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WINNSBORO, 9, 0, s YJUty Is, 1666. . 4liml!HT, Ast w. IATE Wit. 1lowng geitlemnii are re. 10 :-i a. Agot. for the I1i:t. A. ). (ILLIA no-Ioekv .e Parish, L,1. * pIRII I1---Oli~lties $. C. -l.*ron-TES-Ridgeway, S. (. . " m.t,-Mnie1, C. fVcM uraiTi--Rossville, S. C. J b.M 31A;TN---Jacekson ( reck, * IAVo l~IkNs-Allstonl,S. C. ~ 11 01W.ur M61ow-Slm Chrc Impressloi ll Cwth Court Roomn, The.affability and urbanit-: of the Chanoblior presidiinb cro to the gentle men at the Bar a ue passport to thei most satisfoctory tilatioe's inll pro dings. Masy withot fruniliarity, . digified without stuidie fo1rm1aultii -, he wins.le "P f 1 tll h ip. ach 1 i:d nd tunei . :'-y ecm u1i1d their respect. i.) ly nilt i - i. inteJl.:, and h1ar1ingiI well 1bp.d In istel power's ->[* ml il, ii at quick sense of jutice aid right, is well cIlt:l:cu l',d to sit as joige jury in disputed cases betwt een an nod man. One of his str'g . umetal appt ciations4 is uindoubted ly be fondness for laying proof aloiig tde of proof; for obtaining ove ry po: Aible point in )roof up.-i both sides, and tho Coml)paring lp with proof, :md arguntloi. with:-11 it, n#Ithe placin;m ono a;r jist (11 -. inl the . onWI; .se si he b .lo f negh 1s-mild fall. Tli rO i., Wn. f ture in wiiih l hiSiioor th Chiao'.Iu>r le ans as it Wore pectiiarly 11p),1n1 the couusllIors at tho Bar. It i: tholh referce to eases as pret .'.its ii. Law or Equity. Sucht fternces are always gratifying. but he who refvers shiuld be extreImely cu t.1 Iious I ol.t oIi forcible ii it bearing uipot h CasO in point, for his Ilenir will ttlan ouglly sift eve' , such rte ference to cee how iln what w- and t1 whiit e-0(-10 it, sorves to u t1 tlie case to who. aid it. is called. ft Nis tru1e0 ervy one1 should (i this who Occupics al ,Ilmilar impt :io1 ; buit it Is not truto hat overy one do's. IH i only to thiose wllo (i this imt ofliers look as it gide inl thelir dcisions. It is to inen of difforont mii inds Iromi tIt is. that Are i due thio "loo.e " decisiois which were reforred to on Tuesday laUst -i oiie of thlie .oun.sel.or's argu But wo hiaveoxtended.' (this parti of' our imIpressionis furtheor thiain we in tonded. Wo are giving only impres.. mOindl, upon01 seeing t ho (Chancell' Ior forii the first time. Anlotheir impreCssioni wa,(3 that the plhr'ao "gono up t ho spout" has b'eeni logalized . Our able legaI pr'act iti on era have adopted it, ntf howevter ini all its parts, bu in an ab'brev ~iated .Mlve. "Gono ujp" mayi~ no0w be pr'operly usetd to exp'rss all linai l depar'tureP~s of pcr.. itonatl anid realh estate0, and1( e'speciially all thatt dlepated during and1( with lthle But aniotheri im~preossion was thie peC culiar effoot produced at the sight of' somei mlomento of the Conifederacey, that is some( oiflitcial repreirsentat ive of' that defunct organismi. ft is wtell known that to recall to an inidividual an1y Ohor'ied but~ def'eatod nehtemei in his past life, is to provokoI a ('aint and sickly smile. And it is juist the same11 with comm111uiiitieos and couantries. SO onl Tuelisday hia]t when occasionl arouo that nine thousand andi some hundr'ed dollars in C'onfcder'ate b.ondt; should1( bo produced 11s mlute wvitnesses in the trial, that p~hiul buille otf pa per oxcited that sa1me apecd. of' smnilec. And so will siu1 th do30 long as~ t re( suit of the "situatioin" ~t represet s remainsf 'iily imilpressed upon our inids. Tfhere is aii in1stitv ((esire to see it out oif the wvay ; not hocause~ wo e aOmshtamed0 of it theon, nor he cause we aro niow aishamied of whaIit it 01nco rOosented, but bicen use it re irils uis of' defthlt in a cheished plhan. But we hav'o said enoughi,though not all our own imp1~ressions8 in the C'ouirt Room11.. It is said of anu old1 Juidge 8omoir wthero that he preferre'i'd to hear but one rido of a caso, f'or wh'len he heardI both ho could not decide1 hlow to pr'o nonnoe10 judgment. Whilo thme prac -tiue of the old judge wouldb be abonji nibl'o, no one ocan deny that his rea * oi for it might v'ery well and fro qjdently prove a porp)lexinig source of * annoyance. But thme beauty of the Judiciary ls just as muhib hidden fronm th9 mati who takes umbrage at the do. Isi af Courts because it conflicts * wt1 his selfish ende,. as it was from ~he judge because it tasked his pa tiehoo. Tsw and Rquity in theory are has Ad upon the universal principle---x :WN I -mtq A I nn k ANNOWOA&Mam a justico to nvery citizen ; and in pr'atd ic' they ario grounided upon the snilproposi(t. ion--Avii altecram paIm,-- et each part be heard.." C p'ious !~sshiless which hasoxpe rionoli-4 def'eat in eit-herlaw or Equity, may whimper at their authority ; but any discrinminiting mind can Com prolend not only tihe expediency and the nw'eiCssitv or their existence, but will ako (1iover beauties in adapta tiotn tId in the application that niake OVel a suj1)e (t-t S d ry, one well worthy i It isnot necossary to wade through volnne of, books on 1.1--v to 0i ppre.O ha~nd it-i two., grand prinlciple.', aniy more than it is, in oMer to alreu ia the boaIttie of the ole alts, to pore ver the princiiles in all their clubo raten.:s l which was requisitu to consti tte a lunes or ani A Nomo. In deed kaw and equity are the oflspring of ini iiite sense f justice. It is tho c:Onijoint exerei.e of' bvtli the moral and bitellettiuil faculties that develop them', ; the one gives tle notion or tho l0'a Ofjlstice!O, while the other m1ouldsi that idea and gives it the formIii of' law. llait. 1;'y h styleil innt e justice Law0, tina juic embodie. (C omh jitit-, while Sta(tte law i the h ' IC cibdi;ied aid ilmjoe ready to ha~el fc liliation, or rather for testinig ap plications for eims upon justiec. lhInee there are to) Calses whir'oml lie the12 dci'catinlg of the ends of jus. tice. The firt is, when inl the ftorn'iattionl of hav it is coored wIth lie 7edice te the .1. the is i in the bseond, howeer 0 iny voipnrt ':it i a sen." 1cea - . r 'e f'r.t those t AiI , at at tahl to in thw fir.'! ease, it is over l e-hod, not fully set orthl, or it is .) I both cases, while all tie duie forimus of' IlaIv are gonie ithrontyh with, it is after ill a mere muckor , defnne reresntaiveof that sym teilet 11ure jl-tice and lv. I \. will reni ily appear fromn this trinl '-r impressions howv absoluir'.: s.Sen-tia it, is that our law-ankers '4lh14li e, IInu above slispnuion. I Iow 'sset'ial th iney sho'ld be selete1l fi-onu tI whso have Ilai iue snse of, right amd wrong. Wo do not iiieanii Only those who aroSjtimply respectable for morality, for many a ma1n inmly comm it ani act of injutstiee antd wrong1i who still huas ai very n'eit sense of' hot hi. N ot that obl1hiuit lesi in) ennidut shoul be4 a p~asspiort to poplar hi leh va lion,bIu t thfat when I tes exist in a in Imsureo with It dh othiera ini a hiigh do groet, the last shoul tiote bojectod becaus 11( I fihintcobi it withI the fir1st. Andll~ (w 4 111b1 nt but lhe grat filledi ont Fridha y 1last in thie (Coturt lIouse,54 wheni i11sellor cited a iase of' lhe origin ju of a st a tute Iaiw, an idstated0( that it grew oupit of it necessity Id feb, I bu tho iumt if a demiiand wa~s imiado upoin the ex I Iouniders of' latw to~ suzggedt thle best form in which the Ia w to meet thaiz. n14 eessit~y shonhill ho east. It is highly graitifyinig to us of' Sout-h ('arol iina to look hack iuponl the Ilist, of' the fra mer's, oxpi ounders. and adiuminis I taors of jus-tilet in 0tnr State. Our Lawi, andl l1tnit,) are' a pr'oud monut mlent- to the sense5 ')f justico. But, we We may embody others~ that were made. 'We didu intend to suibmit :same inmpressionls in regard to the re lat ion between law and morals, as the latter appear' to us to be under'stood in colnnctiont w~ith law and equity, b1ut we defert those. WhaIln of tlic Test Onfh ? Ever'ty man11 Noth as well as South knows thiat the o'nly reast:on that we have not booni idble' to scurte' represen01 tafion in Cotngress is on ac'ctnt of' the Tlest OathI. If' this great obstacle, univrsaly grntedtoih the only one pre'tssion of' opiniion fr'om eithier the on dfOrse's of' thle OfliciaI (Call fo4r a Na ionial (Convent ion, inor hiasbeon touch ed upfonI ini the .Plaitformi of1 the Nation. ai iion (lub, we ask in all good conlscience', wihat are' we0 I)to er l'vidently that1 (thiat (Convention' will nt be expected to make any chatnges in thet exit inhg c'onitition proeden~i)t to our' adittan'eo to Congress. But saiys one, why do they insist then so imuich upon the repreentat ion of' (lie SouthI 'We aniswer, bcuuse they really wanit the South theire. But what is the nattiue of their demand iWhy, that the South must have ropresentationi, but heir represenitatives must be loyal, and their lowalty mnuwt be of such a oharaetoir that it "ca(flnot le questione~d "unadr uny excisting CJonstdittonal or le. I "gal test." Thiese italioised words aire tho language of Precsident JOHNSON a~donted bv anid iincornnraind inA tin 'Ad dre ss of the Doinocratio Sonators aid Representatives to the people.11 Yes, the prime movers in this Con. reition do want representatives in Jongress from South Carolina. Bitt ye 'candidly warn our peopl that 1esrs. PEnitny and MANNINo, KENNE )V, AIKEN, MCGOWAN and FARROW vill nover got into Congress through ho mediation of that Convention. [f any .one thinks this view and infer tc are incorrect, let him read all ti4 official antiounce ieunts of the origi utitrs of the move for ia National Con vent jon. A.: ber Q . i.," r- h ~vn ti-m wJ in.t i-i Phila~idolphie.. No0 infrence call be dra wo t hat w e are dis. loyal (tihe abomiailble word ) bestauitit, we canlil-t joinl it. Lot it mee, and11 then if it goes bey-md the pii hieiples. it has declared I ill governt it, that will be the time for us to ai.1 thcim. The fact is, that Convention will not ad mit the men we would scnd, unle1s it means to say one thing and do anoth er. W'C. The Am1crican liriot und Our Pu.sition. The Patrit of the I sh animadverts uipoin it brief editorial copied from the Nriws, atid basis- its presitiption of wha~t our poition is, upon that arti We ha ve advocated in t he column1 oft ttlo 'hid Ib' rpresentati ).I ofi tli Soulth, -v d()eeyIto z inl the Natiomal Cons min on i t(he 1-ith of Atngelt pro::., .-lievio, it to he the tyt, to say ihuhiiq of tL itterest, o' thepno ple ol' e Amt th to sei/e u p')n everv p ity ;, Te OVOI' lt !asl, . nw o i: inerlies they I).~ m befor-e the war; solm of thill' olm a ha ctz'"' i0od Anor V th- I At s; O . 4 .o . Ill politic The above cxtrat we cip 'roi t.0 Ptario/. Ulfort tiela ty'lv, the Ptr.t, like every ot'. I- Iapel that las come to Ils ad vooat ing ourL represenitation inl the Cotvent ion, mlvances its idea of tite lini'ar of th! Ia i for tile Concveitionl, Limed upon its imagialt ionam thten 008 in 4. Ia hotmily tipoll that iden. Th ;' ttriut i y so a u(ity" atid an "ititterest" i: i IIrI-epting the itn vittlonl to ioto Philadelph11ial, but, for tim oid li 1s wv cannot. A tild as f'or"ro flsinig every overturek. for is (out) weC.,illfae,"I we assulre thle /A'o, it that we demurlii' to) s!) br toad a. application of its idea"Of th invitation to attend that Convention . As to "son of tt freedotm'and iber-ty of whjich the Pautriot speaks, wve asatire otur conteim get. We will submt~lit to the canid id eon sidcration of' the Patriot ourll realsonls for opposinig, not tile Convention, bit ourI sentding any dlelegattes there, tand we as8k that paper~i to giveO those reat sonst. calm' contsidlerat ion before chtartg intg its with "'rejectintg everty ovcr I . Theii Iirst fact i.; that at C~onveno tioni hais beeni calledi to meeOt in Phila delphia on the I ith of A ugumt. 2. The seconid i) thast we havn had p.romiulgated to u1s, of Souitht Cartoltina, fouri) oflicid )nper; lh reference to said Convention. (1.) 2~h' 6-oial Call. (2.) The Address of the Thimocrtio Congressmien. (3.) 'rho Platf'ormi o theo Nationlal Union Clutb. (4I.) The Address e' Vice-Presidcent Oa to the People of Soth Carmolina. After the annltouncemenlOt of those facts, the first thing to notico i3, who are inv'ited 1 W1e4)cones when we be gan to read thle Official Call, and had fitiished th~e secotnd paragraph, wet did fool rojoicetd that steps wiere about to be taken to unite thle ma1Zsses of the Nor'th and South in sober delibera.. tioni. H~ere i's the seconid patragralph of thalt Catl1 "Such dlelegate's wtill 1)e ohoseyi by "thlo eloot'rs of the se verall St ates wtho "caustaint the Administration iti matin "tatininlg unbroken the Union of the "States unlder' the Constitution whichl Whtt ai broa1 mairgniaimus gr'ountd upon11 whichjl to extendt an inlvitation I That is what umadc its feel olehte. Blut whten we cent itued to read--Hand "who agree ini the following proposi.. l1tnf when we reached the last para' gtaphl we felt depressed becauise of tile restrictions laid upon its of' the South. l'hat paragraphl is in thaeso words: "' lut 1no delegate wvill take a seat in 'such Co'nventionl, wh'lo does niot loyal.i 'iy accepijt the lntionaul situat ion andl~ 'vordially endorlse the picip~iles a bove 'sot f'otb. tnd whio is nt, ut-tached int 'true ntaiunc to the Constitu 'tion, the Union und .tme Govertnment 'of' the Untited Statses." Thlere we fitnd wo are invited. Thongress mallkes but one condition >recedent to representation in that >ody. But this Call lays down three or those who would laced it. -1. Those who loyally accept the a. innn1 situntion. 2. And cordially endorso the prin eiples above set forth. 3. And are attached in true alle gigaee to the Constitution, the Union pnd thd Govern mont of the United Sutes. If by 'national situation" Is ncant the result of the war,j. e. the aboli tion of slavery and the supremacy of the Federal Government, wo could ac cept the the invitation on that score. We readily accede to the third rostrie tiV4,-beeause wo have all taken the oath of allegiance to that effect. But it is in the second restriktion that w ilad e% ryV reasoni to object to tle Call andno one who sees the matter in the light. we .I, can hoartily sanetion the move to *lea dele:gates to the Conven t ion1. We may ilisconstriie the whole Itutter, but our view ik the result of h1west eouvietion, and we lope the lPutrivt will et least give its credit for that mn:eh. And our view of the ma teriul of that Convent ion and of the object it has in the future is drawn from the documents issued by its ad vocates and prime movers. 'It will be necessary first however to define the three loading political doe trjies now extant throughout the I United States. The first is that of the uncondition al Union men, such as ox-Governor LI-.ntfN of North Carolier. All the iu.dienkli enido~o thi. Te seconjd I., r t he 'est O.th (.'onstitutional t :. ia, - ViL1.iA II. SE.WARD. Ne. wheu % atie :,tu . . P, phiai, alI who ar not ex pe1Ftedt to . there. Will thle P1ri,t Ileuso ex iine three of the oflicial paeirs to which at tontion has been called above, and Imark On4e prolniinent Ivitulire inl ;-Il of thiem I I the seveitih proposFit ioll t the Official Call, second clause, occurs this language : "But the exclusion of loyal Senators "and Representatives, proporly chosen "and qualified under the Constitution "and tile laws, is unjust and revolu "1tionlarv.1 In ihe Address of Democratic and Conservative miemibers of Congress to ~tno Peoplo of the United States, oe eur thueso svords: "We cordially approve the call for "a National Un ion Convenition * * "iiand e'n'Iorse the princip/es tlhech set In the Platform of the National Union Clnb, sevenlth resolution, are found these words: "That all the States of the Union "are 0enti tled by the Clonst itu tion of "the United States to representatlion "'in t ho councils of the nation, and1( that "alilhyal members dully elected and "reCturned C l~hareing the: requaisita: q uli-i. "cations aIs prescribeLd bI; 1(aw, should1( be "aadmittod to their seats in Congress "wi thoiut unneilcessar y delay.'" Observe now that in tihe tirst paper we have those who are ---- "pro p)erly ch~osen and qualilied uinder the Cousfitution and the laws" In ti third we have those - "having the regn~isite qualifieations as prescribed by law." In the second wve hlan, thes fut~~ shoewn that it sBigners -- "endorst' tihe p~rinciples therein set forth." That is, thiose principles one of which is that the eleven exoluded States should be represented, but their representatives mu ist be qjual ified accord ing to existing C.onstiutional legal tests. And these are the very words of President JTOINSON limself'. Do they not apply to anld enmbrace the Test Oath ? Then who are invited to attend that Conlventioni 1 Why evidently those wvho subscribe to the political doe trinio as dlefied in the second class as ab11ovC; that is, the Test Oath Consti tutionail Uionm meni, of whom Secret ary SrlwA nu) is a promiuelt leador. But of whichl Presidlent ANDRE.W JollNsoN is the~ head and fronit, Groat stress is laid by the advocates of representaition ila the 4onvention up~on die' nn1onemient that its pur. pose is to sustain the Admiinist rationi. lint when that Convention has rech~-' ed the position of President JonINON,ite will hatve gone no farth'r thian simply to aissdro that the South, ought to be ropresented by men whoe (can take thle Test Oath. Hence with all their blast of trumipets that the Union is to be restored by the action of this Conven tion, It means nothing more than that the representatives MANNING and PER nY freio South Carolina may go into Congress,i'f they take the Test Oath. And 'the whole issue between tihe President and the Radicals has been, that he latter wa1d not. evan subject the mmkbera elect from the South to tho I test. If ]ut we havo extended this ,articlo already- too long, and, will defer tho other more serious object ions for anlI other time. It will be obsorved tOni from th'e above that cven a cordial support of the Presideont's policy in reference to 'representation, will not scoure the entranco of our delegates into Coigress. So that nothing would be accomplished by our aid in the t Concaition. t The Pitri,,t mzay tt as.nu-cd that our coivictions, ire hne. and m-1riouP, and weo are opel to cv .vtion with ihe reioval of our objeCt in. 3l'U. Pint1foil1 of Ute .tiointi Unionl (111b. Below we presen-iit for tle conidera. tion of mu I readers, the t phitformi ofi ti, National Union Club. It, ii the ground our distinguished Uovernor stands uipol, it contaiins principles which Ie ' cord iaI ly" enudories, and of which lie " "it. seem1s to me that there is iot onc (piniiciple) to which this'tate canmot su.>seribe in honlor anld with sincerity. G entlo reader, woild youl 1now" what your honor and sincerity itave to Subscribe to ? Ju.t. read this : 8. "lved, T.hat treasoin is a cri mle "that. shoutl hw puniished, and that wo "Care oppored to ocompromising with! -'mirsbybartering unlliversal a-m C- 1 ., -I cast k vot o r a1. i delegate: -.1 to I hil opi l n , IM 1 th of; - A - ., . ,w.'/ d at. the vT-y oe., -l m: a I t . ? 'nl .. vt ion owi: 1. -.. .ol the coiterievs o h i'.1r: de a. un der th IeC 'izor caro f i' : l(hiv i.. ment, while twno of the C'n'.fedr'hate lie "un1honlored andnu,[ ; and if' hie canl "sincworely" t arni over '.. '.he ten der mierci's of tiI.t G-nVn:llenL the failihies of thosevI who ( .d that tiht Govertonlenit mliglA Ilivo, aml lave those thr fiin:ities to the cld chari ty of a en.iuntry tht ignores them, we ennilt. I ie'iven knows this S4tate, CVen at the arnu appeal of Vi"e-Presi such a thi i ng. r Iia an~y one1 oIf thet ex~cludd Si ~t ate:' del iberately'''~ iineerety" and "hnonora bi)'' pironounciie herslflC guilty of' treason, anud d ishionor th tincinoray of' her fatllen hecrocs. It is a it~tcer thought, even to conocive it, but1 it is pafst endurIiianice wheni wc are' called upon)) to~ execu2te it. We~ haavc some11 dign ity left. Thelire 1ioinor eveni ini defea t. Sp)Ceh may no0w is more1 pre'ciou~s ati t lumore to bie dlesired thtani lfino gold(. I low can we senid declegates to) a CJon ventiion with our eyes open to hlia ht ion. No concessionus illt be gran tcd us t hero, -not e'veni the soft, phr~ases of 11 mild cha~rit., Pnori.a or -rnr: S"ou-rn, sa cAIJI1 AN!) DhilN(ilio IN mAINeP*.. 1Resolved, 'IThat we are now, as heOretof'ore, ardent ly at tached to the Union of the States under' the Const i tution of the Uinited States ; that wec deniy the r'ight of' aniy Stait( to .9ecede, and1( hold that nil attempts aitsees~sioni are uull and void ; that all theo States ar~owv States of' this Un ion, as btefore the rceoiis', an:l we denty the power of the Geneoral GxovernmenI~ft, underk) the Constitution, to excludit .a State from the Union, o' to govern it as a Tferrite ry. 2. Resolved, That our conflidence in the ability, intogr'ity, pat riotismn and stateimansh ip of' Presidenat Johnson01 is undiminished, and we cordially ap.. proo'e the gene ral 1pol1icy of' hiis adini istration, 3. Resolved, 'That we endi~orso the r'esolution of Congress of' July, 1861, dleclarinig the objoet of' the war on oar parlt to be the defence and m iainte-1 tuilCe of 1he SlnpromaciIy of the Ijonsti tution anid the preser~va tioni of' the Union, with the dlignit.y, equality aind rights of the severail States uii'upair ed. 4. Rteso.lve( Tlha~lt, in thho tiguage of the Chicago phl.tformiu of' 180, ianmd ais quiotett by tile late i.rosident Lin.. cot n in hiis iirst inl augualI addrioss~ '"Thie miai'lte.a..ne inviolate of" 'tro eights of Statcs, and espesuially of the a rights of eceh State to order and eon trot its own d omiostic institLutions aic (tordhiig to its own juidginent exelu sively, subject only to theConist itni don of the United States, is essenitiail to thmat balance of power on whielh the per'fect'ion and on'dur'ance of our politi.. cal fabric dlepends."' 5. Resolved, That uinder the ?Con.. stitution of the U~nitedl States is re served to the several Sitates thet right to prescribe the qualifications-of elee. 1 tors therein ; and that it would be suib- e versivo of the pr'ineip)lea of our Go'v- e orniment for Congress to force utniver iial sunf'rage upon -any porten of the I aounftry in opposition to the *known I wishes of the eitizenr thereof. . 0. Rnaalvodl unha~ thi - Union .ut >o and reminiji one and indivisible 'orOver,"-that the war for its presier ation having been brought to a tri uiniphant, closo, and tihe supremacy of lie Constitut ion vindicated,tie rights of the States under the ConstitiltiovN Lie to be I'maintained inviolato, and hat loyal cit izens within tho States nd districts lately overrun by rebel ion are entitled to all the rights t uaranteed to them by the Constitu 7. W olved, Tint, all the States of lie Union are entitled by the Cnisti ution of the United States to repre entation in the ecouncils cf ti he nation, ; md that all loyal ncimbers dul'y elect d and returned, having the requisite tilifientions as prese: i bed by law. leql be admiated to thieir sotits in omtress ithou-t unn11ece ssary Odehn, )v teiir rmp.elact i vo I buses, cieli louse Lei'On je.idge of the election, ,e0tIirns :mdlit leatlili ions of it:- ow iulliberv. 8. .l ''sol vedl, Tlimat treasoni is a cri ime hat s1,htmld be paiished, and that we re, ill pose) to com )prom ising with raitors by barering "universal am sty" for "uitivrsa l sifyrage."' P. Resolved, That the payment of" 110 ii tiol deb i1 Oit is i sacred oblilv:. lm, neve t) bw repuldiate! - mi that 10 debt or bligation ineirred in any manne w 1hatever In aid of* treas'oni or rebellion ;hould ever he assumed or pa id. W0. 'Resolved, That wo cardially w(orse th e rtorat ion poli o v if' rIedent 1onson's wise, patrioieif i, -on.tittional and in harmonty witti he loyal sentilelits and put rses of the people I n''TpI pessioI of the reb! lion ; with the ilatfori u Iipon which lie was ele:ted - with the declared policy A>f the Iate Pre iden t, Lincoln, tihe e elli of Cong re an ld the pledgesg iven rhn-ing the war911. 1I i eSoIved, 'That. fle iat ion owes a lasting( debt of Oi t h 4oldiers and sailosef 11 . late wIr for 11 u p e~ on l the rel lli m. ;i:'1 Omt thi finili-of thlie fllei1 hrics -ish) d il that t eom y w icht lv . nt wa:-tis of th '< e, e i ihouil- be c. red for I : .- : .r - Aln hvlifill Yearl' I.X.G will !.lu t he v --ecown .s one o) the ml o. I'lentuil vnn-. Ttre Itnail pasSions o m il I'fl inr- :,I X years .,-we) lik :t ! fW det rulm tion over 1hi.s once free- :nld Imp:I Eid' . This y:I - :1hi l < ti -.; firious vit r , ra In thiat 1.uny m,1.: should attom't to I al i in pw (1r, lave bar wom t! hu-.' iln ilht luin rago. jhil ntrmns o!! b floinla and fires, have n. -! , r4 hi ilnslel ain1 hlwle I in a 'ld e throughoultm t thb. 1:u1 !. ibl thoere i. blehind thi s a l r: ' r . b 1 a hus. Not a mail hai rached us of' dairk~ loduy d(eed-n of inon'e. If thi6 recoi-'u inIi plL ldrt iculari for the paist foiurI ~lfh Ioths w'om emlbhizon ed upoii the luen sknies in1 living Iirue, a worild would star t aghast at the exlhi bition. Nor havi e thoe who scnoced om very), souls w~'ith ie bitt terest ail hot test draiughtC lamai thle sprii ig of diire. ful war1, escaped th41 le CScserp inCes (if thei r wra th. Port land, Alali no, biy last aiccointsisIn la in nidhes. Whien the' hosCt ile fleets Iay ofef CinirleOston ini l)ot'embehor, INGI6 , r .d revelleod in hiido.. (ins caroisiils oiveir the dest.rutct of our11 city)',--we i hunedo themii. Le1t u1 not (110 co imni ou rselvyes. Ibhit if' ret ri.. but ion follows t heat, let, us only watch and1( be amaiuzeid. An E~xp~l~laution. it. is knowni ini this~ conuinunity that there are two 'ICors contdnoting thiis paper. The laditor-in--chief, 11. A. Gi Att.Ann, Esq1., is also (Connuiissioner' in Equity. Owing to pre'wing ofilcial usiness for some timo before thle COnl vening of the Coeurt of' Equiit.y, now ini session, lie has not used pen or scissors an the IN iws. Durning that. time the ~allf'or a National Union Coniventjin v'ias issued. I1 aut on1Ce opposed Clue rlioostL.: Lithit we of the0 South shiould~ Ied Chat call. i.dr. 0GAr.TAnoi antd nysclf' diffel' upon01 the suibjoeot, but ini lie miost pleaniit mannl~for, iYd this xplalinat ion I a tconvinced, undt~er 110 Uiciumtanices, is due to the puibliC. loreafter all edlitorialls, at least those ouohinug impilortant points uiponi wich ye differ', will appear above our res.. 1CCtivC signlatures inlit ially. D). B. M'Oucmawr. The Press and the Convention. The call for a Natioald Union Con enation is creatig quito a stir amiong he memibers of' the Press, seome for nd some agaist it. We believe for ursolves that Southern delegates to hat Convention will be "sniubhoed,'' hat is, all whol truly represent thue louthi. It is better for us to stay out f tha t Conven tion. Public Mecting. While no call for a public meeting a heroby issued, yet it isoduio to thoso rho believe the expediency of such1 a all, to. announcoethtat Gov. Orr, ,re.. ommnemds'that oeh District lioldl a ublic meotilng to choose dolegates to ioet in. a Stato Convention, on the 8d of .July, 4thK Monday in this 1 toath.. WC Ilavo tho advocates for reprosenta. ion inl the Nat ional Unionl Conlveiition xaniiied carofully the grounds upot Ahichind the objects for which that 1onvoiption is called? ISu1tppo)e the1 ladibols of Congress and of the North ;nerally should issue i call for a Con. -1oution, would thoso same parties ac Opt 1 invitation to imieet with themi hut t1lis call to which they would an. wer ' 10o'C are we," Contains th very mo11110 iciples upon which the ladi. als zuooheeping oulr represellttiye ,ut1 of ' ougren. Th e ysteralis Mlurtder. Tl h / ' tpf' the 1-Ithl 1-1..h ,1lowii g itei 111di r it.< le11 hen('. T will' it' true, i1-.ve of iine emun4 t to the I unlily ol the doerseoll to Ie.- v or hii hod. NO leanv. that thw body of :1 ma1:n11, Suppfmul! obe i:4ned V r l.ato , a: . i t oi:h4ec is -s oin t v the b:iige liver .-big" ' !.( - iti .i . li .riul. o(' i S i ny last. by Steeinmnll4. who was44 fishiblti k i ll uei re 4 ih book laving IwelloImlev e nIeII op Id ill I g h p0 n ts Ill I om I dead un I 1:1. Ii IihoIh the. s:pi-1'se-'l noinh-rr,'4. lI44i14e., 11 qt. I t S 1 is 11 w'p , i al. k44 ,:I i i hli'p~~~l'I~ I ~ ~ It'il It w ii b wel fr the 1%mp!I i thk Stte to reprT l Ion nat1y attendth pttble mieetinigs inl 1he Dist r ictI to .en~d dle'gates to (Xlsihnia. COMMERCIAL, \V \\;44444, .1: 1 4414 1 26 ;i en44 ri' e V. l-. r !1. n. .i -r h : r l ' '.'3 ' '2.00 4u4r htisbel. .:,.. I:2 W : wrb : . e5 >"h 1.r iul->u T . . .! 4' .rp~a l - -kIl 0 a 1.7il b!ruk l 4 Li- n - a 4? )e,- p . 4uni. \ n 0.. Irn . ' : .:J ul 1 . - (. ton, I i 20, -,ld: 22 1a 31, m ny I - 44. . 4441| > I 3 j l a (). i t,81 0 ' 1 ( 20 p b.41Sbel. (~Ie Ian o . pIn - 1) { o 12 e Caoia 3t 1. ol4144 o, i5t' 44 I .I') per c nti ONi. ,~ 0ld . I ' 00 .4 .:14 PUTBT MEEINPG. A Puh41!j.ieeting of thec ,:i4izenst of 1-' r aln4 boI ,, 4 n4 .'41 :hiy nex4, 4''4t;'I 12 4-ch k4 call1 of' dij4jt4i iaedl I) mocat'44s ina (.'.g'i s, for ri (o'en ti4 44 on tu me,: in Pladelphn11441 on thei 14th~ d1ay of *1.\gut nex I, thle pnrp4(4e or1 whIichI is 4o 4m;intai and4 carry4 onl''3 04. fte re H. A. GAILLARD, onic'10)_ tt felu, WVINNSB3ORO', S. C. Mif Ornico at present in tie oIice of~ 41he W lunsboro Nei*ws- umy4) 22. SO~t!CET OIR N JI Y S4jy Ofilee. No. 2, L~aw ling--.in 1rear1 >f thbo (o~ir 110ouse. fe b 1.-)u--ihn ;o4. VT- EWXIK G TOBACCO, SSiI IC ~i nr'Iicle---PE ACIl andl i00.8.. -A 80MI branId---put up . by Pilkinton, ~ic14hd, VaI., fo-suilo by LA DD 11tOS. _julf3 17--If GkEAT B.ARGAINS~ *w iter Neow York Cost ! ORi OAH. Eoff~14r he remandeo or st ~rictly AT NEW YORKCSFOj ~li 'irst rate M teICe Cggg, FRC~ hdst alslns, 412j. .Cnll and4 be conv'iced. Claret Wines, SO A LE h1Y . U A COT, 111in ts & Co., judV '7..1t N t. 2. 'eolRan