Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, February 16, 1850, Image 2
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truths, one of law and the other of fact.
2'hc truth of law is, that there does not
??xlst> at tli's time, slavery in any portion
ni the territories acquired from Mexico.
This truth was the conviction of his own
deliberations; he was aware that there
were other Senators who entertained different
ground; but when those Senators
hnve considered the question more fully,
they will perhaps change their opinions.
If they should still hold to their opinion,
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buuugui iniiieiy moy would find themscivos
in ft small minority. The next
truth stilted in the resolution was one of
fact. It was, that slavery was not likely
ever to exist in the Territories acquired I
from Mexico. It was one evident to all \
Senators. From all he had heard; from
all tlmt had been stated by tho witnesses (
of affairs there; from all that had loans- j
pired, and all that would transpire, he |
was satisfied that slavery would never ,
exist on one single foot of that territory,
not even if established there by authority
of law. Facts are of importance the i
vvH-Huv-iauuuui mis suuject. lie asked ;
Senators, and particularly those from the free
States, to pause and consider well >
upon what had occurred since thev had
met at the Capitol?what had occurred j
_since they had left their homes and their i
constituents. It had been repeatedly
declared that slavery would never be allowed
i ,i California; and California has, in
convention, by an unanimous vote, and
in a convention where some of the mem- i
hers slaveholders, or from slave-holdinar ;
States?from Mississppi, and perhaps
other Southern States?declared against
slavery, and forever excluded it from her
limits. From all this he was, he thought,
warranted in staling in the resolution, as >
a truth, that slavery was not likely to ex- i
ist in imy portion of the territory acquired ,
- ?ffdm Mexico. I
2'he latter part of the resolution asserts i
it to be the duty of Congress to establish \
territorial governments for the Territories i
not included in the limits of California,. (
and that no provision should be made
either for the prohihilii n or admission of \
slavery in those 2'enitories.
Much as ho. was disposed at all time
to'high authority, and anxious to find
himself in a position to act in harmony |
with the other branches of the Govern- j
mont, he could not consent to any derc- (
liclion of his duty towards the territories ]
by abandoning them, and leaving them l
exposed to all the dangers of anarchy, )
'Y'V to nri'ViwK-.-'v
was the duty of Congress to legislate for i s
tlie territories, and to extend to them the i ;
benefits and protection of,? government t
.nnd 1>11VR ' '
jTIic tliird and fourth resolutions should t
he read and considered together. Il j
was not his intention then, nor perhaps at f
any time, to enter into an examination of f
the question contained in these rcsolu- i
tio:^s. It was a very complex and ,
what difficult subject to go into the ques ?
tion of what are the true limits of Texas. ,
11 is own opinion was, that Txashnsnot I
a good title to any poriionof the territory .
called New Mexico. Yet, while holding ,
this opinion, he was free to admit, that ! ,
looking at the grounds stated as the foun- .
dation of that title, first at the law of 18- j
HG passed by Texas, then the treaty con- !
eluded with ?Sianta ylnna, and what hus I
transpired between the commissioners
who treated with Mexico, and the fact |
that all the country has been since given
up to the United St ites bv jtfecico, and
without giving to these facts all the
weight and importance attached to them
by gentlemen, there was established a
plausible show of a claim, but not a good j
titlo
.v ilhout now going into the inquiry {
whether the Atiocesor the Del Norte is '
or was the true boundary of Texas, he
had proposed, by his resol it ion, to fix
that boundary at a short distance from
the mouth of the Ilio del JVorte, and
running along that river to the Southern
line of New Mexico, and thence along the
line of New Mexico Eastwardly to the
old line established bvtlie United States
and Spain. &ho would then be acounItTy
large enough, when peopled, to
make three or four States.
The other resolution makes n propositi
tion to Texas. It proposes that the UniJ
ted Slide* will pi ?vido fin the payment
of all that portion of her debts which have
Uk been secured by a pledge?made when
Texas was a republic and competent to
make such a pledge?of tho .duties arising
from her foreign imports. IIow
much that debt was, he could not, with
fall lira el tor 19 ascertain; but it made but
ittle difference. It was tho principle be
' ) iposod to establish, and in the assertion
of u principle the amount was not
necessary. The ground on which he
proposed that the United States should
assume this dobt was one .which he had
more than once advocated, as founded on
the principles of truth and justice.
T .as was a free and independent nation
; a-, such she had invited tho world
to make loans toher to enable her to
pros'Tute the war then existing between
bornnd J/exico, and she told all those
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wnom sno una inviiuct 10 mai?; ni.s loan
" lli.'iuU will sacredly pledge the duties
bn Jier import# to the payment of that
loan. The nionoy is lent, and it is expended
in her war forind< pendonce. Afterwards
she annexes herwelf to'tho United
SU\ tea, nnd the th inVnJef^^^gpay
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her debts becomes the property of tho
United States; and the fund pledged to
the payment of her debt is now turned
into tho vaults of the Treasury of the
United States. Now, he thought, that
by all the p inciplesof honor and justice
knowji amongst men, the United States,
the recipients of this pledge, should pay
the debts due to the creditors, at least as
far as the thing pledged would go (o that
object. There were three parties to the
nflair?Texas, the creditor, and the United
States; and the United States could
not do anything to the prejudice or wrong
of third parties.
1 low much of that debt would now exist
if this pledged fund had not been
transferred to the United Stntes, is uncertnin
'I'lm ivmln ? 1 .1.
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other ports of Texas, was now principally
in the hands of coasting vessels, and
instead of receiving imports from Europe,
the goods were sent there from the other
States of the Union. I3ut it is certain
that if Texas had not become a State of
this Union, the duties on her imports
would in a few years have been sufficient
to pay her debt. This proposal was
made another condition, on the condition
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i>i.~ub icxiis snouia relinquish any claim
(o tiny portion of (lie Territory called
New Mexico. Now, she had 110 valid
title to any portion of that Territory, but
merely a claim; and with a general desire
to have harmom and peace, she and
the I'nited States might, do, as is done by
individuals, compromise, and the United
States pay something oven for a disputed
claim for the -alee of peace.
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third and fourth, had some connexion,
find should be considered together. 7'lie
[ifth asserted substantially no other prin- ,
L-iplt? than what was asserted by a resolulion
of his submitted in the Senate t welve
fears ago, and then passed by a majority
jf nearly four-fifths of the Senate. That !
resolution was passed in 1838, and re|uired
that the abolition of slavery in this
District should not be done except with
the assent of il/arvland, the assent of the
people of this District, and upon a full
compensation to tlie owners of (he slaves.
The sixth resolution is, that (he slave |
.rade should he abolished or prohibited
11 (he District. It was that (he alicnaion
or transfer of slaves hotween the inuibitants
or between neighbor and nei<_rh)or
should be prohibited, nor that (he
is^hls of property among the residents of 1
.iitr tiv unvvtru. * ?%.% urc r
lave trade, pronounced to be an aboinin- )
iblc traffic more than forty years ago by ,
i distinguished son of Virginia. Mr Li""
lolph, should be. broken up at least in
his District. It was a mistake on the 1
>nrt of rren tie men from die "North if thru' i
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supposed that (he regular traders in 1
slaves arc looked upon \vtth particular f-t- 1
t or at the South. On the contrary, they '
were sometimes unjustly excluded from !
social intercourse on account of the odium
lffjiplnnnr In I lir?i?* Imcinrcc
b W V',V" I
There was no reason why !ne trade
should bo allowed to exist here any long- 1
sr. There was, if it was desired to have ;
v .arge number of slaves together for
sale, Alexandria, Petersburg, Richmond,
/lnnapoHs, ami Norfolk, and let them be
carried there; let the trader go there and
establish his jails and his prisons, and not i
in this place, the capital of the nation ;
where too often are shocked the feelings ;
of gentlemen, by seeing slaves in chains, i
and in long trains, diiven down ihe !
A V?HlllO I flnnllAl 4 /\ llwi* Iwxnor.
where resides the President of ;i free lie- j
public. lie spoke the sentiments of
many Southern men wiYcn he declared
the slave trade, now carried on in thi,s
city, to be abominable.
The object .md purport of the seventh
resolution had been made plain and obvious
by the debate already had upon the
bill before the Senate. It was obvious,
also, that no legislation is necessary, nor
was it intended that any should follow
the eighth resolution. It established n
truth sustained by law, and would meet
with a general acquiescence.
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iicnmi inougiu mm u rcsori to tnc
old custom of our American and English
ancestors, of a;>' .icnsional declaration of
great fundamental principles, would be
tnc best plan to pursue, and the Senate
now had before them that plan of settling
the great difficulties existing.
1 low far it might prove acceptable to
the two parties to this question, it was not
for him to say. It should bo acceptable
to both. There was in the acceptance
of it no sacrifice of principle by either.
It wns founded on mutual forbearance,
and originating mutual concession and
conciliation.
At the North he knew there wa.8 n
deep opposition to slavery, an opposition
dictated by the feelings of the purest humanity
and philanthrophy. But while
he believed there was, .in these resolutions)
about an equal amount of concession,
he thought he might have ashed
more from tho North, in the way of concession,
than from the South. \Viih tin
erentlemfcn from the free States. \vh it, was
fliis subject but nil abstraction? An abstraction,
it is true, l>asod upon tho principles
of humanity and philanthrophy. noI)]
when not dictated or usod for pai'U
end.; and party purposes. The Nortl
was also mi nericttlly grentor than the
j slave Stales, and greatness of power and
I magnanimity should over go together
Hi H 1MWIWW?
On the part of tlic North, the opposition
to slavery was a sentiment of philanthropic
and humanity; and, when sentiments
of that kind arc entertained with the w i.sli
and disposition to make sacrifices to en
force them, thoy arc truly noble. Hut
when the sacrifices are not to be made
by you of the ?>< . !h but by (hose who
cannot sympathize >>; h you, it is not so.
On the one side, it is a sentiment without
any sacrifice or peril or danger or loss;
on the other, there must be a vast and
incalculable sacrifice of property?without
you of the North being burdened
with any portion of it?a sacrifice of all
the social relations of properly, of life, '
and of everv thiny dear.
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Look at the storm now raging?upon
whom does its fury fall? You of the
North are safely housed, and foul none
of its force, but at the South how different'
Look at that dwelling house wrapt
in Hames; rafter after rafter crackling,
breaking, falling; look at those women
and children rushing wildly through the
iiciuii*r?, mii n"i\ini^> in inun calamines, 101*
help from //emeu.
Is this in the free Elates? No; but in
(lio slave Stales, and produced not intentionally,
but by the measures introduced
by you, and carried further than you had
any intention they should proceed: On
the one side there was sentiment, sentiment,
and sentiment alone. On the other,
property, life, and the whnlo snninl
fabric, likely to lie involved in ruin.
lie had already staled more than ho
had intended, hut would detain the Sen- ;
ate while he related an incident which
occurred (his morning A man had come |
into his room this morning, (the same, per
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mmi who a ie\v days ago had place in his
hands for presentation to the Senate a I
petition tliat Coftgrcss would purchase J
J/ount Vernon,) and said to him. "Mr.
Clay, 1 heard you niiike a remark the other
day which induced me to suppose you
would he glad to possess a relic of Washington.
Allow me to present you with
this," handing to him at the same time a
fragment of the coflin of Washington? i
a fragment of that coffin in which reposed <
the sacred remain of Washington. >
Was there anvihimr in tl><? ;*>
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Was it, ns it had occurred to him, a sad , i
presage of what is to become of that
groat fabric which Washington reared? <
He then moved that the resolution ho (
made the special order of the day for t
(ronolinl. mf, .7Vr. Pros- f 1
idonl, to enter into this di.scys^i<>?. ?1 1 ' \
ii-e simply for the purpose or saying: <1 ?< f
I o?t,< meW tlial tl>* distinguish ""l I
.Senator lrom Kentucky, in lus luuuabK , I
desire to settle a very troublesome ques- j
lion now agitating the people of the 1'ni- i
tod Slates, should have seen proper, rath- . t
or unceremoniously, as I think, to take ; t
one-half of the territory of the State I 1
have the honor in part here to represent, I
to make a peace offering to a spirit of en- j <
croachment on the constitutional rights of | i
one half of this Union. I do not intend i
to enter intc any discussion of that grave i
and impoi (ant que.-tion, nor do 1 intend,
when the discussion of these resolutions
shall arise, (o put myself m opposition to ,
the powers of oratory of the distinguish
cd SeriMor from Kentuolcv; hut I do promise
nowloprovc, when that discussion
shall arise, that the boundaries of Texas
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<11* iw III*: llIU VI MlllVir, I I lit l; IIU [HM\ I'l <lt
all exists in Congress to take cognizance
of that (juostion; and that the Congress
of I 'nitecl States cannot intcifere with the
boundaries of 'he State of 7V.\as without
inflicting a deeper stain on the high
1 reputation of the Government of the
I United States for justice, than would he j
! done by appropriating the entire amount ,
of territory which was acquired by all for
the exclusive, benefit of o %c-half of those
| who acquired it.
Mr. Foote. My. President, 1 wish it
were in my power to act in accordance
with the request of the honorable Sena
| lor irom Kentucky, (Mr. Ulay,) who
seems so strongly to deprecate debate, at
j the present moment, upon the resolutions
introduced by him, m.d who lias so
, strongly urged us to deliberate well and
' dispassionately upon these resolutions be
1 fore we take ground against them. But
1 indeed, sir, I feel it impossible to remain
1 altogether silent without more or less
subjecting myself tp misconstruction, and
exposing to serious danger principles
, which I hold to be indispensable to safety
of the Southern States of the confcd:
eracy nnd to the integrity of the Union
itself. 1 know well that the honorable
I Senator's intentions are pure and patriot
iii?unit in- uusmus fiiiy me saieiy anu
happiness of the whole republic; mid yet
, I do verily believe that if the resolutions
i now introduced by him shall be adopted,
accompanied by the remarks which he
. hat* just uttered in our hearing, without
any response, or even suggestion of ob.
jeetion from any Southern Senator, a prcI
sumntion r?f <irmL)Pxnnrr inirrlit Ill-ion vi'Iii/.li
i i?v?; ?
I would hr deeply detrimental to a enusc
. which f hold dearer than life itself. I do
? not propose to discuss these resolutions
. in erlcnso', 1 wil not thus far interfere with
the wishes of the honorabl Senator from
. Kentucky; hut a few remarks by way of
r protest, I must be allowed at once to put
i in. These, though, will be as brief as
? possible. In offering sucli remarks, 1
| find myself somewhat embanassed, in
consequence of never having had an op
portunitv of rending the resolutions of the
honorable Senator, and only having heard
them read by him in the course of his
comments upon them. If I misconstrue
their import in any particular it will not
lie a matter of surprise to any one, or con
smute jusi grounu 01 complaint again it I
me.
If ^understand the resolutions properly,
tlieyaro objectionable, as it seems to
me; 1. Uccause they only assert that it
is not expedient that Congress should
abolish slavery in the District of Columbia;
thus allowing the implication to arise
that Congress has power to legislate on
the subject of tlivery in the District,
which may hereafter be exercised if it
should become expedient to do so, wherei
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Constitution, no such legislative power nt j
all, and that any attempt thus to legislate j
would be a gross fraud upon all the
States of the Union.
2. 7'lie resolutions of the honorable Senator
asserts that slavery does not now ;
exist by law in the territory recently ac- ,
quired from Mexico; whereas 1 am of
opinion that the treaty with the jl/cxican
Republic carried the Constitution, with
all its guaranties, to all the territory obt-.ined
by treaty, and secured the privi
logo to every Southern slaveholder to enlor
any part of it, attended by his slave
property, and to enjoy the saiuo therein
frc"> from all molestation or hindrance
whatsoever.
0. Whether is or is not likely io be introduced
into thoj-e u?ni!one.sjr>r
one of them, i- a proposition!^ uncertain
in my judgement, to boat preset^ nosi
lively anirmed; and I am unwi!|.;,{,f t0
make a solemn legislative declaration^^
the point. L^et the future provide the ap- '
nropriate solution of this interesting question.
4. Considering, as t lmve several tim?s
heretofore, formally declare , (lie title of
7'exns to all the ton it ?ry embraced in her
boundaries as laid down in her law of
1830 full, complete, and undeniable, I am
unwilling to say anything, by resolution
ar otherwise, which may in the least de- ;
^.tce draw that title into question, as I
think is done by one of the resolutions of
the honorable /Senator from Kentucky. I '
6. I am?upon constitutional and oilier 1
irounds, wholly opposed to (he principle '
>f aft.titihiinff State debts, which I under- 1
l^inil l<~> in oi;e of I he; r*w '
u(i(ifT5 wPtTu: 1 ' '^njitor from 1
TjTlgxun soil i;? to be bought
xtS59W#tev;:,v,vi,i V/ itfwmi; *
o thof Texas the value c
hereof in i?o6W^tfe-be used by her as she >
(leases. Ti. Wl bei ns 1 think, more del- j <
cate and <o let her provide for i <
lie managtiffent of Jliis matter, which is
strictly (lointsticAn its character, in such i
nanner as she may choose?presuming i
hat she will act wisol), justly, and lionDrably
towards all to whom she may be
indebted.
0. vis ?o the abolition of the slaoc t. acle
in the 1)..strict of Columbia, T see 110 particular
objection to it, provided it is done
in a delicate and judicious manner, and is
not a concession to menaces or demands
of faclioni<ts and fanatics. If other ques'
i i - - - i -i ii : ...:n
lions can uo hujuhu'u, mis une win, pur- ;
Imps, occa> ion but little difficulty.
7. The resolutions wliicli proved for the
restoration of fugitives from labor or service,
nnd for the establishment of 7'erritori:d
Governments free from all restriction
on the subject of slavery, have my he irty ,
approval. T\\o last resolution?which
asserts that Congress has no power to
prohibit the trade in slaves between State
and (State?I equally approve.
8. If all other questions connected with
the subier.t of slaverv can be satisfactoiilv
adjusted, 1 see no objection to admitting
all California above the line of 36? 30' into
the Union; provided another new slave I
.State can bo laid off within the present
limits of Texas, so as to keep up the present
eqiponde ranee, between the slave and
the free States of !hc Union; and provided
further, all this is done by way of compromise,
and in order to save the Union, (as
dear to me as to anv man living.)
Having thus frankly stated my objcc;
tions to tke honorable Senator's resolutions,
and having stated also wherein I
approve, mom. i Minn cease 10 ocupy
tho attention of the Senate.
Wasiiinoton, Feb. 5.
Mr. Root's Territorial Kill, in which
was incorporated the "YVilmot Proviso,
was voted down in the 7/ouse of Representatives
yesterday, by a considerable
majority.
Commodore Daniel Turner, of theUni
I ted State* Navy, died very suddenly at
Philadelphia to-day.
ril r tt r/' i mi . i
vtosr oj inc umry / rial.? me irmi
. of Drurv, for carrying or sending n tor;
pcdo lo blow up Mv. Warner, bus come
; to a close without any exact ra-ult. The
jury, after being out over twelve hours,
came back yesterday morning into court,
their foremun saving there was no possi
bility of their ever agreeing, whereupon
the. judge immediately dismissed thom.
' It is understood that tip vote in the jurj
stood eight for acquittal and four foi
conviction, without any prospect of a
change in any of the p:\rtiea. Upon this
state of facts the jury were very properly
dismissed by the judge.
KEOWEE COURIER
Saturday, Feb. 16, 1850* g'
"Willi ;i view of ndtoniinodu'ing pur Sub
BcrilnT-s who live at n distance, tlurfollowing
gentlemen nrc authorized and requested to
not as agents in receiving nud forwnrdlnj? Sub vB
Bcriptions to the Keowke Couiui:u, viz:
Maj. W. S. (Jitisiiam, at Wgst Union.
Howard IIumiika, Esq., " HorecShoe. <iaj
K. 1*. VKiistn, Esq., " Bachelor's Kolrcht
M. F. Mitchell, Kmj.. " PickcttByiUo, , jl
J. H. llA(iOC?i>, " Twelve Mile.
T. .1. Wkihi, for Anderson District. . I
Wi> Ileum t<? <>iit? Wnm ft. ..
friend of (ho Messenger has in faot passed tlio
lino that separates the vigor of manhood from I
tho imbeeility of age. For it would scarcely 1
be supposed that ono "in tlie full vigor ofhid Jm
intellect," would innke such an egregious mis.
take as (o make public debt mean Hank capital,
Vet our friend of the Messenger has made
it.;. i ; >
vjv.iv-v miciuivu in nib msi wcck'h paper, for Vfl
in speaking of our nrticlc published ou (he 10tl? /Jlj
ult., he desires us to inform him how we 'camo v I
to put down the Revolutionary debt of tlio vi
State as a part of tho Hank capital. Now if
our friend had been inclined to do us justice,
and had examined 'that calculation,' ho could
not have failed to perceive that we had chnrg
od the Hank with no such thing, and that the
statement there given referred entirely to the public
debt, and not to tho Hank eupi.talr~ "^Ouv
Word*4 in
"."vrmi loare, 'tee give a
statement of thedebt, uith the rate of in'the
amount of iulnist,' <to. Nut a
word said about tlio amount of tin1 Bank capital,
or of what funds coinposol. //o\v unjust
and ungenerous tin; charge! Cnn any ono who
can road fail to comprehend our meaning? lllty
then this seconduttack upon us, with a.sly inSI>'<^uation
'it may he that this is another error in
the tyj?iv'(' If our readers have kept pace
witli us, wo \>v{unk that they will not (ail to at
iriuute the cnd>-- to another quarter, lluvo
we said enough to fl^iow that thi.s second on.
slaught of the MeHEfn^by- upon one and the
same article is more caption! and uncalled for ,
than the first? //ave wo said on^ongh to salis* ? I
l'v the Messenger that lie is eqimlly^^V^ ,nuc^1
mistaken in his second as in his first e??^r{J0'
//avc we given liiin snflicien explanation?
i\s lie Hays that he 'may probably call the
lention of his readers to other matters in this ~ ^
mine calculation,' we ask him lirst to sot ua
right before his n,ftttcr; and
ii.?_ ne is right in his next position and
hen go ahead.
We detest these milfoil ?i..i ?*
' it\ of si
ation of ourselves, and would only add that
vc agree with the Messenger that buiUu iiuYi-r
u rivc at years of discretion, and leave our read
;rs to judge bet ween uh..
Ah to litis Revolutionary debt, wo wcro
nvarc that the Legislature had made nnnu .
impropriations for the payment of tliis interest,
lhit it seems to us n little strange that our
friend first quarrels withu;; for saying that the
Bank does not pay the interest 011 the .State
debt, and then secondly to admit that wo were
right and refer us to the proof. It is nevertheless
true,ami if our readers will refer to tlio
nets of the Legislature for tho Inst nine years,
ending in 1848, they will find that tho round
Bum of $57,000 in that tiino 1ms been appropriated
to pay the interest on the /ftuulolph, nml
the throe per cent Revolutionary stock. Were
we right then in saying that tho Bank had not
paid tho interest on tho public debt? Exaniino
for yourselues and be satisfied that no 'Bun.
kum or Humbug stork' is brought in from tho
other side of the question.
NORTH CAROLINA.
The people of North Carolina nro taking
firm, decided and unequivocalground in favor
,vf r? Qniiilmvi) Hi inv/tti* If m Tlirt nnniiIrt OVrt
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meeting in primary assombliop nil over tho
Htute for the purpose of appointing delegates
to the Convention at Nashville. Tho Commcj|
cial has the following relative to a meeting in
l Wilmington Inst week :
"Southern Rights Mketino.?The meeting
at the Court House on Tuesday evening was
very full, and great unanimity prevailed. There
was no passion, no undue excitement?bnt a
deep ana determined feeling was apparent, such
; as we have repeatedly declared to exist among
us. It w nottlie 'fury of an hour/ but n firm
resolve that will bear up under whatever trialn
may bo before lis. Mr. Toole and Mr. Itoid addressed
the meeting with effect; and Judge
Strange made an admirable speeeb, well defining
tho position of a Southern patriot, a
friend to the Union, determined to demand and
enforce, at all haaurc, his rights under the Constitution."
ABBEVILLE DISTRICT.
The vlbbuvillo Bnnnor of last week
contains the Curd of the Representatives
| of that District inviting their constituents
to assonible r?t Abbeville C. II. on 5alc?
day in March, for the purpose of canying
into effect certain resolutions adopted by
the legislature of *S>outh Carolina, on tho
, 10th Docember Inst, relative to tho Nash*
, ville Convention. As we have heretofore,
laid those resolutions beforo our renders,
it is sufficient now to sn}r, tlmt they recom1
mend the peoplo of tho <S't^tc to meet to ,
gether in tho various Parishes and Dis
trir.ls. to nominate as manv Delegates as
|
I tlicy have mem bora of the Legislature
who arc to assemble on the first Jl/ondAy
ia May next, nt some central point ifcthcir