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EUGEFIELD. M. C. THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1851. CO-OPERATION PLATFORM. Tim correct exposition of this late, very late promulgation, v:ill be founnd in the article of our new correspondent, "Edgefield," on the next column. It superseJes the necessity of saying aught about the Resolutions at present. The only alterna ive our good friends present is co-opera tion or practical submission. We are sorry to be compelled to this conclusion. If we are wrong, then what, in the name of Candor, is that alternative? BRIGADE ENCAMPIENT. WE accept with pleasere the communication of " FneoarcK," in reference to the Encampment of last week, especially as unforseen circumstances prevented our attendance. We hear from every one the highest laudations of the unusually excel lent conduct of the whole affair. Officers and men did their duty to perfection. The Governor has now left us after a sojourn of two weeks in our district. No Governor ever made a more favorable impression upon our peo pie, and we are glad to learn that no people ever made a more favorable implression upon our Gov ernor. Iis Excellency's political views have met with a wars response and a hearty concurrence iii every section of the District. NEWS FROM GEORGIA. WE call the attention of our readers to the letter from a gentleman in Georgia, to his brother in this District. We have been astonished to hear men say that the secessionists of South Carolina, are injuring the progress of the Southern cause. It is altogether an assumption. The great mass of the evidence proves the reverse to be true. Read this letter. It is from a highly sensible and a true hearted gentleman. By the way, one of our most respectable and prudent old citizens has just returned from a trip .through upper Georgia. He was delighted with the favorable political signs every where visible. As soon as it was known at any place that he was from South Carolina. all was warmth and gener ous kindness towards hin---every expression in dicated the deep anxiety felt by the friends of Southern Rights as to the course of our State. None were willing to doubt that she would move on---all expressed a readiness---aye, an eagerness to espouse her cause. OLD PENDLETON WIDE AWAKE, - TtE citizens of Pendleton village and its vicini ty have formed a Southern Rights Association of t'heir own and give earnest of stepping forth into the arena to battle for the good cause of resistance, with that manliness and zeal which has ever characterised that old settlement. They proceeded to make arrangements for hold ing a Mass meeting of the people of that section early in October next. Hon. I. B. RtnErT and lion. W. F. CoLcoce, are to be invited to speak upon the occasion. Arrangements for a suitable Barbecue were also made. "ANIMIS OPIBUSQUE PARATI." Secn is the high-toned motto of South Caro ulna. It is inseparably associated with her name and her fame. It implies an honorable boast-a boast which she has never failed to make good. It implies confidence in her own strength--a con fidence increased by the success of her every ef fort. ,It implies that shie r'ests s elyufn h .spirit of hee ons- rspirit which has never yet failed her In the hotur of trial. It implies faith in her owon resources---resouirces which have never yet been tested in vain. It is a noble motto-this of South Carolina ! And a gallant people have made it yet nobler by identifying it with their re mark'able htistorv. And yet our friends, the co-uperationists, would seem to throw it aside as though it wvere unmean ing jargon. They surely forget this motto, wvhen they tell us we are wveak. They forget this motto, when they endeavor to scare us with pietutres of chasms anid precipices in the uanknownm future. They forget it, wvhen startling the timorous wvith the fields of the dead wvhicht "rush red on their sight." They forget it, when asserting that the Flag which bears it will he insulted, without help, by the most contemptible of governmnents. They forget it, when telling how desolation wvill "sweep itese lovely plains," if we dare to raise our single arm to strike for independence. They forget it, whetn descanting upon tihe itnconpetency of Carolimnians to defray the expenses of their own government-when predicting the blightminfhiu ence of surrouinding competirimon. They forget it in afl the arguments they advance against the single-handed resistance of South Carolina. Friends of the co-operation party! help us rather, in God's tnme, to make good once again that proud beast. If we may not do this, then put another song into our mottths---teach tus another creed---gmve us another motto. If such cannot be afforded- us, yet, in the tname of common honesty, adapt the motto to the times and let it e'en read. " Animis opibusque xox parati." - -- -e-. - n' ELLEN DOUGLASS." A lady-writer appears in the last Pendleton 3Iessenger over this beautiful and appropriate sig nature. The conmmunicationi seems to have becen called forth by some unfortunate paragraph. written by Mr. PEnny of thme Patriot, in which the latter says "lhe cannot be mistaken ini supposing the ladies to- be generally in favor of the Union." Our fair friend scorches the genatleman not a little for his temerity ini hazarding so unfounded art opinion. She is evidently the daughter of a spirited hmouuse and would make a heruoine did the opportunity offer. It is said that wvoman is the creat ure of imt pulse only. Howvever this may, her imulses are, in ninety-nine instances out of a htudred, pure and noble. The impulses of the wometn of Caro lina have ever condemnted sNbmission to wvrong, itn those they loved. AND THEY DO So AT 'rtiS DAY! ! Brave genttlemen of Carolina, see that your arms be bright ! The hidies call upon you- to re sist your oppressors. Who can falter at such a call? We give below atn extract from "~ Em.I.EN DoUG LASS. " The ladies-of otur Fort lill District are as high. toned, and as patriotic as their sires, husbands, and sons, and how coul it he otherwise, whien a bright anid Godl-like spirit has so long taberna cled with uts? Ilis metmory alone would nerve the heart and hand to achieve for the c'ause sance tifled by the last exertioni of his strength. wvonders not surpassed by the heroines of Ilungary ; and should forttune ever be so adverse to the cautse of trutht arid justice, as to need their aid, I feel no doubt of the energetic response." -'The Patriot's correspondent must he a dame or damsel cold1 ini hed, and if she can really and itl y fancy a submniss'ionist, andI prefer entrusting herself and happiness to such keepmg. " her love can scarce deserve thme name.'" I trtist the daugh ters of Pecndheton are of a nobler mould, and have not yet forgotten the miothers of the llevohtton, and the veneration attatched to their metmories. *To none will the'/ iouchmsafe counttennce or smile, 'who do not e-dist themzselves utndmer thme hannter of our glorious sons of Fire, uad pledge thenauelves.---I "Never-while breath of life shall hve withi them, Never to forgive the race. whose ruthless chainu IHas left upon the South a stain." Men who submit so willingly to any andi every indignity and injustice that may be lheaped tupon them, and even land the chains that binad them, may mnake very domestic, obedient husbands, of the Caudle school, but wouldby no meatnssuit the RUTLEDE'S ARTICLES. THESE articles have been issued from our office in Pamphlet form, and distributed in the District and elsewhere. So far as heard from, they have met the approbation they so richly merit. We have had application for them, by the quatrity, from different parts of the State, and regret that we will not be able, with the present edition, to meet the demand. We intend issuing a seeodit immediately, on bet ter paper and in better style. Orders are o:n hanl now to the extent of 5 or 6000 copies. Tho.se de sirous of obtaining packages for distribution will please let us hear from them as early as possible, that we may know how to regulate the issue. The cTharge will be as moderate as we can aflird, as we are desirous of little more than a sufficiency to defray our actual expenses. Below, we copy a notieonf this series of articles, taken from the State-Rights Republican. SEPARATE S'rr.TE SECEssIoN, PRACTICAJLLY DIS CUSSED IN A SERIES OF ARTICLES, PIllu.tsrtlirn oRIGINALLY IN TIE EIGEFIELD ADvER TISER," ilY RUTLEDGE. " SANADItUR, St .ODO SEPARE.1Ult A C.ETU.-SETECA. We are tmuch pleased with this series of letters. They are written with great ability, and being admirably suited to the times. ought to be spread broad-cast through the land. The author's theory is sound, and his discussion of its practical hear ings upon the in'erests of the State, sustained as it is by statistical faets of unqpuestionable authori tv, render the pamphlet invaluable. Its anthor --whoever Ie may he-and we have had no inti mations on the question of its anthonu hip in this quarter, deserves the thanks of the State for so admirable and well-timed an argument. CHARLESTON CO-OPERATION MEETING. WE noticed in our last that this meeting was to take place, and we asked the question "Can it he designed to drop Charleston below the tone of the Southern Rights meeting of the preceding week r' Since then, full accounts of these proceedings have reached us, and our question is answered by them aflirmatively. Thank heaven ! the party. now showing its head, is not Charleston-and even if it were, yet Charleston is uot the STATE. The people of South Carolina have ever regard ed their Metropolis with feelings of pride and pre ference, as contrasted with any other City on earth. They have felt that when Charleston was corn plimented, they were-when she was tradneed. they shared the obloquy. Many of its have even been taught to love what impartial strangers look upon as her greatest blemish-tIre antiqjuated and sombre hue of her streets and tenements. A sim ple circumstance. like this. tends to illustrate the true nature of that ufiction, which we are free to say Carolinians have ever felt towards their lon ored Sea-port. In further attestation of tire gentu. ineness and general prevalence of this feeling. it is only necessary to point to the record of our Legislative enactments, heartily approved as they have been by the people, to slow that it has fully exhibited itself by deeds as well as words. But this attachment and admiration have not been causeless and senseless. A long and interesting history, dating back at least from the year 1774. proves that these heart-offerings have been the just awards of trte worth. Vhenever danger has threatened our borders, Charleston has been the first to sound the alarm and to meet that danger at the threshhold. She has presented, at all times, a strong bulwark of defence. in the bol and enthusiastic spirit of her citizens. We have hitherto looked to her, from alt parts of the State, with confidence in a perilous emergency, because she has stood forth, promptly, the unflinching clampion of our ihonor and , sovereity. We have, i.t may be said. yielded her tire honor of hearing aloft tire Palametto banmner, becautse we felt assturedl it would never be lower'ed in her keeping. We have been accustomed to chor-ish tho momnary of many scenes and occurrences, connectedi witha her past hristory, wvithr peculiar re-verenace, because they were chriefly marked by intrepid and uancal culating devotion to high principle. Shre Iras heretofore been the uncomproanisinag eat-my oaf tyranny in every shanpe arnd thre advocate oaf prompt resistance to its unjuset decrees, at every hazardl and tis is tlae true secret of tire inrflurence sire has exercised over the destiny of South Carolina. But if hrer course in '51 is tot contradiet tire tenor oaf the last 75 years-if sire is now to set herself up as tire extinrgauishecr of Carrlinra e-nthurrsiasmn-i f sire shrouldl now seek to banir h from te purblic minda that farm faith in our single strentgt b, whricha iras given a all tihe charcter we hrave--if sire now come to us reaching e-he doctrine tiat freemen shiouldl not resist oppresiona hecauase foarsaroth there is dianger itn tire unrdertakinig- -if site shaouldr thrintk proper to pronounce separate State actiona a nulili ty atnd art absurrdity-if sire shrotuhl attenmpt to force uapon tire State thre adioption of unritedi seces siont (a conastitutionral rorlecismr lay tire way) as tire only rreans oaf diefenrdinrg ourrselves atad mnaintain irrg ourr civil privileges-if sire wouild seek tar draw us off from tire phairn diirec-t course of resistance now generally contermphated atar expected, a courrse distinctly balazead heforre tus lay thec ancient lanad maarks of Trruth, Juastice anda Constirriionral Right -ifa-Ihe recotmmternd tor urs rathrer to tunrn asidle ini to a dleviouas arid unrcertaitn patih, ira search of thrat distant, undlefmaed arid intangible phrran oaf c-o operation-if, in a word, sire woauld have as saab mit to thre wrongs of the past andr br-ar ouar barr dears tamely, thern indaieed will tire scepitre hrave departedl from tire "Qureen City," anal iher voice will be no lornger poternt in the councils of tire State. Yet whly shrouald we irndulige thresc urnpeaasant supposiions ? Thre princiles oaf thre iate "Watchr and Wait" meetinag, we traust, are rnt tire prirn ciples of Chrarleston. Threre is a stroing anad arr energetic parry oaf Chrarlestonianrs aof tire ol stamp -atar, fromn all we can iearn,. threy htave maore thana dourbledi thecir rnumbeaars in tire iast three mrorths. Wae canrnot believe thrat threy will frail of sucrcess, anal we await waitha ornfiderrce tire frth-r comainag developmrients. Sirnc thre above remarks were written. we hrave arl tire pleasurre of hrearinrg front a mosrt irntelligent eye-witness, an itmparial statermenat oif tire conadi tion of thrings irn Chrarlestrn. lie attendedi thec co operation meetinag, atrl endlorses tire description of it given by thne Ciharlestonr Mercutry. Precisely the same imrpression, as to tire ab-t sence of genuiane feeling, was proaducedl urpon tire minrd of our informant. Tire mreting was nreithrer so large nor so enthusiastic as cithrer tire Sotrn Righrts mreetiang wich precededl, or tire one whricha followedi in. Our friendl waus of tire opinion thaat tire spirits oaf the co-operationistrs themselves were darmpenred by tire unpropitiotus aspect of aflairs itn tire city. Hie dial not, from some hindlerance, at terrd tire meeatirng of thre Southern Righats Associa tion on tire suceceeding evening; brtt ire heard from various reliable sources thrat it presented a strong contrast to tire meetiang of the other parry. in prirnt of sirit, energy andr dleterminratiran. We thrink, froms tire items of intelligenace oh tairned from this atad othrer sources, threre is now but little doubt thrat EVEN tN CrnAra LE~So, witha altlaher Northrn associationrs anrd commuercial shackles, tire detenniination oaf the maajarriry is tor test arnd abide tire iasaue of sErARA'rE AC'IlON, ora failure of co-operation. It Iras been saidl thrat threse exhibitions of tire righrt feeling are only tire tantrurms of " young Carleston." If it he so, thren say we, hrrahl for "young Chrarleston." Tlrey shlow that thecy wveli reember andr fuy appreciate tire once chrerishled prirrciples of " Old Chrarlesto.n" But we hrave it from good authrority thrat thre Resistance party is a glori;us cormhinnatien of " Old" anr1 "aourm Charleston"-age to advise and youth to execute. This is the Charleston we love. This is the Charleston destined, like their fathers before them, to command the lasting gratitude and admiration of the State. - -0 A C0:TIXUATION OF TIAT WALK WITI THE STRANGER. After looking around upon the Public Square, as stated before, we turned our footsteps down the hill. in the direction of that part of our town call ed "tncombe." In pasing along leisurely and occasionally stopping, the tenor of our conversa tion was as follows: Stranger.-here, I perceive, are several neat ofires upon the hill-side. How are they tenanted? Editor.-They are all occupied as law-offices None of them are quite old enough. you would say, to have witnessed the "lucubraliones viginti unnorum." Yet they contain some old heads, and others fast becoming so. Sir.-Well, do tell me something of the occu pants: I'm in quest of information, you know. Ed,--That upon our right with the Grecian looking portico, is the office of Col. C---L, a gen tleman of whom you have doubtless heard. Sir.-Hlearl of him frequently; a lawer of very distinguished attainments. Ed.--These on the left are occupied respectively by Squire A--s, 31r. M-E, Mr. K-v and Col. B--r, the last ofwhom you well know. Of the three first, I will say nothing lest I might make invidious distinctions. Sir.-Are they very young gentlemen ? Ed.-Not very ! The first is blessed with an in cipient family; the other two have followed my Lord CoKr's advice, about sacrificing the Deli lahs of the imagination at the shrine of Themis, so closely, that they are still in a state of single blessedness. It has been none the worse however for their progress in the law, as their in-coming cases testify. Str.-Its all very well, then: and yet every man, if lie marries at all, ought to do it before the expiration of his eighth lustrum. Bit what means this dunky building that raises its rough front, and drags its darksome length I alongside of Col. Cs legal sanctum ? Ed.-That sir, is a sort of Livery Stable, I - lieve; not very ornamental truly! Sir.-Ornamental indeed! I had almost ex claimed with the Latin poet, " monstrum, orren deer, informe 4c;" but I call to mind theA'piritof the age and my mouth is elosed. For, talk as you will, taste and comfort must succumb to utility. Tis true, fis pity; pity tis, tis true !" Ed.-(Diverting the stranger's attention.) Let me point you sir, to this wide-spread old hotel hefore us. Str.---Old, I see it is and slightly decrepid ; but it wears nevertheless a cool and comfortable ap pearance. Ed.---It was not so much of its Present that I would speak, as of its Past. Around this old mansion, sir, cluster manry pleasing associations. Str.---Al! pray tell mue of what character they are. Ed.---Time would fail me to recount the many incidents of the olden time of which this house has been the scene. They wou'd make no bad hook. Suflice it to say that it was here (some thirly. years ago) that BUTLER and WAntLAW and Gtt FFI anti MCDUFFIE and JIt and Tuo3tr sox and BnooKs and Anotsox and FORD and McCuxrxcK, shot off the bolts of their youthful enthusiasm, or, in common tenrs, "sewed their wild oats." Str.---Go on, sir ; you interest ame. Ed.--Yes---many a time hrave these old walls re sounded with. paul aftarpaal of..the ld -fashioned shouts of merriment. What throtugh an occasional fisticitfi changerd for a titme tire nature of threir ex citement! " The sort scarcely ever wvent down upon their wrathr." It passed off'with thre passing hrotrr---and all again was friendship and mirth. Str.---Ohi! thre halcyon dnays of youth ! Who wilt not make allowances for thre hrey-day of tire blood ! But proceeud, sir. Ed.---Were I riot aifr-aid of shocking tire sensi bilities of certain prudish women and squeamish tacn, I could tell hrow tire glasses sparkiedt ott tire antique sidle-board fromr mirn till evenintg's close -hrow tis custom made fewer drunkards anrd far fewer knaves than tihe artificial restraints of tis day-how tire genrero-ity of chraracter, fristered by those open and undisguised habhits.rfyered a better soil even forr tire implantation of religion'~s holy inifluiences. than is presented byv tire cold. phlegmia tic rules of miordern decorum. Biut I fear that, hroweve-r coniscieni(ous, I wouild be deemied al scrilegiious by somet, arid I therefore forbear. St.-- otnur with vou in tire main. At all events, if I have berr correctly informed as to tire after-htistory of tire several irndividruals you mnert titn, (anid some of them are known to fames far and wide,) they themselves are montumental evi derrces (If tire justice of your remarks. Ed.---In truth they are ; firr I will here ventuire tire assertion that no small -ommunrity, of our tie. cart pirource so large a biandu of equals and associates. of whlomr so large a proportion will be comec either goodl or great. Sr.---P'erhiaps it was art accidental gathering of pure spirits arnd strong initellects. Ed.---Thecre may be somsetiring in that. And et they lacked not induistry and application. Wildl nnd -rratie a~s tire humraor of sociecty then seemed to be. yet tire miid-ntight lamp of tire strident wars trimmired as oftent thena as irow---oftener, if we ennlt imnp'icitly trust tire accounrts given by tire old men of thral ilk.-But I ea detainrirng you here too long. Let us continue our stroll. We wvalked on for-a fewiminurtes in comparative silence, tire stranrger only inusinig for a moment to satn andi to comptlimenicit thre three pleasant dwel ling-houtstes of Dr. It., Mrs. A. andi Mfr. H. The coversationt was not again openred (we were both he wing tire cend of reflectiorn) until, having crossedl the brranich and ascended-( tire hill, we faumnd our selves itn luncomubc. Here again tire curtain rres. Ed.---Thie situation on our left, which you saw more fully as we caine tip tire hill, is tire residence of Crol. BI. and is c-aliled "I Violet lill." .Str.---A lovely nrame, by all tire mutses---buit not a witi inore so thran tire placee itself. I donrt knrow whern I have seen a imore English air than his grotndts present. S-trnge, that tis hrouse too should have one of those red roorfs! EdI.---Thre colonre's lady did condemn it, ail it wans painitedl wiie; hnt tire rainsarid stormts have brurghrt tire old "red" out again. Str.---Ahi! ire ought to replace it now, with a flat roof aind a heavy parapet.I Ed.---I agree with youi.---Burt here is the dwell ig of Capt. L--v. one of our wealthiest citizents. Wat think you of it ? Stlr.---A hranrdsome estaliishmntt. arnd a large and cormfrtable onre. Tire only improvement I would suggest is, that ire shrotrltd take down that narrrw Portico withm tire diinuittive pillars, arid raise ini its stead a broadl onre with manssive coltumns. Hes a rich mtarn---arnd int a few weeks a jrob of tis sort couhrii be done, making a vast diff'erence i tire appearance of iris alreardy handitsomfe hotuse. Ed.---Thris to our left is tire cottage of Mrs. McK--x. Sr.---A very nice little place.--and thre freshest and best painted house I have seen in your town. I like tire drab color, relieved, as it is here, by whiite facings. This lady has set a good example, ani if many of your villagers would follow it, you Where each one feels this proper degree of pride here will you ever find the handsome village. We will nut here repeat all the remarks made in the further prosecution of our ramble in this part of town. They were for the most part complimentary. Ilow could they be otherwise, when that delightful residence, formerly owned by the B's, now by the Rev. Mr. W., and that other one with the elegant new building and pleasant grove, owned' and occupied by Maj. HT,, came under our supervision. Ilaving reached.thh top of the hill, we turned and looked-upon the scene. On our right was Col. C's. new house, 'a la Parthenon,' which cane in for its share of praise. On our left, stood the large and, we must say, rather ungainly edi fie, belonging to his I18nor, Chancellor Wardlaw, upon which our critical companion made quite a disquisition, the burden of it being " more Paint and more Portico." Standing here the following brief explanatory conversation occurred. Sir.---AndJrkis you say is "Buncombe ?" Ed.---Yes, this is certainly " Buncombe." Str.---Don't that sound rather North Carolina ish ? . Ed.---Yes, it certainly does. Sir.---TTow happened that name to be selected? Ed.--- By. chance, as many other names are. S'r.---But explain the circumstance. Ed.---Well, many years ago, when Augusta was the great mart, notonly for all the up-country of our State, but for various other regions (and among the rest, the State of Buncombe,) the amount of waggonning done on this route was immense. This part of our village was then a forest; and here was a favorite camping-ground for the Bun combe-waggon gentry. We have been told by an old inhabitant that there were sometimes as many as 50 waggons camped here at a time, and the whole wood was illuminated by their fires. Hence it was called Buncombe. Sir.---Very satisfactory. And now the hand of industry and.taste has caused the rough Bun combe camp-ground literally to bloom and blossom as the rose. (Any more next week? Doubtful.) 00 /UNIOATIONS. LETTER FROM GEORGIA. MY DEAR novnER :-I see there is conside rable excitemnlt throughout the State at present, which excitement also pervades your District (Edgefield.) I judge there are three parties now in the State.-1st. Those who believe the State should now secede, alone if necessary. 2nd. Those who are for the State's not acting, unless she has one or more states to join her. And, 3d. Those who are for unconditional sub mission at " any and every hazard"-a la Geor gia. Of these three parties I am sorry to find you leaning to the second, or the wait and watch party. Now I am for the first, and the sooner the bet ter. Of the last party, I do not know of any of my relations in Carolina, belonging to it. Now I am surprized, and a little mortified, to find you acting with what I have termed the " wait and watch"'parJy--emnnot, for the life of me, see pth what consistency you and - , or any other man, who was a Nullifier, can be where you are now. It is a species of inconsistency that I do not understand, and cannot reconcile with your peevious sentiments. If the Nulli fiers were right in '32, how far wrong can thre Secessionists be now. The very same reasons that actuated thre Nul liier 'ae 'nr~dinrr the Scessionists. The irst thoughtihyft 'the State was oppressed by the Federal Governinent, and were for decided re sistance until relief was wrought. What is the difference between the parties ? Only this that from the day that Cr.AY' s Compromise al layed the nullification excitement until the pres ent time, the General Government has uneasing ly warred against the South, and now there is nothing left for a majority in Congress to do, but to take oar slaves. Real estate is already gone-Utahr, California, New Mexico and a part of Texas-all given up to thte Yankees and Free Negroes; so instead of the Miissouri Compromise we. have what HENRY CLAY, the abolitioniat, calls his Comnpronmise, which has in fact, comipro mnised the South out of her rights. Now I know that you are as miuch oppiosed to this doctrine as any one, and your idea is to wait for aid from oilher States. Well, I think if Carolina waits fur Georgia, Florida, Alabama or Mississippi to join her before seceding, she will wait forever. But if Carolina will firmly and eally act through her Convention, wheneve~r it meets, separate from the Federal Government entirly , and at thre same time concilliate the other Southern States, at every stage of the game, it wil not be long before those States will find that their intereats are the interests of Carolina, and if they do not at once side with her they wvill at all events be ready and willing to protect her from the Monster Governmrent, and almost im perceptibly to themselves, finally be brought to the side of the gallant State of my nativity. Under present circumstances they are not ready for it, owing to the fact that the people are under the influence of designing demagogues and Northern men. You may rely upon it, North ern influence has much to do with the apathy of the Southern States--especially Georgia. Sonic of our prominent men also, though Southerners by birth, have become so lost to shame and love of country, as to be willing to sacrifice their own States and their owvn neiihors for the purpose of promoting their own priv'ate and political ad vanement. Of this number re Conn, STE 'nEs and TooMras, oif Georgia, Foo-rE and FatEE AY, of Mississippi, CLEMEas atnd SuEI.Ds ot Alabamr., Batown and CADEL., of Florida, Dows, of Louisiana. Hoes-roN, of Texasq, &c. There is a joint influetice (nuow powerful) at the South, bearing atgainst Carolina, viz: Yun kee residents and Demnagogues. Tis cani riot lst long. Let the tiume once conme when the masses are niade to understaiid the issues (and this enn only be efl'eeted by making the issue) ard they are certain to think right-their very istinets will lead them to side with their sister in misfortune and oppression in prefereince to the tyrant North. But this issue must bo miade boldly and made by Carolhna, before the seales will fall from Southern eyes. Interest and fellow feeling will ultimately brinrg thenm to the side of Carolina. Let Catrolina act aiid act at once. The eyes of the world arc upon her. If shre nets promrptly and unmiineinrgly she wvill miakc a new arid gallant paige in history ; bttt let her back or temporize and she is inevitably disgraced. You have resolved long enough--it isi time now for actien. Let the pass-word be " ActroN." Let it always be "' Ac-rion," until Carolina Is an [dependent Republic. If she does this, a South r Republic is certain, and it is the only way to rig it about. I perceive by thre papers that you have in Care have been brought to your conclusions is beyond my comprehension. You acknowledge the right of secession and that South Carolina has suffi cient cause to apply it; but you doubt the policy of immediate action. I doubt if your plan of co operation is for the service of the State. * * * Come out, old fellow, boldly for se ecssion-immediate secession. Write in favor of it-stump in favor of it, and you have a bright course before you and one to which your whole nature is suited. Let "masterly inactivity" alone, "'tis not your vocation." It almost msakes me laugh to hear you preach up prudence, for bearance and caution. When I read your arti cles, I indeed see the words with my natural eye, but in my " mind's eye," you appear with your " armor on," ripe for the issue, and panting for the conflict-and so I will yet behold you. Affectionately, yours, J. AL.ANY, Ca., July 4th, 1851. FOR TIHE ADvEtTIsER. " WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE RESOLUTIONS OF THE CHARLESTON !IEETING 1" TnE first impulse upon reading them over carefully, is a painful mortification that citizens of South Carolina,-the movers and leaders of that meeting most of them known to be good men and true-should have felt themselves constrain ed to hold the meeting at all; or to announce to the world by a set of Resalutions, their opinions and feelings, and the position they desire to occu py upon the great question now at issue and shortly to be decided in regard to the nature of our Federal Government, and the destiny of the Southern portion of the Union. The question itself is not destitute of the most grave and mo mentous importance; nor is it at all doubtful as to the course the people of the State desire to announce they will pursue, in order to the fu ture preservation of themselves and their institu tions. And it seems to be agreed on all sides in this State that South Carolina ought not to re main in this Union. The Southern Rights Asso ciations have formally announced in Convention, that failing to obtain co-operation from other Southern States, they will advise and insist that, rather than submit to past aggressions of the Northern States, through the agency of the Federal Government, we will, in order to secure their deliverance, put the question at issue to the test of decision by the secession of South Caroli na alone. Upon this declaration thus formally and solemnly made, and publicly promulgated all over this Union, the State seemed to stand and pause, with an ardent hope and desire, that the emergency of the crisis, the justice of our cause, and the necessity of self-preservation, would sur mount impediments of merely local concern, and bring to our side and to our aid, the co-operatiQu of some or all of the Southern States, whose fate hangs upon the same issue, and whose desti ny is involved in common with ourselves upon its determination. The propriety and expediency of the course thus proposed for South Carolina, is now and has been, since May last, the subject of thought and discussion throughout the whole Southern country. The Southern Rights A sociations have not, since the adjournment of the Convention, taken anyformal action upon. thme pr'oceedings of the. Convention, but have left the principles and po sitionis then assumed and announced, to work their way to the approbation of the Southern people, upon their own merits, through the ordi nary channels of the public press ; and such is, or I should say taas the state of the question, in deep, active, and intelligent thought and discus sion, when the Charleston Meeting wvas called and held. But for what purpose was that meeting called and held ? Was it to indurse the pirinceiples an noneed by the Convention in may last 1 Not so ;-the Charleston Meeting agreed with the C,nvention in all things exeplt one, and that is, on puttihng the question at issue to the test by separate secession on failure of obtaining Co operation. Then the wvhole and sole object of the Char leston Meetinig was, nDot, and before wve know whether we can obtain co-opecrationt or' noit, sim ply to announce to the world, that tre do nsot in tend to secede alone; and if we fail to receive co operation, theni we intend, firmly, and mainfully, to -God only knows what, but I suppose, " suhmit."' But there is another view of the matter more sikening to the heart than even silent submission itself. It is this: The meeting was gotten up to denounce separate Statc secession ; and after doing that, in terms satisfactory to themselves, and invoking co-operation in the way they thought best calculated to procure it, yet the meeting had not the boldness to say, that failing in co-operation they would submnit, and continue to renmain in the Union, hoping for sonme lucky kick from the Federal Government that would drive them, with the whole South, out together! Be it remnembiered, that the whole question now at issue between the Convention hld in May last, and the Charleston Meeting, i, wvhat shall we avow that we will do, ini the event we cannot obtain co-operation. The Convention has ventured to say, that we will rely upon the sovereignty of the State gov ernment and secede alone: The Charleston Meeting say, they " deprecate" separate seces sion, but arc silent as to what they wisll do. If they do not secede alone, of course they submsit -we have no authority to draw any other infer ene fruom their resolutions. Then w"e have coime to this : That the descen dants of the old chivalry of South Carolina, in endinig a given purpose in a given event, arc ashamed or afraid openly to avow that purpose to the wvorld, lest, forsooth, those wvho hold do minion over them should bring them to strict reckoning for their temerity ! A time-serving, eringinig splirit never yet won a deed wvorthy a single paragraph in the history of struggles for civil liberty. Such a spirit, is, indeed, equally the footstool and minister, of the violated lierties of the governed, fur the ease, comfort and commands of the rulers. That our people should be afraid to speak when they should speak, what they intend to do before any danger is at hand, is a mnore fearful and portentous omen to the liberties of thme South, than actual submission to acknowledged wrong when overawed by superior force-and yet such seems the awful fact. But why was tihe meeting called ? Was it simply to get up and organize a party to send out sergeants and drummers to recruit a smajority, to 1,1.,..el.thes ..ara. ..,.ma Associations to take back and cat their words, and compel them to say now, not what they toill do, but what they c will not do, if they ennmot obtain co-operation ; j and that too, without telling us, what to say we i will do, if we fail to get said Co-operation.- It I may be that we speak words and utter sentiments i which, though true, may be indiscreet; but those who take the words from our mouths and forbid their utterance, should replace other worda on our tongues, and not bid us be silent when our liberties are at stake. EDGEFI ELD. FOI THE AnVtFtTiSWR. ARGUMENTS ACAINST SOLITARY STATE ACTION ANSWERED. MAR. EDrTO:-You will permit me to call the attention of your readers to the particular argu ment contained in the productions of most of the advocates for delay-that the separate and soli tarv secession of South Carolina would depreciate the value of her slave property, by circumserib ing its limits. Now I hold, that it would be utterly impossi ble for such a result to be effected, from the ar guments of the gentlemen themselves. They urge upon us, the dissolution of the Union,and the formation of a Southern Confederacy, as events, that are inevitable, in a short time, from the very nature of our affairs and government. Irow then, could there be so great a depreciation of our property, by the peaceable secession of this State ? It would require, at least, thirty or forty years, of the very greatest prosperity, to cause any scarcity of land in South Carolina. The State might maintain twice her present population with out redundancy, and if Cotton letained its value, the laborers that cultivated it wculd retain theirs also. The gentlemen, I presume, will not contend, that the generad separation, by the South, is far ther off than hah' a century ; if they do, it is idle to talk with them about such an event, and the reason upon which they support their argument for delay, no longer exists. The truth is-Slavery would be no more cir cunweribed, confined, or localized in this State, by the secession of Sonth Carolina, than it has already been, by the acts of Congress, through out the whole South. The probability is, that the ,re Southern and South-Western States. with all their territory, will have a surplus popu lation long before South Carolina. The tide of immigration sets in that direction, much more than in this; because the Northern Cities are the great points at which the most of foreigners direct their course, and thence, by the Lakes and the Western waters, they make their way to the great Mississippi, and settle in its valley, and along its branches. But South Carolina is to be a foreign State, to all the other United States, and our negroes are to be freed, uponrdieir touching the soil of Geor gia and the surroundingdStates. This argument wants evetn tieiappearance of plausibility to recommend it. If our slaves flee into Georgia, and are there set free, or forfeited to the informer, what would be the condition of Georgia slaves on their escaptng into our'borders? They, likewise, would be set at liberty, or would become the property of the fortunate finder. For, la I htave already show, wv, with Eti' re-. slave labor, as long as "any offIe'r State in the South, withtout an enlargement of the cla of slave territory, which will never be "done, until thte establishment of a Southern Confederacy : and our powerful neighibors will surely not exact from us a line of conduct, which they themselves are not willing to observe. But, suppose that the demand for slaves in the othecr Southern States should be greater than in South Carolina. In thaut case, no man of reason doubts, thtat we would find fromt those States, a purchaser for all the slaves we could spare from our Cotton and Rice plantations, in spite of all the penalties and restrictions of government. . I htave considered thte last two argumcnts, as if they were really founded in trutht, when they are actually based upon the assumtption, that thte oter Southern States are filled with unfeeling savatges-blind to their own interest, withtout spirit, and without honor. If the people of those States were not unnatural, thteir sympathies would be forever withI us, and they would sooner, by far, make war upon the Federal Government, thtan upon South Carolinta. But thte Acet of Congress, in reference to thte itmportation of slaves from foreign countries, conld not be legitimately construed to apply to thte trade witht South Carolina; because, she wats a member of the Union at its passage, and could not htave been contetmplated in it. A question, terefure, would soon arise as to its construction, et ween ite slaveholding States of thte Union and the majority in Contgres.s, whticht mightt result in a total disruptiotn of the Confederacy. The Southernt States, unless they are perfectly in fatuatedl, will never consentt to the sutrrendr of anty othter right in regard to slavery, however in cotsiderbe-atd the right to purchtase slaves where they arcelheapest, is of sotne itnportance, at least, to those who value that specites of pro perty. I tapprehtend, thtat if a final separation of this State from thte Union should take place, there would be many matters relating to our inter course with the other States, which would re quire to be adjusted by negotiation. All those laws which htave been passed exelusively to af fet foreign nations--thte naturalization laws, and those in regard to thte slave tratde, would cer tainly deinattd modification. A citizen of South Carolinta, whlo was a citizen of the United States, would not, by thte secession of his State alone, be altogether deprived of his rights of citizenshtip in the Federal Union, unless hte chtose to make1 timself an alien. We would refer to the history and laws of Great Britain for antahagous cases, and for a certain rule of conduct. The other Southern States though, arc to be treated with so mucht kintdness and indulgence, by the Government, on our withdrawing from he Con~federacey, as to htave all their rights re ttored,attd all their privileges guarantied to themtn e.r the future, atnd as to prevent anty cause of inarrel in all tinme to come. If through merei 'pite to us, the General Government will perform I his great good, the most precious service we can -ender to mankittd, and to posterity, will be to cave the Confederacy at the shortest practicable teriod. If such a coutrse on our part, would re tore forever to the South, thtose rights of which hi has been de~frauded and robbed by the hand f powver, we will htave accomplished a noble taskI deed, and it will be nothting dishtonorable in us o ask to be readmtitted into thte U~nion, with thet If our application should be denied, and we ould not subsist as an independent common realth, we will have contributed to the formation, n the.other slaveholding States, of a mighty and re country, to which our children can emigrate, md in which, they can enjoy their property in lecurity. It would be a glorious achievement for is, to give liberty to so many millions, even at the sacrifice of-our own lives and fortunes. IIAMPDEN. POR Tug ADvEaRTsR. MILITARY ENCAMPMENT. M A. EDITOR : T trust it will not be.dcemed an encroachment on your columns,~td fgie~i -t and just account of the late Military Encamp ment at Longmire's. Such' notices re due~fo meritorious public officers, whilst they have a tendency to rouse the martial spirit aind pridr-of the people. .. The Officers and Sergeants of the 2nd Bri gade of Infantry, and of the 2d Regimeit of Cavalry, in obedience to Oider, No 7, of the Commander-in-Chief, assembled on the 28th ultimo, and encamped " full five daf'ZWe' There were present, is Excellency, G'v nor MEANS, and Staf, together with: the.'Adju tant and Inspector General, J. W. Caxii. Major General BONHAua and Staff, Brigair General Gurrox and Staff, of the Cavalry: 'nd Brigadier General WEvr.a and Staff,f .ht, ! fantry. The Camp was commanded by Major Geiicral BoeNAM. . The Officers were drilled during the *hdoTe week, in the duties of the soldier, and in the va rious Company and Battalion evolutions. - I had the pleasure and gratification of beink present at the drills, and of observing.the.order of the Camp for the last three days;fand though it has been my fortune, to be attached to-.he army in time of war, I am constrained to ske this declaration, in justice to the Co mmaander of Camp Butler, and his Subordinate .Officers, - that I never saw a body of men, of equal seed duct themselves in a more soldier-lie. mannir, even in the territory of an enemy,:ad udder the most rigid discipline of war. The Officers and men appeared to emulate each other, in catehiqg the bearing and in performing the Duties of the soldier. Nothing was done -in, bad spirit, but guard duty, and fatigue duty, and-the exercise of the drill, were borne with all.that alaerity cheerfulness, which so peculiarly distingnish, e: most courageous and well-trained troops., gn It is needless to remark, that, as a-matterr% course, the performances of these mere 'milit.. could not have equalled in promptness an&esdot ness those of well drilled :veterans. I intsulao& exaggeration. I mean simply o.say, tatf4 troops ever manifested mpre.readiness charge-the various parts assine&t1hemnthU' ImJ more decorum in theire behaint 'teowards superiors in command, or-impre~itwe in the drill. . '-. It is difficult to avard to each dfEidi his proper meed of praise, where sireistbiR otis to-deserve it. The rcspoilAtiiof General'BonAsr, was' cterhi*nit other Officer, and he disb hdgeb~a srpassed all thatill~ksea e dationi'of tI GoveiW t'o th his Subal1i iere almos equa~~jai Having seen ser~vice .mysel, no ha commantd of thec Camp waeo e t e - eeeding skill and ability. .... ... . On Friday evening, the Commander ~cler reviewed the forces, and took oceasiontp say in the presence .of thousands,, that perhaps,hg i~d never seen such order and discplinegeyail; r ing observed during the whole encampnme: t,;et more than one or two drunken .or disordgly persons. . On saturday the Regiment-of Cavalry:-pers dced under the command of Col. LASRAX,Leaid was reviewed by the Governor,-the troops were disbanded, the tents were struck,; a'nd-she Camp was broken up. A. The most striking occurrenecs of th41ast day. were the various voluntary compliineiitsbesind d by the men upon all the superior Offiiers, sand nponm the chief' of Regiments. . Governor Mr.Ans, is without doubt, the idoI oi the soldiers. A fter the men were-dinnisisedan Saturday, by a spontaneous feeling; the. Ofiiers and Soldiers assembled on their parade grdnsla,.. and forming in order,marchedtohls Exceiie's Markee, and gave him round after round ofapj plause. until the air rung with their sbbuts.'Ohr Chief alagistrate has won golden opsinionslavity where. In his manner, lhe is unassuming;Mijr teous and dignified-and he is eluily'acesible to all. lie is the embodiment of the galittY', and couramge, and dignity of the Carolintatie men of " the olden time" ' Being prevented, on Friday, by the rain fromi addressing thle Soldiers and Citizens, who were anxious to hear his views, in regard to the politi cal condition of the State, lie spoke on Saturday, eloqucntly for nearly an hour. Hec was inter rupted, all the wvhile, by frequent cheering. lie advocated the separate secession of S. Carolia, on our failure to obtain co-operation, whiceh he deemed entirely hopeless, until some one State seceded. His Speech was characterized both by distinguished ability and eloquence.. The borders of the Camnp on ech day, were decorated by throngs of carriage. filled with beautiful Women. On the last two days, there must have been thotusands present, of the most lovely Women of the two Districts, assem lbled to cheer on their husbands, brothers and lovers to the discharge of their publiceduties, and to animate thenm to fit themselves for the defene >f the rights, liberties and glory of their.Siate. FREDERICK, Assistance for the Cubauns. NEW ORLEArs, Aug. 2. The steamships Cincinnati and Pompero t'ill sail to-night for Cuba. Gen. Lopez akes passage in the lat ter. The men and armis .rc now on board, The Cincinnati cleared t the custom-house as usual. A mass meet nag is now being held to celebrate their do artuore. Greatt enthusiasm prevails. LATRa.-AUG. 3.-The Pomipero sailed .t 5 o'clock this morning, with eight hundred iscenigers for Cuba, via the Florida coast. hlree hundred and fifty additional men had one by the way of Mobile. It is now. statted hat the Spanish Consul sent-the Cincinnati. THE WHEAT ChoP n Omro.-The Ohio a pers represent the wheat crop in that State s never better at this season of the year han it now is. Last year, - the prodntet was umia th ty-tie mnillioof-bulils *1