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The pledge. is professedly aimed at Southern as welI'a orthern opposers of that famous "settle and is a very strong assertion of thendi t ination to allow no restitution of the- plunder, and to show no mercy to those who dre still to call for jus tice. Clay and Faoi of course have signed it; but Cass and King, for very prudential reasons, hold off. Nor will they be denoune ed for their recusane-. One of the object f this movement is to Isolate South Carolina. In the midst of thcir mainy schemes of plunder, they have still time to think of her; it is even doubtful which of the two most absorbs and agitates the souls of these devout Union-loving pa triots, tho spoila.or South Carolina. They oscillate between them in ludicrous emtbar rasament. They know that if the State chooses to go out of the Union, they cannot I keep her in it, 'hilst they miserably fear the consequenees tothemselves. To fight or not to fight is thebgifestion, and they generally end the puzzle by,.wishing South Carolina0 to the devil, and sawiring'she will soon be glad enough to get back into the Union again. -From what I hear and see in this city, you have nothing to fear, unless it be division among yourselves; and I cannot persuade myself that a people who have been hereto. fore so harmoniously knit together, will allow themselves to be distracted at the very crbis of their controversy. In the meantime, in anticipation of her de cision, South Carolina may expect from Southern Legislatures, and.from all qnarters, 'the most extensive and persevering elforts to --' a"r.nd to break her sptrit. everyvuury m u-sv gniipiysor anyoy. They exult in the "tCompromise,"~ since the only point-in. which it is uot'enenly in their , fiivor, has become so-bjpthe tiractiend nullifi -catiionfath ,fbblitisbable.' I have just heard of a ease of a0 Virgitin-r fromt Culpepper. who land got possession of his shaves in Pennsylvania, and* was beset at night. the slaves taken from him and he himself turned ont of the village to sleep in the fields, yet the Virginia House of Dele'gates hatve just come within one vote of e.ndorsing the Comn promise, a~s a beneficent settleme~nt of the great controversy! HOMESTEAD EXEMWTIoN.--The IIoxncetd! Exemption Law went into operation in the State of Newv York on the 1st inst. It pro vides that for debts thereafter contracted, the homestead of a debtor to the amount of Sl , 000 shall be exempt from execution ; so that in ease of the bankrtptey or emubarrassmnent of the head of a family, the unfortunate cani not be stripped of their all by the miereiless creditors, and turned from their home ttpon the charities of the world, but shall have pre served unto them a homte, wherc the sociatl circle may remain unbroken. In order, however, to be placed in a posi tion to enjoy the benefits of this latw, it is -necessary that~a special registry shall be made of each homestead intended to be held sub ject to thte exemnption.-State-Rights Rep. Gathorings, g- BENioN DEFEATED.-Onr telegraphic despatches inform us that on the fortieth bal-~ lot, Geyer (Whig) wvas-elected U. S. Senator from Missouri. The vote stood Geyer 80, Benton 5i5, scattering 24. gg0-PosT OmrcEs.-A new post ofliec has been established in York Distriet, called "Legal Law," and John L. Carroll appointed postmaster. The name of Woodvillv, Abjbe yille post office, Laurens district, chatnged to that of "Palmetto." CAesE or DEATIL-One of the alligator-s of the New York mnuseumi recently departed this life. A local of the city while recording an offi~al obituary, remarks that, " on one occasion he was observed to breathierand~sooni after he was observed not to breaithe," aind that the latst occurrence was the cause of his JENNiY'S 3fovEMENxTS.--The Louisville Jour nal has received a letter fronm Mr. Ba~rnuam saying that Jenny Lind will be at N. Orleans by the 1st of February, and remain there some weeks. She-will also be ini Louisville after her engagemieni, in:Newv Orleans. SMALL Pox IN CHARtLoTTE, N. C.-Thec Board of Health of Charlotte, N. C., report ed for the week ending on Tuesday, January 14, sixteen new eases and three deaths of the prevailing disease. SALE CF HER oN.O Saturday, Hien-i ry Long, the fugitive slave, was sold at Rich-! mend, at public auction, by Mssrs. Pulliamt & Slade, and purchased by Mr. David Clop ton, of Georgia, $750. ConoNER's (SQUEST.--An inquest was held v esterday iorning over the body of Mr. John aleCreight, a nativ'e of Irelhmd. The.verdiet, of the Jury was, that the deceased came to his death from intemperance. A ScuoLAn KTLLED BY A SCHooLMISTnESS. . -Quite an excitement exists in Acton, Mats achusetts, caused by the sudden death of a boy, about ten years of age. Seome two weeks since he was punished by the school mistress, and thrown upon the floor. Since that time he has been unwell, and on Sutnday * week died. Thes Lowell Advertiser states that'a post-mortem examination showed that hits a-k was broken. EDGEFIELD, - C TIIURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1851. ggf- Advertisements omitted this week shall appear, coi.spicuously inserted in our next issue. (:7' Tm: article of "SENEX" was receiv ed just as we were going to press. It coin cides with our own views and shall appear in our next number. NOTICE. Tm.E publishers of those papers to which the undersigned is a subscriber will please direct to him at Edgefield C. I. A. SIMKINS. 5g WE insert to-day the advertisement of the trustees of the ANDEnsoN FLIALE SE!m.N.ArY, to which attention is invited. This Academy is evidently well prepared to sustain the assurances of its founders and supporters. Its locatiu in the healthful and beautiful village of Anderson cannot be sur passed. : WE are indebted to the Ilon. A. BUnT for a copy of the Congressional directory for the present session. V"' WE call especial attention to the re sponses of several gentlemen whose names are in non:ation for the Convention. Many have not yet responded we presume they will be forth-cominiog in time for our next. There is a strong desire on the part of many voters to hear from all. " Attention i< invited to the advertise nents of 3Messrs. Ssowox & SurAR, M)er chants in Augunta, Ga. They have been, for many years, residents of that city and have proved themselves worthy of the patronage they have so extensively received. 07 Tr. January number of the MAsoNIc MIscErLANY, Is upon our table, and demands our commendation for its neatness, typo graphical and editorial. It is worthy of the honorable old order it represents. i WE have omitted to notice the arrival in our box, of a very well-printed and well conducted pmper, styled "TiE AnNAKSAW TRAVELLEr.," and published at Camden, Owa chita CY., Ark. If if lasts as well as the fun-provoking reel of the same name, its for tune is made. ALARM OF FIRE. SomE excitennt was produced ih our Vil lage yesterday by the-alarm of fire. The fire was.taking efMeet in one of the walls of the "-- T3-d.., and but for tbe promt exertions TnmE last mail brings no i ntelligenceof any considerable interest from the seat of gov'. ernent. The French spoliation bill, it is thought will certainly be passedl. " By this bill, says Mr. Icran~n of Va., we contract an additional debt of five millions." The commit tee on A griculture havo repor ted a bill to give every head of family a quar ter section (160 acres) of land for settling and cultivat ing the same for a specitied period. ERROR CORRECTED. Ax erroneous impression has gotten abroad in reference to the worthy Rector of our Fe.. male Institute. It is not true that the state of his health prevents his attendance to his duties. From the day of his re-opening', he has1 beeni constantly and efliciently at his post and the School has beeni going on with per.. feet regnlarity. We would appeal againt to the district pride of our peole foir an increased patron age of this admirably condueted Institution. Those who neglect it,are closing their eyes t o their true interests and standing in the way of the certamin advaincement of their daughters. With the .encourmgemnent it richly merits, wye are contident it will prove to be a central luminary, the enlightening and refining influ ences of whose beamns will tell, for many a day, in our conununity. INFORMATION WANTED. WE were recently accosted by a very re spectablc old genth-mnan, who shall be name less, with the following query--" W~hat upon earth has become of the literary club these village people were talking about so largely a year or two ago." "It is impossibjle for mec to say," was our reply. " If it be still existing, it must hold its meetinmgs in the heart of some deep Aca demnie grove, for it is never heard from. If it be defunet, we have certainly no obituary evi deneo of the fact." "Then you think," returned the old gent, " that there is a probability of its being neith er dead nor alive." "Yes, that is very nearly mny idea." "Well, well," exclaimed our friend, with a sigh which had very nmucht the sound of 'eheu,' " These days are degenerate days in deed. Now in my time, when people under took a thing they were pretty certain to carry it out. liut now, ahl me! they have'nt fairly begun one thing before they're off upon another.-To-day this is the "lajesf agonyl,'' -to-morrow that's "all the rage." Is not the world, sir, going crazy with its tantrnms and" "Stop, my good friend, allow me a word -don't waste al1 this upon a single hearer, but restrain yourself and we will advertise for thk~ estray chib; and if a quorum can yet be gathered, you shall have a hearing, a full hearing upon this sub'ject." Accordingly we repeat our caption, " Infor mation wanted as to the whereabouts of the Literary Club." Will any one give us light unan the subject ? CHARLESTON"PROGRESS. WE copy to-day from the Charleston Cou rier, a pleasing account of two newly estab lished factories, one for the manufleture of Castor Oil-another for the construction of Steam Cars. The good work of Southern enterprise is fairly berrun, and we doubt not, will go bravely on. We, of the country, while denying to our valued city the entire honor of leading the State, yet gladly accord to her the praise of doing most things well many things, nobly. In the encouragremellt and advancement of home industry she is un questionably prominent; and of this we are all proud. Engineers and Apothecaries! Patronise the above mentioned establishments and prove your principles by your acts. COLUMBUS TDIES, Published in Columbus, Ga.-A gallant Southron is lie of the Columbus Times, and as true tohis home as HEcTOR was to Trov. We cannot understand the callousness that can remain passive under his stirring,patriotic appeals. On another column, will be found an arti cle from his pen upon the proposed revival of the Tariff'question. It is well to watch this movement in time-not that we Cn hope to avert, in the Union, that or any measure Northern majorities think proper to force upon us-but to give additional weight to the argu mnlut for learing the Union, with the utuost despatch. Our pseudo-brethren have already done enough to outrage the feelings of every truly just man the country over, and, not con tent with this, they seek again to dr:tg the monster of Protection into the arena to snek the very lire-blood of our prosperity. If this be not oppression of the deepest dye, we know not what more is requisite to make it so. It is adding Ossa to Olympus, politically speahing, and if we bow iubmissively be neath the burden, we may but expect to groan forever in servitude. THE INCREASE OF TAXATION. Tur exigences of our State have called for increased appropriations, and the necessary consequence has been an increase of taxa tion, suflicient to meet those appropriations. We aro grieved to learn that there exists among our people, the smallest degree of dissatisfaction with this wise provision of our Legislature, and can but think that it is the result of a partial examination into the con sidera ions, which influenced that course of policy. It is but right that every citizen should re gard with a jealous eye the undue expendi ture of the public funds-right, that he should clamor loudy, under ordinary. circum stanees,against the creation of anjr..new de partment, calculated to ergtil upgtho. tate peril as the present, when the wise mimt hesi taites to decide his course, and even the brave mamn looks to find encouragement in his broth er's eye, it is thoughtless and unkind, prema turely to ratise the cry of mail-legislattion against a body, which has assiduously eindea vored to do the best for the salvaition of' our common State, beccause, forsooth, they found it necessary to levy an additional amnunt of taxes, to promote that great end. This, wo are sure, cannot be the feecling of> of any considerablo p(Irtion of l':dgefield. No-our people have not forgotten the noble motto they have so often shouted with enthbusi asm, "Millions for defencee, not a cnt for for tribute." And we cannot doubt but that (the question being fully examined,) they would again make the wvelkain ring with peal after peal, "Millions-millions for defence." WVe observe an excellent article upon this subject in the last Sumpter )ianner, headed "lior much are F"reedom and Ilonor worth !" which we will endeavor to give in our next. IR ELA.i. THIERE is a project on foot, undler the atus pices of certain Statesmen :md enpitalists of England, to ameliorate the condit onl of this .tun'ering country bmy making it the thorough fare of trade and travel to and from the Great WVest. It is intended to coimeet a port upon it's western shore with somne point in the cast, most convenient to Englatnd, by Rail Road commiunication. There is no doubt as to the diminution of the thne, required upon the best existent line of Steamers to, reach Englhnd, that this scheme will eflert. We do not think there is a drop of Irish blood in our veins-yet our sympathies for that unfortunate people have ever been as strong, as though there were some reail allini ty. We cannot but rejoice at any intelli gence which leads tis to expect that their cup of bitterness will pass from them. " It's a long lane that knows no turning." May the turn be near at hand for the sons of Erin. It is certain that the above-mentioned sehemec will go- far towards rescusitating and enlivening this drooping isle of the ocean. At the same time it opens a door for profita bjle invest ment of capit al. We second the hints of the Charleston Keres, to our newly chartered Steam Natviga tion Company as to watching, and, if it i:; worthy of approv-d, embracing the opportut nity here offered. RA[SE YOUR OWN POTATOES. "Swecet potatoes or Irish ?" we are asked. WVhy~, both-but we arc speaking at this time of the latter. They arc now selling in our village at the enormous price of two dollars per bushel, and scarce at that. Have you a quarter of an acreof ground to grow them on ? If so, you arc to blame for not having~ an abundance. We (excuse the vanity) have fifteen or twenty bushels on hand from that quantity of ground, after a lavish use of six months. Any one who de.ires to know otur 'modus operandi,' can have it by applying to this afic.a .t SECESSION AHD REVOLUTION. Tir. these shelTldCregarded as necegs rily convertible terms, we do not admit. But that the former will, in our case, lead into the latter, is very possible. The mere with-drawi g from the Union of a single State, for reasons deemed suflicient by those councils which have the care of her pecnliar sovereignty, is an act under the Con. stitution and consonant- with the compact to which she is a party. Of course, it cannot properly be called revolutionary. It is a spe. eial, reserved right, recognised from -the foundation of the confederacy. One of the most eminent statesmen of the age has, it is true, spoken of this right as an absurdity. But be it remembered, this states man is DANIEL WERsTER and a citizen ol Massachusetts. As DAN.IEL WEDSTFR, lii fame is inseparably interwoven with that o our Union in its National character, and his better judgement has been warped by the ton strong desire of preserving unbroken, undej all circumstances, that broad tablet, upoi which his grcat~impres3 has been so indelibly stamped. As a citizen of Massachusetts, he has even been a gainer by the co-partnershil and has, with due respect we say it, evidently struggled to convince himself of the futility of its limitations. But it is vain to deny that day-light, wher Cod's blessed sunshida is streaming dowr upon us, and it is equalI" vain to gain-say IIh( right of secession as in(licated upon the faet of the Constitution, and proved by the carl% history of the Republic. The denial of thi; right is a direct step towards centrlization o! power in the General Government, a doctrint almost universally rephiated by the Sonth And yet secession however constitutional may result in revolution; but the fault wil not be onrs. If this action of theaState be resisted b% the authorities at Washington in any shapt or form, direct or indirect, then may we cer tainly expect a rovolition, and possibly, : bloody one. It is supposed that ai issue ol this sort will be avoided by a- system, not grrossly ofensive, but calculated to crippt our commerce and destroy our prosperity. Oppression of this description, it is imaginled will effect the purpose proposed, the subjec tion of South Carolina, without arousing tih indignation of the S6ithern people. In othei words, it is assuming that the intelligent free. men of the South a be made the dupes o a grand polkie , by which they are gradually to b into that political er'ded ih is, the abeolute su. premacy ver the State Go ~ vernmen pposing that tlhey will quie I witness the estah lislneno wheh ustlead t( the en n- of their political ...... nusism thamt enter in to tifeoaposiionm o6thec Southern chiarne ter. Let the experiment be tried, and we verily believe, it will; be~the signal for genieral revolution. What!'are we to believe that Virginia, to whom we are indebted for our very manmers and emmoms, and from whom we even derive thousands of our namnes, wvill assist in trampling her daughter into the dumst ! That Alabamam ndFlorida, thousan:ds~ of wvhose citizens still turn to Carolina as thec object of their fillial devotion, will sidier us~ to sink, unaided and alone! That Georgi:: and North Carolina, eon; near neighl~brs and proven: friends, will f1il to conme over to the help of a sister, strngghng to resist the exe cution of nmndate as unhallowed a:s ever emanated froml a tyram's court! Wec need not spea:k of Mississippi, for no one doubts her symipathies. But togo further, are we to believe thamt th~e army anli the navy, crowded as they are with Southeri soldiers and South ern seamen, will bie the .villing excenitionuers of anm edict, which will tven exclude us fromn the common privileges of a conquered pro vince ! All this we can never believe, until it shl::l stare us in the feo as a dreadful re ality. Whien these eon ingenicia sha:ll have oceurred, and not befor,. we will admit that the Ihope of freedom lis indeed " bid the wvorld farewell" not for :season only, but for all time to come. Fronm the State-1tigihts liepublian. L.ator News fran Europe. ARIRIvAL of~ TIE AinTie. BA~ruonE:, JThn. 22. The' Ancrre ha-s broubt 35 psengers. T'he AMEnIeA arrived at Lverpool ou the 7th inst. At the departure of the ucrICT on the I Ith inist., the Liverpool Cotton~i:rket, wais ditli andi drooping. andi~ prices, t'ough not acttually lowver than by the Asia, wre- less tirm, espe eially middling gnalities. The sales fo'r the week mounted to 20'800l bales, of which Speenlato. took 15'000' and Exporters I'000. Flour an~d Grain were Iaguid-Cana:l 20s, tol2s Gd. 1B:ltimore 23. Corn, ad declined mid. Yellow 31s ; White 32s. Provisions were muore aire. Beef com mnanded tull prices imuproviir, and Lard had advanceed Gd. The English news was unnportan:t. Thle French Minister hadu isigned in conse quence of hostilities betwee Napoleon anid General Changarnier. The ew Cabinet coni sists of Dr. Rownyn. D~elays. General Reynd De Jean, Minister oForeign Alirs, and De Anhey Miniktcr of \ar amnd Marine. General P'errot takes commadI of the Nation al G uamrds. 'rhe l'aris ]Jourse was 'in. Fives 0.1. German ailhirs are still unseted. A FlonT is Cuencm.-A ispute has ex isted for sonme time past :mmg the mneniners of the " German Evangelal P'rotestm it Chureb," in Chilicothe. La Sunday it ri penied into a fight, in wvhit several, amnd amnong these Mrs. IIamss, the crgyman's vwe, were badly wounided. Theim iw was violent and hiloody-the condition :thme seats amnd walls of tile church presenitiun~mimist akrble evidence of this. The sceneimst have been disgraceful, and disgusting toel really Chris tian observers.-Cin Gazette. Threre in mw mediinie nmain death PAR THE ALVLRTfSER. Mr. Editor:- fully accord to the people, the right, on all such questions as may deep- 1 ly interest or deeply agitate the comitmit, to ascertain the seimthents of every um, in whom it is Iropo: eJ, to repose a high public trust. The peop!e of South Carolina have now a question to decide, the gravest perhpnjis, that has been presented t'j them :ace their eman eipation from the domi::ion of Gre:at Britain. In all probability, it will become their duty, ia a short time, to prove themselves the only vindicators of the doerines of Jet1erson and MAdison. and the only true assertors of State sovereignly and fiee governmient, on the American Continent. It may be left witlh them, to solve the problem, and unaided to maintain their solution of it-whether or not the consti:ution was ori!gially a compact en tered into by the States as sep:rate sovereign ties, and whether or not the Union is the re tllt of such acompact: and if so, whether the right of mecessioni does not followv as a necessary consequence. He that supports the contrary unconstitu tional doctrine, is no Republie:m-no friend t: the slaveholding portion of the United St:ates, but a fit subject for a consolidated despotic or mi-onarchieal goverinent. I have been brought up, with a religious reverence for the Republic:.n principles, elieri-lied and promulgated by our revolutionary ancestors, and for the constitution framed by their wi. dom, iand vindicated by their valor. It was to mtaintaini those principles and that constitu tion, in their parity, that I was ready, in the days of Null itieation, to put to the hazard, mV body and my estate, in resikting the en cro-chments of the Federal Governuent up on the chartered rigits of the South. The cause is as urgent now as it then was, and the enorni;ies of despotism perpetrated against us, have only been aggravated, in the couri-e of time anid the progre.is of evets. The constant agitation ot the subject of slavery, by the majority of the nation, for the selfish purpose of maintaining their suprem acy, and for p:ndering to the wild ravings of mad fuaticism, furnishes a ground of coin pl-int, igainst the Norti, suticict to enkin dle the spirit of every Souther:a man, who l not dead to all sense of interest, of hiior, of p.itriutism, or of duty. The excitement on thi question has been carried to such an ex treme. that our very firesides have become in secure. Our see:ion is deluged with ineen diary agents and f.it ical pulaietions, Ca4Lu lated. at any time, to rouse our slaves to insurrectioi. That there nmy be no pal!iating cirncumstance attending the whole matter, Oiur Congress, instead of suppressing this vile spirit, are contiudly famming it. into a fl:uiie, by enouaging thepresentation of abolition. preI enied in thir sytialf$ Compromise, aind contenip! uously styled thie " Omnibus Bill." Bly this system of mns ures, slavery hais been comp!ctely cireumuseri beour property has been dhoomued to a eer tiin depreiation i value, and the remnonstraii 'ees of slave-hlders have been spurned, and their rights tr::mipled in the dust by the Na t ional Leislature. Bleause, it has been: de creed, and without a hbange in the atction of thle Congress and government, thait decree is as irrevocable as the voice of God, that ito slave-state shiall hereafter be adiiitted inito the Cofederer, ad tha nol.ve-holder sia!, inzwigr::te, withi his property. to aiiy of the terri:ories of the Unitedh Statis, thoiigh ;hat very terituory was wvon, with the t reasure eon tributed fromzi his ownl pur-e, an~d wvith the bld tihat flowed fr'om his own veinm.. To re.,ist all ihese evils. and to preserve my heritage of freedom, I ami the untquatlided avoente of a stern policy. To be sure, I would prefer, that one or imore of the State; should co-operate with us, for the meut uail pro teetion and defence of us all, in case the Goy ermnent should resort to extreme miea.sures of coierciotn. It occumrs t a me too, that t.. render the mioveimeiit of South Caroliina moure effee tunal, wo should make~ our prepairationis full and complete, andii exhaist all ouir elforts to Iobt tin a Xiouthern Coiifeec, before we strike the finail bhow, and cut the las~t cord that isinds us to t he Union. it aniswVer to the~ initerrog~atories prop~ounld ed ini the list Adlver!!irer,l sayt~, withotit hesi-; tatioii, that I a n redat any timie, to sus tin my niv~~e Staite, with my hndi and hieart, whether she bergh or w hethier she lhe wirong.v She has thu aut hority to conumad me, and j I owe her obedien~ce before maiy other power or potent: on eairth. Bunt, I am of the Iopinion, and I muist frankly declare it, that if elected to the Convent ion, I should feel bounil, in dtuty, to use all the influnence I could exert to g:i the co-operation of somec of the other Souithern States, befoire I woulid urge the sepairate secession of south Carolinma, :nd that I wvotild t hen only consent to imipiril iiy State, to so great ani exteiit, as the last act taud the la4t remtedy that the Coniventioii conld proipose ; provided, thait, in the mean time, there should be no sailutary change in the faice of our aftfairs, anid ino alteration in the sentimuents and views of the people I re present ed. T. WVATSON. FOR TIIE ADvERlTIsEn. M1Ir. Edilor:--In the Advertiser of the i 23d inst., over the signature of ".3ANY OF Ip voea Fm~row-Cmznss," I see the following W initerro'gatory proponded to the Canudidates 01 for election to the Conivention, viz: " If our d prospects do not change betweeni t his and the w tinie von umty be called up~on to act, will you wV vote for the sepairate steession of South en Carolina, withiouit delauy f' i Fellow..Ciizens, my reply is brief. Should c the time arrive, when the alterina:ive is p)re- ini sented, submnission; Or seerssi)lon le, I, if ti elected, wili votie for the separate seessionz of South Carolina, without delay. V'ery re.,jeeu fully, ha J. C' RE2EDY. ha~ Fol THE .DviERTISEi. Mr. Editor :-Through the partial kind iess of some of my friends I hIve bceii nm -d to the people of Edgefield istrict as a imitble person to represent them in the State .onvention. If the pos ilioni Was One of ionor alone, hewever. I might nppreciaite meh a complinent, I should feel myself at iherty to decline it. But when it is one of ieril , well as honour; he is no worthy son if South Caroliia who shrinks from tlie per. iormant. of any duly, or refuses to incur the x!Qposiubility of any pos", which his lfelow itizens may s'ign him. In selecting di le pites to the llost importnit asseibly that iis ever convened in the State since the Rev Alution, the electors should be carelful to Ahoose such men its will truly represent the public opinion and feeling of the District. To do this, the opinions and principles of those whose namies may be presented as can didates, and from whom the people aro to make a choice. should not be concealed or left in doubt. I shall not attempt now to discuss the great question which induced the call of the Convention by the Legislature. Mnd which will foru the basis of its action. Oar wrongs and insults,and the remedy, have been dictissed in ill their phases, until the public mind has been made yp and the people are prepared to render their verdict. I am for secession, conjointly and in concert with other Southern States if practicable, but in any event, for ession. We have joined with some of our sister States in a Nashville Convention. That Con vention has recommended a Southern Con gress to consider of our grievaices and the remedy. Our State LegiLiture lias provided for the election of deleg.aes to that Congress. L is, at this time, impossible to foreknow whethier the Southern Corgress will ever as seible; and it' it does assemble, what will he its action. Good faith to the other States represented in the Nashville Convention de manids. that we should await the result of the recoiiIndation of that Convention ; and Com0mon prudence requires that we should Imlake the effort to unite other States with us. in whatever measures we may adopt. Should the Southern Congrebs assemble. composed of deleg:tes fromi a respectable number of States, and agree upon :my specific measure or reconmendation with tolerable unanimit:. I should regard such measure or recomnmen dation, though not absolutely conclusire. as entitled to very great consideration and weight in determining tle action of the State Convent ion. But if the Southern Congress fails, aid when all reasonable hope of uniting other Southern States with us in the common cause is abanidoned, then I am for imzumediate s-ces sin by the State of South Carolina alone. Ltthc, noencb wha their approbamtion 1 inm willing to serve them in the State Conventioni to the best of my humible abhilit y ; it it does not, I earnestly en treat t hemi to choose at more worthy' represeni tation. JAME~S JONES. ron Tumm:.AI~vERTISER. MrI,. Edier:-ln comnpliance with thme re jue(1t ma~de in the communication of "M~ArV JF YOUR FELI~ow-CITJZrlits," I niow respect uiIly solicit a brief space in the columns of ~he Advertiser. Language would fail me, were I to attemopt o express my gratituide for the kindness hieih placed my name in thie list atmong hose who are reconnnended as suitable to Clpresent t his Distriet, in the Conivenition au lhorized by thme late Legislature. TIo lbe re ;arded as compeent and trust-worthyv to at .eat, ini such atn assemblage, would, in may ejinion, lbe complimentary to the greattest sorith anid the most dist ingu ishied abili:y. Townards this nomiination, I had no :igency ~ithier direct ly or indirectly. It is amn honor ,vhichi I nteithier sought, nor do I now decline, hiould the partit of the people of Edge: leld D)istrict, prompt them to conmfer upon ne, the distinction whmich hats been proposed >y my friends. I fratnkly acknowledge, that can grive no0 assurance that may services will >e commiienisurate whth the trust that will lbe mnposed,-ahllie pledge which f can give, is fa constant and an ab'idiy ,fide/ly. lBut houild they, in their judgimeit, see fit to ex Inde niy namie, and select others who iiave eeni proposed, in view of their cha~ratcter, ud their talent, I shall regaird it as no0 d11 arttagemienit to myself, aind conseqtueiitly will ot peermit an unipleasanit emotion to disturb yv breast. Tuching the~ imiportanc'e of the Conven on, I imagine there is but little difference of pinion. I doubt not, but all atre satisfied that me deliberate aind palpable viohiution of the nranitees of the Constittion, have been orne, until forbearanice will cease to be :i itule. Ini the Federal Government of the nited Staites, we now haive no0faith-fromi ,we hamve no hope-and consequently for it. e have NO cIIr.iTr. But wo are willing to t in good faiuh towards our sister State, of; e South, aind abide with them, a concert of' ~tion, providled they prove to us, that their Ced policy is to secure to thtemselves anmd us QUr~Tyr or lDErEsNIeseNc. But rather than subuuit to that inequiality the Government, which will entamil upon >sterity servile and lasting degradattion, we nuld not hesitate to take our cause into ir own haznds. and by separate and indepen-t nt XState ction, to make a page in history, bich will show to future generautions, that are a gallant anid high-minded pe'ople, who( nnot submit to the inijury and inisult wh~ichli miow being meeted unito us, relying for sue ss, upon (lie justice of our cause, and( trust- I Sto that God in whose hands atre (lie des-r les of aull nations. JOhIN LAKE. v No tidinp yet received of the steamer At tie,seriou~ t'ears art' enitertninetd. Ithat shei a hi:..1a the tt oho' t he Preient. I r; ToR TIE ADVERTISE Mr Editor.-I find in several of the last numbers of your paper my natne in nomina3 tion by my friends as a Delegate forthe Stat Conve'ition. And in the last paper I see a communica. tion signed "Many Citizens," Calling upon those, whose names have been put in nomi. nation, to declare their sentifent on one of the most important questions that probably has ever come before the American j' I I do not seek the position that my has been put in nomination for. Yet, sir, in a time like the present, I shuit not shrink from the humble discharge of h0 the duties that may devolre on me-hojd;- 0, my fellow clIizens think proper to elevatiW to the high position of a Delegate Convention. I deem it an undeniable right belongin the people of the State of South Cidtlina to know the opinions and views of those who are proposed to Represent them in that Con Vention, and as such I will briefly give my Views. I am in favour of the establishment of Southern Confederacy to be composed of a mnany of the Southern States as possibljein be united. But should the -other Sotlert States fuil or refuse to unite with South--& ulina in forming a Southern Confederayand resisting the unjust and unconstitutio gressions and oppressions of the No a reekless and increasing majormty" n, gress-I then go for seperato aid' - State action, trustin incthe protecuionan guidance of Him who rules the universe, a in the justice of our cause. I prefer to found anong those who are to be.sieificad . upon the altar of liberty and justice, t i9_. ing disgraced, ruined and degraded... These, fellow citizens, are the measures I go for at home or abroad, in the Convention or in the State. And should you elect mea shall endeavor to serve you faithfulyt best of my ability. R. B. BOUKNIGHT i The Hamburg Republican w ~ i.. For THE ADVERT1sE. "Algernon Uydneym i e - Convention M. EniTon:-A writer in a tiUbei of the Carolinian, over GEnsox SYDNEY," has-ou oa tack the Bill passed aC5 a sion of our Legislature, calling a-C on o t eo ple of the State. Asthfaisinihier ous in its tendency, and 6 i6NihiP hs'. been attributed to a p4a griished citizen of-otfri*own WV. PICKENS) I htvr tho in doing this4k i South Ca ma.L n positions. - - The only porton~au~ shaill reply, is the -ton edci attempt on the part o i or,tor A unpopmular with the people oStiWs ower'o~ try, this indisapensable meadr .f egil' - tion; by very broadly hiinting b h6.gon-. vention, when assembled, mnin .thfit tim general reelfairc of thme State wlp:mstd by readjusting the basis ofist'tion and annulling the comproi'INmbetween the lowier and upper country, adopted-in 1808.4 Realt assured, the Contention thif possess nto such porrer ; as any one will at oneiperceive,. who is at all familiar with the proceedinga of the last session of the Legislature, and who took the trouble to read the debates that pre ceded the adoption of the Bill calling. that Convention. The Act expressly declares, ag "SroD.r" hmas properly stated-biut which. he does not correetly construe-that its ohb jects shall be, " to take into consideration the prceig and recommendations of a Con. gress of the slaveholding States, if the mame4 shall meet and he held; and for the further puirpose of taking into consideration the gen erail welfaire of the State in viero of her refa lions to the lames and gorernment of the Uinited States ; and thereupon to take care that the commIIonwlth of South Carolina shall suf ler no dletriment." The italics are our; and we stubmit, that we havenas great a right to use them, as has '"Sr-sEy!"-none of.the wordls in the original, being thus printed. It is manifest, therefore, that "Ar.GznNoN Srnse~r " is unnecessarily alarmed at the ex tent of power this Convention will possess; auwl that hc is but yielding to thre dictates of a morbid and erratic fancy, in supposing th* I it will hold "all porcer" in its hands-that aill limitations attempted to be thrown overnt, will be~to use his own rather hackneyed met-. - aphor-" like cobwebs over the roused lion." [For oce have shown from the very words of the Act itself, thamt it will meet for a purpose strictly d:/ined, and expresslylimited ! -The truth is, to suppose that the Conventionlwill hold " all powrer " in its hands, is both-to lose sight, entirely, of the object for which trit body ha~s been called into existence, and to - asstume that the Legislature cannot 'eaia Convention for a particular purpose. That the Legislature has the power of lim-. uing the authority of a Convention of thie ieopile, and that such Convention cannot ex :eed those limits, I need only refer to-the do. >ates in our Legisture at tho memorable sea 'ion that called the Convention of '82,and o the very able and lueid opinion of the late :ba neellor IItanrER, delivered in the ecfelfra ed cases, of " Tus STATE er relationte MC :nI:Anr vs IILsT ;" and "TIIE SxT'e2 -elatione M~cDANIEL vs MCMEEI. Every me, at all fammiliar with thme history of lie roublous times to which we. hreiee ed, mut know, that that Coniev ~ a~ae or definite objcets anmd that las longv and successfully oppoe tb6 uggested, that its pow~ers coul lui 'd-that anmon" other thmni utn n al amrish Representation in the Les.Iture of