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z - 4#*5- . "tit^ r "w TT -i ^TBHifi^^^wFh. . a- . - +i -v jjifpi'ifj~"ipf iTBII ** # * ? iCHlR^W GAZETTE, -?iar iifr I'fnii u * jf 11 .-.- iii -i-i--L....-1 g?9g . ' ? ? *>? VOE.UJHJE *3, 1VO. 26. *trgI>AT MORMlVC, srflTE&fiER ?3, U^l *2 PER YEAR, IW ADTAXCE. * mJ ll lc A Wl .a \ / I nidercd 1cm thap a square. - * , Obituaries and aim pic annonnccmentjkOf Manages and Deaths considered news and sNQaot to ne charged for. Announcements of candidates tbr office KhH be -chared its other advertiseriM^^ The Editor will takflHe risk of payment ifor the paper remitted by mS^nf free of postage. NEW RATES OF POSTAGE. The National Intelligencer, of jtb? 21st uh., publishes several official tunles^m the Poet Office Departmet, exhibiting the rates of postage chargeable under the act fif the Jaet Congress. We give below an abstract .of snelf portions of the tables as we regard of general-importance to the community. xa?eaaiesay??war, i.i im i . ? , ?pi ? - ? 'v' -?-i 3HA11T ft 1utc3 jof letter rosjau* litl ~ states and Canada aftel the SCtii of Jtxi "i '1851. - ' . =5 ^ ?_CH _ 5 " I- -I 1? ?* li<|ff??N * .???} Mm >f O X r* ? W/ien prepaid. C?nt? Cents Cents ce ^BpWighing i once or i ' t tinder being single "t rate ? ? i0 15 -Over 4 o?., and not \ " %- * over 1 oz ? ? 20 30 Over 1 oz.' dikT not over H ? 18 10 45 Over If ox. andnot ' ! over 2 14 24 <0 CO Over 2 oiTtnd not . " brer2$... ....V. ..... 15 80 50 <6 Whew dfprtpall' m iTeiebing i ounce or under Uciflg tingle nte 5 10-10 15 ? * Over \ oi. and not . _ overl 40 20 20 80 Over 1 of. aud not t own 15 JO T wt\ 41 J OHr 1| or, aud not |1 ow 2..?..L. .20 j 40 , 40 j CO ^^T)Ver * ox. Andtiot| J J ? i ovtjfc.., j 25 1 50 j 50 75 Rcnmrks Referring to abdte TaMc.^-Tor WF {everj?rfhjle letter in manuscript? or paper Sjf. of anyTnhd upon "which in forma tioh shall lie asked 6r communicated In wiiting;br fek by marks or signs sent by mail, the rates HT men firmed in this table snaH ho charged; RE*. and (or every additional halt onn?p orfracu tion of .an ounce above the weight named p in this table, an additional single rate is to J l>e charged. If Directions. 1st. F.verv letter or parcel. V not exceeding half an ounce in weight, shall r be deemed a single letter or rate. 2d All. drop letters, or letters placed in jb^any post office, not for transmission, but ^a?AK? *?nlr ahull he charcn-d with dos f ,7 Jl - ?= tage at the rate of one cent each. * 3d. Each deputy post masterwhose com1 pensation for t|ic tast preceding fiseat yeHr i (ending the 30 th ofJuiie) did not cxcce^ 200, may send th*$fl|fh the mail all ie^'S f written by himself, i<w receive throat the ^nail all written comniunications^ureKed to. hin tacit, on his private bus*^ss; w'hich tiSif rSPbjtceed in weight/**? halt ounce, /ree of postage. This/**?8 not author ize them to frank any \y^r unless written by themselves, and 9* their private business only;-iior does V^ut^?nze them to receive freo of postalanything but written com'"raunicatiaP^idrcss to therdselves^on their own prtf ate business. Nt^paptr ItatoTper qwln, v/>m~tcn7f^Ofoc of Publication to bona fide tubscriUrt, ? ? g 9 2 9 T? s 9 ? gz- 2.3 3 2 2 2 25 5 5 ? =*!! ~ ^ ? -1 % 2 3 ?g |g ?tfc? g ?r ^ *| ? if It it |f 1 ff 88 ; ? ig.= 5% s 1 1 ts. 1 Cte. CSTt CU. Ctn. I Ct pwJfv.r... 25 50 75 10CT 123 t 100 ^ Tri-w'felj. 15 : SO 45 6o 75 90 pwnhwly: lfrf 'id SO ? 40 50 60 Weekly... 6 10 15 2j> 25 80 Bcmwn'hr. 2$ 6 7$ io 12 15 * ^outh?.y - 11 tl 8{ 6 6j 7j Remarks referring to the above table: i? . from and after the 30th of Jane, 1851, I? for each pafcspaper, not exceeding three I rttbpart fn weight the annexed rates per quarter Sire Id be paid,quarterly in advance. These rates only apply where the paper is sent from the 0fcce Af publication to actual and bona fide subscrffxjrs. Directions referring to above table : 1st, Weekly papers only, \fhen sent as ? * above stated, are to he delivered free in the bounty where they are published; and this although conveyed in the mail over 3Q mites. , 2d. Newspapers containing not over 300 square inches are to be charged one quarter the ab^ve rates. ,, 3d. PaWishers of newspapers are allowed to exchange froe^of postage one copy of bach number only l^flid this privilege extends to newspapers published in Canaak.' 4th. Th& weight of newspapers most be taken or determined when they are in a dry state. or T W.- % * ' 0 Postmasters are not cnftfed to re^Hftgp.apere free otjo^jg ^ ' BCt^l.' tfs. under 1 j?2 S 4 ' 6 I 'r 2 oz 2 | 4 G 8 10 I ^FrSoz 3 ft 9 12 I 16 j r4oz 4 8 12 j 16 20 | OvY 4 and not ov'r 5 ozj fi ] 10 is. j zu i zo Ov'r 6 and not ov'r G oz 6 j 12 18 24 SO Ov'r 6 and ftot ov'r V oz! 7 I 1.4 21 28 j 85 Ov'r 7 fcbd not ov'r 8 ozj 8 | 16 24 82 40 Ov'r 8 and i.&tov'r 9 oz 9 i 18 27 S6 j 45 Ov'r9and6ot ov'r 10 oz lo j 20 80 40 j 50 Nort?For each additional ounce, or fractional part oT an ounce, beyond tlic ten ounces embraced in tliia table,, an additional rate must be charged. Directions?1,??On every transient news- j paper, onsealed circular, handbill, engraving, pamphlet, periodical, magazine, look and every other description of printed mutter, the above rates must in all cases be prepaid, according to the wciglrt. . v 2.?Whenever any printed- matter on which the postage is required to be prepiad, shall, through the inattention of Postmas-j tcrs, or otherwise, he sent without prepay-1 nicnt, the same shall be charged With double the above rate*. - 3?Bound books and parcels of printed ; matter, not weighing over 32 ounces, shall j be deemed mailable matter. , Periodicals puhlishcd at intervals, not px- J ceeding three, months, and sent to actual j and bona fide subscribers, are to he charg- j i ed with one-half the rates mentioned in the J ! last above table, and prepayment of a quar-1 ter's postage thereon must iu nH cases j be required. Periodicals published at in-1 tervals of more than three months are oharg- j ed with the full rate, which must be prepaid. ... Aofc.?In case there is on or in any newspaper, periodical, pamphlet, or other printed matter or paper connected therewith, any manuscript of anv kind, by which information shall he nskoci for, or eonmiunicatcd[jn writing, or by marks or signs, the saidmewspaper, periodical, pamphlet, or other print ? *? en maner, DtH-oiT>ee>Buujv<. i p"c?"*>v, ao?l it?is the duty of the Postmaster .to re-(, move wrappers and enyclopjp -from all printed matter pnd pamplilets not charged with Jetter postage, for the purpose of ascertaining whether there is upon or com; i nccted with any such printed matter, or in such package, nnv matter or thing which would authorize or require the charge of-a higher rate of postage thereon. N. B.rr-All letters to and from Foreign, Countries (the British North, American Provinces excepted,) are to be iharceri'witA single rate of postage, if n*t exceedinr^e 1 Weight of half an ounce; double ra*S if exceeding half an ounrc but not exceeding announce; quadruple rate, {/"exceeding an ounce but not exceeding'wo ounce?} j and ! so on, pharpffig* two fates for every ounce or frnct}c**il pait ounce over the nrst ounc^/ ' gHip Jjfixrs.?Letters tent from the U. States to' or(,ign Counti ies hy private vessels i are arguable with inland postage, which j wtist fee prepaid from the mailing office to, the port of sailing. The Postmaster of San Phuicisco is especially instructed to niatcc' up and despatch such mails to the Sand- j wieh Islands, China, and New South Waks. | Periodicals.?Periodical woiksnnd pain-j plett are not entitled to transit conveyances i through the United Kingdom cif Great Hi it- j ain and Ireland, hut they may he sent from j the Unllotj States to tho Utijtcd Kingdom,! and rice versa, af J\yo icentsof the United ! States postage each, {f they do not exceed two fn.iyeight; and at one cent per; ounce, or fraction of an ounce, when tnev ; exceed that weight, to he collected in all cases in the United States; and the samewill bp subject to an additional like charge United Kingdom when not exceeding ttfo ounces; but the third ounce raises the British charge to sixpence, with an addi- j rinnn] plmrfTM ftf (ivn lipnrp for oneli JlfJlH tjonal ounce. When sent to or received i from fhrejgn countries without passing: through the UulLeii Kingdom they will he j chargeable with the regular Unftcd States ! rates tp hp pfregpid when sent, and collected wlieir received. Newspapers and Periodicals to Foreign Countries (particularly to the Continent of Europe) must be sent in narrow bands, open at the sides or end; otherwise they are chargeable there with letter postage. N. K. HALL, Postmaster General. P^st Ofjice Department, June 14,1851. A good stock qf these goods, with Kentucky j Jeans, Satins, Tweeds, Linncs, 4c.. for sale low by ; Jan. 7, '60-4-tf] P. M ALLOY. P arden Seed.-?Fresh garden sees}, growth vT of f85t>, just received and for sale b/ Jfo. 7-41-tf 1 EVANS & ftsjVEft.. The Great Question T^OR persona purchasing gopda to consider, is | J- where the best and cheapest article can be j found. The subscriber is now recpiving.his stock, recently purchased on the most favorable terms,' in sorrnxrc markets, (and as low as nuy purchased j at th? North,) to which he respectfully invites the attention of has customers and the public, pledging' himdiK to' dispose of Sis goods as low as any house j in the pW - J. P HARRALT.. 1 ! Pse. 31, '50 40 it )THE respectfully solicits the at ten Merchants of North and their ^erj extensive and well CiRoccrap, LHiroits,&c., *<? 4OOhhde.'CfB0[jBl ^ O. ahd J!r.scovadnSUGARS, I 30(1pwkiMjwttfed ""J Powubeml ? Do., ^SQ^ag^MRed and Loaf^/ Do., 1 .OOfffMji etid Java COFFJE. f 3,000^BRAGGING, 44 to 4* inches. i oo hBrZh*BNKy5ci2Tn. ' COO hLde <R^3*toES, (Baltisrt>re Sining.) .100 do^M^BoiASSES, .jSt Y. ' '"^j 200 packages Fdjnch avd-DotriMie BRANDT, lfiO do, Mrd. and Ten. ^VINE, 100 do, SWeet Malaga P*.. 180 boxes TOBACCO, nsrorted qualities, 800 M. SF6ARS, various brands, CO casks London PORTER. 800 boxes Fj?crm and Adamantine CAND1XS Together with SPA IV, b'J AIU Ji. iCES.TEAP.CHAMrAfiM^Ct'lilOlAh^SYnUPS, PICKLES, and all articles usually k?]>t in llirir lino, which they offer for sale on accommodating terms. Orders promptly and fkithfirilv executed. SIMS A NANCE, W Wholesale Grocers. ~ No. 1 ITavnc street, coropr Church, Charleston,' S. C. June 10 11 10 Encourage Home Industry?Tlie t subscriber ofFere for sale, of his own "tuugufpcj ture, two substantial and well biplt rgckaways, and one BUGGY, Also, n second hand family carriage, good m I now', all of which will be sold on accommodating j terms, if applied for soon, at my carriage shop, | where work of every description* will be done to j order, at the shortest notice and in a superior At vie. jul 22-17 3m] , ISAAC RAKE8TRAW. SPRING AND SUMMER IIA1S?,TuM~rt>ecivcd a large assortment, new styles, fash'l. white j and black benyer and moleskin hate; aho, panamn, I double and single leghorn, w ith a great variety i ?f palm leaf. Ac., Ac. D.MAI J.OY. Valuable Real Estate for Sale. THE real estate of Peter L. Roberson deceased, late of Chesterfield Di.-trict, is.offend at private Eale, consisting of lots aud tenements in the Village of Chesterfield and lands adjacent thereto The vcrv commodious dwelling in the village is well Butted for a hou-c of entertainment having been built fpr that purpose; the olhcr buildings are very impropriate. ' The fonas consist of one thousand a<fcp compris? "? ? ??? *?.,t *-?vilir i?f anil adurted to the Cft'OWlh of Arsenic, crime, puiv., sum umr, " iodide. " V diet's proto-cnrh. Althpr, siilj h. rect., Kroorctc, 1 oz g. s. rials. " chloride, Lnetuenrii n>, hngiob. " yjtri?. lend, a<t<ntc, Amfitopin, aqua fff, " iodide, " concent'd., " sulncetnle liq. " nlcoltol of Mercury, distilled, " aromatic spirit " black oxvdc, ' enrb. " bichloride, " muriate, " chloride, Eng., Antimony, tnrtnrirod, " proto-iodidc, " golden si! ph., " dcuto-iodide, " sulph. bla< k. " with chalk, " Jani.cs' powder " red precipitate, Bismuth, stibnitratr. " white do. Caiithoridos, oil of. Morphia, acetate, ^lilbro'orm, pure " siilf-bale. Chloride sodp, J vblhiopc mineial. Collodion, loz g. p. rials; h'cinics ' Confection red rores; Turpi 111 mineral. " senna; Na] lithe, wood rtoit. Copper, amnion.; C1 u rn, gum. " sulph.; u. Pnyucotised. Dover? power; " pulv. Donovan's sol. iodide amr.ic and mercury. Fmctine, Empla?. adhce. spread, Eroj-J-is. Cnntli. Piperipe, pboaf.jioruf; I'ottnvu, i.iefiK crystr.jp, " car.?iic, rptnssivm, pure,. " enrb., evfinide,fiwfsl, < < 'i.-uiu'.P. " chlorate, Quinine, sulph. " pmsfictc, Sol nnmion. " sulphate. " nci-alue, Silver, nit,, purp crystals " crsoin, ?< fused, " glaubcr, " oxide. " nitre, ref'ned,. Sulphur, Inc. ' prupellf, superior j - Strychnia, " Roihelle, Vt-iatria. " (nit.v?3ne, ncetntr, ^ ^ipf, ejdoride,' H srhite oxide, " sulphate, |fcp{ epnstnptly op hap,4 #r4 for self 1 y ' wril 32-irCtf] A. MALLOY. j Baltimore Stout? Ware.:?hut received a large invoice of Raltijnnre stope wnrc, comprising jugs, jars, chum?, pitche}1?. paps, flowerpots, ?tc., for sale lp\>- by p MAbLf TKqrr 5 ' 82 If HASKELL and Merrick'* Select Pondered Drugs, kepj constantly for sole bv npiil 22-4-1 if J A. 'MA LI.OY. Cravats and Suspendcrr.?In great va riety, some very choice at * Jnn 7-41-tf] J. T. HARP ALL'S. Cpani?h Clears. ?Received by Inst arrivals O a few thousands very superior Spanish cigars, for sale bv D. M AI.T.OY. Tor'. S 85 tf POLITICAL t [Frotn the Morion Star.] B CQ-Operatioi-|l#?sianc? Ticket* FOft SOIHTHERN CONGRESS, c DON. I. D. WILSON, jj OF'%DAHLIN'CTON : I. W/foziER, ESQ., I { X)T WILUAMSBCkW I The election of Delegates to tUp Santh- e em CongresB will take place on the second : Monday in October next. The Congressional District is entitled to two representatives. The pefctkntcn shote na#l>3 are ' as pntricft* incVefy <fpia!i-" ? fied to discharge the responsible duties of r concerting in that stdKon, \vith the other ' State# of the South,.such itaeisutes As * #!, r in the end, when "ratified their constitu- ( enls, disenthrall this and the other elavohold- 1 ing States, from tlio fanatipa^domination of Northern abolhloufsts, tvho are rhpfdly progressing towards the emancipation of slave* ! ?y throughout the Union. Their creed is, 1 ? -v - ?i . ^ ev?*rv thing cultivated in thia climate. There are tlireo hundred acres of orrh lend on 1 he pre!** isca. The term? will be made en?y for the phr^ chaser.- - . ,. t N. B. Abf>u?eofenttitainmcntisgiral'ynccd ed in the village. It would yield a luuidtomc prcGt if well kept. T W. P.O?f>ON Ere. Aug 26 22-1 f] for th* Mtat*. P. L.oR/ MARTIN Sl BRYAtff FA tOlt?; Amltafimlisiop ^lercUifnts Boyoo & Co* Wharf, Charleston, Wjl? make liberal ."dvitnees oa all produce ?*hi{ p?d to them. Atigwf^ ' 21 ** 12m | l~Cjj^2>ica) niid FipiriuaceuiUal Preparation** \ CID acetic, Ergot, pulv. IX. n ara.-niou?, . Ghtnvilk'tJ lotion. " bcftspjc, Iodine, bulk. 44 citric, Iodine, 1 oa. vinla. " muriatic, Iron, prcrip. caib. " nitric, " " citrate, " witrAir* ' filinPC. ?? oxalic,, " liydr. peroxide, " pyroligncous, " iodide, " proMc, mcd.j " lactate, " sulphuric, " mur. tincf., M tannic; " f hotfphrtr,. ? tartaric, " scsqukhloridc, .1. ti ...1. I 10 use ail proper nieiuii 10 cvtuic mu w operation of the other Southern States, with J Ortir own, in rending th? chains with which ' the N01 ih seeks to bind us; it] establishing I I a Southern Confederal; anti if such coj operation cannot be obtained in n reasona- 1 i bio time, rather than behoM their be- I i loved State subjected t# the pondage of a j1 hydra-headed tyrant, tljey would prefer to f see South Carolina peaceably* Vwt.with due t preparation, and* alone, seceife from the f Union ; thus loading ofi', to be fallowed by t the other Southern States, identified with f her as they are, in interest, am bound to her hjr inexorable destiny. ? They aro both farmers, belonging to that I' noble rnral class, which sepcrutcl from the u corruptions of cities, are, all overthe world c ihc sons of liberty, and arc evci ready to *diive the plough share lu hcofyih, or to a convert it into the sWrrd under oppression. *! Though they venerateihfe plough] they have both been well educated in the harning o/V P law, history/ arts and sci?n?M? tlut'h necessary to prepare tbcm -fbr tie eOntesl n and debates of the councel, anther devia- 61 ing wisfc measures tO'-teenre^tfi rights of their fellow-citizens. [ -. & . They are both men*f unsteir d charac- r: tw and will bravely'*"* faithfolljfcervo their ? country in her J*>ur of affliction! It is woryi^ of remark, that a. the South ri crn Coi^?s will be an advis'oy body, its ei actio>^r.nr.ot, under the Fodcrq Constitu- n; i>ri, (Art. I. See. 10.) while wd remain iw the Union, bind the "States whitji it rcpre- g si ness or the >ight of the delegates to vote South Carolina out of the Union Their 8< iesolves on this subject, should ti.-y make 0 any, will have to he ratified by tl> States; e: otherwise they will pass for noting but the C recommendations of respectable ttizens.?- n This being the case, till {hflsc o(or friends Cl who are opposed to the separate tction of d South Carolina, under the preson or any circumstances, will not- be prewnted by such opposition from voting for ttose gen tlctnen, as their delegates, to the Southern Congress. For tluir aim and fraction in that body will be confined solely t> procuring an understanding of eo-omtation amongst the Southern Stater, fqr r^istancc a to Federal aggression, by united scession. a Such understanding w ill have to lp.ratified l?y each State separately, which will be by ^ I their acts of secession. Let not i misun- r j demanding of the duties ofdelegaes to the s I Southern Congress, therefore, nlimate the ! friends and admirers of those emiicnt gen- t (lemon, Doziku and Wilson, aid deprive ) our Congressional District of ihor services, c when both secessionists and cc-operntion * : men may unite in supporting than without 1) a Euc-iifice of principle. ti ? , [From the Dartngfon flag] 1 i LETTER FROM Dli. TWOS. SMITH. ! I 1 ! Gentlemen of Tfift Com. of Ah'm'ts: \ If the stale of my health permitted, I would cordially unite vith von in your de- t ! deliberations dti the gr?ve and momentous! < (questions, which are t? ho brought up fori \ | discussion st Darlingtm Court House on i 1 Monday next. ! t In her present political exigency, South' | ' Carolina requires the ud of all her citizens, t ' and sins may justly deun him recreant who | c j occupies a doubtful or a neutral position, A j f celebrated orator a,nl statesjnjifi ol" antiqui-1i , t v lias said: "Let the opinions of c.verv| I ! {nan, in relation to the 'commonwealth, he j ? j mitten on his forehead. tot no man be'f i deceived. Lot not out vigilance hs lulled 11 [ by the poi tentious falkey that the abolition j i ; agitation has centred; tiat tho compromise* | has restored peace, concord and harmony, j i j or the si<ll more ominous assertion tljat we! | 1 have neither grievances, nor insults, nor aft- i ! gressions, nor utip6ru>titu|joqnl legislation f i {o complain of. Facts, like figures, cannot j lie, and he that runs may read. i Horace Cirecly has said, from 1S3G. to; s 1550, its (the abolition) course, has been it 1 steadily foruard, and its conquests uncquiv i s ocal and glorious. Seward, the regent of , i the whig party, of New \ ork, has said, in a 11 .i i . r i ii t__ i.'. tone ol exultation ar.u commence, - in ien i , years, the relation of master and slaves will, < 1 not exist, from tho Atlantic to the Pacific,': , from :\ovo Scotia to the Rio Grande/' | j The abolition ami free soil party are fight-' 1 ! ing under tho banner of the British Ennui-; i ! cipation Society, whose niptto is, "African < sl.tvery is to be extinguished and annihila- 1 ted." And we are to be favored with ten ] year? grace, to prepare the sacrifice. A.* ;ayist this " proiiuyciamcrtfo" from the oralis of the Higher La# party, not a muruur has uecp heard from the North, nor a nonosylahfe of drssent, one note of conleranation been uttered by abolition State, >r abolition man. The abolition And free ;oil party, ipipatient for other assaults on southern rights, are no\y in the ascendancy, md have complete contril oyer the legislaion of Congress. Can any man honestly >elieve thai under such a government,w lienor (lie subject of slavery is to be acted on.' hat the legislation of Congress can or will >c confined within the legitimate, conBtituional sphere, or that tho, objects ajtf p*r. loses of the FederaLjUhldn will "he carried )ut in good faith, without sectional feeling/ ITWfTtMnjplJon Sfid^jSfrfialtf^.* fRTltennlant majority in Congress adTthcrtrue rejrosentatives of their constituents?exposals of the bad feelings and batFpissfons >f demagogues, fanatics and bigots, who ire our.slanders, persecutors and enemies. 14 Potrtr is a erne in tyrants' hands, But in bigot tyranta?treblo curee." . . By the legislation of Congress in relation o California, and other territory acquired ? W _ aI _ -L... Ll)it 1 rom Mexico, uie siavo otjiies nave ueen jlaccd under the ban of their abolition masers, and hare been assigned to n station of >oIitic?l inferiority aid degradation*, * Can South Carolina Acknowledge her poitical injeriority, and crouehingly submkto lolitienl depreciation. Passive obedience ind non-resistance, calling apon Hercules or co-operation without making prcpara* ion, or uniting our oiyu energiesTo deserve md secyfe H, \v*rfr not avert tlie dire caiamties Which tlw abolitionists have meditated, ilanned, and expect to bring about , The ends and objects for whivh the red. ral Union, was formed, have been overeoked and pernerted. The Constitutipn4 inured and perverted^ fles covered uithtlje onstitutionaj go?y1iment of the United Itates, If not rti name, has in tact, been h'oKshod, <nid a fierce and insolent despoism h*< usurped its place. ',, ., Thus proscribed and degraded from her olitical station of equality in the Union, outh Carolina has no alternative, but to lake-ah fgpoinfhfous surrender of her contitatioijal rights, or, through her convention, ! ) resume her sovereignty* and to.declare i > the world that-it ha* "become necessa- 1 r, in the course of human events, to disjive the political bands which connected ] er with tlie gavdpptppnt of the U. S. of Ame- i cn, and to assume among the powers of the I irth the separate and equal station to which I atuie and nature's God entitle hqfv,< - I Peeling most sensfly the wrongs and ag- i ressions perpetrated on the rights of the i ave States by abolition legislation, know, i grfom their own declarations $*tf(irther < nr^reffter injustice and ap6llari(#filrtf*ttr"" rnded, seeing we have tio gilUrahletf for the ?cuiity of slave property under the reign f abolitionism, I cannot hesitate to acquisee in tho necessity of the State of South Carolina sefeedjpg from tho Confederation, nd becoming as she w as before she nco.edd to tho Uuion, a Free, Sovereign, and In* epeudont State. , R^Mectfullv/t&e. mi itrrff if TA inuo. o.?n i iu. \J. Society Hill, S. C., Aug, 30. Hvdk Pvrk, Duchess cfy, NT. Y. ^ September Cth 1851. * $ OetcTtEMiJc: T6ijr;!otter clr^ectecj to roe t New York, convoking on invitation to ddres6 a meeting of the citizens of Charleson Dis-trlct, to be held in Charleston, iouth Carolina, on the 17th inst., has just eachc-d me at this place, where I np\y reide. For tho compliment thus tendered, and he language in ,\vhich It js conveyed, I beg ou to accept my acknowledgments, acombanied by regrets that I cannot comply vith your wishes. Distance and space, the lurdon of years I^houjd bcjir \yjth mc, and, norc than oil, my mcabaCjty for public peaking, compel me to decline a task for vhich 1 am totally unfitted. , What I have o say, I therefore hope you will permit me o address to you,, through a medium to! vhich jl am ipore accustomed. As it appears from ihetengr of your leter that you are ajrendy sufficiency aware if the opinion I entertain with respect to vhat is whimsically called the Compromise,; will only trouble you with a brief rccapi-j ulatinn. In my view, it was a gross and : Palpable violation of that great fundamenal principle ofStute eqalitv, which pervades j very provision of the Constitution, and . biros the basis of this Confederation ; a nbs*-unjustifiable attack on the rights, In orosts, safety and happiness of one jialf the; Sjnfcs composing it, q.ccompan?$d by insult ind obloquy; a pretended concession, wres-1 od by mure, force of numbers from a mi- i 1 j JOl'lIV ] II11U Lllill, III lLb UUIlttC'queilUt*?, It wi? jrcive more fata] to thq repose, prosperity j tpd Ijappiness, if not the very existence, of , he Union, than any measures that may be | escrtcd to in attempting to obtain redress1 or tne pasf, or security for the future. Such being my view of the subject, I am,' ind always have been, of opinion, that the j stand originally taken by South Carolina,! ind most of the Southern States, in oppo-j ition to the principles embodied in that se- j ies of measures, was not only justifiable, J 3Ut demands by a proper regard for their | ights aiitj their honor; and that an ahaii-j jonmeiit cf the position they then assumc<J, uwlan acquiescence in measures they repeatedly declared they would resist, " at all lazards and (6 the last extremity," unless accompanied by a frank acknowledgement ( ?f having been wrong in' the fir.-t instance, would, in the language of the priuted reso- j futious appended to your lettor, be " what b*y couM not eubmi? to without dishonor." mm* m ? xi _ >?m i". 'I '*i'. ?ir If such an nbandonmcBk( of all pwvioui pledges and declarations were the remit of a subsequent conviction of having gteatfjr erred in making tliem, it M ould be honora- ? r hie and magnanimous.' But such appear* not to he the ease; since even the advocate* __ of acquiescence still .continue to assert tlie principles on wbfch .dieeo,pledges and dc- .jfct clarations were based, as well as the tvrongs ^ which ftr6t called them forth^ t .The Association is, l.VeWve; inl^. second resolution?declaring its belief thaljHjfc the co-oneriilion of Hnv of the Southerr^^B* States wfth South Carolina, either ift re'SP^ eistance or secession, is at least! improba- * ' '. bio, so long as the infln4nee and patronage* ^,w of the General Government are Arrayedjfr gainst State rights. Nor do I see Anv r&k- ^ son for believing that anv probable chahgo%. 40 of administration will produce a c^Ange*of moasnres: sinec, as you will perceive, * <* their repeated declarations, nil parties in the^ *? North unite in denouncing slavry, and main-* taining the Constitutional right of C'ongreig, ^ as well as its inflexible dutv, to prphjfi&i^ j ?*? sfon to any State that rrmy hetjKkr bc admitted into the Union, l'rom ft^ret. _ ^ basis of (he future -pi>lrcv of the govern- .. ? ment. It seems u!R> probable, (tiki the * Br State which hdlc s#mifted to pas^ wftlhe r equally quiescent under future wrbnjJ*. ' .. . Having thus briefly stated my vieuc ^ritjy r4?Krd to ybur first and second, I will no* revert to your last and most important re- ***" ^ solution, namely: " that failing in a reason- > Able tims tp obtain the eo-oper,?tibr?, of other Southern States, South Carolina alone t should withdrew from the Ifnion." ' It seemcs rather late iu the day to be eaHed on to combat the qld exploited doc- Jf< trino of passive obed>enee and ron-resjstance," the assertion bf which cost one monarch his head, and sent another jnto per- . petual erjJe. Yet, as that doctrine bas , lately revived by some of the highest natnes of the Republic, it calls for a passing Notice in connexion with the subject of. this letter. It seetns strange; too, that this Jong buried monster, which received its tleath / wounds in. the two revolutions of.England and America, should have been dug up ajul : Bk resuscitated by distinguished Democratic Republican statesmen. From all but the darkest regions of the civilized wprldj tins portentous phantom has been banished; as it would appear, only to find refuge in tji&t "* u*hlcb professes to be the mist free ari^cnlightened. There is not a European writer, or statesmen, or thfcolbjjist, of ariyv established reputation, that would, now venture to proclaim (lie slavish principle which ' j have been asserted bv Republican leadbhs in. the Hafts of a Congress of Republican " 9t/vtep. A thorough discussion of this doctrine of "* 1 pasy've obedieucp and non-resistance! oft the part of equal memlrprs ?f a Confederal tion of States, would require irioro Bnace than proper for me tq o^cirnj, and -yij time than you enn spiire on this bcei&oni nor do I deem it necessary. The rijj$^ of resistance by force, as respects'States aid' communities, is, only an extension pfihufu* dividual right of.-self-defence, which ris a ^ m- * ' . liatuiW iftwuih^ih m wft ? * 'W-bu .0 all !a\vs,' .ahH an constitution*; ^vnieh cannot be alienated or surrendered by -the adoption of any system of social organ^jM tion. This doctrine is establUhod beyond contra^H)', by too StiabsweriU hh<J nnan- ' swtJrable arguments of SypNEt a?tl Lock a; by the assent of all the great ancient ' a*- ^ well as tpodern authorities on the law of riatil/e and^natioha; ap3,/if snc)t. .were nottho cAae, it has always Wn, and always ^ been, and nlwhys will be, acted upon when the occasion arises, in opposition to all at*, thorftles. It is true that nono of the writers who assert or concede thq light of rp^ sista^ce^b^ve attempted to dvfiile the preces line where resistance becomes justifiable, because it is not susceptible of defini-r tion. It is a matter of feeling, and cau neither be analyzed or defined-. An eminent American statesman, high in office,'and a cnndldatje for,still higher honor, whose .opinions I wish to tfrent with all due respect, has lately attempted to establish n broad distinction between Revolution and Secession; in ofher words, the right to resist, and the ngjbt of ret'Wng out of reach of the necessity of resortfng to resistance. IIi9 position, if I rightly comprc - -I 1. _ x.?,.il x. ? .*? honcJ fjlm, 18, tnni inougn.? pvopicr *? may have a right lo resist by force in certain cor.tingcncies,.thcy have no^e to retiro peacpably beyond the /each of injury aiitf . ? oppression, It seems they have no alternative; they must cither ficaqeabJy submit, pp forcibly resist, for they cannot get out tit the way. It follows that all radical charges ;n the political relations of a MUite with a % Confederation of States, must necessarily be brought abqut by .violence and bloody contentions. Those who cannot live to-, gather in peace, muet not part in peace they must resort, the right of the strong: est. and fight it out. - ji Tims the extermination of a pbrtioif Lf our ffllow-creatui-es, perhaps our countrymen, is an indispensable preliminary to all great political changes; and hecatombs must be offered up on the altar of Liberty, before she can become a legitimate goddess. The establishment of this principle, conceding the right of Revolution and denying that of Recession, would, in its application to the case now under consideration, leave uo resource to any member of this Cojifpdpr-' ation, under the most intolerable oppression," but civil war, with nil its aggravations.^- % It leaves opon no appeal to the great IribuV nal of reason, justice, and humanity; the right of the strongest is tne ngw uivuic; anuv dissensions among a Confederation of Chris/ tian States, can prtly ho adjusted/like these of the wild least's of the forest, by a death' struggle, r am aware that fhis has been ' . the almost invariable practice of mankind in every ago and country; but never till now do I reccollect seeing it asserted that ^ it was the only justifiable niodo of settling controversies among States and nations; andj it is with no little regret I see this doctrine ! sanctioned by one whose opinions are of such high authority among a large portion ; j + "4