The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, February 12, 1852, Image 2
respondent* of the Charleston Mercury.
Washington, Fob. 2, 1852.
The grasp of the Kossuth grippe has
choked off Tour correspondence for a short
time pest, which, having relaxed its hold,
attowa the continuance of that communion
with your readers.
The gap,howovcr,ha3 b?en by no means
an important one, for nothing of much interest
has transpired in the interval. The
letter writers here, many of them, from
ling habit, have learned to spin out very
long yarns obout the most triding1 matters,
and most vague rumors, to supply the usual
quota of letters; for to vary a line of
Byron's, "A letter is a letter although
there's nothing in it." The diurnal labors
of the two Houses have not consumed on
an averago more than throe hours respectively,
if so much, and speech-making, and
sparring about resolutions, takes up much
of that small allowance of time devoted to
the public service. This Congress, however,
has tho credit of good intentions in the
matter of work, and when tho Committees
have had time to carvo out that work
which is lying in a rough shape before
thom, an opportunity of forming a proper
judgmont will be afforded. Thus far no
great deal has been done, though some
little headway has been made. Tho multitude
of claimants here is very great.?
Some preferring private claims, otlicrs eager
to obtain aid from the Government in
tho prosecution of some scheme, by which
they claim to promote public and private
interest. The Collins lino of steamers lias
its busy agents nnd strikers, pressing on
Congress tho necessity and propriety of
further appropriations to aid it in breaking
down the Cunard competition?nnd various
other steam projects contended to opon
communication with China, the Sandwich
Islands, and innumerable other points, are
either before Congress, or concocting. All
of these projectors and applicants appear
to think that the nublic treasure U suflTor.
ing under a Plethora, which it is a matter
of pure necessity immediately to subdue
by very large depletion. There are so many
new men in the present House, that the
old hands at the "Jobbying" business
(which Is almost the trade here,) have to
commence their operations anew in first
getting acquaintance and then exerting innuence.
It does not follow by any means j
that the intrinsic merits of any particular I
case will always insure it a priority either
in the calender or in the House, for management
docs much in these matters, even
without the employment of undue means.
Hence it is that so many claims, the justice
of which is indisputable, have been
kept suspended in Congress year after
year, while others passed through promptly.
A knowledge of this fact, derived
from dear bought experience, has brought
into existence what may be regarded as a
new profession?the Claim Agents who
constitute a very numerous and a very busy
class of outside members of Congress,
their attendance being more punctual, and
probably as well paid for as that of the re- I
gularly elected members of that body.
The political world here is still quiet.? !
All the Presidential aspirants and their j
friends are keeping a wary and watchful
^ - * eye H*uc rivals and opponents. ^Each
.^r "" roars to show hand first, Ut waits for
further developments, as indicateil in the
movements of the people in tlieir <llstrict
meetings. Since the departure of Kossuth
and the plowing over of that breeze, all
the politicians have kept cool, and preserved
a discreet silence. There is a vast
deal of quiet intriguing going on nevertheless,
and the Halls of Congress and the
Hotels are the scenes of constant conferences
and comparisons of views and wishes
among the parties either directly or indirectly
interested in the coming contest.?
Never was there a greater diversity of feeling,
and a wider divergence of views of
poncy, presented before by tho constituent
portions of parties than at the present moment
All seems confusion, dissatisfaction,
and disagreement, and how anything like
order or arrangement can be produced among
such conflicting elements is hard to
imagine. Both of the old parties arc split
up into different cliques, not alone representing
the interests each of a different candidate,
but discordant in principle, in measures,
and the means for carrying them out
Look, for instance at the Whig party, or
the remnants of it. It includes not alone
, a Soott partv. a Fillmore nariv. nn<1 n I
v.? . * ' - n r J *
* Wmter party, but a Seward party also.
Oil and vinegar, one would suppose, could
r be made to mix as easily as any of these.
So, too, with the Democratic party. It
has a hoot of candidates,no two of whom at
all harmonize as to the platform which shall
be taken; and every day complicates mat?
tew more and more. The recent movements
in the States of Georgia, Alabama
and Mississippi have also tended to exasperate
and increase these divisions, becoming
more irreconcileablc. Nobody can
pretend to believe that the Southern nights
and Union Democrats of the South will
even make a show of Co-operation, and the
adoption of either wing of the Democratic
party at large will inevitably amount to a
repudiation of the other. The proceedings
of the Union party fell like boiu^ shells into
this political camp, for hitherto it has j
been believed that tney would fall back into
the lines of their previous parties, as
soon as their elections were over. This
hope having proved fallacious, and the
two Southern parties having now assumed
attitudes of decided and unrelaxing hostility,
the calculation of the leaders here have
keen greatly confounded, and the chances
of the candidates respectively revers&i in
? j nsjiwu'i viw liny uie SUir OT t/WS
annul jo predominate -the next Buchanau
rises higher?then Douglass seen* the
favorite ?paiseded again by Butler.?
The last in probably the most prominent at 1
the present aaoment, owing to the singular <
orinrideno* of bring supported at one and ]
the same time, by the slavehoiding Ken- .
tucky, nod the slave hating clique of Benton,
Blair and the Van Bursas. On the '
Whig ride Mr. Fillmore's intimation of his I
readiness to run again, has nipped in the 1
bod the hopes of the Wobster men, while ,
k enhances the prospects of Gen. Scott,
- who is undoubtedly the first choice of the
greater proportion of his party. He will
not weB, if their candidate, which it is probable
he will be; and the careless coofljyfcfo.
-Ha df strength which animates the opwffl
UM aid hfca much. He has <
i * on the dhisiona and dhseTi- j
mp.Aao in the strength ,
"wralsbip, and not i
superior numbers, must be hie reliance. -w
Tlio debates in Congress have not been of
much interest of late. The discussion of
Mr. Footc's Compromise resolution drags
along very slowly in the Senate. Mr. MeRea
did not speak so soon as wo had anticipated,
owing to indisposition and other
causes, lie opened his speech on Friday
last, but gave way to a motion for adjournment
betore concluding. He acquitted
himself remarkably well, and spoke effectively
as well as ably. Ho is to concludo
to-dav. The first nortion of l?i?
was devoted to a very skilful dissection of
the resolution, and exposure of the incongruity
of its parts. The latter and most
interesting portion was an exposition of
the real jiosition taken by himself and his
party in Mississippi, past and future. The
concluding portion to-day will probably be
more ieteresting still, as it will be devoted
to the great question now before the country?the
true theory of States Rights.?
Mr. McRca although a very young man,
has made his mark at home and in tlio Senate,
nnd will occupy a prominent position
in the co'msels of the country, if he perseveres
in the path he has chosen.
g^?In the hUrry of the moment, the following
piece (which, by tho way, is very
pretty) was put to press without the necessary
corrections. We reprint it in a correct
form :
A Fable.
In aucient times, when flowers and trees
and faries were on speaking terms, and all
friendly together, one fine summer's day
the sun slione out upon a beautiful garden,
where there were all sorts of flowers that
ye could mention, a lovely but giddy fairywent
springing about from one to another,
(although no one could see her because of
the sunlight,) as pay as the morning lark,
then says the Fairy to the Rose?"Rose,
i if the sun was clouded, nnd ilm
came on, would ye shelter and love me
still?" "Do you doubt me?" says tho
Rose, and reddened up with anger. "Lily,"
says the Fairy to another love, "if the sun
was clouded, and the storm came on,
would ye shelter and love mo still ?"?
"Oh! do you think 1 could change!" says
the Lily, and she grow still paler with sorrow.
"Tulip," says the Fairy, " if the sun
was clouded, and the stonn came on,would
ye shelter and love me still ?" "Upon
my word," said the Tulip, making a very
gentlemanly bow, ye're the very first lady
that ever doubted my constancy." So the
Fairy sported on, joyful to think of her
kind and blooming friends. She reveled
away for a time, and then thought of the
pale blue Violet, that was almost covered
with its broad green leaves; and although
it was uu old comrade, she might have
forgotten it had it not been for a sweet
scent that came up from the modest flower.
"Oh, Violet," says the Fairy, "if the
sun was clouded, and tho stonn came on,
would yo shelter and love mo still I" Ami
the Violet made answer?"Ye have known
me long, sweet Fairy, and iu the first
spring time, when there were but few
other flowers, ye used to shield from tlw;
cold blast under my leaves; now yo'vo
almost, forgotten me. But let it pass; try
my troth if you should over meet w ith
misfortune?hm ' .lay nothing."
i Well, the Fair}- skitted at that, and
dapped her silvery wings, and whisked
singing off on a sunbeam; but she was
hnrillv mtnn wlinn n Un.ib ? '
J QV..w ??V*? Uitivn VIUUU L^IUU Up |
at the north, and the rain fell in slashings
like hail, and away dies the Fairy to her
friend the Hose. "Now, Rose," says she,
44 the rain has come, so shelter and love me
still.'' 441 can hardly shelter my own
buds," said the Rose, 44 but tho Lily has
a deep cup." Well4 the poor little Fairy's
wings were almost wet through, but she
got to the Lily. 44 Lily," says she, the
storm has come, so shelter and love me
still." 441 am sorry," says the Lily, 44 but
if I word to open my cup, the rain would
beat in like fun, and my seed would be
spoiled?tho Tulip has long leaves."?
Well, the Fairy was down-hearted enough,
but she went to the Tulip, who was always
thought a sweet spoken gentleman.
He certainly did not look as he had done
in the sun, but she waved her little wand,
and 44 Tulip," says she, "tho rain nnd storm
are come, and I am very weary, but will
you shelter and love me still 1" "Begone,"
said the Tulip, 44 be off," says lie, "a pretty
pickle I should be in, if I let every wandering
trollop come al>out me."
Well, by this time she was very tired,
her wings hung dripping at her back, wet
indeed?but there was no help for it, and
leaning on her sliver wand, site limped off
to the Violet; and the darling little flower
with its blue eye, that's as dear as a kitten's,
saw her coming, and never a word
she spoke, but opened her brood green
leaves nnd took the wild wandering little
creature to her bosom^ind dried her wings,
and then breathed her sweetest perfumes
over her, and sheltered her until the storm
was clean gone. Then the humble Violet
snokp. and tuiul 44 Kmrv On/v>n !? 5- 4? -1
t ??J ? "lm J IV w i/uu
to flirt with manv, for tho love of one tme
heart is enough for earthly woman or fairy
spirit; the old love is better than the gay |
complement of a world of flowers, for it
will last when the others fade away."
And the fairy knew that it was true,
and she contented herself ever after, and
made her downy power under the wide
spreading Violet leaves, that sheltered her
from the rude winter's wind and the hot
summer's sun, and to this very day the
Fairies love the- Violet beds.
Another Revolutionary Soldier
Dead.?Mr. John Funderbunk, a Revolutionary
soldier died in this oounty, says
the Rome Southerner, on the lath tJ Jan.
nary last, in the 04th year of hw age.?
Mr. Funderburk ww a native of South Carolina,
and came to this country several
fears ago, training a great deal of the vigor
of manhood up to the time almost of
lis death, being able to ride erect and read
without glasses.
A Tea ttwiannx.?-A baa of tea recent,
ly pnrnhaaed a* aactiofl In New York, was |
was opeaed at Leviavflle a few days ago aad '
brand to be ftUed with viae hulls and parti- |
eles of burnt elay. The box fVeas every ap? '
pearanee, H is atated, has not bet* Mill! 1
since it left China, aad the fnmd was doubt. '
less committed by the Celestials. i
Coct?ponAmoe of the Ledger.
Grassy, Cues, Yunyon Kounty, )
Nonr Fkhlinar. j
Dear Kuzen Stukely:?
Sens yu went to Gorgy, yu don't no wha
n fine place Munro in got to be. Thar in;
heap of nu houzes maid thar lately. Th
very spot wher Dr. MeC. .. yuaed to kill a
many big turkiea, and whar Uncle Jerr;
killed them blue bucks, ia got to be a righ
smart town, and lookafuat rate. Thejale i
a fine brick bildin', three stories high, am
thnr's alters somebody In it. Meeater Hart'
big house aint done yet: but he's got a steer
mill that knocks a log into saw-dust quickc!
and grinds 5} minutes into a bushel of men
directly. It dus.
Bill I'm tru'ino trt f?ll vn? I ia nf \C.w-to
Major Kuvent iu's fine house, which I rekko
looks liko n king's house, for I never so?
any thiug liko It afore, nor sens, nor yu ne<
thor. I cum in town wun day, thnt is Mur
row, I did, nnd I looked down the strot
tourds Kurnel Brume's Trott place, and sic
a big white house was shinin thar; the Jor
gladdy! 1 had'nt bin in town for 6 muna
afore, I had'nt, nnd I was kprized to see th.i
pallis looking place, I war, standing unde
that apple tree afore Mr. Hcwy Hewsting'
house, and I seed tha Major coming froi
the court house, nnd I ses, " Major, kin
body the like ov me go and see that fin
house of yourn that shines so purty nn
white f And thcnlcotched hold of m
britclios, and looked at my fut to seo if 1
war fit to go in a fine place like thnt. Th
Major ses, (for he is a a mighty cleacr mat
ho is.) "Oh, yes, certainly. I'm gwinc hui
now, will yer go along T" ses he. It w?
about 10 or clock, and thinks I, a body ki
look at it afore 12; so down I goes with th
Major, I dus. And as wc went along, th
Major looked at the strcte leadin' to th
kort house frum hissen, nnd ho ses, ses h<
that whar nn ugly place that he wonted t
improve, nnd sieh a pile of broken bricks nn
wun thing nor another as had been haulc
thar to pile up. Ses I, " Major, you don
pin yourself down to yer own house and lo
but you're tryin to help the whole town, yc
is !" Well, ses the Major, (for he is a ver
modest man, he is,) "this strete, when mad
good, is a finish to the whole view." An
we went along till we got to the gate, an
the Major put his finger on a trigger lookin
thing, whack it went, nud the gnto fllei
open, and in wo go; wc dus. We went o
whar the (lower garden is to be w hen he
ready to the house, and I looked up to th
shed, and thar the ruf looked like ......
- - -ft
nrd with white ribs across it, sich aw Aur
llnklab yused to make on Christinas for th
yung wnns. Tlie Major se? this is th
Vernndinah where ono may sit in the heat c
the. day and cool hiaself; and I swar it lool
ed like a Dinah had bin a hold on it; ever
thing was cut in a sort ov net work, out c
wood, the posts war teetootally cheekere
all over from head to foot; and then we wei
to unother Pizarro looking place, tb?r had
Melt floor, and flu post* wen* sot on roe
pedisilh-s, and on wun pose thnr war a doubl
hook. I axd the Major what it war for. 11
sed it was for hanging his coat when his bo
brushed it; and I thought it wbs a fust rat
place to hang his boy and bruah him, ef h
did'nt do jist rite, I did. We did'nt go i
the honse yit, but we goes to tho garde
gate, and then I axes about the gardin. Tli
Major then showed how tho gardin was t
be fixed, for it was'nt yit done, they coodi
du every thing that's to be dun in a year^in
then I'll rite again, I will. A wide walk I
to be cut across both ways, and in the ink
die will be a beautiful summer house, wit
purty shrubs all round it, and on the fur aid
from the house thar will be a "Tarboro.
(arbor,) with grape vines ail over it- W
tiicn left tho gardin and goes round the hou*
tourds the cook house; thnr I saw in on
corner of the yurd a nice lookin pump jut
finished, and I thought tho water must b
good for it looked so nice; and thar was
feller named Hollymnn diggin up stumps,
swar, when I looked at the house, nnd the
looked at the Major, and next at the ma
diggin at his stumps, I thought how Co
Hampton yuitod to dig stumps. Col. Hamp
ton U a mighty rich man they xay, and th
Major's rich too, ho is. After looking at th
yard, we sot down on the back Pizarro, am
a little yellow boy cum and got the paper
and letters, for it was mail day at Monroe, i
was- When the little boy went into th?
house he told his missns that we war thai
and then he opnecd the door, then the Ms
jor ris' and sea, "lets go in," so in we goes
and the fust person I seed was the Major*)
wife, a nice woman she Is. She says, "Gooc
mornin, Mr. Storrins," and scs I, wgoo<
mornin," and hung down my hod, and kep
rite on arter the Major until he got in a little
room whar thar was a fire, and thar wi
warmed a while. We sot by the fire a little
asd then he ris, and sea he, 14 Now I'll show
ycrthc house;" for I told tho Major,! heart
twas a fine house, tad I wanted him to show
me all about it, I did, so I could rite to yov
in Gorgy.
We cum out of the little room whar th<
family staid, into another room whar thai
war Dig uiDieft ana a cupboara in me wall
full of glaaa, crokery* ware and ciuutey ware
and fine thing* as ever you aeed in Gorgy 01
any where. It waa no more like Ant HaL
dy's cupboard than a chicken coop ia like
Mr. President Polk's fine carriage. Th?
Major aed that was the dining rune?now
mind thar*a a room in this house for ever)
thing, one for eating, one for acttfa, and om
for company and sich like. We then went
into another whar the stairs war; this the)
call the "Bostivule," which sans the plae?
whar yen cum fan the house at, I spoae, tot
thar war a deer on every aide aada stall
ease, and the flora and stairs ware kivered
with a painted truck called lis cloth. TIm
door next town ia madr of yellow giaai
cut in diwona. Ho eatehed hold ovahandU
about as Mg as a. simblin and opened Um
isoc into the Vtiranrilaah; and at one aids ol
the dore thar woe another ahnbttn iaahis|
handle; the Major gfaa it ajurk, and away hi
the house madlkhi went jbgl*,#ngla. Thai
now, aea I, yer'oe dun H, yer broke crockery a
ware, yer is. "Oh, no," see the Major, "thai p
wor a belt that poople ring when they cum." k
I tell yer, Kuzen Stukely, you must'nt holier v
nor nock neether when yu go to see this
t house; jint pull that aimblin and it tells the v
a nuso all over the house; and then a smart n
0 little sarvant cumes and looks at your feet t
9 and ef they are clone hell tell yer to walk in; t
y buief they're mnddy, he'll say nothing, but fl
t go back in the house, and leave yer thnr. So (
ft Vben you go y ou look on the end of the steps j,
^ and you'll see a thing made of iron to scrape c
8 yer feet on. t
n We next went up stairs, and the stairs all
the way up wns kivercd with that ile cloth I c
j told yer ov. Thar war n heap of rooms up ^
stairs witli high beds, and purty quilts, and ^
purty curtains in the windoes, uid the flore ^
was kivered with a butiful ooppet. I could'nt ^
j tell yon haf I soed. A dore in the side of the t
wall that led to.the "coop below" on tlio top
of the house; but we did'nt go up thar, we *
'* did'nt. We went down stairs into the Bcs?
c
^ tivule, and then we goes into the room which .
^ I thought was tlie "Parley-voo" room, for (
niar wax no oca in it, nn<l the 1'onnner was
thar with a nice blanket over it, and the florc ^
w ar kivcrcd with a nice coppet, and on the
r c
, mantle pence tliar war a clock that had a glass
shade over it, like a soap bubble, and it kept
runnin for 21 dase without winding up?you
know that beats daddy's cloek all holler; for
^ yer might wind and wind till yer got tircd,and
then it would take a whole day to run hnf
y
an our.
Well, I luid'nt seed all yit, thar was on the
C north side of this rootn,a big double dore that
' led into the Parley voo room. The Major
n cotched hold of the handle and clack, it went n
ir and then with a military sling he gin it a push and
1 heerd sumthin go squ-ee-eo-k like it run
on wheels, and I looked to sec whsr the door
? was, and the Jeru-soap-suds, ef it did'nt go
c bock into the wall like a tarry pin's hedwhen
ho swollen hisself, and then he tuk the side
" and gin it a push and it went ker-slap into
^ the wall like the other. I looked in and the
, only thing I seed for 2 minitx was a pare of
eyes rito afore me, I coold'nt 'pon the ycth
' tell whar 1 was nor what it was that I seed
,r until the Major ses cum in, then I moved,
^ and would yer believe that them eyes war
j mine, shining in a looking glass with a goold
'j frame, on tho tothcrsideof the parley. Then
the Major axed me to act down, and I sot
^ down on the Sophia, which is a long scat
A made of hogony wood, and kivcrod with Mo"
ses' harc'bu springs. When I sot down, it
S went down, I jumped rite up and it ria
^ arter mc, nnd inay Jimmy Johnson squeeze
me if I noed what was rong. Then the Mnjor
ses try yon seat; it war most like the sophia,
only more squarer. Well down I sot
^ on it and it went down like the other, but I
sot still and crossed my legs; and I axed the
name of this seat, and he said it wns called
^ the u Divine j4nn," used in the East for n soj
shil chat between tu persons. It was jist
big cnuf for tu. I thot it was ritvly named,
for I felt like divine, the vrhnl- time loot on
(A ttoi An a kliv s?su I G
k ctaef with fickors I *?* on it and rocked
? tilWI got daepy. It was heap easier than C
e onr rocking cheer that daddy made when big 141
y Sis wa? born, you know ho tarried tu 01
I staves from Uncle Josh's boor barrel for the
10 rockers you kno, I never could sleep on it n
" nor sleep wjieB any body else was a rockin. *
n Next I looked at the sentry table that had a ^
ie martal top like a toom stone, any more nor ?
? it was'nt stuped like it, and on it was a few ^
j choice books and a candle stick and tho pur- k
tiest little diver cup yon ever seed it belong- ^
ls ed to the Major's wife and had her name on *'
" it. I shall allers like the Major's I^idy for ^
her name ? Susan nnd that is my sweet- *'
n hearts name, 'xactly it is. ^
The last thing I seed was the 44 Jerry on ^
c dools" on the mantel peace, to hold candles. n
they looked l>e goold. And the windor "
e fixins was h<|il by a goold lookin thing *
called corndishes. P
0 It was male day, r.s I sed afore, so I
II seed enuf for this time. I bid the Major nnd P
Ills lady good bye, and told cm I'd rite to n
n you. . *
J1 No mare till the next time. 0
IIOSHER STORRINS. c
? Mb. Buchakan's Letter?The follow. ^
1 ing letter of Mr. Buchanan, was aent in re- ^
s ply to an invitation, extended to him, to be #
t be present at the Mississippi Democratic f
u Convention of the 8th of January.
'? Wbcatlasd (near Lancaster,) n
Dec. 34, 1851. si
' My Dear Sir: I am sorry I did not receive n
| your letter etoncr. I might have then giv- ?
en it the " oM fashioned democratic" answer k
which ( ju dure, inn i am compelled to r<
leave home fcatnediu tely ; and if 1 nhould not f<
write at thsr present time, it will be too late n
for the 8th of January. I mast, therefore be a
brief. U
My WihUfefffo liefore the country; and '
it is my pridi sever to have evaded nn impor- ::
tant political question. The course of dem- *
ocrsey is always straight ahead, and public
men who determine to pursue it never in- al
volve fharuwdHns in labyrinths, except when g
they turn to the right or to the left from the tl
plain, forwaid path. Madison's report and al
Jefferson's Kentucky resolutions are the sa- a
feet and aurtet guides to conduct a demo- p
eratie admirfatrutlim of the federal govern- tl
men! It is the true mission of democracy r
to reatat eewtmlisui and the absorption of an- g
constitutional powers by the Praeieent and
Con grass The sovereignty of the States *
and s devotion to their reserved rights, ean h
alone praaaaua and perpetuate our happy sy?> al
ina af GavMimtt The exewtaa of doubt- a
ful and eueati iStive powers en the part of
Congraan has prodneed all the dangsroua f
exciting qnaatUne which have has perilled the h
Union. ,
The iademl Govern meat, never eonflned s
within He stciet eonetftutional limits, mnet a
neeeamnily esquire mere and non influence C
fhmugfr Km laaeraaaed and incraaaing ex pear- I
dHnre of pnhHa money; and tenee *he gran- *
tar ntanahf for pnbtie ceonoany and watah a
fid r^hlia. Onreoustitntioo, when It pro- a
res dad iro^t Km hands of Me ftainain, ?> n i
I
L I '
impie system; mid the more fry* (mW4exity
it remains, the more powhrftfl^eab
rfhetorily, and beneficially will it of?|to
rithln its legitimate spare.
It in centralization alone whiemll^QM
anted the French people frea uitiAL!*"]
permanent republican government, and entiled
upon them so many misfortunes. Had
he paovinces of Franee been converted into
eparate territorial sovereignties like oui
Itate governments, Paris would uo longel
lave been France, and the revolution at th?
apital would not have destroyed the fedent
ire republic.
Hnd tho principle* I have enumerated beer
ibserved by the Federal Government and by
he people of tho Bcveral States, wo should
inve avoided the alarming questions which
lavo arisen out of the institution of dome*'
ic slavery. Tho people of each State would
hen, to employ a homely but expressive
thrnso, have attended to their own business
ind not have interfered in the domestic con.
erns of their sister States. But on tho
mportnnt subject I have so fully presented
ny views in the inclosed letter to tho greal
nceting in Philadelphia, held in November
1850, that it would be useless to repent them
iven if time would permit.
James Buciiaxax.
Geo. R. Fall, Esq.
HTnnrnstrr Mgcr.
Lniira*lcrvllle, 8. C.
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 12, 1852
OUR PAPER.
Wo this day commence the publication ol
he Lancaster Ledoer, and, ns usual in
inch cases, we will briefly state the position
>ur Journal will occupy. This the people
>f I.nnea8terno doubt expect of us; and this
ve cheerfully and willingly do. The I?an:astf.r
Ledger will be an indrjfndml pa>er,
devoted to News, Commf.roe, Literature,
die.; advocating all measures which
ve conceive will be of benefit to the District
lisclaiming all connection with any party
>r clique?firmly and zealously devoting oui
sncrgies to those matters which serve to pronote
the welfare and happiness of our peo>!c.
Several years ago, the two prominent poli
ical parties of the State were Whig and Dcro>crat?now
Secessionists and Co-operationsts.
The former advocating the sepantt
mtionality of South Carolina; the latter, in
uise of u division of the Union, to hnvo the
:o-opcRition of nil, or some of the slave-hold
ng States. Besides these two groat parties
v? have in the State, although in the minorty,
the Union party, who ore opposed to
s-cession under nny circumstances. believ
ng our wrongs arc vs**gger.itod, that wt
lave no enwj to complain of the Federal
iovurnment, i^djlut we had better remain
? ww arc. Tlien, ngnin, we hare a party,
though, we are glad to aay, their number is
matt?) w ho are violent Secessionists; thoir
reed is Secession under any circumstances;
tiey way they aru tired of the Union, and
ever mind what concesaions the Ucncrai
Sovcniment might muke, they would rather
? out of the Union than in it?that once
louth Carolina becomes n separate and inependent
government, at one** tommriiin
or prosperity, her greatness, rnd her power.
i beautiful law of Political Economy is, that
ecording to the supply of en article, so will
e the demaud: and according to the labor
0 will bo tAe cost; thus, by a nice distribuon,
each one who labors, never uiind what
is labor may bo applied to, so will be bis
?muncration; directly us the remuneration
1 not sufficient for the labor, the laborer
aeks some other branch of industry to sply
his labor to.
It is impossible for man to regulate the
rico to be paid for the labor of n blacksmith,
carpenter, or n field hand?it is also nburod
that any man can say what the price
f com will bo next year. No monopoly
mi place a fixed price upon the productions
f the earth. Now, we are inclined to think
u?t so much that U said in relation to the
ithdras-ing of 8outh Carolina from tho
Inion, and ria rrrta, do*** but littlo good,
nd ia productive of much harm. We ore
n excitable people, nn hereditary gift derived
om our Anglo-Saxon ancestors: and b
tatters involving so much as this does,
tiould be left to the calm, sober, reflecting
lind, unaided by the excitable snstheman
f hot-headed politicians. Our poopie
now if they are wronged ? if they
m>1 that they arc?seek redress, and if aatistction
ia not given, then consider well the
ext step. But this running blindly into any
ourse which party spirit would induce others
?lead you into, is worse than foolish, and
uch impetuosity ia always attended with
Injury Patience is not an beatsion;
enthusiasm ia not patriotism.
It Is but right and proper that the people
hould have all the information which can be
iven b relation to our national matters?
bis we will do. All the light we can give,
kail be given. Nothing will be withheld
rhksh ean in any way instruct our people b
oliUcal affairs Prejudiced in favor of nettier
party, we will carefully lay before our
seders all matters pertaining to our Federal
rievaneee, and let them Judge for t hemelves.
If they believe it better to remain as
re are, fearing we may make bed worse, so
e It; if, on the other hand, thev And we
hould nctdfl from the Union, then lot Una
o jwfck
Although the agitation which ha? existed
or the put jrtar between the two pertire
no now mtmtded, and although H ia the gen*
ml epinion that the forthcoming Contention
rill not recommend eeeeealon In dlroetoppo*
ttloo to the declared voice of the people In
httober loot, when the election hr nmhwre
*g eeeitwtan; etiH, It la not onrpnrpoooto
dvosate the peHey of either petty, and wa
motion tide that In aana the Conventiea dene
at*, nd mo fkStf
. Morion, have much t? d?> besides to
| gegiag tnft>litfc4 tho Novation of
, that which leads to ohr *x d, piyaldst and
r mora) ad varment, thouW bo our chief
r thowffit. anflht us exemplify by our actions
, that firmnJ^tvhleh is theb se of patriotism.
No one loves lib native 'itnto more than
we do. Bom and bred hi South Carolina,
wo love and vonerato liertsoil, and all our
I
r efforts will be exerted to oroinoto tho welI
faro of our country. If loreaftor?and by
i so doing wo bellovo wo an doing what duty
. prompts us to do?should to soo fit to dovntc
I our energies to tho advmccment of an)
( cnusc, the people may rosVuwurod our energies
will bo exerted to pomote the cause
toe believe to be right. Ve are bound to no
( party, and whatever we dl will be done soloI
ly from patriotic principle. We cannot clone
l thin article without *avm|, wo do not believe
any pure, patriotic citizt* desires to see this
Union dissolved, if such rent can be avoided
nnd our just rights hoc trod. These States
aro linked together by to common tie. It
was eleven years beforo the representatives
from each of tho then thirteen States could
mutually agree to throwoff tltc yoke of allegiance
to the mother countryrand declare war
against Groat Britain. 4^Vhen Thomas Jefferson
had pr^tnred the IraB of the Declaration
of Independcnco, anl when it was submitted
to tho delegates frjm tho Statcs^very
word was deeply thought over, and maturely
considered. Tho mcmlc rs from the different
colonial States we|e from three to four
days attentively considtring this document
p before signing it, and we should not forget
that the member from South Carolina, Mr.
Edward Rutlbdoe, refusod at first to vote
for tho resolution declaring tho colonic* jn(
dependent States. Can any ono attribute
this backwardness to a want of patriotic
principle! No; it was n subject of such
vast importance that he did not like to assuine
such a responsibility, nnd nt his request
the question was postponed to the next day,
' beforo he would vote for it, which ho then
did. We should not forget that our troubles
then were great, the yoke was heavy indeed,
no concessions were made, wo were
slaves; ?nd, again,then- were thirteen States
united. 1 his unity was waited for. patiently
waited for. beforo action wns taken, and
not until each State could act in concert with
the other, was this important question decided.
It was owing to these important facts, and
our severe struggle afterwards, that induced
George Wasiiisgtos to say in his List letter
to his people: u The unity of government
is a main pillar in the edifice of your real
independence ; the support of your tranquii
lity at Uo^aaunD ?bro??i,
'
union, thorcfors,jou should cherish a cordbl,
habitual and immovable attachment, accustoming
yourselves to think and apeak of Has
of the palladium of your political safety nnd
prosperity; watching for its preservation
with jealous anxiety; discountenancing
whatever may suggest even u suspicion that
it can, in any event, be abandoned, and indignantly
frowning upon the first dawning
of every attempt to nlicnato any portion of
our country from the rest, or to enfeeble the
altered tics which now link together tho various
ports*"
Disclaiming as we do any connection with
nny psrty, our columns are open at all times
to correspondents from either aide, and w?
sincerely trust that whatever course our
Stat# will ultimately pursue, will eventually
tend to her benefit
Our Term*.
On the outside of our paper will be found
our terms, prioea of subscription advertising
Ac.
In order that we might not bo misunderstood,
we now state in a more eoinpreh'-nsivn
manner the erodit nnd cash price of subserip
tion. The prico if paid in advance for one
year is Two Dollars, if three months intervene
from tho time of subscribing, and not
more than six, Two Dollars and fifty cents
will be charged, and Throe Dollars at the end
of tho year, or after tho expiration of six
months.
No paper will be sent out of tho limits of
the State unless the price of subscription is
paid first or soine person here takas tho responsibility
npon himself,
Although we are anxious to get as many
subscribers as we can, still tho publishing of
s newspaper requires no little outlay .and these
terms will be strictly observed in every easeExchanges.
In consequence of having no exchangee
to select from, we trust our re-den wfl net
consider this as a specimen of Uai Utw Led
jfcr win nwiyi oe.
We intend to give the In test newa nhsaya.
Our paper ia printed on Wednesday night,
after the arrival of the Charleston mail, and
every effort will be made to make the lodger
a paper worthy of the Diet riot that gave birth
to the Hero of New Orleans.
Advertisements.
Attention ia direr ted to the advertisements
of onr friend, J. A. llaeaaltlne, end aleo to
those of Haanrltinedc. Hagion. Theae gentlemon
have a tare* and well eefceUxl atook
of all kind* of Groceries and Provisions. We
apeak fross o?r own knowledge as to the
selection, a* we have tiled a few.
Mr. Crokett ndvertos a Garden Seeds sad
, we would advise our Mends la the Dbtrftet
to delay no ttmo to pwehsaing u H la time
meat seeds should he pleated t
The Blacksmith Mr. Beyd aivattleee we
?* teld Ism exeeUeat head.
py A Haagarfsa oAreri**,.^ May tot*
> ly killed hhaaelf si Cuanf li#(,pie hy tying
s sheet aaeaad Me imSf mm setting it en
flee. -
Tb? HfiMnl IAI^ ;
At the last Sea^&the I^fUUfc .4 ? 5
,Uwwmpassed exempting from Wy andmk I
the dwelling mod fifty mm of land of thr Hj
debtor. TUe law to to go into eficcttho fret 9fl
of next March, wo think, and doos not a&et H
the citizens of a town or village, but merely ^Ej
thoao of the country. Owing to U10 kind new
of some of our friends here, we luive noticed gHj
in many of our State papers loaned us, that
they aro all mostly in favor of this law. From H
the first we were opposed to it, and agree H
with the Southern Patriot, of Greenville that
it is one of the political quackarics of the Bj
day. In fact, we look upon it as very much
akin to the Bankrupt law enacteds few years fj|?
since, and on aceonnt of' the itncon*litutie<tality
and nRjustneas of it was repealed the '
next session of Congress. Wa know men H
who are in lucrative busineaa in Charleston! B
who, having taken the benefit of that law, ~
and thus robbed citizens of their jusO _ fl
dues, have since become rich?wna not this
for the benefit of the few at the expense o^ B
many ? In conaidering this Homestead B
we are at n loss to perceive what good it will
accomplish, and yet it appears to ua it is pro- B
ductive of much harm. In the first place, a B
man haa a house and fifty acres of Innd, they
are merely nominally his; nominally, for evenr I
if they be amply worth five hundred dollars, B
he cannot nse the property as five hundred
dollars, his wife and children may be starving,
but could he purchase necessaries (Vom s *jB
store when the merchant knowa the improhs
bility of hia getting hia pay, in fact, we may
nay the imposaibility, unless the purchaser
has means,exclusive of hiadwolling and land,
to pay for them ? We may all talk abont
honor and honesty, but business men like to
see something more tangible before they
give up their wnroa. Thus it appears to us a
the law is defeating the very object we pre* 1
sume it wan intended to effect Bwppnqd *
Mr. A has a dwelling ami fifty acn%ef hUM ]
a house and land cannot support mi..bat be- ^. I
fore the planting season eommen .whoesJmly
goes to work to make his calculations. He J
finds his land is productive^md if he only had
a small boy, a horse, plow, tie., ho would bo I
nblc to make a sunnort for his fkmilv. nn<t *
little over. Ho looks about and find* hccnn *
purchase thcso articles, nt an amount from 1
four to five hundred dollars. Ho can pur- I
chase them on one, two, and three years time
but haa to (five personal securityoia the tennx a
arc at all sales. lie ffoea to hia fricml, Mr.
D. and requests the latter to endorse hisnoto
But what does B say, u My friend, 1 am sorry
I cannot, for what indemnity hare I for thn J
pay mont,I hare no recourse on your dwelling I
and land, I know you arc an honest man, but 1
still, it is a risk I cannot hazard.'
Ever)' one knows that in our up-country,
a great many of our citizens nro not worth
more than five hundred dollars, or the equivalent
in n dwelling and a land, and good citizens
thej are too. Why, some of our most
worthy ' * ?* Aral were not worth more J
' lltsnjMUMW
to oniffliafeun. purrfuae their soppIVs and
pay np An first of Jannory following hnt
an wssawtltty wfll get this credit hereof;
tor, or oVeh Tf they do, how will now comers
only worth that amount, manage to procure
tkjir supplies ? Why, suppose the Degialnture
were to establish a law prohibiting credit
altogether, or if one sold to another he
docs It at his own risk, as them would bo
no law by which his debtors property oouid
lie levied upon ??what would be the effect ?
Why, South Carolina would become depopulated.
Yet this Homestead law la calculated
to produce the an mo effect, only on a
more contracted acale. Our coteraporary of
the PatrWt speaks of the English Law whieh
exclude* the dwelling and a certain portion
of land from levy and sale. In Creal Britain
the enacting of auch n law, aervea to keep^p
and strengthen the very government which
we repudiate. Were it not for aueh stringent
laws, "the Rrittish Government might
totter, they are obliged to keep up an aristocracy,
therefore thia law protects the rich, it
was not intended to help the^roor. We live
In Republican country,and laws should bo
enacted, bcaed upon republican principles!
and if the le^ialaturc would enforce many
laws which they have already enacted,
and let aueh laws as thia alone, we believe
it would tend more to advaneo the proepeii
tv and greatness of onr beloved State.
fJT In accordrnce with the general ens
ton, we aend oar paper to a number of pen 1
eons who are not aabacribers; merely that I
they might know that there ia pnper publlahed
here. If they do not wlah to mV
aeribc, they will pleaac aend the paper by
mail to ua. with abetr nam* on it?if tUa k
not done, the pnper will be continued to W
aent to them.
We do not by any m>-na wish to jhm
the Ledger on nny oae, but rtULwimhi ra?j
n.lh.r ...ill. a(?MO)blttfromaa*fe<fert I I
tho pepex. 1 j
Am Szste* . ^-4
A few daya ago, a wagoner popped at out
door and aald he had aome freight for ?a
ami wi t la 1t we inquired. " Why, a to an I
atone," aald he. A tomb ito^! We thought
awhile and eoald not conjecture why a toml
atone ahonld bo aent to ua: bat, on aaaood
thought, came to the eoneloaion that It moat
uv aw impvwuii MOM, BO * MM BMS N
" drive round." When the atone wan taken
out of tho box?* Well," aaM nor Maw?, -I
have, in my Ubk , wwhut anveral af tkaj
but nlp? alwayn had fedwi on thin" i' .
A Aland baa Mi aa tie ftibwlfk wkB J
we voaM any b lard fa JW ha;
44 A negro waanan, tie piayeity of S
Alexander CaAry, of tlia Dtatriat, van dflPI
etui of tlraa fcuula chihiaanat ana Mrty*
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