The Carolina Spartan. (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, November 29, 1860, Image 2
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03$ TfcMw4wt November 1I6Q.
fg}r Owing to the crowded state of our coluujns,
we ere forced to postpone the publication
of ? oouiniMiticauou of Gen. D. F. ltatcs. It
shall appear iu our next issue.
lion. R. Barnwell Rheft.
This distinguished geu'lemun, wo see, oocttpice
a prominent position tipou the list of
nominees to the State Convention front Charleston.
We are glad to mo thai his efforts to
establish the principles which the 8tate proposes
to inaugm-uto arc to bo rewarded in a
suitable manner. No man is more entitled to
their confidence and this honorary tribute then
him self.
Minute Men.
An organization of Minute Men has been
formed in our town, with the following Officers:
liter. A. W. WALKER. President,
WM. J AS. SMITH, let Vice President,
Maj. J. D. WRIGHT, 2d
11. J. MOUZON, fid '
* U. B. L. EWART. Sectetary,
Maj. J. A. LKE, Treasurer.
They number now one hundred and thirteen
me':, and are constantly increasing. Success
a.tcud them.
Fine TurnipH.
To Mr*. Dr. J. J. Vernon wo return our
Llmnlcs for a basket of the finest Turnips we
hare aeon thia season ; weighing four pounds
each, and measuring?well, wa don't kuowhow
much. Aid to J. K. Westmoreland, esq. for a
vary large Pie-mellou.
Lincoln at Chicago.
Augusta, November 22. ? Lincoln paid a visit
to Chicago, (day not stated,) and addressed
the people, but scarcely touched on politics.
Ha aaid lie thought the people would ever do
well, if done well by. He hoped all parts ot
the oountry?North aud South?would couiiuue
a career of prosperity.
Reynolds Si Co., at Fort Scott, and Crawford
it Co., at Chouteau, and other merchants, had
romoved their goods into Missouri.
Tha Hcrall has another dispatch, slating the
burning of Fort 8cott, but the report is not
generally believed.?Guardian.
Legislature.
Mokhat, Nov. 7., 1800.?I'roceeding unimporUuit,
in the Seuate. In the ilou?e Mr.
Cuuuinglinm, from the joint Military Committee
of both Houses, reported a bill for arming
the Stale, and to raise supplies for the same
Mr. Edwards, from the Committceon Military,
made a report on the resolution of inquiry
as to the expediency of providing a more efficient
system of patrol police. The Committee
were fully satisfied that the patrol system now
existing was fully sufficient, if properly enforced,
aud therefore beg to bj discharged from
further consideration of the resolution
Mr Foster gave notice of a hill to repeal nn
act exempting teachers and students from ordiuary
road duty.
. Mr. DoSaussurc, from committee of Ways and
Means, reported a plain for raising supplies for
the year 1801. The Committee are of opinion,
thai tho amount necessary should be raised by
by loan, and not by immediate taxation, and
propose tbo issuing of bonds, by certificates
for small amounts, and relying upon the patri.
Otism of the people to purchase aud take up a
sufficiency of tho suine to meet to the ordinary
demands.
9ST" Alf., a slave, was executed on Friday
last, for the crime of .- rson.
Columbia.
Cottos.?During the week, our market has
been vory unsettled, buyers showing no disposition
to operate, and sellers equally so. In
consequence, the sales liuvc been quite small.
The sa es amount to 124 bales ; prices nominal.
Floub.? We have no change to make from
last week's quotations. We quote per
sack of'J8 lbs. Extra family $4}.
Cohx.?The demand is good. Wc quote $1
<o,,-T i. 10 per bushel of y<> lbs in bulk.
CHARLESTON.
The oottoji market continues very irregular.
and tlie transactions of the 'lay may be consid*
e.red an aotivc business, amounting to 2,311
bales, nt very low figure*, vix: 8(o;l<)Jc.
MOBILE.
The sale* to day were 3,'trtO hales, middlin
quoted at ltlc. The sales oft he week were 23,600
bale*, ami the receipts 20,000, against 35,*600
in the corresponding period last year
NKW Oil LEANS.
T-he sales of cotton to u ty were 7,000 bales.
Middling is quoted at 10J57 K'Jc. Tito sale*
of the week were 46,000 bales, and the receipts
70,000 against 53,500 iu the corresponding
period Inst year.
Tribute of IleNpcrt.
At a meeting of the pupils of Spartanburg <
Female College, held in theCbapcl, Nov. 10th, ,
lbCO, the following resolutions were unanimously
adopted.
Whereas, it has pleased an All-wan Provi- '
deuce to retnovc front our number, PRISCIL- '
LA I. MASON, who died on the 17tli inst., at 1
tlie residence of her Father in Spartanburg, i
8. C., therefore. ,
Rmoirrd. Tintt while we how with reverence
to the dispensation, we would express a sincere '
Sorrow for ne loss of one whose gentle, urias- '
timing, and affectionate natnrc endeared her t
to the hearts of her associates. I
i^Jtti/tl?/ 'Pitfit **"> A^""
umvi win uvnuoirnre, and |
do sincerely sympathise with the friends an<l
relatives of our departed companion in their I
end and painful bereavement. (
Retained, That we will cherish her memory
and emulate her virtues ; and wlnle we mourn
the tic which has been broken, we are consoled 1
by the full belief that our loss is hor eternal ?j
g.iin. Y
R'tofr?d, That as an evidence of our esteem
for the dead, and our sympathy for the living, r
we will wear the usual budge of mourning. f
H'tolved, That a copy of those resolutions he t
furnished the bereaved family, and another be
cut to the town papers for publication.
November I'.hh, 18W>. "
It K.im thi Fsnr.RATivs Svstkm "?The \
Montgomery Mail says ? ' We fsel at liberty to (|
slate now, publicly, a remark made by us on
the day of the Islington speech by Mr. Urcekinridgc,
in reply to our remark that South Car- M
oliua would certainly secede on the election of j
Lincoln 'That,' said he. 'or the seccs-don of
any other State, ends our fedorntive system. B
All the delegated powers revert. The pownrto
coerce resides nowhere."
KxoiTr.wr.ht awoxo Navt Orrirms.? The i f
Jtt'W YorK Ilrrald, of ths 20th in-t., snyi*; *"
' We learn from reliable sources (hat a very
great incitement prevails among the officers of .
the navy in consequnce of the present state of
affaire at Hie South, rind that so adverse are r
tliey to u colltsuyi with their fellow-citizens in I
that ijunrier, th4t there will be an almost tini- (
vernal resignation of their commissions as soon
0,1 hostilities break out. They will not imbrue
their hands in the blood of their brethren." (
St. LoPis, November -J4.?Uen Frosts' vol- *'
nuteers start to-morrow for the frontier. Gen. 11
War tie; left to-day, ,j
mmmmmaem f
News Scraps.
The Darlington Southerner makes the follow- i
Ing p'opoiltivn: We would suggest that all
Volunteer Companies in the Ptate encamp near ,
Colombia, 3. C., en Ihe Itilh December noxl, :
and parude on the day following. Whosccoud*
the motion ?
The Augusta Constitutional it!, a few day* i
inoo, slated that since the fir*! of the mouth
about one million of dollars iu gold imd been (
received by the banks of Savannah and Augusta,
Georgia.
The United Presbyterian Presbytery.of Miuhgnn
has resolved that, a* it is ono of the things
which onn bo done on another day, it is wrung
to solemnise marriages on the Sabbath.
Horn.?The value of the hop crop of Ihe
United States this year, is estimated at $!,000,000?nearly
all iu Oswego, Oneida and
Madison counties, New York.
Thr Nkw Comm tsuaitt.?We learn that
Anderson, who succeeds Col. Gardiner in com
j ?c v.._, u??.??.??
VI evil ai|iiiiiic, in I* rvcin iifmun OJ
birth, nml is, in l?ii? viows, principles and interests,
a Southerner.
Texas is larger than New York, r?nnsylva
nia, Ohio, Illinois, Vermont, Khode Island,
New Jersey, New Hampshire, Massachusetts,
and Connecticut, all put together.
At a place called Poverty Par, near Sun Andreas.
in California. two miners, in a foriuight,
took out ninety, pounds of gold.
It is said that seventy-two thousand persons
were executed during the reign of Henry VIII.
The Melbourne (Australia) Argun states that
a uugget, weighing 834 ounces, was recently
found by the Koh i uoor Company, at Hallarat,
at a depth of 400 feet. About ltit) ounoes of
gold, in small uuggels, lay nround. Iii shape,
this monster lump of gold resembles a leg of
mutton.
Hon. F. W. Pickens, in a letter to a friend
in Columbia, written from Philadelphia, dated
the lith instant, pitriotically says: " I shall
certainly stand by her. (the State; with lift and
property, iu this her day of trial, iu any emergency,"
Boston, November 12.? l)r. Longshas, who
went out with Dr. Hayes' Artie expedition, has
returned. He left the explorers in their vessels
froxen in the ice, where they expected t?
remain until June next. All were wull and
hopeful.
Mayers, the Houstou deer-hunter, says he ]
has killed 0,000 deers iu the last nine years on 1
the Houston prairies.
The census just taken shows a gain of fifty
per cent, in the populaii<?n of Wisconsin during
the past five years. The State lias now about
789,000 inhabitants. The census figures in
Michignn make the increase of population in
the State since the census of 1850, 802.815.
The increase since the State census of 1851,
has beeu 340,000.
A liberty pole was raised on the Court House
Square, in Darlington on Saturday morning, the
17th inst. and the disunion Hag run up,amid the
chc.r.s of a large oouco t?e of citixens.jauda salute
of the "Guard*," tiring by sections.
Suruter, Clarendon and Georgetown Districts
have held public meetings, and nominated separate
State secession men us candidates fur the
Convention.
Col. Ellsworth, of Chicago Zouave notoriety,
is engaged iu preparing an elegant diploma for
presentation to the various companies that entertained
the Zouaves on their recent lour.
The discovery of immense quantities of petroleum.
or rock oil, at Horning Springs, Va.,
eight miles from Wirt Court House, is building
up a large busiuesa at that point.
Richmond, November 20.?The Farmers'
Hank, of Virginia, suspended to day. It is
supposed that all the rest will certainly follow
to-morrow. The merchants are highly elated*
as it is the only way in which they can save
themselves.
When the French Empress, at table, speaks
to any one not close to her, she has her word*
repealed by an aid de camp, or chamberlain,
who stands close by her.
O... -I1 i n
wuc ui uur n'liiig manufacturing establishments,
says tho Winsted (IN.) H raid, received
a liberal order from Savannah for goods on tlie
very clay of Lincoln's election. Tin* good* ordered
were percussion caps !
Governor Gist ha* received a letter front a
company of Mounted lliflemon, < t Mississippi,
offering tlicir service* at any moiiieiii, and proposing
to equip themselves thoroughly at their
own expense, and to pay their own expenso*.
Information has boon received from the Governor
of Washington Territory, that a slave on
hoard an American veasol which entered Vio
toria harbor had been ret tree by the liritisli
Governor.
Capt. J. 8. Wf?t, a devote ! friend of General
Wrn. Walker, sailed front New Orleans, on the
!?th instant, far Truxillo, to obtain tho remains
af the great filibuster for his aged father.
W AsttiNiiToN, November 20.? A number of
prominent politicians here, to-day. aidirated
i letter to the President, proposing that he |
hould recommend in ht9 Message that the 1
ri ght of secession should be tested in the 8upteme
(lotirl, by agreement between the North I
vnd the Houtli. Metitiiiine, it is now generally '
ulmitled, tliat South Carolina will secede, and
litis, they suggest, the ease will coma up fur
egal adjudication.
The New Orleans True Delia says : A Inrgc
tardware house in this city received, yesterlay,
an invoice from a manufacturing estabishment
at the North, to which wrrc ad led the
bllowing words : " Abe Lincoln is uur Prcsilent.
We hope he will please you as well as
te does lis." The invoice was returned with ihis '
oply: "Neitlicr your President nor yur
joods plesse ns. They will be rev shipped on
heir arrival.
It is said thai If Virginia joins in tho yoresion
movements of the Southern Stnti?, the
'tn Handle, u|>on which is located the city of
Wheeling. will split o(T from the DM Dominion,
md join Pennsylvania. Let it go.
Senator Sliddl warmly espouses the seoesinn
movement. Ho *sys that l.ouishna is
toiinil in honor and good faith to stand hy her
inter Southern Slates.
The Minnesota Southern lla^rnad was sold
it public auction at St. Haul's, on the 2t5ili ult.,
or $l,tXX). Oor. ItaiHsey hid it ijJF for the
uale.
A dispatch from Washington, dated the loth
netant, aaya: " W. Hansom Calhoun today
esigned his office as first Seerotnry of ilio li. P.
.egntion to Paris, lie will forthwith rclmn
o his home In South Carolina."
Ea-Oovaasor Will.?Norfolk, Nov 28-?Ex
iov. Wise has offered his services to Qov (Jisi
f South Carolina, in case of an emergency, and
a the cTent that his services may not he reuircd
hy Virginia,
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Nbh Meeting.
Accoding to proviouM notice, tlic eilliene or ,
Spartanburg District held a Mas* Meeting on
Saturday last. Preparation* were made by the
Committee appointed for the mooting to be held
in the grove opposite the Walker llouae, but the
weather being so cold and the wind blowing
kigb. direct from the North, it war thought I
best by the Com mil tee to hold said meeting in
our largo and cointoriablc Com I House, but
loug er?< the time tor the *| cakers to preseut
themselves, it was found out that our Court
lluiot', spacious as it is could not hold the crowd
that hint assembled, and the desire of all to
hear Hon. James Chcsnut, jr., lutely United
States Senator tVotu South t'Arolina, Hon. A. U.
Magrath recently Judge of the Uuited Slates
District Court tot tins State, und other gentle
men who were ex pee ted to express their senti
itiiitilu ah I lt<? # *? *? niiit^linn ?.t ?K?? ?<> ?.I
the crowd aga.it to disperse and iiih I in Iroiii
of the Pal it u Do ll?.?i?e, where hundreds were
waiting for tlic commencement of tlie progiaittntc
of the day.
Rev. Joint U. Lund rum wan culled on to act
as President, and the following Vice Presidents
appoiuted: Samuel N. Kviits, John Davis, J. W.
Miller, Jas. Net hilt, Samuel Morgan, John Strobel,
0. P. Earle, John B. Davis, Rev. Plough 8.
Beard, Ret. Win. Curtis, L.L. D.. Dr. Wm. Nolt.
Andrew Bonner, Edward W. Parker, X. P. Walker,
Dr. Maurice A. Moore, O. E. Edwards, Dr.
A. B. Woodruff, llnrvcy Wofford, J.trcd Drunimond,
Jas. Anderson. Her. H. II. Hied, Dr Jas.
Biviugs, Henry Poild, Wm. 1'allengcr. A. C. Bomar,
Dr Ibra t'aunon, Samuel Jaokson, J. H.
Kicll Sum Suuiuor, Hev. A. M. Sliipp, I). D.,
(ion. 11. F. Bates. E. P Smith, B. F. Kilgore,
Res. 11. 11 Duraut, Dr. J. Wiutmitli, Joel Foster,
John D. Wriglf, Jno. M. Crook, John U.
Cleveland, Joseph Foster, Henry Gafl'ucy,
Woodward Alh n.
The following gentleman were appointed to
a'd as Secretaries: A. S. Douglass, J. M. Elford,
\V. 11. Triimnier, John \V. Curlisle, T.
St oho Farrow and J. II. Evins.
The President on taking the Chair made a
few briefrcniarks to the vast crowd in attendance,
stating the object of the meeting.
Rev. Whiieloord Smith. D. D., was requested
to open the meeting with prayer, which he did
in a inost fervent manner, asking the blessings
of llcuven to rejt upon it*. and deliver us it>
this time of trouble and difficulties.
The Hon. James Cherant, who had but on
the day previous addressed a uuuib<-r of the
patriotic citiwns of Carolina siaty mites or
tnorc west of us, was introduced by the President.
His love tor South Caroliua would not
pet mil him to remain <j?iiet and silent when so
many from the old Iron District of South Carolina
desired to lte.tr hint, and through the
ruin, thedurk wet uight, and the chilling blasts,
lie had come at their invitation, and was now
ready to state to them our wrongs and grievance*.
which he did in suelt a plain ttnd practicable
niuitucr that all who heard him felt the
truth of his remarks, and the importance of the
occasion.
The II >n.Judge Magrnth, who had laid aside
his robes so soon as the first blast from the North
rung i lie intelligence in his ear* ili il we m e no
I lunger free, lull slnvc* if we remain in ilie UnI
imi wiili :? Black Republic in ruler over us, nlk?>
wns present l?y invitation, in u most
eloquent and elfoctive manner told lo the citizens
of ihe Mountain District, a tale true, hut
one many of ihctn never listened to before.
Maj. John D. Wright offered the following
preamble and resolutions, which were received
with long and loud applause :
Whkkkah, the recent election of Abraham
Lincoln to the I'rettideney of these United
States, by a puie'y sectional party, utterly hostile
to the rights, interest and prosperity of
the Slnveholding States of this Union, leaves
South Carolina no alternative but submission
or resistencc. Therefore.
1 littulvfii. That this meeting, unwilling to
tub nit, do most cordially pprovcof nud ratify
ilie action of our Legislature, calling a Convention
of the people ot tlioSt .to to see that South
Carolina shall suffer no detriment.
llvo't? f. That we can conceive of no
constitutional, rational or effectual mode of resistance,
other than to resume all tlie powers
delegated by the State to the Federal tJovernuicnt,
by seceding from the present Union and
establishing our separate independence as a
Sovereign State.
On motion, the following persons were selected
as a committee of twenty-four, to nominate
suitable candidates for delegates to represent
this District in the State Convention:
Hon. ft. Cannon, Maj. (tovnn Mill*. J. Kailo
Bo mar. Qen J. W. Miller, J. B. Davis, ID-ir-\
Dodd, J. C. Zimmcrtnati, Rev. M. C. Hamuli,
(Sen. A. C. Boinar, J. M. KI lord, Patrick Felly,
Col. Samuel Smith. Col. Joel BallcngT, 1*. i'.
Henci.aui. Maj. Win. Hoy, tail. L. S. Aden, Maj.
Win. II. Trimmlcr, Rev. 11. 11 Durnnt, A. 11
Woodruff. J. 0. Witismiili, Dr. W. F. Compion.
W. T. V* ilkins, W. Uallenger and D. A. Uhauiblin.
The following gentlemen were then called
for. and each nd lre*-e I the masses who remained
until n lute hour, listening most attentively:
Simpson Hobo, Frof. J. II. Carlisle, Hon.
James 01'ibcrry, of Union. Dr. WhitcfuorJ
Smith and Prof. W'arrcu DuFre.
At this point the Committee on nominations
retained nnd reported the names of the following
gentlemen as nominated unanimously
for tlio Convention.
REV*. J. ti. 1. \SDRUM,
81MFSON F.dBO,
B. F. KILCOltK.
DR. WM. CURTIS,
FRdP. J. II CARLISLE,
CiKN. B. 15. FOSTER.
Tlie nominations wer.- endorsed by the meeting
without n dissenting voice. 1
I lie folowing gentleman were called for, and
responded:
J. ti Lmidrnni it P Kit.,..,-.. It It l- . ?
Col James Farrow, Dr. J. H in-milh. tien <>.
12. Kdwards, 11. F. Haifa, Ool. II. I'. 1'nulr, Win.
Choice, Jr., Maj. J. 1>. Wright, and Dr. I'. M.
Wallace.
During the proceedings of tln? <1 iy. each of
those )t< utlenicii nominated for i!i *? onvonlioti
by 'bis meeting, except Dr. Curtis who was
absent, Rare tlieir views - all of llu-in favoring
immediate separate >i?te action. An 1 it was
stated that Dr. Curtis, also, occupied the saint*
position.
The hour being life, the meeting adjourned
and the crowd dispersed to meet again to wit- |
ness the Torch Fight procession ot the Minute
Hen
J. (J. LANDKUM, Chairman.
Tho Committee of Invitation have received
several letters from gentlemen alio were invited
to he present ut the Mass Meeting on dnturdav
I tot V.e hate only room for the following
letters in this week's paper:
CttAttLKsTuN, Nov. 21th, 1800.
T'j JW'Air*. J>iA. J. />'nyi/, S. Hobo, ntt(I othrrt? 1
Coi/tiiiiflti :
OtSTt.i.MKN : lii ron-? (jucnce of my nhsenec
from home for the I ?-t lew days, your invita 1
lion to the pnhlie meeting in Spurtanbiirg !
i wliich was to take place to-day) did not roach
me until yesterday. I merely wute now to say |
that I nppreoiiiie your kindness in inviting i
me?and to add thai although it would have
l?e? n out ot my power to accept, even had I re- J
reived ii.e iiiti at inn in I.me, yet my lu-ait and
- ml ace wi:li my lellow c.t ixena of Spartanburg, '
wno ate rrit ty in ri'Mt! Itluck Kcpuhlicau rule |
ni every hazard n ml to put our gallant State in
the \uuot ececeM?n. Very faithfully. your*,
n \j I'OKCUEK MILES.
AmiiP.hsoN, S. Not. 1 *>, 1 H?i?)
(IrMMXiN; (?n Saturday night I received
your invitation to be present and address a j
mass meeting of flip citizens of Spartanburg I
I'istrief, to be held nt your t'ourl lluust on |
Saturday nest, the 3?4th inat. I regret that
a previous eiigsgciiient to address the citizens
of this and Pickett* l>i>irict at like meetings,
to be held at l'uiidlcl.m on the iI8d, and nt I
Townville on the Jlth inst., preelndea ihe poa- i
aibiliiy of my being with you on the day dosig- !
uated. Would to God (hat I could, and could
multiply myself ao as to he | rjsent at every :
point in thia Congressional District where there 1
is an assemblage of citizens, from uow until
the dav of election for iln!r<? n..* ?.? ?! * sr
Convention, if my voire ntnl counsel would J
have any influence in hnrmonwiiig tlie difference*
of o inion nninngxt our own people (if.
(toy riiiit,) on the grcut i|uestion of reiiiiMance 1
to Northern nggrcisuon, which you ?o justly
characterize as one of " life and death" to the
people of the South. Tho issue made and
foroed upon us by the eueinies of lite Constitution,
iind the equality of the States in the election
of Abu Lincoln to the Presidency of the
Uni'ed States, on the distinctive and solitnry
issue of hostility to African slavery as it exists
in fifteen of these St .ties, by a strictly sertiuual
vote, uas at last omngtii ilie two sections luce
to Hoe. like liste-i kmghts. lo decide I lie contest.
We could not shrink from it if wc would,
mnl / Kou/d H'ii it J could. In such u o>intent,
11 uuul leel uii?l know where the majority of
the people of South Carolina will be found.
That the let-ling of resistance is nearly unanimous
throughout the Stale, 1 believe; but I
would most villmgly, if iu my power, make it
entirely so. l.ct us, then, tlo nil that men can
do, consistent with patri Mi am ami honor, to
produce perfect unanimity. Let us tolerate
differences of opinion without proscription, and
U.-e argument and reason without abuse: and
if there be any who are weak and tiiuid. encourage
them to become strong and coutideut.
The time has oome when it will lie death lo tlie
people of the South to remain longer in the
I'nion, governed us it will he. under Lincoln's
rule, by a despotic, sectional majority. We
can encounter but I lie same fate if we go out
of it, and set up a Government of our own. I
apprehend no such result, however; but, on the
contrary, when the South shall alone govern
the South, 1 look forward to the day when her
flag shall wave over the most powerful, free
aud independent people that the eye of mortal
man over yet beheld. True, for a time, we may
expect to encounter trial, trouble and difficulty.
in re establishing and re-organizing the
forms of a new government, and sacrifices to
patriotism must tie made. True, the progress
and prosperity of thecoun'ry iiiusf and will be
checked for a time, but when I look through
the vista of the future my mind's eye behol.it
a mighty, prosperous and powetful people, homogeneous
in sentiment, identical in interest,
with the elements and iesources ot future greatness
at their Command, unci|uaUed iu the history
of the world. Greece and Home, in their
palmiest days, pon sensed nothing to compare
withthe resources of the South. The North,
cut off by international law and the treaty
making power from becoming the receptacle
and carrier ? f our wonderful pr 'ducts, must
dwindle, nnd her people perish by the tens ot
thousands from want. They are destined to
I.outline hv far th>> mciti r mitTnis.n Kw > .li.,..
lut on of llio Liiion, iin 1 mill richly de.-etto
their fate, ok their fuuuticism has produced ti n
result.
Again expressing regret that I cannot Ik?
\rilh you, atrl tnv thanks !.>r your polite invitation,
1 am, gentlemen. with the highest repect.
Your very obedient t.'rvnnl,
J. D. AMIIMOIIE.
To Messr*. James J. Rtiyd, Simpson K ibo, War
rcn Dul'rc, II. Mitchell, Jamest! Harris,Sr.,
Spartanburg Court House, S. C.
1*. S.? May 1 express the earnest hope that
but ouc Tickil for the St ito Convention be run
in your District, and th.it we in .y thus pres.n'
a united front to ottr enemies. l,ct it not he
sni<l that the course of the Mountain District-1,
has produced division in our ranks. The time
for nc.ion has come. It should he united,
prompt, etreetiie. deeisiie action. We have
abundant n.ssiimn ?. ? that in u v< ry few days
Florida. ticoigin. M ilniiun. Mississippi. Texas,
mid I have no douht Louisiana ntid Arkansas
will be with ns. Then let secessionists, m op
eratiouists ninl l iiion men all unite f.?r the ,-al.e
of the South.
Respect fully, &c.. &e.
S. D. ASH MORE.
For the Carolina Spartan.
Mr. F.imioii: 1 would feel uiii li obliged, it
you would allow me, through your pap *r, i
enquire of the Chairman of the M i-s M etinjr
which w ii lield at Spartanburg t ourt H<oi?e,
on last Saturday, when ho to sub.nit
the report of the nominating committee to the
consideration of the un.-c W - are a ware
that the chairman of the committee ma do hireport,
ami proceeded himself to take tiie vote
upon it. Hut we were not aware that the lion
(lubricl C.mnon. at chair-uio of a ^Mect committee,
had a right to thrust the regular choir
in in of llio in letiug an l.?. aud proceed on Ids
own appoiiitiuent to di.s:li.?rge thedutie- of ih.
chair A'w [f. We expected, liuw v.?i\ ih.it the
chairman uf the meeting was si well infuruie 1
in rcgi.d to his duties, that as soon is th
ohairuitnof th - committee had mil- his re
p irt, he would hire pro?- e-le 1 to subuiit it to
the consideration of the nioe ing.
Too report was of such a character that
many persons desired to evpr ns ilicir disnp
pr?v:il of ii, lull an opportunity been allowed,
by t!io ciiairux in of tin? 01 etiiig, of their doing
so.
Ths chairman of the c unnrttee rep <rtcd tha:
the nonii.i ition was uiiuni.n.ui*. lt.it even
wlieu lie was up before the meeting. 1 w is in
forme 1 that he was tuisi ik a, mid that some ot
the nominees only ree iv 1 eleven or twelve
votes, which, as the coum tte?- >vas conipm
of twenty-one, was far from being iinanimo'is,
utul barely u majority. Had the report been
submitted to the meeting by its chairm in, I
was re i !y to in >ve .a re-. :o ,ii:ia of it myself,
that it might he corrected upon thit point.
There war other I-'ration* wliicii rendered
the report of the committee extremely ob
jeotiunahle. For a1'hough it w i? to he hope 1
that in meetitig to consult and u. t upon u great
mid important uieasttre of self deletion, every
citizen woiihl have felt dispo.-cd to hanish all
fueling of party or personal Consideration* ;
hut the nominal ion of delegates, as reported
by the chairman of she committee, will fore.)
every r.-tl -ciiitg and unprejii liced person to the
conclusi hi tii it tiiat his not been the ease, and
thai said nomination lias hceu based upon such
considerations.
The late division in our district ?-ii?n il.?
j?1?* liavo broil divide I upon ipiest'ioiH of
public policy, *i< in relation to tIto Uailroad
Tax They have heen divided upon person ii
considerations between I'aunou a il Wmsiuidi.
It was most earnestly t > have been Ii ipe 1 that
all such considerations w >u' 1 have merged in
feelings of earnest and put riot i devotion (o the
Cilil'e of our Slate, an I that delegates waild
hive l> * :? selected i ii-11 -? t.ui niteiy from Kill
roii'l Tax men mi l miii-II tilroa 1 Tai men,
from the friend* of t'unnou and the friend*
of Winvuiili; hut hy ettuin.ng the nomiiii
lion. as repined bj the committee, it will he
perceived thit there is not a single name on ii
wlio voted for Winsmtth in the late electimia.
lathis merely accidental? or does it proceed
from a settled purpose to pro-orihe every man
in the d'xirict who voted ngiiiist the Kiilruad
Tax, and every in hi who voted for Wiusmitli ?
I ie ive this i|uestioti to lie answered hy the
chairman of the nominating c i niiiiltcc, fearful,
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light i:)><iii it tin will cnnlilc llic rilitMii of
Spartanburg to come to any other conclusion
than the one above indicated.
I'nder these circumstances. then. 1 think it
extremely fortunate thai the \ >t hnttf of the
chairman of the eo amine to have his report
adopte I, imluceil hi in so far to interfere with
the duties of the chairman of the meeting ns to
prevent him from Mihmitinig .said report to the
meeting, mi l that the meeting adjourned with
out making a noon nation leaving to the people
themselves to make such selections for the
honorable position of delegates to the convention
as in the exerciseot their deliberate judg
muni as firemen they may think proper.*
I1NQI 1REK.
Nkw Jr.nxtY livsxs. I'hilndlphia. Not
lid.- -The Trenton, N. J., (kink* suspended
specie pa^ incnt to day.
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To the Voters Mid CUIseu of
Sparlaaburf District.
Fellow CtTiiKNa: 1 see in the Carolina q
Spautan of the d*te of the 15th inatant, also, ^
iu the SiMHTANUt uu Exi'kesb of the date of
November the 2let, and >n a notion of November y
lGth.ofit Miik? Meeting tube held at Spartanburg.
C. II., on Saturday next, the 24th inst >
which two Utter papers I never received until !
ye-terday, nnd in all the papers I nee my name .
among otherfput in nomination for one of 1
y tur d l-'^u'ee to tlie State Convontioi t ?o c n- <
vene in Columbia in next month; und iu the
notice sent out, I perceive that it will be expected
that nil the nominees will give en ox- '
prcssinii of their political sentiments. Hut us I
feel well n-iiie I tli.it nil cannot have an oppor- 1
tunity so to do at the mass meeting, and as I 1
urn sure that I can be bolter understood through
your district papers, I take this method to give '
you briefly, a sketch of my opinions upon the ,
great and impo tant questi >n that now presents
itself to every South Carolinian. I mean the \
question of immediate Stale secession, lam
sure that you arc all aware that I have for the t
lest ten years, at least, been known to you as j
one who believe* in the right of a State to secede
from the Union, whenever she inay think
it proper so to do. This sentiment i had occasion
to make known to you noinctcu years ago.
and you then elected me one of your delegates
to the State Convention, wluoh' convened in
Columbia, some eight years ngo; and it would
he'useless for me to undertake to say what was the '
acts or ordinance passed by that Convention,
us you arc all familiar with the ordinauce that
wad then passed. I was then called, and truly
called a co-oporationist, and to day I cl.;ini the
same name of a co-opcral ionist, but my fcllowritizens.
circutiniiuncvs altercate". What wilt
our condition then. We were then admum-died <
ami advi?cd not to accede. Why.' because there
appealed to la; no certainly of co operation with
our Sister Southern Slates. And who give us
such counsel ami advice. Was it the leading
men of sister Status only? no, but it was the
counsel of the leading and promin -nt men of
our own State, and troiu sonic that had been I |
the lenders of the secession party of South faro- , <
Una. Not only so. We had in our CouTetition '
ami present with us a t'heves, a Johnson, a 1
linger and liutler, besides uisny ethers, who | i
labored manfully aud as 1 thought righteously !
for days in order that till things should be done ' <
right and to restore harmony between what j 1
was called the submission men, the co-opera- ! 1
tionisl and the extreme secession men, and 1
here usk the question, did they restore harmany
and good leelings and that without sacrifice
of principal to cither parly? 1 answer they did. { 1
and the Convention then avowed the right to .
secede, but did not think it then expedient to .
exercise that right, liut how stands the matter
with ii" now? Aye, my fellow citizens, things
that we hoped for. from the General Govern- \
tnetil we have never ntocirvd?but oppression
upon oppression has been hoped upon us. nnd
those very lea ling in -ti frnni our sister Southern
States, who were compelling u* t wait,
wait, what are they saying now ? They say i
g ? ahead and act quick, for we ?r now ie dy: j
and can any urui who t ea Is the newspapers i
doubt for a moment that we uro sure of the
co-opc at ioii of a number of our sister Southern
Sta e>. If any cm doubt it. 1 f. r one ran say
I have no doubts on the subject. I therefore feel
tho! 1 < an as a c i-npcratioutst, and as one wiio }
has tiodi'iihis us to our right to sctede. suy
that I am ret ty m l ux.ous for the ti.nc to lull
round w .en we cn bv our Convention, pass an
<>rditi nice in favor o! State secession, :is 1 never
wish to bo subject to the control of a lllw-k
Itepiiblic in. loir under the control of a mixed 1
hi led or black (man) N ice 1*resident?and in ,
coucl isioti. 1 will >.iy to many citizens and voters.
who h ve thought proper to put tny name
in nominal ion, that <f 1 should bo one of your
cioi.o at tlic liute of l.lec ion, 1 shall feci it tny
duty to servo you as 1 Imve endeavored lo do ,
i > difio out public oilicc* tor lite last oi ly yeais,
ami ujiw.tt Us, to i lie very best of uiy skill hii>1
ability. Uc?jm ci fully,
\ our obedient servant,
K C. I'OOLE.
Ibvcoi.r.r SrutNos, Nov. 2:1, 1HU0.
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For the Carolina Spartan.
| Serenade to Ilev. Hin. Curlis,
Ma. Kittroa: Having heard op la?t Monday
evening toil l)r. ( m i-, one of tlie gentlemen
I ti ottiu tied by tlie Convention by ibe Mass
j Meeting licit here on Inst Saturday, was iu,
town, a la. g number, nmong who u were twine
of our oldest ami most re-pcctable citizens,
gathered :it the W ilker Ifouso alio it 10 o'clock,
i*. M., to comjrlinient him v.t !i a serenade, and
hear an rvjiro-ioii of his views ujion the ;
ijiii'stiou i>l the diy. Aftir listening to a .
jiiece or two of mm ic played by nmaleur {
musician*. loud nail repeated calis were ma le
tor llr. Curtis, who made hisitppeit nee ami 1st ,
the enthusiastic cheers <>t tiiecrowd.
We have had the pie i aire et hearing many of
the uio?t distinguished gcntlcm :n ol our own
I State, ani of several of the other States discuss
ihc political j.;"*! Ions of the times, ami seldom
i have we lie-.r t I be subject of Southern rights
ami Southern iutcre-: motv e' arly ami lorcibly
set forth than was done oy Or. Curtis 03 tiiis
occasion. Iti- s; n"!i, tl. uigh It >rl, n i* ; ointed,
puriotio and >otiG.ern rights /<> :\e < < ?. lie
alluded in the tir.-t part oi his remarks, in a
most touching manlier, lo :!ie fact that I hough ,
w is an Kiigtisli u.in by birth, and necessity, I
an accident over which he had no control) and ;
not ashamed of hi* uativity, yet lie wis a citi
/en of South Carolina by adoption and by choice
, had mar te 1 a daughter of Georgia?was, in all
Ins interests, identified with ami endeared to |
the fortunes and institutions of tho.-e State.- ?
It id lieen so long engaged in the education of
the danglers of Carolina, that lie fell lhal he 5
moved within her borders as tuning brethren :
hum 313HM-*. lit* annuel ill a a?liCMlv, patriotic ,
mid christian manner to the wwreJ ottioe 1
j of the Ministry to which lie belonged ? i
! In-* allegiance to the State nnd lust duly I
io God and bb tided in n feeling manner, the I
institution of slavery with our social and religious
relations. He touched briefly and feelingly
upon the wrongs mid aggressions com
nulled ujo.n ihe South by the North?spoke of
i he developments within the last two or three
weeks sli .wing th deep, determined and growing
leeling ot resistance in the South ?of the
unanimity of the feeling in our own State?of
the policy and necessity of South Carolina pushI
ingon in the good movement started, and suid :
the prompt notion of our State would bring
about the co-operation of other States, and re!
suit in the formation of a Southern 1'ont'ederncy.
To sum up Ins position in a tew words, he i*
trotig lor Southern Highlit?for resistance?
tor inline liate action, and is. in our judgment, j
i most tii and suitable pent >n to represent the |
feeling of our Stale, and the feeling of those j
citizens of our District, who. in mass meeting j
on la^i Saturday, nominate! him for the Con- j
vcution. lie was frequently interrupted io his (
remarks by loud nnd long coutiuued applause, j
We have been tints particular, Mr. Kd it or, in ]
giving his position, inasmuch as he w as nom- j
innt 'd for the Convention at the Mass Meeting. '
and not hoin present to g.ve his views, as did |
ihe oilier delegates nominated, our citizen*may I
know where he stands oil the great question at ;
issue. CITIZEN.
I.hok oi r mn tiik. Rascal.?We see by the
last Lancaster Ledger, that the citizens of thai
I).strict are after one Robert K Thompson, who
?>ii several occasions, in the presence of both
white persons and negroes, uttered the most
seditious language. proclaiming himself an Abolitionist.
and using efforts to stir up insurrection
and rebellion, for w hich they desire his a. rest,
that they may bring him to a summary
, trim and condign punishment. The said Robert
R Thompson is thus described :
The suid Robert R. Thompson is a man about
So years of age, ha? sandy hair and bine eyes
Hiui is somes hat effeminate in his appearance;
his height is about 6 loot tior 7 inches. Is an
intemperate man, and quite talkative when
( drinking His complexion is light, a countenance
rather downcast when talked to. He is
now supposed to he lurking somewhere in North
Carolina in ihe neighborhood ef Realtie s Ford
' on the Catawba River
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tbe Cmlia* Sptrtoa.
r? lk?P?twfor lk? WkR^
mimU*. C Ms
la iinmiim of the ijHipatiM ?f ?el. J.
if. TMdjb, wCoIm*! ofmrRtgiaMl, Ubc
tomes dur doty to select a# bis successor * getItMl
of Llie highest milttsry at t si omenta. la
lines of poooo It would bo well, probably, to ,
(ratify the aspirations of tho young aud iaexpc< K
riooood for suoh responsible stations, but as
:hc time has arrived, judging from indications,
ebon the Military fores of this and every other
taction of the Slate may be called into service
sit bin a short lime, eur doty Is inoreasedin atwo'
Told degree, to ofaoese one ore eminanHa misKS
<r ?
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For the Cartliu Spartan.
A loalhcni Matraa'i ApptaL
Ioctu Cabolika, oar prido and our boast,
kill of the gallant aad chivalrous brant; ^
Vow is the time, with your panoplied boat,
'roni .Northern oppression, your eouutry to '
save ! 1
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Co longer can you to the tyrants submit, |
VeFrom the Union you surely will sever; i
n?o* in Utttrs of blwl your fata may be writ. I
)ur IljhU you'll defeud, or resign life for- i
ever. I
'an you sit still, when your homes are in ,
danger? ,
Forbearance is over ! The hour has eoaa i
IV hen each heart must bo bold, and to fear be ,
a stranger, .
Vfareh valiantly forth, and no reckoning sum !
four Wives and your Danyktsrs, like SrABTABS
of old, 1
Will gird on your armor and buekle your
shields; <
Will bid y u God-speed, undaunted and Void;
Exerting thoir influence wherever it wields!
Then let your bright banners wave high in the
air,
Tho Lnne Star" will beam as a beacon Of
light;
rii >* dark clouds may lower, no storm can you
fear;
When guided l>y rays so glorious and bright !
Then wait not, ye brace hearts ! Fear not to
act ;
Oar r i.i r is a ju#t one. it's noble and right ;
With a firm trust in God, may you never retract
:
SS6'h'>S/f).\ is the Wateh- Word our foes to
affright!
Spartanburg, Nor. 23 d.
Foreign \ew*.
The mails by the Vanderbilt, from Liverpool
on the 7tli inst., bring tutne interesting
details of foreign intelligence. The following
it it summary :
1t.\i.y.?The Piedmontse troop*, under Victor
F.iiuinucI, gained a brilliant victory on the
ltd iust., in the Zarigliano. They attacked in
1'rriut with ill troops flunked by the fleet, and
dispersed the Bourbon troops. The tents, wsgidii
and stores wore left iu Victor Kmanuel a
possession, with 1 l.ttOO prisoners. Gen. Sominn
pursued the enemy altcrward*, and occupie
I Tivula and (he possessions surrounding
Gael a.
Gen. (iariltildi remained at Naples.
Anarchy prevails at Viler bo.
The voting on the annexation has eommencel
at I'eritgia. and die inhabitants of Viterbo
are hastening to vote, notwithstanding the
Ficnch occupation and the presence of the Pontifu
ai gend'xi ins
A l ir^e b >dy of troop*, remaining outsido of
the forts of Gael a. lin ve sent ( roposnls of surrender
to the Pied'untitle.
The reported e >iic'u"ioM of treaty of comtnerce
between England .md Austria is said to
be unfounded.
Tim late dispatches from .Slianghae say, that
it is reported that I lie negotiations for peace are
not gn-iig on smoothly nt Tieu-tsiu.
Tn? telegraph c ible to connect Singapore
and r,mig< on is ubout to leave England. Its
length ii 1.30 > miles.
Fresh troops h id I.-ft Tor n for Naples.
The corn crop in Italy is deficient.
Lnlcr by the 1'alCNflne.
anv.wt k ts cott?.\. |(o id.
Portland. Maim:, Nov .21. ? The steamship
iris i.rriif.Hl uriili 1.1 v ?r*w, ~l
ilif'Mli and by ii^rapiito Londonderry to the
'. th 01* November.
l.tVKKi'ooL Corr ? < M.\nKitT?.?Sales of C"tl?iii
lor the w < eh U holes, of which speculators
to >U U.iAlO b;?;e*. nud exporters 8.UOO
holes, Quotation* advanced I a {a. over previoiwjji
rices. Sal ? of Friday lO.OuO bales. The
market olo-ed tirm Middlings improved most.
The ant .orircl quotations were: Fair Orleans
7J'I : Fair Uplands, 7|d.
The s ock of cotton in Liverpool was 618.000
bales, of which 477,UO bales were American.
lit mtk \t. Mabkrts.?For Itrcadstuffs
tle.e tn- liti!* inquiry. ntid prites were
weak Q in a ii-o-ol oru hade! glilly declined.
I'ork firm. I'e -f dn I. #
Victor r.urtiittel was at Naples.
I'l c e was a dor.btful report that a treaty of
peace hnd '. en co'iclu le I willi ( hina.
The I'rincr of \\ ales' bipaadrun had arrived
off I'orlland, fclngbmd.
T.in?'iif.-? IN Kw<\*?WAstitxnTO*, Not.
21. I Itr liomiinirul his official information I
f o:i! k 'im<, that tae notorious .Montgotncry, |
an I at., r-. h ivc eoiiiin need operations in that 1
Terr.to;y. hilling pro-slavery ''
intvi, t . l threatening in v ittinel an adjourn- |
ii.tni ni ih- (! iv ;n an: 1 ind sales, adver- \
ii-c I to ia e place in I'c * -luher next. Previous
to th ruO'ptioii of this in I or in atiou, let- i
te liiv. be ;i rec-iv. 1 here that Alontgome
r/'s for:** vnt ir.' I to fir huudre l turn, well
supplied w iiii arms an 1 ammunition, and oilier
material aid; and that from time to time wurlilvf
supplies have been received by hiiu from
tlic North.
Other writers fr ?m that Territory also say
that the demand to adjourn the land sales had '
been resorted to a* a mere pretext for raisiug
an armed force, and thai tlie real object of the
lawless organisation is a raid first upon the
frontiers ol Missouri, and then ou Arkansas
mi I Western Texas, in order to avenge the
I amshment of the Abolition emissaries in those
border States.
li appears that G ircrnor Medary who is
now in litis city, is w.ll posted in regard to
Montgomery's plan* and designs.
Orders witl be forthwith dispatched to Kansas
for moving the Federal troops to sucb
p tints a* may las most necessary for the proliifl
inn ?? " ( liu iranul" *??.! ? ! ** 1 ??
.xv.,.r.. V. ...V wj.iv *IIU HIV iniivi UtUWtM, |
well lui public property.
Furl Scott has been n lined as one of the
points likely to l>e invaded.
It is also cported that Montgomery assumes
the name of Abolitionist, in the full raeaniug
of the term.
November 22.?The President to-day received
a despatoh from Judge Williams, dated at
Warsaw, Missouri, iu which was stated the
alarming State of a flairs in Kansas.
Abduiunal orders were promptly transmitted
to (Jen. Harney, to resort to all available
means to crush the insurgents.
The New York Herald publishes a despatch
dated at Fort Scott, November 19th, in which
it is stated that Judge Williams and the officers
at the Federal Court have beeu compelled ;
to tlee to Missouri to escaj>c from the "Jay- j
hawks."'
Samuel Srott, of Linn County, was hung on |
the IHih instant.
Many prominent citiien* bare been arrested
and their late was unknown.
Ca.viimans tlm.vo Sot'Tii.?The number of
young men who have left Quebec during
the last few days for the Southern Slates, |
wording to the Chronicle, is posit vely astonishing.
and surpasses hv far the number of
those who were in the liabit of seeking their
fortune in the Sou'It during the winter of
former years. The. figure will scarcely fall
short of si* hundred. They nearly all heloug
to the working classes connected with the ship.
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I !> nic wuumi IUI I'nmiiuaii, nv'fl wrir'1119
Mobile, Pcnuacoln and oilier Southern port.*.
I.ixcoix's Ciiiinkt?The New York Tribune
hnn a dispatch from Springfield. Illinois, stating
that the home organ of Mr. I.ineoln in thai
place hod announced, on the authority of Lin- j
coin's friends, the following an the Cabinet of 1
the new Administration. Of course, under j
such auspices, the announcement must he otti- j
cinl; Secretary of State, William 11. Seward;
Secretary of Treasury, John Shermans; Secretary
of War, B. P. Ulair Jr. ; Secretary of
Nary. H Winter Darin; Secretary ef Interior, 1
John flickman; Pont mauler General, Enters..o
Ethersige; Attorney General S. T. Logan.
6e<l to drill thoroughly toil effectively, la
looking over the entire Regiment we know of
eo one eo well prepared for that reeponatble
poet u COL. O. W. II. LEOO.
We make this anoouoeetnent without oeueul-'
l a-ion with him and disclaim all intention te1
disparage others. He Is a native ef the Dletriet?passionately
fond of the Military, antf
devoted to the interests of oar Regiment. Vet'
thirty years of his life Ike has labored te Sp
hold the Militia of the 8tate. and especially had
he expended his time nnd energise .n building
up the well-deserved reputation ef the Banned
Regiment of the State.
At sixteen years of age he received a Commis- ? j
sion, and from one grade to another, he root'
by the support of his brother officer* and soldiers.
nntil he attained the distinguished position*
of Lieutenant ColoneL From that position W
was again called to tho Captaincy of the 8 per-'
tan burg Volunteers; thence V? the some grade'
among the Morgan Riflemen. Four different
times, forsooth, he has doffed the cloth and
gilding of some of the first Military Offices, to
organise, drill and instruct different Companies.
In every rank he has discharged his responaibls
duties with credit and abundant saaeipes
As the highest proof of his eepeeiiy as an Officer.
we submit for your consideration, that ?
Company under his military training has bee^ - ]
excelled on the field of pnb ie drill, or'received
in richer profusion tho praises of the Chief
Officers.
A MEMBER OF THE REGIMENT.
For the Carolina Spartan.
To tho People or SparUrabarg
District.
I understand various nominations of candidates
to represent thin District in the State Convention,
will be announced in this weeks papers,
among which my nance will appear, although I ,
have done everything I couldconsifctently to pre en
it. This 1 regret exceedingly, because Ufa
indicative of what I have desire and labored to
avoid: namely, a division in our District. Of
all things most to be hoped for at this serious
and important crisis in our political history,
nothing could be mora earnestly desired by all
true South Carolinians, than Unanimity of artoin
ami harmony of feeling; to secure which
personal considerations should be laid aside,
and so far aa I am concerned ha - been and shall
be. Iliad hoped that the M ss Meeting on lass
Saturday would result in the accomplishment of
this eud. aud for this pu-pose 1 not only heartily
concurred in the call of the meeting, but
seeing that some who were older in years and
citizenship in the Distrrct though many years
my junior in the doctrines of secession,
desired to be among the Keprcentstivcs to tha
Convntion, I said to my friends who wished
to briug my n.-itne forward as a candidate,
that I was unwiling to be in the way of
any gentleman whatever that t had no poltical
aspirations; that it wa< Jglory enough
for ine who had batilod far fit teen years for separate
secession to see my State, and more than all
tnyadoptel District, united in-favor of th* measI
had so long advocated as the only salvation
of the honor, prosperity nud happiness of tha
South, and that 1 infinitely preferred harmony
! in this matter to my own personal feelings or
preferment, and announced publicly and privately
my determination to support the nomination
of the meeting, let them be who they
might, provided it was made upon those principles
of conciliation and equality to all sections
so necessary in public meetings of this character
; nnd even now, although the nomination
was not such as in my judgment is calculated
to produce the harmony and good feeling it
I ought to and might have secured, yet I am
willing to support it. if by so doing I could restore
that strength and unanimity of action so
de imhle. Hut having done everything in my
power before the meeting assmbh-d. while ft
wasgoingonand since its adjournment npto this
moment. (Tuesday evening, the27th inst. ) tonecur
united anion and good feeling, and U
prevent the nomination of others, and especially
of myself, without effect, I deem it my
duty to say that although 1 em personally satisfied
with the nomination for the soke of harmony.
1 do not feci at liberty to dictate to the
people of Sps.'tanStirg Di-Uriet. nud slut'! leave
them to the exercise of ilteit own nutrammelrd
judgment as to who they shall elect, drtcrmiui
cil to be s-atisfied with the result, believing as I
hare ever done that posts of honor and high
rcspousihility, like ?hc present, ought neither
to be sought uor declined J. D. WRIGHT.
Wtint (he President Intends.
The Northern papers are full of couusel to
the President, as to what he should do to mb.
trol the rebellion (!) in South Carolina. We
incline lo ilie opinion that Mr Buchanan will
lay the cane before Congrees which meet* on*
week after our Legislature.
We wish that our Convention could have
met and acted immediately, ao that our Co turn
is? ion ner could have appeared in Washington
upou the assembling of Cougres*, notwithstanding
the opinion of the Washington correspondent
of the Philadelphia .VorfA .isMntaiK
The moat extraordinary ideaa seems u> be
entertained in Sooth Carolina aa to the easy
practicability of secession. just aa if it might
demand of passionate caprice, and without the
least interference from any other quarter. They
even speculate as to the Commissioner who is
to be sent to Washington for the purpose of ati
rangiug the terms of withdrawal from the Geaeral
Government. All such plans may be devised
and put on paper easily enough, but when
they come to be carried out. a very different
aspect will be presented. The Constitution is
the suptcroe law of the laud and of each StateThe
President takes an oath to support it and
to execute the laws. If any State chooses to.
defy them, and to set up her authority against
tlis Constitution, he has no recourse loft but to.
exert the necessary power which is provided
for such a contingency. If a Commissioner
should present himself here on any such er>
rand, ho would be sent back with s message
! not very tlnuering to the pride of the Stale
which appointed him. And if he should appear
at luy o! ih? Kuropenn courts, it would be only
lu confront an admonition from this Government,
that any recognition of the rebellious
, Stale would be regarded a* an act of war. This
| in the view of those who are authorized from,
protniuence and position to apeak, and it only
foreshadows what euibarraesiuenl* are to attend
1 every step of this rash and perilous esperi|
menl.
Mr Buchanan has no warrant in the Const II
iiinmi to coerce a Mate which ha* passed an ordinance
of secession. lie may po??ihly attempt
i to collect revenue still in her ports, by his
revenue vessels, but he has no author ty to.
send his army or navy against said State. We
do not believe he *? ould placdhis revenue oat-,
tors oil such port* and attempt to prevent the
entry or clearance of vessels from her porta*,
for this would hring on a collision at once, as
the aggression would be considered an attempt
at coercion, and be resisted. We think he w?l\
refer the whole matter to CongrcM. ? Carol**m*
j\c*sox, Mississippi, November 2-4.?The
Congressman from thin Stale met to-day, and
unanimously declared for a Southern Coafeder*
acy. There is great disunion enthusiasm
I lirniiflrlioiit the Slzls
Trentice think* it w * good thing to b*
above board, but oft tint** jcrtty X
thing to It* 9T?rbonrd.