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EDGEFIELD, S. C. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1851. FOR SOUTHERN CONGRESS. Hon. F. W. PICKE NS, DRAYTON NANCE, Esq. gF TH e communication of " TRUTH," in re ply to certain strictures of the Hamburg Republi can, was received only a few hours before going to press and cannot, therefore, appear until next week. gtV WE call the attention of all to the notice of a Barbecue, to be given at Mountain Creek Church. We do this, because this public notice will receive but two insertions, as the meeting comes off on Saturday week. g7 WE are. requested by " CoN.MoN REASoN" to say that his piece was mainly prepared for last week's paper. Although crowded out then, he thinks it not unsuitable to publish it still, as the main object of it is to notice what he conceived to be the positions taken by Ion. A. BuRT. We take this occasiin to ray once more that our columns are open (as they have heretofore been) to gentlemen of the Co-opcratiun party who may desire to argue the question or to correct miscon. ceptions. We regard it as the best way to elicit a proper understanding of each party's position. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. WE refer the reader to our advertising columns for several which he has not seen before. You will find one from MATH ENY & BEWLEY, of Ham burg, another from SNOWDEN & SKEAR, of Au. gusta, and a third from J. M . NEwaY & Co., of *the same place. FURTHER WITHDRAWALS. WE are requested by W. Tozy and JAcKsoN HOLMEs, to say that their nameswere used at the Ridge Co-operation meeting without their consent or knowledge. They desire us to say for themI that; although they desire Co-operation-yet the are distinctly in favor of Separate Secession when that prospect fails. CO-OPERATION MEETING AT DORN'S. Wz expected to have received an account of this meeting for this week's paper, but it has no come to hand. As it may be a matter of interes to some, we v-ill merely state tha,- from sali ac counts, it passed off in pleasant style. The ghrie impression of all present seems to be that Mr. A. P. ALDIXICu, of Barnwell, made an exeelentspeech. We know him to be fully capable of it. We have heard the number present 'variously istimated at from three to six hundred. The last is the estimate made by-many of the Co-operation ists, although some of them take ahigher figure. Siencowriting the above, we have received the theeeting-and various documents con n a will publishasuimuch of t &week. ed us and,as usu is full -f refined literature. e ive by "a glance at "Arthu s 'f the 20th inst., that this celebra t tK position, with an in IRREGULARITY, WE are requested by several gentlemen to ask, from any one who can give it, an explanation of the fact that the Charleston Milercury fails to reach our office in due time, while the other Charleston papers do not. It1 is exceedingly annoying to be ao often disappointed in the -reception of a paper, whic4. we all look to with such eager interest. th~e Mercury do anything towards rectifying tlu .at of thins~ adff~*~ Jit&~t-te Editor of this. i comin -, aLl6 ~~ g ex rtaedin contissues. edaee~oevrtsii io proper example and, although feeling egn scious of being the really agrieved party, we wrote a reply which was.' ed to leiat to con - ciliation, 0 . e a naso unkindly frejec .. ed t regard .our cote suspicions as ging fom "the ,all of ba ess"-W. e leave that paper, haepjeg forward, to'the fe and-- inlimitedI.exerclhgof'i splenetic powerp, hoping fer'it-a bfttde- toneand smpri e do this-,the. 26a og tma hsical descrip eween himself and the 2~~'~~fard that we are warring with a sort of ..~~W4w-an ethereal sublimation-a spiritual rep i~~itive .of the State's honor. We might be wounding " angels unawares." "ON, STANLEY, ON I" WERE THE LAST WORDS OF MARMlION. ,AMONG the thrilling incidents of the day, is the finexpected and saddening end of the Old Pendle ton Messenger's career. For a long series of years it has stood forward as one of the most gallant and untiring champions of State Rights. It was reserved for the year '51, (when the inst great struggle for Southern Pights and Southern honor was progressing), to witness the extinction of its ancient lustre. What means this sign ? Is it prophetic of the paling of our dear old Carolina's glory ? Heaven, in mercy, forbid ! We will not, for a moment, indulge the reflection. Althouigh the mountain districts have been represented as sending forth the blended cry of Union and Sub mission-although they have refused to sustain this pioneer of the South Carolina press-this staunch supporter of otur revered political doctrines -yet we would fain attribute it to inability, thoughtlessness, anything, in preference to a re nunciation of the doctrines of the great CALInOUN. No, no-this cannot be ! We are happy to learn from F. Bun-r, Esq., the last able conductor of the Messenger, that it is neither loss of "confi dencein the good cause" nor " despair of success" which has caused the termination of its existence --.but the stern law of necessity. Let no one be dampened by the apparently unlucky omen. The "great Carolinian" himself fell in the heat of action-but under the guidance of his noble spirit, his beloved State is now on the march to indepen dence. The "patriot hero" of Churubusco was stricken down in the last gallant charge of the Palmettoes-but his nien caught up his fire and dashedl on to victory. And thtus let the Actionists of Carolina cherish the enthusiasm and heed- the last words that came from the press of the old Fort-hill District, and the Palmetto will inevitably float in triumph over our victorious ranks. " Fight '.n-fl;;ht on." Let the noble exhortation pass from man to man-and the last words of the Mes aenger will not have died upon our ears, before the glorious shout ,'halleascend-" Carolina is free from the control of her wicked opnresso,.." TO THE VOTERS OF EI)G1FIELD. WE place to-dayat thelheadpf 6ur.columns, the names of two gentlemen, who are now the gene rally recognised candidates of the Action party of this Congressional District, for the Soithern Con gress. Well known as our political principles are, it is unnecessary to explain to our kind patrons of Edegfield, the reasons for having done so. We know that every one of them approves a strait forward, frank and open course, and in accordance with this belief, we have not thought it improper to indicate in this (the usual manner) our political preferences in this contest. Nor would even this have been done, had not another and an opposite nomination been recently announced to the people of the District, with the design of testing the rela tfc strength of the two parties, into which our tinfortunate State is now to some extent divided. We regret this, inasmuch an it may tend to widen the breach, already made, between those who should now (if ever) act together with the concert and cordiality of brothers. But being done, we trust that kindness and forbearance shall conduct the brief canvass. For one, we unaffectedly ex press our personal regard for both the opposing candidates, and we hope that nothing we may say in relation to this matter will be construed by them as designed to disparage their merits. Of the other ticket we would say a few words and, in all probability, it will be the only public expression upon this subject we shall give between this and the second Monday in October. This nomination was made some seven or eight months ago, by one of our most aged, intelligent and patriotic fellow-citizens-a gentleman who has not, up to this moment, mingled in the party strife which has arisen in South Carolina. It was withdrawn, at his suggestion, for a few weeks in the summer, because he regardedit farsical to keep candidates before the peoplefor a body wthich tcould never assemble. Soon after this, the worthy gen tleman left the District for the upper country, and about same time the hopes of Mississippi co-oper ation began to dawn upon us. They soon grew bright, and a Southern Congress again became a probable event. Many gentlemen suggested to us the re-insertioa of the same nomination, regarding it as being quite as satisfactory to the great mass of the Congressional District as any that could be made. We did so, and it has stood in our columns ever since. For a long time, no one had the slightest idea of arraying opposition to this ticket. A sn but for the desire to make a direct party, nothing of the kind c. Be zremembered -iha party ot c se - - ivision. ali& ations and p."ary, we deem it necessar .1.-W. PICKENS is so well known of Egefield ;(whom he dili gently sertivgd in Congress and elsewhere for the spac ten years,) that we might well refrain from. - g anything of him in this connexion. red that the generous people of Edge ever, resent nmt *' Y-whoW, consistenc stainds t now beforefthe he is as f ration1 ei nt within oukkao anyihing consistent s zdw;oaf * onouto obtain it. e ville Cony " fullyt t he h. con $while it on I ble grounW --own plain publ - eclatai1ns abunda is utter abhorrence o lternativ De gdedrepudiate her ancient lessonsi The ballot-box in October will'tell. DIaYT-OX NANcE, Esq., of Newberry, is the name of the other candidate of the Secession party. Of this gentleman we will only say that we know him to be one of the truest diSCiples of the old State Righats school. That he advocates, not only the right, but the practicability of separ ate action, is perfectly true. That he would grasp .(nnt- rejet) any chance of Southern co-operation, he will himself at any time avow. That he re gards acquiescence la the shocking and insulting measures of Northern majorities as being egrl akin to aberersubmissioij,is eqtdhfy~ertain. And it Mississipni should, ~ any chanceimeet ns in Southern'Congrees, hfe will firmlyopphe any or on the part of hergelegatesato dra\^v Carolina down from her present nobl .~uition. As Mir.Na*cn isi y unknown to many of onr'Edgefield voters ' ly offer them the following brief state may be relied on.. He is a plante'r a metwliat advanced in years-but one who has ne rbeet a siseker after the honors of pdbliclife. Of tle:-igh estfimation p-which he is-heldbir the pieopleof his immediate district, as a christian and r. patriiot, there cannot prohgably-be -found a dissenting voice. From his u. 'b ' 'wa1s called, a year- or two a ..ist inrsf lii.t~zs Congressional District in the Nashi ilContentipi, ~egdini' it the high call of duty, hetoby ;Tn;j colleague, so of liim may it be truly said, ta man from South Carolina more fully commanded the esteem and confidence of our brethren from other States, there assembled. Thus much we have felt it proper to write. This little we would not have said, but for the disad vantage under which these gentlemen may labor, from the fact of their being absent from the State, necessarily, at this time. When they left home, it was not anticipated that there would be scram bling for the post now contended for, in any part of the State. Opposition, in our Congressional District at least, has been the birth of the last few weeks. And as we understand that a concerted scheme is on foot to defeat our long-standing and very acceptable nomination, we respectfully ask~ our fellow-citizens to weigh well the reasons of: this opposition. Above all, we call upon them~to weigh well the character and position of the SE CESSION CANDIDATES. We have no fears for the result. In conclusion we would say, " FREEMEN O EDGEFIELD! TO TIIE POLLS! TO T POLLS! AND INDICATE YOUR' 1 w HIATEYER TtIAT MAY Ba! -- .0 POOR FELLOW! Trrr child of the Standard goes so far as to envy us a nice cake recently presented to us by a lady, upon which lie makes certain very brilliant com ments, concluding with an extract from "Mother Goose's Melodies." Who could have supt~osed that our "dear buddy" woud have been so ex ressively put out by this afkair! In the language f Ihis favorite author, we say to him " Hush, little baby, don't yon cry, Your little slice may come by and by." Pity you didn't attend the Ridge Co-operation sinner. You aight have picked up a few of the :rumbs that fell from the " cakes with handlsome hevices," which were presented to some of your [eaders at that time. Hut you must putE a check upon your passions. Remember what your nursery-book teaches--tat, dithough it is certain that "goodies" will be 'airly distributed among all the " pretty chIldren," ret it is as~ alsterably fixed, a. the law: of the tledes anid Persians, that " There's nothing for theo little boy Whol e-rie. in the lane " ABBEVILLE. WF learn from various sources that our gallant I friend NOBLE, of Abbeville District, is battling t powerfully against the accumulated foroes which M have been brought tobearupon him of late. CAL- t nou , CUNNINGHAX - and' JoNEs, have kindly d come to the rescue upon one or two occasions, and h have helped him to ward off the thick and fast- T coming blows of one United States Senator, and 0l two members of Congress, besides his immediate m opponent. Fair play, gentlemen, is ajewel! One at a time upon our spirited and talented young standard-bearer, and he will yet wave the Pal. metto in triumph over his adversaries! " Magna est icritas cf prealebit." THE PALMETTO FLAG, THAT we have not before noticed the appear. ance of this new sheet is no indication of any dis trust of the ability with which it would be con ducted. We wished to see a few numbers that C we might speak for it knowingly. These have t( been received and carefully read; and we take P great pleasure in recommending it to the'baronage of all who desire to read fair,spirlted and sensible e political articles. Those of our readers.who de- o sire a pleasant variety of-good secession reading, p would .do 'well to try it. Subscriptions will be received. at this office, and the Flag shall be prorptly foi--mning. Terms of subscription, (in advane e copy, ; Three copies, $5; Eight The 'Pabiteo Flag is blished t ear times a month. It is' As we und several talentei Char 1OHNSON'S T . - WE are requested to s to this work (of this Distrie n at the store of Mr. W. P. T r An additional supply has bee , y t should desire to purchas ric e Dollars. It is quite a ' , ccurately a and beautifully printed, and neat ound-from ( the establishment of Messrs. WALKa & J.uBSs, of Charleston. We have no room fo criticising the merits of this volume. to make it leable here, to say uiiilny inter- . ci- I den Nolutionas *itsoy of the e Gn erable I numbe- rena Dis- I RGAIEE-Is, er eCSotta s in Ntomthis aricrli, 0l . Georgia held, eighttn') irt e5princi pIes in reference to the" s .secession" and "its peaceable natur 9Clae now advocated by them in common with us. -is1he qsiof strong and eloquent ai$cal to sik, pitr-o our esteemed r~w Day dawns upn 0 o ern Rights party will t Re publican Georgia w ." God grant that the - ttion cht, str Athougi the p_ W-3.M hem from !fup zraloigsiide od i :3te a - success will be, none the .less, CJ. roinwitha- ai dlight.1 S hvn homsio dcare rr~n , - permit curse i ca th'1sd~fr fur a moment to the suggestions of a Cotta or a STEvENs?! Could Carolina then commune with Georgiai Not unless she would he willing to tread the pathway of subrmission and reach the goal of degradation. For what would Georgia then be ? We extract from the article above alluded to, the language of one of her own true sdns and give it as the answer to our question. Let every sincere Co-operationist mark it and think of it: " If the:sun shall set, the 5th of October next, on the defeat of the principles of the Southern Rights party of Georgia, our noble State will be come the aeorn of tyrants and, we fear, ours will be the fate of slaves." - POLITICAL IHYDROPAlTIY, MOST persons will admit that, in tine respect, the political adv-ice of the Co-operationists is rernark '9 ably different from any we have ever before heard in South Carolina. We allude to its manifest ten-i dency to chill the ardor and dampen the enthusi-i asqm which have hitherto marked the character of our people. We do not say that our opponents desiga any thing of the sort. Their intention may be to kindle a kind of Vestal flame in some inner temple, which, although occasionally flick".ing, shall be kept just sufficiently alive by its watchful guardians to be worthy of the name of fire-or it 'may be designed to smother all arde-nt feelings for I awhile, that in some comning day they may burst pn-thqchworld with volcanic power. A hydro- I r of treatmen't is said to be frequentlyt cfofr$.,g renewed vigor to the physical -An o prescriptioen seem tobe thought advisable, by soitiefftir thfe- political manu. Ice is beginning to be geneiig~ administered in eases of a febrile nature. We supposes' our Co-operation friends think that the S>e is now in the most alarming crisis of a polittical fever, requiring some similar application. We suspect that the develop- J ments of the future. will convict these political doctors of something 'likermal-practise, and that t Ilhey will themselves rejoice that the good people e of South Carolina rejected their-cold water reme 'ies. Ourobjeetions to their treatment may be briefly given. Perhape they may serve to convince some one of these practitioners of his error. . Imprimis, we think they diagnose the State's 4! cas very. -incorrectly. It is regarded by. them as g an bIghly ilamatory one-the patient is supposed (5 'To~ h6.flushed with a general suffusion of caloric r ditdidaving wildly in delirium-and they forthwith g o A~d* hiis throat their icy'preparations, and EeojEhinm In ves'banes." r lisin vifw the c&ia'in ery differ t and, to our view, a mueli joie rational light. l They maintaitlfat thd-patieht~airtuntil recent-.' ly, as heryo: ttsr ilwthre was any' sl need for-but' they 'i"~prsiensive bat,-rom s< useless tamporing,;heis seomahrsatened with' an -t attack which, if~not warded off auay, prove a se rious one. The evidence of thisgthpy.ddli the chilliness of his extremities (to-~wit,' Grednville,6 Ilorry and the city of Charleston). Theybeli've that the judicious use of certain Infali le.todes will set him right again, and enable hl~ni b cin' his journey with all his wonted alacrity inl.ehjsr: I gy. Those tonics are variously labelled "Resis- at tanco to tyranny," "The memory of the jest," at &c.. all having very much the sname eflibet .'e is rejoice to know that they are being freely a..min- e istered at thin time and, in the main, with the best posusible eflibet. A few strong pepper and mustard catasplasmos (such as "distunion," "ianti-submis sin,"&cdi.,) applied to stu aforesaid extremities, t will completely stay thes disease. This done, ancl we hatvo no doubt of soon having the pleasure to h anntounce that the patient is not only ontsof danger, pa buit reatdy and prepared to prove his sound condi- th .4V It may be said that this Tage of improve- a eant- atiftdvanceia'iit, *that these secession nies ai now little better n exploded nostrums. r have only to say in re'ly that they proved e emselves in '76i:nd- * '32, and we arenot sposed to give up good well-tried old house ild medicines for new fi Od panaceas which my kill instead of cure. C4dopbthe.shower-ta th 'stem, and you run the.r of a collapse. Re ember Virginia, and bwre.- 0 _ttl To the a I propose to ubmi )u to the two te State, which incile differe Ii layexedtemei b rominent- do I q :arriving ressed with the ue policy betw - I earnestly s. n o Q4 ts and the C 1- the State have mnds of thepeopn object is not he -for r3lT40fed prem nll e-Coa 8tio add erfet hi le ~some,%vhoanayhave ted temperate rimarks. and is y td mit gIng, nd by a t6dseneii ve honor. - - But the . n is ealled--the Delegates re elected, ing to the views of the 'o-Operation ien have been chosen, ithet througi ent or artifice, by less than a iajori' , to decide an the fate of S. Carolina. Now, what is to ined by bewailing an op 'ortunity of ,which we have suff'ered a pass unimpro r by deploring a necessity rhich cann ed. Thi people all should ave voted in -ebruary elections, and it is heir fault, f a' y) by.the exercise of great r zeal itselfiprodominant power. 'he ele'eted , through their S ese, has the constitutional 11mhsm by its acts. Let us seek . ep eventing its recurrence TeSee 0so it, that they do not wish 9 State to secedb the very last day of the k existence o e Convention. The Dele Siba cad to meet in. next May, an tt1ijt willbe twelve months, e must, of ne.sity, pass., tieir fnal se ,ion or . 'ission. There. is not.a Di Pari but iT have, vithin that period, teiimplest, means of aceer aining~isbientimt. This two 'parties can-. not which has the majority; end he -de rmined, no'inbn can doubt tbo a path of hi uty. If the Secession have the aseendeney, f arthoo t of one year, the Co. pA . to the exigency, and iequiesce in th essty that will force upon ofSuhCarolina. eniit -' , dhe Co-Operationlet'a well as others, must re seem their oil;-reputed pledges, to rally to the standard of the State, to fight under it, and, if necessary, to perish'm. bearing it aloft. I have ,o tears, that they aliI not aecomplish their vows, or many of themi are animated with the highest sense of their duty,.iith the purest patriotism, he loftiest courage, anid the moat spotless virtue. Furthermiore, this party has uniformly cor. ended, that all thiejseek or desire is, that they hall have a true expiression of public feeling, anid hast then, they are r'endy to abide the extremesat eotion of the $tate 'The most of them have oiinnly plighte their-hoqjor to stand or fall with ith' Ciirolina,~ ini4ny' entingenly. If they hnow thei opinions~iifiiheiuajority, it is unques ionably their-duty to sustain-those opinions, and f the majority unequivocally express its wish brough the Convention, then they are bound by heir al1giance, to earry. out that wish, in its lainest intent. If. thcy decline to do it, under uch circumstances, connected with others that nay well be imagined, they will deserve the death nd the evergdious memory of the accursed par ieide. A man who will not risk' his all in obe ienc to the call of his State, is dead to every ~enerois imipulse, and is an enemy to all her itizens. The Secession-Delegates themselves, do not esire to 2ikl i~reent the public sentiment of heir Districts, but'when the opinions of a Die riet are discovered,-'without doubt, its members , the Convention will feel fully instructed, and pill be bound, imperatively, to represent the ma rity of their constittients in Columbia. Now the obligatiljh'of a Delegate to express Lie wishes of his ,ekstitutents, at the time he sts his vote, can bb defended on the soundest rineiplee of reasonand. policy. A Convention isiupposed to' be the people iemselves hssemble, on momentous occasions, consult for thie w vare of the State, and to itricatejt ftm imniinent peril. If the Dele ate, knlowing' the instructions of jthe people, re wes to obey them' in such emergencies, he is noi ~presentative at ~the Convention is inmper et, and the beautzfi idea in w~hich it originated not bourn out in iadeliberations. Again,'when thie lation of the State is hiang. g upon'the'dceci1d of the hour, and when the magers of 'eisire'so -alarming as to call e0 peopleto exei-eisi their first great 'right of, vreignty, If ther' ill is not fully represente,. eyardiit unde heavy obligations toobeye id the-aq6d -of. thd-harctoit' .bness,4 - iii:J-One of-thoreal jecsfelltion ls, Ibat in mo~ entf extreme gwna appreeiioiwi ~is wiljnig-totake the. awfulgieaato re onsjbjility of. guidngthe vesselggogh the m the passengeis themiselves,swhose I~es * 4 fortunes are enmbarked, may dictate the t easures of bringing her safe into port, and may ch share an accountability, which is too op. essivo for duie to hecar alone. In this last great f clergeney, thie passengers arc only aecountablo d themselves and to their God. A Convention o dlesigned to make the whole people responsi, for their own nets, and to make themi prinei Is ini a transaction too grave and important for t i unskillful hands of mereo:Agents anid Attor- tl 'sn. henc e, te ..ir nec-si and dutv. of C Delegate's looking solely to the wish e personates. In effecting a change in our rela* rnment, when the powers adverse iighty and overwhelming, it'wou- worse t tan weakness, it would. truth, suicidal, )r the Convention to att . to secede withou ie concurrence andtl sympathy of a majority f the State. .My Co-Opera ads may be assureil, that ie Secessio uth Carolina will never a pidity of severing our tates, when they are I State. And if they beyond question, a n-d them to this 'q -E"ill. be the duty in-his- breast, to s, p - - Seglobe. no more e meajlt % ould manltto it certainly will, li 1iiPcred1&!nb s ein* and see all thu i on-e'th yeadby the blighting euri lvii war, thei1an i the infamous bij of inferiority, nd in:eai0 submission, bow do nea n m ateful tyrants may see* it to impos..I But fellow-citizenF. in order to ascertain the ishieafof our people, we must, pursue our in iuirie iilp'IrltMor great frankness and candor. [ hheeaedvith-astonishment, a letter purport ng to havee natedfrom a distinguished Jurist a thIs State, Julgjrusas, in which the 11th irticle of our. Constitution of 1790 is referred to as indicating he'inode by which we should proceed to iicill of a State Convention. This intimation adrofijlbtitinj'udiciously thrown out, has been seized upop, by the admirers of that gentleman every whee andI have recently heard in our own distriet, something called an Exposition, whichwhiil abounding in various, ornate and grncend expressions of discontent re commends to tieeo.o4eratio- party, that A the observance of a certain plnof u 11W, sustain the action of the State,- in se't tion is taken by two-thirds of the citizens.theroLf Now the very beginning.of this 11th' artilet adverted to by the learned Judge, preseri ;to.e manner of calling a Convention of tli.peoipt i these words-"-No Convention of t0iipoPll shall be called, unless by the coneuireicef two thirds of both branches of the wiole represen tation." That manner was strictly observed the Legislature in calling your Conventioneilcet, and no conscientious man can deny the fact. :~. You will see that the same formula is not re quired for the call of a Convention, whiek is re quisite to amend the Constitution, for the very obvious reason, thmt the action in relation to the latter is final and conclusive, while in relation to the former, it is only initiatory. When -we ask the people to assemble together, we are only paying the highest deference to their judgment, possible, and convoking them to the reseue- of the State,when the wiad. of the- Legislature feels inadequate to th, task. A simp16 majority of the Convention onth theory of our povernment, which is based upon the supposition that the majority shall rule. The only pur pose of weritten Constitutions is to cor rect the extravagance of majorities, by imposing limitations and restraints upon the exercise of their power. Iyx the whole framework of our government, we have adherred so closely to the principle, that the majority shall rule, that it is possible for the majority to do anything, which in consonance with our polity, it is competent for the whole people to do. A simple steady majority in only about two-thirds of the Districts, can cicarly amend the Constitution. Fot whe~n a question is made ia majority fronm each District, can elect the whole of the delegates fronm such a District, and it might thus, by a bare majority in ech of the Districts constituting the two-thirds, elect to the Legislature, the two-thirds necessary to amiend the Constitution, or to perfect any mea sure of which a deliberative body can take cog nmzance. I can easily conceive how a single mian of in telligence, in the wild vagaries of. a diseased fancy, may assume the grounmd, that the act of Secession tmust be performed by two-thirds of the whole people of the State, but 'i~is incom-f prehensible to me, how~ a respectable porthil' of the co-operation party could so easilylfe dceludcef into such a belief.- But such and wos is,'i ever theless the case. 1 have lately listened, with amazement, to an open vindication of the Com promise, and to an eardest exhortation to ac quiesence in ps ftgressions. It will not be long beforeo sote the same party will shout hosannas tot glorious Union." It must. bei~fo cre to provido, that such mis guided, orsachtpiritless sons shall find no sym pathy in th'e'Ismin of Etheir kind mother, whom they would thus shiamelessly degrade, and whose rights and iintereats they would aid to trample in the dust. COMMON RE.ASON. FoI THE- ADVTER sER hin. EDrroa .-Prmnit~me to ask forQ' jiui ie ation in y'ot'r 'paper' of the subjoin'dcmilted1 tad just comnpliment from the- Caei~ndn - T'elegrapSl: -kSusaii~s$ "Tt SnaDO.iL Anvanas ?Al li - nanyuwl-bddifeed j'o'urnils fthd. t4l mae mntioned~sbovitands in tMeftbk .ondretdnithimarked a !ty,-it h s~ung he v5~or nb $onu mninfe-sted to ij; battin' manfalfoithe-cause in which wO h re-all e d, bat nehvsevoluntarily uttering C njfy si -apae.inader the conduct of ol2 Biinkins it has been~iihdel journal, and t 43g':aified to notice' a simple incident, at si hoe recent large meeting in Edgefield distriet, n ebhich beats testimony to the estimiation in which i tiselviees are held by those who know himi roll. It was an offerring from the ladies of the a istrict, presented through IAliss llitein, who el iid truly that to the A dvertiser is Edgefield dis- oc riet miuch indebted for the lofty position she ow occupies." TilE ItaiwEt.L. MVRtDE.--Ve perceive romi the Savannah Morningr News or vester ay, that William G. Tobin, atcnsed with thers, of the murder of John McDaiel inl hi lariwvelj District, wast arrested on Sunday - h fternoon in that city. A rewar'd of two undhred and fifty dollars has been offered by r je Governor of this State for his delivery to *l ie jailor of Barnwell District..-Chiarleston to 'nnrier. 2'3d ingt- we tates, whose interests are identical, Mtl4-ite- their jealousy and n nd of our officious dictation sU! i Sctithern States would only be~ in i M.' ~siut~enjointly, on the perpetration tOf O thi: fool wrong, which, he suppos irely be inflicted. For all these reason1 v ised as to pause, and profit by the prog - vents, Besidcs *hat hope he never-endng flight Of future days may bring, what ehance,*wat change-o. Worth waiting, Pince our preenit lot ippears For.happy though but ill, for ill not wop, If we procure not to~purselves more woe. This, therefore, I Aatsure, clearly' makeordu he Georgia plat-fbrm,-.ei to call it' y at more reproachfulgeme, the plat-forim om -OP '' on to past wrongs, and, -for aughst Ioui Shirnal and infamous submission to .everyde.; ;radation and insult that can be'h-ntdngoina t chills the blood fn my veins-twJ: abmission,.and my heart skeng y of applying it to any respectable po ant population ;'but Witis due to.lheir own torfor, that their situation'should - be hirlyidi losed-to them, to cause them to By from a Flag, vhich has impeded the progressiofreeoifor, - he last hundred years.. I appeal to any man of comnion):onsty I leard the speech I am reviewingean 25 sents to the views it asserted, I kn the Pfstem of logic, by whieh he can dere" it rrin the ciare of submission. This is a plain statemnent of the positioik , Dur grievances were acknowledged, to theirfll akextent, it was warmly urged that the State jjjid not seede alonk, and it was maintained PAt the Souther'stan W - erati eon t aganst past. L. . Ron then:Ot, me mosa debl that inlned pace.Tei'e the South for'tea~j people-nder-thebivensr' much resistunee , At ovr-p. act has beato have rite rate- i All the Soui:ii weak pol ii b resnt o beis& i ovh'sri*%y t - fathers':poied outth fhikt -~1 liberty lear t i-iia lb'eiuk was lu~ eel or blui-red over; to givE 'promianee -~?~I mimor issue in regard to the value of savepo. perty. A gentleman of tonerand 'of chilpu ' ' sentinments, resorts to such, an expedient press tIme proud spirit ofthpolh~qei. We dare not seeede lone asal'idgt~. - honor, because ouridivdiwill cinc 'a~. able and itrilios . li e sordid pasisions, tJy are alre4s 4ed that-no earthly power canreemt ' slavery,-and they-oaghgt 6~ eibt~ chains until their very1Ahi3n - fe'1-4 gangrene-d. 31r. BUI-r concluded in the eeal inm~J2 '< with a flourish about striking dei who would raise a British-.hBa 8outhCia - amid the plaudits of 'his -ep -~h~ No.t one of thie very Bluenland lshe ers w ho have been named in thiscohinu -a$ w ith all their- readines'zat Venture. I believe, 'osfornnu s eAes we seede alone r'atA 1itdree ofinfamg~~, shoulfdes in'thief own rhiiVlnue bnieasspe. wih:NF' thim. i eJ" in the eyes ofithteo ~u'ntry, its systematie-sfrangainent, ad ~ its positions, - be expeta -~~talh~hpi other gie. . g e v1Id'Ml is roemgabroad. - .Arephy. moreve, teis sons its not only more'becominas obviates the necesityf rito -,. the views of others of tbe same I owe an apolbgy to your readers; for trespassing, at such length, upon, your col uimns, and for exhibiting so muc warmtli'in my remarks. I have no revengeful feelings 'to gra tify towards the gentleman, upon whose speech,, [ hare so candidly commented. I would be ther lat man willfully to assail either the motives,tia, private character, or even the mental-aequhe~ nents of another; bat in this greatecontroefsy l[feel that I am jldng the cause of my injre :ountry, and gentlemen, who dife~r with me :neinchin. no immunity either'for their" ia pecehes, their poliricelmeetingsgerther-p.liff, tal principles... When I discover an efortto be mn foot, which to my view, is caldulated to break town the noblo spirit of -our Sttit is 'natukiil, hat I should smanifest the soiiueI feel in the armnest terms., : "'Tis soumething, in the detarth of fasme Though lInli' among-a fetter'd race, To feel, at least, apatriot's shame, Evenias Ipe , s Idge, Sept 15, 1851. +- z FoR THE A3v~T3 an. E - he Superintendant's 1Menthy Report, for August, F TsnE SUNDAY. Soneots ar cornNxeT oN writ Tarxrrt (Paor. Era.) Cnuacit, la vts Vaj, LAoE. R av. AKD Da Sraa--Being br'ought by the eod providence of God to the eloset oge~ther outh, I desire to lay before you the pgsment ate of our Schools. We ave not oheered this afternoon,-as we were month ago, by the presence o( that 'venerable ristian lady, (Mrs. Ma Ceanot.,) who de hted every good work i our Pariish. Shels t here because God bath -taken her.-Insed worahluppigas woado, inanearthly sWd, a distance, she is now .eloso to te hpp ced and the Lamb, and siivh li th eavenly Temple together with-thstreeatawti de, whose Toiees .%, the.;sound of my .tidge Co- n m on NeetgA- f . Bir..Bu andotfea's. V Ia. Enrroa:-In fulfillment of the anno'unee- ti ent made in the public Journiilthis Gand s a blazed awhile on WednesdayleiiSrd -o and had its day. To the uninitiated, it , o doubt, a "picturesque" and gorgeous d From-.a comfortable place in the centre, e Id , e happiness to review every objcet that for ' te, or lived on the canvass. Tspeakers were Hon. A . BUr, [.1 q., and Capt. P. S. BRoors. The tur, Mr. BuRT, occupied the stage, a 24becasion, for about two hours. o. nnguage of his transported admirer, heipoured- fortlr, in silver tones of eloquence" ntinients frozen with submission, and made erhaps,~for its artistic skill, theyiost respecti pecch that was delivered. When our graceful and accomplished fellow itizen was announced from'the stand and rose, e was dozen o tw - hurled up their, ces eried, God save ich the vantage of thos n, afriend- le; a onorable SpK to ae ehat his h Ter ap,touched iytutp Intan f the feelings ents-to and par olil t =idWatieD tri reply osone exceptions made to is i - raious anonytnous writers, and to >ress his icivs in relation to the 'mom risis now at hand. I will do 1m the justice to granf, tJIe lid not avoid the questions, but selected his poinfs boldly, and moved directly up to them; and when [ shall have sufficiently exposed those'points, if my countrymen do not agree with me, that every Due of them was taken straight on the road to submission, then I will admit. that I either lack i4. astutenesi to see clearly the bearing of ai argament, or, that my mental yMon lha been totay bscured by the fogs and mists of :prju. diee orparty. 'hiffirst.position bir..BURiT assumed was,that tgiu-poplf ta~State-had no premonition of the -iias ni* mdtEsto feeot by the prsn . ure d' thu that e, ethe dca StA& cnvtion, in the departuro-im' fin s-er nutho zs, and wer ets of as tM m ,ale chief boW.V.' i~~vpthcm Ind repreinsible, i -bletrermtes forbit pplethemaele'd to .be called togelthtl eki counsel for theirown safdty i - Some allusion also ifnistakri to tbe opinio'sof-ouensmberst~onA ep, of other distinguisied Southein gen e . timations had been thrdwtn outbefoire, of I rangement between ourRepresentatiein'C gress, how Carolina should be bridledi, ifri and controlled by those, whom, we, po ous had vainly imagined to b our deputicsau aie -rants. I had received slight hints rd isi0! anid had dasaly hiragepess oisofe that some of the morsoereurial ind.it ness, on their returnf from the pure re~on Washington, to the infections atmosphere of the noisy little Palmetto State, to violate their solemn covenant. A ccording to my hunible understn-ling of the relations subsisting between a number of dele gates and their constituents, particularly in this Republic of ours, it is the hatter, that are designed to rule, and not the former. We, the simple minded people, in view of our sovereign right., had always foolishly supposed, that it was our province to direct our mninistera, ad we were disposed to be increduh,us, when we irr in formed, that it was theirs to direct us. -Fronm late devclopements though, it seems, that we lhave been wofully mistaken, and that our destiny has all along been decided upon, in form, by some eight or ten men, weo aficeet to call our Represen tatives andI Senators, who, assembled in some dark Committee room at Washington, consider and determine upon the manner of ruling us, as a matter of right, without deigning to allow us even a word in our own behalf. The vexation of our rulers then, ean easily be accounted for, when, we, the people, in the ma~~ jesty of justice, have resolved- to-reuist alA mis rulcand all assumption of poi~er : het1;erfi proceed from'a number of men we have chosen as delegates,or fron, distinguished Southern'gen glemen, or from the heartless-and selfish fanades. of the North. The -moat' beautiful, the most striking, and the sublimest feature in' the present resistance of South Carolina,'i the spectacle of a noble people, " with the intelligene to compre-. hend their rights, and spirit to maintain them," marching steadily to the redress of grievances, contrary to the advice and dictation of all their temporising leaders, however able and ginted they may be. Such a movement will force the respect and admiration of mankind.. It is the sublime nuience of patriotism, courage and virtue. . ::The next ground occupied by our immediate Representative was, that, at this time, the hope if obtahling the co-operation of the other South irn States, without some fresh act of aggression, vaslatterly futile. The eloquent speaker began with the most forthern of the slavehiolding States, and sepa ately wveighed the chances of each one's enter ig into the proposed Confederacy, for the re [ress of their wrongs, proving to my entire satls iction, that, in that aspect of the case, our "final ope was flat despair," and that our brave sisters ad all, either partially or fully acquiesced in the ompromiise. He presente.d, with great force, ils strongest argument in flavor of separate seces on, but unhappily, brought it to the lamest and iost impotent conclusion. Instead of exhorting I is fellow-citisens, to rouse themselves up, and rike for their redemption from slavery, ho ex, O aimed, like another great Prince on an august reasaon : "I should be much for open war, 0 Peers! As not behind in hate, if what was urged ' g Main reason to persuade inmmediate war, Did not dissuade me most, and seem to east sta (Ominous conjeoturo on the whole success." lie then distinctly and unequivocally ranged a mnself'en the Georgia plat-form. In1 other words,li avowed, that there-would be no confederated in sistance to past aggressions-that it was the of troeme of foihy and miadness. for South Carolina at secede alonew--that hier separate secession 1 mi alt os h 5pahc fteohrat