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YOL. XVII. SPARTANBURG, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 18GL NO. 45. |
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?IH?-r- .mmmmmmmmmmmmm
declaration of flic Cause*
Which Justify Ik* & tifsinti of South Carotin-i
from the Federal ffliivn.
The following report of the Committee
of wliioh Mr. Mentuingcr was Chairman,
has heen adopted by the Convent ion :
Tho State of South Carolina having determined
to resume her separate mid cijUul
place among nations, deem* it due to herself,
to the remaining 1% ited States of
Amorica, and to the nations of the world,
that she should declare the causes which
have lead to this act.
In the year 17tio, that jmrtion of the
British Fin pi re embracing Croat Britain,
undertook to make laws lor the government
of that portion composed of the thirteen
American Colonies. A struggle tor the
right of self-govern men t ensued, which resulted,
on the -1th ot .Julv, I < 4(1, in a I
larntion by the Colonies, "that ly?y are.
and of right ought to be, FBFIO AND INDtil'KNDKNT
SI'ATMS; and that us free
and independent States, they have full
power to levy war, conclude peace, contract
alliances, establish commerce, and do all
other acts and things which independent
Statps may of l ight dn.''
Tlicy further solemnly declare that
tt hiMiitvnr miir "i'..nil ,,r ...>\-i.r,iiii/Mit I...
.. ..?~ "-"J " "Scomes
destructive id'the ends lor which it
was established, it is the right of the people
to abolish it, and to institute a new
government." Deeming the Government
of Great Hritain to have become destructivr
of these ends they declared tha' tlie < Jolonii s
are absolved frmuallal'ogi.ineetothu lii itish
Crown, and that all politico connection
hetween them atid the ?vtotc of <treat
Itritain, is ami ought to he totally dissolved."
In pursuance of this Declaration of Iti-,
dependence, each of the thirteen States
proceeded to exercise its separate sovereignty
; adopt for itself.i Coiistitutiou. and
appointed officers lor th - administration of
government in all its departments? Lcgis
lative, Executive and Judicial. For | ur? |
poses ui defence, they united their arms
and their counsels; and, in 177-S, they en
tcrcd into a League known a.? the Articles
of Confederation, w hereby they agreed to
entrust the administration of their external
relations to a common agent, known as the
M Congress of the United States, expressly
declaring in the first article, -that each
State retains its sovereignty, freedom and
independence, and every power, jurisdiction
and right which, is not, by this Confederation,
expressly delegated to the
United (States in Congress assembled."
Under th's Confederation tlu> War of
xU- if - ? ? i .?
people, prs*cu an tjriiinniicR ns^Mitin* to j
this CoiwtUotkii, ami nftnrwaid* altered1
her own CVirmti'iuion, to conform hiT.self to j
the obligation* she had undertaker.
int' ivcvoiuuoii was fitnun t il, u11 mi llir
3d of September, 17S3, tip; contest ended,
ntid definitive treaty was i-igtied by tireat j
]iritain,-in which she acknowledgd tin; |
independence of the Colonies in thi; fhl
lowing terms :
"Articlf. i. !Iis Itritanio M gouty ;?**- 1
knowledges the said I uitod States, viz :
New Hampshire, Massachusetts ]? iv, l
Khode Inland and Proytdt-nCc Plantations, \
Cdffnceticut, New Voik, New Jersey, IVnnsylvajiia,
Delaware, Mai via:.d, \ iigiiiia. 1
North Confirm, and t?eor*_'ia. to he 1 'I1EE 1
SOVEREIGN AND INDEPENDENT
states ; and tliat he treats with them as
such; and for himself, his heirs and >ue^
echsors. reliiuj?i-hes all ehiioii to tin* gov- 1
eminent, proprietary and territorial righttc
the same, and every part thereof."
Thus were established tha two great jo in
ciplos assorted hy the Colonics, namely :
the right of a State to govern itself; and
the right of a people to abolish a (lovem- '
mcnt when it becomes destructive of" the
ends for which it was inst:tuted. And
Concurrent with the estnb'ishui. tit of these
principles, was the loot, that each Cu.onv
became and was recognized by the mother
country as a KitEE. SOVEREIGN AND
. IST DE P E NI > 15 N T ST A T K.
Tn 17-^7, deputies wer?iappointed lg the
Kfate* to revise the Articles of Contederajt'ion,
and on the 17th Si ptcniber, 17^7,these
deputies rcconunemfod. for the adoption
of the States, the Articles of l iiioii
3cnown as the Constitution of tho I'nited
States.
The parties fo whom this Constitution
was submitted were the several sovereign
States ; they were to agree or disagree, and
^ when nine of them agreed, the compact was
\tr? take effect among those concurring, and
ithe General (jovornmont, as the common
layout, was then to ho invested with their
Authority.
If only nine of the thirteen States had
concurred, the other four would have remained
as tb y then were?separate saver
cign States, independent of any of the pro
visions o i the Constitution In I act two ol
the States did not accede to the Constitution
until long after it had gone into operation
among the other eleven; and during
thnt interval, they each exercised the functions
of an independent nation.
By this Constitution, certain duties were,
charged on the several States, ami the exercise
of certain of tlip powers restrained,
which necessarily implied their eon tinned (
existence as sovc reign States. But to re
move all doubt, an amendment was added,;
which declared that tho powers not delegated
to tho United States by the Constitution,
nor prohibited by it to the States,
arc reserved to tho States respectively, or
to tho people. On the 28d of May, 17*8.
p South Carolina, by a Convention of her
?? ?|
Thus was established, by ooiu]>act be-1
: twcen the States, a tjoverumcnt with defined
objects uml powers, limited to the ex-)
pre?s words of the arrant, and to such more i
only us was necessary t,o execute the power
oranted. This limitation lot't the whole ,
( remaining mass of power subject to the i
I clause reserving it to the the States or to
the people, and rendered unnecessary any \ i
specification ol reserved rights. We hold
that the Government thus established is i
subject to th two principles asserted in tho i
Declaration of litdependeneo; and we hold
further, that the mode of its format ion sub- j
jcets it to a third fuw'uti.otilul principle,' i
' namely: the luw of compact. Wc main- <
tain tlisi? in evorv nmnuict 1.>n lu-? ..<
| more parties, the obligation is mutual; that .
' the failure of one of the contracting putties: i
to perform a material part of the agree-' i
nient, entirely releases the other, ami that |
where no arbiter is provided, eaeh party is l
remitted to his own judgment to determine , i
the fact of fail ire, with all itsconsetjucnoes. j I
! In the present case, the fact is establish-' i
cd with certainty. We assert that filleen j
of the States h^^dcliberatcly relnsed for i
i years past to funrtheir constitutional edili- ;
gations. and wc refer to their own statutes <
f a* the proof. i
The t'onstitutio ??F the 1'iiitcil States,
in its 4th Ai Licle provides as follows: ,
I "No person held to senriee or labor in ' '
one State, under the laws thereof, escaping
into another, shall, in cohsetjuoiiee of any
law or regulation therein, he discharged , 1
from stu b service or I ihor, hut shall be du:
hvcred tip, on claim of the party to whom
such labor may he due "
| This stipulation was so material to the <
compact, that without it th it compact w uld ' i
i not have been made. Tt ? it? r nuno cr
; of the contra ting jarlies held slaves, all
the State of V irgiuie li.td prcviou-lv ih elai- |
ed liyr estimate of its value, by making it I i
the eonditiou of her cession of the territory
which now composes the Slates North of
i the <ihio Jlivcr.
j The same article of the. (Vm titulion
| stipulates also for rendition by the several
States of fugitives from justice tVoui the)
other States.
'lhet_iener.il (loverniiunt, as the coin !
moil agent. pa sod laws t?> carry into effect
these stipulations of'the States. For man, |
years these laws were executed. 11lit till
iticiuiKi) of hostility on the part of the j
Northern States to th^ institution of slavery.
has led to a disregard of tli ir obligations,
ami the laws of the tleneral (Jovcrn.m
ut have ceased to effect the objects
of the ('ou-tituiion. The States of Maine,
i New Hampshire, Veruio" t; Ma-seehuseMs
| Connecticut, lMmde Island. New York.
: Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio,
Michigan, Wisconsin, and Iowa, have en j
acted laws which citln r nullify the Act-of,
j Congress, or render useless any attempt to j
execute tliein. In many of ilie-e States
the fugitive is dis. h irged from th" serviei .
dr labor claimed, an . in mm of th en has \
the State t? on ruiucnt complied with the j
st palati ni m el" in ;h.i l.\?ust;l!i io i The 1
State of New .Jersey, at alt early da", pis- | ,
i ed a Ihw for the ri mhrioii of file.live slaves, j
I in conformity with h -r c institution d nil [
di rtakiug, hut the current cf ami slavery ji
feeling has led her mote recently to enact (
laws which ren I 'r in iperat've the reni",lies j
provide! by her-own law. ami by the laws!
! of (loniress. In thc.Srtit 1 of New York,!
even the right of transit for a slave has I
been denied by her Inbunals; and the State.- i
of'Ohm and Iowa have refused to surren
d r t justice fugitive# charged with tnur1
tier, and with inciting servile in-urrectiou
io the State of Virginia. Thus the eon
sti'u:: nil cmupuCthis hoen delib. ratelv
I.. i n: i i i .. .1. . i- - i
ificAi ii (m<i inaii-ui i i i?j 111 nun >i;i\ '
Ii Sta'ci, iin I tho oonsc |ii nee f 1
I ws that Situth Carolina is ridi-pscd from '
i'.i obligation.
The end-. for which this Constitution,
was f tin 1 are d 'chircd by it-- !i to ho 4-to
form a more perfect union, establish pi-lic-. ' i
injure domestic trunijuility, provide for the
cou?ruo:i defence, prompt.' the general wel- i
arc. and secure the blo.ssitir* ol iibc ty to ; i
0 r- dv? s and our posterity." i
These cuds it endcuvovc I t i sh-como IMi i
by a federal boveriiinciit in which < ::e!l '
State was recognized a< an e pi d, an ! I. 1 .
hojurate control over i s own in-titutio - (
1 lie fijxht of piopcrty in slaves \va reeop ,
iiizcd l?y jriviii^ to In c p?i>oiis distinct po
liticul lights, |?y yivin^ them the lipht to
represent, ami hurtlicuin^ tliein with Hi-;
root taxes for three-fifths o! their slaves. (
by authorizing the importation of slaves '
lor twi uty y ers; and by ulatin^ for the ,
rcndi'.ion of fugitives froui I hor. j i
Wo nflinu that these ends f??r which. '
this (tOYcrumcTit Was instituted, have broil
defeated, and the (doveriiiiient itself has j :
L/ooii made destructive of llieni by the aotioii
of the noii'sl iVcholdinf^ States, Those ;
States have assumed tho ri_rht of declaring t
upon the propriety id our d unrstio imiitu-j *
tioiis; and linve denied the rights of proper. ]
ty established in tiltccn >! the States ail i I
recognized by the (hniHtitutioii, they have! I
denounced as sinful t l?e institution of slave | <
ry; they permitted the open establishment 1
anionic them of societies, whose avowed oh i
jeet is todisturh tlie peaceand to purloin the I
property of tho citizens of other States, j
They have encouraged and assisted thou- ?
sands of our slaves ta leave their homes: i
ami those who remain, have hern inciteil : :
by emissaries, books ami pictures, to ser- I
vilo iii-mructiun. i
Kor twenty live years this agitation ha; <
boon atondily Increasing, until it bus now i
secured to ita ai I the power of the eotntiion t
(invonnneiit. Observing the forms ol the
Constitution, a sectional party has found 1
within that article establishing the Gxeou- :
tivo Dcpaitment, the means ot subverting ;
tho Constitution itself. A geographical j
line has been <Wwi? across tho 1'uion, and 1 t
all the States north of that lino h ve tnii- t
toil in the election of a man to the high >
olfieo of President of the I'nited States, | t
whoso opinions and purposes are hostile to ,
slavery. 11 o is to he entrusted with the <
administration < f the ooinmon Government, ? <
because be has declared that that "Gov-: I
prnmcnt cannot endure permanently half' t
slave, half free," and that ttic public mind
must rest in thu belief that slavcty in in
the course of ultimate extinction.
This sectional combination for the subversion
of tho Constitution, has been aidcd
in some of the States, by elavuting to
eitiiiMiship,' persons who, by tho btipniuc
law of the laud, ure incapable of becoming
eitiaens; and their votes have boon used to
inaugurate a new policy, hostile to the
S. uth, and destructive of its peace and
safety. *
On the 4th March next, this party will
take possession of tho Government. It has
announced that the South shull bo excluded
from the Common Territory; that tho
judicial tribunals .shall he made sectional,
and that a war niu.-t he wuged against slavery
until it shall cease throughout the l.'nited
States.
The guarantees of tho Constitution will
then no longer exist; the equal rights of
till? State will he. 1??-t. The slaveholdiitg
States will no longer have the power of
?elf-government, or self protection, and the
Federal Government will have become tl eir
en my.
So< tiotial interests and animosity will
deepen the irritation, and all hope of remedy
is rendered vain, by tin fact of that pubLc
opinion at the N rth has invest. ! a "rent
polijieil error w ith the sanctions of a more
eimnct-ns ii lij,ions belief.
We, tlve re fore, the people of South Caro!in:i,
by oar delegates, in t'unv. ntiun assciuide
I. app- ling to the Supreme .lodge of
the world t r th rectitude of our iut lit ions,
have solemnly declared that the I nioii In rctol'ire
c,v idling h twecn tliis State and the
other States of North Ameri a, is dissolved,
itnd that the Stale of South Carolina has
i sunn d her position among the nations oi
the World, as a frc*\ soveia :gii and indeprndeiit
St do; with full power to lo \y war,
con hide peae , contract alliances, establish
eointin ree, a ! to do all other nets and
tilings which independent Mates may ol
right to do.
And. b r lb" support of this decinr.it on.
Wita a linn I In;i.el: ?in the protection ol'
i?ivine 1'roviieuee, we mntil.ill\ ph dge to
ea li "in r our lives, our fortunes, an i uiir
so led honor.
Liacinttnrut in Itic CansKtu*
lion.
I.i li -ii . t-> .1 ntcml (' a.'iiith -n '' If,
Snr. .* ' . t trohrui ii? /,'i^y in' to t u Jij'C ttin
It j' ir.
We, the HVojdo of the State of South
Carolina, in Convention assembled, do declare
and ordain, and i* is hereby declared
anl orJaincd, That the (lovernor shail
have power to receive atnb.,s-adors, minisl?
rst, consuls, and .agents iroin for. ign powi
is, and to appoint such agents, to be paid
out of the Contingent fund, as in his dis
erction lie may choose to employ ; to con
-iner ui'iM.imiion- with lorotgu powers ; emake
t i :?!ies by and with the advice nn i
mix ill of ihe Suiatc, j rovided two third*
irf'tlic fVi ?t?>r-s present n-'iii; to nominate.
ml i?y mid wi:l. the advice ud eonsunt
tin: beat ito, t ? . ppuint Midi anihi-.td-us,
if Iter j id ..e ministers ninl consul;, as the
- eiterul A >-.unbiy sh iil h ive previously
il l- etod to bo appointed* an 1 al-o ailnthe;
otfici i's who- appointment otherwise *hnli
not have I ron provided ior 1-y law ; to fill
all vai-ati.*i? s (hat ui.ij h.'pp- n. during the
ret* of the S nate, in tie oflic-s t ? \\ 1 * i -1.
lie h :J llio power to nominate as iil-ove
Ut-nti-me 1. I \ . :ntin . eommi >i.- whieh
-Im'iI expire at the rat-1 of the next session
>t the donate, an 1 t? convene f!i- Senate,
wlnnev. i in h h opinion it :a v he n --a*
ry: 1'iov tieil. nevertheless, that during
the cxA'en-c efa Convention, ail treati ami
liuec jo.is for ajtj'liiitui' iit of an.m ?.v
(!'iw mini t? r.-, or c?iu?u!s. shail lie mi j.vt
to tlie el.; e en 1 e.?a- at of the Coiiveut:oti
or to its separate action.
Ami it i> f'uithir uv laitn 1, That the
(ioverior -i-.-.h iiuiie h.-tcly a} point four
p i-on-, with the advice at i eon rot ol
t:.i - t 'oiive ii it. ul..?. together \v ill th
j/.cufr-itnn' Coventor, hall f--rui a Council,
to tie called to executive Council, win .*
luty it >h dl he, when required by the
iLivefiu-r, f - advise with him upon ii. writics
v. hi !. It;: V I e stthiiii'tf I to tlr ir n il
- >1. i 'ieii ; ai. i that a record of Mich con
ih.itioii.-i i - a I' he kept: I'r vidid, niverrhol
*ss. That the Governor shall, in nil
i ?es, de i !e in en hi^ own action.
Con * at ('hah ion, the l\venty-s< vmh day
ol ICocmher in the vear of our Lord one
th -Us.net eight hundred and sixty
TuK ToMU Of Cll Vltl.l CAUKOI.l.?
Mr-. Ann II l'or-y, w riting from lii.icotts
Mills, thus dcscribes the ancient ?-* -!t of
'arvoll of Carr ?llton?Dotighoregan .Manor
?and hi- tomb, 'l ite inin ion is distant
ihnut fifteen miles l'roiii Baltimore:
Dnteiiii' the irate-ay we drove thron li
i nohic avenue, planted on each side with
roe's of every variety of kind and foliage,
ivhieh ten years hence will he in their
[?rini'\ aim soon i -ninl ourselves in fron* of
In- Cn r-II mansion, which i- a long, cuii*
lortahle two-story building, terminated at
[he north end by the handsome chapel,
which ha- become famous as the repository
if the nun tins of the gallant oi l signer of
[he fled.nation of Independence.
His tomb is set in the wall on tho left
i the altar, and presents a shield and -eroll
1.1 * ii * *
n wniic 1.1 trine, on wn en iscurveit -11 relict
i pen ;in?l roll of parchment, Kurroii'<i? <1
>y .slurs; a Latin inscription, appropriate
11 his ^roat act, appears oil ;i >cro?l in tin
vntre. 1'ulow, this some figures in basso
lievo, representing l'anie with inverted
.11. h, uiul lfi-ti>ry guarding a 1'un ral urn
Hie chapel is cruciform, and contains a
landmine marble til tar, so <nc tine old pictures
i good nr^au and is decorated with rich
mi beautiful windows or stained glass.
The flour of the two wind's nt the chapel
ire elevated to a level with the li .or of lie
lanctunrv. and contain some ti?urtcen or
.ixtccn |>ews, which are occupied during
he relicixis eercmenie# by the family of
Mr. Carroll and their liicnds. The bod}
>f tin- church is paved with brick, and
son tain about forty ooininodiou* pews, where
lis sl ives?who arc carefully instructed in
he Catholic faith?sit and kneel.
Out-Side Pressure.!
'J'ho numerous despatches which have
lioon received at Charleston and Columbia
of tho movements of the Federal Government
in relation to South Carolina and the
I other seceding States have become so numerous
and interesting that we shall com-1
iicuw ?ur iicw.i niiuiiigi nee u|>nn me ursi
page, ami occupy as much space as is no- ]
ccssary to give a good idea of what is pass- j
ing. Thedespatches to the f 'urotiniau and |
(tunriii'tn by Thursday's mail, are very
exciting, and the most important are care ;
fully prepared lor our paper. They read:
Ciiahi.Rhton, January i'.? Despatches )
received in this city from a reliable i
source stale that the Ordinance of Srees,
sion was passed, to-day, by the Mississippi
('onvention.
i The Star of the West, with 250 troops
1 on board, tried to enter the harbor, ihis
morning, but was fired into bv the batteries
on Morris' Island, and compelled to return ;
back. She is laying off the bar now.
This morning, about7 o'clock, the steamer
Star of the West attempted to reinforce 1
Fort Sumter, but was fired into by the batteries
on Morris'Island and disabled. She t
returned to sea.
In tlie evening Anderson sent a lieutcn- ;
ant with a flag to the city, "t 12 o'clock, to j
Coventor Dickens, say ing he presumed tl.e !
act of tiring on the Star of the West was j
.tiau'l.orized, then fore he had not Used :
his batteries. lie called for a disavowal in
a re si liable tiiuc, or lie would con.-ider it ;
. _ i I
. war, and Ure on any vessel attempting to
j go out.
Major Anderson sent n white flag to the j
city to-day. to know if the State authority 1
supported the Mori U* l.Jarr.l action; if so,
he would fire on any vessel within reach
! itf his guns. The (lovcruor rcj lad that it
. w is by the sovereign authority of the State,
j accountable to no one; and if Anderson
! chouse to declare war, he was accountable
to his < ioverninetit.
hater in the day, Anderson sent another
flag, and said he had reconsidered the
matter, and would refer the whole affair
i
to the authorities at W ashingtnn.
There is no doubt that the Secession
Ordinance pas.-od the Alabama Convention,
on the 10th inst.
A regiment 1 it Montgomery, tonight .
for l'? nsat ola, Florida.
; .1.ukson, .Jan. 9 ?Tlie O.Ji |
, nance of S< ee >ion \\ .i-i u!i:ii)iiu ?u-ly agreed
ila it;i by tii.; (\ inu.ittin- of v il'ti'cn, and
i Mississippi is now out of the ' nioii.
Nami\ it.l.r, January s.?Tl. Coventor
rt eoiniueuds that tlii' iN.Uint: of a convent ion !
'oo loft to the people. lie says that tlie
remedy for present evils oxist only in
amendments to tlio <Constitution. These
11 in-; l' fused, ho <1. flail's that Tennessee
sltouM maintain her o?|iia!ity in or inde11
ndi is e out oftlio I iii'?:i. I lo recommend*tlie
or.'ini.'atiou of the militia and tin
j un base of arms.
J.\< K.-i'N, Mis-. , .faint.try 7.?The ?tate
('oiivciition urbanized at noon to-ilav. C.j
S. Horry, of Lowndes County, was el ctcd j
' l'r. soIent.
A resolution w?s offi red that a commit- ,
toe ol liftecii should l?o appointed by tic f
f'to.i.h i.t, with instiuctions to pro; an an ! j
r. , ?rt, as speedily as pi -silJc an ordina ee
foi tlio. withdrawal of the State of Mis.-fia- \
sit pi from the present I nioii, with n view \
to the e-tuhlishincnt of a eonlodeniey oft
th. Southern Stati s.
i
T.M.I.atl.vssf.K, January 7.?-The Comi
mi -doners ol S'Htli t'ar.li.n.i and A!.:! Miia <
J were introduced to the Convention. They
i Loth delivered able ad.In s, and the for
lie r presented documents from his State.
TI.e 1'ollowiu.r preamble and r< solutions
' of Jutl-e Mi In tush ? the .-pedal order for
this day?wore taken up:
n 7/ inns, All hope of the jire-i'i vaiion
of the 1 nioii upon terms consistent with
the sali ty and lienor of the s! ivolmldiii^
>!luf AJ li-ie liioin Ini'illn 1 I.|? h -
i ?*??*. - ??? \ mi in? i..i^i|iaiUM i?y ill''
recent indication of the Mtion^th of the nnti"
s!av?*ry sentiment i:i the 1rce Matci: therni
Ion- ho it. |
I /.V*?//r?</, That Mn? people of Florida, in
| Convention nsseiubh d,deem it the uudouht]
? <! ritfht ol the several States of the Fnioil
I to withdraw from said ? nion; at such time,
and for such cause or causes, as, in the,
opinion of the people of each State, acting
in it- sovereign rapacity, may he just and
proper; and in the opinion of this Convention,
the exi.-'inir cults. ? are such as t<?
compel Florida to proeco 1 to the exercise
of that tijiht. j
I The ijtiestion being taken, the preamble 1
and resolutions wore ad >pted Was til.';
! nays 5.
I The Convention was in secret session
most of the afternoon.
Nkw Oiti.rvNs, January 7.?The immediate
secessionists have carried the city of
New Orleans lor acjcirate ;->tate action by
an immense majority. 1 wenty delegates are
j elected who arc committed to immediate |
secession against live lor Co opt ration.
At i T??hr there was "Treat rejoiein.ua in the
city ever the result of the Convention eleei
tion. All the SeoesMon candidates on the
Senatorial ticket and twenty-one of the
twenty-four on the Representative* ticket,
arc ejected by a decided majority.
There in no doubt that the State has gone
for secession by an overwhelming vote.
FRIDAY KVEN4NO S MAIL.
The Ordinance for immediate Secession,
of Mississippi, passed the Convention, by a
vote of eighty-four to fifteen.
All the prominent places arc illuminated
and there arc earnest demonstrations of joy,
with til ing of cannon and explosions of fireworks.
The delegates from South Carolina and
tit . i -
..i.tM.mri ion* .?-i' ?ts upon tlie fl<K>r oi tho
Con volition amid great applause.
Richmond, Va., .Jan. 10.? In the Virginia
Senate, resolutions were introdiitoii
to appoint a Committee to report to tlio
President that in the ju Ignacntof the (ieneral
Assembly, any additional display of
military power in the South, will jeopardize
tho tranquillity of*the Republic, ami
that the evacuation of Fort Sututci is the
first step towards restoring peace. Ides
over.
The Senate of Virginia passed, on the
8th inst., the anti-coercion bill.
The Urooklyn started from tbo Navy
Yard on the 11?tli in.-t supposed to wait in
Hampton Roads, for scaled orders.
Movtoumuiy, January 10.?Mr. Hulgrr,
of Tallapoosa offered a preamble and
resolution of a co-opcratiou and conservative
character
/?' *?trul, That separate State ?etir,n
would be unwise and im|*ililic.
e,A , ,/, That the State of Alabama
sboubl invite the Southern States to meet in
Convention, *o 1 e held e:irly as practicable,
which shall consider and agree upon tin ir
grievances as to the manner of obtaining
>cdress whether in the l.'uion or indepeudeuce
out i t it.
Referred to the Committee of Thirteen.
Mr. Coleman offered the following :
"/ 7, by the pcc.'j lc of Alabama, that
all powers this State pos-esses, are hereby
pledged to ivsi-t all attempts on the part of
the Federal (iovei iimeiit to eoeree the Seceding
States. 1) scUssion resulted, pending
which an a '.journmcnt to Thursday at 11
u cl? ?clv took place.
Washington, Jan. 10.?Commander
Uartstein, ol South Carolina lias resigned
his IV.-iti >11. ('ait. Ivearnov i,l' \'..ik .!?>?-.
I I ' " *'* " "v*
soy, has written rivalling his letter ol* re-i
gnat ion, hut it appears this has never
been received at the Navy Department.
Sv nator Si waril lia-t he floor for Saturday,
to speak on the State of the 1 nion.
'J'lie Governor ol Ohio recommends tlie
re; eal of th Personal 1 P erly 15:11 of that
State. Say- ti.i l i.i iv must he proscived.
The Governor of Illinois recommends
the repeal of the Person 1 Liberty ami
other unjust laws.
I5o:h Governors recotnnuml the re-organiy.
11ion ami arming of the militia of their
respective Sraii -.
A G io company of Minute Men fro::
Ahln ville, arrivt .1 in Charleston last night.
The Mniitieello Volunteers, I'apt. Davis.
iVoin i'aiitit hi, with S1 uien, also arrived
this morning.
Tin* 1'alinetto Guard ami tlio Irish Volunteers,
lioth in full force, were, sent to
Morris I lam] last evening to reinforce
that position.
At all the po-ts, the men are in excellent
health ami spirits.
1! ai.kwii, N (V, .Jan. 1't?That each
llou.-.e in Committee of the whole debated
the ijui.i-t.iiii as to calling a State Convention
:.- to day sul slant uitcd, its a hill was inir
duocd in each 11 onso, Ihr tlic call of tin
unrestricti J ' invention.
No vote wa t :h? n, hut they are the special
order- of to mo row. It- passage in the
St-nate is doubtful. li i- vc?..??*...l
rv,,v" ?s.v
than Statu voluntat is hnvo taken prunes
?inn of 1 nit t'as*fll, nod it is thought r?! iahlc.
'J In r is citrsidcrable excitement.
Judge I'a.'v-n in the I louse took ground
tor t?tc?wiuM a-? a right and necessity.
I, vrr.it.?Forts Caswell and Johnston
are in J oss s?ion of State troaj>?.
I! tt It !M 'Mi, dan. *v?(Jov. Wise has puh.
|i.?1icd a litter in * lit* II ich iuoihI Knrjuirer
of this morning. Its! ailing positions l.?vor
an immediate call of a Convention; hut he
say* stay in tho Inion, and * i/.e the fort*
I and hold them, until the ultimatum of the
Convention has hewn made known.
A large meeting was held at Norfolk on
Saturday, not fur secession, but looking
only to resistance to coercion and hostile
invasion. lb-solution* were parted, urging
thorough organization of the military powei
of the State.
The Nrk.msas /V .< says : ' it is not
generally known that Chicot county, Ar
kaiisus, in proportion to its population is
the wealthiest county in the world. The
population number* 1,700; the taxable pro
i perty reaches 810,000,000, or nearly
000 i i every man, woman and child in tin
county. The number of bales of cotton
projuc.d this year will uut fail fir short ol
Jti mill "
The postmaster at Halifax, N- C. ha?
tendered hi* resignation to the 1'ostnia.s'cr
(Jciieral, to take effect on the 1th of March
i next, unless North Carolina sia-edo* Ireforc
1 that day.
aMunaanMaMiaM<MMMraWMaMim
Foi'llllcullonH In (he Sonfhcrn 1
Subjoined Is n lint oi forti Beat ions, taken |
iVom ('ul. Tot ten's report made to (,'ongrvse 1 ]
a fu.tr years ago, giving tlie e?*t of each t
and t u number of guns they severally (
mount:
Table ttf* YurtU ttmf /bnurijiaf Yurtt t
Smith OJ Miison unit Dijcous fjinr, j
thoiriinj the I'oaition, t'oxl ami Slrmyth (
a' L? / i
vy 1,'KH ;
wiikbk liic\Vki>. o*t. jllJTn. Guns.
Fort Mellenry, ilalti?f~ |
OOie !$14G,00o| 86U 74
j "Fori Carrol. Baltimore.! 135,000 800 ijtj
Fort Delaware. Delaware',
River, Delaware, . . 539,000 750 151
i Fort Madl^ou, Anatoli *, j
Maryland 15.000 150 SJ j
Fort Severn. Maryland. 0,000 GU 14
Fort Washington, Polo- j
1 mac Hirer, .... 575,000 400 88 '
1 Fort Monroe, Old Point j
| Comfort, . . .2,400000 2.450 371 1
I Fort Calhoun, Hampton ;
Road-, Norfolk, . . 1.GG4000 1,120 224
Fort Macon, licHiirori, I j I
| North Carolina. . . 460,000 3U0 61 I
j Port Johnson, Cape Fear,
Wilmington, N. C., . 5,000 CO 10
Fort Caswell, Oak Island.
N C, . . 571,000 40o 81 '
Fort Sumter, ('htrleatou.r !
South Carolina. . ,| GG7,00<> 050 110 i
Castle Pinckney Churlo.J
ton. South Carolina.! 45,000 100 25
1 Fort M'ttiltrio, Charles-j J
i ion. South Carolina.I 75,000j 300 61 ;
, Fort l'ulaaki, Savannah,] j j
, ? corgia 923,000 : 800 150 1
j Fort Jackson, Savannah.
<JiM?rjr:a 80,000 70* 14 I
, Fort Marion. St. Angus- | I I
tine. Florida. . . . 61.000! I0o, 25 j
Fort Taylor. Key \V?t, ,1,<MJ0 1*5 '
Fort-leflVrson. Tort ugas. 1,500 298!
Fort liarnncfts. Pett-aco
1A 315.000' 250 49 t
Redoubt, PenxaroU, . LOO.OOO) 20 \
Furl Pickens, Pen-acola. 759,000 1,-^tV) 212 j
Fort MclUe, ? 384.OoO' 050 151 '
Fort Morgan, Mobile, 1.212000. 7uti 132 '
Fort St. Philip. Mouth j I
Mississippi River. 1 IS,000 ! 000 124 j
Fort Jackson, Mouth
Mi--!?sippi Hirer. . ' 817.00't, 660 150
! Fort Pike, Kigolem. !,a.,i 172,OOir| 3511 49!
I Fort Mncontb, Chef Men-; 1 I j.
1 1,.:. 1 . a 1 - iuu.1 ... '
, ,v?.? , iivui?i<uia. . t OV", i'J
Fori Li'Vinjfston. burrsUri*
Bay, Li.. . . 342& "IX'I .".2 ;
In addition to these are incomplete works
at Ship Island, >1 is-i>>ip|?i Kiver ; George- ,
| town, S. C., Tybee Islands, Savannah;
j Galveston, Brazos, Santiago, and MatugorI
da Bay, Toiu^. 'J'hc guns which were
I tely stopped at Pittsburg were designed
lor those at Galveston and Ship Island.
Hampton I loads is the greatest rendezvous
of the Southern coasts.
Pen ucola i* very strong, and the only
good harbor (or vcsaels-of-war, and the only
naval depot on the Gulf. The fortress at
| Key West and Tortugas, on the Southern
point if Florida, are among the most powerful
in the world, and every v-ssel that
crosses the Gulf passes in sight of both.
MILITARY AND NAVAL FORCES READY FOR
ORDERS.
Now that rumor is so bu*y with the alleged
movements southward of United
States troops and naval vessels, it tnay not
he out of place to give a statement of the
forces likely to be ordered fur hostile serIvicc
in South Carolina. If soldiers be
I required,Governor's Island, N. Y , Carlisle.
l'a , und the Navy-Yards will be the first
I places from which reinforcements may be
i taken. Tht HOD troops stationed at Fort
A Ion roc, Fayettev ille, N. C., Augusta, Key
\Vi?t. Barrancas ami Baton ltoUgc, would
not Le removed. '1 lie available men, then, '
tor military duty are nearly as follows:
Men.
ft overt . *s Island, .... 2*'?U J
i'ini-!t\ ...... l!OU j
Itroiklyn Navy Yard, . . .4"!
l'iii niLlpliin Navy Yard, . . 30 ,
Ihisiuii Nnvy Yard, . . . .40 1
l'orlaioouili VN. II.) Navy Yard. . . 20 J
Total 5&0 j
West Point, Fort Hamilton, Foit Adams,
and Fort Independence could also spare
>otuc n t n, bnt the ahove lial includes only
thnyo who might, be sent away at once,
vv.thout .leriou ly interfering with the r<>a
..v . A. ... I l~ v? .. .1- .
l11it* uuiy 111 nil' .Xirilirril stations.
Kohitivo lo the navy. very erroneous impri
?-ious prevailed as to what vessels would j
lira I be culled on. Hie lliuokl)'ti, Muccdo- i
i in.m and Holphin, regular meti-ofwar, are.
to I* sure, in coininissh n. and manned, but |
only the latter, \vu believe, cotild enler
(Mi.uleatoii, in the harbor of which there
'arc mi y thirteen feet of water, as the [
iiroolviyii, fitted out, cannot i)<>ut in leys
tli m sixteen fit of water at the least,
while the Macedonian requires twenty.
From thi.-< fact it would scorn that the
aiiiiouiiceiuent of these ships being ordered
i in readiness was premature. There are.}
however, sutheioiit era It at the differ* lit
yards, of the rC<|iii*iU) draft, to lonu a some
, what formidable fleet. \Vc subjoin u list
' i of them :
Oftipcrs and
Vessels. fin a*. Men. Tots
I llrig linlphin, <? llM> 2-V.i
llni'i iot l-unc, f? U*l about ROe
Steaia'r alor Witch,2 t?.l _ about 878
Stoanisr Curwin, 2 M about 2 to
Steamer Crusader, 4 100 about 4iK)
SieamT Wyandotte* 4 100 about 3H(i
I Total, 23 &J.KI 1,7 *?7
Wo have include) the Crusader and
! Wyandotte, of the Home Squadron, because
they are now at I'ensaooia, where they
have ju>t undegone an overhauling, and a
pretty reliabl: correspondent informs us
. | that they are not to return to their stations
immediately. The Mohawk, also, is ''in
and out" at Key Went every day or two,
ami, like her sister gunboats, could bo ordered,
in an hour, by telegraph, to any
given place. N?"al Vessels drawing over
, fourteen foot of water, to the nutiihcr ol n
doecn. pcrhap*, are susceptible of a spvody
j eijuipinent j hut, as ulrendy stated, we men
tion only thoso actually ready.?A". Y.
Time*.
Nkw Ori.rans, .1 An nary 10.?Three
military expeditions have IeP? this city
within twenty-lour hours, to seize Fort
i I Jackson Fort l'iko mid tho Baton Uou^o
^ Arsons I.
ti : ? -.'A i
? * f r~
' ... v *r 'V .'
[Frum the N'srfblk (Vh) Argus.) *,
It CvaterM as All. .n
In the eoutest ik>wt going on between the , jfl
Federal Government and South Carotins,
'very State iu the ('iihiii w uuch intc:tt> fl
ed us the one making the issue, sineo Ut?
jrinciple ot the State sovereignty is the .B
nutter in controversy; and instead u( the jH
eproaehes we have heaped upon South fl
.'a rutins for asserting her Independence,
*c should hail her cause as our earn, and B
ippiaud the gallantry with which she caters B
maided mid alooa, into an unequal couhopt fl
or her sovereign rights.
South Carolina finding thai the Consti- fl
.utioti is openly disregarded by most of the I
Sol them Stutcs on a point citul to hrr, and
hat the Union instead of prcseving h';* '
and liberties, absolutely MuianiMn H
lit-to, determines to take exclusive charge
d them, and to assert hor independence;
>U? die is-met, at the outset, by the Oeuea*
il Government, which disputes her sovcr ignty
and sets up extraordinary claims to
urisdiction within her territorial limits,
fir : to collect the revenue and control and
:omuiund her harbors and defences. And
ill because Sooth Carolina, when the IJaioa
rus formed, together with tbe other parties
o it, agreed, tor the purposes of a common
reasury and defence, to grant such powers
o the government. And because they
were onee bestowed, it is claimed that they
ire perpetual; thus contrary to the natmro
>f things, making the powers granted superior
to the source from whenee they were
derived, and the t*uion a perpetual bondage
?since according to this doctrine, even if
he objects for which it was inteuded
should utterly fail, the Government of tho
L'niou would still have the powers and
privilege originally granted, though they
...... * ?*i? ? - - '
iiiigun uvvuoio uj.iii 11 -11y injurious to mo
general welfare and opposed to the public
sentiment. And, pushing this doctrine to
its logical conclusion, thirty-two of the
Status could not secede without leaving
with the thirty-third all the powers and
property of government, and among them
those alieady enumerated?which is ?iut?
ply absurd.
Thuse who oppose the right of secession
and contend for these powers (or the Genal
Government, scctn to forget entirely that
when they were granted, they were inkuJed
to ope rat.: during the existeme of the
Union; for no mere grant of such powers
and privilgcs could by the most forced
construction, make the Union poqtetual
?they were given to make the government
efficient, and not to make the Union
perpetual, although it would certainly have
been desirable to have perpetuated it us it
was inaugurated. It is an insult to the intelligence
and patriotism of the parties to
to the Constitution, to suppogo that they
ever designed to bind their posterity to a
Union which might destroy their iibcrlico
and rights and thus defeat the verv objects,
for which it was intended; nor could thejt
have intended to limit the rights of the
Sovereign States forming the Union, to,
merely the rights ot revolution and veb^U
lion?the riglit of duces and arv/s to vevolt
againsi the government of their masters!
?no they never intended to create a power
that could by any possibility become
despotism, or subversive of the liberties or
independence of the States.
It there is t o right to leave the Union wh- n
our honor and interest are at stake, then the
Union may become a despotism, i?oppose
a majority of the Suites in Congress should
violate the Constitution in tho iimm! flagrant
maimer, what's the remedy? why '
lor if you secede, tho Government wi.lt; cmfrtd
i/'/u, if she does not rocrce you (a
distinction without a dilferenue)-^to then
is no remedy but to fight, and pruy that
you may die iubat'.lc; (or, if you are taken*
you may be bung as a traitor by the Government
you tuude to piotcot your rights
an 1 liberties.
lJut we arc told that the government
ltitlct if t (a nsAt\o?^tt ?? Ul.~ ?I??'
? V'W V V ??o lij Ai v. Iiai "*
wh.it i'^r? That very property was intended ;
to protect Ch arias ton from foreign attack,
an I now that tin* Carolinians will protect
theuiselve , why should the government
desire those forts??tocoercr South Carolina,
aud fo?* nothing else under heaven I? to
dispute her soveeignty and to enslave her
people. South Carolina is willing to pay
liberally for the property if the iroo) s are
withdrawn; then why not withdraw them?
Hut she cannot allow a standing menace,
f wuin^ with cannon, to dispute and destroy
h-r sovereignty?the sovereignty she had
when ht.o entered the I'nion, and which
she loaves the I'nion to preserve.
'1 he question whether she is mistress of
her own soil or not, is the issue, and one
that is vital to every J^tate in the Cnion ;
and il it must he decided by war, then it
becomes every State and every man to arui
tor the conflict, for it is at hand and must
h? met. The tioverninent is now at VU
with the soveieiguty of Houth Candina.
Tiik Vice-President Ei.kct.? The
correspondent of thu Richmond Dispatch
sa^s :
" Hamlin has cct fa inly negro hV?od in
hia veins. 1 have seen u letter from 4
gentleman of high character in New Hampshire,
giving the po iigreo of ilauilin. His
grandfather was a mulatto,and commanded
a mixed company of negroes and Indians
during the Revolution, lie pookoted tho
pay of his ooiupuny, sold the wine and other'
luxuries provided for tho aiok, and I "ft the
army in disgrace. One of Hamlin's uncles,
or great uncles, was named Africa. There
is a legenod in the family.So the effect thai
when Hannitutl was an infant in thocradl*,
his nurse overheard one of tho nlativoa,
who was then gating at the baby, ogoUiin,
" For -God's sake will this d??d black
blood never get out of tho veins of our family."
Mem hers nf Congress who served with
Hamlin when he was in tho tlnna* uv
they always knew ho hod a atrcuk of negro
in hint.'' it'
The more ladies prudiao waiving, iho
more graceful they be?*??t?e in their move.
iuomu. T'Luao Udio* acquire Uto boot ems
rM^po who rido in ?*o