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EDGEFIELD, S. C. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1851. FOR SOUTHERN CONGRESS. Hom. F. W. PICKENS, DRAYTON NANCE,, Esq. 2 THE communication of " Tau-r," 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. tv* WE call the attention of all to the notice of a Barbecue, to be given at 3ountain Creek Church. We do this, because this public notice will receive but two insertions, as the meeting comes off on Saturday week. V7 WE are requested by " Co.%toN REASON" to say that his piece was mainly prepared for last week's paper. Although crowded out then, lie 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 lon. A. Ba-r. We take this occasiin to say once more that our columns are open (as they have heretofore been) to gentlemen of the Co-operation 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 MATnENY & BEwLEY, of Ham burg, another from SNowDEN & SiIEAtR, of Au gusta, and a third from J. .1. NEwY & Co., of the same place. FURTHER WITHDRAWALS. WE are requested by W. TONEY and JACKSoN HOLMEs, to say that their names were used at the Ridge Co-operation meeting without their consent or knowledge. They desire us to say for them that; although they desire Co-operation-yet they are distinctly in favor of Separate Secession when that prospect fails. CO-OPERATION MEETING AT DORN'S. WE: expected to have received an account of this meeting for this week's paper, but it has nod come to hand. As it may be a matter of interestd to some, we will merely state that, from all ac counts, it passed off in pleasant style. The grie1 impression of all present seems to be that Mr. A. P. ALDnRcI, of Barnwell, made an excellent speech. We know him to be fully capable of it. We have heard the number present 'variously estimated at from three to six hundred. The last is the estimate made by many of the Co-operation' ists, although some of them take a higher figure. Since writing the above, we have received the gport.of thwineeting and various documents con ne "ij o-will publish.as much of thsmr ;week. -. S. -r of Godey's a hed us and, as usual, is full of esresti Srefined literature. 0'perceive by a glance at "Art'tur's Hoste *!" of the 20th inst., that this celebrate& Etill Tetains its high position, with an in IRR EG UL ARITY. WE are requested by several gentlemen to ask, from any one who can give it, an explanation of the fact that the Ch~arlr'stnn Xercury fails to reach S our office in due tine, while the other Charleston papers do not. It is exceedingly annoying to be so often disappointed in the reception of a paper. which we all look to with such eager interest. Cate Mercury do anything towards rectifying thisstate of things!i SOUTHERN STANDARD. 'sWiffered i~ op'portunity to the Editor of this ~u I t ' e "bimndsome thing" by coming oir''- ~aid at least modifying .certain andgiunesisjj~peons expre~ssed in an attack m , etly uponf us in one of his re cent issues. eendeavpred, moreover, to set him the proper example and, although feeling con scious of being the really aggrieved party, we wrote a reply which was j nded to lead to con ciliation. Ot nes ebe 'so unkindly rejected tltiNw 'fe coustrg' d to regard our cotemporary's suspicions as sprihging from " the ga:.ll of bittt~aess." We leave that paper, huende-. forward, to the free and- sunlimited -eercis'ofit's splenetic powvers, hoping for it a be:tte- tone'- and *romper;' Mie do this-tl .~brb~reauilystaags ' ween himself and the - ; ithat we are warring with a sort of ow-an ethereal sublimation--a spiritual rep tative of the State's honor. We might be wounding " angels unawares." "ON, STANLEY, ON ?" WERE THE LAST WORDS OF MARMION. AMtONG the thrilling incidents of the day, is the unexpected 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 Rlights. It was reserved for the year '51, (when the last great struggle for Southern Rights and Southern honor was progressing), to witness the extinction of its ancient lttstre. What means this sign ? Is it prophetic of the paling of ouir dear old Carolina's glory ? Heaven, in mercy, forbid ! We will not, for a moment, indulge the reflection. Although the mountain districts have beeun 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 our revered political doctrines -.yet we would faini attribute it to inability, thoughtlessness, anything, in preference to a re nttnciation of the doctrines of the great C~utnot;N. No, no-this cannot be ! We are happy to learn from F. Boa-r, Esq., the last able condluctor of the Xevfssenger, that it is neither loss of "confi dence in the good cause" nor " despair of success" which has caused the tertmination 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 b~elovedl 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 meni catught up his fire and dashed on to victory. And thus let the Actionists of Carolina cherish the enthusiasm and he~ed- 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-iht on." Let the noble exhortation pass from mant to matt-and the last words of the Mes senager will not have died upon our ears, before the glurious shout shall ascend-" Carolina is free from the control of her wicked oppnnr.." TO THE VOTERS OF EIIGEFIELD' WE place to-day at the head.of our columns, the names of two gentlemen, who are now the gene rally recognised candidates of the Action party o this Congressional District, for the Southern Con gress. Well known as our political principles are, it is unnecessary to expluin 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 imprope to indicate in this (the usual manner) our politieal preferences in this contest. Nor would even thi. have been done, had not another and at oppositt nomination bcin recently announced to the peop of the District, trith the design of testing the rela live strength of the two parties, into which onu Unfortunate State is now to sone extent divided. We regret this, inasmuch as it may tend to wider the breach, already made, between those wh should now (if ever) act together with the concerl and cordiality of brothers. But being done, wc trust that kindness and forbearance shall conduc1 the brief canvass. For one, we unaffectedly ex press our personal regard for both the opposintg candidates, and we hope that nothing we may sa) in relation to this matter will be construed b) them as designed to lisparage their merits. Of the other ticket we would say a few wor and, in all probability, it will be the only public expression upon this subject we shall give betweer this and the second Monday in October. This nomination was made some seven or eigh months ago, by one of our most aged, intelligen and patriotic fellow-citizens-a gentleman wih has not, up to this moment, mingled in the party strife which has ariset in South Carolina. It wa withdrawn, at his suggestion, for a few weeks ir the summer, because he regardcd itfarsical to kee candidates before thepeople for a body thich tcod never assemble. Soon after this. the worthy gen tleman left the District for the upper country, ant about same time the hopes of Mississippi co-oper ation began to dawn upon us. They soon grev bright, and a Southern Congress again became i probable event. Many gentlemen suggested to u the re-insertion of the same nomination, regardinp it as being quite as satisfactory to the great mas of the Congressional District as any that could b made. We did so, and it has stood in our column ever since. For a long time, no one had tl slightest idea of arraying opposition to this tickel jnc 'e supo.,,but for the desire to make a dire< party, nothing of the kin e o a oe. Be j9 remembered -tha le Attfo'n party 't .se rice of livision.. 6e- qualifications and fit q this party, we deem it necessar to tbt ...Colf F. W. PICKENS is so we known tlt pbople of Edgefield, (whom lie dii gently seTved in Congress and elsewhere for th spacg-oTfifteen years,) that we might well refrai from eeyirig anything of him in this connexiol N assured that the generous people of Edg fiel 1; to ones ose chief.pfije it hi ever Wetrepresent them -[aithfulfy-what conistenc stands n iached, tr- .-iOn now before i1: -he is as arddntly dt 0-0 ra!tion iiany nauithi to woul do anything consiste. is'views oU !St honor to obtain i ie hasstriv us onti pe I'seg a le lthville Convdin rfulliy ' at he ii'L. con:inbe so while it c A e ontreanible ground lis own plain -publ declarations abundaii Sie utter abhorrence of ,lterntatived cu in any a) orf not Does Edgefield repudiate her ancient lessons I Tl ballot-box in October will tell. DRtAYTON NANCy, Esq., of Newberry. is tl name of the other candidate of the Secessit party. Of this gentleman we will only say th we know him to be one of the truest disciples the old State Rights school. Thtat he advocate not only the right, hut the practicability of sepa ate action, is perfectly trtue. That lie would graa (not reject) any chtancee of Southern co-operatica he will himself at any time avow. That lier gards acquiescence i the shiocking and insultir measures of Northern majorities as beinig ngtif akin to abje't submission,is egtrihlcertain. At if Mississiplii shottld, by -any chance, meet itsi Southern Congress, lie will firmly oppdee any era on thte part of her delegatesto draw Carolina dow from her present noblagsition. As Mr. NaNcE is .geally unknown to mat of our Edgefield votezm,@.esefeifuly offer the: the following brief statemaspail~d~h may be relit on. Hie is a planter, nodimewliat advanced years-but one who has ne~'been a seeker afte the honors of puiblitlife. Of the high estimatic jspwhich lhe is hield b~the people of his immedial district, as a christian and a patriot, there canna probably be found a dissenting voice. From h u ' '' aiion ihe-was called, a year or tu ag , esist in reie tinng. this Congression: District in the Nashville Codivention. R.1egardz it thme high call of duty, lie obeyed ; Yrnltn; ol colleague, so of him may it be truly said, thtat; man from South Carolina more fully commnande thte esteem and confidence of our brethren froi other States, there assembled. Thtts mutch we have felt it proper to write. Ti little we would not have said, but for the dima vantage under which these gentlemen may labol from the fact of their being absent from the Stat< necessarily, at this time. When they left home, was not anticipated that there would be scranr bling for the post now contended for, in any par of thet State. Opposition, in our Congressioni District at least, has been the birth of the last fe' weeks. AndI as we understand that a concerte scheme is on foot to defeat our long-standing ane very acceptable nomination, we respectfully asi cur fellow-citizens to weigh wvell the reasons this opposition. Above all, we call upon them tI weigh well the chtaracter and position of the SE CESSION CANDIDATES. We have no feat for the result. In coitclusiotn we would say. " FR EEMEN 0. EDGEFlILD! TO TIlE P'OLLS! TO TH1] POLLS! AM) INDICATE YOUR WILL wmtcrsevitn -ruT .StAY nit POOR FEL.OW ! T'rE child of the Standard gues so far as to cnvy tts a nice cake recently presented to us by a lady upon which lie makes certain very brilliatnt conm ments, coitcluding with an extract from "3lothte Gose's Melodies" Whto could have suppose that our " dear buddy" would have been so ex cessively Putt out by this nffair! lIt the langumag of his favorits author, we say to himi " ttsh, little btaby', don't yo cry, Your little slice may come by andl by.'' Pity you didn't attend the Rilge Co-operation dinner. You might have picked tip a fe w of thn crumbs that fell from the " cakes with htandsomein devices," which were piresentied to some of your leaders at that tine. But you must putt a check umpon your passions. Remember what your nursery-book teaches-- that althought it is certaitn that " goodies" will be~ fairly distributed among all the " pretty children," yet it is as analtetably fixed, as the law: of '.he Medes andI Persians, thtat "'rhere's nothing for the little boy ABBE VILLE. Wt.: learn from various sources that our gallant friend NoDLE, of Abbevillo District, is battling powerfully against the nccumulated foroes which have been brought to bear upon him of late. CAL iioux, CuxzNxGtHAn and Joxss, have kindly coeic to the rescue upon one or two occasions, and have helped him to ward off the thick and fast coining blows of one United States Senator, and two mcmhers of Congress, besides his immediate opponent. Fair play,gentlemen, isa jewel! One at a time upon our spirited and talented young standard-bearer, and lie will vet wave the 'al metto in triumph over his adversaries! " Magna est rcritas et prcralebil." THE PALMIETTO FLAG. TAT 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 he con ducted. We wished to see a few numbers that we might speak for it knowingly. These have been received and carefully read; and we take great pleasure In recommending it to the patronage of all who desire to read fair, spirited and sensible political articles. Those of our readers who de sire a pleasant variety of good secession reading, would do well to try it. Subscriptions will be received at this office, and the Flag shall be promptly forth-coming. Terms of subscription, (in advanee)tA. single copy, $2; Three copies, S5; Eight cppOIg The Pahnltto Flag is blIshed ttlveor fi6en) times a month. It is as we und 1 eeveral talented Charl .,7 ---~e JOHNSON'S T - } WE are requested to a to this work (of this Distric at the store of Mr. W. P. UT An additional supply has bee 4. 1), y should de'ire to purchas rice cce Dollars. It is quite a "id ceurtely and beautifully printed, and neat ound--from the establishment of 31esrs. W tLKER & JAMEs, , of Charleston. We have no room fl criticising the merits of this volume. , , to make it gleable s here, to say 1 6 u10mny interZliiginci c den@ the reuvoluttona-rfisetory of the m louth Carols' a.asosiderable numbe t WIlid-were enacted n fEdgcfield Dis G ORGTA FEELINGIOF.TJIE OLD CAST. SAu'gusta:Constitutialist ank Rcpublic has, n dtW'anumberan.aricle npn State.Ilights in '3" which it gpuld gratify us to -publish ,ntire had we the kyace.. It. appears unquestionable, -rom this article, that the State Rights party of Georgia leld, eighteen years ago, the same princi. n ples in reference to the "rigt of secession" and 4 its peaceable naturef'isich are now advocated by them in common with us. At the 'close of a strong and eloquent appeal to the patrioti d pr oi gat our esteemed joempori* wrtes as flldw -- - Day dans upon * ouikift nde-Scuthcrn Rights party will ' iiggold Re. publican Georgia' or. God grant that th, uiimn ''P' e. Itation n n~li INitioili--iI t t We feel ply for Te galbpt- ch ' str .full a q ,'Athough the ibA preyeated them fror ocpyi on alongside of us4n the ad success will be, none the less by Carolitia'with .acelamations of delight 3 *-e4U then hav e nelh.r ;ingioes~who art rrn-ieyltrtiiW prit ouret-s hieli efur a moment to the suggestions of a Cons or: STEvENvS Could Carolina then commune will e Georgia?1 Not unless shte would he willing to treat '" the pathway of submission and reach the goal o at degradation. For what woulil Georgia then be of We extract from the article above alluded to, tht , hlanguage of one of her own truc sons and givei -as the answer to our question. Let every sincet p~ Co-operationist markt it and think of it: a," If the sun shall set. thme 5th of October next e- on the defeat of the principles of the Sotitherr igRights party of Georgia, our noble State will be vcome the seorn of tyrants and, we fear, ours wil. be the fate of slaves." n POLITICAL IYP1ROPAiTIIY, rt MosT persons will admit that, in tine respect, th< -n political advice of the Co-operationists is remark: alhy difyerent from any we have ever biefore hieard 'y in South Carolina. We allude to its manifest men. rn dency to chill the ardor andI dampen thme enthusi, d sm which have h'ithmerto marked the character Oi n our people. We do not say that our opponenti ~r design any thinig of thme sort. Their intention ma~ n be to kindle a kind of Vestal flame in some innet te temple, which, althmotigh occasionally flickering. > .shall be kept just sufficiently alive by its watchful is guardhians to be worthy of the name of fire-or ii '.0 may be designed to smother all ardent feelings fot 11 awhile, that in some coining clay they may burst g 'upgn-theoworld with volcanic power. A hydro. Is ,ktic~c6rse of treatmnen't is said to he frequently efous iwrf'ipg renewed vigor to the physical d . Ana1ojtir prescriptions st-em to be thought u advisab!e, by soine; for the political man. Ice is beginning to be gencm'alhy administered in eases ol sa febrile nature. We suppose our Co-operation friends think that the Si'ate is now in the most r, alarming crisis of a political fever, requiring some , similar application. We suspect that the develop it ments of the future will convict these political -doctors of something like mal-practise, and that 't they will themselves rejoice that the good people LI of South Carolina rejected their cold water reme V dies. d Our objections to their treatment may be briefly 1 given. Perhaps they may serve to convince some k one of these practitioners of his error.. f Imprinmis, we think they diagnose the State's D ease very incorrectly. It is regarded by them as an highly inflamatory one-thes patient is supposed a to be flushed with a general suffusion of caloric and raving wildly in delirium-and they forthwith ~crajmn down his throat their icy preparations, and en4elope him in wet blankets. Other physicians view the case inaa vecry differ ent and, to our view, a much more 'rational light. They maintairi that the patient was, until recent ly, as hearty, sound and stong asl there was any need for-but they are apprehensive that, from useless tampering, he is niose threatened with an -attack which, if not warded off, may prove a se rious one. The evidence of this, they find in the chilliness of his extremities (to-wit, Greenville, Ilorry and the city of Charleston). They believe thiat the judicious use of certain infallible tonics will set him right again, and enable him to go on his journey with all his wonted alacrity and ener gy. Those tonics are variously labelled " Resis tance to tyranny," "The nmemnory of the past," &c.. all having very much the snme elhet. We rejoice to kntow that they are being freely aidmin istered at this time aiid, in the imain, withi the best possibile eflfect. A few strong pepper and mustard catapilasmis (such as "disumnioin," "ati-submis sion," &c.,) applied to the aforesaid extremities, I will completely stay the disease. TIhis docne, and we haive no doubt of sooti hnving the pileasure to anniounceL that the patient is not only otntof daniger, limt r':ady) anid prepared toi prove his sound conidi It may be said that this i he age of improve ment and advancement, althat these secession tonics are now liutle better t exploded nostrums. We have only to say in rejly that they proved themselves in '76 and againlin '32, and we are not disposed to give up good and well-tried old house hold medicines for new fan'gled panaceas which may kill instead of cure. Adopt the shower-bath system, and you run the ri4k of a collapse. Re member Virginia, and beware. -- COMMUNIc if OS. To the Citize I propose to submit you to the two pae the State, which,ifh w l concile differences, m1%i tend to allay excitement byiem prominent 'tatior I questions at u canv , wh a .prpose of arriving had arn dee In pressed with the 4 .io to finadThe true policy betw xtremes. I earnestly su i, lioth to the Sieession ists and the Co nists, that the destinies of the State have e been taken frdm the hands of the peopl ' 1i not be astaken. jy object is not t r the Legislature for & lfeledged prem etio'n:in calling the Cq -rentioianid in-hastenin the-election- of Dele gat0s"o that body -oj t to attempt a justifi aln. 9 en of some, who my have b i .tated intintemperate remarks and rash .Nb too mueh_-aaing, and by a too scns-. tive honor. ' But the dceitiaon is called-the Delegates are elected, a ding to the views of the Co-Operation mien have been chosen, eithet througl nt or artifice, by less than a majority, to decide 'n the fate of S. Carolina. Now, what is to ined by bewailing an op portunity ofA ' J which we have sufi'red to pass unimpro' -,r by deploring a necessity which cnnq ggbided. The people all should have voted in the,'ebruary elections, and it is their fault, if a rity, by the exercise of great er zeal 'itself predominant power. The . . elected, through their b g ' i esis, has the constitutional g a fing them by its aets. Let us seek to repair rerroeb reventig its recurrence in future.. - The:Secession it, that they do not wish the State to secedeb re the very list day of the '1 existence offAhe Convention. The Dele fobaq bi called to meet in next . : r May, and the~ it will be twelve months, briree must, of neqessity, pass. their final se'aission or suhjnission. There is not a Distrje.o Parisk-in te'Stte, but will have, '.vitliin that period, the'ampleit means of accer tainingpblic sentiment. Tli two parties can not fairto know which has the majority; and when..tt det'drmined, no man can doubt aboutthe.path of his duty. If the Secession ity have the wacendeney, after that thorough tWst of one year, the Co Operationi party mug giel~d to the exigency, and acquiesce in the necessity that will force upou them. th ji t. ion of South Carolina. nown, as w ntenudit dii-i. fli; the Co-Operationista, as well as othiers, nit e deem their oft-repeated pledges, to rally to the standard of the State, to fight under it, and, if necessary, to perish in bearing it aloft. I have no fears, that they will niot aeomiplish their vows, for mrany of themi are animated with the highest sense of their duty, with the purest patriotism, the loftiest courage, and the most spotless virtue. Furthermore, this party has uiiiformly cor. tended, that all they seek or desire is, that they shall have a trtie expression of public feeling, and that then, they arc readly to abide the extreinest action of the diates. The most of them have solemnly plight'ed their hoijor to stand or fall with Jiohth Carolina, in any~ contingeney. If they know the opinions of. the majority, it is unques tionably their duty to sustain those opinions, and if the majority unequivocally express its wish through the Convention, then they are bound by their allegiance, to carry out that wish, in its plainest intent. If they decline to do it, under stich eircumstances, connected with others that may well be imagined, they will deserve the death and the ever-odious memiory of the accursed par ricide. A man who will not risk his all in obe diiec to the call of his State, is dead to every generous imipilse, and is an encniy to all her citizens. -- The Secession Delegates themselves, do not desire to mnisr'epresent thec public sentiment of their Districts, but when the opinmions of a Dis trict are discovered, without doubt, its members to the Convention will feel fully instructed, andi will be bound, imperatively, to represent the ma jority of their constituents in Columbia. Now the obligation of a Delegate to express the wiishes of his constitutents, at the time lhe easts his vote, can be defended on the soundest principles of reason and policy. A Convention is supposed to be the people themselves assembled on momentous occasions, to consult for the welware of the State, and to extricate it from imninent peril. If the Dele gate, knowing the instructions of the people, re fuses to obey them in such emergencies, he is no representative at all-the Convention is iimper feet, and the beautiful idea in which it originated is not bourn out in its deliberations. A gain, when the-salvation, of the State is hang ing upon the decisiott of the hour, and when the dangers of the crisis are so alarming as to call the people to exercise their first great right of sovereignty, if their will is not fully represented, they aro not under sidh.hteavy obligations to obey, and the act adone trakes of the character of rashness,.if siotoef uednemss. One of thme real objects of callinig a inggcntion is, that in mo ments of extreme-darger and apprehension, when no one is willing..to take the awful separate re sponsibility of guidingqethe vessel through the storm, the passengers thenmselves, whose lives and fortunes are embasrked, imay dictate thec measures of biringing her safe into hurt, and may eacht share an accountability, whmieb it' too op' piressive for ueu to bcar alone. Tiu this lant great r'meirgency, thle passengers aire only neroun table to theimselves and ton thir God. A Convenmitionm is designed to mnakle the wihole people respuoins ble for their own nets, and to imialke the poitriinei pals ini a transaction too grave and inopuurmant ifor the tunskillful hands of imer. Agents atnd A tor ni..e.s n. hi te ntire nc..stity minid dut y, nf i Delegate's looking solely to tihe Iwish ie personates. In effecting a change in our rela !rnment, when the powers adverse t rniglity and overwhelming, it would be worse lian weakness, it would bin truth, suiidal, or the Convention to attempt to secede Without .he concurrence and the sympathy of a majority :f the State. My Co-Operatiokkriends may be assured, that the Secession paijdfalSouth Carolina will never be guilty of the arrant stupidity of severing our aonnectionwith'tfte other States, when they are f^6t sure-ofa imoriof ihis State. And if they shouldtainisuch a majority beyond question, no Poj iri be .dihh sauican bind them to this 0etten.Confederacy.-. Then, it will be the duty l7r01id has aheart in his breast, to ~ earray, and hearkenato the wa od tg,.hfit dolred hlm-by .r m proud of e globe. For 1iiii!wg e r no more of jeesuib#0*gsh'i-tlil e majority..,, sueira timg is contempliited. cessidnist altogither, and I Would sanetonto; such folly. Bu 1ien the mijfrily does coun sa separation, ail trust it certainly will, lam pripied.toembraee deatr, and see all that I love on earth destroyed by the blighting curse of civil war, rather -than wear the infamous badge of inferiority, and, in meak submission, bow down under any inflictions my hateful tyrants may see fit to impose. But fellow-citizens, in order to ascertain the wishes of our people, we must pursue our in. quiries ihi a siirit of great frnnkness and candor. I have read; with astonishment, a letter purport ing to have emanated from a distinguished Jurist 01 this State, JudguWIrnaits, in which the I ith article of our Constitution of 1790 is referred to as indicating the mode by which we should proceed to tlncall of a State Convention. This intimation adroitly, but injudiciously thrown out, has been seized upon, by the admirers of that gentleman every where, and I have recently heard in our own district, something called an Exposition, which, whilo abounding in various ornate and graceful expressions of discontent re commends to the co-operation party, that aftor the observance of a certain'plan of epaudu hy sustain the action of the State, in caseotia ac tion is taken by I wo-thtrds of the citizens thereof; Now the very beginning of this 11th article adverted to by the learned Judge, prescribes the manner of calling a Convention of the people, ir these words-"No Convention of the peopk shall be called, unless by the concurrence of two thirds of both branches of the whole represen tation." That manner was strictly observed b3 the Legislature in calling your Convention elect and no conscientious ninn can deny the fact.' You will see that the same formula is not re quired for the call of a Convention, which is re quisite to amend the Constitution, for the ver' obvious reason, that the action in relation to th latter is final mid conclusive, while in relation t the former, it is only initiatory. When we ash the people to assemble together, we are onl: paying the highest deference to their judgment possible, and convoking them to the rescue o the State, when the wisdom of the Legislatur feels inadequate to the task. A simnple majority of the Convention is comn -theory of our government, wvhieJh is based upoi the supositioiit"IIitt aority shall rule. Th only purpose of teritten C'onstitutions is to cor rect the extravagnce of nmajorities, by imposinj limnitatins anod restrainits upon the exercise c their power. In the whole framework of our government we have adhierred so closely to the principle, tha the majority shall rule, that it is possible for th< majority to do anything, which in consoinane, with our polity, it is competent for the whol, people to do. A simple steady manjirity in onl: about two-thirds of the Districts, can clearl amientd the Constitution. For when a questioi is made a majority from each Distriet, can elec the whole of the delegates from such a Districi and it night thus, by a bare mazjorty in ech c the Districts constituting the two-thirds, elect ti the Legislature, thte two-thirds necessary t anmend the Constitution, or to perfect ay men sure of which a deliberative bodly can take cog niZance. I can easily concive how a single nian of in telligence, in the wild vagaries of a disease, faney, mtay assume thie ground; thiat tie act u Seession must be performed by two-thirds o the whole people of the State, but it is incom. prehensible to me, how a respectable portion' a the co-operation party could so easily he deludei into such a belief. But such and worse is, never, theless the case. 1 have lately listened, witl amazement, to an open vindication of thme Coa. Spromise, and to an ear~nest exhortati-an to ne. quiesence in past dggrdcsions. It will not bt long before sonme 2of thme same party will shout hosannas to the "glorious Union." It must be our enre to provide, that such mis guided, or such spiritless sons shall find no sym pathy in the bosom of their- kind mother, whoir they would thus shamelessly degrade, and wvhose rights aiid interests they would aid to trample in the dust. COMMON REASON. FOR THE ADVERTISER. MRt. EDrroR :--Permit me to ask for the pube lieation in your paper of the subjoined merited and just coniplimient fronm the Carolinian gj TeLegraph: A Strscssua. " THiE EDGEFIELi A DvhEtrsa.-Among .the nmnny-wvell-conducted journals of the Stiite, the one mentioned. above stands in the fr~ut .rank. Conducted with a snarked ability, it lhis, during the controversy now goinig on, naniife-sted to wards it's iipponents a 'genuine and noble coutrte eg; battling manfully fur tho cause ini which wo are all engaged, bat never voluntarily utterinig any oil'ensive language. Under the conduiet of Col. Simukins it has beeni a nmodel journal, andu weoare gratifled to notice a simiple iiduent, ait the recent large meceting in Edgetieldh tilsriet, which bears testimiony to the estimaitioan in which his services are heldl hby thoasea whoi~ Ln.w him wvell. It was on offe.ringr froim the hi,te of* 1 ths district, presenxted, thir.ough Ali,. ihelsiein, whos. said trtuly that to thIe .\d iertisr is Kl,irfielud dhis * 'T, u i: .ut:~t.. M1 a ini :n-We pesrceii 0 daty, timt Willhis th Tolds", ,15t510 ." tt tImrs, sof the murdetlr ofI Jhnt ~'l oso It inruehtli-a bi iet , was nrrestedl ""i .'" o nitiieriotin bii that eilt . A ttwardt iot two' httA.tr'i tol th dltirs has beteni i.lhered byv t clevernsr tl' thi-, S'tato fort hi- dtlive-ry to It ...iita. al taran oIl lhairt.n---t 'hairle..,ton FO RRTIsR. S Ridge Co-o lion Heeting--- -r Mir. Bur and others. tl Ma. EIToa:-In fulfillment of the announce- tj ment made in the public Journal, this Grand 'ro Panorama blazed awhile on Wednesday the 3rd 0 and had its day. To the uninitiated, it 1, M_ to doubt, a "picturesque" and gorgeous (1 scene. From a comfortable place in the centre, e Thad the happiness to review every object that adorned-the picture, or lived on the canvass. Th -- speakers were Hon. A. BURT, II. R . Esq., and Capt. P. S. Bnooxs. 'Te tor, Mr. BURT, occupied the stage, andgt i4themeecsion, for about two hours. t To use' the language of his transported admirer. "lie poured forth, in silver tones of eloquence" sentiments frozen with submtission, and made perhaps, for its artistic skill, the most respectabtJ speech that was delivered. When our graceful and accomplished fellow citizen was announced from the stand and rose t he was a dozen or tw n hurled up their' n'voices cried, God save Rich us took the vantagc of those - cili:cna, an friendsi ut he ;, iii rgeioiadom . The Honorable Sp, to ac knowledge, that his h cver so touched as by that ipontanonus p of the feelings and gratulationa of h ostituents-to declare his. devotion to. soutboina, and par tielarly to his native District Edgefield---to reply to some exceptions made to his political couiej. various anonymous writers, and to frakife press his views in relation to the momenton crisis now at hand. I will do him the justice to grant, tai he' did not avoid the questions, but selected his points boldly, and moved directly up to them ; and when I shall have sufficiently exposed those 'points, if my countrymen do not agree with me, that every one of them was taken straight on the road to submission, then I will admit. that I either lack the astuteness to see clearly the bearing of at argument, or, that my mental vision has been totally obscured by the fogs and mists of preju dice or party. The firist position IJr. BURT assumted was, that the.peopleof the:State had no premonition of the resistance movements set on foot by the present Legislature, and 'that, therefore, the call of a State -convention, and the departure from the iin structions of Mr. Cnzvzs and the Nashville Con vention were unauthorized, and were.acts of as sumption by theadeps', who now constitute the chief body of LegislatorsJi'. South Carolinal Froai that, we ire: to judge, that it is unwise ind repreliensible, in terrible extremities, for the people themselved to be called together to iake counsel for their own safety ! Some allusion also, if I mistake not,.was ai.ide to the opinions of our Menbers to Congress,-and, of other distinguished Southern gentlemen. In titnations had beet thrown out before, of an ar rangeient between our Representatives in Con press, how Carolina should be bridled, curbed, and controlled by those, whom, we, poor souls! and vainly imagined to be our deputies and ser rants. I lad received slight hints previo'usly, and had casually. heard expressions of chagriti; that some of the 'more mercurial and impu lsive ness, on their return from the pure region a Washington, to the infectious atmosphere of the noisy little Palmetto State, to violate their solenn covenant. A ecordinag to my hiumtble understan-ling of the relations subsisting between a tnmber of dele gates atnd their constituents, particuharly in this Republic of ours, it is the latter, that are designed to rule, anid not the former. We, the simple maindled people, in view of our sovereign rights, had always foolishly supposed, that it was our province to direct our mainisters, andi we were diseposed to be incredulous, when we were in formned, that it was theirs to direct us. Fronm late tdevelopetments though, it seems, that we have been wofully moistaken, and that our~ destiny has nll along been decided uon, in form, by some eight or tent men, wo affiet to call our Riepresen tatives anad Senators, who, assembled in some dark Committee room at Washington, consider and determnine upon the manmter of ruling us, as a matter of right, without deigning to allow us -even a word in our own behalf. IThe vexation of our rulers then, can easily be raccounited for, when, we, the people, in the ma - Sjesty of justice, have resolved to resist all mis .rule, and all assumption of power, whtethter it rproceed from a tnmber of men we have chosen [as delegates, or front distinguished Southern gen glemeni, or from the heartless and selfish fanatics of the North. The nmost beautiful, the most striking, and the sublimest feature in the present resistatnce of South Carolina, is the spectacle of a noble people, " with the intelligence to compre hend their rights, and spirit to maintain thenm," marching steadily to the redress of grievances, contrary to the advice and dictation of all their temnporisinig leaders, however able and gifted they may be. Such a movement will force the respect and admiration of mankind. It is thte sutblite essence of patriotism, courage and virtue. The next ground occupied by our immediate Representative was, that, att this time, the hope of obtaining thme co-operation of the oilier South ern States, wvithout sotme fresh act of aggression, wvas utterly futile. The eloquent speaker begatn with, the niosi Northiernt of the shivehtoldling States, and sepit rately wveighed the chainces of each one's cnter ing into the proposed Contfedleracy, for the re dress of their wrotngs, provintg to my entire satis faction, that, in that aspect of the case, our "final hope was flat despair," and that our brave sisters hadl til, either partiailly or fully acquiesced in the Coimpromtise. lie presented, with great force, this strongtest argumitent ini favor of separate seces sion, bitt impiljiy, brought it to the lamest and miost impijotenat eionelusioni. htustead of exhorting 5j his Mi~ow-citisens, to rouse themselves up, and strikei for their reempojtionm frotm slavery, lie ex- C elaimeid, like anotuther great Prince on an august Sishtitthl he mucrh for nipen wvar, OI Per .ti n Ibehimui ini haite, if wha wa is urged g annrensont to pensutnde immuediate war, liial nootiinad mte most, anid seem to cast 51 Sismns conjectiro on the whole success." lie thetn dhistincutly and uequivocally ranged a he aviowedl, that there would be no conafedlerated n res'stne to past aggressions-that it was thme o extreme of folly and madntess fur South Carolina" to accede aione-.-that her separate scessiona ates, whose interests are identical, but would ther excite their jealousy and indignation, on e giuand of our officious dictation; and that e Southern States would only be indaeed to sist conjointly, on the perpetration of some her foul wrong, which, he supposed, would irely be inflicted. For all these reasons, he v ised us to pause, and profit by the progress bf rents, " Besides what hop the never-ending flight - Of future days may bring, what chance, what chan:e Worth waiting, since nur prepent lot appears For happy though but ill, for ill not worst, If we procure not to ourselves more woe." This, therefore, I aniruure, clearly makes out ie Georgia plat-form,--or to call it by itrie tit more reproachful name, the plat-form of.gub, iision to paist wrongs, and, for aught I know Mternal and infamous submission to every de radation and insult that can be heaped upon us; chills the blood in my veins to utter the tem ubmission, and my heart siekens at the neessi. F of applying it to any respectable portion of our allant population ; but it is due to their own onor, that their vituation should be fairly dis losed to them, to cause thei to fly from a Flag, rhich has impeded the progress of freedom for he last hundred years. I appeal to any man of commonhonesty, who card the speech I am reviewing ; and if he as ents to the views it asserted, I know4# the jstem of logic, by which he can defen A elf ron the charge of submission. This is a plain statement of the positions taken. )ur grievanees were acknowledged, to their fall .,t extenat, it was warmly urged that the State should not secede alone, and it was maintained lthat the Southern States would never act, in con iert, against past aggressiins. - Doestbe conclu sion then, not inevitably follo thatwe must submit to the wrongs: y1i aseted The only ibl ~ most-awkwar ei people under the- heavens have tbreate wouch resistance and performned 1 li we; At every act of tyrannydfoiavec children, do that again,if y dare" Me act b- been repeated, fro btime to t smelw * have reiterated the a e harter ftout-ablot All the Southern States av tursuedtIe sme weak policy, and. tll ivie eeac J!"enlee stripe, and blow efoirme as-aae sentibilitie a uttrly bluetcd'&iaaeIdole4 They have beied teidr prom tie reis ti t i iabenbl~bity~obeieer egao *p They renid th ia.ani Itt a bliir. heliev i'l,2otfew) of . ~-uein c All the Sotagon Stie aepiru,'h -ar whic y; Alln -- stily manks lo Iatd af roach, it; frwlfwIa - They aebele thei porisies to ri ' tn ihemar.aosfy t. 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