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Coinmnuiications. Mr. Editor, Your Correspondent "Edgefield" has wated inuch solemuity to prove, that himsef und his friends have been taken aback by the nomina tion of Col. Richardson, and that their prolfiund plottings to make a Governor for the good peo ple of South Carolina. are in danger of subver sion from being prematturely blown. When Mr. Clay let the cut otofthe hag. and predicted, on inorination fro: our State, a po litcal revolution in South Carolina, I was at a loss to know how it was to commneie'; but the nomination of Col Ricliardsou has forced the revolutionists to uniask their plail.-lt ur good "Edgetield" has done umch to enh!rbiten mne. " .E.cfumo darc luccei"-his re'umoistranice is the smoke of an ence's camp I know from its solemn curl where the enemy is, cook ing his political prandinn belore ihe battle, with a bltte cockado. as biS r as a pancake, otn his helmet. and burii& Whig incene ou a Sub-Treasury alta:-. He ob etis'that the Mercury shidd nominate Col. Richardson "at the very moenctit when it was rumored that the dilfe'rent a1pirants for that office were maneurring in the field pie paratory to the approaching contest." That at this very momnelt. when others were in the feld, (under the rose), ti Merenry should, con trary to all military usage', tttunid the Sub Treastry flag, openly atnoutnce its Cmndidate and the grotnds of its preflerence, and thiuts cruelly comlel the manoetvrers to sherec their colours, and htrry tip their heavy artillery, has atm'rzed and bewvilderedl onr gooti citizena. lie is "struck with amazement, ad. for a time, lost ic conjecture." Prodigionstactician: To be thus taken by surpriste in the midst of his mtcanwuvres-.hv his :t rotntleeist mnarebit i1::10 the open field dire'etly :n his front-ad:i iing him a fir opportunity of coming onut (f the lttuhes and forning his'line of b.tle ! Did lie thinik that the movement hostile to .lMr. Cainean and the Sub-Treasury, annmonned hy Mr. Clav. would b- al~owe'd gniie-tiv to ml~,wtot injeiipdient, that lie is 'thu1s supitied at the miracle of a counter movement? Vid bhe coutt on our delicacy to permnit th. Wheis, the htuks, and his other tuiseellaneots allies to occnpv every iportant post. befre we astmeil the defeiisive ' Is he afraid to trstt the people that lie is thus horrifield it the necessin of a fair and open ti ial before the Petopli! t Are TilE PEOPLE nobodv, that they are to be hoodwinked for the convenie::ce 'of in triguers. and have Govertors thrust upon them by surprise, by thesu poli:ieal Wam % icks. aller their " munencres"' ale conoml Iated. and it is too late for us to reemoietrate' ! Stre!v it is more respectftd and 'dntifull In tl.e piep. to announce a candid:tte iii good iime for the dis Cussion of his claimus, aNd to aie reasnis for supporting himt, as has been din by the MCr cutrv, than to keep tle people in 'he'dik, euttil politicians have diposed c.f t':- State-.n.d then call for the popuiar sacdon, ns a :,nere formality. I am glad that the nominato if Col. Richardson has bromught to light, who are the canmlid:ates for Governeor. an.l tlt't v -h dl soon know we' adrlvu'c the r..,,ricanlid":r and icith ie.'wt 'alinx:t, daLen;.' C.I.. i so's claims, as a m::1 :ad apih:ica. I 4iin. ciples. and party aS::>itaiin- amil tii. ir placed before iu-. and scrndaty liite. Let the other candid:ites come forth as :tlv. as can-lidly. and there will be int of the party jocke'ying" which - Edgelield' affvcis to :ppre hend. If the other c:ndit:t-s were a:re.iv ''in the field' befo:n his aIne e:et, th: ha:1 the " s:art"-or it h:is at Iatrt. b --u -i:*." If his nomination by ian organ eaf the .ttN I!ifiers. was an alvantage, it was uno ihtic adva::g. Considering lits coirs:', aid the opinionts of. the Mercury, it was du: to hiim ti-o;: that paper: and his opponetits ara neleei:L to con:rer b:lance sIAl aavantle b oinatin inl a Bank orgai, as they lav trie.1 throih te Charlcston Courier. wiiiie:i last naper his le tracted its endorsem:t of Col.' Ri-:ardson'S nomniaton. "Edgefield" calls the .Miercitrv 'one:- truted.' ts ifit had ecased to te trtt eI hv 'the Im tr. What party! If'l:dgefieIkt hal withdrawi :is confideiee before tie' %% rtle, he hiast ne riebtt to the explanation he demands t' thi L',itor. Ir the latter had thea no contidence t'his t- a!b<<-. If 'Edgefielk' damies the influence at th:e .\ler cutry, why complaiii of its cotrse ? Blt of u-e/,t party-does 'Edgefield' s The old Nili ticattioni par'ty? Fromn that there teas bieen a secessioni, or excrescence, winhehoptintf thle sentinents antd tarngtte of a Virgnimia Whetig. has edetnotnneed Semutha Catolitee Netllifietin a. 'ras.h' and *ptesillatineis.' lI -Edalild' is~ of thai~t cligee or s:tbservientt to theine-and in their bexulf sp~ea!<s fur the partv, fromn which thiey leave ratted off-tthe E~ditocr ne~ed not! milutret th~e loss of a conftidne, whrich as ae S. Careoiliian he conld niever reciprecite: ant 'tis tnot the first inistance of d-:serters fitchain-r e:ir il. ertte cover tbeir absconding to the eneemy, aut irinag onc the faithfutl setntinel wvho "cnid ied the atlirmt. "Edgetield"i objencts to the ninait~tin of Col. Richard'oni, bcy a le:::tinig utllitic'tin eirg:m. otn thle sceore of digity-as a raising af the Union FIlag; and yeet, onir nob'le atn ieanorablle friend. though toec digntified tio no:ii ate', lies with his digntiied mteeiestnce, beent aelmost simtultaiieouts, if he hais not anitic' iaed the noi-tti ntationi of .tinde JFohnison, hr/ a Kuujier. in the Ctharltestocn Courier. Nowv if~ tile Mercury be guilty, hias not our 'Edg'i*ld' been guilty toe of this tttidigtted canessioni to thie mtioerit~ ! Jttd~te Johemson teo lee sure, teas teat, like Col. It.. co-operaitei with Nuellitr.< in ltitie g thle good fight of the Suth.TIreat:rv--tand t s is the trute an I only diff'er'enc:-ihr 1 uobserve thit -Edge field' catref'ully steers clear oif the Sutb-TIreasury questo:1. Disclaiming a't wish to di.'para':ge Col. Richa ardsoni, "-E.lgeli-sd"' conecedle him high eh: acter attd qeptlitiention-, yet deties that lie hai any distineguishe'd claims-that he has ever ler formed any sigtnal putblic act, or idetitled hitme eslt with aney gre-it mneasarie. Let ems see whaet Cot. Richaurdseen haes dorne. and wvhatt hie has not done-and compijrara his clatims with "the servi ces" ofeothers " in pasttitmes," eel which -Edge field" ipeaiks. 'Jud-go Johnsonm, I ha~ve reason ter believe. wvill not be a cattdidate-bett let tus sutppose thim so. -He haes held ohfica "tier twventy years i-: in office. antd nuty retaint oflice if lie choies. Ho htas beeni, antd is ant exc:-lhentt jtrnhge, andte almost estimable gerntheman: but ill plities,. le has onely been knowna aned seen in heis hostility tg Neolliticaetion. HI is creeed, ats pronmegated b~y his Charleston f ilen~s, touchmig thle great qumes tiecn notw noending. is - not ceonsonanlt ni ith the prieiples'or' our Statte. If' his services, Its jndge. contstted a claim tuponm omur etiflraeges, the claim is nu!lified by his poleitics. Bin oni wvhat grotund is htt' teo 1b trita~rnre from the bentch to the saddtle of the Conttandtleer in Chcielf Ont thme grotund that ha is warn out by This is goad ground for a r. tmatg pe'n-~o; butt is thme Governor'se oii'e a sineen'tre-a tplace of rest frotm public cares. ande duties. antd lae bors-thitt it is to be dispeosed of oni considera tions like these ! I thotught in my siemplic-ity, that it called-for a mana with all his eniergie's, fresh and strung for action. To occupey a iac on time bench, smurely has maot been so pamfaul a self-sacrifice. Sucht a seat hits never~l gzroiwn cold, and gone a beggitag. Therro are worthy zentlenen enow, "liko grey-hauneds in thce reash,"i reatdy to leap wvith Spartan or Roanm devotion,. ito the first jtudicial vacancy, and let but the worthvy jutdge make roomt ian his heigha place of nma'rtyrdome, atned see with what pciecns tlacrity they will ltrego the case of the polimi. clan for the snifeet mgs ofthe juedge. TIhere wvill lbe a glorious game ofl leapa lrog oni the official ladder, oif which time Judge'4ship) is the highest rouned. Tic those whoc wvhen onr Statte Oflices are well filled, would keep themu so,-who like stability, and deprecate elcctioieering excite ment, this consideration is of itself objection sullicient against letting Judge Johnson down nto the (nsy chair of CummandLer in Chic. Need I add to it the bad precedeit, made more pernicious. when the nume ol'a good mnan hon airs and strengthens it, of a Judge entering the political arena as a candidate for political lion ors i Col. Timmond is the third candidate note known to be "in the field, atouvring." In what are his claims superior to Cal lIichard soi's. [ am told, and believe, that he is a gen. tiemuan of talcuts. I know Cu!. ltichardson to heso. Col. 11. is a Nullifier. Gianted; but that has nothin to do w% it the great political questions niow pending. liI the Nullitication crisis, Col. If. was not more distinguished, than hundreds; and not as infilnenitial as many of our voting men. I e was a short time in Col Lress-and while ohcre, a creditable represen tative-bitt not peculiarly distinguished. Ife 'eti behiind lim' 'a naine and reputatioi,' not higher, certainly, if equal to Col. HiUihardson's. And ini the State. -1 ami1 not aware of tny )pub lie measur's originated by him, or with which lis nute is identified'-' " hiich can intirpose! any high clains to superior widom or enlaiged statesman-hip.' I do not rem bniher, e% eno any great ,pecch of his; and although Col. Rich ardson's greatest nerit is tnot as a speaker. the speeches he lihas tmade. w% ill certoiily not sntirer iml comparison with those we have had trout Col. I :inniaoid. Col. II. was absenit when the Sub-Treasury stiugele commeuced. II is liiends till us that he is a Suth-Treasury man, an d wotild have been so. if present; lnt lie h:is not tothol us so. by either word or action, himelf; il' le shoil1d tell its so now, abler the hlatile is over, and thr imia joriiv lixeol. t cotiittal so Cvi denily for his iliterest, however sinicere, could con-ointc no signal meritoritus claim to on r pre*u ecte. Col. Richardson, oi the contra re, has co-operated with the State throng b tie the en:ire s'ratg::h-, with miost eMicient aid and lunwavering" fideli; v. I kinow iot what other gentlemen are refer red to by ' Ldgcfield,' wlonie claims flor services in ti:mes pa., Iw complain.iii have been injotrod oi slighted. by Co!. Hiclardsoii's nomination. If' he is himself one of thim, lie mnav. or oi;y to t have a right to co .plaiin: biat if tie Mer cury was iot iiolormied oil' it, tie ofleice of slighioing him witlhut knowinlg it, is not very heaovv. Edgefeild" seems rather to undervalue modest anid itnobitisive colirse,' ad coiteouhs demeanor, merits which lie concedes 'o Col. Richardsou-and rare torits too! Cool. Rich a. dso::, I cotiliss, has t the goace of' impio deuce. lie never thrusts lin:scl' fIrwird to sttiaip his iume, uptn a1 great iteasure, by the iatpression oif a brazen -eal lIe ta iever pl:yed a part to woo the plaudits Of a Igal lery nor wearied the Iltiece. and consumed t!,e ittme of Congress with speecles abouit himsell. oir ' chivalry.' Coscion;s of the thing., lie is lot o er:nxions Iir t' l :-me. lie is iot ano attitimharian,. nor ' a hahmeer of periods, and spouler af phrases;' ha., oever tr:tde'd on .Ma. Calhoni's opimonts, as his owin political capi ta1l, nor cramm: himi with Mr. Calhonn' ide, and w::xed tft and kicked at his leeder, i:u :ni. to .1 r Caidlhon's skit, to draa him i1t:) popuohiity and na:it iec , and heit dc ionneited hint as imipractie:lo;e and intoleratit. bo'anise let :toed tuo hi.h for the aspii-ia.t to iourtn his sloa de-ors. and overerow him: has never, in the failso -oiooot odfaditlationi. proposed it erect A.r. Calhoi a carne-atier thn., otI~'i-n h:i the honors of t.c ead-souht in t,e ai::e olence ofl stdd-mn re.-titooent. to bury him alive. Ht hea never looked one wav. ai row:ed anoti'er ve 'r called h .isol a .iniliii ccr. iI!e he cospired with Consodatioiis ..: io; herde. with Clay atd II:'rrisotn. 'is. %% ]lie lie profes!cd to sistitin the So-Treasii ato i.Jr as.-limed to speak, in the i'ne io our par tV. to sove t!; th c:se of a W litction wh::h te 6:ate and tho parly have condeneiotd To ,iIse sins of o:liissio!), let ite idal what he:o has datLe, ie lits dhile as much as ainy', it oot wtore. thatl ay Meiiebr ofoti Delegation. o I romiote tle success of lie ;:reat State Iigh:. Ianets:tie. tile Divorce ol hI:ink and State. To [!Is ee;tt eld, :1in1d to tile prornootioot of' the Gencial :tatc Hights-: Poolier, the adoption aid abreiatice of' which has won for the Ainiiis' iration. the sipport (ol' the Ntlliio'rs, lie las ex erktd a persoaml iii ntice, mnore piotetl thani toeoretical flounrisiies lie has promoted a pro pe tndersiaioditog bietweoen the Nutll iliers anid Aiinistraition toen: anod I :tppecal to oor Vole' aio in Coaes wheothaer, in the cuomona aue.thr inolt cont an:id vatlue htimo as annh am;-whiether lie was nlot cahon, etn. ;uts, cationis. lidthaful an d 1im ! lie has re pel led the t apprrioo es andl e'ianed the enimity' >f1 thiose who, coulnting ono his presitmed Un oon projuidices wotuld htavc used his aid to help lie Wiis break odownm John C. Catlhotun. Coiolido~r ia i knhow he does, ini the entire hoto -s'v andl puarit v of' that pr'eiaeinet statesmni t:on' b.-!ieving'him the mnost el'licienut amptoiotoo oil Sonothoerni m :eic-Is, and the initegrity' of' the Constitutiont, the remembanice oil p'a-t collis oniS bias toot weakenedl ir obstruceteda his zoal mis co-opherationt. tand lie has thiereflore joioned hoe Ntnihiers oto the only presenot basis of a L'ret mlticl part~y in ouir .Stutc, the princaiple ihaielb s thin t'-t of tinot. hetwveen the two add pal' oos-anod whtich cuoolbiotes dul wvith the great Sonmie.i andl Statito ighits partly of the 1' tion, iz:lete'rinedo opjpositin to ao .\'tionial llanok, or a conneiLIoin betweeno'u the 1:oiks oad Gov-. irooienot, tandan ilciiiS earnest oupprt oh the Suob 'oroasutry Sysetem, with the spec'ie clau.-e. lint --FEdgei.-ld" oje'c: to the time and n:imoer' o' thte nomuoinationi. I have talreaidy un nye'red aos toi the timae, oad itn par toa to theo uner T decide the hitter let us weigh the act.', such as to plaina amon 11my coinjectltte theam, vi iiho.iut aiy u ontderful str'etch jl inagunnit. I wvill 5uppose thuat Crtail .8'nb-Tlreausury NulI liiers and Sub-Treasury' C nion tmen, in and at oil the Legislam iroe, asse' iiblo'd at Columblita, desironts that the chtoice oh' a Guve riter should coiiirmi anid sotengte thio Sitb TIreasutry paorty oil Carolia, compaitreal notes with a sinoile eye to thai pa~ramtbouant aimo. To' eifect it a close unioinot betweenI thec two ohl patrties was desira Ide. to which to concession ti-om either side woutld ciotndutre. Snehc~ a coonce'ssiion cotuld come with the graoce oil tm~gagn anity only fti-o thea moatjotv. VTe moiior'itv haod talready joinoed in the election oil three Nitalifiers to thoe otlice oil GzoviertbOr. Trhe canodidteo oughot ten in jtts ice to lie so'eected h'rom thne inorilv. Wheree wats the contspieou ts Union mant wvho haod tal wtays conciliaotod the esteoem mtod respect atnd geod feehnui of' both piarties-kow'n to entear tai no11 l'echng of' hosttiity,. or disto net to thme moaet dhistingurished'o moana ol'the coummi on party -commttitted thorwongbly to the Suob-Trreasury catose-anmd who throughout the struggle lhad done the caumse gotod service? Col Rtichatr.'son aloine, of severaol wu'orthy atuil dtriinent Unoioon mten utnder con-idleratioin, untited all these re commenordaotionms, and wats accordinogly selected. tandc the Editor of the Mercutry inifortmed of the selectionm, anmd. approvinig it, anotneed it to his readers, with stuch suiggestions as he ohonoghot r'ounoeaded it toi thecir good senise and good feeings. In proiof that the selectioni wvas a worthy one. thec unsophoisticated, offhand, spon. taucras, honest response of unearly every othier Press in the State trass facor'able ! If any have sinace changed. thoey htave sinlce been apprised aof 'mnouwvriags in the field,.' of whicho tloey ad thae people werze before kept ini ignorance. I will eveno suppose thait thme conutiltation at Colubia wias Itot very gene'ral, and tat nane biut frienols of Col. Richardsoni toook part m it, thoutgh 1 happent to 'kntow that the nmen of .Judge .Johnsotn and of one otner distinlgoushed Uuioni gentleani at least were untder conmsidera tion. I suabmit tha't under the circumnshances itm injtstic-e wn.: rano) tn hone atetnwn._.mtd certainly none to any Nullifier in the State especially as the Mercury-expressly and care futly disdained for the noninauion the anthority of a canc:s and of courie did not speak in the name of a whole party, though doubtless the nomiiation coming ironi one of our own jr gais was more coinciliatury, and with due deference to 'Edgefield's' notions of dignity, more digiified, thu if it had coine rroni a iui nority press. Now, I ask, in the name of candour and coln mon sense, wh:t was there in all this iore objectionable, than in the way the other Canl didates ha've been put forth. Iad not the Edi tor of the Merenry. and those with whom lie acted, an eqnal right with others, to propose candidates? Did the others, bellbre they 'com mencedi their manmvres in the field'. consut them, any more than they the others ? As to the titne chosen, the friends of a c:indidate do well always to annitountce him ait the time best suited to'his suecess, and the People, I coni tenid, have been treated more fairly and re spectfidly by the nianner in which Col. R. has i en submit ted to theirconsideration,than in the anauner in which oteirs took the field. There has been no dictation in his case. and none have ,a right to take offence except those who have a right to dictate to the Press and Pei'ple. amid lanmy their right interfered with. I acknow ledge noiine such. Nullification is lot a Inestion now at issue. Tle Confederacy is the' theatre of a great strtg gle, involving onr dearest rig-hts in a war of Sta-e li-ighs against Consolidationi. The Subl Treastiry party is the State Rights party, and if 'Edgetied' is a Whig. or that political hin (ie of contradictions aid hypocristv, a SOb Treasury Nullilier in leagn'e with'the Vhi! fieion in this State, he is not of my party. SOpposed as hie is to Col, Richardsoin, -and the advocate of no partietlar cardidatte', lie will have ample time to select his man. Let him atine him holdly when lie does select. and mark well. Mr Editor, whether the Clay and !Iarri. son and Baik Ilictions in our State make not the satie s.lection; and then adjudicate his claims to .speak for TIlE NUMLFICATION PARTY. 31ti. Em -- I regret to perceive that some of volitr cor resionitleti s are cndtavoring io district public opinion concerning the next eleci ion Of Govertor. The nominationi of Col. Richardsion for the ollice, made some weeks ago il tlie Charleston lerrury, received such prompt and cordial approbation from all parties, thtoiltne milight well conelide there woild he no contiest or dispttte a hutit the in matter. Nevterthteless, soite griinm bling voiCes seem niow to be raised in ohjee tion as well Io the itmode of tiunominiation as to the individual nomiinated. First, it is said that the Mercury did nt speak accordingm im book in alleging hat (he claimsof Col.Richardson hid been al lowed by irmenibers of tIe lccisl;ultire (if all parties at tile late session. I can hardly h:: supposed by any iee, that the Mercury designed to siate that Col. Rtichardson had been nomiinated hyjoini resoiution of both braiches of the general Asseibly-or at a -eteralcaocus of the lembers-or even tht all the ranki aid file of the Leislaiittre had tbeei polled inm private converation aid abc-ertainied to prefer Col .R. It is tle substancle (if the stateilent. Ilat ie friends of Col. Richardson, so far as they ciiversed with members on the suljIect. lound item well inclined to his eleertion. That tle statement was trie to thisextett, the musi peering and bu-,tlinig hosy-hiody ciuld not safely deny. This i<, at least. a small tiiter. The opinion of the mi-nt hers a the last session. on the sihject, col t C ioot lieri uthority than as theopinions if so iany respectable genti le'men, Ir it did not beulon, to them lo fill ite appoint mentl. It may be well dotnhted,whether any influence li0vorable to the success of Col. Richardson n as added to ihle Nointmion in tle Mlerciry hy the ann'ineement Of tho fit that the Members of the Legislatire had given their previous conierrene. Editors of Newspapers, as leading organs of ptutlic setimemtt'l, have at prescriptive righlt 1tolroose all surts of mcetsures; hbut it her pubtlie fituctinutaries are wamtchedh n~ ithtjeahiiniy whetn they originaie any mat ter withont the sphere of their powers A gain, it seems to he ohjeetd as de r'og allry to the St ate Rights patiy toi prio poe Union manti for office in a leadlig Nul lineat ion J.rnalrt . This stuggestiont is stimewvhat utigracilits in otne who is eni gaged ini doing exactly the sanme thiine. '(nily chanigi ng the person propiosed, Ii itay lie remtatrkedt, too, that the friends oh Coul. [HIamiimind ,ire estotiped from, this Ohl jection, for lie, a Ntillifier, wais first propolis l'd lor this olice,ini the Charlestoni toturier, ho mnot hitter Uniion papetr ini the State. JBnt the true aniswer to the ohjection is, that it biecamie the Ntillhfers wh~o conusti tmited the tmtijoriiy in thle Si ate, andi coni trolled its movlemiets, to be ihetactors in lie mtatter, artd of course throultgh their recogtnisedl olrgans. The Uniotn pairty coutld no0t with propriety make the first miovemneni, intamuch its lihey could otihy suceceed by the Conceessioun of their late ad! versaries. The dill'renices ofopinion iat purevaiiledl in the Sitate eight or mcii years' agli, hiaivt yieldled ill other tdil'erenees uponit <jLiestionis of moure pressin:5 itmerest. The questionls that dividled us ini 1834, were hiappihy adjusted biy n comnproimiise wvhich shotild lie faimthfully exectnied by both par ties. The Union party gave the first proof of their sacerilices Ill pmary animiosity biy co-opleratingj in t he election of G overor M c])ttlie,attd on repteated occamsionis since, in Disticits w~here ithey hade thio ascenudeni cy, hv i n jited in elevin ti Nuim Ifiers to Ilicee. It is timte for the Niulliliers to show that they, tio, were ini earniest wheni the treaty of amnimy wits mnade. No imP polrtanit lflce has been confe~rred, hitherto, bmy thme Legishat tre uploni a Uniion main, anil now they have an a ppropriatie occasion to heml atncient fends, an td fratenize~ withI old aidversatrie's. Ii is worthy of note, t hat the sameli numbher otf thle C'harlesmon Courier which contained the first article of at hear ming opposed~l to the effort to harnionize the State, also cotained an article assailiing Again, it is ohjeeted that lbs nonmia tioni no s too long in advnce, anid wais premiature n hile the niamies of other gen tlieen were metmionied for the ollice - Bum the present nomination was not so1 long ini advance as the previonus nina tilln ofC Gov. Noble, antd little, if anty long er thtan thte priolus n.nninatipn of Gov. Bti her. I f it had been polstpOne~d unitil the friends .of uther gentlemen ceatsed to tmecn tionf their tnaes for the oflice, it wvould never have beeni made, or wotlhl have beenCR 'wausteful exess.' The use of sineh a nomitnation is to concentrate opintions,be fore divided. One purpose that was prob ~al contemplnted in the erasc in hiund. of quietly uniting all, and saving all contro versy, seems unfortunately likely t- be defeated. The ollice of Governor of South Caro Hn is eminei tly honorable and important, yet it has this character, not so much from the powers vested in the otlicer, a, fron its connexioni with the character and politics of the State. The ollice is usually be stowed (rather than solicited by the incun bent) as the reward lor past services, and the 'ficer is regarded as the exponent of the political opinions of the niajority. Conitered in these aspects. could any individual have been selected who better deserved the appointment hian Col. Rich arison ? None of the writers against him has undertaken to deny his imellectual and moral qualifications for the uffice. lie is identified with the politics of the ,tate, upon tho quest.ons of the day, ani dill'ers in this respect from both of the oppoing nominees, neither of whom, one by reason of his judicial station, and the otller by reason of his youth and absence from the Country, has been mnueh conver att iln puliics. Col. R. may be safely I rusted will. the maintenance of the rights of the State in relation io slavery; and he was one of the earlist as he is one of the steadiest advocates of the Independent Treasury, which has been justly denoini noted the great measure ofdalmverance and liberty! H is pecCuliar position in Cuonress preserving at once, friendly relaitons with our rulers and with his colleagues, cua bled him in lie int som? respects, more use ftul thau most of' his c:olleagues, who then stood in dilleret relations to the admmlois Iration. The two questions, referred to, above, have been properly substituted as tle test of political orthodoxy instead of Nullifieation. A member of the Union party party, concurring with us, on thlese subjects, is in he preferred for Goverior at the present crisis, for the sake of har mony at home, and sirength abroad, to a member of the other old party. I have too much respect fir Chancellor Johnson as a man and as a J uidg.e, to can. vass his political claims in tile presentstate of the couirv, especially as it i-i well u dersiod tial, however willing lie might lie to take the ollire if geiierally ollered to him, lie will tint he a candidate inl anly con tested election for the station. In-leed, while le holds his present ollice, lie could not, with propriety. tcnage in such a scramble. In respect to Col. Hammond, also, my feelinits ar too kind to enter upon any dorous' ' !Comn pa riton of thim wilh Col. R. It is enoughla to stale, that Col. R. is to lie prelerred as a Union man, nill older man, and as one not inhabitin the setlion) of tle State which has givein to us the last three Governors. I great ly douht wbet her either oft te two .enilemen above Lai med is to be the ulti mate catlida:e agaitnst Col. R. Some who have private griefs to satisfy againsi some oft*the pertsous who have broutighit out Col. I. are usin tihe name of Col.-H1am;i mond to rally all the ultra-nillifiers, who are disintlined it) vote fIr one of the Unionia party uiderany circumttances. Jltdge J 's ia me is used witi tle hope or'divding tlie Uiin party andoi comtamit tintg somie of t heim igainst Col. it. uider tihe xpectation h al when the .uidge shall be ilimacly with drawn., t hey will go for :my one else ratiher than t-ir ancient tilly whom itihey desert ed in the begiunitng of lie contest. The calculation may be, that all who now take ground ngainst Cal. R. mayb e induced o l iimately, to voe for some Preston, Bank, manti. 'f such itrig ucs exist, they will be tnavailing. Unless I greatly itiistake public opinion, Col. IRl. is the candidate of an inunense majority of tEli State. A. B. Mr. Editor Yotur Correspondent, " Up- Country," w~hto hats moduestly assumiied for his signia ture at serttn uof Ottr St ate, whose senti maents lie greatly misrepresenis, hias avtail ed himsel f of i le occasion oif ntomtinating~ Col. Hammitiond as an eligibile successo. oft our prteseti Goviernor, and spea kitng of hat getmilemn in termis thait ais little be enmtte him , as t hey conasist withi one's owivn self respiect, to tmake intsiniuationis that are as t unjutst to CoI. R ichatrdson, as they aire gratttitous andi in tjurious to his frietnds. iy whiat athori-y the inmitnation tif Col. liliammonid hati becen thtus made, the pub lic is unitifortmed, and( lie, I ptresu ne, is unapiprised. But whether it were dotie withioti die ktiowledge of that gentleman, uor with his aprobatutiotn, it is uniwise anid should he regretted. The commenduationi of Col. Ilammtnond, as a "Str te Rights' tian," is an appeai, if not intenided, cul Lulaitedi to revive recollectins that no moan, if he hive his tte, will cherish -ir if lie love him~tself, will remnember. Wi'iit mannimtiity which hats Ino par alliel in the hiistory of party strife. the Nullinier antd the Unioin man coimpro miised, each withlotut dishontor, and he that would rally the one party or the other, that be might be at corporal in its ranks. esteenus not ihe hotnor oaf his State, nor. "venerates imtself cs a tian." Whoeo Coii. Hlammond, shall have be come better knownt to the people of outr State, atml have attined ant aige hietter sttited to the ohlie of Chief Magistratte. I irust he will lie called to that high sta tion, by those wvhos. stiTfrages confer ihe honior, lint that lie niow udesires to canvass for it, I dho nut believe. Tht he will feel pridle ini being the inimmee tif atn anony motus correspiindenm of a News-Paper. his self~ respect shotuld fuorbid; and that those whlo assert his claims foir any olhice or dig nityv, shotild abisttimi frotm disparagemnentof it gentliemanti of eqnal honror anid mrerit, his sense ofjuistic.e ando his hiotnor will udemnand. I do no01 untdcrstand that your corres pjonudent indiontes any respect in which his inminaee is the supierior in quialificationi of Col. Richlardson, or that lie assignts any reatson why lie shioutld lie pireferred. Whty then dotes lie dhesire a contest, uniless it be to extlutdefromt ollice a ceilematn, merely becauise lie dissetdcu from a political tenet noiw oif no pratelical utility ? Is Coilonel Richiardsont, less a Caroliniani in any quality andi sentiment, that ittkes it a distinlction to lie one, thana Col., Hammoiul Is lie not acceptable to the Sitate, antd bet ter known to thme people? Why then op poise himt? The Up Ciontry wvill not, andh lie who declares that it will, is ignoranit of its sentimenits, or wilhliy -mirepresenits them. If your correspiondent anid the lit the clique of oflice holders and office getters. to which lie helnns. moan to have a con-I lesi, between a Union man and a Nullifier they will find no partizans in the Up Coun try, and no section of the State will be more prompt and decid, d in its rebuke. The Up Country has no Candidate to propose, it approves the nomination of Col. Richardson, and he is rufit and un able to appreciate its r.ohle spirit of justice and magnanimity, who supposes that an appeal to its "State Rights" predilections can make iL forget what is due to its own honor, and to the faith of the Common wealth. Bit your Correspondent has ventured to make the imputation. that a nomination of Col. Richardson, was mtale by the leg islature, and that it was 'effectedl by actors behind the curtain." That a few individ unis took the iesponsibility of rakina the legislature pledge itself to a particular candidate, a year in advance, under cir .umstances that he is moved to call a "mystery." If lie mean to charge. or to isinuate, that there was a caucus nomina ion by any portion of the legislature, or hat any indirection or concealment was used in bringintg forward the name of Col. Richardson, let your Correspondent stand Irmh from behind the signature, he has no right to appropriate, and name the "actors behind the curtain." I aver that such mnthods were not employed, and that his insintttions are gratuittos, and if ie dare Allirmi to the contrary, I demaid that the ictors he designated, and the proofs ad rluced. iat are the facts upon which your Correspondent has taker. leave to make these imipuiaiitns tilion gentlemen, with the unlecoming purpose of disparaging Col. Richradion, and advancine l'is own No31Nrs.? Why, that he-a mere loun ger about the fires of the State House, I presume, and a member of the old U nion party, did not hear of the "move!!" That an anonymois individual, and one member of the Legislature, were not consulted before gentlemen dared to ex Iress t heir preference of Cul. Richardson, mnav he great arrogance, ht I am yet in perceive how inmrigtues and political 'moves' are to he thence inferred. if it were oTensive assumption and im per'inett dicta tion, in members of the leg ishiture it propose a Candidate for Gov ernor, whit muet you, Mr. Editor, think of the MoDEsTY of your Correspondent ? You, Sit', way hear from tme aunin. AMICUS. Ur. Editor The inagnanimity or the Meretry, in nominating I he Hit,; John P. Richardson fir next Governor, appears to lie quite he yond the conception of your correspondent al-hgefimel," and to have filled him with amazement. I ibitk, Adam Smith in his Wenith of Natiois, tells of a man who could not be indceed to believe, that any hody in Etighod was worth a houdred poids. Great minds do sometimes think alike. Sr 3our amazed and confounded corres pondent has recovered from his -surprise" I wold he glad to know when he receiv ed his last communication f'romn Vashing tut city. NULLIFIER. Mn. EnTonR-'Tis "paesing stratge," how great a facility obtains in "nmow-a iav," for inaking mateltes, and espe nially, engagements! Aimdthat with wlbich the -news" in these matters, is transmiitted froin neighbor to neighhor, is eqmw.lly alirming. 'To look at a lady in churtci, M to speak to her at a '"party," is suffi rient evidence, with the prating cotinti nity to prove aposilice engagement ! That this charge is not without foundation. is manifest front the following interesting diailogue: " lilave you heard the new's?" satid ilrs. Butsy, to Mrs. Donothming, the oilher day, as they wvalked ont of the rhureb: "News!" No, what is it ?" ex elaimed her ladyshipl-Mrs. Donrot hine, with raptture. " Why," contitnued Mirs. Ittusy, 4Mr. D. is positively eagneed to M1 is C." " To be sure !" " Well, I w as inst thinking sneh a t hing was a brewving, sail Mirs. Dothming: " for Mirs. Peace maker told me, the other day, that .Jona thatn Dargan's dautghter Polly, told her, that old aunt Natncy Nobody, told her, ithat she saw him one day looking at Mis C. in c'hurch! Her ladyship wvas inter rmupted by airs. Godfrey's stepping up, who otn its being antnounced that Mr. D. was engaged. declared, that shte knew that three weeks ago! foir she herself saw Mr. D. wvalkintg with Miss C. one nightL front prayer meeting. BR EVIT AS. From theC Chaarlceo Mercury. Tur. Couatua's INDIGNArIO!-The ricute frisky fit of the Courier has ended as we ex pected, in an exacerbation of its set tIed chronic af'eet ion of partisan savageism. The attack of that paper o GSovern~er M1'Dm.ffle is an unprovoked and utneenerous 'uverflow of hile wvhich has excited the wotnder, indigna tion, and cotempip olevery genieous mant-whether Union man or Nullifier. We stated yesterday, that owi-ng to the crowd ath the size of the building-amnd we ought to have added, the evident illness if the speakei-, we (lid not ourselves hear the eulogy; but we are aissutred by those a ho did hear it in full, by membters both fribte Uniion attd Nullificationi party, thiac here wvas nothiung in if calculated to offend anty reasotnable Union mant-not one soord. We pronounice too, ont te fatrther author ity of one who, as an officer of the day, sat very near the orator-of one who is as rue ai Union man as the excessively punec milimus Editor of' the Courier, who tins ser ved thuat pry as actively tand efliciently as thme Editmr himself, atnd who is a het erjudge of delicacy thant the Etdimor, t hat so far frm'tn there being anty thing to offenmd the Unimon party-hie on the contrary wvish edl that every tman of that patrty could have heard Getn. M 'Dul lie. He w as delialtred, atnd conisidered the Uniotn men preset comn phi mentteh by t he orattor's sc'ruplulonis avoid anmce of topics atnd expiressions wvhich ha d the least temndency to offend the most sensitive Unmioni man, But animated tna more fort wvise p'urposes is so arranged, that from tlte very flower whence the 'iee gath em's honey, dihe spidler draws poison to dhis tend his bag with venom; and the Courier ''hliled withI indignaotioin'' because the very name of mullifieation is wvormwnood to it and raises all the passions of bafled re-. Mr. McDuflle lid narrate cu. Hayne's services in the glorious cause of State Rights,-noi to have done so, would have been as he baid, to tear out the brightest page in the biography of the illustrious dead. As a N ullifier, the Orator of course endorsed the prisici pies of Gen. layne; but,as we are ilbrimed. he spoke of the Contet as one with the federal goreinment. not with the Union party. lie scrupu. lously avoided naning or alluding to the Union party. And at this, the Courier as if itself were the federal Government, takes fire with a mighty indignation. It is ilme :bat arrogatice like thi's, not now for the first time manifestcd, should meet its rebuke. Let the little uonppea sed clique of rauorous men fur which the Courier speaks, if it speaks for any one beyond itself, know, that when the Nulli fierz buried the hatchet, they did not bury their priuciples-that they - uever meant to drop their name as Nullifiers, and that the glorious standard which they erected in the face of overwhelming power, and bore through the storm in triumph, shall neverbe vailed to conciliate the few who hate it because it is bright, and whose baf fled hatred will pursue it with an immortal revenge. Thiuks he, because there are Union men who when they brried the hatch et, drew the knife, aud when they talk of burying hatchets would in their heart.of hearts be more tender of the hosom of tmother earth, than of the heart of it Nulli fier. that we are to dudge the subject of Nullification when it comes legitimately in our way, because one of these haters happens to be present? No, our standard is in the breeze, and we stand round it as devotedly as when first planted. We have done enough to conciliate the minority, in the struggle which is past, and what we have done to conciliate, has been appre cined and responded to already by all nith'whom we care to harmonise.-if.we believed them wrong, and in a position temporarily hostile to our state-we know the force of patty feeling and can excuse their errors, as where we erred, we ask charity for ours; we can estimate the vio lence which hurried them, a violence for which both parties bear ulame, into a posi tion frson which pride prevented their re traction. We have since hailed ihen as brethren in the great cause of the South, and gat hered with them cordially and lipar tily to make common cause in defence of our rights. These men, as they would not dishonour their own, we should alienate, not attach, by repidinting our principles. Let the others swelter in their venom forev er! We care not! We would not have them with us. They desecrate every occa sion where a generous impulse fuses the tw% o old parties into one. rhe Courier's rage is unextinguishable. It is even going to disinier "one of the People" to vanquish and slayfor the third time; and we nay look for a new edition ofilse Constitutional Emitorials. We shall take no part in the warfare the redoubtable Editor has leclared on Gen. Mc Duffie. "The blood of Douglas will protect itseIl' Correspondence of the Charleston Courier. WAsHJNoTON, Feb. JO. In the House to day, the States were cat. led fir resolutions, u1nd11 a vast number were ollered and agreed to without debat-. Some of them are of great public intesesr. All resltiions givin; rise to debate were laid on the table, for one day. No debate was tolevated upion any of the resolutions, though nauy ufthem were of a very exci tig nature. Mr. Wise offiered a resolution directing the Secretary of War to inforsm the House, upon whose athodity and by what means the Spaniih bloodlounds were brought in to the muillitary service of the Unuited States, in Flosrida i. Mlr. Wise begged leave sostate a faet..in, regard to thtese new allies of the United States. lHe was called to ordler, but he persisted, ail did state what lie 'ntended to assert ont isown knonledge. He said the Secretary of War had admitted to him, otheialtly, that the bloo.i-hotntds were en ged and mcnplosyedl undter tite atuthority or the Utnited States. The resolution was agreed to. AMr. Stanley oflered a resohsition for the ametddment of the distribution law of 1836, so as to deprive the United States of the right therein reserved, to call upon the States for the resolution of the money de posited with them. I do notr stupprose that here is the least danger of ansy such call tupont the States,. but the proposed amtendmnent would pro mote the viewvs of those who seek to es tabslish the principle of the assunmption of the State debts, or a gratuity to thte States. Mr. R heti, olferedl a resolution for an inquiry into the circumstances attending the liberation of certain slaves belonging to citizens of the United States, by the aui therities of lHermudas, itn i837. In she Senate, the report andI resola tionts, against tlse asstimption of the St ate debts, were taken up. atnd Mr. Crittetiden oltered a sericssof resolntionts as a substi tute for the same-the principal one of whtich was, that it was just and expedient to distribute among the States the proceeds of the sales of the pubalic lands. Mr. C. made an argument in support of his proposition. He said he would not commnnit himtself to a declaratiotn, as propo sed by the resoiutins of 16r. Grundy that ant assumption of the State debts was urn just, and ttncon'stitutiontal. An assump tion was no: unconstituitional perse, for one of the first acts oft ihe GeneralGovernmnent, after the adoption of the Consiiution was to assumne the State debts. H e cosuld ctn ceive of circumst ances wh Iicht would make it very proper, as well as Contstitutiona), to astsue State dehas. Bunt there was no prop~osition to that effect, no5w before the Senate. The <istributiont of the proceeds oft he sales of the landls amtong the States, wvas a dilterenit thing. It wans just, ex pe dient, and Constittutiontal. Thte St ates had a right to claim these lands, ands as they needed them, they onght to have them. That they would cotte here before long and~ demtattd of us the funds arising from these landts, and we should be compelled to yield thetn, he had not the leas~t dottbt. 31r. Alien moved that the stubject be pas sed over for the present,. intimnating his intention to speak upon it, lHe remarked that the gentlemen. on tihe other sde. htad changed the grountds which they first as sumed, and had nOW boldly hoisted the banner of as!;nmption.