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i1R. CALLIOUN'S SPEECH IN THE SENAT E. On the 27th uit. Mr. Calhoun addre9sed the Senate on the-Oregon Territorid Bill. The follot%ing is a mere abstract of his remarks.: - After a few remarks from Mr. Berrien. explanatory of his view in renewing the motion to strike out' the 12th section, Mr. Calhoun addressed the Senate. The South desired the enactment of no laws to give them any peculiar advanta ries. They simply desire that the territo ges shall bq left open to all, while they remaitr territories, and then they come into the Union that they shall be left to make their own laws, with no farther res trictions imposed upon them than are pro vided by the Constitution. On the great question whether the non slaveholding States have the power to prohibit slavery in the territories, he should claim for the South nothing to which they were not clearly entitled, and yield no right guarantied to theta by the constitu tion. lie stood here unconnected with party considerations. and should examine the question solely with a view to what he considered the true interests of the coun try. lie contended that the constitution never intended that there should be any discrtn i. nation, in regard to the rights of property, between one section of the United States and another. And yet they were told, without a particle of proof to establish it. that Congress has the absolute control over the territories. Where was the power to be found, he asked, by which this absolute control is - conferred? The clause of the constitution to which' the Senator from New York (Mr. Dix) had referred, giving to Congress the power to "make all the needful rules and regulations respecting the territory and other property of the United States,' referred solely to the public lands. and in it- isnot to be found the semblance of governmental powers in reference to the people of the territories. Was it to be supposed 'that if the fra mers of tho.Constitution intended to give governmental powers to Congress, they would have made another provision by which legislation was given to the people ofthe territories? lii reference to the District of Columbia, he said that though Maryland had ceded certain powers to the government of the United States, within the District, the sovereignty still continues to Maryland, and it was under this view that Alexandria had been retroceded to Virginia. In regard to the Ordinance of 1787, he proceeded to show that it was enacted undc:different circumstances, and with oir any iniertion to establ:sh it as a pre. cedent for future government on this sub. ject:. It was a conpromise, to terminate a loug.continued controversey between two Statest. it, reference to the delivering vp of fugitive slaves-a compromise which the South! have ever since faithfully ob servedgbut ,yet. this very faithfulness on thii poiot .is now- quoted. against them. And he:referredt o orgat zed associations i tSitte for":enttc slaviro. tip t tssourt'jnto. thUnido, and' theadoptign of what is termed the Missou ri deig~omis-an'arrangemuent which he saidl,ha~d never received the sanction of the S6uih;"'though they had strictly ob ser%~d 'dfliiequirements. EHe quoted a retier of Mr. Jeierson to the late Hon. John Holmes of M aine, in which he. disapproves of the. Alissouri compromise, as unfortunate fur the pence and happiness of the country, and calcu kated to lead .to' most unh;eppy local dis, cussions. And yet he had been here .qnuoted as the originator of tho Ordinance of' 1787. Frbtm what he had shown, he contended the Ordidance of 17S7 and ithe Missouri Compromise, both fell to the ground, and were of' no effect. In regard to the acquisition of territory, lhe admitted that the United States had the right to acquire; but whatever the origin of the power, he insisted that it did not exist as an atbsnlnte power,hit: subject -to limitations, which he pointed out. Congress are the mere represetntativ'es to dispose-of those territories for the objects contemtplated. They are muere trustees fur the betnefit of the United States, with out the authority or right to make a dis crimination, in reference to that trust, betwee-n the citizens of the slave holding States. - - Neither ha"e thr~ territories thuat power. All the arguments which lie had usud in reference to the ptowe'rs of Congress, hte contetnded, applied with equal force to the territories. Neither Congress tnor the tentitoribs have the power to exclude alatverv. Not' is there any power in the laws ex .isting in the territories, when so acquired, .exclude it.- No power, in any form s;r shape, exists,- by which it can he excluded. T*i slatveh'lditg States, he said, are common partners with thte rest, having cotntributed their.shiare in money atnd lives to its ac<1uisit ion, andI could not be exclu ded fr,m atn equal parttcipationi itn thle bendfits-? They have been full contribu tors, under,every aspect of the case, and - v who could stand up, and in a transaction, utnder similar circumstances, itn private * life, say that they were not entitled to he f'ull particidants 1 Nothing but deep-abi ding prejudicc could insist on the contrary. If the non-slaveholdling States were dis posed to do right, let thetm votte~ttr the amendment of his, friend, (alr. Jeflerson Davis.) -And to the slaveholditg States he wouhtl say, if' they -were.prepared to conucede this right they had greatly degen c.aThisdi a time,he said, n h,en the coun 'try feels that great movemenits are in agi tati)fl which tmay- burst asunder the ties of the Union-dand-l t'hat this is the time for a settlemenut. In the latiguage of Mr. Jefferson. lie was in favor of leaving the question:to the constituttion,. And if- left,to the ermstitutiomn, it wvonhl be settled very itearly by tihe line of 30 30 --the .existeeo of slavery would vary ver'y little'roa ihtUt; lite, It was nearly *itdipossible that it sllihuld he otherwise. lIe then proceeded, in 'an -ingenious ar gu,ment to noen that all me,n nre not btrnn "free and equal".-tbat there is iot one word oti juth hi tadeclaratiop "AAi men are boro,.'it isdeclared ; qt ,men are nohorn. -Noir.are.iaunts- born -free. and 'qnat." Thiy,are not free until they arrive at a certain age. Nor are all men created "equal"-fur only two were created, one man and one- irnmari. 'All' men, in a state of nature, may be said to be equal, but even here, he shewed :hat the term is a misnomer. The only state in which man can oxist as a race, and develop his great moral and physical energies, is the political state. The first cannot be considered a.natural state, because repugnant to our feelings and yet the only state in which we can nxist. The second is only one that is termed artificial. That which is necessary. 1o the preservation of the humal race, is a. much higher state than.tbat which is only necessary to preserve the iniividual. Instead of one uniform rule, that all men shall enjoy an equal amount of- lib erty. the distributi:m of liberty among in Ilividuals is the unequal.thing in the world. And this doctrine, that "a'll tmen are born free and equal," as understood,. is. power, ful to the pulling down of liberty and if not restrained will produce anarchy, not only throughou( Europe, but tbroughout the civilized world. From the Anderson Gazette. MR. CALIIOLUN'S RAIL ROAD LETTER. Our readers will find below a very intetesting letter from the Hon. J. C. Calhoun, addressed to nor enterprising and and public spirited townsman,'J. P. Reed, Esq , on the subject of the Greenville and Columbia Rail Road. The great confi-. dence he expresses in. the success of the project will exercise a mnst salutary inf'u ence on the few, who yet belieye the enfer prise cannot be consummated. HJe can be' set down as a warm -friend to the Road, inasmuch as he has given the highest evi dence of his confidence, in addition to his opinion, of the success:ol the undertaking, my making a liberal subscription himself. We cornttetd it to the public generally, and the Greenville Mountaineer, in par. ticular, and hope to see the letter copied in that paper. We regret that AIr. Reed preserved 'no copy of his letter to Mr. Calhoun, as we should have been pleased to give it a place in our columns. Washington, June 1, 1848. Dear Sir :-- have read with interest your letter of the 2.5th May, on the sub ject of the Rail Road now in progress from Columbia to Anderson. You do not err in supposing, I take much interest in its success. My predi lection was, originally, in favor of the route from Greenviile to llamburg or Aiken, by Edgefield. I think, still, that route has great advantages, but 'am decid edly of the.opinion, that, if there can be any one that can be fairly compa:ed with it, it is the one adopted, and that it is beyond comparison, if not equally, the next best. I am, also of the opinion, decidedly, that the choice between them is no longer an open question, and that the' alternative now, is .. , all, o~r'the completion of t it will coufer su anet. advantabts, will iav i 0-eiof haying atnot'1r. With it, ii wnn dte' one of the most flourishing portions of! the State and. the South ; but withot;'one of the meEt depressed. With this impressin, I trust-, no one w ill think 'of obandoning it. There are ample mneans for its completion. Sluch of the work, the grading, the bridg ing, the getting of the timber, mtay be done by the Stckholders; anitd at no time more advantageously than at present, whetn prices are -so low, and money so scarce. A resolute spirit and strict econotmy in the expenditures, will carry the womk through triumphentlly. 1 have not the time, or data to estitnate the mtatny great advantatgcs of thie route, or what profit the Stock would pruobably yield. liut I reel assttred, you have not in your letter over estimauted the former., TIhe rotute is well laid out to command the trade and travel of the large, populous and fertilo portion of the State through which it passes, and the crontiguous por tions or Georgia, Tentnessee, an~d North Caroilina. It has also gr.eat adlvantages for extetndinig itself by prolongation and branches, uvith the growth of the exten sive region, lying West and Nortb of it, in ppolattion and wealth. If these views be correct, and if the Road cain be cotmpleted within the sum estimatcd, and, if it shouldl be economi cally managed, of which there cannot be muchl donbt, cotnsideritng wvho are the Stockholders, it wvill, after it gets fairly under way, in all probability, yield rea sonable profits; wvith the prospect or very hantdsome, with the growth and increased pirosperity or the country, and ultimately, large, when the Road has attained.its fuill extension. But it would be takinig a very narrow view, to look only to the profits ori the Stock, in estimating the gain of' the region it would accomamodate. The rise in the value of property; in the price of the various articles it produces ; the enlarge mient of thte numnber of such articles, by cheapetning transportation and enlarging its market; the greater uniformity of price with the etilargemnent of the market; the growth of the manufactureq, for which the abundant water po'wer, the health of the clitiane andi cheapness oif living afTord so many advantages, and finally, the popn lation and travelling, that v,on,ld be attract ed by the romautic and fine mountain region an:1 the elevaued plains that extend outt fromt their eastern basis, m,ust all lie taken into accoutut, in summing 01) its gain. Theas are so great, that thte difl'er ence between what the regiotn would be with the Road and without the R-mad, is that of a flourishing and prosperouis countiR try, and of a. depressetl, and at best, a stationary one'-of one that retains its popJulation' anud receives. emnigri;ais, and one that sends lorth emigrants, .with9ut receiving them. WVith great respect, f am &e: &c. J.~ C. CALilOUN. 3. P. REED, Esq. iIe dies like - a beast who has done no good while lhe lived, From the .Suuth. .JNEE.OF E . Whate Niayhav'e ent and conflicting opinionspt ined respecting the poiltical fai rid doc "iises of'G ri Z1icliry . iii niiv made clear as a sunbeam that he isa Whig.of theritost'. exce ' .ble 4cha ecter. Ever since the pa ication of 'his "Allisooeer;"_iti~ nihe South, particularly, hfe 'h -made to doubt his. acceptability and qualifica tions for the "ele -afed jist f h_ief M1u gistrate of the I17 n. Gen. Taylor in accepti .the nomi nation of the Whig G ion at Phila delphia, has :furnished o the country and the worid, the strongesv idence of his ajtachnient and devotidn for Whig tule and Whig doctrines ; since he has ben forced o'sune the posidion of a'party leadpr, nOtjtistand ing all his repeated decdagaiipns -to run as an "independent -candidate and-the people's. candidate." :Th6-question very nAturally pressnts. itself;''can i'nv good Democratv, consistently wih' his avowed lirincipit, iustain iiit in'his election, and cast his' vorefoi a"pa'rty, to all intents and purpeses: )posed to the -best interest of the countr!. We profess no more.thanan ordinary share of knowledge in suchtmatters, yet we shall be much deceived ithe people suffer themselves io ; be do d :by the splendor of his brilli3nt'militaty achieve men ts, so'fa- as-to lose sighltof the t rie merits of 'the question. v,ey,wre taught a lesson in 1844, 'hcl ill not soon forget. The men* .3 .y session of Congress;called togatheey the, executive authority of PresideiniHarri son, s:ill lives.. in 'their memory The utter recklessness of the Whigs wrhen in power, tauight them, who were the true friends of the country, and now that the same elements are at work again--that a General who has stimped_itpon his character the impress of. his great mili :ary genia's-furnished the proof.of-his signal success, as. one of the greatest Captains of the.age, should again s veep them in'o power, and-place them in high places, is a flattering unction which they will never expeiience in. tleir' hrts. This good sense and inteilligenceof the people will-prevail. lIaving' been once gulled, they have learned to distiust their smilling friends. The laugttage of Lao coon, may be will applie Timeo Danaos et dona .f?rentts:Tbi'iIesiion has been asked: will the Stat or South Carolina, sustain the electiti>fdfGen. Taylor to the Presidency. The'ansver is easly given. Whatever; .rigiht;,aye been the policy of the State, in ref'r once to Gen. Taylor's posit'on as an independent candidate, it is asy to see that South Carolina can n surstain Taas to eoata be gtvng upf toe, chrtslie esncp for which she lag_. been battling for the last quarter of -a century She..ould be a traitur to herself,. the-countt ,and the world. The brand of.Cair would be written upon har brow',and1criVd'd inscribed i~pon her dofrVot.15Iflver cana-shte never will be guiltypfNtch po. litical treachery. -Let the vice of phtr secution-of ridicule, and df. violence, murmur on-let the wavesi of opposi tion dash aigainst her-there he stands, and there she will stan.i, se~ are' in 'the confidence of her oivn 'Inkgrity and purity. The Whigs in selekting Gen. Taylor as their standard, be~ ror, have thtowvn their flag to the wvin -, with its bruoad fold beating the ins ription-ai liberal amnd latitudinarian cpnstruction of the Constitution-the ass~ mption by the General Government 01 the pay ment of State debts, and al the other hideous Whtig measutes of lie day such as Bank. High Taui 'Internal Improvmint, the distribution 'C the pro ceeds of the sales 'of Pu Ie Lanids among the several States, c, &c. Hlow then can any native b rn Caro, inian, inhaling the~ air of the toud Pal metto State, imtbibing the me spirit which ner'ved his fathers in ithe dark hours of the- Revolutioni,' find it. in his heartt to "aid and comfort" foe, wh'lo would glory in his downfull, anid exL.lt in the death struggle of those ghts be queathed him by a gush of' an'crstra I blood. -"Oh! publish it not in Gath. Tell it not in the streets 'of skelon." The day of trickery and fool h mum meries, has passed away. ight and knowledge shine forth ftoth e ry quar ter, and the hard yeominr of 'the country h.avo only to rise .up in their might, and the monstei WhFi ery, will be sent back howling to his r*n, an shorn of his strength and depri ad of his honors. It is said, that' -Ge N'aylor is the only man who~ can 'be tr led upon the all absorbing' 'question .o Slavery. This, at first sight carries' w ' it some degree of 1>Iausibility, but, w n looked into closely loses its-force' an ower. Let tus ask ourselves, the s ioas and sober question, who constitut he party with which the old- hero'has' entified himself? Who are the true tiends" of the South] 'The Northerg Whiigs ? Surely nto man ii his senses, 41 aunder take to answerthis gju'esrion iI the af firmative. - To whom shall- wvlook fbr the faithfilgbservance of the' aranies of the Const'itution? To the higs of the Nor th? Alas! The hist of the course pursued; by them, ini -a 'dntrf Congress, for-thie:last few'idin ,"teach. es as what we.inay expect,' s Id' thay be elevatird foupower-.' 1The e.d'tr'ii is simply this-the Whftg'it ie6f9o itionists' of'the 'North, nref fteMind the same nfirte,"in' feling@i iielrlsr, and.in their fatrtticar'desigfs; an.dalese are the men wiho . have pae forth Gen. Taylor, as.their'ca ididare for t:'esuf 'is of the i caki eoplarnd shild lie be sucessful in' his election, (which wfs do not believe,) he will go in rto the, Presidentiul-:Chair, despite-of all his declarations. the nominee of a party, who, by their past history:-and, actions, have read us a lesson of solemn warning and admonition. - Carrying with, him, as he will, the 'sentiments and feelings of his party, what may we hope or ex pect, from him- in the agitation of tile -subject of Slavery, unless he falls back upon the only alternative left him by the Constitution-the exercise of the Veto Power? . Upon this point read his cela brated Allison letter, and we shall find the-old General at fault. We .make a quotation:-"The personal opinions of the. individual who may happen to.oc= cupy the Executive Chair, oug(tt. not to control the action of Congress upon the question of: domestic policy,-nor ought his objections. to be interposed where questions of Constitional power' have bee'n settled by tih various depaitinents o Guverment, and' acquiesced in by the people." That is to say, whatever niay be Gen. Taylor'i constitional view upon the subject of Slavery. if Congress should choose to legislate upon the sub ject, and pass a law prohibiting the iu treduction "of-Slaves into the ned States or Terri ories; his' own personal opin ionr ought not to interpose to control its action. This is the inevitable rea soning of his letter. We_ have made the quotation to show, how lie is fetter ed and bound by his own reasoning,.and still more closely hampered ^ by the party who are endeavoring to place him in power. Upon all the other great Salvehold. ing pdes:ions of th Iay, he has furnish, ed us 'sith-:evidence sufficient of his Whig notions, that, independent of his present position, we never could con. sistently, with our own feelings, give him our support. What we have said, are our own pri vare and personal. opinions. Yet;"we think we can say without presumption, ti j are just the opinions and sentiments which the peopld'will take in Novem ber next. For our own part, we piefer Gen. Cass, with the pled;es of the great Democratic party, given us in the plat form of the campaign-adopted by the Biltimore Convention: to all the flatter. ing promises which the Whigs inry hold out, by presenting' us a candidate, al though from the South, yet associated by a strict party. vote, with one of the most rampant Abolitionists of the day Fillmore of New York - R.tMBLER. From the Camden Jurnal T E O :0TE...OF SOiT&LCt Olj :. tystat y. so letter writers, that the South. reline. members are divided as t. the Presidenti al nomination. and thai it' is supposed the State will throwv away her vote. These letter writers are 'gtressing wide' of the mark ;n both instances, if we are'not great ly mistaken. Wiibh-regard the Legislatute being called together to an- extra session, for the purpose of merely throwing away the nine 'votes of the State the idea is pre posterous, an-" though our electors have been guilt y of such a freak, in~ times patst, a repetition at the ensuing election, would be miserably folly. The prinuciples and policy of South Carolina are too well koon'u, -'for any political joggling to change thtenm even i appearance,-thiey a're purely democratic, and mn.st remain so, wvhoever may he olfer--d to her, as the Presidential candidate. As a tntural cots seqnence, her vo'.e will be given to the man who she htelieves will biest carry out this policy and adhere to these prinicipiles. WVe catnnot ihitik that we are miisioken here, the poople or South Caroltna will nevecr aid in the election of any man in the Presi dency, who may lay them liable to Whlig mis ride-a highs tariff, niid extravagant expecscditure of the people's money uponi internal improvements. rThis tuuch for general polities, the canididate wvho recei yes our su pport must he sousnd 'on the main question, of the rights of the Southern peo ple; and ifwo are so unfortunate not to have one presentcd to us. we will certain ly taken op the one, whosu avows his op position to aniy interference ot Congress in our domestic aff'airs, in preference to one who. avows to be the mere mouthpiece of a.majority of Congress.. 'A few weeks will bring to light some devclopements, which m'ay decide, the 'vote" of this and oilier Sotuthern States. One important fact we wish to impress t-uon our Whig friends, that South Carolina is Democratimc to the- care; though she may have good cause for estrangement fromn the northern posrtion of that party,-she can. never do sert'higliiiosiad well tried principles. Our Volunteers.-;We stated some time since, thai Governor yohnson. hail, uipon application to the Secretary of WVar, ob tained an order frein him that our Voluni leers should be transmitted from '3 et-a Cruz :to Charlestons direct. ThIe order oh Gen littler, however, making Mobile their poinst of destination, took effe'ct priutr to the reception of this oider from the De partment in Mexico; and'our Volunteers were ott their wvay' home' before the wishes of the Departinent were made knownu. The following is ado extract of a'letter from Mir. Secreiary Marey, dated' War Depart ment, Feh. 11, 1848, in answer- to. a letter addressed to him by Governor Johtiion. "Wihenever the 'Regiment.' of' S9uili CaroliiiaVdoluniteers shall he ord.dred to be disbiturged frota service, the .Department will fake great "pleastire in causing the necessary arrangemnts to be mitde i their transporiation' from .Ver~a Cip to Cuarlested, 'a utigested by y r lency.",: Af fe til th - ment cduld 'hf'avi"Ihin carried out as it- wou,il havfsnsa "mnef 'fatigule Ond ,elay, fo our gallant fellow-diu/,en, niow dctiiied'aM'ct but. ita'fusuratiIn aitose from 'sidaoldale circunistencett, for which no blateendatatah ;to.a'y., one. ,'-Ithey do I:ome;'we. tust male up for the delay which no--oitbt is a greater annoyance to them than to us. [.vaunbia Telig ph. EDGEFIELD C. 11. WEDNESDAY. JULY 5, 1848. FOUTH OF JULY. Another year.has past away, and the Anniversary of American Independence has dawned upon us. Since the4thofJuly, 1847, what mighty events have taken place. Revolution after .revolution . has broke out in.Europe. and the time-hon ored monarchies. of that section of the globe- seem to be tottering to their fall. In truth, at leas', one mighty mon archy has disappeared, and a Repub lic has taken its place. Let it be the earnest prayer of us all, that it may'be permanent. Ot this consecrated.day,' let us all solemnly ask the great ~Ruler of nations, to speed the time, when all,king doms and people, shall enjoy the hlessliag of free government and liberty of con. science. In our own country, events of most momentous importance have trans pired during the present year. A tedious and most disastrous war has been happily ended, and the territori;il limits of odr country have been greatlyetifarj'd' New States have been added to our glori ous Union, and in a little time others will also he added, and when the wbole.numhIer shall be complete, none now can conjec tare. . The future greatness of our country, is a delightful theme. upon -which .to dwell. But whilst our statsmen:are 'extending' nor botundaries, let it be the endeaviit'if" the true patriot to advance in a corresp6nd. ing ratio, the intelligence. and the virtue of the people. Uutless these move pari passu, viih the 6xtensibo 'of dur limiits an nation, must entively be destroyed. That our present,,happy, Governm,nt may long continue to diffuse its bless4 itgs among all nations, should be the sin. cere prayer- of u# all. A irtl Candidate or thksp,cadcencey. the Barnburers, the-disappointed.poriiton of the Democralic party ii New York, for the Presidency. A convention-of this party, lately assembled it Utica atid voted fur Mr. VAN Buas as. President, and Mr. H. T..DonoGtof Wiscpnain. .fhr Vice Prosidet. Mr. VAN BunaN hamanot ac cepted the onination. . .It is said that Gov. DoDog will not accept the nomination, as he app)roves the nomination oif Cass and BOTLF.a. We ca'nnot speak with certainty about it. Ratn.-After suflering somewhat from dry whether, we were favored on Friday last, and several evenings since, 'with copious shtowers of rain, w~hich grea:ly revived the crops. WVe have received from the Hion. A. WV.' VENABLE of N. C., a copy of his speech upon the power of Congress to legislate upont the'subhject of slavery in the Territo ries, dlelivercd in the liouse off Representa tives, June 1st, 1848. Bnth these speeches possess considerable ability, and advocate in a most manly tone, the perfect equality and right of the South, to our newly ac quired Territory. We are indebted to the Hon. A. 0. IBatowrn of Mlississippi. for a copy of his speech on the goverCtnent of the Terrto.. ries, delivered in the hlouse of.Represen t atives, Juno 2d, 1848.. Newe Pap'r.-Ve have received two numbers of t,beaMountain Banner, pub lished a t ftutherford, N. C., by Mr. Tuos. A. I-AYDEN. nud Edited by 'F. A. HAY DEN & F..J. WVtLsoN. The principles of the paper are Whig. This is a neat little paper, and we welcome it to our ex-. changes.'Fr - 'PUFLrCthe A dov&riser. PULCMiEETING. "On Monday the 3rd of July, a meeaing of the citizens of Edgefield District, was held in the Court H[ouse, to take measures concerning the reception of-the '96 BOYS. .On motion, Col. irtfTF.ILLD IIRooR9, was called to the Ohair, ntnd (Ox;abx A. ADDIsON and G..D.M~ lLMAN, were re quested to act;as Secretaries. re * : The Chairman then exp)lainled-the:object. of the M1ee;ing..in p few brief and pernigent, raiiirks;- after. whkich. Col,. F. W. Ptia ns nffered the ftollo'wing Resoluiotis, whieh were unanimously adopted. Resolved, That the Field Oflcers-of the three Regirments of I.niantry, tngether with the Field Otlicers of Oa-valry,and the Capttainis ofGibhe -dilferent" Com panies "of Cavalry. in htis' Distjit, be app.inteil-e as tF69 4Idest in:command, will be Chair man,) i. agiee an~Jdecide, tjpon that mnnenr-in whtich the Volnters ri the "Gompaiy, of old '96 Boys. shall (to re= ceived. ad that they te authorized, to direct al proceedings neces ary and ap.. raprorite on the occasi""n, and tht they invite them to the quarters, that may, bo perparetl for them. Resolved, ''hat a Commiitee, consif. ing of Cul. Al: F?azier, A._Blinil,rA B'. Addtion, Jacob Smith. W ashington Wise, Gen. James Jones, B. R. Tillman, James Richardsu"-. Richard Ward. James Shepw pard. Juhu.Smyley,. Col.lerEu nd Col. James Tompkins, Wiley Ilarrisbo, George Boswell, James Creswell, Robert Mcr~rwether, Col. 0 Touwlsi Benj. Perry, Tillman Watson,-Abraham .Jones,uRich. ard Coleman. N. Moore, James Brooks, James Dorn. Darling Walker. .ulius..ay,.-. William Smyley, Chas. Harrmond, f. L. Jeffersi,G. % Uormany4 Gyt Wajk, and G. Sirmpkias, be appoiutedto l*in subscriptiotw, for a general, Bo pif lie given as a cordial w,elcome 6 the, gallant survivors of our noble band of Heroes,'' who have chvered'tie sfe1dft with glory in a foreign.land; "' Resolved, that the aboveCogm Mte he authorised to make ail arcapget ih,tt they think proper oo,;t;eor IIo J extend all invitations they:*a,y; thqs The l1eeting was addtressed;inaa,jited manner by Cttl. F. W.: PlcxENs,anaad,jir. B.C. YscEr. -g It '-as moved, that the- pi6eedintiif of this Meeting, be published id th Edge. fitld Adv "ser, the Hamburg rtr _ and Repub can._', The Meeting Ihen;Iljytind... W. BROOKS;,Chair.,7 GEORGE A. ADDIsoN, G. D. TILLMAN. S .r.n After tne meeting adjourned, the Comty mittee- of thirty-two, Rppointed-vide Col. Pickens' second Resolu'tiin; 'afeg.; and on Iition. it ixsTveih' Th 1P Commiitee, do assemble at Edgeteld O. If. on Monday 17th. oJuly, and that -eac;= member of' the Coinittee,.'eport-'thtt' amount of his subscriptions, iap toI6i day. - _" :. ''.). - Resolved also, That the Barbacg given on Thursday !7th jtpi pi:.ienti Spring , four miles north of: Eng C. H., On motion, it was Resolvd,. that. CtL... ARTaa SisiaNs, he appointed'to' felivdr an' address on the occasion., . .i Resolved 'farlher, 'that hdE'whoO "Pal mett.o, pgjtnon Iteinyjlcd to attgt4. T MIzae D .=''You Ile IfX?n f ai the:Advertiser, the. foillwing'p as.suitpbl..pers.o.ns. for..Cojpnisstgpirs..L Poot.at tbe.esuio9PleCti.oa. ,. . i . - JA zs.JoQr.s, JOHN CoetaRt,;SENi.,ot RoBERT J EN NINGS, -,,.l. AVERT BLAND, JACOB Pou. ForMe:AaoetliirL TO FAIR PLA Y. To ongtof our cojiputipinws w.e~S and'stil ~ayy''iiat the. ad,tfo 1824,.which amended the efi.arm r of ih6j '; va jecting to inspection the accotnlVo viduals,-indicated a -willingness.i.l e. gislaturg,' to; dhrtiish: Thb l.e;n ' 2L,q~ ,, t eir a - et "tiietseo r - sition-to ti eoitrary of this in thed l tre, as indicae~dby a,t dfi~'la e the Act of 1827. As, pro.of th4 y quoted a part of a proviso as. f,lown ,iz:. - Sprovided.- nevertheless. i-hat there' shall beo-no'ox amitiationoor gcrutinmy ofindiit&l acconars." Thbe remaining- parp.df tbis proviso is as followvs, vis: "saving an6xz cepting -the accounts ofr.$lcers'df the stame.'': In this "prd.viso" you must petcetver-that the individual accounts ar Tvrgtf contradistinguished from theccoMnts4g tolicers. Short as is this 'privio it ne.eri theless embraces two distinct lawos in3usta position; the one especially precents-th.e other especially aut/wri-r,s'no exa'tiation; that refers to individual &:counts4this"to accounts of officers. These tu'd' laci.' not only disimet-but they refer toa trwodas tinct classes of individuals. Those who are o./Jcers and those who may udt bd stit(, --but whmo may be relatives-borrowers of the public funds. The conmment which we' made at tho time, explains tho'object of the quotation. Immediately after gnofolitg that part of the 'proviso' which' embraced. individual accounts, we said this regulain' was -one that would conceal the n'ames ot a favored few, into whose hands the rdiree tore iiht lend or'gie the ~publia m-onoy" The comment then made shows the obj.ct of the quotttism and the' effect of.it as a law--wile on thme other'hand. tbie quf{ tion itself justifies' the comnment.' - You, certainly have extrauirdioary ,s es, if yotu can, see any departure from then established rules, of ratiocination 'in, any thling we have said; and wre sie tiow free to confess that we are igatorant.of airy - thority' among either' logicions or philolo gisia, or of any rule in common sedse. which condemns a quotation of a part of'a clause. (senience if you please.) what tk rem-iining part does not alter-m3Odify,Et. in any .way afect that which isu;unted.-'' Does ot your charge therefore. aga'inst is; of a'suppressio yeri amount to mere.ribald ry; wvhich either..results from. an acrni3o ueous dispoiiion,.or. theThgpe..to"ucceed by denunciation .when argumnent'.fatief Ytmu whto charge us with being ",blind leaders of the blind, and give lectures dt mforadt3e assert intdirectly, not merely,that you' haye' super-ior -itnfurnationi as (esgeetu the subjecc-matter of argumnent--ofJ yot! virtually promise mto deal only i.n courteous argument-for whih'your'a ifrmhtion ci pniittes, and-yd'ur moralit' lispses311 Anm espeers 'mhe 'Act.of iSzt,we are'qmJ -~ willitig to be:hel.d to what we h~ayya) m Almbough this Act' wasj he,rgsuh,.t.o(hones ty of p)ur'pose, it has not answered itaulti mate. object of.irs'enatment!. ' WS''pi% sumo that the plntioF' A'V-oterl' utid"P ihose canididates who concur witti hiinir predicated upon'ihis'faict.' -The i-sse:hetween us respects thejjt tica- "force-and virtue o h csh The"'Legislat'ure,was ac,tuaited, byle mnotive[ih'frdii,h it-but to,' im.,a,vey strange and~ mpueaoatble4ugrration app,ears to.he,given.Aio.i;,. Thia.act; was designed wogive our Legislature fuoi power' to apoint artiually a-Committee'o$fltge tion nuder- an -uinunnction s' to'exA m:tne 5 nzutely into thme afuamir tiaitti"o. 'Te principal -Baik and is rayke, .and to .v-port to the Legislature ' of.t1eir unext Sessinn. thio result thereof, andparticular