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i fe^^'-v. ;, ^sJll 1 .- ^ *^!l_ -..J.* NKUfT Tlfji PAY, TIIOU C.VN'ST NOT THI N HE FALSE T() ANT MAN." (v "TO T111NE OWN SELF BE TRUE, AND IT Ml'ST FOLLOW, S THE " " _ ' BY IIOH'T. A. THOMPSON. * PICKENS COURT HOUSE, S. C. SATURDAY, IUAY 5, ISCO. ; 0l" XI< N0' i()' (5S3.EOTE? IPSETKV. . ? Beauty in all Things. . There's lieuuty in iliu rainbow, k Thai roaches o'er the cky ; There's beauty in the glances Cy Of !> lovely maiden's eyf ; There's beauty in the sunset . That gilds the flowing \v ?t, \Vhcn the day-god's (t'tiiing benws Dauee <jli the ocean's l-rwnst. There* s beauty In (lie dew drop | j Tlml sparkle*on the flowers ; There's ber.uty in the sunshine. There's beauty in theshowcis; There's beauty in the slur-poms Tlial shine mid other blue; ft Thorn's beauty in home-friendship J(j And love that's fond and true. m' There's beanly iti the moon-beams (jj! That girt the verdant lea : J). There's Hicaiity in llie grandeur c4 Of the dark-blue rolling Hoa : There's beauty on the river, || And beauty in the brook : ''I There's beauty in the citnsliino Of every pleasant look. j'fj There's beauty in tho shrub, and I"! There's beauty in the tree?. Thai wave Itieiv graceful branches t ? To every passing breeze : ' B There's beauty in the tiny b1a<1o f In Of grass of eniorahl hue ? Oh ! there's beauty, ghuUonio beauty, I In every thing wo view. lyjL mmrnm w rmmm mmmmmrmamrmommnmrnmrnp?/??w w. jtmmuw wi'jiwijl .? ft U Correspondence of the Keowee Courier. Coil.NKHSVII.I.i:, lloi1KINK t'o.. Texas, ) jj April 1st, 1800. J \1? Vrar Courier: You will, from this, lenrti that . aiu journeying westwards, in company with II. I).," late of Anderson l>i?triet 1 made tliuk far to-day. Leaving the bcauti ,'L inland romantic residence of our friend " J. UlI M. I,.," we had quite a pleasant ride " ovei if the hills and far away." The day was one ol Jj lovely springtime, just suoh an one as is suited jfi t make otu; glad and cheery. The grass and prairie flowers are fast springing up beneatli cur tread. The trees, the monarch* of the S forests, and the lesser shrubbery are fust put j| ting on their green mantle. The wild plum bush loads the passing zcj hyr with fragrance. Ifi The dogwood has robeil itself in its most d? lift eate, proud and charming garment. And ijr wliilc tho singing birds are warbling their most enchanting i^>tos and lays, we nro admonished H of the Omnipotence and goodness of Ilini win 1 rules and controls the destiny of man. " Tli'c or>vttj?e t intfl tlmt gild (lie greenest hough, H#/ The Ntreuiiilet tlint from vuIoh t?? vntley tr>?, ,1 Tho vine on high, the willow branch below, ! Mixed in one mighty sueue of varied beauty glow.' \ In our journeyiugs fur tbe last day or two 1 we have niiide tho counties of I pshur, in ? 1 Titus, and Hopkins, the theatre of our pro I miscuous perambulations; and 1 am sorry thai 1 cuinot come to you with a dourer history ol ,i their antecedents?hut wo read, ' snlhci-Mii unto tho day is the evil thereof." 1 find tin ' land., that I have so far seen, generally to up pear poor sandy ridges, with a mixture of soi I from sand to still white clay, covered will J. black and blue jack, wild plum and wintei II huckleberry. Occasionally you will pass I " post oak Hat," considou d, even in Texas It.'ie poorest hint known, These lands have i colli, stiff sjil, ulinoNt impervious to water holding tho winter rains unt il too l ite to brinp | them into auouessfitl cultivation in tho Spring, J You will then find the " glades " to bo small Hjicciinons of prairie?often rolling, ami .sometimes with basin iuclosures, not allowing them ! sufficient drainage for cultivation. Von will find on them naught hut grass and water, and j V their appearance rather eaptlv.tes the eye than attracts the attention of the cultivatoi I of the soil. Cpon these vast fields of pastu rage you will see tho thousands of herds ol stock, horses, cattle and sheep, giving to them the nppcarance of life rind vivacity. There it a pine belt junt below this, some GO miles it: I Icr.pth by u ?i:i!vs i** \v^^ h r i anil south. In this vast region of pines you will find the steam-mills that supply thocoun j. try Around, and the prairie, far and near, with u the lumber that builds their huuscs, fences r' ' &u.?some hauling 200 miles. To pay foi this lumber is brought in beef, Hour and corn, I The prairies being generally settled by Iudi ynutans, Illiiioijians and Missouri tns, who arc \ \ used to cold winds, but little wood, poor wail 1 tor, and black lands, and say that it is chcapei i j iahaul lurubjr thus far than to cut down tim J f | ber to clour lauds. ?ljj Hopkins county is considered a grain conn if '/ ^ inado soiuu inquiry as to the produc \] tions, not having oscular demonstration thai I ,| she was fully entitled to the Joubriquct, as I L ) snw no corn, no wheat, no oats, no rye, noi r; , i no tlratc, whereby I might have a trace, prim' jtive or antoocdent of her cognomen. And ?, ,,j Mr. T , with whom we h id an cxc.^tfrnl ' I dinner, told us th.it lie had raised thrr.r. hush 1 4; rli <>/ wheat per acre, while he sowed, but had : :l bown none of late yours. Wo enquired of him ? "I how long had ho boen in the country '{ Ho M replied, " ninee the days of the " Regulator? ' and Moderators." We asked him where he jjot his supplies to live upon. Ho said at JcfTbrson and tho Prairies. We did not nsk .. ' ( ! i. ... i :.i r..a i? i 1^ liliii iiiiw nu jiiiiit mi miuui, Having in our euri^ ' | i introduction into the State, been told Cluit nu ii person was duly r^tfognized a citizcn of Texas I till the)* had no money, nnd could tdeop till ' *. ean-tip every morning, ftancho l'anza linn ' ! Jia'l, doubtless, in his day, ninny to join him I in His -orisons, from this riu.irf ur, if this he ..-J true. Tliif then tenches us why so few iner^L,', cliaaU'iu T>JX!>b wake no fortunes. J am told ih^t lit ono pluco, where a largo amount of L"i4 frudo i* now carried on, that not ono man in r&' bfl<iu?W there now, who, four years n<$o. T clonot sny thnt they have failed, but the pre>R| huiuption in, that it is either a quick place to I ii,#ke or break, and 1 will say for them that I h*rc not seen in thin flection of the world, more evidchdo of economy, thrift and ahunSfti d^co of this world'H poods, thnn in many oth, w ?T sections I have visited. I tut 1 will say ' a (lint 1 do find ftomo doing well, us far an nccu" luuUliftg good 1 and enjoyment of this life iti I conoemcd ; and j*nuc lining better than thos" j A i of our South Carolina friends. I am pleased sa I to know and ?ay, that those of our friends \vln> su liaVe cast their <l\stinv with tiie " Lone in ! Stay," live enjoying tolerable hculth, and go1 >d I i ("pints, and have many of the comforts of this ' life, and a prospect of that to eomc. While Y I do not envy them their homes, amidst the el " river of continental storms," " that cast col- tl umns of lire into the gelid air," " where abun- ti dance of beauty now overspread their sin glad- il dencd shores." ' Where the bullido, the. elk, : d'-er, panther, wolf, Lear, the alligator, the wild geese, crane, and sea-gull, haunt " their desolate shores." I am content to know that it was a wise provision of nature that allowed man to exercise his own judgment in |, selecting himself a home, when under no more restraint than the moral law. ] You may hear one time more from me ere I r i* * - - i am 011 mo east uank ot modern .Jordan. c. !>' . <i] I'.viox IVmnt, (J'.. April H5, 1800. o] Dctir Courier: From this " point " 1 will e elo.se luy serihhlinjjs to you. I arrived here si this evening nt 2 o'clock, from Atlanta. In my hist I said I nii<;ht drop you a line from h Yiehshur^, Miss., hut as my stay was too tl short there, and tsinee then I have had no S leisure. I d Vie! shurir is situat< tl on a very high hluff, o ' mi uk- ,ih->mism|)|ii iwver, :i11 i is a iowii oi con- i sidcrablo magnitude, is regularly built, has hamNmr.e residences and lint; .stores, ami is ti full of HIV. Wo stopped at the " Washington p Ilidl," n splendid Hotel. It and the I'ren r tiss House seem to have the run of custom, j t They are near each other, and near the river, ! b at the. end of tho V ieksburt;, Shrcvcport and <1 j Texas llailroad. On the opposite of Yicks- j I 1 i bill*!;, no town is found. The bottom is subject o I to inundation. The passengers \e., are eon- j \ i veyed over the river in steam ferry-b* ats; 2.") ; e j cents passage for a mnu. I v Leaving \ ieksbur}; at " o'clock, p. in., on j 7. I Virksbnig and Jackson Knilroad, arrived at ii ' j the kit tor place at p. in. j distance 4f> miles, j e I This is an old mini mill ImvnMM n ri--.li jm. ( lion. 'J his road trpssos tlio Now Orleans and ' t j Jackson road here, and is making its way to- v j wards Sclma, Ala. ; is coin plot rd about t>0 ! t . miles towards Shreveport. fttoppingnt Jack- | 1 j j sou only about 10 minutes, we took the New I Orleans and .Jackson Railroad for CViton, j c I Miss Arrived there for supper, and what is o not common at I tail road house.-), we had an ' a excellent meal. Soon alter supper, we entered j J the cars on Mississippi and Central Railroad y for (Iran i .Junction, Tenn. Daylight found o us ner.r Holly Spricgs, Miss. 1 recognized t ' i the place as one that I had passed in the year c! i 1 ^-I *. The place is looking rather ancient, e land the lands around worn '<nt. Vou lind i fields with hundreds of acre. . now all in uul- ! t l lies and broouisodgc. The land is rather roll- I t Ming, and the soil rather sandy. Hence the c I j washes are rapidly made after clearing. Ar- t . j rived at (irand Junction about X o'clock to ^ ; breakfast, and 1 must say. without hesitation, o I as a warning to all u.'fortunate a(s well as for- v , tunatc travellers, that the " Union House" is t r the wor: t eating and accommodating " Inn" j li , I have in all my travels ever found. I would il say to everybody pass her imperfections, at li , least one hundred yards distance, by. Vofi o can never get your money back, hero. Re- r , malncd here an hour, then took the Memphis o ' 1 I O I . I 1 I 1 - ' iiiu v-irinefioii nauroau ior ? f?attan<>oga, j c I 'JVnn. It is here that I ho Memphis and I si Charleston, and the Mississippi and Central j d , and .Tackron, Tenn., Railroad eonncct. M'lio o I place is of hot little importance; but little < I j business done here, and country around poor, j h j The country from Grand Junctioft towards tl . j Corinth, Miss., is pretty fair lands. Hut you ' j (ind in the cypress and sycamore swamps pleu- p j ty of fruits for diseas -s. At Corinth we had t< ^dinner at " Tisheiuingn Ilonse j" had good p . | feeding. It is is hero that the Mobile and , c< , j Ohio road is to cross, and it is now tending i> , ! rapidly to completion. From Coiinth to Tus- ! ? t i eumbiit, Ala., the lauds arc not very desirable. J ii . From Tuscunibia to Decatur, the lands arc i it , old and much worn, From Decatur to Chat- ; c tanooga there is some lino land?, I found, ! 1 . ?>u board of the ears, when near Court land, ' r Ala., (VI. 1' , of Fdgeflehl, S. C. Court- : g Inn) I flo.t t. .v * - - r i r. i i , ? n.uui III IHV DillllV PI.HU II.*? J H"ll | II . ! horin 18 I j, when in company with Oiipt. It., I tl | we punned her. The iruu hands that load ' h . tho .snorting Iron steed, has done hut little v . "A xavafto wihlnues aronml her ban^s As iliun^li nature could not touch her henrt, illy lovely forms, tender Bounds or silent wcnthcr." p l-'rom ,^liis place I saw bat l'lttlo, :?m night t . soon set in. Wo neglected to any that at Tus- a cuinbia wc saw tho " l>ig Spring. It is a no- ! t ? bio specimen of the Spring kind, coming forth p with n stream sullicicut to run a common mill. J i.< I Arrived at Chattanooga at 2 o'clock, n. in. ; I ti , h ft at o a. in. Came to Ilittle Shanty to break- j t! * fast, 2.~> miles?had good meal; arrived ut ' w Ack.vorth at 1 1 n. in. I will hero pass over ' t. the pere^rinutions of one drfy. The next finds . w t us ut " 'i'hoi.:pson'8 Jlotel," Atlanta, and n' ?] , good cno it is. Kind nml accommodating j tl ! landlord and (lriaistants and servants, clean tl | Dott*, good victuals, und small charts, &c. J it I Call on jour namesake when you visit the city p ,! of " Iron-bound bunds." Jsi I remained in the city near two days. Tho ( tl County and the Supremo Court wore both in | (, HCKnion. I bad the plejsuro of becoming, 1 tl , through the kindliest; of (i'ov, li., and others, ' tl acquainted with inuiiy of tho dignitaries of^ ni ; tho Empire State of tho South, und had an : ai j invitation from Dr L to accompany him, J b_ in company with many of the notables, on an fi ! excursion to the " Railroad Iron Manufa'eto- j m | ry," but had to decline, as I had already over- w ! Mnycd my time in the city. I ahull over look 1 n to the. two days spout in Atlanta ns n green b< isle in tlio wunlc of yearn, that tho mind like* ' pi to revert to und dwell upon. I need not po ' w into a minute detail of the city of Atlanta ; tl it is nil and more than has been Raid of her. i? She is in the full acceptation of the term, " a ' fast place," and still ugetting along," and tl reaching ahead, and widening out like erino- to , lino, all around. 1 reached thi* place from l>i tlunta, starting at '.) o'clock, a. in., as afore n id, to dinuor, about 1U0 utiles. Having I line business to attend to, I shall got otl' to- > o oitow, 5 o'clock, a. in., on the Athens train, ' f hope, towards lioniO. I n I liavo hastily penned you several scrawls. 's mi will, of courso, do with thoni as vou t loose. If nothing more is done, I have had | 1 10 pleasure of writing you, and employing my s mo. that might otherwise have been more ! t ly spent. Fully aware that the words, j n " For niy remarks ami mo, ' ' May mil a wliii tlio bettor lie." <1. i? -' ' n mm iijmwiiwmi.-waruor jwpmbwmnn ijiw wim | (' Speeches of Col. Ovr- i ?j ()n taking liis sent as President of the Co- j e itnbia Convention, Col. Ouii said : tientlmucn of tin' Convention : 1 thank j n for the distinguished honor you have eon- ; trod upon me in selecting me to pr< sid.- over I uur deliberations. The task will bo an easy ( ' no, as 1 shall doubtless have your cordial eo- j ' |>oration in curving fully ami f;iit!i!'i:'ly into j xccution tiie objects and purposes o! our as- ! Jiublilig upon the present Occasion. 1 mi, ll < ' I ' I I'IV - "vv j i^bly respcetable a delegation, r? !>:?..-? ;itin^r it) dilVctcnt Districts : n<l 1'arisiies in the of Sou ill Carolina. Wo have Ii 1 many j illiculties to encounter in times <:one by, up | n the question as to 11 ;?* propriety of South 'arolimt being represented in tlit? National 1 'onvoiitions tit' the Democratic pnvty. I i I'nst, however, gentlemen, that the tiny i.s ' '. ast, and that so long as our political broth- ! i ti in other sections of tin- I'nion determine ! . hat the Convention system is the proper sys- j 1 [>in for the. purpose of selecting their eindi- j ates for President anil Vice I'resident of flic uited States, we shall always find the people f South Carolina co-oper.itiiiir with them. So long, gentlemen, as the ean"iis system ! xisti'd, South Carolina ru ["liesccd in it. It1' fas found absolutely noecs: a ry ; party organi- 1 1 ation and party combination were found to be j ' ndispcpsable elements in the carrying out of l.nhixttlr.u I.'!....11.. ( ' .i...? . ... I |>?.i>v>|M%o. * IIKIII V | UVJ V UHUM'.'M'.Miil I ?nuc.u.s system was broken up, nucl for two or lireo Presidential elections thereafter, there >as no hcttled system. Vou all remember hut, in 1824, a portion of the llcpublican leprcsentati ves of >. people who had assemiled in caucus at Washington to nominate a nndidatc for President, after the nomination j f Mr. Crawford for that position, withdrew j nd determined to en.-st their votes for other : iromincnt gentlemen of the Republican orani/ation. The result was, that the election f President went to the House of Repiescnat.ives ; and whilst very much was said against listinguished gentlemen then, with reference to the partieular part which they played it consumnting an election, of one thing,he country was thornuglhy satisfied, and j hat was that'it would be utterly unsafe cv- i r again to trust the election of a President o the House of Representative?. Never, | ;entleinen of the Convention, at any previ- i us time io the bi.storv of this (!ov? rument, I /ould nn election by the House of Roprcsen- I atives have been moi'c unsafe than it v< uld ( ' enow, by the present House, with all the iscordant clement-! constituting it, and eailed by a I Hack Republican as its f-'peakr. Would you feel, gentlemen, that your iyhts and your institutions?to say nothing f your principles?would he secure if the , : lection of a President should devolve minn ' nc'h .1 l?ody'{ That result can only 1??? | ' cfuated by concentrating the votes of the j ^position to Republicanism, and that end j >in only ho consummated in th<> manner and j ' y the policy which wo have defend* d, viz. ^ lie ('onvention system. 1 have intimated that the result of the | ' c.\t Presidential election is of importance j ' > us. It is not only of importance to the ; ' eople of South Carolina, hut ft is of jrrave Dii.set|uence ?o the people of this whole I n- l ' >n; for, in my humble judgment, not j ' nly is the miiiutaiuaucc of our principles ivolvcd, but the fate of the Government | . self fur weal or for woe, for all time to 1 nine, is to be decided in the approaching } ( 'residential contest. We have an ad"ersa- , y to meet, gentlemen, which lui.s been I 1 rowing in strength, and pewer, and in num. i 1 crs. At the Providential election in 18/>f>, I liey carried most cl the lVee Staten ; they j atf a verv lari/fl inaioritv of thn -vmnljir I 1 ole in nil the free SfatcV. I do not see ! ronv nny point of observation that that parly ! i dispirited. The doqtrinc of an " irro- i j ressible conflict" has been proclaimed in ho Senate Chamber of tho I'nited States1 ml tho hustings, and wo have had, within ( lie last few months, some exhibition of the radical working of that doctrine. How it 1 ' t to work out, gentlemen of tho Convention, I nio alone can dote;mine. It behooves us j \ hen to meet this organization?to meet it itli raininess, but with firinne.cft and do- j ' 'Tniination, and if the worst comes to tho| 1 orst?if the time shall arrive when they!? ball attain supremacy, and, seizing upon ' lis government, shall attempt to carry out . icir nefarious purposes-?when honor, July iterost, everything that in prized by man, I ' rompts us to strike a blow, let it bo under | ' ich circumstances, that after having struck 1 ! lat blow, we shall never indulge in regrets- : Applause.) To avoid that, gentlemen of j to Convention, it is indispensably necessary | iat we should pursue a course of prudeiico ' ' id moderation ; for when this issue is made | . id met, it is to be mndu and met not only i ' y South Carolina, but by at least thirteen or ' lurtecn other sovereignties; upon them we!1 uist lean, and upon u.h they must lean. ! 1 lion the fitinl content and MruguJo doe? itno, if, in the l'rovidchoo of (Jod, it nliall '-1 n sent upon us; and tho policy which we urAiic fthould bo piush a polioy thr.t they ill jicnrtily and cordially unite with us wlu'n ! ! 10 cnicrgfJney nrfros nud when the stop, 1 nst of ivoco-ssity he taken. ! Wo havo uHsombh'd hero, gcntlemofi, fori 10 puruoflo of appointing delegate* to go j i Cliai'leston to confer, not with ouctnicfl, I , it with friend*. Tlio men whom uv nre to 1 c _ mk. Mk ncet at Charleston lYom : 11 sections of (bis ' nion?Irom the Atlantic and from the farIV Pacific from tlie (?ulf of Mexico and rotn tlu: (.'real Lakes---arc men who, in the nain, entertain the same common political entinients. W*there nut as we go to lie house of an enemy ; we ya there into the lousehold of friends ; we uo there fur conultation ; wo go there for the purpose < ! aking counsel with tinni as the best iieans of meeting the wily foe that is before is. Now, 1 know gentlemen, that very great listruat has been thrown upon a portion ol utr ]>cmoc<?11io brethren at the North in oiiserpu'iifv of tlie peculiar views wh'icli otim of them have entertained with rcferoiiet o the doctrine of S<|uatt<r Sovereignty. I ;now that it is a ground of objection on tin tart of mt.ny of our followcitizens- gentleneii whose intelligence and patriotism I <!< iot doubt. I<ut 1- t. us I. ok a little into hat (jnestion. What is the principle ot Mack Hcptiblieunism '/?-what the imiii-v I ------ J lint pin I v pr< posos to enforce upon the eople ut 114:o I nion 'l heir doctrine if lint t'ongrc:>s not only has the power, dint hat it. is its duty to pioliihit hlnvcry in ail h territories, and to al oiish it in even dace whi're tls?r ('>>1.;. re.-\s *>t" the I'nUei States lias juri- li> lion. That is the duet rim hat I hey set out with. Whether a North in Ileiuocrat, therefore, is a believer in tin ioctrinc of s<|iiRttor sovereignty or not, lu s a disht'iievcr in the doctrine that (.'on grew uif nny iitiht whatever to prohibit slavery n the ten itori' .s ; and many of these nior ivho have g< no elf in an evil moment, ] think, upon this question, wtre the foninos and most gallant in defeating the Wilino troviso wv.cn it was introduced into Con ?re.-- in is.18. We then took Il?o jrrouni >f non-intervention by Congress with slaven In the Territories. Th:it wjis the principh jf the (.'layton Compromise; that was tin principle of the legislation of 1->o0; tha was 11 so principle incorporated into tin Washington bill in 1 SJ : that was tin principle which was incorporated into tin Kansas Ncbri'!ca Act in l^oti That prin I'iplo way to rpudiate tlie doctrinc tha Congress had a ri-jht to prohibit slaver)-, atu that it was left tothc people of the Territories to determine the <pv stion of slavery loi themselves. Well now. gentlemen, i.- there anything o Squatter .Sovereignly in the principle o nou intervention, as established after a Ion: contest ? contest of ten years' duration oi the part of the South ' I invite your cs peeial attention to a resolution adopted a the Convention in Cincinnati, on this sub jeet, l/C-aii.e I have examined it carefully :md by the mod rigid rule of crilieisu which I have been enabled to apply to it 1 cannot, perceive in it the 'Mghtest squin ting towards the doctrine of Squatle Sovereignty. That resolution is in thes< words : ' l>'r.-rJcn?, That we recognize the rigb nf the people of all tin: Territories, including Kansas and Nebraska, acting through tin legally and fairly expressed will of a niajori ty of actual residents, and whenever tin number of their inhabitants justifies it, t< form a constitution, with or without domcst'n da very, and ho admitted into the I'nioi upon terms of perfect equality with the otlie States." Now, I do not see how a resolution or i f iitiuient could ho drafted more clearly am listinetly than Mr 1 succeeded in draft ing that resolution. The time when tin juestion .is t > be determined by the peopli if a Territory is when they assemble to f??rn i Constitution. Yon will remember, uentlc men, tlint when this j?l tform was adopted f-he question (>f the right of ('ongress t< [uohibit, slavery in the Territories?of tin constitutionality of the Missouri Coinprotnise had not been pronounccd upon by the Su prcsmj Court tsf the United JS'tiites. Karb in 1S7 the Supreme Court did pronounci upe.'i the question, ami tln'y deeid'M tha L'ong.vss had no authority to prohibit slaven in any <?f the Ti rritorie?, thus sustainin< thi! principle of the net to whit h I have re furred, and the true principle of rum inter rcntioii prici?ely ns every Soul hern st <to-< man had held if during the seven or cigh years of the discussion upon that pom .? Wc claim that Mr. Calhoun originated th< idea. 11 W is resisted by Mr. Webster hut I think the argument of Mr. Calhoui ivax irresistible nnd unanswerable tha whenever wc acquired territory, the Coii-ti Lulioit, at the instant of the acquisition pread itself over the Territory thus acquired ....1 .i .? . .i ' .mi miiu men niiH iiie voiiPtntutnu rc . op:i/x.'l !-):!v(rv, r.r.d hencc t!u.t v'unj*ros! IkscI no power to aholi.di shivery, and if Con /res# hud no power, how could it inves lie Territory?--**its mere ei'cntufc?-witl jfrcrtor power thay^thc itchtor possessed ?? Dur view wns denied at the time, and ninrij l^.mwrntH who voted for the Kansas NVhla* <a hill claimed that the Constitution doe; lot recognize slavery,! ut they Were willing a we were, to leave the question to he set led hy the judiciary. Tin? ?Supremo Courl ins pronounced in our favor, and I cannot lieroforo, perceive why it is that there haj (ecu so much alarm manifested in certain lUinters, or why it is that wo have heen s. Yo.jtiendy cautioned l>y Ottr opponents Withn tlx* lust few weeks" us to the danger ol ?ur falling info the hcfesy of Squatter Pov iroignty. J say tlint there is nothing in he /ivowed priciple'f, there is nothing in the unduincntal tenets und fnith of the party is ox-pounded through this Convention, that ooks to the doctrine of Squatter Sovereign y at nil. The resolutions of the Cineinnai Convention arc a complete protection against t. Unving paid this much, gentlemen of the ' invention, 1 do not know Unit it is proper hat I phonld detain yon longer. I trust ls;:t our deliberations may be characterized v harmony, and that our counsel* inny bo u'.lt a? to promote the iut< i2*ts of the Vw reratic parly, been tiro that is tin* only parly , in the country that we can Ionic to lor any aid in maintaining our rights in the 1'niou. ? I trust, therefore, that our deliberations may ; aid in promoting the auceess of that |K?rtv, and, in lining that, that M' niny be able to preserve the Constitution, to prcserCe our I institutions, and to hand down to our posterity the licit jewel that wi: have inherited 1 J from our ancestors. [ Applause, j [ A resolution, returning thanks to Col. Oitu j for the manner in which lie had presided j over the Convention, having been passed, he ! said : 1 j (Icntlcnicn of the Convention : It is por1 j haps proper that I should make u response i t?? the resolution which you hafe been | pleased to adopt in commendation of my ' course as your presiding ofiieer. I have ' j already, upon two occasions since this body 1 j assembled, been under the necessity?a i pleasant duly?-of returning to you my obJ ligations for favors twice conferred. Again j ' I am called up fur the same purpose, and 1 ' | may say to you now, truthfully, that 1 am 1 ; painfully impressed with a sense of the obli j <1 IHVII ? unu l?# lliv; IIIV:illlK*rr> Ul 1 11 iss I ' i body. For tunny years, jje.ntleinen, I was I t < n?iii?ed in the active strife of political life.? | ' i During tin* progress of those years it was ' ! incumbent upon mo oftentimes to be thrown ' .it collision with personal friends. Aliena- j - :ti< 11 timl estrangements occurred. The ' , friendship < f many with whom 1 set out in 1 life oil the most intimate terms w: < turned ' | into bitterness. I found public life, thero1 I fore, anything else but ajxteeablc to me.? I lint, gentlemen, in the ]e i formanee of my 1 | public duties upon all occasions, wherever my I | conviction of duty 1< d me, in every capacity j 1 in which I have been called upon to act, 1 I ' have never lilt a se so of fear. 1 have never | f ( shudden d at the responsibility udii.h duty j ' ; devolved upon me. ( Atiplause.l A vMrncm i ' ' I made up my mind voluntarily to retire to ! ' private life. '1 here were those who were near 1 \ to me by all the ties of kindred and affection j ' w hose welfare required my presence. 1 was % tired of the turmoil and .strife which pu die ' * ; life entailed upon me; and in going hack *o ' ! rotiracy 1 did so with an honest and lixed de' | termination never again to seek a political pn " i siiioii. I am hero now as a delegate?an r | humble delegate from the district in which 1 ' hove been horn and reared?simply because, I ' ! as a citizen of this great repuhlie, 1 feel the j f j importance of the issues which are ahout be t J j ii?precipitated upon ?ls 1 think tluit 1 ' ! know the importance of those issuer. 1 think I that 1 know that, for weal or for woe, as 1 t , said to you yesterday evening, the issues that j are now originating, must be decided, and dei ' eidedat an early day. I am one of those who 1 ; have believed?and every year that 1 have < j lived my convictions on the, subject have I strengthened?I am one of those who have ' i' i believed, and who now believe, that this great i - j (i >vernmc!)t, which was handed down to us I by the noblest ancestors that any people ever \ ' j had, is yet worth preserving: and if it can j ' be preserved in unison with our rights, with j - our interests ar. J with our honor, so help me | - (Jed, my hand shall never be raised to strike it ' down, ((jrent applause.) ' 1 have, for some time past, been painfully j impressed, gentlemen of the Convention, with I 1 the aspect of public affairs; and as time haft . r rolled On, 1 confess that my apprehensions have not subsided ; on the contrary, the tendoney ! * , has been to increase and magnify them. Hut | I I yet believe tint, where there is so much :;t stake, where it is so inanifistly to the inter- ! ^ ests of all .sections of this great Tonfeder ev? L' I yet believe that there will be good sense < > ! enough, and patriotism enough, in the bo- I j soms of our brethren of the North and West, i j I to stiv their fanatical hands, and to restore j > peaceand harmony in this union. ( Applause.) J J Lot any one cast his eye over the States of ! > this Confederacy; let him take a map, and at- i - tempt to trace the lines where division is to f | take plate, if Jivii'ici: Where are !"* j ' Iiiios to run 7 An; you to cut the mountains/ I j Arc you to cut t!ie .Mississippi ? Is tho line | >' j to bo tontritudinal or latitudinal?ami it' a lati- | - \ tuiliiial line, where is it to strike? ? ho will i j yt u cut o(V nml who will yen take in ? liow I ' j many different ('onfederacics are you to form '{ I ! What is tn he thoLte of these Confederacies | t j It is true, j;eutloinen, that we assume to our- I ~ | selves, and 1 suppose truthfully, that ouvs is i - a superior race to cur neighbors of the llepuh- | J lies immediately south of us J hut look to the! 1 1 liistoiy of the people of Mexico, look to the ' history of the Komnn people, look to tho his- | : tory of every confederated republic that has I i ye t existed, and when the cord has once been i J | broken you lind a series of petty confederacies, ! - | controlled by petty tyrants, sprinjiiuj; up j and ' * j not only the destruction of civil liberty, but ; you see with i !lie \v!ui.._; out of every vesl ! li;>o of civilization. I trust as I have said, 1 | L'ontlemon, that the timo is not far distant * when the scale* will fall from (lie eyes and the I \ arms from the hands ( r those who have been j * ' ma^lO<? wnr lllllill Hill' lltrlilt nn.I nil/Ill /.HI- lit i . ?;r> ?" _ 1 * I st it utioM*. It' not; it' they p> forward audi * ; seisin the government., and attempt to two that I government which was chartered for the com- ! ' j inon protection of all i'? members, to oppress j > and destroy us, there can ln? no hesitation as i ' | to the course which the people ot' the South- j 1 j cm .State* must, pursue; and I must be per- ; * I mitted to 8!IV now?lllthr.lfirh it nuiv lint f'?nl I. J response in the bosouis of all tlmse^ho hear j mo?tlint I for one never have cnWtained a I doubt for a single mnmcul, tliat When the peo, pie of the Sooth really felt thai, their right*, their honor and their interests wore i in peril I | ed?-T never for a single moment doubted that ! the South Was rendy to strike, and strike with all its might. ((Jn-nt applause.) Thanking you, gentlemen of tbe CmuonI fion, again- profoundly thanking von for the j distinguished and manifold honors which you have conferred upon n>o, 1 shall make it my i duty, ami my purpose hereafter in life?whether in rotira.y or otherwise I thai! make it my constant aim to continue to deserve the good will and kind regard of po uoble, ?o gallant, avid ?o oUimlrlc a i-t of gentlemen ae thow constituting t!-Convention. 1 uirnin thnnk you. Tl.c lion, gentleman llieo resnuud his so t. ninid>t hearty applause, Corrc-sjioml^ncc of tl?" Ki<?Iinioii<l ('i'I.t >: HlA, S. (April II ?The reputa Lion of this <.ity of (iardensand shade tree*, the (japit il of South Carolina, as one of tho mo.st henu<iful cities on the American continent, has not been c\iiirgerat<,d. It is now, ivliti ;i. ? ? ..1 . ? i iiiivvi.MU ruinn i_/o, ?* ivn II *'i i lUUMb nine thousand inhabitants, (lie streets widu mid lined <>n eaelt side with trees, sometimes rows ut' trees in the middle of the streets, and flower gardens, now in their glory, in front of all the private residences. Of the public building**, the new and magnificent St;to House, now in course of erection, hn? odvaneed so far towards completion, that tho third mid last story is now bring put up, and the workmen are engaged in preparing the cornice, 'l itis new edifice is worthy of particular notice, ii 11*1 I HUH" w> VAI'H"? Illy HUli HOW ll'UgCidciii.s to olio of tlie accomplished architects nml gentlemen engaged upon this grcit work, Mr. John A. Kay, for the information which I am enabled to lay before the public. This noble structure wns designed by MrJohn 11. Nicrnseo, an eminent architect, \\h<? formerly conducted an extensive practice in Ihihimorc, and it is being built under his immediate supervision. The house is SiGO feet long, including tho wings, and 130 feet xvido in the centre portion ; the wings arc SI. i'cct in width, and the structure will stand upon a pnved terrace five feet above the street Thcru arc to be four entrances on the tirst story, that on the south being under a jtortr rit< /x-r<. The entrance hull on tho first floor is 28 feet wide, and leads from the north and south into the central hall, which will form a splendid apartment, lighted from the roof by two.skylights, each 2f> feet square, and the stairs ascending right and left in two flights, cacli 8 feet wide. Iloonis for the Executive Department and for the .Secretary of State, Surveyor 'ictieral, Treasurer, and Comptroller (Iencr.il, fre also upon this floor, and in addition, tho Equity and Appeal Court rooms, with I .aw and Equity Libraries, Clerks' rooms and numerous committee rooms are provided. The principal entrance to tlie building is by :i broad and magnificent flight of stops, 05 feet wide, leading up to a portico projecting from tin; building 2d feet, and supported V?y two row ; of Corinthian columns, ten in each row. Tho mnin fe. 'ores on this floor arc the entrance tlall, Senate Chamber, re presentative Hall and Library. The Library is .St by '!(> feet. There are also offices and private rooms for tho l'resident and Clerk of the Senate ami Speaker and Clerk of the House, adjoining the respective House?. The Solicitor's oflico is 2") by !i2 feet. The Senate Chamber, Representative Hall and Library, are to be 85 feel high, and the cut ranee to the galleries of these rooms i.s from the iJd floor, by which is avoided the necessity of clambering up a narrow stairway to hear discussions, as is too frequently the ease in legislative buildings. Tho material used is granite, of a very superior quality; it is quarried within three miles of the State House and conveyed on a railroad constructed expressly for that purpose. Tlus quarry m one of the finest in America, nn blocks of ntiy dimension can be obtained up to 8U feet in length, and it has the further advantage of Vicing destitute of pyrites, so that there is no apprehension of iron rust?it is of an uniform light bluish grey color, and at a little distance can scarcely be distinguished from marble. On each side of the grand entrance doorway, will be the llomau y'tiscs or emblelu >f authority, and over these will be two eaglet, then two medallion busts of MeDnflie and lt,:vne, executed by Mr. II. K. Brow n, of the I . S. Art Cominisvi n ; above these again wiil be two festoons, composed very artistically of the cotton phut -tl.i-> portion is executed in marble. Mr. lirown lias, likewise, received i? commission to till the tympanum of the North Pediment willi .dio-nm! statuary, and his design is a happy conception. The centre figure, which is thirteen feet high, is a female, walking on the sea shore, on her left hand a Palmetto tree, and on her right the rising sun. with the anchor of Hope licside her?this being the arms of the State On one side is Justice, with the sword ami scales, h lion at her feet as the emblem of strength. On the other a figure of Liberty, with the eagle of Anieriei rising beside her To the left of this central group, are negroes roliing cotton bales, nnd farther on a cotton field is represented, with the negroes gathering col ton. On flic right hand, n rice field in harvest time. Thus the industry and commerce of the Palmetto State at the present time will be faithfully represented to future * generations. The c ,!u'.ms in the interior of the building i.re to be of Tennessee marble, from the quarries belonging to Messrs. Win. Dougherty fc Co. Mr. Dougherty resides in Columbia, having taken an extensive contract to furnish and prepare the marbh for columns, door and window dressings, etc., and has erected a very fine marble mill lo exreute hi.s contract. It is expected that the building will be completed in about four years, and South Carolina can then be proud of possessing the finest. Capitol in the I nion. As a symbol of art alone, for her risint* ??r>m nitinim ?111 ? ?!! bo rpiiiuncnited Inr ber present expenditure, ;ui<i in addition licr pooplo will find that by developing lier nun internal resourced, tliey ute Kowiii" the peed which will product! a rich nnd abundant harvest. Tbo commissioner of I bo work is (Sen. ,lames Jones; nrcbilcct, Mr. )0S111 |{. Nicrnseo; assistant architect, Mr. John A. Kny. There nre overlive bun.1 1 ... i * un a woii.ineii >i 11ci la Hovers engaged. Tiik Oliine.so pieturo (if rmlu'.ion is "a Mandarin trying '.? cateh a comet, l>y putting salt OT) liin tail." I.ihkhty will rot dm'cnd ton people; n people must rai>o ilieniftlvos to liberty : it in a hltfsiiij.' tlmt n.u't I ?m j.ish d. 1 efero ;t er.u be rnjnycd.