CorresponJence of the Charleston Mercury^:
* Washington, Jan. Sfyfe&rs a
Gentlemen : Having been fo^ftve observer
resident in this city, and aj^mnnfieavrilig' of
. of the political sdgjjfcPffitter. myself that 1
which it is tne^Wrcorrespondent, to give
j shnll^eJibj^Pfeaders ?n occasional peep be.
* you fiSSrtain, and some glimpses of the real
bg&gfob& of motion in this centre of trafficing
men and parties.
You have doubtless noticed the attempt of
,ftr. Julian of In. to get a petition referred to
the Judiciary Committee, with instructions "to
^ijepprt a bill repealing the Fugitive Slave Law.
The motion to suspend the rules for this purpose,
on Monday, resulted, ayes 68; noes, 119?
some &rty being absent or refusing to vote.
Y esterday he revived the subject by an attempt
tit irnrmc.t tiie journal. so as to make it anoa
rent that the Northern nfen who voted against
bim had . been recreant to their anti-slavery
pledges. Again he was voted down, but a motion
for reconsideration, with a view to test the
matter, is still to be disposed of.
This action of the House I suppose will be
trumpeted as a triumphant proof of the determination
of that body to sustain the rights of
the South in this particular. Nothing could
be less true than such an inference. The opposition
to slavery is as bitter as ever, but it is
politic just now to veil it in Congress. There
are two motives for this course : 1st, the submissiouists
of the South, Foote, Cobb, Toombs,
die. insist upon their position being respected,
and that if the slavery question is agitated at
this session, they will be overwhelmed at home,
and be compelled to join the resistance party j
of the South. But the second is the great and j
, - controlling argument for -keeping quiet on this
.matter Tor the present. The Tariff?that pas- i
senger in the Omnibus whom Benton averred !
to be stowed away under the driver's seat, and j
said that Mr. Ritchie and all the Compromisers
knew him to be there,?is to be dragged out of
his hole and installed in the first inside.
Having plundered the South of all the territories
; having abolished the slave trade in the
District, and virtually annulled the Fugitive j
Act in the free States, they feel that they have j
done enough for one year in that direction. !
Tfiey are now intent on plundering the slaveholders
of their revenue, by an increased protective
tariff. This project of spoliation is too
precious to be jeoparded by a formal repeal of
the Fugitive act Their Southern allies, such
as Mr. Badger, in the Senate, and Mr. Toombs,
in the House, might refuse to aid them in the
U- ? nf fXi-ko<imnpa
(VUUVijr. licunc B puuui; uman ui iviuvui u>.w
is to be worn during this session. The next
Congress, with a greatly increased abolition
strength from Massachusetts, New York, Ohio,
&e. can do the work safely.
Besides these reasons for keeping quiet, there
_ is still another, which, though 1 have heard it
spoken of with affected levity, has a strong secret
influence. They are afraid of South
Carolina. Your calling a Convention to be
J elected in February, is a serious fact They
* <io not tear Mississippi, because rooie assures .
them that if they will only remain quiet this
"session, Mississippi will submit But South !
Carolina,?rivbo will give them pledges that
South Carolina will succumb? And if she
aeeedes next winter,while Congress is in session,
what will Congress do ? They must determine
the matter. Iney must vote the supplies to
carry on war against her, or they must suffer
her to go peaceably out of the Union. They
j^ty,that in that state of things there is but one
course they can pursue,?let her go quietly.
For, to press a vote for supplies to coerce her,
would empty Congress of the Southern Delegation.
and precipitate immediately a Southern
Confederacy. " Let her go, then," you hear ;
? them say, " she will soon beg to come back j
again into the Union." This, I assure you, is
uvu f/i lot vnn irn I
uoec"?~ ?? ??-vj - c oat
of the Union, if jou detennine to go, 1 have
little doubt. That you will desire to come
back again, does not strike me as at all certain.
With the j>o\verof regulating your commercial
relations with, all the world, on the most liberal
principles, it seems much more probable that
the North, rather than South Carolina, will entreat
the restoration of the Union; and you
will be able to dictate the terms of your renewed
association with thein.
S ' _
.Washington, Jan. 9, 1851.
The Tariff freebooters have some trouble in
settling their schemes of plunder. Pennsylvania
wishes to stop at Coal and Iron. Kut N.
j> England insists on high duties on Woollens,
Prints, Cutlery, &c. Every day, I learn, the
f list is enlarged for the purpose of widening the
circle of support Tfce Va. whigs and i suppose
the Sonthern Whigs generally, will support j
| the measure. Mr. Dawson, it is said, pledged
himself at the time of his electiou to op|>ose
any increase of duties, but the protectionists
; expect a large accession of strength from the
Western Democrats. The West is to be allowed
to plunder the treasury by a huge river
and harbor improvement bill, and to receive
large donations of public lauds, and in return,
they are to aid the protectionists.
Thus you of the South are to be plundered
k of your income by protective duties,?plunder- I
ed of the public lauds.?plundered in the dis- j
^ bursemeuts of the Government by erroneous
appropriations for internal improvements in the j
r . North and West. This is your entertainment i
as an interlude to the slavery agitation. TruK
ly you ought to lie very happy, and to rejoice
I gteatly in tha privilege, (as a Georgia Repress"
sentative lately said of his own State,) of being
a mcmherof this glorious Union!
The errand Constitutional Union party, I be
lieve, is quite dead. Cobb aud Co. found themselves
in an awkward predicament.?as bad as
Webster's, when be asked the famous question?"Where
am I to go?" They were dead
with the Southern Rights menj and not trusted
with the Whigs. In this dilemma they called
for another shulfle of the cards, hoping luck
would befiiend them. But here was the ditiiculty
who should h ive the honors? and who
should get the spoils? Now, if eitner of the
old pa ii-.-n ouid .-ucoeed in t.ie iii-xt Presiden\
t ii election, there was -fine feed for all those
who hmi ?rv*-d the North. Suppose they susi
ii t ie u. lees in their own States ?then they
a. e .ernes and head victors, and entitled to tho
best {Milage as a matter of couree. Suppose
they are overwhelmed,?then they are martyrs.
So it was judged best to try the old parties
again.. And besides, said they, while we are
forming our.grand Union party, that cursed
impracticable State of South Carolina may
blow up the whole concern There she is,
like one of her own hard-headed rattlesnakes,
steadily and coolly coiling herself up, ready to
strike;?let us .wait awhile, s i all events.
The Chronotvpe, an influential Freesoil paper
of Boston, comes out for the abolition of
slaveiy by Congress in all the Southern States.
It argues, from the consolidation views of the
Constitution, that Congress has the power, and
maintains that it is full time to exercise it.
Everybody knows that the Constitution will be
no harrier to the consummation of that policy;
and e^eiybndy here knows, too, that its consummation
is inevitable if the Southern States
do not take their destinies into their own lianas,
and that soon. The new Senators from Ohio,
New York and Massachusetts, will add suffi
ciently to the Abolition forre in the Senate to
make it a formidable power there, and a power
that is constantly assimilating to itself all other
parties from the North.
Con-Mpoodence of the Charleston Courier.
Washington, Jan. 6.
The census of Maryland, South Carolina,
Kentucky, and one or two other Southern
States, has been returned to the bureau here.
Maryland has gained about 12,000 inhabitants,
since 1840. There is an increase of only one
thousand in the slave population. The whole
population is 591,000. Estimates have been
made here of the population of every State,
derived from the returns, so far as they have
come in. The aggregate population is sup
posed to be twenty-three and a half millions.
The number of Representatives in Congress is
nxea at za<j. oo, hip ratio win oe anuui unitty-five
thousand. The Southern States will,
according to this estimate, have eighty-six members,
under the new appointment.
Mr. Whitney explained, the other night, to a
large audience, his Rail Road project, which is
now before Congress, and has been recomended
by the State Legislatuies of twenty-one States.
His proposed route is from Lake Michigan, ,
Prairie dn Chien, and thence to South Pass.
Thence, he follows the streams which furnish ,
the waters of the Columbia river. The termi- j
uus of the road will be at Pugett Sound. The
whole distance is 2300. No road can be made
to California. Mountains and deserts render
it impossible. The route from Memphis to San .
Diego, which has been talked of, is utterly im- i
practicable. The first 800 miles of Whitney'* '>
route is through a prairi- country, and one of '
mnnl in fkn IVAnl^ 'Phft Iflnflt; fill i
mt iiivoi ici bllo ita ujv n vii\i? a ?v ? ? v..
this portion of the route are to supply means for j
completing 1600 miles of the road, one half of
the distance the route lying through a poor
country. But after reaching the head waters
of the rivers which empty into the Pacific, the
country ag tin becomes fertile. Mr. Whitney
asks from the Government, a belt of land sixty
miles wide 0:1 t ie route of the road, from the j
sales of w! ich he proposes to build it. Upon j 1
the comple ion of the road, he is to give it to |
the Government, and pay, besides, ten cents j i
an acre for the land. , i
Mr. Benton's proposed route is the same as , (
Mr. Whitney's. Mr. Bentoi/s bill provides for j
appropriating lands on tb?, route, to the con- (
struction of the road, and to pay any deficiency
out of the Treasury. The public lands it is
agreed, furnish the only means by which the
Government will ever construct the road, and
they will, uftor a few yeara, be squandered.
Their proceeds will never go into the Treasury;
and, if the route is desirable, they might as
well be appropriated to that. I doubt whether
Congress will pass any bill on the 3ubject
at this session, but, after a year or two, the
lands now relied upon as the means of constructing
the road, have been given to the new
States or Territories, or to actual settlers.?
There is said to be a route for a' Rail Road
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, through the
Northern possessions of Great Britain, that the
British Government will take up ti e enterprize.
Threatened Disrr.osraEs.? V wsiter in
the New York Express, who claim* to have en
joyed peculiar facilities for ascertaining the secret
movements and designs of the abolitionists
in this country and in Europe proposes to make
some unpleasant disclosure* showing the connection
of "British Gold" with abolitionism in
thi* country. In a letter to the editor he
.ay*.?
M y opportunities and business for a few years
past has been such, as to open to me the whole
secret of the opera'i<>n? oflhe abolitionist* in running
off slave* from the South to Canada. I
i - ?i? ; r r u i__
live on ine line ??i uiip ?u inrir wpsutii "uiiiierground
rail road*."-"-The ya re so emboldened by
their success before the passage ?>fthe la'e slave
reclaiming lawthat ihev made little or no secret
of heir operations. With very little effiirt I
was enabled to learn the whole system of their
underground management "
I am prepared, to mnke stalrrenl*. authentic
and undisputed, in regard to the abduction of
slaves, and the interference and the designs of
the foreign abolitionists, and the distribution of
liriiish gold, which ought to he known hv the
whole people, and which if made public, would
astonish even yourself, and surprise the nation.
1 uiii willing to prepare a statement for ptibli
ration in your paper, lint I do not at pic?enl
wish to come out with my name. I will, how.
ever, satisfy any candid mind, of the truths of
the statement*, of their unquestioned authenticity.
If you wish to publish such a revelation I
voii may inseit (his brief lettpr in your paper
and send me a copy an directed below, which
wil he a sufficient indication of your will for me
to commence the work.
The letter being published we presume we
may look for the disclosure.
Queer Pnwon.?A small boy was poisoned
to death in Munson last week, by eating a part
of a worrn in an apple; he dropped it, and complained
ifrnfid not taste good. In a short time
his mouth began to swell, and in two hours he
was dead.
A lover writing to his sweptheart, says:
"Delectable Dear; You are so sweet that lion
e\ woit'd Mush in your presence, an J molasses
staud appalled !"
THE jJOraMAIL,
CAMDEN. S. C.
TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 14,1851.
TO ADVERTISERS.
We shall discontinue advertising by the
ypar, but when an account amounls to more than
30 dollars, a discount of 50 per cent will be made
on all amounts above that sum. All yearly contracts
which have not yet expired, will be completed.
ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the following
rates : For one square (14 lines or less) in the semi-weekly,
one dollar for the first, and twenty-five cents for each
subsequent insertion.
In the weekly, seventy-five rents per square for the firet,
and thirty-s?-ven and n half cents fur each subsequent insertion
Single insertions one dollar per square.
The numner of insertions desired, and the edition to
be published in, must be noted on the margin of all advertisements.
or they will be inserted semi-weekly until ordered
to be discontinued, ami charged accordingly.
Seini-monthly, monthly and quarterly advertisements
charged the same as for a single insertion.
Nomination.
We are authorized to announce W. II. R.
Workman, Esq , as a Candidate for Captain of
Beat Company, No. 2.
Nomination.
We are authorized to announce Lieut.
Thomas Harris, as a Candidate for Captain of
Beat No. 2. >
Yesterday, between fifty and sixty negroes
belonging the residuary estate of Mr. Jo*fh
Cunningham, deceased, were sold in this place at
rather extraordinary high prices. Eight prime
negro fellows were sold for $8,855 oo, an average
of $1,106 87. We merely mention this circumstance,
to show that pur people do not appear :
very auxious to get rid of this class of property ; I
as this sale, although rather an exception toordiuary
prices, indicate at least, our confideucein the
institution of Slavery.
* *
Carolina Female College.
In another column may oh seen ine rrospecius i
of this Institution. We take pleasure in recom- |
mending it to any who would give to their daugli- i
ters, that richest of all inheritances: a sound,
practical, and polished education. It is located
in a healthy and beautiful region of country?
easy of access?aud thrown like an Academian
jewel in the midst of fine society. The Faculty
is of the first order; and the course ot instruction,
as may be seen, thorough; hut best of all, it is
ever}' inch*' a Southern College. No Yankeeism
attached to it. We hope it may receive a \
liberal and substantial support.
The Great Union Failure.
The Union .Meeting of all the States, and of all
parties, which wore to take place in Washington,
on Washington's birth-day, has proved a sickly
failure. Those patriotic Union men who had
made such headway with their respective parties,
that they hrpr.l to be put in some high nomination,
find that this union of all parties, for the sake
of the Union, might disunite them from the chance
of office; and in an instant their patriotism van- ;
ished, and they cling to their old parties, for the |
sake of their old hopes, and leave the Union in
danger. Alas! for a Union that owes its perpetuity
to such renegades.
"Take the Papers."
Our motto is, that every one ought to "take the
Papers." It is a mistake tor any one to suppose
that he, she, or they cannot "take the Papers." Wo
enter our demurrer to all such illegal and unwise
decisions. There is no man who is disposed to
act right, but may "take the Papers;" let his pecuniary
condition be as it may, if he is blessed as
the rhymers sometimes say, "in basket and store,"
he of course is able, and ought by all means to
"take the Papers." If he is in reality too poor to
"take the Papers, and pay for them," there is no
reason why he may not got them. "Time is
money"?so says somebody. Poor Richard, we
believe! he, in his poorest days, could take, and
did "take the Papers," and the Papers made him
a rich man. If any of that class to which we have
just referred, think that they are too poor to "take
the Papers," let them give us a call, and we will
promise to put them "in the way of taking the
Papers," oil very reasonable and honorable terms;
for we hold, that there is scarcely one of the pressgang
Fraternity, who would refuse an application
of this character, even if it was known, that when
the paper was furnished to an honest man,it would
be Jree gratis for nothing. It is therefore, a sort
of editorial creed of ours, that every man ought
to be a subscriber for a Newspaper. If we make
application to an individual to subscribe to our
Paper, nncb hc nay's, T am already a subscriber to
one or more Papers, and cannot, consequently,
* - 1? r\ aon at a lrtuu Cnr o tirnr^ trt
answer hira. We are in part, satisfied, so '-lie
takes the Papersbut when we meet an individual
after this wise, Mr. , "why don't you
take the Papers?" and he answering, says, "/
cannot take the Papers!" and wherefore, "because
I am not able?" Here is our point: Not able?
That is not the word: We don't find that term
in our vocabulary?cannot implies total inability,
and we hold, the word was never created for such
use. Now recollect, that Mr. , is an old
bachelor; (and this class of beings, in "singlecursedness"
are to be pitied) he is very well off or
to do iu the world; and he won't "take the Papers,"
because he is afraid if he does, be will not have as
much when he dies, to leave to some ungrateful
heir, who wants him out of the way, lone before
his time cornea. No man ever lost any thing yet,
by being a subscriber for a newspaper; the fact is,
now-a-days a man is behind the age, ho don't
"take the Papers!" and it is rarely tho casu that
an intelligent man is to bo found in our land, who
don't "take t^e papers." It occasionally happens,
however, aud it is a humiliating fact, that now and
then we meet a man who don't "take the Papers;"
he invariably look* like some body sent tor who
couid'nt go. We pity such, aud advise them in
all honesty aud sincerity, to go immediately and
"take the Papers." "Able is not the word." Arfl
..? # *
you willing? that'.-* the sum total of all this matter.
We ask you, Mr. , hoarding up your dimes
and denying yourself the comforts and enjoyments
of life, in order, perhaps, to enrich those, who will
wonder why you did'nt have more: who will
spend your money, and scatter your precious dust
as chaff upon the wind. 'Tis true, there may lie
a secret selfish pleasure in viewing your treasures;
but like
"Some lone miser visiting his store,
Bends at his treasure, counts, recounts it o'er,
Hoards after hoards, his rising raptures fill ;
But yet he sighs, for hoards are wanting still."
We advise you to "take the Papers; it will assist
you in accumulating wealth, anj will serve to
a double purpose; afford amusement, interest and
information, to yourself, and confer upon the
Printer, a more tangible and useful compliment,
than words and well wishes can possibly convey.
We have our mind's eye on a few of this class.
The Southern Congress.
There has already been a nomination for members
to the southern Congress, but we leel induced
from a sense of justice to all parties, to differ
somewhat from a "Disuniouist per se," who made
that nomination. Understand us?not in piinriple
do we differ?by no means We shake hands
with him upon no other field, than that upon
Which we sever ourselves front oppression and
disgrace. But Fairfield has a member of Congress
and Governor, and she is magnanimous enough
to ask for uotbing more. Richland has one of
general state Representatives elected by the Legislature,
and with that her share; Sumter the
6time, and as a matter of course, it is the due of
of Lancaster and Kershato to have the two members.
This we most strenuously insist upon, and
as an advocate of District rights we argue.
T ov:. m a
jl-j\jaa uiu ouxp a ViVBMIi
By the Charleston Courier of Friday last, we
see that the brig Vandalia, Capt. Pendleton, from
New-Orleans, arrived there yesterday, brought in
the officers, crew and pas angers of the ship Toronto,
Capt. Parker, from New-Orleans bound to
New-York, which vessel ran ashore on Mantanilla
Reef on the 2d iust. When taken from the wreck,
they had been exposed for forty hours to the severity
ot the weather. At the time the ship went
on the reef the weather was thick and the wind
blowing heavy from the S. W.
i ?
Fortlie lournal.
Jfrssrs. Editors: I am informed that it is
said by many, that I have this fall refused several
applications for admission into my school.
This is a gratuitous assertion?there is no truth
in it. I have had but one "offer," which i was
compelled to "reject because, tne cntiu s elementary
preparation was altogether inadequate
to his entrance, upon a course of classical studies.
I am told that some have circulated the
"iiescio quid" that 1 have quite enough pupils
and want no inore. That term "enough" is ol .
doubtful meaning?perhaps they who have used
it in this matter, understand how far, as the
logicians say, 'it i3 distributed.' There is, 1
will only hint, room and quite "enough," for
five or six more scholars, if they can satisfy' me
by a fair examination upon their elementary
English studies, that they are qualified to take
up the grammars of the Greek, and Roman
languages; or if they are prepared to join any
of the classes which are now formed in my
school. I may here take the opportunity of
saying, that 1 will not require of any applicant
to tell me "seriatim," the number aud names
of all the beautiful islands which are scat'ercd
like flowers over the surface of the Pacific, or
which gem die bosom of the bright -Egean;
a id then to plunge beneath their waters and
give names to those which may yet be floating
about within their abysses; nor would it dis
tress me were he unable, going on in A. B. C.
order, to roll Ossa upon Olympus, aud pile
Pelion upon Ossa. Such |laborious efforts, we
must leave to the patient and phlegmatic German,
satisfied that so restive an animal as the
Southern boy could not carry the laad. If parents
and guardians will take the advice of one
who claims to have some experience iu teaching,
they will be very reluctant to hurry their
children into studies which can yield them no
fruit, unless they shall have been properly
trained in the ordinary subjects, which form
the basis of an English education.
In conclusion, 1 would earnestly commend
to those who may have so severely tasked their
inventive genius in this "small matter," a prudent
husbandry of their gift of loquacity, that
OA tKatr HiQir rl ?*n tir if a anm Pivrt
garulous old age shall have come upon them.
L. McCAN DLESS.
Messrs Editors: You have in courtesy to
others, published the names of a few gentlemen
recommended as proper persons to represent
Kershaw in the Convention to bo called
agreeably to the act of the Legislature of the
last session, and presuming on your willingness
to extend the same kindness to others, we take
the liberty to request you to nnnounec the following
as recommended by many, viz: C. J.
Shannon, Esq., Col. T. L. Dixon, L. L. VVhitnker,
Esq., L. W. R. Blair, Esq. and Jesse Kilgore,
Esq.
They are from different sections of this Dis
trict, well known to their neighbors and friends
ns men to he relied on for their intelligence and
firmness, and possess their entire confidence
and respect, and are now recommended by
MANY VOTERS.
Jan. 7, 1851.
For the Camden Journal.
The Convention having formed a plan for
secession from the Federal government, and"
having framed a Constitution by which, tWpeo.
pie of South Carolina are to be governed and
these having been adopted by the people, should
the Federal government blockade our ports an
appeal is made to the other Southern States to
defend the right of secession, and they are then
required to protest against the blockade, or
abandon Stale Sovereignty and behold th<m
men and their money used- to desiroy it; will
they fail to do the former and be guilty of the
latter! Who can believe it? Now so far, I.*t
mo say to those who dread war, there is yet
no occasion for shedding a single drop of blood
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iSki WM
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?should the other Southern State^however,^^H
fail to protest against the blockade flLl mani^^H
"Test no disposition to sustain us, tlqL cotnfl^^H
the question of war, then it will be
to settle this question. Should the StavM^H^H
coed no faither, she will have at least tosteinHHfl
question and made (lie most solemn appeal
the "Old Dominion" to stand up for her theom^H
of the Goveniment'aijd shouhl she and the bal-|^H
a nee of the Southern States back out aod
this acknowledge the Federal Government t^^H
be a consolidated one and, moreover, recugniz^^J
a despotism of a heartless majority uncheckw^^B
of right, to rufe us, upon them will tall the infa^^B
my Mid to South Carolina alone shall belon^^H
the glory of being the only State faithful to Ru^^B
publican doctriues and the cause of human Lib^^B
erty!
To the over cautious and timid, let it be snidjj^H
that so far as the result of a war between rhe^H
Federal government and this state is coucei ued^^H
we have nothing to fear?altho' the other iSoutli->^H
em suites, as states, might fail to stand up hr^H
to us in the first place, after the banner of waf^^J
should be unfurled, a majority at least of
brave of those States (and the balance uould^H
have enough to do at home,) would iiy to outfl
aid and victory must be ours. '^Hj
I would say to those of the poor, who are ojtiJHj
posed to war, or to a revolution, that this
just the game for men of true merit. The rotten* j^H
old aristocracy, who have too much inilueuc<y^E
now in the State are already alarmed lest their
present comfortable arrangements, that secures H
them so many honors may be disturbed. We.lH
already see this class bashful, attbo' so windy
in the beginning of this warfare for SouthertJ^H[
equality in the Federal government, fearfnmH
lest a irar should give the poor man of merit YH
Equality at home. ' jl
Poor people! Lead in this contest and
be certain to demard, ly your vote, a repre- -Jfl
sentation in the State Convention and demand,
in that body, should they frame a new Consti- !H
tution, a voice in the election of your chief
Magistrate in the further government of South
Carolina?and moreover, to the choice of delegates
to tlie Convention, let your votes be cast for
men of brains, not men of dollars, land and .
negroes?mix do m is wliat - you chiefly need
in that body, not xjircrhlr.xs, brainless properly.
Allow me further to say that, in my humble
opinion old men are not the men for the crisis;
they are generally too tiiuid ; over caution and
timidity belongs to this ago. Young men and
men of middle age, are the men more especially
for the times. But few of those \* ho declar- .
ed American Independence were much over thirty?Old
men would not have written it; I
do not mean by this, that we should altogether .
exclude old men. for some there are of this class '
who are bold enougb-I rather mean that this
should uot be a criterion of quniiflation.
People of Carolina! Your Legislature has
appropriated 350 thousand dollars for Militaty
preparation and taxed you op to the eye brows,
will you now send submission men to the Con
vention? Y"u would, in doing so, present a
fine picture for rilinde, it would truly he marel)- fl
ing "up the hill ai'id dowu again/' And those I
who voted for this appropriation and now op- I
pose separate state action, would seem at least, 1
inconsistent, as it is almost cdrtaih' tliat'there
wilt be no Southern Congress, or that it will
do nothing effective-'?moreover, before #e vote V
for men for this Convention, they should declare,
on the stump, unequivocal views, for or
against secesrion?for or against separate State
action ; and they should not be "till"things to
all men," that we inay know for what we vote.
J. V. G. MrtffcG.
Thk Coxproxkb ix Mississippi. ?Th? 1
Hon. John I). Freeman, one or the ablest *tip- 11
porters of the Cmnpro ni*e in iVf N*i*sippi, feOnmmenda
the following course ol action toward* J
the Norih: ri
' Wo can withdraw our patronage frcmi the
Northern cities and factories, 8nd refuse to ex?
I ort and import Northern ships?we can establish
direct communication with the /breigu anar- ?
kets of the world?export our own rropsiii our
own ships and import our own goods and mfnfley
in return? establish Southern * miiiufactqriea, \
encourage Southern mechanics, and-Sudtfiehi
interests of every description,'and rpaJt? use of
thearmy and navy ofthe Union to protect Southern
enterprise. Make this pr< clamaliott to the
North, and execute it with the energy and'determination
worthy of so great a cause, and we
shall revolutionize the Government aod eonn.i<>r
nnr Northern snprniai tvilhoot sherktinir ,
a dr >p of fraternal blood."
We lear Mr. Freeman will nof he considered
very orthodox in this city, If he preaches web
doctrines as these. There was nothing like
thissaid, or even squinted at, In the famous resolutions
nt the St. Charles Theatre, and we
question very much if Mr. Freeman" would not
have been hissed, hooted, and bustJeduitt^iTbe
had been there and hroacho anch opinions,.
Mr. Freeman, however, says:
'A Declaration of Independence and teces.
sion by Mississippi, will not repel, the Constitution
and Iaws of the United States. The Pres.
ident, having no opinion, will he compelledlo
enforce them both; and unless we make forcible
and successful resistance we shall be in tbc4J.
ninn, but not of it. Having abandoned our position
as a State, nnd withdraw our. representation
from Congress, we shall the reduced'to a
territory, and governed as sucbit' 5
These sentiments would bavwatoned for the
foregoing, and Mr. Freeman would, doubtless,
have been invited hack into the Theatre by the
repentant audience, and been received with*
three cheer*.
We should like however, to know the laadpr
operandi of getting at Mis?f?*i(tpi, if ?verclf.
cumatances force her, in defence of her instil)^
lions, her. firesides, add her tovereignty, -|?
withdraw from this'Unlbn. "We can taagtaflr
how the Federal Gotjernmcnl might, poadhlg^
annov a seaboard Stnte, but how would H proceed
ngaiiwt -Mississippi. She is ail interior
State. Of the necessaries of life sho produces
more than she consumes, and her export! aw
indispensable to the existence oi tbii city, "f
Boston, New York, and Liverpool. Hergrent .
staple is the lever that regulates the trade and |
th ? peace ofthe world. She con d' not there. 1
fore, be blockaded. 8he requires not onedolr-; 1
lar Irom the National treaiury. She ia sifr.-'^
rounded by klavehelding Slates, of kindred ?yn|.
puhies and intern*. No respoosa oft Iborik
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