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We will call upon tMAse ol our friends,
this week, who are in arrears to our of
Seo for subscription and advertising and
job work, and trust that they may take
notice and be prepared to cash our bills
at eight.
Our printers have to be paid every
week-paper, ink, &c., &c., have , to be
paid cash for, and those wlom we have
indulged this long, will, we hope, pay
As up promptly-when called upon, and
thus enable tfs to muet our obligations.
We are pleased to report that our
highly esteemed fellow-citize, Mr. Wu.
A. MonrusoN, has been .ppointed
Pot-Master for Winqisboro.:
For the Lgilture.
We have received twb or three orders
4irecting u1s to announCe certain gentle
menas candidates for the approaching
Stite Legslature, with the r'amark "It
vill .be settled a In. a-day or two !"
which does not, of course, comply with
$our ptiblished trus.
F'r nfonncing a gentleman to any
offc9of profit, honor or trust, our terms
are $100r-OA8H IN ADVANCE. We will
opt deviate front this rule. We have to
'cash to. our printers; for paper, ink,
46A.; (and the necessaries of life,) and we
havo n6 idea of opening accounts 6n
omt books, charging parties. for ,ork
*hen we have to pay cash. When our
terms dre complied. with, then we will
take pleasure in announcing any gentle'.
man's name for any position the author
nay wiskh. t:til they are, we respect
- fully-decline making any such anngance
ments.
Wx. X., IcE, Esq., has been an
noainced 'for the Legislature, in Grqen.
ille Disttiot.
Mr. s. POWALL, an old and much
rev ete4..citiri of , Greenville, S.'Q
died t that place on Friday, Sept. 8.
- EBBAGN OP GOV. PERRY.
*19kvUTIvUxPARTMFNT, 8. C.
T01e Atefnbera of the South Carolma.
Cgnvention:.
GNnnaax: You have been convened in
obediene to the proclsmation of his Excel.
Jenoy Andv'w Johnson, President of the
United-State, for the purpose of organtizng
a 81001 toGvrnment, " whereby justie may
Astolihed, doiestio tranquility tinsur.
sA;d loyal eitjeas protected in all their
rskii: of life, liberty and property." As
Provlsonal Governor of the State of Sputh
Carollna, under- whoe. ordors you were
iteoted, and, have absetnled, L is sproper
Uat I .should tddrees you pn the'opreson
.OgSion, ad you, If I can,. in. resto
a .nur beloved Si0$e, "to her constitu
40wo sl aonsl to ie Federal Goveripen.1,"1
;d: 4 yor by may, esggestions ia pro
.2 01's0 b eh a republican form 'o State
RO'MAit a. *ill extlle 'South Oawollis
to thot( ~A of th. United Stata7 there.
64~d how People. to prottet64 y the
a 04 'Iavasions, insurfooiphi
lisur otI IM
vile, 601 ,ovlsio hhia
dteu o~rhjob ha sep o~
6 Cha o~s~ devakta4og hetnerld
t~t~i~~ Mo*tisn pf all i!gw
4dets Meme
urn, ~Ilj ~t pedep
*Ld assmd~on~e. tfe r~~
~S~q~s~I~ .~v*.tuh ~d.*beb'a ett
1he exsip lin pt eepdt
thYOU'e it: of ilaves," requires
yo. go.- .,, to abolish saavey in:
your new otp#tended Censtiettion, Th .1
express toftms onl. which your pard6e
have been issued; stipulato that -you i
shall neveragain own or employ slave'
labor. It is' likewise altogether probabl,
that the prOposed amendment to the
Federal Constitution, abolishing slave.
ry, will be adopted by three-fourths of
the States and become a part of the
Oonstitution. Morever, it is impossible
for South Carolina Over too regain her 1
civil rights and be restored to the Union
till she volu tarily abolishes slavery, and
declares, by an organic law, that neither
"slavery or involuntary servitude, except
as a punishment for crime, whereot the
party shall have eon duly convicted,"
shall ever again exist within the limits
of the State. Until this is done, we shall
be kept under military rule, and the ne
groes will be protected as "freedinen"
by the whole military fores of the United
States. But Igknow that you are all
honorable men,.as well as patriotic men,
and will do your duty faithfully to your
selves and your country, however pain
ful it way be.
In inaking this unavoidable change in
your Constitution, abolishing slavery,
and which will require the .substitution
of hirel labor for that, of slave labor, 't
is to be hoped thaV none of those evi l
will be experienced which some have
anticipated. By- a wise, just and hu.
mane treatment of your "freedmen" and
women, you 'may attach them to you as
strongly it) their new condition as they
were' whilst 'your slaves. They will
soon learn to see and feel their depend.
ence'on you, and know that their inter
ests require them to be true and'faithful
to you' It is to be expected that so
great 'and sudden a cbafige as this in the
condition of the negto will produce, at
first confusion, idleness and dissatisfac
tion. - This, however, will only be tem
porary. Time and experieiee must
bring order and system. The "freed
man, wil soon find out that lie must
work or perish. Legislation will neees.
sarily be required to regulate the rela.
tive duties- of the employer and em.
ployee.
It is v(y desirable,thiat you avail
yourselves of the present opportunity of
reforming aid popularizing the State
Constitution in 'aoveral particulars.. It
is the reproach of South Caroiina abroad
that her Constitution is less popular and
republican in its provisions than of any
other State 'in the Union. And it is
though\ by many that to this cause
alone may be traced the origin of that
discontent and dissatisfaction with the
Federal Government, Which, after being
nursed for,thirty-three or four years, end.
ed in theencession or rebellion of thir.
teen ot fourteen States.
The. basis of representation in the
13enate of thi% State, as you know, is en,
tirely arbitrary. and founded on no just
principles of property or population.
At the time it was -tdopted-more than
syventy yeprs ago-it wal, no doubt,
fair and equal. But since that time the
entire relative condition of Eleetion Dis.'
tricts has changed. The uppor country,
4tthe adoption of our Sfate Constitution
aiiqt90,wan comparatively but newly
setaed, -had a ptirse .population. and
. little wealth. But, since that time,
r'tion- of State has tcreased in
weoah mnd nu'msbers i' q nmuch greaster
atio tha the losver obuntry; -Hlence it
N/Aa theFaihrpsentatiomtiti the
'eaeiweuaadujs Twenty
or tirty vos in onW~ of . the Iarishes,
*lose populaiottaond.taxatioii coinibhie
~i~to tto Ondly one rembet of'-thd
p$ f Repreptat~ivo, Tiue Bdme
4q~ta~rnwthe sSonate :th hree
hQ~R I (res ae'ibicdgeil Die.
t ~ltion .atd taxatI9ti en,
to~: modnbers in 'the House.
to ~, enWlcahj*mi
ita Ueopr.nttithh'h rihe
wtef .chabng to equalize it
sojhrpeti, laln Dicts.
B~t.IJ 'stch at eengL.
~ %l~ y ikbpl.
e~~l~ a4hp~b dopted ,It of.
t t od11to
~. ve.Im]
- AJI IV
ing tho queion of la
er 2l Ih~f
hqof l3rite, Ir
e loft try,,a.nd 0sol
un _ an lesspropor1'
;otfie. a and to some extent, be ?bount
.., This is due the lower .gountry
vhere there is such a large prepondet
Lnce o that class of persons. Tho
Pederal basis of representation it Con
ress, counting three-fifths of the ne
gr*es, would seemu to be just and right
t was the compromise agreed on b3
he framers of the Federal Constitutigli
ind no doubt founded in wisdom
The question of suffrage, and who
ihaft exercise that right, of voting ii
Bouth Carolina, is one of grave impor
ance, and must be settled by-you if
rour new Constitution. In 1790,' th
3tate Constitution declared that no on
sh6uld be allowed to vote unless he va
a feeholder or tax-payer, and a fre4
white man of the age of twenty on
years. In 1810, the right of sui'rag
was extended to all free white men c
the ag' of twenty.one, who were resi
donts of the State two years, and of th
Election District six months, previous to
voting. The, qualification of -a freeholi
or the paymeit of a tak was no longe
required. Jt yas thought proper at tha
period that a fr-e white man,who had t
serve in the militia, do patrol duty, worl
on the roads, and' defend his country it
time of. war, should be allowed to vot
ror members of the Legislature and othe
officers of the State,. without the owAer
ship of a freehold or . the payment <
taxes. To extend this univorsal si
[rage to the "freedmen" in their pre.*n
ignorant ad degraded condition,- wouNl
be Wttle less than folly and madness. I
would be giving to the man of wealk
and large ' lauded possessions in thi
Btate a most undue influence in all elec
Lions. He would be enabled to mnarc'
the polls, with (tis two or three hundrei
"freedmen" ns emplovoes, voting as h
irected, and control ill elections. Tit
poor white men in the Election Dis
ricts would have no influence, or thei
nflience would be overpowerett by on
man' of large landed estate. In Con
seotitut, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, an:
several dther non-slaveholding States a
he North, 'free negroes and colored per
ions are entirely excluded from votin'
[i mobt'of the Northern States them 11
a property qualification reqttired of al
voters, which escludes them. If th
New York qualifleations at a freeholi
for a person of color voting,. were adopt
ed in South Carolina, very few of th
freedmen in this State would . ever b
able to exercise the right of suffrage
In North Carolina, 'Tennessee, and per
haps other'slaveholding States, tree ne
groes formerly were entitled 'to v~ote
but it is itfnderstood thatithey' seldom:sai
proper to exercise thiq fraibise.
The radical Rpablican part.* NoAl
are looking with 'great interest to .1y
tciion of the' Southern States 'in 'refer
ance to nogro suffrpge, and whilst'thel
admit that av manu'should bo able to rea
and writead have a'iroperty qualifie
Lion in order to Ivote, yet they coaitety
that there Ahould '1be no distinction be
tweelk voters onacCotUn t9f colori 'The)
rorget that this is a white man's eov
rnnient., and i tended' for white me
only:; and" that; the; glapreme Court 0
the-United Fta has decided that thg
negro is not an meriegn citizen unde
the ?ederil - nglitutlort. That, *aol
and every Sta 'of-tle, :tnon hsa th<
stiquestioned:- r trd ieoiding.'for her
self who shall"4 .rdlee th tlig of saul
frage, is b'yon 41l ' diaptte. Yen *11
settle thi e tatiodl a the-lutet's
and honor ofStata' demand,
So 80th (afoli 3 itheild Stae it
the Uni'be lheQhIIfadrate i
aso longet Ulih oab is" n eh
tdt princi tet st f 'tli'oeLtiA
ad repreWates.J osa p oo
are delea fo daanothbi36
election rn ate d
en tlthei
lature,.
offices nih
loss of to
hg ths
ernorh~ h
Jes udofi
oerUwe and Bridi.
e,rToo~ 6mp&lh~l.O~~ ission
era and Maes in it and various
other offhiers, Ti q:prraseses too#,
lation, Occupies r e of lle e'
ofinembers, -aud u toonitive of. il
)donsequettes: The norof tefee-eleci
tions and appointments, should be ta)en
fioi. the'Legislature.
The-election of 1Presidential Electors
by. the tegislatu* is 0leatly an usurpa.
tion oi the part of that bdy, and which
no other State in the. Union tolerates at
the present time. The Federal Consti
tation declares that "each State -shall
appoint in such manner as the Le 'slature
thereof may dire-et Electors of resident
and Vjee'Prosident. "The State, and
not the Legislaturs, is to "appoint" Elic
tots. The . Legiattre, is to~ direct the
"manner" of.appointing only.. The peo.
ple are'the &ate. and should "appoint."
f No one will contend that the Legislapre
which represents the &ate, is the State
' itself. This gross error will no doubt
be corrected - by the first Legislature
I which assembles under your new Con.
r stitution, and. it may be well for
t you to express a wish for its correc
> tioo.
The appointment of the State ofAeers
might be -given to the Goverpor, with
the advice and consent of the Senake.
r lie might also; wi.h great propriety, be
empowered to. make the appiointment of
f many-4f the District officers, and.thereby
relieve the people pf a . friitful source of
t demoralisaton In makitg thes, petty
I elections. The question issuggosted for
t your consideration.
- In all elections made by the toegis.
, lature, th, voting should be viva tMe, so
that each member's cohatituentb might
i know how he .Toted- The ballot is se.
I oret, and conceals the Represeltativ's
i vote from ihis * constituefhoy. e peo
pie have a right to know. how their Rep.
resentatives oted in electiOns as well
r as in-legislastion. In al elections by the
s Peopve, the ballot is certainly the proper
- moe, as it enables bvery man to. vote
I independently,, according to ,his ow'n
, convictions. No one hasany right to
know or questioh his vote. * ft votes
as.a sovereign. Bt .the RepresentA.
tive votes for'otheru. and they have a
I rigIt to know his vote.
,. it would be well :tn consolidat'e the
I Treanury Department. The State, of
South Carolina is nei.ther so large nor so
wealthy as to require , two Treasurers.
The Secretaty of lSate and the ' rvey.
or-General should be required to -eep
their offices only it the seat of Governe
went.: The. facilities of traveling e.
,tween Charleston and dolutnbia are noW'
such that there is no necesity for a divi.
sien of these offices at the. oxpenseof
I th4ate. - The.Court of A els i
also to-the..required tohset tog Ie '
Cohmbia'. where one - law llbrwry, d
! one set of officers would be sufoiont for
I the CourL
In order to give addisonial 1i irt ce
I and densideraton to the oceoleutop.
ant-Governor, he ought t~o msdea
offieioPresidentof the Seate or, whih
would be as 'well, let th4 Presdent
of the Senateoa st j0o#Pror fin ase of
Svacancy WI anetjet ellition se
madeby te pepl. -
You shouldK dfoNVi election of
a brsof th jdi~~s n eatly
hat he(n !As6 t -eon.
vps4dAnatuto orders tiq~s d of
e4emAbqrs of Coges-ed ited $tte.
Seatogn before the I~rfirs ay in Ne
j'beuext. It i lii powtant tl*
11 U the 8 outheuni States hol
proviet tand Mlr
4tii, tg
to.
Ofthe rrovi
se od 1 d' likewisd'heY
A w riz i thp President to'
.'k. b nat, for the purpeW
o defrfayng the expenses of the-ConvEiu
ton. 'hIs I declined. to 4o; insonso'
qne,nce of the utter delitation of the
*people, audyou wille .g6 sq4h
arrangenentsfor gout expenses 94.
maty think mnea advisable. K
The want 9f'inousy or a circuating
iedium conot oddnthul-ong. T116 sale
of cotton, as oda as its tkalihporttion to
rarke is practicable, will supply the
country with money enough for tA moet.
preswing wants. harmrs ana plan.
tore now that their ilav'es are emanci.
iated may very well 0 dispoe of a por.
tiod of their l1nds, to reliev4 their etu*
barraasmonts. and acqire the means Of
eniiching and iiproing the remainder.
Northefn eapitalists and Eutopean ira
migants will.- readilly make invostments
in real estarte in South Carolina. In a
short 6ie looney, .'which.is superabub
dah't in he orthern States,will natural
ly and tieceisarily. flow South, seek
ing itsalaue, as water flows seeking its.
level.
After tle colla ' 'of the' so-called
Confederacy,-the' athern-'t ates were
left in a mnost anomalods cohdition in re
ference to their -iooetary affairs. The
gold and silverhld been epdtted as l
article of cowmerc6 duringj thi wir ; the -
State banksl were all brok e and their
bills driveli out of circulation, and the
Confederate Aoney 'became, 6f dourse,
*vainelesa. This left'the South withont
any kind of mon y or A .ietalating the.
*dium.' Eight mi one of people, 16 a
high state of civihdation, Oetnp;iaa
rih and fertile%'contry, *lahoot oney
or. the means of' exchabg, ecept
barter..
qloomy as the presont xiay senew the
future will be bnghtai)d glotions. Noth.
ing is ever likely to' 9oIar again 'to thWr
the harmoigf the Union. The ges s
cause of .;u naion eteen the tw*
sectionshis beei romoved. Ther are
no rivil interests. The North and the
South are mutually -neMesaly to .P"d5.
other, atid all the pursuits of the ohoate
dependent on those Qf .tle other.- The
United States, as a: Whole, i nl.
the elements of nadUedel prosgerity and
greatness in 1 1 gh. degre, than 6ny
other, people en' et fiide of the earth.
No rxpite-ib t 4 world ever .unitd it
8o ruun.4 a dgee', die three gseat
souroe .of .ind Pehqene, .power. ancd
wealh-agricul ; commerge adman.
faotui. .4 k as civilsation con
miues, thiOgrid blio will Hloutish
and incriase 'i heres, 'weakiad
raounden r. . cn :oty r ble nd
rean ;$ % en orae dind
M11u '' lo
fArkt6s 11 el a at addg
and.
SiI Carolina as an in98 I j6i 6f
of sa'avery 4~i en~
aelf-relance; to 1,er *ti1~ t."z
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