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CAMDEN, |" FRIDAY EVEVJXG, OCTOBER 3, 1851. ? ? C. THO. J. WARREN, Editor. no zr^nrrrr . cot Return Days. u-j. For Darlington, - - 4th October. lot Fairfield, - 11th " j cal - Kershaw, ? . 18th " j pel Sumter, - - 25th " J dej Lancaster, - - 1st November. j lab Our Cotton Market. | of I I Since our last report, there has been no rhange | 1 s in the price of cotton, and we continue the quota- j dei tions of Tuesday. Extremes, 7 to 9|. I "in 1 | IV, C-jgT' Our lark of Editorial to-day is for want ot ; da room. Our limits are circumscribed, and we are i it [ necessarily obliged to crowd our ideas into a j gai small space. f hoi *? ?i October Elections. ; qv For Tax-Collector for Kershaw District, 2d i mi .Monday, 13:h inst., one day only. For 2 Members 1 ha \ to Southern f'ongress fir 3<l I'ongressional Dis- I ha trtct, 2d Monday and Tuesday, 13th and 14th inM- ; ma * sh< Frost. jn On Monday morning last Jack Frost made his (jlt first appearance for the season in our midst. The h0j weather continues exceedingly dry, and our streets eje are filled with dust. vn Secession Barbecue at Chesterfeld C. H. 1 mi We learn by the Miernw Gazette of Tuesday | u p last, that a Barbecue was given on the Saturday | ^ j:. ~ i... 1 )i.j sVoucini: i?rtv of the District. I , l'w u" ? ' - no, The Hon. John Mi Queen addressed the meeting it great lenglli, and urged upon thu,? sejaratt <S>- ^e, cession by South Carolina, as now the only reme- ^ *ly for cnr grievances. Dr. Thomas E. Powe, j State Senator of that District, a'so advocated sep- ' ^ arate secession as now the only remedy. Hon j ^ ^ 1. D. Wilson, State Senator from Darlington Die- ^ trict, arid candidate for Southern Congress, was neat introduced (says the Garette) atid enter- ^ TaTiTed the meeting in an eloqm n? rr.d (to our j ^ mind) conclusive argument in favor of separate ! . State eecessi >n, as the only rrroedy now left lor i ' i the redress of the many wrongs of which we all j . to' complain. Col. Harllee, Alaj<-r Macfarlan and j General V?r. J. Hauna, each addressed the meeting I * . ^ , i ' 13,1 wi'h tuiich force and eloquence. The Gazette in conclusion says: "All the speech- ^ es w ere received with the most heart-cheering en- j ,, I Jit* thusiasm? by far the largest, most intelligent and j " respectable assemblage of citizens ever convened | w tii the District, within our knowledge; this too? I despite the pitiful and eonti inptibie tffortc made, j^a' to keep the people away from lite barbecue, and j ^ to'direct their attention from the speeches while i i a making. ; rai "Many intelligent gentlemen estimated the as- ; ^ sembiage at about a thousand persons, which we ^ are satisfied was not far wrong. Our estima'e, PJ|? made without counting, was from 800 to ]0"?. i ? . P? most of whom listetM'd attentive y 10 uie speecnes, | -till about 4 o'clock, when the dinner was announ- j , c^d. And it was a dinner, too. of wh eh old Cites- j ^ tertield might well tl-rl proud, furnished by F. i Johnson, L>q.iti !iis best style." Hurrah for old ChesterGe d. We are beginning ^ to believe it will be the "Banner District'" 01 Secet- j ^ tion. i t ^ Dut-L I up A du?-l was fought on Saturday last, at Vienna, ; tin in this State between Mr. Fmythe, of the Angu-ta I n< Constitutionalist, and Mr. Thomas. A: the third | ov fire Mr. Smythe w-s wounded, the bah passing ' m through his right thigh, and nearly through ins i coi left, but his injuries are not considered mortal j From last accounts ho is said to be doing well. j to * I :o Hon. Dlzoa Barnes. j .?e? The following letter from this gentleman, the j wi Secession candidate for the Southern Congress froin this congressional district, we publish to-day . de that our friends who have not heretolore seen his , mo published sentiments, may now have an opportu I of nity of reading for themselves. It wil be seen , pa fiom this letter, that Col. Barnes has been absent j tin from the State for more than two months. Ilis m< position and sentiments are e'early indicated, viz: re; Secession with co-operation, if it can be obtained, but SECESSION AT ALL HAZARDS. Lkb\non, Lancaster Di?t, Sept. 21, If51. Gentlemen: Your letter, inviting- me to :ittend a meeting of the citizens ??f |{ichlntul. in fa- ( vor of separate secession through the Convert- ,P tion nf tlit* People now elected, in (lufault ofco- l,1< operation, held in Columbia on the 20th inst., ! ws has just et?nip into my possession, on my nrri- ! val home, afnr an ahsence of more than two tin months fiont the Stare. ; nc Although your meeting is over, I feel hound bu to return my thanks to you, and through you to those whom you represent, for the honor con- ; |,y ferred hy the invitation, and to assure you that (1 fully concur in your views as to the policy of separate secesioii l?v the State through the convention now elected, in default of co-oper- . ntioo, before its final adjonrnmeiit. "'f I am one of those who htlieved, and still '?l ?.i: .1..,. t. f' i: r..u.. < Tt nt'lK'Vf, linn uiiii ii \ nil-linn niia iuiij juriuivo | in the stand she oiiginally took, and now ocfjl cupies, against that series ot measures miscall- nif ed the compromise, which gave not only a se- ! vete blow to our rights and interests, hut deni- J ed to us equality in the Union. As soon as j ihat measure was adopted hy Congress, i dc- eV( erfj.ii ed then to go tor secession hy South y(1 Carojina fiom the Union?with eo-opeiation. j ?? if it could he ohfained, and without it ii it could j vol not. I .St; 1 am wow fully convinced that there is no f>e chance for en.operation, and that the true is- f?ij< sue now hcfoie us is fuhinisMoii or secession. tin 'I his Ik ing the alternative, I have no hesitation ap| in going for the latter, ut alMiazards. Yours, ret very truly, Dixon Dahnks. lilesBrs. W. F. DeSuuswjre, James U. Adains, wl, A- F. Duhard, John T, Lioodwyn, commit- en ite of Invitation. zeti For tlie Camden Journal. | Mr. Editor: I notice in the Journal of the 19th i it. an article over the signature of Carolina (iV. i ?j uhkh I beg leave briefly to notice. I am by I means disposed to give importance to trashy 1 nmunications, by bestowing attention on them, 1 lich they do not deserve; and 1 am exceedingly [ h to do so in this case. A desire however, t<? I attention to the style of the article, ana uie ( tty spirit of malice it exhibits, induces me to ( jart fiom what I believe to i>e a wise rule. I l'he writer heads his article, "The mountains ( or; Io! a mouse is born." What is the meaning ] this? The Southern Rights Associations are, i uppose the "mountains," and it is equally evi- ' it that Messrs. Barnes and Owens figure as the 1 owse.' Is it possible that this is'lhe way Cols. ' r-stoti and Chesnul's friends advocate their I iins. and do those gentlemen sanction it? Is ossible that they look upon tiie office ol Dele- ! ( e to the Southern Congress as one of such vast | nor and importance, that their friends are allow- ( to be thus disrespectful to Messrs. Barnes and i . ens?men whom .Messrs. Preston and dies- | I t well know to be as worthy as themselves? I i J ve no acquaintance with Col. Preston, but I i ' ve with Col. Chesnut. and I know inin to be a 1 * it above such paltrv tricks to get votes, or I ! 1 told bestrongly tetnpted to hold up the article j' question to th? people of Lancaster, and .-how 1 . n> how they and their fellow citizens and their ( initiation are sneered at in Camden, that the ( ction of their favorites there may be secured. | ] Another mark of spite?the writer styles his fa- [ < rites "Cols. Preston and Chenim." and lie- no- I nees of Rhhland and this District, simply | < lames and Owens" How very smalt! (J! , 1 ()! mores, which in plain English means ' 1 ). ? ....! ? /A-m ,?/, ? ar.- I ^ vi cry tune *(/jnc jjc-j niuik. v.?v. ~t ,r! , . h [lap the correspondent ot the Journal ?ny rvi-1 ^ nee that C'o'e. Preston and t hepniit had or have : , exclusive place in the " minds and affections of. | people" of this Congressional District ? If so, I | )uld like for him to show it. We have alj j 'risiied them in our "minds and nfftcliavs? as I itlemen, and worthy sons of the State, hut our I tnds and nfferliuns^ are not so narrow and con- ' cted, that the rest of our fellow citizens can 1 d no place there. Are the people of this Con- | ssional District under more weighty obligations | I'ote for Messrs. Preston and Chesnut than for ] ssrs. Barnes and Owens? I have always been ' , ight to believe that the " people" are at liberty : | vote for those men whom they preferred, but it | s not seem so understood by the friends of < ssr?. Preston and Chesnut. If Seme few of us i e prefer other gent emeu, wo are accused of racking necks." Are th? people thus to be 1 jged ? Has it couie to this, that however much ' may prefer others, stiii we must] go for Co's. ' iston and Chesnut for fear, if we don't, we wiil , ark thtir neck.'?" But why is all this clamor , sod against the nomination of Messrs. Barnes ! ( pens? Are the friends of Messrs. Preston and j esnut afraid that the "mouse" lately born will ct them from the "minds and affections of the sple," and take up its abode there? Vet we 1 toi?i that we are about to " I/teak their necks,111 isy now,) "prescribe" thorn, "sarriji e" them, i 1 and a powerful hubbub g< neraliy, is raised, j' mil surt'Oi ay rend the riot net. [Jut when uid Kershaw become wedded to i -ssrs. Presto!) and Chrsmit ? If I mistake not,' * nomination of iVJr. Wiiiierspoon wasfirst made j a Kershaw man, and that nomination kicked ( no row, although it appeared at the lit ad of j - columns of lie- Journal. Other persons were j rniua'.i'd or "spoken of," hut quiet still brooded rr the Third District. But as soon as the j uiUJitaiii" brought fmth "0 mouse" a t?-rrit*le j mmoiion is raised, and according to some, the | rrks" of Messrs. Preston ami Chesnutare about j be'eracW?others I ave it that they are about ! bn sacrificed on the aitar of party race. It ' -ms, however, pretty well r-stahli.-hed, that they ! II die either by I lie gar ore or guilotinc. I have no dis >osition to notice your corresponIII further. It is far from the wi.-h of the Seees- J hi party of this District to advocate the election ' Messrs. Barnes and Owens by instituting comrisons and sneering at their opponents, and j -y will n1 t so far descend from the dignity that irks gentlemen as to do so, unless provoked by ieated assaults. CATAWBA, j Lancaster, Sept. 24, 1851. F?>r the Camden Journal. CO-OPERATION MEETIN0. A meeting of the friends of Co-operation was Id at Temperance lla'l on Saturday evening, ? 27th n't. On motion, <\ J. Shannon. Esq is called to the chair, ami W. ('. Moore and C. j West requested to act as Secretaries. After ' meeting was organized, Mr. W. M. Shannon >v?-d that a committee be appointed to prepare siliess for the meeting, and the motion heing reed to, the lollowimr gentlemen were appointed the Chair: W. M. Shannon. W. E. Johnson, ' Matliesoi), A. M. Kennedy, A. II. Boy kin, John West, K. S. Moffat: During tli^ absence of the committee, tin* meet- j : was addressed by (."ol. ('hesnut, on the great ! ncofthe day, with his usual force .and ability.? ip cotnmittee, upon their return, reported the lowing Addres* for the consideration of the j, eting: i To tho Voters of Kershaw District. ? Fkm.ow-citi7.rxs: We trust that ?n the i pofa great crisis, on whicti depend not only < ur own interests hut those of your cliildren , I d your children's children in which is en- ! I veil not only your duty to your beloved I ite, hut perhaps her very destiny, we may t i excused for addressing you a few words of ; < iidly counsel. They shall he. prompted hy ( i th and an honest sense of duty, fre*- from < peals to your ptejudice and passion, atid di- ? ted to you as honest and intelligent me.i. > We assure you that the unhappy divisions I ich unfortunately exist among us, hare atis- | I despite our every effoit to prevent them; j ilously and bincertly have we attempted to ) j preserve peace and good will within our boriers. We feel that as Carolinians, we all own 1 n common mother, and must share u common | late. VVe were even content to ahide thp ac- I lion of the Convention, although elected l>v a ' ininoiity of tlie people, and a majority of that i Convention were thought to entertain views of i State Policy differing from our own. For we i I'ould readily believe that wisdom could more j i easily he found in the deliberations of a body i . rdothed with the power and responsibilities of I I that Convention, rather than in the angry ex- j L'ileinent of party stiil'e; but we have been at i length forced to leave our nosition of inaction, j I 1111(1 to stand opposed to those who should he j hir fi iends. Ilowever we may regret the lie- : i ressity that urges this step, s*ill the step must i 10 taken, or we win a title to the epithets'; ivhi"h, with equal injustice and had taste, some ; I ?f them lavish upon us. ' W'c hclieve taut the issue which you are call- I | ?<l upon to ill eido liy your votes, for Deputies ! i to a Southern Congress on the 2nd Monday oft I October next, is luiell v this, whether South l'a- ) t rolina sliali, dining the sitting of the Coiiveu- t 1 lion already i leeted, and which can exist but a i i voar from its convocation, resume all the an- ; i Ihotiiies which slit* lias (Idegated to trie ??ov- < LTiimont, and "'single and alone," embark upon | the sea of'separate nationality, or shall vet Ion- j i Uericinain in the linion, seeking the aid and 1 l?n.operation of those States identified with her in every interest ? Miis we candidly Indieve is t (he complexion of tiiis great question. Choose ! ve which shall he done. Our purpose is not now to argue the questio ? we only assert as our fixed belief, that the duty, the honor, and ^ the interests of our beloved State, forbid the i sacrifice involved in isolated secession, and in I 1 this opinion we ate fortified bv the last letter j ' and the last speech of our immortal Calhoun; | f bv the wisdom of t heves, Butler, Barnwell, j ' J biison, the entire Judiciary, with one exeep- j lion, and by the most of the prominent States- ! men of this ami other Southern States?and j I will you, can you against the counsel ami en- ' 1 treaty of such men, (some of them alike the I sages of the Republic and the Heroes of many ! ' n well fought held) ii.-k your all, as citizens mid j < men, upon the single hazard of secession ? We | I know that appeals are made to you well calcu- { I laterl to stir your blood with honest iadigna- . < lion, against art unjust and corrupt Govern-! i iirent, but we pray you strike not the blow ' which alntll shiver your arm, hut leave the foe ! i jnscalited; precipitate not your energies hut I 1 reserve litem until you can wield :t weapon j which shall prostrate your enemy In voids ; i fresh from the lips of your own Butler, we itu. I lore you not to 'use secession as art arrow which escapes tire bow, spends its strength and is 1 ??t forever." We respectfully recommend to you, as worthy of your su II rages and your confidence, John S. I'reston and your own well tried citi j ten James Chesmit. Jr.? men whose elevated! characters, aside from their interests, aic | ledg- J D3 of their fjilt-lily. We are aware that high wrought appeals ?f flat y to your country are ' made to some of ynu--that you are told that I party requires you to sacrifice your personal I feelings lor these estimable men; hut while we admire ami esteem hint who from a sense i of duty sinks the fiietid in the patiiot citizen,j still we kindly warn you that he who one morn nt hears these noble professions on his lip, and the next whispers the words of envenomed detraction in your ear, is unworthy of your j confidence or respect. Passing events, fellow citizens, are develop.: big the most licentious features of our system of government, and ii becomes you as the guar- ( dians of your own rights and interests to tie prompt and active in the exercise of your du- j ties. NVheu Athens was ready to he lost, the > people banished their liest citi/eii because they tired of hearing him call-'d 4 the ju^t." Where ; evidences of such feeling are found, the pe?>| le must watch their own interests, or it is 'iuie to despair of the Republic. We again invito von as In.er3 of your conn i trv to remember tin- ides of October?I t every I citizen go to the Ballot hox, anil quietly, sober- j 'y. mid with :i dni* sense of responsibility, exercise I hut light which now assumes an importance hitherto unknown anion" us. On motion of D. II. tShnlar, it was ordered that the Address lie published and circulated throughout the District. The meeting then adjourned to meet attain ' upon next Sature-iy evening, the 4th of Oct.?-1 ber. Ail tbe friends of co-operation are res-i pectfully invited to attend. C. J. SHANNON, Ch'n. W. C. Momi:, > r, 0. S. We-T, \ Fur die Cum.lcn Journal. No V. Will d3'.a7 lower the Spirltof ou: People? Is it probable that delay will accustom tile j People of the State to oppres.->i.iu, and beget j tbe habit of submission' II tile (iivenunent would cease at tiiis point and forever, ilieirun- j just legislation, it is possible that t.le people j (now sai I t-? be eager lor resistance) might agree to acquiesce It we bad some great assurance that the institution of slavery in the j States was no more to lie interfered with, and if there was a resolution exhibited on the part of the North to carry into effectual operation the constitutional provisions in relation to fugitives from labor?it all these tilings could once be obtained, I am of the opinion that the in ijoritv of the citizens of the State would no longer meditate a dissnlu'ion of the Union; but these tilings, wo are all aware, are utter impossibilities. Tbe doctrines which are daily gaining new prnsel ytes.at I lie North, the overflowing tide nf emigration, the disposal ol thepubl cdoui tin, dw. I uoitl.imont and admission of new nun slavelmhlmg States,the increasing corru|?ti??ii of J (lie (invennneiil at Washington, the bribery ami j 1 immense painuiii^e of tlie Executive, all are | ' elements wliicli enter into this great question, 1 in relation to a change of (jovernineiit, and all ' at which conspire to render it most c ituin that pre long, a practical issue will lie made, which I til of lis can see, and the great argument will ( In* settled, whether this (Jovermnent is a Con- i "ederacv of Separate .Sovereignties, leagued to- i jether for special purposes, or one grand Dcs* I fjotisin. When the issue is looked upon from this point, h we see bit little likelihood of the spit it of our v people b'ing allowed to falter. It is most tl true, as is said bv the May Convention in their ? . " Address " The new outrages we are well li convince!1, will come in due time; but we tWI no assurance thr.t the spirit of the. vassal will , rise in proportion to the indignities heaped up. (. on his heart." None of us can expect that uthi ipirif nf he rasstiJ'' will ii>e in proportion to j .] llie injuries inflicted upon him. Arc the peo pie of the South " vassals?" On tlie contrary, | why should we say that they were less bravi ( than we ; re ? They are freemen, and the lea.ii ? likely of; ill nations on earth, to submit to enor- . mons aff; fression. It is the character of thr ( Anglo .S;i xon to hear oppression a long time? f finy scho >l-hny is familiar enough with English history tr tell you how many long years there were of ppression. niis.'ule and arbitrary des- ( pot ism b.'lore the * (treat Reb? Iliou" was resol veil u ?on. And the pages of Macru'ey. fresh in ef'erv body's memory, will show what ! * 1 r ' -' ' i .I* II A?cu it; il leilglll III inne ei.'ipseu Ill-Hire liiv ... , Stuart w is diiven from the lhro:,e. We liavt < manv ins tances of the Saxon being trampled j upon, Inn none, in which "the spi ^ it * ul tin Saxon " lid not rise in proportion to tlu* i.idig niiies hei |?cd npen his head." I hare no fea. nf the pr mature decay of the spiiit of our pen- j I le; and above all things, if a delav of tire o. ten rears will Ineak the spiiit of our people then that presents one o! the very strongest rea sons \vh ' we should not at present move. I that blioi t delay will dissipate their courage, rlepend i pnn it, it is not the true sprit to earn ll'eni tin oiigh a Seven year's was; if in that short tin e they will change, they are not near- 1 Iv read * even for the hardships, and | ri rations, i nd sacrifices which it may be neees sary to n ndergo in f -ruling a Southern Confed 1 prvev, in uch le?s will they be able to faee tin (iisappoi ilmct.ts, disasters and dangers whic: stare us in the faee if we go o t alone But 1 this a gu ment of the decline ofs| i:it is used lb effect on|y: for it is contrary to nil that we hca from the Secessionist* themselves. How can they he] ieve that Carolinians will so easilt cower I eueatli the lash of the despot, when Ihey arj continually stirring our blood by tin recollection of Fort Moult.ie and the gl.iriou deeds of our ancestors in the revolution. Wi 1 inns! inileed have degenerated, if so slunt a tie Ijiv vull lireak tlrespi. itot resistance ivnica is now said to i ie so strong in nil of us. Vet they ehanl loudly, he heroism of the "Palmettoes," h tin Mexico i war. and say they did n??t diagram mi< ancient character, hut on the eontiarv, re fleeted new lustre upon our name. There are some again, who urge Secession now, In cause there is evidently no hope of Cooperati ?n. Now it is certainly no easy matter j to ansi er any one who reasons after this stile lie nil endeavor to convince \on that if will produc Co-operation ? that it will give us what we want, a direct, plain issue. And then when j it is shown, that it will not give us Co-opera- ; tiun, and that i.'it does give us an issue, it will j lie one in which we will lind every single Southern State cither neutral, or actually in amis against us. Then he admits the strength o! your argument, and the correctness id' vonr j conclusion, and immediately savs: " I Lelievc I you are 'ight, now let us go out alone, lor we | never will git Co-operation." Thisi- certain* j Iv a very interesting aspect of the rpiesti m, considered merely as a p?diti. al speculation, | (lor it has at present no practical hejni ig on | the point at issue ) Are tire Co-operati.m par- j ty in favor of Separate State Acti-m when eve- j rv tmpe <>l concurrent actum oii itie part ?h 1 idher States is Infill*? liavin" lirst piemised i 1 that ivi' consider if impossible for hiiv man ?? s:iv positively, when all hope of Co ojiein* o . j is de.nl, (ami we have endeavored to show teat j : there is a prospect of Co-opernt ion, bur a p o - ! pert f at the Separate Secession of It.is Stale will roost effectually ilostrov, ami patience on our pa t wi'l nio.-t assuredly suffer to lipen.) ? I'nt for my-ell, I am willing to meet this quos- : (ion. as it is stated. Are you i.i fivor of .Separate State Action if you were certain that we } : never could obtain Co-operation. I his, | have j: s ii I b 'fo e, I I ?ok upon as /nt'eii'ri ri'trt'tfessi. j , hi t ? "a most improbable po<?iiii|:v;" loir sli ! 1 will answer it, that for myself, in that ex- ' trem?" ease, I believe it would be death to re i in tin in tin* Union, ami cert .in de?t uetiou to; o.. out. "Death in the limit, Destruction in! tilt* rear," the question simply resolves itself in- i to this whether it were wiser for lis to '-ill o .r 1 ow n throats, "i let some one el?e do it for us. I am w illing to let the majority determine between the two, and will cheerfully abide their deci-ion. Hut has the spirit of Disunion increased or lessened throughout the Smith in the lust thirty years? A hasty "I nice at a poition ol history with which everybody is familiar, will solve to determine this point Ibr us. And here let it be remembered, that the ureal ? an??* of all our discontent ami disaffection, is the intermeddling of Congress with the institatimi of s|.iv?*i v. In lSil), I ho .Missoini Com | promise wis adopted i.i Cnnoross l?y S w'hnn ; it was not onlv acquiesced i t, lint acta- i ally cariied hy S>ri'lfrn r-t'rs. Before tiiat timo wo know what JoJlorson's opinion of slave- j ry w is. In IN.'J , t!i.? ilolntes i i tlio Vi ipnia | Uonventi hi show wh it tho ojii.iion of the lead- j ing iiioii t'lore was i i n l iti i t<? tho subject; ami tiioir votes showed yet in ?re pi ii dy, when it is recollocteil how very near t.iey c.uiio to ' ah dishing s| ivery. The ordinance ol 'S7, which practically enacted the Wilumt Proviso, was passed hy the vote of every State, arid the 1 Terri'ory was "iven away hy N i i*i ii t At ' tli-if ti h i C o lit iii't?r?:t I ii.il iliiti <if fli.k i * p-nple of the Smith was, that hi every was im- j 1 moral, and at all events a very great evil; since 1 then their views have enlirclv changed; t!:ey no longer regard it as an evil, lint as the main ! pillar of their prospei it \, as vitally impmtaiit to ^ their very existence, as sanctioned by Jehovah liimseli'i t so m my .voids, in t!ie Oi l 'i'e.-ta- ' 111e111, and as having the implied sanction of the ' Son of (tod in the New. M r. Webster says that" Co'tnn" has produced ( this change. Re that as it may, the Scripture argument for the institution, has never been overthrown, though many times assailed, and ^ it is upon this ground, that the eitizens ol the Smith, choose to put their fondness for this institution. There is not lite slightest reason to c elicve that the people of the Southern Statef nil give it up without a struggle; and more ban anything else could, this agitation will, in> rease their determination to stand by it to the ist. Persecution spread the Religion of Islam ver the blast, and was ordained and foretold S the sure f-rerunner of the success of the lospvl of Christ. All these things conspire to make me believe hat at no very distant day the whole South N ill ritllv* 111 tflilfVkniin /|T ttlU IVHAfl# lit^lUaallAM tu \uiv<ivc 111 inn ^irat riie spi: it of the people of the South will rise is the certain tide of aggression sweeps on, and he}- at last will surely he found ready and deermined to resist. In the meanwhile the spirit >f the jreople of this State will not Ire lowered y delay; it is not in the nature of the Saxon ace to submit to continued wrong; nor is thi* jne.'tion osie upon which they would Ire likelr ii vie'd at any time. Why the i not wait until t least one State of the South, shall take (ret roMti rn be.-Lie us? Let us at this time, hearten to die "words of wisdom," as delivered by w o of Carolina's greatest Sons. C ilimt'n and Jiikvk?, (riri nullo aero prri'tin:) "/Hiunimi :.t lhp irork of lithe," savs the first, in lii? last speech, (dated from a solemn scene, the border if the grave.) "If South Carolina Ire wise, she w ill wait for ler sister States, vkt a lono wjiri.?\" says the ,'enerable Cheves. and he nmrht to Im> heard as. he voice of Truth, shaking front the very edge >f Eternity. Their interests are our interests, our right* 4 ire no more trampled upon than tite r*; our [ifop e have 110 more spi it and intelligence than the people of the other Slates of the Smith; they are bound to us by every fie tbioi can possibly hold Nations together. Let ?* wait then; let us cense to think aliout this cheme of separate State Action,* the people have never yet sanctioned it?it is worse than ineffectual, i( is suicidal It is lieset with dam ei-s and unheard of difficulties, such as it hecoiiies every hrave and prudent in in tn look carefully at, liefore he ventures upon the, as yet untrodden path. Let lis accustom ournehes 10 look upon Separate and Solitary Secession as the very last desjierate resmt of a down* trodden people?to bo used only as the virgin uses the concealed dagger, to destroy herself .villi, when every other attempt to preserve her iionor has tailed, and the dreadful alternative is presented, of disgrace, or dentil Thkx, . I trust, we will i>e found wise enough and spirit* ed enough to determine, lint let us wait until it is necessary. And whenever the Banner of South Carolina shall kiss the air, though it do j ii-MVi'. without one allv in lue Hi'lil *11 her eiti. " 4t*:n will follow her, with the same devotion, ^ 18 Douglas did " Ihy Bleeding lJeart," even A though it lead to certain death, in that lone ? :'iour of Dreadful Passion, there are none who nave heeu nurtured upon her soils who will not watch with her then. At least, 1 prat, when this "(iarden of ^ietlll?emane', is to be endured, thai she ina}' find none sleeping, l?ut all ready io watch "at least one hour;" hut reinei?l?er, there is no necessity for the victim before tbe 1 leu of Sacrifice. M On the other hand: Look what elements we have fur the formation of a magnificent Southern Republic! observe n*? the map "the singela r'elicitv of position." C insider their history, and b'.liold! what congeniality in their ethical and [M-li'ieal tenants. There they lav, complete, great. svinmet ical, awaiting but the breath of renewed agitation, and the feeling of a common d 'iiger. to wake to n new and ; lot ions existence. A Republic Itoautiiiil i:i proportion, nnd crunch' in its parts, as the vet lifeless Eve be nenth the All-?hnpi:t?{ Hand! Uready ?,oe#,n sliifht spark of vitality Iwjrin to ap|iear. Why shoulil we not wait until Mood ami life shall bo [liven to it. ()n the other hand, take the map. ami ac* what a small space the independent Republic of South (.'arolina would ocrimv; look at the smulluess of her territory,consider her position; see what are her products; exani'ne her !* soic's; and then inqu' " us to the expeneeiof sn|iporti>io such a oovprmnent; and if will re quire no very intimate knowledge of Statistic*, or the Scienceof Political Economy. to ilenton strafe, how utterly inadequate our peof'b' will be, to the support of a separate Nationality. Mr I'Mitor, I shnII tru-pasa no lonjjer upon your kindness, and that of your readers. KERSHAW. For the ' amtJen Journal. Free DiM*n?ion. 4 4 '? I 1 I -? Tttinoo P* \ I'llliltc >1 eot I 'Iff will ne iifwi nt -II Cloud's Store, ill Fairfield District, on Tliiirtd.iv, Otii Oetoher. Col's. Preston and f'hesi'ut, and Con W. A Owens and Hon. Dixon liarnes have Leer, i ivifod to address the Meet in;'. A fiailxM-iie will be providi d. 'I'!i.? public are lesjiectful y invited to at. tend. james team, W. L. PICK K IT, wiley M.BRItT, w. B. watktns. J. P. PvlCIJBUfW. Civntni'fr* nf A'rwgrme it. ^ A fearful vi-dtati mi has befallen the Kingdom o| .Naples The villages all.I towns of one entiie region have been I lid in ruins by the oiddeii add repeated shock* of an earthquake. I'or many miles round, in the df tiirf of lln^ilifata, the 1'it.il coiivnLi in of nature spread te-ror and dismay; at Bari and Melli whole streets tod all the ptineipal buildings wet* levelled to ihe ground; hundreds, if not thousands, ot'hu- ? nan victims were overwhelmed in their fall.-?I 4 \? previous pcrtii'hutinn of the elements s*?erns to have presaged the approach of the oil.unity. ' The summer air was calm, ami the btighl wave ?roke upon (lie strand as it had continued to to every morn and eve since 17*1), vlion a si- f tiilar catastrophe occurred; hut'in an instant ilestiiiction was spread wide aim ng the peojle ind the entire distiirt became one vast scene of iesolation and distress. A vouny lady complaining of an afTecti ?n of he heart, was told that she must hu hand he trength. She replied that a husband was the mly thing that could relieve her complaint. J