glitter on the gleaming j
ewor l of the I'ahnotto State and on the Mississippi
rifle.
SrBiJtnrtm.i>, 11.i.isots, Nov. Id.?Mr. Lincoln,
in conversation with some friend yesterday
while deeply regretting the exoitemeui
that prevailed at the .South did not, at the
same time, deotn it expedient that he should
say anything pitbliokly upon the subject
whenever spoken to regarding his position, he
invariably refers to his former writings and
n|>v?iviiro, itiiM illllll MJ I VI |M II|OriM OI I fit*
parly which elected him?a combination, ho
thinks, sufficient. for nil purposes.
It is stated that seventeen Southern law students
have loft too Cambridge (Mass.) Law,
School on aecount of the election of Liucolu. |
I^eiviu vur ouuiuvm uuaruiau.j
An Appeal to tlie Koutli.
NO. 1.
Whenever any measures are taken which
involve' the vital interests of tho community
in which I live, 1 speak out my opinions
npon them, little thinking, and as little
cariug, whether in man's judgment they
become my p!ace and calling or : ot. This
I have done ropentcdly; and I have generally
roeeived lor my pain* unmerited reproof
at first, and over-merited thanksgiving
at last. So it may be in this instance.
South Carolina will certainly Accede from
a!-- * _ ?
, ... ,.v W. ...V j/.i.J jrw. i.' IW (I ili^UlMll'U
I place ill Heaven, ami oou e quently no ivr|
t un sign of error. Two .-hots have fired
! at her already from the pfess of a neigh- '
boring State, and many more will come
from quarters where she had a right to ex- ;
peel neutrality, il uotsytupathy And praise.
But no matter; let her bear them unmUrmuringlv;
and, without retort, move right
ahead, in solid column, us sho does move,
and will move, in an atmosphere of prayer,1
asking no help, hut receiving it thankiully,
and she will triumph gloriously. 1 feel
j it through all the fibres of my nature that
I she will triumph gloriously. The ravages i
I of seventy years have left me hut little
! physical strength, hut whut remains is at
! her service. The evening haze is gather
: ering on my mind, hut there is light enough
j lelt to Leaked other States to her help, and
! to this end 1 now begin to use it. But, to
secure readers, I must say hut little at a
I tiinc. 1 therefore close, for the present,
with an earnest request that the Southern
press give uty brief articles general eireu
Intion, lor the sake of an old man who has
| done the South soinc service.
NO. II.
When the Abolition cloud was not big
ici man a muii n naiid, I predicted us progress,
its expansion ami its desolating burst,
with as mueh accuracy as if I had been
inspired ; ami I suggested a uiude by which !
it might hi- dissipated, and its ravages pre- ;
vented. Old uion in (1 corgi a know this to
be true?indeed, it is of record nmong the
literary rubbish of tbnt State I mention
it. not in boas'ing. but in the hope that it
will add some little weight to all that is
prophetic in what follows.
I pon the action ol the cotton-growing
States between now and the fourth of March
hangs their destiny for weal or lor woe forever.
II they will ipiit the I'nion now in
a body, while the times at e the most propitious
to the movement l.hey ever had,
or ever will have, they will he a great, rich
arid happy people. If they lot this opportunity
slip?if tboy suffer themselves to he
lulled into s eurity by the fair promises of
Lincoln, by tbo thread bare rhetoric upon
"the glorious Union," or by any thing else
?they are a ruined people, and the worst
ruined people who have ever trod this earth
since the sacking iff Jcruselum. Conio near
mo, plain, honest furuicra, uu-chaniuti, laborers
an<l youn<r men, and lot uh talk over
this matter eandidly,praycrhily, and with a
mu union in u low *11001113. u pan tuts
momentous step bang issues of uitspeakaolo
importance and interminable consequences.
This she knows full well; for her leading
men are not. all iools and desperadoes, as
some would have the world believe they are,
> a faithful portraiture of their character
would bo rather too complimentary for their
taste, and quite toO.eentimcuial for this stolid,
calculating age, in which the talk of
" pledging lives, and fortune' and sac red
honor" in defence of right, is regarded as
ridiculous romance. There is a something
in them, 1 grant, that has made them the
most rcstlosrf people under the dealings of
the Geueral Government towards the South,
of any people in the Uniou; but never have
they manifested discontent without a audi- j
cient cause. It may be the streak of French
that is in them; it maybe the Revolutionary
spirit not yet extinguished with them;
uud it my bo peculiar endearment of their
State institutions. When 1 enter the legislative
halls, and notice the dignity, the
gravity, the order, the comity in debate,
and the respectful obedience yielded to the
presiding officers, und go thouce to the
hulls of Congress, and see the tumult which
prevails there, I glory in my just adopted
State, and blush for the United States.
When 1 cuter their courts of justice, and
observe the like dignity, gravity, order,
comity nnd obedience there?see with what
independence and impartiality justice is
administered?particularly the criminal justice
of the commonwealth, now almost lu.it
in the Southern States?I do not wonder
that they are tinged with a little more than
ordinary State pride.* When 1 consider
their open-handed liberality in erecting
public buddings, building railroads, supporting
schools, cullcges, asylums, and
other valuable and benevolent institutions;
and remember the onerous burden of taxation
which they have to endure to accotu
plish these ends, and the uncomplaining
promptness with which they shoulder this
burden?say to myself, "verily," citizens
_i' O ...lL ! 1 1!_
i'i ouuiii vaiwim, ye ara a peculiar people
in this groat Republic and worthy ol something
bailor than Llamo!" lJut these are
not all?they are i religion* people. Look
into all her churches 011 the Sabbath day!
They are all crowded ; new ones are going
up, old cues urc being enlarged, and for
about one hundred and sixty days unit n
pra er meetings have been held in the capital
of the Stale, begun and prosecuted with
no eye to the existing perils of the country.
When I consider all these things, 1 oxclaim
: "Well 111-<yest thou, gallant, noble,
generous, pious State', lire at every encroach-.
incut upon thy rights; for when they are
gone, you will have lost more than any
other .State ever lost without a fault! From
my soul I excuse tliec lor thy growing impatience
at every new aggression upon thy
prerogatives?thine honor, and thy peculiar
institution,"
This is too State which has determined
I to withdraw from the I'nion, let the con;
aequo noes be what they may, rather than
! submit to Hiack Republican rule. She
will triumph. 1 do not say that she will
! not have to go through t?ibu ation. That
I i.s IWIH ili'f)i?? tetCvlnUdw ?.* ? ' 1 1
solo eyo to truth untl our country's good. |
And the bettor to accomplish those ends,
dismiss from yourutiiids all those glowing
harangues under which you have Weptand
shouted and voted ; and 1 sten to a little
plain comtuon sense, which you can understand
perfectly, remember, and use for the
benefit ofyour children aud neighbors. And
1 here make a most startling assertion, upon
which reserve your judgment until you
hear my reasons lor it. it is this : if Lincoln
Would pledge himself under oath, and 1
1 were sure he would keen hi oath. t<? <? >- I
force the fugitire sluvc laws to tlic letter?
it i\ll Lhu people of the Northern State*
would not v>w to rcpi*nl their antislavery
codosm>ut actually doit,and pledge
t' cmsolvos to allow your servants to accompany
you through ail the Statue without
a whisper to decoy then from you?S'H
I hope to mj saved, 1 would not ttay iu this
Union one hour longer than I could get
out of it! And now i'or reasons: They
would keep their vov/a, (wo suppose that,)
but they would be exactly the sauio people
they are row?they wo dd hate you;
and bate slavery as much a; thiy do no/.v :
a little more, it" you euu.ted these concessions
froui their love of your-cotton, rice,
sugar and tobacco ; and their children wnuld
be exactly what they are now: Let mo
put a case to you. Rut first, let n.e draw !
a moral from your -.o , which ought t<>
alarm you, and improve you. I only suppose
the Northern President and people to do
what all Presidents ami all people did
for thirty years after the (lovorument was
established?respect the constitution. I
Olily supposed you to give them al> : omittance
for all the pa t.upon their assuvanoc
that they will oh.- rvo the law on a single
point for the future; and it air.az d you,
that for thi3 ynat boon I woul 1 not yoke
myself to tlwai in JLssoluuly, sis you would
do joyously. Oh, my countrymen, have
you rer.ched this point, while your wives
and daughters are hallowing the grounds
and con-ecratiug tin tomb of \Ya hiigton?
have the once called "el;:. airy ot' tile Eolith
.si:ok so low before all oi t:ei.cr;'.S tireeno'g
children have passed away ! " Hut if would
save the Union !' I tell you, men, the Onion
is no more like it was, when L first
knew it, than a zephyri a tornado?
than a Caligula is like a blither. Put
have you any hope of realizing the suj ;?oScd
case in a single particular? You do not
dream of it. Lincoln will give you some
double-fa ed promises to lull you. and guil
you, and his supporters will duvs them up
in heavenly attributes?this is all ou may
expect, lie cannot even givey :? encouraging
promises without belying, himself.
Hut he is not the thing to be feared ; it is
the power that pushed l.im up, end will
pull him down it he dare to resist it. llut
to my case : Suj pore I should ask which
you would prefer, to live ui-eran absolute
uespuuwu oi one man, or an absolute despotism
often thousand men? Vou would iustantly
answer, "> )f one. n.an,\vithout doubt,
lie would treat all bis val j ets aill.e !f
be plundered, be would plunder all his sal.jeets
alike, if be were bad, we might ehnp 1
off l.is head and g: t a L *ter; and if n ?t assassinated,
time wo:: Id . ,.n dispose ofiii..;.
ISut the t( n thousand would make all others
tributary to them and their neighbors. A
little, comparatively, would tatisly the rapacity
of otic man, but millions upon uiil1
tons would not satisfy the ten thousand.
1 f the one should be inclined to bvtehery,
his murders inu. t bo limited to the r: n e
of his ncrjturnU.ncc in: inly. Hut the ten
thousand would butcher by whole 'communities,
and they would never die." Now,
henceforward, you are subjected to an absolute
despotism, not of ten th ?u m 1, but
of nineteen millions, conet rnii _ whom
there need lie no ";V for they have disclosed
tin .i el aructcr, their eon lect. and
their plans, l'u.ly , li atle.-sly, an 1 h,iuie!-. ;
ly.
'1 he Hepnldi *: us have nil powr in iheir
bands an I are under ih? restraint of law,
oath 6r conscience. Tin y believe that to
abiist' you. p. r -cute you, j hinder you, tax
you, degrade you, and lorce you to a condition
worse than rdl these put together,
(better conceived than printed.) is doing
(iod's service. Your father* fought sc\ n
years to avoid taxation without ?\pic.cutution.
You will remain a hundred years
und? r taxation without Representation tor
your representatives will be nt> better than
dead men in congress. Y'our fathers would
not endure a tax upon tea and paper; you
will endure a tax uu every thing; and
only to "loriiy yuur masters,and strength n
jour bonds. At the !'ictstool of :i Noro
you would have ;; hearing; hy Mattering liiui,
you will receive largesses Iroui hi.n ; 1 ut
you will receive no hearing, no crumbs from
your masters. Is this fancy ' No, l take
it all from the lips and acts of the iloptib- }
licans themselves. To their praise, l.e it
spoken, that they are open and trunk in the
avowvl of their purpose, and in their efforts
fo accomplish it. Herein tliev are better
than Phillip. We encourage litem by appathy
and bounties ; and herein we are
worse than the Athenians.
A. IS. U>NC, STREET.
Wash i n< it< ?n, Novkmumi I'd.?ExOotvrnov
Powell, of Alabama, left this city
to-day lor Haltitnore and the North, to purchase
liro-urtuM tor his State. I le informed
the Administration that no doubt need b?
ont< rtuincd In rehifion fo the seee -ion <d
Alahama, for it would e? rtainly take place, j
Atn is Kendall is out this evening in another
letter against emission, lie takes
. i > ?
lllf J_TO!||:<l till! f ill* (ioVcmilieilt I- Henri
soli'lnte I'liiou of tho State*., :i^re I
t ?!>o porpCuul ut the tini. il was l.iriiii.l.
that it J'i'l i ars upon the iu.-t-otllic
('/otisti tut ion that the I iiiou was intended
to lie unlimited in duration, ami (hit no
discontented State can legally with liuv.
The i'lVsident has just enUipleti 1 h.. an- '
nual Message. it is said to be a hue; aid
masterly iloeiiiuent.
A Dutchman expresses iiis surprise that
men call consent to loaf about tile rum
shops as they du, when a ijnod dose ot arsenic
ciui be liouplit for sixpence.
Signs of tljc times.
Du. Nott in Nkw Oki.'.ans.?This
distinguished gentleman presided at n largo
secession meeting in. New Ui leans, on (lie
10th instant. It was numerously attended,
and sj>irU6d..speecIyjs made by several gentlemen,
and resulted in promising support
to the other Southern States, and a memorial
to the Governor, requesting liiin to
convene the Legislature at an early a day
as practicable, llr. Austij also giiudc un i
enthusiastic sp ech. At the close of the !
meeting, three elmers wc. j giwu ibr South 1
Carolina, h>r the preliminary steps she has '
taken for secession.
\ IROINIA.? PttOltfiAtlATiON OF GOV.
LktoekE.?/ proclamation I'rom Govern
or lietchor, culling an c::tra "r.Mun of tho j
Legislature, to m<*..t cm the Tlh of .January j
n'St, is published. lie give*, :?* o;.o of* j
the reasons lor ihia action, the .nJe of the
Jumes HiTe.* end <?nna\.iia Canal to a company
o" French capiU.lL':, hieli rtxjui.es
the junction of the Legislators to be rendered
perfect. 'I'ho next reason we give
in his own words :
"And whereas, in consofjuence of the
appointment of Flcotors. a majority of
whom are known to he favorable to the i
election of sectional candidates us I'resi- j
dent and Vice i're. idctit of i!.e ''uited
States, whose principles and v: vs are I e- ;
lit ved to ho in direct hostii.ty ..o their
Constitutional rights and inter.st3, and iti j
couseijiicncc thereof great exeitetnent prevails
in the public mind, and j.rudence re |
oulrcs that the representatives of the j eoj
le ol this Commonwealth should take into
consideration tin- condition ? f public affairs,
and determine calmly and wisely what action
is necessary in this emergency ? I,
John lietclier, tJovcrnor, by virtue of the
t ie authority aforesaid," Ac.
Nkw Voltk, Nov.il, lv:>?I write
you a few lines to let you see that tny best
wishes are with old Carolina, a'd that you
must not imagine, because late has cast my
let at the N> rth, 1 have e asod to b a
Southern man ; my heart still throbs with
fintotioii 4\kf !?.?. ''
Living as I do i.i I ::s part of* the world,
L sec end hoar a threat deal of what is ??ii??x
on. '1 ho Black i'.onublicaria r.re ins
<;iuniiu; to ; to thvir folly in elcctin<r Lincoln,
and i! their interests will suffer by
their .stupid: y. .Sill as tiny huvc*>wn,s
let thoni re; >. 1 hope the i.lo of their
browinir, \. i o the most hitter draught
they ever di and that their rail splitter
will fence them in to th.ir eoast. It ti|?pearB
to iuo, if the <.4 or Southern States
are only true to Carolina, the Black Kcpublicaus
will quake ; they be^in to trcuiblo
now ; their firm belie! hitherto has been
that .South > inn we.uld stand alone?
but T they . .Id have been convinced
that her- i-t i iui. r.i Statt s 1 j..in
her, they w rat'.?r have e n I inoolii
in the r or hitn to the lVvil, than
have i..a lie; th.ir !'re-, idenf. fhey try
n w to put u h e 1 face on the matter, but
it reminds or.e of < hi; Iron, who whi. tie in
the dark to keep their con rape up.
the movement in noutm caiuh.ina.
?The waters are moving in North < 'arclina.
Sh?. !! has a coin;-any of one hundred
men. under the cotumuud of Captain
Button?a ci. 11 nit so'dier, and a warm
seeessni'iist. 'i h- Vshcviile .Y'-w.s, the old
Ar.'tis of Western North Carolina, with its
hi.!i toiled Hemocrat e principles, and its
devotion to the 1 uiuti, is warmiiio up the
po ular in ivi-iit' lit ol the d.iy in his paper
ot NoVcii: e. 10th. 1 ;oni his editorials of
this date, wo quote :
' The issue is upon its, and the people
must in i-i it. They niu-: decide whether
they will longer .dim; to tlie I nionaiid
ri-k the wroii??s nud horrors which the
Northern conquerors propose 'o inflict upon
tlictii. or set k out of it that peace and
security denied thetu in it
We speak ilainlv. 'I he ?mi?<> lor
riiiii matters, it it ver e\i?ted, has p i-<*ed
away. lit1 who shirk* thu reapoiiiuility,
and c;u'-> "peace! pence wlicu there is no
peace, is either a coward v.r u tool. We
should meet tho issue thrust upon u- calm
yet uiilT.iuhiu^iy. li'the dan; er can l?o aVertod,
and peace ami ^uirrantied to the
South in /.'?< i n. >ii, let it he shown. W e
yoald to no man in devotion to the 1 mion,
while it remains the Union ot tlie constitution.
W'li n that is 110 longer pos.-.ihie,
we say in th laiiuuii: of.John ilc'l,
' oive uie srperriou, wit'., .ill its e mse pieti
cos.' "
"We are in the n.idst ol'tmuhlous times,
and no man can foresee what a day may
hrin<^ li urth. Slim:!. 1 the other Soath rn
States, or any portion ?.f them, secede,
North (himlin.i amiot remain an indifferent
speet.it r ot thceontliet which will probably
en 11 r ] eojile ar. conservative,
hut true to tinir constitutional ri'_rht , ami
when the hour of trial comes, will ue lotind
ejuul to the emergency."
Tuk Phkss iv N'oitrtt <\\iiolin \
The l-'ayeltcu ille .N >/ '// ( ''.i I'iniii nt of' tho
7th its-.!.nit, in speaking nt' the start 1 i11ot
several 1 >e.n oi-ralic papers, in ivt'eivnee to
tho present aetion ol tint State, puts theni
down as ioll ?v\> :
Stan.lard, '? ileich,J W'arivntoii Vws,
Murlrishoro' i'iti/.eii, an I Uharh.tte 1 >< uioerat.
are for submission?>onie lor .? de
fi-n-ive position ol n< 'm/1 .
The Jon nil, (Wilmington,* .Mercury,
l ?: ....I. ? ->
\ i.oooro,) I IK' lllKllllC,
i <ioMs'ioro*.> Sentinel, (Win-ton.-) Pro?,
!!?I ' !i.) Banner, (HAliihnrv,) Plalndoalor,
I i illshoroV) Knqiiircr, New! ei n.) and
Carolini.ui, (! invillo,) arc lor a Convention
of tlio State and n -w j;ti aran'oc*
li-onillio North or fee irity in a Smtlo-rii
(\>n /fv/omcy.
In tin* leading editorial ol the fame day,
ho say*: I
" Wo proclaim it now, and mark us it is
true?if wo submit now to Lincoln's election,
before bis term of office expires, your : jj
homes will be visitud by one of the most
fearful and horrid butcheries that h-is ever
Cursed the face of the globe.
" Such is the state of our country at
tlfau present moment, and those who deny '
it, only wish to gain for themselves popularity
lor- an official station, or friendly ^
opinions and favors from the people, on
one hand, who have a superstitous love of |
the I nion of the States, or, from the |*>w- ^
era that are to he upon the ot er hand.
44 Hacli State that now submits, does but 11
bind herself haar. and fVx?t to bo slaughter- ^
cd, and sold sei slaved to the North.
uT}?o next danger to be anticipated ^
from tho election of Lincoln, if we now
submit, is, that the policy of Helper will j
be carried out iu the h'tates.
" We will have abolition emigrants, who ^
will buy out land and settle down iu our :
f'taft ;, supmirted by abolition aid s- cities ;
a p:;rty abolition ticket will be run in the i
State o! North Carolina, and our own
stre. ts will witness W'de Awake proees- |
tiions, and if wo object, we are assured that '
4 every Caniu n and bayonet in the army
and navy will be used to protect them from
violence.' ^den who arc now afraid to
sp-ak of freedom to tho slaves, or to paint '
in false colors tho beauties of liberation, j
will, two years hence, publicly, in our i
midst, harramguo the non slave owner in
? T
the presence of the slaves, and then our
people will bo in the uiidst of a boiling I
cauldron and no way of escape.
J " Hunted d ?wn by abolition sentiments,
our slave owners will be compelled to sell
i their negroes at a sacrifice; their fields,
now waving with the luxuriant products of |
their genial climate, will become a vast
desert, and poverty will stare us in the j
face, while famine will stulk gr.iuly thro"
our happy laud.''
Caromsi v\'s in New Out.kavh.? \ i
large in ting of South Carolinians was '
held in New Orlean , on the loth instant,
Col. A. II. <ihidden in the ('hair.
11. \\ ('miner hbn ?!>.. I't. '
had explained tl?o object of th meeting, I
addressed those present in a spirited and
patriotic address of some length, conclu 1ing
as lolluws :
With one voice and one accord, and in i
the fullness of our hearts, then, let us my ]
to the people of South Carolina, "Our ,
sympathies and approval arc with you ; our ]
affections are with you. nod our hearts and j
hands will he with you in ca-C of need io |
this gre-.t struggle, and may God spied <
you in you- great and glorious work."
Several po lled :? unions were passed,
approving of the course of ihe Legislature :
of South ( iroiina, and tendering their service*
to ttie Governor of this State ; when
Mr. Councr again addressed the meeting
said, that :
I'nhke mo>t of the gentlemen present,
lie was still a uit it'll ui >vouth i aioliua,
though in New t Irleans three-fourths of
his time, lie had not renounced hisallegi
in i to South Carolina, ami iicv? r intended
to do so. It Has his home?his domicile
was there?his heart was there, and to |
morrow would leave lor Charleston, to as- |
sitme the duties and responsibility at this |
t me of need of her citizens?to see where ,
and wh ai and how lie could he uio-t useful ;
to the St;.to iu the iiop iii ling crisis. 11
not wanted now, he will take a furlough,
and come hack to New < M_ans and await
the signal to return to Sou. h Carolina.
Till. G Ko'.i .IV CoN VKNTION.?On Satu.
l.iv the hill calling a St ?to CouVoutioli of
I . . 1
i (!i I'm* ?:?t- of t< passed the Sen to '
' unanimously. I'ho election ol delegatus '
takes place on tin- J.l of. J auu try, and the
Convention uiee!-? on the "J'illt. The pre- 1
ani'ole ut the Couven ion hiii reads :
Whore is the prc>nt crisis ill national affairs,
in th -judgment of the tionoral As-I
seinb.y, demands resistance; ami whereas if
is the privilege of a sovereign people f t letcriniiit
tin* Hi t h\ hi .isn.e and tiluo ofsuch
re sistance: t here I'me,
This <iener.il Assetuhly enacts that the
(iovorilor issue his proclamation ordering;
an election on the lid of January The 1-t. ;
lid and 'hi section* of fin- bill refer to the 1
time election and meeting of the ('onvon- i
tioii, and the number of dclej;at s each ;
1 county is entitled o . The 4th sect ion
provides tfi.it the Convention may consider :
all orievain i s iiupu.rim; i>r alfccliiio ttu: |
I'tjilal ty and rights of the people of (leorr'ia
as uieinSers of the I tiited S ates, and
i!i tern.in.- the mode, manner and time ot
redress. The nth sect on authorizes the
t'mivciitioTi l?v vote to tix the pay of any
dele.-ii. it nnv appoint to any t 'onvolition 1
Congress or Kuibu-sy, and to prov.de lor
all other expenses incurred hv it. If
shall elect its u?n olhoers, and do ad
tilings net ilul to carry out tiic tutu in 1
toresis and meaning ul this act.
An ol.t> 1! I r l.v MAN.?S line thirty vears
! .1 im nth-man, belonging to tlic Kicliland
Volunteer Company, moved Irom
Columbia to Kossv ll?', ('li( stcr District. A
tVii-nJ in tl.is i ity ivot ived a letter on yes- .
t i.i-.sy t.>>iii li::u. in which In ^vys : i ,
" I >"iii| tln-e line-, in in in try of l*HJ. j ,
1 \v:ik then a minute man in t'apt. Iv Max- |
cy's Company : my nun \va- No 77. I have
hut one reouest to make: pl.-aso sec the
Captain of that Kiilo Company, ami tell 1 I
liioi i alii ready to shou'dcr tin- same gun 1
iti liol't'iiiv of South Carolina, Can i get 1
inv ro?|iic-t granted? 1'lru.iu iiifonn me hy 1
the next mail. ' 5
' We h ivo a largo company of minute , 1
men at Ko^svil e, under connuaiid of.James 1 1
Heat) We will dio before we will submit '
to jtlack Kepubliean rule.'' | *
"Poo* the ra?.or take hold well?" inuuired , i
n darkey who wns sh iving n gentleman ! I
from the country. " Vos," replied the ! i
customer, with team in his eyes; ' hut it | s
dou't let go worth u. cent." | :
Who are the Secederi? t
Prom tho Philadelphia litxurtl, wo take
10 following : T.*
ll in jierhaps but a useless task to show
acre tli*' present Male'of feeling took ita
ise, mid to whom the difficulties now .
unrounding the country are justly attribu- j a
ihle. It is, however; but an act of sheer I
istice to the south to iustituto this iiiuui- ov
y. ami to ^on tho patience which that
jotion of our o??uutry has exhibited under
lie waiitou and unprovoked outrages ot the
forth. In 1H50 the State ot Vermont, by J?
s legislation deliberately n 1 8cd tl.claws
t tho I niou and tho (Nmstitulion which w
wj - * *! m? * y gj*.
wmi'i uiu mw? Hornier. i iiai CMUie
clibcrately determined that tho low of
longi-css directing tho return^cf fugitive w
laves shouUl not be. euem tf<t uitliiu it? dolinions.
This outrage uj>on tho Constitu- tn
ion and disregard of Southern rights was _
>llow d by nea-ly every No'thorn State?
doptiug similar laws. In Massachusett ! Nl
he troops were uctuly called out to resist j
he United States officers, and one of them I r*
nurd.-red for attempting to execute the ' N'
aw he had sworn to support. At this l!
into there are a dozen States in the Union I
rhich have nullified the Constitution and
h<> laws of the < Jeneral Ooreminent, and
msitivelv refuse to protect the' rights and
ir&perty ??f Southern citizens. * All this '
ias the South borne, us did our foreluthors
he oppression ?>f England, and met each
low outrage only with tho pclitioUfe and '
irotests.
In no single instance has the South aterupted
to interfere w.th tho Nortiiern 1
ights; in no ease his tiic South violated h
li>' constitutional eompaut ; in no eu>e has
It.- a<kcd tor anything no guarruntied to
ler bv that instrument, wiiich all hud ~
sworn to honor and obey Patiently, for a 1
ong s--ries of years, has the South submit- 8
ted o "he taunts insults and gross injus- h
fee IV in tlic North ; and now, with otiethird
of the States in open opjmsittou to *'
lier rights, and with hostile legislation 1
standing ujmiii the r -cord?with the Ex- *
L'cutive power of the Union in danger ol { 1
being transferred to hostile hands?the c
South, feeling that her r ghta and her in- r
to rests have no longer uiiy guarrantee of j a
protection?that the compact under which 41
she entered the Union has been delilwiato- J
iy and persistently viuKud by the North ?the
South is considering whether the i f
I i
ti.i.c has not come for her to leave a co-part- | '
ncrship where she is no longer respected, | 1
and where her rights and interests are no j
longer sate. This seems to us the true j
state of the question ; and if the co-part- i 1
tier- who neither regard ihv rights nor inter 1 '
Mta of the South attempt her longer con- j 4
tinumce iu the firm, every principle of |a
justice, every sen'iinent of honor, will bo y
revolted at thciujustice and tyranny of the
act. If it is desirable to maintain the Un- 1
ion, I'I llf. X-.rlh rrjtt iil her host?!*' hjishi- 1
tinti mjaiiist thr South, let the North ro- 1
solve honestly and faithfully to carry out 4
the constitution and the laws of the I uiou 1
?to retrain from insults and outrages upon
Southern feelings and Southern rights, s
and then the Union will stand foisver. f
The South is tr e and loyal. '1 he South j j
has nc\er uiadeany agg ession uj.o.i Nor.h- j t
ern rights, aud she never will, uni< ss driven i
to it kit defence of her own. It then a di?- solution
of the Union should he brought
upon us, ?he great evil will be most justly c
chargeable to the fanaticism of the North, t
and to its open violation of the Constitu- '
tiou whicti bound it together. It the North 1
is per niUcd to nullify ll e laws of Congress, i .
t>> trample upon the Constitution ot the 1 ?
I iiion and tlie rights of the South, can it t
be expected the South will continue to sub?.!?
... ?:i ii . i i?i
mi ii11lii ruuneu oi ner properly as she bas \
already beeii of her rights? 1
Imiom Xkw York.?The New York <
correspondent oi the iMiiluddphiu Li'iljt rt t
writing Friday,says: ! t
The money kings had a n lapse to-day. t
The gleam of sunshine, yesterday, is all I
el.mJi 1 over aguiu by the * <try rejsrrts 1
iroiu Miliedg villi-, announcing that the i
Legislature iiavc rcroivt d, or ar<- going to cboivc,
t back up Souili Carolina, at the ,
.- Hue time placing a million oi'dollars at .
tlu- service ol the .Slate tor warlike purposes, j
i'cople who have dc ts due them in tier- ,
giu, moreover, feel very uncomfortable in t
view of the prospects of the passage of a j
bill sn-pendiiig the collection oi debt until ,
f.unary '.Mil 1 uder these circumstances, j
ol course, "money" continues as tight as a i
drum, and stocks continue to run di wn
hill, like water. I .
I have it on good author'ty, that several !
of the most eminent elvrgymon of the city 1
have been waited upon by various citizens, x
withiii a day or two past, to urge them 1
to preach disc urscs on Sunday ne.vl suit*- '
aide to the crisis. The hope is that Words (
oi concitiati >n and kindness fpmi the j
N rthein pulpit will In lp to restore a kind- ^
lier feeling at the SoUlIiTwelve
hundred k"gs of powder and
eighty lour 1? o Ainiiiimilioii were shipped
to ( li.tl lestO , S. t'.
A private meeting! f sonic twenty of our '
lea !in x oitueiis w i In id la#?t evening, at the a
m,.? v... l i fc -! "
? ? ? "i ?* iiwm i, lui iav mi tiMinmnaiiuii
nrliat measures could bo towards
ill.ivin^ the excitement which exists in *
m \ . ial of tho Southern States ?n roteroneo "
lu s- ce-unii I'll.ill thrl iiinii. A committee ~
Was appointed to diatt ia?.>lutious fur a ill- *
luro meeting. j
Wit MIMi |.?N \. C . .VoVKMIIKR 1') ?III t I
|iursi::iucc oi un invitation through the pa- a
tiers a very and resi.oetalde iiodv of i!
>ur ritifi'ti.*, without distinction of party, n
met tonight. It Musi one ol the Urp st a
ivcinbl itjes that t ier convened in thin h
lukvn. Several uhlonnd prominent gentlo- u
nu n addressed tlw tnectiuj;, amid meat en- i
hnsiasm. A series ol strong secession tea- j
dutions worn ollcred, hii 1 iM?>cd unani- \
nously. It was also n.solved to organize a (
?orps of" Minute Men,*'and numbers cauie ;i
orwurd and enrolled their names sh sold- ?
era in the cause ofthe South; Tho people ?
leeni fully aroused. The " Old North |,
:5tato" will do her duty. | ?
-1-1 Pffg
The Pi'MldeoUal ElMtlti.
Tbu following table shows the popular ..w
to of the 1*ailed States at the Presidvti- ^
il elections that have taken place since
>2^:
In 1828 Jackson elected; majority over
I 140,000.
In 1832 Jackson ro-c-leoted; majority
er all 123,000.
In 1830 Martin Van ljurcn elected;
ujurity was 20,707.
In 1850 (Jen. Harrison elooted; his marity
was 138,000.
In 1844 President Polk was elected, but
as a minority of 22.000.
In 1848 t I?'ii. Taylor was elected, but
le majority a?ain hi:fi of other candidate
as 112,000. * v
In 1852 <I<*ii Pierce was elected. Ilis
_ i? *.r - 4<)
njurujf uvcr an -.viuj
In 1850 Mr. Buchanan was elected,
lie majority against, him on the popular
>te was 387.000.
Notwithstanding the imposing pyramid
tared by the Republicans in honor of their
ictory, how different from the above re>rds,
is that presented be the results of
le content of 1880.
In 18G0 Abraham Lincoln is elected;
ut the majority against him will be ovfe*
rie million?the Congress of the United
tates in both brunches will l>e in bostilif
to his administration?and a majority
f the Stute-? of the Union will have recored
their clecturial votes in opposition to
itn! ,
Such is the victory won by the Repubican
party. What wonder that its fruits
liould be ho bitter *?Albany Aryu%.
United States Troops at the South.
?As some interest attaches at present to
be complement of Uuiled States soldiers
talioned South, we append what is said to
ie a correct list of them : *
At For'rws Monroe, Va.f 8 companies
f artillery; at Faycttevillc arsenal, X. fc.,
company of artillery; at Fort Moultrie. S
j.f 2 companiesot artillery; at Augusta.Ga.,
com puny of artillery ; Key West, Fla., 1
ompuuy of artillery; at Barrancas barachs,
near IVnsacola, Fla., 1 company of
rtillcry; at Baton Rouge, La., 1 company
rartillery?total, about 800 tucn. There
ire about 120 United States marines at
Norfolk and Pensacola. The recruiting
nations of Jeff rson. Mo., and Ixmisvillc,
Ky.j have no full company garrisoning
Item just now.
IIianER.? Higher! It* is a word of noble
neaning?the inspiration of all great deeds
ie syuij a hetic that Is ids, link by link,
u^.........i ?..?i ,.i
no uuixitioi'Miru owui it/ no ai:ii ivii ui )
mil still holds its mysterious object standing
iud glittciing among the stars.
Higher! lisps the infant that clasps its
not Iter's km an, and makes its feeble essay
o rise from the floor?it is first inspiration
it childhood?to burst the narrow confines
it the cradle in which its sweetest moments
tave past forever.
11 igher! laughs tho proud schoolboy at It is
wing; or as lie climbs the tallest tree of tho
orest, that he may look down ou his less
idvcnturous companions with a flash of
ixultation, and abroad over the fields, the
neadows, and his native village. He never
aw so extended a prospect before.
Higher! earnestly breathes the student
if philosophy and nature; he has a host
>f rivals, but he must eclipse them all.
fhe midnight oil burns dim, but he finds
ight and knowodgc in the lamps of heavcu,
itid his soul is never weary when the last
if them is hid bchiud the curtains ui motm
ting. ' ,
And higher! his voice thunders forth;
v lien the dignity of manhood has invested
his form, und the multitude is listening
-:,i. l .i: a.. i; --?i t -!-?
i.ui ucugui u? ms oracies, nuruiiig with
slihjufiico, and ringing like true Htoel in*
he cause of freedom and the right. When
iiue has chaugcd his locks to silver, and
.he Lays in th? tiel<l, bow in reverence us
ie pusses, and peasant* luck to him in
loiioi-, can he breathe forth tiuui his heart
he fond wish of the past?
Higher yet! He has reached the ape* of
artl.'.y lienor, yet his spirit burns a? warm
us in youth, though with a steadier and
infer light, and it would even borrow
rings and soar up to heaven, leaving its
cncuant* t?> moulder among the laurels he
ia* wound around it, for the never-ending
'lory to bo reached ouly in the presence
if the Most High.
How Coffee came to be used.?It
s somewhat singular to trace the manner
n which an*e the use of coffee, without
vliicli few persons, in any half or wholly
ivili?vd country in the world, now makes
i breakfa<t. At the time Columbus discovered
America, it had never been known
>r used, it only grew in Aral ia and upper
lllnopin. The discovery of its use as a
overate i* ascribed to t be Hujxrrior of a
uoimsti ry in Arabia, who desirous of precntitig
die monks from sleeping at their
loctural services, made them drink the
u f usion of coffee upon the report of sheprd*.
who o'nerved that their floeka were
nore lively after browsing on the fruit of
he plant Its reputation sproad through
he adjacent country, and in about two flunked
years it had reached Paris. A sinrle
plant brought theao iu 1714, heunnie
he | a cut stock of all the French coffee
flirtations iir the West ladies?The
>u.el* iutio.luccd it into Java and thj
".i>t Indies. and the French and Spanish
II over South America and the Wcat In!ies.
The extent of the consumption can
iotv hardly he vcalued. The United State*
lone annually oonaumo it at a coat on it*
Hiding oft oin tilUvu to sixteen willioua
if di.liars.
Tuf. ilruiit or Secession.?flon. c. l.
'iillatidighiMa, of Ohio, publiahea in the
'incinnuti Knquirer, of the 10th instant,
very nhle lett.v, in which ho takca strong
rounds in favor of the right of a State ta
i'cede, lie say* that ho will never vote
>r an appropriation to force a State to ra?
min in the l uion against hor will.