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gggjjgg^ili - f- i i ~ i r I ?- ' - - -- - - r .. - JQ ss mmmM wmmK '' TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM] "TH:I3 X?X*.XO:EI OF x. I 33 aanTY XS hthhuaij VIGIIIANOB." [PAYABLE IN ADVANCE* BY DAVIS & HOLLINGSWORTH. ABBEVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 31, 185G. VOL. XIII vNO. 15. ??^T? ' ' ain&sbilijjaeisoasjs. spEEcn op Hon. p. s. brooks, OP SOUTH CAROLINA, On retigning hii teal in Congrett, delivered in the House of Jtrprcsenttxtives, July 14, 1868. Mr. Brooks said: Mr. Speaker : Until tliis moment I liave j felt that lliere was a propriety in my re- I tnaiiiing silent, and in trusting my defence *.o friends who are abler and more learned than myself. I have heretofore felt lhat Other and higher interests than any which affect mo personally, were involved in the proceedings of this case. Tho interest of iny constituents, of this ITouse, and of all, indeed, who are concerned in the constitution itself, in iny view, have been intimately and inseparably complicated. [ITere Mr. Brooks was interrupted by Mr. Giddings, <kc.,] Sir, I am indebted to the House for even #his much couitfsy. I was about remarking thai there were nigher interests than my own involved in this matter. I have been content, therefore, to meet personally and in silence all the consequences of theso proceedings. Some time since a Senator from Massachusetts allowed himself, in :m elaborately prepared speech, to offer a gross insult to my State, and to a venerable friend, who is my State representative, and who was absent at the time. Not content with that, ho published to tlic world, ami circulated extensively, this uncalled-for libel on my Slate am! my blood. I "Whatever insults my Slate insults me.? I 3Tcr history at:il character have commanded any pious veneration, and in her defence I hope I shall always be prepared, humbly and modestly, to perforin ihe duty of n sou. I should have forfeited my own self-respect, and, perhaps, the good opinio!' of my countrymen, if I had failed lo resent such an injury, Tiy calling the offender in question to h personal account. It was a personal affair, and iu taking redress into my own hands, 1 meant no disrespect to the Senate of tlie United States, or to this House. Nor sir, did I design insult or disrespect to the State of Massachusetts. I was aware of the personal responsibilities I incurred, and was willing to meet them. I knew, too, that I was nnwrnWo to the laws of the country, which affi?nl tlie Fame pro- ; lection to all, whether tliey he members of Congress or private citizens. I did not, and / do not now, believe that T could be prop crly punif'iod, not onlj* in a court of law, but here also, at the pleasure and discretion of the House. I diil not then, and do not now, believe that the spirit of American freeman would tolerate slander in high places, and pi-rmit a member of Congress 40 publish ami circulate a libel on another, and then ''nil upon either house to protect liiin against the personal responsibilities which he had thus incurcd. r>... :e t t._.i - * ? .wiit ii x 11.iu L'uiiiiuiuuu a orcacn 01 pnvi- i Jege, it was tlic privilege of the Senate, and | not of this House, which was violated. I was answerable there, and not here. They had no right, as it seems to me, to prosecute me in these halls, nor I.ave you the right in law or under the constitution, as I respectfully submit, to take jurisdiction over offences committed against them. The constitution does not justify them in making such a request, nor this House in granting it. If, unhappily, the day should ever come when sectional or parly feeling should run bo high as to control all other considerations of public duty or justice, how easy will it be to use such precedents for the excuse of arbitrary power, in either House, to ex Del members of tlio ininoritv wlm m?v have rendered themselves obnoxious to the prevailing spirit in the lluuso to which -they belong. " ? Mutters may go smoothly cnongh when one House ask tlio other to puni*h a member who is oilciiMve to a majority of its j, own body; but how will it be when, upon a pretence of insulted digni'y, demands aro , made of this House to expel a member >vbo happens to run counter to its party predilections, or other demands which it piay not be 60 agreeable to grant? It p'duld never have been designed by the constitution of the United States to expose the two Houses to such temptations to collision, pr to extend so far the discretionary power which was given to either House to punish its own members for the violaliou of its rules, and orders. Discretion has been said to bo the law of the tyrant, and when exercised under the color of the law and unJt der the influence of party dictation, it may * and will become a terrible and insufferable despotism. This House, however, it would seem, from (ho unmistakable tendency of its proceedings, takes a different viotv from thai which r deliberately entertain in common with jpany others. So far ? public interests or constitutional rights aro involved, I Imva now exhausted 1 my of defence, I may, fan, be aj.1 lowed to take a more personal view of tho fci^of^peeculion oi tbaa jtahject in Uie shape i|, has now nssumed may not only > involve 'my-friends, bat Hoasn '> in 'MgftAtioh* - which eighty W unhappy hi thtfr language, I mean what I snv. But others must not suffer for me. I linve felt more ! on account of my two friends who have been implicated than for myself, for they Tiave proven that " there is a friend that Rticketli closer than a brother." I will not constrain gentlemen to assume a responsibility on my account, which possibly they would not on their own. Sir, I cannot, on my own account, assume the responsibility, in the face of the American people, of commencing a line of conduct, which in my heart of heart? I believe would result in subverting the foundations of this government, and in drenching this iiuii in niooa. jno net ot mine, and 011 my personal account, shall inaugurate revolution ; but when yon, Mr. Speaker, return to your own home and hear the people ot' the great North?an J tliey fire n great people? speak of me as a bad man, you will do me the justice to pay that a blow struck by me at (bis time would be followed by revolution ?and this 1 know. [Applause and hisses in the gallery.] The Speaker announced that if any such demonstrations were repeated, the galleries should be cleared. Mr. 15rooks, (turning to the gentlemen's gallery.) if I have any friends in the gallery, I appeal to them to be quiet. At the same time, Mr. Speaker, I am not wiilincr tr? soft Ilio mnul it titi??n through me ; nor will I submit voluntarily to a wrong if I can avoid it. I will not voluntarily give my name to countenance parliamentary misrule or constitutional aggression. If I am to be tried again for the matter now liefoio us, I will choose my own tribunal. I will appeal from this Iloiwe to my own constituents. If an expression of public opinion is to bo invoked in my case, let my constituents ami my fellow-citizens pronounce upon it. From thai verdict I will not appeal. The temper of the times is not favorable for a culm and dispassionate judgment of the case ; and if, i>y any act of mine, I can save the majority of this House from the consequences of a rash decision, tlie time may come when the good men who are pursuing me?and I believe there are such in the opposition?will aJmit that I deserve their thanks for the doed. The axe that is uplifted to strike me may fall upon others, and fall upou lliem after lluy ha^o parted with the shield of the constitution to protect them. For myself I have only to say that if 1 cannot preserve my self-respect and constitutional rights, together with a seat in this louv, i nmsi renuunce mo last rather than the former. I have no desire, *ir, to continue an argument which my friends have exhausted. The determination of the mRjority is fixed, and it is in vain to resist it. I will make no appeal to a parked jury, hut I protest against its inconsistencies and its usurpations. During this session the charge was openly made hy a member from the Stale, of Pennsylvania, on this floor, that another, [Mr. Pearce-1 who is his colleague, had been guiliy of an attempt to bribe, and no pro -.1 ?i._ IA wvunij;i uciu tiiMiimvu in mo J'" the majority of this IIousc propose to instruct tlic American people, from their high position, that bribery is excusable, and simple asssmlt and battery a crime ? That is the lesson, and you are the teacher*. At the first session of the last Congress, a member leaped from his seat, and, while the Speaker was in his chair, he passed over several tables towards his antagonist, who drew a weapon in defence, and neither gentleman wa? subjected to the censure of this Utilise. As was appropriately remarked by inj- friend from North Carolina, (Mr. Clingman.) the assaulting member?and it is not for nie to say a word against him, for personally I like him?has now the most lucrative oiHce in the ajift of this House, and was elected by the unanimous vote of the very men who are now conspiring to inflict punishment upon me. And in whoso behalf is this extraordinary stretch of constitutional power invoked ? Sir, I do not intend to violate any rule of this House, or of parliamentary courtesy, but it cannot be denied that he is, par excellencethe representative of a sovereignty whieh is at this instant in open, statutory rebellion?not to a simple rule of a single House, but to tho constitution and laws of the United States of America. Massachusetts :.wi ... - siw in juii^uibiiit u^un mi; winioui s Hearing, ami presents ine for a breach of privilege! Sir, ia it not6trange that it did not occur to that sago legislature that its demands upon the Congress of the United States, relative to a member, whs a greater breach of privilege in them than that com* plained of the member himself! What right, sir, has the legislature of Massachusetts to make any demand upon this House f She has not the right of even instructing the most insignificant member from the State, and tins by Iter resolutions but given additjppal proof that she neither cotpprebenda tbe theory of oar government nor is loyal to its authority. - .1 I h*vew?id, sir, that if J linve committed a breach pf privilego, it was the privilege of the Senate. If I have in any particular vrojtuwTO.e purges ?rproprtotica of this JMmE 1 aSMqconsctoi&Sf &j$f; fcnge ?very-m?i|b?p to p?oifj ?^rtigl? dfak Affile with i|? m#mb?^ I bM^ endeavored Id oiv 4 liavo rendered prompt and implicit obedience to its constituted authorities, and I can truly 6ay that which many who have recorded their votes against mo cannot?and that is, that never once, in the three years that I have held a seat 011 this floor, have I been declared out of order. If before the transaction, for which a majority have de clared mo to ho deserving expulsion, I have offended nny officer or member, or been unkind even to an employee, I regret and nm ignorant of it. And yet, sir, tlie vote which has just been taken transmits me to posterity as a man unworthy, in the judgment of a mnjoritv of my peers, of a seat in this hall. And for what! The member from New Jersey? (Mr. Pennington)?the prosecuting member?the thumb-paper member?[laughter] ?the Falstaffian member, who like his prototype, was born about four o'clock in the morning, and if he has not tho bald head, is graced with the corporal rotundity |great laughter] of his predecessor, upon liis advent into this sublunary world?he says it j was for making a 44 murderous" assault j with .1 44 bludgeon," and he, forsooth, would j have tliis House and the country believe, j with an intent to kill. Now, sir, I see that ! a very respectable and excellent gentleman J from Massachusetts has in his hand a cane | of (he ordinary size for a gentleman of bis i age, and I beg him to raise it for the inj spection of the member from New Jersey. [Mr. Je Wilt elevated his cane.] Now, j sir, I ask that member to answer an a gentleman?I beg his pardon, that is a word which he cannot comprehend?but as a man on the witness stand, is not that cane | double the weight and thickness of the one : used by me, and which you have impudenti.. .. i ? * iv aim iius?M_v eaueu a " uiuujjeon f' Mr. Traflon, (interrupting)?I have nolicc-d several ir.tcrrupticiis ir. the galleries during this discussion, and I wish to move that tho Scrgeaat-atArms ho directed to clear the galleries. [Hisses in the galleries.] Mr. Wheeler. I object. Tho Speaker. The motion is not in order. Tho Chair announced some time since, that if there was any further disturbance the Scrgeant-nt-Arms would have orders to clear the galleries. Mr. Crooks. I again appeal to my friends ill the galleries to he quiet. The Speaker. Order must l?e preserved. Mr. lhooks, (resuming.) If I desired to kill the Senator, \vh}* did not I do it ? You ail admit that I luifl him in nu- nntvi.r T ,.t ! me toll the member from New Jersey tlt.it : it was expressly 'o avoid taking life that I j used an ordinary cane, presented to me l?v a friend in Baltimore, nearly three months before its application to the "bare head*' of the Miissaehusetts Senator. I went to work very deliberately, as 1 am charged? and this is admitted?and speculated soineI what as to whether I should employ a ; horse-whip or a cowhide ; but knowing that | the Senator was my superior in strength, it I occurred to me that he might wrest it. from iny hand, and then?for f never attempt ' anything I do not perform?I might have been compelled to do that which I would VOfwrnl 1-..1 - ^ * 1 .....V .v^iv-mu inu D.uailLU HI I11V imltll'Ml life. The question lias been asked in ccrlain newspapers why did I not invite the Senator to personal combat in the mode usually adopted. Well, sir, as I desire the whole truth to be known about the matter, I will for once notice a newspaper article on the floor of the House, and answer here. My answer is, that I knew that the Senator would not accept a message; and having formed the unalterable determination to punish him, I believed that the offence of " sending a hostile message," superadded the indictment for assault and battery, would subject mo to legal penalties more severe than would bo imposed for a simple assault and battery. That is my answer. For this act, which the Senate, with the solitary exception of a distinguished gentleman from Georgia [Mr. Toombs] have pronounced me guilty of a breach of its privileges?for this act I am complained of by that body to this House. Your committee have declared, and this House has now concurred in the opinion, that my offence is to the Senate, and that no rule or order of this body have I violated. Now, sir, let me ask why ilia Senate did not, pruiuci its own ngiusf J lio argument lias been n *de here that ex necessitate this llouso must have the power to protect itself. If that principle be true in its application here, why litis not the Senate the same powers of protection ? But what right has this House to punish roe for offences committed out of its presence!? Again, sir, I challenge comparison with any member, aged or young, pious or not, as to the propriety of my demeanor , as a gentleman and a member. They tell ,me that my responsibility to this Bouse t& ber cause of the general .responsibility which attaches to every member. How. far does your authority extend t-Across the Potq* mac! To mv own hVirtiaf Wbw T -r - - y, -'V7J1 M go to jfty hprrie, $rid 0mj( tnat one of. my slaves h;ia behavedvbp^ljp in ray abtepcfl, and I direct bim to be flogged, I. may be chsrged with?to use the fcwguage which is familiar hem-" crirno the tyaolcest moit ' *' ^ L'" i"' *' 4P myself for inflicting a chastisement which, by the common law and the constitutional laws of my country, I have the right to inflict upon iny slave, who is iny property.? "Where do yon stop in this question of authority of the House over its members? As we understand it, there is sense in this authority controlling a member while the House is in session, and restraining him from disturbing or embarrassing its pro* ceedings. If the government was constitutionally administered, every citizen would have a direct interest in this much. But if j your authoritv trnon into t1i? Sjnnin ?!.? ?- > ber, and even when the Senate is not in session, why should it not go into the anterooms and down the steps of the Capitol ? Why not pursue me into the avenue?into the steamboat?to my plantation ? I take the gentlemen who have labored for my expulsion, on their own declaration. They are committed to it, and they cannot now evade it. They say that my responsibility is not because of any offence committed in the presence of or to this House, but because of the general and necessary authority which the House has over its members. Now, it seems to me that, if my responsibility to this House for an offence committed elsewhere is because of my membership, it is a logical conclusion that my responsibility ceases when that relation is dissolved. Whether or not the authority of ihe Senate j reaches me after my relations to this House i Iiave terminated, it is not for me now to in- { quire; but., in justice to myself, I talce oe- j casion to say to the country, that if the j Senate take that view, I shall recognise its j authority. Now, sir, let me inform the lion- i orable members who have been pursuing ; me so fiercely, that my present attitude was long since foreseen, and that I am altogether prepared for any of its emergencies. 1 knew wiili niium I iiuu iu deal, iiuu niv resignation has been for more than ton days in the hands of the Governor of South Carolina, to take effect the very instant that I announce my resignation upon this floor. But, before I make the announcement, I desire to say a word or two in reference to wlmf. llMK liPPIl r?f niu tit " >'! elsewhere. I saw in some of the NewYork papers that a certain feminine gentleman from that State (Mr. Morgan) had applied to me the term "villain." Well, that was not a word " spoken in debate," and I only allude 10 it to advertise the indignant gentleman that I have seen tho word, and know that it was spoken in New York, and not here in debate, lie need not be much alarmed; and, if ho will "hold still" when I get hold of him, I'll not hurt him much. And this is all that I can say about that matter here. Your amiable colleague, (Mr. Knapp,) who was presented by his constituents with a revolver, intended for mv particular benefit, yesterday declared that Massachusetts would "takf! her own time and place" to resent what he and she both pronounced to bo an insult and injury. I do not intend, Mr. Speaker, to utter an offensive, unkind, or even a rough word to that gentleman? for he is a gentleman, socially, I know? but I wish to say this to him, that I will never plead the statute of limitations in bar of the wrath of Massachusetts. On yesterday, however, we had a violent demonstration from the gentleman from Connecticut, (Mr. Woodruff,) who is now near me, and who, with historical accuracy, (?) has asserted that the bones of Connecticut revolutionary soldiers now lie in the valleys of the sunny South. That member, with a show of manhood which elicited my admiration, in his written remarks, used the following language: " Will not this hall, with too much reason, continue to bo characterized as a 4 chamber of assassins,' if we do not now unite to rebuke and emphatically condemu this monstrous violation of all honor and decency ? The country demands action, and the times are hot for some expiation of dastardly and brutal outrages, whether committed in the Capitol or on the plains of Kansas. "If there is not spirit or manliness enough here to promptly purge this body by proper and constitutional rhesus, at all events let a /rial be made; let the vote come. We shall then know who dare screen audacity or give countenance to crime." Again: "I court no disturbance; but the privileges of this House shall not, so far as I am concorned, bo infringed. With an endeavor and design always to cultivate courtesy, I shall not hesitate here in my plaoe, or elsewhere, to freely characterize as they de-1 serve Any lofty assumptions of arrogance, or Rny mean achievements of cowardice." And again : 1 " I say again, let the vote coma; And if honorable gentlemen cannot wjj^lly rid themselves of an unwelcome pres$rtce;tfrey can at'least show their app.re^iaticifi of an action warning few $f the element* of the most audacious criiffc,IflU of a spfrlt 6ai\n\ totfee^that-*wflfitdi' V Hie conclusion is gryufildqticnt/ ' It i?r r aB.follW.u-^ y.-r.. v -]'~l "And iet.nvi't?U'fourWr^gpefiker, tfetfc tup 9p%ry,*V/ T** ff* WPMgmM* txiw^wfysft T twit stv%e.t .W &j| j^h^ ' " ^ * "<- - * finished I cotild not resist an expression of admiration of a spirit with which we hnvo not recently been familiar, and I involuntarily arose from my seat and made him a profound bow. I thought, sir, that a gentleman who could utter such sentiments so handsomely, was s foeman worthy of anybody's steel, and I determined in a very ?juiet way to treat him as a gentlemnn, for he spoke like a man. The very first friend who chanced to come by me after the crentleman had concluded, was iny friend from Tennessee ?Mr. Savage?nl>out whom I happened to know something in Mexico. lie was the very man I wanted; and I asked him to present my compliments to the gentleman from Connecticut, and sav a word quietly in his ear in my behalf. My friend did so, and hero is a letter giving a report of the interview: "Washington City, July 11, 185G. Dear Sir? I make a brief statement of the main facts connected with my call on j <I.A TT~.. !_../* / I niv hum. mi. >>ouuruu, 01 Connecticut, | who spoke to-day in the IIouso of Representatives. A few moments after Mr. "Woodruff concluded his speech, you requested mo to bear liiin a message. I immediately went round to that part of the House where he sat, just inside (he bar. I told him I wanted to speak with him, and we had better walk to the window, which we did. I then said in substance, "Col. Brooks and his friends, myself among the number, understood you in your speech to hold yourself out as a fighting man, subject to the law of honor; and I am requested to present you Col. Brooks' compliments, and inquire whether you are willing to receive a communication from him under the rules of that code."? lie replied that he did not intend to be so understood ; iie did not intend 10 hoid himself out as a fighting man, and if there was anything in his speech that would bear that construction, lie, like Col. Bingham, would bo ready to explain. I then told him that I considered that this declaration on his part ended my mission ??? the part of Col. Hrooks, but I would adviso hint to look over his speech before publication; that I thought if ho would examine it carefully ho would find points and sentences that would indicate to a man of honor and sensibility tlmt he did intend to hold himself out ?!3 a fighting man, subject to the code of honor. He replied that he would do so, and this cuded the interview. I was fully satisfied, as your friend, believing you I to be as generous as brave, tiiat it could not ! be your duty or inclination to press the matter further. I am, respectfully, Your friend and ob't serv't, JOHN H. SAVAGE. Hon. Preston S. Itimniin. Now, sir, T. have to Hay to that member as Unclo Toby (of Tristram Shandy memory) said to the fly: "Go, little wretch, there is room enough in this world for both you and me." [Immoderate laughter.]? Another quotation has just come to me, and I will givo him also the boncfit of that: " You can hurt no man's fame by your ill word; Your pen id just nB harmless as jour sword." I now desire the attention of inv quondam friend from Massachusetts [Mr.* Cotnins.] lie alluded, in the opening of his speech, to our past personal and family relations. I have to 6ay to him that my attachments do not set su loosely upon me as to bo cast off unnecessarily, and that I yet take deep interest in the welfare of his excellent family. Had our relative positions been reversed, I should havo8aid nothing, or should have done more than ho has done. From his place in this House?in bis representative character, and nt the time armed to the teeth, and not with a rifle Hypocritically and cowardly disguised as a walking camo, and carried in tbe Land of a poltroon and puppy, but with the genuine articles?he quoted tho language and endorsed the sentiment of the Chevalier Webb, of poor Jonathan Cilley notorioly, as follows: "Looking at it solely as an insult to the country, a trampling upon the constitution, and an outrage upon the sanctity of the Senate chamber, it was an outrago which merited death on the spot from any patriot present who was in a position to inflict the punishment." Now, sir, I any to that gentleman that no man lias the right to wear arms who doea not intend to use them. In my country the cock that crowa and won't fight is despised by the hens, , and even by the pullets, who know a thing or two instinctively. [Great laughter.] His chi valric spurs dwindle before the charges of the valorous gout, and his place is?oqt o? sight. I feel, sir, thatthe blood more stipHohuntth^ Jion than to chase the but. if my quondam friend tap aqyranjkbitiofl ijndjii the dir reckon of tbe Chev/ilierj.^Tetib^Jo play the > u&!rfah" te .m Km*#*- dmmK < , bftclfed .fey. U* *,&$% ^k,rewfelk?j ti&B& C9m M& ; tbo lite-which they wy * forf?Uod. j A iV W 1 Now, Mr. jtagfafyj bm^wftrTy^fitiUhoa } wiftH t* *?if ofto^tg,: #b? h.ve ptim#4 me *fth rtrpatalleffed was a higher lionor to themselves to l>e just 111 their judgment of a gentleman than to ho a member of Congress (or life. In taking my leave, I feel that it is proper that I should say that I believe some of ihe votes which have been cast against me have been extorted by an out-side pressure at homo, and tbatthuir votes do not express the feelings or opinions of the members who' gave them. To such of these as have given their votes and made their speeches on the constitutional principles involved, ami without indulging in personal vilification, I owe my respect. Hut, sir, tliey havo written me down upon the history of the country as worthy of expulsion, and in no unkiiulness I must tell them that for all future time my self-respect requires that I shall pass them as strangers. And now, Mi. Speaker, T announco to you and to this House that I am no lonrrcr u member of tlio Thirty-fourth Congress. [Mr. Brooks then walked out of the House of Representatives, and was soon surrounded hy his friends.] API'KNDIX: Tlie imprudence of evil disposed persons, who, hy newspaper articles and in private conversations, have done injustice hoth to the lion. Mr. Iiurlingame and myself, renders it necessary thr.t tlie suhjoined memoranda should ho appended to mv speech : Mr. liurlingame, in a fair and manly way, admitted his responsibility for any language used in his speech, and disclaimed any intention to reflect upon the personal character of Mr. lirooks, or to impute to him in any respect a want of courage ; but, discriminating between the man and the act to which he was called upon to allude, he iiiiu cnaraeierizeu tnc latter only in sueh manner as his representative duty required iiim 10 <io. Tlio above is a statement made l?y Mr. Burlingame in reference to the passage in liis late speech which referred to Mr. Brooks. It is in the hand-writing of Mr. Speaker Banks, and was acknowledged hy Mr. liurlingamo in our presence, and was satisfac lory 10 us as inenus 01 31 r. IM'OOKs. W. W. BOYCK. TIL S. BOCOCK. July 15, I80G. 80UTH CAROLINA IN THE REVOLUTION. (iuuKNSi)OKo', (Ala.) July 8, 185G. Messrs. Editors:?The hnso slanders recently uttered by Charles Suintier on the fair fame of South Carolina, certainly need 110 refutation at the South. But tliat t!ie | inexcusable ignorance and prejudice whicli j prompted their utterance may be properly appreciated, I send you for publication an extract from M Washington and his (iener! als," by Rev. J. T. Ileadly. He conimeti| ces his biographical sketch of Maj. Gen. Moultrie in the following words : 1 <k Iu that crisis of our history, when not only the liberty of this country, but the fate of freedom, the world over, hung quivering on our decision, South Carolina acted a noble part. The colonies wero full of hesitation and fear at the gathering tempest, which in its alow rising darkened the whole henvens; and when Massachusetts sent forth her appeal thousands of patriotic hearts throbbed anxiously to hear the responso which should be returned. South Carolina suffered least of all from the systom of taxation insisted upon by the parent country, yet she was among the first to hail her New England sister ; and pledging her treasures and her hardy sons to the struggle, swore on the common altar to stand or fail by her side. Governed more by principle than interest, and obeying that generous sympathy which prefers death with the oppressed to honor with the oppressor, she stopped into the glorious sisterhood, who twined their arms together in the noblest sacrifico ever witnessed among the nntious of tho earth. u May her love to the Union ever be as puro and unselfish, and her feet the hist to leave the common platform in which they were first to be placed at such a cost of blood and treasure. "Of the patriotic nnd chivalrous meri of our Revolution, South Carolina, considering her population and extent, furnished an unusually large proportion. With-Moultrie, the two Pinckneys, Sumptc*, Laurens, RutIcdgo and Mnrion, and others, Rlxe presented a galaxy of noble men of which even a nation might be proud." Page 78> fol 2d. Thus, you see, there is a slight- discrepancy between the testimony of Charles Sumner and the better informed and more truthful witnesses even from his own section, who were not prompted by personal pique and who were unwilling to distort the itruth for any purpose. A SUBSCRIBER. . - iivi ji i.' m M3T On the occasion of>the baptism of the Imperial PHnce, 60,000 liltfe bags of uyu uuni were uiunuuieq oy ttte Jt "refect of the. Seine among: the pupils in-'the primary Jcshoota ?fPirfe. Enoli pupil received a up 10,090. l>?^?),c^oh of *yhicii, *A*fttbft tattoo*: feadatfcriaeda greataltitude; waa v 1 j0 * r ~v~~k v- & : powt, ar.^C^a^' au* r.SL " " "V * " . ,rVS? - -'.* ' ' J|b' - -,T - fvV x OOIlfO WEST. A correspondent furnishes the following information to tho JMiiladeiphia Saturday Evening 1'ost, for tliu benefit of those desirous of going West: "The ffrst question comes from CarfibriJgeport, Massachusetts, and reads .is follows J 4 Which is the best time for going West, the spring or autumn ?' "The best lime for going West is when ! you have tho most money about, and the least fear cf losing it. If you come in tho I spring you are sure to shake yourself to' I death with the ague before fall. If you come m tuc tail voti may live until1 spring, if you don't freeze to death befory you get there. If you come at nil, volt hnd belter get your stomach lined witli; water-proof Cement, ao as to be able to digest corn bread, bacon and whisky, for this we all have to eat, except a few Fronclr frogs and billious* looking tadpoles, which', we catch when" the river runs down. "Second question?4 What part of tho" West is the best to emigrate to, taking into consideration tlie healthfulness of tlie climate?' 44 A variety of opinions about that, j dear fellow. Our Senator, Mr. Douglass,. ! says Nebraska is the best. So it is. if voiv want to go into tlie stock business, raising an unrnlv kind of mixed colored eallK1,- that will ftrav oft" to Canada, in spite of tho Compromise of 18"?0 or 1S20, or Senator | Douglass. Or if you want to speculate in[ pappoos^s, white scalps, ami gut your o\Vn> j sculp taken of scientifically, go lo Nebraska,| by all means. If yon want to play poke* | for a living, ami set up whisky drinking. I for a business, live on corn bread' and baj con week days, and slippery elm baric and tadpoles on Sundays,- come to Illinois. If you want to go where they don't have no Sundays nor nothing to eat, otilv v lint they bring from the east, go to Iowa; or if you want to go on all fonts, and do as other kinds of cattle do, go to Salt Lake. 'Third question?' Does the fevei1 arid ague prevail much in Wisconsin ?' " Of course it does. Nobody out "\Yesti | is fool enouirh to ask sn??!i n nnteim. -? o ? Everybody shakes; even the trees slinlcc ; you can't coax a crab-apple to stay 6tr when, its good for anything ; it will shake a man out of bed1, kick him mit of doors, ami shake the bedstead at liiur Mitil lie gives: "Pj "Fourth question?'IIow long does a* ! pre-emption hold good V | " That depends on circumstances; Tfvou j have a good rifle, and know Ii6\v to use it, | you have a chance to ten that you may j live till you starve to dentil. But if you j can't stand fire, and are not a godd shots I and a quick one, take inv word' for if. voik had better tarry in Jerrieo iiiitil votir beard lie grown ; tln>y are all too siiVnrt fat* you iti that neck of woods."'Fifth question?' Is land 10 he' had in tho northern part of Ohio for $1 25 pep acre, and is it good ?' " That's'all fudge, got up'liy speculatorsto gull some greenhorn lik?i VoiV or me, for tho best of* my knowledge or belief, Ohio' was worn out ton years ago. The who'd business of the mi'ioada in warm weather, is to carry back persons who ha\le beOrv fool enough to couie out West. All tho railroads rti'o doing this winter1, i;> carrVhijj dirt into Ohio out of Michigan, to' ratee a few beans and oats, to keep the people fronv i/vav ouiiiiutrr. "As to hiixl in the liortfi-west Of Ohio,it is eighteen, inches under A'ater most of the yeai',-ami will probably be worth $l! 25' per aero whon water-snakes ami copperhead? bring its much per barrel in New York markets as potatoes arc Worth per bushel in Alton. And lastly, lie wants reliable information ?-a short nrtiele in your paper relating to' tho subject?and he wants to go to rf healthy location,-decent land,-and fair Water. " Exactly ! Why, my dear sir, there terto' such thing as reliable infurmmtion out \Vest,unless you, pay well for it.* A lawyer won't tell the truth unless yoiv give hfth five hundred dollars, and then you can't believe half ho says. "A witness won't tell tlie truth in court i unless you first scare him lb ddnifij ari*J I ?t._ v:_ ? motto inui Hw^nr tic won t M6, arid theri' neither himself noit adybody else Ihiows whether he tells tho truth or riOf. "I]** preachers nil call us rtii myfttei'htd* set 6$ sinners, b\?t from what J lmve written Vory you my*t know we are pretty gooit doit.oi people: " If you nsk a miss of stout blooming; sixteen for a kiss, she pettishly say* no,- * when everybody knows sheipeart* op course. ; ' >:<* ..w f* CJftt the whale,- if yon fee* obliged W our short iftiole, *> do Ifyod' want to*- ?