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Asyou have had the goodness to copy the admuir.ible address of the Edgelield delega tion, to their constituents, your readers have alreadv been informed that the Legislature, at its fast session. enacted a bill to elect dele gates to a Sottthtrn Congre. ss. and to call a Convention of the people of the State ; and they have, probably, thus been put in posses sion of the ablest exposition that could be made, of the whole proecedings on the pas sage of that act. But if there should still be any mis:pprehension as to the bill, in or der fully to ascertain its character and pur pose, it will be necessary to enter a li ttle into daiil, for which we beg your indulgence. Every member of the Legi.hnture, excepnt. perhaps, one or two, when that body was de liberating on the acts of the federal govern ment relating to the interests and instittiions of the slave-holding States, avowed that his sole object, in the cotrse lie pursued, was to procure a dissolution of the Union, at the earliest practicable period. In regtrd to the means to be employed, and the no'de of con duct to be adopted, to produce such a result, there was a ditYeretce of opinion. Mr. 31em minger, Col. John S. Preston, Col. Chesnut, and others, (if we miatake not.) maintained that a disruption of the confederacy, in a short time, was inevitable from the natural course of events, and that a Southern confederacy was possible of attainment, without any pre eipitation, violence, or convulsion. They. therefore, asked that the recommendations of the Nashville convention be strictly observed, and that no other measures be resorted to, except such as were requisite to place the State in an attitude of defence, and sotme stringent policy regulations, which, after a sharp strutggle, were rejected, as imptlitie and inappropriate to the present juncture. Tihe other portion of the metmbers, who conist itutted at large majority of the legishai nre, urged, on the contrary, that the Southern Convention was, in fact, an abortion, and that conseqtuently, its sutggestions w.ere not bind ing. They saw a genertl acqutiesence, by all the Southern Stattes in the compromise sebemes._o the~ last sesrsion of Congirp an'd con'idering the immense pattronage o1 the General Government, atnd the great cor.. rnptibility of politicians, they conceived the* idea of "a uniotn of the South for the s:dke of the Union," or of a Southern Confederacy. attainable without a shock, to lbe utterly pre p.>sterous. A Southern Congtess also occutr red to them, as a thing wholly imipract ieuible, until sonme of the States at the South hand seceded, or in the unaipt phrase of the day. plunged inito the midst of revolution. imi pressed with these convictiotns, aind in view of the repeated wrongs and otrages inflicted upon uts, (which aill admltitted,) and sustained by a high resolve to do their whole dttty itn spite of conisequtencees, atnd to peril property. life and aill, rather than beair the inifamy of tame submission to injury, the ma~jority bold ly declared, thait it was biecomitng in South Carolina to go forthwith itnto Conventtion, anti begini a s.epara: ion, if she wotultd pre .srve untarinished, her bright honor-the he gacy from a brave aind glorious anciestiy. This being the state of the case, and such the vie'vs of the Legishitlure, bills wvere drawnt up by both parties embnlodvinig their senti mnents. One was a bill to call a Cotnvemioni of the peophe of thle State. and the other, :t bill to elect depuities to a Sottthern Congress. Tihe first passedl the Sena~te, byv mote than the constitutional tmajority of two thirds, but was lost in the Houtse, (75) seventy-live votinig for it, and (.12) forty-two aigainist it. The number of reptesentates being (1U) cite hunidred and twemiy-four, (83) e.ighty-thiree were required in the atiirmattive. The other bill was then pressed by its frietnds~atnd wotuld have met a worse faute, had noct the coniven tioni bill, wit h some imodificationis, been added to it as an amendment. The resutlt of the whole contest was a comtpromtise, submitted, ini formt, cin the next dayv, 18th Decemtber, by Mr. Campb~iehl of Charleston, wvhich passed the Hotuse by a ma jority of. (109) one huntdred and ninie to (12) twelve, receivitng nearly the unanimtotus vote of the Senate, anid tihus became the laiw unider which the State is now calted upion to elect delegates. Asa the shortniess of the lime allowed the people for chtoo-ing lit representatives, and the length of the pieriodl that tmust elapse be fore their services cant lhe usefulI, have beent object t o, by at writer ini the South Carolinian, undirer the 'signature of' " Alg.ernon Sydniey," it may be itmportumt to explain the cause of it. The comprwomise spoken of, was princeipally in regard to timie. Thte frietnds of a Conivent tion, atnd of earl'. seplaraite State actionu, deemed it folly, ai:d ant utnbeeotmiing he-ita tiotn, to wvait for at Southern Conigress. w.vhich was never to assemtble, or to loo~k to the suggestions of an imnpoteint Natshville Coni vention, whiose deliberatiotis had entirely fatil ed to subserve atny valuable purpose, antd had even thrown obstacles in the way of the ac comphtlihmenit of out freedotm. But to gratti fv the earnest desire of the other memberts of the Hotuse, anid to promote the ha~rmnony of the legislative coutnsels, they agreed to atct, for ontce, on the supposition that the pro eeedings of the coniventtion assemnbled at Nashtville were obligratory- ont themt, anid that a Southern Cotngress, by somte remnote piossi bility, miight be organized. Front these coii siderations, the time of the meeting of the State Cotnventtion was postpotied. But to give indicattioni and force to their act, anid to pledge irrevocably, the State of South Caro lina and the Legislature thereof, so long as she regards her sovereign and sacred honor, ad the rights of her citizens, to the most de tcrmnined, atctive, and decisive resistance to the oppressive aicts of the Feder~d Governiment to Nullification, Secession, Revoltution, or to a measure of any oter name by which our State to action, without a enaigo almlOSt ui racutlous in the aspect of our aflibirs, it was determined to fix the election of delegates at an C:irly period. A similar reason moved those who in the asoendancy to require that the convention. should be called together by a simple inajori tv of the legislature, who should also desig inate the day For its meeting. They knew the proneness of men to fltter and reed'e, on the approach of a dreadful exijgeney, and they were aware how diflicult it wa:s.vel for stout hearted soldiers to "i fbce the music," on the eve o a de.perate confliet. The e'lerts likewise, that wvould be made, during the course of the present year, by the timid, and by interested and superannu ated politicians to tamper with the legislature, and to engender discord and disseminate strife in its counlsel, met with due consideration ; and SOm(e of tthe provions of' the bill, especially those relating to time, were adopted with aii eve steadily directed to such influence. To speak frankiy, it was thouglit best that the State should not only be committed to sepa rate action, but that the work should actu:iily be begun, in order to cherish and keep alive the sprit of resis'ance, and to prevent the bad effect oi the imiinds of tile people of those specious argunents by which "the worse is made to appear the better reason," and which have often misled the truest and bravest men ill all governients and in all ages of the world. Should the Congress of the United States become so infatuated by the victory it has ial ready achieved over tile South-so confilet of power, and so forgetful of right and the const;iu:ion, as to perpetrate some foul ag- I gresion calculated to rouse the sleeping spirit of the slave-holdiig Staes, and to galvanize their dead sensllitiies into life and motion, by electing your delegates in February next, ycu will put it in the power of the Governor to call together a convention, authorized to en-operate heartily and effetually with our Rip Vam Winkle sisters. If your delegates be wise men, it will be an advantage both to themselves and to their country, to have them chosen some months antecedent to tile tile of their conveilg. Being alive to tile vast responsibility, they will incur by their acts, tlev will address themselves diligently to theirdties, and be come better instructed in them. Nor wili it alter the case, if' a new issue, in tile mean time, should arise. Tihe delegates are to re present the will of tile people at tle time they asseinble, and if they be good and hon orible men, they will, unquestionably, sympa thize with their constituents as mucl, and render theimitelves as true exponents of their wishes. tunder tile present manner of' election, as if they were to be elected oil the day of taking their seats. Few gentlemen of information, will ven ture to queition tile power of the Legislature, to authorize, by two-thirds of its body, a ma jorily of the samne, to fix a day for the meet ing of at Assembly, which has already been created by its supreme will. No one doubts that the Governor may be inveited with such autioritv ; and if so, it is appoarent, that the majority of a body greater than he, may like wise be so endowed. Besides, nearly the whole Legislature voted finally for the con vention bill. and it would take tile most glar in incon.Siteey, n and the vilest defection thait ever occurred in the legisldative anntals of' any country, to atfee~t tile uhimlate ac'tionl of thlat body, ill calling the dehegates together, and ini complleting the preparations begun, for muttintg the State in a defensive positionI. We hlave thus attempted to ainswer the I 0i:s: of exception, to tile chlief sets of t he las' legislature, thlat the minds of "AIMernon Sydney," and all othecri may b~e sat i.fied as to tile p)ropriety and dignity of' its conduct, and as5 to the loftiness and purity of its motives. "Algernon Sydney" is a natme lnouts for course,~' and deair t o liberty, and terrible to dle:'i-pol ; and withlout any imipeachlment of mlo'ives, w e trust it wvill niever be prostituted to sow tile seedsk of' dissension, and to inicul cste sutbmisoion to tx ranoy. Sir: It will appear, from the foregoing statement, that. we are ini truth, - ini die miidSt of' greatt events"-on thle very verge of' a dis solution of' a Union. hallowed by gr'eat s:-eri Yotir legi.~dature lias dect'eed if. TIho inte rests, the honor, and the fair famne of our State have required it. The frienlds of cii liberty through' ut the whole South have de mn d~:d amid expected it of' us5,as the hlabituial ad-;ociat es of free governmlent, and the w~or his desc end~ants of' a boldl ra:ce of warriors. IWe have now ito room to retreat, if' we were mei~~an einoug~h to see.k it. If' we sink dowvn ino sulbiion, we will desce'e toi be trod den upon by the beasts of the field,.:md even to beC er'iivled over hiv loaithisome reptiles aind their " slimIy brood."' Let tts rather advance fearleasly to thle task atssigned us, and like men'i and freemen, hazard all in def'endintg the rich heiitaige derived f'roml otur father's. If South C.arolinians are not prepaired to sacrifice their wealth, anid evenl to pour out their blood if' needful to insure stu'cess, they are itot pireplared foi' thtis emetrgency'~. Yes sir, our c'oncep'htionls of' dut y must be elevatted :above dollars :mnd cents,:md0 even thle peril of' ouir lives, or we arec irreCtrieva~bly degraded and rinted. We who1l atddress you have this consrolationi, ze'ns who are influenced ill their condtuct by either thle fear of' shame or the love of' glory, or lby ai just estimaite of the~ valuie oif liberty: if, ini thle appr'oachling tial:, Soulth Cai'oiina sh:.dl act ill ebar;.eter with hierself,~ though otir mite for'I her ireasar'y lbe inronid~.eeraible, we have bothI body' and sotul foi' her' sei'vice ; but if she f::il to a:.'ert her digiiity atnd to protect the chtie'est inte'rests of' her peoleL, t hougha she be dearer to us thtan the apple of' ouir eve, we are a.bsolved fronm our allegiance to het' by her own wrtong. 'iThe woi'ld is all lbefore usa, whecre to chioose Our place of rest, and Providenice 01ur gliude." We c-in find perhaps. in a more generous clitme, that freedom denied us ini the tlnd of' our fathers. Jouix I[A~trnas. CarrrTa . or- Ftont.--Resolut ions hiave been introducee.into tile FloridaL Legislature for' thle remioval of' the seat of go ernmltent f'rom Tahhtssee to sonie other point. Cer to se.lecit a suitale ltace to which'l remove it. In tihe selection of' the site, they are to take into considerat ion its centr'al position. healthy locaition, and thle inlterest of' the State ait lairge, and to repiort at the ntext sessIin of tile Legis lat ure. Tinr, AnT.SrAN WErLr..-Mr. Welton has gone to tile depth of one thouitsanld feet and is nowi engaiged in puttting down his tubes to securie further operationls. For ntealy this whole depthl, with the except ion of' occasiont al boulders, lie ha~s cut thirought a bed of' marl. We have not seen tile cemllical :inaly sis, hut suchi is the appearml:ee. His latest borings show a considerable inc'r'ue of'sand, arnd tile rise of water atbove the surface is a very h opeful indiention.-Charleston Mer'. p:" Tus Legislatture of North Carolina fitnily adjout'nied on WVednesday latst--theI bill whichl had been before the two H-ouses, providing for the caill of a Convention of' the people of' the State, was rejected in fth Senata e y vetonf 3i to 11. EDGEFIELD. C. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1851. RELIGIOUS NOTICE. The Rev. Mr. Bnooss will preach in the Baptist Church of this place, every Sabbath inorniig and afternoon, until the return of Dr. JonxSsos. 3-5 WE call attention to the Advertise. ment of VI.r.IA II. CnZAs, of Augusta. It will be seen that great bargains may be had at his establishment. We have heard some things which lead us to believe this is no hoax. ,. Wr. have been requested by Brig. Gen'). Join% R. WEvER, to statc for the infor mation of the Officers of his Brigade, that by an Act of the Legislature of December last, commanders of compnmies are required to drill their companies at least six times in each Year. gjT" The Rev. JosErii MooRE died at his residence near this place on Tuesday morning the 4th inst. The deceased was, perhaps, the oldest minister of the Methodist denomina. tion in the State. Hle was,in truth,a veteran of the Cross. A crown of glory from his master's hand will rewaid his faithful "hold ing out to the end." -- -0 ANOTHER PRINTER GONE. We have learned from a private source that Mr. JAMES CoCHRAN. for several years fore man in this office, died in Columbia on Sun. day night last. le was a Masonand an Odd Fellow, and, above all, had through a life of usefulness, maintained the reputation of an honest man. It will be remembered that the deceased was the originator of the Jlamburg Republi can. We trust he has ceased his labors be low, for the enjoyment of eternal rest in heaven. DAGUERREOTYPES. Those w ho wish an excellent thing of this sort, would do well to call at Mr. LEIGH'S rooms in the Spann Hotel. We direct atten tion to his advertisenment. le is a South Carolinian by birth, and, beyond doubt, caleu lted to come up to his promises. " WE, understand that, Miss ELIZA PE. LOT intending this year to become a student instead of an Instructress, her Elder sister Miss CoRNELIA PELOT, the accomplished and expe-rienced lady, who has t-muglt the last vent in Dr. G. TENNANT'S family in this District, has kindly consented to take charge of the Primary Department of the Edgefield Insti. tute. This is the more advantageous to the Institution, as Miss P. is competent to con. duct anmy class in the School. HOPE OF TIlE ATLANTIC'S SAFETY. A despath to the oilice of the Sterttes Rliqhts .Rennmlavn. damu fnl ah,-re. pp1 9. says:--"Thme Captain of the ship, Tarquin, arrived at N. Y., reports seeing a large Ameri ean steamer without bow-sprit, under sail, steering for the Western Islands. The At. lentic had no bow-sprit. JOHiN lIAMPDEN. WVe give our readers to dayv, this article, which appeared in a late number of the Tele. graph. It is conceived, mainly, in a yery proper spirit, andl gives a true delineation of the causes which led to the action adopted by the Legislat ure. The author must piardon us for omitting particulamr passage near the close of his piece Our exclusion of that portion is a mere mat. ter of taste. WITlDIttlWALIS. Our readers willuobserve in this week's pa per, that the nmamne of JTudge BUTLER, has beer omitted in thme list of those, wvho have beet proposed as Candidates for the State Conven tion. This has beenm done by his friends here after full consideration. Judge BUTLER wa! not consulted before his name wvas announced nor has lie been since consulted as to hi wishes on the subject ; his absence and th< short lime allowed before the election, havi prevented it. IHis friends, after full reflection have concluded, that a senmt, in the Conventioi might be regarded by himu,as inconsistant witi his duties as Senator in Congress, and al though they have the most unlimited confi dence in his patriotic devotion to the State and know that his feelings are thoroughij with her in her present position, they hayi deemed it due, ais well to him as to the Stati at harge, whose Representative lie now is, t< withidraw his name as a Candidate for tI Convent ion. The friends of Col. JOhN ]3wAUE-rr, at li: requiest, beg leave respectfully to ainnounce that lie is not a candidate for a seat in thi State Convention; his naime is therefore with dramwn from the list of those, who have beet recommiended ams suitable candidates for thma high trust. The names of Ansrn Pr~nnis, Esq., an of Col. L. II. .\Uxvay, are also respectfuill: withidra wn. Ef" I-r will be seen that the New Yori legislators are giving indications of a dispos ion to follow suit to the Vermont action i reference to the Fugitive Slave Bill. " S< mote it, be." As we are firmly convinced tha~ a union of feelinig can never be restored be tween the two great sections, North an' South, we~ hail, with the liveliest smt isfactiotn every thing that tenids to hasten anid complet the disrupt ion. WVe dread only a CJonmpro mise. We detest the very word; because a fr as lhe Sotith is concerned, it has evel beemi but ainother name for concession, abso lute conceessionh, without the return o1 at equivalent. And now we are fully preparei to say without reserve-lot Sewardisqm pro vail throughout tho Free States-nothinh could be more fortunate for the SouthI. Om ranks would be closed at once, our front form .an ,a lin p,,s,,,-. long, firm invincible "SENEL" Orn readers will perceive that We Ivte laid before them to-day the article which was heralded in our last. It vras said of that trti cle, "its views coincided with our own." Tis we now promptly retract, and beg that all will excuse us for our first editorial slip. We had but glanced overit in great haste for the purpose of catching the authoFs %iews, and our decil was fidgetting, in equal has'e, to catch the script front under the pen, as the latest moment had arrivtd for going to press. In this way, we overlooked the concluding" portion of our correspordent's article. which we have since discovered. contains the very pith and marrow of his iews. From this part, we am forced to say, with all possible respect for our correspondent's opinions in general, we entirely dissent. The main portion of bii. positions, in point of number, we still admit are in unison with out own views, and, indeed, they would form no unapt preface to the declaration of the most ultra advocates of separate State action. These give no other evidence, than that they are from the pen of one, who feels, as w know our correspondent does, the deep and righteous itdignation of a down-trodden and insulted freeman, who looks in vain for any chance of escape, other than that which is tc be found in the strong arm of resistance. We regret that so noble an expression o; genuine truth and sterling patriotism, con eludes with a position so incompatible wit: our humble, yet fixed opinion of the onl3 course that will lead Us, speedily and safely into the port of security and prosperity. The first mis.givings which crossed o. mind in following up the writer's thoughts occurred at tle sentence which says "ti only remedy adequate o the salvation of th< South and her institu ns lies in the separa. tion of this Union and the establishment of Southern Republic." We italicize merely t< convey our notion of the point intended. These mis-givings were again swept away it part, and our whole soul would go with thi setntiment which soon follows, were it isola ted. "I can see no way of hope, no groun of safety, short of secession." This, withou qualification or proviso, is our creed. W cannot therefore concur with the closing re marks of our worthy correspondent, wherei he says that the State. is not ready for thi: important step, and that to act alone will b< attended with ineonceivable hazard and ma result in disastrous defeat. We maintaii that the very reverse of this will be the mori probable consequence; that it will-be attendei with but little hazard, as compared with th magnitude of the interests involved, and tha ultimate and glorious success will crown th undertaking. But, 3. we have accepted fo publication thte article of "SEssx," we pre fer, as a matter of courtesy, not to join issui with him particularly, on the argument wvhieh our difference of opitton suggests. We giv< in another place our general views on thi: suhict. - THE MOU'.-tIN SIGNALS ''Te Editor of thti. WVeekly is untnecessati ly miffed wvith us, out necouttt of a brief no tiee we made of it in our last. Knowittg full well thtat no good is to b< effected, by disputing wvith thtose of our Geotr gia neighbors, who look upon a dissolutimi of this Union as so dreadful a catastrophte we forbear comnmentittg upon thte Signal, political views. Catndor cotmpels us to say that we meanm no disparatgement, by speatkintg of thtat shtee as a "miediumr" one. Our pubilisher regatrds the term as applicable to a pa~per of (one gradi smaller size. That we do not understatt "priter's parlance," as thtoroughly ats tdoe: Iour eotemtporary of thte Siguna, is our tmisfot te. We. did not speak of l.is plicis as bein itself indijfre~nt, but of htis p:aper as indicai It ing in th at number, nto leaning towards th prittciples of anty particular party. T1his wva our mteang. We tnow see whtere hte stantds. and give id. all necessary credit for his ittdependence. & 'WE thank our brother of thte Repu1 lie (Augusta) for the following generous ex pressionis, wvhich we extract from a noble edi torial of his, upon South Carolina. South ern Editors of every party ! in heaven's natt< eatch up thte sp)irit antd sentd tus furthter shout of encoura gement. It matkes us feel tha; vietory wvill surely percht upon0 otur banners To the rescue-to thte rescue ! In esponsing our cause, you butt espouse y~our owvn. "We believe, before God, Itat itf tl l th Southtern State~s had occuied thte positiotn . *Southt Carolitna, the sun would never* har shtone upon0 a Sothertt wrtong. iHer spirn whlich is described as so hideous and t reasot ablec, IS tihe spirit of '76. It isthec spirit of '0 atnd 9. It is the spirit of' freemen. We pr~g y et, for Southern uttion-for such utniont her as will make our Northern assailatnts tretmbh -at thteir injustice. Ilut if it should hap'pet that it will not. be efeted-tha~t we will be divided and distracted people, and Sou~ t hCmi olina shall be lost to us-shtall put hter tru.~ in God attd hter own arm-we trust tat de Ivotees of freedomt maty be foun~d upotn lanc antd navies mttay arise upon the se.'s, to 1en hback her invasive foes anid crowvn wvith viet( rious~ itnviteihihitv lher itnntortal efrort to cot tnue free attd itndependentdetnt." . FrGITrlvE SI.AvE ARREsTE.D.-A fugiitiv ,slave was broughtt before Commissioner 31 IAlister on yesterdaty, attd remandedC~ to hi Iowners. ie wa~s one of theo party that lel witht thte negroes thtat Mr. Taylor arroste h iere in Autgust last. Hie was sattisfied to g Iback-said before thte cotsmissionetr that It (lid ttot know lhe was rtttting away wvhett ht left--that. his associattes itnvitced hhtn to aL wed ding up thte cottutry, but heo acLcompan:ttied Ihlet to P'etnnsylvania. Hie said hte was satistic< with his experietnce itt Pennslyvania, att wvoutld have gone back before, if' he had know: the wvay, atnd coutld htave ret:rtned contveiet ly.-liamburg Union EFFECT OF SUDDEN FORTUNE.-A mal tnmed Henry Woods, itt Newv York, o hearing thte othter day that lhe httd beetn leJ a legacy of $5,000 by the death of a relativ in Scotlatnd, itmmediately quit work, go drutik, nttd the next mornitng wats fount WHAT Do WE IMEAN BY THE SEARATI ACTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA? The exercise of her inherent sovereignty act an1 independent commnonwe-alth, in anl ling a comilaet, which other parties, contract ingm with her, have grossly violated. What are we to lose by this action? I cnnot be honor-for it is the very soul o hontir. with communi:ies as with individul. to resist a wrong at its first appearance, au1 we have horne nr wrong. until patience her self is wearied with our delay. It cannot bi wealth-for it is notorious tlit the unitijust ex actions of our oppressors have drained on coutry' of a sui suflicient to have dotted i over witdh gilded palacesi. It ennnot be terri torv-forwe have yielded already our indispu table right of possession to pros inces, ampl: large enough to accommodate a new natioi It e-nnot be ime-for, if our history doe not undorg.o :m entire Thange within a brit period, our very natme must become a byc word and a reproach thre ughout the earth. Will it be said that by this act. we m::y los our very existence is a people, and with i our all! We reply, better thus thanu to live ! the end of time, with our individuality marke only by dikgrace and poverty and barrennes and insigtnificance. Bit we cannot think, that any Carolinia will be detered, from pursuing the only cours that comporth with our honor and plighte word, from a fear of the consequences; espec ally when it is matter of belief with many, th: continued adherence to the Union will be th more disastrous policy. In all such calculz tions of mere dollars and cents, wo lose sigh entirely of the high issue we are making ul on principle. Let it be continually borne in mind, thi the contest, now being waged between th antaigonistic sections (if our Ccnfederae Lmust result in the complete vindication c the Reipublican principles tipon which ou system stands, or in their utter destructior I Let it be clearly understood that South Cal olina secks a termination of this conter', tipa higher groutd than that of sectional intei est-the ground of right, broad and unquei tionable-that site will not consent longer t any indefinite post plonement of this termin: tion, because she sees clearly that it is b another name for delav-delay-delay, a infintittimn. If there were any reasonabl ground for believing that aty addition, strength is to be gained by a temporary poe ponement of her action, then might she, wit some propriety, pause in her onward coursi [ But whence is it to come! Upotn what is th expectation of such strength predicated? Upon some future aet of tyranny on the pal f the Federal Congres, which is to kindle bl:wze of resistance throughout the entir South-a sipposition resting upon a suip< sition. Vain expectattion indeed ! Thos who indulge it, to use a homely addage "reckon withtout their host."~ They forgi the wily enemy, wvith wvhtom they' have to den Erwj.. fatnatici-mn. w~hien united with Yankc cunning, has some method in its madtness. And it is idle to imagine that it will hastd risk the loss of any advantage gained. Is not more rational to conclude that a foe, s sagaceious as thmo one we strive with, will eens for awhtil, his attneks, utntil he sees that th sting of the old wountd is partially forgotte: anid. when lie finds that the gradual progre: of timte and of change have dtulled the edg of outr setnsibility, that hie will strike onc more at our ittterest and otir hotnor? An thuts may thte day of our increased strengi never :urise. Mlr. Calhoun, in one of his latest speeche assured uts of his belief that, the present 0] Iport unity lost, we might struggle in vain ft the futur'e. Atnd hte wats certauinly gifted wit a degree of preseienceL, whlich few men has~ puossesed. May we no(t look upon this pr pheliei retmark( as a revelautiont, dlielosed to mitL'ty mintd, statndinig between two world: Weighed in the balatnce with this advice Sour great, depatrted hnge, do not the over.cal tionis suggestio~ns of thtose, who would sti Ihave us ''watch and wait," kick the bear witht the quickness of thought! Whal watch the robber until he shall have borne c our emire tre:sture and sha~ll then turn upt us with a nckitng lngh of triumph ? Wv until the raivin~g maniac shall have pl:-.eed tI datgger-point agaist our heart amd then era enly v ue tor a mnadm:mn's merey' ? Call du Supon ottr mnetnories the excrations of ag to comei, by tamely aequiescing ini a polit 2which urges us to tarry, until we atre "bout hand :and foot ?" Surfe~r ourselves to be lullh ito quiet by the political delusion of tho: who cry "discretion, di..eretion,"~ wh'en ti torch has alreidy been applied to thte temp and the flames aro mounttinig high ? Fre men of' Southt Carolinat, b:anl.h the thought reject the ::dvi~c a if' yoult would save youurselvi a nd y'our homes frotm irre'paratble ruin. L'Athens listened to thte soothhng oratory iEschtin's, until l'hilip of Maedon had pl htis artny upon the m~ureb, and then, not ev< the overwhelmtintg eloqtuence of' Demosthent - tired as he wats by thte purest patriotisnm, coui arouse her people to a pitch of cnthusias atnd grallanttry', sutllicietit to avert a shamef' -detfeat. WVe are not as yet, it is true, intt abject situation in whtich the Greciatn Stat were att that time ; butt the danger, which it Ipen~d, it' not met pr'otmptly, will prove great Sthani the powver of Macedot. We mea noCtt 1 disrespect to our sister Stat Iof thte South, by thtus takitng our own caui inmte our ownt hands. It is ttot the poor and tion of leading off in a great muoveme nt, 1 - hwhich we are impelled, but a deep sense our boundent duty to ourselves and our pc terity'. WVe throw ourselves into thte brene with thte same feelinig that led thme l'almetto -to thme charge at Churtubuseo, because web lieve it is the clearest, anud peraps, theo ont road to victory. Our Southern brethren wu not surely fail to give us credit for purity m disinterestedness of purpose. The good am true meni, of tihe North eveni, will eventual admtit that wve are but contending for the jet . jnuti..e. 'The w..r..d will nn,-einte ti holy motives that have driven us to action and its sympathies will flow with our cause. But, even should these cherished anticipa-1 tions be " broken to the hiope," it is certain hat our si-p of State is already rocking on the billow, which is to bear her out alone, if it must be so, upon her g:dlant cruise. PlBLIC MEETING, A Publie Meeting of the citizens of Edge field Di.4trict. was held at the Court Iou~se, onl Monday the 3d instant, of which the fol lowing k a conlensed account. On motion of Mr. ABNEY, the Ifon. N. L. GRIFFIN, was called to the Chair, and Col. AnRuT SIMKiNS, was appointed Secretary. The Chairman, in explainivg the object of the Meeting, said that it was no improper time to make a few remarks as to the action of the Legislat tire at its recent Session. le would fearlessly announce that this action looked to a separation of the State from the Union at no distant day, and it was predica ted upon a full knowledge, on the part of Senators and Representatives, of the intelli gence, the spirit and the unanimity of their constituencies. They had abundant proof that the people, who elected them, were thoroughly acquainted with the issues in volved in this struggle, and that they were determined that the time for submission to Northern injustice, must end at once. He referred any one, who might doubt the propriety of this conclusion, to the history of South Carolina since the days of '33. There they would read this strong resolve traced in the strongest characters. t Ile knew, that it would be an offence to the patriotism of Edgefield, to suppose that her people were not up to the mark. t Ie explained the apparent clashing be 0 tween the two branches of the Legislature, in devising tho Convention bill. By the ope ration of this bill, the State would be, after r Moiid;y next, virtually in Convention-and - prep:ired for all contingences. Ile had but little hope from a Southern Congress, fearing n it might prove but another Nashville Con vention. The real question, lie thought, is - now, as it will be then, shall we act alOno or > subinit? If the Southern Congress fail, then South Carolina must secede alone! (Great t iipplause.) lie saw no danger in the issue, 1 and, for one, was prepared to meet it. 0 Col. BA;SKETT, said he would rather be I permitted to attend to his private duties -which required much of his attention, but if 11 lie was needed to fill up the dance, he was ready to take a hand, and "tread a measure." C He had no disinclination to being chosen - a Miber to the Convention, on account of t its responsibilities, or on the ground of op a position either to that mcasure or any other e which was acted upon by the hst Legislature. I- He :aw nothing in the members of that body C lbut a paitriotic devotion to the State, its inter :a ests and its honor, anid lie believed that all t their acts were governcd by that lofty sen e The Eldetadaligation preferred the - immediate call of a Convention, as the body v best qualified to represent the sovereignty of t the State, and to consider the great questions o of a Southern Confederacy and separate oState action. They ylded their supp)ort to ethe Bill that passed rather than adjourn with. iout any acetion whatever. If lie had a vote in the Convention, with eout a good prospect of the formation of a SSouthern Coinfederney, he would give it be. dfore the adjournment of that body, for the htotal separation of South Carolina. H~e hiad no idea that the government would ~attempt to force us back into the Union, in . ease of Secession. Hie believed that the r ballot-box of the North would decide in hfavor of a sepa'ration of the Shave-hiolding .fronm the non-Slave-hoiding States. Their . teinaticism, for once, has got the advantage of a Itheir avarice. But should the government !l attempt to coerce South Carolina, the right f of a State to secede from thme Federal coin . pact, would be a preliminary question for de ll cision. All the Southern, and niany of the . Western States maintain that right, and ! therefore they would be eompelled to sustain ty vs. Our only difference wvith our sistors of n thie South is in the sufliciency of our prove. t cation; but if a State has the right to secede ewith a cause, it has the right to secede with .. out a cause, for under the Constitution, it is n, in the last resort, the only judge of such a *s cause. Ini the end, we will be fored~ into y Isecession, or subjected to a servile wvar. It ad is better to secede even now. d IGen. Bosur., said lie h:.d not der.ired a eC seat in the Convention, feeling the great rce. ponsibility of that position. He had not, du hringr the whole of his life. devoted as nimell time, to serious reflection, upomi any political _question as upon this. And lie had come tr the conclusion that no mani, ini South Care. linaz, laid a right to refuse acting as a dele, gate in this important body, it it were thec twish of th e people that lie should do so Under this conviction, he could not withidran his name from the list of those whlo wert Iwilling to serve their couiitry at this trying erisis. to beard'-d the object of the Conventior tobactive preparaution for another Govern, iiinit--the present deserved to exist iio Ion ager-and the course idain to all, was, to takt into our own hands, as soon as possible, the r intittin ofsuch other Government, eithiei in concert with other Southern States, oi S" solitary and alonc." Hie would confess that the question hiad niade him pause. It was clear that, if th< Sother Southern States wvent with us, we would be united, in a contest that must bt ~eminently triumphant. If not, the question though startling, must be decided, " What ib South Carolina to do ?", It would be well tc count all thme consequences with care. H le thought there might be a collision be. tween South Carolina and the Federal Gov. dernument-but that there was no possibility 1of any other collision than such as might originate by an illegal act of the Federal 'Government, in collecting our revenue upon me the igh, snna He believed it would be well to make an effort to obtain the co-operation of our South ern sisters. If this could not be done, then, of course, we must secede alone; for we are steeped to the lips in pledges to take this line of action. If assistance be denied to us, we may suffer-we may )e overwhelmed, (al though this is a remote possibility,) but, whatever may befalul us, we must advance steadily and boldly. Col. lIA-unOND (being called out) said it was with tuch diflidence he arose, but he felt it his duty to respond. Ile was no speak. er,-had come to the meeting without pre meditating any particular views or preparing any set phrases for the occasion. lie con fessed he had no thought of being elected he was not known-had never canvassed the District, and was doubtful up to the last half hour, whether or not to decline. But, when now compelled to make a decision, he felt that this was like a call to arms. le was bound to his State by many strong ties, eivil and military, and when her bugle called to battle, he desired to be in the foremost phalanx. lie believed the true question to be the broad one, shall South Carolina secede with out counting upon any certain aid? le did not doubt that abundant aid, would in truth, be at hand. le knew from good anthority' that even one-half of Georgia would die by: South Carolina. But laying this considera tion aside, lie thought that the Convention, when it did meet, should declare for seces sion. The reputation of the State demanded it. That reputation could only be increased by advancing it to a higher niche. Major Ho0M3Es, was for a Southern Con gress first-then for any course that would lead at once to " Equality or Independence." Capt. HAansox was convinced that the people were right in demanding the opinions of every man before them. lie said he was a South Carolinian in every way-ho had thought, by his own fire-side, upon the dan ger that surrounds us, and when he saw, that by quiet submission he would be instrumen tal in bequeathing to his children the hateful lot of slaves, he was ready for immediates cession-or even a stronger course; if any such be feasible. Mr. SHEITARD expressed his senseof gratitude to those who were so kind to hiim and confident in him, as to nominate him for this high position. He felt that the South was an over-match for the Worth in every way. le was for secession alone as a last resort. Mr. IHAmXoND, embraced the opportunity to say for Col. PicKEss, (who was absent) that he (Col. P.) pronounced the conclusios drawn by others from the article, " Argernon Sydney," not conformable to his own un derstanding of those views-that he was dis tinctly for separate State action, when re lieved from the pledges of the Nashville Con vention. Mtr. CARWElE had not sought or desired the post for wii~ but he did not wish to aper esrn shirking its responsibility by delii ter South Carolina had used proper exertion~. to procure Southern co-opeiation, he was for actio)n. Col. BoUKNI;GHT had replied through the Advertiser, H~e would now only repeat, that he was first for the establishment of a South ern Confederacy, and if this were not prae, ticable, he was then for single State action. Major WVA2sos was for a Southern Con gress, and would only resort to State action as a last hope. Dr, LAKE had already expressed his views in the dietrict paper. ie wvould desire to secure a combination among the Southern States; but, if this could not be done, he was also fur determined resistance by South Dr. R EADY was distinctly for a separation alone, if no other State would join us. Hie regarded the side of secession as the side of salvation,-the side of submission, the sido of shivery. If South Carolina failed, all hope was gone-if she acted, all wvas safe. All the Candidates present having been henrd, it was resolved, on motion of Mr. AD DIRoN, that the proceeding of the meeting bo published in the Advertiser, and then, on mo tion of Mr. ABSEY, the meeting adjourned, to meet ag:ain on next sale-day. N. L. GRIFFIN, Cumnas. A. SIKINS, SECnKETARY. Fon TnlE ADVE1\TISafn. To thie People of 4seelol Wiitrict. Without desire on my pardstnd without consultation in the matter, through the kind noss of friendms, I find uy name before the Ipeople of Edgefield, for a seat in the State Convention: And fearing the imputation of shrinking from responsibility, in the critical oondition of our Federal relations, I am con strained to maintain the position, whicht has been assigned n~e. Acknowlegding, b.roadly, the right of the. people to know the sentiments of those who arre propored to act as their representatives.; I do nothlesitate-to avoiw my convictionis frankly, and the course I should pursue, if investod iith power. The subiject of our difficulties with the Fcderail Government and the "Free Soil" States, has been discussed to exhaustion. Nothing new can be advanced at this period. It; as I firmly believe, the people are enlight ened, and have formed their conclusions ont the issues involved, all argument becomes useless. The time for action has arrived. And the essential question to be decided, is, u hether South Carolina should in any evenlt secede from the Confederacy, without tip co-operation of the other aggrieved 8itates. To this, I answer unequivocally, Yes, This course, Is duo to her character, without con sidering any of her pledges. It Is due to the cause, in which she has been the advanced guard for fifteen yrears; and if sacrificed, crushed, no nobler monument will be found on the record of history, than that she per i-shed, the forlorn hope, in defence of the nriniesi1.n ocliemrty.