The Southern States
\yo are glad to see thai the American
rty hn-i a strong foothold in tin Southern
ates generally, and that there is a fair pre*cfK*
minority of them casting their electoralvotes
for the American candidate for the
. Presidency at the next election,if the National
!> Convention which is to assemble to make the
t nomination select a reliable national man for
i (bat station. Much will depend upon the
S action of that convnetion. The South cannot
? ? support any other than a Uinion man?a
| man who will givo to every clauao of the
Constitution its due weight; and it is pre
sumed that the North will not favor the
I nomination ol a man ot any otuer prmcipies.
If, then, a sound American be recoinmended
by the convention?a man who will J
administer the government as it was admin- [
dstered under former administrations and not j
upon sectional principles, thero can bo no:
doubt of his el^enon by an overwhelming
majority. That such a nomination will be
made, we confidently believe. And why
should it not be ? At tbo North as well as
at the South, the great bedy of the people
desire to have the Union perpetuated, and
-will cheerfully unite with the South for that
purpose. It is true, that most Northern citizens
arc Freo Soilors; but we must be care-ful
to draw the distinction between Free^Soilsm
; and Abolitionism. The Preo-Soiler
contends only that slavery should not be
established whero it docs not now exist
; but lie acknowledges the right of the
;pcople cf a territory to dispose of the question
of slavery as they may thing proper, on
forming a Sate Constitution. The abolitionist
is in favor of compulsory emancipation in
the free States; and would violate the Con
stitution to attained his object. Members
of the Amerriean party at the North are not
Abolitionists, but Frec-Soilcrs; and would
liavc been content to have the Fugitive Slave
law enforced, had not the Missouri Compromise
been repealed. The only material difference
between them and members of the
same party at the South, is in respect to
that measure. They think that the compro mise
should bo restored, whilst at the South
it is thought to he better that things should
stand n3 they are, though no benelit is expected
to accrue to the South from the repeal
of that measure. We know that the
:J i i > 1 .i.?? is
itieti u?w? uircu ciiiviiiuueu, mat. i\;ius?s may
become a slave State; but a little reflection,
wo think, will satisfy any man of the erroneousness
of that opinion. The new territories
nro settled in most part by foreign iiui- ,
migrants, and these are invariably opposed
to the introduction of slavery ; and as; in
the liberality of our national legislators, the
right of voting in territories has been conceeded
to foreigners, without waiting fur
naturalization, we may be sure that slavery
will nerer be allowed in a territory settled
by this class of population.
If, then, the members of tho American
party North and South ngee upon "the great
points of poliey to be adopted?if they
.harmonize in the determination to support
rthe Constitution and the Union in the proJposed
change in the naturalization laws?
i in placing the control on public atfairs in the
"ihands of natives?and in other matters'
^considered requisite to carry out true Amer- i
ican principles?why should a difference a-1
bout a matter w hieh is really of no practi- 1
cal importance to either section, prevent cor
dial co-operation in the nomination and ,
support of an American candidate for tliej
I'm-idencv ? Will they consent to sacrifice
the permanent intcreslof the nation in a ji
squable about a straw i IJoth sides profess
to stand l?y the Union, and to cherish tlioi
Oonstintion, and both will, we hope, stand j
.firm in defence-of American rights.
We are Southern in birth; Southern in
interest; Southern in principle and feeling,'
but we are national also, and prize the |
Union altove all other consideralious. We
regreet the indiscretion committed in the re-1
peal of the compromise; but to not see in
that act any thing to justify a sectional war-'
fare, much less a division in the ranks of,
the American party. And such, wo believe,!
to be the general feeling in the South. That
great corruptions have crept into the administration
of public affairs at Washington,
is preemptible to every one ?and that the
time has*arrived to substitute American ru-j
lens for those who have been too much in- 1
tlueneed by the desire to win foreign np- ,
plause and support, we think, cannot, with 1,
truth, be denied. Tne American people j'
have undertaken to tuake this change, and t
nothing is required to insure success but- 1
.harmony of action. That the whole Amor- t
lean party, North, South, East and West, ,
wifl pull together in the great contest to (
take place next year for the Presidency, we
will not permit bt#solvos to doubt. Every 1
indication at the South, shows that the A- (
tnericans are united and active - and the re-! t
suits of the coming elections, will prohuhly j |
show them to be successful. In Louisatla, j?
the election of the American ticket is con-|
sidered as certain?and so in all Southern '
States. In Maryland we shall not be stir- 1
prised at an amount of majority for the'A-j i
. merican candidates. We see, then before [ ,
*?*, fair promises and bright prospects?and j (
would urge upon every member of tho Amorican
order, a couiitinanco of zeal, activi- j
ty and dilligence?that ho may assist in *
achieving a glorious victory to tho Star' t
Spangled Banner.?Baltimore Clipper.
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The following is the official vote for Gov- ^
crnor of Virginia in all but six counties : |
For Henry A. Wise. j ,
is rci . ft _ ~ I '
ror j noh. d. r lournoy. oy,?7?
\
Majority for Wise. 10,073 |
The Majority for McCoinas for Licutcn
Ant Go^Prnor in the Mme counties is 12, 082,
and for Hocok for Attorney General 11,220.
The six counties to be heard from
gave Wise a reported tnsjorty of 63. The
rote o7* the whole State, as above given, is
tor Wise 88,865, for Klournoy73,220?making
the very large aggregate of 156,67(1. ;l
SOUTHERN EI^PRISETT
(Diaiyi^S^gowiSo s. o.
Friday Morning, July 27,1855.
AGKNT8.
E. W. CARR, N. W. cor. of Walnut and Third-?t.
Philadelphia, is our authorized Agent.
W. W. WALKER, Columbia, & C.
A. M. PEDEN, Pairview P. O., Greenville Diet
WM. C. BAILEY, Pleasant Grove, Greenville.
CAPT. R. Q. AINDERSOIM/Codor Falls, Greenville.
11 . i - ii iii .
Head Quarter*, Columbia, July IT, 184C.
William G. Kennedy, Esq., having been appointed
and commissioned Aide-do-Camp to his
Excellency, the Commander-in-Chief, (rice ColJoiin
Dunnovant, having accepted a Commission
in the United States Army,) will be obeyed and
respected accordingly.
By order. R. G. M. DUNNOVANT.
Adjutant and Inspector Genornl.
o shall be in attendance upon the
Quarterly Meeting of the S. of T. at Andcr
son when our paper goes to press, which
will account for errors, &c.
OUR CLUB SUBSCRIBERS.
As tho time of many of our club subscribers
is about expiring, we would state to
them that should they wish the paper continued
we will still send it at club prices.
Those in our district will be continued until
they give us notice that they desiro it stopped.
GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK.
The August number is before us, and we
regard it the star of the volume. .Send for
it, ladies; you should by all means have it,
if for no other purpose than showing to your
neighbors that you are not behind tho age.
ERSKINE COLLEGIATE RECORDER.
This periodical has commenced its second
volume. We wish its young editors that
success which their efforts to establish a jour- j
nal of high order so justly entitle them.
EDITORIAL CHANGE.
W. B. Johnson, Esq., Las retired from
llio iStflt th CWtttiniiwi, nnd loft it in tlic
charge of ltis former associate, l)r. 11. \V.
Guides. Mr. Johnson has long and zealously
discharged the duties of an editor, and
in his retirement lie carries with him the attachment
of many warm friends. The South
Carolinian, and its editor, Dr. Gibbes, need
no notice from ub to give them a greater reputation
than they already possess.
PERSONAL.
The difficulty between the editor .of the
Ashcville Spectator and Dr. W. L. IIil1.1
aim, of the same place, of which much has
been said, was settled after the first fire, Dr.
IIh.makd, the challenger, declaring himself
satisfied. The affair took place near Paint
Rock, on the Tennessee line.
INFIDELITY vs. AMERICANISM.
lr will be recollected that from limo to
time wc have published from our own pen,
and the pens of our correspondents, articles
in regard to the increase and spread of infidelity
in our country, and that it was mostly
to be seen in the ranks of the German emigrants.
We have fearlessly opposed the rapid
and inconsiderate manner of making Anicrican
citizens out of such material, believing
that it will have the effect of lessening
the restraints to which nil good and true citizens
willingly subject themselves. This
course, upon our part, has secured for us the
displeasure of n few (and we are happy in
eiying that the number is very few) of our
foreign subscribers. They have bccomo so
indignant as to declaro to us personally that
:hey will not read a paper which is continually
showing up the evil influences of foreign
emigration and their infidelity. This
hey have a perfect right to do; but iliey
an never close our columns, by threatening
:o withdraw their patronage, bo it ever so i
argo, to the free discussion of such mutters, i
l'he fact is just this?if those who sympathise
with the class of believers wo have just
mentioned, believe that they can intimidate .
us by threats or bribe tis by support, they are <
much mistaken. Wc do not desire either I
liA fclinnATt r?r omiioIbI."".
if v. MV|iihiuu?UV? vi ouuii men.?j |
Karthor: they have no right to live in a i
Christian country and claim the protcolion I
if the laws of a people who founded their
government upon the faith of the Bible.?
I'hey should be driven, like the Mormons,
roin wiiliout the pale ^'society, as they
vill be driven at the last'day from the pres- j
mceof Ilim whose power they disregard?
vhose very existence they deny, Bjjch people
breathe into the atmyjphflre of. home i
lio corrupt ami loalhesomb doetrincs of Ig? '
natius Loyola, which eventually dostroys the 1
jiiMuspeeting.'TuMirt. Are such men worthy j
die name of fkkkmkn, who arrive up6o t
diorcs laden wit!i the disbelief and heresies !
.anght them in the writings of the great (
ligli p> iest of infidelity, Voltaire, and made |
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till more offensive by the ftaftkiuga of the i
srchrfttbeist, Eugene Sue, wTOfo licentious
wOrks they make tlieiejtest-books! We ask
are such men to be oountenanced ? These
ore they who tell us.that they cant ^hjd will
fid in tho administration of ouri affairs.?
Thai which was once considered bv them a
grant they now claim as an inherent right.
So long as those who seek our shores for
tho purfioee of securing for themselves a
home?an asylum from oppression?that
their children may receive the benefits of edl*ccliou
and enjoy the liberty which our
land affords, and gain for thomsclves tho
protection which its laws so graciously offers
are welcome. But they have no right to
demand a participation in the domestic management
of the affairs of the country. It is
an assumption to which tboy can never lay
claim?it is to bo prevented. When there
censes to bo a sufficient number of native
Americans and an adequate native talent to
discharge tho affairs of the uaiiou, it will
then bo high time to sell out to some country
that can furnish the desired material.
In conclusion, we would say, \inless wo
can secure tho support of good and high
minded men, wo prefer to receive the support
of none. \Ye do not object to see and
fraternize with those who como amongst us
for good purposes?wo have many such?
but wo do not consider ourselves prepared to
tolerate the vindictive spirits who boldly
contemn the Christian religion, and put to
defiance the teachings of the gospel. We
think there are many who will uphold us in
the course we havo pursued?it is the course
we still intend to follow.
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0oi-h33f)Oi)Oei)ce of fyc jEitfcrphse.
LETTER FBOM COLUMBIA.
Columbia, S, C., July 25, 1855.
W. P. Price, Editor of iiie Enterprise.
We plead guilty to the cliargo of neglecting
our duty in not writing to you last week.
Hut the weather was so warm, your corres
noudent so lazy, and a stenta alter Oinuer so
pleasant, that Tuesday afternoon and evening
glided away almost imperceptibly. But
at night, visions of the 4 Printers Devil,' appenred
to us*, and he black and begrimed
with ink, uttered direful iinprecatious upon
us for not furnishing 4 copy.' Lest therefore,
we should bo again visited by such a phantom
; and that our word rany bo kept once
at lenat, wo ootid you this epistle. Ere it
reaches you, we expect to be far from the
city?inhaling the free, country, air ; gazing
upon uature in her loveliness and spending
pleasant hours in eating green apples.
We expect to return home itnbuod with the
spirit of romance, and warn you now to beivarft
ftf nnv l-mnnntio ennl.li'irrnu'inn
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verses which wo may foolishly perpetrate
and ask you to publish to tho world. We
know Miss. will laugh immoderately at
the idea of your correspondent becoming romantic
and poetical (and well sho may) but
stranger events than that have hafPpciied.
In the "South Carolinian" of Thursday
last wo find the valedictory of its Editor,
W. B. Johnston, Esq, who lias served the
corps Editorial of South Carolina for many
years. Mr. Johnston was an able, vigorous,
and talented writer ; and though we
could not always endorso his opinions and
political views yet wo give him credit for
defending them warmly and yet in a courteous,
gentlemanly manner. He has our
best wishes for his full success in whatever
vocation ho may hereafter engage.
An interesting and exciting trial of a negro
woman for manslaughter was held on
Saturday hist before a Court of Freeholders,
Daniclli. Miller Esq,magistrate presiding.
The prosecution contended that tho negro on
trial acted as nurse to the deceased, a hi<zhlv
respectable and worthy lady?during her
last illness?that said negro bohaved bo impudently
nnd impertinently as to excite the
deceased in n considerable degree?and
that such excitement produced fever which
soon causod her death. The fact of the
nurse's impudence and its effect on the doceased
was clearly proven, and the only point
in doubt was whether or not saiil effect on
the deceased was sufficient to cause a rapid
change from favorable to unfavorable symptoms
as took place iu the deceased and which
ultimately caused, as far as her physician
could dctormine, her death. Many physicians
were examined, and nfier nddrsses to
the Jury by Hon. E. J. Arthur for the
prosecution and Col Maxcy Gregg for defen
Jant, the Jury retired. After a short absence
they returned a verdict guilty of impudence,
and the negro woman was sentenced to six
months imprisonment and to receive seventy-five
lashes.
Wo find on our book table this week, a
a copy of 4 Oliatta and other Poems,' by
Howard II. Caldwell. Wo have perused
this work carefully and can recommend it
to every lover o^eflaine poetry. Mr. Caldn'eii
is one of dipMtia father was hnawn,
loved and honored, and filled the highest
judicial Offica in the 8late, and went
to die grate in the noontide of his fame.?
flis exhibited many of die noble qaati ,
ties which his father MfiBffoSr I
possesses a true spirit of poetry. Every one
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wLould enooura^aaud sustain him In his efforts
to win laurels in po^c st regies. *
It is ? soured of congratulation and joy to
many to know that M Stftn" has gained a
hold in Greenville District. We hope hjw
popularity with you is as gr^g^a it is wit*
us. u Sam " is a noble fellow, an^u worthy
of good reception and kind trea^ppt from
your noble mountain men.
lierec ent changes itqfe schedule of arrivals
and departures on tue S.C. R. 11. render
it perhaps best Ar us to give the following
information in rogard to .-the samo.
Augusta and Charleston tram Jeaves hero
at 10 minutes before 0, A. M.
Night train for same places leave at 15
minutes before 4, P. M.
Augusta and Charleston train arrives here
at 10 minutes past 6, P. ?night train
from those places at 40 minutes past 8, A. M.
Camden train with passengers for W. ?fc
M. K. R. leaves hero at half-past 2, P. M.
The RichlancUgohinteer Rifle Company,
the "crack" company of our city, has extended
an invitation to the " Pickens Riflemen"
to be present at the anniversary oelo
bration of the former corps on the 8th of
August. We hope that the invitation will
be accepted, if possible. Such reunions are
always productive of good.
Truly yours, BAYARD.
For the Sontthrn Enterprise.
ATr. Editor:?Will you indulge me in
making a few enquiries to yourself and to
tho public through your useful journal ?
First, I choose to keep myself rather a listener
or looker on in our political affairs, nnd
yet profess to lovo my country and her institutions
aa ardently as I am capablo of do
ing. Let me inquire how it is that soiuo of
our public men are so violent in their pliillipics
against the Know Nothings, or tho
American party, without giving them even
the privilege of a hearing before they are
condemned* In a portion of our country
wbero I have resided there were men who
held the opinion that all strangers should
bo well treated so long as their demeanor
was such as all approved, and even foreigners
were not molested on arriving in our
country, but there is now a party organized
in our country who profess to bo friends to
it, and who are all native born citizens of
our country, and as far as appears, yet seem
to be employed in a good work, so far as I
can see,'the work they have undertaken.
It appoars to me, Mr. Editor, that iC is no
easy matter to induce thinking men to believe
that our good old ship of state will be
in more danger when put under the control
and management of American citizens only
than she now is, when every nation under
the heavens has a chance to participate in
the management of our affairs. Do gentlemen
forget that our patriotic forefathers do
vised the plan of our Government, and dc
liberating on the defects of all oilier Go* J
vernments, did they not devise a plan suited
to the nature of man, and calculated to secure
to all men who should live under our
Government all the rights of man? Did not
all politicians, reared under monarchical Governments,
pronounce ours a daring experiment?
and did they not predict its downfall
on the supposition that man was incapable
of self-government. Have these predictions
Wen fulfilled ? On the contrary, has not the
plan of the Government under which we
live proved, on the experiment, to bo good,
and are not the people attached to it, aud
after the enjoyment of our liberties so long,
shall we surrender them without astrugglo ?
In short, can any enlightened man, any man
of political knowledge worthy the character
of a statesman, if he be honest, say he believes
the American party would wish to do
an act to injure the political fabric, so firmly
fixed and so glorious in its operations as
ours i is not tno experiment of a Govern- j
nient liko ours sufficiently trietl to satisfy
nny man whoso mind is open to conviction, !
that our Government is safe if kept in the'
hands of American citizens ? Is not this an
ago of improvement, and are not experiments
the order of the day f
air. Editor, can tho world afford an j
example to eomparo with tho experiment
made by those who devised the plan of tho*
Government to be put in operation here on
this American Continent. Ghorob Washington
and his associates made the experiment.
And did they recommend and adopt
and put in operation this plan of deciding
whether man was capable of selfgovcru'
inent ? And did they do it rashly without
mature deliberation f lias tho plan failed,
as predicted by those who thought man incapablo
of self-government. For whose benefit
was this plan put in operation ? and
who intArutArl in tliA I
of those blessing* guaranteed to us by the
framcra of our Constitution. Those are
grave questions, and others follow, of equal
importance, to those who ore now enjoying
and who are expected to enjoy the blessings
of the Government under whichJWftiive. If
fears for the safety of our ii^iirigfone.gre to
arise in the minds of tho pufiifcfwbwts of
our country, that storms may at ise, that
H? may beset aMMMrqkJatfkt direction
shall wo look foS^HpimSMm* ?
ry&"'
img , m. urnj. - ,jj|P> jit
nogpa duty to look to the' right
and to the left, to the North and 4to the
Sh, to thfrEast and to tlio W^et, and to
Id all points to qee if any dangers ap
and approach, nnd to guard the whole
ma^pr from the infections that might taint
or tarnish any portion of our political fabric
? ?*
It appears to my mind, Mr. Editor, that
the ship of state n^eds an examination, aud
if it requires examining, who shall examine
it f Shall wo select a committee of foreign J
era to ovorhaul our affairs? Our success
! depends on the capacity of tho pcoplo to
govern themselves. Have the people governed
themselves ? And are they to continue
to govern themselves^? Who, then,
are the people ? Did not the people elect
George Washington to preside over tho nation
? Did they not elc^t Mr. Adams, Jefferson,
and all others who have govorned
and guided tho great ship of state for us,
| both Senators and Representatives, and all
| civil and military officers. If. our political
| institutions have prospered through the
darkest days nud years of our history, is she
not able to keep on her courso of prosperity ?
If not, why is she not able ?
Jur. Editor, the writer of this has heretofore
associated himself with men who have
believed with the firmest of faith that all our
greatness is not necessarily in Congress, or
in the minds of those exclusively whoso sayings
and doings aro most sounded through
the world, but that many unambitious and
learned men are in retirement, and as much
real greatness exists where no one in his rage
j for audienco, as a candidate for office can
have, and where rests or resides tho stamina
and .true light, or at least a goodly portion of
it, which makes us and keeps us what we
aro. This class of men do not seek office.
Those truly great men of our countr}' reason
differently from such men as those who
make the most noise, that others may know
i uud seo where they aro and wkcro they
I move. Is it, then, true, that tho people of
this great Kcpublic aro to look to those, and
to those only, who arc most conspicuous in
Congress, or in any of our public assemblies
or offices, for aid in all times of need. God
| mndo our country, and tho mountains and
; the valleys and the rivers and lakes and
! seas arc all llis. Wc arc life tenants only,
and must occupy and servo out our pilgrimage,
and retire and give place to others to do
the same. liut should we not rejoice that
we are free, that each is his own L-in? w rn?
?"5* w ,WI
j as all mnndano matters concern us, and that
I we bow the knee to but one King, and that
King is eternal aud invisible, and is the same
who made the country we occupy.
But my dear Mr. Editor, let mo ask a few
more questions, and m?y I crave an answer
to these questions ? Is it justifiable, or would '
it be justifiable in mc to condemn the course
and conduct of any man who professes to be
occupied in the discharge of his duty as n
neighbor, a ci'izcn and a patriot, simply because
I think he does not think as I do. If,
in the sincerity of his heart he believes lie
can assist in tho common cause, shall I forbid
him to make a trial 1 It seems quite na- j
. tural for a man who has elevated himself by
a certain political course to regret a change,'
: if that change is likely to interfere with his
( field of operations, even were tho change for
the better. Have not tho people been too
much controlled by what we stylo strong
wanting ? Would not much time bo saved
j and would not much more satisfaction be
| taken by the people, if they were possessed j
j within their own minds with the means of
I judging who aro best fitted to serve them as
: law makers, and dispensers of tlio laws.
And wo will not descend to the inquiry
now whether the peoplo can be so informed,
for now no man of good common sense domes
the propriety of educating the common
people. But another question. Do not our
great men who denounce the American party
without restraint, see that their coarse is
directly calculated to arouse n spirit of inquiry
with the people, to know who, and
what, and where, these Know Nothings, or
Ameiican party, arc. Is ijet this quit* natural
?
And finally, will any man in all our bor- j
dcrs be good enough to inform me and all
my friends, and all the friends of our institutions,
how it is, if it be so, that an Atneri- j
can citizen, who has always been a staunch
Democrat, cannot aid and vote with, and in
fact entirely coincide with the American par
ty in principle, and not surrender one parti-1
cle of his democracy ? Does the American
party assail the principles of democracy ?
Does it attempt to run counter in anything
to the Constitution of our country ! Then
why call them so many hard names, and
even accuse them of treason, and at thp same
timo in the same communication, *ek now-1
ledge you know nothing or v?y little about
them. Will not tho people bo tbo judges
I in these matters t
But still a few more questions. If we
wish to prevent tho spread of Know Notliingism,
or the principles of the Amerioan
sporty, shall we expoct to effect their WW*
throw by preferring charges against them
| which they by their acts and doings will at
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once atow to people to be false t How
cau gentlemen claim to be consistent and recommend
courtesy to foreigners, and censure
and condemnation to native citizens V
jfceware, yo detractors, that you do not elevate
the men you are striving to depiititik..
LEOPARD. * r
An Avalakci!k or l3ipcAi>.?The Allanta
(Ga.) Intelligencer, states that on Thurs- t
pay there were one hundred cars loaded wWr
wheat at Chattanooga, ready to move, ind jfc
UyfiN^ot crammed to its utmost tapacity,^^
RFSb trains a day arrive lit Cattanooga, Irr
the Nashville road, and.'H-.^as estimated o*?
Thurday that there were stored in that town .
30,000 bushels of wheat cxclusivo of that in^
store by our road. From Chattanooga
down to Etowah, the depots are full to
bursting. On the 0th, there were reoeived
at Calhoun, 2000 bushels, and the hands
could not knock off their loading till II
o'clock at night. Major Young, the Agorft
of Calhonn, thinks that from his depot uIoqo,
he will ship 100,000 bushels during the sen-,
son, To-day, five full trains will be downr
and suppose each car will contained 130?
sacks.
The rush of this description of freight hasbeen
unprecedcnt, caused, as we learn,by ther
offers of New York millers to give $1.20, for
all wheat delivored nt depot by the 10th,
and at Charleston and Savannah the 15th
of this month.
The Next Session, of CongressThe
Charleston JSvetiing Newt, referring
to the next Congress and tlie business which
wifl secure its attention, remarks :
4 The lending question will be- the repeal of
tho Nebraska law, and the restoration of
the Missouri restriction. In connection therewith
will bo proposed a universal "Wilraot
Proviso interdiction of any more slave States.
Aino, a law to abolish slavery in the District
of Columbia. These measuros may pass tho*House,
but probably be defeated by the Sen- '
ate. But will a restriction upon slavery
in Kansas be defeated ? Here wilt be a
fearful strugglo and doubtful issuo. The
thrones of disunion may be felt to the very
centre of the Government. Is there, can
there be, a party in the Southwbich will not 1
be ready ? will not prepare for what
I ever the emergency may require I Tlia
i American party of the fifteen So thorn States
ure fast marshalling their forces to protect
their rights and preserve the Constitution.?
Tho Democratic party of those Slates (suclv
portion as may chose to organize separately
from their Americanbrethern) are also making
ready for the exigency. We belong to,
both. They together wilt constitute the party
of the South in momentous sectional issues.
Let nono be deceived or bewildered ! on
these matters the South must and wilt be a
unit.'
lu view of thin state of things, the Democratic
party are forewarned not to produce bitlernessjmd
estrangement between themselves
and the American Party. If the former
will not act w ith the latter as one party, under
one banner, they should be careful and
avoid all bitterness and denunciation calculated
to thwart unity of sentiment and action
upon the main question.
We endorse the remarks of the New?Y
land call upon every Southern man to mark
well his footsteps and be cautious. ?
A Pectin ex Question.?A correspondent
of the Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel
propouuds the interrogatory contained in
the annexed extract:
Mr. Editor : I desire, through the medium
of your paper, to ask the following
question of any one who may posaeaa the
| information : Has any Catholic Priest who
1 has come to this country from a foreign
land, ever been known to take the oath of
[allegiance? If yes, who and when! If
i not. why t Nativk Amebic an.
We must' ncknowledfire that we are some
I what anxious to read the reajmnse to the
; above, If a Priest from a foreign country*
but now a resident of the United States*
has not taken the oath of allegiance he
ought not to be allowed to vote. Voters ra
should challenge them, and require that they
should show their documents in every case.
Speaking of the Medical Association o?
the State, the Columbia Carottguut of Friday
??y?: -- M
We understand the extri meeting of 'this
scientific body met at Greenwood on Wednesday.
About forty physicianik went present,
much to the disappointment of the hospitable
citizens, who expected two hundred.
Excel leu t adresses were delivered by Dr.
Barratt, the chairman of the local committee,
Dr. E. Ilorlback, the President, and
by Df, Bailey, of Chark^wu, ami a Sue essay
by Dr. Sally, of Orangeburg, was read. >
After the adjournment of the Association
on Wednesday evening, a meeting was convened
at the - supper table, at 0 o'clock,
which was somewhat prolonged, and many
subjects of interest discussed.
An adjourned meeting took place yesterday
at 10 A. M., and in the.^ta|nooir (fee
Association was to be entertaifl^P?t
We have no doubt business transaflpd
by the faternity with zeal anu discretis^fe
we nope to be able to giro a fuller ref^rt
of their acts and doing*.
? i^I ???
Prisoners Pardoned?Appointment
Wabhixotoh, July 21.?The President
this morning pardoned six small boys wio,
bad been convicted of rioting andsenten^kf
to the Penitentiary. The pardon was grj&t1
od in answer to a petition of^e^^^^aliep;Hnwaim
Uij/c -/remment by ihl
Ministeri9nverr})p^nt. *