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VOLUME 3?NO. 17. ABBEVILLE C. II,. .SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING; AUGUST 31. 1855. WHOLE NUMBER 121.
TVrTSnTIT.T. AIVT-W I -.1..! ' - ' - ' -
Public Meeting.
Tu pursuance of a public notice, a very
large ami highly respectable meeting of the
citizens of Charleston in favor of State
Jiiurhts, Southern Kiglitf, ami opposed to
the Political Association known as the A-mcrioan
l'artv or Know Nothings, assent-'
'bled at Hibernian Hall,on Wednesday evening,
August 15,185").
\V. MeKensie J'arker, Esq. called, the
meeting to order, upon whose motion tinfollowing
gentlenicn were elected otlieeis:
President.?\V. D. I'oiler.
Vice l'risblenis.?Hon. Jacob Hond
Ion, Hon. Win. Aiken, lion. S. \V. l?ark i,
II. A. DeSaus.sure,Thomas Lei sic, Hon.
T. L. Hutchinson, Win. M. I.awtmi, <0 0.
II. Ingrtfham, lion. Alex'r Mnzyck. Win.
1'. Finlev, dobu II. Tucker, J Ion. Kdw.ud j
Frost, II. W. Peroiineiii, Hon John Seliui-,
erle, James M. Enson, James 11. Trapier,
.iallies :M. blocker, J>r. 1%. Ceddings, 1 >r. |
I'lio-S. V. Simons, Win, Lehby, < His Mills.:
losliua Lazarus, i)aiiie! IIeyward, Win. II.
Houston, W. Alston l'linglo, .lames 1>. 1!<*v- |
ward, W. MeKenzie 1'arker, Henry Ilorb.
buck, Col. T. (). Klliot.
ticcrcturivs.?C. Richardson Miles, K.'
Tatnail J'aine. K. II. Locke, < !. A. Follin. j
Mr. Porter, upon taking (lie Chair, ml- j
dressed the meeting at some length upon
the objects t??r which it had assembled, and
ably and searchinglv reviewed the principles
and purposes of Know Notiiingism.
lion. 1. W. I lav no rose, and alter a lew
preliminary remarks.sinnniitted for the con
sideration of the meeting the following Addross
and J {(.'.solutions :
AIM >1 MOSS. j
"When South Carolina, after a l"iig period
of political excitement, settled pa-t differences,
and through a constitutionally or-!
.galiiZed Convention, proclaimed to the !
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wiim i in; j'l im:ij>n-a nuicil WCl'C I10KI lilt
uommou 1>3" her sons, and in lu;r sovereign
capacity defined her position in regard to
the K<-d cr.il I'nion, \vu had hoped Unit, foraj
time at Ica?l, she might l>e spared further
agitation anil party distraction. rJ"o thenl-j
iegiance of her citizens we trusted foruni-l
forinity of principle at homo, ami we toll!
assured that her sister States of the South
would know where to tind her in time of
need. Wcdesired only to lceep the ship of!
State t'asl at her moorings. Wc did not
seek progress: but simply to maintain stead- j
^lastly, the position taken by the highest au-J
tlsority known to our institutions. Southj
I illOlUlM, \V? D.'Kl liopfi.l, Wolllii, III .dig- '
lilt}-, l'un!i: her -time," for further action. i
Jt is now mai.ilV.--st, however, that party'
organization lias become necesssary lo re-1
sist a new political combination, known as,
the < hder of Know Nothings, but lately as-:
sinning for themselves the name of the '*A- (
merienn Party"'?a parly which, in the rapidity
of its growth, and success of its early
movements, having outstripped the minier-.
ous fanatical developments in the Free;
Stales, lias reached our State, and has introduced
into it principles and practices, |
new, dangerous, and distracting. Notwitli-j
standing its professions, it practically ropit-'
diatos the fundamental principles of civil
and religious liberty?tvjocts tiie right of
free disjeussion?denies the inestimable bless-;
Yiig oT freedom of conscience?sacrifices personal
independence?threatens the snbver-.
sion of the Rights of ({ic States as sovereign i
members of this Confederacy?and, in its;
assertion 01 uie niuiMjiuiauic ana rigijttul
sway of t fie majority, annihilates the inde-j
pendenee, safety, and welfare of the slave-'
holding States.
It then becomes as we, conceive, the imperative
duty of all who regard the preservation
and faithful construction and enforcement
of the Constitution of these United
States, as u high political duty, who arc resolved
to maintain the rights of the States,
and particularly of tlieSlaveftoldjng States,1
as incidents of their sovereignty, ana the po- j
liticnl rights and privileges, ns well of the'
]>eople as of the States, ns set forth in the j
Constitution of the Union, and in that of:
the State of South Carolina, to array them- j
selves, not in secret, but openly ; not bound '
together by oatliB, but by the strong tic-s i
which unite those w.bo have enjoyed the j
rich bleessings of Civil Freedom and P':li-;
gions Toleration; not for the advarcement j
of selfish purposes, but for the good of the
communities in whichtjicy live, and of the j
State to which they belong; not by the or-!
der.of any Grand Council, but in obedience'
to their own free nnd generous impulses;!
not subject to control, except such as the
established'laws of their country, arid their
conscientious convictions of duty, may suggest?in
opposition to this combination,
now styling it-self "Xhe American Party,"
in order that its course may be stayed; the
manifold evils it lias,produced, and will produce*
be abated ; its unwholesome effect on
the moral character of. our State he removed,
and ihe blighting curse of political
proscription, and religious intoJenfnee, forever
averted. . S
RESOLUTION'S. * ''
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1. Resolved, That as citizens of the.Stato
of South Carolina, w&jfccognizc the Ordinance
adopted by the People of tha (State
assembled in Convention in 1852* a6 a part
of -the fuoAknaerital law of the body politic,
enuaHtt authority, a? ^Declaration of .Right,
witfrtW Constitution itself, and .we pro
v- A
I M fill v.;'"
. > ..urn, ii-. ;? i i![inii;ii principle oi me present j
organization,
"That South Carolina, in tlio exercise of:
her Sovereign Will as an independent Stale,!
aeeeded to the Federal Union, known as the j
United States of America; undthat, in the j
exercise of the same {Sovereign Will, it is;
her riirht, without let, hindrance, or molest-j
| at ion from nnv power, whatsoever, to secede |
jfiom the said J'Ydoral Union; and that, for;
j the sullieiency of the causes which may im-i
! pel her to such a separation, she is respon- l
sible alone, under <Jo<l, to the tribunal of j
\ public opinion among the Nations of the i
' K:irth." .
We consider the proceeding of said Contention
as having authoritatively d?-lined
the position of South Carolina and her re-j
lation to the Federal Union. And in the
; opinion of thi* meetinir. the ( ihli'mtion of
tin- Tliir.l I V*g!< , :is set forth in the < 'ou<ti
tution of th?: National Council of the I nitc.]
Stales <>f North Amcrica, known' as tIn<
*rder of iln- Know Nothing*, i< a direct <1 -'
iium-iatioii of tin? principles of this Ordinance,
and the position assumed in these
proceedings, and tin: triumph of the Order i
in this State, would effect a political revohi-j
lion within her limits.
J. /ii xolvttf, That wo protect against the j
proposition put forth hy the (Irand Council;
of the Order, in l>hi!:i?!? Iphia, that "the:
maintenance of tins I aion of tinSlates, :
i* the. //nramouitl political good" a! '
doctrine which a?etmH*s !hat Government is .
ahovc the objects tor which it was instituted
?strikes ut the very foundation of theSover-j i
eiii'nty of the States, and under every viola i
ti"ii of tin* Constitution, however flagrant, J
and under every degree of oppression and i
injury, however destructive, demands of the j i
S'ates eternal and unresisting subjection to <
the central imwi'i'* mm 1 ?> .. !?
li' ictir.-i! in principle aail eminently danger- ! i
oils to !iic South, tin; idolatrous devotion lo :
tli'- I'nion of these .States, so prominently :
ami constantly inculcated I>y the (.'oii-tilu-,
tion ami Ritual of the Older, when eoii-jl
trailed with their silence :is to tin: necessity . >
of preserving unimpaired the rights of t,?.
Stales respectively. j t
J?. J't-solt'dl, Thai we hail with unfeigned 1
satisfaction, the recognition by the Jjcmo- ;
cretic J'ayiii-s of Ciioitnr.v ar.cl I.ocisiana, t
of the resolution adopted by the I'koim.k of j
Gcoryia a.wuihlal in Connntion in 18al ;|
ami, as we beliovo, South Carolina, too,"will, j
and ought to resist, even (as a last resort)'
to a disruption of every tie which binds Iter) '
to tin; Union, anv action of Congress upon i
the subject of slavery in th<; l >istri< r of < \i- i
luiubia, or in places j-.uhjret to the juris lie-j
i.h ^cii^rcs", liieoinpntiUo wiili the
safely, domestic. trati.juiHity, the rights ami '
honoruf I lie slaveholding States, or any act '
uppivsMUg tlie slave trade between tlje J
slaveholdilig State* ; or any refusal to at!- !
nilt as:i Slate any Territory hereatW sip 1
plying, because of the existence of slavery *
therein; or any :u-t prohibiting the iutio-jl
dilution of slaves into the Territories of Utah '
an 1 >>' w Mexico; or any aet repealing or js
materially modifying the laws in force for,1
the recovery of fugitive slaves." 1
4. lirxoft'nf. That we sympathize with 1
the friends of the shivery cause in Kansas,,s
in their manly eJfurts to maintain tleir !
rights, and the lights and interests of t!ie '
Southern neoole. .and lhai.w^ ?..f 1
. ' J "" " I
recent victories over tlie paid adventurers '
and fanatieal Iu-rdes of Northern Abolition- i 1
ism. Thai the deep interest felt and taken \1
bv the people of Missouri in the settle-1
inent of Kansas, and the decision of the '
slavery question in it, is both natural and '
proper; and that it is their right and dutv;fi
to extend to their Southern brethren in that ; 1
Territory every legitimate and honorable jt
sympathy and support. j ^
5 .Resolved, That in the opinion of this!?
meeting, the existence and progress of the j (
organization known as the Order of Know i1
Nothings, is opposed theoretically and prae-j'
tically to the principles which have hitherto j'
characterized South Carolina as * State, and j1
the Southern Rights Parly every where, and i j
render a rally and reorganization of that 1
party in South Carolina a matter of iinper-,'
ative duly with those who remain steadfast: 1
in the faith. i 1
7. livsolrcd, That this meeting disap-''
proves u(terly and entirely of the intrduc- j'
tioll of r^lil'ifiiw inlr? tlir. '
country, and believes such a connexion op-:-'
posed to the Constitution of this State, to i *
the Constitution of '.he United States, and !
anti-American inspirit and policy. |
8. Resolved, That while we regard thej
facility with whrch foreigners of all kinds |
arc admitted to the rights of citizenship, I
and the abuses practised under the existing)
naturalization laws, as proper subjects of|
legislative reform, we unhesitatingly and uncompromisingly
reject, jus a remedy, the formation
of secret affiliated political associations,
possessed of powers so novel and despotic
as those of the order of Know No- 1
things- and we utterly vepudiate tho' indis- :
criminate condemnation, and unqualified
exclusion from the privileges' of citizenship,
of foreigners whatsoever,^ which is tho
practical'result of the triumph Of the Order,
as ^illiberal, unjust, ur^vise, atfd" peculiarly
aoti-American. J .
t>. Resolved, That ig addition to tbeso
stringenV'otjaet'pns,^Ojptowed to the
Rpow Nothing Order, *.
Bocausft'ty ita se6recyimd mystery, ite
datbs and rftual, jt.is calculated to promote
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insincerity ami duplicity, and to stille tlio !
bold, open, manly conduct and conversation
which characterize the man of honor
and the freeman.
ljecau.se its tendency is to organize a
hand of spies in every community, to watch
the condin t and catch the words of the unsuspecting,
to he reported to their secret
councils, and made the foundation ofpolit-:
ical proscription and persecution.
And because its practices strike at social;
coniidcnce, and all that is dear and valuable
in the social relation.
10. lt< > ?/ml. That it is due to the fraternal
harmony which hitherto lias existed here,
to the future, yet certain perils, which as!
citizens of these* SlavehoMing States we;
mu>t meet, and to resist which successfully I
there should cxi?l unbroken unanimity, that
we should, with the utmost eani-stness, np-j
peal to those who have be<jn led into tliisj
(?rd<*r, to ciinic out from it. and strip it of
its power to do evil, and to all, <>f whatsoever .
political <l<"?i<rii;iti?.>ii 11 i?-y may have lnj<-n, t??1
uuit?.' in opposition to ;m organization, which,
if succ<->fiil, inissl prostrate IIi<- l ights of in- j
dividual.-and States: and in the obedience !
it exarts to 1 h?* will of a majority, extinguish- '
esthe hop.-, ami rights of a minority.
1 I. 7.V?o/#W, That the (chairman ofthi<i
inciting appoint a Committee of ono lmn-:
dred, whoshall hi* charged with the orcrani- '
xation of a Southern KighN Parly, in oppo-1
-itioit to t!:<: < >rdcr of Know Nothing*.
Mr. llayno addressed tl?? meeting at;
length and with much ability, in cxnini-j
nation and support of the positions a-Mtmed
in the address and resolutions, and moved "
[heir adaption.
The motion was roeonded hy A. ('<. Mag
rath, Ks"]., in an able speech, in which he
:!i>.pn*ntiy at: ! strikingly contrasted tliuj'
irineples yf the Know Nothing partv with,
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...v. .........ill. .14, II <|< ICUIIH s <11 ."Males '
litd deltur.fctraled their t;i'.:d lendewy Upon !
ioiithern riij!i!s ;tit>l Southern re.-i.stain:e. j
(Jen. \V. 10. Martin i?-!1?1 in somej1
irief, pointed and happy remarks. and closed
,villi much ilVect.by quoting the sentiments .:
>t Washington in favor of religions lolcraion.
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The qn-.'-lii.ii was then taken tipQ)i the 11
iddre?s and resolutions, and they were u- '
auiimously adopted, ji
1'pon motion, the meeting adjourned. 1
' ('. lilfMIAUU.SON MlI.KS, !'
K. TATNAi.i. 1'AIXIC,
K. 11. I-OCKK,
<1. A. 1'OJ.I.IN,
Secretaries. j'
Dr. Chalmer's n.i t.'i?
Iii i S2!>, w hen l! ic movement for < 'atlio-; i
ic emancipation was agitating the mind of i
n?at Britain, 1 >r. Chalmers delivered the t
' . Mowing speech h<fore artimmeii.-o. meeting t
n Edinburgh. The l'roU-stant. will assent ;
< the benevolent policy which it inculcate*, i
vhile all will he charmed and convinced
>y ii> splendid rhetoric. and resistless argil- <
ii'-nt. To the .MirpasMug power of this i
peefh, llit; great critic, Jeffrey, bole strilcinof i
cstimony in saying that "it was his dclih- :
rate opinion, that never had eloquence j i
ir, ,,1nc/-<l > .< 1
.. VII iV |FlljJlllill ."IS- ] I
dnbly, and lliat lie could not believe that j s
novo "had ever been done by the oratory of i
)cini>s!hfiios Cicero, 1 ?urke, or Sheridan." i f
After Sir James W. Moucreill" and Mr.il
lellrey had addressed the nicetin^. Dr. < 'h;t!- 1
Hers ruse, and after some preliminary re- <
narks, proceeded to say : t
"We are not Pro-Catholic. AVc are not c
lostile, neither are we indillerunt tu the j j
loly cause of Protestantism. I cannot sin- (
wer for others; but in vindication of myself, j
can sit least siMMt is in the spirit of devo- s
etlness to that^ause that. I csnnu here, and 'J
>ecause in this emancipation of Papists I \
,eo/or Protdstanta a still gresiter and more i
doripus enianqipa^ion. Tlio truth is, that si
he^^y^uj^jjlfe'liatte hnng.-is a desid weight c
iroumftliC Protestant-esiuse for mare than j i
i-cciitury. Jl'hey' have enlisted in opposi-'<
ion to it some of the most unconquerable j si
ninciples of nature; resentment because of s
niurv. siml the nrid<> nf . f I
eriiig cause. They have transformed llie i
vhole natnre of the contest, and l>y so doing. i
hoy have rooted and given tenfold obstinacy i
o error. Tlit-y have given to our side the I
latcful aspect of tyranny; while on theirs I
ive behold a generous and high-minded re- (
Stance to what they deem oppression, i
1'hcy have transformed a nation of heretics <
nto a nation of heroes. could have <
ofuted and' shamed the l&rctib'OUt of his s
jrrors,' but we caupot bring down the hero t
from his altitude; and thus it is, that from ]
the lirst introduction of heterogeneous ele- I
merits into the question, the causo of truth <
lias gone backward. 'It has over ..since mot i
,t._ J.e '
Liiu unviuiumy ut'uance 01 r people irritated,
but not crushed, undor a sense of in- i
rlignity; this notable expedient fdr.keeping (
Jown tho Popory of Ireland has only corn- 1
pressed it into a firmness and; closed it into I
11 phalanx which tifl opened up by emanci- 1
pfttion, we shall find to be fAjjenetrable.,' i
' GcotU-nieji would draw arguments from i
history Against but there la ?ne passage ;
in history which .they can nev^c dispo&e of. <
Ilow comes it . tbaC Profe^ntfsia, nJads '
such triofnphnnt in jliewf rdaim! 1
when it had pains and penalties to struggle j
with? and how came thiijiroffresi^te be ar- <
rested from the - moment .it" Ij^d- oh these
pains ind penalties in, it&'tu'rn ? ' Vihat
bnvealftheenotctmentoof th? SWmrte-Book
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done f >r ihe cause of Protestantism in Ireland
? and how is it that when single-handed
trii!It walked through our island with the
might and progress of a conqueror, so so?/?
as propped l?v the authority of tlie State,
the armor of intolerance was given to her,
the leiiiiant career of her victories uas ended
? It was when she. look uj> I he carnal
and laid down the spiritual weapon?it was
then that strength went out of her. ?She
was struck with impotency on the instant,
that from a warfare of principle it fyeeame
a warfare of politics. There, are gentlemen
opposed tons profound in the documents of
history; hut she has really nothing to offer
half so instructive as the living history that
is now ln-foie our eyes. With the pains
and ] "'tialth-s to fi?ht against, the cause
of Reformation did almost every thing in
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j.iniim, wiiii ino pains ami penalties on
it- -ide, lias 11?>?:? nothing, and worse thau
nothing-, iti Ireland.
"J?ut JiTtci-fill it is a question which docs
not require tho evidence yf history tor elucidation.
1 hero shines npyn it an immediate
light from the known laws ami principles
<>t' hninan nature. When truth and
i'thehf d enter into collis-ion upon equal
term's and do so with their own appropriate
weapons, tlie result is infallible. M't'jw.
i'.it Veritas 11 prccalcbit. But if to strengthen
tin- cause of truth you put the forces of
the Statute-Hool: under her command, there
instantly starts up on the side of falsehood
an auxiliary far mow formidable. You may
lay an incapacity on the persons, or you may !
put restraint and limitation on the property]
of Catholics; but the Catholic mind be-1
funics moio impregniibl<* than before, j
Wo know (lit- purpose of those (lis ibiti?ii.'s.,
They wen; meant to serve as a barrier of i
ik-foiiee for 1 Yotestants af/ainsl 111 encroach-1
incuts of 1'operv; and tlicy have turucdj
mt a barrier of defence /or Papists against
the encroachments of Protestantism. Tliev
wore intended as a line of circumvallation
iiroiiiKi the strongholds of the < 'alhulie faith,
it is to force those now ditHeull and inaccessible
strongholds that 1 want this wall oft
separation taken down*. When 1.speak of
force, it is the combined force of tnith and
jliaiitv that I uiertuT and it i~ precisely bo;*ause
I be'icve if to i}q_oniiiipotent thai
um an Em.uuiipafciesir-t. dt is/preeis-.-ly be- j
ause X"agree with the Duke of Wellington
In thinking tlurtg^Jhepolitical distinction!
LVi'l*!' dnnft olir.ii' ' itw. W ...^.<1.1 1 < '
.. ..... ?y..v ?***.?>, uio ivniilt UUUIU UC my
?l?ivAr of Protestantism in Ireland. Ilad
ive boi ii suHV'i-i.-. 1 to mingle more extensively
ivith ou?" Catholic fellow subjects, and to
jomptuiy with them in the walks of eivil t
in.l political business there would, atthi-J
lay,"have been the transhi-iioii of another j
celing, tin; br-ath of another spirit among j
hem : nor should we. have beheld as now
he impracticable countenance, the resolute j
m 1 unyielding attitude ?>f an aggrieved a ad (
m'.east population.
"I am sensible of one advantage which |
mr opponents have ngainst us, and tl.'at !
- a certain conunan 1 over the religious feci- j
ngs of the population: and yet I am not)
i ware of any public, topic oil which the pop- j
liar and prevailing cry cv<-r ran so counter as i
t. does at present to the. whole drift and j
pirit of Christianity. "What oilier instruiu
nt do we read of in the New Testament [
or the defence and propagation of the faith,
>ut the W orJ t?f Cod and the spirit of Cod ?'
low i.loes the A | >ost.l(f explain the prin-l
iples of its triumphs in that when the.
ruth was so mighty to the pulling down!
>f strongholds? It was because the won-1
>on? of his warfare wore not carnal, llci
otdined himself to the use of spiritual wea>ons,lhc
only ones by which to assail the
trongholds, either ofPojvry or Paganism.
L'he kingdom of God, which is not of this
vorld, refuse to he indebted for itshdvancenent
to any other. Reason, and Scriptur^
md Prayer?these compose* or ought to
'.omuosCjtho army of Protestantism ; and
tis ny<*lKe alone that the battles of the faith
an he successfully fought. Tt is sinco the
id mission of intolerance, that unseemly associate
within our camp, that the cause
>f the deformation has conic down from
ts vantage ground; and from the nioincnt
I wrested this engine from the hands of
te adversaries and begun to wield and
randish it itself, from that, moment it has
Xion at a dead stand. Wo want to ho
liseneumhered of this weight, and to be
estored thereby to our own free and proper
:nergies. We want truth and force to be
iissevered from each other, the moral and
tpiritual to bo no longer implicated with
he grossly physical; for never shall we
irospor^ and never shall we prevail in Ireand,
till our cause be delivered from tjie
jutrage and the contaminatipn of so unholy
in nliiauce.
"It is not because I hold Popery to be
uoocent, that I want the removal of those
jiowuiiiitea ; out oecaUHc l Hold that it these
were taken out of the way, she would be
[enfold more assailable. It is not because
[ am indifferent to the . good of Protestantism,-.that
I want to displace these artificial
jrutches from under her; but because I
want that, freed from every Bvmptom of do^pituda
^ud,- decay, sh^should stand in'
the good ness aC.her oajii^^^ji>n the basis
of h6r orderly find wel^Jted,.iw^^6nts. . I(
ks b6aU90 t count so tnoch-^Mtt .latH! Any
Pfdtestant herti present sayTuiat t'cQUnl
too much ??on her JWWe anJ^wr cVid^
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L.M- 1
! ces, :ui<] the blessings of Cod upon her |
| Churches, and the force of lu*r resistless ap-1
peals to the conscience and understandings
of men, it i? because of her strength mid J
i sufficiency in these that I disclaim the aids J
j of the Stat lite-Book, and own no depend|
enctj or obligation whatever on a system of
i intolerance. These were enough for her in
| the days of her suffering, and should be
: more than enough for her in the days of her
! comparative safety, tt is not by our fears
j rnd our false alarms that we do honor to
t Protestantism. Afar more befitting hon,
or to the great cause is the homage of our
confidence; for what Sheridan said of the
; liberty of the press, admits of most emphatic
I application to this religion of truth and
lii'cuv. uivo, says me great orator, 'give I
! to ministers a corrupt. Hou^e of Commons;,
I give them a pliant and a servile House o!'!
j Lords; give them the keys of the Treasury I
j and the patronage of tins Crown ; and give
j mti the Liberty of the Press, and with this
: mighlv engine I will overthrow the fabric of
j corruption, and establish upon its ruins the
! rights and privileges of tho people.' In
j like manner, givu the Catholics of Ireland,
j the emancipation of their country; give
them a free and equal participation in ti*ie
! polities of the realm; give them a place at i
; the right ear of majesty, and a voice in his i
'counsels; and give me the circulation of)
: the Bible, and with this mighty engine I will j
'overthrow the tvrannv of Autii-ln-wf -.t./i i
establish the fair and original form of Chris- j
tianitv on its ruins.* I''
Tiio politics of (he question I have left .
to other and abler hands. I view it on!v 1
in its religious bearings; atul i give il as
my hoiifil conviction, and I believe the con- '
vietioji of every true-berated 1'roleslant
who knows wherein it is tlic great strength '
of his can e lies, that wo?4$|tfWj every thing '
to hope from this proposed emancipation, (
and thai we have nothing to f?*ar."j*
"The dt livery of thi.-'splciidi 1 pas-ac-- \v!ii.-li 1
w?n given with prodigious force, eliciUJd a 1
burn >{ applause *< deafening and enthusing- ;
tie, that the effect was altogether sulilime. j
The shouts ami huzzas were thrice Yeiiowed.
and it was witjj. difficulty the speaker could
proceed!'?Sftletlonhii 3tcrcur>f, Afttrch, 1829, '
{" 1 l:?s conclusion of the reverend Doctor's I
speech vvih greeted with renewed shouts and (
huzza-:, the whole audience standing and wa-,
vintr their hats in the air. This lasted sevral |
minutes, and it was not. without difficulty that j ,
the luti:u!l/>f admiration was allayed." |
(\<lt d->nimi M>'rcur>.>, March, 1S2'J. I ]
Tlic South Carolina Creed?The Ameri- ! .
can Platform.
We invoke the candid and. earnest at ten- j
tionofthe papers and tlie people of the. j ,
State to "Tills l'uiNCii'Lns and Oujncrsjj
ok tub Amkiucas' Paiity of South Cau- J {
i)i.ixa, Adopted at a Jfectiu<j of the j(
3TATK UOl'NCIL, UCJUIl Olid htl<l <'t ;
Cn.Mti.Ksios, on 1-1 th August, I Sua." The},
city papers liayi: published it; will not the j'
interior papers nlno lay it before the people ' t
u slice :u)<l liberality require, it. - Let the |
people read for themselves. To tno high I *
tribunal of 'heir minds ati? heart", does! ^
the American party submit,r it. i
This assemblage of the State Council was s
not ; call, but a regular periodic meeting. ~
It, wrs the first since the National Council. I,
iren -e in this State, the delay in action on s
the national platform, and in public demon- t ?
stration. Arrangements are on foot for an j
early popular movement in this city ofthe'
friends of the American cause. Our principles
and discussions fear not the open day ;1
nor do we hesitate to meet our opponents j '
Ueiori; i lift people. j j
This Carolina creed is the best answer to ; (
all the falsehoods ami studied perversion' j
which have misrepresented and vilified our
party'and it-s doctrines. Our opponents wil 1 t
be taught that denunciation (ind slander can- ,
not serve their^'injustice or 'ambition. ?
They have sought '"a war to the knife"? j
'tis a bitter and improper mode; but the | ?
Americans arc ready to meet it. i,
The South Caroliim party ? while it holds : jj
connection and afliliation with all the Amor- >'
lean party everywhere, wlio stand on the J t
Philadelphia plaform?on Americanism, ?
io independent in its jurisdiction, and can j
never, as has been charged, be subject to the {
dictation of "enemies to oar domestic peace," (
nor be swayed from its genuine convictions '
and feeling, in either political or religious ,
matters. ' (
It will sternly address itself, and it is
the only party which sincerely and honestly
will, to remedy the evils of our present nat- j
uralization systom, and will eyer resist and
seek to prevent the deleterious influence
exerted on our national council* By the vast
influx of a foreign mass, radical in notion, j
licentious in manners, low in morajs and {
vicious in course. It lias respect for a Consti- J
tntional Unionj will cndeavor to restore and I
conserve such a gftverment. But if from i
infraction of its nature,' and lhc dominating |
aggressions of enemfes./to^jt and,t<j Our |
rights, disunion become? tl^e.sole remedy }
for the Wronga, and meavirafor!j4afrey; theu )
it will.*io,t oppose the Southern:jSatriot who ,
would resort tofy hilt will"movS and s&od i
j with himv eveVy vflujrey shoulder to shoulder j
in the contesU aijfd to secure, a hewRapf^y- ,
Ifcan independence for this our section o?
Ameiicn. , ' ... 3
_'If-hoti?." declares, and ' ?"t^ 1
IPsNf li:P
' "V - *''?
"t w, - . ; y x ; ,V?'? r
with scorn all imputation of subserviency
to unconstitutional Federalism, or of disregard
to "fundamental" State Rights.
It holds that the Federal and State constitutions
are the fundamental exposition
of the objects of our Government, and
that constitutional liberty and constitutional
organism are, in this view, correlative
terms.
It rejects alike the principle, the pretext,
and the seyiblance of religious proscription;
but it declares fixed hostility to the politicosecturian
assumptions and efFurts of Romanism,
as anti-republican in principle, alien in
sentiment, intolerant in dogma, and aggressive
in polity. The native Catholic who does
not assent to those assumptions and efforts.
and will verity his* sincerity by abjuring
them, it will not hold to be or treat as an
opponent to Americanism.
In political opinions, it adheres to what
South C'arol'iia and themselves have continued
to maintain.? Charleston News.
Ancient and Modern Homes.
The Romans walked on mosaic floors; *
but they were hard and cold. The palace
halls of Queen Elizabeth were strewn with*
straw and rushes; but we, of this western
world over landscapes, designed by the genius
of Claude Loraine?thus bringing to
our very feet, in the luxurious tread of the
parlor, all the images of beauty which oncc
udonicd the walls of Italian palaces, and"
wfiich are now sought for with eagerness,,
mid looked upon with veneration."
The progress of art and taste is electric
in our age, and inventions for multiplying
whatever exalts or embellishes civilived life,
outstrip tho wildest imagination. We wero
forcibly struck with this thought the other
lay as wo glanced rapidly through the great
carpet establishment of Doughty and Broth...
on 11..- l '? ? : - --- i
incic i-> aiwiiys iliur.li
that is suggestive and striking in ;i superb
Election of rich fa be its gathered from every
pait of tlv world, and thrown open to the
.ye of taste on our fashionable Boulevard;
md every season brings its new attractions
into Broadway.
But at no former period have we witnessid
more marked progress in any department,
than we find this spring in the new style of
carpels, and every species of covering with
which w?s f-lothe the halls and floors of our
jwol lings. There we notice a luxurious
Mosaic rug, which seems an exact counterpart
of one of the finest pictures of the old
nasters. From a short distance the sbv is
is blue?the clouds as golden?the water
is limpid?the tree shadows full aa mirrorike
upon its glassy bosom?J.he herds aro
is lazily wandering yver the meadows?thy
nounlains rise as dark at the base, as purple
ip the sides, and as gulden on their tops, as
:ver tho finest imagination pictured. At
he farther end of the stately hall of Doughty
md lirotlier, (which, for commerce sake, we
nu#t call a sales' room.) is suspended soinehing
entirely new in the world of art?an \merican
invention. It is the first1'sample
eon in the world, of the Medallion Ingrain
Uarpet. It is coinposcd of five breadths,
\hich unite i:i a gorgeous and splendid deign?unique,
fresh, striking, beautiful, and
iiiggestivo of images of beauty; and yet?
his work of art, which is worthy a tbouiand
times more tham all the meaningless
icrolls and (lowers, and confusion of colors,
lm led together to make up carpets of comnon
design, costs scarcely a grot more than'
me of those old-fashioned tilings we have
?row;n so tired of long years ago, .
Why shall we not have things that are*
jeautit'ul in our dwellings,-when the geuiuft>f
art and tho sturdy arm of commerce
jringthem to our doors? . . . V
This is an age of luxury and of j>eaco to4
is on this untroubled side of the earth. It ! <??*
nay well be; for the olivo is growingin'oufr
'sew World, while the flames of watfare*
ighted in the old. And.then,1 is a nation' y'
if working men, walking on :i continent of .
fold. Once all the beautiful objects, imagesind
associations' of art, were confined to the'
ich and the noble. Democracy has revoluionized
the world. It has lifted the veil,- i
md opened an earthly paradise to long-toil- .
ng and ever-forgotten millions. The hoino
>f every active, intelligent, upright Amen* .
:an, may now bo brightened by those luxuies
wlucl^ by the magic workings of modem1; f .
nachinery, have been brought within the:ommon
reach. To the euergy, boIdnes?;^> >
md taste of Doughty and Urotbor^our city^*^, ^ .^
md country are indebted for "muclr of the
nxury "and comforts of American homes.
Jloinc Journal. "
1Ian])?Ill8 *ni> CiKCUL.\ns/~The Wash-' ' '
ngton Union Announces the following ojdeiv*;
'rora the Post ' Office Department: "yVft, K5? w
earn that it is the practice of roauy to ad^M f
Iress their handbills and^juewijpapei^
lature of circulars or handbills, to pof^gaito^ *'
era, by which ineiins they give th
.cnsive circulation free of .
in abuse that should be corcott^cfc , bveverf;^,
instance when a poatwas^^mcei^es a coin- -w ^
muhicatiotf,' addressed Jt^fifm aS postnia^fo^,1^ , ^
which is of a priVato^^(^^r,^hd designed
to promote* ^riv&tej^BS&^ -'VMtb ?n evip, i.*
ient intention-"-6f J||mg'!'iTOrcu1ation to it
without paying omK^w no i?reqiijred to renr'
ri-jMrmr it;' - ^ %** -it,> , ?