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ln?,, ,, ....... ..... ? _ _ .. ... J , -r ;r y y-; " 8 to think OWN si-li-' i'.ij TKl'K, AND it mi st follow, ad TMIi Nioicr r11i*i day, Tirol: cavst not tiii:n ijk falsi: to any man." HV ROB'T. A. THOMPSON". PICKENS COURT HOUSE, S. C. SATURDAY, JUNE 2, ISGO. VOL. XI. NO. ii in n nmmttnm . tm i?f - - ... ... . - , , , , | . . | [ | | _ SSLEOYiIPOEYSiV, To the Eaglo. llird of Ilie luMiid and swapping wing, Tliy lionie is liigli in lien voii, Whore wide tlie aformtt (heir bnnners fling, And tIn' tempest clouds arc driven ; Tliy throne is oil ill" mountain (op ; Thy Holds, tin; boundless oh-; Ami honry peaks, thai proudly prop The skies. 111v dwell'iims uco. Thou silte-it like a Ihing of light Ami<l t!io itoon-ii lc hla/o. The ini(l"-?liiy mm i< ck'iir suil bright? It cutuiot'illm thy gar.e. Thy pinions io Ilie milling blast, O'er the buHting billow* yjnvrtil, Where the vessel pliUigi'H, hui iy post, J.ike it'll ungi'l ol the dcud. Thou nr. iiercrhoA I't mi t!?o - 6 "Ol Aii'l tlu' vrnvc* are while below. Aii-l nu, witli a luujto tint cannot lug, Tliey ni.-ill in it it endless How. Again thou lm.-t plumed thy wing for flight. To lniuls hcyimd the sen, Aud nw:iy, like n spirit wreathed in light, Thou hairiest, wild uml licc. Thou litirrlest over tlic myriad waves, A nil thou leavest thcui :tl 1 behind ; Thou sweepest that place of unknown graves, l-'luijt :m t!ic tempest wind: AVIieu the flight .storm gather* dim and daik, With a shrill :ni?l boding scream. Thou rushes! lie the foundering hat k, <^uiek a? u passing dream. j.viru <u inc goun u<ms renlui of air, In thy imperial jihiiiq? The heart* of the bohl ami nrdetil dura The >1 ingeroitd path of faiuo. llc.icnth thcsh.-Kjo of thy gulden wings The lloiniui legions bori', From the river of Kgypt's elomly spring!#, Tlivir pride to the Polar shore. ?i>?? ? wimiiii * ? >jiu>iiiii?<w<iihhi ? O"QIMMUMS6AT1) Q>M 3. I'f.mm.kton, May 1 Stli, 18(50. Hon. I'iU\vai;i> Kiiost*?DcarSir: On my ret.it n i from Texas, a few days .since, 1 lout id iny old neighbors and friends much disturbed by the l;?\v of the hint. Legislature, authorizing lii... J ' i> > < ... . fc l?l(T70Vl I |M UlliS l?> UiilirOJKIS. A ilocided majority are, I bclievo, in favor t>f subscribing to the Blue Hidge Kailroud. There is much diversity of opinion as to the construction of the Itiw : One portion give tin; Acta literal construction, and claims that Stock stiiill be issued by the Company for the interest accruing on the District Bonds, :is ( also on the amount subscribed. The other portion insist that such could not have been t'\e d:\sign of the Legislature, as the injustice to previous Stockholders would be most manifest, and insist that common justice would require that the District should pay the interest necruing on the amount subscribed until the Jtand* michud maturity. The. object of this communication is, as a friend ot' tlio enterprise, to beg tluit ypu will give us the true intention uf the luw, and in a form prepared fur publication. Very VcspretfuHy, ynu>', &o., Wllil.lAM SLOAN. l'lt K.SI liKNT*0 OrKK'K, ) llluc IVnlg,) llnilroad i;i Sn. Ca. ) Ou.VlM.KKToX, May - 1, 1 Col.. Wir.iJlAM Si.o.vx, lVndletun, S. ('.? Dear Sir: Yours of the 18th instant was received this morning. I wax apprised uf the difficulty in the court ructiou of the Act which you bring to my notice as dividing the opinions of the Tax payors of l'icken.s District; nod, although I had a confident opinion on the pubjcct, for the Vf auilslilUllOII Ot LI 1 OS 0 VOtfiS XVllO (llf<8lMltud, I took tlio opinion of tlie Attorney (Jcnerul; which confirms my own Tim Act authorised the Hoard of Conunis8\oncru of llonda of Pickens District to mako a subscription to the Stock of the Hiue Hidgc Hailroad Company in South Carolina, and to tssflc the Bonds of the District, to be taken in payment of the subscription, at par, by the Hlue Jtidgo Company. The Act then proceeds to provide for the payment of tho interest on tlie Bond*, and of the principal when 'the Bonds Hlrall become payable. The <5t h Section enacts th.it " for tlie 'payon cut of tlie interest on said Bunds" theCoiniinissioncrrf " shall levy, annually, a Uailro: d itax," in the name manner the Koad and Bridge tax is now levied. ' " And within ten years of tho time the Bonds shall fall due," the ( fAliiniiQ?winDi'J t: 1?i? 11 lo?Mf *>.-.11 * -? -% /yriMMIIWUI VIIOIO Olltltl i \s V J <V I V I UUI U'Tl" K L'l \ U' pay tho Uonds us tlioy tall duo j" which tax xhall bo paid to the Treasurer of tho "]Mue I'id^e Uailroad Cofupaiiy, to he invested as a I' sinking fund in the Stock of this State. The 7tli Section creates the difficulty. It provides that in collecting the tuxes provided fbr in the Oth Section of the Act. the Tsfx & Collector shnll deliver to tlic tax payer a sp'oi eiul roceipt therefor." And when any person, n holder of suoh rceoipts, issued in his own | name, or transferred to hiu>, *' shall present nn amount" thereof cjusd to one Share, the I i'resident shall issuO to him Scrip for one Share, and such person shall be a stockholder }, from the date of the Scrip ; and in like manid iir>r fur nnv .mitnltnr nf Alinmu ft\i? ?..t. ? J ? " ' .....VH pcrsc.u may present the equivalent in tax rc\ ?ccipt?. This Section do:s not discriminate between the tax receipts to be given u for the payment | ?if interest on said Bonds." and tho tax rcM, eoipts for the tax to be collected " to pay the !y hoiidn art they fall due." All Tho literal oflcct of the 7th Section would h;', fioein to{ ^u?tain the opinion^of those who flint, nil kliv r.-wlmnfd no wr/.tl ll.non I which may bo given ? for tho payment of "the late rest on the ^ondfl/' n? those which may ''X m.;"83arv " to pny the I (w givyn for ino u.- 7 l>0 converted L J^qnilrt a? they fall duo/ . *->Mcrn of t iqfo Stook on tho demand of tu_ Sj anch tax roocjplf, Tho Scotion cnacu. ,h" i L the Tux C<^|jpat^r qljall g|vo rcooipts for tlie Taxes "auproyipcfl fop in ^he OtU y<x>tion," thus including wj tho receipts in that section ; au4 that wheiiover any pcr^oq,, p, holdor of such rtxjoiflta <|aina,.d* tho conyoiv *\on of thorn into Stook, 0>o Vr&idctit shall isauo $criDjft>r ? fo the amount, of sue.. i *"'r suc" pewofl e^un ?,? ? ,frtck holder froth the (Into of (lie Scrip. The effect of giving a literal construction to the Act i.s .so unfair ami wrongful toother .Sluirc-holders as to repel such nil interpretation of the Aet. The proposed subscription of 1'ieUens I >iui trict is .?.">0,000. The I Jo nils to be issued for | the payment of the subscription nrotp be payable in twenty years. 1 Jy the grant of Stock for the receipts of the Tax to be collected to pay the interest on the llonds until tlicy fall due, the Company muiifc ht-uc Scrip to the amount nearly of ?7.5,000 ; and the .Scrip for tbo Tax receipt}- to bo levied for the pnymeiit or 11 hi l SonUs jus they fall duo, will amount to jf ">0,000 more?making a total of 8126,000 of Stock to he issued for a subscription of ?50,000. Swell cannot be tho intention of the Act. I t" could never have been intended to grant so extraordinary a us for District j-ubseriptions. It, i" surely enough to require the (\>tn[mny to tiii?e the District Bonds at | /Hn- in payment of the District subscription, without also requiring tho Company to pay the interest on the lkimls in Stock during all the time before the Bonds shall b? payable. Such a stipulation in favor of the l'iekens District subscription would be so wrongful to prior subscribers by the increase of the Shares of the capital Stock without any contribution | to (lie capital of the ''ompany, that 1 h:;ve j little doubt they lui^ht enjoin through the Court of ivjuity a contract so iue?|uitnble and injurious to them. 1!ut beyond all tliis L have little doubt that tho Company would decline to accept any subscription that mi^l.t be tendered on Such term.--. It therefore seems tome to l-e advisable, to postpone t:.king tho vote of the tax payers of il'ickcuh District on the.subscription which has been submitted to them by the Hoard of Commissioners, until after the next session of the i I .. - jji-giMiiuiri'j wncn tnc section ol (ho Art which l?:.s created these difficulties may bo niiicudid. It' (l:oijub.'orijition wliicli li:i.s been ordered by tlio Commissioners thouhl be coni itruicd by tlio vote of tlio tax-pi>yers, the contrariety of opinion respecting tlio cdcct of tlio substiiption would prcairit u very horiotis ob ' stnclc to tlio completion of the .Vet of subscription by tbo Coiniiiimuunors. (Although 1 delay in taking tlio vote on the proposed subl script ion is gn atly t<i bo depreeiited), I (Jan not suggest tiny expedient by which it may be prevented. I am, Very respect Cully and truly, yours, KDWAltb KUOST, President. Mill i Address to the National Democracy. The undersigned, members of (lie National I)oit."iLi;itin jusrt^-, supporter." of its principles, ami ?lotj?1 y anxious l?y promoting its harmony, to preserve unimpaired the ciricieucy of its frganixution, tlo.-irc to join in counsel with their Democratic brethren throughout the I uitul States. j 'J he proceeding of t.ho ('onvenfioti recently 1 assembled iu ('linrlcSton have developed a j divergence of opinion between the delegations | of tin- different States in relation to the principles which form the b:\HS of our I'nion. The Xaliomd Democracy platform adopted at Cincinnati in 1<n">(.> met tlie cordial approval of all who believe thc?o United States to be, which their very name imports, a union of States equal, sovereign, and endowed in all rispccts with equal rights. This uppro; val was bused on what seemed to us to be the ' plain meaning of the resolutions embraced in that platform. During the four years, however, which have sinco intervened, it has become painfully ppparcut that the construction deemed by us so manifestly ri0ht ii controverted by many members of our party ; that other prini ( iples arc mppo.ccd to find countenance in that ' platform?principles, in our judgment, subI vorsive of the true theory of the (lovevnnunt ' and of tho Constitution to wliioh our I'nion I nWPK Ullil i\?? Tl'lwiua '* .... iimu v??? itiiw.-v; |/iiwi % tiviv'ii lir? pertmnu lit cxistcucb d< peiul?. What is the history ot' the recent Convention at (.Miarltihtuii ? Seventeen States, forming a majority of the whole, adopted with remarkable unanimity a platform of principles so worded hs to avoid the possibility ot" misconstruction ? ! principles deemed political axioms hy all who uphold tho equal rights of the States as the very basis of the Confederacy. Many delegates from the remaining sixteen States concurred in opinion with this ninjorty, conspicuous amongst whom were delegates from Pennsylvania and Xcw Jersey. The States \Vhich adopted this platform give electoral votes which can be relied on with absolute certainty 111 f..vor of <T< mo .-ratio nominees, ana well grounded confident o is outcrtained of n like result in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, These seventeen States united with Pennsylvania alone comprise n majority of the entire electoral vote of' the Tinted States, able to elect the democratic nominees Against tho combined opposition of all the remaining States. This platfoVm was deliberately rcjectcd by a combination composed of a small fraction of the delegates from tho seventeen democratic States and a very large majority of tho delegates of the remaining sixteen States : 1 * - * 1 * * * auu a. resolution was nnopteu 111 lt.s stead simply rcaflirining the principle# of tho. Cincinnati platform, without explanation or interpretation of its disputed moaning. This was done with tho openly-avowed purpose of enabling tho democratic party to wage battle with so'mo chance of success in certain Northern and Western States by presenting to the people as its doctrines principles oponly aud expressly rcpudiutcd by a majority of tho I demooratio State delegation*, and by n majority approaching unanimity of tho doiuoRi-ti(i .'doctoral voto of tho. Union. Tho of eight Htutca, together with a fK?rt,> o/* ?-hat or JWutvare, faithful adhor?!)U of oow rty *"(l 5rut ?tfPPortcrs hpf it* pPiwMcj, wct> O'Ufl by flharo forcc. of vote# ?of$ W 4#Jeg?W 'rt,,n '^tfltca .^hjit will certainly vote <pc }h?itt>Ublican i'*n< didateH^ comj>idlc'd to wlth'lytiiv from Lh<v ' 'i ' y ('ouvolition, bocnuse, in (ho lunguaga uf a < distinguished delegate, they felt ,l it was a 1 burning imputation upon the honor :md pa- ( ! triotism of the paity, claiming to bt; national, I j and claiming .*> liavo principles for its guide, i I it should acknowledge for its declaration of < | faith u crocd upon which are placed two i distinctly opposite interpretations by its own , advocate. Wo cannot refrain from expressing our ad- I u.iiiition tmil approve ??t' tins luf'tly manifestation of adherence to principles rising superior to all considerations ot expodi ney, to sill trammels of paity aud looking with a siti?_rlo eye to the defence of the constitutional rights of tlio Stati-s. Tin; delegations of other democratic Stntcs, however, ^including a few delegate# from the scccding iStiites.) not leg* faithful in do; votion to principle?, were more hopeful of obtaining from their brethren some sittislaetory recognition of sound principles, and decided in remaining in the Convention after distinctly declariug, however, their ditcrmiuation alsg to withdraw if their just cxpecta lions should be disappointed. It is thus apparent that there was almost , enure unanimity of principle in the dch'.^a- j tions of tlio chily State cm which absolute . reliance can be placed fur democrat i<i clecto- ! rsd votes, whilst tbeve existed diversity ot'' opinion s to the line ot' policy best calculated ' to securo the triumph ot those principles.? | Nor is it matter of surprise that in a conjee- ' tlire so unexpected and anomalous, when.' 1 in the enunciation of democratic principles, I the voice Of Virginia was oveiborne by that of -Ohio, and Louisiana and Ailcansro were. forced to succumb to Vermont and Michigan, there .should 1 . excited feelings, divided counsels, ami disci .hint action. | In the subsequent proceedings of the Coil- | vention, however, wo think tin t distinct intimations may be discerned of a disposition ' ou the pjnt of the Convention to rcccd" fro n j . its determination, and to a.'Vuid, either by ai ' , ..? .1 ~ ... ..... v ...... v,..? wt ? 11 v | - u. i m j i m u i III Ul IIL' i manner equally satisfactory, such recognition j of principles a.s would e!hdually obviate mis- j , construction and secure theInfrinonious action of the party, and that bccau.su of these in( timet ions that the delegations of tho rcmaini ing States consented to join in the ballots j which took place with no other efl'cct than i ! to indueo an adjournment to Baltimore on ! i the 18th of June, whilst the seceding dele- ' gations adjourned to moot at lljchmotid on ! the second Monday of the same month. Of this state of facts the path seems open i for (he I'uitcd action of tln< nm-tu nml ?><. r ; insuperable obstacle opposes thu restoration ' of its harmony. So believing, wc insist that i our position as representatives of Democratic 1 States ami constituencies form no just bar | to our right, but lather imposes on us the j j duty, of joining our counsels with those of i | our democratic brethren, and uniting in their ; 1 oil'orts to secure the triumph of our prinei- j j pies. It is plain if tin; Convention ?hall at , IluUiinoio adopt a satisfactory platform of i principles before proceeding to select its j 1 candidates, the reason which dictated the J I withdrawal of the delegations of the eight] j States will have coascd, and no motive will j remain for refusing to unite with their sifter j States nor for holding an adjourned meeting ' at ?iiehinoml. On the other hand, if the Convention, on reassembling at luiltintore, | 1 shall disappoint the just expectation of the | j luiiuiiiuiig uuiur.craue states, their delega- j tions cannot fail to withdraw and unite with j . the eight (States which have adjourned to I Uichniotidr In either event there would he ' l unanimous notion in support of our prinei; pies by all th?> States which can he relied 011 ' for casting Democratic electoral votes. From this statement of facts, is it not cvj ident that the wise and prudent course now I to be pursued by the delegations of the I eight States is to defer assembling in llich| motid until the necessity for such a meeting shall become imperative;' Ought they not, ! in view of the alremlv nHe.roil j u flairs, to return to the (.'ouvcutioli ;it 15alj timore and aid their sister States in the ) struggle lor the recognition ot' sound Democratic principles ? May it not ho thnt their , votes Would now suffice to turn the scale. to j j purge the ]>artv creed ct' all heresies, and to ( emblazon on the party banner its honored de- ' vice of fidelity to^tho ('onstitutionand thcl'n- j | ion in characters so clear as to defy miscou- j | stritctioii. I Suppose for n moment that in this last ! j struggle for tho right they should again he j overborne, is it not, t!:en, equally plain | ! that the-delegations of the other Democratic j ! States Cannot for an ins tail t bo Mispectcd of | I an intontion to rcfutfo to redeem the rnpledge j i of withdrawal from an assemblage which ! ! shall presently determino on the sacrifice of | 1 prineiplo which they themselves have do- . / Iiiroil iiulltmimonKIrt j v....vii mi Iiiun UIIIVUU IICIIOU to a supposed expediency ? And will not j nil' the Dorado vatic States thus withdrawing ftndadjournining to Kichmond he joined by the true and fuithl'ul delegated from Pennsylvania aud JSrew Jersey from Indiana aud Now York.?ayo, from every one of our .sister .States where delegates arc found imbued with the living principles of our parly, bttt whoso voice has hitherto been stilled in the Cohvontion; because of their being in the 1 minority of their respective delegations ? I l-'or it, Is a stiikiii" nnf ?.i lir. I -- o, - i looked in tliis conncutioti; that wliotiioi* the j vote had been taken entirely by States or l?y dolomites, in cither event there was ? cloar majority in the Convention iii favor of the recognition of Bound constitutional Apinnlnlpu nrwl If n/.m 1 * ...mm.jxw, ?v Hug ijy w using pari of the votos by States n? uniUs, and another pari by divided Status, that an apparent and factitious majority succeeded in preventing tlinfc recognition. 1 ? Tho answer in all tlio forogoing question* (teems to u? to bo clear and plum. The lino , of couduet wo ftufattcBt loads, in our judgmei't, to a reconciliation of differences on a j lx?Hi>i of principle. It toads to fchft united and hnri^onioufl action of our party., It * * ' ? Joes more, infinitely move : It secure# vast- i ly added strength i > that assort ion of prin- . ? si pies which none of us would tor nn instant i think of compromising; it compels their recognition nn?l proudly vindicates tb" action of the seceding delegates, who will thus have 1 rijcurcil the object of their struggle, and have merited the applause and gratitude of their Democratic brethren. The contrary course would, we believe, be productive of mischievous eouscciuciiccs.-? Time does not permit (ho action til the regular organizations of our party in the rcspcctivc States, and who alone have the power to speak their will, to meet in council and give instruction* to their delegations. How is. the. voice of I'alifbrnia of of Oregon to he heard in time? How are the constituencies of 'I'exes mid Virginia to meet in .State conventions and give authoritative expression of their will before the middle of .lune?? I low can the machinery bo put in mot ion by which the democratic voters will direct attendance i t Baltimore or l'iehmond in ac-j eordanee with their judgment ' Kvidcntly, ' this eannot bo done. Kvidently, the delegations already elected are the only ones that can act, and they must act on their own . judgment in a conjuncture which does not allow opportunity for instruction by their' Constituencies. A refusal, then, by tin? del 'ualcs of the soecdin" Slntos to mnirn ?<. Baltimore, ;i rclusiil to defer llit: l'iclnnoiid mcutinu until there shall be an uneontrolablc necessity lor holding it, would inevitably j result in incurable! division of our party in i its final disruption ; worse than all, in the eridan?;ei ing of the successful assertion of its principles, compared with which the [ success of a single electoral struggle is nil- 1 worthy of one mono nt 'x consideration. 1!. \\ . .Johnson, M. 15. I!. (i.-irnott. A. I VCrson, 1?. Toombs, .) < >h ti Sl'di 11, \Y. K. Sebastian, .JollVrsoii l>.i\is, 11. M. 'i'. Hunter, li. Q. ('. Lninnr, !j. M. Mason, Martin J. Crawford, J. 1'. Benjamin, 1'cter K. fjovtf, l.ueions .1. (lartrell, lohn J. Jones, John 11. llonjpin, .fames .Jackson, J no. 11. Morrison, J. \\ . 11. 1 ndcrwood. | From lln' Cuhunbia Souili Carolinian. Litter of Col. B. F. Perry. Tu Fkanki.in (l.MI.I.AHl), ISwj.?My l>ear Sir: In your editorial yesterday, you i .i . . i ' iiuyu uunecuy siaiea u>y position. TlieCin-| cinnnti Uesolutiotis and tin; l>rod Scott ilo- I cision are my platform. This was the plat- I form ot' the Columbia Convention. No | instructions were pi von the Relegates to i Charleston, to withdraw 1'nnn the Convention j if this platform was not adopted. 1 ilo m.t : think, with the tone and temper then pre- j vailing in the Columbia Convention, any j s.ueh instructions would have found favor I had they been offered. Mr. Powell's reso- | lut'i s, wliioh wore pretty much the Ala- j bun. T"liitform, received .scarcely any sup- j port .11 the Columbia Convention. The resolutions of Mr. O'Connor, to co-operate with Alabama, were voted down by an over-! whelming majority. It was well known at ! that time, that the AlabannV Delegation* was j instructed to go out of the Charleston Con. . *: i 1 - * \<:iuiiui, unices mo protection ot shivery in the Territories wove guaranteed by the Democratic Platform. The Charleston Convention vc-afi\rinciV the Cincinnati Platform, hut neither endorsed nor repudiated the principals cnunoiated in the Dred Scott decision. Nothing was said on that subject, leaving thu South to construe that 1 *liittorm as they had done, sustained, as they were, by the able and learned opinion of tlie Supreme Court. In this course, there was no repudiation or com promise of any principle contained in the, resolutions of the Columbia Convention, although there was no direct acknowledgment of the correctness of their const ruction of the Cincinnati Platform. V.'e were not asked to give up our construction of the Democratic creed, and that coc*tructiou had become the supreme law of the land, erunranteein" to us I the right to carry our slaves into any of the Territories of tlio I nited Statf.s, in spite of Territorial legislation or Acts of Congress prohibiting tlio safne. I'nder these circumstances, T did not feel myself hound by any principle or policy to go out of the Charleston Convention, and break up the great Democratic party, on the success of which depend tlio hope and salvation of the country. I deeply regretted the withdrawal of my colleagues and portions of the Delegates of the other Southern States. In this movement, 1 could see nothing hut division and distraction to the South. Tnstead of a united South, we now have throe parties oriranizinf in evmv Southern C> n UWVII^ IV/ each other l?y party cxeitcinoht. First, ilic pld Whig party, calling thcniMolves " the National Union party j" secondly, tlio Seceding Democracy, calling themselves " the Constitutional f)cinocr..eythirdly, " tho fc'onthorn National J>oinoort\cy " My impression is that these parties will bo found equal in | strength ami numbers in the South. In the > ensuing l'regulontial election, some Southern States will be carried by one, and fionie by each of the other pnrtic?. Wo .shall be found lighting and dootroying each other, instead of presenting ft united South in battle array I ngahiHt the common enemy. In breaking up 1 the Democratic party, we have Bcetionalued both wit)K.i. The Noithorn Democrats will I fall an easy prey to tlio liluclc Republicans, i and wo fdiall become the victims of our own I party divisions. They who look to a di&solu- i tion of tins I'nion will find tlioir last hopo < swallowed up in party and factious exoite- < lucnt. t In the scctding States, Dolc^ate# will bo I sent to Ihdtimoro favorable t6 dudge DoUgJaff, 1 Almuly movements have been ,madofor ^hat I purpose in ficorgifl, Alabama, and Ijonisiarm. 1 rhoy will bo foflowcd by similar movomento t in 'icioA, Florida, MistfisMppi olid Arkansas. | This may give hini the two thirds msjoritty. i Had the soeoding IMrgntc* remained in the c l.-'harh>ton Convention, it was reduced to a certainty tliat Judire Dousrlas couKl not receive tin*, nomination In all probability, Hunter would have been the nominee of that Convention. If not, Urcckinridjio, liane, < I nth lit', Dickinson,< )rr or Davis might have been. \\ hat, then, has the Eolith gained 7 The recognition of no principle, except by. a divided South. Helbre this, .some principle was rece;.:iii/.cd by a united Democratic South. Now, a lar?*o portion of the Southern Dcutoc . J V, ??i VWII^X \n I \ |HIUliU 111^ IIII> JUIJIUlpic, and going over to Judge Douglas. Cull you 111 i?* again ? Tlio Richmond Convention will ho a mischievous abortion. \ ir^inia, North Carolina, Maryland, Kentucky and Tennessee will not go into it at all. The other Southern States will go into it divided, as 1 have already shown, and powerless, except South Carolina. It is not likely that any Northern St:ite will l>e represented in the Richmond Convention at all, and certainly not by any representation likely to control the electoral vote ol Mteh State. Now, my dear s r, a word as to what I meant " the outside pressure " in Cliarleston. it is Known to the whole country tlwit almost every night during the Charleston (.'onvolition, there were meetings of the Southern Delegates, public speeches ;it the hotels, inilammatory speeches in caucuses ami a great deal of out-door consultation and arrangements as to what was to bo done in certain emergencies. It is well known, too, that there was a largo crowd of visitors in Charleston Southern gentlemen, who were much excited and active in talking over the events of the Convention.? The newspapers in the city were not silent in regard to these matters. 1 In the galleries of the Convention, members who dared to do their duty conscientiously on the. floor, were hissed every time they rose to address the Convention or vote in it. This was altogether pretty strong outside pressure, producing a pretty strong excitement. Wo all know how contagious political excitements arc. Jt is hard to resist such a contagion, and the bold est and most conscientious fall victims to it, before they are. aware of its influence, and sometimes they never are conscious of it. 1 do not think I am mistaken in saying that some of the seceding delegates, in several of the delegations, were opposed, at lii^t, to withdrawing from the Convention They thought it better, however, to go out with the others. My trunk was packed up to return home, when some of tlie seceding delegates ^h.o I..... .....1 I ? > ' * uiv mm b v * j i ?LV31 cvi Lllilli I WUUKl *****}*> in order Id try and prevail on Mr. Yancey, who had been an old friend and law Mndcut of mine, not to with Iraw from the. Convention I knew he. was hound to go out of the ('(invention, and nothing I could say or do would influence him. Had the Alabama delegation remained in the Convention, many others might have remained with theui. I have done. I know that nothing T can say will have any influence on public opinion in South Carolina. Still, i donirc to place myself pmporly before flic Sf.it<*. The time may eon.e when my e recti ami opinions will l>c found tn savor more of truth ami wisdom than they arc now supposed to do. 1 am, with great respect and esteem, yours truly, &e., 15. K. Pkhuy. Greenville, S. ('., May 15, lStjO. From I he Charleston Mcronry. Letter from the Hou. R E RhettThe lefter we publish below from the Hon. Jl. I>. lthett, has been handed to us for publication. Wo obey the request, and lay it hefore our readers : ('11AHl.ESTOX, May 10, 1800. My dear Sir: Vou ask me, in the first place, whether I " will support the policy of the State Kights party going into the Columbia and Kiehnioiid Conventionsnnd, in the second place, " upon what grounds I think .such a policy may be supported." J think that the whole State ought to go into these Conventions; and I will assign very briefly the reasons which it appears to nic support such a policy. We stand now very much in the'same position we stood in 1S50* The contest then was concerning the rights of the South in o..e 'l'erritorv?(Siiitiirnin Tin ....... : .o concerning the rights of the South in nil our Territories, ow cd or to be owned in till time to comc. A Conveution?the Nashville Convention?was .cconunended by tlio Democratic party of one Southern State?.Mississippi? for the vindication of the rights of the South in a Territory. The Richmond Convention is iw?nm 11 ir?n<1 <i?I 1 -1.? .vvvM>?iviiv*?.M i iv> I'v iiiu^uu u; J'UII-J U1 1*1^111 Southern States for the vindication of our rights in all our Territories, if we went into the former, why not go into the latter'( As I did Jill in my power to bring the Southern States together at Nashville, and to induce them to act together for tho vindication of their rights, consistency requires of me the same, course now. i Waive?I abandon no right of tho State, by this policy. The extreme remedy of State interposition, is not inconsistent with efforts to obtain the ^-action uf the Southern States to maintain their rights. I am in the old path, it seems to me; and J moan to troad it. Rut yon say, 44 lFavo wo not heretofore op posed National Farty Conventions, and is not tlie Richmond Convention, a. National Party Convention ?" I answer, No ! A National Party Convention is the Convention of a party which in based on national principles; that is, principles common to all portions of the United Suites. Tho Richmond Convention is notsuoh n Convention. Its declared principles are not nat ional, for not a single North)rn Htato has dared to avow them. It. is n seotinna! Convention, on 1 fori by onu section of Ihc Union, to Support vbxlits and intercuts bo oti?iii? to one acction of the Union, and nowiowledged but by one section of the Union. It writes out?>f the <irb) Ki of the one great nakwuil j>arty in the Union?-fchQ democratic x?*iy;-?and is intended to. qounjlnir.ict.iUs i>o'eS I* is trmt, that ull those of tho Demo:ratie puty ijn the United States, who a??ee with the platform tin- eight Southern State# ! luy down, ;ts tluir criterion of pnrt v alligation,' tire invited to attend the Hiclnnoiid t'onvnitioii. Thix is certainly an objectionnWe fea ture in the Convention ; but it does not alter its character, as a Southern ( "nvention, t<< ! Mipp^rt Southern rights and interests. The . Dlaek llcpublieans, invito all in tin; Cnitcdf ' States, wlio agree with thciu in their abolition 'designs, to join with them in their Convcn' tion at Chicago. Suppose delegates should 'go into that Convention (as they will) from Southern States?would that disrobe it of its ' sectional character'/ Certainly not. Nor will the fact, that from a f? w or many States in the North delegates may nttcud the llivhnioiid Convention, eliange its character as :i sectional Convention. Nor does that other fact, that we claim that onr rights arc supported by the Constitution, alter the matter, for tliisis denied by a seetionali/ed North. i?ut again you say, that " We of the South might In: overwhelmed l?y our Northern assoeiateK in tl.o Kiehmoud Convention, who ins;y paraK'/o our nrtiyii, or dictate a course ; injurious to our rights and principles." Thin may In' done ; but it will he fraudulently dime. ! Noi thorn delegates will ionic into tho llichj niKiid Convention t-o support the rights of the South, previously laid down. It", instead of doing this, tliey use their power to thrust them aside, or to nominate candidale.s for the I'ros, ideney and. V ice Presidency who do not represent them, they acta part of dishonesty? they perpetrate a fraud. Such apprehensions, might be a good cause for caution, in sclcct nip; proper men to represent, us at lticlnnnnd, but tliey afford no good on Use for not proi iisjj I into the (.' (invention.- The fear of being cheated , does not deter men front endeavoring toenforce their rights. 15tcau.se there is a never ending proneness t > evil, that is no reason i we should not strive to promote good. Again, you sav, that " ll will be useless? it will come to nutliing." Here again youmay be right. Tho Nashville Convention I failed in the object it contemplated ; but were j we not right in going intv it '! 1 think wo ! were, 1 would have gotie into it, if I had* , foreseen the whole sequel if it* termination. ! And so now. 1 sniiftnit the Tiicliiiirtml fVn volition, having 110 spirit of prophesy to foretell its issues j but boiim_t prepared to meet tlioni, whatever they niny be. You should rcmenibcr, t hat-'tut of iai lures, arise that final' ; success, which crowns nations with deliver-' ! unco and liberty. Whether n?r?o with me in the conelusions to vrbiah 1 have arrived, I do not jk..r-Tj but I trust you will do ine thejustioo l to acknowledge that, wise or unwise, I am not wandering from the path of consistency, niul Ityuia/n, my dear sir, yours most truly, 11. 1). I'll K'l'X. I 'Vlt V:.Kn V IN I JKIIA NON, T K.N.N F.SSKK. Wo . Warn fron. letters, received in this city yesteri day, thntii fatal tragedy occurred in the town ; ef Lebanon, Tennessee, on the 1th, resulting | in the- mortal wounding of one of the sindents of the Law Department of Cumberland i 1 "nivcrsitv, named da:?. Cabal, by a follow student named Spot jMeChing. The parties had a misunderstanding about a voty trivial ! matter, and subser|ucntl y met on the street with friends, for the purpr/ie of explanation. A further disagreement ensued, the, lie was passed, and Cabal struck, or stuuek at JIcClvmg with a stk-k, when the hit"rev drew a pistol and shot Cabal, the ball entering the brain, i Though alive on the 5th, na b?p?s wcreentiri taiiied of his recovery. M(.Clung was put under $ 1 ~r,()()0 hair. dailies Cabal was a son of (lie late Judge Cahnl, of Tennessee, and MeClung is a son of I'uionci iUutJiuiig, ot lluntsville, ^Alabama, and a nephew <jf the late Col. MeClung, of Missi-wi^pi.? /in/(iuiorr Ama icuii. Nkw Qislkaxs, May 21.?The l'nit< d Staties steamer l'owhattan has arrived with dates from .Vera Cm/, to the 10th instant.? Site brings dispatcher ibr Washington. Oil tlio 1st of May Z<vIoaga issued a dccrcc deposing Miramoo, and assumed the l'rcsiden..'i...:.. mm.: ? * i... i * i mi v i*11 * j iii.i ui'>vuiiifiii iiau caused a gencr.il feeling of alarm. (ion. Miramon has sustained some reverses, mul imposed heavy loans on the city <<f Mexico, and foreign and native commercial houses lining business there. (!en. I'rnga, with 0A00 Literals, occupied (.iuanajuato on the oth t>f May, nnd was preparing t ->. at faek tho city.? Coin o r. ArrtUSTA, (!a.?We believe tli.it to CJen,ora) f) ''ethorpe this place is indebted for its name. was named in honor of one of tho royal princesses, who was named Augusta.? The town of Augusta was laid out in the year 17 >, by the trustees, under the royal charter, i .iiul liOf.-iiiiP ? 'Wrrl^An I ? a V,.. .u. ^..v tuny as 17o<5. From this it will he seen that Augusta is about 1~.~> years-ol<J, although it has the appearance of being a how place. In 17<>(), Augusta was the seal of government. This was while Savannah vVasr in jt-osscfcsion of the British. Augusta was taken by bhc Jfcrib* ish in January, 17711. They cVaciJUitcd- th?y place, however, the following month1.Flirtations of M.vuiuKn Womkn.?Tho innocent flirtations of married women is ono of the abominations of modern society. Kycn .1 desire for promiscuous admiration is wrong in n wifo. The lovo of one am) hia approval should bo all'that fhc ought to desire! ? Let her be never so bcautifui, it id a disgusting and appalling sight to sec her decorating that beauty for publio gn/.e; to rco hlir KAnl/IIUf i.ll/l nHnntion a(' k I/?U UI bvii null \Jk AilirviCB^ around, and rejoicing in tlio admiration of other cyw, than 1 hose of her husband. Her beauty nhould be fur liirn alone, and not for the gazo of the fools that fl:*ttor around her.?? Thcro i.s always among tlio sedato and \vinc bUUttUMOII HI UiHgUBb \\ ?Cll H UI.'UTMHI lady dttcmpts to ensmtre or cntrnp younjj men by a profuse dieplny of her charm*, or uii unlicensed outlay of licr amilOB.- Sttt H I'UormH ?nd such wniilcg arc loatlisomo to tho indifferent beholder; And th? trial of tho 'serpent is over them.