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remember that at the South, except in* -ib State, the question is whether the Tariff is not a blessing, and whether we would not be betieroff without Texas than with her. This is an unpleasant truth;liotit is the truth nevertheless. Is it not idle then to talk of uniting the South-"fo all our follies it is the motliest." I have thus discussed. our wrongs, and tlie remedies that have been proposed. I have given my opinions trie more fully and freely because I feel that my name can lend them n6 fictitious importance. If tunded in.error they must rall. If they it can only he because "truth is 'ty and will prevail." But the ques via-,still recurs -what is tn be done? My .:,pmn- isthat the next Legislature should, at is rst session, call a Convention of the State., 'ons the Spring. Those who expiect..reief. the President will know w isl - 'l hav read the a iilf a e s of jid i ine wiethr their hopi are realied. - The Kn gisithre ;hod , at the .sameine,9'etnd a Cominiesiocrer teach or "the Southern States, rquiestg them to meet us in Convention some time duriug. the Spring or Summer.' Let those Cmoi siners report to our Convention whether the Southern States will meet us. If ihey will, our Convention.may adjourn to meet again, to hear the recommendation uif the Southern Convention, and act upon it. But should our sister States refuse to meet us in Convention. those wh6i, now, believe that the South can be united will have the -"occular r fof" that they are mistaken. No one can then object to our State at once- acting, who is not for "vile, calm dis honorable submission." But act how? - I confess my decided preference of Se cession over Nullification. A mongst many other reasons which might he urged, I will content myself with mentioning that I be lieve Secession woult he inure likely to prove peaceable than Nullification. To the charge of being a disunionist, I reply that I love the Union, I believe, equally as much as it loves me, or those aimongst whom I live. Let those feel hor r fled who please at this sentiment. "The sacredness of the Union" and '-the divine right or Kings" are argunents invariably resorted to when t'yrauny becomes so in. tolerable that no others can he urged. But -what has consecrated our Union ? The blood of martyrs? Not one drop was ever shed for it. 'Twas for Liberty our fathers bled ; nor was our present Union formed till long after itht w as achieved. Shall we preserve it l'en at the expense of lib erty ? "Ye fools and blind ; for whether is greater the gold, or the temple that sanc tifieth the gold." When I gaze upon the stars and stripes memory will carry tme back to the day on which I saw them streaming from the mast head of the Natchez, and the flagstaff of Castle Pinckney-their guns turned upon Charleston. Can 1 forget seeing those same stars and stripes floating over the Arsenal of Augusta, whilst regiments were there assembled for the purpose of inva ding, not the State, but our own District, to burn our houses and make desolate our homes? Redress our wrongs, and time, that destroys all things, -nay efface the memory of this. Whilst I am no disun term,,I will not tie guilty olt lrc tneatnrecss and hy'pocricy of pretending affection which none who has not the spirit of a slav" enn feel. I have written necessarily in great haste. I have no time to correct or coudense. I have written as I feel, utid. if it has the effee of' rousing hut one muan from the f'1 tal lethargy which seems to have seized atpon our people, I shall he content. LOUIS T. WIGFALL. September 16, 1841. EvDuErvELD DISTRICT, Sep. 13, 1S8Il. M1r. Editor :-I pro'mised not long since to furnish you some partictulars in relation to mhy experiment in makiing Syrup from tho Corostalk. I had uhout two acres planted] in Corn for my experimenit, in the muonth of March last. Thie land selected wtas origitially a high-laud pond, or at least a large portion of it, anod rather damp for planting so early. The conseqenmce was that the statnd was-considerably injured by the cut-worm, and had to Ire replanted. rThe corn was plantedl in drilli, three feet *wide, slightly tmatured wiih cotton- seedi, ploughed twice and hoed but once. I dii rected about the middle of .J-une, for all the shoots to be stripped, and given to the hor ses for food. Tihe object in strippinig the shoots wvas to prevent the growth of tl,e ear, so as to cnable the stalk to retain all mihe sacharitnejuice. I was informed b'y the boy, who attended the horses, about a -week afterwards, that as the shoots wvere strippedl, others soon appeared at the otiher joints, dowimng no doubt to the luxuriant sap in~ thestalk. I-then camio o the couclu nion not to have~thie shuots immsediately stripped, but to strip them as neetded for food, and. get the full benefit of thetm. lihen directed for my mules as well as :horses, albout twenty head, to be regularly fed from the shoots. Though feeding thus bountifully a great many of the shoots grewv into roasting ears, which were freely used by thme family. besides furnmishing my stock of horses and mules with a sufficienicy of food for about five weeks. The sap by this time became fully ripe for my experitnent, and in fact .1 rather delayed it ton long, as the stalks liegan4 to fire. After saving the-' fodder * te land yielded 17j gallons, of what l'-call good Syrup to the acre. I piresent your a specimen for your own tasie, and then you w ~ill be better calculat-ed to judge of the at' ticle. 1 also present you two specimens of shell-marl, wihich I found not lung since on the lands of M~aj.Tillman Watson, near Peter's Creek, on the okd Chatlestoa-road. -Yours, respect fullys ,MES . POPEG We are int'ormed' by gentikman: who ave just been to the north to buy goods, that there has biean, since last year a very considerable advance itr the price of coarse condn sande wollen: The manufacturers are dbi~ fiborishing business; and agri eultural preducts are going. at the lowest prices.-New.Cotton of the- finest guality brings about siV centsin H'amburg and Augusta.-What a gkto~ tarifI'has that of '42-proved itself! 'e uced ii. ces sure enough, but th u~joo~ s con fined to the products of the laoue ofigh .gx.. -Pemiruecn Messenger. -- AM D. Rertrtv. EDGEFIELD C.11. W.EDNESDAY. SEPTEMBEa 25.1844. "fe will cling to the Pillars of the Temiple of ourL iberties,andifit mustfall,cewill Prish amidst the Ruins." Democratic Re-AnnexaljhA& Tickel. FOR PRESIDENT. JAMES K. POLK. of Tennessee. FOR VICr PRESIDENT. GEORGE M. DALLAS, of Penn. To Correspondents.-Ve have -received a Communication. post marked Germanville,.in thisDistrict, signed "A VoT.an," which we de. cline publishing in conformity to our established rule, vizi not to publish any communication u naccodiapiied by a responsible nttnie. We also'take this occasion, to request onr rielids to studibrevity. Our paper is small, our patrons, for whom we have to cater nu inerous, and being-desirous that our Original and Selected articlis should eibrace a rariety of subjects, we-shallffor the future be under the disagreeable necessity of excluding, or dividing, aU. communicatiors over two and a half or three columns in length. "A word to the wise is sufficieut." We have on ot tAble a specimen of MadI orLimestone, shown us by our enterprising and intelligent citizen, Mr. James S. Pope, which was found in the Eastern part of this District. And also, by the same gentleman, we have been presented with a beautiful specimen of Syrup (or Motae.)made by himseif from the earless stalks of Indian Corn, the remtnunt of a roasting-ear patch. We also learn with pletnure that fie has been very successful In raising two-thirds of a Flori da crop of Sugar Cane, on upland. These experiments, added to his success in. breedirg- fine h-wses and other stock, go to prove beyond a d6nbt that, whether we ate compelled or not. the eutcrprising and indai trious farmer of Edgefield can live as free and as- indcpendent or foreigi reso-irces, as anly people on the globe. "Give us but light," and stich a'spirit' of en terprise would-be generally diffused throughout our District, and such resources developed therein, as wonid shame emigration and re ward with a liberal hand the efforts of industry and economy. And surely a farmer 3f such intelligence, en terprise and public spi it, will meet with a cor responding reward in the suffrages o' the free and enlightened people of'Edg-bfiIl District, at The great length of Col. Wgfitll's Cormn. nication excludes from our paper, this week, the Letter of Judge Cheves. which our readers, we know, are impatient to receive. The.full account of the Dinner to Mr. McDuffie, which we could not omit, leaves us but little time or space for any rematris on the address of Col. WVigfall We take leav'e hiowever to say. that we re gret its appearance. It is calculated, we fear, to do harm at home and abroad. it is uncalled for and ill timed. Its temper. wec think, is rather too h.'sh and v'iolent. Its indiscriin ate abnse nnd denunciation of ste whole De mocratic Pnrty are utnanthorized and unjust.-. In its general feeling and tone, the address, we hope atnd believe, will meet with no response in this or any other quarter of the State. WVe cantnot however, quarrel with the writer, for his boldness and frankness are striking, and com mnand one's notice and respect. We repeat it, that we regard the adtdress as ill-imed and unfortunate. The position of S. Carolina- was never more serious antd grave. G rear w'sdom, calm reflection', and t uited cottn sels are demanded to guide her in sufety. ht is no time for infbuanatory addresses. Our people know their rights,-and we have no fears that they with shrink from defending them. The hope~ is generally entertained in the State, that we may be relieved, if' the Denmocratic Party succeed in the next Presidential election. This hope, more or less sanguinely entertainted, has induced the State with great tranimnity. to forbear any' attemput at resistance, ai enter with good faith into the support of the Demo eratic Candidates; and every one who has paid any attention to the canvass now penditng knows, that- the inevitable effect of all infiama tory addresses goes to aid ihe Whigs. The Somhb ought not to be guilty of the folly of electing air. Clay. It is well known, that a rash movement of our friends in nnother quar ter of the State, has already been used to aid the fortunes of the Whig Candidate. We say again to otur f'riends lorbear. Utilon among ourselves is a sine gua'non, to t~e sure vindicaitionoifour rights. Exhatust e'very remne dy and every hope which any respectable por tion of us may be disposed to confide in, and then wvhen it becomes necessary let us, as a united people, vindicate our rights, or perish in the attempt. - P:trtEzR TO.TER lioN. GEOs McDomt. On Friday List about one thousand of thie Citizens of Edgeseld,-with many of the Ladies ofthe Village and vicinity, assembled at the beatful Grove of- the Academy, tor'greet this distinguished'gentlemsan, and to hear his opin ions on the great political questions which are now agitating the cottatry. At Hi o'clock- he was escorted to the-ground- by ther Committee' of Arrangemntis, and intolueed--to the meet ingby the Chairman, F. H: Wardlaw, Esqr. After a few appropriate remsarks-by the Chair matn, Mr. McDuffie arose smid the cheers of the& multitude, and the' countenances of all exhibited the deepest interest in theocause, and the warm'est aaintin'aitheman. Hecommencid by reerzrhg-to thetime wbeal, .he represented the Corigiessioial. District of Edgefield and Abbevi*ireand declared that he would now say what he had neverjaid before to any. poition of his former constituency, that throughout his whole career in the Lower House he was sustained by a measuiret of con fidence which was. never excelled, and 'that amid all the delicate and embarrassing topics in which it was his forttine to bear a part, he had never for the first time asked himself the question, shall I be sustained by the People of Edgefield and Abbeville? No. He knew that lie had but to make the best use of the pow ers with which Providence had blest him, to come to the discharge of his duty honestly and conscientiously, and he would find a generous response in the hearts of his constituents. The first topic whih clainied his attention was the Tariff. This lie regarded as perhaps the leading questioii, and he devoted the most of his time to the exposure of its monstrous in justice and oppressioh. He denounced the whole policy from its beginninig through the successive stages of its progress, to its final con summation in 1842. Never, said he, was there a stronger itis. tration of the truth than that tyranny should be resisted at its very threshold. At first 'its ad vocates were modest in their demands, pledg ing themselves that if granted they would never ask for more. But boldne"s came with success, and the melancholy truth now stares us in the face that nothing can satiate them short of the utter destruction of the Cotton growing States. Ile compared very particu larly the Tariff of '32 which was nullified by South Carolina with the Tariff of '42, se leeting some of the leading articles to illustrate the truth that the present Tariff is far iore onerous and oppressive than that which the State resisted. On cotton bagging, for ex ample, there was comparatively but a small duty when we nullified; now that article is tded so high as to aninunt to a prohibition of the foreign article. The singular truth is pre sented,that while our great stalile .is lower than it has ever been, bagging is higher. But afLew years since the best Dundee naimuflar lure was laidat the door'of the planter for 15 to 16 cs.,and Cotton brought20 cents, and now Cotton is froi 4 to 6 cents, and the bagging at such a pride as almost to ainountthc valun of the Cotton. Upon whom does this monstrous tax fall ? A nd for what end ? The Taiif is the work of a combinution of men whose bond- of ttnion is plunder, who. forgetting the great interests of the confederacy, and dead to the calls ofjnstice, carry their patriotism in their pockets, and feed and fatten on their il-gotten gain. What is the result of.this tax on bag ging ? The growers of tieip, and Mr. Clay aniong the number, are now making from two to three hundred dollars to- the hand, while the most skillful planter amoig us cannot make more thaii from fifty to one hondred dollars. He spoke also of the tax on Negro clothing. And here, lie said, is presented a very apt ilhrs tration oftlie tender sympathies of our North eri brethren with the poor oppressed Southern slave. They will take the very clothing from hisback to minister to theiravuriee-nd cupid ity. As nruch as they love the poor African' they love money more. Great and expaiisive as is their benevolence, with hearts bleeding at the thought that a poor colored brother is in a state of miserable oppression, they vill yet rob him of his clothing and make him pay his regular tribute to swell iheir unexampled opu hince. Mr. McDuffie selected but a fewv out of about one hundred articles on which the duty has been increased by the last Tariff. Thme sys tem oppressive aind dishonest as it has al ways been, is far more so now than formerly. Its friends have grown wviser and more artful by experience. At a tinte whien not as well schle'uld in party tactics, they called a Tariff for protectiona by its right name; but nowv when the purpose is more distinctly to protect than it ever was, when the rate ofdnity is far higher, and the umnaiufacturers are reaping golden harvests, they call it' by the modest, unassu. ming name, of a Tariff for Revernuc. It is thmus by a resort to-allsorts of' subterfuges, by mys tiication, by promulgating the most stupid opinions, and by a biold denial of the most set tled principles of political' economy, that they have succeeedilni deluthiing the American, peo ple and in riviting iiuin them, I f'ear forever, this foul and iniquitous system. Amdhg these new-born pllitical axioms, for whlich we are indebted to the inventive genilus of Mr. Clay, is the oiie which justly claims to'be the funda: mmnalprin ciple of the Trariff Party; that high duties reduce the pirice of an article. In other wvords, that the' higher you- tarmx an: arti cle,the cheiaper you make it. An eminent p0 litical economist of the North, and a President of one of their Colleges; said that ifayouth on examination should give him such an opinion he would be refused admuissijon, anid that Mr. Clay could not get a-diploniaifrutn him. Well, mtys Mr McDoiffe, if Mir. Clay's principle be correct, that cte price of an atticle is reriduced in proportion to the tax- you impose. upon it, you have inothing to-do but to keep on taxing and after a while you will get' it for nothing. Under the influence of this policy, the genial South where a kind Providenica har' dealt out in rich profusion the choicest gifts of nature, is iithering, and the indications-arond us but too plainly tell, that if not arrested soon it will be the scene of wide-spread and terrible deso lation. But i f we suffetr from the extortionis of an unholy monopoly, others have reached the highest condition of prosperity. Sterile Mas sachiusetts, that land of rack; has been made rich by our poverty, and the very spot chat was cursed of nature's God is' now- blooming and blossoming as the rose. No country on the face of the earth is wealthier than Mtassa husettsrand she owes her wealth exclusively to the Tariff-for protection. Mi. McDuffie said that though the people of thais State at a formier period had made their erongs the subject or deepest attention, and in thes glorious struggle of'$i~had come to the resene in the most enlightenedl and determined piit~yet they maf be deladod somewhat by the sophistries of the day, and the tricks of politicians and ha ii9unnn all to lnnk dan.' geragala in-therace,and nevertest'untaitheir rights were fully vindicated. On the great Texau question, he said but a few words, though he declared himself st decidedly in favor of annexation. There is yet another matter, says hie,fraught with the strongest and most perilous interest; I mean the question of Abolition. Our breth. ren not content with receiving the - product of our labor, are now for taking the laboi itself This question is growing every day in impor tance. But a little while since the Abolition ists were few in number, but the fact is inot to be disguised that they now constitute one of the great political parties of the country, and control the legislation of many of the States. They give complexion to Ivanssanchusetts, and in many of the States where the other parties are nearly equal, they hold the balance of power. They are in the Halls of Congress, and an Ex-President of the United Stales is their bold and persevering leader. To show the bitterness with which they push their schemes, Mr. McDuffie here alluded ton remark of Mr. Adams. Mr. A.had been charged with saying that he prayed .that the slaves of tihe South would rise and vindicate their freedom even though at the expense of the lives of five imil. lions of the whites; yes. says he, let it come, let it come Mr. Dillet of Alabama, charged it upon MJr.Adams in the House. and says Mr McDuffie, he rose, and looking like a fiend from hell, in all the strength of demoniac pas sion. repeated, let it come, let it come. Air. McDtffie, without asserting that to he a Whig and 'rntectionist was to be an Abolitiontist, con tended that in their consequences they were part and parcel of the same great system ; for the effect of the protectise p,,licy %as to dimin ish the value of slave labor and open the way for the destrnction of Southern Institutions. What now, asks Mr. MlcDuffie, is to be dene ? What shall we do to be saved? He called attention to the recent letter of Judge Cheves, and spoke of its authot as a man ol transcendant intellect, of most enviable sepn1m tation, and devoted patriotism. He trusied that every mait in the State would read that leter.. for in it were to be iound lessons of the highest wisdom. On only one point did he differ, and that was as to the com'npetency of the Legislatnre to ineet tie crisis. lie prefer red a Convention of the People. He alinded to the course of a portion of otAr fellow-ciiizens in a lower part of the Stale. H e thought the movement premature ; he was theretfor' opposed to it on the ground of expe. diency ; bit lie would say no more against it, as lie approved of its primciples. What then was to be done? He would avail himself of the chapter of accidents. He would look with a faint hope it is true, to the .Presidenmial com. test, but yet he hoped lo'r the best. Mr. Polk himself vis a free trade ian, but he did trot look for relief from a free trale President, but a free trade Congress. A President himisell can do but little i'n this matter, but should Mr. Polk conie into power with a Congress of the right material, ouY wrongs will be tedressed. He declared himsel in favor of his election, aid said that his stccess'on many grounds was much to be desired by us. If, says he, Mr. Clay be elected, all hope is fled, fo.r he has ti. ken ground' publicly for the present Tariff. irenounced it the work of ourpaternat gioverin. nent, and sworn, tha: if elected, its saictimy shll] not be invaded. Mr. Clay is a bold, imnperioui moan. He rules ihs party with a despotisim never equaled by any man iin this country. and if (one of* them should -dare to interfe-re in the least with it, he would insitantly put iis nose to the gritid-stoie, and grind it himself. , Mr. McDuffie would advise imt the preseiit Legislature call a Convention, atid that this Convention be re.stricted primuarily to the pour pose of making a chim, sobLj appeal to time other States having a common interest, to meet the State in Convention fur the purpose of mu lual delberatfion and consultatlon. -Htrusts that every.possible means will be put inl requisi. tion to bring about their co-oporation Sup pose however, says lie, they reftuse, you ask what then? I answer, " Sufficint muiti the day, is tie evil thereof." He counselled against all inflainmatory appeals, and was delighted to find that in his own District, there was no ex citement, but an unanitimious and inflexible oppositiotn to the Protective policy. Cf all times which he had ever seen, this catted Imoud eat for cahnm, deliberate ae tiuon. He sjinke of the Union of thme States. It wvas not the Union as it wvas designeid ; the Uniioni of the Constitution, ot the patriotic mindaus whm torimd it. It was made fo~r the commion d~e fenice and the comnumon welare, and nut for the purposes of plunder and oppression. It it were now aim onigmat question, be wotili take ground agaitist it. for, with suchi a diveisity of imterests ini this wde-spraed territoiry one section wilt fatten by plutnderinig the other. 'lThe interests of thie cotton grmowing; regmion are nmot protected. but sacrificed by the Union, amnd we know it emnly by its opp.ressions Mlr. Mlc Ljuitie woutld niot cmounset diemu ion, but lie wvould redjeeta te Constitutioni, and maitke the Untion as it shoutld be. It lias been violated, mind he would item worshtip at thie tise shrinme which has beenm erected. Tihais is not the titme to sing hiosanntahis to it. WVhen I .aear a Ntorthiern mani tatlk of the glorious, glorious Umnion. I eet that I hear the bugle blast ct' the robber, amid thatt plunder ts near; when I hear a Sthttern imiain declaimning its glomies amnd its blesuing~s, I snuifftreason ini t~ie tainted gale. 15ut we arc wholly unable to do justice to time powertul and elqmnenmt - ddress of Air MclD , and we must close this hasty notice. Nom moan in the State enjonys a larger measure of' its ecma fidence, and his opinions wilt receive the auien: tion to which they are entitled. southCarolinai bas no niore devoted servant. With a patriotism above repromacli, ami intellect of the ighest order, the most inifexible integri ty, a large fortune, he is ready at aiiy mnoiment, to devote all oim any issue. however perilmns, which his State mnay mnake. When he alluded delicatetv-to the fact, whichm altkinew, that bmy tieprettnitoas system, he was mobbed of none of thme comtforts ot life, that wvere lie to consult his' owh personal- ease, lie would not, with his bodily infirmities, struggle against thme oppresar,- all could see that mthe spirit of the patriot alone animated his bosom,and timat with self~ sacrificing devotiomi, he truly felt that lie belonged not to himself, but to hiscountry. -But before we conclude, we must niot omit tor notice one ground on which Mr. MIcDuffie dwelt with peculiar emphasis. H e alluded in terms of strongest eomnmendation to a recm medation in Jutdge Cheves' letter, that'nmi man in South Carolina should accept federal office, until our wrongs were redressed. The Fed eral Government was but the istrumentof oat oppression, amid let no Carolinian take part in its admimistration For his owun part, lhe never desired to be the Presidenit of the U. States, but were he thme President he would refuse, in the present mstate of thiings, to administer the government. In lookinig at time conidition of hings, and refleetinmg upon the- degradinig and miserable scramble tor the Presidency, he was smetimes led- to wish that the Government rould lse carried on withotata President. Federal ,onors should have no attracmtion for its le fore his God he woumld slly, that he wonld rather perish at the head of time lormirn huope in the last ntrenchmenlt of liberty, w ithm the winding sheet if the patriot critirsonedt with his own blood, hain rise to-place and power oin thme ruins of hia :untry . . -At time close of Mr. McDffe'sm speech, the neetiag took a recess of an hour, and' thme :ompany in the mean time partook of an ex ellent Barbecue Dinner, which was prepared n the best style by Messrs. Frazier & Addison. (fer Dinner th,- mieetimm-, wnng"ain orgaized, tad nansand h the linn. -A. Brt, nnr mom. ber to Corigressiby invitation or the Commig tee. of Anatglermentsj We .i:ill iot presuie to report big sipeechb; but wi content oureelf by saying. that he. nateed' m bantiallywith M. McDuffie, that the speech was most appro. priate7*to the occasion. and gave we-eheve, universal satisfaction, We have been kindly fdrnished by fle Com" mitte with the.following lettersreceived from invited Guests, which we appends PORTANa SHoALst SepUi15,1 44. Gntlemen,-l have received your Commt nication of the 13th instant, but my total retire ment from public scenes prevents-me from ac cepting the invitation. There is no man living whom I wouldioire willingly contribute to honor than Ma McDlf fie. His long and distinguished services, his rare abilities, his brilliant and fervid eloquence, so often poured forth in his conniry's cause and his exalted and undoubted patriotism. call fear all the manifestations of distinction, honor and affection which his constituents can be stpw. His principles and conduct have not only my entihe approbation, but-the litter has excited my. highest admi ation. At a time, when for more than half a century. we have supposed ve had seeured the enjoyment of a just, free anti protecting Government, we find ourselves suffering under the iron hand of op. pre.ssion and threatened with a danger menac ing all that we hold dear, no estimate too high can te placed on the value of such a man, and it is not only gratitude but wishom. to cherish him with all the warnith of our hearts. I am Gentlemen.with great respect and con sideration, your obedient servant. LANGDON GHEVES. F. H. Wardlaw and others, Esq's Comen'tee. SILVER B1.UFF. Sept. 15, 1844 Gcntlemen-I have received your polite ii.vi. tation to attend a Public Dinnet, to be given to Gen. Gen. McDoiffie, on the 20th inst. at Edge fiel Court Hoise. and to take n part in the pitoceeditga. Lniettaining as I do the most profotind sense of his eminent public services, pbilities and patriotism, and concurring entire ly in all the views and sentiments expressed by him during the recent session of Congress,1t would afford me great pleasure to co-operate with you in this tribute ofrespect and gratitude. In the present peculiar and excited condi tion or publin affairs however, it woild be scarce-lj possible for me to take part in the pro. cee dings of a political ineetingjin which ruess ures lookins to the future viill doubtless he dis cussed, without affording to the factious ene. mies of our S(ate fresh caise for ebloquy- as from theestation which I odeupf. they would not fail to endeavoi to, make the State respon sible in some' sori for the sretiments I might uttet. It seems to me therefore, that it wilt be inore becoming thai I should avoid a full and publid expiesion of my opinions in regard to the exciting topics of the times, until called on to do do iin the manner and, under the responsi bilities he-honging to the oiffice which I hold. In the .ean time it may not be improper for' Me to snj. th. t i an fully alive to the perils which Mbenace and the difficulties which sur ionniid the State. and that I shall not shrink from the faithfdl performance ofmy duty to the best rf my ability, whether as your Chiefr2agistrate o1- fellow citizen. I have the honor to be, with great respect, .our obediant servant. . ,.,1 J. H. H OfHOND. '.-F . Wardlaw a'nd others, Estis. Comm'tee. .. EDEFIELIJ. Sept. 15, 1844. Gentlenen : Iaving received an invitation to attend a Vlig and Democi-atie Meeting in Lincolnton. Georgia. a fe-w days previous to your note. and the Martial Band attached to niy Coinpany haf ing accepted the invitation in connection with son- of the. members. as a repiesenttive of a Corps of Light lnfaentry. "Spirit of "76:" under my conmand, I adopt tii. tuetliod oeftid'ring toe,youc our humble ac knowledgments for the polite invitatioh teider ed us, assuring yotr that it would have afforded me great pleasure to have responded, and to have tendered in our old militarv inspector, and the political chanpion of onr consltitntional rights. the hotors I regard justly dub to-merit.: With sentiments of high regard..I reiiaih your most obedicut serv'c., J(OH N HILE.': Capt. L. I.. Spirnt of 76 F. HI. Wardlnw aced others, Ee9s, Cotum'tte. From the Abbeville Banner. Dinner to lthe Hon. A. Burt.-T he citi ze-ns of the low' er part of Ahhbeville Dis trict, as a mark of their esteem, and a iok-en of etheir approbacioni of the course of the- Hn. A. Burt at the Iast Coengres enve him a dinner an the Chesnue Grove Institute, 'on the 17th nIt. MbonI 200 ladies- need hl500 geintlemrenr ns1embled to meet the guest, who atrreved ail [lo'clock -end was received by Charles M2 Petlor, Predlenut of the lay. Jaicees H-. Wiedemau, antd Wyatt Holmes, Vic~e Presidets, ande 'conducted to a seat. Th'le Presidenct then welcotmed our guest with an appropriate I ddress; after which the orator addressed: e he cii izeres about 2 hours, settiten Torth ontaK grievancces and our teerils: ex'yosmig and: laying bare the Tarilf with all its-oppres-: ceicut ine so plaine a mranner, thast the do~llesis mitnd counld perfectly comprehend him.gHe explained 'he close affinity- that existed beineen the Tariff and aholitinnismnc;.iaed in the coaurse of his remarks, recomwie'hded a Southeern Convention. let rhiiecloseor his arddress, he exposed the shufflue of our enenmies itn defeating the Tr : nexation, and depicted the fil~iisunes an attempt to re-conquor a te part of Mexico; and the i.rbe iisC comfiture -ahe would meer iiiin coun tter. We have often'h idol.i I~t we have never hteard-himanwreo riot; but have never hteard himrfbefore sopeinin; his object was to instruct aud uightin heis audience on the emportan isbcsi idh are now agitating our einbtijr He eon eluded amid universal applause: F ROM W ASHNGNO'IN. RICHMOisiN pt.14- ' Yes:erday's Enquirar h'as a long-article for some information tonchinjithe proceed i iner of tee Cabinet on&ise Mexican and Texams relations, is ib iazi.These pro ceedings were caused lfr isjaid by recentI information -eceived at/Wealliigton. going to she w- in mauner tvAr) ieonaisiaken thati Englatnd is stimulajjidlexico to renewI her war upon Texasauini that Santa An-I na has succededl to effapigthe $4, 001,000 loan partly through Bri~tshi-Agency. Thai the .\exican Minstetaidondanigrote by the ste-amer to he M ein Adial com mnanding the two stea~i 'iNw X'erkI instructing him to sail im iii~ 1y, if they were repaired. to Ve Giz ere hea would be met by anothi e rffrom Ltudon, with stores ae pii~ an;.if I they were not'repairedceA'd immediately to Mexico -tinches. 1 lHe therefore praceeded '' tely by I lend to New Orleans. On isteam,-a era is repaired, the other wefri jna bous two weeks. A reason for thi-umesays* the Enquirer, isibhat the ep hpst be pressed so asto accomphishiii4i 6eim s befor.thb.10ebitng.of the C Iugijed Scin I ionltatestms-s*wuuay for theinvasion of Teiasare- ' Yi seueuer orIb~tiststikoAig~ the.Eidire s Aquein preseinted to fie abm i W what steps should diey 1*1Mfr_04 Whether they;shouldc e Session of,:Congress? Wl e hatld quietly permit the in vasioL o as; assisted, to, fy the nstro ntalit Enrlond.',o jireeed wits~i:lzigtet~ tnterpositioti on oar pfet -.Whertb~hy sltonld remostrate aidi lIesicoigatast the- eourse t wich shi e is pdatilag,.. eeCi the Influence of the riish alnie1. Whether they-shoid-6did :hesrtaidian suffer the fids offetaagaingtdjbe drenched with the blood of'iercliien or whet her- they sh teuld: p.ip(6j..-thr shield of thel aitea S ,atesiZfdeidhther :' they wovId call aa ExtraSessiou eCon gress, to advise and regufatnheli4 lofl o the.Exeeutive power? It nowtsardtat the Cabinet hat been much divided upon this last propositioa- and. finally,.itcdeter mined for the present tfiaea oigx* Congress. A -messengerkimehravaday or two been dispatched to esicowith r strong iemonstrance upon the Aoersemil pursuing."-Compiler. From the Petcrsbmg (Va)%R . cai OUR PROSPECT We never crow-it savours o&66ufibh o. want of confidence in ouremuma"td'succes We occasionally callitie attetiuionof our readers to the gratifying fact'hastfies State in wbich an election has'his2.e hold since the nomination of Pilk and Dallas, our GAIN has b6e iMu s. 8E WEhave, reduced the Whig r.aiorityji;;NdbiCar olina and Kentucky 30.000voteschiiig ed Louisiana and: lndiada-lr altot1,. 000 against us inA000Afor4siand inerea sed our majorities in.liitiMissoun, and Alabama abqut 2OikoidEsed voes; even in Abolition VermdrttAth ithful few of our party haveiiilj -iI IWhg niajotity in a maaner Whichma WW% ven hopt for the final iedemption 1fthe Green Mouniain Stute. To ctph cli. max. gallant, honest hard worktg Mi4e -or rather ' what isalelko?-iz" shu ders forth a Democratic majoriy of4 or - 10,0002-!lre largest, we believb, ever ob tained by any'party in that State The Coons are just heginningtoopen-tbefr eyes they find the Demo6racy was in ge d ear nest % hen iftey resolved to rally ope a; gain in the cause of C6dtittutionaFl ree; dom against the "9mbodym'en't of Con solidation'. We do no0fba.ag*' in:Maine! she has d0o'e her d1y.;. Firginidiilt i6 hers. 'nd Polk and Dallascarr$ the Old Domition by from 8tom ' 10000 Ma ovty, am4l the Union by ibe 'r 3000 6dei the tiiination 'of the eionid ro President the intsrligest and influential men of both parties': io'ul unite their ef forts to'eiotve ihe tari'controversy.. from. heyoud'tI0 sphere of party polities and these intfuene connected wir i thsatare brought to hear on the' canfassfdr the Chief Magistracy. O. AlI qidedbuthid is purely a tommereial de ad u Aiould he foreed int'd~ hd sedia 6t pOHitidasirife; wiitithe siability of he' sfof all matters requiring'etain la a sa tion, isivulvsd .ii.i'a ' t -__ttonaf prospeity.'Whit ierejt~ raf ation. can embraetheructiaisolin i t jiras of duty'o* iwmpofiajion,'varyihg nearly.eve ry .econ'year T What sagacity, fowev er far sieiing, car anticipate she chaages' in the collection laws that zmay follow th6 ascendancy of this party or-ofthatt..What ph. er of commereial weath' d'wuirain. the losses fronm thlis 'sdu" eiastable l.'gislation, in ad'dition.ti~s hihl arise from an ill regulutedi-dreddy, *ith which they are frequeisilfcondedted. It ceriainly then w6ot8lhe-the highe'sloffice of patriutisim; JE%'e fluentiall st'stesman, of horib ipart'6y .ol lenad likir eifofls to the removalof ihd tariff arid etnirrency1 questions frofii beyond' the siihere of ~par. ty ptolitics asidjdisturing agencies of the Presd'hltah election, thtus placing these ~terniroversids so' far beyond the or dnr each of pdlitical aspirants, espe cily that ofithe tarifi, as to render even the attempt to disturli a settlement of temn imipossible.-Chareston Patriot. The following notice of British interfer estee in the affairs of Texas, appears in a la'tesntumber of the Houston (Texas) Tele craitiii >:'We no'w learn, upon the authority of Capt. .Eliipt .himself, 'thar England has advised Mexico under nao ctrcumstances, to* acknowledge the independence of Texas, but to keep up an armistice wIth her as lng as possible; anid in case a su:cessful attempt at annexation between the United States and Texas took place, then go to oar, and England would back her in the :ontest.'" This'confirms us in the opinion, we have long entertained, that our inde- . iendence will never he acknowledged bhy WIexico while there is a prospect of annez. ition. England will resist the measure as ong as it'ean be resisted-by -diplomacy. A nd our government journal admits that. 'the influence of Engjland over Mexico isj ilmost if not entirely unbounaded.'" Sober Thougt.-"It is said that thie Englis6,.so far fromapicipaiga rep~ea8 af the preseen artuion of Congress, organu ized, all along the -frontier: of their nor thern provinces, plans for extensive smug. thung. And ye&sthat frontier is- protectet ban army. of 'cnstom-houises elleerse (ive England. the-coniroioFTzxiatreem-. neree-let her uuaoufactures, be; admitted rree ei ddlty-andwhat, 'a beautiful field, 'op smog~gliagWilkani dOr extetnded south.. vestern haundyaford."-[N. 0 Pkca, September Storm..-ThemLsTabpasee ~loridian of the J4th inst. as~ 'On' Ronday night last-ii annual September torm carse on, Abbspgh very severe, it ars noti:ng equal to that'of lastycaestW tave heurd of very. iiM daage).dae. rhe beilding ofbl, Gfaen, leallIhiwaa inroofed inr this citys and4 a few.euesand enees pmstrated. At New port, She. Ihs, nd other places cin the.coa. wele~nske ie was unuiually hiigh hbut ntomamage !as done by the-gald. Fromath ilouuie, re hi ve heard ~that the craps havb not diered--but very. lttle,:cottou~.hse.