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" We will cling to the pillars of the temple of our liberties, PIERRE F. LABORDE, E ditor.W.F and if it must fall we will perish amidst the ruins".E VOLUME IV. E4tfieil toxxvi 1101se S- U -, *NO'veube ':). Si, IBM-&O.4 T ER 31 $. TIe EDoVItIELD AovERTtSF~t is pub lished every Thursday imortning at Three Ddlars per annun. if paid in advance Thite Dollars and iily Cents if no, paid before the expiration of Six Moniths frm the date of Sohlriptitn-anud Four Dol lars if not paid within Twelve Months. Subcrihers out of the State are required 'to pa) in advance. No subscription received fer less than 'one year, and no paper discontintied until all arrear::mes are paid. except ;t the oP ition of the Publisher. All subseription.; will be continued un less otherwtise ordered before thc expira tion of the year. Any person procring five Subscribers antd becmtning responstible for the same, shall receive the stxth copv gruis. Advertisements conspic.ouyly inseted at 62J cents per square, (12 lines, or less.) for the first insertion. iand 431 ets. for each continuance. Those publikhed mionthly. or quarterlv will he charged $1 per square for each insertion. Advertivsements; not having the number of insertion," marked on them, will be continued until ordered out, and char;ed accordiingly. All comnunications addressed to the F.diior, post paid, will be promptly anti strictly attended to. W. F. DURTSOE. Publisher. Fairflicld Manual Labor School. T HE faculty, together with the Fx, cutive Committee, would invite the attention of the public, to this branch of the Furnan Instimtion. It is highly grati!ying to them to be able to state. that the students bale. the present year, e:tered with spirit, into ti-e design of diis Institution. in referentce to Mhe manuallabor systemn: and have mai.ifested a chteerfel complianire with the requisitions of their officers, an this part of their duty. Indeed after close counfinement land mental e.erton thros -h the day. it often cones as a relief as. both teachers and pupils. to exchane thei books for imp!emens of husbanadry aand spend two hours, in the close of the ]ain. in the ex ercise of the field. The experiment of t.,e present year, we think, satisfactorily paoves, that with proper mantage'tet t and God's bia+ sing, nothitng but p stonage is wanting. t. give success to the nanal labor system of education-a system, which we regaril of' ri. tat interest to the proaperity of otr rountry. As however, in regatrd to the Izstitution. with which we are more immaedintely connected. we neither expert nor desire patronage, wit.i out corresponding benefit to the patrons, we will briefly state the advantages to be derived troma this Institttion. Habits of Order and Self- Denia.-On the manual labor plata. it is absolutely necessary that every thing be condtcted it a very system atic way. To adjust the exercises of the school rootm to the hours of work, especitlly, ii, ploughing time. when the ditferent classe. of ploughrs. must follow each other in regular succession, through the day, requires the great est exactness atd regu'arity. H1ahbis of early rising too, are nesesarily formaed. The sta dents are assembled tIor prayer, generally be. fore the rising oif the sun. anamm iaaediatelf after the devotions of the mornimg proceed to the exercises if the school Thus those hah its of slo:hfulness and self-indulgence. which are so initriots to tmany or or youth. atnd which may be indilged. without restrait, :at those schols. where the pupils are not at all times, under the teacher's rare, in our lnstitn tion, where they all board at one place, tender the immediate supervision elf the Pritcip.d, may be entirely prevented. Here. too, they learn to divest themselves of that indolence anud those false notions of honor, which naturally arise from a state of slavery: for here. the) have to vait oan themselves, provide their wood and water, and keep their rooms clean and it order. These and such like rteanial tiices. which perhaps. under other circuanstaaces. they might have blushed to perform. they learn to regard as nothinag degrading siace they are commtnon to sall; and as proot!s on the contrary of manly independence. since ins', ad of bein, indebted to others, they obtain by their own e forts, their comafortt atnd accoommodations. Now, if tno other good were to result fromn sneh Institutions, than the formnationa of sauch hablits and the correc'tion of 'alse tnotons too prieva lent, one of the greatest objects of' education would be accomplished-a preparntion for fn-' tare usefudness in life. The great mtajotnty of those who are educated, will parofat but little by thec knowledge they may have acquired but the habits they form, if'they are good ones, neil be of use to them" thmough life. 2.feailth and rigor of Consitutin.-It is to) be lamented that many of thte brightest tarna menct of society, htave completed their educa tion with a constttitton so impaired anti feeble lhat their exalted itntellectutal powers can he of coparatively little benefit. e'ither taa t'-erm selves or others. Thte student who is inteansey engaged, int the acqusitioni of knaowledge. as not aware, at the timte, that lhe is destroymag is bodily vigor. whtist he as giving auadue ex ercise to his oiaad, and that ultimnately, both mut fal together. Hie discovers when too late, that he has been violating one of the laws of nature itt cntitvatinag his mental, at the e.'npence of his phaysicat powers; anad that ntow at as utterly impractiable to resttore them btth to their har monious anad healthftul action. Exercise thean must not be lef't to the choice of the stud~eaa. Tere must be somae niecesaty to atrest hmna i has eager pursatit of knowledyge anad comtpel himt o takte exercise, at proper mtterva's, anad it suliet qanity. ttr he fal's a vie im. either to his love oflearmg or hmis have of eatse. Others however (and such coanstittute time ma-. jority of those whot are senat to school) are led by their active propenasmtes to e.rercise ratl.er than to study. The'se shotuld hanve their active propensitiew' controlled anaidirected, in such a way thant they wiad be' iiimanns neither to theselves nor others. Aand what exercse to say the least is so inntocetat &. at the satme tiame sta m d'ratet andi heaithfa.l. as the atental exercise on a fasrm? Again,. it hats cteat: d a prejtndice aginst edtacation,. hecause tmanay, whao have eta jvedtopportanities of' imp1rovmag it knmowvledge wit they hanve failed tto be usaeful, by thteir learnig. iave' bteetn renderedl by their eda-a tio,. utafit for th' cotamon ptrattmts oaf lire. and are thuts throwaa mapont society as tmee drones. if aotncious antd nondontd, ns te con-equaence of fiding no etaep ' .taoymaent sated to their taste. The mianaal l:,aor sstemt. it is haoped, -vi..c,,,,,,nhl remove this ,r"~udice, hv pre pari. g young men. for the common pursuits lile, as 'wel: as the higher walks of society; bo qtairvin; then to adoirn withi intelligeiwe an m:nl' virtue?. the 4e~at of the counatr plaate; as well as to lill the halls of legislatloai. T:,e Cultiration of the Mural Powrers. Ti moral sense is instly consider' d the hig he, faculty in the colistitititin of the human mit;d yet its citltivation is very little atte:,ded to, not etairely ov,-rlooked in tioest schtools learning. Teachers seem to think they have i dJo with nithing but the cultivati.n of the i7 Idhtt This we consider a d, feet in our schotol of learninig. We might make mea lit.-rar giants. a:d yet, if we left them des;ituite mora! principle to guide them. wo shouid I contrititing onlv to our coutiry's ruin. Th early cn'ti' ation of the moral pon ets. there fore we endeavor to aike a eadiing object ii our Institution. For this purpose vat ion anea. s are employed. the priticip:l or whil and tha, w:iach we think hes: ca:telnted to prc mote this object. is the stetdy -f the Sacr 8eriptures. Bible lessons are r, quired of al the students once a we k; and a pretty go Snuday School library ope:ts to thteam as treai uresof sacied knowledge itt an ivitiuig- tierm In addition to there means, the sittdoils attem tton the worship of God. every Lord's Day and daily devotional exercises 'i t.e schor root. The good effects o' these various manut have b.en seen the prese.:t year. t . the orderl conditet of the stuodent genenlv, 'ogether witi the deep interest manifested by some, in thei spiritual concerns. 4. Literary Adveitanagrs. H ere we will spenI with that moderation which becomes us. WI would ho.d oit nio indteme ts thait imight to be readized. This branch or the InStitiutioI has tno endowment. The 'rincipal and teach er lihe may emaploy, are dependent tpioni tht profi-s of the school for comp etsatioln. As i as impossile fur one Mati to dojustice to ever braich of Iaring it is very important. itn or der to make this a school of hiih charact*r that the profits of the schoo! should be sitficien to entaable the Principal to emeaploy two compe tenat assistant itstrntentls. T ihes he must en gage p. evious t0 the conaettcenett of the en stung year. otherwise it would lie a miter chance. whether I.e :hall lie able to si care tht best taletats. This lie canttot do. unless th< IUnmber of aiplicatiot shad warant him it doing so. Wheelire aplication for the ad misson of smdenvs should be nide at tace it ile Pri- cipa' persoi :ally. ci by letter post-pai directed to Wiinsboroangh. It is the object oi the Stiperintendent u retider this a: instilintior worthy of the pa:roaige of iis friends. boti h., priparyig s'ndent- liar col'ege. t d by at irIding tim meals of an nacfuil ;aid sil-sttantial .dutcta.ion to such as taiy wat choose a collegi. tWe course. Whether he shall be able to te. complish this ob ecm, nill depend upon pttblic patronage. For this pati onage lie looks espe pecially to thait de nonaiatition of christias. wh :.ave reaaed this Iinstatioi; and who have call. ed him away from manv beloved friea-ds, and a church etdeaeed to him by tnaty tiesto talk cha ge of this Branch of be istitution, The lication of the Intituation may be regar, ded ;ts favourable to health as well as to moral iabits. There is no l,cal cause of sicknes, naar to it, anor any sotree of moral contami, nation in its vieint. The uniform health n the stdents, the present year. atl tiheir correc1 maoial diioortment. may be- cot.fidet:tly appeal ed to as piout sufficient to satisfy the imtids o those who entertitin tanxion.ts fearN, oa either o tiese accounts. It regard to the exIense of ediation ar tour Institation. it i.4 proper ere ti correct a -istke. l'.xpectations hive beei etertnainea of the adva tage if t ma1al labor system, i savitia ex enses which ctm:ot be realized Whena thel xpens of keepitag tip a firtaa. to. gether with the feeding af horses. the neur ii tools) &c. the pitymem of tie lirmer's salatry all of which tnts; be providad for. ut of the proceeds 4of ihe crop. it is not 'a he expecte tat boys iboring two hours per da% only foi live days in a week. wisniad lie able to car a great neal. Those who look to chenlness therefore, as the main oljec;t of the trantial in bor system. will he distappoinited. I ltheir soti canl secure healih. vigor of constitution. logeth er with baaits of ordes and iniduistry, whAlils they are obtaining teaful kiowi dge, the' sho;uld conisider these alo-neisample comlpens~a tion, for the time employed it ilir. Dpeside the Litle devoted to lbior. will he to impii aent to their progress in learninr. As anmcl tne may be devoied to study. whei iwo hon tre givena to labor. ais is r' qaiired, liar thtat pori pose, in other schools, aand as muatch as cana he profitabaly etaphloy ed. Allowinag 8 haunts fma seepi, 2 Iar laber,2 liar other duties. there stil remtaini 12 houarst of the 24 to lie dlevoted te sttudy and other putrpioses. But, althaongh tim savinag of expenises is not to lie loolled ito as the main object of the nimanal lnhor system. te show that soamething may be gainedl idtbant wa we will state as necaly nts thte estimtate cta . no' he nande, what will lhe the earniaigs of thea sin dents the presenat yearm. for their work 2 haatt per day, for the scholastic year. These will be from $10 to $25, accordingt to theaage and a bilitv of each sttudetnt. TER~sS or ADMisszoN, Satisfiactory testimtonaiamls of maorai charac ter will lie regitired of eatch new stuadent. Thae schoamstic ye.ar is divided into twvo ses sions, commaencing~ 2ntd Moniidzay itt Janutar and 2nd Ilonday anittly. Board (exchaisive of washing amid bedding) ini the scholastic year. $100 . i Ttaitiotn do. from $20 to $40 paalei advance for eachl session. No pupil will be admiitted for a less terrr than one year, hait those applydinag at ain aidvana cd period o' the year. if the school ha' no i ay lie admaittid for the balanace of th< year pavina! for that timae onaly. W~asing can bie piractired,. at $1 per monthi washing ai~d nmending at S1. 25. The Stew ard can saipprlvywithi annttrasses, those who maj comettam i, rovaded, on reasaeb'e termis. Anv. who may lie wihi-g to work onae halt of ti day, lair the purpose of defrayinug expets es wvill he permtitted to do so, and will be pai< acordinr to the time. N. WV. hos. Princapal. P. T. ItMOND, Steward andie Farmer. Jvo. DAyIs, l'xecntiive JA..SMonTH. Comunittee Nov.6 if t 40 Notice. A LL~ persons indheb'ed to thee late John V Price. tire requaested to make pay mnent and ilhose havtintt dematdes aeninst lie estatea wil renader thlear iec'One'ts deity attested, to th stlsca iber bay the 25th of Decembear niext. A ARON A. CL~ARK, M4'm'r. Nov. 12:h 1I2. 41 tf EXECUTOIR'8 S&ILE. IM Y nd Order fron tie Otdinary of dge r field District, I shnil 1 oceed to sell. ot r, Thurdv. the Fifth Dy of Deceniber next, t the -ate resideire of Ite,*tIit WI tt , de, esaed e.all the P.RSONAL PROPERTY of the saic d ceosed niisting of Ten likely Negroes, of which Seven arc Metn; Crop of Cotton. Corn, Fodder. aid Oats; Stock of Hlorses. Cattle. and Hogs; Carpeanetor's and Plantation Tools; v One Wagon and in o Carts; One two-horse Baro, che and Sulkev: A large gInantiiv or l'etil Gulf Cottonj Seed; Household at d'Kitclen Futinitre; One Forty Saw Gin; Too. ehier with many other articles, not men t .ionled. Terns.-On a cred&af twelve m'anths foi al:sum- of and over $1u i all snos tnider, e1sh. Purchaisers togive a note, with two approved securities. ROUBT. McCULLOUG H, Ex. Also. At the same tine nd tlace. I shall offer fot sa'e. hi: PL A NTA TOX, cm Horn's Creek; co.tininr five hindred and actts. The Nntation is iin getd repair and hi!!h state of cultivation. Terius will be imale kniiwn on the day of.-ale. It. MeCI 1. Nov. 1, 139. 40 d r Pootate or* South ( n ina. EDGEFIELD DISTRICT. IN THE COMMON ILEAS. Conni-sioier in I quity, Ordcr to vs. Wi.ey lil:on and Foreclose leijamii Frizier. 11Mortgage. NOTI: is hereby given. that utless the )efendunis shall, previons to the first Mlloncav in December next. pay to the Plaintiti the fallamomn.t of principal, interest and cost. dne by them onl that day, I shall proceed to -4ll the mortgaged prenntses4. cointainig nine hut dred :tnd inetv-five (!995) acres. more or less, lying ii F.d- etielt District, on Big Horse Crerk, anad adjoitting inds of the said Wiley Milton, Wade Gilover and others, on a credit of six motbtlis. the titles to he sigied. bat not delivered until thie tw ev be paid.according to the ateis or sad: ard, I. the anoert of the pur1ichase tmniey be not paid %% len dte. I -hall re-sell, by virine ofthe sane ley. on account of the for titer purchaser, for ra-h. WM. H. MOSS, S. E. D. Nov 11, R1%9 v 41 EDGEFlELD DISTRICT i. THE' COMMON PLEAS. Wilev Wells, vc' Partiti. Ches!y \','elset . B Y ni Order foin the Cottt of Common Paens. will be sold t public onterv. ott tc fiust Monday in December next, for disiri. bution atmong the heirs. tit law. of the late John Vells. decensed, the tract of latid whereon the said deceased lived at thei tiie of his death, con taininig five htndred (511) acres. imore or les, lying it Fdgefield District. on Log Greek. thoanled by lands of David Blocker. J. Boyd atn1d otlirs. tptin a credit of twelve nanaiths pttrchaser to give botal and security, cost of su.t to be paid in cash. WV31 I. MOSS, S. E. D. Nov 11. 1Q:19 c41 Stnite Of Sollht 1'01 ila. EllG EFIEl.D DISTRICT. Jaitnes 31. Po e. at.d wike, A ppli- )Summons cants, vs. I'Minela Fulford aid in Poar others. ee.ndan's. tition. BY an Order from the Ordinary, I shall pro cedI io sell tat ilgefilel Ceourt Ilonse, ti the first M1oinday in Dlecember next, the real estatte ot 3artha llancock. decensed. sitinte in .aid Dist'ict. oan ltfe waters of' Ilorse Creek, coitaiitinir on hundred (100) aeres. willed to tie staid Martha Iltiick, by Jiohn Tarrance. deceased. durin Iter lifi-. id at net death to I. divided amoiigst her c hildren. ot n credit of twelve ienthis, tle ptirchiser to give bond and security. and a monrtgange of' the premaises to the Ordiiarv. Cost tea he paid it Ca.h. W31. I1 MOSS, S. F. D. Nov 12. It9 c 41 Si te of .Ot o0 i (:-.if olina. EDGEFlE LD DISTR ICT. Benj. Hlatchaer. Sen , Alapp't. v's. Semmons in -Marn Tilhntate and othersi. Daef ts Partitiont. Y u Orer from the Ordininrv, I shall . poedtn sell, at EdgefieldCoiirt House, othe first Montday int Deeitiher next the real Estate or l.tm v latecher. d ceased situtated itn sad Distr-ict.'hounding on latnds of' Chrnistiana llatchert, undlcontaitning thrity.six (3'.') acres, maore or ress. ont a credit of twelve mnoths. .The puirchaiser will lie reqiuired tea give bonad .and ,tecuerity, and~ a mnortsznge of the premises to the Ordinary. Cost to be piid in Cask Nov.12. W.HI. 1O8S, 8. E D. - otice. A LL personts indlebtedl teo t'e late William -M. [liler, are regn iested tie imake inn ,ditnte paymtenat: andl those having demai~ds tagainist the estate, will reader theirnecots. du rly attested, to the subscriber, wvithtin the time pre. scribed by law. N. L. G RIFFIN. Executor. Nov. 1. 1939. 40-tf LL ;pesonss heavinig naey denmatnds against he'tate of Richard Berry, .deceased.are requested I- present thtetn dualy attested, by aba first day of Decembeir ; ear they wvill haenrafter be debarred f'roma all claims againist said Estate. SHIJltL' Y COOK, Oct. 28. 1839.. (39 c) Administrator. - STRAYED IU ROM thte subascribier. in A pril last, one two year old dark soarrel 3IAHRE COLT ; aad a otte year old real sorrel MIARE COLT. white face, sane whtite fore fooat, and onee white hiind faaot. Any information of said Colts. givetn to meg at Wintersenit Post Office. Edgefteld District, S. C. will he thaeakltlly received. O:'t. th. 1839) (39) c) JO HN R USFH Plaister of Pars, bR Y anad Catleitned. snitable for htoih Man nPtring atnd Phaste'ring. B Also. a getasine atrti'e' of Ol Port Wine. Juast received and for sa!e by flamur"' H. R. COOK, & Co. Fron the N Y. Murning Herald. AUTUMN 5ONG. Summer waneth night and morning, Night and maorning, waneth! Flowers are drooping on the lea, Leaves are changing on the tree, Gvossamer isilv'ay btiglt, Thistle swn is ofl ta *bhite, lvery blossoni's leaf it shedf, Fruits are hanging ripe and red, Singing birds have flown away, Alfter this can sumimer stay ? No, tn, The year must go, Summer has deparad now. Autumn comethl night and morning, Night and morning, cometh! By die nigh ly risi'ng moon. By tre splenIors of the non; By the flowers that have no fellow, Purple, crinson, gold and yellow; By the patreritng drily down Of the urs and acorns browhI 11v the silent forest hough, All may know 'tis autumn now, Fist or slow, The year must go, And 'isstorgeous htaitthnh nbwi Miscellaneous. [By RJUa.sT.) From the Charleston Courier. To th Men. Iers of the Legislature of S. Carolina G.NTL:MEN-YOU will shortly he call el olin :o act on a proposed measure oi legislation, deeply involving. directly ain prospectively. the rights of every citizen, Some men of our community, infatuated by a blind and undistinguishing spirit o1 huzm;ituiiy, wi.h tmure of zeal than cool .i-d- inelt,. would ha'n you, ly one "fell blow." to 'sweep anway the radical ele meat of liberty in these States, and thal f6r which Carolina herself has made noble sacrifices. Will you submit to be made the agents of inflicting on your fellow citi. zens, and even on your petitioners and theb posteritj, a con4titutional wound, whicl1 Northern avarice, with its concentrated and systematic enprgies, could not perpe. trate? Your voice was heard, ringing loud and long. that the Congress of the United States, derived frost the Constitu rion no shadow of right to institute any prohibitory law, except on the imporia tion af slaves after 1808. And was not ais the ground on % hich you built youi opposition to tariff exactions? That is, that exorbiiant imposts were in their na. ture & essence pritective. if so, prohibitory, ani consequently btnconstitutional, Youi stite docutaeuts embody this as your creed. You, then, nust believe that Congress has no power. if it woild. to prohibit the importiation of any commodity, not even spirits! This capital article of your poIlli. cal faith, and that on which our state has acted Ior the lust ten years, demands yout nullinching support ; or else you are bound honestly to discaril it as a heresy. Now, if* Congress hake not Ihe right of prohibi Lion, any sensible man nust see that no state it: the Union can poweag su-h a righi because the exclusive regulation of com merce, is lodged in Congress. You,tan. not thena, as a legisintuare. prohibit or ever lay a tax prerent the importationt of spirits, because thec tuax whaich is preventive, and~ not simaply anad singly for reventue puarposes is iaa its intent atnd essenace prohibitory ! Nsaw to) the advocate of prohibaition I wouldi say, will you mnake that constitu sional when done by a State, which you pronlounce unconstitutioinal when done by Cougre%s! But you may be ready to say "the paowers noat granted are reserved tn thes States, or lo the people." True ! yea let me tell you that you are not the State, ntor are you the people! These reserved rights; are st ill with the people, who, if they wsuuld, cannlot arant a single power para. mount to the Federal Constitution ; anad as the United States have itmposed this funtdamenatal law on the people of each Stat e,ao are you bound by the powers con fidedl to you. You, as legislators, have tn reserved righats, either by yourselves, ot froam the people, and are limtitedl by thse express powers of your 'omnmissiona, till thonse powers he extenaded r enlargeud, Yotu cannot, thens, dlepart, one haair's breadth fromn the Conastitution of this State. Well. thetn, if is were unconstitutional in Con gress to over tax commodlities.for prevecn tive puirposes, it is equally so in a State Legislatatre, whether that tax has relationa toa articles imported into, or consuamed in a State. Over importation a State has ne power, excep~t on slaves, concurrently, with an express provisin itn the Feuderal Cousrtstion. Over the things importeu, sa Stare can institute, regulation, but not prohihis ion, either directly. as by ani expresa law, or insdirectly, by a preventve tax. if the Constituation of this State warrants an express law, to prohibit an article o comomerce, in wahich there is capital anm labor, I shosuld be glad to be pointed to tha clause and, atnd. as to a preventive tax it already, by State documnents, and the actiona of the state on them, is recognizec as v'rtumally nothingt more or less that nenhibition' NoW. if nrobibitinn by Gon gress, was unjust to the South, though un der plea of good to the country at large, I prohibition, by law or tnx, is equally so, when adopted by a State to het own citi zens, though covered under a siinilar plea! But what is unjust? Why that for the Aoing of which, there is no ridht. Now, I affirm, there is no constitutional right to I prohibit the sale and consumption of any I article of commerce in which thrre is capi tal and labor either in this, or any other i State in the Union! And if there be no I right to prohibit, it is a fla.rant usurpa- i tion of our privileges, to get rid of consti- i t'u'tional impedimets by the evasion of a i tax! This is the very principle against I which Corolina has been struggling so hard uind which has. mi its successful overthrow, covered her with glory. The fact, gen ilemen, that the object of the law is good, does not, in my humiie opinion, release I high minded and philosophical Mtatesmen, 1 jealous of their own and their country's rights, from constitutional obligations. If 1 you can pr.hibit. or restrict. or prevent the sale and consumption (of spirits, ylu can I dictate by latw to every citizen, what be ( shall eat and drink. You ought not, us I Statesmen to look at the oLect, but the ten- r dency, prospective issf-. Amid above all, the t constitutioiality of a meaure; and cer- ( tainly legislators, to promote fair virtue P herself, must not trample down the sacred a barriers of right and privilege ! The citi- r zens may lok calmly on while you pre- s scribe the game ofhdzard, in which there t is neither capital nor Ini*r, although they L may doubt your power: but when you as- J sail the chantels of commerce under any r plea, yotu tread on slippery places and f exceed the limits of your commissiion. I i will not waste more pains to prove to you, that you have ie power to prohibit, either directly or by tax, the importation of ar (lent spirits, nor to prohibit, prevent or re strict, either directly or by tax, its sale I and consumption. without assuming a power not granted by the Constitution of the State. You can simply regulate say, and prescribe the obliations of conduct e and qjualifications of a retailer of ardent c spirits; but you cannot restrict the quan- % tity uithout infringing the rights of a the poor and making partial lates. You c cannot prohibit its importation-you can- f uit prevent their consumption, without ( having yourselves branded as traitors to a the liberty of the citizen, and felons to the l Constitutiom. Ardent spirits, if an evil, t are aggravated like every other, by quan- e tity, and except you can sweep away the d whole mass, this quantity will not be les sened by subdivisions, which make an in- E viduus distinction between the poor man t and the rich. Reflect how daneerous it . is in a republic, to give umbrage to the v hone and sinew of the State-the peas- ti atitry; and consider if they abuse their C privileges, they do no more that has been li done in every age of the world, and in every stage of civilization. wlere perfcct c liberty existed! In republics the laws e must not interfere too much with the hab- s ils of the citizen atd when they do, they tI become odions. are set at definnce, and 11 spurned. When law in republics, stoops to the field of social indulgence, from that instant, she plays a game dangerous to her own digniiy and inimical tocivil lib- a erty. She must not, by striking at a ree- ti ognized evil, cut open a highway for some p futtufe tyrant to march securely to that p citadel of right, the Constititiuti, which 11 is the sacred barrier of your commission, n ani of which )ou are not the guardians, a but the people ! Should you, gentlemen, in your legisla- I tive capacity, by one single step depart C from equal rights, the vital element of re- I publicanism, and thus diverge from the right line rigidly marked out by the Con stitution, pray what is the use in the nmass , of citizens looking up to that fundamental d docuament as a check and limit on youar e commission?-But tmethinks I hear some o one exclaim, that Massnchgiqetts-the tariff' It harlot--the tmother of pirohibition--tias ti piassetd a fifteent gallon law. I have showni ge that her act was uncoenstitutitnah. and a e solemn trifling with the rights of her citi zenis; bitt it' they choose tto be consistent d in uniformly bpurning constitutional sanc- I1 tions, surely Carolina, the an heroine of -n stern equality, will shtow herself as sensi- it tive to her own citizens in their domestic e' relations s she did ini their federal rein- p' tions. At any rate it is quite evident that e the nrotment she occupies the position of -i, prohibition or preventioni, under any pre- b teace, she deeerts all her l'ormer principles e and -brings the weapons shte tdenied to -o Congress, to bear wi'th aggravated force on i her own citizens. But will the citizerts a tamely submit! lAok even at prudish s, Massachusetts. The mten, who, from good ~ mtotives, lent thetaselves by ptromoting the ai fifteen gallon law to assail the rights of d their fellow citizens and infringe the gen- o era' spirit of liberty, are now astonished . at their own folly, and struggle to repeal li the act-all Massachusetts is acitated, and tl the elections eveni turn ont this point.- e How thten can yat calcu late on such a e la w being successful int this state. even if J there were no constitutional objection.?-- a But the task proposed to you is one too hi great for you to accomplish, as I shall show you ere I have done. Such of you t as are versed itt history wvill do wveli to re- ( fleet, that the free use of stimuli ha. eter- j kept pace with the progress of civiliza-. t tion in states and nations ! There is not j one solitary example to the contrary.- e This is a curious fact, and the reasons he- I ing founded on the physical constitution of man, and its progress to refinement strange !-are beyond your laws; and it ~ would be more than useles to infiinge n ur gonith-ni richta in emin; to obkure he laws of nature in striking at the pa ions of men. Now, gentlemen, to you who are of a fib rail, philosphicapirit I will show, lsr that he free t.se of stimnil, both dietetical and ttherwise, is indispensable to promote civ :ization. that the sum of good resulting, ar overbalances the isolated moiety of a iuse, and that in all nations in every age f the oorld, the extent of civilization is narked by their excesses. In the second alace. I shall show to you, that you can lot check civilization, and of course can. tot cut off its concomitant evils by even umpintary enattwents. and thnt if yn6 nake rigid laws againt one correit or rice, )ou will inevitably drive it into a*&d her channel, in which, instead of finling rent at at grog-shop. it will pollute the anctuary of voor homes and heans. a the third pince. I will point out how the huse of artent spirits may be kept in heck. by socid action, %w ithout your in erference asde!islators; and in whirh the ;enerous citizen may. by his purse, benefit 6 fellows; and not. aRe now proPosed, ontribute to rob them of their rights at he insigatioti of a harely speculative hit. anity. In this way it will be seen wheth r the meh. iTo so hold to cripple the onstitutinon by jumping over it to gain a ood end, wiil lie proportionably as liber. I to open their purses, and without com. romisirg our rights and liberties, gain the Rme end as far as practicable, in a still tore exalted manner. This social action, nder a just and vigorous system, and unded onfunds-is the only legitimatd iode of action; and promises to save you *on infringing the rights of posterity, nd putting a yoke on tW neck of the poor. CATO. Emmett Lodge, Barnwell District. National Convention of Silk growers. Ve learn froth a gentleman in this city, rhois de'ply interested in the silk culture ,at a Convention to promote the culijva on and manufacture or silk in the Unit d States, is to be hehl in Washington ity otn the 10th dr December next, at hich it is expected that there will be an Itendance of Delegates from every Con resional District in the Union. as well as om the Territories and the District of ;olumbia. This will be the mo't import ut as well as the most numerous assen. ly ever known in this country---silk cul are being designed to become one of the iost extensive branches of American in, ustry. It has been susgested that the distant Itates and Territories should appoint ieir representatives aidf delegates in Con. ress, membersof this Convention, as they ill necessarily be in Washington at the me. atid can attend the siltings of the ouvention without prejudice to the pub e bsitness. Arrangiements are being made to ae )mmodate as many as one thousand del tales, and for the exhibition or the many ,ecimens of American manufactured silk i he brought in competition for the val. able prizes so getieroiusly offered by the merican Silk Society. It is desirnble that the varions silk com anies in the country, immediately up ppoint their delegates and announce teir names in the agricultural or silli opers, and forwardl a copy of the apers to the Society at Washington, so tat a correct list or the delegates may be iade in anticipation of the Convention ieeting; and every newspaper in tho yuntry favourable to silk culture should ublish this or some similar notice of the otinvention as early as possible.-Vat. sel. Females in larg'e Citie*.:-t is nickening ithink to w hat a state of staieritng anid uradlationi the follies and vices of large ties sink the weaker sex. Where men fend with impuntity, wotmen stuffer in si nce. The idleness and drtinkenntess of e huisbiand leave thme wire withotut bread ir hter little ones; antd ofleen, when the llprit is consigned fromn the bar. to the rutitentiary, his senttence is. in fact, the tomn of a deserving and unhappy wife. a such a city at Lonidon, the extent of fe tale suffering and debasement is almost credible. There are not lass than renty thousand wirien in London de endent upotn crime for snbsistence. Crime snit exist wtthout snlfering: and how calculable the atnount of angtaish ibdaced so fearful a mass of crime. In t he samne ty there are not less thatn ffteen thousand -phan girls or boys without smtpporn fmot1 eir purents, who w'antler the streets with At home or shelter, and stustain them ilves by a recourse to every species of s~ty depredation on society. In Phila clphia, the fetnale sex is, in its moral con ition, far above the male. The number f wotmen brought tbefore ouircourts, char ind with off'ences4 is comparatively very wiled. Bobsthatugh seldom the auithors; tey are constantly made the victims of rime. Those who htave read our reports f prison cases, brought weekly before the udges of the Criminal Sesasions, and heard B if under a writ of habeas corpus, marat ave been struck with the fact that two uirds are htushands committed for beating 1eir wives. The contdition of these p(oor 'males is truly miserable. They have. tailie-the labor of their syranical and rutal husbands is necesary to save them rom starvation--.and the poor victims are f ten seen imploring the court for the ry tase of their husbands.--Phil. Ledger. Ityon separateucieefrom aqrienmlture yn,' ab a nation ofita principal jeWe.. Asrricniturse ided by science, wiR l a ltl s isIaiuoa. nit Sti.