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not yet see that the time has come for the extreme
medicine; because he proteste he does not
yet feel that any damage is done to his estate,
or that he is covered with infamy by the compromise
measures. Nay, bear with him still
if he should urge, that though he admits California
to be a rich empire, and that a scandle
ons jugglery lias prematurely auaea us treasure
and the accession of political power, to a
section already domineering and hostile, yet
contends, that it was surely theirs; if the territory
had been left open for five years, and been
left tree to a race between the North and South,
since the former would have gained the prize
by the regular process of colonization, for that
5,000 whites, from every anti slavery hive upon
earth would have seized upon that region
for every 10 slaves that could have been transposed
thither.
It would not repudiate such a man because he
told me that slaveholders colonize only contiguous
territory when in a suitable latitude and
climate, and when they actually needed new
land, that where anything is peculiarly attractive
to free labor, it would ahvaysgnin the prize, without
nnv fraudulent or hostile interference bv
another power, as surely as in physics a light
body, with a greater momentum, will move faster
than a heavier one with less. Heboid New
Mexico now open to colonization by slaveholders
and yet none enter. What is to give that
prize also to the adversary, if, indeed, we must
lose it? I shall not charge treason to iiis section
upon my neighbor of the South, and unbraid
him as a slave in his soul, because he answers
that either we do not want it, or else, if we do,
we shall be beaten by the activity of our adversary
and our own tradiness of motion. I have
not the face to affirm that we are debarred
New Mexico by anything Congress has yet
done. It is absolutely humilitatiiig to affirm
that the bold free soil fallacy flourished in debate
as a mere intimidation, even though it
proceed from the Coryphaeus of that party,
should strike terror into people of well-balanced
minds above all into those who are ready
for disunion war or no war; for if the Supreme
Court should ratify the idea that a slave became
free upon entering a territory where once a Mex?yran
edict, of most equivocal authority, declared
?.Mexican slavery extinct on a condition never
* with, (though no matter if it were ever
end,) notwithstanding
that same territory is mitt under <fie dominion
of the Constitution of the United States,
and as territory, that Court will show a venality
or a stupidity which I hesitate to impute to
men whose understanding I respect, and who
have some character to lose. To an honest
understanding, I deem it to he as obvious as
truth can be, that he who so allirms, must affirm
as readily,and for the selfsame reason, that
the Protestant religion can't legally exist in
M oxico. If a Mexican decree?a caput mortuum
?can 1 e so galvanized into being as to effect
the one, so it does the other consequence.
Pat the doctrine itself is completely extinguished
by the Constitution. . It most be so,
because that instrument is, at this moment,
touching this matter, precisely what it was in
1790. Now suppose New .Mexico and Utah had
been acquired in 1791. the doctrine of Messrs.
Webster and Clay would have excluded the people
of every State in the Union from settling
therein with their property except only of Mass.
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acnuseus, wjiusu jhwjjiv uuu uw cum %?....
bklif.vks such ii doctrine? Let, then,slaveholders
colonize New Mexico?let them apply for
admission into the Union as a slave State?then
you have an issue which all can see and understand;
j-ou have a flag to which the slaveholding
power will rally (as it would have done to
that of Texas, hail it not been lowered in the
dust.) The freesoil party have threatened to kick
sncli an application out of the capitol. They
will not do it?they dare not. If our people
will not colonize New Mexico they cannot have
aright to play the dog in the manger?others
must take it. We shall have the vain lamentation
remaining for us, that we are behind in the
race of enterprise.
If I be not surprised that some of our Southern
brethren, many of them, indeed, do uot
percieve that the adversary has gained anything,
by the admission of California, that, practically
speaking, would ever have been ours, yet I
am surprised that they do not universally perci"vc
that the altar designed for our sacrifice,
long before founded, has been advanced in
progrtss by that measure; that it is time to present
a front to those who are willing and eager
to oiliciate, that shall intimidate them,) and
a union of the cotton and mgar interest for that
end may do it.) or, if that cannot bo, that may
defy tiie priest and their followers to secure the
victim for their infernal orgies.
Some, who are identified in our fortunes,
seem yet to hope, that the disease of the body
politic, can be removed. I indulge no such expectation.
It is not impossible, but I fear it is
impracticable. Those who raise the whirlwind,
may riot direct the storm. That disease is not
the protection of the runaway slave, nor the
stealing him, nor'heco (promise measures, nor
the abuse of the slaveholder, though all these are
its indicia. It is a wild fanaticism, against
?i... its,-It (ton flinch assisted un to
IU1U ItlOlllUIIWM , y
a late period, by mournful jeremiades pronounced
over it, in our behalf, and more by direct
and potent blows upon it by \ irginia and Virginians,)
which has been seized upon by the
IVecsoil party, who, without one particle of concern
for the slave himself, have coolly resolved
to circumscribe the area for him, and then choke
to death, by fraud or force, as they may dare,
the existing legitimate power of his master in
the Confederacy. The mountebanks and demagogues,
who are conducting litis fatal game,
as fatal to themselves as to others in the end,
have engaged the man and woman of Lynn ami
Lowell, and all tho like race elsewhere, in the
scheme. If this cohort, who are busily building
their own funeral pile, could be allowed to
see the naked truth, which is, that they have
the controlling interest.of their daily dinners in
the labor of tho African as a slave?if fanaticism
could be directly confronted by the antagonist
power of the almighty dollar, I should
expect to see the mountebank ami demagogue,
shouting in the lead, instantly jibbettcd by his
own followers. Those who hope that such a
revelation can bo made to reach the rank and
tih.', we can afford to indulge lor the short lime
that they may serve to dispel the delusion.
/
| Nor would I repudiate that slaveholder, as a
; j wilfully drivelling deceiver, who might ask for;
bearance that he might see unrolled the next
' list of proximate events. I would not discard
! him as an unworthy companion, because he
should have some expectation that a better time
and a better reason to strike for our common
purpose might be developed, in the near future,
, by the insane action of a power drunk with Qui
; cied success, while in the midst of its revelry it
might see, in consternation, that California and
i | Oregon had slipped the noose, set up their own
, flag of independence, and demand additional
i slices of .Mexico for their own use.
I would not repudiate hiin because he insisted
that wo could yet afford to wait for a chance
of participation in the next succeeding chapter
of contingencies. Who can tell what a day
may bring forth I We see the hand of the
, great West stretched forth to grasp the sceptre.
Much of that paramount section seem
| not our bitterest enemies; they have been ama.
teurs in the chase gotten up by the North At,
lantic States - in foul dalliance with them, it is '
true; but they arc bound by that eternal Iiga- '
-, merit, the Mississippi river, and by their deepest,
most obvious and most permanent interests,
to the slavelsoiJing South, are our natural allies
against high tariffs, and as for public plunder,
what bribe can New England longer tender
that may not he scorned by those who can
I take, ad libih/m, ol public lands, oi public irea-1
sure, and official patronage ? The future I can- I
not read, but this I can see, that in proportion
as the North Atlantic States may lose the
j power to clip the locks of the Western Sampson.
we shall gain a better position, whether j
we occupy it in or out of the present Union.
For such and like considerations, I am not ;
so much shocked, as some appear to he at the
idea of delay.
1 am told that the annals of onr Revolution
are cited in behalf of separate and prompt secession
; that they teacli how gallant it is for a
people" to resent an insult the moment it is given,
and how successfully a small State can live
in single blessedness. I discern n?? such lesson.
I hear no such admonition from that quarter.
Somebody has quaintly said that the Kevolu
tion was fought upon a preamble. That may
be clever rhetoric?it is not history. On the
contrary, I read, concerning that great event,
substantially this: The wise men of that day
snuffed tyranny in the breeze, and for a dozen
years or more before any open collision with
tbc British Crown was provoked, Actively labored
for the realization of an idea, conceived
i and expressed as early as 1750, for the one
tiling needful, to wit: union and concert among
| the colonies. It was a difficult undertaking,
' but it was patiently pursued ; despair was not
! the order of that day?when an old govern- |
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j 1110 111 was 111 UO JIUUL-U UUHII auu a lit" VIIV ..." |
stalled ; though then, as now, the vigilant adversary
had his agents, his governors, in high
authority, to watch, to report, to circumvent.
They did produce distraction. Then, as now,
some were in advance of others. Each colony
acted, as it needs must, within its own jurisdiction,
when an ordinance binding on its people
was to he made. Hut which of them did j
the act now advised as proper for this State i J
Which of them declared for separate State in- j
dependence, without preconcert and well-dc- j
i fined organization among the whole, providing j
for another and a satisfactory form of security { i
Not South Carolina, surely. Look at the pre- j
amble to her Constitution of 2Gl!i of March,
1770, near a year after the battle of Lexington.
It is therein expressly recited that the !
colonies were "united," and that twice, in gen- j
' eral Congress, had they acted cordially and ;
| earnestly together in a common cause.
Among a long list of cruel and unnatural oppressions,
imputed to (Jreat Britain, are enumerated
these: actual war, robbery, destrue
tioii of village* and towns, and a vast military \
i warlike po\? or despatched to the colonies, to J
! "compel absolute and implicit submission." It
| is charged that in South Carolina, among many !
! other grievances, jury trial had been invaded,
! courts of justice stopped, the course of justice |
! perverted, that the Coventor had withdrawn :
himself, with the great seal and the royal in- J
structions, whereby legislation was suspended :
and chaos come again. Wherefore arose the i
absolute necessity that the people should pro-;
vide regulations ?for what? For separate I
State secession i Not so ; but "for the inter-1
nal polity of this province." A constitution .
was accordingly ordained,'but it did not sever j
the colony from the crown, nor was so design- j
ed. It was not an act that was independent of j
strict concert and perfect understanding among j
the several colonies, as its own internal tesii-;
i inony proves, lleuee it was recited in the pre- I
j amble to the subsequent constitution, of 19th
I nf M-.pi'Ii 177S. as follows: "Whereas, the!
i Constitution or form of Government agreed to '
I O j
i and resolved upon by the freemen of tiiis coun!
try, met in Congress on tlie 2litli day of March, {
1770, was temporary only, and suited to the !
j situation of their public a I lairs at that period, '
I looking forward to an accommodation with j
Great Britain, an event then desired : And
; whereas, the United Colonies of America have
j been since constituted indepent States, and the
i political connection heretofore existing between
them and Great Britain, entirely dissolved by !
; the declaration of the honorable the Continental j
Congress, dated the 4th day of July, 177(5, Ccc. j
j Now, where is the pretence that there was
. separute State secession from the British Crown, |
on the part of the people of South-Carolina
j By their own solemn recital, the link was bro- i
| ken by an act ul the United Colonies. It the !
I example of our revolutionary ancestors proves
anything pertinent to the present question, 1
submit it to be this: that tyranny shall be resisted,
even to the disruption of the strongest
tics of government; that this shall be done, not
by spasmodic efforts under lead of wild, though ,
natural indignation, to end in sell-exhaustion,'
but by prudently mid patiently concerting with I
those who stand in equal right, in equal dan- :
ger, in equal interest, a firm and adequate ba- j
sis of resistance; that principle, shall never be1
abandoned, but that jiassioii, even in revolu- 1
tions, shall wait upon judgment; that dissension
shall not be sown among colleagues any
uioro by act than by speech; that commonwealths
can afford to meet the imputation of
cowardice, and a slavish submission to spolia- (
lion, while they are carefully and diligently ]
consolidating a power adequate to a great |i
achievement, and planting their blows when
and where a successful effect shall attend them.
What great general ever feared to adopt that
policy, even on the theatre of actual war? Did
Wellington? Assuredly not General Washington.
Yet, for that precise course of wisdom,
a Hotspur was found to charge upon him the
rascally virtue of discretion. His vindication
he left to time and his own deeds, and by both
was he gloriously vindicated.
Iam further told, however, that tfor us, the
people of South Carolina, the point isdefinitively
settled; that we are to assume a separate
and independent station, as to all the rest of
mankind, or else eat our own solemn pledge,
and lie down thereafter in the torpor of humiliation
and disgrace. I have not seen that pledge
on thp part of this people. I have never heard
it from their voices. I never did, nor do I
now, know, tli.it members of the Legislature,
elected last October, were authorized or instructed,
by those who elected them, even to
call a Convention at all, much less to pledge
us to any specific measure. I make bold to
say I wish it never had been done, and presume
it would not have been, except for three causes:
1. Disappointncnt at the action of Georgia. 2.
To advance the ends of a Southern Congress
advised by the Nashville Convention. 3. To
move, pari passu, with .Mississippi. I find no
such pledge on the statute book (allowing that
to be a fit place for it) whether in the form of
act or resolution; I have seen such a pledge
yo where except In the strong words we have
all used when threats were bandied between i
the different sections, when we were giving
vent to an indignation that I would not now
repress, but only bring under subjection to a
wise forecast; in occasional strong speeches by
individuals, in and out of the Legislature; in
various newspaper journals, and, it may he in
the minutes of what are called Southern Rights
Associations. Whatever my respect for such
authority, as competent evidence to prove the
gallant temper of those who have spoken, I
cannot be persuaded they keep the records of
the people of this State, or have the right to
prescribe for them positions unto honor o/dishonor.
If a majority of the tnenibers elect of
the Convention (soon to assemble, as I suppose,)
have pledged themselves to separate State se-.
cession, or to aqy other'specific measure, I am
not a ware of it, and shall deplore it if the fact
be otherwise. I Ix-licve, as 1 hope that they
have been more prudent than thus to have hampered
their judgement and discretion by any
obligations, express or implied, contracted
with the small and divided minority of the people
who voted at the polls. I do, indeed remember,
(as I believe.) that one who, without
imputing arrogance, may be regarded as aspiring
to the leadership of the hottest elements in
th'* State, set forth the idea, that the most desirable
position of South-Carolina would be
solitary independence; thus presenting a lap into
which was to be emptied eveiy cornucopia
from sea or land; and although 1 have not seen
the conceit repudiated, yet I have not observed
the same to have been adopted as an emanation
of wisdom. I conclude, hence, that there is
no manner of obligation resting upon the people
of South-Carolina, mid reinforced by a sense
of honor and shame, to give form and semblance
to any measure, irrevocable, that shall
place their State in a position totally untried
and unexampled, plunging ns, to say the least, ;
into the dark mysteries of a future, as yet not:
illumined by a single ray of light that has :
reached my vision.
The rhetoric that rouses impetuous passiou, :
that p readies tlic glories ot inartyruum, ipay I
serve well its turn when administered to a/fine, I
in liattle array, and ready lor the change; it
may serve to quicken the pace of a rapid dra- j
ma, when the curtain of revolutions is onco |
raised; but in the work to be done by our convention,
upon the question whetlt^r the scene
shall be enacted at all, while yet debate is in
order upon "this high argument," when the
people, in person have become interlocutors, I
apprehend the majority of the Convention, at
least for the philosophy of a statesman; thev
will prefer prose to poetry, they will call for the
welleonsidered lessons of the past, tempered by
the prudence of present ex|>crience; they will
employ a circumspection cool enough to survey
the whole scene, and that may check impetuosity
without retrograding itself. Then, I
trust, amid the din of many murmurs they will
hear one clarion voice, high above the hoarse
shouts of a multitude, loud enough to be heard
by the whole South, the voice of a great pilot,
the voice of Langdon Cheves, who summons
his countrymen to the pumps?who tells us,
"Don't give up the ship," but admonishes us to
steer still by me nautical rules, by tlie helm
and compass. Is he a suhrnissionist?is lie
craven? Not lie; and though my household
maxim is:
"Nullius addictus jurarc in verba magistri,'"
which, fully rendered, means, "pin your faith to
110 man's sleeve;" yet I have listened to that;
with a thrill of animation that would make I
me no wise ashaincd to say to the Convention |
itself, "Hearken to your Nestor!"
Thus, gentlemen, you have what you asked j
for my confession of laitli. I am not inspired ; j
who is ? If any, when his credentials are pro- j
duced, follow him. I don't argue to answer'
others; I seek not to propagate. I would not
sow one seed of discord; but I am not in love
with that sort of peace which, here, upon my
own soil, is purchased by meekly swallowing
whatever prescription may be concocted by a
doctor, in whose infallible scien. o I have not
faith. Yet I do not hold the office of iustruc- 1
tor of the people, though I once had the folly
to assume that function. When young enough
to occupy the tripod, now in the keeping of
other priests, 1 thought myself well-nigh infallible.
I have lived, gentlemen, to learn the
lesson of distrust, not more of others than of
myself. I recommend only what I practice, in
public and private ; it is this: speak in awe of
no power but Heaven, yet speak in deep conviction.
that the fallibility of human nature
clothes us all. T. J. WITHERS.
Messrs. R. II. Duncan, Vardry x)lcBee, and
others, Committee.
Camden, June 28,1851.
K/~Mr. Harnani lias sold out his Museum in ;
Philadelphia^ Mr. Spooner, who takes imrnedi- <
ite possession. i
"THE CAMDEN JOURNAL, >
THO. J. WARREN, Editor. '
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FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 25, 1851. 1<
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Purthar Decline in Cotton. .
The steamer America arrived at Halifax on
Tuesday last, bringing Liverpool dates to the 12th
inst. The Liverpool cotton market was dull and
prices of all descriptions had declined. Ameri- ?
can ordinary to middling had declined $ and the c
better qualities were lower. ^
Charleston quotations range from 5$ to 8?-.? il
* c
AlATanHor'a firanrl Moving flarrpd Panorama.
Will be exhibited this Evening at Temperance t t
Hall, embracing magnificent scenes of the antedi- | ^
luvian world. | ^
Died, in the Jail of this place on Wednesday
afternoon, 23d inst., Charles K. Brewer, who had
been committed to the same, chargpd with the
murder of Elizabeth Mnrthers, in April last.
PAVILION HOTEL.
This excellent Hotel is kept by H. L. Hotter- j
field Esq., on the Corner of .Meeting and Hasell 1
streets, in the immediate vicinity of King street, |
Charleston, S. C. A more clever and obliging i
Host we have never met with; indeed itwotld be !
' I
difficult to find one more kind and polite?and his ;
House, so pleasantly and conveniently situated,
affords fine accommodations to those who visit
our Metropolis, either for pleasure or on business*
We refer our friends to mine host, and commend |
him most heartily to the patronage of the public. ]
MOULTRIE HOUSE.
(
A recent visit to this delightful place, hap at (
least satisfied our moderate expectations, that it
affords ample means for iffiegratification of those '
who are in quest of Tieami and pleasure. Bestow I
the same attention and patronage upon this Es- 1
laousnmeni, ana uicie 13 hu icaouu n
not excell any of tho watering places, north of i
Mason and Dixon. Certainly there is every rea- i
son why it should be so; the breezes are as de- |
lightful and invigorating, and the beach (we have ,
been told by those who have seen a good deal) is
one of the finest in the States.
In visiting these places, it is necessary to be
particular upon one point, 4,a pocket full of rocks" !
is absolutely necessary, and it is dangerous to
trust one's 6elf out to sea, without this sort of
hallos!.
The Meeting in Charleston.
The Mercury of the 21th inst. says: The de- j
monstration at the Hibernian Ilall last night was
a noble proof of the spirit which we have always
predicted would be shown by the people of (
Charleston whenever the trial should be made, j
It was one .of the greatest and most impressive j
political demonstrations we have ever witnessed j
in this city, and it was marked, from first to last, '
equally by intelligence, enthusiasm and settled de? |
termination. The Hall was densely crowded, I
and a great number of persons were obliged to |
retire from the impossibility of finding a place to
stand.
Judgo Evans.
We copy in another column, from the Darling- ;
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ion r iiff, wiui mucn graimcauon, a i rinuie 01
Respect by the Members of the Bar of the Eastern
Circuit to this eminent Jurist. It will bo seen 1 ,
by His Honor's reply to the Committee, that he
hail long desired to resign at the close of the pre- |
sent year, but in the unsettled slate of affairs, he ' i
had not fully determined to do so. :
Plank Road.
The Chcraw Gazette of Tuesday says: "It 1
affords us the most unalloyed pleasure, to an- j'
nouuee to the public the cheering fact, that the j j
capital stock, S^o.OOO, of a Conpany, to build ; i
a Plank road from this place to the N. Carolina
line, has been all promtlv take by our citizens. >
The immediate construction of this important J
link of improvement, therefore, is secured, be
yond a contingency. A meeting of the Stockholders
will be held on Monday next, for the
organization of the Company, and the election
of officers.
Elections next Month.
Elections will take place in the States of Kentucky,
Indiana, Alabama, Arkansas, Missouri, t
Illinois and Iowa, on the 4th of August, and i
in North Carolina and Tennessee, on the 7th of J
August. Kentucky is to choose a Governor, 1
Lieutenant Governor, Legislature and ten mem- s
bers of Congress. Indiana has likewise to s
choose ten members of Congress. The election
in Alabama is for Governor, Legislature, , a
and seven members of Congress. In Arkansas j ['
? - 1j
ji momlipr of Con."ri?ss is to hi> rlpcted. MlS- I
souri, Illinois and Iowa have already chosen | ^
their Congressional delegations. This year tj
they have simply to elect local and judicial tl
oftice/s. North Carolina will choose nine mem- d
hers of Congress. In Tennessee, the election M
is for Governor, Legislature, and eleven mem- ^
hers of Congress. . C)
Eclipse. a
On the morning of the :28th inst., there will be u
an eclipse of the sun?visible. This eclipse will
be more or less visible throughout the United
States, Europe and the Northern part of Africa. ^
To Preserve Peaches.
Fill a glass vessel with Peaches fresh from the
tree, add to these an equal proportion of honey ?
and water sufficient to fill the vacancies in the jar t|
and seal air tight. The fruit having retained its tt
original flavor, may be used for months afterwards
as in its natural state.
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The New Postage System.
Mr. Editor : It is to be presumed the object J\
longress had in view, in charging three centa J
ir a letter prepaid, and five cents for the same n,J
;tter, if unpaid, was to expedite business and ^
ave clerk hire in large commercial commuoies,
at least such was the object in Great Bri- jj
ian when the penny postage came into opertion.
The idea of postage stamps is a good
ne, and must be a great convenience in large
itics. But it is not the convenience of Post
rlasters, that I have in view in addressing you;
t is to advise that all commercial men in city
ir town, wholesale or retail, should, if they
tudv economy, as well as convenience, prepay
heir letters. To work properly, it must be
iniversal, all and every one must pay in advance.
A five cent piece is a small matter
vhen only one letter is concerned; but a great
nany lettles will eventually make a showing.
^ny one mailing an unpaid letter at the present
atcs of postage, is certainly inexcusable; it
ndicates a want of forethought, to say the
east, and if done intentionally, the writer is i
leserving of contempt. To a man doing any.
hing like an extensive business, it is manifestly
o bis interest to prepay, provided his corres)ondents
do likewise. Should the fact be
loubted, let us take the following as an exam)le:
say one of our own Cotton. Merchants -2*
nails five hundred letters annually (whicl^we''
should suppose is not too
, . i -- t / ..a-u* - . -
nem; nnatname in iurn?ceives five hundred
etters in answer, .eaeb pwly paying in advance,
the coat will be fifteen dollars to each, or thirty
iollurs in all; hut let neither party prepay and
the same letters will cost tweDty-five dollars
?ach, or fifty dollars in all?an additional expense
only of twenty dollars, or sixty-six and
two-third, per cent. It is true some may sav
what is ten dollars to a man doing a large business
; but we think in these times of small
profits and heavy losses, every edge ought to
be made to cut, and ten dollars is as well saved,
as lost. Hoping this may meet the eye of some
of our Charleston friends who do business in
Camden, and that the Merchants of each
place may take the hint.
I remain, dear sir, yours very truly,
' A MEKCHAMT. *
Fn>m. the Darlington Flag.
A TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.
A meeting of the members of the Bar of the
Eastern Circuit, who were present at our extra
rourt, on Thursday the 10th inst, was held
during the recess of court for the purpose of expressing
their feelings in reference to the rumored
intention of his Honor, Judge Evans, to
retire from the Bench.
On motion of Hon. F. J. .Moses, E. A. Law, ?1
Esq., was called to chair, and J. H. Norwood,
appointed secretary.
Coi. Moses then submitted to the meeting the
following resolutions, which were unanimously
adopted.
Whereas, the members composing the Bar of
the Eastern Circuit, have heard with n regret
common to the whole country, of the propo>ed
retirement of his Honor, Judge Evans, from the
Bench', and the members of the bar now here
assembled, deeply impressed with the great loss
which the State would experience from his resignation
of the seat which he fills with so much
honor to himself and benefit to the community,
regard it a like duty to themselves, the profession,
and the country, to express their views
and wishes in the following resolutions:
Resolved, That in the view of this meeting,
the resignation of his Honor, Judge Evans from
the Bench, would be a result deeply to be regretted,
from the eminent services which he is
still capable of rendering in the judicial departnent
of the dtnte.
Resolved, That the har here assembled, by
a committee ot two, to be appointed by the
Chair, take occasion to express to his Honor the
nigh appreciation in which they regard him as
1 judge and a citizen.
Resolved, That we have witnessed with high
satisfaction the learnimr. ability, promptness
mil courtesy of the Judge during the present
irduous and laborious term, and are awakened
mew to the loss the St??te would experience, by
lis withdrawal from the iiench, while in posses*
>1011 of vigorous health and unimpaired intellect.
Resolved, That the bar here assembled, take
his occasion to express to his Honor, their arlent
hope and wish that he will abandon, if
toy he lias, the intention of retiring at the presmt
time.
The chair then appointed Messrs. F. J. Moes
and J. A. Dargan a committee, under the
econd resolution.
On the re-assembling of the court, Col. Moses
ro*e, and in a few brief but eloquent and
eeling remarks, discharged the duty which had
eon assigned the committee of two.
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The juiige romaroeu mm ne uau uau uu innrntion
of any such proceedings on the part of
jo bar, and was unprepared to respond to
iem as he desired. He remarked that in the
ischarge of his duties as a judge, he had always
endeavored to do his duty, and that this
vidence of his having succeeded to some ex- ,
jut, was gratifying; that he had long entertaind
a desire to visit foreign countries, and had
longht that in doing so he would resign his seat
t the end of the present year; but in the present
nsettled state of the country, it was not certain
lat he would do so at the time; that he had always
thought after the age of Go, which he
'as approaching, that it was better to relini.icli
11 nt li:inrls nf vnnnnror mnn flio ur.ln
us duties of a Judge.
On motion of Col. Moses, it was.
Resolved, that the proceedings of this meetig
be published in the Darlington Flag, and
lat the other papers in .the State be requested
) copy.
E. A. LAW, Chairman.
J. II. Norwood, Sec'v.