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Announcement. Mr. Editor:-We would suggest the nim. feat propriety of sending to the State Conven. tion as a delegate. from thist District. our very highly csiteced ansd dit inguisched Fellow. Citizcn. Ilit Excvl:tecv, Governor JOHN if. AlEANS. Whilst we feel satisfied that this nolina. tion will receive the usqalified approbation of both the Stuto and the District, it has at the sano time the high sanction of historical lire. ccdence. It will be remembered that ina 132, Governor HAMi.ToN, a mnemnber of the (;oin. vention, was called upon to prc-e' over its delbberations, atl at the second session or the pane bud w. Governor IIAYNS was chosen Presi. dlen, ex.Governor lMut.-roPs hravmg resigiied the post in favor of his Giberitimnial vue. ceitsor. FAIIur'A)~ Di-rier. Jail. 15 8, Announcements. Mr. Editoar,--As lhcre are mnOiti vf ui who go not nerely for secess:on and a stutlicrt Confederacy, but also fir siparftle Statv se tmin (before the final adjotitimctt oh tie Conven tion,) for the purpuse of lreerv1og thu sovr r. cignty of lie State said ol t!'t.i ing ite cotn. slidatini of thi Goverinment, you will plleas announce the followiig, Maj. S. G. IARKLnsy, Get. W. A. OWFNS, Capt. T. S. D lOs: E, Maj. TIlOlAS LYLES. Who w ill rcceive tho niniivided stuppor t of t husi who in tle ev:tit of hf l.oic by c..opcra on to proeae a southicr Conifcdcr:.cv, % al inl any cvcat preserve, by rcp.irate State act:ui, the Povercignty of Snithl Ciarolina, and 1itis plice bir Idepeandence h-yoid all contimiarney. AN11 CIAo.uoI It riON AXn Sa.CTlt:nrN Cose:oria.uev. Jan h 76 td. Announcements, Mr. Editor :--Tic naies of v'aI on per. polls hatving been tA naei :ni your pal:cr as stutiabile ieironls to repre.at -'ai fie!d )isirict in the Convenihm, uo beg " v' to autnllnee J101N Z. HAM .MON), C..I. N. A PEAY Get.. W. A. OVENS and EADW.\h G PA LAlER, Jr, an in everyv respect suitable persnain o represent our itcrests and the inter. tits of ilc South geraut ly ill etaid Coayova lion. .ilaMy Vor~ins. JAll. 9 78 tr. Announcements, .11. Edi.or:--Gen. W. A. OW ENS, W. W. BOYCE, E. G. PA13lMER. Sr., und JA 31ES .\. R TLA ND, are respoe~tlly stig. gested an itiable lIlegates to repicsont Fair. field District in the Mtate Gonivention. BY MANY VOTERS. Ja n. 7 75 tIe Announcements, Mr. Edsfor.- Pecase an tounco rho fulownag gontlemiecn as ,itable. Persone to represent Oihe fr Pirfdeld. in the statu Cusweicilua". M\y Y oTrsas. Gen. W. A.OWEF.,liN. Dr. T. FUR.\MAN. Col. N. A. PEAY. Col. J0lIN L.YONGUE. Jan. 15 82 td. YOUNG NEN'S TIOKET. For the State Co'auesatIona. The following Gentlematn will be supiported for Delegates to the State Conveitiona by YuuNu FAivinl.D. Capt. It. K. AIKEN. Capt. T. S. DuBOSE. Gen. V. A. OWENS. Col. N. A. PEAY. Jaa 14 81 td. Announcement, Mr. Editor.-You wvill pleaso anna'ounce Capt. 11. K. AIK EN. as a Candidhatc, to rep. resentt the poplei of Fai rfieldha District ia the State Cionvenationa. Mtr. AaII is true to lho Soth, and( as emai. necntly qialiifiad as anty gentkant int the Di,. triet. ie is on the righat sida. Jhan. 14 81 I d. Announcements. Mr. Editor :--As there a re manay of ais who go for recersion and a Soulbleria Confederaney, but not for immaiediate reparate State action, we bcg to proiposo as suiliable personas for thec Conivention, thte following ticket. EDWARD G. PALAlER, Sr., WILLIAM J. ALLs'TON, Gen. W. A. OW ENS, WILLIAM Wa. BOYCE, Who wvill reccive Itho unadivided support of those who go for such Concert atnd Cu.aopera. tioun oan the part of thec Soauh as wall aff'ect ia Satutra':a (Cosvcacacy. Jan. 7 75 tf. Announcement, The Offiaers of theo 25th Regt. S. C. M., friendly to the promuotaont rf Coi. Wa I LLIA 'at .MtORE. Iake pleasutre an recommomhanlig him as eminently Aqublfied to fill the vacancy irn the 6th Brigade of 8. C. M. faor Brigadlica Geneoral. If correctaners irn taictacs or long faathful and ceffici scrvacu is any recommeiicidution they caa safely urge tis ini his favor. rom thc . commnon campa~ vIia, V azt: miempearncer, gam-a bling anal tyranny. Cail Wat. Mooria; is entire by cxi ampt, his fitrmin goach pereaptiort atnd his devotion to iar sutattu o1 Souath Carroliata, anal kinad cniidoratiuon fior all iaider lais comt marnd, are sufliecnt reavonra for hi' friend, a o recoamimend haaii asa ge nt'caman iaand olier wortihy ar ecry respect rat Ihis criraa in aouth. ern aIlhira to fill thae haigha trunt. Jan 8 76 Id. t'Thec Chaester Standad Will pilease copy thte above fivo timtes, .and forwsard their bill. Announcement. Mr. Eitolr:-Yoa will please nanunce Capt. JAMES N. SI, EDD, as a Caandid.ate for the offico of Brigadier Geneiral, anid aobligc Mab.sYv Va-ritiu. Derc 28 438 ,if & Thela Chester Stunadurdl atal Columbia Telegraph will please colpy the abiovo twice and forward their acceu ts to thai. of1ce. Harness. 'gE-1 Subsacriber hats anow on hand, and ts constantly makinag iA RN ESs, of a il description.. Call and ices M. Wv. CURRY. .an.9 47tf ir- Capt. HUGH K. AIKEN is a candidate for the otileo of lRIGADIERl GENE-R:AL, vacated by the reigilatioli of Gov. M~ems. Jai8 76 if 2iT Major N. R. EAVES, of Chester, i" a g,,ijnnouced us it Candidate for tie ofice of tingaieiir (cncial at the ensniiig election. .l.in 10 78 r-ld TIlE FAIRFIELD IIEIIAL D. SOUTHERN RIGH I'$. 'n1 'mf, - s. C. Thursday Morning, Jan. 16, 1851. For the Southern Congress. Co MAXCY GREG'G. 110. . j. W T IR S. Public Meeting. A publie meeting of the Citizens of F'airtield Distriet is appointed at, the Court House, on 11OXDA Y the 2'ith January, instant, to discuss the im por tant (juebtiOn whliether this State shall sece(le from thisTnion, after all rcasona bile meiasures to obtain a co-operation of our sister Slavehol(ding States shall have failed ? Or the same question in other words,--If South Caiolina fails to ob tain the co-operation of the Slavelheld ing States shall she submit ? Mm~t Srrre Rtonrrs Cmzl:ss. Januai y 15, 1851. ar \\o havc beii coinpelled, sn aceint of a p:. of ort 01inal matt er, to place our imibide Advtnisement., on thev 4'h e.ethi week. gj' We have beea niuthiloruisd to stto that Col N. A. P.AV, is not a candidate for a scat inl tie State ConventiiI. 'IX The Rewponise ol J. .\l. ftl rLuND. E8g1, u ill be found ini th's dis paper. It is mild and soinc% hat dignified Mr. it. hias mide e.tens.ve drants upons hlil imagmnat.in, mii p tiaying the miisericu of ic. cssion witlhout co.operatioii, which wo are coinitideit will netcr be realized ven tho' South Carolina should, single hainded and aloic, se. cedo from the prelsat unhilly iascviation. 3T" Calhoun" will be found iii another cohnnoli. Would to God our Prophet were alive, then would no1 these thinzt he. It in huidly iceessary for nat to say that we regard the contrihution of 0or Corr(spondeit as un enurt to propugate scntiments and ex. Cite timidity which 'ti illustrious dead woul The aigoat tire i illsInprolinus, U1 as u 1spi. ay calculated to weaken the faith of the wavcr. ing. Thank God, howevor, but few can be found in Fairfield to endorse the eff'orts of this Contribution. LT We would direct attention to an advcr. tisernent in another coln, over the signature of Messrs. J. W. MIarTIN and J R. BuFlswTen, relative to Bradliaw's Patensted Sewing Mn. chine, as it is a m atter which may interest the public. Maj.A W. S. Lylecm Responase. The CespOno of Maj. W31. S. LY.LEs' will be found in this day's paper. It is of the right stamp and we hope the reader will make it his busiuevr to give it a care ful perusal. 4cen. .ElannIlon, Aguia. A letter has been forw aided to tup, says the Ch-arleston Courier of the I 3thi inst., with ai request that it bsould be- pub:ished in the Cuon. ricer, from, Gen J.m:s IltI.Toso., addressed. to the lin. fAxnGIi Camav-. We' could not miake roism for it im this mloininig's paper, bui may be able to do ao in our next. A Paamblic JYlectisag. It will be seenl by a noticoim this days paper tha it tho cii iZens of Fairfi, l are requcsted to sissemible at the Court iIomoS oni the 27thi inst., whecn a discussion of the impoirianit question. whether "If South Carolina fails to oibtatin the co-operatio~n of the slave.hioldiig States. she sall submnie' lt the cncroachmtents of the Fed. eral Go~vernmn~it 11pon thie Conitttutioni and thu rights of a sovemnign State. Weaie contidlent that thas question has beeni already diecided by tho people of Fairfield-ani their reply, as ini timcs pabt, will cycra The isue most be met ;tt Is upion tf brought about by our own supinoness and position to evado consequences. and if th~ people of this State shall still deinohpt rate a dispoisitioni to submit to psist aggresons, be. causil thecy app :d ia failure, so fatr as re. giirds co.' perti becy will richly merit, and will no0 doubt rece-uve, thie cur.es of their proge. ny), who, by thecir coiwardie and craven spirits hiave brought misery anid degradation upon thler own bs!ood. Our Rtevohttionary f.athers did lnt value their lives when their righths were invaded-nor did they csiwardly bow a suppliant knee, be. cause itic h3rilish Croiwn could blockado the port of Charleston or lkvy dutica upon thie soa coast. Ini God's a amo, let us be donoc e ith our eter. nal quarreh.. If we are too cowvardly to do. mandis or rights, unIiiO n o acan be assured tha.t the oilier Stuita aro ready to Fight the G;eneral Goivcrnment, because wo aecede-let 'is abandon e-verythinig, -and wear the chain. of slaives, and dlemonstralo to the world that we arc the degencrate progeny of a fievoliution. tionary stock ;a curse, disgrace and slander utiot every thing that is honorable, noble br Cotgr'essioua. In, the a hate, on the 6th, inst., Mr. lo t 1.g5 presented the credeintiails of the lion, Ri. BAUM. wvem. i urre, chioseii by the ILegislature of South Cahroliuia, as a senator of the United Status for thle unecxpired term of the lato lon. -Jo"N C. CAttliuu. TFhe credentials wero read, and .Mr. Rutt-r-r appeared and was gnalified. In the flouse on the same day the Hion. I. E. Ilthucs, of South Carulina, (but riot heer Representative,) moved that the rules of the House be aspendedl to ona ble im to introduce the followinig resolution,--that it bee referred to tihe commnettee oi immiltary aiffuirm to report at hill conferring tihe ranomk of 1,ientenmit Geme ral on Major Gencral Soer for his servicoi during the lato.war with Mexico.. The ayen and nays being-ordmied, tihe mo. timo wias carried by a irthjority:bf one, thern being 79 in its'favor and 78 against it. T'hum it will apper that M r. loLMEs.is am.. bitious to signubze himself-by disregarding the feelings and sentimient of the people Io had been choseni to repro,ent. As :he scripture raith, '-tie last otato of that mian shali be worec tha n the first." We mderstand tihat a ru(iimitiou was receiv. ved in this city' yesteldaiy from tihe Govcrnmor of Peniyl vailia,'for lidward Curtis, alias Goldmiti, who was recently tuken out or prisonmi by at writ of habeas corpus and dischar. ged, atind suibsqiiontly irittituted boits againmt his lionrte mMuyor, aid tle con'tmmittlting 31agist rate, for falsio usmnprisonmsmenim. The miifi. davit attachd to fie rcquislion charges Cur. tis with havingr occeivert watchos and joliery n luch were slolemi at Pittsburg it Decembur; 0.9. moutint i io vle to ipwards of $50010. Upjonm. tihe mceipt of thu tqimition. Mayor sciilemc promptly iissted Ilos warrant l'or time ariest of Unrtis, ami html it brief period elupted tci he was int pliced in jail. to await tihe at. rivail of time oflicer from P0ennmImylVanlia.-G(hmr. IcStos: Ale cup Y. Amd so it is-SutIs Carolina, ever ready ts obey the laws of tie Federal Govermct is pr-pared to surrender to Pennisylvatnia, a fugi. tve while imn--but Pemimn*ylvaiitan, regard. less of law or moral hon..ity is ever ready to rob a Southern geinlema and afford mcans for the escaple of his lawful prol-ermy to his pe. cimiary ingitv and if necesary mt tim risk of ier-omal alnse amd maltreatlnmit. Whiiit less cin be expecto-1 from it goeration of Vipers 7 Gemn. QUIr.N Governor of M ittaisasii is about to lit airested for alleged putlicipatio in tie (nba luva.ionm by a 1.'miied States larshal, bit yet it is not in the power of time marshal of .Iuaislis- I iet a to ariest a runmiway slave. Gloriowu Government this. IJ' T he TDiilV S'mth Cainiiman, speakimig of tite l1Cpon:to 01 c.;apt. T. S. DUBos. whiclh appeared in our colimnuson Fiiay last,awards to lin tile ainexed jmist commplinicml. Oi -rm:1 Run r' STAMP --Scevcril fif the gun. tiinan ou mated for si ale cenvntion in Fair. fit.Iid District hlve definmed thei positioui. Tie reply of Theodlore S. Duiomec. 1' ., is a mam. ly amid indepcndenit I redction. Sich men can be tius:cd--is their ha time "Commutin. wealth ol Sotli C.rolina will suffer no detri. rnient." Ca pt. DuBose concludes n ith thisaun. equivocal declartioi: "'It toothrci character tihan that of Im dimu. nioniat would I go as a delegtle to tle Con. ventition, evii itOi etedl by every vm-e iii the ustrict otn time condition that I shlmid agrc to comprominio my ownm pilitical creed. mis time event of imy contiiuents chsaniging theirs. Not all the ionors thtt Souli Cariiia can beltow, womi recorwil me to her unio wit hi thie Nurth, fir iiidie nie to assmimie for an instas a falio character. I um ready to assist inl load. ing and firing time gulls of time state, but anm tired and ush.mitied of perpietually gemting ihamn ready for a remote, and it seems to nia ever receding service." itets fmor, Adver'tising. pressed it desire that a regular mcikile for Advertising liould be made out, for their accommodtjion, ' e h vo tilis day, with the tsid of our Columbin Cotempo. raries, formmed it systemtic plan for our government in charging. All contracts now existing will be fuitm. fully carried ow, anmd thoso ofour pat rums -who maiv 'desii re to mako tiew conm. t ract cai reniily tscertin im tle a moun: ofcharges by reference t) our ratels. Col. E. G. Palatser's Response. The Rmesponse if Col. E. G. PALMER Jr., n ill he found in this days pape Mir. PALMER'S positionl would time reaidy enmdorse menmt of tihe peco this IDistrict by hisi elueiiom ta a giteit, dam1line C~'c met fomr hiis nmom bef'ora the pe'ople. TI'is it will b hie hams refused, n. bich his fi ion meg rm. Ilis pissillon meet-; our hea dorsemet, and we houpe thatm such mentls wvill uwny the mmuss of' the of limis )istric't by el gemmt, who amro rt ady fo -tn lit. liaper platforms any lotions. 0-'7'" . E. N. c linmchem--a monstaer wtorkman, in h iis hi it antd heamd . Rtem, is' in thiis drmy's pnape ompt mit display ; o fresimin, f'reeo i' with one flmste swept away; m inn at richity . Af ham bront patched up by a fe . imellow.e'ltizenrs aim( nd itdo to re thn heatds of' BA Rf WILL, CHiEVES anmd othmerms, (?) "m . E. N."' wi:I conmtimnua I workc in thmis our Righteous c wm i el conifident that if the u only read ,ptd digest hmis Epist will be~ ftu nishik it h a rgnmenton orm'ofm"stubbomrn facam," by t which they will be able, to see the net woirk thmat a few of o citIzens ire nc th rmying t) erett "~ Wa'it rind WVatch" principle; by-the.by, is but a scheme to:e issue. Tae Pressd 'V* nltma ofi d immsemiuting newIms tiu mtinicatimig between individumls ias towns, citIes, States tand Kmi limo sentiments ofi thme people, hims been so netll estlablig attempt ut refutations would as a denmonstraiion of lunute Thlat it is also thme duty of' to (*xurcise discreson, wi bm disposilloti to supmpress, h m also ho reg'rded am soiin de, ndt for a stmu:at douhg course iin thim pariculmar. The . ister and the Herald were Lii both est ished for the ptecuumry be nl efli'vfo vif l a4 well Us tIe convenience " ini 9f thle) ph ' e. ..Our v s, politicilly, as rega'rds tIhe N duty an 'necessity of sepairnto State rn fiction, case ci.Opieritun cunniot be tl obtaine on the aidjournment of tle Ic Sot leIr Coigiass, should it ho con. c v.'aicd, vte been S often expiessed t that w deeit it unnecessary to say ti o wori o but subject 16t this time. 1 Our ject in penling this a rtI J is in li ) refer to the flact that alItho We iro0 1posed pow nid looever to the i "iit I' watch" policy of some of Ii our fe -cit izens, yet we enanmot coll. sciet'ii i Sly close our- columils agkinast uni exi s..Sion or their sentiments,-rc. gardin such sentiments as honestly i .co 'd a ithough improperly advo. \t c re cotident of one thiig how. evT tliht na the cunductor of ala inde. pei4ent Piess it is our du:y to keep open p our coluimis fir free discus'ioni, to both U side, aid thi, w shall contilnue to do v Unle's prudelnce should dictute the ac Ver. 1iltliodist Appoinaateiat. Vilhi pleasuiro we refer it ) lie oppioint ilenitewhich have beeoi mt-tilo for this I Ciralilt this vtr. Bothi of the gentle. r mn er. -sarv. A. -LeCCOnQUODALE and J. NIA'ARni. arc personmally kiown to its, us guntlemenl of dee-p toiled piety, uind in -ory way qunlii bed to miniator in tle Sno: ii ry. I t1mt of Mr. MANA11tsM on Stin. day cninig laat recei ved the marked nt. tmin' it of a large anad highly respectab Ic port n ofour feillow.citiz-ns, who mai.i fest d a deep interest in the iolemn I irut aI uttered by the speaker. e rigard Mr. MANA'iD1E Is of the ord r tt ibShop;) CA Ilr;tS, bath as I egLrds Ia Ier mnd st Ite, i and we hopeit- his zeal, I II 'h is highhly comniimedable, w ill t listlior hi ih li teem find synip:by of ihimaged is well as the rising generation in this community. [FORi THlE n1CiALD.] Alr.' Editor.--h iha columns of the Re rister oif the 8.h1 iist., I find nn in. q, riy directed to Alessrs. BUCHANAN, Set.lajr ;i id RoeEnTSmN. CLA IKO aind tini'i,'ll, jit-pIeseltutives, lIts to '.* hlut ob. jeti the L-gislature luid in view whe to eal a Convention - I v I U'.it~ bouind, whieni properly,, a Is muc gavo min account ot his stewnrA~Hlji, is the Candidate to define his posiiiof, bftore an elvetion, I shll proceed to aniw0 ith is much brevity Is the case "Jim Of. As I have had no opapor. i ttmit 4d epkr tvith my collea-gaes, I attYi .b lily Fir myself--of my owls oni'formed howmever. flrlmcon. a4 g b matiy emises confidenitial iti. Ith the member;. .' e conivictions I snfunihesi. the objects had ill view by re, in calhng n State Coi. In the first place, to ratify 1the Southern Congress <cing to seces-sioni, tind the o 'a South aalontderney ; ecoiid pincer iin the event of' "bfmatmeh Congress to asen.b'e, ibling and failinag Io do an~y he safety of the Southa, thien in irl duaof .the 5t h sstiaon oft the oide for the appointment of' t ou a Soui/aern Congress. 4.a. ".to care that the Coimmowealtlh of S. ' aall suif'er no detriment." ,. s cce'ssion wais liooltd tupon ne g, ho conte'.aluted resis. iw thme sore anu' pnt~p remee||, his an tguiage is aid unamn that could piossibly be used, erihiing in positivel term.s the ho Conavenition, whlich thme d tiid no0 righit to doa. Ifhlowy. anos defiinition of the use of~ vo'r in South Carolinn, the * -quoted maiiy mean, that ealth of Sou:h Caiolina eta ient by -ret testin g, romn her position, and thus| r lpon thIe princip~al laid I couplet, which I have ouated for the occasiont. Is not, u .udi a way. his rtday. er. w2 ~1the construc.. atriotic a'j able movaer tof' bill--nor as it the pur. ry mle~ter who votedl tar a "-The examiple of Georgia, I ntion had jast given gratei r er dasgrmace', by s'aoiemly lionl siubmit to the fede. I t> fresh in-our minds and I I disgust to invijte to its wtaihdrawal of' theu ude of r'sistiaco am i a antd thle peop~e, hiidr ould have be'en doinet iouaptino a. simi. oat efet Again if ra contingency g.on. onfv'teanon why~ didi ere considered nonm. re. I go f'o. it 1 I The answer did niot believeo It, iandi d" dt- land die not vote a priation of three hundred a for arming it Staro., I templiuted sepirtnet Statte di necessity of' prepasinig ini . feted oursolveu if co.ercion etapted, for no one of oi di. d miU4,tedsa to assert, that* Gonfed. racy was at once t he joint neciion of two or that the . Federal Govearn ate resort to such an ex te. Foy myself I cernlyj -and noltiing ele in votin .at9hl.'.< I .c r.. l...i. k I so, siomple its to have tls thrown vov three hundred thouiistid doillars, d voted at the ame otime t) inerenso y own and the taxes of others fity per It, just to bluziter and nothing more. o sir, neither I or any one else of the ajority do I think. cotemplated aiy ing but se'p- rnto State netion in the m)itgutey already ef'ired to, and that 1) before the finnl ndjourtrnment of the un'ventiun, ind I nov saty, thait if a jlijrity of delegate's shuuld be c1108e 16)osed sto s put e Stite seces.sion1 upon efatlure <f a Southerh Congress, or its iare to do anytisingfir the safiely of' e South, is a member of tih Lie-gi-ii. ie. should 1 ho cnllk d IIupon it provided Ithe lst clause of1 tihe nl% to fix the ie foir the sessiona of thit Convention shall voteO for its indefinitc postpone .t,. I shaill vote for its( indefinite post Inmntt1t, beCatase for sootI, thero is nto ecessity to incur the expenlise (ot caling >gether it Convention to declat our Lbmission it) tihe powers that be ; antd VC1nuse having been elveeed as a resis. Ino man I cannot consent to take it sttep backwtid s, ooni. If however, te Dist I ict of' Fai t field e' ooses a dele. 'Ition, olpposed to separate State t)ctiotn efore te final adjou rtme'nt f the 14'on ention, I would if I could, lit 01eU to. ign, sooner than inisrepresiat then. lMtvig now Mlr. LEditor respon ied ri. fly, but plainly to your curr sipondent, beg leave to soy a Fewiv words to the ci~io Who have Ao generously honored ne with their Confitenice. WiteI fel. Ow-citizens you elected nay colleagues oid nyself, as resitmici men to tile udious nes of ithe Federal Governmtt n;. -ou gnve. t, u carte blanchc to do evet v 1inig ntecesstry in our- jtdgement, o;) notko that resistance sucessful aid tnye our intstitutions, &C. That we tave don tIll, that couhd be pi udently lone, lit the plesent tile, I Iilik is moquest iotbltbe. Uplitn no impottamtit teasore haye w i gi. We all wtted lor the bI-iI.juppggiit d. puti s tI I Suithern Congreos &." for tite op. ,rop ition of three hundrt d thous taid Jollars ta lirtil the ite, atnd lior the itt. :rensei ofl taxt's necemS.ry t) ieet tiel 'ivy expemlittares icident t) the tx rto oun1i1y oceasion. I do not reg ret ttvinog donte ati, Its they lite I .ccessty I ensures (ofdeli-itee, 1tn1d i freel n 'irltredl .bi Ito sin11gle %flice' of' clmp'ninlt %%ill rais d wgaiost theit- ly tlte ettizeis il hbis dnltiirt. Som h cowlph'inlt howevI I mitde, lwotial I tot lurii mo from toy 66uo'. I havitt - d y ta ito rg., 6ttd so he4-1lt (tie G o1, I ill do it at e( er) iz . A t i now idjitia to you tel ow-ctizen. to pr 6st-rve your consi-t. t. Zy 11nd4 81t11d I,v n'-d .,uisii .- ti Shom you nItve coutiido:d the delence oil your htjor atnd 3 our r ights tit this time, it r-istanee by sep:t-te Siito tii-m presla',f v, iI tl)e n'eess-ity for stuch itm the eloqul.... Ue up tis igh, mi one of ithe ablest ,om-w;,tso iwmt fi all our lndera's (but oine who Voler tigininst thesitiglo b If,) you may surren, der the whole question ; nI -, ield yOm equai lity, your honour, your piopttr'y every thing, to the spirit of fanaticisi tn consolida( tion. For myself, I des re, sincer ly desire he co operation of our isster States. For this %%e hatve tilt a y ltboaured an kln or longer than dil Our tItcestors it the revolution. I i.n, willintg to abo yet a little longer, to carry out lte rc nommtendatio of the Naishaytlie Colvet) tilNn tihe LegislatuIC lhts proviiltd for Juing, nod it' tiis lilis oif' tle 'entd desired, thenl i I run Iready to secede alone. I " t'al o n issue, we hae enouga ilready. And in secedinog ntione, we have the 'xaos'pio oft Mu:ssneuseu~tts st rik intg the :flow iln thte Re volution, ats just1i 'tition 'or the deed. Surrounded a)s we are by States possessing " hoomog'ons insti. utionts, idyntical ilaterests, 116 hve no fonr >ut thao Snone Ilag. a ill suoon cover us till f' it shoculd ntot hoLweve'r I elite rtain the .p reposteruus"' idena, that t Sout it Catroinatt unay tutndt ailne-.mtaty become a siar Ite nttion."' It is hazrdly probaoble , that tt >eople possessing in their cottoni, rice d' bteadstufTs, ithe basis of a commeanrce ,' forty ,,'lions. ca patblo of ant alot nidefitnite egenosio1, would odio of a*i 'allon very soon1. N,:r won.': her iYU. iess be so greut, hant the V'eJ.,rnl Gov'. rnment could crush hter at a sing~e aiow. For the sako of our commnrce', iany or Ito groat f'oreignl powe'ra would extotad is thecir prtetction) both ufo~n setn and und-ot lulnat unitil f'ree trade had super. tduacc:l such ti stiate of prosperity, as to xcji 4~e cupidity of our neighabors, ti e mn to knoek at our door into its blessings. 'If how. I should be mistaken, and vW k itoe iunsignificainic, utnd exist VTyby tolerance, a kintd of' Saun duritto Rep)utlie,* with no present and U f'uturo'. the pity lad contemprat of thet v'orld, ItndI lhe ilughing-stock of histoy,"' '0 it so. Iletter' tis than chins and daiivery itn tiae presenii Unaion. Trhe's ago my) o~iniios rnaturely urmaed. and hon~lestly enlterta ined. I maiy a nmistaoke~n, but at' I err, I kncyc tii atisfactionl t) believe that I err with how5( whIo'.o oimtonis had a potential fI'aeoace ini ioustiag our country men~t to oea tnce in 6the RetvolIutaon. I aallude: n) Wttalingtoa. 1to'enry. to Rutiedge, u Gntioten, lo I lattcock antd A naa. # Taae qttestiona, fi'liow.citizensa ie for 'ou to reholve. Upotn yaul d. cisioni taga 0ou1 fa te, 1164 d'etioty of the Siaste. esco0, arm, liberty. p,.eriy, fireuoidea, Itar S, wives, chilIdren, e.ve'ry Iltig hat dciiur, every hinag that6 iN V'olubue, very hang thatt is chi shed. Do tu, I me betLeech yotu, faheor lm your' July. "mustterly inatctivity," now, I itotnest. believe, is the key ltat will open lhe ocr to abohitiotniasm, wic "e hk ~lo the * I was not swore until withtin thao last few ,y., lhat te Reppbhio of San) Maritne was the pity and conieompt of thae world, and Slae ughintg st<ock of' baitory." I Itsd beena under to impression, that though small in territorial ea,she land existed ore thaan a thousand are. 'I'hat haer people were contenated and Plip.; Shat she was respected by thae mur. unding nattions; that oven thae great Frenchl spim hasd sent a~ deputatont offrirng hi * pro. otion, and the exttnsion of hter lnaite, &c. a n.d cre....i. i.o....... :t .ta .'a' patle horse in the Apoealypsie, drugs aill liell a fter it." Reimemier, lio people ever preserved, much less nchieved their liberty, by delaying to strike thoblow ontil the opportunte moment had passed. If Massnehuetts. lid waitd for South Caroina. ond South Carolina for Vbgi. nin. and Virginia for Pennoylvanin, wu vould have been colonies still. Ijet us then do our duty, ttud lentve the conse. quences to Gild. Respectfully. Yours, RE.SPONSE' OF Col. E. G. Palmer, Jr. Fellow.Citizens of Faiifield District : I perceive that I havo been, nomionated as it dlh gate to re'preseta lil field Dis I ict ill tihe StIte Covntivont iol. I mllost res. pectfully decline the m-nomiatione-bui will, nieve theless, cih'ee nvaild mV. stlf of l occasiuoll to to my po lit icl views. The Legislature at their last session. by tile passugo of il net which provides fo r the sewl of* Deputies in a Su.h erII C r tile orgaiviztion o1 it 'of the peioplo of til. State learly given us two distili he ex/ernal whi is Co.opI the internal which is secesdl >rmer or co.operateion, I Is 10 -dl th rou'gh the agency el ni doul herr C~oe'gress, if tihis Coogrless should m1 ct aid ieomind stcession a, 4 pr lirot nary step lvtards v'' i-r the prestivatioi of the cons'tift' or the founntion pf at Soulth eraicy, I ttotuh ~gla m11eaisUIc, but ill ever m e it , o r m le e tillt uc h a reC0ni eidillio c . wimg, itcy, be-fore- Ii Imet'i of stid Convention. Vote fr it sccession 4,1 tile Stato from tils m'st degradikg and o)pressivc Union -f-r tthe purpose o1 defeatig u consolidtion of the govern min, ill securing :hlie independetntlce! anod sovereignly of Sutlh C arolinai, aid ais it mlleals u tiialtely. of uniling the South. Ceen Stles Ill case they n1y aitive ilri. ointily f'.ied to co opierie with is. Such, briefly, is my% lositiol, atld I -hall Inov procLeed to givo the reetsons tiat have induced mile to take this posi tion., 8' c-smion, we aire till we-il awire, fois i p.-ti of our wlast fe-deriei s' slem. It is lit on-e lilte goirdi lit of tilhe C.P itt tuioti n11 d the shiuld al S Itle stvIerigll ty. WiUenver tile C. itution is Iliad il ,tub.elve c il-rent lid iroii th;i lhar a' litl. it %%as dle'igloed by its lr:iirs. ir w It- eie'ver its forms t re oser i merly for th. Iu pose ef vio'tatiig ms -plt o us tit chIge tile governo eni1 Ir'm i ledorlI reiputIc into ai conlsolidu ted democrecy, itn eaech antd both o litee cnetingericies the States ire im mediatelV placi d uidera most impe r iut Imeo sttlle policy, Its it i. U man1tldliatl is.uinig frlm the federative Coflmlpct , um11 thet ploomplitudle wvith nhIich t stale plo Ceeds to execute tis mindate is Illa hiiglest evidenace of its devot ion to Ilie Celaiutin, and of 11 dtto ipprecintion of its otn soveloigity-this is C0mc drd to be theoretically true, biu n arrt told that ill t practical poilit of view tit questio 11Must to sooe exte lit resolve it self ilito 0ne fill political expedIuncy, tills I Illost emrlllicilly (Ily. We hal.vt Io right to n ake diplonacyn substiete uto a high moral und cmisliat, uonal obliigo tioll. Co-opertll ion must ullimutely y ie'ld to secession, but this brinags us to lt constideration of our exter nil or coje; e rat ive policy, les 10 thie endstl of is1 po, IICy, the pereservtioni of( thu colnstit), tillnal Umon01 or tohe frmatItioni ef r Southern conflederecy tve all agroee per. rectly upon) this subject,-w.e ali desire te S .uthet n Confedeac-we all desire the p reselvaetiun ol then cons~1titinal Union,-they arc indeed endis worthly of at taiament, but they do tnot form felleo. ci.izena the sole nlor thle ultimate policy of Sooth Carolina. T'his State hias boot) styled in ii'tory of' free trade--which is the offspring 01 thlose rights. Wo ail would htail witti pleasure, 1th0 formalionl of a SouthernI Cionif':derac~y, antd yet wvhat hiumilinatieol gallinag carn we p1"eibly conceivo of than i a loss of olur a,.th-pendenlce, andi with it every thling that is SOcra.ti und( denr to lit eairth in the too) eiger puir. suit of a1 Southern Confederaev'-which shilld ultimiately prove n delusive pazn. torn lns:end of a sublime reality ; Be. wuie, and I implore you in the namite of the most hligh God, beware thalt you do rnot in contemnplating the mo ral grain. deur of a Southiernt Confeduracy, suffer yourselves to be charmed and infatuated ouit of aI possessioni w.hlch youir oinces. tors, and you yourselves regarded of In r moiro Inoptrta ncu thn a i Southtertn Conf'ederoey,-.... mean1 liberty, and withl it yeour hono~r, your foirtuties, youer firesides und your hallowed shirities and yeI, W. WV. Boyce, Eq., who isnw biefore yo~u as* a canldiIJate, MOl king tihe higihest anld Imost aitereid trust knot'n tcc al ele6l)- their SOvereignity, hai.savow.ed thiut a Sothern Confederaey i4 Ito -hope and purposloe of all our ploliticul nielon." A Seeuihern Ceoifederacy amo (tillin~g to admit, is a grand concep. heon, but I w.ii l ot concede tei it an utidue imnportance-it -fua tbelowv, far beloro the novel eignt~y of Suth Ca rollina. Beut this brtlga us te thie conlsidietin elf' .hinex 1105 5lj'Vct.--lhw are weI to get a Slthlerti C19ni, derac)'? Th111 is to be the revult of ceo-operaitionl. How'. Is this moiasI likely tea be secured 1 We ar lold that ill indefullec delay, we hiave a solutionl of tIs great politidLal probletm,-i " mua. torly inactivity" sua Mr. Vac, is the aokey t.hat unlocks aour destiny.*2' lieu. athi this eiptilvaiing plhrase there. lies a most fatttl seopist ry. W.~ 11all know. thie origitn untd Opphlea~tionl of this hlistoriclIfal praese. ,f'o applly it to the South lit this jonctuirte 18aImost prepostorous. The Suuthl is gil, ting weaker, iljst the Noi th iS ini a rapIdly growing ascendetncy. It maiy truly be said to ulock our destiny, but whient unlocked it n.'ill bie thu deatin~y or a e nl ....... fr.u '''IeeI~ ' degridig and di spotic iid.ge. But recur to tile subj.'it ider c nii d it "i.. ulIon wivit do III pitl e mi inl nd thevir hopes ofc,-eainby ind(efinio delay. Al r. Boyce, stand hei pro(c*Se s to be un advocate of co-op rion, iltermis U. that "the h. Sotliern S.ites hav ininde. tip their oi i i in tilt lt j tis suce aid a solved ot to) seecede,"--in other woi ds. they ha ve sniieimied the coliproisiie Iieasiur-es of the last Con. gre~s. By delaty ilini we are to under. sl and f.1ri her i ggle ssiol!. Iiave we any s-tranice init th're %%ill be snieh tog. gesinii--nd if tleie be, is it by tiny mleiinis n ofixedflci th Ih Ite otiher States will inl that. Vi. Vit act with u.. To deter. mine this %% e live but to rfier toI the so enlled Cml1p1o1111 se8 Imitsures to which they base neceed~i. Ini ilt adminion of foia ti.iioiivhey hvive perititt d C -ngress not meciely to ditllnt but to <.route it Sitote ill % hise coistitutionl is p ruetico'ally embodied tlie Wilt111 pioviilty. JTey ha vi permittoil Congress ti.'shut us out iof' Uitah iand New Alexicos by a teruitO. rial organization, % hiet sub'j eti lavery -te lhe supieivi-ii of a Ci oigressional 'I iiy luve pr riittiled Cpogress to) disiember Tixis, to mikie lree soil of It po tini of lour territory, ind compel the 8 atlh by tile operitill i the tniill4''" th1ns, nie:unily to py T. xis olr the tr s itor y. in k ,. 1Fe are -taxed topa the loss of our liberties. ..' ackiiowleoged that lint a itheep lions the U lgttiv.- %Iave bill is 0n* coimpensalion. a bill n% hich the <, tiun rig q- iiiril Congrerss to pas<. t, take tts a reApciil fac or what clnim uider tihe C mstitutioi s It These usurpu~tio, thec enormlons exf Itouts mty ivive received the sancictio oit Georgia mid other Stanes. but they never shall tha1t oIl SIOutl Cu olinM. Bli- if 'he le vie ither Cggret sions tire no(3 sitieted 1ih41u. tihe Southi would resist them. Fomot %v ha I premises coutd we dedtce sui i coiclusiont, .,nrely int I' 0m tIe pst D.d lnt irit. of thte1 - h teliethlig States tl iheir 1-t-gi,latores il t l -(ii( inl clure thuat if Congre c.1ercised doiction over the subbet of sintery t ti O.siriet 1ot Cluimbia, tlii it would I thy it disilmi-m of thoe w , lI ni.I been Ibua lis tle U imyli been Nil:veil. They lat.e ot reisted Ia Frevssiomn<,-th1iy enicely %%if; foti the V %%iil lit oeniiid fmr the silbs el lilt C eii-tio ii:ion the4 Ill it forj mereJorms. D it % iii the Noirth cetit its tigglession's. Toiis in most001 impiub T.e gieiot fCe til pitari) war leer it parltcuar purpose. to) ox Southi I 11 ilte Al, xicun neqms tis Ilcoill) ished i s ird aid ma remilve itself tint, lis origie W ei It las no grand measure now it. Thle 11b -ot -ombs mnay have IeSS Himis, but i hey % ill not- preicor uoitirt of Uithte-r of tlh p110arie. ----iVeti e cinse Comtposell of weth ani d intoteet of Ilil Nojlb, W ll permiinently Uiok itself to lite loreigea sea nmc which hi s dtt e t if'rili 0ros thle iieoan iII( ettic d Uponl their neores. 'le It gress vo Class composed of inwies o:g nistmg ispoils Must yill t lit) iie prperlltcy nnd grelit it to secire, Wheii Ilii Norti h like fraoice, it Constiiuijon t:en, 11ttd not bie ii, labor 11 sinee' sln!,ly nguinst capital. The p liticl condition anid (fIt ht: Norith, preseilt hilIsiophical speculation, ditly approaching it new socto old stroctire which h:lx becn stand for CenOul i is beiing Convulsed to i viry om icolet tin by thle roevolus' tempe'r ofl the ntosesi. Tthe gre for sellI go-vernmen& It muset 50on ho. Huma Oill~ perfectibilIi y ii tde ni io by whlicht they prolpose carrying: pirai cially It ieimst etra iivigtnt ceptiions whiebic wcill, ii otmnr retted a fatul blow to the sights of propier setrtkeuit the g re It fadment tial bi all1 liaw anid guternmenit. Such is p lhitint aspeect cchIeh the 190-rth' presetstt. Our ceiunfl ry is onie or' boundic 10' unud conifiict insg interests, tii. he qust iln noiw is, caen the Uq' a ny hloge r pre-er( V. d. M r. Coalho tenido d thatI it coaId n~ot bet w il rgantic lCconlstit Ution1al I amenfdment. Cliay proclins tdot it many and be plreser Veid by cons ilidation, Upo resd' of thise gret issuo de'peni ceompaitrative es:~fimtion in which two Sttate'smen wcihib he l by p M~e r. Cailhioun wvas of thec opinion I s:aioility of' our poliiten institut pendelcd very much Opob our pecu doim' stic inst it utions. Il th Iought i so long os tile political equitibrium twVooni1 th wo sectious was preset thaut tho South wcould'supply a co vaetive setlf-susttainting enunt in Il Conitiruthon to preCsevt eed perpeuu the Governent, withlout its operaiti opprIeIssively upon either of' thea gret - 5etionIs. H e desired our ludoaral balmnces J J to b)0 co.udeniei withi our local. Upom this htiosagaeity aos ai statesmahn rests. Ml Chin3's grand ucsoee is to nationaizs lth goveirnent. 11f ehvee, ier his pioli masy bn celtonsummattd. lot such a c bum~mntiont we' wvould not relcogntiso mti~uiil secutyo3 of'thie t wo grettt sectiu Tthe &S~uti would be destruyed for perpetunotion of' the governme~nt. are the pirojspects elf te success of' sclcemer fndientiones It present Ore agi the'Scoth. Wehavwetb-enadvosed tus aloof, that the Iferful dollisions wg between tihe cot s.-riVe unaad diwu '/ing Cehs~tH~as of' the Northi.Eg btunduero' oan ephierneral politiioa Iwo etlemuett uie hmostjfhu but we|M h a~ l imofth two fully manifelstof a de wsvo he e pontlef Iho t ypqi. Alr. Sesward of' the aggressiv .oihe on wcishtes tel preserve the (Vgige Vo the proslection cof NolrternA at ihe oilber Ii) perf'ect the schem . of frugije~l Actuiated by disierent 'pltivO two parties wil gplsc fori vaillont of the UnI in c goverone. After.~ tool, nchut result wi