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Although the mind of our community has not been prepared by public discus sion, or perhaps private interchange 'of views on the subject, yet it is my deliber ate opinion, that the period has arrived for the removal from the State of every free colored person, who is not the owner of real estate or slave property. This population is not only a non-productive class, but it is, and always has been, es sentially corrupt and corrupting. Their longer residence among us, if the warfare between the North and South is to contin ue, will eventually generate evils very dif ficult of eradication. Possessing, in an un limited degree, tho right of locomotion, they can, in person, bear intelligence in a day, from one section of the State to an other, or, through the Post Office, mature their own plans of villiany, as well as ex ecute orders emanating from foreign sour ces. There is, indeed, too much reason to believe that at this moment they are made to occupy the situation of spies in our camp, and to disseminate through the en tire body of slave population the poison of insubordination, prepared in the great laboratory of Northern fanaticism. In every community, where the institution of slavery is interwoven with its social sys tem, the public tranquility and saflety demand the toleration of only two elasses, white men and coloured slaves. The existence of a third class, with many of the most valuable rights of the former, on a level with the lat ter in repugnance to labour, and possessing all their menial traits of character, unchecked by the restraints of plantation discipline, the Co 0 freeman lives a degraded and un itied being, a foe to public progress, and un concerned in all that relates to the welfare of his fellow creatures. History attests that, ii every servile war, or attempt at insurrection, in our country, this unfortunate race have been the chief actors or instigators. The dark and bloody scenes in St. Domingo would have oc curted, even if the famous Decree of the Na. tional Assembly of France, of the 15th of May, 1791, had never become a law. In South Carolina, free negroe. mulattoes, and meztizoes, possesses all the rights of prop erty and protection to which the white inhab itants are entitled. They may purchase, hold, and transmit, by descent, real estate. In des. pite of these and other inestimable rights which they undisturbedly enjoy, there are few of the 9000 in our limits who own property beyond a very limited amount. In view of their early removal from the State, I recommend that the Tax Collector be instructed to ascertain the number of fret negroes, mulattoes and mestizoes in the sev eral districts and parishes, and how many ( each who own real estate or slave property and that they report to the Legislature, at it next Session. At my recommendation, and in pursuane of your own conceptions of duty, it was re solved, at your last Session, that ihe Governo be requested to convene the Legislature, 1 not in Session, should the Wilmot Provisoo any kindred measure, be passed by Congres As the contingency to which the resolutio had reference occurred in September, a prc found respect for the Executive Departmaei of the government, and the Honorable bod by whose mandate I was called to fill it, ir duce me to say, in genral tms, that pub cnie'"-dweighty ela .rthis rei......-..mv -Licalted to our fellow-einizen: there were others that, could they have bee made generally known, wvould in myi judgmeri have entirely appeCased the publie feel~ing. am gratitiedt in beinge enambled to assure yoi that the correctness of my~ decision ha~s bee almost unanimously sustained by the peophi - W he~i last meeting of the Congress of thi United States was the most eventful andl die turbing that has been held since the establish ment of the Federal Governnment. Afte many years of unwarrantable legislation b; that body, a crisis has at length arisen in ou federal relations, affecting deeply and essen tially thme rights and interests of one half thm Union. Whether the endangered State should longer hold an equality of rankr aviti Mrcpr~lg l m n be prohib ited from enjoying all thme advantages :uni privileges constitutionally guarantied to both; were virtually, the momentous and to us lhu. miliating issues, which the legislative br~tme] of the central authority was engaged in eon. sidering for about nine of the ten months it which it was in session. The "Comnpro. misc," ultimately adopted, I consider anothie triumph over the South by the fell spirit oj abolitionism. The aggressive course of our Federal ru. lers, and the States and people of the North had at an earlier period, assumed so alarminu an aspect that by invitation of Mississippi ti the slaveholding States, nine of taeir numibe: assembled at Nashville, in May last, for con. sultation concerning the means of saving the Union by preserving inviolate the principile: and guaranties of the Constitution. Over the~ d.eliberations of that august conne il, commpo. rsed largely of the taleut and patriotism of 'the land, the spirit of harmony presided. Ii demanding the protection of rights, jeopardi. zed by the unfraternal acts of their own coun. trymen, they appealed to their sense of jus. tice and the endearments of faimily associa. tion, the plain terams of bond th'at uniited ted them, the ennobling and prouid reco lle lions of the past, amnd the glorious toticipa -.tions of thme future. The result has shown thmat the authorities and people whom the3 addressed, are, in feeling and sentiment. alien to us their political allies. and that the North; have resolved on possessing the unlimited and permanent control of our civil institnt ions. To operate on the fears of the nminority section, and expose the supposed hopelesi ness of its condition, the President had v-ol untarily promulgated, in advance, his fixed de termiination to settle by thme sword a disputed question between the General- Gov-ernment and a sovereign member of the Union. In, following the inglorious precedent established by one of his predecessors, the principle was maintained, that State resistance to a Con gressional edict would by him be classed among the unreflecting acts of a mob, or the more deliberate opposition of a band of or ganized individuals to admitted lawful au thority. It is foreign to my purpose to speak elabo rately of matters that have of late been so painfully brought to your notice. California, created a State by Congress, was admitted in to the confed-ey against all precedent, and in violation of the laws and constitution of the country. It was a premeditated insult and injury to the s-laveholding states, and a wanton assault upon their honor. In theu act abolishing the slave trade in the District. of *Columbia, the right of punishing the owner by manumitting his slave is prominent among its provisions, By this bold and successful attempt to engraft abolitionism on the prinici ples of our political system, a power has been assumed, which, by expansion. mayi yet clothe the entire federalI community in the hambili ments of mourning. These, and other wilful perversions of a high trust, have virtually ab the sovereignty of the States. The whole authority of the Federal Government, gran ted and usurped, which is. now concentrated in the will of an absolute and interested ma jority, is hereafter to be wielded for the ex clusive benefit of the Northern or stronger interest. To its ambition and cupidity fifteen I members of the constitutional compact, by whose wealth the Government is supported and our confederates enriched, are to be com pelled ignominiously to minister. In a word, the Congress of the United States is no long er to be the executor of the will of co-sover eign States, bit of a party banded together by the two-fol4 incentive of sectional ag gran dizement and public plunder. If the fundamental object of our federative system have been designedly perverted, there is no remedy in the ordinary cheeks on power. The b:dlot box is ineffectual, and the press powerless in its appeals to an oppressor deaf to entreaty, to argument, and the admonitions of humanity and patriotism. In Federal Council, it is certain that the voice of the mi nority will never again be heeded. By a slow, cautious, but regular process, the rights of the people and the sovercignty of the South ern States will be curtailed until their total extinguishment is effected. By multiplying the number of free States, resisting all at tempts to enlarge the area of the slavehold ing community, and dicriminating between the rights of Northern and Southern persons and property, another decade will not have pas!ed before the General Government wil enforce edicts, greater in their results on hu. man liberty and the progress of political en. lightenment. than ever emanated from th worst forms of despotism. Before that pe. riod arrives, the existence of South Carolina as co-partner in a great commonwealth, wi have ceased. Merged in the limits of con tigous provinces, the truthful memorials o0 her history will lie scattered over her hilh and valleys. On the printed page the tale o her origin and progress may be found, but th< real causes and m:tner of her political ex tinction will never there be read. I The North and South difi'er fundamentalli in institutions, and from the frame work o their social organization they need differen laws. While a strong government, with al the appli:nees of extensive patr6nage, is no cessary to the former, a mild and equal sy Stem of legal retraints is required by the lat - ter. The restriction on foreign commerce i , the poliev of the one, free trade that of th - other. The North is from necessity a coal mercial and manufacturing people, the Souti an agricultural community. While the for mer seeks an enlargement of the powers c the Federal Government, in order to enable i to profit by the wealth of the producin States, the latter, impelled by the principle a self'preserv:ation, strives to confine the coin -mon agent within- well defined and narroi f bounds. In the one section, capital and labo , are theoretically equal, but from influence i perhaps incap~ible of controlment, they -Ir practically antagonistie; in the other, capit: D is superior to labor, and the relation betwee them is a moral one. The character and if r terests of each insure the harmonious actio f of both, in all their operat ions. These di: r cordant materials in our federal structure at ;. mainly, if' not exclusively, reerable to tl1 n positions respectively assigned the parties b - nature. Such is the adverse tendency of ti it position in relation to one of them-the 1a y ger section-that it seems to be an impern - ive duty on i:s part to promote, under t: C piretence of the general welflare, the suece -of measures purely sectional in their appi the off sjiring of th mi xormuey ; of ti "nnn hie:mrt. T1he lesser. mnnerically', am. trichter imrere-:t, has always beeun the subject< plne by the greater :mid poorer inte'rest. a lt is histor'icallv true umoreover'. 16- t in i'rei " Confederacy, where the principle of tne cot ' current majority is not practically reognised Sthe cent ripetal is stronger than the centrifi 'al 'dec of' the parties; further, thati - he Legislative branch of the government a ~Insurp:iiions gener'ally commence, and a-' mately acquie.-eed in by t ' .parl ments. In relation ...~ seral instt -tions, the Con- ' . i, i t most impjortar in prvig'I meTeet, beeni so essenitiall a eiidinged, that the Union created by it ino lort ger exists. Its guarantees, f'romn the revolt toe uwhichas been practically accomptllishte ovruhave been overthrown. and a c'onsol. dated governmtent havitng its dliscretion :mn wiill as the measure of' its powers is now th government of the Uniotn. Every comnpra netointo whici the South has enttered including thte compromises inacorporated in th, great charter of public iiberties, has been ut icily disregarded. By legislativ'e devkes, our peoplc now a: heretofore, are not otnly ina ei'ect despoiled o thie profits of their industry, but their contri butions to the public purse con;imie to be ex pende'd ina unjust proportionas, to further th<a interests of' thte revilers and sa:ppers of' thei domestic altar's. While by Congt'essionai Ienactmnents, the Nor'th in the various bran chtes of indtustry, have been forced into: conditioni of' unexampled wecalth and power the advancement of' the Sonuth, so prodigahll) h'urtnished by nature with all the elemients o1 prosperit y and1( greatness, hta occupied a posi lion far below that it would ha~ve reached had the Confeder:aiion been composed of com people ini interest and feeling. The Nortl andSothi teiuhy days of the Republic itmmeasurableC blessinigs it insured. Unhap. jily, it is ntow maintained by thte formeri te eti'etuate its long cherished designa--hie dis. f'tanchlisemnent and dcgratdation of' tlte latter. If asked for the evidence of these g'rave accusations ag'ainst the go vernmentts and peo ple, who~so support anid frietndshtip we oniec so dearly valued, IJ int with grief of heart, to the often perp aated, or attempted en-. eroac'hmenits by Congress on the reserved rights of' the States ; the incenidiary resolu-. tions of State Legislattures; the sweeping dcen unciat ions emanatimg from dlifferent asso celations, formed for the special end of' ear ryitg throughout our borders the torch of in. sturrection; the bitter anid vindietive feelinigs of the Press, the Bar, and I may aidd, the Pulpit; the inaflammatory hatrangues at popu. lar meetings ; the actualI robbery of millions of our slave property by emissaries, not onily without an effort by the Northern State GoN ernments to eniforce the provisions of the Constitution conicerning fugitives "held to labor," but by the athority of' law and the force of public opinion encouraging and ss taimang these fanatical exhibit ions of' public sentiment; thte annihilation at a blow, of the principle of State equality by the exclusion of one htalf the citizens of the Confederacy from all p.'rticipation in the newly acquired domain: the violtion of a great sectional comipromnise by the dismemberment of a Sonthern member of the Union. in order, at a convenie'nt .season, to carve from its bosom a free and hostile state; in tine, the utnens iner assaults upon the character of the slave. htolder by all classes, in public mand in private, as amn enemy to God and man--as unworthy of a seat at the tabre of the Lord, or to enjo~y as co-p:atners, thme noblest bequnest ever in herited by freemen. The utimmate obiject of this consentaneous mnovement, in which gov emancipation of the. negro throutehout -e region in which h6is-constittio h&d property, although it4 execution may cOig? to the same -rve themaster and tieA , and spread esolationI over their comli in. home. While I rejoice'in the conviction that a large number of individuals at the North do entertain conservative opinions on the matter of slave property, and whose voice is occa sionally'leard in the uproar of the waters of strife, yet overawed by the impetuosity of the torrent which is perhaps destined to over whelm the land, they involuntarily shrink from the task of attempting to stay its progress. The instances are rare in which, where the effort has been made, deprivation of office, or other mark of displeasure and rebuke, did not quickly- follow. This of itself, If proof were needed, proclaims the deep-seatedness and all-pervading character of the disease which affects the body politic of that extensive and populous region. For about one-third of her political exist ence, South Carolina has presented an al most uninterrupted scene of disquietude and excitement, underlhe provocation of con tumelies and threats, poured from a thousand tongues, and in forms the most offensive. During that period. it. may with truth be af. firmed, that the public mind has not for a year been free from the most painful solicitude. Peace indeed has long fled from our borders, and discontent and alarm are everywhere present. Better, far better, it would have ben, for the South to engage in deadly coul fliet with the North, than to rave endured the torturing anxiety of an anomalous struggle, the consequences of which are beyond th ken of human prescience. An open war u limited by the causes which produce it, bul the further continuance of such a war-po litical, religious and social-as has beer waged by one party against the other, and ir which a strictly defensive attitude has unwa: veringly been preserved by the weaker, wouk falsify and dishonor the history of the Angh Saxon race. Whatever may be said by th demagogue and the fanatic, it is our pride an high privilege to declare, that the unexample( forbearance of the South is referable solell to its unaffected devotion to the compact o 1789, and the principles of constitutiona liberty. Our present distressed and agitated condi tion has not arisen solely from the recent ag gressive measures of the Federal Govern ment. These effected by illicit and wily com binations, having destroyed forever the bal ance of ppwer between the two sections, .th f equality of the States, and the equality o right in the people of the States, constitut % the crowing evidence of the fixed determini f tion of a dominant majority to consummat its perfidious purpose of seizing by a law c its own enactment, the entire inieritance of r common ancestry. The startling truth v a length stands openly revealed, that the la; a hope of arresting the career of infatuate 1 rulers is gone forever. The final act of th i drana is over, and when the curtain whic screens the future from the eye of the patrk a shall be lifted, it may be, that the Pahrnett banner will be seen, anong other standard: e waving over a triumphant people, united I e institutions, and in determination to maintai y with fidelity their new relations with t co-soveriprs, and the nations of the n - But shouTd it please the All-wiso Dispost - events in His inscrutable Providence to e sign us the condition of the British Tsland s the West, and to rivet the chains with wvl i- we are manacled, the people of South Car na will, at least, be comforted with the as (their country. Does hope still linger in your bosoms i. -the dark cloud which envelopes the politi ~horizon will yet be dispelled? Thati enemy will forego his premeditated design Ired neing your honored Commuonwealth to lonial vassahige ? To these questions a a Sfactory answer will be found in the melaine lyepr of thme past-the overshadov ' f the General Government, ins - ythe permanent ascenmdency of the secimm,, -party which aims at the annihilation of ou tproperty, the history of famnatieism, the renes Sed and augmented agitation of the slaver question, and the recent practIcal verificatio -of our fears that, at the North, the provision of the Constitution in beha~lf of Souther -rightsecannot be enforced without the shmed ilng of blood. If, to that section, which not has the control of every department of th~ government, the preservation of the Confed eracy is indlispensabile to the completion o its work of desecration and ruin, to us it dissolution, as a compact between thirty-on States, is necessamry to our social and politicai quiet, and the samfet y of our institutions. Or dained " to establish justice, insure domesti, tranmquility, provide for the common defene promote the general welfamre, and secure-tI blessings of liberty to ourselves and our pos terity "-in relation to each and all of thesa essential objects, the Bond of Union havint buien deliberately mutilated by a majority o the contracting parties, the minority have nm longer any security for life., liberty an< property. The time, then, has arrived to resume thn exercise of the powers of self-protection wvhich, in the hour of unsuspecting conlidence we urrndeedto foreign hands. We muns r-raieour political system onsome sure: adsfrbasis. There is no power, moral o~ phisical, that can prevent it. Thme event isin dissolubly linked wvith its cause, and fixed a~ destiny. 1In the admonitory lainguage of oui lamented statesma~n, " the worst calamity thal could betlill us would be to lose our indesen. dence, and to sink down into a state of' ae. knowledged inferiority, depending for securi. ty on forbearance, and not on our capacity and disposition to defend ourselves." I have not attempted to discuss the ques. tionm of secession. The right by a State to withdrawv from thme Onion, results from the nat ure and princiless of the Constitutional Compact, to which the States are sovereign parties. While adheritng faithiully to the remed~y of joint State aition for redress of commuon grievances, I beseech yotu to remnem. ber, that no conjuncture of evemnts ought to induce us to abandon the right of deciding ul tinmately on our own destiny. In recommending, as I now do, that South Carolina should interpose her sovereignty in order to protect her citizens, and that by co operation with her aggrieved sister States, she may be enabled to aid in averting the doom w~hichm imnpends over the civil institutions of the South, it is fit and prop~er that as a Commnonwealth, we~ shiouldl, at an early day, to he designated by you, implore the God of our fathers for the pardon of our manifold transgressions, and invoke his protection and guidanmce in tIs our day of! trotuble and af hliction, that hmi woiuld graciously vouch-saife to enlighten the minds of our Federal rulers, the North and-its citizens, and direct them in the way of truth, of reason and of justice, and preserve a once happy political family frorm-the unspea~kaible horrors of civil strife. To-morrow I shall address you on a sub.. ject of mourntil interest, still freshi ini the res collection and regrets, not only of our own State, but of the entire South. WVHITEMlARSHi B. SEABROOK. -- EDGEFIELD,.V -C RSDAY, DECEMER 5, 1850 THE LEGISLATURE. Our intelligence from tho ILgislature is to Tuesday morning last; b'itas we failed to receive any communicatioh from the Editor, who is in attendance on ita..deliberations, up to the hour of going to press, we must coni tent ourselves this week with giving a bare summary of its proceediqy up to Monday, which we copy from the Columbia papers.. - .0 - r We call attentio~ri the Proclama tion of his Excellency Gov. SEABROOK ap pointing, according to Leg ' recommen dation, Friday next, as aty-of Fasting, Hu miliation and Prayer. We are requested to state, that Rev. Wnt P. Mouzox will, on that occasion, officiate, in the Methodist Church of this place. ggr The Communication, signed "O: OF T HE OLD '96 Boys," has been received, an shall appear in our next. ggr In the list of articles on exhibition a the recent Fair of the .Stith Carolina Insti tute, we are pleased to noilce a " MAs SrnIs< GUIDE,"-an improvement in the mechanisa of watches, by Mr. H. A. GRAY, and ingeniou Artist of our Village. GOVERIIOR'S MESSAGE. We present our readers this week, to th exclusion of many otheginteresting article! the Message of Gov. SEABROOK in full. W hope its length will deter none from its perv sal, as it is, in many respects, the most in portant document that has emanated from tl Executive Departmentof our State, since th memorable days of '32. SUICIDE. We regret to notice,-hat Mr. GEORGE I MARTM, of this District, committed suicide I - Autauga County, Ala: -pn the 19th ultim< . while on a visit to a, f&*ed. No cause is a, % signed for this rash aC and, we presum . Mr. M1. was laboring 1"'r a temporary me I tal aberation at the timi. f He leaves a Wife ain. two small childrei a Mother and numero relatives and frieni t t to mourn his loss. 1 COL LOUIS *. WIGFALL. I We are highly pleased to notice, that th t gentleman, so long a resident of our Villag D has been recentlyelecjed to the Legislatui n of Texas, from Walker County, by an ove n whelninrr vote. Z - GEORGI A CONVENTION. yThe election for Members to this body h: "resulted in the election of the Union Ticke by an overwhelming majority. The Convei .tion, will assemble at~Iilledgeville on the 101 .7 instanf,. Notwithstanding this election has resite jso disa'sterously to the friends of Souther SResistance, we yet entertain the hope, th: the deliberati-ons of the- Convention will re IsuIt in good to the cause of Southern Right and although the great majority of that bod will be composed of " Union Men," that will recommend resistance in some shtape, I -the late unauthorized acts of the Feder. Congress. NORTHERN PUBLICATIONS. The imnpolicy of our encouraging Nortfher Periodicals and Newspapers, hazs se ofte been urged upon the attention of the Souti athat we feel reluctant again to touch upon th~ subject. Nothing but a rigid regard to who we conceive to be' our duty, could induce u: at this time, to do so. If it were wrong in us, many years ago, t encourage with our money, the publicationc the~ organs of those "fcw miserable fanaics, among whom abolitionism was said at thin time, to 1~e exclusivelyr confined, is it not noi doubly so, when, according to the testimon of our public men at Washington, they har grc wn to be a powerful party, against whon the most eminent and influential of their poli ticians daire not stand in opposition?' Ais who have now, almost as one man, made fearful onslaught upon our institutions? It matters not, that somec of these publica tions do ntot, openly, assail us through thzel columnse.. Policj aIone deters them. Thiey are therefore, not thie less dangerous on tha aceount. Their owners and publishers havi all imbibed the "rfell spirit," amd it is crirnina in us, at this crisis, to contribute to the sup port of men, whlo would'see our institutionm and people crushid and annihilated ! Away with ati Noretern Newspapers ant Periodicals, say we I IW" The Chalston Mercury of the 30th ult. says: "It is said that the Troops hmnded here the other duiy, are on thndir way to Texas, wvhether to help-the Texansi, or the New Mexi cat, or the Cuntancvhes, we are not informed. By the way, a telegraphie despach i a North. ern paper stateashn~t theo rumor of this 'move menit, on r larhmton,' produced- a great ex citement in Savunnh. Wec are not so exci table here, and Air. FlLrzoRE nmight send the 'whole of his disposable force without raising much nixiLtv.g K s. .egativeFroueems IN SENATE. WEDNESDAi, November 27i 1850.. Mr. Griflin presented the return of tlfe Commissioners of Free Schools for Edgetield District, for the ybar 1850; which was refer red to the Committee on the College, Educa tion and Religion ; also The petiLfbn of the Commissioners of Pub lie Buildings for Edgefield District, praying an appropriation for a new jail for that dis trict; which was referred to the Committee on Roads and Building., and also The petition of David Payne, David C. Boazinan and others praying the establablish ment of a ferry over the Saluda River, at some point between Chappel's bidge and Higgin's ferry, which was referred to the same committee; and also The petition of U. \V. Lilessand Wife and others, praying that all the right and title of the State in-certain eseheated estate and prop erty may be vested in them and other persons named in the petition ; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary; and also The petition of James Tompkins and oth ers praying that the titleof the State to cer tain e - heated property maiy be vested in M. W. L1 es and others; which was referred to the same commtittee. Pursuant to notice and with leave of the Senate, lr. Carn introduced A bill to provide for keeping open the offi ces of clerks of the General Sessions and Common Pleas in certain cases; and also - A bill to define the powers and duties of , Master and Commissioners in Equity in cer tain cases. The bills severally received the first reading, and were referred to the Com mittee on the Judiciary and were ordered to be printed. In the*Senate, on Thursday, 28th instant, D memorials, petitions, &c., were presented. Mr. Gist offered the following resolution e Resolmcd, That the delegates from this State who have attended the Nashville Con vention be allowed the same compensation for their travelling and per diem expenses during a the session of the Convention as is allowed a to the members of the Legislature of this State. Mr. Mazyck offered the following preamble and resolutions: . Whereas we cttn no longer hope, by the ex - ample of our forbearance or otherwise, to re n pair the breaches whielf have been made in ), the Federal Constitution, and to restore it to its original integrity; and whereas the threat ening aspect of our internal relations admon -, ishes us that it is unwise and inexpedient to k- reject any means fairly within our reach of strengthening our military defenes: There 1, fore Is Resolved, That the Governor be, and he is hereby, requested to appoint an agent to re ceive the share of the proceeds of the sales of public lands assigned to this State under the act of Congress of 4th September, 1841. is Rcsolred, That a message be sent to the House of Representatives asking their con eurrence in the foregoing preamble and reso e lutions. r- Ordered for consideration fo-morrow. REPRESENTATIVES. -, on Thursday, 28th inst., the vas occupied by the presenta. s, memorials, &c. Middleton introduced the fol. le and resolution: e Government of the United ad to secure to ns our rights of tv, and tranquility, and, otn thet rusts, an puittin inJ afd as a people ; anY 'vhereas we idvantageous to anticipa:te fromr pation in the formnrs of legisla igton: lBe it therefore hat this General Assembly will intor to till the vacancy at pre in the Senate of the Ur~ited *consideration to-mnorrow and printed. - Mr. Ashmore gave notice that he wouild or to-morrow ask leave to introdluec a bill to al s ter the first section of the third artiele of the *t, constitution; ailso, a bill to reduce the fees ol comm iissioners. retgisterse, and solicitonrs ini heqluity ; also, a bill to alter and amend the law in relation to slaves and free persons of color. M. L. M. Keitt presented a plreambtle and d resolutions relative to the Soutthern question, ,recommending-a convention of~ the people of t the State, and- declaring seces~iion as the only remedy against Northern aggressions. Mr. Hunt gave notice that lie wvould ask s; leave to introduce a bill to extend the eharter y of the Baink of the State to December, 1870. it Mfr. Leitner presented resolutions to allow the same compensation and mileage to the 0 Delegates to the Nashville Convention. from d this Staite, as that allowed to mcembers of the Lcgislature.. Mr. J. 13. Perry offered resolutions instruc ting Senator Butler not to occupy his seat in n the United State Senate, and requesting our nRepresentatives to-adopt the samie course un t, Mr. Lyles gave notice that lhe would intro e dhuce a bill to prohibit the introduction of t slaves into this State after 1st March next, except brought by emigrants intending to-lo eate therein. Inte IN SENATE. nteSenate, on Friday, 29th instant, a nmmber of. petitions, memorials, reports,-&c., were presented. Among the other business trtnaaeted, was the introduction of the fol v lowing resolutions by Mr. Marshall: Resol red, That the Union was formed for the purpose of establishing justice, insuring domestic tranquaility, and promoting the gen ' oral wvelare of the people of the several - States of the Union ; that the constitution of Sthe United States is a compact acceded to and ratified by the States ini their separate and sovereign capacity; and that thme right to en joy our property and the pursuit of happiness - is gnarantied alike to all as er/uals by this rcompact. That thme General Government is onie of limited powers, and that the several States to the compact which created this agent have reserved to themselves respectively all powvers not delegated by the constittutioni; I nd "that in all eases of compact between pairtics, having no common judge, each party bhas a right to judge for itself; as well of the infraction as the mode of redress." Resolred, That when- the constitution was adopted the property in slares wa expressly recognised by the insertion of four special guaranieis: 1. An exemuption of the Aicean slave trade from the general powers of Con gress over commerce for the .space of twventy years; 2. Representatives for staves in the Nationadl Legislature; 3. The right to de manud the delivery of fugi:ive slaves escaping into non-shaneholding Statest 4. The obli gation in Congress to suppress insurrection. That those gniaranties stamp slavery upon the very haeart.of this government, and before it cani be restricted or abolished thle Federai Gov enent must first be destroyed: Resolred.Thait the territonies of Californi;: and New Mexico were eeded in absolute sov reignty to tho government of the United tes; hat. th ase eer..al tt .es of th'e lm .tin.. acquired indefeasible title to these trrito ries, and are joint orwners of this common d main, and entitled alike to the same privileges and the same protection under the guarantees of the constitution. That the general gov ernment, as the agent of the several States, was bound to extend these rights and privi leges to all as equals, and to remove all ob structions to their enjoyment; and when it undertakes to diseriminate between the do mestic institutions of one section of this. Union in favor of another, it violates-the ends for which it was created. Resolred, That Congress,in admitting Cali fornia under the atendant circumstances, con firmed the usurpation of the Executive, and the unauthorized and revolutionary -seizure of the public domain, and destroyed the line of 36 30, which was originally acquiesced in as a measure of compromise and peace. That the dismemberment of Texas by the Federal Government, with the sword in one hand and the purse in the other, is a blow aimed at the sovereignty of the States of this Union. That the abolition of the slave trade in the District of Columbia is unconstitutional, and is intended as the enitering-reedge for the ab olitiorn of slavery in that District, in the forts, arsenals, magazines, and dock-yards situated in the Southern States, and the abolition of the slave trade between the States. That the non-interceniion doctrine, as applied to the Territorial Governments of Utah and New Mexico, is a fraud upon the rights of the South; and that the whole of these measures are intended to circumscribe and localize the institution of slavery, with a view to its final destruction. Resolved, That these acts of Congress call for prompt and doncerted action on the part of the shtveholding States, and that for this pur. pose South Carolina stands ready and prepar ed to unite with the Southern States in any Measure that will preserve and protect their rights, their honor and institutions from the unjust and despotie rule of the Federal Oov ernnent, be that measure secession or rev olution. Resolred, That this General Assembly con firms and ratifies the preamble and resola tions of the late Nashville Convention, and highly approves of the recommendation of n Southern Congress. composed of delegates (rom the slaveholding States, clothed witli -plenary powers to " provide for their fiture safety and independence Resolred, That for the pufrpose of darrying out the recommendations of the Nahvilk Convention, and of this State deliberating ir her sovereign capacity upon the present posi tion of our Federal afftirs, it is expedient foi this General Assembly to call a convention oJ the people. Resolred, That it be referred to the dom mittee on military and pensions, for the pur pose of placing South Carolina in a positior to meet any and every emergency, to inquir into the expediency of increasing our ord nance and ordnance stores, and of plaemin them in such locations throughout the Stat, as will be most convenient for the arming an< equilyping the people of the State. Ordered for eonsideratio'n to-miiorrow, am to be printed. Mr. Adams, from the committee appointe< on the part of the Senate,. to count the bal lots for Commissioners in Equity for the dis tricts of Abbeville, Chester, Lexington an< Colleton, reported the following gentlemne had received a majority of votes, and wer duly elected, viz: H. A. Jones, Abbeville; 1H. A. Meetze Lexington; 0. P. Willians, Colleton; J Ilemplhill, Chester. Mr. Gritlin presented the petition of manj itizens of Edgellekl.ditr, pramying that: nlijoad rpenjjly laid out from the stean Cane road at ohnTompliins''maL.oe s/ tinued; which was referred to the commnitte on roads and bafidings. Also,1 The petition of the commissioners, lam owners, and mamny citizens of Edgefield dis trict, praying that a puLblic road recently laki out fronm the steam milF on the Martintowi road, to thme Laong Cane road, at Jolm Tomf kins' mill, granted at tlre last session of tim Legislature, be continued; which was refer red to the eomnzittee on roads and buildings Mr. Griflirn also presented the memorial o the Town Coimneil of Hamburg, praying cer tain amendments of their charter; which was referred to the connmittee on incorporation: and engrosced acts. Mr. Gritlin also presented the petition o: John Holly, senior, praying that his ferr aross the Big Saluda river may be rechar teredl: which wvas referred to the comnmittet on roads amnd buildings. HOUSE OF REP'RESENTATIVES. Thlie following resolutions wvere introduced by Mr. B. F. Perry: Whereas the re'eent legislation of Congres on thme subject of slavery, and the continmuei aggressions of the North on the rights of' thi South, render it necessary thait all the slave, holding States should tak'e common council and action for their own security and honor and whereas the Nashville Couvention hart recommended a Southern Conigress for the purpose of considering our grievances, and prescribing the mode and measure of redress; Be it therefore Resolved, That this Legislature do hereby concur in the proposition to convene a Coni gress of the Southern States, for the purpose of obtaining security for the future and in demnity for the past; and the committee on the judiciary are hereby imnsructed to report a bill for the election of Representatives or the part of' Sonth Carolina, to such Congress. I'tesolved, That in ease any of' the Southern States should refuse or neglect to appoint delegates to a Southern Congress, then it shall be the duty of his Excellency the Go veror, to send delegates to such State to urge the people and the legislatures thiereof, to unite wvith the other Southern States in a Congress of the whole South. IN SENATE. MONAYu, December 2, 1850. The Senate met at half-past 9 o'clock pur suat to adjournment. The clerk reamd the journal of the proceed ing of Saturday. Mr. Grithin presented the petition of James H. Taylor and others, praying an act of~ in corporation for "the Havne Cotton Mill" compny in Edgefleld distict; which was re ferred to the committee on incorporationis and engrossed acts; also. The petition of John Lipscombi, praying to be refunded a double tax; which was referred to the committee on tinance and banks; also The petition of H. A. Kenriek and others praying for an aet of iueorporation for " the Hamburg Paper Mill" company; which was refrred to the conimnittee on incorporamtions and engrossed acts. 3Mr. Mazyck presented the memorial of sun dry citizens of Charleston, prayinig for the passage of ana act to provide for the inspec tioa of flour; which was referred to the com maittee on commerce and the mechmanic arts. Mr. Porter also presented the- memorial of the fedical Association of the State of'South Carolina, praying some legislation concerninw the registration of~ births, marriages,.anal deaths; which was referred to the Commit tee Utandin~Go24uaitt9os~ The following are theStajding Commit. tees appoiuted at the present session of .the General Assembly of .Souli Carolina. IN THE SE14TE. Privileges aid Elections esars. DeTre; ville, Moses, Gist, Alston, _.Jey. Federal Relations-MessrsV;zyek, With. erspoon, Porter, Carew, Mn I. D. Wi. son, Adams. Pinance and Tanks-Messrs. uchanan Felder, Marsball, Carew, Nowell. Judiciary-3lessrs. Moses, DudleyNston, DeTreville, Caldwell. Accounts and Vacant Offices-Messra. Evins, Skipper. Claims and Grievanees-Mesars. Porter, wilson, Williamson, Eaves, Gauze. Military and Pensions--Msrs. lann, Barnes, Mezyck, Quattlebumu, Miller." Incorporations and Engrossed Acts-Messrs Griffin, Hibben, Ware., College, Education and Religion- Me rs. Manning, Townsend, Barker. Agriulture and Internal Improvements. Messrs. Taylor, Bull, Ward. Cannon, 3. 3. Wilson. Roads and Buildings-Messrs. Wither spoon, Adams, Perry, Irby, Lawton. Lunatic Assylum and Medical Accounts Messrs. Palmer, Goodwyn, Evinv. Legislative Library-Messrs. L D. Wilson, Bedon, Townsend. Commerce, Manufactures and the Meelanie Arts--3essrs. Carn, Bedon, ID. Wilson. IN TH E HOUSE. Privileges and Elections-James H.Irby, William Giles, B. J. Johnson, F.N. Garvin, A. C. Garlington, E. C. Leittier, L. Boozer, James M. Nelson, R. G. W. Grissette, E. P. Jones, James Sinkler. .. Ways and Means-C. G. Memminger, A. W. Thompson, F. D. Richardson, R. Moor-. man. A. G. Summer, B. F. Perry, A. H. Dta kin, N. R. 3iddletoj, T. 31. Wagner.-.- - Federal Relatioi1s-John S. Preston,1J. U. Trby, Edward MeCrady, John PhilipsGabrid Manigault, James Chesnutt, jr., C. T.Hasil, L. 1. Keitt, J. P. Reed. Judiciary-Benj. F. Hunt, Nelson Mitchell, F. H. Wardlaw, W. R. Robertson, Samuel McGowen, J. W. Harrison, IV. F. Hutson, Henry R. Lesene, A. C. Garlington. Internal linpfovenients--JohnL Middleton, William Giles, Sathel McAliley, J. H. Kina ler, James Cantey, J. P. Reed; W. 3. Keit, 31. M. Benbow, 3. K. Vance. . e Claims-J. D. Ashmore, W. S.Lylep, 11. Dean, J. N: McElwee, sr., J. B. Carapelr, E. Alexander, jr., A. Q. DonneWant, P.F. Duin eat, F. . Baker. -Milltary-James Cantey, S. Cruickshanks, J. C. U3lut, T. W. Waters, W. D. DeSaus. sure, F. N. Garvin, Jas. Sinkler, G. Manigaultf S.'31. Montgonery. Roads, Bridges and Ferries-S.~McAlilef, Donald R. Barton, V. S. Lvles, John Smith, G. J. Mivres, E. Brownle, D. W. Jordan, Al len RoliertsomT; T. P. Brockman. Publie Baildings-W. A. Oweas,-R. G. Mc:Caw, Simon Verdief, WA Rowel, Jo; Abney, A. Robertson, Jos. W. Duncan, S. T. Montgomery, J. P. Kinard. Incorporations-B. Y. Aiartin;E. P. Smit.h, James 31. Nelson, J. W.Wilkinson, V: R. Robertson, J. B. Perry, G. A. Addison; J. F. Poppenheim, James C. Campbelt. Education-C. P. Sullivan, C. Tr. Hasksl, S. MeGowen, A. IV. Btrnet, J. V. Wilkin son, Ed. McCrady, N.- R, Middleton, E. M. Clark, 'V. H. Evans. Accounts-E. 3. Arthur, T. S. Marion, G: S. Myers, J, C. Blum, T. K.~Cureton, P T LHammond, John Smih,' 3. C. MeKewn, -L. Patterson. . . M1. Baker, J. B. Perry, D. J. e1bonhMd, Johm emimsjr,.K.VceDistrict 0flices and Offieers.A. W.2'hinip son;J. 'T. Whiitetield, L Boozer; 3 . A: Dar gar, TI. WV. Moore, A. M1. Lowiy>G. A. Addi son, Win. Giles, H. II. Clark. Agriculture-A. G. Summer, A..o):es, E. M. Clark, D. K. Bamrton, P. F. Hammnnnd, Jas. B. Hleyward, P. E. Duncan, T. S. Marion. A. - W Burnet. Grievancs-L. M. Ayem', T. lK. Cureton 3. Easely,jr., M1. M. lBenbow, As R. Johnson, 3. T. W~hitefield,. 3. Patterson, 3. N. McEhiee, sr.. WV. B. Rowell. Lumnntic Assylum-Benj. F. Perry, T. W. rMoore, John Wright, H. HI. Clark, J. F. Pop. p'enhleim; .. a. Blaickwell, J. H. Kinsler, T. Cumnninghmam, 3. W. Duanchn.. Pensions-G. W. Willistas, 11. .1. Dean, D'. J. MceDonald, Simon Verdier, J. Abney, A. G. Johnson, W,. Bowers, P'. B. Brockman, Di. 3. Wilkinson. .Pulie f'rinting-J. W.-NHarrington, J: A. Dargamn, E. Alexander, jr., S.--W. Evaun, P. iDella Torre, W. H1. Evanrs. 3. W. Tucker. .Wedichl-John 3. Ingram; 3. C.- 3ieKena B. W. Bradiev, WV. D. Jennitig, B. WV. Las. ton, WV. Keitt, J-.. WV. Ienrst. -Vacant Offices--P.-Deli'a T'orre, E. P. Smith-, A. Q. Dnnovant, E. C. Leitner, John Wriglit, John Pfillis, A. 31. Lowry. Engrossed .Acts-B. 3. Johnston, WV. D. DeSaussure, H. D. tessesne; F.-. ftichard son, 3. WV. Harrikn. Legislative Library-N. Mitchenl,- A. H. Duncan, 3. B. Heyward, E. P. JTones,- 5. WV. Evans. Gatheringa. W Tap. Mississippi Hoitse of Represen tat ives have passed a resolution by a majority of fourteen, disapjproving thme course of Gen. Henry S. Foote, IUnited States Senator from that State. Gov. Quitman sent a Mfessage to tiie Le gielature advising an immediate organization of thme Mlitia of the State. W Hrmnatr IHARTYESS, a citizen of Ca tawba county, N. C; was arrested last week, under a requisition of the Governor of South Camrolinma, for negro stealing. Ca7 TIIE nANK of Hlanmburg, has declared a dividend of three dollars per share for the last six months, being at thme rite of twelve per cent, per anm, payable on or after the lirst of' January, 1851. 7 A'FINE.erop of tobacco-from Spaniski seed has been raised,-near Wihnington, N. C.; andl the specimen warrants the' bel'iefrthat the sand hills- of North Carolhna will produce as fine tobocco as any country in tho world. 7 F. S. Hoaimes, Esq., was on the 2nd inst. elected 'Professor of Geology and Palw.. ontology of the College of Charleston, by the' Trustees of that Institution. . W Andrew Lowvand J. M. Wright, Esgs: have been: appointed and recognized as Vice' Consuls of Austria. The fonner for the portb of Sarannah, Ga., andi tho-hmtter fbi the port, of Apalachi'cloFlorid. W TtourPsoN.----They ar'e spealinq of getting up an indignation meeting in New.. Yurk, to inite Tuto~rrsoa, tiin -bolitionist, fo leare thme coumntry. g~g LARGE FEE.--Ilhe Medical 'Times s-ty.i the-largrest doctor's feeon record, is that received by Mons. FErL He operated 1e fistula in and upon Louis XIV'; his fee was: ?f6,000-$27,000. I-r IS sAD that~ words hurt nbd-nvr theless Sampson jawed a thousand Plulntines tn ratb.