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"T0 THINK OWN SELF EE TRUE, AN1) IT MUST FOLLOW, AS TIIE^ ^ "v , ^ NICHT THE DAY, THOU CAN ST NOT THEN EE FALSE TO ANY MAN." \ I BY ItOB'T. A. THOMPSON & CO. ' P1GKKNS COURT HOUSE, S. C. SATURDAY, JANUARY V2, 1801. VOL. XII. NO. 23. .... ssilsotklp POETRY. Rock Me to Sleep. backward, turn backward, oli Time, 111 your Hip Make 111c a child, just for to-night ! Mother, coinc hack from tlio echoless shore, Take ino again to your heart, as of yore; Kiss from my forehead tho furrows of euro. Smooth the few silver threads out of my hair; Over my plumber.* your loving watch keep? llock mc to Bleep, mother?rock me to sleep! P.ackward, flow backward, oh tide of years ! I am so weary of toils and of tears? Toils without recompense?tears all in vain? Take them, and give nic my childhood again ! I have grown weary of dust and decay, Weary of flinging my soul-wealth away? AVeary of sowing for others .to reap, Rock me to sleep, mother?rock me to sleep! Tireil of I lie hollow, the base, tlie nntiuo. Mother. oil mother. niv heart calls f<ir you! Many a summer the grass 1ms grown green, I'loHsomeil aid failed?our faces bet ween? Yet. with.strong yearning and passionate pain, Long 1 to-night for your prcscnce again. Come from tlie silence so "N'l so ?!e?p? llock me to Bleep, mother?rock me to sleep! Over my heart, in days that are flown. No love like mother-love ever was shown? No otlier worship libidos awl ensures, Faithful, unselfish nml patient like yours. None like a mother can charm nwlty pain From tlie sick soul ami worhlwearv lirain Slumber's soft calm o'er my licnvy lids crccp? Hock mc to sleep, mother?rock mo to s'eep! 'oine, lot your brown hair, just lighted with g< Pall on your shoulders again. ns of old? I,et it full over my forehead to-night. Shading my faint eyes nway from the light ; For with its sunny-edged shadows once moro Haply will throng the sweet visions of yore; liovingly. softly, its bright billows weep? Hock mc (o sleep, mother?rock me to sleep! Mother, dear mother, the years have been long Since I Inst hushed to your lullaby song; Since then. nnil initn mv snnl it vlinll -J Womanhood's yours have boon but u dream. Clasped to vnur nrms in n loving ondiraco, Willi your 1 i ? 111 Incites just sweeping my face, Never hereafter to wnko or to weep. liock me to sleep, mother?rook nie to sleep! iPOUTflbAL. Declaration Of' th4' imwifi'itcmiars ic/iic/t int/iire a , A. J#.- C ... J* Ct .. .I /# i' j if ijf/ iitr i itj >irmr/i l.urwt /'. mi (hr ]'\<lcrnt fiiion. The ?lo of the State of South Caroli in Convention assembled, on the "6th day April, A. D., IS 52. declared that the frrfpii violations of the Constitution of the I * nit Stated, by the L'oderal (Jovernmcnt, and encroachments upon the reserved rights of I States, fully justified this State in then \vi drawing from the Federal Cnion ; but in d erenee to the opinions anil wishes of the otl slaveholdinir States, she forbore at that ti to exorcise this right. Since that time, tin encroachments have continued to inorca and further forbearance ceases to be a virti And now the State of South Carolina havi resumed her separate and equal place nnio nations, deems it due to herself, to the tnaiuing United States of America, and the nations of the, world, that she should r clare the immediate causes which have led this act. In the, year 1765, that portion of the I>i ish Empire embracing Croat Britain, uiul took to make laws for the govern nicy.!;, of tl portion composed of the thirteen Aineric (^alntuna ?V utiMn?<rlrt *.%?* tKn WW.W..IV-.J. - K nn U^^IU ?yi HIVJ KJI C-V government ensued, which resulted, on t 4th July, 177('?, in a Declaration, by the C oiiios, "that the.y are, and of right ouijlit he, free and independent States ; and that, free and independent States, they have f power to levy war, conclude peace, contr* alliances, establish, commerce, and to do other acts and things which independi States may of right do." They further solemnly declared that whe ever any " form of government becomes c struotiye of tho ends for which it was cstn lished, it is tho right of the people to alter Abolish it, iiixl to institute n new government Dooming the Government of Great Britain have becomc destructive of these ends, th declared that the Colonies " are.absolved frc nil allcgiancc to the British Crown, and tli all political connection between them and t State of Groat Britain is, and ought to be, \ tally dissolved*!' In pursuance of this Declaration of Inc pondencc, each of the thirteen States pnvee cd to exercise its separate sovereignty; adopt for itself a flnnHtitlltinn nrwl nnn.iinfnil * tor tho administration of government in all departments? legislative, Executive and .J dicial. For purposes of dofenco, they unit heir arms and tneir counsels; anrl, in 177 they entered into a League known as the A tides of Confederation, whereby they ngre to entrust the administration of their exteri reunions to n cuminwh h^ciiI, known ps t Congress of tho United States, expressly c daring in tho first article, " that each Sta rotainw its sovereignty, freedom and indepe donee, and overy potfor, jurisdiction and rig which is not, by this Confederation, express /IaL 4-.1 TT?:?-.1 cii-i? /i UUIU^UI/CU \AJ Hit? UUIIC'U OWIUS 111 Vynort assembled." Under this Cdnfcdcrtition tfie War of t Itovohition was onrried on, and on tho 8d Re tombor, 1788, tho content ended, and a dofii tivo Treaty was sijrned bvTJroiit Britain, whicli kIic Acknowledged the Independence tho Colonies in tho following terms : ? " Articio 1.?-HSU Brittnnio Majesty a knowlodgcs tho said United States, viy.: Nt IIampshiro, MHMsnchusfetts Bay, llhode Irtfai ro.^!j i?1 i-. hum i lUViU'JllUU k lilNUUlOllft, VJOIinOCllCll Now York, Now Jersey, Pennsylvania, Del ware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolin South Carolina and Georgia, to bo Free, So oreign aud Indopeijdont States ; that ho tron with them as such ; and for himself, his hoi 1 and successors^ relinquishes all obiims to tl ' ' government, propriety and territorial fights tho same and evora^nrt thoroof." Thus wore established tho two great print pies assorted by tho Colonics, namely; tl ritrhl of ft Kliltn Jrt trrwnrn ilanlf- nh.l right of n pdoplo to nbotinh a iOovcrnmci ^'i r"i'M? iiiirr ii'iitiTii k i r 'i i . | when it becomes destructive of the ends fo = i which it was instituted. And concurrcnt wit the estublishment of these principles, was th l,t fact, that each Colony became and w as rocof I nized by the mother Country as a 1'rec, S'ovt j reign and Tndependont State. In 1787, Deputies wero appointed by th States to revise the Articles of Confederatiot and on 17th September, 1787, those Deputit recommended, Cor the adoption of the State: the Articles of Union, known as the Constiti tion of the United States. The parties to whom this Constitution w: submitted, were the several sovereign State? they were to ngrcc or disagree, and when nil of them agreed, the compact was to take effet among those concurring; and the Goner Government, as the common a<ient, was the to be invested with tlicir Authority If only nine of the thirteen States had coi currcd, the other four would have remaino as they then were, separate, sovereign State independent of any of the provisions of tl Constitution. In fact, two of the Stales di not aecede to the (Constitution until long aft* it had cone into operation among the oth< eleven ; and during that interval, they enc exercised the functions of an independent ti tion. By this Constitution, certain duties we imposed upon the several States, and the cxe cise of certain of their pow -rs was restrains ,1,1 which necessarily implied their continued c istonce as sovereign States. Hut, to renun all doubt, an amendment was added, wliic declared that the powers n?>t delegated to tl United States by the (Constitution, nor prohi li.,j i... :? l~ ?i- ?- ? ? * | ni'u iij n 111 mi! cuiiu'n, nru reserved to ii I States respectively, or to (lie people C 21)d May, I7S8, South Carolina, hy n Couvei tion of her people, passed an Ordinance a sentinir to this Constitution, and nftcvwim altered her own Constitution, to conform he self to the obligations she had undertaken. Thus was established, by compact betwec the States, a < iovermnent. with defined ohjec M and powers, limited to the express words i the irrant. This limitation left the whole r maiding mass of power subject to the clau rcservill" it to the Stritosnr fn tlu> r?r?milr> m rendered unnecessary any specification of r served rights. We hold that (lie (Jovcrnmcnt. thus est i I i.shed is subject to the two great principh " asserted in the Declaration of 1 ndependenct I nnd we hold further, that the mode of i 1 formation subjects it to ti third fundament ! i prineiple, namely : the law of compact. !ts j maintain that in every compact between tv ,n I or more parties, the obligation is mutual ; th J." ! the failure of one of the contracting parties 0 " | perform a material part of the agreement, e " 1 tirely-releases the obligation of the other; ar i tint wiiere no armtcr is provided, caeli pari t4,s0 i is remitted to his own judgment to detcrmii s0' the fact uf failure, with all its conserpiences ll0. In the present case, that fact is establish* with oertiintv. We assort, that fonrtfcfcn < the States have deliberately refused for yea past to fulfil their constitutional obligation to and wo refer to their own Statutes for tl l " proof. to The Constitution of toe T'nitcd St ites, i its 4th Article, provides as follows: " No person hebl to servioo' or labor in on l>r| Stnto, under the laws thereof, csonping iul ] another, Rhall, in conse<|uencc of any law ( | regulation tlioroin, ho discharged from sue servico or labor, but shall be delivered up, o 10 | claim of the party to whom such service or li ~ bor may Vie duo." l<) This stipulation was so material to the con 'V? oact, that without it that compact would n< 1 have been mad?;. 'Hie greater number of tli ,f!i contracting parties held slaves, nod they ha previously ovinoed their estimate of the vain :llt of such a stipulation by making it a conditio in the Ordinance for the government of tli i territory ceded by Virginia, which now con ?* poses the States north of the Ohio river. 1 '' Tho same article of the Constitution stipi ?,y latesalso for rendition by tho several States t Fugitives from justice from the other States. *? Tho General (rovcminoht, as tlto eommo ('^ agent, passed laws to carry into effect t!ie? ,,u stipulations of the States. For many yeai I:|* these laws were oxecuted. Butnn inereasin hostility on tho part of the non-slaveholdin ^<v States to the Institution of Slavery has led t n disregard of their obligations, nod the law j of the General Government have ceased t , offeet the objects of the Constitution. Th l!" States of Maine, Now llnnipshiro, VermOn !,s Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode I.slant ,fs New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiani uj Michigan, Wisconsin and Jdiwa, have cnacte ^ laws whicli oithor nullify the Acts of Congref ' or render useless any attempt to execute then 'r| In many of these States the fugitive is dli j charged from the servico or labor claimei , and in nono of them has the State Covert J" ment complied with the stipulation made i the Constitution. The State of New Jersey '|c at an enrly day, passed ft law in confomiit . with hor constitutional obligation ; but th ' current of unti-fllavory feeling has led her tnor ^ recently to euflct laws which rendor inopert tivo the remedies providod by hor own law nn by tho laws of Congroftx. In tho State of Noi York even tho right of transit for n slave hn ij' been denied by her tribunals ; und the State V" of Ohio and Iowa havo refused to surrender t justice fugitives charged with murder, nn< 0 with inciting servile in9urroction in the Stat oi Virginia. Thus the constitutional conipac ?* linn beon deliberately broken and disregarde< by tlio non-slaveholding Statoa, and the con 1 sequence follows that South Carolina is rc 1 leased from hor obligation.' ,l~ Tlio ends for which thin Constitution wa "? framed nre declared by itaolf to be * to form i y* moro* perfect union, establish justioo, inmir domestio tranquility, provide for tho corumoi rfl dofonco, promoto tlio genoral welfaro, and so curo^tho oleasingsof liberty to ourselves nn< rfur posterity. . These ends it endeavored tq^ccoinplisli b] :l" <t Federal Gorornmonfc, in wlWoh c*oh Siati 10 was r*oogni?*<l M*n and had ftdparafc ,c control lover ita own imfitytion^. , The righ 14 ^ r ing to free persons distinct political rights, by ] li piving tliom the right to represent, and bure thening tlieni with direct taxes for three-li ft lis j of their slaves; by authorizing the import a- < 3- tion of slaves for twenty years; and by stipu- ' ( lating for the rendition of fugitives from t ic labor. ( i, Wc affirm tint these ends for which this ?s Government was instituted have been defeat- f s. ed. and the (lovcriime.nt its<>lf lui? lir?on miuln 1 i- (Instructive of tliem by the action of the notislaveholding States. Those States have asis sunied the ritrht of deciding upon the proprii; ety of our domestic institutions; and have ie denied' the rights of property established in :>t fifteen of tho States and recognized by the \! 1 (Constitution; they have denounced as sinful in the institution of Slavery; they have permitted the open establishment among them of i- societies, whose nvowed object is to disturb d the peace and to eloign the property of tho s, citizens of other Stales. They have oncouric aged and assisted thousands of our slaves to ?] leave their homes; and those who remain, :?r i have been incited by emissnics, books and ?r | pictures to servile insurrection. li | For twenty-five years this agitation has ;t- i been steadilv incre:is!iii' ni-til it lmu V I-' ! 1 j cured to its aid tlie power of tlio Common I ro | (iovernment. Observing: t1te forms of the!] r- Constitution, a sectional party has found with- ! I J, in tliat article establishing the Executive Do- i x- part nient, the moans of subverting the Consti- I re tution itself. A geographical line has been < h drawn across the I'nion, and all the States 1 ie north of that line have united in the election I h- of a man to the high office of President of the 10 I'nited S'tatcs whose opinions and purposes, hi arc hostile to slavery, lie. is to be entrusted ii- with the administration of the Common tlov- | s- eminent, because lie. has declared that that 1m " (Iovernment cannot endure permanently i r- half slave, half free," and that the public | | mind must rest iri tlio belief Unit Slavery is ii in tho course of ultimate extinction. ts | This scctional combination {'or the siibverof sion of the Constitution, lias boon aided in \ o- | some of the States by elevating to oiti/.cnship, j i ?e persons, who, by the Snprome Law of the ; nl land, are incapable of becoming citi/ens1; and c- | their votes have been used to inruiruratc a new policy, hostile to tlio South, and deslnic- 1 L?. | tive of it.> peace and safety. >e I Oil fill* If U M I ? / !? unvl f ). 11? t\'i ? ??t 11 ' >; 1 possession of tho 'iovovntnent. It has an ts ! nounccd, that the South shall ho exHnded , 1 al | from thocommon Territory ; that tho Judicial ! i 'e Tribunals shall bo iimdo sectional, and tlint a j ro war must ho wajred against. slavery until it i I at shall cease throughout tho Inited States, to j The Cuaranties of tho Com titnti?m will i I n- I then no longer exist; the efpial lights of the ul States will ho lost. The slaveholvimj States i tv will 110 longer have the power of Rolf-;rovorn- | ie ment. or self protection, and the Federal ( Jovernimnt will have become their enemy. < >d Sectional interest and animosity will deepen < )f" ] tin; irritation, .mil :ill hope of remedy is Ivors dercd v.iin, by the fiet that public opinion at 1 s, the North has invested a great political error I ie with 1110 sanctions of a more erroneous roli- I gious belief. I n AVe, therefore, the. people of S- nth Oarolino, by our delegates, in Convention assembled, i ie appealing to "the Supreme .Judge of the world to "for the rectitude of our intentions, have so! i ir eninly declared that tlic Union heretofore exit istimt between this State and the other States n of North America, is dissolved, and that the i- State of South Carolina has resumed her position among the nations of the world, as a sepurate and independent State; with full power >t to levy war, conclude peace, contract alii niees, ie establish commerce, and to do all other acts ? . 1 a : _ I 1 f 1 ' (i iimt unngs which luuepenuent states may oi I 10 right d'). 11 Exf.oi tivk Actii iritv. ? TlieXnti'onnl Life!- 1 10 lii/i'nrrr,.of Wednesday, has tho following paragraph of advice in relation to tlio soccding States: i- " And whilo upon this subject, wo may add I >f tlmt tho unsettled (pato of tho relations between | South Carolina nnd tho l-ni'od Slates culls for | n some definite dctorininntion of the question nt ( the hands of Congress. The subject has all eady 10 | assumed proportions which give it a gravity *s I that places it beyond oa*_v and satisfactory ad 1 P i jnstmont by the Executive Department alone.? ?I i Tlio President, -we doubt- not. will at an early o day invoke tlio attention of tlio National Legis- j .s luturo to this topic in nil its relations, that lie j _ may L??? released from tlio ililentma in which he is placed under the obligation to execute the . lC laws on the one hand, and the inability, or at ? ? least the omission, to do so on the other. Ac1, cording to the theory of nil administrative goveminent, he shold either he clothed with power d to enforco the laws, or the laws themselves {S should he suspended with regard to the States in which it is deemed inexpedient or is found ( ' impossible to do so. At the present time, when I' the civil machinery of the Federal Oovernn ent | ' > has fallen into total wreck in South Carolin.v it | ' i- would doubtless ho futile to clothe the President < ii j ?Hii iirii'ii'V ?utnnrity? * r"!"0, in Use j absence of nil civil organization, nnv such nti- ( | J thority .would luck tlio political ha/i* upon j ' which it should proceed according to the genius < 0 of our institutions. And, moreover, in tlio pre*13 ent temper of tlio public mind, it cannot be 1 >- dmibtod that tiny suc h resort would bo nn impo- < il litio in practice as it i? untenable in theory.? ] iP Hut to tho repeal or suspension of aii United i 3 States Inws with regard to South Carolina or ( any other serocling State, wo do not conceive , that any valid oljcction can ftpplv, ft*, without j fj compromising tho legitimate authority of tho '' Federal Government, it atthonamo time respects ' o the wishes and will of the States in question, i 1 t by roIievinj? thorn from tho- forms of Federal | t | diminution. If, in time, wisor counsel should Ere vail, tho temporary broach might ho closed . y n reenactmOnt of tho United States Iftto's-" j ( Statistic!** ok 1800.? Paring tho year r 8 1800, fifty-one persons died lit ages oxeeed- J a ing 100 years. The oldest of these wjib Milly 1 0 Lamar, ? slave, who died in Georgia at the " 11 ftpc of 187. Tvrctity-Qnc soldiers of tho ItevJ olution?two of th'om from Virginia?died. 1 I There wefft soventv-fnnr nillrond nroidnntM. hv 11 which l.^OG persons woro ,killed and 3,92(3 j ~ J wounded. Tho ntoambont accidents number- j 8 ri ?d 242, by which 8,001 parsons lost ih?lr j and 1,090 were Weaned. TM fire^ 1 ' ?5?V?nber?d . d??t*wvinrr nronertv to thtJ faf- f 1 Uft of 15,597,000. ' ' - i .> <*T. , I * ? . ii ' ?fcw ' ... v - ' -41 Report of Committee on Relations with to Slavcholding States. pi Tho following is :i report of the Committee dr >n relations with slaveholding St.-iton Sot- ' (N ?ral important additions have boon made to sa he original report, and then adopted by the pc Jonvontion : tli Tho Committee on " Relations with the wi daveholding States of North America," beg er oave to report, that they have carefully con- li< ddercd the three several nrnnrteitiimu or L.lined in tlio resolution referred to thein, which were submitted in Convention by tli three several members from St. Philip's and , (? U. Michael's. All the resolutions referred C to the Co nmilteo look to the purpose of t'1 [,'onfcdorate relations with our sister States ! si )f the South, having common interests with Ci us, and every cause, :>s we trust, to indulge ' Ci towards us common sympathies and to con- ! d< tract cordial relations. In such a purpose 1 w the Committee entirely and unanimously jc joncur, ami they rccommend that every vt proper measure be adopted to uecotnplisli sl' ?uch an end. T'pon this subject so much f-" unanimit}' prevails and has long prevailed in lo this State, that an argument thcreimnn wonhl (' be wholly superfluous. All seem to aprco ; that the lirst ^tt^p proper to ho taken for the purpose of promoting mid securing tho Con- aj icdcracy we seek, is the appointment of Com- tl missioners hy tlic authority of this (.'onven- C lion, to such States of the South as may call di Conventions to consider and determine their ri future political relations. I f? The Committee advise that such steps he | taken hy this Convention, hoping and he- i hi lieviug that our sister States of the South ' will correctly interpret our action in taking 1' tho initiative as arising, by 110 means, from si nnv presumntuous arrofrannc lmt. from ?l>? 1 t! ndvance position which circumstances have A ixivcii t<? this State in the line of procedure "1 lor the great design of maintaining the ai rights, the security and the very existence of J ni the slaveholding South. Ji It has been a subject of anxious considers- sli lion with the Committee whether the Commissioners, whose appointment they recom- tli mend, should be instructed to tender any i'i Itasis of a temporary or Provisional Govern- hi inent. I ai The inslr r.cnt called the Constitution j >f the I'niied States of America has |G been suggested as a suitable and proper i of l?asis to be offorred foi a Provisional Govern- 1' inent. | ( This SU'.'eCStioii 11 ;i ?i lir<ni? nnnitiuml...! tin* (.'umii'iitee by various considerations. ' ti< which cannot imw be set forth in full or at f?> large. Among these arc: rc That the s iid instrument was the work of f<> minds of the first order in strength and ncconi- | plishment. . I ec That it was most carefully constructed by ni 2om|)iH'!i( n.-ive views and careful examination : ti< jf details. | h< That experience lias proved it to be a good j or form of government for those sufficiently vir- of nous, intelligent and patriotic to cause it to j be m; i.uny ami noncMiy con-trued mut impar-' liitlly administered. I v< That t'io settled opinion of lliis State 1ms , to nevrr been adverse to tli.it plan of govern- j nn ment of Confederated States on account of 1 tli nothing in its structure; but the dissatis- to faction is r.ttiibutable to tlic false glosses, and I binge rows misinterpretation, and perversion if sundry of its provisions, even to t'no extent, in one particular, of so covering up the real .purposes of certain legislation, 'meant to protect domestic manufactures in ' rv >ne section,) ns to estop the Supreme Court I (s in its opinion, from judicially perceiving1 ?? the real design. I \" That it presents a complete scheme of con- i federation, cnpnble of being speedily put into | ?j.' jperation, familiar, by long acquaintance j j(. u'ltli its provisions and their true import to | w the people of the South, ninii}'of whom arc Ci believed to cherish a degree of veneration s? for it, and would feel safe under it, when in vv their own hands for interpretation and ad- J.n ministration, especially as the portion? that ,)! havo been, by permission, made potent for iTiischiof and oppression in the hands of adverse and inimical interosts have received n< :i settled construction by the South. That 'I1 11 speedy confederation by the South is desirable in the highest degree, which it is supposed must be temporary at first, (if aeeom- j1( plished as soon as it should be.) n<< better i a| liasis than tlie Constitution of t!ie. United i w States is likely to 1)0 suggested or adopted for kj temporary purposes. Hl That tho opinions of those to whom it designed to offer it would he conciliated by -j. the testimony the very act itself w>uld carry, (C that South Carolina meant to seek no selfish ?t idvantngc, nor to indulge the least spirit of in Jictation. d* That such form of government is more or 111 less known to Kurone, and, if adopted, would indicate abroad thai the seceding Southern J, State* had the foresight nud energy to put nto operation forthwith a scheme of gov- Si ?rnmo it and administration competent to se produco .^prompt organization for internal b^ icccKsitioh, and a mift'ioiont protection of for- w ugn commerce directed liithor, ns well r.R to to ruar.intte ft r<?i???i powerR in the eonfidonco 8l| ,hat a new Confederacy had immediately nris- cc in, quite adequate to HUpcvccde nil the ovils, Vc litem d and external, of a partial or total inerrepnum. (J< That it? ppordy adoption won hi work hap- (]l lily as a rovivifyinir agency in matters tlnan- af ;ial and commercial between tho States 1 Si idopting it and hctween them as a united )Ower and foreign commercial nations, and at A" ho same time would combine without delay i power-touching purge and sword that might , trinj^ to n prudent watte tho Inflections of' 01 hoao who mity pcrchnncc ho contemplating ari n invasioc or to, an issuo disastrous to them ?J" ?tho attempted execution of such unholy do- nJ juk n ft' Suoft nt-o aomo of tbo considerations very 00 acidly <f?{ed, which uddrens themselves to ?r nis aubjrat. it w oontonrtftU that noif y|inj- i r t.ition lywwtr.lf; uuiiun, ?uy yuui, ' ,Vl 1 " regulate commerce, (and perhaps othc ( visions of the said Constitution,) may In tsirublc and are in fact so, to some of tin Dmmittcc, yet those modifications may b< fely loft to i period when the articles of : ninnncnt government may bo settled, ant i f n i n') 11' i n n t lt.t ^ UntS.xi. ? ? '' ? ' 1 ?v mi a-iiu in*; vuu^tiiuiiuii iriurrt'U n ill serve the purpose of a temporary Con fed ation, which tlio Committed unite in bejving ought (o be sought, through all prop measures, most earnestly. It is also submitted, that if the tender o ic said Constitution, even as a l'rovisiona overnniont, should, in tlie opinion of tin onvention, be accompanied by a conditio! lat it be subject to specific limitations, expo lions of ambiguities, or modifications, tlx mimittee would respectfully refer to tin invention itself such matters; and this ii >ne not because the Committee would no illingly consider and report upon such sub et. bi!* because they deem it due to the Con ntion nnd the public interest that tliej miilil nnu* l?ix? ! >.? .M.I. I T wtui v III*.' \ WI i > v: 11 I 1? M I ( IM ihstantial propositions contained in the fol wing resolutions, which the majority of tin uiiuuittce recommend to tho Ceuvention ai to he adopted, viz : 7.V.W<W, First. That this Convention dt >point a Commissioner to procecd to each o ie slnveholdingStates that may assemble ii onvention for the purpose of laying our Or nance of Secession before the same, am spcctfully inviting their co-operation in tin rotation with us of a Southern Confederacy Second. That our Commissioners a foresail ^ further authorized to submit, on our part 10 Federal Constitution as the basis of ; rovisional Government for such States a lall have withdrawn their connection witl ic Government of the United States o movioa ; J'rovii/c/, That the said Provision Government, nnd the tenures of all officer id appointments arising under it shall coasi id determine in two years from the 1st day o uly next, or when a Permanent Governmcn ia 11 have been organized. Third. That the said Commissioners be nu lorized to invite the speeding States to nice Convention, at such time and place as ami j agreed upon, for the purpose of forming id putting in motion such Provisional Gov nment, and so that the said Provisiona overnmcnt shall be organized and go int< feet at the earliest period previous to tlx h day of March, 18(51, and that the saim (invention of seceding Str.es shall prov'uh il'f Invltll f A fiAiicwlni' .? ?/! ? f ^ ,- * ! A . u; V.VUQIUV? tlllU \ UIIMIUI ?n and plan for a permanent Oovernmen r such States, which proposed plan shall hi ferrcd back to the several State Convention! r their adoption or rejection. Fourth. That eight Deputies shall be elect 1 by ballot by this Convention, who shall b< ithorized to meet in Convention such Dcpu rs as may be appointed by the other slave ilding States who may secede from the Fed al Union, for the purpose of carrying int< feet the foregoing re-olutions; and that i recommended to the said States that eacl Into be entitled to one vote in the said ('on mtion upon all questions which m:?y be vo el upoti therein ; and that each State sent ; many Deputies as arc equal in number t( so nuinUer of Senators ami Representatives i which it was entitled in the Congress of tin nited Slates. Tiir Secession Conventions.?Tlio Seep* mi State Conventions will he held 011 the f??l wing days : In Florida. January 3. To Alabama, Janua ' 7. In Mississippi, January 7. In Texa pontaneonsly.) January 28. In Georgia, Jan iry 1(1. In Louisiana, January 23. A special session of the Legislatures eneh o irginia and Tennessee, in i nference to a Slati invention, win moot on tho 7th January*? ho Legislature of North Carolina has giver avo of tibsonc<* to membera until 7th January hen the Hill reported hv a majority of tin unniitteo on Federal Relations, and the whoh iKjoct of a Convention, secession, etc., etc. ill he the first thing in order. It had beet ado the special order for the 3d January he re leave of absence to tho members wai -anted. Fat w. and Distressing Occurrence?Coro ?r Whiting was called on Sunday to hold ai ir|ue-?t at 20 St. Philip-street, on the body of i ttle white girl named Catherine Roszler, abou x years of a~e. The deceased was an interest il child, and the circumstances which led t< ?rdeath havo thrown her family into proa Miction. It i?rs that deceased's hrothor liilo playing with his sister, took up a rillc, no nowing it to he loaded, and placed a parous on cap upon it for the purpose of hearing tin cplosion. The rillo had boon loaded about i ?ur, and placed away without a cap, by tin ther of deceased. Upon the little fellow's at nipt to explode the cap, a ball from ibe rii!< ruck his little -ister in tho head, killing lie - ant'y. The Jury, after hearing tbo evi Mice, returned a verdict of accidental shoot g.?Charleston Courier. Av OllDINANC'R C0XCT.lt VINO POWERS ATKf.Y VkSTKI) IN TUK CONOKKSS OF Till MTI'.I) JSTATKS. ? We, tllO I'ooplo of t!l( :ate of South Carolina, in Convention as mbled, do declare and ordain, and it is here ! declared and ordained, That all powers liioh, by this State, were heretofore dologa d to the Congress of the United States lull bo vested in tho Gonerol Assembly, ex pt tha* hiring tho existence of this Con sntion toe power of the General Assembly mil not extend, without the direction of this jnvontion, to any of theae Bubjecta, viz ; Uiosand imposts, the post office, the deolar ion of war, treaties, confederacy with othei ;ates, citizenship, and treason. V ORDINANCE TO DEFTNE ANI> rt'NISIl TREA80N. Wo, tho people of tho State of South Curina, in j^Jouvciition assembled, do dcclfl/r id ordtun, and it is hereby declared and u.iinei], That in addiiion wh?fc?^n?4 been ready declared to bo treason by tde^GcnerA <iuf>i>ililvL IronKhn ntminat. fcliia AnV v??- *>; " nsiat oidjr in lovyin^ war nprain?t tli/State ndhetW io it* oneinica, giving ttyoi aid d ac^fort; wd tr**to?rx *wljM pun iprl hy dflath. Without hcncHt of omrtcfK \ > "fr ......g - ./Jtwy . r The Legislature. 'J'liis body >< 1 in Charleston, on tho,' (WW , i 11 -1:?111. j. ! >.' >: i < v 11? holmes*'. f)?9 . The following me-?sa;;e was received froth TUat ' | Kxeelloney, <??>v. I'ieliens, mid properly VtToTN* ;? ? 1 K.vrcvtive Department), ^ 1 I To (he Mr tubers of the Srnah' aw.1 I [(nine >/'i' j# ri'srnfdticr.'t. ^8 Ifl The events that have recently transpired in /<?j the harbor of Charleston, make it proper that I ?$ , should communicate tin- general facts in rcla* tfl f.1 tion to the ^ame. It was distinctly undcrsteei^ ?9 that those; who had 111o ri;;l;t to pledge the faith f?H ' I of the United States (Sovcrnmnnt on tho on? , '3 ' part, and those who had a similar right on the. ? . l% *1.!- Oi .i. I 1 1 -1 * * ' -'iflU i , jiiin ui 1111oiiuf, iiii'i agreci mat nuer 11>?5 Kf . Act of Secession there should bo no cluingoJjv IS , i the forces within it" keeping nt tho fortsin tb?r| , harbor, nor should 111obo any increase of tho 'm , United States forces until after tho Commission^- > "* 1 ers iippoiuted by the Convention should pre>eat !^?j t themselves at Washington and lay before tho - | President of the I'pj.ed Sin < th> < - Secession and the proposition to negotiate f. tho delivery of the posts and for tho State to VjM , j account for all public property on just ami jjH [ equitable principles. All this is admitted ism! ~ i stated by the late Secretary of War, Gov. Floyd, ' jfl 3 i in his lettor of resignation, which lias bco>y' gjj * published. _ iT.l^->->c Hfl Pending this solemn pi edge,"Timing (no night *k 9 i of the L'Oth of December last, the commandant f ft of Kni t Moultrie suddenly, without notice, evac*'? 8 ! uated that f<?! t and with nearly every eftbetive , man under his command, and transferred the " ! garrison over to l'ort Sumter, the strongest posi^ , ! ' lion commanding tlio harlmr, ami to a great, ox--< lent l'ort Moultrie itself. IIo not only did this, . hut actually buriio I the. carriages of most of ")H 1 tiro heavy guns in effective position, and spiked v9 ' all the gun* and injured the public property in AH | other respects. The fort was imvelopfed in smok^ffll and flames. When this was known in the early .,< morning to the good people of Charleston, they ' | 1 were thrown into great exeiteinent. I sent off ' : I an Aid de-Camp to the fort to know hy what au- j, thority the ninandinit had acted, and to re- flR s quire that the eoimnandnnt should return hack ' B to Fort Moultrie, as the Government of thj^,H j- I" ii i ted States was pledged to keep aHit^fiTr^es^^B as they were in thedifforont forts. The reply of ( Major Anderson was that ho did not know any- 1 thing of such pledge, and acted on his own rc- I - sponsibility, with a view to prevent the effusion ll'll I 1 1 - I ! 1 . ' l ! ! ukxiii, iiiki uruiiin-u ro return. i nnmcaint?< | ly ordered the occupation of Castle l'inekneyr and Sullivan's Inland, aiul if it could bo don? ! in safety. after an examination as to the reported ( . undermining, then Fort Moultrie itself should ,9B ' i he occupied. }j In tlie orders issued, it was expressly stated flfl 1 that these occupations were rando with a view 3 | to prevent the. further destruction of the pnbllv-' 3 property end to secure the public safety, if pos sihle. The officer taking possession of Cfts'.!-} t l'inekney .stated that if ii Ind not been done tlio S public property in tliaL Jy' t' i destroyed^ as was done in Fort .Moultrie. The * I A.'senal, containing the arms of the United States, in the city, was more recently taken.pos : session of, to prevent any premature collision, ? . anil for info-keeping in the preseut excited state f ; of the public mind. All t'ie steps which have been taken have boon taken from necessity, aivl with a view to give security and safety in the " | present condition of the country. >i The Convention has, by its Or linanco, witht drawn the State from the Federal Union, and, i ! by consequence, imposed upon the Executivo j . 1 the duty of endeav >ring to sustain the rights of die Slate ; and in this eiwirgeney, 1 confidently j rely upon the Legislature to sustain the Kxecu uyu .11 an inoijur mviifuroi1. T\ W. Tjckens. ;h , Tio.-;'mx, 1 Vcemher 20, 1800.?There --no "fl ; disguising the fact th:?t Massachusetts isi I to respond promptly to any demand made upon jflS her for troops to sustain the Union ancWho H| - laws. I learn to day, from the highest nu- H thority, that seven thousand troops can he put ' in marching order in twenty-four hours' notice, smil that, one hundred and forty-five thous- M and men are enrolled in the militia of tho nl f i State. Of tl.is number twenty thousand could aj p ! be easily umstered. "" i The financial resources of Massachusetts 1 | wore never in a better "ondilion fur such an ' emergency, and tin) people are enthusiastic to dH j i be enrolled. Adjutant General Abbott, of New IIamp< i , shire, arrived here this afternoon l'rom Wash ington, and left immediately for Concord, " ! with the intention of recommending to Gov! crnor Goodwin that the Gruuito (State be im. j mediately put upon a war footing. , | Considerable excitement exist.* in consex j quenco of the reports that the rtiuskete re- ? t1 moved from the Springfield Armory l ave b> en " j distributed over the South. Mr. \\ hitney, ' Collector of this Port, late Superintend"Jutjiil^-*M tlie Armory at Springfield, V".*ux.'V#n from b? J there to night, having been there, it is sup- | . | posed, with reference to the report from Wash- ffl t> j injrton that twenty thousand muskets havo re- "vs. v j eently been taken from the armory and sold to $S 31 Virginia. A ^ j The feeling is deep and not to be misiutorr pffeted. There is no mistaking the fact that 28 . Massachusetts is in earnest in this lOrisin.? & . Tho merchants are plucky, and the name of Anderson is uppermost in every conversation. * Tin: On ah IjEston ]'\)^fir itations.?;.\u ' " Kngineer oflieer " gives-the following s inent of the dist/.noes of the forts from Char- \ J8 ' j leston city and from each other: uH ' 1" Fort Sumter is three and three-eighths \w ' j miles from (Charleston, one and one-eighth lj ' j miles from Fort Moultrie, thrce nuarters of n S 1 mill! to the nearest land, one and thive-eighths miles from l'ort Moultriis three-quarters of a flj mile to the nearest land, one and.three-eight hs milos to Fort Johnson, and two nod five>* ! oightliB niilds to Oast'.c I'ineUney. The Inst .Jl named furt is one mile from the town, J 1'Yirt .Jotinsoff is two aniffi quarter miles froin 9 tho .town These measurements nre rovreef, H being taken from the Infect surveyh made by the United States Coast SurVe'yV Hfc who is always tn<|iiiri | pooplo tmy'C win oover .givo tjuun a? <*$; portunity of anying any grcnt thing about ^ ^SwiNOlNfl i? ??nirt b/;-the doctor* to in ;t f good for health ; but many n )>< or 1 wrOtoh ha? coim.>. ?.. his <1- ;\tli by it. ' M *? ?-- -1* - | -.vr; lovo that b><? nMlvvJ j beauty to sustain It, woof. vrilhers avr^ 01 'JOOS WfclJ, ?^N M w JM