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"TO THINK OWN HKI.F Dli TUUB, AND IT MUST FOLLOW, AS TlIK NIGHT THE DAY, TIIOU CAN'ST NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN."
BY 1102'T. A. TIIOMPSOV. PICKENS C0U11T HOUSE, S. C. SATURDAY, MA11CII 31, 1PGO. VOL. XI. NO. 3.>.
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Where Rest may bo FoundTell
mo ye winged wind*,
That round my pathwny roar,
Do vc not know some spot.
Where mortals weepno more!
Some lone ami pleasant did!?
Sume valley in the West,
Where free from toil and pain,
The weary soul may rest?
Tho loud winds solicited in a whisper low,
y\na signeu lor jnt_y 113 tliey nnswered? Xo !"
Toll 111c, lliou mjghly deep,
Whose liilloWs r(iuml 111c play,
Know'st tliou sonic fiivored sjiot,
Some island far away;
Where wretched man may dud.
The bliss lor which lie sighs?
Where sorrow never lives.
And Friendship never dies?
Tho will] wave rolling in perpetual How,
Stopped for a moment an it answered?" No!"
And (lion, serene,st moon,
That with such lioly faco,
Dost look upon Hie earth
Asleep ill night's embrnne?
Tell me. in nil thy rounds,
llasrthrm not seen some spot
Where miserable man
Might find a happier lot?
Ilehiiul a cloud the moon withdrew in woo,
a i~? - ??
nuu ? mvi'iii uut sua, responded?" .No
Tell me my secret Soul?
<)! tell me Hope nml Faith,
Is there no resting-place
From sorrow, sin and "lentil ?
Ik there no happy spot
Faith. Hope nml Love, best boons to mortals given,
Waved their bright wings and answered?"Yes, in
He- wen !"
Correspondence of the Keoweo Hnnrinr
Bkhmn, Prussia, Feb. 10, 1S(J0.
Jir. Kilitor: In my letter of November
15, 1 mentioned that a proposition bad been
made to get up a thanksgiving dinner, in order
that we hero., four thousand miles away
from our native land, might celebrate what
has now well nigh become a national festival.
Accordingly arrangements were made with
the proprietor of the " Hotel Zuni Kroni
Prinz," and a notico read at the American
Chapel, requesting those inclii.ed to take part
in the nffiiir ? > n-ill .<# ?l... i ' 1 ?
vuil III HIV, Oillll IKK 1*1 <11111 rcij*
istor their names. On the 24th, at half past
? four o'clock, P. M., according to appointment
some sixty live or seventy of the sovereigns of
America, assembled in the large (lining saloon,
Which was brilliantly lighted up, and
adorned with the "stars and stripes."
The exorcises commenced by the readinir
of tl.o xxiii Psalm, by the Rev. Mr. Hamilton,
of New Haven ; the prayer by the
Kev. Mr. Kkmt, of Baltimore; the singing
of the one hundredth Panlm <.? !?? ?...*?
of " Old lluiidred," in which nil joined ; nftcr
which, a blessing was askeu l>y the Rev. Mr.
(!AUK, of Andover, Muss. "Mine host"
then pave a signal and the onslaught commenced
: First, came baked beans and pork,
which is said to be the universal thanksgiving
dinner dish at the North ; then Westphalia,
ham, &e. ; then came turkey " piping hot
from the kitchen ' - -this is considered a great
rarity in this country, kept mostly for tlx;
royalty and nubility, and some'who were near
mc suggested that we were eating goose?the
every-d ly dish here?but at any rate it was
very good, and Shakesnearc asks. '
in n name?" Than came sonic pumpkin pies,
made by an American lady, and wo to pored
oiF with chcese, butter and bread, fruits, nuts,
<fcc., &c.?the whole being seasoned by the
hum of conversation, the popping of corks,
and the suspicions tingling of glasses. Our
Minister Plenipotentiary, Gov. WiuoHT, of
Indiana, nftei* a few very appropriate remarks,
proposed the " King and Queen, IVmcc lle,
,.A1., i i> ?? & -
peiiv uiiu i\uyai ranmy, ot frUSsih. Dr. Allijott,
tlio oldest inhabitant of the colony,
then proposed the " President of the United
States." Then came a great number of toasts
and speeches, some religious, some patriotic,
and some humorous, by persons from every
{>:irt of the Union. A poem on " the pot of
>akcd beans," composed especially for tho occasion,
and a translation of Schillcr's " three
words of faith," (Die drie Worte des Glaubens)
" Freedom, Virtue, and <Jod," were
also re; d, a collection for the poor taken up,
ana '-DC lentiviticrf dlosed by singing
" Home, aweet Homo."
Tlio whole Occasion was n happy blending
of innocent liilai.'v and christian tliankfnlm**,
nnd will no dou'->t he long remembered
by all present,
Christmas is a fur ui^rrlci time h.^rc than
{11 America, where our Pilgrim i'athers Jried
to throw a way tlio old superstitions and festr
v.il* of tho corrupt ol^uroh, whonu pfirHeeutionn
drove them to tho wilds of America, There
It is merely n holiday in which nil cIuwipm Iny
.(inido their ordinary busiijeaB, and io> in purunit
of pleasure ; overy 0110 iiecordin<? to hin
own tiiKtco and inclination*. With uh at the
Houth, it is especially marked hy the festivities
of the negroes, who. of nil portions on
enfth, ore tlio t'rounHt arid tfi<5l,fica( while
('hristmiui |a?t?<. Here, however, it in /juita
difforanl, ChrUtmnu is a pront religious fVfl>
(jytil fijf Protestants and Itonianisitt, nnd for
pcvcral day# tho uhureha* uro oportcd and the
titorca ohwed. Nearly ovarybody jzoom U?
(jhitFoh whero the uorvicea ore nil cundueUid
with spoolal rcferenco <o tho joyous celcbrn.
tion or tho coining of Christ. Thfl places of
rt ninomnon^ nil ?? r\ Hwnr 1 >aai ?.?-?
IfllllUOVIIIUMV wp "HUM UV-WV I a III IIU'M,
find for several wooki* before and after Christmas
tbore are in the principal squares hundreds
of tents filled with U yu und trinkets, for
lide, as Chrlstmrfs presents, so that on fair
days thousands of children (and grown folks,
|op,) ni?y bo soon wending (heir way to tlio
Christmas fair, ( Wolhnactsmosao,) or returni
inc? homo after havincr boucrht.thomaolw* rinh
I find happy. Every family, however poor,
bos a tree with n present of gome kind for
' paoh rhefeWr, and tho ohildren are taught to
j>en>ombor tho goodness of (Jod in "tho un,ppeftkab)o
gift" of Hi# 8oiv. The Queen makes
presents to (he orphans and ohildren of very
jHxwr persons, wluph aw wllocted in great n urI
f*
I sums sum uiKcn care oi during the day while |
| their parents lire at work ; just us Southern I
| planters take carc of their negro children.? j
I The American Minister, too, had a tree with
j eighty-live presents for liis great family, at
j his levee, on Christmas eve, and u right merry
! time did we have drawing for the numbers,
and afterwards excli; ging when we were not
suited. The exercises in the University were
suspended for two weeks.
Marly in January, one of our little band of
Americans, and one of the live from South
I Caroline, ceasod his wnnileiiiios on onvth mill
r>*' ?
went to that homo whence no traveller returns.
Mr. Coffin, of Charleston, was takcu
j with something like typhoid fever, and died
after ten days illness. His funeral was attended
l>y most of the Americans here ; the
services hcing conducted hy the Chaplain of
the Knglish Kmbassy. .Sad, indeed, was the
sight of that pall, covered by our country's
flag ami enclosing one, who, in the bloom of
youth, (!! years of age.) was suddenly called
j to his final account, without leaving for his
I distant friends any assurance of his nrenara
j lion for the great change. This was the seeI
oiul death among the Americans here, this
winter. Tho other was a lady of New York,
I who left a disconsolate husband, and an infant
of toil days.
The Prussian Landtag or Parliament is in
session here now. This body is composed of
two houses, tho Ilerren, or Lords, and the
Abgeorduetcn, or lower house. The latter
consists of representatives chosen by the
people, who have a voice in the election of
electors, according to the amount of property
owned by (hem, there being three classes of
citizens. A few weeks ago I accepted the
kind offer of a merchant who procured me a
I ticket, and then went with me as interpreter,
j to point out all the distinguished personages,
' ami assist me when 1 failed to catch the haiv
I of things. The members, about two huudrei
. in number, are a fine looking, dignified body
of men, conducting business very much like
I our own legislatures, with more quietness and
coolness, but with less precision nod dispatch,
which is easily accounted for, when we recollect
that this body is only ten years old.?
The ] rineipal business of that day was the
discussion of a bill to erect a new Capitol,
which has since been passed. Several petitions
were read, and some witty speeches made.
The building in which they meet is very indifferent,
nothing like what one would expect
; in a eity so noted for splendid architecture as
I Berlin. This week 1 have spent one day in
the house of Lords, (HorronhouH.-) This is
composed of the old hereditary nobility of the
land, very tenacious of their ancient rights,
anil very much hated by the people generally.
They too, are fine looking men, with more
gray heads than in the lower house ; and, I
imagined a greater proportion of blooming
i, /w Mi.il l..?.^-?.? ? n'i - - 1
..... ???^v?-uv;ui uuv.Mij . 1 lid I1X\SUI(!III
liiinsolf, Gkak von 1 Ionknloiik Inoklkinokn,
looked like he could find room for several
bottles of champagne, daily. Prince
Kurd. Wm.iiki.m was present ns a spectator,
and all the galleries were full to overflowing.
The ministers of state were all in their places,
on an elevated ph.tform near the President.
The order of the dav wa> the discussion of :i
j bill pnsscd by the lower bouse to amend the
I law of marriage in several rcspccts. There
are .it present seventeen causes of divorce, .
lawful in Prussia. None but "clergymen are J
allowed to perform the marriage ceremony, I
and by law their consciences are to be left en- j
tirely free ; hence it has happened that persons
after being lawfully divorced, could find
nobody willing to marry them aprain. The
1'rince Urgent and lower bouse have long
been trying to got rid of these dillicultics,
but the " old fogy " Lords systematically op
jivng ui yi niMJi uuilllllg l() UlCIll 11*0111 Cltlior
source. The present Regent is not on the
best of terms with the nobility; but, on the
other hand, exceedingly popular with the I
middle and lower classes. On the whole, the |
Prussian, government is far more liberal and
popular than we in America are opt to imagiue.
There has been a very decided progress I
in that direction within the last ten years,
and the present tendencies are all in favor ot"
republicanism. What a pity that the United
States .should exhibit such a sad specimen of
self-government ?
The winter is nearly gone now, having been
far milder than one would expect, considering
that this city is in a latitude higher than Quebec.
The coldest weather we have bad was
early in December, the thermometer standing
twenty-live degrees below freezing. Snow falls
very often, sometimes every day for a week,
but seldom lies long, so that there have been
| oniy a lew days tit for sleighing during this
winter.
j'orlin, the capital of Prussia, is situated
on the river Spree, in the midst of a vast, sandy,
unproductive plain. The river flows very
Mlugjrti 'dy, nud is divided into a great number
ot" OK'nral and artificial canals, in wiiich
ate hundrcde. of boats loaded with vegetables,
uruiit, wood, tui f. coal, S'?. Over these variI
mix filmiinuld uiia m. ihiliiniinn nilniVidrrif
es-? mogtly drnw-briflw""- The streotH jiro
very wide, nud in tlio no?vcr part of tlio city
regular nncl gt might. 'J'ho houses arc quite
different from tho?a of other Jjju'ropoan cities
in govern 1 particulars. They nrc moro modern
in their architecture, not covorcu with
tin' Hiuokc and dust of eentiirios, aft in tnai.'y
other cifciea; nor aro they go high, seldom
moro than iliroo or four stories. The city
now contains* n population of halt* a million?
16,000 soldiers, 12,000 .Jews, nnd 5,WOO
French Protestants, driven out of Frftnee hy
the religious persecutions in tho times of Ijouis
XIV. Thoy still have thoir own churches
nnd school*), in which tho French language it*
used. t natiae the namos of sevornl Carolina
Hugenot families, among thorn that of Gaii.>if.h
tl?? uni.i:? iU.: :r
I ?// **. aiio Dwiuium, vriv11 umir^Hj umluiiim,
oro to be peon every whero,.iu all time* of the
| dny, giving tho whole city tlio alp of n o*n?p.
j In the " Jow* quarter" are t<?bo aeon ivinny
advertisements In Hebrew. Tho JetfB oro
generully in the clothing business, nsin America,
" whigh seems to be vheir f4Vprite ogcu0^
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pation ever since they parted tlie Savior's garments
and east lots for liis clothes," savs
Graves. Merlin, already one of the most attractive
places in fiormuny, on many accounts,
is rapidly increasing in interest and iinportanco.
The Prussian kingdom is rapidly
gaining in the estimation of surrounding nations,
and specially of the German confederation.
There is now in many parts of Germany
a strong movement in favor of a new Intuit.
i his movement is the result of two principal
causes: One is the fcel'iig of insecurity,
arising from a w; nt of unity and mutual confidence,
everywhere felt during the late war.
Another cause of dissatisfaction, especially
among the liberals, is that they are tired of
. following Austria, with her absolute and almost
tyranical government, and her strong adhesion
to llomau Catholicism. As things
now stand, Austria gives the President to the
diet or congress, and has a voice in all the
[ affairs of the confederation. A convention
was hold last summer, as most of your readers
j are aware, at Frankfort, the main object of
which wns to liiuo into consideration tin; ways
and means of removing these causes of dissatisfaction.
This convention, and all the papers
discussing tlicso tilings, unanimously look to
Prussians their future leader, come of the
j illustrated papers have gotten tip a burlesque
of the convention at Frankfort, representing
, them as a number of owls in and around an
ancient, dilapidated tower, one saying " I
think it must he torn down," another " can't
' it be repaired," &e. If this movement is coni
tinned, it is possible that the old jealousy between
Austria and Prussia may be developed
into an open rupture; but, at any rate, it. can
only be to the advantage of Prussia, of Protestantism,
and constitutional government.?
Though Berlin is apparently badly situated
for development into a very great eonimerein)
eity, yet it lias a great many of the requisites
for a great manufacturing city. There is an
abundance of lime in the vicinity, also line
varieties of kaolin for the manufacture of ;>ovj
celain, glass, itc. It is connected l>y canals
with the Baltic sea and the Elba river, and by
J railroads with all the principal cities of north
crn Germany.
The architecture of Berlin is greatly admired
; particularly the Palace, the new Musenm,
Arsenal, the Palace of l'rince Fred.
William and his father, the Regent ; the Opera
house and University; all of which may
be seen by turning round on the l'alacc bridge
(SehIossbruel\*c).. This bridge is, itself, very
beautiful, beinjr ornamented with ciirht crunns
c* o r
of statuury, life size, of fine marble The first
n.presents Minerva teaching a youth the list
of fame, on which appears " Alexandria, C;esar,
I'Vinh rick " The next represents her
arming him out as a warrior, and so it goes on,
tho last representing Iris carrying tlio dead
warrior to Olympus. The statues of Blucher,
Shurnhorst, anil other heroes, are near by.
The equestrian statue of Frederick the (Ireat,
situated between the Palace of the Prince Regent
and tho University, on the street Cnior
lllM* 1C Ortl*?!AU'L/1/#.?.l ..11 1 1 - *
. ... .muiuuiui^U I'll 4111 lUlliM^, IU
bo the liucat in (lie world, ft is seventeen
leet liigh, and beautifully proportionate, The
Hrandetiburg gate, at the outer end of this
street, is an exact imitation of the 1'rnylaeum
of Athens; ..nd outside of it is a beautiful
park, two or three miles long, and half as wide,
thickly overgrown with trees, forming shady
walks in summer, and intersected by canals,
which make fine skating ponds in winter,
where thousands may be seen otigncod in this
j beautiful and wholesome sport. The walls of
the city are thirteen miles in circumfereneo.
Yours, respectfully, 15.
POLOT 0?.M?
From the South Carolinian.
The South and the Presidency.
Mr. Editor: The time fixed for the meeting
of the National Democratic Convention
in Charleston, is rapidly approaching, and
it is now well ascertained that the party will
I uu .^nun^iy injjrusuiuuu trom every estate lit
I the Union. Kvon South Carolina, although
hitherto opposed in principle to that mode
of selecting candidates for the Presidency,
will he represented in full force, it is be
lieved, by the approbation of a large majority of
her citizens, and it is hoped by her ablest
and most conservative statesmen. Not only
will the Convention meet, b^' the unanimous
consent of the party North and South, but
if the delegates cleet come together determined,
as it is hoped they will, to exclude
from the list of those out of whom the standard-bearers
of the party are to be selected,
all persons of extreme and nlkrn vif>uw u1i.m1i.
er residing North or South, the Convention
will unite readily and harmoniously on the
nominees, and will, under their banner,
march forward in solid column, to a victory
that will annihilate the lilack Republican
cohort*}, and rescues the Constitution and the
Union from tlio Vandals who are assailing
them. If this policy is adopted, it must result
in the nvnlnuinii ??f r.ll ilwun ..-l ?
known aspirants, and who have been prominenly
spoken of in connexion with tho Presidency
and Vice Presidency?for cicli of
these have been pressed on account of some
peculiarity of senti'nent or position that lias
rendered them respectively strong in one
section and weak in another?and the Convention
will notonly haveto lookout for men whose
ability, patriotism and principles are known
and appreciated throughout tlio country, but
who have neither presented their own claims,
or boon vehemently urged fur ward by others,
hnvo neither friends to reward or enemies to
punish, and must, therefore, prove acceptable
to the patriotic citizen of all sections. In
uolcetiug such men ns the standard-bearers of
the pnrty, competent nnd peculiar abilities to
diiiohargo. tho duties of the respective offices,
and hearts truo to tho Constitution and to the
rlglita and int?re?t? of every section of the
Union, nro the lending cotiHtderution*, ?nd it
Is not of vltnl conHequonco In what State or
political division of the oonntry thoy mny
reside. And yet the Importance of alternating
the fiiut office wUUiu the gift pf the American
' people is not to be ignored, nnd especially is
that the cast; at the present time, The connj
try is divided, as on similar occasions heretofore,
into two great parties, hut unlike any
j tiling in our previous history, one of these
parties, assuming the name of Republican, is
purely sectional, located entirely North and
WelU of Mason and Dixon's lii> , the leading
article of whose affiliation is opposition to the
institutions, ri'-'hts ami ii>?cr<-v?v ..ftl...
i The other party, who rally under the timej
honored name of the Democracy, is national
! in it.s fyraiiization, hut it is nevertheless notoj
riou/v true, that its strength at .the present
time lies in the South, and it the party, and
t with it the Constitution and the Union, arc to
' ho preserved, it must he hy the votes of the
Southern States. On this account i' for no
other reason, the nominee of the Co. vention
! for the ofliec of President should he a Soiith|
ern man. Hut aside from this, the South is
( entitled to the first office, because the three
lust nominees ot' tlic Democratic, Convention,
I and the three last Presidents tit' the I'nited
States, have been Northern men. 'J he South,
therefore, tor those powerful reasons, is entitled
t<> the nomination and to (lie President,
I at the next election : 1. Because the principles
of the party dwell in perfect harmony only at
the South, li Because the electoral votes
that are to make the President, must conic
' chiefly from the South, and if an acceptable
| candidate is selected, will come as a unit from
1 tin; fifteen slave States ; and .'hi. Because the
three last Presidents have been Northern
men, and, therefore, the South is entitled to
the oflice. Upon this principle of reasoning,
which is believed to be ineontrovi rtiblv
just, not only (ho Southern States, but the
cotton States of the South, tire entitled to the
i next President ; for it will be conceded, if a
similar comparison bo instituted amongst
them, that nut only the conservatism; but tin:
strength of the party, in ti pre-eminent del
grce, exists in the cotton States, and never
I since the organization of (ho (lovornmont
} have they had a representative in the PrrsiI
dential oliice. Truo, (Jen. Taylor was iiomi|
nally ; Louisiana man ; ho owned property in
j that State, identified more particularly with
the sugar interest, but he was not a citizen in
any just .sense of the term, lie belonged to
the army, and his home throuirh life was
j wherever the Kxecntivc Government chose to
! order him. lie cannot, therefore, be saiil to
i have been a citi/en of the cotton States, nor a
] representative of the cotton interest, anymore
1 than could Mr. Polk, because a small amount
! of (.ittnn is irrown anumllv in Tennessee.?
The cotton States have, therefore, never been
directly represented in the Presidential offifle.
Why is this ? Certainly not because of the
trivial character of the interests to which they
are devoted ; not because they have been unproductive
of statesmen worthy to occupy the
chair of Washiniit >n, but simply because,
nnulnnt ^"<1 < l-rt I ? 1 1 '1 %
.v, .v mo uuugry ana ciornc tin*
nuked of every clime nml country by their industry,
they have permitted other sections,
without controversy, to enjoy the honors and
emoluments of place. Not so with other sections
and interests ! Mont than one l'xccu]
tive of the ('nion, including the present Chief
I Magistrate, have owed their elections, in a
great measure, to the manufacturing interests
of the middle, Northern and Kastern States,
notwithstanding it was at all times openly
proclaimed, that the obiect in seokimr < > mm.
' trol tlio Adii<inistr:itionof tlie IJovernment was
' to build up those interests, at the expense of
thd producing States. It i-, time, therefore,
that the South, through itj leading interest,
should he represented in the 1'residential
oflioe, not under the plea of executive or legislative
protection to that interest, hut upon a
claim of equal importance?that she shall be
permitted to go forward unmolested in her
natural career of prosperity, asking no other
protection to her interests, than to he let alone.
and withholding none from other seotions that
they are justly entitled to under the compact
of the Union
It has been said, and truthfully sa^l, that
" Cotton is King "?king not only of the western
world, hut throughout the dominions of
the crowned heads of Kurope ; and it is right
and proper that this king shall he pijpuitted,
for a time at least, to hold the reins of government
in his own country, that he may
push forward with his great abilities to triumphs
of peneo and civilization, lie should
not, either by assault on the one baud, or
nftglcct and ostracism on the other, be crippled
i:> his productions, or driven to withhold
them from the commerce of the world, which
may t>c done either by non-production, or
by producing no more than he can consume
sit lionic; for, it is un<|uestionahly true, so
important is this interest to tlic welfare of mankind,
ill at if lie were to stay his band??if the i
cotton planters of the South were to refuse
to cultivato but for a single season?the
most disastrous consequences would result
| to all civilized States. The English and
American merchantmen that now plow the
I ocean and whoso sails whiten every sea,
j bearing the rich products of the different
I clinics from shore to shore, In exchange ,
ior im: proceeds 01 tlio cotton of the South,
Would be stayed in their career of prosperous
enterprise, would remain f;..-> toned to their
moorings and rotting in their dock. Commerce,
with its innumerable dependencies,
would, in a great measure, bo banished from
our country arid locked up in the cold embrace
of an universal chaos. The looms of Old and
New Knglnnd, with their hundreds and thousands
of kindred manufacturing and mechanical
pursuits, would come to a dead halt, and
tlicir millions of operatives, thrown out of employment
ami turned loose upon society,
with (jaunt famine staring them in the face,
and no plftco on earth to lay their heads,
would cause the heavens tore echo the cry for
bread ! bread and raiment! when neither were
to he had?producing scenes of suffering
and ruin thnt the heart sickens to contemplate.
And yet, such is the inevitable result of a
IuuiiMiiuuuuii ui mu, wcmiro i rial is biding I
waged against tlio ct,. on interest. If, there- j
foro, tlio production of tlii? groat single is of
?
such vitnl msctjuoncc to all conditions of
men, is it not important?is it not just?that it
should l.o fairly represented in tin; ?rovernincnt
of its production, for at least ono executive
term in three-fourths of a century. ]>clievinj*
that the positions herein taken are
incontrovertible upon any principle of fair
reasoning, the <|uestion arises sis to wlioui tlx;
Smith?the cotton States of the South?can
present for the Executive ollicc, worthy to
become their representative man, ami able
t<? administer the u flairs of this great Con,
foderacy so as to best promote the interests
! of nil sections, mil thereby strengthen the
bond of fraternal union '! In this connection,
many distinguished and worthy names
might be suggested?several, indeed, have
been somewhet prominently spoken of?but
amongst them all, without intending the
slightest disparagement to others, the name
of .lames Lawrence Orr, of South Carolina,
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... vviuiu< nil) IMVOUUIVU il.> I Hi; 111.Ill ?J 1 (lit*
| crisis. Mr. Orr is n young iu:m, not exceeding
thirty-eight or forty years of age, in
. the zenith of a cultivated and enlarged intellect?\vi111
a judgment ripe, discriminating
! and eontroling?moderate, conservative, and
yet firm in his political views and sentiments,
i devotedly attached to the Constitution and
the Inion, with a heart siifliciently enlarged
and patriotic to embrace all the great interests
of every section of our common country.
1 His administrative talents arc of the highest
order, and his peculiar abilities to govern
masses of men, and to regulate the asperities
i?t" communities, sections and countries, has
j been demonstrated by his public career.?
Possessed of an indomitable energy of purpose,
he is in polled to action, when engaged
in the public service, by an enlarged sense
of patriotic justice. So transparent in all
Ills conduct. us tn ?! ?? I
; confidence of all men every where, with
whom he is thrown into contact ; thoroughly
, versed in the theory and practical workings
of the (iovcrnment; familiar with all its
; conquests in peace and in war; imbued with
the spirit of the Constitution, and viewing
; with prophetic eye the promised land of our
national prosperity and greatness, to be at- j
1 tained by placing ourselves on the platform of
; the Constitution, and unfurling the banner j
' of the I'iiton over our heads ; under his guid- j
; ancc, the wreckrrs who surround the ship of
! State will he driven off, and the vessel on
1 which is embarked the last honn <>f ttonnUli.
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I can liberty, will bo conducted safely to tbe desired
b:i von. Not only are the abilities of .Mr.
Orr peculiarly" adapted to the Kxeeutive olliee,
but his political record, and his private and
public character, arc as pure and bright as |
] that of any statesman our country has pro- j
duced. lie was bred and born a Democrat, I
and educate d chiefly al the University of Yir- |
pini:?; he there imbibed such copious draughts ;
of the spirit and principles of the Sage of)
I inonucciio, that lie has never, for a moment.
' forsaken the faith of the fathers of the party.
! Orr entered publie life in the fall of 18 It,
j u the aire of twenty-one years, having been I
] rc' rned to the Legislature after a most ex- j
! citing and animated contest, in which he lead j
1 his party with a heavy majority, ami received
j the largest popular vote ever given to any j
j man in his district. On entering the (leneral j
I Assembly, he immodijit.?lv tmA- ? vo I
posit ion as a debater, ami ;is a prof mini, con- |
J servative an?l strictly orthodox politician of ^
| the Democratic school, lie continued to rep- i
resent his district in the State Legislature for 1
four years, with distinguished ability, at the
end of which time?in the fall of 1848?lie
was elected to Congress by a large majority,
over a competitor of great experience and distinction.
lie continued in Congress for ten
years, having been returned at each sneees.
I sivc election, without opposition, ami with the
almost unanimous approbation of his constituents,
finished his Congressional career on
the -1th of .March. 1 Sal), with his brilliant ad- j
ministration of the office of Speaker of the I
House of Representatives. At that time, he
withdrew voluntarily I'm ill public life, with '
I tl.r> lmnvti' -C
. ?j m viimiuiiv ui ti jiiiu<iui nniMiim'll- I
! ey, and returned to the tjnic*t n.-.d p .iceful '
pursuits of u private citizen, to winch lie is
j devoting himself with all the ardor of his
i earlier years; unconnected with the political
I controversies of the day, happy in the midst.
I of his family and friends, unambitious as to
the possession of anyplace, save in the hearts [
of his countrymen, or of any pursuit, save that ]
to which ho lists voluntarily retired, ho will
abandon them with reluctance to enter on any
official'station, however honorable j but like
Cipcinnaturf of old, when called from the
handles <?f his plow to the helm of govcrnniont,
he. will, if ii is demanded of him, advance
again to his country's service at his
country's call. Tho career of Mr. On*. whilst
[ in the ('onirrcss of the I'nitcd States, is so well
known to the country, thnt it would be a work
I of supererogation to refer to it hero. Lot. it 1
I suffice to say, that during tho ton yours ;
of hiy stewardship, lie discharged, with I
| distinguished ability and lidolity, every fluty I
incumbent on him ; but ho was particularly
conspicuous for his enlarged conservatism. |
and tho nationality of his political sentiment.--, i
Kver watchful and y.oalnus to promote the
int.'rests, nnd sustain the constitutional rights
of the South, he had a heart to appreciate
and a boldness to defend the interests and
nonor ot every section of the Confederacy.? i
Unlike ninny of the politicians of his section ]
whose waking and sleeping dreams for years J
have been to devise means to dissolve the |
Union of the States, he has devoted all the I
powers of his great intellect to the work of
allaying seotiomd strife and animosity, and to
the perpetuation of the Federal Union omthc
terms of the Constitution.
In 1851, when the people of Smith Carolina
were advaneinir, as it seemed, in I
column ton separate secession from tlicfnioti,
ho nobly bared bis breast to tbc lining storm,
am] by it 11 eflort of Ilerouloitn j>ower at tbo
May Convention, Charleston, succeeded in
turning tbo tide of popular sentiment, and
saving tfie Confederacy of vbc State*;. Since
thnt time, it bps been the goal of bis a?nbi
lion to place his own State on the common
platform of her Southern sisterA, and having
been the chief instrument in wheeling her
into lino with the great Southern column, he
has withdrawn from the strife of public life,
whence, if ho is summoned at the call of his
country, it will bo to di rote his peculiar genius
to allaying the warfare of the sections, and
! the restoration of the harmony in the great
1 American family, upon the principles of
e<|ual and eternal justice. "The tree is
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i .Mn.v.11 ! _> 11^ iiiuij ;iim .m r. vmt, ny 111s ca!
ncr of usefulness to the country, is known
and appreciated throughout the In ion, insomuch
lliiit he enjoys a popularity, and eniboi
dies in liimself all the ureal elements of mio1
cess, in a device that is scarcely approxiuia:
ted by any other man, North or South, whoso
! name has been mentioned in connection witli
1 Ihe Presidency. A\ itli so lair a record t<?
! commend him. and no j aire of his history that
j any lover of his country would desire to see
| obliterated, let .lames Lawrence Orr, of South
! Carolina, be the nomine of the Charleston
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< uinkuiiiiii, iimi ino I'cinocracy will march
| forward unilcr lii* l?;ituier, t<> a \iotory hitherj
to unapproached by any of its j>rcviati.s trilumphs;
and in the result, tlie Constitution
will be restored, the Vnion preserved, and tins
blessings of liberty transmitted to the latest
| posterity.
A word as to the Vice Presidency. This
nllico is of secondary consideration, and yet
[ the nominee should be a man eminent for ability
and integrity, upon whose political record
i is written in living characters, no Norjh, no
' South, but the country, the whole country
i and nothing but the country; and lor reasons
that cannot be set down here, he should re,
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Miu; in Mint represent the great .Noi th-west.
The party in that section embraces many good
and truu -.ten, of the description mentioned,
| but amongst them nil the name of .Jolm
i McClernand, of Illinois, suggested as peculiarly
the man for the occasion. Mr. McClernand
is comparatively a young man, distinguished
for ability, and of pure and high private
and public character. 11 is uncompromising
opposition, at home and in Congress, to
the \\ iliuot Proviso, and his zealous advocacy
of the fugitive slave law, demonstrates
mat in? is a statesman ol enlarged views of
111o constitutional equality of the sections, and
devotedly attached to the I'nion of the States,
l.et the Democracy proclaim .James l/awreiice
()rr, of South Carolina, as their candidate
for the Presidency, and John A. McClernand,
I of Illinois, fur the A ice Presidency, and no
| future event is mere certain, than that victory
, will perch upon their standard, and the millions
of American freemen, with united voice,
will cause the Heavens to re echo with the
jubilant cry?the country is safe.
Con stitct ion.
Froai tlie Greenville EutovprSso.
a iie jjiue muge Jttaiiroad.
The necessity for finishing t!iis enterprise
as far as ('laytoti, Georgia, is becoming niori!
apparent every day. If South Carolina will
push it forward to that point, we are satisfied
that the people of <1 wgia will build the JI iwassee
lload to Cleveland, Tennessee, and thus
make it profitable at once to this State. If
necessary, let the Knoxville route be abandon
ed for the present, and 1 uild the lliwassee
Road :?s far as the copper mines in Tennessee.
Whenever that llcud is built, ii w>11 enrich
the State, and make the (Jreenviile and Columbia
Railroad, which is now in a.* good run
I ning condition as any in the South, as prolita|
hie as the St itc Road in (ieorgiti. We shall
continue to advocate the building of the Uluo
Ridge Railroad to Clayton, believing it to bo
to tho interest of the State, and to the people
iti 11 rcciivine especially, ."mut li ( 'arolina must
ami will have a connection with the West.
If the Blue llidie is abandoned, (ho Spart >.nburir
route will he taken up, and the people
of (I reunvillc are certainly not so blinded to
their own welfare as not to see what their
condition would he. it' the North Carolina
trade, which is now the very life of our business,
is diverted to Spartanburg, In ion, and
other Districts cast of us. The advantages of
the lliwassec route are so fully and impartially
set forth in Cow Johnson's veto inessaL'e.
(lint we intend to publish that document next,
week. It will be remembered that the biil
t<? charter this road was twice vetoed by tlov.
Johnson, but it was afterwards sanctioned by
tlov. Hrown, and we have no doubt will be
speedily built after the Blue Hidge lvoud is
finished to Clayton.
As we hav been proscribed by a lew for
our position on this subject, wo publish the
r,>i!.i'. - -i ? ..
it lli l until il MUJM-I I HIT, 111 Tticonst,ern
part of this District, and less interested,
perhaps, iit tlie l>!uc Kidgo lload than hundreds
of our citizens:
" \\ . J\ J'rick, I'Isq. ? J'tiifor S' v'hcra
I'Siifri ftrixc: 1 have lived to the age of fortysix
years, and have, jit this time, taken up
my pen, for tlic lin t time, to write for a newspaper.
1 saw in your paper week before last,
that a subscriber had ordered his piippr Stopped,
because you had expressed tlio opinion
that ''in the present aspect, of thiugs, tlio
Blue Ridge Railroad would ho built, nnrl tho
sooner tin- better." 1 heartily express the
same opinion with you. and would like to see
editors advocating all such enterprises as that.
I have been surprised to see men of influence
sit still and do nothing about that lload, after
there lias been so much money spent, and
then to let the enterprise tail. Well, Mr.
Kditor, fur every subscriber you lose by advocating
tl?nt Road, T will use my influence t.?
obtain another. 1 now have one for you, in
place of the one you have lost. So spovlc
loud for railroads. 1 have been taking your
papor for two year?, and ]'m not tired yet.
Yours, truly, * " A SuiiBcitiDHt."
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riitlt Down.?Never attempt toillustrnto
the true character of n man by quoting hid after-dinner
speeches. . Any criticism is preferable
to that. In our time we have heard the
same men declare, in manj- places, that ouch
was the " home of bus heart." and (if tH? nm.
rocnt that then saw him ujxju hi? Icgu, thnt.it
\rns the " ltap^.iost in hja iiffc."
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