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nidercd 1cm thap a square. - *
, Obituaries and aim pic annonnccmentjkOf Manages
and Deaths considered news and sNQaot to ne
charged for.
Announcements of candidates tbr office KhH be
-chared its other advertiseriM^^
The Editor will takflHe risk of payment
ifor the paper remitted by mS^nf free of postage.
NEW RATES OF POSTAGE.
The National Intelligencer, of jtb? 21st
uh., publishes several official tunles^m the
Poet Office Departmet, exhibiting the rates
of postage chargeable under the act fif the
Jaet Congress. We give below an abstract
.of snelf portions of the tables as we regard
of general-importance to the community.
xa?eaaiesay??war, i.i im i . ? , ?pi ?
- ? 'v' -?-i 3HA11T ft
1utc3 jof letter rosjau* litl ~
states and Canada aftel the SCtii of Jtxi
"i '1851. - '
. =5 ^ ?_CH _ 5
" I- -I 1?
?* li<|ff??N
* .???} Mm
>f O X r* ?
W/ien prepaid. C?nt? Cents Cents ce
^BpWighing i once or i ' t
tinder being single "t
rate ? ? i0 15
-Over 4 o?., and not \ "
%- * over 1 oz ? ? 20 30
Over 1 oz.' dikT not
over H ? 18 10 45
Over If ox. andnot ' !
over 2 14 24 <0 CO
Over 2 oiTtnd not . "
brer2$... ....V. ..... 15 80 50 <6
Whew dfprtpall'
m iTeiebing i ounce or
under Uciflg tingle
nte 5 10-10 15
? * Over \ oi. and not . _
overl 40 20 20 80
Over 1 of. aud not t
own 15 JO T wt\ 41
J OHr 1| or, aud not
|1 ow 2..?..L. .20 j 40 , 40 j CO
^^T)Ver * ox. Andtiot| J J ? i
ovtjfc.., j 25 1 50 j 50 75
Rcnmrks Referring to abdte TaMc.^-Tor
WF {everj?rfhjle letter in manuscript? or paper
Sjf. of anyTnhd upon "which in forma tioh shall
lie asked 6r communicated In wiiting;br
fek by marks or signs sent by mail, the rates
HT men firmed in this table snaH ho charged;
RE*. and (or every additional halt onn?p orfracu
tion of .an ounce above the weight named
p in this table, an additional single rate is to
J l>e charged.
If Directions. 1st. F.verv letter or parcel.
V not exceeding half an ounce in weight, shall
r be deemed a single letter or rate.
2d All. drop letters, or letters placed in
jb^any post office, not for transmission, but
^a?AK? *?nlr ahull he charcn-d with dos
f ,7 Jl - ?=
tage at the rate of one cent each.
* 3d. Each deputy post masterwhose com1
pensation for t|ic tast preceding fiseat yeHr
i (ending the 30 th ofJuiie) did not cxcce^
200, may send th*$fl|fh the mail all ie^'S f
written by himself, i<w receive throat the
^nail all written comniunications^ureKed
to. hin tacit, on his private bus*^ss; w'hich
tiSif rSPbjtceed in weight/**? halt ounce,
/ree of postage. This/**?8 not author ize
them to frank any \y^r unless written by
themselves, and 9* their private business
only;-iior does V^ut^?nze them to receive
freo of postalanything but written com'"raunicatiaP^idrcss
to therdselves^on their
own prtf ate business.
Nt^paptr ItatoTper qwln, v/>m~tcn7f^Ofoc
of Publication to bona fide tubscriUrt,
? ? g 9 2 9 T? s 9 ?
gz- 2.3 3 2 2 2 25 5
5 ? =*!! ~ ^ ? -1 %
2 3 ?g |g ?tfc? g
?r ^ *| ?
if It it |f 1
ff 88 ; ? ig.= 5% s 1
1 ts. 1 Cte. CSTt CU. Ctn. I Ct
pwJfv.r... 25 50 75 10CT 123 t 100
^ Tri-w'felj. 15 : SO 45 6o 75 90
pwnhwly: lfrf 'id SO ? 40 50 60
Weekly... 6 10 15 2j> 25 80
Bcmwn'hr. 2$ 6 7$ io 12 15
* ^outh?.y - 11 tl 8{ 6 6j 7j
Remarks referring to the above table:
i? . from and after the 30th of Jane, 1851,
I? for each pafcspaper, not exceeding three I
rttbpart fn weight the annexed rates per
quarter Sire Id be paid,quarterly in advance.
These rates only apply where the paper is
sent from the 0fcce Af publication to actual
and bona fide subscrffxjrs.
Directions referring to above table :
1st, Weekly papers only, \fhen sent as
? * above stated, are to he delivered free in the
bounty where they are published; and this
although conveyed in the mail over 3Q mites.
, 2d. Newspapers containing not over 300
square inches are to be charged one quarter
the ab^ve rates. ,,
3d. PaWishers of newspapers are allowed
to exchange froe^of postage one copy of
bach number only l^flid this privilege extends
to newspapers published in Canaak.'
4th. Th& weight of newspapers most be
taken or determined when they are in a
dry state.
or T
W.- % * '
0
Postmasters are not cnftfed to re^Hftgp.apere
free otjo^jg
^ '
BCt^l.' tfs.
under 1 j?2 S 4 ' 6 I
'r 2 oz 2 | 4 G 8 10 I
^FrSoz 3 ft 9 12 I 16 j
r4oz 4 8 12 j 16 20 |
OvY 4 and not ov'r 5 ozj fi ] 10 is. j zu i zo
Ov'r 6 and not ov'r G oz 6 j 12 18 24 SO
Ov'r 6 and ftot ov'r V oz! 7 I 1.4 21 28 j 85
Ov'r 7 fcbd not ov'r 8 ozj 8 | 16 24 82 40
Ov'r 8 and i.&tov'r 9 oz 9 i 18 27 S6 j 45
Ov'r9and6ot ov'r 10 oz lo j 20 80 40 j 50
Nort?For each additional ounce, or fractional
part oT an ounce, beyond tlic ten ounces embraced
in tliia table,, an additional rate must be charged.
Directions?1,??On every transient news- j
paper, onsealed circular, handbill, engraving,
pamphlet, periodical, magazine, look and
every other description of printed mutter, the
above rates must in all cases be prepaid,
according to the wciglrt. . v
2.?Whenever any printed- matter on
which the postage is required to be prepiad,
shall, through the inattention of Postmas-j
tcrs, or otherwise, he sent without prepay-1
nicnt, the same shall be charged With double
the above rate*. - 3?Bound
books and parcels of printed ;
matter, not weighing over 32 ounces, shall j
be deemed mailable matter. ,
Periodicals puhlishcd at intervals, not px- J
ceeding three, months, and sent to actual j
and bona fide subscribers, are to he charg- j
i ed with one-half the rates mentioned in the J
! last above table, and prepayment of a quar-1
ter's postage thereon must iu nH cases j
be required. Periodicals published at in-1
tervals of more than three months are oharg- j
ed with the full rate, which must be prepaid.
...
Aofc.?In case there is on or in any newspaper,
periodical, pamphlet, or other printed
matter or paper connected therewith, any
manuscript of anv kind, by which information
shall he nskoci for, or eonmiunicatcd[jn
writing, or by marks or signs, the saidmewspaper,
periodical, pamphlet, or other print
? *?
en maner, DtH-oiT>ee>Buujv<. i p"c?"*>v,
ao?l it?is the duty of the Postmaster .to re-(,
move wrappers and enyclopjp -from all
printed matter pnd pamplilets not charged
with Jetter postage, for the purpose of ascertaining
whether there is upon or com;
i nccted with any such printed matter, or in
such package, nnv matter or thing which
would authorize or require the charge of-a
higher rate of postage thereon.
N. B.rr-All letters to and from Foreign,
Countries (the British North, American
Provinces excepted,) are to be iharceri'witA
single rate of postage, if n*t exceedinr^e 1
Weight of half an ounce; double ra*S if exceeding
half an ounrc but not exceeding
announce; quadruple rate, {/"exceeding an
ounce but not exceeding'wo ounce?} j and
! so on, pharpffig* two fates for every ounce
or frnct}c**il pait ounce over the nrst
ounc^/ '
gHip Jjfixrs.?Letters tent from the U.
States to' or(,ign Counti ies hy private vessels i
are arguable with inland postage, which j
wtist fee prepaid from the mailing office to,
the port of sailing. The Postmaster of San
Phuicisco is especially instructed to niatcc'
up and despatch such mails to the Sand- j
wieh Islands, China, and New South Waks. |
Periodicals.?Periodical woiksnnd pain-j
plett are not entitled to transit conveyances i
through the United Kingdom cif Great Hi it- j
ain and Ireland, hut they may he sent from j
the Unllotj States to tho Utijtcd Kingdom,!
and rice versa, af J\yo icentsof the United !
States postage each, {f they do not exceed
two fn.iyeight; and at one cent per;
ounce, or fraction of an ounce, when tnev ;
exceed that weight, to he collected in all
cases in the United States; and the samewill
bp subject to an additional like charge
United Kingdom when not exceeding
ttfo ounces; but the third ounce raises the
British charge to sixpence, with an addi- j
rinnn] plmrfTM ftf (ivn lipnrp for oneli JlfJlH
tjonal ounce. When sent to or received i
from fhrejgn countries without passing:
through the UulLeii Kingdom they will he
j chargeable with the regular Unftcd States
! rates tp hp pfregpid when sent, and collected
wlieir received.
Newspapers and Periodicals to Foreign
Countries (particularly to the Continent of
Europe) must be sent in narrow bands, open
at the sides or end; otherwise they are
chargeable there with letter postage.
N. K. HALL, Postmaster General.
P^st Ofjice Department, June 14,1851.
A
good stock qf these goods, with Kentucky j
Jeans, Satins, Tweeds, Linncs, 4c.. for sale low by ;
Jan. 7, '60-4-tf] P. M ALLOY.
P arden Seed.-?Fresh garden sees}, growth
vT of f85t>, just received and for sale b/
Jfo. 7-41-tf 1 EVANS & ftsjVEft..
The Great Question
T^OR persona purchasing gopda to consider, is |
J- where the best and cheapest article can be j
found. The subscriber is now recpiving.his stock,
recently purchased on the most favorable terms,'
in sorrnxrc markets, (and as low as nuy purchased j
at th? North,) to which he respectfully invites the
attention of has customers and the public, pledging'
himdiK to' dispose of Sis goods as low as any house j
in the pW - J. P HARRALT.. 1
! Pse. 31, '50 40 it
)THE respectfully solicits the at ten
Merchants of North and
their ^erj extensive and well
CiRoccrap, LHiroits,&c., *<?
4OOhhde.'CfB0[jBl ^ O. ahd J!r.scovadnSUGARS,
I 30(1pwkiMjwttfed ""J Powubeml ? Do.,
^SQ^ag^MRed and Loaf^/ Do.,
1 .OOfffMji etid Java COFFJE. f
3,000^BRAGGING, 44 to 4* inches.
i oo hBrZh*BNKy5ci2Tn.
' COO hLde <R^3*toES, (Baltisrt>re Sining.)
.100 do^M^BoiASSES,
.jSt Y. ' '"^j
200 packages Fdjnch avd-DotriMie BRANDT,
lfiO do, Mrd. and Ten. ^VINE,
100 do, SWeet Malaga P*..
180 boxes TOBACCO, nsrorted qualities,
800 M. SF6ARS, various brands,
CO casks London PORTER.
800 boxes Fj?crm and Adamantine CAND1XS
Together with SPA IV, b'J AIU Ji. iCES.TEAP.CHAMrAfiM^Ct'lilOlAh^SYnUPS,
PICKLES, and all articles usually k?]>t in llirir
lino, which they offer for sale on accommodating
terms.
Orders promptly and fkithfirilv executed.
SIMS A NANCE,
W Wholesale Grocers. ~
No. 1 ITavnc street, coropr Church, Charleston,'
S. C. June 10 11 10
Encourage Home Industry?Tlie
t subscriber ofFere for sale, of his own "tuugufpcj
ture, two substantial and well biplt
rgckaways, and one BUGGY,
Also, n second hand family carriage, good m
I now', all of which will be sold on accommodating
j terms, if applied for soon, at my carriage shop,
| where work of every description* will be done to
j order, at the shortest notice and in a superior At vie.
jul 22-17 3m] , ISAAC RAKE8TRAW.
SPRING AND SUMMER IIA1S?,TuM~rt>ecivcd
a large assortment, new styles, fash'l. white
j and black benyer and moleskin hate; aho, panamn,
I double and single leghorn, w ith a great variety
i ?f palm leaf. Ac., Ac. D.MAI J.OY.
Valuable Real Estate for Sale.
THE real estate of Peter L. Roberson deceased,
late of Chesterfield Di.-trict, is.offend at private
Eale, consisting of lots aud tenements in the
Village of Chesterfield and lands adjacent thereto
The vcrv commodious dwelling in the village is
well Butted for a hou-c of entertainment having
been built fpr that purpose; the olhcr buildings
are very impropriate. '
The fonas consist of one thousand a<fcp compris? "?
? ??? *?.,t *-?vilir i?f anil adurted to the Cft'OWlh of
Arsenic, crime, puiv., sum umr,
" iodide. " V diet's proto-cnrh.
Althpr, siilj h. rect., Kroorctc, 1 oz g. s. rials.
" chloride, Lnetuenrii n>, hngiob.
" yjtri?. lend, a<t<ntc,
Amfitopin, aqua fff, " iodide,
" concent'd., " sulncetnle liq.
" nlcoltol of Mercury, distilled,
" aromatic spirit " black oxvdc,
' enrb. " bichloride,
" muriate, " chloride, Eng.,
Antimony, tnrtnrirod, " proto-iodidc,
" golden si! ph., " dcuto-iodide,
" sulph. bla< k. " with chalk,
" Jani.cs' powder " red precipitate,
Bismuth, stibnitratr. " white do.
Caiithoridos, oil of. Morphia, acetate,
^lilbro'orm, pure " siilf-bale.
Chloride sodp, J vblhiopc mineial.
Collodion, loz g. p. rials; h'cinics '
Confection red rores; Turpi 111 mineral.
" senna; Na] lithe, wood rtoit.
Copper, amnion.; C1 u rn, gum.
" sulph.; u. Pnyucotised.
Dover? power; " pulv.
Donovan's sol. iodide amr.ic and mercury.
Fmctine, Empla?. adhce. spread, Eroj-J-is. Cnntli.
Piperipe, pboaf.jioruf;
I'ottnvu, i.iefiK crystr.jp,
" car.?iic, rptnssivm, pure,.
" enrb., evfinide,fiwfsl,
< < 'i.-uiu'.P.
" chlorate, Quinine, sulph.
" pmsfictc, Sol nnmion.
" sulphate. " nci-alue,
Silver, nit,, purp crystals " crsoin,
?< fused, " glaubcr,
" oxide. " nitre, ref'ned,.
Sulphur, Inc. ' prupellf, superior j
- Strychnia, " Roihelle,
Vt-iatria. " (nit.v?3ne,
ncetntr, ^ ^ipf, ejdoride,'
H srhite oxide, " sulphate,
|fcp{ epnstnptly op hap,4 #r4 for self 1 y
' wril 32-irCtf] A. MALLOY. j
Baltimore Stout? Ware.:?hut received
a large invoice of Raltijnnre stope wnrc, comprising
jugs, jars, chum?, pitche}1?. paps, flowerpots,
?tc., for sale lp\>- by p MAbLf TKqrr
5 ' 82 If
HASKELL and Merrick'* Select Pondered
Drugs, kepj constantly for sole bv
npiil 22-4-1 if J A. 'MA LI.OY.
Cravats and Suspendcrr.?In great va
riety, some very choice at *
Jnn 7-41-tf] J. T. HARP ALL'S.
Cpani?h Clears. ?Received by Inst arrivals
O a few thousands very superior Spanish cigars,
for sale bv D. M AI.T.OY.
Tor'. S 85 tf
POLITICAL t
[Frotn the Morion Star.] B
CQ-Operatioi-|l#?sianc? Ticket*
FOft SOIHTHERN CONGRESS, c
DON. I. D. WILSON, jj
OF'%DAHLIN'CTON :
I. W/foziER, ESQ., I
{ X)T WILUAMSBCkW I
The election of Delegates to tUp Santh- e
em CongresB will take place on the second :
Monday in October next. The Congressional
District is entitled to two representatives.
The pefctkntcn shote na#l>3 are '
as pntricft* incVefy <fpia!i-" ?
fied to discharge the responsible duties of r
concerting in that stdKon, \vith the other '
State# of the South,.such itaeisutes As * #!, r
in the end, when "ratified their constitu- (
enls, disenthrall this and the other elavohold- 1
ing States, from tlio fanatipa^domination of
Northern abolhloufsts, tvho are rhpfdly progressing
towards the emancipation of slave*
! ?y throughout the Union. Their creed is, 1
? -v - ?i . ^
ev?*rv thing cultivated in thia climate. There
are tlireo hundred acres of orrh lend on 1 he pre!**
isca. The term? will be made en?y for the phr^
chaser.- - . ,.
t N. B. Abf>u?eofenttitainmcntisgiral'ynccd
ed in the village. It would yield a luuidtomc
prcGt if well kept. T W. P.O?f>ON Ere.
Aug 26 22-1 f] for th* Mtat*. P. L.oR/
MARTIN Sl BRYAtff
FA tOlt?;
Amltafimlisiop ^lercUifnts
Boyoo & Co* Wharf, Charleston,
Wjl? make liberal ."dvitnees oa all produce ?*hi{
p?d to them.
Atigwf^ ' 21 ** 12m |
l~Cjj^2>ica) niid FipiriuaceuiUal
Preparation**
\ CID acetic, Ergot, pulv.
IX. n ara.-niou?, . Ghtnvilk'tJ lotion.
" bcftspjc, Iodine, bulk.
44 citric, Iodine, 1 oa. vinla.
" muriatic, Iron, prcrip. caib.
" nitric, " " citrate,
" witrAir* ' filinPC.
?? oxalic,, " liydr. peroxide,
" pyroligncous, " iodide,
" proMc, mcd.j " lactate,
" sulphuric, " mur. tincf.,
M tannic; " f hotfphrtr,.
? tartaric, " scsqukhloridc,
.1. ti ...1.
I 10 use ail proper nieiuii 10 cvtuic mu w
operation of the other Southern States, with J
Ortir own, in rending th? chains with which '
the N01 ih seeks to bind us; it] establishing I
I a Southern Confederal; anti if such coj
operation cannot be obtained in n reasona- 1
i bio time, rather than behoM their be- I
i loved State subjected t# the pondage of a j1
hydra-headed tyrant, tljey would prefer to f
see South Carolina peaceably* Vwt.with due t
preparation, and* alone, seceife from the f
Union ; thus loading ofi', to be fallowed by t
the other Southern States, identified with f
her as they are, in interest, am bound to
her hjr inexorable destiny. ?
They aro both farmers, belonging to that I'
noble rnral class, which sepcrutcl from the u
corruptions of cities, are, all overthe world c
ihc sons of liberty, and arc evci ready to *diive
the plough share lu hcofyih, or to a
convert it into the sWrrd under oppression. *!
Though they venerateihfe plough] they have
both been well educated in the harning o/V P
law, history/ arts and sci?n?M? tlut'h
necessary to prepare tbcm -fbr tie eOntesl n
and debates of the councel, anther devia- 61
ing wisfc measures tO'-teenre^tfi rights of
their fellow-citizens. [ -. & .
They are both men*f unsteir d charac- r:
tw and will bravely'*"* faithfolljfcervo their ?
country in her J*>ur of affliction!
It is woryi^ of remark, that a. the South ri
crn Coi^?s will be an advis'oy body, its ei
actio>^r.nr.ot, under the Fodcrq Constitu- n;
i>ri, (Art. I. See. 10.) while wd remain iw
the Union, bind the "States whitji it rcpre- g
si
ness or the >ight of the delegates to vote
South Carolina out of the Union Their 8<
iesolves on this subject, should ti.-y make 0
any, will have to he ratified by tl> States; e:
otherwise they will pass for noting but the C
recommendations of respectable ttizens.?- n
This being the case, till {hflsc o(or friends Cl
who are opposed to the separate tction of d
South Carolina, under the preson or any
circumstances, will not- be prewnted by
such opposition from voting for ttose gen
tlctnen, as their delegates, to the Southern
Congress. For tluir aim and fraction in
that body will be confined solely t> procuring
an understanding of eo-omtation amongst
the Southern Stater, fqr r^istancc a
to Federal aggression, by united scession. a
Such understanding w ill have to lp.ratified
l?y each State separately, which will be by ^
I their acts of secession. Let not i misun- r
j demanding of the duties ofdelegaes to the s
I Southern Congress, therefore, nlimate the
! friends and admirers of those emiicnt gen- t
(lemon, Doziku and Wilson, aid deprive )
our Congressional District of ihor services, c
when both secessionists and cc-operntion *
: men may unite in supporting than without 1)
a Euc-iifice of principle. ti
? ,
[From the Dartngfon flag] 1
i LETTER FROM Dli. TWOS. SMITH. !
I 1
! Gentlemen of Tfift Com. of Ah'm'ts: \
If the stale of my health permitted, I
would cordially unite vith von in your de- t
! deliberations dti the gr?ve and momentous! <
(questions, which are t? ho brought up fori \
| discussion st Darlingtm Court House on i 1
Monday next. ! t
In her present political exigency, South' |
' Carolina requires the ud of all her citizens, t
' and sins may justly deun him recreant who | c
j occupies a doubtful or a neutral position, A j f
celebrated orator a,nl statesjnjifi ol" antiqui-1i
, t v lias said: "Let the opinions of c.verv| I
! {nan, in relation to the 'commonwealth, he j ?
j mitten on his forehead. tot no man be'f
i deceived. Lot not out vigilance hs lulled 11
[ by the poi tentious falkey that the abolition j i
; agitation has centred; tiat tho compromise* |
has restored peace, concord and harmony, j i
j or the si<ll more ominous assertion tljat we! |
1 have neither grievances, nor insults, nor aft- i
! gressions, nor utip6ru>titu|joqnl legislation f
i {o complain of. Facts, like figures, cannot
j lie, and he that runs may read. i
Horace Cirecly has said, from 1S3G. to; s
1550, its (the abolition) course, has been it
1 steadily foruard, and its conquests uncquiv i s
ocal and glorious. Seward, the regent of , i
the whig party, of New \ ork, has said, in a 11
.i i . r i ii t__ i.'.
tone ol exultation ar.u commence, - in ien i
, years, the relation of master and slaves will, <
1 not exist, from tho Atlantic to the Pacific,':
, from :\ovo Scotia to the Rio Grande/' | j
The abolition ami free soil party are fight-' 1
! ing under tho banner of the British Ennui-; i
! cipation Society, whose niptto is, "African <
sl.tvery is to be extinguished and annihila- 1
ted." And we are to be favored with ten ]
year? grace, to prepare the sacrifice. A.*
;ayist this " proiiuyciamcrtfo" from the oralis
of the Higher La# party, not a muruur
has uecp heard from the North, nor a
nonosylahfe of drssent, one note of conleranation
been uttered by abolition State,
>r abolition man. The abolition And free
;oil party, ipipatient for other assaults on
southern rights, are no\y in the ascendancy,
md have complete contril oyer the legislaion
of Congress. Can any man honestly
>elieve thai under such a government,w lienor
(lie subject of slavery is to be acted on.'
hat the legislation of Congress can or will
>c confined within the legitimate, conBtituional
sphere, or that tho, objects ajtf p*r.
loses of the FederaLjUhldn will "he carried
)ut in good faith, without sectional feeling/
ITWfTtMnjplJon Sfid^jSfrfialtf^.* fRTltennlant
majority in Congress adTthcrtrue rejrosentatives
of their constituents?exposals
of the bad feelings and batFpissfons
>f demagogues, fanatics and bigots, who
ire our.slanders, persecutors and enemies.
14 Potrtr is a erne in tyrants' hands,
But in bigot tyranta?treblo curee." . .
By the legislation of Congress in relation
o California, and other territory acquired
? W _ aI _ -L... Ll)it 1
rom Mexico, uie siavo otjiies nave ueen
jlaccd under the ban of their abolition masers,
and hare been assigned to n station of
>oIitic?l inferiority aid degradation*, *
Can South Carolina Acknowledge her poitical
injeriority, and crouehingly submkto
lolitienl depreciation. Passive obedience
ind non-resistance, calling apon Hercules
or co-operation without making prcpara*
ion, or uniting our oiyu energiesTo deserve
md secyfe H, \v*rfr not avert tlie dire caiamties
Which tlw abolitionists have meditated,
ilanned, and expect to bring about ,
The ends and objects for whivh the red.
ral Union, was formed, have been overeoked
and pernerted. The Constitutipn4
inured and perverted^ fles covered uithtlje
onstitutionaj go?y1iment of the United
Itates, If not rti name, has in tact, been
h'oKshod, <nid a fierce and insolent despoism
h*< usurped its place. ',, .,
Thus proscribed and degraded from her
olitical station of equality in the Union,
outh Carolina has no alternative, but to
lake-ah fgpoinfhfous surrender of her contitatioijal
rights, or, through her convention, !
) resume her sovereignty* and to.declare i
> the world that-it ha* "become necessa- 1
r, in the course of human events, to disjive
the political bands which connected ]
er with tlie gavdpptppnt of the U. S. of Ame- i
cn, and to assume among the powers of the I
irth the separate and equal station to which I
atuie and nature's God entitle hqfv,< - I
Peeling most sensfly the wrongs and ag- i
ressions perpetrated on the rights of the i
ave States by abolition legislation, know, i
grfom their own declarations $*tf(irther <
nr^reffter injustice and ap6llari(#filrtf*ttr""
rnded, seeing we have tio gilUrahletf for the
?cuiity of slave property under the reign
f abolitionism, I cannot hesitate to acquisee
in tho necessity of the State of South
Carolina sefeedjpg from tho Confederation,
nd becoming as she w as before she nco.edd
to tho Uuion, a Free, Sovereign, and In*
epeudont State. ,
R^Mectfullv/t&e.
mi itrrff if TA
inuo. o.?n i iu. \J.
Society Hill, S. C., Aug, 30.
Hvdk Pvrk, Duchess cfy, NT. Y. ^
September Cth 1851. * $
OetcTtEMiJc: T6ijr;!otter clr^ectecj to roe
t New York, convoking on invitation to
ddres6 a meeting of the citizens of Charleson
Dis-trlct, to be held in Charleston,
iouth Carolina, on the 17th inst., has just
eachc-d me at this place, where I np\y reide.
For tho compliment thus tendered, and
he language in ,\vhich It js conveyed, I beg
ou to accept my acknowledgments, acombanied
by regrets that I cannot comply
vith your wishes. Distance and space, the
lurdon of years I^houjd bcjir \yjth mc, and,
norc than oil, my mcabaCjty for public
peaking, compel me to decline a task for
vhich 1 am totally unfitted. , What I have
o say, I therefore hope you will permit me
o address to you,, through a medium to!
vhich jl am ipore accustomed.
As it appears from ihetengr of your leter
that you are ajrendy sufficiency aware
if the opinion I entertain with respect to
vhat is whimsically called the Compromise,;
will only trouble you with a brief rccapi-j
ulatinn. In my view, it was a gross and :
Palpable violation of that great fundamenal
principle ofStute eqalitv, which pervades j
very provision of the Constitution, and .
biros the basis of this Confederation ; a
nbs*-unjustifiable attack on the rights, In
orosts, safety and happiness of one jialf the;
Sjnfcs composing it, q.ccompan?$d by insult
ind obloquy; a pretended concession, wres-1
od by mure, force of numbers from a mi- i
1 j
JOl'lIV ] II11U Lllill, III lLb UUIlttC'queilUt*?, It wi?
jrcive more fata] to thq repose, prosperity j
tpd Ijappiness, if not the very existence, of ,
he Union, than any measures that may be |
escrtcd to in attempting to obtain redress1
or tne pasf, or security for the future.
Such being my view of the subject, I am,'
ind always have been, of opinion, that the j
stand originally taken by South Carolina,!
ind most of the Southern States, in oppo-j
ition to the principles embodied in that se- j
ies of measures, was not only justifiable, J
3Ut demands by a proper regard for their |
ights aiitj their honor; and that an ahaii-j
jonmeiit cf the position they then assumc<J,
uwlan acquiescence in measures they repeatedly
declared they would resist, " at all
lazards and (6 the last extremity," unless
accompanied by a frank acknowledgement (
?f having been wrong in' the fir.-t instance,
would, in the language of the priuted reso- j
futious appended to your lettor, be " what
b*y couM not eubmi? to without dishonor."
mm*
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? xi _ >?m i". 'I '*i'. ?ir
If such an nbandonmcBk( of all pwvioui
pledges and declarations were the remit of
a subsequent conviction of having gteatfjr
erred in making tliem, it M ould be honora- ? r
hie and magnanimous.' But such appear*
not to he the ease; since even the advocate* __
of acquiescence still .continue to assert tlie
principles on wbfch .dieeo,pledges and dc- .jfct
clarations were based, as well as the tvrongs ^
which ftr6t called them forth^ t
.The Association is, l.VeWve; inl^.
second resolution?declaring its belief thaljHjfc
the co-oneriilion of Hnv of the Southerr^^B*
States wfth South Carolina, either ift re'SP^
eistance or secession, is at least! improba- * ' '.
bio, so long as the infln4nee and patronage* ^,w
of the General Government are Arrayedjfr
gainst State rights. Nor do I see Anv r&k- ^
son for believing that anv probable chahgo%. 40
of administration will produce a c^Ange*of
moasnres: sinec, as you will perceive, * <*
their repeated declarations, nil parties in the^ *?
North unite in denouncing slavry, and main-*
taining the Constitutional right of C'ongreig, ^
as well as its inflexible dutv, to prphjfi&i^ j
?*? sfon to any State that rrmy hetjKkr
bc admitted into the Union, l'rom ft^ret. _ ^
basis of (he future -pi>lrcv of the govern- .. ?
ment. It seems u!R> probable, (tiki the * Br
State which hdlc s#mifted to pas^ wftlhe r
equally quiescent under future wrbnjJ*. ' .. .
Having thus briefly stated my vieuc ^ritjy
r4?Krd to ybur first and second, I will no*
revert to your last and most important re- ***" ^
solution, namely: " that failing in a reason- >
Able tims tp obtain the eo-oper,?tibr?, of
other Southern States, South Carolina alone t
should withdrew from the Ifnion." '
It seemcs rather late iu the day to be
eaHed on to combat the qld exploited doc- Jf<
trino of passive obed>enee and ron-resjstance,"
the assertion bf which cost one monarch
his head, and sent another jnto per- .
petual erjJe. Yet, as that doctrine bas ,
lately revived by some of the highest natnes
of the Republic, it calls for a passing Notice
in connexion with the subject of. this
letter. It seetns strange; too, that this Jong
buried monster, which received its tleath /
wounds in. the two revolutions of.England
and America, should have been dug up ajul : Bk
resuscitated by distinguished Democratic
Republican statesmen. From all but the
darkest regions of the civilized wprldj tins
portentous phantom has been banished; as
it would appear, only to find refuge in tji&t "*
u*hlcb professes to be the mist free ari^cnlightened.
There is not a European writer,
or statesmen, or thfcolbjjist, of ariyv established
reputation, that would, now venture
to proclaim (lie slavish principle which ' j
have been asserted bv Republican leadbhs
in. the Hafts of a Congress of Republican "
9t/vtep.
A thorough discussion of this doctrine of "* 1
pasy've obedieucp and non-resistance! oft
the part of equal memlrprs ?f a Confederal
tion of States, would require irioro Bnace
than proper for me tq o^cirnj, and -yij
time than you enn spiire on this bcei&oni
nor do I deem it necessary. The rijj$^ of
resistance by force, as respects'States aid' communities,
is, only an extension pfihufu*
dividual right of.-self-defence, which ris a ^ m- * ' .
liatuiW iftwuih^ih m wft ? * 'W-bu
.0 all !a\vs,' .ahH an constitution*; ^vnieh
cannot be alienated or surrendered by -the
adoption of any system of social organ^jM
tion. This doctrine is establUhod beyond
contra^H)', by too StiabsweriU hh<J nnan- '
swtJrable arguments of SypNEt a?tl Lock a;
by the assent of all the great ancient ' a*- ^
well as tpodern authorities on the law of
riatil/e and^natioha; ap3,/if snc)t. .were nottho
cAae, it has always Wn, and always ^
been, and nlwhys will be, acted upon when
the occasion arises, in opposition to all at*,
thorftles. It is true that nono of the writers
who assert or concede thq light of rp^
sista^ce^b^ve attempted to dvfiile the preces
line where resistance becomes justifiable,
because it is not susceptible of defini-r
tion. It is a matter of feeling, and cau
neither be analyzed or defined-.
An eminent American statesman, high
in office,'and a cnndldatje for,still higher
honor, whose .opinions I wish to tfrent with
all due respect, has lately attempted to establish
n broad distinction between Revolution
and Secession; in ofher words, the
right to resist, and the ngjbt of ret'Wng out
of reach of the necessity of resortfng to resistance.
IIi9 position, if I rightly comprc
- -I 1. _ x.?,.il x. ? .*?
honcJ fjlm, 18, tnni inougn.? pvopicr *?
may have a right lo resist by force in certain
cor.tingcncies,.thcy have no^e to retiro
peacpably beyond the /each of injury aiitf . ?
oppression, It seems they have no alternative;
they must cither ficaqeabJy submit, pp
forcibly resist, for they cannot get out tit
the way. It follows that all radical charges
;n the political relations of a MUite with a %
Confederation of States, must necessarily
be brought abqut by .violence and bloody
contentions. Those who cannot live to-,
gather in peace, muet not part in peace
they must resort, the right of the strong:
est. and fight it out. - ji
Tims the extermination of a pbrtioif Lf
our ffllow-creatui-es, perhaps our countrymen,
is an indispensable preliminary to all
great political changes; and hecatombs
must be offered up on the altar of Liberty,
before she can become a legitimate goddess.
The establishment of this principle, conceding
the right of Revolution and denying that
of Recession, would, in its application to
the case now under consideration, leave uo
resource to any member of this Cojifpdpr-'
ation, under the most intolerable oppression,"
but civil war, with nil its aggravations.^- %
It leaves opon no appeal to the great IribuV
nal of reason, justice, and humanity; the
right of the strongest is tne ngw uivuic; anuv
dissensions among a Confederation of Chris/
tian States, can prtly ho adjusted/like these
of the wild least's of the forest, by a death'
struggle, r am aware that fhis has been ' .
the almost invariable practice of mankind
in every ago and country; but never till
now do I reccollect seeing it asserted that ^
it was the only justifiable niodo of settling
controversies among States and nations; andj
it is with no little regret I see this doctrine
! sanctioned by one whose opinions are of
such high authority among a large portion
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