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and who, acting upon falso principles il philosophy, regatrd property of' every dseription a crime, %%ill by the elevn. tion of its nstruminenS. get the entire control of' ilh governmtnt nod prolceed to legislate upion agrarian principles which% will arry tle conservntive clias. North and South.against them, and we siall have tho Spectnco 4-f the Southi IiAthiing th,- battles of ihe North for the defenceo of an artificial system, in tie establishment of which, th Somth has been, by unconstitutional legislation, drained of her resources. If we yet out of the Union wit shall not bei comtipell. ed to protect the No:t h from tIhe coise. quences of its own self-destructivo ele. meats. If we- se'cede, we matly stand aloof aud leavo them to themselves; but if we submit to a conslilidmaion of the government. to a loss of our State sove. reignty. we sh.tl at some future period, tfoIceI to sustain the North by tihe sam meant s that we have bee) alendy to build it up. Consolidation is what er. Calhoun warned us against. It ma.y be defeated by a conflederacy, or separato State action, in the. event of our fuailing to frim a Sotithernl Con. federacy. Every ote must then i adiit that successful agitation at the North, lbxcept foar efleting a cotisolidation of the government is exceedingly pro. blematical. The great issue now is Stiate Suvereignty undi consolidation. By se, cession we give the South atn issue which will most assuredly unite it. Air. Boyce's idea iiml that wie are merely called upon to resist the Abolition ten dencies of thu Gove timeit. Most fital delusion-they ure no doubt th ultimate : tendencies of the GoVernne nt, but not the immediate. 'ir. Seward hUs uvow. ed his policy-emLnntcipaion i- to be the: result of consolidation. To resist enut: cipation successfully, %%u mnust first re. sist cotsolidation. There % ill no doubt be a long pZ.use before the agitation oh Nh slavery conmences ugain. It may be u quarter of a century, but shoolI it oil a. Pa . achle cbtntinmue, will tlit uoito the or cause her to resist I It Is thust iobable, judging from th past. .but then bucomtes of co.operation by luy. What becomes of a S >thern Uon. eracy, which is thle end of co opera. otn. -A Southern Cotflederacy hangs ac. ally uplift spets/afion. And is tlu ex. erease of Stato Sove-reignsty to depentd on a doubqfht restilt. o felluw.citiz--ns, our litnedy Is se State action, but beCoru resorting successful remedy ie are all g to walt Until Alabama at 'Atis. sippi iave ucted. und until tle i meet g of our Stiste tiVentiti it. wi-ch E-aft ot possibly assetmble beforu tile actiomn of those two Stiatese this is thle ao of ite land, and when the ConVentiun does meet we merely propose aetimi before the Anal adjouairtett tleretof, Which will b the latter part of the year 1882, near kid that ;uto taller w lad Itlk".-. .,~mtur Jvahqfe y pf the designse of Mississippt An hTobtan, whsen %e say we go for - Stao action, we imeun action qlhe ite nths, or two years hei cc. I 4AWlaldlution of' the State ins been: Wtbch ma to prevent us from acting-before t'hat ilme. None of us itre. None oh -u cUin be fo, State netion before M issis. ppi and Alabmn lave uct-d. aind when esrs. Boyee nOd Ruhiland tell you they ro oppo.,ed to imel rn'diate 811t14 tctiol. they oniy sp'ak our setimenlt, no oie cutn be it: litvr ol imnediate Stale action who recogniso tite leaw of 'the land. Messrs. Boyce atid YRutland, and I wish to call most particuar ottention to the fact, as it is i: this, that wo diffeir must 'materially. They me'nn that they are opposed to separmato State action, aney ine during the legal etistence of thn otnventtion whidh tmust continmuo until ethe tmiddle anod probtibly unitl the full of 1882. Thely In other-words willl tepposo the State's abeession for t*o years next ensuinig, anid that after we hove oncer. toited wvhat Alabama and MississIppi ntend to do-und' nut merely tils but after the election of another President, after gre.at political developmsent have taken place. Well another still more material differeneo is that in saying they are opposed to Iflniediate sepa rate State action:, they do not tell us t hat they are for uldimatc Stale aclion. W lien you speak of this, indefihite delay is the reply1 that is they are In: favor of South Ourulirna's acting when the other States do. .It is absurd to call that separate State oction: hich depend. upon the do acui of-the ,er States. Tihiese gent lemen are for neither Immediato nor-uldmnate separate Stat. action, they have unquestionpjbly nevnttted the Union Platformt of 1832. iluth of thorn ridisule the idea and cop. 4emn in unqualified terms the pullcy of Sotit Carolina's forminig herself Into a ate and Independent Governmoent, that not show must conclusively that 7are opposed to separate State action, aen aho ~tIississippi and Alabama tnot ti. Thaflay be the platform of Messrs. isyee and Rutland, but It surely was nt that of Fairfield DistrIct in 188:8, Do * they not pracul/y dl~make Stattoiovereign. ty and withI it State. aghts, depend upon the c~nine. of a Southern CGaufederaey. utcertainly they do. They mtay say hat they please about ti r~al o.Is, s4ession,-.-what does It sipuufy it hyr posed to Its praoU ecIfD* * sannot subscribe tojis.i%*~ Baplatform. whish has been ehiAj sru. Rutised and fliei! an' g rdBaeoe an tsi wtwt i t were to mnget porno s~thalr *.y h~be et ~ et t than to p to, lng s Weir api. roahes, for 5f - ninan keep o . a atch It la od he WIi' pi~."e. r. CalhoSIl warned us.ni 1 fuett finhte delay we shoted 'ing the very worst eu o great emnd, tihe s1tiert th Carolina Is befre as,- at gaty. It may be atvesby Pp4 .It may ben forfitd abusl .it may begnie hy w tiree.eI1 heo'st by huadqpni delay. Boyce is incorrect whn he te at the other, Southern Stats hav4 ~ed not to uocede. MissIssIppI es uma ure jet-tit toi his unerL chia"ge. 'Te object of the Legislture in liolding our election in Februnry wias to give aid anid comfort to ti. other State-.. It we organize a sub miiSi1n Convention whlat encourage. Intl wi.l they derive frtom such ak pro. ceduro ? Will it not defeat all hopo 1 co-opo-lation I Will it not cause us t4 ltoe our sovereignty itself? Let this Convenion be composed f mon pledgetd to reaistance-nt /east before thu finlali drgiurnmelt of the Cov:to, w.hicb %%ill be ofter we have discovered whe.ther thu oitliei Stit.es intend to co.perni e n ith us--it will give strength to the re. Si MtaiCe ii ties ill .i isst ipii amil A I:t batenn ; it % ill ndvangee-our cii.opeirative policy niore thin any thing we cnn do. I Should till lI.is fiil 1io unite US, we hlil I Ilieu have* a Ciovention which will prneti. cnlly ex..rcise the right ofsecession. The presti;;4f the Union being once dispelled boy Il. secession, should the General Govet ient alterupt co.crcion either in tho floin of active invasion or bloodless blockade it would l have, in either policy to declare war lsgaitst us. 'lhIs would presiit it rallying issue to the South. one whicb would unqueftionably unite us. It would be a blow not mert Iv at their institutions but ut tlieir'sovere'gnty. We lhve tituly the synpathies if large parties in the other States, 30000 in Geo rgo in lone, One drip of Somthert blood, t Lvgington skirmish, w% hich must be inevitible, if' Ir. Boyce is correct, when lihe speaks of' the horrors of wilr, % ill give un the constituted author ities of those Stits ; in this way we shall yet have a Souithern Contfi diracy.-at any rite "e shall Lavo independence. We have now arrived at the lust stage if our argument. Should South Caro lin achieve her independence -s it na. tion, what woult be her positiot? The ide, Mir. loyce exclitims, of* sucl a thing is sto prepvsferous, that lie hurdly knows u hat to say in regard to it, To miy grent surprisbi ie l)eatks in the most radnting upiI/tets of South Carolina Us ta Republic. Does Nir. Boyce suppose for a mometi that f'reumnen can be r idicuh (I out of their most sacred rights, A po. pulItion of milltios and immense resour. ce nmity be necessary to comprise tI ponerl'u! tnd tttn opult empire, but not to forit a happy, a proilieros and atn iidepindenat ntriion, whiil we Would be. As to the culniitles of' wir, hieh Mir, Boyce depicts in a munner more cultulated to operate tipon your fears than t* 5 rtuie yuur revolutiunitry pirit, I cun not see what is tee cuuse them. Ili our Aniiet agricultUral pursuits, we wtoLuld fltnd saity ut.d a tottil exemiption from war. Our policy would be essen titlly poetfie. The policy of lite great powers towards Us would be the sitme. As to thi ir settled policy beitg hostility to our institutions, it is ull down right fudge. All thu great powers united to us by lie inost cordial commercial alli. unces mtiiglt catot our to iateeefri- ill any manner with the jim. duction of cotton. Stop the looms atid the shuttlt of' tiny Cuieinrcial nation and you immediattely puralyse her in dustrital energies. We would be it' ,pence with all theu woild. As it is now we uro most bitterly oppose d to the' North. As to the govc-rnenuit it would be ndinitstred upion the samnei econo. tinici principles that it is now. Our taxes would not be iticrensed n snillitig tiey wou!d.bn less, atnd what the North ainuily robs us of by the turiff laws would'fir nore than cover the e-xpendi. tures of the Government. Our sotiples would'bo (reightd as 1hey now arte In British vessets. We would have totfliag to ittuhl. No eapensive navy to sup port. Our foreign relitdotns woud be putrely commnerctal. would haeve ino fhoein embsIes tkpup. Con. suhe tthose salaries-wouraQi iperqe$. '-ites of their offices would- e-tslunau for all purpioses. --Our rash counsel. bor.," to w hom Mr. Boyce olludes, would be engaged itn no world wide diplemney to itivolvo us in difficulties tif any) kind. Indeed, in the jttrring interests nnd coiflicaing policies of greater poaw. ers we would recognise our security. if our republican institutions were noxious to England or European narchies, our republican enemies this conatinenut would protect us. If our dlomelstiC institutions tieso odious to the over sensitive pilathtlrophy of the .Not th, the South would protect us. An attack upon our insuiutionit, this State being in or out the Unkone wnuld atrouse the wheolo South. He sides, if out of the Union we mIght them ticee pt the overtures for fiee trade now ma do by all comimercial -nattiuns, our iery-proeperlty wou'd be most int. vitIlngentd would lie a most strong~ In. ducteent for -other Brates to~ secede, especially if these oggressions continue which Mr. Boyce speaksens coqifdent@g of, and heore I would ask, if these aggtes. ulons are continued what will -prevent South Cqrolina from uniting with the other'Southerna States whent they shall havo seceded fromn the Uniont, can she not acocompishin'time, out of the Uinlin what new iis soid she maty in time effecot in the Union. If delay will accomplish a Uentlerg Centedersof it wtil accomplIshi It whetle.r South Usrolina remains in ble Utdn et goes 9ou1 of ii. We pas, ee in -aft fadoent. Agree thQ et ifra is. tamning ptiholple awe may sustain our. soles s a peopiefreor, certainly 1long sO4wgha~ lh. Soth tbs united, l'hese grer.atet '*wdre all theroughly in vto ated hi 16.thetengged the at. tonBt 4four &akst me., Our great put. teal killosopher, Calhoun, took a very dlIg'rent-view ofthe subtjet- ftMeksta 8oyoe and :IutwjpD~e that greet qpaater toI4eon r The pospest1#f 4theI iatnionei resta apd irnies the shla ? fthe leont sad moa videtofhis eloquence. Mrl tienid tinks otfterwlse, he belevet ib Cr iis will Mot a moest rldieu Otis fere.' ~ po atoso sod R re I si y eseeid te me, hai isseaesrt aowds ~ h ntik, would be the position of South Carolintia in the Union after base sub mission.-Ier sovereignt y lost. her honor g-ne, her equility forfeited with the slaves of the wh ole South. rapidly in. creasing iii numbers nod talled up ins prison bounds.-.their la bor valuless, their masters emacllCipUting them to get lid of the responasibility of supportiig them. 'hink of the cotsequences. pompulationl socially distinct, and yet locally inter. inigil--ne ha' unre-trained, fnat re. turning to their original stato of sniv. Sagisi, anIrked by the sensual propen sities of the brute. What conception cnn be more shockiig or more alppalbhag than this. Mr. Calhoui truly remarked in 1832. let th., consequeices of resis. tanlice be what they may, they cannot c(l'anl thoso thtat would result from sub, laission, this is still npplicbhl- :o us. Mr. Boyce has alluded to the com purative insignificance of S..uth Caro. htin am111on04g the family of nations. I-Ie spenks ,f her as a counterpa ri of the Ilit. tIle Republic ofSati Marino." the 'Inaugh. ing stock of' the World.'' This term would app.ly with uar more forme to her if she remainel iii this Confederecy a coninered Province of the North. In. stead of being the free and happy Re. public of San Alarino,she would be cailed little Giascony, and her sons would des Cend to posterity " as the greatest of' boosters aid the basost of cowards." Ir. Bo c. after hving erected his pantform, quite suddenly becomes con scious of its weakness, lho sees it totter. ing, tas it were, and Immediately be. gins to think how he shall support it. It is at once lot tfied with the honaored names or Cieves, Barnwell aid uiuiler. As to the two last tinted, the assertion is utteily groundlers, so far as regards authentic evidet cv. I hove never Coind in the ir speeches any ithing (if the kind. So liar lo6 that. Ir. Bitriwell's rpiy in the Seaite to Ir. Clay's attack upon South Carolina, indicato any hilng but submission. Ir. Butler's prompt effart to get the floor, was as expressise as any I cmiI's I ks he could have made. lie wtts all indignution. As i) t the position of MIr. Chieves. you must keep in mii that " have Iwo distinct policies, co. operation and secession. Mr. Chieves l-is advocated the lormer ever since 1802. I1I very conisistenly advocates it at presenti. The Policy is a %at onie -the conception is a grand one. I was delighted to hear that the Legishature h:d alosI untnimously aillointed him a Deptaty t, the Southern Congess. I wi-h thim to be the advocate of his own great cnuse. Let him carry to hia task the lofty purpose of th disitcrested statesanil, the ardent zeal of a pattrio. tic heart, mnd the mighty ene'rgis of a vigorous iitellect which have been aroused to uction by hii- country's wrog4. But should ie f 11 to procure the co-opurationi of the .Wel we 15 , U WHIC r.,., s opplsed, and in oipoiln 4 p thi. adopted policy of Btal . ir. Cheves neu recognise he Odnvos of co-oliration--ii e1r. Calhoun we recognise the chaIIipion of it Southern Confederney, as the firat measure, and ol seleriate State act Itin 1.s thefnal. Let us pursue co-tiperation set I.,ig a the other States in Convintion nuinlest an inclintitiont to unie with us. If Mississippi tnsI Alab na, like Georgii, determine to submit, why co.peration Is at un end-the State ReKtts PIltfolin of secUSSion becomes innedliately the pol. icy of the -Sttie. If %%e abuaidon tha0t, we tabnandon the enviable position the Stiate occupied in i882. We do emore, we nbuandoned the long settled poley of the Stoic, the great principles ouf Ct relitnt's, depiortd Staetesmnan, which heaving re. ceived LegIslative sanection, form not nierely the ,peolitical Wentimienits of the man, b4t 11.e Constiutional -Jurispru, dmnc.e f -thii Stete. Let not his mem. oa y be cherIshed-In mionuamental miarble with tan epitaph to -which we no longer practically tadhere, but rather let him live int the liearts of hisi count rymeun, und let their veneration be mianifested in the adoption as wveIl as that prtactical op. plication of his p:itncipales. Never let 'it be said lia state wasi tiost honored when livlig, least revered when dead. E. G. PALMan,. Jia.. SPEECH, or Nhcj. W.8~ . Lyt.Ks, Dus:.zyan-s -rams H~ousa ow RhrassurArivgs. Mrt. ChAirman :-Unused sir, as I am by my habIts us a planter, to stuob public speakink, It Is with great diffidenee.I ventuiro to address yon. The importance of the sotbject however, moist 6e mty apology, if any Is needed, for the briei treps'R propose to mako upon your ' tienets wolfa5 uttd otts eomnaeitteet it Iadmitted on all hands, that the question of' our %deral Rtelations Iivolves matltS '6f greater and graver importance mianm any whkl have ever heretoftoro -elaimed the deliberahileu of this body. Indeed, I might with psr*et propriety assert, that the Itevolution itself, is overshadowed in importa nco, 6iy the event4 tranmpiring, and soon to transpire around Ues 'l'st was a contest fear ptineiplo, this foVi life itself, as well as principle. 'That was, waged for a trifling tax upon tea and pa ,er,-th is tq proteet, oar social and politieml inslltutions,our property, our livos. I shall tent weary thme patience of the doam. mittee, by oven a recapItulatIon or oar wrong. 'T'hese are known and felt -no one Cretends to question them-they are unIversally. acknowl. edged. Shell we submit ? None here ventures to counseh this unmanly and eraven ederse. All admit we must seek redress-must apply some remedy. What then shall It be ? Not dieun,'on surely. for two years ag we de. ohared by solemn resolve., that the timne for thIs had past, that the argument was exhaust. ddea-not protest and remonstrande, fler these bot stofte~ the scorn and 'derision of or eneasi-i spnintercourse, for this is but aplysv falmfar short of the sat o( the ds.,. then I repeat la the remet It bs, meeh nd the formellen of a &ahern (Jsefedercy." ThIs I solesmig hallste ita~a only way under Heaven, whsebrj ds ese b saved, add I rejoice assa mati, ast a patrIot, that open this point, there is no'dividen asn us. I Bat for the seeeapilset thissp o fer wishes, sII'admi rs '.ha ns eooerto a a tbts b ined } .Wmr s a nh stU3* I ,Iahout 4ta. al igPli prortant do I clcem co-operationl, tihit in do. furenco It) thieir opinionms, and for the uakn of hartnonry fming ourselve4 as well as t , aff'rd tOne to pace lie Slate in a conoition of com. pleto defence, I an willint td wail, but how longiR Not certainly (as has been intimated as probably necess.ary) ten years, or five. or three, but one cnd noc morece. I non unwillig top wait longer, becanmso forsooth, I loncitly believce that if the sl.ve States cannot he arouscil its that time to a sense of Ilh danger onenticing us all, it will lie folly if not madness lt wait longer. Upon what d"p genillirnen found tlh-ir hopes of c.olieration ly ifelay ? No certain!y 1p 1n anmylhiong w hich oppears iiiiup in the iolit i. cul muriate at this tiie. Dowe fio)t see in all the Southern State,. a dispisition to shrink front Oh contes, t) submit to present wrongsit, and l.y down new pilatiorms 'nr tihe ftiire, to be standoned.jcdging from fthe pet, as soin as new " ggresiomrns are committed. In proof of what I say, look to Georgis.our colerminous slotut on the South. tier Caavention is now in session, doing what 7 Deal.g ways and imeans, to protect the interest, the honor, tie rig latio nd property of her people ? No air, but d.-vising tihe waym ..nd menna to conciliate the Federal Government, by backhag nut uri quiwk. ly arid anboothly as possilit, Iron tihe high positim heretofore assu'nted b br Legislature. Witi tle einbiltered feelin of tie contest through which sh his phas 1. upon this vcry sutajct, now rankhlng in t boeooms of her people--with flhe flush of -vie amid pride of parry consistency still grean is their inenrories - with the boilc of reward hldout to her poli ticimais for their betrayal of their country, by lie " powers that be," is thereany reasonable hiope that slie will soon wheel niu lne ? I fear riot. icre too, is .tlissisilpi, whom we all counted upun as certainly a V ler own l'alnotto State? It is tru she hias cal d a Convention, but tby so.miragre n majority. % to render early if any co.operaionar, anoNi hoph~elrss. Tle very fact of tie postponiemeti of her Convon. tion to Pit reiote a period is to rmiy rminali "coiviction stlrong as proof o lloly Vrir, that her people aie niot yet reui , amid that she loioks to Souith Curoliu to I ako the aisno for her. Arid where is the on noble old o. inioon ? YearA ago, Jlin liandolph declared she had lost time breed of nble.tloods' andi I feir it it; troe, for she, even ie, has faltered nd fallen bucK from her hig position, aban. don. d. sittricleawly abandone, the ground as. sumned two years ago, by l.i Legislttire in roleimn resolve. Can she s aroused Not certainly by pat wrongs, so ecy by new ag. gresmons of lime Federal overninmer. Ini 'ight of fle Fedural Capitol witja " tile ever louves and two fislie' sli :ng ii her very nostrils, overrun by a mkee population, which like tie locusts of E lt have settled in countless bordcs, upon eve nook and corner of her fair inierilance, it ill provo at inore than Herculean labor for r true and noble i friends there to arouse her om time deep, sleepI which mnow overwhehins I . What I have I suid of Virginia, Georgia nd lismisiipmi, is true to a greater or lesser e mt of every olier I alave.ho;dng Stato in time nion. lelays sir, I are sonmenies as dungere iI tie uff'airs of I nations, as individuals. L1 tle present occa. 4 sion pass by, let tire peoplo time Sou I become I once anore inv.,lvud in a d gracoful scramble I for time l'revideicy, and u voice of boulh I Curolina proclainming resist ce W'm tho tyrnny C of tile Federal Governn , will be like tie I voice of one crying in I wilderiess, -with -1 none to her, none to ie . Then will lite a emmse of toie South be lost f er, amd in sack. cloth and ash. s we mammy rimo m over the ruiin of the fairest portiain of God' reation, wrought- I out chiefly by uur own apa , indiff'erence and i uclay. Not so, howevr,' it w - .-, Let us then oppoint depu a to a soupthr Conmgrm*e, and call a Coav mo of this Stute to Intel u c o ee no conies, and wn filr? effort, er The groat o State oirt. new, so unex. a [or, thant it will 0 It will arouse our sister tol itrgy, it will inl. spirit our fiendi, I Will figlq. our enemies. to If .otjugalion baittetptd. iinthern State a dare stand idly b and *itnes mo struggle, for iair ruin would be theits, flu iumph their release from a worse than Rtarn baindago. a el No sir, however rash arid pretste they mightd esteem such action on our parthe ioment time blow is struck, that mumionail serious di. visions cease. A community dnterests and a cuimmnon sense of danger, m'ustilte us for aIt cormnon osfety. Such las beelislorv--such 0 will be history again. The ot&f the colo- q nies during lime revululion, whmihs breen oiled by thu genitlenmanm fruom Uhmarlestimn favor of ei delay, is a case in poinit, aflhrdira be'autifmul C4 illustration of limo rthm of time pltionm. WVe all knuw thait aim houghm there wm corrempmn. ddheo berween them, timere wasitminig like comceort ar.d union urmti! Masacheletta trimck lime bliow .at IA'exingon--iil oiot-ais spilled. m If with such a dia'ersm:ty of Mlere, such a difference is climate, soi land . nom, suchr ar. alt ocmemnt to the litmalbo ,pdastitutliona of lime old wmrid, so, simail a e0ba6 Compilaint r when enmmared to ours, 'uth m colunaica a ftobled amid unarmed, the ac ni tMasusa. fe cimusettecoumld unite his-old I iterlito One ri bond of remistance; hmow moe egirobable, p1 nay cortain is it,-hat thec trati icfthi Car. O olin., will unmito time fourcans ag dpoawer. fui slave. 8tato1 imtV a sinmilrat m6 strong. . or hormd? iake thme colioniemi nidre have lmng compilined of, arid prot led msmnat our wrongs, lIIke themwe have iha correumdenoen wiltimn parti-e aggrieved, I -us, vi, like Alassachmusiti., precipitate t Issues somon s time most vigorous prepnara't it wilps for cc defence. WVo are now sullil ntly usd for "' -litii puarpose,-pertfeet unlaanimb We coiver ' hoppe for--no cause ever he .- Tme were tornes and lrmuitorm In tite Rev lertion, ijiere w Will, be. now. Even .Puland a~d &ey ar ecrushed as lthey arc by..14p iro 'belko po.li turm, have always hadt degen ate son 'tdy ~ to hick thu red that smkte. 1 , and sqmeirfr country for a prine. Cap- we pa fur p r tmonr freom ths entaum-lot of 411 nationrm tos TIho gentleman frein, hlar s M~m tim bliingdq edifd'. r.t~ition Wah'r ala dr distinguished -etizoiir ano(Najiste, o- .h hing up to sdelay,.ttyqit, the ehmnglrin o pa of ant lster Sta tes., I 'Gmo, sitamule I g at, have a oreepondtatri iisselPPimet c not entirely unaknewa de fam, adhna inites cd delshy, nvot for a timss, kut girt now issuaro'p maid., ebleh nover wilJ be ma ,,until lhe bit wi of submilssion will hiavia be. so strong ma of extirelse, ltat Wje' seonmd att it we mb o lsuiosible toi hatke hofuf, fat w ontm . du Tihmis geleman fitces, Ihiat i thm - to Islat.re hag 'fl sustained t n Iaat, it is as n l s fate th opiemhi so iapdtrain an next fisll. seashy ex behietv, and only mni onlit It - dett hem toa the tesliisony Introdueed niltan tIo ffom Chialeston, and to thereins some et least within the bee lssilppi ap even who believe.'Ae i th epi-ek, hma wsrd. If thte corrspisdt tlan th< be sorteel, mur aethon WIN lb864o. be gress of thinge-Ifa d his dm0o .. aetion-willasuhel nt.: ee'' lhkew,B ysn Ciin~a 6e is looed tdi W 4 ofahe s aeether, ass ,O'mlast is eematu4 Dhd~eeskein. n ista t aasm teareas tltedhat' er e-e. :unweld Id ha reapt bmisr el , ota reAA positiotm, her courage. her unity of sentiment fix this upon her as her destiny. She cano evade it. if sho would. .r. Chairman.-Ileving indicated separnti $,ato scelssiont as our duty, sa soon an wo inc the co-operation of our sister States hopeless which fact can be aNcertained if ever in twplvg months, the question presents ilsoif--havo we a right to secede ? This I hold to be suscepti bla of the clearest peroof. The right to sered is but a incident of that sovereignty, whief the States reserved, whea they acceded to th< present constitutional compact, and im intelc. table from this very nuatire of that compact it. self. It has never until I ately been deniied. The very framers of the constitution neid its cotemnporancous oxpouidern, admitted it to tie ftillest extent. Mr. Madison, unqtestion ably one of tie ablest of them all, said in de. bato in cony, altion, -If we considevr (he Fede. ral Unioa ha analogous, eat to "ocial compacts amonmg individual men, but to time conveantions among individual States, what in the doctrine resulting from thee conveiitionas? Clenrly, according to the expositors of the law of ia. tiona, that a breach of any one article by any one party. leaves all the other parties at liberty to cotsider the whole convention am dissolved." Could aniy opinion be matore full und satisfac. tory 7 iet, ir. we are not iet to groniepe our way ins the dark--to rely ulioa the opitions of fabllble anen, be tlcy ever t-o able upon a salh. ject of sueh vast inportaice am this. Thae State of Virginia, jealoii of her rights, (I would she were so now.) whea cal!ed upon to ratify tha Federal constitution, del.rel ina substanee, that the polwcrs delegated to the Federal Government rav be resumed by them, (the people,) whensitever the same shall be perverted to their injury or olppression." New York ndopted at the ime iate, similar it not stronger laiguage. This reservation of Virgiia amid New York tamst, of cutrse, imre to the enefit of all the other piaries to the compact, or thatt political elniality, which cotn. ptitutes the very hasis of cla whole goverti. mental fabric falls tit once to the ground. But niore than thi, alntist every Stato, if i mins. lake not, embraced in its aIt ill of rights a de. Hlarntion that subamission to arbitury power, was slaiish itt the higlict degrec, &c. Such, %t least, was the declaratioi aif North Caroli na, when the apirit of old \locklenibtrg was rife in the land. Before I ditmiss this brancah of tlae subject, I desire to bring tto the ateice of hie Commit. ec a practical example of secession unaader our nwn government. It occurred tinder tlhe old rtieles-of Cuonfederation, ntd Virgiaia as usual ma tho1c days was the chief actor in the sneac. I subistitute the language of another as le leseibes the whle miodus operandi and renialt rur better than I could. "When the Articlcsof Confederatinm were idopted, they aeceived successively the assient )f every Stitte, anl iounil nto Stato umntil its a ent witas giv n. ty these articles a Union was ortined, and onle of themt, the thirteenth provi. led that they should ntiat be changed witlhout he auctt of every State comprising the Coan. ederationi. Aid alto same article declared hat tlhe Union shall be perpetual.' Yet the .overnment of the Cutfederation, like ahat of lie existiang Uniona, was found tinsatisfactory in iractice. And after propositiotns lisd b'en aude by Coageoss to tle States, and by sonc f themt oCotgrena, withoati effect Virginia ook the lead aid appointed Commissionera to acet similar delegates fromt such other States a wero -willing to confer together to change hat system. Five States only, at first tok part in this novement viz: Now York, New Jersey, Petn. ylvania, Delawaro atnd Virgiisa ; and their omtmsaioners met at Ainuptlie, itt Septema. er, 1786. Ne w Hampshire, Miassa chusetts, and and Nortl Carolina also appoii. edcommissioer, ione of them atteided. e~d *C, e~nd~lo1crs ion r Maw l'ho Annapoh Conve. lch a a'Mhdel hlia. where delcguttes froi twelve of ac States attended. They adolited a plan of Constitution, which was signed by thirty.niac i eitbers out of sixty-fivo who attended. Half i I the Masaheliusetls -delegation, a niajority I r the New Vork,Virginia aad Georgie dele. atons reftsed to sign it. Such wa-vis the want r tnnitimity thena. Not one of th delega. onts which assnmb!ed at this Convention was uthorized to fut a new Gonstimtion, or to ceede froft the thena Uion of the States. ut they did bath. Such m,'naa am Get. Wash. agtOn, Jus. Madison, Hen. Franklini, Alexana. er laimilton, John Rutledge and the Pinck. :ys, resolved ta do both. rite articles of oifedoration ilpulated for a perp. ltuul union, td required any amendment of these atticles be ratified by every Staite. And the articles the Confederation were ratified without t ialification, by all the States. There was noa scrvation of a raghat af secessioat. Beat Geet. al WVashingto~n anad lain asnsociates, wtilthdut en authtority front thecir Staten, and int de-. atnce of thto e xlpress teraas cif thec Conastitution g ider whmich thtey lired, deliberately proceeded, maake a new Uonstitsion ad to procalm i e'enimon anid disionm fromt such States ias omald not agree to it. Fear it was madce at tiole (7) intht ~e aw Consttituotion, thasat the tificationt of nIne Staten shoueld be sa~fijoiientI r its entablinlhment het wa en the, States 5o tifying it. and theref.tre fear thceir secession d1 separation freom thme rest, if theo latter late rred the Unaion already existicag. Now if thte ht of secessihon be denied, theo fratmerr of the cseunt Cianstituet iota were all traiters--trators aver no~IIII~t of recessioan frotm an eperpeteual, renaintg, hoew. utionc of thais miaore "pearfec~t bus provaeat, such a witherinag id tintmtigated curse, uapon it ltole dott. Virginaia and other States had a righit to ne. do fromc theo one tot small catise, howa mela arc right have noe to secede treats the otheur, iaen Uls whole powoer. hee been perverted to~ r aainjury and oppression." nu~ieot, aeld ask vhtat htave wve goo d d suerineg aof thme Re~ j ~ erally ntothin mg. We k rananyot onu, for the d e ~eeiona be revolution, ta a w I: am -Grcenveile cont ends, e to act the bloody scenes of ,Yark. ~ san anti Treiaton over again., It we have in m a last resort no paeaeai'ble remedy for the re.i eselb ourgriaeoancss, tieri have we lost by ( snge of eaeiters, amid for one I stand iare' redf to endorse the declaration of the lII n.a ntleman, (Mr. Mlemmainger,) railher thtan tatinue untder sucht a governmcaent, so unlimit. Ina Its-ehtaracte r, so uaplpeascale ien-its alp. tites, no lull of its outtrags and wroniga. I >uld maost cheerfully returnt under the power A the Biritish erownt. But, sir, we hmave ato It casioni to do eIther--a meanly discharge of ty at thisime, wall save cun (roam submnittngF thes une or Accsinag to the oether., flute sar, what will be thec coarnsequcuces of ressaon by a single State ? I have already pressed ay aonviction, that it will at onee U di to an unin of the South, and thte formaa. C na of a Southcen Goafederaey. If, however, b: this reasonaeblo hope we are doomed to dia." poiantent, eana weo sustain near cacus, single *~ ailed snd ahone, againast the whole power of[ s Federal GAovernmnt? The odds would fearful, bet with truth, jusatce, sight upona aie, I -shotald goforth **fesu te eviL' . lie race Is net was s th Ue asf er th. Sale to lte stseg." We bee tUct mee~t stliafsallpeprata~isamolsee a esstest, aliexedanddetresandwil ofour people ver to submnit. It is trme, as taso Men. gen., man Wee Reesew assred, tsmt ha atrret. sti tof view,,. see t ready ibre Unto.. drdyance I Ma~nua re, hnum e .tAadyet, :G m ug m weaebetssup d 5 iethah 'aa 9e ose oteC msm, Nuiber iii the hamnds Io mil. itia, from otie to twelve pounds. : I SMAL, Anmss. [it the depots at Ciarlebton at Columbia, there are stands of siall arus. 12.170 In tie hands of the sMilitia, 3.578 15 Swords and pss1ols uro not included ic estimate of snall arms. Froi this it wi!l he sect Shat we have asn gregate of upwards of 50,000 mten able ti duty. Of th~ese we can briig ito the fiel necessary, nlot leps thai 30,00U, and still Ii elnosugh in) tei couinry to kecpi ip the nececs police, and rarry on all our agricultural i rationiw. We havi guni ensough to arm 15,( and when we take into consideration, I every man has his rifle or double barrel it iSl not iser Sling too iuihII to say, we effectively arm double that number. wholo of the colonies at the contiencemen lhe Revolution, had but four pieces of ordnai I understandl, while wo have 128. and y4 agree with my ilon. friend from Kershaiw, ( Glesnu.) that we should have mnore, an stand picParod to vote the necessary nop priationi to bring the supply up to what needed. But oo:evy. too, is as essential on tlhe contingency contemplated, as men mnlliiitions, aind how will it be raised ? have twen ty millions worth of produce. I raw material of enlon, rico and grain wh uiist go abroad, and as the imports aro ge rally equal So the exports, a duty of 20 cent. ad ralores, would raise us tho sum four millions of dAlars. fis', say, gentlem tin Federal Goventnit will bl.ockade < ports and cut of this supply. Well, I hsople A blockado is Its mnuch an act or war, as invasion by land, Uid will arouse the indigi lion of our sister States jnst as quickly. E C would be a blow at a asvereign State. iII uiual, their confederate, which would be ftl a blow at theinselves, to be resisted at ev, haz;ard. int could we snot bear the incon nience of a blockade for ia snort t imne, for < year or two ir iecessary, for lth aite k great principle and for self prc-4eivation. not we have sally degenerteLd in spirit fri our noble and self-deiniii: anicestrs-we : not prepared to aLtemtIl the re.achieveint our lost liberty. [ut, sir, we can and bear this if iccessary, and Snore. Wc n bear the heavicst kind of nur.tux 1o sual our cause. For the last thirty years, we ia contribuit d thirty dollars out of every huidr of She hard earnings of our industry, to s1 tain and build up the North, and no,)w, if ice sary, we will contribute at least olso Senth build up and sustain the South. Our rel from Northern taxation will enab!e us to de -our patriotisi will pronit the oflerint. Mr. Chairman, the separatlon should be perm able, the reasonsjust cited will upply wiih sI greater force, to our abilily to suistaii eurslv us un independent State. Hlolding mo our op und spac;uus harbor, tlie key 1, the commine of nearly the whol South Wat; with R Roads, now diverging in every sLrectio ; wi free trade or comparative fice trade witlh the world ; uith a territorial arca larger ll. many or the Gerumit Mates; I can Fse iiot ing, that can posibly celck utir rup d sirid to wculth, greatness, aid glory as a people. I cannot closc sy remarks, " ithouiit Sot .0,1 what fell friuom tise 1ion. gentlesisani fso GreenviLe, a few days ago. I regret sir, th I caniot respond to a single sentilseit lie it utiered, inl beisall of this glvmoris u1ion, mean no persoinal d-irespect when I deel.s before God, that there is not a sing:le cord my bosom, that beats responsive to lis wish t, save it. lIe has cloquently, most eluelses ly dwelt ulon its greatness ind glory. I what sir las made it great and glorioi, bi She inistitution.. ,*l- -l anatle production Imay as well fell., a , o -rMce have whl loed every sea. For myself I do not love it, -on the cot rary I despise it for its wrongs. its oppressios ta sults-I despise it for the robberics us nurders that have bect committed ins iti nom and under its sanction, upon iy countryis If te South, Twelve rmontIhs ego, I was isuntonist ulosn a certain -contlingency, I ui yow a druerionist per se. I would simsh o.norrow ir I could, even if the North woul low recede from their posit ion, give up tll Il eritories to the British line onl the Norl ease their agitations upon this subject of sl 'cry, restsro lite Constitution to its origimt mlrity, aid give us new guaranties for its ft ore observatnce, I would not coisient to r snin. No air ! I wish its fellow.<hip with it icolev, whose whole hiWsosy may be sunimo ip in tIe siniglo word plunder. Thi ce tite Iiroady have they deceived us will their cost tromises, thsey wsll deceive mie ino more. Th~ler opelitance of the wroaig donie it rs I psnted of a Ii, wvould be like that uS thle psrtnce oif Sths is ernsal regin, toss insincere Sto be iriusted. Whlen the Devl was sick, Sihe [evit a sait woubt b Vhoen lie get well. the deviil a Sints wias tin. Sir I concur willh the lIon. genltlemoin frog hiarloosi and IKershaw, that we are las wo pe Ie, essentially duff- rent inI otur habits, pusrsuit dstcation, &c., and thuat if theI steeds of discor sd not already been sownt tsoo dleeply fir ou ituire inisn, patriotiasm woulsd re'qiro us5 t art for ever, anid for one I say God spseed thi lsorlooe evcnt. [coMMU~iNrcATi~n.]1 Mlr. Editor :--A nurisber ssf She Olhlicers se Twenclty Foursith Rlegimenst , a fier haivin uly3 weighed the claimns of the several Gjar idastes for the Office of Brigaidier Genecral ave come to the conlsion, withorsut intendi Ig to r flect in the shsghtiit degrom.- on ih Scrits of other gentlemenC~ whos are Candidmates ist Capt. J. N. Sumrlrn is, at this particula risis, thin masn for sisch a plositioni. lIei ounig, vigorous, galbuit andi brave, asnd bl is csoducet on thle plains of Mexico, Isa roved himself not only qualif'ied to dischargi is duties as an officer in timnes o~f pecace. bu1 Isiniently fittedi fsor a crisis in military i'airs Thie time is fast approaching when we maj1 eecd Isis services again. Wao trusS, therciore .ast his claims msay be well considered, ands i slight compensatinin fbr bihi gahla st ser vicci thse last war, thait ho misty be proimist ed ts ie ofl'en So wichli his mserita entitle hisu, andr t whIch lhe is Slow n Cansdidato. NuNarriev.Opalrs. M'sarried, on the -eening or the 24th D~e 'mber laat, byamles Asken, 1wI" , M r. Jansv I. Ioas, So Miss Rasacca, daughiter of te .c lsom inles~y, all of Fasirhield District. Married on te 2d inst., by She Rev. M. l' raicr, Mr. J. N. Lsuuos to Miss Aaso.i M unLa.,all osf F'airfield District. KT Wo acknowled;;ed the receipt of the risnter's'Fee, and in retusrn, wish tile happal. >uplo all the pleasures which say be enjoyes (thoee whoe have beasn joined together Is Lte atiken cord." LATEST DATER. nese date f'om Ldverpool, - Dec. 21 stest " " ~ re. .- Dee. 20 Meet " " .aaa . Dee, 1 Oetanbt Utote Market. Co'0cMas, Jagn. 14. Cto,-,-The eotton masrket tistday psroesnt ila no w featare. the demanid Was stead nd to a fair ext0est. The meuts Iiy ts tlantio aro now past dise, anld-mst anas h ooked Mrit. and until they come to hand w< e'ed snot look for any increased ansimstionl si so snatket. 433 bales ebanged hands, at 1i Noti. HESuberiber wIll a casrry ame ple, and will ye a iork entrusted to his.~ , ceitte il isheretnress m r . Taxes I Taxes !! I T E11 Suiseriber wil Ittend a th( fullswing placa a1 .n w Ing days, to receivo tlo To$ au rns A t J. Q. Arn,.'ti' stqre, on the Fousa tterville o thle '' iryce'm store, , : - W. Elkin.. stor, , Oil telt 7:h I'' b., l-'ridaf e A lonticello. on the 8th. Satit.uda V. av O Turda, he13th1 February at ifin. mol. ary " Frilay, hfs ],4th Feb. lat Trupps' sitor. - atuirday, tle 15th, as .1. A. .\artion. ha't I I1. fIlKLA NDI. l a a) T . c . F . I . Jan. 1G cection Noice. ce A N Hletionl Will be Ibeld at IIh loWing Places )in lite 2d MONIL r .'bruaay aa'xt. for four DelLaatvs to tihe Cff. d I ventio of tle sate of Sointh Carolina. iM ANAGERS. tr ./ 'iinisiuaro.--.-Jolntai 11. l aik eit, W olm. md Canp l, and llcijifina P. It.,e aell. WVe elf Mnce1lo..-t---1aniel H. Kirkland, Joh-in he ct. rorv, and Wm*tia. A. lurin. i 1A WWat's 4'. 'laylir's.--John L. Je.niredv, l a iafatte Dlkes ani Andrew Dommlev. pI t Feasterille.--Joaan i. Coleman, or Francis II. Edraastoo and ain F. Colean. if At laddlen's Urore,- Janm : A. ict('ory. -Sia GI ial.d. aii Wmn. W. Le wI. so. , / k- s'-'' Cre.k.- - I A. A. R. Iiallumsa, it. maq Still a1d David R. Evas. a A. Killingswarth's.---Dav.id J. I10! b:. (aal. rL nont Caana and .!usco 11. Fog,. r At /uf .a.--Inacusa A. firomia, Joln Taylor and J.oiia l ia a. ia a Lon;;lae.---Jhn A. Gru;nlaon, Fli larnsm a Md Jh l . Gozi. fcIAt Hlorch.---Phibp PulLg, Th'lomas .McK:hi. satrey aatal .uneh .\annaa, aaf..t' nhhueshille.-Georg- .ld'er il-sry A l.al -vial 11a ie r , Iif tae('s 8otre ---John Stimonlni, Alex. lDogi, and John Iirice,Jr. IA' C'edar Creck Chiapl.---Iobert li. Hose. borois Ial.ert W'ale:- andi 'mll. I(nnead . t At llroad Rtireir Academ/y.-John A. .'lur. fill, Glomu b-8 11. Douglahs and If. At Oenn. ed 'i' k1arad.-. Diaiel If. Kerr, Thormas C. IS can an) d John Q. Arnett. So da ys of elCt iota at eachl box. MIlet at ta Wansh-a>r tie: Wed leal.ay following t; count ilt! votes, undt declare the iectaon. .1.11 It; 4 t . Notice. E RSONS ir.dlled Io ih conncerea of es .1)11N S SCO'T, ( 4OI' & lIIRON. -SON, and -S'OTT & PLAY It. eithlas by La bond, snote, or book aAccount, ar (attinestl 'v al I and rt lard faIly regnssested to settle the sam'", Ihl with itllher ill the ubscrilbers, taaa or before 15th all 'elraary next. taR at tha t eiot l fill such basli. ass note, ansd account slall pau:s into the htiAnds of h tilet wyers aor coaliecion. Y'y unelding to th;s regnestt yoaauai will do t#3 a Juror, aind)l S.ave Coss for /uar/r0 X'es. Ic JIl N N.SCO I"' TIO.\'A.s PLAY' at aalmasaa Jlani. 13, 1851. 4lt is .ana ta 18 BoardirW - ..,a n I' ie Sbea ilaber 'iw' .v 11as 1 Il crs, at I s re ide j Snlitace.) it" '.siuin Dr. K d i r.hure dn0h11 tha Pi lace a t board scholawio R acy. 11s'ol" at. 1"4t*. ESSRS. EDGERTON & ROM a. A It ilS anad Wa. .11 A'I'lllSN, E - f s Charlston, having parainted frosa tl sub d :r bar at a ri2ht to sate 8ntd .akn. li 1ent u iwing .lachine, knoavn Ia Bradshaw.i Pd. it le''., dily patcated N w. 21, IB1, notiaa c is a ia ruby gYiven tlat aaisla patti. is ltc oa!' origi. n n-.I pa..-nt, and Ilat t a, infrineectats of tho It m w150 ill hae! promptly I rosecuted. d JOiEPfJ P. AN'IN A A"signee of John A. Bradshaw, by his A t. .1. W. .ARIT1N. and J. R. fill, E WST E 1R. Jai t '8 41. . Estray Horse. STRAYED or n from Capt. T. 81111'.'s stable, onl thle night of Friday, the -l10th atlasnt, a tiay iiORSR, haisa left haind roast L whi te, abouat stix yearasaobl, a lack sreak froms lasis wejathersa oais tasil. Staid florte is what -. would bef atcal Paan, yh blaat. Ansy persons de. lavaerba tae staid lilorta at Jtame~s Ht. A ikent' staara 5ain ' Winnsboaara, oar 'alasj. Elkians, at .alons. 1tceIlo, ill Ibe suaitably rewaurdead and all ret. aaaable a xpenaseiaas layh ar Wu~s.a..u Atmm. J.a IS 483 Th''Ic~5ttiteof SutfiCaroinia. IN EQUITY. Slab -rtlForad, Atidm. of 'j A. . Gunltap, B, 13 to Martshafl F . I. .\lonttgomaey, e t. al.J hsa aag assy slatnna or demiaads w~hhaevert "Lasas.ns t' e'staac of sa al Aliredl I'. (Osnstharp, adecceasca, lao preset and eastabllishl the sme by prosper testanonysal, befoars the Cciasmisatiaaner ms raitya. for lFairs'leld Districl, sat hiss oflict, In n..sssabsaro, wilain thrtee mnaa frotm the puab. s aatiat heare of. JA 'a~s C. M .AN' D. Ith I Janaunty, 181. fInan II G48 3.ns The Si tato' of Southi-Car'olina. Fairiidt Disatrict. ,~a IN EQUITY. (sA.E.sunsarp, B. ill to Maar vs. (sh/all Assets. (1. IL. Mafsngomeary, et. all.J T'! appesaring toa tho sitti.shetion of' thu inComissioiner ltat ltecrling P. haulh Wmss. Gyles and f~ucinda J. Giles, hits wiife, Rlosline flal, asnd Sasmueal IJall, defenadati-e isa the i'ov'o chase, rasidao beyo'and lthe hmasits uf this 8Stato: It is therefoaxr, andt aaa msoton oaf .1. '15. ius, Iami,51 caampsalhmstal'as Aaoliojitr, srderead thIat. sal dfceadansts da appltjar andas plaead anaswer ur sdemaar so thas Isll in this case, whilthin Iltas mon)ssths fromasa I tablic~ations of thhli naotice, othearwai~a s a rdar psra confesiu wall be suaac~ sagamsst tkcem. JA.11E5 IL !IfcCANTI'1. 10ths Jsanrv', 185a1. [Jans. 16 ' .18 list IChadlotte & S. C. Rail Road. baina'every da9 8 asnd' retssmnitf lFEmr w-'I ocly line sh l' St-g i. 4q haa, o o nd ays,8 Weatt~ Inc ahd reurning on lisa a" the Agent at Wipne. I Iwikotdl ., ci'arre'.