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TH E&PU BMC DOM AIX. The halls of National Le^l<4ttpa,-.ii&tt?,' for Rome years past, Hew' the tB&Mgof dis?erutable . : ol'ies for tiie domain.* The schemes ;of spoil.:tihave been eo-extensi,va with tfie va- f rious views of their proposers. At one period i the public lands were regarded as a fund lor I Internal Improvement and Ivhication; At an- j other pmiod they were held, as of right the pro- j pertyof the *Staies in which they lie and to he disposed of accordingly. Then .again as if this was an object too limited, all coiners were to be permitted to t > occupy them, without a money equivalent ar.d rinq !y on the condition tliat they would settle and cnliivate. In tiiis way i the splendid landed patrimony of this Republic j was proposed to he parcelled out by the do*- ^ ceiidni.ts of those who had purchased them at a large -acrineo of hlood and treasure in the better davs of the counuonwealth the pub* - *- i* 1 lie domain was regarded as a irusi iuiiu, to be held as a guarantee for the payment of the public obligations. The diversion of the fund from its original purpose is .1 violation of the national faith. Except for purposes of sale in open market. the policy that j would place these lands in the hands of foreign 1 ers, is to be characterized as nothing short of j downright spoliation. What pretence of inst'ec is the e for making a gratuity to foreigners of lhi.?, t1;*' pinperty o. ' the citimiis of tiiis republic { W.Tat 1ig.1t iias 1 the Congress of 18" 1, ur any other < o. gress to donate land-, whicn, having been acini ei by our ancestors for ti e cotitniiai i encfit, are among toe sacred i eiitages o! t'r ir p >ate. itv. i To alienate tiiem, is to commit an act of undisguised | binder. We are heaping debt on out descendants. If this policy of inviting the whole world to enter on possession of these lands prevails, the mentis will be measurably j cut off for its redemption. What shadow even nf abstract ri'dit is with the i:e:?! le of fo cign " "P # ? . # , states to enter on this patrimony witiiont e^ui i valentf What efTorts have they made?what; sacrifice have they endured?what perils haw they encountered, to have the possessions of our people distributed among them, as .a free will offering of equality-loving Americans 011 the altar ot repnhlican fraternization. This would ' be a glaring' injustice to our own people, who have braved the perils of war to conquer?who ! have taxed themselves to purchase the public j domain. It would be even worse. It would j be a discrimination in favor of all comers j against those whose valuable inheritance, next j to thei?liberty, is the public domain. But this is not the only, although the most ' offensive, form in which spoliation of the pub- j lie lands appears. The scramble for their possession by the new States of the West, in which j they lie, is uninterrupted. There appears to : be an apprehension they will be absorbed by gratuity to all comers so rapidly, that the donees will seize on the best and most eligible tracts. Therefore/it is that there is a consta.it stiuggle of the members of Congress to obtain grants for the State they represent, to effect internal improvements. There is no limit, in fact, to these schemes for parcelling out the national territory. It is a race in which cupidity is the incentive and popularity the reward. The Senator or Representative who shall win the largest share ?who j shall obtain the most liberal appropriations-will he the fortunate demagogue. Between the advocates of a gratuitous distribution among all comers?between the friends of bouhfv grants to the military of all our wars and the dispensers of tracts to aid internal improve-1 ments, the victor)' will be, we apmehend, with | the latter. They will succeed, in engrossing, a combination, all the mo-it d-sirahle public territory, for as these lands all lie in the new States of the West, they will make common cause, and vote together, in confiscating them to their own use. The old'Atlantic section should unite to prevent this mal-appropriation of that which is common property of all the State?which has cost nearly equal sacrifices, and wliico being common patrimony, should be distributed according to federal numbers. We have no hope that this will bo done. The West, united, will ultimately engross to itself all of that patrimony I which the popularity hunters may not succeed in distributing to all in comers from foreign realms.?Evening tXews. SOUTHERN SENTIMENT IN MISSISSIPPI-CO-OPERATION. An intelligent correspondent of the Mont-1 goinery (Ala.) Advertiser aw I (InztUc, wiitingj from Prairie Point. Noxubee County, Missis-i sippi, stales that the au-v of Southern Rights j is in the a remlai in that section of country, i and. thai allhongli tlie 11:.il??r i'onie pa-m-.I through .Noxubee county and addres-o I a large concourse of people :,t Macon, the county seal, he could not make the e<?:nt y v?->. mam v -w.illow (he do.-e ii" had pr-p ired lb. t : ... t ' UlPm. .'MIV, l Ills Jill S'T.-I i <1 v til- I - .... . Iing with his deserts, and mi will ::II 11I1 nis siouials. .St 111 t!i Carolina !?. ?-? < 1:1!v fo s ??i* in-:', connection with the IVilfr.il ( overument, and tli.m3 in Jj, aye tens of thousands, w ill, ii' need be, (lock to her standard. As Col. R. II. Corvlwyn, in lifs re-ponse to sundry queries addressed to tins gentlemen i nominated as Delegates from this Di trict to , our .State Convention, well remarks: "Organi- | zatiou and united action never precede but follow after revolution lias begun. Let South Cam- j lina itrrr.ile, and the now iio despicable ininori- j ties of Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, j Florida, .Mississippi and Vi ginia will be with her, heart and hand. Wo want no further assurance?their co-operation is certain, and all suificient. Let us once stjike for our igiits, 1 a ? - ...;n >'..li ann me mniii ami uuic-xDiug ?..? ..... ranks?and the majorities grow so thin and beautiful by less, as no longer to exist. Uu South Carolina the true friends of Southern interests now look with anxiety; to her has devolved tho high honor of leading at this crisis, and her fair escutcheon would he forever tarnished, I were sh'< to allow any false ideas of courtesy to cause her to shrink from the proud position assigned her. Let us not then be deceived by the syren voices of those who bid us wait for co-operation; such d lay is but procrastination of the most perilous nature; the glorious niinoriiies'of j our sistof 9bdtHefrf *"9fatoe are with us, and | were they not, it were better far for South t'aroliim to lead the forlorn hope, even were he to peri.di in the attempt, than oblivious of her pa rt. pl-.r-lg,-. ;.;iy longer to remain in a ninth: of-iiii 'ioi ions iniietivitv.? State* Rights Wcpuforan. '*** " ' Immigration to the. Unitrd. Slates in 1850.? The Secretary of. State has furnished to Con-, gross a statement'oftoe number 'of -immigrants ; which have arrived at the ports of the L. States for the year ending 30th September, 1850, the general aggregate of which is 315,333, opposed to29lM'>10 lant year. This shows an increase of 15,723, notwithstanding New York lias fallen off nearly 1 l,0<>(). The increase in California has been between 70 and 80,000 ; but omitting that new State, the decrease has been proportionate with New York throughout the Union. At the rate of 315,000 per annum, the immigration to occur from 1851 to 1801, ten years, would amount to three millions and oneeighth?or equivalent to the white population of the whole South in 1840. It is remarkable, too, that of the numbers last year, nearly onefourth came here prepared to engage in useful brandies of industry, with means at hand, and but a moiety of that population denominated paupers. THE RIGHT 01- SECESSION. The ljo:.ijvil!e Journal lias contained several iiti -I -s denying the right of secession, but admiiiii.g the light of Revolution. When Mr. Webster was pressed by .Mr. Hayue and Mr. C .Ilioun to explain what was meant by the right reservea by several mau's 10 r^uinc mc powers thov had granted the federal government -what was meant l?y the right asserted in the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions of US, for the States to interpose agiinst Federal us'irpation?what was meant in the Declaration of independence, when it abetted the right of the people to alter or abolish their Go ve. unit-lit at pleasure?he said it was the right of revolution, which he admit ed also. This was simply a retreat into a high sounding phrase which meant nothing, for it is a con tradietion of terms. There is no such thing as a riuhi of revolution. A revolution is a mere trial of strength, iu which might and not right decides. According hi Mr. Webster, a State lias a right to resist, if she thinks herself oppressed but the oppressor lias the l ight of re sisting her resistance. Ti e Declaration as sorted the right of a people to alter or abolish governments at pleasure. It asserted that right for those colonies, and consequently the attempt of Great Britain to resist that right was a wrong. Mr. Wehster meant the right of miirht. The Declaration of Independence o ? meant no such thing, for if it had, it would have been a defence of the British forces as much as ofnur own.?Southern I re.is. TENT LIFE IN CALIFORNIA.?FREE AND EASY EXPERIENCES. California, Saturday, Nov. 23, 1830. We are here at the old place, Dwight city, making enough to get our grub, without begging; that is pre*tv much all. For 1113- part. I am not very miserable; it makes little difference where 1 am; I do not know that i have any children crying or suffering for my absence. As you say 1 have 110 wife to write to me, neither have I any to trouble herself at my absence, nor to curse tne because I do not make my fortune and come home. If I had a wife she would be here with me, to wash my shirts and do my mending. I could make one very inseful as well as ornamental, and where i could live, she could live also. The fact is. we are not so badly off* in our tents as you may imagine; they" are quite as comfortable as your three and four story bricks. One important feature in favor of our houses, is, there is 110 getting up stairs. We eat, drink, and sleep 011 one floor, (beg your pardon) on the ground ? it is all the same. If a snake or a mouse ! 1 -l? ite tlia uuiiui Hnnr wi? wissues iu simrc wnu uo mv o?> ?- 9 .. v never dispute their right. ?They probably have the best right being the oldest settlers. We ? ? have no history by which one can tell when they first took possession. They might have come in Solomon's ships which lie sent here to get gold, when he was building the temple. I have often heard people say they had found the place where Solomon dug his gold, and I think I have found one of them, for there is none left. There are mighty few Solomons left now-a-days, or this country would not have so many tools coming to it. 1 was one of tlie fools, yet I came here with my eyes open, expecting untiling, ami 1 have not been disappointed. lint 1 am not troubled; I would as soon live here as anywhere in the country. There i* no part of the world that I have seen that is pica winter than liii? sam - California, or wlio.e a m in can make a comfortable living ea>ier. Any man with two hands can do it, vv i rover lie may be placed, and pay c<da day fir board. Tic rainy season we conclude lias commenced, as it lias rained siucu Tuesday evening last, and wc have, like the stpiirrcls, put in our WlilU'l" provisions a.l'l goilv iui.? WI.I The wc.atVi is iidI ciil.I; were il not lor the rain we should n-rd no fire. 1 have seen many colder days than this at home in August. Vet there has been no time during the summer, when the mercury stood at 100 tliul we could not go on the top of a hill near lis and see the mountains covered with snow, which 1 suppose has been there ever since Adam was a little boy, and will last as long as the world does. From sic/ness we have been remarkably free this season. There has been much of the cholera at Sacramento during the last six weeks, but it lias not reached the mines. ? Correspon L ure Tribune The Washingbm Monument?In aid of this work, the Chickasaw Indians have, in council, contributed 8200. During the discussion oftho matter, it was stated by the members that the Natl jii had never shed the Idood of white men in war, and that they venerated the memory of Washington as much as their white brethren. Death of a Heroine. ? Mrs. Bailey, who is renowned for her patriotism in furnishing means for"prosecuting the battles of the revolution, was borned to death, a few days since, at her residence, in Groton, opposite New London, Ct She was upwards of 90 years of age. | I THE CAMDEN JOURNAL ' ; THO. J. WARREN & O. A. PRICE, Editors. FRIDAY Ef EirilTG, JANUARY 31, (851. i There will be a meeting of the Southern Rights Association for*"Kershaw District, on the first .Monday in February. - .w JOHN CANTEY, President. Our MarketSince our last, tho Cotton Market has been tolerably active, prices ranging from 10 to 12 5-8.? The recent reduction of this staple, has had a tendency somewhat to depress the market, but we have rejson to hope that tin's will be of brief duration, and that former prices will be again resumed and remain firm. Corn is worth,from the wagon?, $1; O.its 75c. Of the Charleston Cotton Market, the Mercury of yesterday say?? The market yesterday continued depressed and quite irregular, hut without material change i in pi ices, the sales footed 1*200 hales at 11 1-2 1 to 120-4. Change. Every day and every hour we see clicnge writ-' ten on the face of h&7fire?the mutability of hu-! man affairs is constantly, to our minds, a sclf-evij dent proposition. One day the gonial rays of a ; I delightful spring raav be shed upon us but alas ! j j how soon a change conrs o'er the spirit of our ' I dreams, and we find ourselves taking "fair days in ' winter for'the Spring," shivering with cold, tremi tiling like the Aspen bough, when rudely shaken j ! by a regular norili pastor. We have our hands 1 full to keep from freezing. Again has "Winter come to rule the varied year .Sullen and sad with all his rising train, Vapors and clouds and storms." or as our Jeemx would remark, the Thermometer is decidendi/ below Zero, and no where else. Election Notice. At 11 o'clock, on .Saturday, (to-morrow) the ' polls fortha election of Captain of Beat No. 2 will ' J be opened, and continue until 3 o'clock. The notice advertising the election to be held \ Ion Monday and Tuesday, the 10th and 11th days of February next, for three delegates to rep- | resent the District af Kershaw in the State Con- i vention, will be found in our advertising columns, i Tt will !?. sphii that tho same rpciilalinns are to he "" O I observed as in the election of Senator and Repre- I sentatives to the Legislature. Last week, we spent in Charleston, and if' we had space, would like to fill out a column rela-' tiveto this, our city of the South. But we can on-' ly notice one or two things?and first, of course, we would notice the PRESS. We think no city,.North or South, can boast a higher toned or abler press than Charleston. We forbear to particularize?they are all above medi- i ocrity, and some very far above. In passing by the splendid stores on King-street,; i wa dropped into the enchanted store of .Mr. Oates. i Pianos, Harps and Lutes lay around as ifSnpho 1 arid Juhal had scattered their instruments, atteinp- , ting to strike a note of discord?and then such , splendid fancy Escritoires, Port Folios, &c., upon i which the seraph of the jewelled isle might write her lays ot love, or pen the soft embodiment of her affection to the light haired knight of Obla. His splendid Tables, like the rest too, imported directly from England, and without a tarnish of Yankeeism attached to them. Never pass Mr. Gates when you are on King-street, and be sure i to rend his music advertisement in the Journal. We had thepleasuie too, of hearing the truly scientific and interesting Lectures of MR. WILLIAM C. RICHARDS, delivered in the South Carolina Hall. We do | not recollect of ever hearing a more agreeable j an i pleasant Lecturer than Mr. Richards, nor one j who seemed better acquainted with his subject, j Sure we are, that the large houses In draws will i be pleased as well as edified. Lint we will say ! I ..I I more of Charleston and Charlestomcs hereafter, i I Our corner in the editorial column i- out. Where will we be Found. On the tenth of February, the election for Dele- ; ; gates to the State Convention conies on. It is an j ; election of momentous interest to the People ol South Carolina, and its action will seal the doom of Southern Rights, or unfurl the Flag of Freedom to the breeze. We believe that the candiI dates should be pledged to a certain course for variI ous reasons. One we have before mentioned?that individuals are more apt to change than communities?and if the people nmo elect a separate State action ticket, they will be less apt to change than the individual electors. Another reason?we be' lii-ve that the people should know where the State was?in what sea she was navigating, and know how to steer clear of the shoals and quick sands, 1 and should know if secession is our course, in or ; dt-r that the may he preparing for it. We have heen lung enough an uninformed mass?our pur; p-ises a chatoic substance?if'the term isndmissaj ble?sailing without compass or quadrant. It is j time for us to see some headland in view?for our I prow to point toward some port, and if it be rocky, j stormy and sterile, or narrow and uninviting, why. let us decide whether or not we land. But we are presuming, and with justice too we think, that there willhe a Submission Party in thisstate. They will term themselvesthe 'watch and wait,' or 'anti-separate Slate action party," hut if you will analyze those names, you will find in them but one ingredient, and that submission. And why will they submit? Forsooth, because they are afraid to resist?some afraid of losing dimes, some afraid of losing quiet and ensp.and, we verily believe, some afraid of losing blood. They have cursed too, with dreadful ire, the bribed demagogues who voted from the South for the compromise measures, and said they were bought by Federal monqy.? And herq are,men scared by Federal arms?anij for fcar of losing their dimes, which ia equivalent to being bought, they submit to the compromi eJ : Aye, and worse, they have been threatened with ' force, they have been laughed at, they have been ' booted, and still they are going to submil They 1 say, "whv we cannot go alone; they will blockade ' our ports; let no cotton go away from the Slate; ' our people will leare the State and emigrate to * Georgia, and South Carolina will he reduced to a ( desert." Grant it?that it is all this, and worse, , hpw much would ym lose? One hundred or a thousand, or five thousand dollars? And for this j much you will submil, with all the eternal weight ! of disgrace upon you and your State! Why, Clay, Foote. &c., we suppose, got five times that amount and the liope of honorable office, and the credit of being ostensible patriots. They were not forced into il; did uot do it blubbering with the rod upon their backs, but were simply bought. You are bought, beaten and degraded. But would the picture that we have sketched (it is not original with us, but we have heard it from those who are opposed toseparate State action,) be as ba i? We say no. As Journalists, we should honestly say what we think the probable consequences would be. This we think, is far from so dark a picture. Suppose the General Government blockaded Charleston, and it was impossible for us to break it, the result would ne, mat our irane- wouiu oe more among ourselves?our foreign debts would be by this act, paid, and though we suffered some from it. yet we might eonn learn to get along very well?for we could raise within ourselves, every thing we want, and it is but natural to suppose that in less than one century, the General Government might get weary in keeping up its blockade, and it would look about as ridiculous hauling up its ship an- I chore and leeing off, as South Carolina would knocking for re-admitiance into the Union. Certain we are, that she would do it first. But that would be unnecessary. We believe England would acknowlege us as an independent Republic, and rorne in and trade with us simply passing these blockading ships by and coining in, and if, in their passage those ships should lire in them, why a broad side from an English steam-hip would settle it, we think, rather to the disadvantage of a Yankee revenue blockade cutter. Recollect, our ships that have done good service against English ships have had some Southerners aboard, and in their cews no disaffected persons. This would be different. England has never shirked a war, for fear of crippling her commerce, for if seems to llourish by war. She would clear the biockad", for the reason that she would be glad to see this Confederacy broken up?because she would be fighting against the North, her natural rivals of the loom. She would do it, because then she would have an open and free American port. N'he would do it, in short, because interest would drive i :* A j *i. * i. 4 ... a.n. Ilt'r lU 11. iviiu ui* ilium iuiu uiiii ?? o%hi.ii roliua?might gather i:p a few little sloops, and like Paul Jones, throw some hot shot into the Yankee blockaders. The other states would then tall in with us. Unless we do it, they never will.? They will look upon us as the example; if we j. o alone and stand, they will ail come in with us?if the Government attempts to coerce us by blockading our ports, they will be with us at on e. Bi.t if we basely yield, ami when t!:e true hearted patriots in other states awaiting to help us ask u> where we are, and we tamely whine out, "we're watehi' g and waiting," then will we he what the veriest galley slave would scorn tube? Submission firc-ealers?Secession sines. Missouri Senator?Benton Defeated. We have reliable intelligence from Missouri, that Mr. Benton has been defeated in the election for United Senator. On thejfor;iety ballot, Geyer (whig) was elected?beating the Colonel twentylive votes. [3f"VVe spe it stated that there are no less than lorry candidates lor the olDce ot U. S. Senator from Rhode Island. ^?,, < ' Fur (Ik Cum leu Journal. The great body of tho people of South Carolina, would rather be out of the Federal Liiioii, because they believe in the language 01 the Lancaster resolutions: "that the federal Union having failed to answer the end tor which it was formed, and therefore, they are ready and willing, and feel it to he their duty, to withdraw from it." There are some, however, who are unwilling to separate without a co-operation of the other j Southern States, because they believe that the State could not do so, without great danger of j annihilation, and even if she could do so, that' she is too poor* to support a separate govern- J nient, and without the power to maintain her i independence. To that class of persons who | demand a co-operation of tiie other Elates of , the South, 1 would write, that the only means by which it can be brought about, is for the! people of South Carolina to elect for the Convention, men who are known to he decidedly i in favor of a separation by the Stale alone, , should the Southern Congress fail to insure a ' co-operation ol the other Stales. .Not.dug could be better calculated to compel them to this Congress, than the publicly declared fact, that this State bad elected men for the Con vention, who are committed to separate State action. Should the people of this State, on the contrary, elect men, who have no deliuite views ; w ho are not committed to any particular measure of resistance, or who are declared to he opposed to separate State action, in reason, who could expect that a Southern Congress would ever take place i The other Southern States having uiadu submission, should South Carolina, like Georgia, also elect submission men to the Convention, would it not he well calculated to make these States, now too tame, as gentle us lambs, and moreover, aflbrd them consolation in their degradation, and con vert, in their opinion, that, whidh tney once believed to be the most awful tyranny, into nothing more than the compelling power of a kind superior by law?and thus the loud, c?amorous discontent of the South, bo made "to pass away swiftly, like the morning dew, and the early cloud." People of Carolina! are you willing to forget your past high estate,and with content, submit to past wrongs, when this submission "Will tender you base and ridiculous and md advance you far into irretrievable ruin ? Should you also, bow down your once proud lecka to the yoke of a most galling tyranny, ivhere is the State to lead in future, iu the effort :o throw it off! Where is the State, that would lead in future, relying upon you to back her, should you now, after this grand parade of resistance, signalize and even legalize your submission hy the form and decency of a solemn act of a Convention of unrrreig/ts ? People of Carolina! let us review in brief our acts. We have exhausted the whole vocabu lary of Resolutions and held till kinds of meetings and Conventions, that have ever perhaps been adopted by ? resisting people?and all with years of deliberation, and a clamor for war has been raised in every part of our State, and this has been gratified with the means of a high military preparation, and the old and the decrepit!, as well as the young and the vigo- oas, have bounded into ranks with hearts of fire for the battle-field?mul heboid is it all to become a dream, a mere Quixotic ptiuik for the amusement of children ? The member* of a -ubniUsion Convention with new shining clothes oil, trot to Columbia, and cast in their high resolves?to submit! and paid out of yu.tr raxes their daily wages for their noble services, return to their constituents, having relieved themselves of their vast load of valor and patriotism. .Shall the* figure, so nobly commenced vt-ars ago and lately made pregnant with ali the lofty elements of liberty and the dire spirit of war, the very embodiment of desperate resistance to Federal tyranny, finish with the lowest and humblest of beasts ( And should this take place, what State. 1 again would ask, could ever rely on us, and, from this signal failure of ours, take courage to oppose Federal aggressions I And ye, dear lovers of the Union ; you, let me ask. how far would this empty parade? this harmless wind serve to quell the spirit of the Northern fanatic, and tend to preserve the Union ? Hut to impress yon, Carolinians! more forcibly with what is before us should you be invited to march under a flag with a picture with your conduct for the last twenty years? your Meetings; your Conventions; your Resohtions; Military preparations; your Brigade Encampments on it and on it o statue of your great champion irii/i a scroll in his hand, and on it inscribed " The admission of California is fk'* test; if l/nu admit her, ire know what you mean,"?and on the same flag, inscribed in 1 irge golden !e ters, ' submit! Goml God! inn blood curdles in jmj reins," and then close beneath, submitted! signed by a Coarention of - r 7? _ 11 r.r if n 11 r mm (if \,urntlTlfI! WU(1 UII5 Illt^ uvci you, how would vo?i feel, and who would expect you to co-operate with them in deeds of noble daring?in the reJress of Southern wrongs? L"t those then, who earnestly desire a co-operation of the other States, vote for men, who are committed to separate State action, irf: case the Southern Congress should not insure a cooperation of the other States, and afford this stimulant to these States, to send delegates to this Congress. But there are some, who are afraid to sepa- <? ate; they are alraid of Federal arms, should the State act alone. Let lis see how those tand. They admit that the Federal Government, instead of being the protector of our rights, as our agent, lias become an unjust and e ere master; but they are afraid to resist, 'e ;t they might be slain, or subdued again. These individuals acknowledge then, that they are subjects of a hard master, and, through fear, they tolerate him. Are thev right? Let us te t it Suppose a flag should be raised and on it inscribed, " give me liberty, or give me death," how many Carolinians, on S*-.p..?ide day, would refuse to march under it? How many would fail to fall in under this motto of rmr n nn icfnra fKomcalroa onmnor-i tirnlv few. fighting the most mighty and brutal people in the wo;Id? People of Lancaster district! what did one of your humblest fellow citizens do in the war with Mexico? He marched up voluntarily with Capt. Lilly, of Chester, to aid Capt. Drum in firing a cannon at a Mexican battery, not more than a hundred yards off; yes! he marched up three times after the body of one individual was cut in two, close side, and the head of another was shot on?rho marched up until Capt. Drum himself was shot! Now, here was danger braved by one of your most unpretending fellow citizens, and braved successfully?Itere was all the danger braved, that could, in the worst supposition, l>e put upon our case?and braved by James Burr, one of the most unaspiring of our fellow citizens! Yo men of epaulettes! Yo men of houses, and lands, and negroes! Y"e men of wives' and child en! Yemen! whoso father's graves are before your eyes! will ye be overawed, by present danger, from contending for all these, and he surpassed by your humble fellow citizen, Jam >s Bnrr, fighting in a foreign country, not immediately for his home and his fire side; not for a wife, or children; not for property? wilt you be surpassed by other individuals, wuo, in the same war, from this district,stood up against showers of bullets ? I appeal to those, who have grown grey in the military service ol their country at home, and to our honored families, don't you admire the valor of James Barr and other Mexican soldiers from this District; and don't you think it worthy o' imitation, and ought we not to imitate it, when called on to defend all that is dear to a freeman ? Who * should not rather do what Jaines Barr did, than * live under a despotic government?than see his country, at no distant d iy, ruled by those, that are now bis bondsmen; ruled eventually by " Cuffoy the Second i" But people of Carolina ! the Slate can act alone, without much danger. The Federal Government cannot exercise much force, should she attempt to coerce; and should wo be well prepared, we can tri 1 fvinmnli f Ko nf hoj llllipil ? \VV IIIUUI|/U( % ?? W? uuMtM ?? is on our side ! But some say the State is too poor for separate existence. There could be no greater mistake. She has eight or ten millions of exports, a duty of 30 per cent would afford her a revenue of nearly two and a half, or of three nriMp lions of dollars, enough to support a grartn Government. Our present Federal Government has been administered with seven millions, and when it first started, it was administered with less than the half of that sum. But our State could increase herimpoi taby lower duties, than those imposed by the Federal Govern