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Scini-iUcchln Camden Sonrnat. VOLUME 2. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, JULY 18, 1851. NUMBER 56. r j" THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. PUBLISHED BY* THOMAS J. WARREN. THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL It published at Three Dollars and Fifty Cents, if pai4 in advance, or'Four Dollars if payment is delayed for three months. THE WEEKLY JOURNAL Is published at Two Dollars if paid in tdvance, or Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, if payment is delayed for Six months, and Three Dollars, if not paid until the end of the year. ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the following rates: For one sqn&re (14 lines or less) in the semi-weekly, one dollar for the first, and twenty-five cents for each uwr^univ iiipcuumi. In the weekly, seventv-fivi! cents per square for the first, and thirty-seven and a half cents for each subsequent insertion. Single insertions one dollar per square. The number of insertions desired, and the edition to he published in, must be noted on the margin of all advertisements. or they will be inserted semi-vveeklv until ordered to he discontinued. an<t charged accordingly. Semi-monthly, monthly and quarterly advertisement* charged the same as for a single insertion. C3P"AI1 communications by mail must be poet-paid to ecure attention. Tbe following gentlemen are Agents for the Journal: Wm. C. G'aston, (ieneral Agent. Col. T. W. Hpev, Jacksonhain. l/vncastcr Dut. m 8. II. Rosser, Esq., Lancastervtlle, S.C. i C. C. McCrcmmen, Carthage. N. C. W.C. Moore, Esq., Camden. S. C. And Postmaster! are requested to act as our Agents. C. iff ATHESON, BANK AGENT. At his oi.p stand opposite Davis's Hotkl ~ a \I n C* ^ AS? tV tUA.TI Receiving and Forwarding merchant, and linger of Cottou and other Country Produce, CAMDEN, S. C. W ILIA AM C. MOOKJE BANK AGENT, And Receiving and Forwarding merchant CA MDEN, S. C. References?W. E. Johnson, Ksq. Maj. J. M DeSaussure, T. J. Warren, Esq. PAUL T. VILLEPltil'E. FACTOR. And General Commission Merchant, ACCOMMODATION WHARF, CHARLESTON. S. CLiberal advances made on consignments of Produce, and prompt attention given to the forwarding of Goods, at the lowest rates. Aug. 2G. 68 JDS. B. KEft* 11AIV. Attorney at Law and Solicitor in Equity, CAMDEN, S. C. '* VurJuff. Kurntcr, Will attend me \ ourio m Fairfield, Darlington and Lancaster Dint nets. W. If. R. WORKMAN*" Attorney at Law, and Solicitor in Equity, CAMDEN. S. C. {OJfice nearly opposite .1. Young's Bool: Store ') WIM. ATTKNT) TIIK COl'RTH Durlingloii and Sumter Districts. Business entrusted to him wit. meet with prompt and careful attention. July F. ROOT, ^ ryrcst^-u-fn-r^-* ? ' CAMDEN, S. C. ? a TTTT.totu HOTEL. Jt ** W MI. ? - ? (BV II. L. BUTT Ell FIELD.) Comer of Meeting am! Ilaeell Street*, nncl in the inun<-. dinie vicinity of Uayne and King Street*. Charleston, S. KICK duijx; FACTOR AND COMMISSION M .* I /NT CENTRAL WHARF, CHARLESTON, S. C. May 2. 33 tt JON. B. HICKLE. Attorney at Law and Solicitor in Equity. WINSBOROIGH. S.C. (Office in the rear of the Court House.) may 6. 36 4m Marine, Fire, and Life Insurance. T HIE Commercial Insurance Company, OK CHARLESTON, S. C. CAPITAL, $250,000, ALL PAID IN. OFFICE, NO. 1, BROAD-STREKT. PRESIDENT. WILUA.tl B. HF.BIOT. directors. JAMES K. ROBINSON, 1IENRV T. STREET, <;EO. A. TRENHOLM, WM. McMRNEY, ROBERT CALDWELL, J. II. BUAWLEY. A. K. TAFT, I T. I,. W RA(JG, A. M. LEE. Secretary. E. L. TESS'lER. Inspector. R. C. PRK?SLhY. Solicitor. II. A. KINLOCII, Medical Examiner. The *uWrit?er havini; been npp<iiiitr*d aijeiit for thin Company, i* now prepared to receive I'loposulx for Flre Risks, and will effect Inxuraiice on fair anil liberal ttrms. WM. I) McDOWaLL. Camden .S (', ..Vav 1891. *!fi if COURTENAY & WIENGES, BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS AND DF.Al.RRx IN CHEAP PUBLICATIONS. CHARLESTON, s. <\ Opposite the Post Office. Agents for the best Green and Black Teas, and Patent Medicines. s. u. t'ourtknay. ? w- h1engks. CHARLES A. PRICE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, *. c. Will Practice in K<r>di;i\v and the adjoining Districts. Keb. 4 C. A. PRICE, PFPICB AT THE rill RT-H01SE. wide\ s. r. m"? NEW STORE. rluib subscriber is now opening a large assort X meat of Groceries and Staple Goods. in the Store lately occupied by William J. Gerald ; (south of the Bank of Camden,) which he wil j dispose of at Charleston prices for cash. Those wishing to purchase would do well tc I call and examine the stock, consisting in part, o; | the following, viz: I J-oat, v.rusne?t, urounci ana iirannaicu oogam S Croix, Porto Rico, and New Orleans do I Nw Orlenn*, Muscovado and Cuba Molasses Java, Laguirnand Rio Coffee Gunpowder, Voting Hyson and Black Teas Sperm. Adamantine and Tallow Candles No. 2 and 3 Mnckarel, in Barrels, Half and Quarters Wine, Soda and Butter Biscuits and Cneese Soap and Starch, assorted Pepper, Spice, Ginpr, Nutmegs, Mace and Cloyes Powder, Shot and Lead j Hardware. Cutlery, Nails and Castings Paints, Linseed Oil, Sperm. Oil and win w Gu A I.SO Bleached and unbleached Shirtings anil Sheetings ; Blankets. Bed Ticks. Apron Checks and Oznaburgs Together with a large assortment of Basgiug. Itcpc and Twine. J. W. BRADLEY. Cam'en, S. C. Sept. 23. &~Ca>h puid for Cotton nnd other Produce. new store: THE subscriber would inform his friends and the public generally, that he has opened an extensive stock of GROCERIES. at the 6tand formerly occupied by Joseph W. Dohy, one door ?,i* IfnLoru nntl nnntinifp H. 1 ,P cwuili I?I vaiil|/UWll o 'an?,i(tf w^|?v?..v ... vy & Son, where in*y be found all articles usually kept in the Grocery Jine, consisting in part of the following: Fulton Market Beef No. 1 and 2 Mackarel in kitts, for family use; Rio and Java Coffees; crushed and brown Sugars; New Or'eans Molasses, (new rrop) butter, wine and sodrt crackers; rhpese, buckwheat, raisins, currants, almonds, English mustard, filberts, nei can nuts, assorted pickles and preserves. AI.SO A few doz. old Port Wii.e, Heiu'sick best Champagne, London Porter ami Scotch Ale in pints, together a large stock of Bagging, Rope and Twine, a!! ol u iiicii he offers low lor cash. 1 Jan. 1. _ S. K. CAPERS. THE SOTJTHERN STORE. I ALL who w:?h Bargains, are invited to call at K. S. MOFFAT'S new Southern Store, ! third h<?use above tiie l ank of Camden, where | they will find a complete assortment of Dry (roods. Groceries and Ifardicare, consisting in part, as follows: Fancy and mourning Prints 7-^ and 4-4 brown Shirtings I Blue Denims and Marihorougii Stripes : Sattinetts and Kentucky Jeaii" Cloths and fancy Cassiinorea .Vegro Ke*reys: Bed and Negro Blankets Mous. De'aines, Ginghams, c}t. (irorcrie*. Brown. Loaf, crashed and clarified Sugar Rio and Java < "ofiees New Orleans anil West India Molasses Mackarcl, Nus. 'J audit in barrels Cheese, I'ice. Kiour. Baron and .Salt Baisius, Pepper, Spice Tobaco, Alegars. &r.&r. Ilardwa re. Pocket Knives and Forks Britannia and Iron Spurns Trtice and Walter Chains ,\s .?, 11,111111101- and ll.iic: els .V,wdes, MwMs ??iid Hoes Hand, inili and crosscut srws Vices, anvils and blacksmith's bellows Mails, brads, tucks and sp igs Knob, pad closet and stock locks Iron squares, compasses and plane irons Brushes, blacking, cotton and wool cards Broada.ves and steelyard.-; pots and skillets Broad and narrow Iron &e. Iccady Jlade Clothing ol every description. Saddles, Bridles and Martingales Crockery and Glassware Gunny and Dundee Bagging a,?| Tu in** """"""j Together with every oilier article usually loun i in a well selerted Flock of Dry Goods, Groceries and Hardware. All of which will be sold exceedingly low lor cash. pgyThe highest market prices paid for cotton and other country produce. Dec. 24. ' K. S, MOFFAT. Darlington Hotel, DAKLINUTO.* COURT-HOUSE. THE above House having been purchased and lilted up anew by John Doten, is again opened for the accommodation of the Public. Strict attention to the wants and coinlorts ol guests will be given, and no eflbrt, calculated to merit the patronage of all who may favor the cstablishrent with a visit, shall be spared. All that tiie market and surrounding country J -ii i _ r- j anora Will 00 Hiunu upon me muii;. Oinfortah e roomy, lor families or individuals, are pre} ard. The IStables will be attended by careful and attentive hostlers. Drovers can be well accommodated, as any number of horses and mules can be ept in the stanles and lots e.xpressly prepared fortbern. Nov. 1, l*?o0. _ti(i tf MANSION HOUSE. CAM 1>K\, S. C. TIIK undersigned begs leave to return his grateful thanks tohis friends, anil the travelling I'uhlic, foi i he liberal support which he has received since, lie has been up ned. 'four months) and has entered upon his duties foi ItCil. with renewed energy to endeavor l" please .all thai ntav eall upon hiin. both rich nnd |*>or. I lis House will he found one of the most desirable, situated, anil liest lur< ins heel Hotels in Camden. Ins servants also will bt found respectful and attentive, and the tulile will be sup' 1 plied with tlw Ih'sI the market affords. I Ills >11 I.I..- llVrrmoi. it,.Uses nr.- risilnv and iilvvav I fullyfttipplird wiili Provender,ninl nn \|n*rieiiml Hostler An Omnibus enlls ui the llon*He\erv moriiinir fur pa* senper* lor ill.; Kuilru.id. (live iik- a euli :uul lust mv motto As you timl me, So r.Tomnu.'nil me. K. (J. ROHINSON. Proprietor. Camden, February Till, I8.'?l. 11 v.aM e Maccaroni, a superior articic. rereiv 1 W and foreale by SHAW A- Al'S'l'lN. April 25, 1801. 311 tf FRKNCH. UemiHii uml Kn^iirli Plain < asliineres, b Ladies Dresses. Alee?^ elv?t mxl other Trimntin ojwned this flu v. uo HON N FY'S From the Carolinian and Telegraph j ORATION. ( , Delivered in Clarendon on the 4th July, 1*51, by v I John P. Richardson, ji. Published by request, s 1 ! Bradhams, July 4, 1851. , -John P. Richardson, jr., Esq. t Sir : We have been appointed a committee t to request of you, for publication, a copy of the t eloquent Oration which you have just deliver- j( ed. Allow us to express the personal gratifica- ^ tion which your compliance would afford us. Q V'pru reonootfulli* AT.r? i * "v ? j * ??? i L. F. Rhame, } v C. R. F. Baker, V Committee. r J. Mccahlev, ) tl ? c Bradhams, July 4.1851. r, To Messrs. Rhame, Baker, and McCaule.y. Gentlemen : Reluctant as I was to have a undertaken the duties of an occasion to which J< recent events have added so deep and so impor- c tant, 1 yet feel still greater repugnance to ob- n trude my youthful and unprofitable reflections ti beyond the limited circle of those whose patri- v otic entertainment they were alone intended to a promote. h In complying, therefore, with your request, I t< beg to assure you, gentlemen, that in no sense n of my own appreciation of its merits could 1 d give a higher evidence^o^Mwillingness to sac- ti rifice personal considjgfl^Bbs to the behests of y my fellow-citizens of ii. * t if it can in any maiwHfiowfver, serve to tl evince the patriotic with which that J tc class of Carolina youtn^PS^ldch I belong) are | ready to perform their duties to the State, it ; tl I mil, to trie utmost or my nopes ami icisties, nave : n ! accomplished the object of its mission. Very ?; ; respectfully, &c., aj Jons P. Richardson, Jr. ai ORATlofe^ o iMemory and imagination are, doubtless, the <?< : most inseparable of the human faculties. It is i Ci | ditiicult to recur to the past without indulging i f( in comparisons with the present and specula- 11; tious un the future. We may not evoke the 1 ]?j shade of departed events without contempla- f, ting boththeiractual and prospective influences, and the changes whicii they have wrought and o i are still operating on the human destiny. On i[ j no occurrence of this day, consecrated as it has j pi J been to national reminiscences, are reflections , h i of this kind calculated to assume a deeper in- ; ti j terest or a more solemn import. Whether in ' p reUospect or prospective?whether on the h threshold of new events or in the initiative ot si the future, or only in the wake of preceding i 0 j causes?whether, in short, it be die past, the j c, j present, or the anticipated?there are materi- st ! ai.s enough in the topics they suggest for thought u j and anxiety, as well as for exultation. p i Little more than half a century has elapsed , it ! since the political world has broken, as it were, ' e j it< leaden cerements of despotism. Little more ; ti } than this short cycle of time lias transpired, p | when loyalty was the only test of religion, and ! tl i right accessible alone through treason and re- ! c j billion. When the quivering bowels of the n< j slave wanned the feet of his tyrant lord, when o i the bastile was a living tnmh for all violated | allegiance, and when, as now, the law rules the n prince as well a? the subject, protects the gov- i vi , erned as well as empowers the governor, and j v? asserts a majesty as iiigh above the palace as . the col, it requires certainly the utmost stretch j n: of imagination to compress incidents of so dis- ti similar a character in-the short epoch of seven- in ty-live years, in which they are actually coin- pi prised. di That all this should exclusively be the work ai of a few doomed and persecuted men, who, under the denunciations of an angry sovereign , pi and a powerful empire, had the boldness to as- ft sert their cwu rights and their country's free- p dom, would have been announced in prophesy ei as the blindest infatuation. That a light snould t! have gleamed from the councils of these wilder- tl ness-reared patriarchs to mantle the christian ti world with a ilood of civil and political radi- si ance, to illumine the dungeon and to confla- ti urate the throne, to beam unniiennlied thruuuh o O ' 1 o w tne blood of revolutions, to rise undiinnivd tl above the hecatombs of martyred and martyr- n ing victims, to enlighten the intellect, to spread c a world wide intelligence, to convulse nations, h and yet to leave all purer, brighter, calmer than h before, was, indeed, one of those wonderful V phenomena which mankind could have been o prepared by no moral or historical experience w to anticipate. ii -Nor is this all. We have been placed, by a the events of this day. as high on a pedestal of c moral as political intelligence. Who ever heard, g previous to its development, of a tolerated and |i harmonized religion in the midst of evangelical a enthusiasm ? Of party strifes to preserve, and l not to destroy, the constitution ? Who esti- d imues virtuous heroism, military renown, and o I... tl.,. ?t....I .1 <111 l'l|IIU(J||ll?? jiau K'llSIII, I'MV KfJ UIW OUIIIMIIMI II of Washington ? Who does not glide through a the long lapse of ages between Pericles and o I Jefferson, to look for high examples of con- e sumate statesmanship ? Where was gallantry ?' 1 more embodied than in Sumter, or a Fabian o i wisd >m better displayed than in Marion ? Da- tl 1 vid slew his giant adversary with a sling ; the p Roman Consul's noble sou lought and compter- v ed the enemy's champion in single combat, t1 Rut when we search history for examples of ii . | personal exploits, they fade into the ordinaiy c I incidents of common life, in comparison with c ' | the energetic daring of our Manning?grapi plinga British majorat the head ol his column, t ! and marching with him through the hottest of <j I i... ....Ii.w> in tli? Amorii'iii) linn*. ? I?ut to the arts, the sciences, and to litera- c ' ture. have we not given an impulse and an v epoch, quite as memorable as the moral and n . political phenomena to which wo have alluded? ^ Could steam, for instance, have expanded its \ distance-annihilating influence under the iron { iressure of enslaving laws and institutions?? >ould the fettered mind have extended its inestigations to such vast and far-reaching reults? Could the lightning-winged telegraph lave sped its noiseless and trackless way hrough the thick gloom of a despotic age?? ?ould thought have been free to investigate, he mind elated to soar, the limbs unshackled o roam or to toil, commerce have penetrated ts remote recesses, and man himself nerved to ' leeds of emprise and of daring, in the hoary age if a feudal imbecility, or under the ponderous rappings of an absolute government ? No, it ras reserved to our age lo achieve t > em, to our evolution to inspire and awaken them, and to be genius and the virtue of our ancestors to onceive and to kindle the lamp of this worldegenerating intelligence. The cost and sacrifice'-, of great and heroic ctions are, however, but too apt to be overjoked in the contemplation of their magnifient results. Dazzled by their splendor, atrllated by their glory, men forget the difficules, the endurance, the contumely, and the priations, through which they are accomplished, nd feel as if they could aspire to emulate the ' eroes of their own admiration. Impediments 3 success, doubtless, constitute the highest 1 lerit in attaining it. The fortitude that resists anger, the firmness that withstands teniptann, the soul subduing patience that wears a :.,y opposition, the self-sacrificing martyrdom > principle, are the element* by which alone ie character of all great achievements is truly > be estimated. 1 In this asnect of our revolution, it looms irough all time as the noblest triumph of huran daring and virtue. Deliberating through lartvrdom, conquering through defeat, encour- 1 ged by privations, emboldened by sutiering, ; nd victorious by endurance?history furnish- ' 3 no such example of moral sublimity, as that f the gallant patriots by whom it was achiev- ' I. The arm of Brutus was nerved by the 6e- 1 ret treason of an applauding Seriate. The | * illowers of Hampden and Sydney were sus-1 ( lined by an invading army and an invincible ; 1 sader. Napoleon conquered for glory and 1 uglit for ambition ; but our ancestors, tor na- ( <>tnil peace and personal obscurity. The rev- 1 lutiou of Trance was but a popular tumuit, 1 ie outpourings of an enraged and frantic peo- ' le, confident of their strength, engorged with : loud, and her counsellors at once the tools, ' ic victims, and the instruments of a national < hrenzy. There was neither terror nor sutler- ' ig to deter them ; naught to conquer hut tiicm-; dves, naught to overcome or restrain but their j < ivn madness. But to the great minds who con-1 ' L'ived the independence of our country?how I ;riking?how overwhelming the contrast. It I -as not, in its incipiencv, the great mass of the ' opular mind moving onward, and resolutely 1 npelled to achieve it. It was not the heaving ; ommotions of a moll?the sudden and "lee- j i ic excitement of a whole nation?the loud ap- j > lauding ectioes ot a popular sentiment; uut 10 patriotic inspiration of a few great minds? ontending with the time-rooted loyalt/ of the gc?the long and fondly-cherished allegiance f the colonies?the terrors of a mighty throne -the liberal favors of a patriarchal governlent?the ignominy of a traitor's death?dii>ions within, and a nation's and a monarch's .'iigeauce without. In the estimate of the dirliculties and of the lerit of tiie sacrifice, these things perhaps are >o often forgotten. It would I e we'll for us, i view of the duties and obligations which opression has devolved upon those too of our uy and generation, to recall them, both for exmpie and instruction. When the insubordinate spirit of Boston had rovoked the ire of the British Government, its rst measure of retaliation was to abolish its rivileges as a "port of entry." Public clamor ried aloud against the men and the counsels lat had brougut this exclusion upon them ; and \ laucock and Adams had to endure the execra- I 011 of an enraged commercial community, t imulated by an avidity tor gain, and for a 1 me overshadowing them with the indignation < f a dismayed and terrilied constituency. Had ley taken counsel of fear or interest, where t ow would have been that dea.ly cherished j ommeree, that metropolitan prosperity, those i igh attainments in letters and the arts, which < HVe long since made Huston the Athens of the j 1'estern hemisphere. When, for the purpose < f conciliation, a general pardon and amnesty < as proclaimed to all who had been engaged i 1 the late popular tumults of the day, llaucock s nd Adams wore especially excepted, and de- I lared to he reserved as examples of royal veil- s ennce and retribution. Popular confidence i >r a time forsook them, like timid birds frayed 1 way by the storm ; and when elected to the I /Oiigress which passed the Declaration of in- 1 ependence, they could find but two hundred i f tueir fellow-citizens hold enough to vote for '; iiem as their representatives. Their after lives ; r>- the strongest commentary I could offer yu .. tl.i. *ri.? l <1... ,l!.l...,r?iwI.. ii UIV n*\<\ i nu unu uviiimu uic uiouu^u.o..,1 President of the first Congress, the other friend ! the successor of Washington. >v? nopeless oeemed the enterprise, so powerful lie opposition, so perilous and deterring the rospect, that when Charles Carroll, one of tiie rcuithiest men of Aineiica, approached to sign ; lie Declaration of Independence, all exclaimed, i niter umazcinciii, " there goes a miilioii," ast upon a losing die, and forfeited to the Town. Nay, all that has deterred us from the nssorion of our rights under similar cireuinstances if oppression, was urged then with ten times he force, and h.finitely more truth ami npplilatiuii. It was said that the provinces were veak, that they were divided, that the time hail lot yet arrived for action, that Uritish power vouhl overwhelm opposition, that the colonies eore not. united, that no co-oneration had been dodged or proffered, and tbnt our independence, ' v, even if won, could not be maintained in a state of separation from the British crown. In all these we doubtless recognise the familiar and identical objections ol our own day, and surely we can point you to no higher evidence than the past to realize or to controvert them. Even under the far better auspices, the muc! higher incentives, and the nobler aspiration that their example has presented for our imitatioq, we feel and we know full well the chilling influence of timid and distracting counsels like these in repelling injuries, and averting aggrear\ C f AtiT/vl/l ill a civuo vi urmviu uic uia^intuuc auu uuu^c v4 theirs. What, then, must have been the stern virtue of those men?contending with foe? within, a host without, few, persecuted, divided, and proscribed?against remonstrances, menaces, rabble fear3, and croaking counsels, who, for principle, (an abstract principle, only to evade an insignificant tax,) stirred up all the elements of national strife, invoked the storms of war, and stood unscathed, unterrified, aKd * undismayed amidst its rage and its desolation t Posterity would do but imperfect justice to their motives?we should render but a miserable homage to the heroism of those who achieved our national independence?were we to suppose that it was the result of unanimous counsels of popular deliberation, or of harmony and concert of action! No; it was the few, the wise and noble few, who were in the van of the contest then, like South Carolina now.? Those i:iio our Calhoun's, our McDuffie's, and our Eimore's, leading, instead of being led by popular enthusiasm. Nay, when the battle of I.ovimrfrm urn? fnnrrht tipnrmri ivac nrtt thorn fr. " 0 MW. ...V.V ?as she is not here now. Even South Carolina was then reposing in prosperous peace?a cherished and a fostered favorite, nursed in the lap of a fond .and indulgent parent country? 'i'ifflp When aroused from her slumbers by the reyerberations of the battle's ro'atv it^as^ndflSae^^ liberate, but to act; it was not to purchase by submissiofpa selush exclusion from the horrors of war, but to rush in the full tide of her American sympathies to share in the dangers of the contest. Nor was she, too, without her own domestic dissensions. While she was battling willf a foreign foe at Fort Moultrie, Eutaw, and Camden, and winning laurels from Europe's bravest soldiers, her ilichardsons, her Sumtera, md her Marions were alike contending for bard-earned victories over the bloody royalists af the district of 96 and the indomitable loyalty of the 'nterior. Much may be said to excuse the treasonable apposition of those who felt no wrong, who saw no principle involved in the contest, who knew no allegiance save that of lovaltv. who had experienced the favors, the mildness, and beneficence of the British government?who had grown prosperous and rich under its liberal patronage and efficient protection, and whom religion itself, as well as prejudice and education, had taught to love, to revere, and to venpratc as a mother. But when, at a time and occasion like this, all have writhed under the oppression?when all have seen and acknowledged the aggression and the danger; when the most blind have seen, the most patient have sxelaimed, the most hopeful have despaired, ind the most forbearing have grown restless; when this government, which we have done so much to establish, which we have made so many sacrifices to preserve, has become a sectionil despotism, a fanatical monster, threatening our rignts, plundering our property, and up ooting our institutions?yes, when those institutions are even now tottering to their fall, may we not expect of South Carolina, and oven of the South, a unanimity of counsel, an 3iiergy ol action, a vigor of preparation, such is no people ever before manifested in a degree so terrible?and no cause could more justly demand I But if the history of that age affords us valjable lessons of the motives and inducement* :o defend rights and principles in the very ini iativc of their violation, it gives us no less il.rtstri ins examples of the heroic endurance with ivhich they may he triumphantly maintained. \ tentless army; an unarmed, unclothed, unshod, and unfed soldiery; empty coffers and .11 impoverished people; officers without experience or renown; treason within, traitors without, and invasion around; the household no protection, sieutralily no refuge, the farm deserted and devastod, and the security of the camp to he purchased only by privation, harrassmeuls, wearisome marches, and bloody suffering;-he had something more precious than gold who possessed salt for his food; be slept upon a lied of roses when some temporary success of Sumter or of Marion enabled bim for a moment to suspend his vigils or his fears of some marauding em-my. In battle aU ways beaten, but never conquered; in strategy often foiled, but nevertheless victorious. If we assaulted, it was, perhaps, to be repelled ; and yet seldom without the object to be obtained* It" we nvirched forward, it was but to retreat again wi'h precipitation, perhaps; but without loss ; ' jbonor, and often to occupy (as if by fort. jv accident) a still more eligible posi tioti. short, it was the tactics of Fabiua, with tenfold the endurance and the difficulties, without a Cana) to accelerate his triumph.? Nor less, too, was it the bold energy of a Marcellus, with more blood, and toil, and suffering; but with infinitely more limited means and inadequate preparation either to achieve or encounter it. And would not one tithe of this bold, perse I... ^..a: ^ . wring vuerg* uc suiucivui to rescue and preserve the destinies of South Carolina as a sovereign, free, and independent State ? Or are we, fellow-citizens, too degenerate to imitate t:?e example of our ancestors, even to the ten^h degree of their gallant bearing? Are our institutions more worthless than a pound of tea ? Is our State unworthy of the sacrifice/ Or wore we deluded, or did we hut perpetrate the i