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of the United States was intended most carefully to provide. We demand a strict and steadfast adherence to its provisions. In this, and in this alone, can wo find a basis of permanent Union und peace. Fourth. But it is alleged in justification of the usurpation which wc ccndetuh, that the condition of the Southern States and peoplo is uot such as renders safe their re admission to a share in the government of the country; that they are still disloyal in sentiment and purpose, and that neither the honor, the credit nor the interests of the nation would bo safo if they were readmitted to a sharo in its councils. Wo might reply to this: 1. That we have no right, for such reasons, to deny to any portion of the States or people, rights expressly conferred upon them by the Conssitution of the United States. 2. That so long as their acts aro tlioso of loyalty?so long as they conform in all their public couducitothc requirements of the Constitution aud laws?we hove no right to exact from them conformity in their sentiments aud opinions to our own. 3. That we have no right to distrust the furpo.se or the ability of tho people of the Iniou to protect nnd defend, under all contingencies aud by whatever means iuay be required, its honor and its welfare. Thrse would in our judgmcut, be full and conclusive answers to tho pica thus advanced for the exclusion ol these States from the Union But we say further, that this pica rests upon a complete misapprehension or on unjust perversion of existing facts. Wc do not hesitate to affirm, that there is no section of the country where the Constitution and laws of the United States find a more prompt and entire obedience thau in those States and among those pcoplo who were lately in arms against them; or whero there is less purpose or danger of any future attempt to overthrow their au thority. It would seeui to bo both natural and inevitable that, in States and sections so recently swept by the whirlwind of war, where all the ordinary modes and methods of organized industry have been broken up, and the bonds and influences that guarantee social order have been destroyed?where thousands and tens of thousands of turbulent spirits have been suddenly loosed from the discipline of war, and throwu without resources or restraint UDOU a disorefliuized and ehaotia sonietv. and where the keea senso of defeat is I added to the overthrow of ambition unl hope, scenes of violence should defy for a time the imporfect discipline of law, and excite anew the fears and forebodings of the patriotic and well disposed. It is unquestionably true that local disturbances of this kind, accompanied by more or less of violence, do still occur. But they are confined entirely to the cities aud larger towns of the Southern Slates, where different racesand iuteresta are brought most closely in contact, and where passions and resentments aro always most cosily led and fanued into outbreak; aud evcu there, they aro quite as much the fruit of untimely and hurtful political agitatiou, as of any hostility on the part of the people to the authority of the uational government But tho concurrent testimony of those best acquainted with the condition of society and the Slate of public sentiment in the South?including that of its represen tatives in this Convention?establishes tho fact that the great mass of the Southern people accept, with as full and sincere submission as do the people of tho other States, the re-established supremacy of the uutiou al authority,and arc prepared, iu the most loyal spirit, and with a zeal quickened alike by their interest and their pride, to co-operate with other States and sections in whatever may be necessary to defend tlio , rights, maintain the honor, aud promote tbo welfare of our common country. History afiords no instance where a people so powerful in numbers, in resources and public spirit, after a war so long in its duration, 60 destructive in its progress, ard so adverse in its issue, have accepted defeat and its eonscquenecs with sumach of good faith as has marked tne conduct of the pco pic lately in insurrection against the United States. Beyond ull question, this lias been largely duo to tho wise generosity with which their enforced surreuder was accepted by the l'rcsideut of tho United States and the generals iu immediate command of their armies, and to the liberal measures which were afterwards taken to restore order, tranquility and law to the States where all had lor the time been overthrown. \To steps could have been better calculated to command the respect, win the confidence, revive the patriotism and secure tho permanent and affectionate allegiance of the Iicople ol the South to the Constitution and aws of the Union than those which have been so firmly taken and steadfastly pursued by the President of tho United States. And if that confidence and loyalty have beeD since impaired; if the people of the South are today less cordial in their alle giance than they were immediately upon the close of the war, we believe it is due to the changed tono of tho legislative department of tho general government towards them ; to the action by which Con?;reoa has endeavored to supplant and decat the President's wise and beneficent, policy of restoration; to thoir exclusion from all participation in our common government; to the withdrawal lrom them ol rights conferred and guaranteed by the Constitntion, and to the evident purpose of Congress. In the cxeicisc of a usurped "and unlawful authority, to reduco them from tho rank of fico and equal member; of ft ropuhlic of States, with rights and dignities unimpaired, to the condition ol conquered provincos nud ? conquered peo pie, in all things subordinate and subject to the will of their conquerors; free only to obey laws in making which they are not allowed to sharo. No people has ever yet existed whoso loyalty and fhith such treatment long continued would not alienate and impair. And the ten millions of Americans who live in the South would be unworthy citizens of a free country, degenerate sons of an heroio ancestry, unfit ever to become guardians of tho rights and liberties bequeathed to us by the fathers and founders of this republic, if they could accept, with uncomplaining submissive!) ess, the humiliations thus sought to be imposed upon them. Resentment of injustice is always and everywhere essential to freedom; and the spirit which prompts the States and people lately in insurrection, but insurgent now no longer, to protest against the imposition of unjust and degrading conditions, makes them all the more worthy to share iu the government of a frco cominonweath, and gives still firmer assurance to tho future power and freedom of tho republic. For whatever responsibility the Southern people may have incurred in resisting the authority of the national government and in taking up arms for its overthrow, they may be held to answer, as individuals, before the judicial tribunals of the land, and for that '-onduct, no wnnintioc nr??1 uvwtwkiVU uii'A U1 pU 1116UU VUUJUlUliltlUnj they have already ] aid the most fearful penalties that cau fall on offending States, in the losses, the suflciings and humiliations of unsuccessful war. But whatever may be the guilt or the punishment of the conscious authors of the insurrection, candor and common justice demand the concession that th"J great mass of those who became involved in its responsibility acted upon what they believed to he their duty, in deienco of what they had bceu taught t? believe their rights, or uudor a compulsion, physical and moral, which they were powerless to resist. Nor can it be amiss to remember that, terrible as have been the losses and bereavements of this war, they have fallen exclusively upon neither section and upon neither parly?that they have fallen, indeed, with fur greater weight upon those with whom the war began ; that in the death of relatives and friends, the dispersion of families, the disruption of social systems and social ties, the overthrow of governments, of law and of order, the destruction of property and of forms and modes and means of industry; the loss of political, commercial, and mural influence, in every shape and form which great calamities can assume, th c States and pcoplo which engaged in the war against the government of the United States, have suffered tenfold more than those who remained iu allegiauco to its Constitution and laws. These considerations may not, as they cer taialy do not jusiify the action of tho people ! of the insurgent Stales, but no just or generous j mind will refuso to theiu very considerable I weight in determining the line of conduct which the government of the United States should pursue towards them. They accept, if not with alacrity, certainly without sullen resentment, the defeat and overthrow they have sustained. They acknowledge aud acquiesce in the results to themselves nud the country which that defeat involves. They no longer claim for any State the right to secede from the Union; they no longer assert for any Stato an allegiance paramount to that which is due to the general government. They have accepted the destruction of slavery, abolished it by their State constitutions, ami concurred with the States nnd people of the whole Uniou iu prohibiting its existence forever upon the soil or within the jurisdiction of 1 the Uuitcd States. They indicate and evince i their purpose just so fast as tuay be possible aud safe to adapt tlicir domestic laws to tho changed condition of their society, nnd to secure by the law and its tribunals equul nnd impartial justico to all classes of their inhabitants. They admit the invalidity of all acts of resistance to the untional authority, and ot all debts incurred iu attempting its overthrow. They avow their willingness to share the Liu dens nud discharge all the duties and obligations which lest upuit them iu common with other Stales and other sections of tlie Union; i and they renew, through their representatives in this Convention, by all ?t>cir public c >nduct, in every way and by the most solemn act-, by | which States and societies can pledge their i ! faith, their engagement to bear true faith and allegiance, through all time to come, to the Constitution of the United States, and to all laws that may he made in ptmuunre thereof. | ? - . ?' ? >1 - ' ] i viiun-uuuiiiij mm ; II ? C.II1 upon you, in | ! full reliance upon your intelligence and your ! ! patriotism, to accept, with generous ami tingrudgiug oontidence. this lull surrender on the part of those lately iu arms against your nu thority, and to share villi them tlio honor and renown that await those who bring back peace and concord to jarring Mate?. The war just ' closed, with all its sorrows nml disasters, has ' opencil a new cureer of glory to the nation it has saved. It has swept away the hostilities of soniiment and of interest which were a standing nienaco to its peace. It. has destroyed the institution of slavery, always a cause of sectional agitation and stiifc, and has opened for our country the way to unity of interest, of principle and of action through all tiino to ' conic. It has developed in both sections a military capacity?a a aptitude for achievements of war, both by sea and land, before unknown even to ourselves, ami destined to exercise hereafter, under united councils, an important influence upon the cluuacler and destiny of the continent and the world. And while it has thus rcvcalq^, disciplined and compacted our power, it litis proved to us beyond controversy or doubt, by the course pursued towards both contending sections by foreign powers, that we must bo the guardians of our own independence, and that the principles of rcpub lican freedom we represent < an find among the nations of the earth no friends or defenders but ourselves. We call upou you, therefore, by every conniderulioii of your own diguily und safety, and in the name of liberty throughout the world, to complete the work of restoration and peace which the President of the United States lias 1 so well begun, and which tlio policy adopted i by tho present Cougress nlonc obstruct. Tlio , time is close at hand when members of a now I Congress are to be elected. If that Congress shall perpetuate this policy, and by excluding * loyal States anil people from i(-presentation in its halls, shall continue the usurpation by which th< 'giaUtire powers of the government: re now ?rciaed, common prudence compels us to ant pate augmented discontent, sullen . withdravqfrom the duties and obligations of 5 the Fedcrt government, internal disscntlons and a gedul collissionof sentiments and pretensions, >hich may renew, in a still more fearful sh|e, the civil war from which we have just euiersi. Wc call upon you to interpose , your pow|to prevent the recurrence of so transcend* a calamity. We call upon you iu * every Conjessional district of every State, to secure tho(eclion of members, who, whatever ditfercncctiuy characterize their political ac- 1 tiou, willjmiie iu recognizing the right of I every Stntjof tho Union to representation in Congress,pd who will admit to scats in either branch cvty loynl representative from every State in tegiunce to the governincut, who may be fo^d by each house, iu the exercise of the po*r conferred upon it by the Constitution, to fve been duly elected, returned, and qualilil for a scat therein. When th shall have been done the government will Vvc been restored to its iutcgrity, tho Constiition of the United States will have rc-cstablifcld in its full supremacy, and the American limn will have n train become what it whs de.siped to be by those who formed it, a povcrcigiiation, composed of separate States each like itplf, moving in a distinct and independent spkrc, exercising powers defined and reserved by* common Constitution, and resting upou tfc assent, the confidence and cooperation o all the States and all the people subject to Is authority. Thus re organized and restore', to their constitutional relations, the States wd the general government can cuter, in a faternal spirit, with a common purpose and a oinmon interest upon whatever reforms the s<iurity of personal rights, the enlargement o' popular liberty and the perfection of our repuUican institutions may demand. Important Order from the FueedMEn's Buikau.?The following order was issued on Tiurstlay by Gen. O. 0, Howard, Commissioner of the Frecdmeu's Bureau : War Department, Bureau oi Refugees, Freldmen and Abandoned Lands, Washington, Aug. 22, I860. Circular No. 10. In accordance with tlic instructions oi the Secretary ot War, it is ordered that on and alter the 1st day ot October next the issue of rations be discontinued, except to the sick in regularly organized hospitals, and to the orphan asylums for refugees and frcedmcn already existing, and that the State official who may be responsible lor the care of the poor be carefully notified of this order, so that they may assume the charge of such indigent refugees and freedrnen as ere not embraced in the above exceptions. O. O. HOWARD, Major General, Commissioner. jl ne loiiowtng is mc nutnoeroi destitute l whites and lrecduicii inmates of hospitals and asylums throughout the South : Yir~ ginia, 569; District of Columbia, 1120; South Carolina, 221; North Carolina, 215; Alabama, 287; Georgia, 474; Mississippi, 100; Florida, 88; Louisiana, 41S; Arkansas, 128; Kentucky, 87. Total number of Government dependents, 2,703. Hugging.?An editor in Iowa lias been fined ,two hundred dollars for hugging a girl in church.? Exchange. Cheap enough! Wc once hugged a girl in church sonic ten years ago, and it has cost us a thousand a year ever since ? Young America. That's nothing ! We hugged a girl in school some twenty five years ago, and had to support her and the family ever since. ? Tioga Democrat. Conic to Salem, Oregon, hoys! Conic to Salem, Oregon; we have hugired a dozen, and it hain't cost a cent.?Democratic Review. Wc hug, and like to hug, and darn the expenses; feliers. if you enjoy luxuries, you must pay fur them.?Dog Book. A Saratoga correspondent says: In con.-c qucnce of die quarrel existing between Morr smy and the lintel keepers, the former intends to creel in Saratoga the largest hotel in America. It will ost one million of dollars. Among the stockholders are Comodore Vunderbill and John Davidson. The former subscribes for 3-00.Ot)t) worth of stock, and the latter for 5100,000. To puiish the Lelnnds und other hotel keepers the rates for hoard are to be fixed at two dollars per day instead of five dollars, the pros t.t price. * ? Pnr.sEXT To Gen. It L. L?.e.?A splendid saddle was recently forwarded from ' *:'vf per National Kspross, to lien. It. I a present from the Hon. Mr. Conne , who was a frequent guest ot the Get. ring the war. The saddle is of-' Horse Guard pattern, with holsti. pockets for writing materials, ind a shabrack of wool, bound with r- t clot: bridle and bruaUstrap are specimens of ..Mini ruble workmanship; the whole forming a useful and worthy present. ?Carolinian. Large Snakk.?A rattlesnake watt killed near Bellvillc, Texas, reeently, which was fourteen feet long, six incites thick, and had forty-two rattles. Three men, armed with fence rails, hud a desperate combat with tt. Dr. r.ltitu Toland, formerly of Edgefield District, was lately indicted, in Gadsden, Flor ida, for bigamy. He plead guilty and was fined one thousand dollars and costs. m ? i ? -? ? "I'm glad that this coffee dou't owe mt 1 any thing,'' said Brown to a boarder at break 1'hsL "Why?" asked Smith. "Because 1 don' believe it would ever settle." Col. James Monroe, of Bouth Carolina, bni been killed in San Louis Polosi, Mexico, In a drunken purty whoui he wan endeavoring ti quiet. Mayor Monroe, of New Oilcans, is again ii the full exercise of all his functions, with n ; actual interference on the part of the militar authorities. ?* * I The Bank of France now (Aug. 8d.) hold j in its vaults about ?-8,000,000 of specie. Th | Bank of England has about ?14,000,OOO HUNT Ac BHO. Shipping, Commission & Forwarding Merchants, Accommodation Wliarf, f. H. hunt, Jr. } Charleston, 8- C. (Formerly o/XEWBERR Y, S. C.) :o. Promptly forward all Merchandise consigned to us arriving in the City from V ; (IT HEX 0 FOE rax POTS TT'e will give strict attention to Sale and Purchase, of Cotton, Rtce, Flour, <J"C. Liberal Advances on Consignments. References.?O. W. Williams & Co., Charleston, S. C.; Kussel it Ellis, Wilmington, N. C.; Biglow & Sargent, Baltimore,; Lathbury, Wickersham & Co., Philadelphia,, N. L. McCrcady & Co., New York ; Ray & Walter, Boston ; G. W. Gnrmany, SavannJ:, Ga ; G. 11 Wilson, esq*, Norfolk, Vu. Mch 1 5 Cm WILLIS & CLIISOLM, COMMISSION MERCHANTS AXD suMm.YG aGJEjvrs, Will attend to the purchase, sale and shipment to Foreign and Domestic Ports, of Cotton, Rice, Lumber and Naval Stores. Atlantic Wharf, Charleston, S. 0. E. WILLIS, ALEX. R, CHISOLM. Mch 1 5 tf J. AT HEN'NEMAN A^'l) JEWELLER. Spartanburg O. II., So. Ca. HAS JUST RECEIVED A select assortment of WATCIIES, JEWELRY, mns iM! AND Fancy Groods. also a new lot of eight-day and twentyfour hour i" l.OCKS, a first-rate TICLE. AV AR RENTED TWO YE3AHS. Spectacles for all Eyes and Ages. WATCHES, CLOCKS AND JEWELRY neatly repaired, and warranted. J. A. 11ENNEMAN, At the Old Place on .Vain-Street. Feb 22 4 if W. I?. aiilster Respectfully announces to the public, th at lie litis again commenced tlio Titining Business, and fiels himself well prepared and qualified to do till kinds of work in his line, with neatness and dispatch. Ho has a large stock on hand, of every thing usually found in an establishment of this kind. All articles of TIN WAKE, will be kept on hund, thereby rendering himself able to supply the wants of any who may call on him. 11c is prepared to do such work as ROOFINil, GUTTERING AND REPAIRING. He will work and sell, wholesale or retail, LOW l'OK CASH. All work warranted. SHOP NEAR THE SPARTAN OFFICE. Feb 1 1 tf C. C. HUG GINS TAIIi O R. Having returned to the town of Spartanburg, lie takes occasion to inform his It tends that I he is prepared to do work with neatness and dispatch. He respectfully asks a share of public patronage, and pledges his best endeavors to give satisfaction to his cus, turners. lie may be found at his Shop in rear of J. 15 ARCHER'S STORE, where his customers ' w ill find plates of the latest fashions. Feb 1 1 tf TAILORING. HAYING just returned from a trip North and West, lakes this method of informing Ms former Patrons and Friends, that he is now ,>ared fo till all orders with neatness and ! .tch in the very LATEST STYLES, as tp as a-y one for Cash or Barter. ' "liop is over the store of FOSTER A i' S, opposite the Court House, e latest SPRING FASHIONS hare jusi ;i received. WM. LOCKWOOD. Feb 1 1 tf farrow & duncan, ATTORNEYS AT LAW and Solicitors in Equity, ' j 8ta>'"OiIke in Brick Building, upstairs, ove: ' former Oflice of James Farrow. 1 James Farrow. D. R. Duncan. April 15 11 ly ; willmms, evins <fc choice attorney s at law, SPARTANBURG, S. C. Geo. W. Williams. Yorkville, S. C. B P Jno. 11. Evins, a William Choice. June 14 20 6m law copartnership7~ y TTAVINO associated C. J. ELFORD, c ,| J_ Greenville, S. C , with mo in the praclic of law for Spartanburg District, under the nam and etyle of ELFORD A EI.FORD; all hustnet 8 entrusted to my care will receive the prom] ? and faithful attention of said firm. J. M. BLFORD. April & 10 Omoa f n-a in DRY GOODS STORE Teppe Ac Smyth WOULD respectfully inform the LADIES that they are now receiving their SPRING STOCK,, CONSISTING OP White Long Cloth, Brown Shirtings and Sheetings, White and Brown Linens, Merrimack, Amoskeag, Schwabe and American CALICOS, warranted fast colors. Jaconets, Cambrics and Victoria Lawns. A complete and choice assortment of NeedleWOKK and Linen 8ctt?, Needles, Spool Cotton,. Working Cotton and Thread in every variety.. 4 ALSO, a great assortment of DRY GOODS, FANCY GOODS, Liens and! Hosiery, Bonnet and Lute-String, Ribbons, Thread and Cotton LACE8 and EDGINGS. Having been connected for a long time with the Dry Goods business, we are confident of giving satisfaction ALSO, on hand a general assortment of BOOTS and SHOES, Tin Were, Hats and Cape, and a general assortment of GROCERIES, at the UP TOWN STORE. FREDK. TEPPE, ALEX. H. SMYTH. N. B. State Money Bought. April 26 13 tf^ NEW SPRING GODDS. 0 ' j WE HAVE just received from Charleston, a fresh supply of BOOTS, SHOES, PRINTS, ^ and many other articles too numerous to mention, which we offer at cheap rates. CALL AND SEE US. B it. J. L. WOFFORD, No i opposite Court House. April 3 10 If NEW GOODS. WE arc now receiving a capital assortment of GOODS, selected by a member of our firm iu the Northern market. GENTLEMEN'S AND LADIES DKEHS GOODS, LATEST STYLES OF < LADIES' HATS, S EC O S S, TRIMMINGS, NOTIONS, ??-CALL AND KNOW OCR TRICES.^J&f 1ANDIVER, BLAKE & CO., Mi*y 24 17 ?f ew Enterprise ! south ernImporting AND MANUFACTURING DRUG HOUSE, PRATT, WILSON & BROS., IVo. SCtS Kinp Hrect, CHARLESTON, S. C. o Tho Proprietors are Native Southerners* 1 Xo such enterprise South of Philadelphia. Will Southern Houses give us their Patronage t WE OFFER AT RATES THAT COMPARE FAVORABLY WITH NEW 1 YORK PRICES. ALL DRUGS, CHEMICALS, MEDICINES, SPICES. Ac.. THAT LEGITI MATELY BELONG TO OUR LINE OF BUSINESS, AND ; KEEP ON HAND 1 ONLY THP3 BUST . vir Packages put up to suit Country Trade, 1 Is. A.PRATT, Chemist to late C. 8., Niter and Mining Bureau, L. W. WILSON, P. B. WILSON, Chemist to late C. 8., Or Department. April 11 6 1 j Merchants Hotel. (C?lh&iril3S$3>:Sl, So (So r Cheapest and Lest Hotel in the State. Transient Board $8.00 %) day. Weekly " 14.00%) week. March 1 5 if " A. ILLING, Millinery and Fancy Goods, AT NEW YORK PRICES. 262 KINO STREET, Opposite Bufain Street, CHARLESTON, SO. CA. March 1 5 DBS. B. & J. L. W0FF0RD > y"xFFER THEIR PROFESSIONAL SERVIio CES to the citizens of the Village and e surrounding country. One or both of ue will is be found conetantly in the offiee at the 8T0RS, >t during the day, and at our Residence, opposite Wofford College (Church Street) a* night. Peb 1$ 8 - if