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Be ii Stalp, mill mil us an unorgnnizcd mass of Iti?liVfdlliils, uiul that the action ?>f each State w-ns independent of (lie others, ami if any proof of this fuel be wanting it may be found in t.lin uetioii of North Carolina, which State, did not enter the trnion until more than o year after it #ni> formed by the admission of mine Sluice, which titirn> er was required by the Convention that adopted the present Constitution of th? United Slates. It is true that no provision ts made in tlic Constitution for dissolving the Union, and it is very probable that the patriots who framed the instrument bad no idea that a loathsoinu fiViiatioiMn, pundeVcd to by Northern politicians. would ever make it necessary for the Kafvty of the South that they should dissolve I hp ctmin.ici on npprmnl. nf ii? In- (Ka irtlier section ?f the Confederacy ; but it must he remembered ns a rule of universal application, that n vio'ation of a compact or agree- ; incut by one party releases the other party j from its binding obligation, ami the only question is, who is judge of the infraction. From the very nature of the case, in a compact with sovereigns, there cm be 110 umpire, unless one fs provided by the instrument itself, and in the language of Mi. Jefferson, "each State must judge of the infraction and the mode and mca surv of redress." A compact between sovereign j States, with the understanding that the majority should put their construction upon its provisions, would not bo worth the paper upon which it was written. Majorities need no protection, for they eon protect themselves, but minorities insist upon constitutions to re strain the mojojity, and to allow it to put its construction upon the compact, is equivalent to givii.g tluni Absolute nowtr to govern the in i no lit irrespective of any restraints. The simple statement of the ease is this: each State entered the Union under the Constitution ; the Federal Government is the agent of the Stales, created for special purposes and circumsei ihed in its action hy the orticles of agreement, or in other words the Constitution. Whenever the States having the power to ' control this agent, permit or command him to j violate the compact, each State, not having j surrootier-ed its sovereignty, has a right to remonstrate or withdraw a? she may think proper, and no earthly power h is the right to prevent her. It is urged by sonn* as an argument against fwcession, that the existing Government would (?? destroyed by a State seceding; that the revenue laws would become inoperative, and the wheels of Government stand still. My answer is this, that in the exercise of an undoubed right and heing forced to exercise it by the party that is likr'y to suffer, it cannot complain of I he consequences of its own acts. If ?? ?in i - I kjvuvn viuuiiii.i ivcaic, uiv uuveriiiiieni will ui' iu no worse condition, except for a very short time, limn it would have been if South Carolina Imd never entered tiie Union, which is acknowledged on all bauds she was not bound to do. The idea Hint a majority must always govern, which has taken possesion of the Northern inind, is as mischievous as it is fallacious, and is contradicted by all the analogies of a Hepublican government. .If a mere majority is to govern, why have two bouses of Congress? a Sennit- and House of Representatives? Why give the l'ret-ideni the veto power? Why submit the nc-liim <if nil i<> o iiwi:?i?l _ -- .... J""".."' V...,..nal? Why require juries to 1m; unanimous in giving their ver<lict ? The conclusion is irresistible thot it is for the protection of minorities aud the safety of the citizen. 1 may be asked if o niinoril3" should govnrn. My answer is, no; but they should be able, by constitutional restrictions, to restrain the majority from acta of injustice and oppression. In the copartnerships formed by individuals, the majority is not permitted to construe the article of agreement to the injury of the minority, but in this case there is a disintersted tribunal to ilecide the question. In a compact between Stales, from the nature of the case, there can be no tribunal to decide violations of it, and the remedy rnnst b<r a dissolution of the agreement without any right on the port of the majority .f >u~ CI.I. - ? .? > ? - ui mi; uuiu a m jMoi-ni me wiuiurawai oi an}' of the parties, otherwise might would make right, and a compact be an unmeaning and worthless piece of parchment. It follows from the views presented, that the Federal Government cannot rightfully use force to prevent a State from seceding or force lier back into the Union ; but, in the language of the Intc Judge Harper: "men having arms in their hands may u#e them and I cannot too earnestly urge upon you the importance of arming the State at the earliest practicable period, and thus be prepared for the worst. It is gratifying to know that if we must resort to arms in defcnce of our right*, and a blow should be strack at South Carolina, before the other States move up in line, we have the tender of volunteer from all the Southern and some of the Northern Slates, to repair promptly to our standard and share our fortunes. In urging the State to arm, it is nol to be understood that vre are defenceless; by examining the report of the Adjutant and Inspector General here with trnntmitU-d, you will see that ufe have sufficient arms to supply the num bor of soldiers that will probably be necessary for some time to com*. and many of our arms ore of the morst approved patterns; but no one can tell what a doy may bring forth, and it is n wise precaution to prepare in time. 1 c?nnot permit myself to believe that in the mandncss of passion an attempt will be made by the present or next administration to coerce nJ?i:? -r. * - duui.1i lytiiuiiiui, Hiier secession, oy retusing to | surrender to her tlio harbor defences, or by interfering with her imports or exports; but if I am mistaken in litis, we must accept the issue, and meet it as becomes men and freemen who in all the calmnefp of determined resolution, infinitely prefer annihilation to diagram. We cannot penetrate the dark future; it may be "filled with allies, tears and blood, but let us go forward in the discharge of our duty, wiili an unwavering trust in God, and a consciousness that anything is preferable to dishonor nnd degradation WM. II. GIST. Notk.?In nddit ion to what litis beeu said of postal matters, the present Arrangement might be continued, by an agreement between the fetnlc nnd tlm n.f"? ?" ?" time, and until other States efce^de, and the for mation of n Southern * Confederacy, Vhen the,, whole Bubjcet can bo intrusted to them ; and if no arrangement of tho sort can l>e carried out, and the Government insist on considering tho State still in the'Union after the ordinance of secession has btfen passed, the present arrangement must cea#?? and some other, under State authority; be substituted, Ktn York NatUrt?H ew Yohk, November 30.?The Government has not paid the custom officials their seluriea to-dav. which h*a sioned some ularm among the employees of Uu* etc Sam. One of'pqliitr Porter's vessels is flying tbe Palmetto flag in-our liarbor tojlay. Stooke are down, and ttie inevitable crash4s c&miug. , . Transfer of A rws.?-Within the past fortnight four pieces of ordnance, from schooner*/?. N. Hawkins, and (ftghtyfour packoge* of ammunition from schooner N. UjF. Smith, have been landed atJF?rt Moultrie^ <*rh}sf we suppose-is the ocly foundation'or. pretext for the rumor to which we refer elsewhere, and against, which w? warn oar readers.?Chas. Courier. Thanksgiving at the North.?Naw Youx, tqpvember 20.?Thangiving sertnona were, do livered.in all the churclierhett to-day. "All tt^t inir?istdra<. referred to (lie jmi lineal ooqdiliou'oi the country, and expreeeed UnioiHoving semi AU Hail Florid* /?TdLUtniMCK, Fla. No ember 29 ?The Legislature of Florida liti unanimously passed a bill providing for a Convention, (6 Meet on tbe 8<J cf> January, 1661, Tin, feeliug^?il;4elei^iu?tioii o I resist ano? U ->*?ing stronger. Jt|e ftbbcbilie ^I'ess. ABBEVILLE, S. C. W. A. LEE, EDITOR. Friday Morning, December 7,1860. ADVERTISEMENTS. We direct attention of the Asbury Academy, l'rom personal knowledge we can testify ns to tlie attuinineiitB of llic Principal, Mr. R. F McCAftA!*, and congraMilato tlie community upon retaining him in their midst. See notico of the "Special Meeting" at WicklifTe <fc Armstrong's, and tlio resolutions which wero "unnnimously" adopted?final act tion dejerred until tliu Fourth of March next? coercion then promised?shall the revenue be collected. Seo the advertisements of E. R. Ferryman, John T. Clieathani and Win. T. Chea tliam Adm'rs ; Commissioner, Sheriff, <fee. SALE OF NEGROES. It will he seen hy reference to another column, flint the SherilT will sell u lot of choice .Vogroes nt Greenwood on Monday next. IVrsons desirini; such property will do well to attend this Sale. FOETS, ATTEND! A copy of (lie Abbeville J'rrxx for one year is offered bv the Carrier for tlie host Christmas I Address The Adilress to be bunded in by tbc 20tb December. 29 THE GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE. We publishjaccording to promise tliia very able and interesting document, which we scarcely need commend to the careful perusal of our readers. SALE* DAY. The day was cold and wet, but there was notwithstanding an unusually largo attendance of the citizens of our District on Monday last. A large amount of property consisting of land and negroes was sold by the Cornmis sioner and Sheriff at very fair rates. PERSONAL LIBERTY BILLS. The action of the Legislature of Vermont may be tulccn as an indication of what it is probable all the other Northern States, with the exception of Pennsylvania and Rhode Island, arc likely to do in the premises. A bill to repeal the Personal. Liberty law in Vermont was introduced into the Legislature of that State, and was rejected, through twentyfive of the more moderate republicans voted for it. There is no reason to suppose that the result will be different in any other Northern States, excepting Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Rhode Island, whose commercial connection with New Vork city and tho South will probably render an appeal to the sober second thought of the people effective to the extent of removing from the statute books the obnoxious nullification of a law of Congress and the ?f n.. cuuj|'< v;u wi uic cuiiaiivuuvu* Minute Hen ElectionThe following is the reeult of the Election in i tie Regiment of Minute Men of Abbeville District, for field officers, bj which it will be seen thpt A. M. Smith. D. Wyatt Aiken and Wm. II. Park kit wero chosen : FOR COLONEL. A. M. Smith, 521 votes. FOR LIEUT.-COLON EL. P. \Vtatt Aiken, ..... 26S rotes. G. McD. Miller, 240 " Geo. W. Millek, 25 " FOR MAJOR. W. II. Parker, . . . . . 225 rotes. W. L. Hodges 202 " J. W. Foosiie 110 " Whole number of votes 548. ' Injustice to Mr. Tatom, as he was announced a candidate, we would state that he withdrew from the race. We have now in our District n Regiment fully organized, numbering C56 men, rank and file, who are ready at a moments wanting?had they the necessary arms?to march in defense of their State. m ? THE SUSPENSION ACT OF GEORGIA. The following ure the provisions of the bill passed by the Legislature of Georgia to grant relief to the banks and people of that State: 1. Repeals so much of the act of 1867 as forbids the banks of tho St.n.t? from comlitn? their notes out of the State for the purpose of discounting drafts. 2. Repeals so much of said act as prevents the banks from selling any but sight checks. 3. Suspends the operation of all acts inflicting pains forfeitures on the banks and their officers by reason of nonpayment of specie for their notes. 4. Prohibits the levying of any fi. fa. in favor of the suspended banks during such suspension, and of any fi. fa. against the banks during the time their debtors are thus proteeted, provided that the defendant in eilher case I shall give security as is now required for the stay of execution. 6. No plaintiff in fi. fa. shall have the same levied upon the property of any inhabitant of this State, except upon affidavit that tho defendant ie about to remove his proper t3' beyond the limits of this State or of any county thereof. Colloge Commencement* Wc observe in the notice of the exercise* of the South Carolina College, (hat the following youcg gentlemen from our District were among .the graduates: " Mr. Wni. T. Norwood, of Abbeville, delivered quite an interesting and instructive discourse upou Aaron Oarr, slightly eulogistic, though denunciatory in many proper points.? The addreaH was well received. Mr. It. Newton Chatham, of Abbeville, gained much appluUHft.ii! the delivery of a chaste and beautiful omlTon upon Italy, iU pre?ent andfuture. Mr. Alexander C. fla9kell, of Abbeville, then delivered a remarkably good oration upon the Greek Sophists, evincing thorough classical kuowledge, erudition aud research. lie also delivered the valedictory. We observe also that a medal wiu "awarded to M|^ AtEx. 0. IlA?KELL^prtb?|jLP*t Ready iu Greek; and that Diplomas, wfoh tfiV Bpgtee of A. B., ware awarded the 'above young gentlemen. *' , . meat golb coltfiro albsaby. The diffi6nlty^ lately experienced here in n^gotiating even tbe shortest exchange on New York and Boston, mav have ? ? ? - - raiiiv tcaiporfljy in convenience, bat iu refolu, otherwiee, have been mo^ gratifying. Every etea ' m?r fro'to Uie North bring* in heavy contiga' m^obe of geld in. payment for our gotten. The ttrmm of specie thu* pQnrmg in upon the eommunity, miut inoreaae in ft steady ratio with . the canae* from which it originated. Ite rei eipienU will natarally re-invert it ia ' and rie?, and thu* we nay etpfet mn t?V; ; oar State in a position of aq|0aal?fia?iftia^ gtWDgth.-^OWVft* v i ' SYN0PSI8 OF THE REMARKS MADE IN I THE COURT HOUSE, MONDAY, DEC. 3, BY JUDGE D. L. WARDLAW. lie appeared nt the roquet, t of somo friends, | who eaid that his views were misunderstood; j hia purposo was, very briefly, to express Ins I pinions on thejnost important points of the : grent subject how before the people. At the Mas* Meeting lie was not callcd ontill Ihfl day wns far spent?lie endeavored, to j condense what ho paid, and was not permitted j to tnko the course of observation that he in I tended. It was a grout mistake to fay ho was for sub- j mission. He believed that the quiet subniU sion of the South now, w<ml<l amount to the coiiiirmntion of ft decree <if emancipation? i even worse, would be the unalterable establishment of a consolidated government, under which this section of the United States would j be subject to thc'dcspotic control of ft majority in the other section, hostile in interest, and bi< terly inimical in feeling. He ardently favored secession?effective, per- ; petunl secession. For tliis lie zealously desired j u Southern Confederacy, which he believed would be safe, powerful and successful. With the in format ion now before him, he j thought that the immediate secession of this State would be the wisest step to be taker ? 1 > , the means m-jst likely to cll'ect the desired , Confederacy. I5ut. if, upon the meeting of the Convention, j it should appear from trotn representations of j friends in Georgia, that some delav would bet- I ? ' ? ter pro- mote the accession of that importnnt State to the great Southern league, then reasonable relay he thought ought to he nllowwl. Nothing that he now had in mind induced him to suppose that, in any event, delay in the secession of this State, beyond tiie 4th of ( March next, should take place. Hut he ; thought members of the Convention ought to ! be in a condition to be guided by circumstnn- ! ccs. Their responsibility would be groat? j their labors severe?the requisitions upon their ! Statesmanship and caution, not less than upon t their firmness would he exacting ; and the}* ! should have a chnneo to deliberate and exer- j cise their judgement. If his follow citizens slioulJ require liis ser- | viccs, tliey would be rendered to I lie best of liis Ability; but if be went to (lie Convention lie J must yo unpledged. The place of n delegate to J which he had been nominated was highly honorable; but lie deprecated divisions and exhorted to lmrmony; and trusted thai no perru 11 nl considerations for himself or any other man, would prevent the union of nil, in a cause 1 which affected all, and which would be injured by the alienation of an}'. lie was born and had a ways lived here, j here he expected to die?all that he had, and all that he was belonged to his Slate; To what his fe]low-cilizci>s knew of him, they must trust if they srlected him. Others thought him, it was snid, not up to the mark. He wished only that in the time of suffering and trial, which must come, all mny make their deeds exceed iliei r words as far as he would endeavor to make bis. THE TRIUMPH OF REPUBLICANISM?ITS j FUTURE POLICY. With the triumph of Republicanism, and Southern acquiescence, the doom of slavery in ! the Union is irrevocably sealed. The platform ; of the party denounces the institution ns a "twin relic of barbarism," with polygamy, and afiirma the right and duty of Congiess to abol. inli it in the Territories, while the leading Republican Statesmen, and the organs of the party proclaim the "irrepressible conflict''?that this Union cannot endure "half slave and half free,"?"that the States must become cilhcr all slave or all free"?and that the election of Lincoln is the first great triumph in a Campaign which is to result iu the "final downfall of slavery." Such is the great end which the leaders of the party have proposed to themselves, and every measure which policy can devise will be put in operation to effect its consummation ; and as they themselves have announced the battle will not be stayed until the foot of the last slave shall press the soil of this Continent It is not to be supposed that n revolutionary policy is to be inaugurated, or that the Repub uunii jcHuere win ahiempi io enect ui?-ir purpose cxcept under the lorms of the Constitution. The end is (o be accomplished without incurring unnecessary risk, and our destruction to be effected gradually and insidiously.? With the power of the Government in tlie hands of our enemies, there will be no more slave territoiy and no more slave States. The Snpreme Court will be re-constructed on a free soil basis?slavery will be abolished in the District of Columbia?the internal slave trade will be prohibited?the fugitive slave law repealed?abolition ercisaried and newspapers w ill find their way into our midst under Pederal protection?slavery will retreat from the uui uer omi?? ucivre tne surging waves OI flDolitionism, and the pressure of free labor?until the Cotton urates beset 011 every sido by a cordon of hostile interests without; and exposed to servile insurrection within, will be forced in self protection to adopt the policy of emancipation. Such ja the avowed polio)' of the leading or gans of a part}' which has just elected the Chief Magistrate of this Confederacy and who I are fast monopolizing the whole power of the Government, and yet we are advised to wail au overt act. Mr. Stephens tells us that we have nothing to fear from Lincoln's Administration as he will be controlled by nn opposition in the Senate and House. This at best would be only a temporary respite; bnt-in. deed the fnct is otherwise, and it has been clearly shown by oui1 hading journals that there is a strong probability, tlrat }n both Sennte and House, tliife will be a Northern majority op ..posed to Sonther^i interests upon all .cardinal questions, whilst every year will witness new accessions tg^he strength of our enemies. A temporising' vacillating policy is above all things to bo dreaded in the,present crisis? equally disheartening to friends and encouraging to oar foes. Prompt dcton by our Stite 'can alone bring abuu'. the much desired co-operation ; and with co-operation, slay the very attempt at coercion. The South expeets South Carolina to inaugurate the movement.. That ehe will do so is a ' fixed faeC^and it. seems to be eqonlly?clear that her sister Cotton States Will immediately follow her leati The secession feeling is deepening and widen* iflor. *1111 tvnili lint ill* firaf ?(A Tkai ?(in ?D. ?r ??r our State is prepared to take. ' ??- M Mii.LKi>opirxF, Nov. 80.?The LegialiUqre to-day proceeded to the choice of an Klector. A. 11. Colquitte wa? nominated in tho place of McDonald. The .following it the reealtt, Breckinridg^V!))|jJ*Bell,1^6i; Pougl**, 8? P^ot 70 voting. , ; - Tho Banf^MMtaugad the Senate this fore. noon over th?^^erflt>r'a veto, by a vote of ' 1?, Md^.jy^jaeby a feto fit-108 to 20. ' ' from Ihc Soul/tern Guardian. < An Appeal to tho South. < in. ' 1 lmve ahown you, prople of tho South, what \ 3'on have to cxpeet from the Union in the fu- ) lyre. Let lilc now iuqurc of you, why >ou ?lc * slit; n lunger continuance in it? Do \ou deem j it|nijy honor lo ho associated with n people who i ?ave no respect for you?nay, who hold vou in I < sovereign contempt? They have pushed aside j t your Gospel ministers to innke way for negroes. j I They have twitted, insulted, and bullied yonr i members of Congress. They have utilised every ^ President who respected your rights, and every court thiit dues not acknowledge tho lieurolo he the equal of the white ma:i. They have done everything that detestation ami disdain could suggest. to hninble you in the e_\en of the world. By your self-respect, hy your pride, by your honor, then, I iikI? yon, why do you desire to fa-ten yourselves to thin hoily of death any Ion- ( per? i)o vou sav. 'for rcvprciipp of one faUu-rM' I legncy ; f?r (liu glory of our grent nud widely j e?tended country : nud for tin* perpetuity of our ndmirnble form of government!' If you mean l>y "our fathers' legacy" tlie Constitution, they luive denounced that wil)i baptized lips, in terms < too profjine In be repeated. nnd tliey linvc thrown , ith tnttered fragments in your teeth. Who gave your country its vast exteht ? Vir?- giuia, n Virginian, and southern arms. How ' inucli do you own of ii ? You tried to plnnt ] your feet upon h strip of it, and you were driiep' ' from it by arms suliffiibed for m I lie Imus^of i? (ii'd, bv women, preacher*, professor*, nnd eltl- ' ilt-iits. And when 11 ic high captain of this new- I funglcd commissariat turned -his bloody arms | from the land of purchase to I ho laud of the pur- ' chaser, they gloried at the alarms he spread j 1 among women and children?did all tliey could j to save Ins neck, placed his name in the roll of j martyrs, nnd consecrated the day of his execution. Mow much of ilie "glory'' of the country do \ on share 7 Mo-t. of it belongs to you nnd i your sir< s by riehts, hut yon {jet none of it. All tliut the world knows of ymt, is from the reports of your enemies, and they debase you. If you won in iiii nw on your servility, unci n^iime a | national clisimeter, the world would know you, court yon, fear you. respcct you ; but you have i clung to the rotten Union until you liuve almost become ii stench in the nostrils of the world.? l)o you know the true s?cret of Lincoln's overwhelming majorities t I can tell it to you.? Your speakers went to the North, nnd set up the olil yell, that the Union was in danger. It nauseated the Democrats, and inspirited the Republicans. None of them helieved that there wan either truth or con race in you, and the}' determined to prove it. They meant to hold you up to the eyes of the world as specimens of slaveholding verity and valor. The Dcmocra s, who had always stood by you, knew that they would keep down the Abolitionists if the South would prove to them, by some unequivocal act, her determination to dissolve the Union, or to maintain her rights. With every threatened .aggression, they warned the people of its danger to the Union?said it was grossly unjust, or unconstitutional, and that the South could not and would not submit to it. It came, nnd the South blustered a little, and did submit to it They (the Democrats) became I'iilii'iilnita llw.ir nniwutnul.i I/>^i C, .1 ? "n '"I ? "* '"ov ^ with tlic people'. Of course they waned with every recurrence of lhe?e circiunstnncrs, until they expired l-o risono more. They regard you us the authors of their overthrow, and they feel towards you accordingly. You have, then, no friends al the North, and millions of hitter enemies. Why do you wish to continue the conneelion ? Yuur enemies will soon have everything their own wuy. You cannot reach tlicm through the ballot box, or in any other way ; but they can and will reach you with a whip of scorpion*. You hnvo them for once under nlurmx, (thanks be to much-abused little iSoutli Carolina for it,) but 3-011 will never alarm thein again. For several years to come their whole aim will be to pluce you where you dure not dissolve the Union. When they have you hampered securely, then comes the long promised visitation, with horrors unknown this side ol perdition. Let mo not be misunderstood. I-enntinol promise you an easy, quiet, retreat from tho Union. This breaking up of government)! is a critical thing; it is apt to be attended with much trouble. Bui 1 can promise you much less trouble than you will endure by remaining in the Union.? Thin trouble is certain?it is foreordained. The other is contingent. So fur us 1 can see, if the southern Stules will move off in u body, with one heart and one mind, there would be no trouble at all. It would be ihe most peaceful, quiet, hlondlesn revolution tlinl pri-r n-na ii.r.,n?ti* l.nt (lie history of revolution* lends inn to distrust 1113' own judgment here. As to the whipping threatened, only ke>'|> hummer otF, that's nil we ask. A.B. LONG STREET. IV. A few reasons now why the South should quit the Union, and a few answers to the arguments ngniiitjl it, und 1 have done. A secession of the Southern States will insure to them domestic pence anil security. Tliia is a oonsideruiion of infinitely more im portance limn it is generally taken to be. Let i t be remembered that disquiet has made its w?y into our families, and has been increasing for some time past, while we are in the Union, and where it will end. if we remain in it finlrl nntu knows. With every recurring Presidential Election it is to be renewed, if wc take any part in (lie contest. It is the everlasting stump speaking in behttlf of rival candidates for Congress and tiie Presidency, tlie indiscreet table-talk whi*h it naturally suggests, the inflammatory extracts /roiii northern speeches and editorials constantly paraded in the southern press, which bring unnsincss into our families?not the things said and done by the (analics Afar off. Now, oil this ends where the separation begins. The force of this argument will be tested at the next mcetiDg of Congress. Mark, if you plenee, the change and tone of manner which the rankstnnd most defiant Republicans will assume in that body. If one anti-slavery measure is proposed by any.of them?if one threat, or taunt, or dare is thrown out by the rudest, find most, rnmnanl r\f itmm oil ?: ?-j,?..- v. ?>ivn? *'*) ??* \i\tutempt of the "peculiar institution"?call mono prophet. Our Congress Hnll will no more repound with this topic. Here 13 a dangerous leak stopped. But I have a better argument than all this. It ib universally understood among all classes here, that South Carolina will 6ecede from the Union; and the effect upon the slaves in this scction of the State, (I know no^ how it is below,) is just as I said it would be a year ogo ; and just as it has been in all age?, (see Prof. Reynolds admirable article in the last DelJow;) and just as it ever will be, if" we treat our servants as God's Word requires 119 to treat them. Seeing cockodftB mounted everywhere, and continual parade^ they think that war is coming certainly; and numbers of them are inquiring whether they.will not be permitted to tight with their matters. If not( they propose to accompany their masters as waiting men, cooks, <Lo. I suppose Ihe.y-Muuk Black Republicans are negroes, (no greaOTmistake, seeing .th.'y 1?V? each other desperately.) and thff- idea of a parcel qf negroes coming here to fight "white peoplo" is against all their notions of delicacy, and common sertse ; and, having internal evidince that thov are certain to be whipped, they dona to take this honor off their master* hands. Be this as it may, all iq quite here. The coral hymn of several of tliem has just died upon mine car, and I would have no inor? fear of intrusting my wife and daughters to their core than:-] would have in committing them to a brother's eare. .Pet os nway from Republican influences, apdrwe shall dwell together in pence on oarth, and mingle-hymns in heaven, is there any thing on this earth, not to say in this wjiich could compcn?#te ma for otiB- of*tl?e Lender oijes .of my hdlttehOllW And ytt it has. been tlje nndi?guistd aytrof -tire Abolitionists to st? them In every 'family jtfihe Boutb/Aot for a week, or a yjwf.'but lfttferminablv 1 "AgitateI* "AgitateI'' wjfs??t?eir cry in,,the beginning, andfflEgMK been hept up to thatud. For what purpose! For thy purpose (ofwly avowed by them) -wh oft w jnst beglbing to be aCeomplish d : . i;e\' ' One would suppose that this aide the .infer nal region# thero could- liot ba found ?; tdirtg pepnbie, ef such a cdnu-ea plan which vi?fUs with the sorest afflwtibns lne*m<>st Innocefil, lint they could not* only concoct euch a plain, - hat aKockle ovcrjlrf" nest terrific exeoutionr at Harper's F?rry, and draw Witticism from it'on Virginian oourage. Agaio,4hey had the pleatnre of Mffog it carried out' most extensively in Texas. ''But Virginia and Texas are both satisfied to remain in the Ubiao, and 1rhj do you complain (' 1 complain of neither. I atf. :ord to them tlio privilege of shaping tlicir I >wn course in their own way, but nvitlici of lieni approves tho aots referred to, and I bring .hem to :iotice as overt nets in those State!* atIiit'll are calculated to disturb the peace of 'utnilies in tlio States between them, and lo A-nr;i tliuin nII against remaining under the joverninent of the demons who could conceiYc ind perpetrate Mich deeds. "There's no uneasiness in my fnnnly," says one. It may be 10, hut I nsf-nre you, sir, it is in many other rmnilieR; and if you have no sympathy for Jiem, yu are little better than an Abolitionst yourself. A. B. Lo.nostbeet. communicated. mo xzaminaiion 01 me Eelhol Softool. Mr. Ji'ditor: lit the midst of politics and >ther exciting topics, permit a spectator to 5*ivo your readers, though imperfectly, the niprcssions made upon liiin by tliin cxauii tation. Jiethel is a Meeting House, of the M. E. ZJluircli, South, situated in about two miles of he f-inious Lon^ Cane Creek, and five and a iiolf of Abbeville C. II., on the cross from LheSllakc, to the Augusta Roads, in the neighborhood ol Messrs. .J. T. I?rooks, 1). M. Wnrdlaw, and A. L. CJray. A neat and coin modious School House has been erected.near the .Meeting House. A llourisliirig Sehool has been kept up at this place for several years p:ist. During the last ten months it has been presided over by Miss Jane l'ennal, who graduated nbont two years ago, at the Masonic l"e" male College, at Cokesbury. Miss I'ennal came into our community with the reputation of not only being more than ordinarily endowed, bul that that endowment had been well cultivated iind prepared for the responsible duties upon which she was about to enter. How well her conduct has verified that reputation, her patrons, and the neighborhood generally, who at tended this examinati .-n, woulil most abundantly testify. The writer happened to be there by an invitation giveu but a few days previous to the examination, and he will venture his reputation for all ihht he know.*, or pretends to know, in letters, that such un examination has not been witnessed in Abbeville District, withiu the last ten years. The pupils cxnmined were of both cxcc, from the age* of about eight, to about fifteen. [leading. Spelling, the Arithmetic, History, Geography, Composition, Declamation, and English Grammar, were the subjects exhibited, and examined upon ; and a proficiency in nil them was presented from the youngest to the oldest such as the writer, although he has attended many an examination both at the l'riinary and higer Schools, or Colleges, never witnessed before. What struck the writer us peculiarly remarkable in this examination was M iss Pennnl. in advance of nineteen out of twenty now engaged in this important business, Rectus to have comprehended her true mission ns teacher?which was simply to nid in the development and discipline of the intellectual faculties; leaving the storing of the mind with I r?_ f..i ?!.. 1.4 r. _ ? -r. iii.uviiiita x ui luiuiu vuuugut, lor uu uitfjr period. Considering the unpleasantness of the day, a very gratifying number, independent of pal. rons, were present, and all were evidently delighted. At llie close of the examination exercises Mnjnr II. A. Jonesr who was present, was called upon for some icinarks, to which he responded i'i a speech of ahout twenty minutes' length ; in which, whilst he expressed his great gratification at the examination he had witnessed, and congratulated that community upon their good forluue in having secured the services of so competent a Teacher, he dwelt- upon the importance, or rather necessity, of education, in general, and urged upon parents their duty, in particular, in this regard, us taking prcccdcnco of all other matters that could engage their attention, and stated, briefly, how, in his judgment, this most important object might be most efficiently accomplished. Dr. A. Paul, and A. L. Gray, Esq., were ftlno called upon, and made appropriate remarks. We arc informed that Ihe services of Miss l'cnnat are engaged for another year. This is a pleasant community, and healthy; a.id parents and Guardians having children, or wards tliey desire to be educated, would do well to take advantage of this opportunity. It is very gratifying, to the writer at least, that Miss I'eunal, who has thus undertaken the responsible position of guide to the growing iutellect, was born and educated in our own District. No Yankee here. So, parents need have no fears as '.o the morals of their children. A SPECTATOR. Nov. 30th, 1860. Tiif. Untox with Mr. Lincoln as Presidkmt ?Wait for overt act! what more direful'overt act will any Southern man want than.Mr. Lincoln's election. Will we Dot then have a Union without the Constitution? The President is the representative of the people. Mr. Lincoln, ns President, will represent the sentiment that slavery expension is at an end?that uo new slave State shall ever be admitted into the Union?that slaver}' is a moral, social and political evil?that it is a disgrace to the country?that the slaveholder is a moral moii9ter, the impersonation of ichumaaity ; in league with the devil. What position before the civilized world will the Southern States occupy ' That of princes proscribed by their own government?existing by sufferance, but Joomed to destruction by submitting to degradation under a menace ; standing still, but forbidden to move ; allowed to exis*. with present limits, but forbijddej) Vo go beyond them, suhjeot to orders ns the slave is to his master, shift up ns in prison, and threatened with punishment for pawing the threshold as the negro is, should lie leave the plantation against orders; held under this degrading ban to await a pre ordained doom at anti slavery master's decree ; living as hewers of wood and drawers of watir for then- Northern cupidity. If any people could occupy a more abject and meaner' posiIjpn than- that, it could only be when the (laves becamo masters, and masters slaves.?' Pavldiny Mtusitsipplan. MEETING OF CONGRESS. , Wjiiiiinotow, December S.?In the Senate nothing was cfono but to appoint a Committee to wait upon the President* and in form him that Serrate was ready for bashes?. It adtourned before.-! o'clock. Nearly all theSenaors wefe in tbeir seats, and good feeling preniUi!,' in the House, after cklling the roll,.a Committee was s?nt.to the SeBetie to inforhi that body that the Ilouea .was now organized an J ready fur business. A Cofnmittee was appointed , to join the Senate Committee and trait op the President. The selection of'seats occupied 060 hour. Tfie ocetoiori wis wanted by good felling an ft hiHrlty. It ?djoorne4,*t, quarter paet l o'clock. Two hnndred members are preeeot. All the South Carolina member*; excopling'w. Torcher Mil^a, are iu their seats. The- cilleries were crowded ta oterffoViog. Tb? Meeeagc will be sent itr at Boon to-Ynorto*:' At a Speeial WICKLIFFE & Held on the 3d of The following Preamble and Resol Whereas, the everlasting wheels o on the mighty axletree of centuries a of January, the fourth of March, and Therefore, in view of the foregoing fi Resolved, That we arc indeed g must have it. Resolved, That we advise and adi Resolved, That wo request them erook, scheme or contrivance, (if lial Resolved, That all persons who d Day, WILL BE SUED indiscrirnin Lincoln, or the secession of the Soul Resolved, That we bcBcccli all to of ttieir own case. Do not pass it id The meeting then adjourned sine December 3,1800, 32. I ... __ THE LEGISLATURE. The proceedings of the Legislature during the pant week hnve been unimportant. The Committee oppoioted to count the bnl | lots lor Commissioners in Utility reported the following gentlemen as duly elected: S. J. Townsend, Marlboro,; B. R. Cainp bell, Laurens; Silas Johnston, Newberry; S. T. Atkinson. Georgetown; D. Goudelock, Union; John 11. Bvatty, Horry, J. 11. l'eaison, Richland. Mr. Isaac W. Il-i}*ne has been duly elected Attorney General. J. J. MeCants, of Fairfield, has been duly j elected Treasurer of the Upper Division tor the i State of South Carolina. j The Repent ol the Military Committee, with j the Kaolin ion proposing to raise SIIIO.'MI". f?r I Military Kxpcnsea is still pending. I The Bill from the House to establish a Board of OrJinnncc has passed the Senate. The Bill to raise an Armed Military Force is still pending iu the House. The amend, meat which proposes to give to the Regiments of Volunteers the election of their own ofliecrs has given rise loan animated debate. We will publish in our next, cxtiacts from the interesting Debates in counexion with these Bill>, and the report of the very excellent remarks of Col. Marshall and Gen. McGowan. The Governor has not been elected. Various prominent names have been spoken of in connection with the high office, as Rhett, Ma? graih, Chesiiutt, and others. , Tlie Comptroller General's report gives sonic interesting details of the system of laud tax. It. Buys overtoil tit illionw of acres have been returned, valued at twenty cents an acre, agreeably to the law of 16!o, when several ? f these iiiillions were wortti imuiensely more, lie advises an alteration of the law to increase the revenue, llo objects to the hanking system ! ?r |1.? ? ... .t :? uui. cumiui:is meat* iiibinuuoiib ns I solvent as Northern bunks. Ho advise sinci- j dentally, that tlie granite Capitol al Columbia ! be u^ed a9 the Capitol of the Southern Confederacy. The public d?*bl, in slocks and bonds 1 ainoimted to $4,400,000; the aggregate recipta of tuxes nearly $600,000; the average tax on j lands a fraction Iejs llian five cents nn acre. COMMCMCATKD. Public Meeting, At a previous meeting of a large number of the citizens of Phoenix nnd community, a Company of "Minute Men" w?b formed to act in concert with the similar organizations through- j out the District. A meeting was called to day, the 1st Dec., nt | 9J o'clock, a. m., and on motion of F. W- i Andrews Capt. Johnson Sale was callud lo the Chair, and W. P. Andrews was requested j to act as Secretary. Capt. Sale on taking (he Chair, and rc- ; turning his sincerc thanks for the honor con. j ferred upon him, made a few pertinent remarks | on the object of the meeting, fully endorsing the course of the State and her leading men ; J also, highly approving (lie formation of Minuto j Companies. After the conclusion of which, on motion of, Alex. McW'all, the Constitution and IJy-Law | of the Abbeville " Minuto Men" was adopted, j with a few alterations. Tli r. rtlAnliAn a f HfTiAaro rtf Oil til fnmnnnir Ka I ing the principal object of tho meeting, on motion of F. W. Andrews, a Committee of five, vix: Jacob Miller, A. Stallworth, O. McD. Wntson, W. F. Hackett, and W. C. Hunter wcye appointed by tbc Chair to nominate candidates for the Offices. The veto was then taken, which resulted in tho ?lection of Maj. C. W. ! Sproull, Captain; F. W. Andrews, 1st Lieutenant ; A. McNeill, 2nd Lieutenant; and G. It. Caldnell, 3rd Lieutenant. COTTON CULTURE ABANDONED IN INDIA Our foreign files (says the New York Journal* of Commerce of the 14th inau) contain the following very significant parogrnyji, showing that after all theprot-.-aoted efforts to grow cotton in the British Indian possesions, the attempt has been at length abandoned as hope lew: "In ilia annual report of the Bombay ('ham bur of Commerce, a statement announce* Utul the Indian Gdvernmen^had finally abandoned, "a* be^pg hopeless fai)ui*0B, their experiments at cotton .^frbwing in that country. These ex-1 periiuent* hgd commenced an far hack as 1789, : and were prosecuted-almost without intermit* ' ion during, the seventy "two years that have tfince^elspaed. They had coat, from first to, last, three hundred and fifty thousand pounds, and, as the report states, 'had absorbed the energies and intelligence of gttyernora.' collectors, commissioner#, American plantar*, and painstaking amateurs." Mbjctixos in tub Upper Districts.?Meei.{ngahikve been held irf.-the-Upper Diitfiota daring the J)art week, opd Spaeohes. b*ve been : delivered by Senator Che*nut< J^Poyoe, Col. >?hetnore, Col, Preston, Col. Ott' anfl Judge > Msgrath, all of whori havo been bnsilj~*engfc-< | g*d dronaing the people. We ore fj^ised to I that every ,wajr (be people are op *p<jj ' reidj for UiettMt^aea^' ? | ' V. - Y\ il . Meeting* of ARMSTRONG ' December Inst., uiiWHO tiuiu piiBsuit uuinimnjuoij ; f time are constantly rolling over nd will eventually bring the first L the inauguration of Abe Lincoln, acts, be it reatly in need of MONEY, and monisli all who owe us to pay up. to get money by some hook or f way honest) and pay up. o not make a settlement by Return lately, without dread or fear of Abo :licrn States. read this advertisement, aivd think ly by. die. WASHINGTOW ITEMS. Wasiiisc.ton, December 2.?The President's A Message iscpiite long, filling eleven columns of ' the Constitution newspaper. It id positively certn'n that llie President recommends ft Convention of (he Slates to reconstruct the Constitution. It is nUo certhin tint, hn announce* his purpose to enforce the Federal Inws, while depreeitt ing secession. Mr. Wagner, Chief Clerk of the Census Bureau, resigned yesterday. lie. will immcdini4ly return toSouth Carolina, to aluire the for* tillifS of tlie Stute. The Abolitionists hold n caucus to night, nrrtl luiil n division on a proposition which firiggrir. of New York, will in I rod net* inio the House of l<epiesciitalive#; nnd which is in !? ri>iiioi i?t vii of tin* Milium Compromise, hivd' nmodification of tin.' Fugitive Slav?s I.raw. TUfc majority pr-senl favored if, lint tin* party in j# whole. is auHinst it. Tin- Americana nre nlfO !: vonilth; io i his i-oia|>i omi*e, but. t ho Southern lclegaiioii-< iiidignunily spurn it- The propo: i"i. i? ondei stoo.l to emanate from the Seward wing ?>f tlur Abolitionist!1. The Abolitionists intend to thrust forward Win H. Seward as their grout pnejfic.ntor. lie is preparing to make u net speech ver y.soo n after the session opens. Hon. Ilur.ice Muj'nard, of Tennessee, intends introducing n proposition^ to appoint it committee of the House, consisti iijr of one member from each Stnte-ihirly-tlireein nil?to which nil questions relating to slavery shall be referred. Mr. Nelson, also from> Tennessee, will projxise n compromise Sinclair to tlint of Hrigcs, but not immedintrly. Oov. lirown, of Mississippi, is liere. nn?3 savs we need have 110 fe?r.s in relation to the course of that "?tate?that hor secession is cer? lain. Hon. Win. Phillips, commissioned by the (lovernmciit to try the slavers at Key West, returned to day. The trial had been postponed, lie : eports Florida unanimous for secession. A caucus of the ltouglas party hna deetded to take the Union s.de (gainst the Slates'1 Ilighis men. buiigl-.ia made a Union speech l.ist. night. Mr. llreekinridge is not for immediate secession. He favors the co-operation of the Southern Stales, and n general conference upon the question of dissolving the Union, to be followed by a demand of Southern rights, with the nliernntive of immediate dissolution presented. The United Stntcg revenue Inst month, wa? $7(10.000 lesa than durintf November of last yaar. The corporut ion of Washing-on city piupcitded payments S1ili1rfl.1v. The rilv is crowded. About. two hundred members of Congress it re here. Mi?rs. Keitk liouhnni, lioyce, Mile#, Mvl.tiven and A*lun?r? arrived tout night. To-day they ull express no doubt whatever of the instant secession of So u t li Carolina.?Mcrcn r;>. Wapiiington, December 3 ?Matters licrc ara hegining to wear a gloomy aspect. The Congressional delegations of the Gulf States ara unanimous for secession This greatly stirprises the Abolitionists, who expected to find South Carolina alone. The Abolitioniste liava li'cided to make no com promise, but to lei things tnke their course. The secession of a number of the Southern delegations is arranged to take place within twenty, dnys. at the fui-iho&t. The Breckinridge and Lane Club of this city disbanded to-night, with a declaration by its ['resident (hat (he Union is at an cud. President Buchanan, in the Message, take* very strong ground ngainat seaesuion, as a constitutional right. This pi.ition of the Message will be fiercely assailed to-morrow, immediately after its reading?und that. too. bv the verv men who hmva hitherto been the President's warmest friends. The old American party lender* are ringing thdir hand*, and striving to devise some scheme to save Union. A conference of the> Unionists of the Senate and House had been called'f^r tonight; hot is indefinitely postponed, ut the suggestion of Senator Crittenden Conservative men despair of the Union luting. The Supreme Court met to-day. All th? j Associate Justices except Justice Wayne, were present. They soon adjourned, visited the President and left their cards with such of the M. C/s as practice before their Court. To m?rrow, resolutions in refeaence to the death of Judge Daniel will be presented. Washington, December 2 The President sent his Message to the printer on Thursday ; but that portion referring to the secession question wn>> subsequently withdrawn, and, it is, understood, is still under consideration privately in the Cabinet. It is thought that the President may Vet be induced to withdraw the anti-secession argument, at the earnest solicitation of whiiu Southern personal friends, He w>11 no1, niiiier any circumsrancns, change its purport, though he may eonseutto modify soma of the expressions. A letter from Gov. Letcher to a gentlemen of this city,..declares .for a Convention of all the States. Mr. Gulick of $iorth~ Carol ius, has bean promoted to the responsible post of Chief Clerk of the Census Office, in place of Mr. Wagner, of South Carolina, tesigned.?Charlatan Courier. This 8ooth*?j? Banks.?Thompson's Bank Not* Jtepofler quote# unourrer.t funds of *11 the bunks South of Washington at ten per otnt, discount; {darylaod and Washington City three to pfir oent> in New Yorfc, % The G?ebHviu.x JIaj^roap awu to* Murom MrN.?W* flu <jer?tand that at a rotating of the ?oar^ qf Dirootora of the Greppville Railroad, it w^iu^aanipiously resolved to traoapwrt ill for <xmip*i?|s of ?*?r ftieir Vp*<5, fret of charge. '