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African slavery is comnpatable with the word of God, and neither a moral, social or polii cal evil, but a blesing to society and the pro. gress of civilizatien. This accumulation of strength by the institution has been derived, however, almost exclusively from the South. As a community, the opinion of the North against it, as displayed in action, is more con centrated and decided at this time than at any former period. This is also true of the European, and I may add the Asiatic portions of the world. But a few years can elapse before Cuba, as the property of Spain, and Brazil, will be obliged to surrender to the united forces of fanaticism and national in terests. Moral, as well as political causes already brought to your view, are moreover in operation, that must effect, at no distant day, the same disastrous result in our coun try, unless the South, by united and harmon ious counsels, shall be made to feel the dan ter of its present position. In a word, my telief is, that by discussion the plantation States have become confirmed in their faith, but that by the force of supposed interested considerations on the part of their assailants, they are decidedly weaker, or less able than ever to resist combined and systematic ef forts. In conclusion, allow me to say that, yes terday a friend remarked to mue, that this "clamor" portended no good to South Caro. e lina. In the emphatic language of Burke: "I like a clamor when an outrage has beer committed. The fire bell at night break! your slumbers, but it prevents you from be ing burned." EDGEFIELD, S. C. THURSDAY, JUNE 5,1851. HASMBURG PROCEEDINGS. Tim full account of these proceedings, we re gret to say, were received too late for publicatioi in this issue. Our paper was set up and nearl: ready to go to press, when this account came t hand. It shall appear in our next. Thinking that some information of the meetin and it's doings would be expected, we had penne such items as could be gathered from persons wh were present, which will be found under anothe head. Had the proceedings, as published, reache us in time, it would have saved us this trouble. -- G BE JUST AND HOLD TO THE TRUTH. WE have been grossly misrepresented upon point, which we are compelled to notice briefl) It has been circulated that our paper denounce those opposed to separate State action, as "tral tors,renegades." Now this assertion ifdeliberatel made after an examination of the brief paragrap in which such expressions occur, is a wilful an unjustifiable perversion of language. We did not al ply those terms to men who differ with us as I the propriety of action by the Convention elec It is absurd to say that we did. We ask those wl may have taken up this very wrong impressioi to refer again to it, and they will see that we a plied these epithets, to such individuals as "wou skulk away" from the State with their valuable wien her hour of trial was at hand. Nine tentl of the anti-secession party in South-Carolina, w brand such persons just as we have done. We are truly astonished that ay one should far have misunderstood plain English. CHARLESTON ADVERTISEMENT. Wz desire %'caU especial attention to the a vertisement ofMessrs. Sztis & Neczo, ofgharle ton. Severalpesnfoutr ~j a mnany other Charlestmwhoue nd lidwir this, e'requtest for themn a lib eral patronage fro this section. HAMBURG AND THE BIEETING OF SATUI DAY LAST. Iv our allusions to IHambtirg politics in the la issue of the Mdoertiser, we may have.j 'tentioz ally rufled the feelings of some oliur fsient there. We have indeed ceived an intimation I this effeict. It is our wvisNi that such persons wi not look upon our allusions as intended for then only in cases where they exactly fit. If there b no such cases, we are truly ghid of it. The iter of news and the circumstances upon which ws predicted our remarks about Northern men, &c were, we now believe, to some extent erroneoun And we are by no means displeased to learn, as we have done from several respectaiole source that such is the case. As to those persons, or rather that individua who, we are told, has been actively engagedi curtailing our subscription list in that quarter, wv have no acknowledgement to make. We can perhaps, get along without their help. Our onl: remark is, that we cannot see why they shiouli have taken our off-hand comments upon th * " Transcripts shout" in such high dudgeon. Ou intention was to-let our friends know that man: persons, living near the scene of action, did ne regard the Hamburg demonstration as the gr-ee occasion which the Transcript regarded it to be To all wve say, that political observations of gencral character are not usually taken as person al attacks, mnuc/l less, as abusive attacks. Thos who look upon our article in this light must hay * misunderstood our language. *As to the meeting spoken of, we learn that it ha been held, and that it was attended by at leas 150 or 200 persons. It is said that some 40 of thea were fromiHamburg-some 40 or 50 from Granite * ville and Aiken, and the rest from the countr around and from: Augusta. It was announece that Judge BULrr~aand Gen. HAMxOND would ad dress the meeting. Circumstances, of which w are not aware, having prevented their attendanc a letter was read from the first named gentlemari Whether Cen. HAt.u:szox responded, we have nt heard. We are informed that Capt. B~aooacsc this district also declined an invitation to atten Son the ground of opposition to any thing that migt lend to a division at home. * But there were several speeches nevertheles' Mr. OwENs and Mr. BoYCE who were either them by accident or cdesign (we have not exactly learne * which) delivered addresses, each an hour long, the assembled multitude. As some of our reades may not be informed as to who these gentleme are, we will only say that the former is from Barr well-the latter from Fairfield. The former is member of the Legislature-the other has beet Both gentlemen are said to have spoken it some efTect. Several rather prourinent men are said to has been present, and to have lent their hearty co-opern tion to the objeet of the meeting. Aurong them, ma be named Mr. War. GREGG and Mr. Kica BoYC1 who have been for several years sumnmcr-rcsiden of Edgefield and who own a large part of tI -Graniteville factory. The meeting was presided over by Capt. A: DaEW lIAMxoNDr,an estimable and intelligent gt tileman. We will take pleasure, in laying before our ret ders the proceedings of this meeting, when the be published, we shall decide after seeing them, whether to publish them would not be crowding out of our columns other matter of more impor tance. Finally, we gather that tie "Ball set in motion" and knocked about with a good deal of vehemence at the late meeting, will eventually bounce into some crevice or corner, amid the general cry of LOST BALL. If we are mistaken-.if our fellow citizens are determined to get up division, as much as we regret it, our friends will not shrink from the contest. THE PROGRESS OF CONSOLIDATION. IT is vain for a Southern man to attempt con cealment of the truth, that the principles of Con solidation are, at this very time, making steady progress, in almost every quarter of this Union. They are spreading, in some sections, with a a pidity truly alarming. In the Northern States, they are already embraced and publicly avowed by prominent men of all parties. With few ex ceptions, the Press, throughout those States, has adopted as its motto, "THE UnIoN CANNOT AND SHALL NOT BE DISSOLVED." The present Admin istration has declared this to be the main article of its creed. The doctrine has been boldly pro. mulgated, " BY AUTuonITy." Such is the simi larity of sentiment and feeling upon this point, North of MASON and Dixon's line, that it is im possible to gainsay the assertion, that it is now th( settled policy of an immense combination of all parties, in that great Division of the Union, ti make these principles the acknowledged and uni versally admitted principles of the confederation. The result of success, on the part of this combi nation, will be the instantaneous destruction o the Federal Government, as it came to us from oui fathers with carefully limited powers, and th< substitution of a Central Despotism, whose "fiat shall be the infallible and sovereign Law of thi land. The friends of a Consolidated System havi been earnestly at work, for many years, to pro duce this result; but, until a recent period, thei sagacity has taught them to work secretly, and t make their advances insidiously. They have in deed schemed with the " wisdom of the serpent, for the ac complishment of their cherished design and many have been duped into the belief, the their hearts were all the time filled with "the harr lessness of the dove." While accustoming th mind of the American public, by gradual al r proaches, to practical Consolidation, they hav avoided the name, from the fear of producing shock that might be fatal to them, by a prematu announcement of their ultimate object. But tf, time, it seems, is now arrived, when the veil ca , be fully raised and their real intentions exposed I the public gaze, without peril to their cause. . majority of the American people, they now bcliev will saention and sustain .hem in openly proclain ing the supremacy of the National Governmen 1 and, believing thus, they dare to denounce a Stat I which has sienified her intention of dissolving h connexion with the Union on the score of grievoi ' wrong and insult, as guilty of treason and reb lion. Turn it as we will, the long existing contr 0 versy between the Northern and Southern section 1 is narrowed down to a direct conflict betwen Col ) solidation on the one side, and State's Rights < d the other. This is the great political battle v s have now to fight. South Carolina stands fort i the advocate and exponent of State's Rights-t1 1 Administration at Washington, the advocate at exponent of Consolidation. We earnestly ask m tour fellow-citizens, except those wvho belong to I enemy, to consider the question iin this light at to determine their course accordingly. In makii anexepltion here of ." those weho belong tot lenemy," 4msnaii only thones individuals amo - us, whosef and -yigrne aroith~ pi1 n e-wbosdertif eeV5 tJflgis g nfuene of our Southern temperature-wlico athoughts'still tirn with devotion to that frig country of the North, where hatred of our Sout] ern institutions and enmity to State's Rights haa each assumed a sfiape and a name, and are stall ing abroad at noon-day. To such men, we scee tto make a single appeal. We cannot subject ou selves to such' huimiliation. Wherever these i sviduals have become truly Sout hernized, we chee ofully, aye-, joyously extend to them the right hari 1of fellowship ; but when we have good reason1 believe them " present in the body, but absenti .the spir-it,'' (we mean no profanity by thus using sacred expression)-when we hear them whinin - over the glories of the Union, and insinuating ths the noble spirit of resistance now abroad at tli South is the spirit of folly and madness, we tur from them with inexpressible loathing and disgus No, it is not to suich men we desire to appeal this trying juncture. But we do appeal with hearl felt anxiety, to our owon people-to those whofer Iwith the South-to those who acktnowledge allegiance paramount to that wohich they owoe to ti State under wvhose protection they live. T oward such persons, we can entertain no feeling of hot tility or unkindness If we, at times,address ther witht excessive warmth, we beg that it may b attributed to our zeal in the cause of State's Right and Southern Equality. These men are our be thren, and we fondly cherish them as such. An to these, we again say, " arise, for the hour < trial is at hand !" The principles, upon whic our civil liberties depend, are at, stake. If you as a gain, "avwhere is the danger ?" we answer, iti from this spirit of CossoLIDATION, which no' threatens to sweep away, as with a besom of de struction, the only safeguards of our Freedom, th Sovereignty and Independence of the States.I has already reared its impious head, and bids yo defiance. The South has made admission afte admission, concession after concession, until thb monster has come to look upon the spirit of ou people with contempt. Urged on by the shout of the vast mixed rabbles of the North, and eri couraged by the delinquencey of a few Southera deserters, IT DEsIGNs TO PLACE IT's FOOT Uro: Y oUR NECKs. Sufler this to be consummated, an: the day of our political redemption will hav fpassed away forever. Better for us then, that w~ had never realized the blessings of Freedom. Bei tetr for us, that we had never thro'- n off' the Brit ish yoke. As British subjects, the paymentc moderate imposts would have secured to usa least the enjoyment of our homes, our families an all the social pleasures which spring therefros As subjects of Northern Rapacity and Fanaticisa our ALL would be lost. Our homes would becom as a howling wilderness-our land would be ii -undated by mayriatds of unprincipled adventure: and plunderers-our wives and our children woul be exposed to the awful violence of triumphat demons-even our property might be confiscate to gratify the insatiable lust of power and wealti And those of us, who would not wear the chair of the oppressor, would be driven forth from oti homes, penniless wanderers upon the earth, strarn gers in a strange land, " with none so poor tod u s reverence." When the ancient Jews were le into their long exile, " they sat down by the watei of Babylon and wept when they remembered Zion Yet the poignancy of their sorrow was softened b he proiies from Heaven of better fortune in coming day. Our situation would be far moi piial than Babylonish capivity. " Our hari would indeed be hung upon the willows," nevi 1 ..mr ....bestr to the bold1 ntems of Indene dence and Honor. And when our thoughts shoud yearn toward the home of our affections, it would be with the unmitigated woe of despair. . This is no over-drawn picture of the consequen ces that must follow, if the present dangerous ten dency of our political affairs does not undergo a great change. Consolidation and Abolition, un less checked in their progress by some speedy and decided demonstration, will not fail to accomplish the destruction of our civil liberties and the down fall of Southern institutions. INTERNAL DIVISIONS, TuAT there is a division of opinion, among the people of Edgefield upon the question of separate State action, we are well aware. Nor have we the slightest inclination to disguise the truth. Of course we regret it deeply; because we feel that unanimity is an important requisite towards ma king the great move, now held in contemplation. But we enter no complaint, except againstforeign intermeddlers; and in reference even to these, the feeling is more one of aversion, than dissatisfac tion. We doubt not, our friends on the other side of the question, experience much the same senti ment towards them, as we do. We hopeso at any rate. Their fellowship is sought after or desired, we think, by none. As to our friends who difer with us honestly in opinion, we repeat, we com plain -not on account of that diffierence. They may be right-we may be wrong. Time will show. Yet we make no recantation. On the contrary, our convictions of the pressing necessity of action by some State, grow stronger continually. We hope still, that South Carolina will be that State. Of this, we were certain not many months ago. But we do not close our eyes to the truth, that I the old guard is recoiling." This (to us) melan. choly fact is becoming apparent. We trust that appearances may prove 'deceptive-that Carolina may stand her ground and maintain her honor. If it shall be determined otherwise, she is our Idolizei mother and her wish is our behest. Pained ani mortified, though we ms..y be, we will cling to het r "through evil as well as through good report." D Should she rise equal to the high destiny, fo: which we have so faithfully believed she was or dained, our every pulse would throb with delight Should she fall beneath it, our tears shall mingli t with her dust, and our efforts, however feeble shall be lent toward lessening, as far as may be e the direful effects of that fall. Feeling compelle to realise, with some degree of suddenness, thi e condition of things, we confess we are startled a a the prospect. Our inmost soul is saddened. 1 e bright hope is deferred, if not destroyed, an e gloomy uncertainty casts its shadow upon ot n path-way. We look to those, with whom our Is o bors have been united, and ask them, " what wi & come of it I how can we help our honored State , to pursue a downward path without disgrace 1 - And they return our glance, with the gloomy e ; pression of men who feel a fearful foreboding c , disaster. " Let us steadily do our duty in eithe r case" seems to come to our ears as their only ri is sponse. We could not expect more. It is allthe - can say. To whom else then are we to look fi D- encouragement, in this dark moment of our di s, appointment, if such indeed it shall prove to be I- Upon whom shall we call, to cover our retres in with honor I Whose bounden duty will it be 1 e show not only to us, their brethren, but to tI h, world around, both friends and foes, that the ton ie and character of South Cardlina have not bee id lowered by this strange revulsion ! Whose wi Al be the responsibility of checking the insultir Is laeughter of our enemies, and of healing the bitti ad heart-burnings of those generous allies, who ha g been-confidently looking to us as the-list hope e a falling cause ? Who shall bear the tala of 01 iacquiesenc (we will not say submission) to tI igCongress'a.zshn ~ hsi 1,re-Istg1i~ha preud moral ini; aence she:had been wont to .eiercisi~, among hi esisters in this''Confederacji' Who, but those 1 d wrhose agency she shall have' been swerved froi -. her onward couras of dletermined action? L *e them see to it, that the character of South Carol .- na '"suffer no detriment." If that day of acqu a esence shall come around (which may God aver't r. we, who advise against it, willl be found 'at al . post of duty, ready to stand by our mother, in h~ r- day of confusion and shame-facedness, as in he *period of lofty bearing. But we must say befo: ~hand, that we shall look for instruction then, Sthose who have all along contemplated this resul aIt is a contemplatien we have not yet indulge< gnor will we, until the last hope of a higher cares Lhas fled. We shall then head the lesson of fliu 'duty, however saddening it may be. We shall the Ssmother our secret dissatisfaction, and turn I those of our own household, and to them alona tfor advice and consultation in our sad extremit) SIf, on the other hand, (and cheering Mope smile Sagain at the thought) the State shall determine do her duty in a holy cause, according to our uri Sderstanding of it, we feel assured, that but on Sspirit will animate every bosom--the unflinchin spirit of '76. nFoa vTaI AnvERTisER. * STHE EFFECTS OF SEPARATE STATE SECES SION ON THE COMMERCE AND PROS ci PERITY OF THE STATE, ifWill the separate condition of South Carolin cause the commerce and prosperity of the Stat kto declinc? Unless calculations, based on cor reet data, greatly deceive, the reverse of thi must be the result. eWe have said, that our present exports, arisini tfrom the produce of South Carolina, vary be atween $12,000,000, and $14,000,0000. Thi rwill appear from a brief examination of facts. SFor the year 1849 the total value of exports fror rCharleston, coastwise and foreign, was $15,838, S29i.* Of this not more than $3$)00,000 coull have arisen from the products of other States. This estimate will, we suppose, answer also fo Sthe year 1850. eNow the cotton crop of South Carolina fo e1850 has been estimated at 75,000,000 lbs: sa 70,000,000 lbs. By the census of 1840 it wa 01,710,274 lbs. The average price for 185 was 1 1-3t. The value of cotton crop, there *fore, would be about $7,910,000. The exports in Rico from the State in I84( (we take this year because we find the facts rc eported) wero 160,330 tiercest. For that yea the average sales were $3,53 per ewt: which S600 lbs. per tierce would give $3,395,789. dTo this add 20,000,000 feet of lumber at a taverage of $8 per thousand-$1,600,000: d50,000 barrels of naval stores, coastwise and fot Leign,at $l,50 per barrel.-$60,000 ; and $50,00 for miscellaneous articles coatwise and foreigr We shall then lhave the following results: Value of Exports in Cotton, *7,910,00 " Rice, 3,395,78 d ~' " Lumber, l,600,00 " Naval Stores, 60,00 " Miscel's. Art's. 50,00 yTotal value of State Exports $13,015,71 aTotal value of Exports, 15,838,21 ,Value of produce from other States. $2,822,5( r *Pat. Off. Rep. and Charleston Mercury. 4 Exclusive, therefore, of from other States, the exports fiom Chle&6 .xcee$12 A 000,000. This wOuld give reed from the shackles of the Federal Gover ment, $15,000, 000 of- imports for ,*m por truden at present of $15,838,291, Oha i. receives im ports to the amount of 000. If then the State in her commercial lteroourse should be cut off from theother Stes (w1:ieh can never be the case) Char might eperi ence, for a few years, a I llin of $5,000,000 in her imports. But this Wo cause no loss to that city; ifir,at least half tjj t. thatreaeh her harbor belong to Merehi ,~ the interior, having been purchased, jtN ',ork, and are simply conveyed through (lestofn to their place of destination, witlidye ight profit to any interest in the city. But it is said four-fifths or "5,000,000 out of the $20,000,000 of -imports. Charl.eston are sold to Merchants in othe4 ly one-fifth or $5,000,000 being South Caroli na. How is this possibl6 oith Carolina actually consume no 'ot $5,000,000 of imports? What: thei. of.her annual produce? Her $12 q exports bring into the United States 9t . $15,000,000 of imports. Allow $5,000 or government revenue and profite of trade-what is done with the remaini'g 0,000? If we consume but half, we sboual 5 the other half in specie ; but everybody k .stbat we do not. There is no escape from thi RtW-we consume the $10,000,000, and would - 0nsne, In some way or other, the whole SiS 006 , if allowed to enjoy them. Only abo ,000, there fore, pass as Merebandize 7 te other States. But of this $10,000,000 of udize soare ly half is purchased in C n-the. larger part probably, having ben by South ern Merchants at the y pass, as we have said, through the port of Char leston. And the same is t regard to the commoditie for- South at consumption. Probably two-thirds of the Wats; in Upper Carolina now purchase i n New York. It is fair tL assume that* 0,000,000 of imports*'consumed in thb half are pur chased at the North. This would leave Charles at present with mercantile profits upon onl$10,000,000 of her $20,000,000 of imports. t we. take to be a just estimate of her tra leave.out, of , course, her profts upon 7. ' How would the matter' if South Cardli na had a separate governniae n successful 6pe f ration? With the$5,000 -?of imports, which r now pas to the N(orth 1, of the Tariff and Northern trade, and would be certain Sto come to us in commodit s some dort, our importswould reach about 00000. Char leston would have the re- the whole; It for te. merhants and of tie interior o would find'itgreatly to vautage to- buy e there, to say nothing. f the ties in trading at other places out of the .- Charleston 0 would then derive mer Refits upon 05, 000,000 of importsmoie does at present. Wllit,n 1reply to th4 ,that theState dcould not consume the $4 00tof imports ? ,The difficulty%th most af is to make pro r duotion equal conanun Twe, it Nstits e are to constitute~an gpneral rule. ~athad, how mu6h aloe cudStaepoi r -bly consumne in imnproing Tiiifpresent methods y of industry aid even in egagrewontifthuit awould add largely to-her stealth? It searcie it admits. of calculation. .Mut.w a ie limited in -our eapacity to buy, andlenee-we consume "o -more than we do. eItis a fact in the progress of nations, that in r proportion as consumption is cheapened, it is also multiplied ; and that themore a nation pro duccs, unless under ii bad government:,-the more it consumnes, from thie fact that it is more able to purchase. Opulent, civilized sud industrious na tions, being greater prodncers, are always great rr consumers than: poor ones;i and te sal consume unproductiviely the greatet part of their revenues, whether. de-ived flrom induistry, ,capital or land.t .This much at all events, may be assumed with safety.. Either productively or unproductively, a nation always consumes its products sooner or later. And. on investigation. it will be found, that the imports of every nation, which carries on a profitable trade, always equal and often exceed its exports. Yet nations grow wealthy. It is a great mistake to suppose that the increase of wealth conisists in the mere heap ing up of spece. A nation may accumulate capital, or grow in wealth, by exchanging pro ducts. which may be superfluous with it, for others, which may be employed as re-productive caital. Commerce, indeed. is, but the exchange of the labor of ene man or nation, for' the labor of another man or natlit., One hundred dollars, or its equivalent In produce. rexchanged for a horse, by which new capital is produced, In but an exchange of values, in which the Si100 and the horse are conisumed, but in such manner as -to add to the wealth of both narties cneerned in the barter. So of allmsehinery and implements bought with a viewto-In'rease production.'They contribute to themore vapid secumbulationl of eapi -tal. They create wealth This is whatPolitical Economists term re-preituce e onstnmpti'oi, by which inidustrious and thriving nations add uch to their wealth and proserity.. If this view of the subject be not correct. what becomes of the exported -products of a nation? A State sends out 912,000,000 of exports--if -she do not receive back $12,000.000;'of imports, what becomes of-the remainder? Will it -be said she will recive it-in specie? What nation could stand the draught'it would make upon her specie ? Suppose South Carolina in trade wtith England, after takingasevon millions of commnodi ties, should-demand five millions in specie-how' long could England afford to trade with her ? -In 20 years that nation would lose-S$100,000,000 -of specie, nearly one-half of the whiole that circu )lates in. her borders. Nol It is evident, that iSouth Carolina, to trade profitably, must-take in :exchange for her exports, ommodities of some I)sort, with a very small amount of specie There is do danger of her not being able to consume othese commodities. Iiithe necessaries and lux 0urics of life, and-ia the great improvements she Scould make in her various branches of industry, 1she would, like all other nations under the sun, demand imports to the full value of her exports. And she would therebly alki gr-eatly to herwtenkh. mhis would. be the case, at present, but forth :overnment-and the North" We are, therefore,.t a loss to'perceive how ven Charleston is to lose, when South Carolins "s establishied her independence., But we protest against the common practice e riewing this great question in reference to Char eaton only, instead of looking at its effects upoE he interests of the State at large. 'We woult go far to prothet andito promote the'prosperlt >f our Queen City, the " pride of the State.' Red we the ability of TusmiirrooLEs to " raise 9 small village to a great City," wo.woul& deligh to make her the Emporium of the South, magni Beent in wealth and splendor. ' But other inter eats must, also, be looked to. Charleston shouli feel that her welfare is identified with that of th4 State; that she has little hope of permanen wealth and prosperity from any other source and that until the shackles of the General Gov ernment be thrown off, by which the State ma be rendered more prosperous, she is destined t move, at a snails pace, in her commercial an general advancement. Let her unite heart an hand with the State to throw off the incubi upon her prosperity, and she will leap forwar with an energy, far surpassing her present moe sanguine expectations. RUTLEDGE. FOR nR ADYRTIBss. Mr. Editor:-After long and serious redet tion on our relations not only with the Unite States, but with the other governments of th worldI am constrained to the belief, that the tru points involved in our great controversy, al either not understood bythe moderate party, c else they are purposely concealed by them,. th the people may look at our affiirs in a perverte aspect. 'let me endeavor to divest this question, much of the fiction that has been thrown aroun it, for the purposes of controversy, and display i in -Its true colors, .for the'benefit of those wl are earnestly striving for the truth. Some i the correspondents of the press apprehend mac from the intermeddling of England and Fran< with our slave institutions, in ease of our b coming acknowledged as an independant powe and represent that so fortunate' an event won] magnify the dangers to slavery in South Carolin Our immediate Representative in Congress holo equally as extraordinary a view in his letter his constituents, and I am informed, that E Senator, proceeds one step farther, and co, tends, that such, a course on our part, won probably end in the total abolition of slavel throughout the world. As there is no limit to the human imaginatio it is possible for men to make any kind of que conjectures, and the more inconsistent and ir probable they are, the more suited are lthey, some singular tempers and fancies. There is I evidence, or even probability that. France England would desire td free our slaves.' T whole evidence, 'which experience' furnisho would lead to a contrary belief. Writers a politicias generally rely much in the teseliisi of experience, that grave old pedagogue, a will not complain if their own. opiions are an jeoted to the ~criticism of the same revere master. England- and France once hatdsles themsi ya, not within their lisomil asors i -humanity mnay have'"goverenld the coidi the great ations first alluded to, for the ilai nthrfrign possessions, Arre gegerally i prolierty'of.lawless, wild, and despeate advi .turers,'who fel. none of theirestraints of religi and morality,'and no doubt, exercised great er cIty over the beings under theii absolute contr In England the great benevolence and talents Wilberforce and Fox, perfected, or, atleast, p ed the way to, a systerm of gradual emaneij tion. In France, the wild frenzy and licentioi ness of a revolutionary people, combined wi the causes that operated in England, led to t abolition of slavery in her colonies also. B what good has resulted to the blacks 'from.l generous treatment of the greatest power oft world ; and what practical lesson has this tres ment itietleatedi It is notorious that the cond tion of the free blacks is even now, in the ve mcmory of their servitude, ten times worse th it was whilst they were in the possession of the cruel owners. It is highly probable, that only few years will find them relapsed into their fe mer degraded state of African barbarism. I England sad France not see this? Are th not aware, that the Islands of the West Indic which under the institution of sla'very, fiouris ed like garden., and yielded the richest al most abundant harvests, and revenues, have ne fallen Into decay and impoverishment, with dila1 dated tenements and fields, and a whole popuJ tion sunk into beggary ? These wise, gaver; ments are conversant with these facts, and the are already beginning to form a proper estims of their own ill-advised philanthropy. Many the ablest Journals, in both England and Frani are now teeming with condemnations of th mistaken policy and mistaken morality, whis precipitated their governments into those acts emancipation, that wrought no permanent goo but permanent evil. Whilst the governments of those countries:r ogized slavery, they felt, in some degree,:r sponsible for the miseries, it was supposed to ei tail upon a large portion of the human race, at the sympathies of their people were excited I the woes and stripes of the poor blacks of ti West Indies, in a much greater degree, than they themselves had inflicted them, and hadbee able judge of their merit. A change has no taken place-England feels no compunctious via tings on account of slavery, and agitation, that country, has altogether ceased on that que tin. The Africans ha-ve proved thieir great i apa'ij~ for freedom, and I believe that theei lightened jugement of England would now doo them to servitude again. It is vain therefore, ssert. or pretend, that England and Fran would interest themselves in stirring upinsurre tion in South Carolina, and in arming the negro against their masters,;.to perpetrate, a seoi time, the horrora of St. Domingo. No natioc of -any respectability would enter into an allien with black slaves, apa pat arms into the hands those barbarous, insatiate demonis, to deface tl works of nature, with helish crime. It is a lil upon England and Franee, toeharge them wi such unholy purposes; andit is a- libel thatoa countrymen often commit at random even wit out the least reflection, as if there was no impr prty in canon a arest nation with being a tastedby w1anadevanislohion. It i aim of quii to liefivethat it wl possia tlu ble to'reenvg herethe scenes of Haytte and a A1 writer in wlome of the ,ournals has formed a i wrng estima of the eaketer and14 rgifk . the blacks when he ays,that we have "a iffei- th ent race in our midst quite equal to our white U population." There were comparatively very th few whitsiti the Weit In4iWs, when the blaeka ro were incited to rebellion, and to the perpetration, of of their horrid conflagrations and butcheries.- cl There was probably not more than one white ag man for ten negroes, and that one was, more Si than likely, to be an escaped felon from the jails oi of Europe, without understianding stad without d I honor. With the superior intelligence of the ai whites of this State, with their military organi- r] zation? courage and humanity, and with the per- of feefdgeility If tleWbTasks, an- insurretibi, is' i thing not to be dreaded, unless it is stirred up ti and fostered by those, we call our brethren, and 1a by disoontented and idle, and murderous whites ti I in our midst. t. But the uniform oondudt of England and w i France towards other slavebolding powers sinea e I the emancipation of their slaves is the'strongest t1 t pledge that could'be given, of their real iiidispo- s sition to meddle with slavery. If they were so intensely interested In the freedom of the negro & race, they would have sudiedent power, to induce the distracted kingdom of Spain to emanipate V her slaves. Yet they have never once seriously V e attempted to molest her in the enjoyment of her e peculiar institution, for slavery is now a peculiar institution to a European power. Cuba is also u one of the most delightful Islands on the globe, ' i and presents the most tempting allurement to the - Smind of the politician or conqueror of any spot v that was ever blessed by the munificence pf 0 Heaven. Brazil is permitted to enjoy her slaves, a d in quiet, and she has nota particle more power to n t repel foreip insult and aggression, than South g Carolina would possess. - t )f There is one argument, which, to. my mind, n h is alone, suafioient to repel the idea that the great De manufacturing kingdoms of Europe would'ai tempt to interfere with slavery in any of the r, States at the South. It would be directly oon d trary to their interests to do so, and those old L governments are not apt to abandon their perma is nent interests, to any great' extent, t pidea phantom-to minster to the spirit of a depraved . philanthrophy. The manufactureaof cotts alone . affords employment and bread to many milliois. Ia of the people of England and France and other countries on the Eastern Continent, andif -it a were once suspended, onaccount of thescare!ty n or want of the raw material, it iouldproduce a: Or state of starvation in those countries, that wuld, create a revolution in government, in Caingle to month. I am not over estimating the Impor- J ao tance of our great staple -for the purpose of'car or rying my point. A writerof so . be has observed thats at least twgthirde.$fths mmerce of t, is support 1hepro ad duotions of the Southern-States n it-:i'ist. p dent, without proof, that Cotton'.coabtitute the a chief article of our export trade. .IseinOW ti b oe dreadful, . ad Cot the Sten Tatp Vepu eable tof~nsmecoepe.n. !be h9 tliie, ie nolongcva orle eraft, th#*u be a would produce a stafe %f'utiI~rla~i. Sand distrnstd fanineran'psa l odrive the-po'ople tosuceh a frenzy aistiold over ofturn every governm~ent, and exb)aust. the whole r-revenues of Europe. The vast shipping of kag a-land would rot on the wharves-her comniere s-and that of-France woild languisli and die, and th their sailors would perish by thousandi. e Now this reason could be obviatedin a piausi., t ble manner, if cotton could be well raised swith is. out slave labor. But,!I think, it is pretty well e eistablished that it could not. .The plant grows at- indifferently except in a hot climate, and the in Ii- capacity of the white man, for constant and hard y labor, in warm regions, is generally admitted. man On the other haud, it is equally agreed, that no' ir sun is sogeuial to the African as the sun of the a South. Indeed, he droops and dies in a North r- era latitude, whilst in the South, he attains to )o his greatest strength, intelligence, and general - .y development. is, The evils therefore that would result to Europe h- from the abolition of slavery arc incalculable. ad Its abolition in a single State would produce a w crash, and its gradual abolition in all the States, i- though white labor should be substituted for that a. of the blacks, would be attended, with a genil 1 - ruin andecommotion thathas no'parefllin history: 1 y It is tiei then, to listen to the story, that England ' e and Franeewould interfere with the slave instita f .tion of South Carolina,or would attempt'totdilbe 1 , the value,in any respect, of slave labor. -Theyhlave. at been taught by some dear bought experience to hb let slavery alone. The islands of the West In f dies that are now drooping to decay, and thatI , have been brought to that state by the mistaken' philanthropy of a part of Europe, were the most e- productive and profitable island. in the world a- under the institution of alavery. . But, for argument, let us admit, that on our d seceding from the Union, and establiahinga asepa-. y rate, independant, government, England and e France, in opposition to their interests, should if concert mneaures for the forcible manumission of na our slaves. What effect would such an inter w ference have on the other alaveholding Siates. i- of the South. Would they brook such an insult n to themselves, even if the fanaticism .of the - North prevented the interposition of the arm of. - the Federal Governmenti Would those States, - then, blind and indifferent as they now .ap-. n pear to. be, not see their own doom and ~that o of. their property, written In the future, in e legible characters? Jn that event, their -could be no mistakingithe- course, which they as would be bound b'y their interists, tlieir hemr ad and their safety to pursue. They would ias s diately make common cause with South Caal1 I ac nain spite-ofall that the terrors o'tthe threats afof the government of theUnited States, "and ci ao the arms of Europe ould inspire. l - Iain sometimes inclined to the' bellef, that, h that would really be for uo thie most happy tarn r that affairs could take. Cireumnseribed as' tha - institution of lilavery unow is-4indemngd as a - crime, a lhame and infamous degradation; by th th, e::*seA .IUne, howevm, mh ~ endeavor to coneeal Ihstrnfeelig poliey and thogh pitiedueilles,-r to feel deep concern aid stnog iisjgi egard to Its future s"vfrty. sm~4pu 0 oppressive weight of the. Lited States.-Unde2ssee ere-suachgreat inseeurty --i j eribentIemptelto wee South Carolina, and pursued its .cour0. - ceked, but rather. comntmenaace and eWW ;d by this government, the otherslaediig ates would be enabled to diserte drl th policy that bas been em and their propierty, se d thirtyive, nay, for the last Ofo They would then madness and misebief which 0 " . aiiailij it ~wirkor so many rowthem and IeF inikitiilom ager require the gift of em, that the fate efCSeahC 040uld eir fate, and that, the- sme- g ide its hideous jawsrto 1Ij us, their hopes, and' iose of their gallant, but ster. If, therefore, the UnitedSaes dida ter.. re for the protection of this -in ry, the-othei Southern St ould form a clas ieik - ith South Carolina, i0g the hole powers of thesarth could not bres embers would cling to It, with t 0i y, ith which the human mind clings' hich the drowning man 16j twhilA -his only escape fom- a tgrave. I ,ould be a Union for~slseivatieeIsg Finteress,of habits;. of taste- tinent, ad of affections-.Union opmeted .. cou ton dangers, consecrated by the.coimonet lea of a kindred race,-and h acI4 r sctedby the smiles and.te. Ai Ad ighty Go*d.. ...,se. It is one of the stereotype arguentstaf thewe ho counsel present acquiescence on the ,jir4e outh Carolina, thathe ui ukisMR e rovoke the interfdr e'aiof h.slavery entireyAT r Iinrd e"" b ould be Brit bught itih% ll C iWin rho by her precipitanof, ieetons asod Adtoy e'WhW 06t Ie ther Southern Staii gid-Ni1ii reeanlentb gaist, th'other d engaist them all at one: Ibsie nfjeettis sid to b -indEif i a rd r inl the o&it"ft iolai~~i~r~m,* 4:4, yari the couneols of i errensiyh ora B AEih ernltat uitil e my th pepl a u a440 AA awn lisadtlve of, tnhiggegb i reanof ery t igtats mnhl-.d~ hiarslie. Theiy woditie ter ~ tafo yee eople,bbecause arier wogegonpIpsehl hae prtcny ot.her~rpitthem cpr th wnrties, ante mpos of-theroest poting lie, poain-ofvrhng thaeemenh.d itelg iteie,-o behue thru armoietyudbipps .& ifbettre maerialt-of moeuttandfisedsam ted felons-ond of al that is vile -and revoltis* n humanity. Al those lew conditions ef.atm Lnd,are filled at the Soth,di .ls di 't16 se not allowed to efe e o~.l~ al rants... Our armies'Vonki lIe'fp mt gindenlen an aim ieisorioikst itall mights, like the binsib~edelh'ri Ofe 3ut added to all this, the trods incerin ie entshort, and theTarnkje~ sei roea like would bi suddeulg 'r4i p I. nent and ruin.- Th'I i nj ll huamor for bread-would rob, an~d pi Agleaw es desperation, .and- wouldrquirwe all t b iery they could pay for the ptese stidiYk nid order at home.'' '~ ~ The Southern State,11)y i n if their products, lioldiaif r if the power of the' world aP th'e destinies of all natioms and GetGd s sieken o the-,oeart, if union at this tin ;'eirw b i heir unnatural attemet to agptten ~onfederacy should depake~ thes f idvantages they have batt-Sllyn eceive, and that inxrsil and glory which weaki c*wn thi*ssi stablishing a sepoiste idendantinnpNmet~ - . t, --MCON. SThe new Threestee spf'bfe elhed by the hniwa eie laite- .engsiairir tabsa to-bewrorth only i;2.5 eentareil&& moIt ef304i-every;*300A. upesimdeb lank Note.Reportea~s, -It hner pd'sa.Jj iWe new has heaseap o ather~ an pey bl iflot'or $16,67 oaerey e teheerp~ omsphir a. tis Qoor est-fmily,- -nfide, Tussais n tais wiioij