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r. Calhoun and Separate State Atuw From the commencement of the division of the Resistance men of the State into two par ties, the eo-operationists have assiduously pressed inter their service the revered namo' and great authority of Mr. Calhoun. The great champion of State Rights nad State Remedies; he whose vindication of the sove reignty of the States was the characteristic feature of the last twenty years of his life-is made, afte: his death, practically to adjure all State Rights but sueh as can be defended by tre combination- of one half the Confederacy. Can any one believe that he ever sanctioned such a use of his authority 1 Let it bb remembered, that up to the last day of his appearance in the Senate, and con sequently up to the last of his public declara tions, Mr. Calhoun had not given up all hope of preserving the Union on terms honorable to the South. But it was alone by the serri ed union of her representatives that this could be done, and for this he labored with all the strength that disease had left him. It was on this last day of his public appearance that the defection of some of the Southern States became manifest, and henceforth, till his death, his hopes of a settlement of the controversy, short of Disunion, became more and more faint. He died in the belief that such a set tlement was nearly impossible. But the issue so far had been nierely one of debate, not of actual legislation. No one of that batch of quackery and mischief, known as the Compromise bills, had yet seen the light, except in the crude form of projects. The causes of resistance, whether by the whole South, or by the separate States, were only in prospect, and not in actual being. The great work with him, and with all true Southern men, was to unite the South in re sisting these foul projects of aggressioL. No one questioned then, and no one doubts now, that Southern co-operation at Washington was absolutely essential to secure this object. There is another view not less important to the true comprehension of Mr. Calhoun's position. All attempts to arrest the aggres sions of Congress might fail;-rom the mo ment he saw divisions among Southern men, he contemplated the probability that they would fail. But that did not bring up the question of separate State action. It brought Ip the question of the fulfilment of their pledges by nearly every Southern State. South Carolina was no deeper involved than any other. Virginia stood in the van of the resistance ranks. The Legislature of Geor gia had provided for calling a Convention in the event of the enactment of the hostile men sures. Mississippi and Alabama were alive with the Southern spirit. The union of a large portion of the South in the common defence, if the causes for redress should be forced on them, was the theme of every pen, the confi dent hope of every heart. Mr. Rhett, no more than Mr. Calhoun, at that time, contemplated separate State- action. They were all co-ope rationists then, because co-operation did not then mean an obsenre pathway leading off from all resistance, but was the practical and obvious form in which resistance presented itself to every mind; and t.o have publicly raised the qtteston of separate secession, would have beet to throw doubt upon the good faith with which the States had given their solemn pledges. It would have been to raise an issue that did not properly belong to the politics of the period, and thus, without tny apparent reason, to throw an element of discord into Sonthen coinsels. But wise and experienced men did contem plate in their own minds the possibility that all these fair pronmises of Southern resistance assert that to the last he clung faithfully to the great doctrine of State Rights and State Remedies. It is known that one of his sons, a gentleman beyond all impeachment, was with him during the whole of his illness. In a recent visit to Charleston, he called on us, and in the presence of all the conductors of this journal, stated that twice during the last days of his life, Mr. Calhoun had said in his presence, that he considered the California bill as the test ; and that if it passed, and no other State wcould act, Sostth Carolina must act alone. His idea, then, of co-operation, was, that it was the natural mode of securing re dress, and that all means were to be tried to attain it; but that, in the last resort, the State was bound to save hecrself from dishonor, and to secure her citizens from the degradation of living under a Government that had proved itself hostile to their prosperity and their peace.- Charleston Mercury. Hen, N. Z.. Griffin's L.etter. EDG EFIELD C. H., Sept. 15, 1851. Gentlemen :-Having been absent from home, I did not receive your kind invitation to address a public meeting of the citizens of Charleston District, on the 17th inst., in time to reply at an earlier period. I thank you sin cerely, for the terms in which you are pleased to allude to my services i-n the great cause in which you are engaged. Engagements which will require my whole time for a week to come, prevent me from attending your meet I approve fully the sentiments and princi ples of the resolutions accompanying your in vitation. Who can say that South Carolinai will not be dishonored if she submits to the position of degrading inferiority to which the late aggressive measures of the free soil ma jority in Congress have reduced her ? If such a man lives in the State, his own mother ought to disown him, for she could not rely on him to protect even herself from insult. Events' wvhich have occurred since the adoption of I your resolutions, have conclusively settled the point, that upon past aggressions we have no ground to expect the co-operation of a sin gle Southern State. Our only hope then of co-operation depends on future aggressions. Can airy rational man believe, that the South ern people quietly acquiescing in the degrad mgand insulting measures of the past, can ever be prevailed uponl to resist what awtaits us in thefuture. Those who urge such a doe - trine, with a little reflection, will bind them selves practically, upon the "platform" of the Georgia trio of Southern renegades. My own opinion is, that with the people of South Car olina in the approaching Convention will rest the onry opportunity of successfally vindica ting the rights and liberty of the South. If the' right of secession is to be denied, the1 sooner we know it, and make the issue, the better; then we shall have an issue which will certainly settle the point, whether this is a gconsolidated government or not; and no other issue can possibly, in the present state of things arouse and unite the South. The position and the honor of the State require the issue to be made promptly, and neither the efforts of the Federal anthorities in the forts of our harbor to intimidate the State; nor the certainty of coercion, should prevent South Cairolina from at once dissolvingr her connexion wvith a grovernment which she feels only in its insults and oppressions. I have written in haste, and in conclusion beg you to accept my grateful- aeknowledgmcnts for" the honor you have done me. Your obedient servant,i N. L GRIFFIN. f To MessrQ. Richardson, Raymond and Peron-e EDGEFIELD, 8- C- t pTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1851. FOR SOUTHERN 0ONGRESS. nIon. Y. W. PICKENS, DRAYTON NANCE, Esq. NEXT MONDAY'S DIEETING. A LARGE concourse of our citizens of both parties, is expected on this occasion. We think it tot improper to advertise the Actionists that their views will he sustained by able advocates, if cir cumstances render it at all necessary. No one can object to free discussion at a District meeting, held on a public day and on common ground. NUMBER ONE STRAW CUTTERS. WE call attention to Mr. Lawis's advertise ment. From various persons, we have heard the opinion that his Straw Cutter is the best tning of the kind yet invented. See his Certificates. ADDITIONS TO THE FRATERNITY, We welcome Mr. Nonats and Mr. WILKES to their connexion with us through the Anderson Ga zette. They could not pass their novitiate with a sounder head or a purer heart than belongs to the senior conductor of that sterling journal. "Tu RExaroy," a new paper, just established in Yorkville, for the advocacy of AcTIO, has reached its, and makes a beginning which gives promise of great usefulness. It is published and edited by Tto3rAS ECLES, Esq. -- ,- 0 - ONE OR TWO QUERIES. Are instructions wise, when circumstances may occur which will cause those who gave them to regret them ? Suppose slavery is abolished in the District of Columbia during the nextspring orsummer, would the Instructors wish the Convention to be at all bound by their procrastinating proposition ! Would it not be more prudential to express "a hope and confidence," than to say "you are here by instructed !" ---- - ONE WORD MORE. As the Standard occupies Chancellor WARD LAW'S position, we willingly admit that we have misconstrued his position. We have no desire to do any one injustice. Whatever meaning.wc may have thought iuiferable from his article on the Con vention, hi. owen construction is cheerfully receiv ed, and we give him full credit for it. -0. - OUR OUT-SIDE-EDGEFIELD CO-OPERATION, ITS EXPOSITION, &c. Tm reader will obser've that one entire page, on the out-side of this number, is taken up with the proceedings and papers of the Co-operation meeting recently held at Capt. J. Donx's, in this District. The account given by the Secretaries is brief and in good taste, and we have but little doubt that their opinion of the different speeches is cor rect enough-at any rate, as much so as such sketches usually are. It has been so long since we had the pleasure of hearing the lion. A. BURT, in one of his political efforts, that we almost for get his as an Orator. Of Capt. BRO'S style er we know more, and we do not hesitate to s that he has some of the requisites of a pleasing speaker, and, with timo and cultiva tion, will rank well. Mr. AL.DRICH is generally 000pllih'dbatr.So that, upon the whole, w.e rather think the co-operation party could not have turned out a much better trio than they did upon thtis occasion. We therefore readily admit that they produced an impression upon their assembled audience. If they only had at their command the powerfutl ar guments and high appeals of the Secession party, they might " slay their thousands." As it is, the more general impression would, perhaps, expretss itself thus: " Talented fcllows, those-what a pity thtey have not selected a stronger position." So much for thme speakers-now for the Exposition. Some of the views, therein propoundedl, nmcet with our approval-speially thtose which have reference to thte Convention's speaking what it knotes to be the wvill of the people. Iltt e's to the extension of time in whicht that will is to be ac certained, we tdo not perceive the neces.sity and doubt the expediency of it. The quetion of action or non-action has been now discutssed before the people in almost every nook and corner of this State. Our citizens are intelligent and qtuick to catch iup the full and accurate meaning of every movement that may affect their welfare and their honor. Thme State is small, (some of the anti-sc ressionists say, " 57ery small l'') and, without thme aid of the heaven-winged telegraph, the rail road xngine, or even the limnhering 01ld stage-coach, the news of Secession and its converse, could sure Cy have reached, by thi< time, the moost illiterate tnd retired spot in Southt Carolina. A t all events, he great thinking and acting masses of our popu ation have now catnvassed this great question antd tave formed their opinions deliberately atnd deci ledly. iNo one will denty that the good peoplo thout our friend Dons's were etnlightene~d as to ,hat they did on the 2th tilt. Not to allow nn qual degree of light to every other settle.ment, tn very other District in thme State, wouhl not lie omplimerrtary-tnor would it he in exact accord Lmce with that dlelicacy which shrinks so abhlor ently from placing omne's ownt people a little ahtead f others " in spirit atnd intelligenice." Wel'l, hero tas been one expression of sentiment pceliairly arked--from this meeting htas gonte forth strin rent instructions to the People's Conventin. That jonvention wvill most assttredly give thtem their free weight, when it becomes thteir dutty to dlelihe ate on thme tromentous issue now hefore tts. Let1 hte people in their primary assemblies (all over the state) give a like expression of their xiewvs, as 'ar as seemeth to thtem good. andc this, if thte peo' tie are so disposed, can be speedily done. That tmited expression must and will have all prope-r1 nluence over the action of thte People's Conven ion. To say otherwise, wotuld be to inmpeach thte< onesty of its constituent members. We maintain and believe thtat, in this mantner, be true sentiments of .South Carolina couldl he 'eachmed wvith suficient accuracy. It omay be,j hat this opinion of ouirN receives its coloring of onfidence, from the settled conviction that not nefifth of the- State would be foutnd udesirouts of ramelling the ability and directing the patriotism t if our presentstrong,enlighttened and htonest C'n C .ention. All thte chtoicest spirits itn thme Co-opera- I ion ranks belong to that body, and thtey are asso iatetd with men of opposing views, equtally select,r Ind entirely ready to hold with them thte most res- 5 ectful, aye, thme most affectionate counsel. Thise eing so, (and thte people know it is thte trtte state s ,f thme ease,) thmere is a disinclination to do any ling which would imply distrust of the presetnt C ~onstitutional embodiment of theo popular wilh. I. ~his disinclination extends far beyond thte Seces- f ion ranks--.we honestly believe thtat a majority of at he Co-operationists are decidedly opposed to any terference of thtis kind---eertainly, so far as heard rom, they have not indicated it as their wisht. As no instance, in htigh places, of thtis opposition, I AW'S late letter to the people of Edgefield Dis rict.-Now, what we mean to say is this: until I m: have some reasonable ground for thinking that car here is a generally prevalefit desire oti the part of alo he Co-operationists; as a paty, to regulate the toi iovereign Convention of the State by fettering hit, nstructions, we shall respectfully deprecate the em !fort as an unfortunate and ill-timed, though lion- ing st step. They who propose it, would not them- div elves wish it, under these circumstances, to exer- ad ,ise any Controlling influence It seems to tu to of i e evident that, before tie-adoption of this policy th: y our friends of the Co-operation party could tiu ake place, another friitful source of division and ca listraction would be discovered to exist in the un icw issue then brought before the State-whether Lt ir not it will be expedient for the delegates to the 'NI -onventisn to be controlled -by' instructionsr- dro any, who doubt the wisdom of separate action, re 6vould doubt still more the. policy of attempting to er xnnul the authority of a body regularly clothed to vith the highest power which any free people can ev impart to their agents. For what would be the TI endency of this new discussion ? Most assuredly ari this: to draw the public mind front the main and tic all-important question of our dire wrongs ani the foi remed y---:o plunge the State intosome abstract dis- th putation as to the final resting place of --overvign- by ty, its divisibility, inherency, &c.-and to awaken of a storm of popular excitement on some collateral na question of State-reform, which skilful dema- to gogues might conduct not only to the absorption fri of the present struggle with Federal oppression, al but to the destruction of our present admirably- m arranged and excellently-working system of State nc polity. For these reasons, and others to which we bi may allude hereafter, we cannot (until some more widely difMused expression of the popular will, is reaches us) approve the manner in which the Ex- hi rosIrtox under consideration proposes to harrass a and retard the free action of our Convention. If ci it be said that we are contravening the wishes of cc the people we ask it to be considered, in passing, that we, and those with whom we think, are also 'b the people-and while others are protesting, we st also propose to protest, and " most solemnly" too, se against being in anywise hound to support sug- ai gestions emanating from a moiety of what we be- le lieve to be a minority party. We respect their ol diferences of opinion, and yet, at the same time, b: would advise every one to ponder well the conse- tc quences of their present proposition, before es- C pousing it. al But this proposition to instruct our Convention vi Delegates, seems to its authors themselves, to need tr some excuse; and one is accordingly given, which in we are surprised to see gravely put forth in the A document before us, for the hundredth time. aj "Your Convention of Delegates, which met in Ii Charleston in May last, set us the example-they te passed a resolution of instructions-why not we !" At Now to set the matter at rest once more, let us see di the resolution spoken of. Here it is: a 4. " Resolved. That this meeting looks with p: confidence and hope to the Convention of the pen- m ple, to exert the sovereign power of the State in p, defence of its rights at the earliest practicable period, and in the most efectual manner; and to the Legislature, to adopt. the mo'st speedy and effectual meastures towards the same end." " The confidence and hope," that certain m measures will be carried out, is clearly expressed tr -but where are the instructions? Where is the C specific measure mentioned, which either the Con- tti vention or the Legislature is instructed, or even p, requested to do, or not to do? In a resolution in- re tended to instruct, very different language is al- at ways nsed-and to see this, we need go no further di .han the resolution appended to the Exposition se under discussion. Let us read that also: at struceted, that prior to the first day of January. 1853, they give no vote for, or ctontenance to any ordinance or measure, which has for its object the Cl separate secession of the State of South Carolina tr from the Americant Confederacy." m1 There iis the co-operation resolution-the othter tie 'was the secession resolutiotn. What a difnerence ! at -The first is, in stone, temper and expression, the nt language rather of atn inferior to a superior-anid th yet the meeting wvhich adopted it, wats, equally ec with the late co-operatio'n meeutig, an assembla'e C: of sovereign citizens ref Soth Carolitna. and quite th as intelligent. The second has the air and style ic rather ofa mandate, tiponi the dlisobedience ofiwhich Id another mandate might lhe forth-coming. This is the master speaking to the servant-and this is in strucetion : the other, according to all the rules of . ennstrtuction by which we have learned latngutage, is the utterance of a mere hope. n sentiment, at thitighet. without a single essential requisite' of In- a stuctions. lBut it is said that more than this was intendedel f.eotn the fact that at certaitn resointtioen of- I fered by Mr. Orr. was voted downt itn that Convent- e tion. Now the attentive observer of the political re moevements in our State. will remtembecr that a re solution ofTrel by Mr. Carroll at the Charleston s co-operatiotnimeeting, was rejected in the samet manner : althotugh it was afterwards urged that the sentiment of said resolution was in no degree s objectirmahle. It was thtought that it might heave I the eflect of produicing uinneceissary confuesiotn inE the meet ing. Whey not allow the Convention of Dlegates the same grotemd ofcobje'ctiotn to Mr. Orr's resolution ? Int all sutch assemblhies, it is invaria- at bly the practice to arrange some regular plan ofli proceeing, to save time and avoid the necessity N of prolix explanations. Stuch a plati was stubmit iced to most, if not all of thee D~elegations present at di the (Charle-ston (Convent ion, shortly previous to f their inturoduection to the nmeet intg. It met their al most untanuimeoucs santt cti. Tlhe address atnd rest-of [utionis were expressive of the feelitngs of the hody, is was fully proaved by their aoptione a fter mature th, liscussion. It was suppeosedl that Mr. Orr and his o 'o-adjtuors knew this to lie the case. Thteir at- o empt then to thrrow aside~ thte otheer resolutions by s sublstitue, was re~gared somewheat in the light at te which Mr. Carroell's resohnein was by the 'arhestote co-operation meeting. It was set aside d ro'm no opposiuiion to the views it contuained, futr-tt her thian that it did not contin quite all they de- all ired to ex press. Least of all, can thee conclusions te ec fairly drawn that its rejetion proceedede from a nv desire to dictate to or instrtcts any one, or to, ive proeminence to any partictular party. IC any hinig of the sort hadl been reanlly lthoghet of, would here tnt leave been a concerted meovemett to pro-ta 'tre the instant approval of the Convention's course c y thec different associations ? It coueld leave been nd one with ease at that time, and would leave givenv (r chel greater powver to its actione. lBut thtis was TI t even atteped.-It is insisted by some, that po lee whole affiair was a trick to give secession the hit rack. Hlow doues this comport with their inatten- dif rion to thce gallat steed after heis so easily taking ats lie frst heat i Iln that the appearantce ofjock,- thi( ying ? No, fellrwcitiizens,---we will undertake re to speak for oterself, and we heave no droubt it , Sthe setiment of twvetnty-five others of youtr im- I tediate neighbors and fellow-cimtizens there pre-li mtt. We wvent to Charleston withont anty knocwl- ( Igit of a pireviouesly concerted game toc advance 1c Icession we lknew of ito after-aerrangemtent inc- p .ndedcr fur eny othier puerpose thcan to advanrc co ienuriox. We looked upone the body theno as antet onrable hotly, moved uponc by pure imputlses acid lt.. srahoveparuystratagem. We still so regard thtem: lie etd any imtptetationi to thteconitrary, we respectful- of] rurge, is more the result of surmise than of any oli' ets wvhich htave come to otir knowledge. Gen- edt emen ot of that body tnay have foundii ot inure Unc tan many of us who were in it. Of what we are the 3 INCIDENT FROM GRECIAN HISTORY. Vhcn the mighty thousands of the Persian host - it: to tile invasion of Greece, the Athenians no, with a few Plateans, stemmed the terrible rent successfully. Sparta, on a flimsy pretext, I failed to send her forces to the rescue--the en y was hastening on with potwerful and increas number-t0e caleaers of the Athenians were 5 ided, some favoring immediate AcTiov, others .isiig delay. 'The latter urged a postponement I ietion on the ground that they were weak and F t Spiartan co*peration would yet co-e up in n e. ''he former insisted that every day wouhd il Ise sotle loss of their, own good and true men, til, eventually, they wotld be selferippled. CAI. kACHuS held the-privilege of the casting vote. LTIA DFS and ArISTIDES (both action men) al seed him thus: "On you, CAtI.tMACI S, it ts, whether Athens shall be enslaved. or wheth- T from age to age your country, freed by your ice, shall retain in yours a name dearer to her n than those ofArIsToctToN and 1AR310IUS." to brave man and the just man prevailed by their ;ntnents, and the polemarch cast his vote for ac n. In a fev days the battle of Marathon was e aght, and Athens routed Persia. "And still h roughout the civilized world (civilized how much 1 the arts and lore of Athens) men of every ctine, 1, every political persuasion, feel as Greeks tit tle me of Marathon. It was, says the eloquent his rian, the firstgreat triumph of oristo-i! and it's its were reaped, not by Athens only, but by i Greece then, as by all time thereafter, in a ighty and imperishable harvest,--the invisible, 1 it less than the actual force of despotism was t oken !" Of such pointed instances of historiCfal truth. it better generally to leave each reader to make , s own application. We will therefore only drop few suggestions as to the appositeness of the in dent related above, to the present attitude and ndition of our State. The hosts of Federalism and Freesoilism are aring down upon her with rapidly accumulating rength-they have already broken the spirit of veral of her co-suierers.-At home, her leaders -e pulling indiflerent directions, just as were the aders of Athens when threatened by tite power 'Persia.-Sparta had been confidently expected i Athens to stand by her side-but Sparta failed do so. Mississippi has been looked to by South rolinaas an acting ally-but Mississippi has dis >pointed our hopes.-Athens and her leaders wa red for a moment in doubt as to the proper course be pursued. Carolina and her leaders are now a similar extremity anti similar stspense.-In thens, a temporising course was decided against, id ACTION ruled the day. In South Carolina a 1 ke result will, doubtless, appear.-Athenians, af r the decision was made up, murmured not, but ood to their post, each man a hero deterntined to >or die in the cause of Athens. South Carolini is, likewise, when the Rubicon shall have been st, will be found rallying with one heart and ind around the banner of tthe State-every whi? !r of discontent will be hushed, and in its place ill be raised one loud, long and unitetd shot We will stand or fall with Carolina!"-With ich feelings stirring their souls, the Athenians oved on and accomplished the most remarkable iumph on record. Under like auspices. South irolina will make her impress upon the 19th cen, ry, and establish an- era from which Southern osperity and Southern freedom will date their al beginning. "To Athens, the victory of Mar hon was a second Solon." To the cause of Free )m, the onward movement of Carolina will he a condl Washingtin.-By Athenians, separately id alone, the .tidoof Persian tyranny was turned1 trolina, Federal power will be successfully t~p-i ised-a contest will be brought on, which wil1 hiit that power to tihe Southern people in its ie colors, and arouse a feeling of genteral indig ttion, wichl must terminate either in t he reforma or the dethronement of that power.-Athieni is. so fnr from giving way tto the influence of im iary dangers, resolutely met anti confronted e real terrors in their pathl, being resolved t) en unter theta at all hazards. And tus will Srettth trolinians, w~hile cottlly attt fairly eniculatintg e diflieublies which lie bcfo're thetm. refuse to be fluencedi by the frightts and scare-crows of vit imaginations' WfTEllE rs TilE FAULTi Fr is in1Imated that some of our wortfIy fellow tizens have enrolledI their names as members tof e Egefield Southern Ilightts Association., with belief that its object was Sottern Action herert it now appears that its real aim is Caro a Action. Few nnmes, we thtink, have been rolled in this orgatizatiun. whitch were not dli- - etly appended to the original copy of its Consti tion, or to correctly printetd duplicates of the mne, by the indir-iduals helrscq. int doing so, e 1st A rticle of said Constituttion Imust have been tore thecm, which reads tints: " Aa-rierE 1. The name of thtis Association all be the Edlgefiehil Stouthertn Rightts Associatioin I aobjects shall be, to organtize the citizens of igeield Districtitnsutppor'tof the interestsofth le I' mtt. to mire concert of. action among thte citi- I is tf thtis District with the othter Djistrits oif is State, tt vindicate anti maintain otur riehts. id suport the State authonritie-s otf Southb Cart- r n, in aty metastures site may adotpt for her d e against the wrongs anti aggressionts of thte )rtI." ( It will be seen from this, thlat the open atnd tun iguisetd purpose of this Association has been,e im the first. "to support thte intere~sts of the I tith" and also " to suipport the State umhlloritie-s South Carolina," iti any measutres of redres may adopt. If this last expressiotn mnirs any ng. it is that the State Contventtion was worthy tr implicit confide-nce, and adaritted tot he one the "State Authorities"-ftor itat is the body tich is In " atdopt the measures" spoken of. Iftl y have changetd their views since signing that 5 itient, it is their undteniable rightt to have tl ne so, antI no one wvili blame thtem, or rtespect - less. for the change of opinion. Butt we, in kinstttts, suggest too.se whto Ih.tve registeredl t complatnt of having beten deceivedl. to relteve i least thte Associatint from all fault in the matter. i we base otur sugestint tin thte a bove shtowing. Ii JUDG . IUTLER.-The. (Greeniville Mottn. n uer, of the 25th tl., say~s:-"Otur estee-t-nt ressed the people, at thet late tteetittg atp nningant's Store in Abibeile Distriet, nugh differing frott him on imtportat ' litical qutestionsti, we htave never dotnbted "' paitriotismn and sincerit y. Otur politieal P erenes however4 are not so very gre-at, at mIy be -sen fromn the followitng ntotice of T .Judge's sptech at Cuitttnghn's Store, ict we clip frotm the Andersona (Waze:e: 'the dtebate was opene~d by Judge Bter n anitmated atnd resistatnce spreeht. The 'T norble get'tlematn htas bteena st down as se ~o-opronits, but we cotuld see no great v< Seessiotists. Like onet tikt-s up a c of frutit. to pare it of its unsatvory patrts. I meldes by thtrowittg it alil atway, so we t lit see bttt lil Ic o-opetrationt left, after tif veerble Senal or had dontie hlis spteeh. i does noL, cottdecetnd to :tppe~al to thte fears jd s coutrmen, bitt says thait Soth Car-!it ta ennunot brook the itdea of Submnission, Ia ises delav for five vears, and thitnks thte . int will lie broken ip in thtat hiime, hat if ri Convent ion nets by se-cession sootter, he CCe ..s ....,tan iti., w.ith tte Stac. . - hir CIODIIUNICATIONS." FOR TIE ADvERrisEi. t TiiE friends of Col. P. S. BUooKs, having ob- t rved his iname off'ered through the A bbeville 9 rnner, is a Candidalte for the Soittiern Con -ess. and believing that the thrie ft the canvass too short to niake a just test of the relative rength of partles, hereby withdraw his name. or the samc reason, they respectfully recou end to their Co-operation friends in Abheville at they withdraw the other nomiltee. EDGEFIE.D Co-OPERATIONtsTs. FOR THtE ADVERTISER. Mn. EDITOR :-Permit me through the mc um of your valuable journal, to notice tile ditorial which occurred in the ITnmburg Re ubcan of the I Ith inst.. in which the Editors rter aministering a gentle reproof to a "son of [bnhiurzL," for darinig to express I's opinioh ; o on to make several statements relative to the omparative strength of the two political parties 1 our town-these statenents we desire to notice iore rarticularly on the present ocensioin. Tie ditors of the Republican coonnyence their com ients on an extract frotn a letter of a young entletnan of this place to his father in Laurens )istriet, which appeared in the last number of he " Laurensville Jlerald,'i i the following inguage: "We know not, who the writer of his letter is, but it is evident that this son in Tamburg' is grossly mistaken in his calculation, we will not celsitre him with false representation nowingly) or lie does not understand the dityer nec between the Actionists and the Co-opera ionists, supposing them to occupy the same ,round, and intended to convey the idea, by the vord 'secession,' that the Co-operation party vas gaining ground in I Hanbitrg,' which it is. f we are hot grently mistaken in the political pinion of the people here." Now whether the iouth is, or is not ignorant of the dif'erence be ween the Actionists, or whether as these Eli ors ingeniously suppose lie imagines them to be )ne and the same party, is a matte' of Very little inportance but we conceive that lie could Imiueh nore readily distinguish the ditTerence between hese two parties when viewed in their proper aense, than reconcile the doctrines at present 1reached up by the Co-operation party to any itinciple short of ultimate submission. If the 'enarks il tie letter alluded to were only Intend !a (as we suppose they were) to convey th e idea hat the Secession party was in the ascendency i our town, then the second supposition of the Republican, " that the writer was grassly nis tken in his eniculntion," is anl incarrect one; ma] we only await an opportunity at the comiig leetion to prove through the ballot-box the allacy of the same. The Co-operation party, if ndeed it deserves the anme of a party in this laee, has never beerf considered a forinidable ine in our town. 'Tis true they htelal a meeting md passed a set of resohitions; but wito coin 3osed that augutst assemblage? Were they citi tens of the place ? Were they men identified to t by the kindred ties of interest and birth ? fy io tmeans. Very few that are entitled to be call d citizens of ifamtburg were present on the yeensio. We have been infortmed Ay a gente nan of undoubted Terneity, who counted the ng trea hrendred present ; of this number only thoaut sixty or seventy were from Ilamiburg-a >ortion of these Seeessioiiists, the retnainder vere from Aiken, GraniteviIle and A Lmgtusta, Ga. ~Iany per'sonms attended without the slightest ina en tion of takitng part in the proceediiigs of the nleeting, but meirely for the purpose of listening athe public speaking, it hiaving~ been previously mntiaunced that the lion. A. P. BarrL.R and leni. JamIiS lIAM~taaN wvanid address the meet ng. Thtis nieeting is of itself sufticietnt to con inice nal, who are aequainted with the size of hec town of Hamburg at the time of its ocetr -ence', that the Co-opeintin pnatty Was rather liiutitva, both in size rtnd appearnnee, llut we are informeda lby tfie Elitors of the Republican thant the Co-operation par'ty is gain ng strengih in onr townl, if thecy are not very nuch miistakeni i.: thte pailitieal opitnioti of thn. aeople of the plaee."' The probabaility of tile iito~rs being "' :adstaken in the politieal opinioit f the people'' is, we think, a Ilcy proviso in lie assertioan of the Republican; it only informs ts renders that the Co-operation party is gaining rounda in the towii of Hamiburg if its Editors arc not very much niistaiken in the political 'pitnion of the people."t Untfortttmately foir the reight of the asser(Ion, anal the efflet of the In armntiaon, Eaditors, as well as the rest of mankind, re liable to be mistaken ; anid this insinnece is ot nni exepltion to the general ruie, that it is umnan to err. These Editors ate most egre iaausly mistaken, this we assert, and risk the ssertiotn, not on the proabability of our being onversant with the political opinion of the peo Ie, but upotn daiy observnfion, and incontro ertnble evidence. Ritt the RepubIlican is ae unintedl with samne who were strong Aefionists. at have desartedl the hanner under whlichi they aid at first rallied, atnd flead from the ranks of the ecessioanists to join anda advocate the doctrine,' f the Co-operatiotnists. We know of tione Jell, ahdl wiatla feel onrselves much indebted tuo ie Republican if it would favor us wvith the innes of any such inldividlunl, if they arc not shiatmed to let it be known that they have not me limness to maintaini a positiat tvltich they Lye once taken. The cause of Separate State etiotn has lost nothitng by the desertioan aof such ten, foir where cne has left ius two of firmer erve anda stroanger resolution has joinedl the io old cause of secession anal liberty. Ilut earc persaonaily acquainted with somne in the niee whao professedl to be strong resistance-co teration men abonut the time of the " Hanmburg eeting," that are now upotn the " Georgia lattormn," satisfied with the Compromise, strong ad atowedl supporters of tile "a gloriouis Union." bis speaks alil foir the downward and submnis-I re tendency of eo operation. Bait this class, aniks be to heaven, aire not very numerous. bere is yet another class amoing us which ale rves to be noticed, viz: Those who took a! ry active part ini the "l Hamnburg Co-operation eeting"-genuinie Co-operatioinists-whio are illing to wait 11o longer for Catoperation in ease e Uniaon parties" are successful in the States Geargia andl aiississippi ; of this class wre eann' int to several. So much for the present eon- e tian of Co-operatiaon in our town. Whmat are prospects for the future ? It must inevitably rindle dowin into a-few admirers of the " gil mls Uniiotn." The pe'ople are becoming awaken to their most vital initerests, they see the utter a .pe..ssnes of C'o-onerntioni unless brought il bout througu the means of Separate S-te S- - U - essioit, they sensibly feel their degradation in F he present t!ition, and are resolved to release hemelves from its gecursed shackles as speedily s possible. TrUTI. t The Laurenstille Herald will please copy. FOR TilE ADvERTISER. Ol0t1 CAVISE OF QUARREL. Fr.t..oW-CTZEsNs:-Mr. WEverrER ascribes he first legislation on the subject of slavery to southern statesmen-such patriots as .TErFFRsoN : md MADIsON, anl deplores, in the language of' eeling, the ebuange which has taken place, at the North, and at the South, since tieir day. " A change has really conc over the spirit of cr dream." Slave-hollers have the iaturaml and constittitional right to advocate the manumission rif their own slaves, through the proper channels; for it is their own property, they are disposing of, and injury can regult to no one from their acts, but to themselves. But a Northern Legis lator is an impudent intermeddler, when he pre sumes to regulate an insttittion, in which lie has no interest, an by which he can never be af fected. In the days of the two illustrions men i to whom I have ad reference, the provisions of the Constitution, for the protection of every species of our property, met with universal re spect throughout the land ; aid the g'and sys tem for the reduction nand ruin of the $outh had not yet had its fatal conception. There were n11) men of the revolution wicked efiough to beget so foul a monster "Voluminous and vast, it serpent armed With mortal sting But events of late have worn An aspect, that foreshadows the utter annihilation of the South. We have submitted to wrongs and eneroach ments upon our privileges suo long, that to oppress us is almost become a prescriptive right. We have nothing left to sustain our cause, hut justice and the Constitution. behind whose sacred cool umns we should take shelter, and there strugle for otit rights, till the columns themselves shiall be swept from the arcies, and our bodies shall iHe mingled with the ruins of the noble poile. No shalow of principle should be yielded. even in the case of the admission of California. Cali fornia may be valueless to Southern men. It is not a question of profit and loss. It is a question of freedom and serrittrde. It may become a question of life and death. The manufacture of that Territory into a State, by executive and military interference-the adoption of its constitutim, and the formation of its regular governmetit, 4y temporart residents frmn the United States, by. Ifidians, Mu dienns, outlaws, and fugitives from jistice, witliout citi zenship, and without any of the qualifientions of legal voters; and its recognitiOn as one of flie sovereign memben of this Conifederacy-all blended in one act, perfect d frattd, the most stnpefuous And wieked that 6hmekens the annals of any civilized nation. It trins ft part o the grand design to extend the principles of the " Wimot Proviso,'t not only oter the Territory of the North, but oVer that of the West and the South-over the Territory pureiamed by the sacrifices and the valor of otdr own sous, lending the van, defending the fing. and sasfaininig the doubtful issue of the confiet, in every battle that ---- r aue Uennmi or ine, amers ionn arms. Our immediate pecuniaty Intetest in time nintt ter, migimt truly be of ittle momenlt, int whmen we refleet, that the establishment of time princi ple for *hiei our eneies contendl, will give then anm overwhmelming and irresistible majority in the chief cotineils of thle eotintry, alud will place our property and lives at time abselute dis posal of mn, whom, we have foumnd, that no sentiments of honor or jusmice can bindu, it 6e comes a subject ini which our liberties, our po litical salvation, our very existeiice is inivolved If wye yield ant inch in the struggle, tre arc de graded--we are sl:mves, and deserve to be ae ensed. We ate no somis of time mcmn of the revmmmtimoii, but bastards to their spirit and their bloodi A firm resolve, then, and at deternmined uniomn nmong.t ourselves, nha a constant readiness for the inost decisive action is t1h0 omily meanis of avertinig, for a moment, our threatene'd enhamini ties, or of' vimndicatimig otur hionior and dignity among meni. F"ellow-Citizens, whien I read the history o this Governnment, and the wvromngs of niy sectin, my heart burns, wvith indignation, at thie tame ierbenranc of' Southern nmen, A fatal letargy has seized their mimids. Thmeir titter ruin has been deliberately planned, and the designm is a transparent as the light of hienvemn, andm yet. with a slnggish indifirence to their imnjuries amid to the respect of mankind, wvorse than that of the degenerate Athenians or the ef'eminate Vene tianis, they sunf'er every act, in the whole system of their oppressions, to be performed, with hnre ly a show of resetmment. The fiemry souml of Demiosthenes diid enkindle hmis people to mnmke a feeblhe eflort neninist Philip; but, while a mighmtier than Philip is compassing ouir downifall. wihm a stmeady, unerring purpose, there is searcely onme man of us prepared to do battle for his lbet there is yet not onec bamner fairly imi time field. "Now, whmemher it lhe flesmful oblivion, or some ernven scrmuple Of thimnkimng too precisely on the event, A thought. whih, quarteredl, hath hut one part wisdom. Anml, ever, thmree parts coward.-- Ido not know W~hy yet ire live to saly, this thing's to do;/ Simice ,e have cause, and will, amid strenmgth, and, meanis, ro do it. Examples, gross as earth, exhort us." Whmy, hmas every act of the lst Cmngress nmot cn a part ofa plt is.to lull us into secutm: :y, anmd then, to binid us, hand anmd fuoot. Thmere s not a move left us-" ice are completely check aced" Yes. There is a miove; and it is traighmt forward on the Chess-board. Let us nove directly against the circuimnallation of the -nemiy, thiough we should uneounter a perfect tormi of fire ; for if we remanin wvithmin thme city, in iur raniparts canmnot save us-we are idoommed to a crish. STAR REDOUBT. I Atoiosmrdr. On Saturdamy evening last, a most birutal nd atrocious murder was committed imit btI ist rict, mupon time person of a youmng woman tn *[ry ummin Hyatt, attemnded by circuimstumnees j hiih remnder it one of thme nmost aippaillinig eeds of violemnce in the amnnals of crime, d ~he young womamn was seated in her house,v ngaiged in the' perfornae of sonic domesticeI uty, amnd surrounded by hecr childreni, when be was allot through thme head with a rifleS all and instantly killed. The next morn n. g some of the neighbors passing tile house, S 'ere alarmed by thme cries of time chmildremi, I nd, on emntering, fonnd the body still seated A tim cm~ai, esurruerAd by, tme ,.tln., ....o ,ere attempting rouse their mother from hat the thought was only a dt-ep slumber. 'rom the statements of the children, their iother had been in that condition since the revious evening, and hence it is supposed int the deed was committed at that time, nd that these children were thus left alone, .ith the corpse of the woman, through the ight. Suspicion rested upon one Phineas John. on, as the perpetrator of the deed, and suf. cient evidence being adduced before the oroners jury, the Coroner immediately is. ned his warrant for his apprehension, and i 14 now in jail awaiting his trial. The vireunstnnees connected with this iorrilble deed, render it one of the most ap. >alling ncts of crime. that has ever been per. >etrated in a civilized community. To take he life of a human being, is, under all cir. umstances, a fearful thing: and the humani. y of the law makes many allowances for the :riminal. where the homicide is committed n self-defence, or inder the influence of uncontrollable passion ; hut that a poor de fe.neeless.woman, shoild be deliberate shot down, in cold blood, is a crim'e which shocks every feeling of humanitly, and renders the murderer worthy of the heaviest penalty of the law.-Uniorille Journal, 20th ut. - A Clergyman. The following patriotic sentiments are frin an extract of a letter from Alabama which we find in the Mercury : ALABAMA, Sept. 7, 1851. "I have delayed writing for some time, hoping to he able to tell you some good nt.ws-politien.ly-but alas! I have none. The South is doomed. Alabama is a sub mission State; and although every honor able ienns was used by the Southern Rights party in the State wve are beaten by two or three thousand votes. We have longed, looked, and hoped that South Carolina would secede. If I pride myself upon any one thing on earth, it is the privilege of claiming Souith Carolina as " my own. my native land ;" :td if she will mt secede, hundreds, yes, thousands, of her sons will be with her. We ean afflord her no help until she acts; then, and only in that erent, can we show our at taehment to our mother soil, and not only ther. but thousands who were borniJother States will be with her; but if SoutFlCaro lina does come down from her " pinnacle of fame." and submits, civil and reilgious liber ty will lie htt a fact of history, but noNWO to he fonnd on earth. I do most sincerely hope that Caroliln will et, and that soon. I amt nothing bitt a poor, unknown Baptist Prencher, but right glad an I that I hail frotn Beaufort Distret,South Carolina. My busi ness is to inetilente pence and good will; but if my own State needs my services as a sol dier,'I owe my a01 to Cittolina. Tell the friends of liberty 'm Charleston, to hesitate not. but to net, Enonghi politicafly. Were I an orator. I would revaint my na*kte State, and would try to arottse her to act.' Action, is my motto. Urge mr the Southern Rights men'in Charleston to act, and uni God, in mercy, prompt them to acion,' for unless CAr.ouxmA ACTS, ALL 1s3 LOST; and I then thank God, T have no 'hildren to leate lW hind me as slaves to Northern demagoguea and fanaties." AuGUSTA, Sept. 29-10 20 p. hl. A duel was fought on Saturday afternoon, at Vienna, S. C. At the third fire, Smythe was shot, the ball passing through thie right and neanrly through his left thigh. His wound however zs not considered slor al. le reaefs' sd Autrust. eu'Sub~asy-ightlyy41e -1eters burg hont, and is doingjs well. Thomas was tint ouched. CO mMIE ROIA In dorrespondence of the Advertiser5 IIA MBL.TRG, SEPTr. 30, 1831, Our Cotton Market opened with considerablo tpirit the first or the wrel, bat lost its booyancy luring the fast two days, and closed rater dull, vith very'little demntd. The sales and receipts Iave been exceedingly light fo.z the season, which irgttes something for a short crop in the sections of country ifurnishing this market. We quote 9 to 9 1-2 for fair. O BIT tAfRlY U~~~tiwreu this life. in this District, on the 22ndt of August last, Mr. 1.swts Cow.:. Mir. Coa.Luse was brn in fl05. lHe utnited himself toi the Baptist Chnrcb, at Ried Hill, in 3842. lIeI was' ordained Deneecn shiortly afterwards nd lilledI that office until his death. llis disease wazs Ty3phoid Fever, which lasted for twenty-tone days. Ihis mind was deranged at times, owing to the nature of the disease, but at others it was cle and tranquil. A few days before his dissolutioni he was tisited by-the pastor of his Chiutrch. lHe desired prayer, after which he appeared entirely willing to yield to hisi mas ter's will, stated ihat lie tra prepared to die and sawv his way clearly ; and that lhe would soon be in the enijoymnent of eternal felicity. The deceased was an estimable neighbor, an indulgent master, a kind husband, a tender aud an atretioniate father. and an examnplary chris tian. The Reud Ilill Church has been bereft of one of her brightest ornaments, lie left a wife and live small children, an need mother and numerons relatives to mourn his los. Dineo, at her residence, in this District, on the 1ith tilt., in her 73d year, Mrs. SARAn Mijas. This veneraible' lady was born 8th .July, 1779. in thle State of Virinia. 11er father, Wma. Blake lv, emtigratedi to Sonth Carolina when she was II) years old, and settl-d on the Congaree River. Twnears afterwards lie removed to Turkey Creek. in this District. Tfhe subject of this re-. tie'e was there miarried to Lewis Miles, whom the survived 28 years. She joined the Blaptist C'hurchi at Bethany, A bbeville District, upwards ii forty years neo). She wa4 a worthy menmber af tihe Mouiit Tahor Churchli in this Distriet, at lie timhe of her death. After a long illness of 'ur or flee months, during which shte expe icnced great bodily suffering, she gave herself ap wvitht pions resignation to tihe heavenly A uthor it her being. She has left behind her name ntus friends and relatives, who duly appreciated ecr matronly wvorth while living, and who deeply tonrn over the loss they have sustained in her enuth. Religions Notice. I will, by divine permission, preach at the fol wing pinees: October 15th, at Granitevilie, at ight: itt. Pleasant the 16th ; at Mt. Ebal 17th; Bethel 18th : at Dry Creek the 19th ; at hilipi 20th:; at Rlocky Creek 21st ; at Mt. Ta ir 22d ;at Stephen's Creek 23d ; at Good lope 24th ; at Red Bank 25th ; Salem at eleven clock in the mourning, antd Sardlis at 3 o'clock me meti day, 2tith; on Monday at Cloud's reek, 27tht; Samaria 28th ; Boiling Springs )th ; New 1 lope 30tth ; Sandy Ihm 31st ; Sar s, in the Edisto Associatihn. on the 1st of No imber; Dull Swamp 2d; Edisto 3d; Buck rad 4th; Catmel 5th ; Orange 6th ; the 7th, h, 9th, 10th and 11th, in Charleston; at Eb -zer 13th; at Willow Swamp 14th; Dean vamp 15th ; Rocky Grove 16th ; Tabernaele ~th : Beth Car 18th ; Rocky Spring 19th ; iken 20th, at night the same day at Giraniteville.