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Resolced, That in the opinion of this meeting, the State of South Carolina cannot. submit to the wrongs and aggressi.e:is whi-; have been perpetrated by the Federal Gov ernment and the Nort'kern States, without dimhonor and ruin; and that it i.: .ecessary to relieve herself therz-from, whether with or without the co-operation of other Soutnern tttes. 2. Rcsolced, That concert of action With one or tore of our ister Stater of the SouthI. whether through the proposed Southern Con gress. or in any other manner. is an object worth m:mny sacrifices, but not the sacrimlee involved inl Submission. 3. Resolred, That we hold the right of se- I cession to be essental to the sovereignty and freedom of the States of this Confederacy. and that the denial of that right wouild N nish to an injured State the strongest ::ddi tional cause for its exercise. 4. Rcsolred, That this meeting looks with cimlidence and hope to the Conven ion of it people, to exert the sovereigrn power of the S:te ini deiec of its rights t;ad .he eriew pr e ie:ble peri-ld. a::d Li fie i .s elt-uid mi:m~r ::md to the Letisl aure. to adiipt the mbo.t 2-peedv and e!YetuaL..l imeasures tow..rd, tlz Zaule eud. ADDRESS, Frm thie- D!-!g-sates (f the Sritihern Rights Associatrions (f South Carulina, assembkd in (.harkstom, to /he Southern Rigtks As soWiations if the uthcr Southern Slates. Having met to take counsel together, ani having agreed tuponl that course which we thiak it right and necessary to pursue, we vwkh to lay bef'ore you the considerations by which we have been governed, with that franikness wvhich our respect for you. and our desire to merit your good optmon, require. We regard the position of the Sotuthern States in thi~s Confederacy, us degrnded and ruinous. The mnanifest tendency of those systematic aggressions which they have suf fared far. many ye; rr past, Is to subvert the institution of slaveri-. If those ricts of hos ti'le domination, which have been rendered more insulting by mockery of language, uin der~ the te-nn of Compromise, were finad in their nature. and were not to be followed by any further aggressions, we should still re gard them as outrages, to which sovereign Startes, possessing the spirit of freedom, otught never to submit. But those measures only form pai-t of a system, gradually commenced, steadily carried forward, gathering strength from development, and proceeding with fatal mominenitum to its end. That end is the abo lit ion of negro-slavery in the Southern Stat es, andt~ the lowering of the free white popti tion of the South to the same level with thait agrarian rabble, wvhicha already strong and datngerous, seems destined, before very long, to be the controlling power in the Northern St dtes. We see no remedy and no safety for the South in the present Union. Btut we know- that in this wye ditier from very matny citizes oif the other Southern Stattes, spin i ed and intelligent, having the same iunterests. anid sufferinig tunder the saime wrongs with ourselves, and wvho cherish thre lope that the rights of the South may be vindicated and se cured without dissolving the exi-ting Confe~d-I eracy. In this difference, it does ntot becomie us to assume to dictate, and we hope to standt free from that charge. Up to this time, the citizens of So. Ca., awvare that peculiarity of 1po1itical posit ion, arising fronm past events, rendered a certain reserve on their pairt pru dent and proper, have studiously avoid everything which tmight look like assuming1 the lead in the defence of Southern Rights. They de-ired to act, because they believed that satfety and honor required action ;but they~ hoped that they might find lea:ders in other States, whlom they might follow in de fence of the common cause. When the ancienit Commonwealth of Virginia. the pirop er leader of the South, declared her determt nation to resist, at all hazards anid to the last extremity htostil-e measures then threatened, South Carolina, with all alacrity, stood ready to support Virginia in carrying out her high resol ution. When Geergia-whose former resistance to Federal usurpation, under her heroic statesmant, Tztour, gave promnise of untlinsehing firmness in any contest in which she might engage-proclaimed her determii nation to make a stand for the rights of t he South, South Carolinat rejoice:d at the' pros peet of rallying tinder the bmner of Geor.. gin. And when her young and gallant sister. 31ississippi, proposed the wise measure of a Southern Convention, for thme purpose of eni deavoring to unite the Sotherni States in m-ntinning their constitutional rights, and at the same timhe, preserving, if p)osible, the exisuing~ Union, South Carohitlinhiy en tered into the mreasure; and she has carried out m1I.e recommendation of the Convention so assetmbledl at tihe instance of M1ississipp'i, by providing for the election of Delegates to a Southern Congress, to whose meeting she still looks with anxiouis interest. In these proceetinlgs. we think that the citizens of South Ca rolinia have evinced all1 proper anxiety t<Avoid the arppearance of ar rogance or dictation, to act in concert with the citizens of the other Southern States, and to do nothing separately or precipitattely. And now, strongly ns we have expressetd otir beli'ef that there is no hope for the South in the existing Union, we~ are prepared to give a trial, fairly in good faith, to any effectual plamn which may be proposed by anyV sister State of the South, for obtaining redress for the past and settiity for the future, wvihiout a dissolution of the existing Union, if there be a possibaility of such a consummnation. .But we find ourselves forced to consider we find that there is no reasonable hope of the co-operation of any other Southern State in any effectual plan of relief, and the alter native is presented to us, of submitting, or acting by ourselves. And, reluctant as we are to separate ourselves from our natural friends and allies, we have made up our minds. We cannot submit. WP know that South Carolina entered this Ci f.dercv as n sov ereign and inidependent State. and Ihat, having been wronged. she huis the perfect right to withdraw froim it. Her sons must exercise the right and meet the consequences. If no other State will join us in relieving ourselves from the wrongs already inflicted, we see no hope in waiting fur new outrages to arouse a higher spirit of resistance. The new out rages, we are well convinced, will come in due time; but we feel no assurance that the spirit of the vassal will rise in proportion to the indignities heaped upon his head. On the contrary, we see that the South has already borne what it would not for a moment have submitted to ten years ago, and what the North would not then have ventured.to per petrate. We are not willing to try the ex perimnent how long it will be before our spirit is completely broken, by gradually and con tinually yiefding to slow and gradual, but increasing eneroachments. And if the ex ercise of the right of secession is to be fol lowed by the-at:tempt on tire p:rt of the Go vernnent of this Confederney to subjugate South Carolina, it is bitter fhlit we should meet that attempt while we still have some spirit and some power or resista::e le's. If we are to submit to the conditi- of o t Con q uered people, we think ;.ss di-honor'able not to dwe so ut. w have first been conquer ed. And ;. anythinu could add to the ne ...-itv ','iP-i e believe exists for a with. drawil froni. .Ie CXi;ting.t Uniion, it vould be the denia., of the rigt. of secession. For the deni:d of that ritg!rn indicates of itself extreme da:ge(r. The right of secession has heretofore. and in better days been regard L unquestio na ile by :li Southern poiilima with the exception of :m inconsidernb!e nuin. ber of conwoli'hanists. And if ever that riht e:nm he dv-'ied widhout arousing Cthe whole Souithr to .!1in::1 it. the Sotnh will bi ripe for tIe most miser..ble fate which has ever efallein .my lroph-. It will then. as : permnieit siction:l i:inority, have no de fencae 1!:e tyr:mny of a Gover-ment Con:bining all the vices of the CorrupJ'est diimocrrey and the most olire:-Sive freign We know th12encnsvonewce- which will fo hlw a aiil::re inl onr i'1ubrtoi m:'iii: -i ir liber y. WNe !ee clearly h:.T a riumph:it x r irn of 'h' power he Fede:'al Goverin elit. ill ?sbja in. a S::. e. will v:sily in cre.ise that power. :.ird re lv :,eler;.te the ebme..r .yCr vaed.'of cont F'ieer ti*r e-em !:::o :1 ( o:n olidated cv!:;r I de, p~i in. W Ve e. a. ). that Son b Carilina wilh niot sull'er the con:iequqences if thi' chm nige alone. but th::t the rest of the Southecrn S:ates mast su!T-r :n an equal degree. They will imve no s:di-Vguard against the Central Government, stre-irgthened by crushing op position, a:d rendered. by triumphant force, what our Northern enemies have long been endevoring to make it by fraudulieit usur ::ion-.e supreme Government of a con so lidaed nation. The sovereig-ny of one Southern State cannot be destroyed, without the loss of theiir sovereignly by all the others. We are awarre of the responsibility of doing an net which ma;y hiasten these consequences. We feel the respect which we owe to States having a common interest, threatened by a common danger, but not egnally prersuaded with ourselves of the inecessity of :tetion. And nothing would induce us to take, with out their concurrence, a course which is to involve them in itseconsequences, but a thoro conviction of the necessity which urges us. and of otir right to do so. Addressing citizens of Southern States, associated to m:.intain thre rights of the South, we cannot imiagine it to be necessary to ar. gue about the right of secession. WVe hold it to be the great State right, without which all others are nugatory a nd incapable of being enforced: atid your position arssures us that your fatith cannot be differenut from ours. Nor can we regard it as necessary any far' ter to disens thre wrongs which have been inlited on the Southern States. They may be denied by those whlo shut their eves to them. but you (10 not belong to that ceitss. Sort:her amid State Right s men mnav ditfi'r as to the necessity of exercising the right of se. eeio at a partiecular rime, on neccount of thoise wriongs. Btut as certainly as the right exsts, eachl Starte must possess the right of judging for hrerself, as to the occarsiotn and tte foi~r its exercise. If South Carolina de ieis that honor and saifeiy require her to secede, she has the right to leave the Confed eney peacea',iy mu;: ' h~out molestation. If the act of se'cession is niot permit ted to tic pe..e:ble. it will be from usurpation oif power by the Federalh Governsment, not from the nature of rhe act performeld by South Caro. hn. Accustomed s we have been to viola tios of. the Constitution, antd of the rihts of the Southierni States by the Federal'Go vermntrent, we have to look forward to the probability of :aother outrage by that Go. vernmtet. in the attempt to force the Statec to remnaini in thte Union. WXe suppoiiie thle attempt will be made. if 1 he othrer Southrerni States permrit it. Those States must decide fori theselves whether theyv will nertmit it. Sourth Carmolinra tmutst dlecide for herself wheth. er it is necesary to secede. Hier sister States of the Sou th wil ha~ve ino right to cotmphaiin t hat sihe forces i'., ini: i a positioni wvhere they: muist eithecr interporse to prevent her subajugat iona, or, by consenting to it, abandon heir own siivereigznty, mial liy the'mselves at the tmercy of a despic pr wer. lIt seceding, South Carolina will simply do an aet which all Souithtern inent who blieve in the existence of Stite rights at all, must admtit '.hat .she has a perft'-' right to do, and wiebt she re gad aabolutrely necessry Shwilb .ct ing on hter sacred ri2!ht. She wvilIlibe nret ing. as --he would ha~ve to net, if none of the oher Southerni States were in cxistetnce, and sheC were lie onily object of aggression by te Northern't Stales and tire Federal Govern. tent. She i'd nit answe'rable for thre usur pati-ons :and injiust ice which may bie commaittiled agit her. Andi fist her si-ter State. ol he Siuth Iito 'isk iif her toi refraitn from an ex ereie of rihit which iihe reigards as indi-pein, ble for selt-preservat iion, woiuld be atn inter. f'rence withi her free aelitn of a fir dliflerent ebarracten.r ftrom which s-he can be charged to. wards them. Soverigo~s are eqnals. In Sc. seinig ailone, Sonith Ca rolinta woul be pIne. iig her sister States of thle Southi, under nc constaint. .If thecy shonld find themiselves iat a posit ion of constrainit, it would comeit fromil tre net ion of thle Federal Governmaent, tnot ol Suthtl Carolina. But if they shtouldc insisi upon her refraininrg from ti exercise of' liet riht and suobmtitting to a condition wineb sire rearsas itt oletrable, they wouuldl make theum. selves parties with thre Fe-det'r Govemrnment in p:eing an unjustitiable constraint upon a Sovereign and Egrnal. We wish thatr the necessity for separate aie tion by South Car'oliina, wichI we ha~ve con. templated ma~y be taverted We confide itn the gallant spirits whrom we auddrcss. There may be some hope of tire assembling of' a Southern Conigressn, to devise measures of re jured States may unite. We have heretofore been willing to snerifice much for Southern Union. We still are. We do not desire to lead, but to follow. Propose any effectual measures for vindicating our common rights and providing for our common safety, and we will heartily unite with you in carry them out. We should regret most deeply to imeur the censure of friends, with whom we have the strongest desire to net in concert. But we feel a deep conviction that we have not acted heretofore with any precipitation and that we are in the right in the. determination which we have formed. The self-abasement of submission, appears to us unworthy of men still pretending to be free. The gloomy pros peet of inevitable ruin, to follow submission, appears to us more formidable than any dan gers to be encountered in contending alone, against whatever odds, for our rights. We have come to the deliberate conclusion, that if it be our fate to be left alone in the strug gle, alone we must vindicate our liberty by Secession. MAY 7. The Convention met pursuant to adjourn. ment. Prayers were offered by the Rev. Dr. 1ar chel, and the journal of the previou. day's proceeding having been rend by r-.eretary Fraser, the President appealc to the Con vention to restrai!. their' ieelings, and not in fringe, by thlcir iaudits, that decorum which .tould evail in the nieting. Mr. W. Peronneanu Finley, on behalf of the minority of the Committee of Twenty-one, submitted the following Report which was read: The undersigned, the minority of the Com mittee of Twenty-one, dissenting, as they are constrained to do, from the report of the ma jority of the Committee, as involving a de partiire from the proper objects of this meet ing, and prematurely making issues not called for by the present occasion. beg leave to re co:nnd, as a substitute for l report, the resolution submitted by a delegate i'oin An derson, amended so as to rernd us follows: Ren.ored. That fteeling entire confidence in the Cons1itn.ion:al organs of 'our State Gov ernment. and the wisdin and fidelity of the Convention elected under the act p:ssed at the h:t session of the Legislature, wc are perfectly willing to leave to them the mode and mensure or redress for tlh wrongs we have suffered from the Federal Government, as well as the time (if i!s application ; and, wit hout in(licnting' or stgestig!." tIh, eolrse it boliluoves lini to pursne. we hereliy Iedge ior.-elves to Abide by their -let ion. whether the s:ame sh:'ll be for feee- wiun from Ihe Union. with or wi:l'n: 1he c.e'peratio'n of ihe o her Southern Si:-,es. Wv. P'i~noma-F.u Fm.Exy. JAIIS (hursSN'T.jr. P. )ELLA TonRE. The report was made the order of the day for to-morrow, and was ordered to be printeid. The order of th( day, being the report of the Committee of Twenty-one. was taken ip. and Col. Gregg, the Chairm:tn of the Cinmit tee. addressed the Convention at length in its support. Ile was followed by R. A. Gantt, Esq., of Barinvell, and Gen. J. H. Adams. of Rich l-md. on the same side, and by H-on. A. 1. Butler and Hon. J. L. Orr in o'pposition. The Convention then took a recess until 4 o'cloek.* AFTERNOON SESSION. The Convention having re-assembled, the discussion w~as resumed by lHon. WV. F. Col cock in support of the rec-ommendations of the Committee. who wvas followed by lHon. R. WV. Barnwetl in opposition. John A. Cal houn, Esq.. next addressed the Convention in advocncy of the Committee. Col. A. P. Hlayne then moved an adjourn. mnent, but withdroew it at the request of Gen. J1. H. Adams. who submit ted a resolution that the debate on the report of the Committec should close, and the question be taken at 9 o'clock to-morrow evening; which was adopt ed. The Convention then adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning. MA~Y 8. The Conventin met at 10 o'clock, and was opened with prayer by the Rev. Dr. Gilmnan. Mr. Gregg, from the Committee of Twen tv-one. made a supplementary report, which was laid on t he table and ordered to lie printed Mr'. Gregg then mnoved a recommendation of the resojlutions adopted yesterday for clos ing debate at 9 p. mn., wvhieb wVas agreed to: and it was so amended as to provide for the closing of the debamte at 3 o'clock this day. Thaw order of' the day being the reports of the majority and mInority of' the Committee of Twenty-one, w~as then taken uip. Cob. A.~P. Havne addressed the Conven tion at length in snpport of thme minorityv re port. Ex-Governor W. B. Seambrook followed in strong support of the recommendation of the report of the majority. Hon. J. A. Black followed in a brief and for. eible argment in fahvor of lhe majority report. Mr. L. S. B-adger, (Ut " the Ihornet's Nest," (N. C.) in some eloquent remarks returned his thanks f'or the ter'ms (Ut respect atnd kInd ness in which North Carolina had hteeti so frequently alluded to by the members of the Convention. Mr. J. B. McCall, in some brief remarks, advoeated the adoption of the report of the majorit y. N r. Gregg, the Chasirman of the Committee of Twenty-one, closed the debate, by review ing~ and replying to the various :argumemts that had beeni urged against the report of the CoUmmittee. The Convention then took a recess until 4 o'clock. AFTERNOON SEssioN. IThe Conv'ention having re-assembled, thme Resolutions and Address of' the Committee of' Tlwentyv-one w"ere tukeni up. I-Ion.. .:L. Orr moved the resolution report ed by the minority as a substitute, and the motion was rejected by a large majority. The resolution of the mamjority were then taken upad we're voted on sepsarntely. ToIeaoto of' the 1st Resolution there werobtie dissein votices. The 2ndl and 3rdh Resolutions were adopted To the .tih Resolution there wvere six dis senting! v'oices. The question was then taken on the adop. tion of' the Address, and it w~as adopted with but one dissenting voice. ion. Wmn. II. Gist, of Union, submitted the follwing resolution: Resol red, Thamt this meeting is not disposed to sepamrate from those who express a willing net(ss to atbide the fate of the State; that we' cordially necept their pledge to sustain the ation of the Constitutional Convention, and that we hav'e an abiding confidence that S. Car olinat will present anm unaided front to her Thme resolntion was adopted unanimously, andl with great aplausei. The Commii: tee of' Twenty-one beg leave to re!port that they have considered the sub ject of~ the best mode of' providing for the more perfect and eflicient organization of the. SuhrRights Association of South Car. Su. n uotitfullyrecommend the adon tion of the following resolutions as appiopri ate for that purpose. Regarding thcse"resolutions, in addition to those already .reported, as embracing'nll that is aVpresejn e4iary for action of this meeting-.the ecikmittiqigspectfully askiato be discharge firom the furtiIfr consideration of the various propositions referred to them: 1. Resolved, That this meeting. of dele gates from the District.Ass ' tions do now form itself into a itial -' oationi's of the State of South Carolina, preserving its organization under the same:officers. 2. Resolved, That the Central Southern Rights Association of theState -of Scuth Carolina, do consist hereafter of Delegates appointed by the se.yvral District Associa tions, in the proportion of'twice as many delegates as the number of Senators and Representatives to which enh district is entitled; and that it meet semi-annually, at such place as may be designated by the presiding officer; the present delegates con tinuing members until a iew appointment by the several District Assoeiations. 2. Resolved, That a Centra~ Committee for the Southern Righto so-da'fion' of"South Carolina be appointed bythe President of this body, to consist of nino-members, vhose duty it shall be, by correspendence, by pub lishing and circulating sound doenments, and by allproper means, to prbiite the common eause; and that any memberW any District Association in the State shall be eligible as a member of the said comniftee; 4. Resolved, That the Central Committee be authorized to appoint a2Secretary and a Treasurer, and to take all-such measures as may be proper to provide' for all necessary expenditures. Mr. W. H. Trescott m6ying to strike out the first resolution, which was opposed by Mr. Wright, of Laurens; -and the question being taken, the motion wia rejected. The report was then uninimously concur red in. Mr. Torre (Ex-Governoj W. B. Seabrook in the chair) offered the folioting resolution, which was unaniiusly adopted: Resolced, That the thcnks:f the Conven tion le pres'ented to the Hon. John P. Ph. ardson, for the urbanitv, dignity, and imp.r tiality with which lie has presided over its deliberatiois. The President, having resumed the eblnir, expressed his high appreei.1iin of the con plinent which had just been7paid him by the Convention, and in wari 'eloqnent language urged a continuance of tiat kindness and forbe:rance which had so eminently distin guished the deliberations of..the Convention, to the end that when the time for aetion -:rrived. they ight be abre, as one man. to no di. ill vilienting the honor and maintian inu the ri*ghts of our beloved State. Voites of thanks were then pasLsed to the cl'rrgven who had voluntarily officiated at tle openins of the Convention; to the Board of Oieers of the 4th Brigade, for thie gr-u ni ons n-e of the hell: to the rieret arie's. for thei able and failifttl 'manner in which they have perforned their duties; and to the Committee of Arrangements. Prayer was then offered by the Rev. Mr. Bowman, and the Convention .bjourned sine diec. EDGEFIEL TIIURSDAY, MA -I 51. .neligions. The Rev.1Th. Gauua ~ f~who now takes charge of the Ep a' urchat ThIs' plnce, will commence a~s mini erial dutics on Sabbath next. OUR CORR ESPO1DENiTS. WE do not design, at~ present,' to interfere with the disputations of opr different correspon dents, nor to take part with thoem in their colli sion. It is our duty, however, to correct an error, w"hen it occurs, in 'reference to the public position of our public men. We ay then, from llhe beet authority, that our correspondlent, " IN DErENDENCE," 'is utterly' nisataken in supposin~g that Col. Pieruxs sides with him upon the issue now before the people. It ii precisely the re verse ! We perceive that the Columibiat Tran script has committed the same blunder. The "Soulthern Patriot," is not tbe only paper that claimes allies and co-adjutors "rough at a ven ture." MAY DAY CEI.EBRATION. Owlsoc to the fact of being much crowded Iwith political matter of great importance, we have been unable to publish an account or the May day Celebration at Miss PELeT's Academy. handed in last week. These are times when the lighter matters of life must not be suffered to interfere with the grave and momnentou's qucs tions of Liberty and Justice, which present themselves to us with such stern reality. In our nelt, we wIll leave room, and will take pleasure in giving to our fair young maidens a full sheowinig ini our neatest type. PROSPECT OF THlE CROPS. Co,-ros, in our District generally, is very backward-in many places, the stand is very bad. The weather is now, howvever, exactly suited to the wants of the plant, and appearances may be safely expected to revive rapidly. It is idle to predict a falling off of the present crop, at this period of its ad vancement. CoRN is also more backward than usual, es pecially on the sandy lands--the color, however, is darkening, and it is beginning now to grow off cheeringly. OA-rS will be good, beyond a doubt ; and with a full season within a week or ten days, the crop will be extraordinary. Wn E.VP. from all accounts. promises an unusu ally line yield. Most of it is headed out, with no appearance of rust, wvhich is the only thing now to be alprehendetd. EDITOR'S TABLE. Noavn~t A MERICAN SENTINEL, published in Boston, Mlass by BEN . PEaLErTOORE. This is a Saturday Gazette of considerable merit. The editor is evidently anadmnirable ncwsmonger, and uiderstandls " crowding'te thing" to perfectioni. The paper is not atal a political one, nor are its sketches, in the number before us, in the least tainted with fanatical or "Chigher hew" notions. Something good occasionally "comes out of Naz areth." ADDRES OF TilE S. C. COLLEGE S. R. Asso CwrTION to the young men of the South. We have been much :gratified by an attentive reading of this address;. We trust it is destined to produce a great and lceieicial influence upon the rising generation of 'Southerners. It is a manly, clear, forcible and eloquent exposition of our.tuecnditin, .a an amirable defence of ur last resort, separate State Action. W lelikhted to perceive that ierj young ma .ne from Edgefield, in College at this time, ncmber of the Association. To one of t Ir. J. D., we are indebted for a copy c kddress. We may publish portions of thi cr in a future number. BON. A. BURT. 'WZ are entirely agreed with our bretbi be Press in the Congressional District, up ropriety of the above-named distinguished leman's making known, at this important ure, his views of public policy. The Sti wassing a dangerous and critical point in he ory; and no son should be backward in a ng freely his opinion upon the eventful i rhich agitate and to some extent, bewildi iublie mind. Much less should lie do so, ecupying the position of a sentinel upo utcr wall. Almost all of our outposts .ent in their estimate of the danger that 11 Ms, and their judgement of the proper i meeting and r,'pelling it. There is certa narked difference of opinion in both partic so far as heard from. The probability is Ihis division of opinion will be nearly eqi lhe result. We hope to have the thing re o some certainly at an early day. Seve )ur Representatives in Congress have hi remained perfectly silent. This silence ?ursc, not a studied thing. Such an ide een intimated; but we cannot consent moment to indulge it with reference to ou respected Member. It would be doing vho, up to the present year, had ever ft and boldly uttered his sentiments with a! warmth of a genuine Carolinian, too great ice to suppose that he is quailing, in the before the threatening tempest-to iinc lie is doing less than preparing to dischar eighty responsibility at a proper tinie, an becoming dignity and decision. Eut we y that this time is now fully arrived, at ave no doubt tinat. a response to the varin that have been made, will he hiartily giV the gentleman who has so long enjoyed th< pect of our Congressional District. SOUTITERN RIlHTS CONVENTION. WE publish in full this week the procet >f the Southern Rights Convention, to Ii :lusion of almost every thing else. Th nothinrp, we suppose, that will be looked mir readers with nore interest and anxiet; a full account of these proceedings. It wa -d by nny, that this (onventio'n would b trolled by Charleston politieians. and other take ground with them, and that the in would either result in loweritig tie tone qtate, or would break up in ridiculo.us coni It was sneeringly anticipated by (ithers, t1i assemblage of such an anount of conibi material, would terminate in some sudden sinn. some turbulent out burst of the passii which the world around would smile in sa derision. Neither expectation has been V( 'he friends of the cause have hand their Itensionts entirely removed, and its few ei hae hiad their hopes of failure, or of pre tion cornipletely sntatchied from them. Wc ratulate the people of South Carolina, ups issue of. this important meeting. Ilaving wesnt.na.a nmmer .during thie entire sity the body, we have no fear of contradiction ur eyes, when we say It was influenced, that it did, by the deepest conriction of t) titude of our cause, combined with th< eart-felt solicitude to ensure Till uNION < w Paorz.E, and the co-operation of our I elsewhere. All heated or distempered e: sions were sedulously guarded against,'b speeches and in social conversation. The tion was discussed everywhere, in and out onvention, witht that calmness and senrio hich its magnitude and gravity demanided The argutmenits on either side, were liste with equtal respect, although with differe: gress of approbation. It was no unusnul to see genitlemten of different opintions, wit perhaps but a short time before, been atte each others positions from the rostrum an their abiiity,. talking together upon the il the IHall, with the openness and friendlit brothers. It might have been observed agal gii, thatt almost every street argumntt ated more cordially even than it began, smile of abiding confidence in each others I ty, and a hearty shake of the hand, as d.edge bat they would be ultinmtely unite deed, while the miinds of men seemed pow< noved upont by their respective views of the policy for South Carolina, the hearts of all evidently animated by but one feeling, a to place our State free from the despotism< resent Government. No mian faiied to e: his fixed resolve, to abide by the decision< onstitutional Convention, and to Euppot ecision with all the means God had givet A nid now we fondly hope, thtat this hi; itmple will be eiiulated by the people of Carolina throtughiout her limiits. No eat evrangig,or unkind controversy has arse: the meeting in Charleston. It was said b ver~ high in station, anud esteenmed in an ci degree by all of us, that there was no gruu schism in the Rleso~lution or the A ddress, a' by the Convention. And such will surely onclusion of every oite who wvill, withouti dice, read those Resolutions and the At sustaining tem. Let it be observed and heeded, that the: been given no indication of the adoption of rate State action, only as a last resort. V all anxious for Southern co-operation, a hope for it and will continue to hope on last. All we do say is! that these hopes utterly blighted, we* prefer that South Cc shall take her destiny into her own keeping| the help oIf God, rather thanm flich front the grotnd of r~sistance, which the whole col titiout a doubt, understands her to assu Aid, if atnother change has not very re onme over~ the spirit of our people, wee that theL State , with the exception of a smae nority of untionists, will be found stanudin;~ lessly up to this line. This i certainly, thi ground tupon which our people can be b: together with anything like unanimity. make this assertion with confidence; bee iasjust been made clear to our understand We have j ust held conference together, an hnd a free interchange of sentiment tupc ondition of the publie mind throughot State. From all that we have learned,1 satisfied that nothing less than the cours are ings and wishes of a large majority of the people abut ef South~Caoliiia. Arid t'sVill b-oun d;tiue, is a aind will be soon admitted by all, unless a great hese, I revolution of sentiment be speedily;-effected. f the That such will be the case is by no mean iroba 3 ra- ble ; for the stream is at this time, evidently rush. ing in the opposite direction. In those districts where the spirit of absolute acquiescence in the past prevails, Greenville and Abbeville for in -en of stance, the lowest point of depression has been the reached, and there is thought to be a reasonable gen- prospect of a steady increase of the resistance june- party for the future. ito is Seeing then that it is clear to demonstration that r his- South Carolina, carried on by an overruling and peak- irresistible Providence, is destined to take a step ;sues, which we all feel will be attepded with tremen -r the dous consequences for good or for evil, let us, in when Heaven's name, forbear henceforward to dispute a thle it anything approaching to enmity among have ourselvcp. Let our communications, verbal or ireat- written, be carefully freed from taunting expres odeof ions, or miserable attempts at sarcasm. It is ily a beneath the dignity and gravity of the great issue ula's, we have reached in the course of events. , that We are aware that it has been intimated that Ial in an organized effort is to be set on foot, backed by lueed the moneyed power of our metropolitan interests, ral of to revolutionise the State, that a paper is to be therto established in Charleston to forward this purpose, is, of that every effort, in short, is to be made to over a has whelm the promptings of Carolina patriotism. for a This we are slow to credit, and shall shut our r own eyes to it, until it stares us in the face. Control onteI the free opinions of Carolinians by management anlily ankly and strategy ! Who can brook the idea for a i the moment? We speak not in the way of defiance mjus- or menace-but we are constrained to assert our lenst, belief that an attempt of this sort will create in that opposition, from the sea-board to the mountains, e his an energetic and untiring resistance, the like of I with which lts never yet been witnessed within the mutist borders of South Carolina. We therefore de d we precate and disregard all suehl unwelcome hints. s calls Division will be Our ruin, and he who dares to en by fimnient and encourage it, will deserve to be blast : res- ed where lie stands. flut, enouh-let cheering ITope yet lie the an:zel of our thoughts-Hope, that looks with In eye of faith to the unity of our people-Uope, that points to a happy time in the dings unknown future, when brethren shall thank e ex- heaven tlt they had the wisdom to be charitable -re is and] kind towards each other, in the common for by efibrt for the common salvation. .than -- .0. - sfear- WARNING TO TilE SOUTII. e con- The New York Day Book concludes its notice s who of SUMMER's election as followS: eeting BL " We are not disuinionists nor secession of the ists, but we distintl. say to the South, and with . . sorrow and shamse, you cannot rely on the pen T-le (Of illassa4chusettsm, or Vermont. ot New York, at the or Ohio to do you justice. You must take care istible of yourselves, your institutions, your property, yiour wives. your little ones, anm your fire-sides. exilo- The iquirker you VxrrE in this decision, the bet mn,at ter it till be for you !".a tisfied ritied. FoR TnE ADvERTISER. ppre- Ma. Enrroa,-I am at a loss to know the ex emies act position of a writer in your paper, to whom eipita- I have, in one or two previous articles, alluded. con- It did seem to mec that it was altogether infera :m tihe ble, from his first piece, that he heartily approved been the act of our Legislatare at its last session, mnak ing of ,ing an appropriatio6gg1O,000 for Rlaeing the before State in an attftude of -defene. THievidently in all indicated, moreover, that it would be wise and c rec- and expedient to increase this condition 'of pre most paration until "~ the war steed was fully capari F oUR soned for the onset." Hie cannot, and I suppose riends will not, attempt to separate this feelingly ex cpres- pressed approbation of the end, from a similar oth in approbation of the means devised for attaining it. ques, IHe therefore must approve the hate increase of of the taxation, and miust be the advocate of a still fur sness, thter iucrease fur a like purpose ; for he says very . .plainly, that more should be done. This, nt least, ned to wa.; the impression directly conveyed to umy mind nt de- !iz his first communication, and, I imagine, such thing nmust have been the understatnding of every one ahbad, who read his article through. eking ie spoke also of the suspension of action un ith all til after the adjournment of the next Congress, oor of for the purpose of testing to the full the hopes of ess of co-operation that yet remanined. Suspensuion of n and separate action does not impjly, according to my ermi- understanding of Etnglishi, an abandonment of vith a separate action ;amid, taking the expression ini oncs. connection with the limited tinme specified, it is it tacit evident that the writer meant in his first piece, i. J- to revert to separate action as a fil resort. It drully is eviden~t, at least, that he was of the opinion irop~r that, if another outrage did not bring about co were operation, then South Carolina could and should lesire act alone. And this is the only view that wIll >f our clear him from the chtarge of rashiness and want press of judgemnt in so heartily espousing the late >f our increase of taxation. For if South Carolina is -t that nuever to act exept in concert with othier States in him,. and at somne future, indefinite period, the act of ;hi cx- appropriation detmanding ani inercase of our taxes South wats an net of arbitrary atid uncalled for extrava tse for ganee, sufficient to awaken the indignation of from every citizen. It can only be justified by an y one, honest conviction on the part of those who de itnent vised it, that the State mtighit soon be called upon md for to maintain and, if need be, defend with arms opted her sovereignlty and indepeundence, unaided anid be the alone. To expend money and raise taxes that reju- our people may be prepared for an issue that !dress may or may not arise upoin sonic future Contin geney, is an absurdity "per se," (to make the re has samne random use of'the Latin phrase as the sepa- writer in question does.) More especially is it eare so, if this action is only looked to, in conciert -e still with other States ; for then, it is admiitted by all to the who pretend to the least piolitical sagacity, that being our triumph would be achieved in all probability rohina without tihe tnecessity of striking a blow or shed ,with ditig one drop of blood. high Now, the whole tenor of the latter article of intry, the writer in question, is to demonstrate the fu me.- tility of separate State action, (" per se ;") no cently one can read his three columns of labored speeu ipp~ose latons (for. they are nothiing more) without comn Il nmi- ing to the conclusion that lie noro regards this step fear- oin the part of our State as unworthy of con e. only sideration or support ini any probable contingen ought ey. lie imay be said to an anti-separate-State W~e actionist(ese) muse it Oeof his principal hypotheses, in descanting ing.-- upon the evils that wvill enusue from the course of I have action already cembraced by a majority of our *n the people, is that "increase of taxation wvill depopu it the late the State" !!!I And yet he approves the in ye are crease already made-which, he leads us to be a sug- lieve, he wishes to be regularly progressive, un. nd.like,to a well trained war horse, champ &e. waiting and watching the de. rqlj,*ft of the future. I Wg1d much rather,Sir,be taunted with "fip. pyfor advising a generous people to pledge iheir'aU in a just and holy cause, than to oecpy z position so singularly weak and unte u - . When the writer ventures to reply to my for mer resirkitheiwis".than by sneers, I may take notice of his speculative reasoning. As he has thought proper not to reciprocate the eaution2 aourtesy with which I approached the discussion, [ decline to make a further attack upon his for tilage, although perfectly aware of the ease with. shielihis -inia n'teibcii~r ihb Darried. Should I trespass upon your columns rur the futute, i6 shall be-1iid8Wit .'fpde7 ture. DECisoN OF 1850. FOR THE ADVERTJsF.R. CAN SOUTH CAROLINA MJAINTATN. AN INDE. PENDENT GOVERNBIEN'T TiEY, who support the .negativo side of this question, urge many matters by way of,argument, ll of which may be classed under. these two heads : First, That revenue for the new governument cannot be raised without the most burdenous tax ation upon the people. Secondly, That the State will not have'size and strength sufficient to maintain respectaixlity among the nations of the earth, or to protect her self against the aggressions of her neighbors; Let us briefy examine these points. .What will be our probable revenue under a separnte government,? Something like a fair estimate may be made, by considering the ago ft we contribute annuaily to the General Cdvernment, and to priva'e indiviJnals at the lorh. 'The an nual exports from South Carolina are, 0omn twelve to fourteen miilrons of dolats. In unre stricted trade or commerce, the importsof ana tion always equal and often exceed in value its exports; and hence, under the 30 per,.cent. rariff' now in operation, our in:ports, or, which is the same thing, our exports, add to the gene ral government an annual revenue of about. B4,000,000. But according to the estimate of securate writers, the use of our exports by North ern Merchants as a medium of exchange be tween this country and Europe, gres to North arn citizens a profit of -10 per cent, oni our ex ports. This takes from the State annually about S$ ,200,000. Add to this the profits of North ern Merchants, from commissions, freights, stor ge, wharfage, &c., in the shipment and tran shipment, to and. from New York, of our ,ex ports and imports-and the whole amount. year ly taken from South Carolina industry andadlied to Northern wealth will not'be less tht' $5,500 000. Of this large imount, not '$200,010 are re-imbursed withia .the limits .of, the State. Nearly the whole is a clearloss. For more than twenty years this draining proces bus been, go ing on. and not less, probablf, than $100,000,000 of South Carolina wealth have, under the7unjust operations of the government,.been transferred to tIe North. Had this mnoney been expended within the limits of 'our State,'bdiv like a gardeha spot it might have been,: adoineAiwith' Schooltse Colleges, Rail Roads,- and all kinds - of interna imp'ovements! ... With asepate dernmenttiiG~$5 soo~ now trsTeed f8to libbdo eu& Economy-inmdeed, itis a certainliw of fi'%8. that imnpora, frie'd .frd~ iifi ifiitlet will always followezS*T.' U'ii,0,000 (i exports would as surely bring us $12,000,000e imports (and if our trade be profitable,a larget' amount) as the 100 bales of Cotton sent lto inar ket by the planter, return to lhimtheir eqivalo~nt in money, merchandize, &c. Under the iresenst Tariff, then, we should have a revenue of a'bbut, $4,000,000. And if our citizens: shoud.en gage in the carrying trade (na they surely would).. it would keep within our limits nearly $8,000,000 . every year, which are now moat unjustly taken ? from the State and distributed at the North. It is worthy of remark, also, that 'while re- i tamning the present Federal Tariff of 30 per cent.i we would searcely feel the oppression ; for -the; revenue would be re-Imbursed among our- own eitizens and would be a spur to their industr#. Txes become odious and oppressive, mainly-i when they are levied in one section and distiliu ted in another, or when taken from one interest i and bestowed on another, as now happens underi the Federal Governmen t. Sh'ould cir'umstana ces, then, force us to'keep up dhe present Tarift rates, we should 'be every year, 06,000,000 .bt ter off, with not half the oppression wie nowbei But to pursue the argument. Will not $4,000-3 000 much more than suffice for the'expeisee off separate government for South Carolina? 'Weo have now one of the best governments' in the' world. For its support, only $300,000. are quisite. This is raised by direct taiktio't~n the people.. Let us now calculate the additional' expenses or the new. government. We will use, what every one, on reflection, must deem large estimates. The following table will serve to in dicate: . . Present expenses of State Government, ineluding whole Civil List...............$30,0. Under the new Republic-President.. 15,000 Cabipet of four Seeretaries and' Clerks- 50,000 Charge d'Afi'airs.and Consuls (twelvo ... e in number)................. ..-50,000, Post Officee Department........... 50,000 Military Establishment...........- 000S Naval do..............1,000,000 Total...................$1,465,000, Some may regard the last three iesins. eient. But analyze the matter. The .wjlcQ of the mails in South Carolina, Annully, is41*0 000 (Pat. Oil'. Rep.] It will be.seen bysintR ing the Congressional .Doeunenitm that the 'Post Office Department usually supports itself. For the year ending June"30, ?3850/ thereceeiplU were $5,552,971: the ex'penditures$5,512,953; making an excess of receipts .-over. oxpenditures of $360,018. *' ' i It may be thounght that this exiess coni~s ot of the Northern pocket, by reason or the extenT sive mercantile business :it tlie Nortin a~ithli seems plausible on first blush ;-but, undcp'i1 per inquiry, it will be found, if wemias , that while we of the South enjoy nmall ,~ft a much less extent than the'Nileh we yet bear the heaviesat brof Office revenue. There cang the largest portion-of th a 0 9 ,ce ** arises out of theyec~ . th, cmamerc of the land, bth foreigit 'imd .