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the contest between the Federal Govern ment and South Carolina, I have no difficul ty in predicting the result. There would be no division then in the State. One drop of blood shed by the Federal army would not only caly cafl every citizen to a determina tion to avenge it, but th usands of Carolinians who have left the State would return and stand by the mother of their birth. If such should be the coinplexion of the contest, I would not go beyond, this assembly for the Intrepidity of a Lannes, to carry the colors across the bridge of Lodi-or the chivalry of a Jubert. who would leave his beautiful and youthful bride with a declaration that he would return to her with laurels on his brow or find a grave on a the field of battle, I believe there are those who, seeing this gal lant hern's fate, would encounter it. Stch, however, I do not believe, will be the form of the contest. It will be a war of dollars and cents-a war of Custom Houses and embargoes-or of blockade. It may be, that the latter will, in the first instance, be resorted to-that is, the Federal Government may take such men sures as to divert and drive the commerce from Charleston, either by a blockade, or by its influence exerted on foreign natiofns, to induce them to prefer the ports of the Con federacy to those of Citirleston. And ulti m itely. might he left to her separate condi tion, 'under a policy calculated to proscribe and reduce her to terms. The Government would restort to the agency and influence of a Macedonian party. South Carolina be driven to rely on European support and con nections to sustain her. To the ex'ent (if her exports, she might form direct comner cial intercourse. Thin could not be done. however, unless her neighbors stood aloof and saw her sacrificed. Would they do so, is the question. This is an age more ofutihi tarian sagacity than romantic honor. My opinion is, fhat wih all our confidence in Great Britain, we should not trust to her pro teetion, sooner than to those of our own fatmily of neighboring States. But, Mr. Presi dent and gentlemen, I will not speculate any longer (in what taty be. Let what m iv come, I am with South Carolina in all her haz:irds. In my situntion, I must endure the morifica tion 'of being regarded a tame counsellor, whilst I pledge myself to encounter all the hazards of friend., who in opposi- ion to my connsels, may make a final isse for the State. I wish no State divi-ions, and ul:imately there may be none. I have no censures for the brave and disinterested in the threatened contest. They have my regard. and shall not find me or those that I can influence, against them. I have no politient aspirations beyond South Carolina. Called upon as one of her coun sellors to give my opinion, I have done so with freedom and sincerity. When it shall be thought proper to take the initiative of State action, I ask that I may be the first one recalled from the Federal counsels, to take any part that may be assign ed1 to me. Let us adopt the exhortation of Cmsar, at the battle of Pharsahia, 'Pursue the Foreigners, but spare the Romans." Zetter frm Mon. A. Burt. GETLEMEN:-I heve received the communi cation you did me the honor to address to me, in the Abbeville Banner, and seize the earliest mo ment to comply with your request, that I should reply through that paper. You are not mistaken in supposing that a migh ty crisis impends over the Southern States. The posi ion of our own beloved State is eii nently critical. South Carolina has never h:.d greater need pf the wisdom, anid valor. and tffection of heisons, than sit the presenm mtomenat. Most sinicerely do I hope that every man within her borders, feels as keen ly as yourselves, the deepest solicitude for her honor and her weltare. For one I snm sensible of obligations to her, whtich my poor .services can never repay, anud I intend to do my duty, and my wvhole duty to her. in the present juncture. You inform me, that your solicitude for the State, induces you to inquire of mae, as your Represeutative in Congress, wvhat pasrt is to be assigned to her in the great contest which awaiits the Southern States. I had supposed the position oif South Carolina :sl ready deflined and determined, both by thae Lei'islature and the people. I hand supposed the argument exhausted and the deb:ste for ever closed. A Convention was oradered by the Legislature, at its last session, and large and extraordinary revenues raised and sippro printed for milit'ary defence. Delegates to the Convention have been chtosen bty the people, a large mmjori y of whom are under stood to he in flavor of the secession of the State, regardless of the course of other Font hern states, and, itndee'd, regardless osf all circumstances. I have not thme hontor of being ga member of tltat Convention. Thse expediency of secession is a question which cannot come within the scope of those daiies which you have confided to mae as a memtber of Congress. As a member of Comngress, I cannot be enlled upon to vote on that qtaes tion.' It is one exclusively belotnging to the Convention. But it is also true, that the propriety of secession without regard to the course of thte other Southlern States, wvas not discussed pending the election for Conagress and the Legislature, which took place ina Oc tober last. In the public disenssion which I hesnrd.nsnd in which I took part, I heard bit very fewv express opinions ini flavor of the secession of Sou~th Carolina alate, wiahout regard to the actioan of the o:haer States. I think the subject waLs noat discussed before the people. and that their judgment wvas neither expressed nor formed upont it. So also, in relation to the calling~ of a Conven tion by the Legislature. Until after the session begsan I heard nothaing of it, and I think nothing was heard of it by the people. I should have been more happy to have haud the opportunity of otffeaing my opintiotns of these measures before thte judgment of the State was inade up when they taight have entered into its deliberations for the little they may be wvorth. A Congress of the Southern States, I then thought was looked, and nothing else looked to, until its results should be lknown. I cannot even now but regard the actio~n of the Legislature, and of the people of Southa Carolina, as indicating a determination to secede from the Union whatever othter States may think proper to do. I should consequently have deemed it my duty to be silent until the period for the meeting'of the Convention approached. I could thetn have been better able to determinie what would be expedient to do. The events of the sum muer and autumn will, as I think, throw much light on the great issue before us. I should gladly have awaited those events before thec final judgment of the State was made up. Ueder these circumstances I cannot hope that my opinions can be of any avail in as signaing.atny "~ part" to South Carolina. But it is etnough that you wish to know my opin ions upon a measure of public policy, even though it be a foregone coneclnsion. I have no selfish motive to withhold such opintions, as I have nothing to lose by expressing them. I have never sought office-.I have never seen the day when I would .have held an office under the Federal Government. I could not moj..t.hiki.itc without a -feelinr of per sonal degradation. I come, then, tp the con fessional without fear and-without reserve. The inquiries proposed by you suggest two propositiens. The first is, whether se cession be the only alternative now left to the Souwhern States? The second is, wheth er.in the event of the other slaveholding States remaining in the Union, it will be come the duty of South Carolina, forthwith, to secede, on the ascertaintment of that fact? The onlyfull and fitting reply to inquiries of sucb grave import, must be found in a con sideration of the objects contemplated by secession, and of its -probable effiecey in ae complishing those oject.-The leading ob ject to be attaned by 'eceission, wiil be ad mitted to be the preservation of the insti:u tion of African slavery, unimpaired and un molested. It comprehends the quiet and undisturbed enjoyment of this species of property, as well as the means of making it profitable and desirable. These condi irons are necessary to save fifteen hundred millions of property, the most profitable in the world, and the source of countless blessings to mankind. from becomirg a nuikance and a curse. They are amply secured in the Con stitution, and that instrument would never have obtained the approval of South Caroli na and other Southern States, without such a security. But these stipulations and coin p:tets have not been carried out, in gooid faith. by the Northerni States, but have been violated and utterly disregarded. We com plai.t especially, that slaves fleeing to the non laveholdine States are not delivered to their owners, on their demand; that the pro. perty of fifteen States is excluded from coun tries which belong to all the States: mad that the subject of shivery itself, is made the tonic of vehement and mischievous discus. sion in the Northern States, and in Congress. They are well founded comnplain:s-ne s that are 'p p ble violations of the Cons:izution, and would. in my opinie n. any of them. jus tifv the secession of the Southern States. Titey impnir the secnrity and the valte of property in slaves. The experience of eight vet.rs of anxious hope and apprehension have brought tne to the conclusion, that these complaints will never be removed or redress ed by any exercise of the means provided h the Constitution. flow can South Caro lina relorm public opinion in Mnssachusetts or Ohio ? By what poent instrument can she disenchain the public opinion of the North, or break the spell which holds in ah solute sway, the intellect of ihe Nor,h ? Our appeals to their justice have been unheeded. and our remonstrances condenwed. We c:nnot diseuise the fact that the gnaranties of the Constitution in favor of slavery. are mockeries. They are openly repudiated by those who yielded them to the demand of the South, as the basis of a union with them. Individunis may submit to wrong without the loss of character, or self-respect, but such submission.by nations brings dishonor and degradmtion.-It implies both weakness and pusillanitnity, and invites ageressirn, as well as inci-es contempt. The Federal Govern ment cannot and would not if it cauld, con strain these Northern States to the dischar-te of their duty. It has neither fu-cions nor functionaries, to reach the evil. The great funciion of government. in modern times is the protection of property. Property in sl.ves, of all other property, can least en dure aggression, and most needs the arm ofh government. A government that fails either from its we'aktness or its will, to protect this property from domestic as well as foreign foes, does not deserve the obedience or the re-p et of a fr'eetman. ' A govertnent that not only fails to pro ect, but i'a ulaly hos.ile to the property of ifteetn States, fs a monstrous despotism, and :o) overthrow it is to pull1 down a huge nui sance. The ttl~imate abo,'.tiuon of shtvery mtast be the resulr, unless the -.aaveholding States hatve the spitrit to take thtef. rights tnder their oawn protection. The est.ahth tment of' a cotnfeder::ey of slaveholditag Sta tes. it need ntot embrree all the slaveholding States, is, (as I soletmnly believe.) the onaly nmeasure that protmises security, or even hope to the Sotnth. I hold thdt the slaves of Souath Carolina are of infinit ely greater valtue to her than thais Union or any Utnion. Antd whten the enormous evils of whaich we com plain, and which I hnve specified. cetn be re dressed hy the secession of South C.:rualitn alone, I a'm without huesitation. and instantlyv in favor of' it, whtateve'r other States may do, and whatever consegnences mzay follow. Let us, thten, see if our cotmplaints, or any of them would be removed, or redressed by the secessiont of Soth Carolinna alotne--the other slaveholditng States remiaiing in the Union.-Wou hd the prospect of recov'ering fugitive slaves be better? Thtey mnay now be, and now are recovered. sumannzrily and certaitnly, wheat they are fountd ini fifteen' States. The diffictnity of reclaiming theta itt Georgia, or any other slaveholding State. is no greauter thatn it is in the difl'-rent dis neits oaf otnr owna State. Each of these States afford to uts all the facili'ies thant are enjoyed by i-s own citizens. Thtey are sp propriate atnd ..mple.. Our only compklint i-. that the non-shaveholding States taot only re fuse to aid us, hut aetually obst rtuet us in our edeav'ors to reclaim our property, whetn ac cidetnt or crime~ places it wi hint their limits. T'hey ontly' vioahtet the stipulation of' the Cotstituzion on tis subject. These States do. not naow, and wvil taot ever deliver up fu gitive slaves. It wvill not be conttroIverted that Secession would phlee the State sec'ed ing, in t.e reha ion of a foreign Statte towards all the other States of the Union. It wvould he at once the relinquishtmentt of' all the rights as well as the duties, that tnowi exist betweetn them. They wotuld be, to all intents and purposes, as independent of each other, as are France atnd Great Britaina. In the absette of a treaty on the subject, one foreiirn $tate has no right to require atnothter to deliver up fugitive slaves, or fugi ice felons. Tfhe I .w of nations does not etnjoin it, and it is in no itstance done, wvithuout the raquiremetnts of a treaty. WVhy is it, that of the twventy-five thousatnd ftagitive slaves now in Canatda-a country bordering on the United States-- otne has never beena recovered hv his owyner I Why is Cantada a place of refn'ge for slaves wh'o flee from their owners in thte South? It is because it is a foreign country, and the trea ties between Great Britain and the Unaited States, are silent on the subject. Would not then, secession be the voluntary abandon mntt on our part, of the right to reclaim fu tive slaves withbitt the limits of all thte South ern States, and of all othuer cotuntries ? We could not even cross the line of Georgina, Tennessee or North Carolina, in pursuit of* them by virtue of anay right which we should acquire by secession. We know, as do the enemies of that insti tution well understand, that the most. abso lutely fatal policy that entn be ptursued in re ference to slavery, is to Lonfiane it wit bitt pre scribed limtits. Thus localized and hemmed in, it must intevitably hmaguish and die. A given area of country will aflord lucrative employment to a much tmore naumerous white than ctulored population, whether it be slave or free populatiotn. tShaves are not fitted for maay of the avocations of the white man. The'slave popultation of South Carolina in creases nmore rapidly than the whaite race, and at this time considerably exceeds it. What woul1, be ou. msans of difIfusing over new and less populous countries our rapidly in creasiog slave population, If South Carol make herself a foreign State by secession ? Our slaves may now b carried into any State of the Union, which ims not m;:de the intro duction of them unlawful, They may be sold to the citizens of such States, or re moved with their owners. The vast, and fertile lands of Mississippi and Texns, offer tempting fields for the slave labor of the old Southern States Congress has no power to interpose any pro' ibition or restraint. But I ongres hias long since, under the special provLiwon of the Constitution, milde the intro duction of slaves frcm a foreign country into a State of the Union a penal offence. The moment, therefore. South Carolina shall se cede from the Union-the other Southern States rem'ining in it-that moment it would be a high cirne to carry a slave from this State to Georeia, or to any other State. Stich State would have no power to authorize it, the power being in Congress. The bounda ries of our own State, could never be passed by a slave, so long as it should be a foreign S'tate. We hi-ve already been excluded from California, and Utah, an'd New Mexico by the unconstitutional and unjust legislation of Congress, and shall we now permit our own infatuation to exclude us from the rest of the world ? Heaven save us from such insanity! If secession would not place us in a better po1sition for the recovery of fugi:ive slaves, or for spreading our slave population over other countries, but would interpose insur mountable obstae'es to both, would it invest us wish more efetual means of repressing the fanataicism of the Northern States? I am incapable of perceiving any such effect. No, gentlemen, no, it will require he resources and energies of more than one of the slave holding States to quiet this wicked agitation, or to resist its fital influenc'e. The strongest Governments in Christendom, France, and .weden, and Great Britain, have been made to yield up their beau ifual islands in the West Indies, to utter desolation, to appease the fury of this demon. The Spaaish West In di.. Islands and Brazil are now the only cii lized countrie, on earth, beside these South ern States, in which slavery, exis -, and the fourth of a century will not leave a vestige of it in either of them. And we must be wise to escape their doom at n:Y distant day. Wi h these eonsequences before us, would it be wise, to resort to secession, against the views and wishes of all those States, that are bound in a common destiny with us? I confess, with profound regret, that I can perceive no reason to thinik that any, of our sister States of the South regard the peril to slavery as immediate and imminent as we do. I cannot, however, believe that they are less resolved to protect and preserve the do. mestic institutions of the South, than our selves. But while they underestimate the danger to it from the action of Congress. they highly magnify the difficulties and the dangers of disunion. -Yet they have made issues and condihionsconnected wih it, which we must take for granted they will exact trom the North. Their demands will not be conceded, and soon, very soon, their 'final hope will be flat despair."-As God is the judge of my sincerity, I believe this Union and slavery cannot stand together. And un less we greatly misundersiand the oniens, this appalling truth cannot much longer be disguired, It has not yet been realized by the North or the South. Yiu seem, gentlemen, to be amazed at the course pursued by Virginia, it has not struck me with either surpri.,e or d~ismzay. I know you are tani~ht, by more thani one of ottr tatesnmen, to look to this venerable State fair counasel and for lead. But I taever. sup-~ piosed she was to be the standard bearer utf thte South in a conmest for slavery. That Great Commonawealth did mauch to rebuke the usurpations of the General Governmenat, in fornmer days, but what has she ever done to rebuke fanaticism ? The great leader in the memorable contest of 1798 was one of .he oarliest and mo.,.t eloquent of tho~se who deprecated, if they did not denounce slavery. No, Virginina will niever lead the haosts of' the South, 4~hiase destiny it is to resist thae cru sade againast Ulavet'y- That great duty, in my opinion, will devolve upon South Caro tinnz or Georgia. But lead who may it is our destinay to act a conaspicuous parn in the contest when ii shall come. anad come it will as surely as tr."re is a God. interest and self' preservitiona wvill armse, anad unite the States that grow cotton and rice and sugar. Let us not mar and iander thais great movement, by any raahness ofours. Let us not vainly endeavor to separzate our destinay from that of all those States that hanve a comnmon initerest, and from whom alone, of all man-kind, we have a right to hope for suitccor or for sympathy. Renmem ber wey ennnot preserve slavery ifall the o! het Soauthern states suarrenader it ?Let us then ield otir.elves to neithaer rashness nor des 'pair. Let us look to the future wiih counage .:nd with hope. Let us do our own dnty ina this great crisis and animate and excite others ti, do theirs. If the other Southern Staites shall follow the examaple of Virgiin, still leat us not despair or strike otar colors. WYe shall sinak below our high destiny if we hauve not tate courage and the constany. tand the forti tude to meet tall the vicisitudes of a contest wvhicha involves our hopes,our htappinesas, our exis enace. Dntring the autumn of lest year, both in speeches and' conaversationa, I repeatedly ex press'ed the opinion, that if but one State should secede, the Generalg~overnment would attempt to enforce the laws of Congress, ;andi c*oe her itn obedience. I have sincee seeni nothing to chaange, but much to confirm that opinion. It is the province of Conagress to m.ike laws, bitt the duty if the President to execute them. This duiv he solemialy swears le wvill perform. The Piresident and hais Se cretiary of State, having givena repeated as -uranees that this duty will be discharged, T kiow of no reason to doaubt, that it will be attempted. The army and navy are placed at the commnand of the Presideant for that purpose. The President atad air. Webster beloang to a school of politicians who do ntot admiL the right of a State to secede from the Union. Thtis opinuion has been often express ed by Mr. Webster, and expressed with refer ence to Mouth Ciarolinna. TIhey hold that re sistance to the laws of Congress by a State is lawless resistance, and to be treated as the act of rebels and traitors. I have takem much pains to ascertain, whether, if South Carolina secedes, she will be sustainued by the aet, or the public opinion of any other State. The result is a convic tion that our example would not be followed,! nor our conaduct justified by any one of them. They evidently do not regard the piast or the present state of things, as jtustifying seces sion, And I fear they delieve, that South Carolina from factious and selfish motives, is endeavoring to involve them in a conteat without eniuse, and would look uponi a strugt gle hetwveen the General Government and this State, without concern and without sym pathy. From the foregoing view, it will be seen that my opinions are, that ."outhern States ce~mnot remai in the Union, without degra dation, and ultimately, the abolitioni of slave ry; that jslavery is of greater value to the Southa than the Union; that secession is the nly reraniningalteraive_ bu tha it sh.o be resorted to onljus of e"tablish ing a cotiftideraCy-6f. one .rore slavehold in1 States: thatrat thi lie, the secession m o South Carolina 1 tie her be foillewed of nor justified by inte ; that the secession of So n ~i -t the present ha time, the other Sotirti t.Kimannn in It the Union, would onlyh - ravate the evils of which we justly-com -ii ad would be in expedient and unwisathat, in such event force would be- attetlied, by, the Federal Government, and the g .et object of seces sion seriously hindered endangered, if not utterly defeated, . I have now, gentleme my opin ions upon the deepyinfei Ztihg points indi. w cated in yonr communialg *jth the frank- pr ness and eandor that 6i'imes me na ai rpre- fil sentative and a citizen. " mmend them to your scrutiny and vourt deaion. They c are opinions delibert4 formed, after the fa long and anxious riefieei*rfn one who ham no ambition but toprfuote the true glo-ry of South 'arolina. Aldti not hope thmt they will be nccepta1AeA 1-of you-they m:ty not be so to any 0o ft .bnt I :m wil ling to submit them to lftest of time and trut h, as I am content an iresolved to stind or fall in the public eAtimatlon, by them. and upon them. In public or-in private life, I should not feel that I vtWi: patriot if I did bm not, at whatever persoonl 'anerifice, to save 1I my native State from-the id osters of blind ai and heedless counsels. BNt South Carolina ti is the home of my affeetions, and her bosom fe shall be my grave. H srcause shall be my v, cuse-her fate, my fa e. u I cannot lay down m pen without this admonition to my fellow-citizens: Beforea, vonu serede, make up you'r mind, unalternbly. that the step. once takei enn never he re- b traced without unutterAW. shame and des pair. Be. then. resolved-to meet all its ha- t zards and its trials. -If you are not rendy to 81 l:iy down life and fortune. -you are not pre- P pared for seression. The North cannot and will tiot part with you, and the treasure she wrings from you, without i ~mighty struggle. She will use'force, if dare. and there be t need. Be sure. before on move, that you it ennnot fiil,-and be sui,& also, that sucerse I will brine the renlization of the bright hopes s< and happy vkions that leid you on to the tI contest. If von are inditeed to favor seel-a- o sion by the idea, which Odmo of thope who o are clinorous. for that measure hold out to yon-that you wonld be carressed and coax ed, by kindness and concessions, to return to to the Union-I entrent you to diserd ths. vain and unworthy hope..ecesnion, for sneh T' a purpose. would be a paltry and a miserabl trifling with the gntvest question of the een. tury. I woild scorn, with as proud di-d:aii as you could feel, any- unmanly appeal to your years. I make no ich appeal. I ony q conjure you to bring home to your own con. cl seiousness the realities.of this irreat is- ne. before the sword is dtwn. That brigrh weapon, once drawn. ca'never be sheathed without dishonor. Retriat, in such a (on- r< test, would be as disastrons, and infinitely v more disern-aeful, than defeat. Either wonld n be irretrievuble ruin. Tien. be wi-e- be , revnlved-be ready-before you strike! I have not a purpose. or alhiope. or a wish. 'h t t i-- not insepar.hly connee(ed with the des.inyd of Smith Carolinn. and, wjth the help of God, e her de-stiny shall be my., stiny. T nm, gentlemen. wi . nat respect, your h obedient and humble sKI int. AR* ISTEAD BURT. ' To Capt. Thomas B. ~z, and ot hers. tI EDGE'PIE N . C. P THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1851. Mr. S. M. HEWL.ETT. Georgia State Temper ace Lecturer, will deliver an address this eve ning at early candle light in the Methodist church. WE are requested to state that the people of Edgefield, are invited to attend a Public Meeting to be held in Hamburg on Saturday next. "JoitN RANDOL.PH" desires us to say that his ,i piece was modified after seeing the reply of " IN- p DEPENDENCE" His articeo will be found on the ib out-ide. Expecting a press of original pieces this e, week.,.we took the liberty of-Petting his commwti- a pation for the out-side, to make the labor of the n office less difficult for our hands to accomplish in h due 'ine. If our correspondents increase, we will n be compelled to adopt this plan with others. Let a this be an explanation for al. d A NEW Pos-r-OFretc has been established at E " Edisto Mills," Edgefield District, and PARCKsI J. COLEMAN appointed Post-master.a WAtTEJI ri'RE. e IN our paper. to-day. will be found an advertise- Ii ment of the "SorrzztN WATER CuRE INSTI- p TUTE," located in MilledEeville, Ga. We know el but little of this rather modern system of redeem- 01 ing mankind from the ills that tlesh is heir to ; but 01 we have heard it much lauded by very sensible n men. One thing is certain-the world has gone El " Starke" mad about things of far less importance El and utility than the " Water Cure." 0 To S. C. C. we say, our columns are open for any articles that tend to theamelioration of human SE suffering.v GRtAYITEVILLEI CIG4lR. , WE are indebted to Mr. B. PALMER TYL.ER of Graniteville, for a bunch of finely-flavored cigars, a of his own manufacture. They are made with unusual skill, and need but age to make them worthy of the approbation of smokers generally. " Get along dar, Mr. Palmer Tyler." HEAR lOTih RIIDES. I WE promise in our next issue, the speech de livered by Gay. SEAsaoo in the late Convention of Associations. It contain,' many plain and prac tical views upon the question of separate State action. A great part of our paper thi' week, it will be " seen, is occupied by arguments opposed to our own positior " Fair play" is our motto. We re com mend it to certain anti-resistance sheots in the State. In particular, we suggest to the political head of S the Southern Baptist, a little more genero- iry, (im magnanimity, charity or whatever it should be : termed. Why does not that religious exponent of ' C tolerant Protestantism carry its principles into fo politics, if it must need. go theref atUll? We say fr to the editors, that many of their Baptist friends it in this section, condemn the one-sided course they! ,pt have thought proper to pursue.. " A word to the 'al wise ought to be sufficient. e - --- bt M4lL MATTER. THE following may be rather too coarse for a very delicate and sensitive persoin; but it is one of gi those facts which we feel som'ewhat constrained to aT journalize. . .at As the mail-coahdrew up in front of our Post- to office not many days since, a worthy gentleman of pC serious habits and grave deportment, approached, Ni and ventured to address the following enquiry to oT the driver-" Much inerin-the mail to-day, sirt" tn " Well, as to.the siaater, I caint say for certain- mi but," continued he, throwing over-board several sit of Uncle Sam's rusty leather bags, " here are some SI dangerous looking old 'cb.", s . pgntlema-a-i-e . JUPGE 3'T-LEr-r SPEECH. WEz lay before our 'readers to-day the speech de by Judge BUrLa in the late Convention Southern Rights Associations. It is regarded, believe, as the most powerful argument which a yet been made upon that side of the question. is unnecessary for us to bespeak for It a careful msal. The well-known character of its author 11 ensure this. It will be seen that he still looks to other diffi Ities than war, as being the most formidable tacles to the future career of South Carolina, an independent Government. The concluelon of the honorable Senator, is tIl worthy the atter. I in of those, who seek. by ivate trickery and implied threats, to throw the e-brand of discord into our midst. When the test is made by our Constitutional mvention (as it inevitably will be,) the miserable etion that may reck Federal protection to shield em from the fearfully-anticipated dangers of the ntest, will find in Judge BuTLa one of their oat indignant prosecutors. "GLORIOUS NEWS! I-THE BALL IN NO. TION!" Tuos shouts the mercurial conductor of the ranscript, upon hearing that the city of Ham rg, Edgefield distriet, is about to take measures ainat separate secession by South Carolina. We e indeed thrown into dismay and confusion by is terrific intelligence. Stand about and shift r yourselves, ye men of Carolina-a political lano is about to belch forth its hideous wrath )on your devoted heads! HAMBURo Is TilE oRD- -pass it round, brethren of the Press, that 1 may know their doom. Wo! wo, to the infat. ted madmen, who will dare to stem this I1am irg torrent! The only possible means of meeting I tempest with any degree of equanimity, is by ndily and firmly whittling a piece of soft white ne. and humming that ancient couplet " lamburg ladies. cakes all dough. Nevermind the weather, so the wind dont blow." Since writing the above, we have learned pnsi vely, that the Hamburg Republican, from which brother Transcript gathers its " glorious news." not the exnonent of all Hamburg. We thought . There is a party there however. it it deserves e name. which coincides even with Mr. PERRY Greenville. This set is composed in graat part Northern men, with Northern principles, and ry and their co-adjutors constitute the Hamburg woken of above. These, we understand, are in rumental in promoting the grand move to be ade on Saturday next. We warn onrunsuspect g people to beware how they suffer themselves be gulled by thnee who have for them no genu. e feeling of brotherhood. Judge BUTLER was aited upon yesterday by a committee of two. re iesting his attendance at their meeting. He de ined the invitation. - .. SPIRIT OF '61. Tnts is the name of a vnhinteer Cavalry corp, ently formed at Mount Willing in thi- district. re understnnd that it numbers already about 60 en. Col. R. B. BAuRnn-r. lately a member nf e Lecisln'ure. and at re-ent a delegate elect tn e State Convention. ha- heen choeen Cawain of e new enmanny. -The Colonel'- knawn spirit. ergy and militnrv skill are cerni, guarantee- of e success of thie undertaking. We have not yet ard the names of the other officers. We learn also that. annther corps of he same irt is about being formed in a difflerent quarter of e same regiment-the old 10th. We are truly *oun to see these demonstrations in a section ich we may well call our second home. Should ' cau'e of honor and pa'riotiem call to arms. old aluda will not, b e found' wayting. It may he moe~ro mentinieiat Catit*W.C. Mouaoits, the Butler Rifles, proposes to obtaina battery om the State authorities, and to convert his com my into Flying Artillery. It will be seen, from these items, that the Spirit '51 in Edgefield is decidedly a military spirit. DAGrgERRR'TYPP C'AR, Mr. Littan, the Dactnerreotypiet, who has h-en r some time occupying rooms in the SIA NN Ho s. at this place, ha." had a Daguerrean Car en ructed at the carrinte-manufactorv of our enter. i'ing town-man. Mir. A RNER IBUSnNEL. It is idend an admirably arrannert and elegantly finish I 'inte. refleting credi* upon thnee who deviced well as those who built it. We doubt ifa ater or more convenient specimen of the kind, i vet been made. Its advantages for the bu-i tse are manifest. Having lights at the sides. and sk-light which cnn be regulated easily accor. ing to she judgement of the artist, the nrecise sree of light can be rendhily attained. In travel. ng. pictures can be prodhiced without the delay d trouble ueually reotireud to make the necessary -ranemnts. IHere is always an eleucnnt little oon. wi'h velvet.cn~li"ned sens, and silk cur. ins readyr fixedl and exactly adlapted to the pur. e of operating speedily and ruccessfully. The tablishment. although very large and commoidi. s. can be easily drawn by four horses, over any slinary road. Its entire cost (with harness) is 'ar $1000. and the whole aflfair is one of those tily increasing proofs, that " some things can b mc as well as others," even in this back country nr. The front of the car is ornamented with a land. pe view, and from the top arises a beautiful ri-colored satin banner, a fit ensign of the taste hibi'ed below. We wish for Mir. LEton,. whose sojourn here has on for him the respect of our community. many pleasant and profitable jaunt in his travelling dlery. The present is Car, No. 2, of the firm of EtGtt & TUCER. In their No. 1, the pictures re taken, that bore off the premium at the sorgia exhibition. In their No. 2, others may be ken. that will win the prize at the next annual ir of the South Carolina Institute. We will see. GIEf'RGIA MiOVING. Wa have been highly gratified by the cheering telligence brought over from our sister Common ealth, by a friend who has recently visited save I places in the heart of that State. This testi any is worthy of all credence. The amount of is intelligence is that the whole country is alive ith political excitement-.that the advocates of tthern Rights are moving heaven and earth to ike their noble creed the Lord of the ascendant that their numbers are rapidly swelling and that iss, SErnENs and ToOBSa, may well tremble the result. " God speed the cause," say we. nn the depths of our heart. That Georgia will, spite of the appeals of sagacious demagogues, raueo the path of honor and truth, we have all ag hoped most fondly. The indications to that ht we hail with the liveliest joy. Come on, ave sister, we entreat you. You have the spirit you have the intelligence. Burst then the clog g fetters of party discipline, and let that spirit d intelligence shine out in all their native power d brilliancy. South Carolina does not pretend dictate to you. She is not vain enough to sup se that she can teach the land of Troup a lesson. >! no ! She invites-she entreat' you, for your n sake, to join her. When she says that the te of action has arrised for her, she, of course, tans no disrespect to you, or any - other ter. She judges for herself-for no one else. le holds her own sovereignty sacred, and she :redly respects yours. While she scorns to ap .. i....a...n..w. or Aaian-l she yet anp peals to you as an independent slow. She long. telhave you at hir sider She.ongstostrkehhads. with you across the Savantah, apd to gght to gether as in the oljien tite of the Revolution. Once moi, brave Gergiams, we exhort you, "ADVANCE TO TIE FRONT." --C. - Nfl. lsUTS LETTFR. I, our coluims, this week, will be found the re sponse of our present wamber of Congress, to cer tain enquiries as to his views upon the question now occupying the attention of our people. We publish this letter from motives of fairness. Its author has, perhaps a right to expect that the papers of his Congressional district, should at least, do this much; and, what in of greater weight with us, many of our readers may be desirous of seeing this production of their immediate Representative. Our unfeigned surprise has been excited by the manifest dif'r nee between the tone of this com munication, and of the enthusiastic speech made to the citizens of Edgefleld during the past Fall. We are aware that Mr. BURT did not say distinct ly, that he was an advocate of separate State ac tion ; because co-operation was then looked to as a certainty. and such a declaration would have been not only useless, but entirely out of place. But we are very forgetful of this said speech, i' it did not teem, from beginning to end, with denun cia'ions of the Federal Government, and unquali fied declarations of the absolute necessity of cheek ing at once the progress of its usurpations. If any impression was conveyed to our mind more dig. tinctly than another by those declarations, it was that Mr. BUaR would be among the very foremost to lead off in the first m'we that should be made, for " Equality in the Union, or Independence out of it." Such were indeed the opinions and the feelings of almost all our Washington eounsellors at that time. And they struck a responsive chord in the heartsof a brave and counfiding oonstituenoy. Mr. BuRT well remembers the loud plaudits that greeted every expression of " determined resistance at any and at every hazard," that fell from his lips. It was in perfect accordance with the mind and soul of.his audience. Soon thereafter, men from every part of our district, understanding their own wishes and feelings, and believing conscien. cious'ly that they understood those of the people, were elected and went to the Legislature. There, under the influence of the powerful conviction that something must be done, to the strengthening of wi ich conviction Mr. BURT had contributed no little. they did that something with the boldness of freemen. And now the very Individuals who, to some ex. ten, instigated the deed. have come from Wash ington again, and o !-they advise the State that action is worse than folly-that it is insanity. self-destruction. The moral consistency of this course, we do not yet appreciate. But we are not less surprised at the present tone of Mr. BURT's politics, th-n at the nature of the argument upon which he seems mainly. to rest his opposition to the action of South Carolina. In accordance with a view taken by a certain Co. lum-ia paper, (which, for Mr. BURT'S sake, shall be nameless) he argues, as if influenced by a be lief that the existence of slavery is a thing ini nitely paramount to the existence of State's Rights. In other words, he makes that which is an inci dent of the controversy (an important one, we ad mind) the highest point in dispute-the domestic nature of our social organization, greater in im portance than the political principles upon which our Freedom depends. While he shudders at tshe thoughtofendangeringIn the least, the institution. of slavery, he seems.to forget that any eperoach ment upon the reserved Rights of the States, is the sapet fatal meaos of-accodplishing thedestruc-, tion of the foryne-, Gentlainen. should remembpr that this is a coflrovers#N wbii214 if catrie 1 eli with high de$rainition, is destlied'to sett1i whst has now become to alarge portion of the American people, a serious problem-" are the diffrent coms munities that compose this Confederacy free, so vereign and independent State ?" The eyes of the civilized world will be attracted by this view of the contest. It is our strongest ground, and it can be made good before C9ristendom by irre'i-ti ble demonstration. It is, perhaps, the only ground upon which a party can be rallied in this country, sufficiently united to rave the South and her In stitutions. The political features of this siruggle, nrc chidfly to he studied. And to the elucidation atnd establishment of the true principles of the Americant Union, let our Statesmen devote them selves. Here is their great duty-here their befit ting task. Here is their opportunity of impressing their names upon the world, and heft, the noblest prospect of transmitting their memories to a grate ful posterity. "lIet the FRsEDont OF THE STATES be preserved inviolate at all iski," should be our motto. If the institu'ion of slavery shackle us in the maintenance of this fundamental proposition, JI is thus far, an evil. The direct tendency of Mr. BEsar's argument (tf there roere any force in it) is to prove that we are hampered by an institution which places an interdict upon our taking the only proper and constitutional mode of staying' the hand of Federal aggression--she interposition of State sovereignty. But we deny the gentleman's argument in toto. We do not propose now to enter into this dis cussion, as it is already broached by one of our correspondents In another column. But we would ask our readers to bear in mind, while reading the lester of Mr. BUR, the following consi.!e a:ion'. Upon the point made in reference to fugitive slaves, does Mr. BUaR believe, or can any reasonable man believe, that if Canada were a slave-holding country, there would be any serious difficulty In recovering, thera ? s, runaways from another slave holding communityi Could Georgia or North Carolina, favor an escape of slaves from our State into their borders ? The Idea is preposterous. Is would militate directly against the secudity of that very institution, which, equally with us. they are constrained to guard n I h jealous care. Fugitives from slavery tolerated or countenanced in adjoin ing slave States ? It Is surpri'ing that such a supposition should be resorted to, in the way of argument. The result would be, according to Mr. BUaR's expectation, to fill those States with law less free negroes. They could not endure this for one year wi:.hout enacting, as a matter of self-defence, strong laws for the complete prevention of this state of things ; and those laws would directly provide for the prompt return of fugitive negroes to their rightful masters. Any other course would involve them in the most ridiculous Inconsistency If this would not be their policy, let Mr. BUaR or any other gentleman tell us what it would be. " The right to cross the line in pursuit" would be furnished to us by those States which adjoin, as a requisite to the safety and order of their own ia ternal affairs. Nor would the Federal Government dare to Interfere, in violation of that important provision of the Constitution, which secures to each State the sight to take any step necessary four the security of her domestic polity. If South Carolina, has now the uight to legislate in roer. ence to colored seamen from other countries com ing into her borders, would not Georgia have an equal right to guard herself against the black popu lation of South Carolina ? It cannot surely be urged that these fugitive. would be appropriated by the honorable Sentes Into which they Ged.. This would be a gross insult to the people of those States. Again, would ne gros fly from Carolina servitude to Georgia or North Carolina servitudei It ennnot baesid- that-ho Semanta.=Aii-n would lend a helping bn& to-a e0aU -r emanei pariethe-~bfugitive slvsfosepaihg This would be aeogni- g oU A r,te pell;g, and wlout of that doctrine, But these States hot dds to be a pienclous doRimn. '1eWin) not manition or uphold it now in referenc to Cuba. Would they In reference to South CarolInSt -Dt we have not .oom to say more upon th1ainter The argument merisbut 1-tdeeonsidedoo.Wj.. would.not have-said thus much, but that the aw thor of the letter applies the baah term of "ia.. anity," to those who differ fro bb viemlws. Yes calm consideration of this branch of bbsasput will aflix the epithet to its proper owfew. For an examination of his other main point; * refer our reades to a comrunlaesdn in another colmn. MAJOR PERRYrS SPEECT. Wz understand that copies of this FSio-et4 Aazarir document are in circulation throughout these parts. Whepme come theyI A6 iWM"R. desires to know for a arnicurpurpe. 901, T. 6, CLEMSO., Tarts gentleman, late charge 't6 3Itiiniiir been spending a. few days in tis vicinity,wht Col. F. W. Piczasn, on his wat.e the esidenes of his mother-in-law, Mrs. JoW C. Car.uo. The public are aware that his sudden recall is at tributable to the arbitrary pleasure of the pre eat delectable Whig administration. Of course no' reason ias been assigned, nor indeed could be. Mr. CLzsson has proved himself a capable and efficient officer, and has redected credit upon the Government he represented abroad. And fortiis, he has had to bear the harsh treatment of 'thi generous Flllmorean Cabinet. Thu goesJuaibe by the board. - - OFT-S3DE PREMI'RE. Mr. W. W. BoTcu, of Fairfield, iio g1Tge-eis mate and an almoat-ebum of ours- is ouritsa anti-soession argument, the merit -of whihMW will perhaps perceive more fully than we now do, after he elaborates his several points. Especially do we await to see that undefined " pressure frow without," made more oomprehensible. It mat prove to be a very statenman-like view, afr, it is eawidated a Wl. We were reading this art-Ie of our friend, a evening or two ago, to a plain old gentleman of our acquaintance, and just as we bad gotten tbro* the high-pressure part--" Eh! what's that?" e. claimed our old hearer, " Pressure fom athnst neoessary to unite the South! And have we no. been feeling that pressure there many yeas! Say to your friend, sir, for me. that he is inculeating - dangerous doctrine, when he teaches tbC af'ty is o conme from a continuation and an increase of this pressure. -A homely illustration maysiPw'iy meaning. Place our beautiful staple beneath-tiii powerful cotton-presm-let the screw down upan it one fourth the depth of the box. and ifthe pressea be removed. its elaeticity will am It toepa*m and rise aenii. perhaps to its original fullnes an beauty. Let the screw be rdn dnafso' the depth of the box, and, althoughl he'erple will be much less rapid than before,i es th'o &ui may again ri'e considerabl,. But lef the sCrew continue to come down with its gradual pole until the loest point of pressure has heen macbed --the cords are fastened, and the elaticity f the cotton, its capability of reaction is goevfoeer. May it not be thus with us a ipeople? fW6 burst free at once from the powerful politiea e. gine, that bears down upon us with steadilyna. creasing force, the spirit of our country y ye rise wishe the boancy. audl vigor of-theproaid' eagle of-the m'untain.... ButHw walsi auta engine, under*ge cod e udinaif toba-gin ad again,se m= our enemies in this Govermacta. "PerAaei so. Toll himb at- any rateuoe little more explicit themnor time." - And thus ended our-colloquy. - TtrE NE.SBIT laoN WouES.-We learnf~ :a gentletnn who has lats1yyWited~thjisab lishament, now conducted -b~*1t"h"Si is Iron Manuafne uring Compan'y,"thatthetAi~ nes.t is g' 'n: on meet energeticallyand proar. perciu.4y unade~r thej able management of Mr.~ H:ammer-kold. Troni working is entrried on. finda grend vrey of fo'rms, and the company Gda rad demtnand for their munnufeaturea' which give much satisfaetion whenevertE. ted. The' Chairbatte and 8. C. IRsilroad com. p any, for some timec, have been us.ing - for layin'n their tr-.sk, iron ebnirs from thes work s, with nenh sni 1f eton tand stucceas. We. hiennrily co'ngr:.tulate the newV company on, their very suc'esstful beginning, and hops that some fnend will favor us with an accurate and minute statement of their progress *nd~ prosapects.-Comlutnbin Telegraph. A HIEno.-The young Cuban. Montes do Ocn, found guilty for bribing a pil'ot to asasiat Lopez, in his' attempted invasion of Cynhi< nnd recently executed in Havana, Is repored to have dis-d like a hero. A letter to. the. S-vannnh Rej ubican, ays: *'Preioaus to. his exeention, the Captain General, C'oncha, eave him nine days to denounce all the'pa. triots on the Istland. and promised his h'berty. and a large sum of money-but. he nobly' replied thait he would sooner die a thousandl denths than denonee his friends; for, said he. Ubn will be free, and after generations will shed a tear to the memory of one who fell in behalf of his aenntrv, nd our friendua in t he Unuited States will noir know that Cube h as thousanda who will perish by the Garoto rathan live In bondage." C~urrURE or SUGA.-A hundred year. ngo the .Je.'uita brorught a few bundles of catne fronm His'p.:nioln and plented them i what is now the second tmunicipnlity of New Orleans. Tn 1759 the first s'ugar mill wasn erected. In 1840 the number of al've='em plotyed in the sutgar culture was 148,890ann the product was 119.947 hogshaends of I000 pocundats ach, and 600A000 gallors of moIs sea'. In 1850 and 1861 the erOp will e'xece 200.000 hog.seade, worth tensilker's of - dellire. The enpital now empaloyed ist see ty millions of dol fars. Ax Oaxoss 'ussr.-On Tuesday inst some of the new frienda of Gen. Foote. in view of the ardunua dutie involved in a can vass 11e thraee oflces, purehased and presen ted to him, with some fouri-h. a Sne horse and baggy. The next evening. whilst taking ran airing,.the horse proved retrnetory, bust. 11ortunatetv on the first anifestation of "re. sistance" 'on the part of' the qu-:dreped. the Senatoe qmickly illustrated the prnetical doN seieof' peaceale secession," thereby maring his bones, but we are sorry to add, auser~leing his buggy.-aississippian. SWrnIrLER AIIn Baesa-Thereg have lately arrived ins New-York .nearly a .e, tie Italian bestrars, armed and Aquipgeil wih documenta made out with ekigupo ilrg to prove them " politicat xiles, wrecked passengera." or persons wlau se been robbed, &e. Thloeepersona, athero->i good reansan to believe, are profesonZ e, ahoebusiness at home iseralz Abu hirh goneto fieeci'this and charitable people of Philadelphla. Iti supposed there are twelvo hundred~ofthes nne inUha I 8ah euRest