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SUt.KCTKO FOR TIIK ARHRVII.LE DANNKR. WESTERN PROGRESS. Mr. ti<tilor:?The following extract from the !{> /) al/dcmi, (La ('rosso, Wisconsin,) will bo read by mo.-t of your readers for the Mike of its illustration of the extraordinary progress of the great North-West, and by a small circle of them with additional interest from regard to its author, the Rev. Resj. W. Reynolds, who removed from the vioinily of Creenwood to that region of country many years ago, while yet a young man. L. " Let me give you some facts in regard to the. increiiae of population in La Crosse. I came hero a little over four years since; iv? hitl then less than 12 buildings and ,,..ti.:...- 'i-i.~ M^?ua<?va\Mi I?ui?"-v in-uini^. A I1U I1IM >fiir wo jjjrcw 111> to JJOO; 2d lo (500; 3d U> 120U, and -llh, (present) to 2500. and, I see no reason to prevent a similar increase lor years to come. It would be moderate to estimate the population of this place at 20,000 live years from the present time. " Business has steadily kept pace with the increase of population. Three years ago the arrival of a Steam Uoat whs ini era iu our history, i>ut this period soon passed away, so much so, that the past season it required over (50 boats to do the business of this place and this portion of the country. The past year over 200 buildings have been erected, and yet not an empty one is to be found. All are full, some tenements containing 2, 3, and 4 families, and still the cry is for more. For the last three years real estate has advanced steadily 100 per cent, per annum, and the sales have not been fictitious and speculative, but actual and real, and for cash down. .now the question is, whether we enn sustain this or a similar advance. Of this you -shall be tlio jil'ljjo. Vou are advised of the rate of our advancement in ibis our infancy. We are not yet, but are to be.? Here, there has been no accidental or lieti- J lions advance?no jmllinif?no dibit to j piuh this place into notice. Thousands, | both west and wist have never so much as ] heard of it. It has come up alone, as it j were, unaided. Il has risen up in its own i strength and stretched forth its limbs to I shew its power; we have within ourselves j i lie elements of greatness. The God of ; nature designed this place to be the home of a large community, and he has provided the means necessary to cause this to come to pass. Our site is unsurpassed for saluInity of climate, beauty of scenery, and for i convenience in the transaction of business. The town is situated on an elevated, dry, I sandy loam prank-, skirled by an irregular ; outline of pictures.pie BIutFs rising from 1 i to COO teet above the plain below And containing an abundance of durable building material. Our prairie is 2 1-2 miles wide by ti miles long. We have room to build and no mud, and not too much sand, with a boil pecularly adapted to gardening purposes. " We are midway between Galena t>? ! the one hand and St. l'aul on the other, with a distance by the liver of 180 miles each way, and no niN'-niicuiiite plitco to came in s -rious competition with us, and besides, this is a natural crossing place for a great thoroughfare from east to west.? 1 nr. i. ... * 1 i* e nave coming uowu iron) tlie cast an , extensive river, (the. La Croase) presenting j aii along an easy grade throughout its entire length, as has been established by the survey by the engineers of the Milwaukee and La Crosse 11. R. company, and 011 the west, a corresponding river, (the Hokah) stretching away to the vicinity ot' the South Bend of the St. Voters or Minnesota river. So obvious are the advantages of this place as a crossing, that Gov. Gorman of Minnesota, in his late message to the Legislature of that Territory, has recommended that they ahaudon their contemplated Railroad route from St l'aul to Chicago running midway between the River and Lake .Michigan, ana run Irani a potut opposite St. Paul down on the west side of the river to a point opposite this place and then cross over and seek Railroad connection with Chicago and the Kast. " Admirable sis this place is as a crossing, it is equally ihe natural center of a region of country round ahout on both sides of the river. Within a given circle the whole country makes in this way. For a considerables distance to the north and south, as well as from the east and west, the Indian trials all look down upon and center on this prairie. "So manifest are the advantages of tliis place as regards position, that already eight liailroads are projected to La Crosse, some ing built, and all come in due time, for all of them being surveyed, and others are bewjll bo needed. " But our site and nosition. thourdi 4 ' - r> " unexceptional, is nut our chief recommendation. We Lave the resources to back up that position. ' Rolling down at our feet and stretching away to the north and east for over a hundred miles in a straight line, is the Black liiver and its multitude of affluents, all ultimately, connected by business relations, and from natural position tributary to this place. Tlie Black river and its dependencies is an empire within itself, and a large one according to the model of uncicut Grecian Republics.? This valley is extensive not only from north to south, but also from east to west. It is highly prized abioad for its abundance of ^vnullnnf I'** ? - A' " * ?awu<;u? |iiiic iu oujie oi |>me is almost inexhaustible. But il will prove itself in ihe end to l>e far more valuable as an agricultural district, than as a lumberyard.? This valley iu not an unbroken pine forest. For the first 50 miles there is comparatively little pine. It is simply a varied and rich farming country. A few miles &outh of the Falls, (fifty iniles by the road from this place,) you begin to enter the body of pine, and from that place for fifty miles farther up you are in the great, body of pine, on tlie main river and iu tributaries. The pine is not an unbroken forest. It is in groves sometimes large and sometime* small, interspersed in between groves of hard wood timber, such as oak and maple. All this bard wood land is*of a rich soil, and almost ail . of that now covered with pine will richly repay the Jubgr of the husbandman when * once it ba& become stripped of is tail and inniittlin avarrrnunu M Thw iifjHi iddUionnl element of wealth in thfs valley of $o small iroportnnee. Near thereto ahundimce of rich iron ?*r? ir^fes#nwirofl?hJt to great advantage, "<W repaying t^ labor of the . wfib the main artei^. .Jfciafol alxnit half Valley: ?. - - -ii' --? mm.iUk-.~- .! .ijwtifc. . cluster of valleys, (each having its limpi< stream) all making into each other, an< all surrounded and kept apart by little nioun tains in miniature; tlic wholo presenting when t!ic earth is wrapt in its livery <i green, ono of the most beautiful and lovcb pictures that the eye of man ever ieste< upon. Nothing of an earthly nature coul< excel it, except it should have been tin bowers of a primeval Kdcn. " In this valley there is prairie and limbei farminir lands and ihmiI.iw pasture, ami water-power in abundance.? The first rush of emigration in this regioi was for this valley. Its fame was sooi spread over the State and in an ineredibl; short time a large portion of its rich am inviting lands were taken up. "The farmers in this valley are gettinj rich fast, some of them almost realizing tin great aim of many western emigrants which is to get rich the first war. I knov I of on ; mail from Rupert, Vermont, wh< I bought a farm in this valley two years ago | and paid what some regarded "then as j ; hiirh Kl'ice. The nroiliwn nf ilio <;? <= I ^ , I ? : exceeded the price lie h:ul given for tin i fiu in, and lie only had oue-fouth of il tin | der cultivation. j "One word in relation to the rise of prop j city in that section. The case 1 ^ive yoi | is merely a specimen. Twenty-live mile; j up that valley, two years ago, i bought : placc and gave two hundred dollars for it [ kept iu one year and sold it for eigh hundred, and il would bring to-day more than twice thai sum under the hammer. " South and east of us is also au extensive and rich country fast sailling up, whic! will ndJ greatly t<? tlie importance aiu business of this*place, and what lias beei said in relation to this side of the Kivei :.i ! - - i ititijr uu ahunmiiti&?11y n.'im III IdilllQIi lo IIU j country on the other side. 1 am not nloiu | in this opinion. The multitudes that throng ' our streets, who conic to settle hero, or k ! scatter awav up the valleys and over tin ! hills to tlio right and left of us, arc of th< I same opinion. I Know of no better plac< j in the we.-t to settle, or to make invest ! ments than this place and this section o country. We have a beautiful country, : rich soil, an enterprising, intelligent, ami j moral population, and what few will objecl to, givat for making money. Here yot may soattci upon the mountain top ; handful of com, and soon it will wave lilu the cedars of Lebanon." KANSAS ANDTRESIDENT-MAKING. j Ail oilier ideas seem at presi-ut to be ah [ sorbed in 1'ivsideiil-making, but for oui ! part we think there is a more iuiporlan! | subject to the South, and that is Kansas - ... . ... i - - v 11 i * * n..uio,to i.-> nui IIJ uu ijJiniC'l I'V CieCUIIg .Mr ! Lluehunan or any of the present aspirants but by colonizing the Territory. Kansas will be a far ni??r?j important acquisitioi than the next 1 'resiliency, especially as, from present appearances, there will be no candidate from whom much can be expected favorably to the South. As to Presidents, the South will have to take those that, tin North chooses to give her, as is beautifully illustrated by the late Cincinnati Convention, in which a Northern majority had their own way in selecting the. nominee, llow can it be otherwise when the Nortli is so much supeiior to the South in thosi elements that control the 1 'residential election, as it is actually conductedTin South has yielded to the suicidal policy o going into national conventions t-f otliee | seekers and demagogues?conventions hav : iug for their object to take the election out oi me mums ot llio Stales, and to vest it ii mere numbers, in ilic majority of (he peo pie of the United States. And at lasl South Carolina has taken a step in this di rection. IV-rhaps we should not say South Curolimi, for it remains to be seen whethei the recent movement will be endorsed !>) the Slate. Is any rational man blind to tin inevitable consequences of the South's put ting itself under the majority of tho peoph of the United States? Is any such blitic to the consequences of adopting any systenr of action, such as national conventions which must inevitably lead to that result i The very object of the national convention system is to collect the sense and to con centrate the action of that majority ? Th< system is at the same time, in connection with all the various means and appliance? it employs, a mighty and irresistible etigint of popuhir agitation, bv which the passions of the masses are operated upon, by whicl: prejudices are fostered, and opinion maim lactured. And under this system, can sin) one doubt what direction this opinion wil take, and that it will move in a diroctior adverse to the Soulh ? Under this system the source of all the evils of the country an organization has been effected at tin North, which step l?v step lias grown ir strength until it has become the inigluies! power in our system, controlling as it no? actually does the lower House of Congress by far the most powerful branch of the fed eral government. llow can the torrent be arrested thai threatens to overwhelm us? Manifest!) not by the convention system ; for althougl it gives us the same means of popular agi tation, and of forming popular opinion, ant although wo might for a while gain a litth partial success, the Northern party in addi tion to the same means of agitation has or its side a great advantage. That advantagf consists in the anti-slavery sympathies o the whole Northern mind. In such a con test the event is not doubtful; it is govern ed by laws as sure and irrcsitiblo as lhos< .?I ?? kucib uuiiuui inu material worjd. How then can wc best hold our hand ir the contest? By relying upon the elemen of our system, the States. Let us quit tin Convention system and throw the clectiot of President into the House, where the vofc is by States. Let us look to the Senate o tbo United States where the States an equal in power and mero numbers do no govern. And in this point of view it i; that it is so important to gain Kansas.? Let the South look to Kansas, and leav< the Presidential election to take care of it solf, unless.she can do something to breal up the nefarious spoils system. Beyont this she should have nothing to do with it ?Newberry Mirror. ??? ? Suicide.?It is our melancholy duty b chronicle the fact that Mr. G. L. Dollar a very worthy citizen of our District, com mitted suicide, by hanging himselffrom a trei near his dwelling, on Sunday rooming last Mr. D. VM r?non??<l !? ?! ? _, ?? ? IW^U^VCU JU UiO JLflftiriCl and tbe.jreason for committing the rash no is involved in mystery. Hi* wife first die cohered, him suspended from the troe, ant immediately cried for help, but, alas! i oame too late?life had left bi^body. H was a sober, industrious andpfcfteeable mar and no causo can be atsigb^ u'Dless fron temporary aberration of rnjjra* , Ijfe leave an amiable wife and fnrgc fnrti^ chil dren?rotefc of lb em quite foring?in em ' barrawwl ftlrcum?tnncc3 of pitU Berate, 20ih put. *.?? ' SSBf The uooulitkm of ilisI^nitA.4 i? now over 25,000$M, ?,000,0.61 |faaai!:<?. " ' f ' " - ... - \ I ABBEVILLE BANNER. WILLIAM O. DAVIS. EDITOR. * THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 26,1856. 1 j TO CORRESPONDENTS. ' I The call of " Many Friends" lias no rc| sponsible signature; it is therefore declined. . i " A Voter" is crowded out. We yield our ? r | space to extracts from JJutlkk's specch. TEMPER ANCE*ADDRESS. (1 | ILis Honor Judgo O'Nkam, will deliver y an address upon the subject of Temperance I ! .1 f . ?r t j 111 mo ^ouri House, at early candle light, on Wednesday the 2nd of July. Tlie pub" | lie, and especially the ladies, arc invited to , j attend. * j DECLINED. } j We arc requested by Capl. J. li. Tak' : HAnt to withdraw his nainc from the list r | of candidates for the Legislature. i We are also requested by Maj. W. K. BnAUi.KY to say to his friends that he rej spcctfully declines becoming a candidate ; for the Legislature. i | THEATRICAL. 1 | According to appointment, the Thespians ' i made their second appearance before the t i public in that popular Tragedy, Pi/.auuo. j Their Hall, though large, was not sulFu:icnt; ! ly capacious to accommodate the audience i 1 ! ?many who bought tickets were unable ' I ! t. - .I* - . io ljui MUius. 11 coma 1101 ne expected with . i the little experience ami limited means of . ; the company, that they should equal the ! j London or New York Theaters. Hut not> j withstanding the disadvantages mider which [ ; they perform, we have heard but one tmi- , > . versal sentiment of praise and encomiums, j : Their success must he truly gratifying to j themselves. They will re-appcar in the I.ai>v ok ' 1 , Lyons on next Monday Jfirnhiy. See ' ^ their advertisement in another column. 1 MASONIC CELEBRATION. 1 Our village was enlivened on the '2 1th, , ; by the assemblage of a large concourse of i Brethren of the Mystic Tie. The Proofs-; | sion, robed in its shining regalia, was form- j ' oil at 11 o'clock, under the direction of Col. j | j L T. J. Kon::nT.?, who acted as Marshall of . ; the day. They marchcd to the measured j ' notes of the Jocasse Band to llic Court j ] i IIousc, when1, in accordance with notice j , 1 previously given, Maj. II. A. Jonks appear- j i j ed as speaker for ihe occasion, and to which j ; a large and intelligent, auditory of both la- | ' i dies and gentlemen had repaired to hear j | ; liim. lb; enchained the audience for more ' . : than one hour, without any attempt at ora- ! ! torv, by one of the most sensible, plain, i I ! matter of-fact speeches that we have ever j | heard upon the subject of Masonry. We i i i i . i ( i ( | liitvo tiellllci sjiUCU Oi' lluiii to gIVC CVCI1 II ] . | synopsis of tlie address. AYe will not do ! . Iiitn that injustice, as its publication entire j ' will be requested. After the address, the ! brethren repaired to the Marshall ibm^e, ] L ; where a sumptuous repast had been pr?:?\i- . i ded. | Nothing oeeurred to mar the pleasures j ^ ; incident to such social gatherings. AVc ( ! hope that each .succeeding anniversary may j r i bring with it a return of the friendship and | j sociality we witnessed upon this occasion. j - | A PUBLIC DINNER TO COL. BROOKS. i I We cheerfully give place to the following ' ! correspondence between the undersigned 1 i Committee and the Hon. I\ S. Brooks, rcl| ! alive to the Dinner proposed to be given to i j him at Ninety-Six. It was suggested by .; , c .i-- *.i. ? ' i unu ui inu r^uiiiniuicc, mat a puonc meetincr should be hold in the Court House on | i ' i . | next Sale-day, to appoint Committees in ! , j different sections of the District, to raise ; subscriptions and report the amount sub1 scribed, and the probable number of persons that will attend from their respective neighI | borhoods. It wis further suggested that \ : meetings should be held in Edgefield, New, berry, Laurens and J.exington, and Com- j > ! miltccs appointed, whose duty it would be ' j to correspond with the undersigned ComL! inittce. f j It is not known when Mr. Ukooks will ? ; be at home, and therefore no time is ap" ! pointed for the Dinner; but they wish to ! . 1 make the necessarv nrenaration. so that tWv l i ' * 't j , I can tender him a public reception iminedii ! ately upon his arrival home. I , Ninety-Six, Abbeville Dist., S. C., J | June 0, 1856. ' j Col. P. S. Brooks?Dear Sir: Enclosed 4 please find the proceedings of a public meetf ing of a few of your immediate neighbors - and personal friends. And as an evidence * of their high appreciation of your recent 1 conducPin inflicting merited punishment on j Charles Sumner, Senator from Massachut setts, in the Senate Chamber of the United a States, they tender you a Public Dinner at 1 Ninety-Six Depot, and invite the co-opera8 ?!?? tlia mi.... t\;?i? it || Vivu vt HJV VbllCI lyiOVIIV/tO UUIOlUUllllg lilt) 3 Fourth Congressional. t As a Committee appointed to carry out b the above resolution, we earnestly request ' your compliance; and beg to know token 8 it will 6uit your convenience to accept this { demonstration of our personal regard and i public consideration. The Committee also tender you their personal regard and esteem, and their high > admiration of your recent gallant conduct. S. V. CAIN, N. McCANTfc, 9 T. C. GRIFFIN, * J. W. RICHARDSON, t T. ti. JkiijAK-E, J , WM. CARTER, t Committee. 6 WAtHiKorow, D. C., June 18. Geid&emtnI have already reoeived and s bad offered to roe many testimonies of ispf* provh), referring to tlie cbastiicment bf a [' Senator from Maaeadliusette. but nonfr fa * mote "highly appreciated, or BI touted my heart, ae tlie cont^pUled de5 j morrftralion at Ninety^i*, by mjr lattedfr ate edjjstUuente, ceigbbOtv aodWeods. 1fo * *V* v i i f . - r- - >? iiiif nwi n i <-1 I proper mail is insensible to the good opinion | of liis fellow-men, ami to l>o beloved or rc| spectcd by those wbo know us best, whose names arc associated witb the word home, i is the highest gratification which an honorable heart can experience. It is impossible for inc now to indicate with any precision the time that 1 will be enabled to accept your intended complilncnt. It is uncertain when Congress will adjourn, and until that event occurs, it is not my purpose to return to South Carolina. With the profoundest sense of my obligation to you as a community, and a warm personal regard for the well-being and happiness of each of you, 1 have the honor to bo Your friend and servant, p. s. mtooK.s. Messrs. S. V. Cain, N. MoCants, T. C. Ghikkin, J. W. Richardson, T. S. Blakk and Wm. Cartkk, Committee. Papers in this Congressional District are requested to copy. BUCHANAN'S LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE. Mr. Buchanan acknowledges the vast responsibility of the Eeeutivo?hopes, if elected, to be able to allay domestic strife, and endorses in every particular the plat! form adopted in Cincinnati, lie makes the following remark in reference to slavery: " The agitation 011 the question of domestic. slavery has too long distracted ami divided the people of this Union and alienated their affections from each other. This | agitation has assumed various forms since its commencement ; it now seems to be directed chiotly to the territories; and judging from its present character, I think we ni'ic !iiit!..ni.it-. ?!...? : -?:.it~ ? j .....v.j |ft?A; til.ii. it n i?i|M(iiv aj>preaching :i 'linality.' '1 lie recent legislation of Congress respecting domestic slavery, derived, as it lias boon from the original and pure fountain of legitimacy, political power, the will of the majority, promises .ere l??ng to allay the dangerous excitement. This legislation is founded upon principles as ancient as free government itself, and in accordance with them, has simply declared that the people o* a Territory, like those of a State, shall decide for themselves, whether slavery shall or shall not exist within their limits. " The Nebraska and Kansas act docs no more than give the force of law to this elementary principle of self-government, declaring it to be 4 the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery into any Territoiy or State, nor to exclude it therefrom ; but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to regulate and form their domestic institutions in their own way, subjected only to the Constitution of the United States.' This principle will surely not bo controverted by any individual of any party professing devotion to popular government. Besides, how vain and illusory would any other principle prove in practice, in regard to the territories! This is apparent from the fact, admitted by all, that after a territory shall have entered the Union and become a State, no constitutional power Would then exist, which could prevent it from cither abolishing or establishing slavery as the case may be, according to its sovereign will and pleasure." 'I'l.So m i i ? nn m 11111 v auu.-iiuiu, .inn wu are prepareu to endorse every sentiment, save that in reference to the legislative power of Territorial Governments, if we rightly comprehend his meaning in the sentence, " that the people of a territory, like those of a State, shall decide for themselves, whether slavery shall or shall not exist within their limits." Whether intended by the author or not, the phrase as it stands would seem to favor that odious doctrine of Squatter Sovereignty, which admits the right of a handful of squatters upon the public domain, to pass any law establishing or abolishing slavery? a proposition from which we wholly dissent. We have before given our views upon this subject, and shall not elaborate here. If i he had qualified the sentence bv fixing the period at which the people of a tertirory should decide the question of slavery to the time when they had reached the soverj eighty of a State, we could cordially sub( scribe to the doctrine. KANSAS. The Carolinian of tho 24th in.st., in mentioning the appointments of Maj. \V. D. Wilkes, says tliat he will address tho eititizens of Greenwood, in this District, on Friday the 27th inst. We slionld have | been pleased to publish an appointment for Abbeville C. II. We hope the Major does not intend to slight us. WniTTEN FOR THE ABBEVILLE BANNER. Ma. Editor :?My attention has been called to an article in a late issue of your paper, suggesting my name with others as candidates to represent tho District in the ensuing legislature. The present supply of candidates (to use a familiar pbraso in trade) is, in my humble opinion, quite equal to the demandSurely from this long array of worth and talent, it will be no difficult matter for oven the most fastidious voter to runke up his ticket. I cherish no political aspirations, in declining then the honor, I beg to return to " Many Friends," iny warmest thanks for a compliment so unmerited. Let the rallying cry of every voter, as he crowds around the polls in October next, be one member from each of the four battalions and one lawyer from the Court House. Respectfully, P. A. WALLER. WRITTEN rom TBI ABBEVILLE BANNEK. AHOTVBB0AXT AT CQXSSBUB7, Mr. Editor:?I beg the use of your columns to My to our patrons and friends, that oar Avbvav Examination will take place on TWawfcy and Wtdnttdmy iht 8th and 9th of July ntxt. On Wednesday at 10 o'ctoolc a. m., the Senior atodeets will deliver Original Speeches tod tho Exero'ise* will close with an AddreM before tb* Eroaopbio Sooiotj, ty TmoMj* TiiojCTOJf.Iwj., of Abbeville. 16 * UmF . v Gk 21. BOUND, JttMor, . CWw&titry, June 29, J 08*. JUDGE BUTLER. This distinguished jurist and Senator delivered iu tho Senate, tho 12lh inst., a lengthy speech, relative to tho Dkooks and Sumner difficulty. Notwithstanding tho cxcitcment and provoking circumstances under which he addressed tho Senate?his speech being mainly a reply to tho foul calumnics heaped upon himself and his na live Stale by Uhaki.es Sumner?unliko Uie latter, he lias forborne tojtranscend tlie propriety and decency of senatorial debate. Wo regret that our spaco forcea us to do hiin tho injustice of publishing a few extracts instead of the whole speech. To tho charge made by Sumner, upon tl;o Constitution of South Carolina, Senator Butlkr ! replies as follows : "Now, Mr. President, I am going to state a proposition which will startlo tho Senate; what he hero undertakes to quote as the constitution of South Carolina, in reference to tho eligibility of members of the Legislature, is not to be found in it at all. How did ho bring it in in response to any speech of mine ? lie has sworn in his iiilidavit that what he said was fairly in response to the speeches which I had made. I 1 >11L llm nllPHlion to Si>?nfnr? nml I utixll j |>:u 180 for tlu'ir sentence : Ijow dare lie, fronj ! anything in my speeches, put his finger? ! his profane finger?upon the constitution | of South Carolina ? Is that a response to I anything which I said 1 My speeches i heretofore delivered arc upon record, and j enn he referred to. I neither alluded to ! the constitution of South Carolina, nor did ' I mention South Carolina in the whole deI bate; and yet in his affidavit ho says that | all these are fairly referable as a response ! to the remarks of the Senator from South I Carolina! What he has quoted hero is J not in the constitution of South Carolina; i and wln n he undertakes to subject mo to the severity of his criticism, as a blunderer I in the statements of law and constitution, j let him stand convicted of one of two ! things?either that ho did not read tliocon stitution of ?opth C;irolin:i himself, and adopted it from others, or that, if ho read it, lie could not understand it. I intend to dwell upon this point with a view to convict him ? not that I am going to vindicate tho constitution of South Carolina, but I will convict this rhetorical jurist?this man who undertakes to sit on the tripod, and publish the oracles of Delphi, to sit upon , me as a lawyer! My God, what have I ! come to ! A man who never managed a case (as far as I know) in court, to sit on myself who have been thirty-five years cni gaged in law, cither in appearing at the bar, j or expounding it on the bench ! j " I have never delivered a judgment on a j question of law here, as a member of the : Committee on the Judiciary, whether I have ! made, the majority or the minority report, ! when the Senator has not concurred with me; or if lie ditiered it has been on seetioni al Questions Oil wliirli lio ! ruled by the overwhelming authority of the ! Senate. Yet, a man who lias agreed with j mo always?and that is the only had sign ! ahont it [laughter]?undertakes to sit in j judgment on my legal attainments! If his ! authority is worth anything, it is with me, ' for he has concurred with mo. Ori all the con tested-election eases, we have agreed, 1 except, perhaps, in the Phelps ease. There ho may have differed from me,; hut if lie di<l the Senate ovorruled him." [ I'pon iho allegation of Si;mnkk flml j South (Carolina was rendered imbecilo during the Revolution, on account of slavery, after mentioning the aid sent from South : Carolina to Massachusetts, in the shape of ' provisions and power, immediately after the s liattle of Lexington, ho remarks : ! e 4 - * - j uiu ot'uiuor says mat 1110 southern j States, in consequence of slavery, betrayed during the revolutionary warn 'shameful imbecility.' I challenge him to the trutli I of history. There was not a battle fought | south of the Potomac which was not fought i by southern troops and slaveholders, even if you choose to exclude Pennsylvania, which was at that time a slaveholding State. Muhlenberg's continental regiment was always with litem, and I love to allude to it; but not a New England squad, com[ pany, or regiment ever passed the Potomac; j and yet the Senator says that but for north! em aid the southern States could not have sustained themselves. "Sir, who fought the battle of King'9 Mountain ? It was not fought by anybody in pay. Patriots fought it, but they never received a dollar. That battle made an impression, perhaps, the most remarkable of any durin<r the war. It turned the tide jot events. Who lou^lit llie battle of CowI pons? There was none in that biittlo from j tho north of Maryland. Her commander, Howard, is perhaps in some re<*pect?, the hero of that action. Colonel Washington, commander of the cavalry, and Pickens, a citizen of South Carolina, and one of the heroes of tho revolutionary war, commanded the militia, and they never shrank from their post. It has been said of tho South Carolina militia, during tho revolutionary war, that they were only raw troops, who stood to their guns and position, whenever lliey were mustered into the service, and called upon to perform duty. "Who fought the battle of Hobkirk's Ilill? General Greeno was the commander ; and he afterwards becamo a slaveholder, and, of his own choice, lived and died in* a southern State, among friends and comrades in arms. Who fought the battle of Eutaw ? Was there any New England regiment, or company, or 6quad thore? Not one. That battle, the most (listincilisllprl which hai ovor lioen fnnnlil o ?. ,V"S"' ill tie southern portion of the Confederacy, was fought by southern slaveholders from Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia. They wore exclusively southern troops. In the face of these facta, the Senator said tho imbecility of the South, arising from slavery, was such that they could not 6ght their battles without aid. " Shame! I call upon the shade of Hancock and AdaniH to look down, and reprove a degenerate son who can thus invade the very sanctuary of the history which has given them immortality. " Do you think that, sir, by this remark I reproach the troops of New England I ? No, air. When Yotktown surrendered, there was not * New England regiment there: 1 have a list of th? irmm aim war* present But became I nay that southern troops and those from Pennsylvania alone engaged in these distinguished battles, do I reproach the troops of Massachusetts!? God forbid. They were under the ool0 maml of Washington at the time when when he went to Yorktown, and, *s wss his duty,be &ent them to defsod the^ vulnerable points of N4w York and Boston. u Now I wi!l rrftfte a remark which J bop* tbo Senate wiH remember: Notwithstanding at their relative number* compared with tlio pay list of New England, you may tako the fighting days?if you Iiavo a mind to compute it as you would labor-?you may take tlio fighting days during which tho troops of South Carolina were engaged, and in tho computation tho balanco will be found greatly against Massachusetts. If you Iiavo a inind to draw sumo other test?if you wish tc test tho question of sacrifice, and measure it by blood. South Carolina hat [toured out hogsheads of blood where gallons have beeu poured out by Masaachusotts." The Senator Las tho followine in refer cnco to the resolutions of tho Massachusetts Legislature, condemning Bkooks punishment of Mr. Sumnek, and branding it as n gross breach of parliamentary privilege, an infringement of tbo liberty of speech, Arc : "These resolutions givo rise to moro sorious reflection than anything which has occurred to me in my time. I have bo?-n in the Senate for ten years, and this is iho first occasion that 1 havo ever seen one of tho sovereign States of tho Union tiiking cognizance of matters which ocr.ui-ivil in Congress, with a view to influence thojudgment of Congress in relation to one of their incinhers. This is tlic first occasion of the kind in the history of the country. It has been done from an cx jrnrtc view of I lie subject; for it is now very apparent that tho resolutions of Massachusetts were introduced and passed without regard to the. evidence. These resolutions anticipated and asserted what may not bo true?what (he public may not think true?what (he House of Representetivcs may not think true; and yet the sovereign .Slate of Massachusetts, before there was any evidence, indicted my relative upon rumor?a measure which would have taken Stafford to tlio gallows. "What! sir; indict a man in the language of these resolutions upon the rumor of newspapers ? These resolutions?I say it nioro in sorrow than in ang<-r?lustray a temper and precipitancy of jwlgment that do not look like having a regard to that dignity which is associated with justice. 1 shall speak respectfully. So far as I have spoken of Massachusetts hillu-tlo. no exception can be lateen; but, when I speak of Massachusetts now, it must. In; of Massachusetts as she has sent forth these resolutions?under the influence of a feeling which pervades her?under the influence of a sentiment which denied Daniel Webster the right to speak in Fancnil Ilall, and threw oft' the coffin of Lincoln because he had fallen in performing his professional duties in tho cause of his country. I3o>tou now is not the Boston that she was when Hancock wrote, and Adams spoke, and Otis thought, and Warren fell. They would not recognize her. She is no more the same. Yet, from that very hotbed of bitter feeling to the South, and especially to South Carolina, have I to look for the feelings which dictated these resolutions. I have to meet nn indictment?for what? It is said that the liberty of speech has been violated. Upon that point I intend to deliver some remarks which, whether they be correct or not, I shall throw out. Our ancestors were a people of hardy morality. (jenerally, when they spoke, tliev spoke directly from the heart. Such a thing as printing speeches beforehand, 01 bavin" them iwinlccl wliirlmut K..in<* ?n. j iii the Senate, was unheard of in their day. j They were men who stood on their legs, i and spoke out. They had hearts and I mouths. They did not resort to the appli| atiees of paper and printing before lln*y brought their speeches here. If tlie Sena tor from Massachusetts were present, and would answer me, I would put the question to him, * Was not that speech of yours printed and published before you spoke it in the Senate of the United States ?? What is the meaning of tbat provision of the Constition. which says that a Senator, or a member of the House, for any sjw.h or debate in either House, shall not be questioned in any other place? Does it menu to nrivi? flin nnn?r.,?? .1? ft"" w"""e>'" ul,lw:u Slates the power of deriding wliat i< privilege without the courts questioning it ? If so, it goes far beyond tlic settled doctrine in Groat Britain at this day,.which was maintained by Chief Justice Deiiman, in the caso of Stockdalo vs. Hansard ; and that caso has much to do with the uiatu-r now under consideration. Hansard had undertaken, under the authority of Parliament, to publish a book which contained a libe!. Without such license or pri* ilege. all agreed that he was responsible. The English House of Commons said that having granted him the license, it was their privi lege. Chief Justice Denman took cogni zance of the case, on the broad ground that the courts could determine what was privilege under the Constitution of England.? lie said : 'as a common law judge, I will show the Parliament whether I am not capable of deciding on my responsibility as one of the great departments of this Government. Can it be maintained'?and it is one of llie most eloquent decisions I ever read?' that the IIouso of Commons, by claiming a privilege, shall thereby appropriate it to themselves, and screen a villitn from the conaequenoo of his libel V The judge said that although hy the law of Parliament newspapers were passed through the country under the frank of members without paying pastnge. that privilege did not give them the right to make use of a newspaper as a libel. lie uses tho strong expression: 4 God forbid that Parliament should afford such a pretext for doing wrong.' I say tho same thing now. " Will you tell mo that a member rising here and handing a speech to the reporter, and telling him to print it, comes within tho purview of the Constitution ? Has he uttered words in debate ? Will you tell me that a member who has made a speech of five sentences may append to it a newspaper liko the Tribune, which has libeled me, and has the right to send through the post ofiic.es of this Government, and have folded by the persons emnloved in tbn * ? - ? J ? "" folding room at the public expense, into my daughter's parlor, that which would cost hiiu his life if he told it to mc 1 lias it come to this, that a Semttor upon this floor can claim such an extensive privilege, under the law of Parliament, that lie can send off, by the twenty thousand, speeches to England and to the four corner* of the globe, where I?m not known, and then claim protection upon the ground that lie Iias a privilege which precludes him from being questioned elsewhere for words spoken in debate. uSir, the difference it ae obvious one.? Perhaps not more than five hundred or a thousand people heard the Senator on the occasion when he assailed me; and I ventnre to say that, of the number who w**r4 present and knew me, not one believed a word of what he said. It fe a different thing when he ha* printed ol twenty thousand of the documents, franked them, and sent thom to England, whore, 1 ? # suppose, lie will bo highly ]IIo will bo fed with the oil which kindles English fires, to enroll rasre him to wsilk in the light of his path. II I \v? re logo to England, they might point at in<> and ask, U that tlio mail so nionom:<uiac-al n regard to slavery that he cannot tell llie truth?' 1 am not accustomed to make comparisons, luit I will ?ay that there is not a parent of a husband on this floor who can approVO the language of that Senator. Though I may have hitter enemies here?no doubt I have some, l?ut 1 do not see why I have incurred their enmity?I venture to say that I do not think a single man on this floor would, it" lie were put on his oath, say that lie believed what tin* Senator said of me. When spread abroad in the form of n liiw.t ; - ..r ...... .. vi ,i utit.Ti.-iii ciinractcr." Hero is his condu-linv* remruk, which is truly eloquent an<l cmim-n'ilv paliioiic." " Now, sir, I appeal to |Im; s(Mi:;0 of this country. I appeal to tin: lessons which its grave hi-lory ineuleatcs. I appeal to \ the position which it occupies in iclation ; j to the hi.-lory of the worhl. am.! to the high *, responsibilities which now rest on this Confederacy, not So allow it to l><; dissolve'! iir hlotnl. It' wo are to separate, h:t us liavo common sense enough lo ilo it in a way becoming intcHiijciu men. wh?? have learned tli oir le>.-ons from the highest sources of intelligence ami wivlom. If wu am lo live together, l?*t it ii"t ! ? up n the terms prescribed or intimated l>y the tMiie and temper of the licentious and a^cjro.-sive language of 111?! rpuvch delivered l.y tiie Senator from Massi??:lni?i-tts. Ii is impossible for self respect in allow mo to Ml here and linlcit quietly Id sm-li a ?-peeeli. If there wore separate < oiilederaeie* to morrow, lio dare not ntt"r ii without. su'jecting liiinseif lo a peril whii h lie will not encounter now. I He woiiM then put bis section in a position to make war, and lie w<>n!il ho rc.-iioiisihlo to a higher liihiiual than that of tlioso who have eroded themselves into it under an iulhieiice which 1 think mu?t perish; I and I hope 11 its ila\ is f.i-i eoiniiiy when j llie (in.-s ? !' ils.-ii iiiniii-.l will j burn out. or will In- M-dm-rd to iliu a.siica | <>l" <lis:ip|M>il|! il.i'ill. and .!i-L" 1 ?,MtM.mt.um mrmmm nil ??i OAN DIuA TES. I Oli I II:: SKNW I K. i !!"!(* Tlio numerous Js of Itic llou. J. F. \ MARSH\l.li, I'tsiii'vly sa*i>fu'l with lux past course in tlio Srn:ii'>, uiiiiouucc lliiu iigaia ns a Candidas o fir rc-t ii'cliun. I'-ir Tlio IVicii lj 'i: l'r. JOilN \V. UK\!IST respecttally ?:tao:inr:c him u Caaiiiiliitc for !;cnntor, ut tin* ensiling eleo'icn. Foil lllli IIOCSH Or KLPKI.KKN I'ATIVK.S. O' Thr iVirinJ. of M~j. 11 A. (Mtiri'lN ivt-pi'ctfully air;oii!HM? tiitn a OindMato for tlio Legislature at llf iis.tiinij election. Zv" The flici.ds of Titos THOMSON, lisq., aniiouiir-o liini a Candidate I'll' re-election lo the Lt'lci.daUr.o. B-30" Tl,.. i.-i....<lt ..i* f:.... < M.cni'tv nounce him :i Ciiatii-lalc lor rc clco'.ion to tho Eif"'I'll- iVi?n..i.i f|" ,1AM IIS A. .NOKWuOli, rospftl' ll:IV iKiiin.Uifi; 111:11 ;i <'nili'itlitW! to i I'rjnvsviit ihi.-i lji.-triot in liic ensuing Lpgisla: iui i!. 12T' Tin* lririni.s of Kl>\V \iil) NlilSl.i!, I uiiii'iiiDco !> i.i ii? .1 Cai"li.!..i- I'-.r it-Jccliiiu t;v the L"j^i-!uiuiv nt 111 - <Mt?niti:; i<in. J2f" Tint fri?*n?li> of II. A. .1 < >.\" I's, I'jq., rc1 sjicoii'u'iy announce huti as a (.'uinlili'.o for ilu* I>L'^islntiire at ihn ciisiiiii^* -h'Ciinn. ?"?/"* Tlx- tricn J ol'J. IC. VANl'I'i, ri-spcctfully Miiiiomici' liim iid n (.'ninliiinlu Tor the Lvgibluturc ni the ciirii:ii<^ fliction. To the Voters of Abbeville District: A few <>f tint friends uiul ueigliliora of Col. A. M. SMITH, iiuiioiini e liiin n C-andiiiule to it'proscnt ilie I)i>tiiciiu '.lie ensiling legislature. May 0. 180'J. eSTTlic flic11lis of l.UCIHX II. LOMAX, Esq.. respectfully ftnttoniiee liiin us n Candidate lor ilic lu-.st Le?i*lultir<\ TiiimTypT BY REQUEST, THE ABBEVILLE THESPIAN CORPS Will IJe-ii|?I>e:ir at t!i?*ii* II \l,f, in tlio TVEn,vs3a.rill xZouso, On Monday the 30 th instant, In ilio iliriilinrr siikI in !< resting I'lny, The !Lady of [Lyons. To coiic!<kIi' witli tin' itntijpidjr I'arco, entitled KISS IN THE DARK. For cast of clinracleri", we llmulliills. Admisaioaa. GO Cents. TIC KETS In ho of J. O. WIM.SON, J. J. LYONS, li. J. WHITE, and at llio DHUU STOltlO. Doors open at half-past 7 o'clock, P. M. Performance to commence at 8 o'clock precisely. June 25, lS,">fi. 10 It car i iidependcul Press plcuee copy once, SOMETHING NE wT Messrs. Ferryman &, wailer OULD respectfully rcjiirst.ihi?s?* w ho are WW INDEBTED lo iliem for the years *83 and '54. to come :<nd s-tile, as tliin is our last or.ll kmtlx..11 n.. Those wh<i have failed to olosn their accounts for '65, will b? waited on l>y our >ounir men, who will require a Note or the Money? he latter is seriously |>ref?ried, P. & W. Greenwood and New .Market, ) June 18, I860. J 10 It LX?r i> tb Gt O GOD? r O It S A I, 12 ! rI"MIE undersigned wishing to pay hi* debt# JL ami ulinnge his bnuiiie.-f>, oilers for Salejiiu Hoino Place, known ns XX arrielDur SV' cloven ini.CH below Abtoville C- 11-, on theold btage ltoad to Augusta, containing F1FTYEIGHT ACUES. On it is u '*'* Good Dwelling and Store Hoiisd, first-rate Stnbles and other nercuary ont-btiildiiiss. For Sellinu Goods, it iu one of tha hni. Standa in the District. Also?My lUohey ?ract?, r containing SIXTY ACRES, one mile East of Harriabnrg. On it ia a Urge and good Framed Dwelling Hop?e, a fine Young Orchard of varioua kind* of FrtoU. I will sell the abovo Tracts of Laud tOttet&fr or aoporately, to auit purohoaert. 1 A!#o. my. entire . ?h Stools, or OooO?, CojisiatiuK of almost, everything usualljr^kjMH m a \*>uiury more, loali mfrt new, for Caihor Cub Note. iT w. C. TlBUmWWri Harriabnrg, B. C., Juno 23, iBfid. Baocei! Bacon M a 1^,WUU CON jasfc1 rcooi??d;.Md for sale, by . .... v. > >?* smb * boom*.: ! (Jfocnwooa, June 11, 185&. 0 tf