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a~jiWZNSBOflOU eay orn-----embr - ,-- e We will call upon tMAse ol our friends, this week, who are in arrears to our of Seo for subscription and advertising and job work, and trust that they may take notice and be prepared to cash our bills at eight. Our printers have to be paid every week-paper, ink, &c., &c., have , to be paid cash for, and those wlom we have indulged this long, will, we hope, pay As up promptly-when called upon, and thus enable tfs to muet our obligations. We are pleased to report that our highly esteemed fellow-citize, Mr. Wu. A. MonrusoN, has been .ppointed Pot-Master for Winqisboro.: For the Lgilture. We have received twb or three orders 4irecting u1s to announCe certain gentle menas candidates for the approaching Stite Legslature, with the r'amark "It vill .be settled a In. a-day or two !" which does not, of course, comply with $our ptiblished trus. F'r nfonncing a gentleman to any offc9of profit, honor or trust, our terms are $100r-OA8H IN ADVANCE. We will opt deviate front this rule. We have to 'cash to. our printers; for paper, ink, 46A.; (and the necessaries of life,) and we havo n6 idea of opening accounts 6n omt books, charging parties. for ,ork *hen we have to pay cash. When our terms dre complied. with, then we will take pleasure in announcing any gentle'. man's name for any position the author nay wiskh. t:til they are, we respect - fully-decline making any such anngance ments. Wx. X., IcE, Esq., has been an noainced 'for the Legislature, in Grqen. ille Disttiot. Mr. s. POWALL, an old and much rev ete4..citiri of , Greenville, S.'Q died t that place on Friday, Sept. 8. - EBBAGN OP GOV. PERRY. *19kvUTIvUxPARTMFNT, 8. C. T01e Atefnbera of the South Carolma. Cgnvention:. GNnnaax: You have been convened in obediene to the proclsmation of his Excel. Jenoy Andv'w Johnson, President of the United-State, for the purpose of organtizng a 81001 toGvrnment, " whereby justie may Astolihed, doiestio tranquility tinsur. sA;d loyal eitjeas protected in all their rskii: of life, liberty and property." As Provlsonal Governor of the State of Sputh Carollna, under- whoe. ordors you were iteoted, and, have absetnled, L is sproper Uat I .should tddrees you pn the'opreson .OgSion, ad you, If I can,. in. resto a .nur beloved Si0$e, "to her constitu 40wo sl aonsl to ie Federal Goveripen.1,"1 ;d: 4 yor by may, esggestions ia pro .2 01's0 b eh a republican form 'o State RO'MAit a. *ill extlle 'South Oawollis to thot( ~A of th. United Stata7 there. 64~d how People. to prottet64 y the a 04 'Iavasions, insurfooiphi lisur otI IM vile, 601 ,ovlsio hhia dteu o~rhjob ha sep o~ 6 Cha o~s~ devakta4og hetnerld t~t~i~~ Mo*tisn pf all i!gw 4dets Meme urn, ~Ilj ~t pedep *Ld assmd~on~e. tfe r~~ ~S~q~s~I~ .~v*.tuh ~d.*beb'a ett 1he exsip lin pt eepdt thYOU'e it: of ilaves," requires yo. go.- .,, to abolish saavey in: your new otp#tended Censtiettion, Th .1 express toftms onl. which your pard6e have been issued; stipulato that -you i shall neveragain own or employ slave' labor. It is' likewise altogether probabl, that the prOposed amendment to the Federal Constitution, abolishing slave. ry, will be adopted by three-fourths of the States and become a part of the Oonstitution. Morever, it is impossible for South Carolina Over too regain her 1 civil rights and be restored to the Union till she volu tarily abolishes slavery, and declares, by an organic law, that neither "slavery or involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime, whereot the party shall have eon duly convicted," shall ever again exist within the limits of the State. Until this is done, we shall be kept under military rule, and the ne groes will be protected as "freedinen" by the whole military fores of the United States. But Igknow that you are all honorable men,.as well as patriotic men, and will do your duty faithfully to your selves and your country, however pain ful it way be. In inaking this unavoidable change in your Constitution, abolishing slavery, and which will require the .substitution of hirel labor for that, of slave labor, 't is to be hoped thaV none of those evi l will be experienced which some have anticipated. By- a wise, just and hu. mane treatment of your "freedmen" and women, you 'may attach them to you as strongly it) their new condition as they were' whilst 'your slaves. They will soon learn to see and feel their depend. ence'on you, and know that their inter ests require them to be true and'faithful to you' It is to be expected that so great 'and sudden a cbafige as this in the condition of the negto will produce, at first confusion, idleness and dissatisfac tion. - This, however, will only be tem porary. Time and experieiee must bring order and system. The "freed man, wil soon find out that lie must work or perish. Legislation will neees. sarily be required to regulate the rela. tive duties- of the employer and em. ployee. It is v(y desirable,thiat you avail yourselves of the present opportunity of reforming aid popularizing the State Constitution in 'aoveral particulars.. It is the reproach of South Caroiina abroad that her Constitution is less popular and republican in its provisions than of any other State 'in the Union. And it is though\ by many that to this cause alone may be traced the origin of that discontent and dissatisfaction with the Federal Government, Which, after being nursed for,thirty-three or four years, end. ed in theencession or rebellion of thir. teen ot fourteen States. The. basis of representation in the 13enate of thi% State, as you know, is en, tirely arbitrary. and founded on no just principles of property or population. At the time it was -tdopted-more than syventy yeprs ago-it wal, no doubt, fair and equal. But since that time the entire relative condition of Eleetion Dis.' tricts has changed. The uppor country, 4tthe adoption of our Sfate Constitution aiiqt90,wan comparatively but newly setaed, -had a ptirse .population. and . little wealth. But, since that time, r'tion- of State has tcreased in weoah mnd nu'msbers i' q nmuch greaster atio tha the losver obuntry; -Hlence it N/Aa theFaihrpsentatiomtiti the 'eaeiweuaadujs Twenty or tirty vos in onW~ of . the Iarishes, *lose populaiottaond.taxatioii coinibhie ~i~to tto Ondly one rembet of'-thd p$ f Repreptat~ivo, Tiue Bdme 4q~ta~rnwthe sSonate :th hree hQ~R I (res ae'ibicdgeil Die. t ~ltion .atd taxatI9ti en, to~: modnbers in 'the House. to ~, enWlcahj*mi ita Ueopr.nttithh'h rihe wtef .chabng to equalize it sojhrpeti, laln Dicts. B~t.IJ 'stch at eengL. ~ %l~ y ikbpl. e~~l~ a4hp~b dopted ,It of. t t od11to ~. ve.Im] - AJI IV ing tho queion of la er 2l Ih~f hqof l3rite, Ir e loft try,,a.nd 0sol un _ an lesspropor1' ;otfie. a and to some extent, be ?bount .., This is due the lower .gountry vhere there is such a large prepondet Lnce o that class of persons. Tho Pederal basis of representation it Con ress, counting three-fifths of the ne gr*es, would seemu to be just and right t was the compromise agreed on b3 he framers of the Federal Constitutigli ind no doubt founded in wisdom The question of suffrage, and who ihaft exercise that right, of voting ii Bouth Carolina, is one of grave impor ance, and must be settled by-you if rour new Constitution. In 1790,' th 3tate Constitution declared that no on sh6uld be allowed to vote unless he va a feeholder or tax-payer, and a fre4 white man of the age of twenty on years. In 1810, the right of sui'rag was extended to all free white men c the ag' of twenty.one, who were resi donts of the State two years, and of th Election District six months, previous to voting. The, qualification of -a freeholi or the paymeit of a tak was no longe required. Jt yas thought proper at tha period that a fr-e white man,who had t serve in the militia, do patrol duty, worl on the roads, and' defend his country it time of. war, should be allowed to vot ror members of the Legislature and othe officers of the State,. without the owAer ship of a freehold or . the payment < taxes. To extend this univorsal si [rage to the "freedmen" in their pre.*n ignorant ad degraded condition,- wouNl be Wttle less than folly and madness. I would be giving to the man of wealk and large ' lauded possessions in thi Btate a most undue influence in all elec Lions. He would be enabled to mnarc' the polls, with (tis two or three hundrei "freedmen" ns emplovoes, voting as h irected, and control ill elections. Tit poor white men in the Election Dis ricts would have no influence, or thei nflience would be overpowerett by on man' of large landed estate. In Con seotitut, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, an: several dther non-slaveholding States a he North, 'free negroes and colored per ions are entirely excluded from votin' [i mobt'of the Northern States them 11 a property qualification reqttired of al voters, which escludes them. If th New York qualifleations at a freeholi for a person of color voting,. were adopt ed in South Carolina, very few of th freedmen in this State would . ever b able to exercise the right of suffrage In North Carolina, 'Tennessee, and per haps other'slaveholding States, tree ne groes formerly were entitled 'to v~ote but it is itfnderstood thatithey' seldom:sai proper to exercise thiq fraibise. The radical Rpablican part.* NoAl are looking with 'great interest to .1y tciion of the' Southern States 'in 'refer ance to nogro suffrpge, and whilst'thel admit that av manu'should bo able to rea and writead have a'iroperty qualifie Lion in order to Ivote, yet they coaitety that there Ahould '1be no distinction be tweelk voters onacCotUn t9f colori 'The) rorget that this is a white man's eov rnnient., and i tended' for white me only:; and" that; the; glapreme Court 0 the-United Fta has decided that thg negro is not an meriegn citizen unde the ?ederil - nglitutlort. That, *aol and every Sta 'of-tle, :tnon hsa th< stiquestioned:- r trd ieoiding.'for her self who shall"4 .rdlee th tlig of saul frage, is b'yon 41l ' diaptte. Yen *11 settle thi e tatiodl a the-lutet's and honor ofStata' demand, So 80th (afoli 3 itheild Stae it the Uni'be lheQhIIfadrate i aso longet Ulih oab is" n eh tdt princi tet st f 'tli'oeLtiA ad repreWates.J osa p oo are delea fo daanothbi36 election rn ate d en tlthei lature,. offices nih loss of to hg ths ernorh~ h Jes udofi oerUwe and Bridi. e,rToo~ 6mp&lh~l.O~~ ission era and Maes in it and various other offhiers, Ti q:prraseses too#, lation, Occupies r e of lle e' ofinembers, -aud u toonitive of. il )donsequettes: The norof tefee-eleci tions and appointments, should be ta)en fioi. the'Legislature. The-election of 1Presidential Electors by. the tegislatu* is 0leatly an usurpa. tion oi the part of that bdy, and which no other State in the. Union tolerates at the present time. The Federal Consti tation declares that "each State -shall appoint in such manner as the Le 'slature thereof may dire-et Electors of resident and Vjee'Prosident. "The State, and not the Legislaturs, is to "appoint" Elic tots. The . Legiattre, is to~ direct the "manner" of.appointing only.. The peo. ple are'the &ate. and should "appoint." f No one will contend that the Legislapre which represents the &ate, is the State ' itself. This gross error will no doubt be corrected - by the first Legislature I which assembles under your new Con. r stitution, and. it may be well for t you to express a wish for its correc > tioo. The appointment of the State ofAeers might be -given to the Goverpor, with the advice and consent of the Senake. r lie might also; wi.h great propriety, be empowered to. make the appiointment of f many-4f the District officers, and.thereby relieve the people pf a . friitful source of t demoralisaton In makitg thes, petty I elections. The question issuggosted for t your consideration. - In all elections made by the toegis. , lature, th, voting should be viva tMe, so that each member's cohatituentb might i know how he .Toted- The ballot is se. I oret, and conceals the Represeltativ's i vote from ihis * constituefhoy. e peo pie have a right to know. how their Rep. resentatives oted in electiOns as well r as in-legislastion. In al elections by the s Peopve, the ballot is certainly the proper - moe, as it enables bvery man to. vote I independently,, according to ,his ow'n , convictions. No one hasany right to know or questioh his vote. * ft votes as.a sovereign. Bt .the RepresentA. tive votes for'otheru. and they have a I rigIt to know his vote. ,. it would be well :tn consolidat'e the I Treanury Department. The State, of South Carolina is nei.ther so large nor so wealthy as to require , two Treasurers. The Secretaty of lSate and the ' rvey. or-General should be required to -eep their offices only it the seat of Governe went.: The. facilities of traveling e. ,tween Charleston and dolutnbia are noW' such that there is no necesity for a divi. sien of these offices at the. oxpenseof I th4ate. - The.Court of A els i also to-the..required tohset tog Ie ' Cohmbia'. where one - law llbrwry, d ! one set of officers would be sufoiont for I the CourL In order to give addisonial 1i irt ce I and densideraton to the oceoleutop. ant-Governor, he ought t~o msdea offieioPresidentof the Seate or, whih would be as 'well, let th4 Presdent of the Senateoa st j0o#Pror fin ase of Svacancy WI anetjet ellition se madeby te pepl. - You shouldK dfoNVi election of a brsof th jdi~~s n eatly hat he(n !As6 t -eon. vps4dAnatuto orders tiq~s d of e4emAbqrs of Coges-ed ited $tte. Seatogn before the I~rfirs ay in Ne j'beuext. It i lii powtant tl* 11 U the 8 outheuni States hol proviet tand Mlr 4tii, tg to. Ofthe rrovi se od 1 d' likewisd'heY A w riz i thp President to' .'k. b nat, for the purpeW o defrfayng the expenses of the-ConvEiu ton. 'hIs I declined. to 4o; insonso' qne,nce of the utter delitation of the *people, audyou wille .g6 sq4h arrangenentsfor gout expenses 94. maty think mnea advisable. K The want 9f'inousy or a circuating iedium conot oddnthul-ong. T116 sale of cotton, as oda as its tkalihporttion to rarke is practicable, will supply the country with money enough for tA moet. preswing wants. harmrs ana plan. tore now that their ilav'es are emanci. iated may very well 0 dispoe of a por. tiod of their l1nds, to reliev4 their etu* barraasmonts. and acqire the means Of eniiching and iiproing the remainder. Northefn eapitalists and Eutopean ira migants will.- readilly make invostments in real estarte in South Carolina. In a short 6ie looney, .'which.is superabub dah't in he orthern States,will natural ly and tieceisarily. flow South, seek ing itsalaue, as water flows seeking its. level. After tle colla ' 'of the' so-called Confederacy,-the' athern-'t ates were left in a mnost anomalods cohdition in re ference to their -iooetary affairs. The gold and silverhld been epdtted as l article of cowmerc6 duringj thi wir ; the - State banksl were all brok e and their bills driveli out of circulation, and the Confederate Aoney 'became, 6f dourse, *vainelesa. This left'the South withont any kind of mon y or A .ietalating the. *dium.' Eight mi one of people, 16 a high state of civihdation, Oetnp;iaa rih and fertile%'contry, *lahoot oney or. the means of' exchabg, ecept barter.. qloomy as the presont xiay senew the future will be bnghtai)d glotions. Noth. ing is ever likely to' 9oIar again 'to thWr the harmoigf the Union. The ges s cause of .;u naion eteen the tw* sectionshis beei romoved. Ther are no rivil interests. The North and the South are mutually -neMesaly to .P"d5. other, atid all the pursuits of the ohoate dependent on those Qf .tle other.- The United States, as a: Whole, i nl. the elements of nadUedel prosgerity and greatness in 1 1 gh. degre, than 6ny other, people en' et fiide of the earth. No rxpite-ib t 4 world ever .unitd it 8o ruun.4 a dgee', die three gseat souroe .of .ind Pehqene, .power. ancd wealh-agricul ; commerge adman. faotui. .4 k as civilsation con miues, thiOgrid blio will Hloutish and incriase 'i heres, 'weakiad raounden r. . cn :oty r ble nd rean ;$ % en orae dind M11u '' lo fArkt6s 11 el a at addg and. SiI Carolina as an in98 I j6i 6f of sa'avery 4~i en~ aelf-relance; to 1,er *ti1~ t."z nsf he ?$ha n mrm n or n er l.,ein a'relO gj ~A 4 n d' itt