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. i i m ..wr'-.au. iii . . fWWY. A Thought. The rose MirU'i bvnt with tfimuoi' titln, Or Alldl with curly dew, 8he?l* atcber perfume o'er ngniit, All I glows vrill* lovelier lino. The yearly drop* tliut Unlit within lid loat'y ehnlloe tv*t, Hut fresher beauties for it win, Its IVugr&it charm* ..ttvst. * 80. licarU bow oil down with wvi^'.t and tare, Or erUfthed by bitter grief, ? BI10W el inter wliut then virtues arc, w tiliii'T fnV l-.-li..? K:icli tender f'X1' s.vuet (lint j From hearts l>y furrow riven ; Jf on it it purling brv.it li i: Ininga Somio denier liupc i?t heaven. * 1111 . ? " - i i. " VARJ2TV. Litter from A. H Stephens. t1nawkuuovm.i.k, <! v., May Oth, 18Gv).? (roiitleiiK'ti : Your letter of tlio Oth instant, W:?? received Iwt night, and [ promptly resnood to vo?r call as clearly ami fully aa U ' heavy pio.<i of business ong.i^oiacutd w'!l pcl-., 111it. I ."hall endeavor to h" no loss pointed nil J explicit than Canu'd. You Jo not, in my judgment, over-cstini:.to the importance of the iiucstion.s now prossingnpon the public mind, .^rowing out of the disruption of the Charles ton Convention. While I was not g1 uly surprised at that result, considering the. clement* of its composition, and the general dis- ! temper of the times?.still, 1 d 'oply regret it, and with you look with intonsc Interest to the consequences. What is done cannot bo undone or amended; th.:t must remain irrevooaWlfr* I* w.uil.l tIio us imnlcas. ns ungracious, to indulge in any reflections as to whose fault the rupturo was owing to. Perhaps mid most probably, undvi s excitement and boat of passion, in pursuit of particular ends connected with tho clevntiou or overthrow of particular rivals f??r preferment, more than any strong desire, guided by cool judgment, so necessary 0:1 such occasions to advance the public good, was tho real cause of tho rupture. Ho that as it may, however, what is now to be done, and what is the proper course to be taken '{ To my mind tho course seems to bt clear. A State Convention should be called at an earlv day?and that Convention should eon tsidcr tli whole subject calmly and dispassionately, with ' t!u> ?ol)cr second thought," and determine whether to send a lleprescntntion to Uichniou 1 or to ll.dtimore. The corrcct determination of this question, as I view it will depend upon another; and that is, wlicth '-.fir tlu' doctrine of nnn-intevvention by Con jrress, with slavery in the Territories, ought t< be adhered to or abandoned bv the South ? This is a very grave and serious <(ue*lioit, am vught not to bo decided rashly or intemperate ly. Xo such small matters us t!ie promotio of this or that individual, however worthy o unworthy, ought to enter into its considers ytita. It is ? great subject of public polie) affecting t!ic vast interests of the present an tho future. It may be unnecessary, and cr tirely useless, for me to obtrude my views upo this rpiestion, in advance of the meetingi such Convention, upon whom its decision na primarily devolve, l cannot, nowover, euw >j?ly with your request, without doing so to limitod extent nt least. This I shall do. 1 the first place, then, I assume, as an ui unostioiiod and unquestionable fact, that no intervention, as stated, has been for mat year* received, recognize! and acted upou, uhc settled doctrine of the South. ]>y no intervention, I mean the principle that Co press shall pass no law upon the subject .--11very in the Territories, either for ngair if, i:i any way?that they shall not intcrfc or.net upon it aJJ-? or, in the express words Mr. Ci'lhoun, the threat Southern leader, t! '' " li>;ivr>. tlirt ?.'holesu.biiict wh( L/OO onmi _____ the Constitution and the great principles Belt-government place it." This has be eminently a Southern doctrine. It was i nouneed by Mr. Calhoun, in his speech, the Senate, on tho 27th of June, 1S4S; ni after two years of discussion, wna adopted the basis of the adjustment finally made 18")0. It was the demand of the South, forth by the South, and, since its cstabli moot, has been again and again affirmed , ve-alVirtued as the settled policy of tlie Soi by party Conventions and State I,ogislatu in every form that people can give authoi tive expression to their will and wishes. 1 cannot now be matter of dispute. It is hi ry, as imlcllibly fixed upon tho record as fact that the colony of (ieorgia was scttlcj tlor (11o nu.pioca of Oglethorpe, 01" that W? the Ameriean Revolution was fought in Bistancc to tho unjust chum ui punci un part of the British Parliament. I refer to this matter of history conne< with the suUjCvit under consideration, ba as a starting point?-to show how we staii relation to it. It is not a new question, has been up before, and whether t'ightl wrongly it has been decided?decided and tied just as the South asked that it shouli ?not, however, without great effort ai prolonged struggle. The question now Khnfrthc South abandon licr own positio that decision and settlement? This is question virtually presented by the aotic the fleceders from the Charleston CVjyon and the grounds upon lyhich they b<?sed I action; or stated in other word-*, it aino to this : whether the Southern States, all that has taken place on the subject, sh now reverse their previous course, and den Congressional intervention tor tnc prow of slavery in the Territories, as a eow|iti< their remaining longer in the Union V 1 take it tor granted that it would be eo ercd by all ts the most mischievous fol make the demand unless wo intend to the issue to its ultimate and legitimate rcf Shall the South, then, make this dcmai Congresa, and when made, in ease of f.i to obtain it, sliall she secede from the I as a portion of her Delegates, (some und< struetions, ami some from their own free seceded from the Convention, on their f; to get it gran tea mere : Thus stands tho naked question, as 1 dorsUnd it, presented by the notion of t! cedcr.-i, in its full dimensions?its io breadth and depth, in all its magnitude. It is presented not to the Democratic nlone; it is true a Convention of that may firntj act'dn it, but it is presented I couutry, w tho whole people of tho Sou all parties. And moit of ull parties s duly and iimoly consider it, for they ini have to take sides on it, sooner or later. It rifios in importauuo high above any organization of tho present day, and it and ought to, if need be, sweep thorn al the board. My judgment is against tl mnnd. If it were a new rjnestion, prof hi it* present light, fur the first time viowfl upon it might be different from fchoy arc. It i? known- to you and the Iry that the policy of oou-iutcrvcntion, -x. i nm -n~nr>a M'i?t . 17 nwi *e?tr%. ns tublishcd at tlio instance of the South, wna no 1 , favorite one of luiuc. As to my portions up- . * on it, and tliOi <. line now revived, when they ! , were original and open questions, uk well ar I | my present viewti, I will citcyolt to an ext ,?ct J of a speeeh made by inc in Augusta, in ? uly ' 1 la*t, on taking final leave of my eonetitueiit*. ! , I enuld not re-slate them more deal I v ok- muh' Uriofly. in ppcuking of> and reviewing thin mailer, I then *uiil; " And, os you all may know, it (non-iutorvent ion) cuuie short of what 1 wished* It was, in my view, not the full measure of our righto?tlmt required, in my judgment, the enactment l>y Congress of nil needful laws for tlif protection of slave property i" the 'J'erri- 1 torics so long as the Territorial condition lasted. ! ' llut an overwhelming majority of the i * i. .?..w .-.i.l i i. <Vlll.il \> UUalllM uuu puniitv/iii *v mho Wi?"M lliat wo who mniiit. t?cd if yielded the whole <|UC.~?t ioti by yielding the jurisdiction, nnd ' it we conceded the power to i>v<.Uct, we necessarily con0'''1. .1 with it the f.ower to prohibit. This by tio weans .followed in my judgment. l>ut such was the prevailing opinion. And it was not until it yftis well ascertained that a large majority of the South would not ask for or even vote for Congressional protection that those of us who were for it yielded to non-intervention, bccau.se, though it came short of our wishes, vet it contained no sacrilice of principle, had nothing aggressive in it, and secured, for all practical purposes, what was wanted j that is, the unrestricted right of expansion over the common public domain, us iuclinatiow, conve uiuiiiri ut yjit uit |MUI j of the people. , * i: * * * * * * j il 'J'lms the settlement was made, thus the , record stands, and by it L am still willing to i .stand, as it was fully up to tlio demands of the South, through her representatives, at the t ime, though not up to my own, and as by it the right of expansion to the extent of population ai.d capacity is amply secured." In this you clearly perceive what 1 think of the proper courbu now to be. taken oil the same subject. While in the beginning of this controversy I was not favorable to the polie}' , adopted, yet I finally yielded my assent. It i was yielded to the South?to the prevailing | sentiment of my own section. But it never I UiiiiM 1 if 111 virli1(?<l if I llllll SO.P.Il ill :t1. i any ot our important rights, or any priucijTle I essential to our safety or security, could, by ; possibility, result from its operation. Nor i would I now be willing to nbi<lc by if. 1 ' ' saw in its printed workings any sc"'.ltS ry to the South likely to ariso ?ro,n '* *'' parties in the South, al'tc settlement was ' j made, gave it the sancti'^' 11'Vjft0X'VU i " I ceiice, II not cordial approval. \\ hat, then, j has occurred siuce to cause us lo change oui ' ] position in relation to it ? Is it that.those ol " l the North who stood by us in the struggh 1 from 18 18 to l^'O, did afterwards stand no bly by us in ISO ., in taking oil' the old Con j givssiuiud restriction of lS'JO, so as to havi thl-nn<rhuut til1 j WV?.|?U?w i length ;in<i breadth of the common public dij " | main'{ Wits this heroism on their part, ii I adhering to prinoiple, at the hazard and peri ^ of their political lives and fortunes, the cans l" of present complaint? This cannot be; fr ,l never was an act of Congress so generally arj II so unanimously hailed with delight at t)' rt" | South as this one was?1 mean tl;e Kami I Nebraska act of 1854. Jt was not only < I dorscd by all part.k-s in (jfeorgia, but ev< as one who dirt not agree to its just nrovisit upon tho subject of slavery, *\ls ueelarco "l bo unfit to hold party associations with ' 0 | party net t*u?tii? /-o the interests of the SoWhat, then, is the cavso of complaint n' j l<l Wherein has this policy worked any inju'> ; 0 the South, or wherein is it likely to work j K,t The only cause of compfaint I have ^ j is^thal noil intervention, a* establish"'11 j ? j l<Sil), and carried out in IS.j-3, is not ?0!> 111 j stood at the North as it is at the Smith '!' | while we hold that, in leaving <4thaolo j .suhjcct where the Constitution and th'0;>t ' pinciples of self-government place i'he as 1 . . - 1 . c common territories arc to remain o Ior 1,1 settlement by Southern people, wiheir I'1.1 slaves, until otherwise provided by^te %,1J Constitution. The friends and M>p^rs of "!l the same doctrine at the North .liainfchat, 1 '' under it, the people of an orgmii/.ed'i'ito\^' ry can protect or exclude slave pro} bo'V fore the formation of a State Const'!'-? j "s This opinion, or construction of is | what is commonly dubbed 4< Sijuattover- i 1 10 ei^nty." I'poii thin point of in | ^"^construction of what an? " the ?M"nei-< I ? pics of f?!<f-govcriunc?t," under th-stitu" tiou of the I 'nitcd States, n urcu'l has tin* , i been said and written. AVo have heard it in the social'0?>? ' jf the forum?on the hustings?and \ halls of legislation. 'J'lic newspapers litcrnljj 'y groaned with dissertations on j'uniphlets have been published for and"8' 'he respective sides. Congrea* U;w |Wonths j j in its discussion, and may ape- Ini)'iy i j years as they have months, witlir,''v[||g . at any more definite or satisfactc'^'ision in relation to it than Milton's p;o(^ ?pirII .111 its did upon the abstruse quest?' which Uj. thoy hold such high and prol debate, 0 when they reasoned? '"I. "Of I's-ovidenco,fore-knowltulsp nwlfntc; 11(11 1'ix.eil fujp, free will, rorfl-lfnow/""",'-"-? ifiits Ami foyiid 110 end in waqdoriu* it (tor It is not my purpose now to ti,c 'hit of ould those disputants: My own of upon the n.itid subject are known; and it ipty known [jtion that this difference of opinior'.,8truct,un> 3ii of "ls ?o now thin^ in the h later11"8 m,bjcet. For Those who iiold the doctrin 'he people 1 nsid- of the Territories, according J'rnnt prinlly to ciples of solf-govcrnujenf, t',u ^'onsti- j push tntion of tlio I'nitcd >'tatoH,;0'u^c slave- I 1 suits, ry by Territorial law, and iJ s'u*c prop- ; 1 nd of erty, held the same views tovv ^0> when lilure we agreed with thoin tos' 'hose terms. I Jnion This fact is also historical1 South lield, 1 2r in- that under the Constitfc10 Territorial : v:ll, legislatures could not C3ri'avcry?-that ' liluro this required act of uovd',J (1?- Sime j gentlemen of the North' *',0y now do, | f un- that tho Territorial L<rCH could con- ! ' ie so- trol slave property as niY 08 ^,ey could J ; ngtli, any other kind of propj" bJ a system , ' of laws coidd virtually slavery from '' 1 introduction if I I party hujuii^i miuui^ ur ptu' party thoy chose. I to the That point of difFri' waH ngfced, hy 1 th, of both sid&j, to leavo l iUrt to ?ettlc.? ? hould" There was no dioat, "ft> ,or fraud, or \y all double dealing in it; f a f?ir, honora- ' hie and Constitutiott,'n,OD^?^ 'bo dif- f party fereneo. Wo Ht.icrti<Kj',,rat?on by Con- < may, gross, 0110 way ut mi- om,bl havo aflfec- 1 1 from ted the question i'*ffc degree; for if ( lie de- the people, a<scordl ,* ? RreHt prinoilented pies of self-goverrt1^*'01* t'?o Consti- ' s, my tution, havo the rif^9*1^ f,,r by those 1 what who espoueo that fre orKu"iont, then ' coun- Congress could nrl!,no* deprive them M as C8* of it. Am! if C*'(I uyt have, or does J' rxrxjOi >; ,-y? ^ ?ryv. ;fcr. i, .it if 7 WWjWyiF not liavc the power to oxclufle jslavcVy froui a IVnitory, as thoae of our ?ii(c contended ami still contend they b?ve not, tlicrt tjioy could not and did not mmftjr it upou the Tuirilorial LouitdaiurcH. Wo of the Suuth held that i CoiifjroM h:wJ opt.the power to ^xcludo, and couhl not delegate a power they tliil not po?e- ' etid^-ttfco, tlmt tlic pooplohaiA nut tiio power to ; cxeltulo un<.h>r the Constitution, ni?rl therefore ' tho mutual agreement was to take the nuhjcct out ot' Conj^Fwi, ami leave tho ("juwtion of the power oi the peoplo where ihC Cj?tV?UtUtion lutd placed it?with the Com {.S. This iff, the whole of it. Tho question in dilJP'L i.? i a judicial one, auU no ?ot of Ctib^VvA*. nor any resolution of any i>;">'y Convet.f.Vm can iii any way UIK'VI unless wc tirst .abandon tho positiou of uuM-iiitc? vcutiou by Congress. I Uut it exceedingly strange to lac, ' tlmt tl-: |?oc.j>le of the South should* nt tins ' dfly, bc^iu to find fault with thin Northern construction, os it is termed?especially since the decision Of the Supreme Cunt, in j the ease of Dredd Scott. In this con icctfon, I iuay beporinittod to say, that T h; o rca'd with deep interest tho debates of I he Charleston Convention, and particularly the alje, logic.l, and eloquent speech of the Hoit Win L. Yancey, of Alabama. It was, deadodly, the strongest urguyicht t have seen on us side of t he nneKCion. 1 Jitt its greatest po\yr was shown Jints complete answer to iiselt. .Near did a man, with greater clearness, deux stratc that '* Squatter Sovereignly," the bug-ear of the day, is not in the Kansas Bill, all tat has been said to the contrary, notwithstnding. This he put beyond the,power of reflation. But he stopped not there?he went i , and by referoneo to the decision of tho Snucmc Court alluded to, ho showed, eonclusifly, in a most pointed anil thrilling climax, tat this ujc*t frightful doctrine could not, by Ability, be ia it, or in any other TcrritoW; billthat it is a Constitutional impossibility. With the same master hand ho showed that io doctrine iA u Squatter Sovereignty " is m in the 1 Cincinnati L'Utforiu ; then, why .shoul woof the South now complain of non-intorlution, , or ask a change of l'ljtfonu ? \ What else luive we to do but to insil upon I our allies to stand to their agreement ? k'ould it not have been much more natural look for flinching on their side than ours ? Why i should wo desire or waut any otU?r 1(] form ' of princtples than that adopted at Cinci inti '! If th?'?*> who stood with us on it, in t! con . test of 18i>G. are willi?ir to stand on i why .ioutd we not bo omi.-dlv ?.:n:?v ?j ..uih^I i" 11 y { life I cannot hoc, unions we arc deJer.iAed to have a quarrel with the North anyhow ? genj erul account. If so, in behalf of & uuton i srnsc, let us put it upon more tenable g >uivd ' J These are abundant. For our own uhui ctar'e > "sake, let u* make i( upou the ag^re-sailo acts i)f our eiivisiief, rather than any suipuseu I short comings of our friends, who h.i/e stood by us so steadfastly in so many ("onsMutional struggles. In the name of patriot nm and - honor, let us not make it upon a point which i mny so direeth subject us to the ellirgo of Pnlighted faith. Whatever may befalhis, lot ' its ever be found, by friend or foo, as rood as 'our word. These are my views, frankly and land earnestly given. The great question, then, is, shall wo stand by our yriueipier, ov cludl we, euttiug loose from our mooring where we havo been safely anchored so many years, launch out again into unknown seas, upon new and perilous* adventures, under the guide and pilotage of those who prove themselves to have no morn livml iicas ot purpose or stability as to objects of policy titan tlio Hhiftinj; winds uy Wlilch U*fcshall ho (Jjivon '( Let this iiuestion be decided by the Convention, and decided with that wisdom, cooluo.ss, and forecast which become statesmen ahd patriots. As for myself, I can say, whatever limy be tho course of future events, n?y judgment in this crisis is, that we should stand by our principles " tiirough woe," ati well as " through weal," and maintain them in good faith, now and always, if need be, until they, wo, and the Republic, porish together in a common ruin. 1 sue no injury that can possibly ari c to us from them?not even if the Constitutional impossibility of their oo:v. taining " Snuattor ?Sovereignty " did not exist, as has been conclusively demount rated. For, if it did cxi^t in them, and were all that its nio.-t anient advocatCtf eiuim for it, no serious practical danger to us could result from it. Kveu according to their doctrine, wo have tl|C unrostneted right of expansion to tho extent of populatioo. They hold tlint slavery can and will go, under its operation, wherever tho people want it. S<juatters curried it to Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Alabama, .Mississippi and Arkansas, without any law to protect it, and to Texas against a law prohibiti .? Ml . f if' J., liiji it, iiuu 1 ?i* j %> 141 uui j it VV IUI U)\UUUt,? where climate, soil, production and population will allow. These are tho natural laws that, will regulate it under non-intervention, according to /heir construction and no net of Congress can carry it into any Tenitory qgainst these laws, any more than it could make the rivers run to the mountain, instead of tliesea. If we have not euoughof the right sort of population to compete longer with tho North in me colonization ot new Territories and States, this deficiency can never bo supplied by any such act of ConOTOsri as that now asked for. The attempt would be as vain as that of X!cvxes to control the waters of the Hellespont by whipping them in his rage. The times, as }o i iq'i-.uate, dj indeed portend evil. Bat I hive no foa;s for the ii ?.itntiou of slavery, either in tin* l/uipn or out ] of it, if our people are bnt true to themselves ?true, stable and loyal to f x d principles and settled policy; and if they are not thus true, j 1 have little hoj)G of anything good, whether the present Union lasts or a aew one bo formad. There is, in my judgment., nothing to fear from the " irrepressible conflict," of wlueb we hear so much. Slavery rests upon ^rcat truths, which can never bo succcssi'ully (s-uiilcd by reason or ar^u nent. It has grown Wronger in tlio niindu of men the more it has been discussed, and it will still grow stronger is the discussion proceeds and tiuto rolls on Truth is omnipotent, and must prevail. We IlllVO otllv to maiutaiu the. truth with firinn^?? ind wield it aright. Our eywtem rats upon 10 impregnable bnaifl, that can and will defy ill assaults from without. My grcatQfft apirolicusion ih from causcw within?thero lion ,ho greatOMt danger. We havo grown luxuriint in the exuberance of our well being and 11 -1 ?1 - - imjitraiiuica prosperity. 'I'l.nWk lu .. 1 I ? MVIV *r? < i^llUUIJUjr UVOI^(WllUIO? HUb UUiJf ill .ho north, but at tho South, to atrifo, diwcolion, disorder and anarchy. It i? againHt this pudency that tho roller minded and redacting non everywhere should now bo oallcd upou to ;uard. My opinion, then, i?, that ]>elogate* ought A) bo sent to tho adjourned Convention at Baltimore. The demand mado at Charleston ty the Hooodera ought* not to be instated upon, llarmony being restored on thia poiflt, a non*-' nation can doubtless b'c mado of aoiuo mim ?ru'-^ m* J <MMfficwr A <**>r ?3#* ',i-?< vi*>v1 tTr^rrr-*>* fTTj ^yiririrry^rr^r^TrTt^f-t-Trtr-ta whom tho.-pnity, cveiy*tior?, cau support, with tin; xmnc r.tul, mid the xnmc ardor with which they onwrul and waged the coutcw in 18p(J, when the wine principles Were Involved. It", In tlil-t, tU-*oboa fallttVe, lot the resPOIIsilttlif V llfit ri>?f Ilium IIJ I-.it nun , V.-J. bo clear of nl blame. , hot tncre be no causo for ctM*tinu; consitro n( oilr (jUx>r. If, in the 'end, t)|0 groat National IVnnci'atiu ihvit,y? therttrong ligament wlui'l' Sas F<> }oug bound and hold, tho l iiion tn^olhov?shaped iti;jxjl- j try ami ^'Jvollal it* dovtinios?ond to wjijoh . w so often lo(?Ko?I wif\ ? hope that seldom failed an tSo only pirty North on which to rely u> tlie most trying hours, . when Con- , xtnutioiud rights were in |>ovil, lot it jnjt bo. said to (M, in till' midst of the dis inters that may ensue, "ymi did it !" In any anderory event Kt not tli'o roptuunph of Public faith rejf>t upon our n nne. 11', everything, obe has t<? godoVn, let our untarnished hotmr, lit least, survive tha wrvclf. Ai.t/xanjimi II.1 Srvriir.tfs. Letter from J. H HammondWashington. May 1">, ? Dear Sir: 1 have received the polite invitation of your Committee to attend a public meeting in Churlestuu on the loth instant, and to ndOVllSS if It. w.iiilil lu> mr? nloiivinl i?if* ' be witli you. l!ut while so fatiguing a trip lit) a severe tax ,ou my not vigorous I lieu'' i, I should uojiloct nty Until* here, at a time when they are becoming very importout; aud L can, in a very few linos s >y to.yoJU all that 1 could .say at your meeting, to attend which 1 would liavo to travel twelve hundred miles and lo.se ton days from the Senate. Practical statesmanship consists i > takinq the best next step. Honor, honotty and phi ( lof-ophio tate.saianship require that step should be taken on a broad lino of policy, ba- ' 1 sod upon und and comprehensive principle?. I 1 n my opit.iou the next step which all the, States whoso delegates seceded IVom the late | I Convention in vooir city should take, and are | in fact bound hi Avonor to take, is to appoint t uehHjates to meet u> ti)UV.(Wion :it tuehmoml, | jontliod-y appointed by <!io seceding dole- | gationf-\ t At this jritic.iil time, with cVonts deeply af- J ' foe ting any opinions any one may entortain us ' to what that Convention should (to crowding rapidly upon us, 1 think that tliosft delegates .should bo chowii from among tin: blc^t and most rcli.ib'c men of each State, and that they cihould be clothed with r"?ji]>lo and almost Xmlimited discretionary powers'. The only in! stfuction 1 would give them would bo, that they should take care that, these States should ] receive no detriment. It might not be iinpropc-r to eoiUiiii?tiion them sls del "gates to any otli- 1 <?? ( i itiV4>n i iiiti t 'tocn <i w.j mn v Ivn'tur 1 ... ...v.. J | forth, and which, in their judgment, they illicit fee fit to unite with. Whilst the blondest aiul perhnp* truest pol- ( iey r.f the whole country is to maintain tin; j union of all tlw} States, under the l'cdernl I Constitution, it is undoubtedly a Vris'o policy J to maintain such a union of the tduvehoidint; States and other immediate neighbors ; hut | it is ct*cntiul that the eight receding l.'ottoi. I .States .should be kept together in the closent ) bonds of union and good feeling. With their ' large territorial wc.vfchuir present aud growing population, und thoir surplus productions, eagerly sought after in nearly every market in tin; world, ami commutiding annually two hundred millions of dollars iu specie, they would, if organized by thouigelvcs under our present Federal (Constitution, constitute a llcpublic that would litouee eouiiuaiid tlus respect of oyory civilized <j?ower. 'J'hey haven juihttan tial basis on which they niny stand, whoever inigni T<i]i. It jk, therefore, their policy, aful any other would be suicidal, to maintain with each other at all times and in every ot itis, the moat intimate and fraternal association. They should then, as T have ?tt|d, meet, according to appointment, iit Richmond, represented hy their best in ;n, invited with almost, all power. Such a meeting, I do not think, would have any tendency towards yringmg about tlie disunion of the I'nited Si ' 1, believe i.'j? effect \youId be precisely v'. o reverse. A large majority of the people of tho nun slaveholding States, misguided by ambitious and fanatical leaders, seem bent on our destruction, ignorant that it involves their own. That it does, it is in vain to argue to them. They are told xnd behove that wc arc Weak ; and in the face of the fact that wc have been Hroiig enough to control this fiov'ernment ever since it was established, and to make the country all that it. i'. tJlltV ll!IVf? l.rtiiu mi/1.1 f.A ?!>..? ?1.? ?,.v .... 1 V isvvwr* IUUMU VU UUIU/4 V llltJIs L1IU South dare not face the North on auy decisive field?'in short, on the ihsuo of disunion.? And that issue in what, it seems to me, they are now prefisintr keenly on us. in Congress and everywhere. We must meet it, and meet it now. And, in my opinion, tho way to mcQt it is, not by wild resolves .of Legislatures or Conventions', by absurd bravados of newspaper editors, or by the reckless declamation of travelling orators; but by the calm, noiseless, vet turn :iSSf!l)llilil?Tf> Jit ItiAlnilnnil nf flirt * O- - - "-"l men of tlic seceding Statca^-bcttor perhaps of nil tho ytiitos?who shall, snytug little, threatening nothing, exaoting less even than our right.?, find only what we must donwndfor the present, without, of oonrgo, sacrificing the future, leaning always, without pajferiug with principle, towards tho conservation of this Union?so act as to show thnfc w*> n?lr i?n. tiling and fear nothing What that precise action should be 1 do not now pretend to say. It depends on the developments of tho next few weeks. No oue, and lesust of nll^ our delegates to Richmond, should be trammelled by boinj> required to prophecy. Wlutt the time demands of tho whole country ; of thc l>emocnttic party of the South ; above all, of tho eight seceding Cotton Statea?i? representative men > to vested with full authority to uicct the crisis. In conclusion, permit me to Bay that I not only do not despair, but 1 entertain not a fee. ling of despondency. Come what may, with our surplus productions of Cotton, llice, Sugar, etc., unci our aubstructuro of black Blavcw, wo arc .safe ngniuxt all the machinations of political intriogucrx from abroad, aud our demagogues at home. [ have tins honor to bo, With the utmost rctpect, Your obedient servant, J. H. Uammlqnd. * CiiKANiNO titk LrrA.?No foaturo jn tho facfl of ? child ia lrwli/?v fliAn ?lin ?I?I. ...*> " ?> rows of pearly tooth playing liido-and-Kock bohind them. J Jut nli, Eoiitctimen mouths which lookhkc rose buds, sond forth words unfit for p mothor'ti c$r?unfit for .the Kqf in Hettvon^ Sfoino-bovs who would not dftro lo 4J?ko Oodn's * naino iu Tain, aay what is cpawts aud.impuro, formatting that 4hia, also, i? sin. . Wo know a dcor old lady who many y^ars , stgp taught'a little private school in Newl$nghtud town. H?r ho^rt was p#rp, a/id ll fore hoi wordn were <wcct. frhe Wed the bleMed Saviour, and Wed most teoderly f0r ' / .. TIT rrr,iMT?ir,-?yri ?^rrrifhiViy>,,,,rriyi the lit tubs of his ful J. $hc soonicd to livo in the little children's world, rejoicing and Buffering with tlreni: tfhe^had ulwaysBqinething $c;viant to rto'y, n'nd n floWCi or n kifw to give; (?o that tho Schorr* loved (ho aolioot hoUno next beat to " mutberV rooin " Imhiioi 'l'liey nuvtr had to bo . ?out to Kchool, bnt ran ott' cherfully hefors tine o'clock, thai they v>i?rl"?t ?po?k to her before tho little bell run;*. 8hjS,bolipved. Avhiit Sdlolnoii said about the l'.rqd of ooi'i'peUuubut, in sdlno wify, ulic gut along without using it \jexy often. .Once her heart Wits deeply wounded l?y heaiing that n Icttlo fellow had .?pokcn unclean words when | out ;:t play. When forecd to-punish very lit-1 tie ours, she used to take thorn on her !.tp;r but as Mattel1 Cljarlie was nine years old, she ^alTed biin to btaml before her. Taking both bis hand*J^ctwcon liev own, and looking into his blue oye? asked, "I lave you been usiug wicked words to day, my dear V " 1 didn't swear," whimpered Charlie. " Are you willing t 1 home, and repeat ::11 you have said in your mother's present ?" Charlie hung his head and colored deeply, and wliispoml, "No ma'am, because it would grieve her." 41 And have you forgotten, my dear boy. that One who is fur holier. than she, has heard in heaven the naughty words which came from those little lips today? I am afraid there is something unclean in your heart ; but as I cannot reach that myself, I will usk .Jesus to do it; 1 can reach your lips; and as I'm sure they-are not (it to give your mother the " good night kiss," nor to say your prayers. I will cleanse them for you. She then took from her desk n bowl of vv.;tcr, a tiny bit of soap, a stnall sponge, nod bidding Charlie open his mouth, she washed it well?teeth, tongue, lips ami all ! She then wiped them i...." .. *;i i\ i.: i ?...?! ...i i.:.? ....... Ml^ WUil il .H?ll I lil | > IV 11 y il 11 11 SO VUUI* | xu.ined face, on which she pressed the kiss of Ibrjrivenww. This simple pnnitthtnaut,, and I the roii! sorVuW of her who inflicted it, j ]?'nde 11 deep impression on the mind* of her i scholars, Charlie is now almost ? mi;n, but { nuv? r, since that day, has tm inipuvo word escaped his li|>s. At the very thought of such n word he fancies that he testes soup, and that ho hoars agaiu tlift gemtlo rebuke of his !lrst tcaoher. The Mother's Last WorK? V.Y V1 III 11XIA r. TlAVS'S KXl/.' J \ Wilts |ll>V ilt IIIUIIl'I.Ml, .iiliu HIV April day was jioing o\'tn" the distant hills, and pausing, so it scorned, tor a moment, to look into tho wilt<lu\v on that s>till,- solemn picture. There wis four boys and two girls, just about your ag?s, little children, and they all stood in tin? saddest place that little j children over can : about the death-bed ot the mother. She lay there, with her face growing celdI cr and whiter all the time, and the, drops, i which tell us death is vory near, gathering slowly over her temples. Jler eyes wan dcred very tenderly uyov that little group, resting, with all that fond anxiety which oalv .> i. 1 ......1. ' ?i in* i\t 11 v i uoi yi i v. i pi ?ii i v.i, uii V.HV11 Nearly beloved f.ice. " My little children, mother must leave you," murmured the white. ?piivcrirn^ lips; and t! *yi the tears gathered slowly into the dim eye#, and rolled over the colu cheeks. lloor luUlicr! None ,put God and the angels cou'd i-tok down into her loving, aching heart, am.' rimd the great agony ot' that deathhour. Sht. looked oil", into the future of those little jiitrici less children, and saw the steep ways up which their tender foet must climb, with no loving hands reached out to then., no soft vi)ic?s chceriujj thoin on when the path grew da'!1*, ?nd they could not see 111r? lu'lit. in llir> ' hrtvniid." " .My children ! My children \ >} It wos the ijreat outcry of her mother's heart, and (iod heard it, and J To scut Ilis angel to comfort her. " I will be a leather to the fatherly/' w.ere the precious words th> t. rolled their silvery sweetum into l?cr kuuI, and a new light broke into her oyo^j, aud boamcd radiantly over her >vl>i/o face. A proved, licr last one, brojeo from her pallid lips; a gfeut, solemn, triumphant prayer, as, iu the 8trop<| anus of the l*'aitb that oven now did uot dcaert her, aIm) bore these beloved ones to the (Jrout Father, and left them with His love. .mo sous ox iuc iitt 10 group tuicKCncu around the bedside, fur the mother's voice grew very faint, as I lie prayer closed. She culled them to her, laid her thin, cold hand ou their heads, and blessed th";u very tenderly. Then she had gone up that whining road, where the angels load the redeemed. Years, very innuy years hnvo conio ami rron^ yfri?* flint death-bed scene. which the quiet April .sunset looked in upon. JJut that mother's last prayer and blessing have followed her children through all their after life. " It has limit mo frnm tAmnlnlinli nn<> ! >. livored 1110 from evil," said one of them, a uuui no\v in tlio luoni of lij*life, honored and esteemed oy all who know him. , ' In uiv bovViood, in my youth, in hours of peril and \te.TKnesn, when tlie wrong way looked very plcayant, and I was temptod to walk in it, 1 nave felt tliat thin, shadowy hand moving softly through uiy hair, and hotrd n^iin the faint, sweet blesaingof my Hying mother;', calling down to nic from the lloilvcn where she is now, Gvm tljc UeaVen where 1 hope to meet her." la it n6t a torching story I have tof&yov*, little children? and will you not htj it ftp in vrair hnulfu nml :?lur:ivn miin?ii< n?v if?llnvnui. ther's hist work ? Sbo walk* now among the shilling meadowInnr!.-* of 11 otfA-oii, Who'rc tho purple -b'o?3oin* trbtnble tO the sweet psalms of thcnflfti-ls/Aiid tho trees shake, down their blessed bal*:>mn on hearts that will never moro know darkness, or sorrow, or tears. For these earth wonjsare novor murdered by tho glad voices of the " just made pcrfcet," never syllabled in the burning AtnnwtH of tho-ncrnphs, never written on tho shining pnges of tljat country " over whoso mountaius the night comes down forover. Ax exolirfnoro richer tells of n hr/.v acnius up his way, who boihjif asked, as he lay gunning himself on the-glut*, what wna tho height, of bin ambition^replied : "To mqrr? a rich widow that's got a bad rough Thrkk Protestant ladies toolc sholter in a untrtoHo chapcl in Ireland during a Htorin.? Thcnricat/hotioirfg and knowing tltcni, whin-1 pared to hi? attendant, ' 'i'hroo cl\uhs for 8rt>teatantlacjie?." ?'he aaohiatr" ' 10 f|t<K)5 tin and *V.oi?v , V"g I gcegatlon, f( Throe cotl* J Iftdica/' wiior'.-.' * ..-*** for the pro&aUfet ' - .upon tbd oongrcgntion ately Up| >U(j gftvo heattv phoors, Vmlo tho clcrgjinno 4Qtually *Vtood dumbfo?n<W / ' - ^ V .?? c Experience iu the muCUor of wicaco. . t ! -M 35b ?- ^ (iRKENVIIJ.K riUIK aabacnW liaison hniul and is couMant X h receiving a largo and varied ansojrtinciit of. American and Italian Marble, To which ho would call tlioiittcntion<?f thopciiv wnul of ft nuitublo Monument to innik tins fcrvoto where repose the remain* of tlieir departed reU fitm>8 nnu frioooH, vjirvih^ ami lettering 0g all kinds neatly,nnf| promptly executed, jjtay-l'urtioulnr attention paid t<? order* 1>v mail JAMK.S M. ALL)-.N. OrocMville C. ir.,.S. C.. 1\1? !>2 Jl-tf X. 11. Ho refers to !> (? Wostliold. dnwcr.Coi, Murkly it Co.. ltr. M 15 Karle, W II Watson, K?|.. i.'??1 !> lloke. ll McKmv. K|flr|. Lost, ON 'Thursday 20th December .l#st, a small rr* leather l'oekct IJotik, coiilniniiij? .tome'mom f, ilto following Nolo.-, and other fjipctn, to wit: <>i? James (ieor^c St Co. A. IJeutih fur )??%-?, on John Manltleu for anil one on II. Sialnwgn for SI7. "FIiObo persons iiiv K'fpiCffteil not to these Nolo* to any otio but myself. My name it also in the book. Any information in relali?<a thereto will be thankfully received. iiA\in. i:11.1'V .1.1 n. 2. isr.o *_M tr HIDES AND BARK WILL UK BOUGHT AT FA lit PltlCKS ),v J. K N. SMITH. Tut. Ynril. .l:>n J. Mfi? 9.V tf J. H. VOIGHT, Tin, CopitcrsiDlHi & Still Maker, W ALII ALL A. S. C.. YITI l<T? irivc strict attention to nil 1>hh)iicpi> cntriiaii Ifil to liis cnro. Terms the uu>M rrnvop&blc. l-?. 1 RAO 2"> * tr tllli STATE OL- SOI TII ('AKOL1NA, IS K?H*ITY?riCKUM!. J. W. (Sr.iy^M.talcr in K4.ti.jr, J Rm PantXwt9 J. U. l-f?d.cH<cr. J Mortgage. IT nppcni'ing to the Court tluit J. 11. Fit-rlic?i>?r. II1U Iiuirlliliiiil ill mis case, ICSIUCH Wll (IOIII III o limits of this State: On mutton of Uuii'ison and Ptilliani. complainant's solicitors, it ii?-ordered! lint 111 <5 said absent defendant do appear in tliis Honorable Court, ninl plead. answer or d*>niur to coin, plainant's said hill of complaint, itliin ihroo inontlis IVoin tlio publication heruof, vf :in ordev jno cut>J'ea.io will In; taken ?. > to liiui. KONT. A. THOMPSON, c.K.r.n. March 28. lKtit) .".I Urn T1113 STATU OF SOUTH CAROLINA; IN OUtii.S.MtY?t'K'KKNHa ? K II Uriflin, 1 I'liOrt. (Jriflin, Ailin'rs. I v.s J Petition fov filial xetAvnrilln fSriOin A others. | lleinont. IT appearing to the Ordinary tli.n I 15 Man sell ami Vaslili Ills wife, ISartoii (iriffiit, IVctijHinin | (iviRin, Sargent (irlflin, II A (Iriflin, II A JJillingH! ly anil wile Minerva, llic lieirs-a* OTw of ilnilcy I (Srittin, deceased, to wit : Av.irilla(irittin, Storgcnl I .1 Iriflin. Joseph (1ri(l)n,*nnll tlio heirs-Ht-law of William (Iriflin. dooeasaJ, namely: Avarill.i A (hiKill, Naiu-y V (iriflin. P. II (Jrittin, I'osamiali iiriHiii, ( 15 (.iriflin, Mary L M (iriflin, 15ailey 15. Hriflin, Thomas V (iriflin, Margaret. T (iriflin, Martha F 1) UrilKn, Jane M S (Iriflin, dcffcndimts in tliis ease, reside without the limits of this State : It is ordered, llierol'oriv tlml llio uni.t ntwniii it? fuiuhiutsdn severally appear before mo in (lie Or Hilary's <Wtco. ut l'ickewst.'ouvt JIoiho, oil Tilesday llic liJlli day of .Tune next, lo show cause, it' they can, wliy a final act I lenient of the Kstnte of Sargent (irillin, Ueeenscd. should not bo made.? The lieirs nt law and distributees of 8i?i<l deeonsed are also liereliy required to render their Mdviincclncuts, on tlie said ll'lli day of June next, mid ho prevent mid receive their respective distributive shares, ns a final decree will be rendered in tho case ut that time. W. E. IIOLCOMHK, o.v n. Jlnivli "?, 18(!fl !?m Xaw Notice. 'PIIK undersigned will devote himself entirely L to the practice of Law and Rqiiity on the Western Circuit. Mr. II.uhikn is his partner at Pickens. JAMES L. OKI*. Anderson ('. If.. May 10. 1859 49.-if I STATK OK .SOI T 11 CAItOUNA, riCKKNit?IN r.Ul'ITV. Josejdi S. (Jiisnvmy, ) l>y hi* next friend, ( Hill for Partition, Rcv.?. i lief, Account, &c. 8. II. John*, Admr, ct.nl*. j IT uj jieivrlng to my yntixfnction tliot William H. Cnn?>*away. K. II. Thurhci* ami wire Matilda, and Thomas 11. Gnfsaway, defendants in lliiscii.se, reside without the limits of tills State; on motion of lluvispn & I'tilliitm, cmnnlainants solicitors, it is ordered tljat.these several absent defendants du apjxiivr in tl.Js Court, and |>lead, answer or ilemrr to said tiill, within three month* from the jmblicittion hereof, or their .consent to tho same will ho taken na confessed hv an order pro <-o? fmxo against him KOlt'T A. TIIOMl'fOJ?, c.K.r.n. CotuVf. Offion, Mmirh ls">o fituo THE STATE OK SOl'TU CAllOMX A. is ?:yrtrr?ricsnxc. Elizabeth vjrntt | vs. Bill for Partition, &c, &o, J. F. S.-Evutt, ct.nln. J IT appearing tome that Thompson Evntt and JiinI J?. Kvrttt and wifo Abby llillor, dcfcndnists in this cure, resides without tho limits of lltia State: On motion of Harrison and Pallium, eom^'aiuant'a solicitors, it is ordered that thcuo several ??,Vfnt defendants do apponr and plead, answer or demur to the complainant's snid bill <.<" 1 - ^ *?A A %-?* "** * ^*3 ?*"*#?"^ publication hereof, or their consent la the samor will bo taken as confessed by an order jno confcttv. ROTVT. A. THOMPSON, c.t.r.. Mitfoli 20, 1800 9uf T O i O S S II ill V T 1 V E $ And Nervous SufferersrpilV. Subscriber, for several years a resident J., of Asia, discovered while there, a simple vegetable remedy? a sure care for Asthma, firoiictiitiit. Coughs, f 'uhftt, uml A?rvoirn Debit itfjf, For tho benefit of Consuinntive.i iinfl Nervous Suflurcrn, he is willtoxto maice tho mime public. To those who 9ei>rre it, ho will send tho Prescription, with full directions (Jf>'* of deny*:) nlso a miinitl''. of tlioi mfcdiefne, w hioft 0>fey'will 1 tiiid ft beautiful combination of Nnturo's Kimplo hfcrbs. Tlm*n'desiring the llemcdy can obtain it by return mail, by addressing ,J. B. CUI'IIBERT, Botanic Plrvsiclan, No. 4*3 Broadway, N". Y. April lg. 18(H) . $7 3m. .... ? S - h- ,P>if* - tm* tifj ?. - /. .? . ? Notice. . -< . MR. ALKXAXttKR Jr. is my nu(homed agent to ntton<? |a n?r btudnes* while I inn abiont from tho$tatjp% I huvo left my Notes and book of Aucmihts m Id* hands. (1. W. BALDWIV. _ April '27. 1800 40 ^ "it TIIK STATJ5 OF SOUTll Cr\KOLINA, i'ic*i;s*?ix r.yuiTY. gb Win. II AndcraOn } V8 > Bill to Foreclose Mortgage. William Wttiwn. J IT appearing to my Batiafaction thai William WilBon, (lie defendant in this caqe, rcnid?K without Mm llrr?i*?L *\f Ik ' ' " *' who B<air i *-?.'? mwion oi uamson an<l Piillinni, it iu ordore.d that he dp personally ?|?pear in this Court, ruid ffleud, answer or demur to the complainant'* Raid bill of complaint within three months from the publication hefoof, or hi* consent to the nnmo will bo taken as confessed, bj au order pro qt>?fe$to. HOC^ A TiidSirsos, C.K-V JUnrch 1^ "lWo '* "T~:. " \ JN* Estate "Sotit*,~ 1 .nP,,K AdminfotrtiiAys 5J !ho Estntp of Jgnrgont ! Unfftn, dejoused, Juteb^ critf? 'An/wn * Mioir(co-n?lrs ftt low and dUtffWF^o", T^ftt they VlJI not bo liabTo'V> tjicvn ft>r iMQrOWt gn vlistribuf iro ihurcrt in ?oid jEsfntC, after the i2tl* yioy'of Juno noxt, ob t|>cy will'M p'rep'ored at that tlmo.to pov Off ilio,p'ortiflii In interest in full. " r * K. if OlUFFIN. IV. TIIOS. OlirFlTN, ] t*"1 ' March 5, 1800 33 ' Ow J[- '' v- ^ '[ \ . 4 ** * M