\ ; m - :
L ti
Wa Ml A State, and sot as an uaOqrnniaed
(MM of individuals, Artd that the action of
.;. uaeh State waa independent of the others,
and if any proof of this fact bo wanting it
- may bo found io this action of North t^arolina,
which Stato^lid hot cuter the Union
until more than a ycur uftor it was formed
by the admission of pino States, which
number * as required by the ('(invention
AL-4 -J.-A?1 A. a 44..*. .u th..
tii*i a? #!i*ru iiiu prv^tuv vvu9iuuvtun v* vuc
tJaitttd $(aton>
It is true that no provision is made in
Die Constitution for dissolving the Union,
tad it is vory probable that the pat riots who
frtmod the iusiruiueiit hud no idea that a
loathsome fnuiricUm, pandered to by
Northern politicians, would qWr make it
necessary for the safety of the South that
they shoulJ dissolve the compact on account
x>f its violation by tho. other section of the
Confederacy; but it.must be veir.cmborcd as
in rule o! universal application, that a violation^f
a compuct or agreement by one
party releases th?? other party troui its hind
ing obligation, and the only question is,
who is to judge of tho infraction: From
the very nature of the case, in a compact
with sovereigns, there can be no umpire
Unless ono is provided by the instrument
itself, and in the language of Mr. Jefferson,
'Hatch State must judge of the infraction
und the mode and measure of redress." A
compact between sovereign States, with the
uuderstundi.ig that tli- majority should put
their construction U|toti its provisions, i
Would rfot bo Worth the paper upon which
it was written. Majorities need no protection,
for they can protect themselves, hut
minorities insist upon constitutions to re?traiu
the majority, and to allow it to put
its construction up:>n the compact, is equivalent
to giving them the absolute power to
govern the minority irrespective of any restraints.
The simple statement of the case is this:
each State entered tho Union under the
Constitution; the Federal Government is
the agent of the States, created for special
purposes, and circumscribed in its action
by the articles of agreement, or in other
words the Constitution. W'henover the
'States having the |>owcr to control this
-agent, permit or command hini to violate
the compact, each State, not having suitrondered
its sovereignty, has a right to
rcuioustrate or withdraw as she may think I
proper, and no earthly power has the right
?to prevent.
It is urged by some as an argument
against secession, that the cxistiug Govern
tucnt would he destroyed by n State seceding;
that the revenue laws would become
imperative, and the wheels of Government
-stund still My answer is this, that in the
exercise of an undoubted right and being
forced to exercise it by the party that is
likely to suffer, it cannot complain of the
consequences of its own acts. If South
<'arolinn, secede, the Government will be
in no worse condition, except for a very
-short time, than it would have been if
South Carolina had never entered the Union,
which is acknowledged on all hands
sliu was not hound to do.
Tho idea that n majority must always
govern, which has taken poMcreion of the
Northern mind, is as mischievous as it is
fallacious, and is coutrad'ctod by all the analogies
of a Republican government. 1 f a
mere majority is to govern, why have two
houses of Congress?a Senate and House
of Representatives ? Why give the President
the veto power? Why submit the
action of all three to a judicial tribunal 'i
Whyjrequirc juries to be: nuuimous in giving
their verdict ? Tho conclusion is irresistible
that it is for the protection of
^minorities and the safety of the citiscn.
r may bo asked if a minority should govern.
My auswer is, no; but they should
T>c able, hv constitutional restrictions, to
restrain the majority from acts of injustice
and oppression. In the copartnership forin cd
by individuals, the majority is not permitted
to construe the article of agreement
to the injury of the minority, but in this
case there is a disinterested tribunal to deTide
the question. In a compact between
States, from the nature of the case, there
can bo no tribunal to decide violations of it,
- and the remedy must bo a dissolution of
the agreement, without any right on the
part of the majority of the States to prevent
the withdraw! of any of the parties,
otherwise might would make right, and
a compact bean unmeaning and worthless
piece of parcSnent.
It follows from the views presented, that
the Federal (lovernment cannot rightfully
use force to prevent a Stat*' ftom seceding,
or force her back into the I'nion; but in
the language of the late Judge Harper:
" men having arms in their hands may use
them and 1 'carmot too earnestly ur?e
upon you the importance of arming the
State at the earliest practicable period, and
thus be |ir? pared for the worst. It if grat
ifying to know that if we must resort to
arms in defence of our rights, and a blow
should bo struck fit South Carolina, before
the other States tuove up in line, wc have
the tender of volunteers iroin all the
Southern and some of the Northern States
to repair promptly to our standard and
share our fortunes.
In urging the State to nrm, it is not to
be understooed that we are defenceless; by
examining the report of the Adjutant and
Inspector (Sencrul herewith tru sniitted,
yon will see that we have sufficient artus to
supply the number of soldiers tint will
probably be necessary for some time to
tome, and many o" our arms ure of the most
approved patterns; but no one can tell what
a day tnny bring forth, and it is a wise
precaution to prepare in time. 1 cannot
permit myself to believe that in the inad ncss
of passion an attempt will be made by
the present or next adiniuistraton to coerce
South Carolina, after accession, by refusing
u> surronuer 10 nor iiic naroor defences, or
by interfering with her imports or export* ;
but if I am mistaken in this, we must accept
the issue, and meet it as becomes men
-mid froeuien, who in nil the calmness of determined
resolution, infinitely prefer atiui'bilatioo
to disgrace.
Wc can penetrate the dark future; it
may be "filled with ashes, tear* and blood,"
but let us go forward in tho discharge of
our duty, with an unwavering trust in God,
and a consciousness that any thing is preferable
to dishonor and degradation.
W M. II. GIST.
Not*.?In addition to what has l>cen said of
postal mailer*, the present arrangement might
be o ntinued. by an agreement bet worn the State
.and the Federal authorities for a giv?n time,
and until other States secede, and ? formation
of a Southern Confederacy, when the whole
subject can be intrusted to them ; nnd if no
arrangement of tho sort can be carried out, and
(ioverument insist on considering the Slateatill
.in the I'nion after the urdinanoo of secession
has been patse l, the [ resent arrangement jmunt
ecace, aud soma other, under State authority,
J>e substituted.
V; - - - ? *
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<Dur vyaiwwna d7p<ub?n.
a &A ? W A Ngu 3& <0,
Thnriiday, December 0,1VM.
_ We are nuthoVised to announce MAJ.G. W.
I!. LBftO, as a candidate tor Cominki. to command
the iltith K?-gi:ucnl, S. 0. M., at tlie ensuing
eleotlon. \ ' I
We are >i>nknrlzed to itnuuunce Lioutenanl
Colonel A. J. Fo&TRIt, as a candidate fort'oi.okel
t-o command the dOth Hegluicnt, S. C. M.,
at tlie ensuing election.
Election foe Oelcgalee.
The people of Spartanburg are reminded that
an election f?r Delegates to the Stale C onvention
will las held nt tlio several election precincts
on Thursday, the tith instant. Tlio oleolion
is* to he held hat one day for town and
country, and according to the Aot the "Managers
snail meet on Friday, the 7th of December,
count the votes and declare the election."
Tltia is an election of vnat importance, not
only toour District atul State, bat to the whole
South, inasmuch as tho action of South Carolina
will determine that of her sinter Southern
Status. It is therefore necessary that our citizens
should look well to the men who aro to
reprcseut them.
Judge Lunptlrect.
We last week gave two of Ju lge l.ongstroet's
articles, atul this number will contain two
more. We shall coutinuo the series. They
will form an iutoresiing history oftlie present
times, abounding in facta nnd statistical information
thrown together in a chaste and
beautiful maimer, which will cause them to be
read and admired throughout the Stale. These
articles appear in the Omunlian, whose efforts
iu behalf of our c*u?e has hecu materially
strengthened hy their judicious ui.d manly
arguments.
ItSllttary Cli'clloii.
J. C. Wiusniith, Esq., was, oa Saturday last,
elected First Lieutenant ot the Morgan llitlei,
eice A. T Cavis resigned.
This gallant corps lias ton.1t?m1 its services
to Ooveruor Gist, as we announced some time
since: it is now thoroughly organize I. :uid
awaits the call or His Excellency, should circouistunces
render it necessary for the sons ot
Carolina to battle in defence of Iter rights and
lienor.
Nattonlc.
The following officers have been elected to
serve Spartan Loiiqk, No. 7t>, for the ensuing
year: viz :
>VM. LOCKWOOD, W. M.
WM. 11. Till M MIKll, S W.
C1IAULE8 MOOllE, J W.
T- J. ELFrtUl), Secretary.
JOHN M. HKNSON, Treasurer.
Pertiunni.
Among thu visitors uow in our city, says the
Carolinian, are Msj Hen. McCullnugh, of Texan
fame, and Col. Hilbo, of Tennessee. Itotli
of these gentlemen are politically up to the requirements
of the present issue, mid will meet
any that future events may present. They are
slopping at Hunt's Hotel.
AdmlMslons to Equity.
Court or Appkals?Coi.cmiiia, November
28 ? Applicants for admission to practice ititlic
Equity Courts of this State were examined, nud
1 the following gentlemen licensed ns Solicitors:
M. J. Hough, Wm. Muiiro, Thos. K. Powe. jr.,
Emmelt Scibcls, G. A. Ward law, J. C. Winsmith,
O.J. Youmuns.
itmuii ui ijiicuiiin i^icriion.
This grout event, fearfully anticipated, is
upon us in tho fullness of a reality, and its
etFect? arc constituting the staple of many an
editorial, North and South. From the tenor of
the whole, we iuferthat in the Northern region
the right of secession will l>c denied, and u
pseudo-conservatism will be suggested, ultimately
reliant upon the tender desire of the
South to accept such promises and intimations
a- the basis of full and tin d adjustment of the
question. Whether we, in Southern latitudes,
will swallow the sugared bail, remains t > be
seen. In a review of the questions and measures
which have produced this sectional election,
upon strictly sectional principles, during
the last forty years of American history, we
opine, no ground of a fixed hope cub be found,
j that the North will do us justice, or satisfy the
I demands ot the South upon Constitutional con
I siderntions. We have ever believed that the
| pulpit and moral action of the North hid bctciune
so prostituted and tinctured with the
spirit of abolitionism, as to incapacitate them
! to rncio us out justice in regard to our uliar
I institutions. The vote of l.;ucolu, confined us
I it is to the eighteen tree or iinu slavelioldiug
j States, Willi uot a single vole in the fifteen
I Southern States, is n decided proof and conei1
sive argument that our Government i- ??cfiuiii
uiued totally and hopelessly. With such a
{ painful state of (acts, can wo trust him or those
j whom he so iugloriously represents.' Ili.s clce
| tion brings with it ilie legitimate result* <>f ibr
i hl?e teaching* of hi* parly. IMedgcd to ab *1
isli slavery, they hart* succeed.' I in doing so.
??? far us tin! ballot box is concern.-I?all the
remanent duty connected therewith is to secure
i l*o amending power, utid I bus change llir (,'oitgtitution.
T11til done, their victory is complete.
Will they stop to effect that object 1 t'lin you
of the Soulh trust them ? At first, they era red
the right to petition Congress. Thai granted,
they asked for the Missouri Compromise. Tlmt
granted, they demanded that all the Territories
should be free. That done, they have elected
their candidate, alio prescribes the cardinal
item of his political faith to be the extermination
of slavery.
C'oiifcrc'ftN
Both n>uses organ nod on Monday and a
quoru it ofeicli was pr?j<e it . All the^outli
Carolina Delegation ware present, but the |( i.
\V. Forcher Miles.
Both Houses appointed Com nitio*s t?> wait
upon the l'tvsi lent an J a ijo.true I before one
o'clock.
A Union meeting was appointed for Monday
Kv ning. hut w is inJjAnitely postpone 1 at the
suggestion of Senator Crilten len.
C'ioms inchur Tlimifs* Men.
An Association of Minute Men has been
formed at Cross Anchor, in this District, and
the following gentlemen were elected officers :
T. 11. Furguson, Captain; F. X. Walker,
first Lieutenant ; X. IV Floyd second Lieutenant,
and II. llobo, Lnsign. About sixty names
were enrolled, among whom were several geni
tlenien over fifty.
| The company were er.lcrtnined in the Hall of
| the new store of Mr. W. J. Whitinire. The
i iuie# 01 triw-. Auobor gnve llit'ir 11> |>iv>'
hi?<I good wlnheit for llie oaj.l.\XT ?ori. They
have n handsome tUjj.
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r :V>->^ y ^ : .
LIL.JL !.. I IJil'j 1 "I' I II i!.LLLi.J
Ne?U?f ?t Mew Proap?ct.
We taaderstnhd a Urge nod enihushstio
m? eting wu held nt Now Pr. epect on Hi I urdsy
last, Henry DodJ, Esq.. presading na ('li.tiiman
end W. T. Wilkina acting as Seoretary.
Cvl. T. O. P. Vernon, Gen. B. B. Foster,
Bimpsou Bobo, nndUer.J. 0. Lindrum delivered
eloquent and at do addressee. The following
Resolution*, we era informed, wcTe unanimously
adopted: The KcanlulJitiia indicate strongly
the spirit which perruded tins meeting.
Wm kuk.vh, the rrcnt flection of Abraham
fto thir Presidency of these United
State*. toy .1 purely sectional party, utterly
hostile to the rights, iatoiosts an J prosperity
Of tlio elavoholding Slates of this Union, leaves
Routf! Carolina no alternative but submission
or resistance : Therefore,
1 Knot or J% That this meeting, unwilling to
submit, do most oordiiilly approve of ami ratify
the action of our Legislature, calling it Convention
of the people of the State, t* see that South
Carolina suffer no detriment.
2. Rtaolrr'l, That we conceive of no constitutional,
rational or effectual modo of resist
anee, othor than to resume all tlio powers dolegated
by the State to ihu Federal Government,
by seceding from the present Union, nod establishing
our separate independence ns a Sovcr
gn State.
3. Rrauleed, That wo cordially approve of the
nomination of Delegates mado at the late Mass
Meeting, held at Spartuuburg Court House, on
the 21 tli November.
At a meeting, held Dceetiihar 1st. of the Minute
Men of Spartuuburg, the following resolution
was moved and unanimously adopted:
K'-no/rnl, That the thanks of this Associa
tiou be tendered to Mrs. Dr. J. J* Vernon, Miss
Marv Vernou and Miss Minnie Smith, for the
beautiful Flag which now waves from the Liberty
l'ole. K K. L. EWAUT, Sec'y.
Ncmn SlTJips.
The funeral of Mrs. Susau Capers, widow of
the late Bishop Capers, took place in Columbia
on Sabbath morning last, at the Washington
Street Church.
The Commercial Bank, of Columbia, has offered
to take at. par twenty-five thousand dollars
of tlio bonds of the Slato issued for tlio purpose
of arming Lr general defence
hiciimonu, November30 ?GovernorXa'tchcr
has issued a proclamation announcing the election
of nine Bell and six Breckinridge electors
in that State.
Wamsotox, November 2??.?Alviees from
| South America, siatc tint Mr. Clay, the Am ;
ric in Minister, had receive I his pa- port*, and
1 would leave for Washington on the 12th. ItnI
I..... .1. . r .1. .11: I
...V ..... v._? un uk' |WV-i|i1 i)l IIIV OI1IC1 tl unci I- I
gcuce i'f Mr. Cloy having demon lei his p:i'>
ports from the Peruvian (Soverniuciit. the IVcsi lent
tendered the Poruvinu Minister hi- passports.
Mili.khokvii.i.k, November Jd.?The bill for
the relief of the bunk-* passed both Houses to lay
by u lurge majority. A veto is expected,
but the bill will probably puss over the veto*
Washington, November ltl.?Hon. Thomas
Corwin arrived here to day. Mis converse- j
tiou indicates that Lincoln's Cabinet will be :
highly conservative.
The Chemical Hunk was expelled from the !
clearing house for refusing to put its spoof
reserve into the comtnou fund according to the
programme assented to by the bank- of the
City.
Nkw Vouk, November 20 ?Thomjuon's /'hi':
.Note /{ /iitrlrr quotes unciirreiil funds of all the
batiks South of Washington u1 ten per eent
discount; .Maryland and Washington City three i
to five per cent.
Ciiaulkstov N **. _,y<. lHtih?The following j
Hanks of this city suspended specie , aymetits
to*day: The State Hank, the Hank of the State
of South Carolina, the Honk of Soiii h Carolina,
stid the South Western Kailn'od H:i*ik. Til"
Planters and .Mechanics' Ha tk wdl >us;? *u I morrow.
Nkw York, Nov. UK. 18>'> >. ?Money is osi
er. Slocks ore .lull ui.J low er.
I'll11.\i>t:i.riii \. Nov. 2'J. l^f.h?A m ciiii : of
the cotton and woilcn mauuf.ieiures w.i- ho! I to- |
ilny. They cxprc.-s the belief that they ' in
curtail operations without snipping thcii millsThe
I'otnnioivial nod Exchange Bonks of ? >
liuubia, ttusp. tide.I on yesterday, following the
loot of the DUarlestou ll.inks, all oT which hil
suspended.
Lincoln's majority in New York is 17.727.
Breckinridge's majority in North Carolina is
3,51V. Douglas re. eivd 2,7<?1. Breckinridge
18,53V. llell 11.VV'h Two >>r throe counties
were thrown out for informalities.
Dr. Hayes writes a few days after crossing
the Arctic Circle at W .leg. 30 nun., the -im
set at 10: 80 1*. M., and rose at 2: to A. M.,
twilight continuing so that that the \><\ ye;
wrote out tluir Journals at midnight v hottt
the aid of lamps.
In Dr. William l.ongshaw's letter, wi.o r
turned from ill he ilth Irotu Dr. Hives' ArctiI
Expedition, we notice lit.- death ?f (lih<ou
) Cariuthers, of S. C., tig I about thirty one
years. He w.is luiriel <>u the 1 HI. of August,
i at 1'pern wilt, on the coast ofU. eo'taud. II
' wm a carpenter, uuJ setveJ iu ( iriuticil s fust
' Expedition.
j Tauj.au\sskk, Kin.. November Tlie
!gislaturo of Florida ha* unanimously j u-f I u
bill providing for a Don voir ion. to meet u tin
I .01 J nil nary, I !. The IV !: tig -ill. I ileu-ni: lfi:i!
lion of resistance ingrowing ai longer.
New Yokk. November ??' Tin* ??..\<*rnmo
il lius not p-ii I the Custom olto-i-ils their
* ilurics to-day, winch has occasioned sotnalum
among the employees nl I nclc Sum.
j One of Doloer Poller ? vessels 11 flying tIto
I Palmetto flag in ottr harbor to >1 .y.
Stocks aro d ?r 11, aud 'iio incvit vble crush ip
coming
The Prenlilcnr.t ilcst'.i^c on
Hie CTIhIn
Wasiii nhtom, November -S The President's
message Wn< not completed till to day It w.ll
go in ly p? to-morrow Tlic passage* upon
the trouble* of 'ha day ore very mitotic, prudent,
wine, in il>l a if 1 forbearing. I hn vn icv
noii to believe ilull a constitutIoimI coiivi utioij
| of ill i ho St* c* i- presented '>y the President,
! with the upprov.il ol' oil the Cabinet, a; :i
; measure proper ut tins tifno.
The ViOA? iiikeii by l!ic President a* In the
uhiti' i I right of secession are tint perl;..pi <; >
incident with tlie view * of ail the members of
tthiuci hut a Jitf-renoe of opinion in the
Cabinet on that subject w.il not involve any
rupture. Secretary Cobb may tie obliged to
return In (ieorgiu very a ion probably nevt
we.ek in lie is culled upon by his pr nii n -nt
connect ion with the politic* of (leorgin to ink"
a part in thciit. II" will he a leading iiiau hi
the (Seorgia Convention. Of r.nir-o In wiil leave
the Treanury llepa tment very nui<n, in view
of the duties to which lie is called bv his State.
Hut in leaving the Cabinet ot Mr. Ituehaiiiui
j lie i? governed hj in unfriendly feeling to
I wards tho President or Ins associates in I
! Cabinet. Therefore, ii may be properly <t.i cd
I di.it Chore will be 110 rupture of the t'ubin?t,
I but ely a change.
It is not true that Chief Justice Tuicy has
' resigned, or intends to resign or ho* ever -ig
nifled my intention or wi.-li to resign hi- post,
lie is in boltu: health tlintt uniiil, uiiti declares
, his purpose to die in hum us.
[Corrr*j>omknct of (he lialtimove Sun
r
Colonel Uunklnti;
Tho following letter to the 0 jiuruiitee of Iu- |
vital ion will'eipliin the re w? why Colon* 1
Hawkins woe not with ns uti anlo-'lay.
Umius C. H.t I'co. 3, 1800.
J/<*i m. Wm. II. Triuimtir. I/iriitn MitcKfU, J. J.
H'tyd, J. J. I".num. J. .1 l.c :
Okvtlrmkn : I receive*!, iu Uolttmhla, on
Friday night lost, yours of the J'Jtn .Novoiubcr,
invliiuir iue to udtlrisM, on to d y. tlio people of
Spnrtnuhitrg "upon tin-nil ab?orh.ng qiifilou
of rtcoc**i< !?,' " ?ceoutp.viueii by u similar I
written rc*|ue?t, lifiitd by vglity-rive ciiixen* i
of your I>t.hi* lot-. 1 re#rr?l. extremely, tny inn- j
hihty to oomjii}' witli tins re< pit-si, co oing tY-in |
t.o large ami rospicti'bic u portion of your people.
mid atuongn them a number of my iuuK
cherished friends. I left Columbia on Siititr'hiy
iunruinjr, where 1 hail lw#n tor fovutl days
engaged in the iii?elt nge of a public 'Inly, with
the view of m11ivinl tig to liusiiit -ss appoint mcitl*
here, which 1 coiil<l Hot iicgluol wit ho: I occasioning
inconvenience :io?t loss to others,
1 eiVdhtiler the ijne--tinii of .S'<<vt.t/'<n, by this
Si ate, u* settled by tho ca'l of tli Convention, i
endorsed hi it liis l) i 11 by public sentiment; ;
and it is the patriotic duty ot every uiHseu of j
this State to su ta a the ordinance of tvccssion. j
whether w'.-o or iinwis'is. Indeed, every en- j
nporaliolii-t ill lfo|f tiuless we are mistaken ill |
the sentiment of llienth< r <'oit<*n States, should i
now go for Be?e*don, as the nu>- elhcient and
practleal, and I may add, the only remedy for
existing evil ! We have n \v iver_. reasonable
assurance tlint (Jeorgi.i, V'-i'-t. m, \lU.-i-sippl
mid Fhuil.i will, at .lie earliest pructie iblo
day. join us. and -.? will th-n be united iu notion
in- we are now .ii feeling .hi I interest. We
may reasonably expect thai oiiier Slave Stales
wi'l. at no distant day. join u< ; and so l?cti *
ing. interest and honor alike rc|uiro thai we
should not longer continue in a I'nion where ,
the majority lire nut igotiivti - I to us and our :
instil lit ious, uud that majority purely sec- |
tiutial.
1 trust that tie patriotism of those who limy I
be called on to act. wiil e>> coti-luct the matter '
as to lead to favorable results, and, at ali
events, to save oar honor. I tii ink you. gen- j
tlenien. for tbo tlattering terms of your inviia |
lion, and beg you to reiurti my tliauks to I iio j
several geutlcmcti who huve mined with you.
Very respectfully, vours. Ae.,
T. V HAWKINS.
For tie Carolina Spar' in.
Mr. Kniroa: Allow u* to pe--iit the t ?1 lowing
ticket to the e>n ilcrnt.'i of our fcllow-eitiiens
:
Peojili's' rI'i?*!k<?t.
C tl? 1!. ? . Ftn?1.1-:.
MAI. T. <> P. \ KlINttN,
W.M. .ias. sM11 :i. i;<>,
CAl'T. 1). li. i: t -s.
?;i:n. j. w. i.u.;:,
M A.I. J. !$. 1> \\ IS.
All those gentlo i Ml l? ivo be ?n ton ral tltnos |
nominated tliuigUlUe l'r> ?. an I iron -1\ ur.ed
privately to all ?w their Ir.o.ils t . u- th i
names for the Convention ; m . the fnui- w
name- srulid first have aire i ly I- i i..ail v ac?"e| tcd
the nomination. It i- 'o i.0 Ii iped tli.u lien.
Miller an I M ij 1' i. i ,v , i ugt .a many
of their fellow eiii'.-n- d 'sire * i to go in: >
the convoution, will . >w tli.-ir friends to u-e
their names for tliit p .-Iri.?>?. Ml th SO Iff1! I
tletnen are well known to tlm Voters of our lbtriot.
and their p litienl po-.tints rautioi he
doilhtcd. It vl 'Ole I tii.-y w.ll net foe the . >1
and honor of our - i ? . The. will certain!*
receivotho strong upper! of
\ r% r \ 11 I XI. Nat.
IVr the (,'aiolii.H J*; nrtitn.
Him. srrl'M's ' iiTdliir.
T I', r .V...? I , ., /;,
tw last iiiniih.T> t the Cari. ini S|.irt:tti, I
SCO my tlalm* nun >iiu >1 ritiiotijr m..ny ' h i
In Ik- uiii' a. -i\, 1.1 r |n'v hi Si .11 :>t!il ii. : l?n
ii i I in the Si-.le v ii i.?*i. a| i:i>.
ir. C i: u in 1 ii it mi the ITiii * .-r next.
At this eriaie in out lii-i'-rv ?i. a. St at o, cli a
}i,i>iiii>n i* lit-1' la r in In* I'vlniil < r -cu/lit j
t.,r : u'i. - . i i \ >!< * i I Sj in i . i1 ur
din i' !i r ii wi !i in . hniii, I u ii, i
ill-till i.' ! i -i i-l i. . aiul will act to
tin- b' -i uf UIV a i.; ly I u- tin? welfare of my
native St . ? .
I'..- u-iiill i! i rt t ll.- Vo'.-rs i.f I'i- |i,t i l<-t
will expect cnoli > nniiice In iluliiio Si - political
i u. iiii.i i ; .i- ii issue i-i . in i>i-411 pi
j a arils 11 a ' itv I t;.? I -y jirv ous
t i tin- I.'.- i i . 1 i ill I : . ii - ,1., h> n
I mentis - i rt ai'i' i.- ' -- ? l.i.i ??t tssiiinjj a t' r- '
Clll.lt*. live sill I a. i I ' i?'i n v In ili?
cf-iniiiiite li.'ei ii i i aii l wr i r, i i?avp
1 In-iti :t it rut In In vcr iti the .. e.i.nc ?.t States
(Sights.
1 w i- ;? s. t i-i ! ",|t liolii-vitt-- tli it
S ullii in- S.i - * I have iti l ! ;il llnil liti.e;
hill .1.- illlf t- i*.i -i-i' State* I'm.I _ ll t (III
fi-ii-itlly. I Inilc-.l in lny ti..:cii I - iti i . ! --I.
. Since that i i'ln*. a^r ? - - i it a. er a. ?ri >?i>ti.
Iiv N> ft li ? H Inl'al -in. It . - i..t? ! tin- South,
aii'l oow ?. aha ma M -- iseippi, .at..I
Plnriil i at? i ??l\ aw im; 'In . on of their
Siai? t' in . un?. l.? unite v it It S i. h t ar li;
na in t.-riiinii! a > jtt'l.erii t".111t*ii4 i uey. The
i i?;.-r?ri-?-i"ll- ii'i-VC I illi!?.l In. I ave > n!y I-1
powerfully itnprcKaed me that n.. - - >u is tike
i only ri-i n- 'v.
| The S 'li- h -* 11 -i: J- liet t'y rmlm in/ (lie
* iungs in .ci 1 ii)i- it her hy if r V i ihern
. Iirotiierlf.-i I liu.i eftf-My an I j.e.wnhly it-hel
I a- licr t lull'*, ii I> T tin Const it ii i, .ft -Iter
riyh:-. ti-ihly l ' f- r, tf.hly hiiitphi hy tlic
1>1 I of . 11r I. . ..ii 4> nary lather* hilt how
has alto 1. .?ti i. . I hi ! r? |4. iteilly in? iheil,
tin.'.'' "fo bearmiet in uttv iiisP, iiul?e-l, will
Ce ise i-i I* 'k v ' .i ll in -it'y lmj . yes.
our only re'i I . . s.c? *<iiin. I !<!* is
, our sovereign right, a1* -1 w* ,v utW he
II lowed I . i: : k- I 1 he F* leral <e-v
ernntent olio we to *<> -roo a*' tint every
Hi.it ..I S .nth t'.i l.n i ii ft lii'lruil 1.4-r. i'len
eft be riekol >t ' l kn w not the re uli !
this oeemingly lioltl act, > deemed l?y iho
fariaticd mi 1 llhck IS.-pttl Sir n. - of the North.
. tlii- " tiin;?.'sni.il ho t rii j." a* they inHultin
rly-"tli: In1 I fe.-l that r\rry Smut,,
r. it until, ii >t . v . ' otr liivril I' ii .iiin.i 1?..i .,?
lier Stimln-ni - Sia: will wirl* < ie
oui Im?M . ,:i iliis i i ip.ti y, nii'l linn* fur his
watch *iiril. -i i ii \ i--1 - i ' -si. !? tV. iii it
1' nil ii wi.li mir i" - il? i?i j i-? *! in i . iii4iiniiii>i:?
iIiosp wiiii!.I linv u? ?1 mi.* ?
who have nw.irii. ! I i. * if lit it 1 *011 nf
II .11) mi. i-11 i i ii': v i - 11 if S ii' i
In concltiMou, wl I-1 ier i .? votui of s nr.
taiilmrjr pli'i i ii.c up nut. I am ici lv ' i 'i v?
f II > Sir. I " ill HIV I IJ I I f V . h.ifV.'M'l- I. |ll|li!?! :
wn'i life utiil |iro|icriy, iiml uii'lnr ti n I mm
Star nn I iIn* I'mIiiipIIii , ?:ll I <1 fmil lur
Iipiiiip, tin-:iiijj in the i.nil - i!.. i iiileth n'.l
lliiug* well. tinier. '.iiii'. ilio flint may ri*? on
a glni-iuu* S illhv.'ii ' 'tiir I a v.
W M J AS. SMITH.
At !lom, N.?v .*?. IS"'?.
I M r. imiis. IYuti., ! 'i ; iii'm r ! -I i wis a
; large nsseailil.i'je of ir citizen* yolofl i \ \i
night. a seii<"< of rosolnti i- were. | a-?e 1 in aoo?|it
flip irrrjircasili'ie -.nliei. . n I calling mi
I the liove imr l<1 e ilivcnc tlie legi-wit lire Tim
meeting reriiinnieii I i I lie e ill of a eoitvrnfion
of llie jr- ijile. lulling iiu Si.;iiiiorn Si ,|es tlntt
TennoM- e wi ..el , : . . .i the S null.
erii Convention. r>r ? v?l 01 for m.
i 11 \>ii<i w, s. r, Dwwniw? I There wee
i an cut luisi:!* it ton* . >ii of tli'iu-iiii'N "I (.leiir(fi'.UIl
lltnl ?";n'iililiiatii III thin town, to-i.nv
Spooehci wr.o deliViT"'l liy Se'.nior Hummon I.
I>r. Miller. mi 1 oilier.-, and were truly SniiltiiTii
in r-?ion.
Sr. I. ?i ii, M >., N?'v. UM, ISitl ? The troop* nt
Smitlivilli'iivi? ,i? liiiiiir into.ruction from Foil
i
Stott. They will propnMjr return, n* Gen.
II iruej Iih* oi'ioiw mi'l full power to arroil
, M.'III poll.?tv .
Ml the hank* of St LnniH li:id MMpi'tiilcl esr.ipt
the Metlianion' ltank.
i Nihiiiimi, \.,MMiilier *_'fi The I'lantrr*,
| Unioti ntitl Stn'i Hiiiki, of t It in State, MiApendto-day,
at llit tc'iui' t of tin community
-1 - L J " i li-JliHa*
Fur the Carolina Hparlatt.
Uh. Kmrou:?i hud mi ankle in the laat *g
iusu'j uf your paper iuqulring of me, tu Chairman
uf >1k' Mass Meeting, of the 21th instant,
why I did nut uiymtlf put the question tu the ?
people fur lite adoption ?t the Report. uf the ''
Nuiuiti .ti.ig Committee. In answer to this in- *
qulfy, I will simply elate, that when iho Chair- t,
mau rea 1 the Report, with my ttamc at the head c<
i . f f-T. ,1.1: ... I.. _?_ _ .1 ' 1
VI I lit." ll.-l. I IVII SVI1IV UOUt-IVJP III UkKlll^ WIB 11
people tn-coiiiirin iny own rumination; I therefore
rC^UClled Mr. C'nuiioU to submit the <jtle#- J
tion. Kospect fully, ri
JOHN U. LAND It CM. w
Ki?ahtwnuuu, Dec. let. IbdU. i<
Mr. KDit mAV : Through your col- ?
uuitir, 1 perceive thai :? Member of the Mib i
Regiment bus nominal cd ine fir Colonel of I lull j r
Kcgitnout, to tilt iho vacancy c* .ed by the i h
resignation of the former iucuiubeut. Uusougbt '
nn.l uutovike I for by mo. this uutuerind emu-j ,
piimcni to my military skill, I thankfully and 1
gratefully a knowledge. I cannot but accent '
the nomination; 1 d ire not refuso at a time 1
when my beloved State may need my service". ,
Standing as I do, on ? strong S'^ettmn l'nit/<irm, i
a place win re t have ev.-r tirrn found fivtu and 11
unwavering, gl idly ?1?? I avail mywe'if of any (
post in which iny IVeble abilities can add one i ^
iota to my country's weal. If [ l.r, circled, no ! )
ellort of mine will be wauling to prove inyrcli j ?
Worthy of the charge. Shod I 1 be called on to '
act in my country "s defon . , wr!.: b/c/.'y u mid |
1 lead oil to I .i '? /,?/ or /><a.'/i.' Ho assured, 1
when net> <ii is required, / wdl never be found >
wanting: willingly woul l I offer myself a? a 1
* i i
victim on the .!oj !,%!?-rhj. Like tiie It' y
in in ?L'nrnuj. boldly w >u! I I leap into the I
yawning gulf to save (lieu, Smth Vurolinut my J
Lei n\ I. uiy ni hil S.u't
l'timit uiu to subscribe myself, with t]ia ,
highest respect. Yours Truly, i
G. W. H. LEGO. 1
To the Editor of flic (\\r. <ljna Spartax.
<
C'orrettpovMlciic*. t
lYc publish the following c irrespondonce sent '
in by ihe t'oiuiuiitec of Invitation to the Mass >
Meeting?the letters were crowded out Inst | i
week: i i
t'it \IU.K?T .N, Nov. L'iM. 18HU. i '
|
To .W ?".?. ./. J. / '?'/ /, -in I ?</e rs ? I'uinmi!hf :
Gi:nti.i.mcn : 1 received your letter to-day, 1
inviting me to attend a ma-s meeting of o ir :
f< ilow -iiiicii, of Spartanburg District, on the '
U It h inst mil.
Although my reply must reach you after the
lay ippnii ted tor your meeting. I Mil, diein '
it rispecttul to \o i to a -knowi' !go the recci|?t
of yi.iir kind iiivif.i! in. a i to \pre-- lay re- 1 i
grot til it 1 s hull Li* drilled t l pi' ll-UI'C "f being I
with you cii tliis important "cea-iou.
Tin- iitu'Xiiuiplcil unanimity w lil?-)i e\i*t.s
among our citincus throughout tlie win !o ." tiiti
lias convinced our nd\cr.-ario, that South '
t'nrnlitn ibunalterably ii-ohcd .-ccede lrom
this Union.
I 11 in happy to in: irtii you tli.it Charleston is I !
detenu 1 to sell 1 a 'Id gallon pledged to i III - |
i.icliuii' secession utumluciiccd hy any coiitin- 1
t 1'iicics whatever. 1 am p-rlectly -nti-ti' d that
when the g:ea* event ?. >uth Carolina -eccsst
'ii t >r /. at in i i it will hei is nnupiuic
el. all hesitation "u tin*pari ot any ot tho uther 1
cotton State- will I instantly ili.sple:i-> d an 1
t ic\ will - "'it la* nt mir side. 1'i.c t .itii ot
iluty her ..ncs pin i iii'i to us ns wo advance. We
must he pr 'pal ed not only to disregard the
threats ot our enci in s hut to turn a dent enrto J
ih cut rent i *s vt'oi tr. n is. Ml that remains ' '
now t r the pvi pie to do is to send tirui ste.nl
list and immovable dele.: ,i?s to the Coiiveu- 1
1
tlotl.
It w.ia my privilege to be in the Senate !
i'hatiiher oti delist n ght of the reecnt session of '
or Legislature, mid 1 heard, with profoitud
iria,it'ie iti 'ii the high-toned and patriotic sentiment
cxpii si-.; |.\ \.iii long ti iel and :->euat
r. Mr. < iiiii ui ami I leei a>-uriil ihai Spur 1
t anhuvg v? ill t? td her large and influential i !
vote in la vol* "I immediate net, on.
1 have tin* hoti i: to he, very le-pcvtfully, 1
Your idt li ut servant,
W. F. COLCOCK. :
Ht:t>ri.i;r, Nov. J J I, lMM). ' ]
, (Ir.stt.evt s :?Y ut* iiivita on to tin* Mass ' .
Meeting at St n't it' " 'o 111 IIT 'W, coined too ' i
lati lor his i -?* [ .n if tin I.ea tii | erimtled. I i
I 1 have. 1> iW'-vcr, n . . . i uh" g.vingyou
I III V view * et ho pr -*. ut s" ate of all 'irs. I 1 e* ' i
j.i 1 n w a * -11':? | matter tii.-it Satth '
t a dul l will, h l. *r i avcntioii, whidi is to
' ii.I- i on the l.i i i' tidier in vt, scoc tc from
the | i s i,i l iii.'ii, w. h or without en opcritiou 1
, from i.tlict **oiitheiu S ilc-. rhcrecnu he no
louhl that she intends to liiul.O a tail m l res ?
lute tiinl ot ti e extreme re u*dv -not of UevoI
iiiii' n, but oi' the t oust it ut ion. tor she will, he
! doi - nothing tin -ii' ill >u exercising a i ighi exI
pre ->1 v -ei ted I > her in the hon I of union.
! if will be :> (iroui but n<>t ? n r ,m. .
' HCCfM'JillJ? I" I :i0 |i iitli/.ll tlciiuitiou oi t it lit Wu.tl
usually
I will say, frankly. tli.it ever nee rl? htm of i
nullification, 1 tinvi- eiiiertiiin.il grunt doubts
wlictlicr n 'ingle Stat .* could buh-si-fully mid
prosperously exercise thi< great right, without
flu* support of oue or more u-l;u.niii? Suites.
i-piaHy :i> ! w iili horse lb and |iOdiiM>lag
llie ?.line >' < u.lustr'n'i institution*. I
have t Initial lit. uiuroover.ili.it mi breaking up
tin- li -ti . nl (iiiverntneiit, i. w ill ii..poi tuui
thai tlui seceding sinto* i: . at once adopt
I!io |>r. 11! i ede. il t i|i?tttii:iuit, i ithoUt any
m..i|:l.i-i?ii-i!i, in i iv "'X'tt in cotit >1-11111 v
w-itii it : foi I tor-o tin* in -! terrible result!.
ti on any niten.pl. in ilit r?- iUj<. to improve o:?
l.iit. 1 trust ilnii whuii in.* l oineution witliIraws
our State l.- .in tin- 1 uion, il will in ike
ih i !io < oli i jii * u? "ni p i" in State (i ireru '
i,it-lil urn,. I. in.iy ' tu'i -sir,) i i meet the new ,
n liii .n . u'liti!"-. pr 'vision it, in view ..f the
, ' -able < irly scce-rioii > r other Southern
> Me . when thu 1'eilerai fount if Join i-.-ui be
tdopitJ c'i-.mji. At 0(orj(iit .til! \iabuiiui
have b > !? railed f (inventions, 1 etili-rinin
ih.- most k anguiuc i-xpi- "t iti in I.mi we c in ilo
ib s befm ilie lib March n--xi It .-ems to
ii.e m-are ly p"' bin. n il the pe- ple lire fully uiai?i-.l
mi indignant -i-u-e ot I hi exaction*
Mni ii-aill' i-t I lie U"fl -liVeli -til.m; Sim en, ninl
i lie danger* "I n largn i- uneeI ion veiih tliein
mi.lei :i e-.iii n iv ii-iv i iiineut. ibut I'le-ii- < mi- '
veiii on? will I i?nil". 1 only ri-grt-1 thai ihey
.In i...i i--en.bl before oil?, ninl set n? mi exlllnple
Io t ill ? .
\V Imtevor happens, ihe die is cist with u-s. I
S Mill i irollU'i d if - tlol wish In Ci elite a liei
pi.b -in N -.lion lily f->r herself, independent of
bet - .iilbet ti so-tei Slnles; w hat she desire.* ifSouth,
ii ."s'.nvi-h'.i ntij? i oiiledi-iaey, and to exemplify
to lite w -rbl tin- perfect inn ot our eivili/.iiion,
the iinmeniiiy <-t onr resource*. and
lb.i the w on bo fill progress of these I'nifed
Siiii.-H is ntninly due to us. She will, by no .
iiie iiis. presume la wftempt to loreo miy other
Si'iiu n 1" miy im-.i?ure whieh it dues not en
III i ll ! > r k II n It- - ii ruiin.l ?!,. if
\ el, i ?m* n It:i* i.i iy. fur lifi 'CI', ^liv is rciulved
in make 1 lie fll Hi. -i/thiii;; nil -lie i-* i?n I li 1*
' nj u ii. in free her people frniu alliance with
, 1I1 Iu?. not ^iiiii'iii v% it ii reaping the heifer
li.ill' ol >ti? !iaive?i pr aliped h\ lil'i laml- inn|
lalml . all- IIOW ilr-lig i! '.li^J vi> Pi-ttrruCI
illil seek . 11/ mil ilestriicl inn will. Miivc?. Intcli
oh nint |< ii >i'i. I .|ii net >.ee, iiivs'.!', how wc
etui now tnk? nnv ' Step* backwards." nr slop
ill :|ii\ lull! ?.iy hml-iv No fail h con l?e placed
iii miHi people. Yet, Inning wiih i;s I lie li^ht,
I lie lain and lliC ("onsllt til ion, let lla ho scrupll
lntt-lv l ari'lul ?o move, however etevnlv mill
11*' i iv? . ealiulr ?nd whnlW within lite limit* 1
of the Constitution and il.e l.i w. Such a
course will on a iim the reaped and sympathy of ,
1 lie world and ilic blessing of I'rov ideitce.
I have the honor to lie, with frrcat re.-peel,
I our ubed fill servant,
.1 II HAMMOND. j
To Mews, .'sines J. llnjil, Siinpien Hobo,
Warren Ihil'rvo, H. Mitchell, Jamei (i. Hnr1
1 is, Sr '
. V V
* , ?? ?v IJCJ
* ?; -r-:..-.AvJU^:v,
>*'? r : "f
L .. 'L.>ii!l lJXIJtL--.l.^l, H?
or tb? Caroliu* Spartiu.] 8
'*> the iltlEeaa of Ipartanburv ?
Dlvlrlrt,
F?i.iio?v< irirn.\# : Not having had the opporinity
of meeting with you rince uiy return from
iduiubta, ivu-1 letting you ktthwfroiu the flump
InH wcpv uiy political th-iu iiucnls, in regard
the momentous <|U?v>t ions, which now euguge
i? puhliv r?in,i. | lake the only method at my *
iuiiu.ui>! fi?r eojiiiiiiLijk-ii ing wnh you through ' ^
ic |ni\|tic pr?*sa. Wo are on i lu> eve of etrtnt- j|
iliMVicn; lime* thai will re^uir.* all of i>nr enrr- ^
ic* au i nil ot our paUioiiani.. The crisis i* ^
iiuX tu and earns! i.o? like >iu>n who know our ?
ights umt d iris i|?lmul tivf-r>i hi ull buxaid*, or
nbuiit like slnrca lo the ty t aimt' ul yoke of a
iiminAiil, 6nctiou.il, '*'i<l thoroughly abolition- ?
uj party. Our only ,ilie*n? q( cMonpe-vour u
lily hope, and only remedy, in my opltiioti, }a j,
i scoe sum frvft llie tiencral t>o\ eminent. v
i ?tu, ami have Iwii for t*u ye us past, ill 1'a- 1 ,
or Of io <k>!???oii wiib co-open i.'n, I am, und ' v
wv bccu virrin ly-utisfiau, i hut we have no t
in to ciitentirti hopes of ol-tniuingour right* ' |
it tlie t'ninn; hut, bifforiiilineussigg ibis lutU I ^
rr. ] >r.iiii tui- to relate to yoti my course in ilio j
irgisliuuic. I wmi in lar<u*ol" n tlouvonuou to j
ue I ?o.ii<>, iui in J.iihi try ne\t ; hut a unjori- ]
v ot tins Leginlaiuie wv.'e >u lavov of an earticf i
?y. hiiiI niter I in! trci vole wan taken n* to j
he lime, I vond lirrtbe Kill fixing the tinu of ,
he elect ion on the bib day of lloceinber ne.\t, |
ml ihr day lor lli? a-oM-inltiinR or iho tjonvi ii ,
ion ?>t the 17'h ot the >nin month. Thin U.ll, ,
,< you i.itn>v, p.i*?ed h i'i bi oncLvg of llw l-cg- \
sl.uir,- without 11 dl>-ii>n;iuy voire. My remun |
in ) >- riig a Liter day wn.?. that the people i ,
lionid liu.'e iuie in muke. with cool tniil lirlib- i j
ruiejud pnotus, then t.cic iioii of whom lliey I ,
le-ire I io have icprcs.cui it.em in flil-^'oiiveii- ' j
ion ; ilitl ili.'} dioiil I invo lime to understand j ,
iilly political vii w< entertained by those j
ib>un it.uy might select. mi l lint anything i
ike |u-<-<*ipttitie aciidii might lit* avoided. but
!o- mgutncni that delay , urio dangerous pre- ,
i 111111. .nut ilu Litil I'U- ^ol He above dinted. In
hi* c -tiii Ltion, without desiring to dictate to
run what roiiree you should pursue, 1 would
limply .old Mm! you should 'elect your Iruest
ml he.*t iucn to represent you ?men who will
Miigh well the circumstances with which they
tin v be surrounded, and will act witii prudence j
ind fu nnies*.
V?e iu the Sou h, I believe, nil agree upon the
locirilie of Suite Sovereignty, and hold to the
leliel'ihut a Stutc litis the right to redact all
lie ]-Otvi'l v hicli . he dclegiitod to the (iein rul
iovcHiincrit wl iMi kLv vulvrcil the nnd
or sul.'iooui c*nwto ? < << -t from that (JnrernUt-nt.
We claim u >w that wo of the South havo
uUi- i?-ut and ahund-wii rrusonti for dissolving
t.u ?: i.i; ii-t. Novel tii-torc in the history of
nir i "iiiii'j- l-i* the tiovcriiment been unilcr
eniireV-ntrol of a w-ctionul party. That
l?ii iv. I, wcver, i- it a siiiipiy to ns, but
In.I ? .ettiy avows ii? mig to un institution
0 i.i. ii I- irUrrwoV' u Mil It our whole social ami
(i iili ul -ysle.'ii, and upoli which depeud.t ?ur
1 y .ir - i j. pf. I."t those wild are
?t |?i e?i i it." i .eii policy ofrcco >?<?n lislen
in ill" ii>l uWiii^ v.oiiis of Joint I'nlhoun,
L in oiina - o.ii-i and purest siaii?*tiiiiii t
" .Via r was I lure an .--iif I-iwici iu<l?*p< Bdent
Mat. iii.it invti.v d greater calamity to
tl.i'ri tnjitc!!'-! tioiii t- ivolved tut bat between J
I lie is i a i-ii which compose tin two sect inns of ;
thia I nioti. The catt'lilion <-t tin- weaker, I
-houli it -ink from a mate ol independence and I
;o?i eipialtty t > one ot ?i pcn-l.ti'-c ut.d sttbjee.
tun, would i>e more calutu.U ns tlmn ever before
belli a civili/.-d | eo| ? . It i- vaiu to liiink that
with ,-ueli i-it.-e ;iietni*s before ihciit, they will
Hot ti.-ist, e-poiinlly when resistance ntay
- iv< ilitan atei catttti l vender their c judiu u
w or.-c.'
' Lit Mere- -i in, then, make our condition
a r-e, i. t wiiut .t may? Lm U at tlio facts as
ii ivy cms,: Lincoln, the author au<l first proislaniter
of the lrrejnvs>.l?le Conflict," a man
itniiU'iHU to .nine, and only unvle prominent
l?y ..I- bitter ntiti op-ii-y avowed hostility to the
.ii it>.lion o. the .South who liclioves in n
"it.gher Law thi n the Constitution ortbe llii
Ic h is hi.on, t ; -in o\ er? lie lining majority in
every free State, and will-., ui single Klectovi-f
il vote iii ttiy s'.-?ve St.i;e. elected l'n.'sivlelU ol
the I nr d > tti-- tor il e next four y eari. Eleete
1. too. hy a | arty whose only political fiith
outfit in its It tr ol of the SoUilt and Southern
inteiests. Have vv any thing to hope for unlet
hs Adtniui-t rut ion ? No! Kveu if he
were <1 spoted to p'.ay the traitor to those vvlio
have p. .c I hint in power and to f.vor Sjnuthitn
intere - lie c uiLl not withstand the rtorui
'.hat would he raised against Ititn. Would you
bo wiling t , uti-t i man wlio * -uld thus \>e:r*v
his nr. n tft ruin - those wl.o had elevated
liilu to the highe : other iti the gift of the
A tit 'rie.-ut pcop.e .' N? \ r' lint there is no iLiu z.
i ot ois acting :.-.i :t.r to li s own parly,
mil to I lie priiieij'i - which lie has heretofore
|>i i l lini il. lint there danger, to the j
M.uili in liiu pri gramme win it his parly have j
marked out lor him, uti l uuic i we have every i
ie - ui io hctizvo he wl'l carry out to the letter.
\? toil out he it'll do for tl e mi; ei- >n ot our
inter st-. a no t rtlio destruction an 1 coin plate
sti'ytt;.' ition ; Ii South, with the immense
patrn lag.' ii:: , ti Vast atltouut of lliollry w hielt
lie wi.l. iti . n- u. 1'iv-i ol ol' litis mighty
li-.v. riiioeu: et St e? . A- I're-idcut, he will
have in . . ;.t \f> ti . >i 'and appoitilmetits to
in i i . i .. i.d i ve y oni- of.h s appointed
i r tn S ?..:!i w i he oi.it* art cm. s try far the
eo-'t; let triumph ?u Uhiek llcjinhlic n ru e fo. ^
tiiter th. '.. to.i .iol x ui. lion ot slavey
'fen Mate, tii?i. i.i? s* 1
i.lWS lit"' nil"!' Mil l It T? iaWS lUt'OU
tun- uny vKbir ol'n futritivc slave vino ?ii cs in '
in these Tervitorii* to recover linn uuJtr the i
laws of t'lingic^ wi:h ini|iri<<osio(ni t'roui five
to liari-.i yoai ?uil hmo denied the u??? of nil
jail*'to any arr.s.in^ officer and punish *\K1 j
m nr tltc; do i In? owner c-f ?ai?l fugitive'
alive. Mr. I.iiicolri'^ Hi|>portm lixv? dvolar- I
rJ (li ir design, t a ?xtInputsh slavery by j
Constitutional to. .nut if possible, or, it' ucce?- j
tutrr, by I ' Of. Vou arc all aware that they sttec
-eJ.d tit eU titijt a S;n?hcr oT the llouso of
< oiijue.ss In adv nice. nnti'.endly to I lie South;
now the rlecti n ?>| Lincoln has given them liio
KxeioiiT" power, and 1 u-.-ur? you, they will
nil ?Ui power in utility ways too. tedious
ha me in ncv'iupt to ft ainemtv, for our oppression
and ma. Me all know of the Joiiu
Itriwnri I eo inn Mod by this purl v who have
i ted I. tic tin?ihos0 ?f his follower* who,
werv ton ea^er to await f ' n*tJuhou'il form* to
Hi'Olish -'.a. cry. \\ e nil seo alid klllMV these
li.inw-, ami much w -ise tvro to he leu red -that
of inuring our slaves to e><!itirtit all kinds of.
et i in h\ nlleuiptitig to poi-.ii llieir ma- rv,
\v W I '.t Mthtu ' to a Hiati wiLji?itcb avow
, i ( oncipa-s oi !,. lility to your interests und .
so lory li> iv'h'i'ViT i, u 1 feel mh isfi -il in say- |
llig VOU w.J! Hot. i kunw too well the pal lit)! J
ie seal intent * m lite ifi/en? of the old Iron '
li. :ri? : ' I d- til' foi a i iotuoi?t b it tint they <
will he ready to ?t and in UCj to e oflhnir Stair. j
il need he, in lb ( eld of battle. rattier than j
to 4'jbuiil to siieli a loan to iiihj over I lie in. 1 r
oii? . 1 Km ready to defoti 1 and eland up 11>? j
ict- I'finy St.it>', let what will t'"tiie
If lit tin- I nion men say. wait uu'il Lincoln j
commi s an overt net ; thai he is powerlc-s to J
entry out his ends, fur tlie- Scuttle und House of I
l!i presentntives wall prevent him. Lven il this I
wei" true, winch I do not ndmit, I ask \ou to 1
l?e>k at the past, with a f\?nfcemalivp, Wmo- !
critic. States Lights, <onsittuitoii.il abiding!
IVesi leiit loit I.mi "lii will not he puttrcrlca* ; 1
he vi id kavt in Ins e n'.rid, a* J have already !
...?V ?- HU11U' IIM 1(1 M4riou?
utlice*. ami lit* will Imvr !nf'tmct pnonjfh
wim (In Siciitii*. the Hfii*?. it ml (he t'.ibloet,
lo ?*f*i*?'3 tint oil ln? tieiiitiv.li ]>ti: jiii.*f?. If *?
wnii ! .! Lincoln to < itiriiit o-? aot, Ktibmi
.tit-n i<> Hie nile. I fcar, uul tit (rut i|iq tune
i>( Shi.iIici ii' uiimoiii. Mini lion >r will be'tomiirnl.
Otl 'iiitl tlrl>;i*fi|. W'r v. ill not. wo r.n?
iii.t, "i ijv?* if w< kiilimtt lo i' ; he who wouM |
3?t|1?ll> It III till" I'll 11* of one lillH'K llt'l lll/tk'OII I
l'ri'niloiii. I b'-ir will not l?c i>tti>urc*l to ro?iM ;
:m liuDilrr l more. r uro Inuiiut to icociiu, if
wo s.i\o our Inmor ami our libprtj. W?> bait*
ii >w * ?oi ij usetiralici t of cn operation fr'>iu
lipor^in, \labama, nn.t h'Jorid i j
ft ml the only i|UP*iion to bo tl.iitli I m tin*
time i*. ithicli in the moot eftoeiual inttlr of re- ,
tli-ppiing our wrinpt ami -oourHK n>n ?? !* oi for
,i._ . ? n.:. . - -
..It- .....I.I . II iii.invr III. \ ur ? * fll Uuii
lo iliilprminr. We nunt mo?i the {ami*, I
let what will come , to eobmif hi thin linto to a
Mack Kej.uhllo.ui ruler. mulct onv pretext, I
regard ah .laofwrotio *s it i? degrading. I, for
etc, uai u??t ready nor grilling to yield to it ; '
nnd I feci Manured that, with the promises of
co-operation we ha.ro from our sHcr bout hem
5-T* "
gifti HI a*-! JJIL
ItiM, Row i# l|a tune f?r~ reoiotanoe, UtfW
[>naeqnoDOe? be Wtyat itiey moy: * g*5 v
Your atttfiwt Nmnt, <r J
<? ?.V.> BATE*
November i*d, 1990.
for. lLu Caroline Hjporteu- V
? - (Vun?u, IX* 1, l&tfO.
Mr, Eiutori l? ?! Spartan of the 29th
[ouomber, I *ee a ?baur.uuioatioB lignad **|h?uinr,"
etprewing greot tiiaur (infection wilt*
bo uoiniuotioB *o4? by tlio Mom Jicotinft,W
l>Hr'nuijurg Court House, on iiaiani*/, 24th
.or cuiber, inquiring of IhoWCbBiraemn of Hip
leeting " wl.oii be expected to aabmit tb? r*.
ori ot the Nouilueihig CoJ&iuitico to (ho ooto>
itkraiiou of lije nwaiiaj," add rliorghag eta
ril.ii ' thrusting the regular Chairman of Ui?
uoeiing aside," *'?d u# my owu appointment,
xruceeaing to il!?ibwj? the dn:ic? of- tb# ~J
hair myself. Another charge who, that I
e ported the nomination aa liariag been tiRto- aowaly
made, wlicn be wan informed (bit
?me of ilie aouiineef received a bare ?isjar?'
!y. To the first charge 1 reply, that a4er
1 bad made the report ae Chairman of
lie Committee, I * in the aet of baad>ag
it over to ibe Chairman of the meeting.
.tiit lie requested me to submit ttre question to
o the crowd. widcli 1 did. boss this look lib#
. *111 limiting that h airman aside and acting
>n my own appoint mom f To the neat charge,'
L aiixwcr that the vote in fcbe Nominating Cam*
nittee wn tnkeu by ballot. and after the rules '
were cOuuU'd, and the result deflated. a motion'
was made by a member of the l pinnn'iH that
die nomination be reported uiKniimoig, which
motion "posted iti the uthrmafive; no oaeob*
|oc<iug " hat 1 heard. Ccriaiuly if any nmktf
L>r itu* i uRiiuitiee was not satMi'd that the report
?l..iuld b * tii ide un it'i'n<HiK, he had thtf'
appoKtunitv t<> object, 1 think I have satisfactorily
an.-wored the charges, uud now appeal
to the Chairman of the meeting and the members
ot tire Committee to any whether I am
correct, for although iny accuser has in effect
charged both the Chairman of the meeting and
the Committee, (or at least a majority ol tlieui)
with colluai'm to proscribe the friends of certain
mcu or measures. 1 am proud to be associated
with .-ucli gentlemen. "Enquirer" says "had .
the report been submitted to the meeting by its
Chairman, I was ready to more a reotnmital of
it myself." It seelaa strange that any man antcrluiuing
the views expressed by "Enquirer"
should stand by uud sec what he deems so gross
an out rage ou the rights of ptople without raising
liig patriotic voice against iu ?,d<|>1y be*
cause the question was cot snomitted by the
Chairman of the meeting. Would he staad
quietly and s?*e the Chairman ihurst aside and.
the duiies of the t. hair u**rj>*d by another who
was then proceeding to force n noiuiuat ion which
"Enquirer" protends is so eery objectionable
upon the people. To say the least of it he has
been derelict in his duty, llut "Enquirer" dsnyttuces
tUo mmiiuation iu unn.taaurrd tc rtna
wiiitMiit giving hi' objections. If he had pointed
out the objectionablen*in or mm, and inf rtaed
tlic public wherein the limit lay. reported
who amongst tlicm wa? ?n unfit tv represent
the District in the Coateuliuu; then the peoplc
might have uetcd with new lights helore
i hem. Itui on looking a litile farther, 1 see ho
1im-< giTcn u r?HM>ti Hoy the nomination should
not have been tmide which no doubt, "Enqui?
Sun., -..m-;?. V'i? i " -
.V. Jiuurimii. ?I IK I U) IUUC Alter
speaking ot the Late division* in llie District, he
??yi " titer ImfC hHlfl divided upou personal
c n??idei ntiniu* bftwwnOiDnoaand Wio-niitU,"
and farther, that it was to be Imped "that the
del>-jr ue* would hive been selected intltKrimi*
natcly Irvtn railroad tax turn. un>l uni -railroad
tax meu, fr<<ni the friends ot Cituann and front
fri lid ?r Winunith,'* and. "that tbm? >h not tasin^I
taati oa it ?h> toted for Winsinitb in the
late clee.ionI will sot follow "Kuqwlrvr"
thMUf i all hi* iir-i't of tikir, who. atur all
this juiblic iXpotiliiiB of what lie denounce* as
an outrage, i he only rewua given i* that the _
nominee* did uol v< te fur Wiuatuitb or against,
the llailroad Tax. lint pm-sibly there may he
another teieoa, porhap mipio did ?>et
tirvl bit friend- nam" in the nominal ton. bat a?.
to thi 1 cannot say. I wilt further state that (
hid uo agency in fu n?it:;.? tire Oomputtee; did
in.I know who wa? uftf (tinted ntit I the Vthn riiuin
made 'mown t ii irut.iu'* ?mltV.-teforr eoiil 1 not-.
have at emtped to proenveu Llouxiuttve for Mich,
unworthy purpose a.* * Ku<|Uticv" would seem
to helcivc. and the high tiiaractcr of IIjv Mr.
I.atidntiii, Chairman of the meeting, and the.
following gentlemen composing the committee,,
viz : GL ('annua, Oovan Mills, J. Karh? Iloninr,
J. W. M Her, J. II. Davis, llenry l>o?Li,J. C_
Zimmerman, llev. M. C Hat sett, tV. tl. llatnar..
J. M. K!:??iil, laui.-k 1* tty, S tin. el Bmiib. Joel.
Ilalknpcr P. 1* Iteaclmm, Wn. Hoy, 11. 8 Al?
leu. \V. II. Tiiimnlcr, ltev. IL LI. Dnrant A. It..
WouiLuit', J. (Wiiianith, W. I*. Fompton,.
W. T. Wilkins, W liallonger. 1) A* Chamijlln,.
is a rrb-ti-r to bileh.tnetftlMl/ioM*.
Why docs not "L'.nnmcev" come oot like ?.
matt under hi* trua name uud attack the obQeetiomUe
niiuitjr tutn T no, a mimes
move convenient.. Bhi the whole artieie breatlis
:? spirit >f inner, 'b'npf<tin.tmm(y and an appvretit
tk-ire tokti'i' it|> old party feelings. For
my -elr permit me to nay 1 have labored both
here and at lmirai to uuitc our j eople as one'
man. although my influence niay have _hcej*.
stu tl!. I elaini etc lit for pool inieaJatix. I *
]* >/ tur in h who. la tins important trim of.
the country won I l t : mrmcat in ink o." acting
npoll * u-Lt t lj ' 'not ' cs n* to m.k.' one-,
voting for any individual* a p.taliiiaaiion for.'
ih high positii as of delegate t * the C< ts*cn>~
tiott. We a.-e in tit. midst of a rev.du'ion?to
u- an uu'iie-1 xpfriet rf. I fed will ng :o bury
all p-tst difference-, an I ni-e? friend uml fnte
inn spirif of harmony. and use all the intiucuue
thai 1 niay possess for the. mmiiion goo f
of tuy country?to my state (awe utiy ami!
I t*t atUj finer, and fur b'-r safe- deli wrructthrough
the impending danger*. I pledge p?y
all aii'l "Her my ?ervi-e? in any pnaitiou- that,
they nuty be needed, cither in her c urn-els or
with tuy musket on my shoulder us a patriotic
citizen.' G. CAN NUN.
[For the ( aroliiut Spartan.}
Mn. Km ion: I ?ee. by the last Fzioitxa
SrtuT.tN. that several new nomination* have
teen made tor the Fun veu I iou, and among them
w is toy name. 1 regret to sec this. It there
ever was a time wlu-n ottr people ought to be
united it i- now Inasmuch an a district meeting
was held and a ticket nominated, by that.
I?i ge and respectable meeting. I had hoped
flint there would have been no other nominations,
and thai every one would have gone
.|iin u< i'i inc aim voted i no ticket which
It ill been nominated. M y name lins been nominated
without my knowledge or consent, and
being uu willing to allow my name to be used 1
poMiircly withdraw it. with nil due deference
to lei lilies 10 my friend* who wished to honor
inc. I hope that there wilt be but one ticket
run. and that ticket the one which was nominated
by the people ol Spm tanburg in Mom
Meeting nssemhled. Thi* is a time for ua all
to rise above personal consideration* and only
vote upou principle.
KetpeotfaUv. your*,
J* D CAIlDESTERftu***i
l\>xn, pBcetlibfr 2, iMtO.
For the Carolina spartan.
Ma. Editor: I regret to tl a' my n imi'
has been n imiunlcd ill the laat iesua of the
*/,?.? Sf'urluu, for the Contention. That
office should neither 1m< nought nor declined,
fr shobld be left f.w the people to choose nulla.
Me porsiokM. without teferenon o personal
eoDaiderat ions.
\ large Ma-* Meet in?; of the ultimo* of Spartanburg
District w;?s held at Spartanburg, on
Saturday, the 24th of November last, a Committee
Was appointed. Composed *,f twenty-one
gentlemen, from al! jr?rl* ?.f t ho District. without
reference lo|?ar?y distinction. mul i)i?: fumnildee
nominated nr gentlemen for the Con1
vitition, That n tuin iticn wa* uiiauitn?naly
I : ptr 1 by that In .re and re~}?*ct able meet,m. .
'I i uoinmHio-i U*\* *H given an exprftMiud
?< ?h 'irvii'*? wliioh t*k?< btronji ground
I I'.ir tbo immcSiHU' so*'4\-i?< n of !*><Mifh
T'I?M jjcii?UM>ten tu>U rciireMtit my fticUiifr*,
, iU?U 1 1>?Jicvc tho of <* majority of lto? ? ?
jx-.plr of our l?i?fr?ci I ottlor** th?ir oorai'
nation*. I ?w unwilling that u-.y nmnti alioultt
hp nftfl to produce nny iKvioott or dis?Aii>fao?
tioti. nutl I I'OHiiiwly withdraw my nntup, anfl
1 txprrM tlie hop* Mint my friptnl" and all of
our I'Coplo iVill Com* up Mil) "upper? tho Di?? "
' trirt nomination. Thi* i* a time when thert
I ?h<>uhl be onttrr nuwlaity among our paopUk,
ll?.?pt-i-ifully jonta, M :* McAKTHIIK.
I