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Elyc avdiser. EDGEFIELD, 8. C. TIHURSDAY, OCTOBER 9,1851. The Last Opinlion of Calhoun. PEOPLE of Carolina, hear the last declaration of your great CALHOUN, and let it sink deep into your hearts : "IF CALIForNIxA IS AD31IT-ED, AND NO OTHER STATE WILL AcT, SOOT CAROLINA MUST ACT ALONE.1" FOR SOUTHERN CONGRESS. Hon. F. W. PICKENS, DRAYTON NANCE, Esq. t The Court of Common Pleas commenced its session at this place on Monday last, his Ionor, Judge WARLAW, presiding. OUR TOWN ADVERTISE31ENTS. WE call general attention to the new Advertise ments of HIL.. and of BRYAN. It will be seen by any who choose to call upmn them, that their stocks are beautiful and complete. All our stores are now being filled up with all manner of elegancies and comforts. We expect to present the full string of new Advertisements at an early day. NEWS FROM COLUMBIA. A highly interesting meeling of the Secession party came off in our capital on Thursday even ing last. Ex-Governor Itte.in wsos. Gen Owxs, and 3Ir. CuHALMERs, addressed the meeting with great effect. The meeting res-oved upon sending a formal and official challenge to their opponents, to meet them in discussion. We suppose it will be accepted. "OLD PEDEE." TiE mass of recent intelligence from this sec tion of the State goes to prove, that the tide which had, at one time, the appearance of running into submissionism, has turned it's course-and is now become a resistance torrent, carrying every thing before it. Co-operationits have discovered their danger and taken the alarm, anti are now looking to action as the true Carolina policy. SONS OF TEMPERANCE. Tit r following persons were elected as officers of WAsIxa-roN Divisios, No. 7, Sons of Temper ance, for the ensuing (juarter: EDMU'ND PENN, W. P. JA3!FIs SULLIvAN, W. A. R. T. Mos, R. S. ANDREW RA3tSEY, A. It. 8.. Jous C. MAvsos, F. S. I. DntsoE, T, 11. C. BaRAN, C. S. COVAR, A. C. ALBER T PALL. I. S. C. L. R EFo, 0. S. TIlE ELECTION. Deputies to a Southern Congress are to be chosen next week. As it is desired to make it a test of the relative strength of the two parties, we hope there will be a general turn-out at the polls. We know that many of the Secession party are .indifferent about this election, and do not care to have anything to do with a trasaction which looks so muclh like a ridiculous provision for an occasion that will never occur. But as the Co operationists will show their full strength at the polls, so let the Actionists also; and let the voice of old Edgefied go forth distinctly, whether it be for doing something or doing nothing. A CONTRAST-'32 AND '5I. It is snid, by those who advocate a delay of State action, that "thiere's a good time a coming" when all will be right-wvhen State Co-operaztion will be ready on all sides. We trust it may be so. Blut, looking to the history of late years and to the facts of the present, wec find cause to doubt the prediction. In 1832 and 33, only 18 years ago, there was an immense majority of the Southern people whlo adl vocatedl the perfect right of Secession, and main tained that it was a right to be peaceably exer cised. And at that time, the opposite creed had but few anti comparatively insignificant expo nents, among the Presses of the South. Itt 1851, the rightt of secession is becominig not only a disputed question, but a number of organs for the propagation and advocacy of consolidation doctrines, are widely circulated and liberally sup ported. Does this look like "a good time a cotm ing.! JUSTICE TO ALL. To coirrect any misapp~reensioni which nmay - have grown out of certain remarks, made in one (of otir late numbers, on "Co-operation tactics," we here state that we had no idea of conveying the impression that uny formal challenige to dis cussion had been given to the Co-operationists ats a party, in this district. We know they would be far from declining any such propositition. As to any allusion made to the last Co-opera tion meeting at Capt. DOUn's, (in reference to a refuisal to comply with a reqtuest &c.,) we distinct ly say that it wvas based upon what we (among others) had heartd from an individual closely con nected with the party. ie has said that we mis imnderstood his meanitng, atnd we cheerfully with draw the remark predicated upon our own uinder standing of what was said. We are glad at all times, to give an honorable man's remembrance of his casual observations, a precedence over any conclusion we may have drawn therefrom. As a matter of course, any comments of ours, suggested by this misunderstanding, are irrelo vaint, inasmuch as the reason for them does not exist. We hope our Co-operation friends will accept this as a fuill amrende. It is is initendled as such. Though there be divisions, let there not be dis cord among us. LAST MONDAtY'S MEETING. Ax unusually large number of the citizens of Edgefield wvere assetnbled at this place otn -Monday last. The entire mass seemed to be moved upott strongly by the most marked solicitude as to the different policies now urged upon the State. Acecording to previous appointment, Judge BLTr r.r~a ascended a rostrum (prepared in the Piazza of the Planters Hotel) about 11 o'clock, and pro ceeded to address the multitude, IHe made a long and a strong speech, taking grntmd through. out wvithr the Co-operationists. We have never heard the Judge debate a question as skilfully as upon this occasion. Although thre btulk of hris an dienice (in our jodgement) differed with him in principle, yet all heard him with the most profound sespect. All sympathized with him in his defence against certainr personal allusions which have re cently appeared in print. We will not pretend to comment upon his argu menits until his address is published, which we understand is to be done. We will then endeavor 10 show and to elucidate the dangers arid distal vantages of adopting the course which hre has so ably advocated. At the conclusion of the Judge's speech, the meeting adjourned. together for a further discusuion of tile great ques tion before us, and Dr. Join LAKE acted as Chair man. The ablest debate we have heard in a long time then took place between the Ifon. N. L. GRIFFIN and Col. BAUSKET, on one side, Senator BUTLER and Judge WARDLAW, on the other. The audience were deeply attentive and thoroughly interested. Although the discussion, at times, grew very warm, yet we are glad to announce that, after a long and exciting debate, the meeting adjourned, as far as we could perceive, in perfect good humor. We think the result of tile day's proceedings was, that both parties were confirmed in their faith. OUR OUT-SIDE AGAIN contains several Co-operation documents in the shape of letters. 31r. PEatiX's is a long letter, and wyell written. In one place he says: " They (the immediate Se cessionists) propose to secede " solitary and alone" -anti what then? Clouds and darkness rest upon the future." We beg leave to reply in a paraphrase upon his own language. They (Mr. Peinait andi others) propose to acquiesce indefinitely-and what thet ! Clouds and darkness hang upon their future also. Ir, as 31r. PEaRIN seems to admit, there be a bal ance of probabilities behind the curtnin of that future, it cannot be doubted that the Right, clear and indisputable, will be ?rilh the State Ix AcTOx, and this surely ought to make the anti-action end of the scales kick tile latm in it twinkling. In reference to Mr. PEtNtr's stress tipon "a change of government," we would respect fully put to him tile following questiol: " 15 the simple withdrawal (if an illdepelldelt State, from a league, a change of that States government I Upon the point of State pledges we recommend to all, Chancellor WAaltl.Aw's high-toned view " With or without pledges," says tie Chaucellor, "I cannot tolerate tile idea of submission." The letter of Mr. PiEs-rox, wliell follows, is brief, He does not pretend to enter into anything like an argttment. But 31r. Ow.xs does. It is our opinion. how ever, that a considerable portion of this getitie man's argulment goes directly to prove that tile Southern States must eventually comec to Caroli. na's side, and form,withli her, a slavery confedera. cy. If, as lie maintains, the extintiot of our great domestic institution will be the inevitable result of our separate existence, can lie or any other rational mal imagine that the States, which live by the identical institution, will remnin in concerned witnesses of its overthrow ? If South Carolina becomes, by the act of secession, " tile peculiar exponent" of this institution, to destroy whose existence the " English Lion" will ''pring from his lair," would she be left to bear that shock alone! Would tile South permit tie iilmolation? Let wisdom decide. According to Mr. O's views, our secession will, at the ror.t, but hasten tile great struggle with Abolition which some think inevitable. Even upon this ground is it not better to do anything that will bring that struggle about before the chances of maintaining ourselves witll success are irreparably lost ! Let the far-seeing statesman reply. Reply! did we say. One, wilo had not his equal ill Iotlern times, las answered the question in advance. That very Palinurus, to whom allutsion is made, spoke to this effect in one of his latest efibrts: " If this opporttity is suf fcred by the South to Pass unimproved. all is lost." And we have it uponI tile mst sared and unii peachable authiority (tile testimonly oIf all initelli gent, hlonorable anid devotedl son, who wattched is death-bed) that onle of his latest poiitical ex pressions was: "If tihe California Bill passes, and no other State will act, Southt Carolina atUs-r ACT ALONE." 3Mr. Owiess remarks in anothler place, whlen speaking of cerim adivantanges thlat nmiht accrue to us ill a separate existene : " It is Ia rect-I, a very recenlt dicovery, that the Tariff of '-1G is op. pressive to slavery.'' Thlis looks somlethlin.g like comning to thlat p~latform wichl says-we are dolingt wtell enought ntow, why (-hanlge ! 111ut did it ntever occur tol Mr. Ow E.:ss that a cottsidlerable reduction, of the 'Tariff of '46 event, might advan-e thet in terests of tile Southlernl farmers be-yonld thecir pire sent cotttitin 3Ir. Owv:s c(oludt~es hisa letter with someIL allit silln t) tile ttmtt of t reasont wihich lie seetfns to I hlink was hlurledi againist tile llamhu~irg mleetin~g. wh ih our readlers tmay r-eember, occulrredi s'omIe time agio. We hlave forgotten tile utse of any such-I tautnt in ap)plic-ation tlo thatt assembtl!:lt!. Wte re me-mber seeing it statedl thlat 3Mr. Ow r.xs had0 enI tire-ly chnlged Is opinions sinlce last wintecr's sessionl ; that, holwever, is far from himil tt-helef nitionl of treason. It is a right of conlsciente, whlichl every one is boundt~h iln duty to ex--reive upon conlviction of error. lilt we dliStniss 3Mr. Owess' letter wvithl the remtark, thlat it is writienI very well andi ences ain inlgenuity wortihy of a strongeer caulse. 3Mr. Hove.:'s letter is last tipon the list (except the short ote of Chanlcelltor WVAr lInrA w) andl is pierhapis thte most epigrammatic in appea-rnle- (If all. Were every "if " at demtonstration, hlis views wold be irresistible, onu the ploinit of separate na tiotnality at least. hilt uicht is ntot thle case, atdti (Iur old frienid's letter mutlst thlere-fore he- takent in its true light-as a sucecession of spec-ulative 51ug gestions. Thiey may have force, b~ut it remlains- to be proved. No mnan ill the Cnooperation ranks is I mtore capalie of dloin~g thlis, if it canl le done, th-an I tile talented and e-stemed companioni of ouir more I Iyouthlful days. We are constrainedi to tink thlat I even lhe would falishort of accomtpiishing the task. We regret to perceive thlat hlis aversionI to ri~king " separate activn is so great thlat lhe prefers rathler to acqutiesce in tile wrrongs oif the past, anti trulst to the chances oIf the Southl becominlg uniitedl by fur-i ther aggressions. Sulch indeed scetns to be tile fairly inferable position of all the letter-writers we have thus briefly reviewved. It AGITATIONJ-WHIAT WILL IT AVAIL ? THE tmode of action proposed by tile upptmnents of early Secession is to tarouse 11hepuddic inld of file Soult. Carolina is to become tile great agitator. We do nlot know precisely whlethier it is inltendedi that we site sh~all, in this character, waste nmoney or wind. We rtupptose the latter, principailly. Perhaps a little steamu, to move a power-preSs or two, may also be called inlto requisition. Thles0 wvind and steam operations wvill not surely be con fined to the limits of our ownt State. Thiis wouilti be tile old thing over again. 'rhe object mnust be to enlighten othier States as to thleir rights, andi to draw thlem by moral or intellectual suasion, up to our mark. TIo efye~ct this, the several expedienlts of printitng and speakinlg will lbe resorted to. iI othler words, otur sister States are to be kept coo tintually inundated withl Carolina tracts--politicald colporteurs are to be sent this way andi thlat, with bags of Secession matter, to itnnocullate as thley go-and lastly, some of the Ihigh Priests are to go( forth and rouse tip a rushing crusade inl thle great Southern breast. Now it has been insisted upon of late, tihat our sister Southern States are very jealouts of theirt claim to) equal spirit and inltelligenice withl Carm linat-rryjealous. Admittintg tis to be so, hmow t will they look upon01 South Carolina, whlen shelO volunteers as Schuool-nuaster anid Rtousienator Gent- t eral, to teach anti stir upi their people ? It may be answered, "Oil, we dott't intend to present such anl appearance (If systematical effort as wvill he odiiouts!" No " appearaince of systematic efyort !" WI..., teI. ! All ! we n :ow-a .ort of clanides deemed we had the power to act for ourselves but we have been shown our error-it has bee urged before us that, tter ruin will devastate ot possessions, if we move alone to avenge our imj ries or secure our future peace-and now that v are indeed alone, with no powerful appeals to pr sent to our sister States of the South, with litt sympathy and no piopect of success, you c upon us to risk this' once-derided enterprise single-handed secediion! It is in vain. Are v not fated to be slaves!" Such might-such pr bably will be the language of that day. Thi again, when these five years shall have passe Carolinians, good and true, may have given up i despair. Upon considerations like these, we base o1 opinion that to wait five years before acting past issues is identical with submission to the CoT promise measures-and we much fear, it will let to absolute and abject submission for all time come. CONSTITUTIONALITY OF TIlE CONVENTI( BILL. IT is beginning to be said that the call of ti Convention was certainly very irregular, and it hinted that it borders very nearly upon ani unc: stitutional proceedure. This is a grave sugge tion, if there be any force in it. We think the is none however, and are not therefore, mu starited at its announcement. The present is a Convention which the repr sentatives of the people deemed necessary to me an emergency, and according to the general chn aeter of the precedents which have been set just such cases, that call was strictly regular. had not in view any alteration or modification the State Constitution: had such been the cas there were certainly old and experienced legisl torn enough to have saved the General Assembly South Carolina from an oversight so entirely ine cusable. We know some bends whicl are grov gray in service within our Legislative Halls Columbia-gentlemen who have been thorough conversant with our State Constitution and orga ization for the last thirty years-and time bare fa of theirihaving i;rsmitted time action to pass throum as it did, is to out mind conelitsive evidience ti, by no construction, could it he supposed that a constitutional amendment was thought of. as co nected with the call of the Convention. 1ut ti face of time Bill itself affords abundant refutati, of the idea. The duty of that Convention. I express limitation, is confined to time care of t' commonwe th with respec(t to the encroachimet of the fVfral Government. It may be argu that time 1gislature has no power to impose si restrictions. He this as it may, we regard it next to a moral impossibility that the existant Co vention will deviate from the precise objects kntm to be held in view'by the Legislature calling Unless a grave and high-toned assenmblage of o brother Carolinians, can in one year become mass of corruption and dishonesty, the event cot never happen. ' But it is set forth in plain terms that if the y gistatmure, at the time of making the call, had view the separate secession of South Carolina, was an abuse of delegated aimbority"-" an inv sion of the most vital principle of our State Cc vention." This sweeping assertion seems to founded:by its authors upon the single assumpti that "any ordinance of secession would be amendment of the Constitution of the State A far-fetched idea truly? Wihy, it is perfect conceivable that South Carolina could exist atom withm her present Constitution unaltered in a1 manner whatever. And it is rationally amaintai ed that wvithmbut few anti inmexpensive additio to our civi ' ), we would have thme best Co .titanton-.h - .nvn thpamn hannficial n ditions would nout necessarily come within scimpe of time Conventioin elect. Or if anmyting tie sort were done, it wotild be proivisional al suject afterwards to time regmlar process. In pea litts periods, every governmentt hast fountd it nece sary to depart thums far from prescribed regumlatir Time safety and welfare of nations mighmt othei wise suffemr. at times, serious dietrimenmt. 'T, great probability in our case, however, is th there will be nom pressing occasion for ainy pro sional action aflecting time Statem Constitumtio That canm be regumlatedi and ctmntromlled bmy tihe popr lar will.of:,er see.'han is accompmlishied andmmi Covntiomn, which effectedl it. is dlissolvedi. Hom thenm can it be saidl thmat a Convienmtionm which tia. es a simnpe ordinanice uof secessiomn will be " intv ding thme vital priniciple of omur State Conmtstitumtinm Thie ideca may be that any action whmichm wotu create time necessity offuture amenmdmenmt by~ fuure Convention wouild come under time sat codemetnation. This wouild be ginig down t "chtainm of cnseqences" onme linik too far, to mom tie presenut case. Wouli nmot time same argumme militate againsot time authority omf any Conventio however apitedm ? Atny sneh hodly nmighmt orda a policy wich~ woull give rise eventually amendments of time Conistitution, nt original cotecmpatedl, bitt still inevitable. Wouthl surm action thmerefore lie aim " invasiont of time vital pimi cile of outr State Cotnstitutiont ?" Admiti this nm ion, ail Conventions, so far fronm huavinig am sovereignty about them, are the mecrest pttppj shows. 00 Ml!UNICATI10N S, FoR TitE Anvaarmsmtt. Barbecue at M~ountaini Creek, Ox time 5tht itistant, time Actioni pamrty htad large andI respectable mueeting ait Motmaim Cree Curchm, in this District, for time puriose of tdi etssintg thme grmtvc atnd imommenttotms quetttionts nto prsnted to thte people ofn South Camrolinam... There were no co-opertionm speakers pr'esen: altough free discusion was fairly tendered. Tie assembly of people wasi variously cstitmtet at from six hudred to a thmousandmm voters. At thec regular hmotr for time comummeement tme business of thme (iny, W. C. Mon:Arsx, F~mq a ddrssed tihe people, int a pinu tmtml forcible tman iner, very clearly prnsenmtimg our catuses of com plaint, andm settitng firthm, int mm tunequivocatl mi eloqttentt matnner, th:n niecessity imiposcd up~onm u of prompit anmd deelsi'e actiit. Josmmrm AtmNser, Eu1., next spoke for atn hmot urginmg wnitht earnestn-ss, thamt time State was bum itn hotor to assert het nfreedom andii independenet ie mainitainedl, that South Camrolinma ha~d comr mmittdi herself to separmte resistancme, ini thme eye of time other Somuthmer: Statts, by lier past carreer by lier course from 52i, tin thte presemt time by lier rcsistne tot Protetive Tmrill' whmich through a treacherout Cmmipromise, is still i force amnong us, mand by all her r'esolutionms mitt Ordimaics in thamt regrd, dumrinmg thet. imost ilitus trus period of lier hiitory ;and thamt if r'eslm ttions and p)rotmises enmrinid a pmeople to a certami couse of action, time poplie mmf this Stamte atre not specilly and moramlly >lemdged to Secessiont h, their late proceeditgs im-relationi to time slaverj qustionm, and time Cmtmises int referencet the excitemenmt of tihe pb1lic tintd, whemreby we have lost Califmoria, Ne' Melxico, Utamh, anmd large portion of Texas. He contended, that Suthm Carlinam, in liei primary assmcblics, anmd I lhe Legislature, hmm ,...1~.....1red, on~ie or te enar to create th, ine, Jesuitical plan will be adopted, which will :onvert whole States before they know it. Well, hat would all be very fine, if it could so happen. 3ut does any one suppose that our keen-scented md' hawk-eyed opponents in those States would ail to perceive the effort, however guardedly nade ! And can any one doubt that they would told it up, in all the colors with which sarcasm !ould invest it, as the advances of a serpent ampering with that which belonged exclusively to .hemselves! Better go boldly to work, like Peter he Hermit. Either course would render us ob. ioxious to the charge of meddling-either course vould defeat its own purpose. Let South Carolina act independently, and she vill command the respect of her Southern allies -she will give cause of offence to none-she will iot have assumed, in any respect, superiority of pirit or intelligence-she will only have claimed ier undeniable prerogative of deciding her course 'or herself. If her action should preach Disunion vith trumpet-tongued power. it will be the legiti nate etlect of the exercise of a right which must md- will be sustained by the true Patriots of the South. She has essayed agitation by addresses, resuln uttions, arguments and appeals, until she has be :ome proverbial for "bullying" and "bravado." It is only by the agitation of action that she cnn ow expect to command the attention and respect )f her sisters. - -.- - IHE RESISTANCE FEATURE OF CO-OPERA. TION. We have no objection to admit that very many if onr friends of the Co-operation party, design itiiate resistance. And yet, it appears to us to be a point easy of demonstration. that practical obtission will be the result of their advice-and Lve cannot avoid the further conclusion, that ulti. vte acpttiescetce will he the the "last expres -in" of the problem they propose to work out. This is the chief objection with uts, to the policy thev advocate. Of course we have now in view rute WtoNGs oF TIM PAS, and we address cur -elves to those good brothers among the co-opera tionists, who declare that they will nevcr submit o those wrongs. Upon each of these points, we will give our views in the briefest possible manner. An first, as to practical submission. Co-ope rationismi is founded upon the belief that South Carolina cannot act alone with any prospect of MUeess. The simultaneous movement of one or more of our sister States of the South, is regarded in indispensible condition to action. This has beent inculcated as one article of the co-operation !reed. A few individuals who belntg to that arty, have very wisely disapproved of this being' nade a '-siic .ua non" to resistance ; but judging *rom the general tone and character of the argn nents now used throughout the State, we think ve are warranted in saying that the party has aid, as one of its corner-stones. the impotency of 4outli Carolina, and the consequent ahsurdily of er seceding alone. The other pretnise we lay lown is equally elear, and it is this: No Southern state will co-operate with its in resistance on the Core of past grievances-for they have all so de hlared, itn the must direct, unequivocal and an. horitaitive manner. If, then, South Carolina iust delay action on past issues until some one of hose States shall agree to join her, is it not per 'ectly clear that she will delay until doomsday, if io other issues arise. Even though she retained ie "animis resistendi" (if we may use that ex iression,) yet, in deedu andt in fact she would be -emtaining inactive unoder the perpetration of vrongs which sue had distinctly said nere insuif 'erable-and whbat would this be but practical fuhminSlen 7 - - - --- Now we are aware. nta intimated above. that here are some Co-operaltionists whoii would nabbre inte the period of delay. andl wvho are wvilling to it a year aLt the comning of which they will agree hat Sottuth Carolina shall act on Jpost issiues, even htutgh nto other State go wvit h her. This indication. 'ye are ready to allow, goes to prove that, though Slimite-d vista of praclira/ sublmission. a day of lcterminedl and hazardous resistanice is steadily -ontemiplated b~y a portion of the co-ope-rat inn party. echrh men we will never term stuinissionisgs. We recod to them cheerfully the true spirit of free ntei in its fitllest signiifienution. lRut we wvoutld nt)st respeictfuilly urge it upon itm to reflet~c vhiethter they arc not veitutrimtr the sutppression of hiat spirit toio far. ott a dim and uncertain hope. Ve seriouisly fear that thceret will he biut inte step ruin the- prtical snhmission of Sonuth (Carolitna trn for- fir' yeavrs) to her ult imte andI final tic Iuiescnce in the late odions compromise. If we .ohd thtitnk otherwise. the chief obstacle to a nodification of our viewvs woutld bc removed. Suppoase it to be dietermointel ott. tlat South Car lina is to wanit five years, with the clear iuder tanditng that she wilL at the enid of that time, act at all hazards." Thle qtue:-utin arise~s, "' is there ny probabiliy that shte wrill then, act ?" We lion sily helieve that shte will ntt and we submit a ew considlerations below, tuponi which we fotud tir bielief. First.-.Our Northern enemies, who have always layed the game of enceroachiment with conisutm nmte skill, wvill perceive at onrce that thecir true ulicy is to stay the hand of aggressiont, for at east the period covered by Carolitna's threat. Itt lie mean time, their efibris will be exertedli ti p icase antd quiet the uprisinig of Southern resenut tent by seome shanm showing of conciliationi antd senefit. Their aim will he to fix anud contfirmn thoseI souuthertn Suites, which have aequtiesced in the :omnpromise, in their determinatiomn to accep~t and hidle by its provisiutns. No one will pretend to ay that there will he any diflicuilty in this, whien tis retmembleredl that dominant majorities in all hose States have already rentdered in their unt tualified approbation. Thus at the expiration of lie five years, even those whlo now commend and ray for thte actiont of South Carolina, tnay be in uiced tot condemn it as ill-timed and out of date. Secondiy.-Th'le people of South Carolina will ave bornte ant "intolerable wrtag" fur the space ffive long years. Time, which wears away the itterest griefs anti the sternest resentments, wviii ave done its work towardls efimicing, partially, the nemoiry' of the injustice which has been done tus. 'le "' deferred hope" of indelpendlence will have ickenied the hearts of many-the blanduishiments f federal patronage will tend to contvert resistance a tyrannty ito deviotioin to the tion-witht the ery motley pait by the people of South Carolina ito the Federal T1reasury, the lofty patriotism of he State may be taited. 'Thuis, at the expiration if these five years, there many he mutch less of the ieinig of self-sacrificinig determtinationi to vindti ate the htonor of our piarent, State, thtan at present xists in bioth parties. TIhirdly.-Whten this period shahl have arrived, nil we shall finud the work of Carinta isolatiotn whlich is said to be the steady aimt of the North) ompjletely effected-when we shall discover more irmidable enentics to have sprung tip in our otn onscholM-wvhen the days of '52 may have biecome hte theme of conmmon jest with frienids as wvell as ies-what theni ? The still-indignmant spirits of lie State may gather around their gallant leathers ud say to thetm: " We remember that you told s, ini days ptast, that yonu wotuld lead uts to inde enidence if we tarried unitil ntow. We tdemandl of ott to redecem the pledge." And, doubtless, thtey tuhd make a gallant effort to do so. But to very stirrinig apptheal they woul attempt, the voice f a r.eining h,.,mp., wouldi r..ply-" W,. otc - impression, that she would procCed alone to re n dress her grievances, if no other State wouli ir consent to act in concert with her ; anl that therefore, ler escutcheon would be tarnished, e she failed to make good these appearances to th world. Ile appealed to the connon reason < the people that in the present emergency, seces sion, separate and alone, was the only adequat remedy, and called upon them, by their sense o pride and all their glorious recollections, to en force and vindicate it, with their property an , lives. in Colonel BAUSKTr, in a speech of great clear ness and ability, advocated the separate secessio ir of South Carolina, as a mode of resistance, HU " only Constitutional, but entirely practical an I-safe. .lie dwelt on the argument for necar two hour: to to an audience as attentive as ever listened to public speaker. 'Nothing seemed to escape ti1 N grasp of his comprehension, and it would hav been diflicult indeed for any addition to ha te bect made to his admirable speech. The que tion was viewed in every possible aspect; ar it was apparetly demonstrated, with mathemat re cal precision, that the cause of South Carolin h would necessarily beconac the cause of tli South ; for, if the Government should attemi C- to coerce us. the Southern people woull rally t et our standahrd, and if it determiiiied to leave i r alone, our heroie example would soon drai in others into tie same track of success and glor t At the coielnsion of the remarks of Col. DAUl r rTT, dlintier was announced, which bemin free] partaken of, the people again repaired to tI of stand aiid were addressced by the Ilon. N. I . GRIFFIN, their able and acecomplished State Set ,n ator. at .1 r. C RIFiN presented the questiolis at ssu lv with great fiirness and eloquence, anl argu n- them witi skill, and with that elarncteristie ca et iestness and zeal, which so peculiarly distii fh guish him. Ile insisted that the purtpose of tI it, Legislature, at its last session. was. not te sui . prise the people into the aidoption of mneasures unwonted stringency. Tle people demand in that somhuig should be done. Virginia, Geo gia and Mississippi had acted, and it would hai li been recreant in Soutli Carolina, to have retir< Its froim the fild, and1l let down the banner of ti. Md South. What then, eoild have been a bett I miaoile of action thai to submit the Whole que as tioi to the people: ini Convention, who would I "" responsible for all the losses and dangers th en u might resiult from such action as the nature it. the ease, and the rights, interest and reputath a of South Carolina denmnded ? Id It was not the object of the Action party conmit the State prematurely to any mode e. action. The State was already comii:ted in action, ald the hill (if the Senate, with whIo 'it details lie was familiar, appointed the election a- delegates to the Convention to take place in ti n- very month, and when it failed to obtain the pr be per majority in the House of Representative on a compromise was ityered by the Co-operati< in ,, gentlemen themselves, in which the time for ti lv election of delegates was changed to Februari e tad the A ctioni party' flIt obligedl to take the bi ayir to do absuolutelv ntihtling towardas puatting tI n- State in position to) co-operate with her sisters na the South, tad to vinidicaie her honor. a- Mr. GaaFF~:i submiitted that secession was t1 *e rihfl ad pervhnpqs, the only reimedy, nrm naintatined his poasitioni by airguimentt and illutstrt tioni. Ife exhorted the people by the spairit th .i ainimatedl their own Butier, their heroes in ti . revaolutiaon, ad their Palmnettoes who illustrate .so glaoriously the praawess aof the State in Mexici rn- ta) rause thaemiselves tao the support of their right lie aiia to mieet any extremiity on earth rather thet at brook submissioan. n. Letters to the Sccession IMeeting a n-. mountain Creek. ie Outa Co-rr.ws,~ Oct. 1, 1515. w Genflemen-l have the hionoir ta, acknoiwlede *.- the receipat aaf vaaur iinvitatiuon to at "Secessiti a. Itrhieee,"' to be giveni at 'aloiiiitian Cre 'a Chureb, on the' -lth instant, anal regret may inm Id bilitv, fromi unavoiadable eniga.;ements tat home aiai h le piresent. It wounld be hi;;hly gratiing to wii a ness at miass meecting oaf citizens of Ealgetield-a e inmgle wvith petrsaonal and political frienads, arid Ie ascertain the coiitrolling sentiant:at in public at at T1here npphears to be tat present. tn ardeant eair ,n, fliet af opiiin ini Saiuth Caraalinaa. whiich. to mi Suadgmient, is eq timly unnaiecssary in origma an unfoirtunate in result. iits appjroach. ae udistracted anal divided in caanaa e il, oan its actuial imipaasitiaan. At the very peria ri- whien every heart shiaulad responid to. the er) y "resstance tao tyrannyi, is obeadience toa Goad" etunnd every tam shoiuldl be miovedl to viindientte oi hiaritage of egunility, suavereignity and f'reedlomi ; . thiete are hiesitatian.daaubts. timiad enleulattioni a - conseqjuencees in all thier raiiieantionis, whlich ou forefathiers foar a muchel less stake scaoraed to coii sider-andl utimiiately, disrupition oif tat unity <. confiadece tad caourage, which alonec is coanpc tenit tia inasure succeSS iad triumphil. Ftactiain ha rearedl its IlIydrat-headl in a coniiiunity, whler a fur lifteen years thecre has beena concord ana - peace,-whlere one sentiment pirevauiledl ahaios akaaiversally, ana where onae set of futndtamenta i poiia priniplles, gaoverneda till elasses. 1 i'av ae tur hihl-tinead paipulation reecanthy changed thei _ ebtartacter ? since the loss of~ the great Geniius who wvon their ati'eetionsa, anda shiapeda their aic 4i tionas for twenty yetars, are they without pilot 01 - coaiitss ? withount tany Ilandmarks of' the past, t< d serve as guiades in the future ? Does ech ammt imagine, ns ini New Yaork tad Geairgia, that lie it ifeghnal in siagacionis intelligee iad reqtuisite tat tainmencat, to every uiote,-is as ciaale aaf thirenad ,inag the iintirieis of poalaities, as oif gtiiniag th - hpllw, aid thteretire, thitt his scheme of actiatn . hoawever erndle, mua~st be ciarrect. anad must b< a tdoptid ? If such lhe the case, our proaud earcea is eimled. When the Prophets are stoned, the s people tire lost. 1l;eing~ tiniailiar with them, it is useless to re .ii~ m inu, ini detail, aaf the efllbrts uof yoiur distin. 'vnished mnen,-aif Calhtouni, Chieves, Buttler B arnawell, Ilhunimiantd-urging you in buring~ -Ilaigutage, to tassunie the attittae you present, - all tenidinag uniiformly, to rouse yoau to the exact crisis, which noaw exists. Deliveredl with earanesl ganad faith, their pretichinag aand thecir propihiecie: coanvinicead thae uindersttading, wvhile they enlist eda piermtianiently, lie feelings. Thiey could inol untda (noane tof utemt), wham~t theyv hatve so well daane: Maturer years, or timidl thaoughts, in view of haigl: Irespainsibility, or bouth may hatve moaaditied their viws liut theyv know anda we kniow, that it is - too late for rca~ntations. They miuist unite withi - you in reapinimg, what they sto pleantifully soiwed. They mush.t pro~ve by their deeds, that they have not fatlsely taught yoau ! A ndt lami very shure that they will doa so. The two parhhties, nirrayedl in opjpositionh oan the test (?) vat e, faar dlelegates to the Saunthernt Congaress. comn sist really ouf fur. rThe secessiona, intehades thase vw hrefler deciaded actiaon in 1852 ; nuidathmose, who ar'e wvilling tai etl'eet it at ai lttter period, wvith. in reiaoablec Iimiit*. The co-aoperationi, is equatl lv aividled intoa those wvho, tnot atcquiescinig in the I.tta praaeedaiaigs of Contgress, area for deltay, to in sare efficient and inal actiuin, haopinag for the ear lv jnanetion (if other Stattes, either by the aseen . d .. y ....~.-.n .,.:. r.:,:.., or. fr...t...,. Fed ....l aggressions consolidating all parties ;-and those who are for unquaLifed submission. The latter, it is to be hoped, are few and far between. These four, are now blended into two. A nd with this r organi*ization, the battle at present must be waged at the ballot-box. Every man should regard it a sacred duty, to deposite his vote. But what ever the result-and I am quite sanguine-the cause cannot be overthrown. It must survive, while there remains a throb of patriotism-unti oblivion enshrouds all the past, and degenerates to serfs, that brave stock, which never quailed to power, and never failed in the end. tomaintain its just pivileges atd eintal rights. The resistance men of the opposite party, cannot in honesty, and through disgrace and shame, merge their prinei pes with the slavish faction, which would kiss the rod that smites! In any event, Butler and t Ilainniond, and all their adherents, will be with 1 you in the struggle. They imy temporize-tiey may urge the Convention to long deliberation recommend ia prolongation of its session, by legis lative enactment-advise the gradual severing of the Federal links that bind us.-and finally, to strike conclusively, when the auspices arefaro e rathle." But they caiinever consent to absolute submission. Thns the controversy really hinges on the - question of TIE. And while I ani an advocate i of disunion abstractly, for other grievances than . the robbery of Mexicaii territory, for the tariff, for the social discrepancies between the sections, a for our manifold advantages under a separate C governient, I know that revolutions, even when it peaceable. are not eonsumnated by a single blow, 1 that governments are not reconstructed in a day, that adequate preparations for aill contingencies are requiste; and to see South Carolina present v the grand spectacle'of a unitedfront, without the inurnur of a hostile faction, I would consent to . the delay in her action, of one, two or three urs. It would not be unreasonable to any, while it might be just to the old war horses, who, e no longer able to leap the ditch, must be permit ed time, to skirt its flank! Ii conclusion, gentlemen, I olfer as a senti mient: The Union of the People nfSouth Carolina. the harhingCr of triunphnant suceess, which can only be etheeted by a spirit of conciliation. Verv resptctfulIly. your ob't serv't. l . C. 51. RAMIMOND. To, Alesrs. R. C. 0 rifin. R. G. .\. Dunovant, G. J. Sheppard. Z. W. Carwile, E. Andrews, J. 11. 3limns, Committee. f (Col. CUxxtxan:A's letter cannot appear this d week from absolute want of room. It shall ap pear next wck.]-ED. e*** d I FUGITIVE SLAVEs.-We find the follow ing despatChes in the Baltimore papers: SYR ACUSE, N. Y., Oct. I.-Henry, a fuigi tive slave, was arrested here to-day. Whilst - nndergoing an examination lie escaped, and was subetinently arrested. Intense excite it ment prevailed, and the military were order ed out. The fugitive has been rescued, and the excitement is increasing. The military are still on duty. SYRACtiSE, Oct. 2.-J. P. Lear, agent of : the claimant of Henry, who escaped last f ni-ht, hats been held to bail on the charge of kidnapping. Much excitement prevails. The fugitive is out of the reach of the au thorities. i A SAD OccurnaNscE.-On Wednesday - night the 24th ult., Mrs. Morgan, wife of Mr. Wm. Morgan, jr., of Pentield, Ga., Ben. H. a inion, a young man about 15 years old, and his sister, were engaged in filling a lamp with "Burning Fluid." The contents of the I jug and lamp took fire, and were spilled upon I, their Clothes atd the _loor of the room. By e ja prompt eil'ort, the flame was extinguished, ,fbut yotuing binion vras so severely burnt thait I lie did not survive forty hours. His death seems to hjave been o'eensionedl by his in e haling the flame. His sister and Mrs. Mor d goun hats recovered the wounds which they -Ireceived at the time. NEW POST OFFICES.-Twn new post oflives has been e.-,aiblished ini Williammsbumrg Distriet: one ait Sutton's, Samuel F . Guild, "postmaster. and one at Lownds' Ferry, 5 amuel HI. Lofton, postmaster. at -0 Tuta P.turPno.-Thiis ives.'eh has been li belled by the U. S.. Marshal in Florida. for a t violation of the reventue laws, and for par ticipating the receunt invasionm of Cuta a COMMIDERCIAL, - Correspondence of the A&dvertiser. IIAMhBUTRG, OC-r. 8, 1851. Since our last wve notice a decline in our Cotton L) Market. We quote at this time for strictly fair, -De: Fair. .9 ; Niddling, a to 8.j; Ordinary, 7. - Market still dr-ooping. . BA CO-Thle stock is light with good demane. 1 -Sides, 12.4; Shoulders, 10O; Hamne, 12.4, 13 to 14. t CoRs.-5to857.. FIDALGO. IHYMIENIAL, -- 3M.xmuunu on the 21st oif Sept., by Rev. John Trapp, Mir. G. W. DeusT to ' Miss A:MANDA daughter of A. R. Falkner, all of this District. ?JARRIED on tIme 2d inst., by time R,. JIoln jTrapp, 3Mr. C. 31. 3Av to Mliss CAnot~uxE, dauh .ter of Benjamin Stevens, Esq., dcc'd., all of; Sthis District. aMAuRKvED, in Abbeville District, on the w5th ult., by Rev. Jams. Mfoore, Mlr. REUBEN L. GoL DING to Miiss C. F,. Ht.. aAmA RRun, ott the 1st inst., by the Rev. S. P. Getzetn, air. R~oDERiT ATINS, of Abbeville, to Miss EIZABE'Tn HENDEitsoN, of Edgefield Dis trict. Hooflanad's German Bitters. Wia would call the attention of our readers to the aidvertisement o1 Dr. H OOFLAND's celebrated German Bitters, pieparedl by Dr. C. 3M. JACKsoN, No. 120 A rch street, Philadlelphia. In eatses of Liver complatint. D~yspepsiai, Disease of thme Kid necys, antd all diseaises atrising front a disordered stomatch, their power is not excelled. if equalled, by any other known preparation, as the cures atitest, iinimany cases, after the most celebrauted phy)siins had failed. We catn conscienciously recommnetnd this mtedicitte, ats being wvhat it is re cotmmentded, antd urge our readers who are af flieted to procure a bottle, antd they will be coin vinced of the truth we assert. Religious Notice. I will, by divine permission, preatch at the fol owinig plauces: October 15th, at Gratniteville, at night; Mt. Pleasant the 16th ; at Mit. Ebal 17th ; at Bethel 18th ;at Dry Crcek the 19th ; at Phtilipi 20th; at Rocky Creek 21st ;at M1t. Ta-I bor 22d ; alt Stephen's Creek 2ld ; at Good Hope 24th ; at Red Bank 25th ; Salem alt eleven o'clock in the mortning, and Satrdis at 3 o'clock the same day, 21th; on Monday at Cloud's Creek, 27th: Samnaria 28thm; Boiling Sprintgs E9th ; New 1fope 30th: Sandy Run 31st ; Sare dis, in the Edisto Associattion. on the 1st of No vemnber; Bull Swamp 2d; Edisto 3d ; Buck head 4th ; Cam nmel 5tht; Orange 6th ; the 7th Sthi, 9th, 10th and 11Ithi, in Charleston ; at Eb nezer 13tht; at Willowv Swamp 14th; ea Swmap 15thlt; Rocky Grove 16tt: Tabernacle 17th ; Beth Car 18th ; Rocky Spring 19th Aiken 20th, at night the sanme day at Granitev Ile' OBITUARY. WE find it our painful duty to record the death of an esteemed friend, Miss BADRIDS DORaINDA WALL, who departed this lire at the residence of her Father's, in this District, on the 4th day of Sept. in the 25th year of her age. She attached herself to the Grove Chareh when quite young. and was An orderly mem ber up to the time of her decease. When on her death bed she conversed freely on the subject of religion and expressed a perfect wil lingiess io die as she felt the Lord precious to her soul. Tier disease was one of Typhoid Fe ver, and of short duration, she being confined to her bed only seven days. " Thus in the midst of life we are in death.? Reader. " Be ye also ready, for in such an hour as ye think not, the son of man cometh." Q. DIED, at this place on the 3d inst., Miss Lu CINIA COSNAIIAN, daughter of Mr.,Joseph Cos nahian. of this DiEtricte-aged eighteen years. Deatth, under any circumstances, brings to the bereaved emotions of melancholy sorrow and grief. But when its shafts are aimed at one just as the bud is expanding to the full bloom of womanhood its blasting stroke is most keenly felt. So it is with the subject of this notice. Though her youth and beauty, together with all the amiable qualities of heart that could cheer the fond parent, or entwine around the family circle, have been nipped in the bloom on earth, we have hope of their full fruition of lappin in a world to come. A nd whilst we bow in sorrowing submission to the will of an allwise Providence it is not without the hope that our loss is her eternal gain. DIEn, at liladison Springs, Ga., on the 2nd September. Mirs. FRANCES E. PEARIm, reliet of the late J. P. Perrin, ii the 30th yearof her age. At ain early period she became united to the Baptist Church at Gilaal, and continued a mem ber till her death. Her last illness wassevere and protracted. This she bore with much pa tience and gave many indications of the Christian character, which lead her friends to sorrow not as those without hope. Especially towards the hist, death. svemed. to have been stripped of its terrors.. 1mutil, she said, been long no stranger to hier tltijrhts, and she felt no fears at its ap proach. "'Let me die the death of the righte ous," sand let my last end be as her's. . iL DIED, at Kemper Springs, Miss., on the 26th of August 1851, Dr. RoBEAT W. WAsUINGTON, in the 56th year of his age. The deceased was born in Brunswick County, Virginia, and grew up and received his eduea tion in the same county, lavina rend medicine with Dr. Miller. After attending Medical Lee tures. in the University of Pennsylvania City, of Philadelphia, he located in Edgefield District, South Corolina, where le practiced his profession fifteen years. with success and reputation. In December 1825, he was married tc Hannah P., daughter of Shepherd Spencer. Sen., of the same district, who with six children still sur vives him. During the summer of 1830, Dr. W., made a public professinn of Christ, receiving baptism at the hands of that truly apostolic man. the sainted Nicholas Hodges. In 1832. he emigrated with a number of relatives and acquaintances, to Sumter County, Alabamna, where he resided 'till a few weeks before his death. he was re isoved to Kemper Springs, as a last resort. In 1833, our deceased brother and his wife, fornmed a part of the Constitution of Providence Church. in whose bosom lie spent the remainder of his days, liberally contributing for its support, and to the various benevolent objects it fostered. The illness of the deeeased was long and wea risone-at first borne with some degree of impa tience, which gradually gave way to submission and chseerfullness. During~ the last fewy days he survived, he expressed hlis gratitude for the gradutal departure alowed him, saying it was necessary to prepark hint for a chance of worlds, and doubtless 'ed in mercy. Our brother's views of the Uan of Salvation were clear and correct. I freqnently said, to the. writer, he was a poor ufiworthy sinner and that'all his hope was in JTesu..Christ. The cotmmunity miorn hinm as a liberal' ifl generons neiphbor, a high souled. warm-hearted and honorable friend. Rhis indigntant contemplt fotr anything base, sonme times anmounted to an infirmity, and savored of resentmenst. Let his eltildren, whom he loved to a fimntt, remember how heavily their temporal and spiritu al welfare lay upon a dear father's heart in his last hours. E. 1B. TEAGWE. Pastor of Providence Churcht. For the Southern Congress. M1a. EurTolt: I offer for the considersation of the voters of this Congressional District, Col. F. W. PICKENs and DIIAYTON MNCE, Esq., as randidaites to rep~ressent it in the Southern Con gress. They are gentlenmen of ripe experience, of tried patriotisnm, and timited to the State by the highest and holiest ties. These gentlemen would possess sonme advantages from their at tenddamee upon the Nashville Convention above many others, no less worthy ansd qnalified in othier respects. A VOTER. To our Friends! EDGEflEL.D C. 10. S. C., ) October 4, 1851.j T TPON a conference between sonme of the UI friends of Co-operation in Abbeville and Edgefield Districts, occasioned by the unexpect ed withdrawal of te name of Captain PREsTON S. Baoomes. as a Candidate for the Southern Con cress, it has been determuined that the name of IlEaYtt Summea, Esq1., of Newberry, should he presentted to our friends int the Congressional Dis triet, in place of the nomintec withdrawn. It is conisidered very important that, as far as is nowv practxicabhe untder such nntavorable circumstau ces. the full strencthx of our friends should be ex hibitedl in this election. Let us give a strong vote to Dr. J1. JT. WARDLAW, of Abbeville, and H EN RY SUM!.IER, Esq., of Newberrv, for the Southern Congress. Let our Co-operation friends be united. H. R. SPANS, : DANiEL iloLLAND,~ CS A. BLAND, J October 6,1851. It 3$ Butler Lodges No. 17 L. 0 0, F. A Regular meeting of this Lodge. will be hlcd on Monaevignx Sat 7 oelock. aa vnn e R. T. MIMS, See'v. Oct. 9 1851 tf 37 Nhotice. A LL Persons indebted to thte estate of Oliver L.Towles, are requested to make immediato payment, and those having demands against the same will render them in properly attested. R. M. SCURRY, Administrator. Oct. 9 . tf 3 Notice. T HIE subscriber having shaken hands with al? Ihis old friends so often, that his hand. be same blistered, and he was necessarily compelled to withdraw fronm the canvass for Tax Colletor, hor three weeks. 1His hands arc now well, and he s again in the field anid ready to shake hands meec more wvith his numerous frienids. WELCOME MARTIN. Oct. 6,1351. 6t* 38 Not ice. A PPLICATION will he made to the Legisla Ztureof South Carolina at its next Session, o vest thue title of the State of South Carolina, in the Estates of John B Logan and Charles Logan, leceased, in M. W. Liles atnd his wife Rebeeca, &mbrose Nicks anid Eliz.a his wife, and Edwvin P'. Holloway and Amanda his wife.