The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, September 18, 1844, Image 2
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THE SURPLUS REVENUE. . w
.Apprebensions-seem to be entertained that?ihere v<
will be a largo surplus revenue from customs, and P
. ^ that forming,twi>^fbre, a portion of the. disposable S
means, of the banks, with which it will "remain-oh h
,l at inn .and lead to Tit
deposft, it ^vlll afain ?XC-HL"
. " an iniktion.Qfp^Mjs.-' The circumstances are not *
parallel to those that led in 1856 to this result, it fi
is not alone the*a^a3ance an(Wov interest of-money e
that stimulates sff&ulatioiu- There fhust be other *
concurring causes.. *The actual or expected diSfici. ,p
r,.v .ency .of one or mo,re of.thc grt at staples of commerce t
; J or the opening oftnpw'cfcannols of trade may,, with i
."r.Jthp facility of obtaining money, produce speculation .1
. ? to a certain.extent, but oth'e'r.fUvoring circumstances i
must exist, to-eicji to it in it's utmost universality and -J
Totons^v^r mfrbi<rconditibh of-The^public mind, t
enrfrfon I
if* r* ?
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.;. wealth by stort methods^-a sp&fejp.ofmoral.conta.
i gio'nspreading downwards frortiihoso who"; by their
position and experience are presumed best to undcrstiand
the causes'and consequences of changes in
">* . the Mercantile .world?these are-the pre-disposipg
~ causes to tW general excitement",which terminates
in'the-ialse elevation -of prices and a commercial
"cuUapse. Such is not the.existing itate of the^, public
mind, nor is there any probability of its occurrence
in the face of tiro le'ssdns so recently given by !
wide sproad pecuniary disasters.' A' speculation
??<?u orises?i?stDcksfromihe. plethora of ro?ney, but
. tb? New York Stock Eschaoge, . ...
4t; i^ Jimttejc^. if it does not'soon ?j>ure,.wilh the f??*
'. - . coil ih lbeir prices. The late-speculation in. cotton*
b? \he lar^u^le funjis;
oflne New Yaw uahKs, but therO being no answer\
' ing rcotnipe'rci^sfmpalbj in the public mind, It was
, ,r limited Ha its t&gc- of mischief. .Latcj crtrehts in
V . England c^Sn(inWthis .yievv. 'fhe' opening of the
phlna ami totfJrteRsiyrijof the India trade, with th#
- presence ami Opminaml of large maaafes of dormant
' - capital," ftHnis^^reciseiy tha^ coj^drrence of cau..
see which-^u^*heeled'to Vpeci^ioh, "if the, con-'
<Utkm oXthfr public r??d in tfat ?oodtyy.. hadj
* V. guc^AS to Uavegjro^ucfS a general comrn ere rale*..
. : *itenU*U Bufii the recent experience in TSoghihd
' ofthe raischiefslfep?culal]on has not leifto such se
... TrnT ftyr tvsea^pmpanied out^econinry referseg;'
/; miisl rational-'
r lV conclude that?' WiUT not tftore quh^Ijr fcrge*
thg?a^s.^piarf^4?- P^ot.
'lFront "<3fe -Chitijeslon. C*Ulier<'
P'HESHj^N1*IAL ELECTORS. .
fi V .might con.
/ stjtutiqSliy appwg|? Eloctcfrs, ?n4 ^hjww&aW
shewn th?t there. B.ao 1'ftgai or constitutional objec.
tion to UH&povter''^pjns jpxcfcii^.'Jjp. t!>e_ jpedjjle
tbern^elve^'tlle que^vfis harrowed down to. one ol
, A . mere expediency, ,^'if we -caf Succeed in proving
[<&%;>' , that the.p.eopIe ougfa&to Qiercjswit,. the. argument
0 * will be at an tmclV jtu.bodr will -deny that in an
.election, for'Frc&fdpal, the sdirbojign voigo. bFthc
jjeopie of the State ought t'o clocide. the vote'of the
.. ^Stkte, and that tbia voice Avoult} really be expressed*
1 ifall thequalified vbtias in'the^^expniKsedtheir,
ppioiqwiat the .baflouliOi:. , This wbql'd be a faJi* r
expression, end it wouWJjp the dutybf Ihe minority,
to submirto it.. But rf: by aapfflrte^of electio n the
voice *jftho majority is stifled, tha^riintmitjr^^
' 4 f-. tVesitlenlial daattn. MtC# ?>^ '
* some otf.wjJstt ngnia in um.locai icgi^uon^oi me, .
J State. Sn tbo scarce.of taxation, yet this.rJgh^jf-ap." ,
pointing Presidential Enters Is ff0t.puo.ef them. - '
/ lltavc alre^vsbewu tikt ;aVa geijer^Vuk/thei ,
Woice ?? the jpihority 1 cap/dectder {h'e'Hjhpjce of the "
'Sta^Tar President-, &nd|?will noty pr^ejhto'jTrove.
* > uaeqaaHy ihis*pUwer is .p'asse&ed .by. dif- ,
S ferofit.portthe State.?always 'begging .tpy 1
:?Mers to beV^in mind'ibat'dup. inequality ,fs not
' foui^ed*on"the.Constito|ian of.^c State, or on the *,
V.^WprpptwCV^ is coinmfjritj. .calied-r-ajid that ,
. .therefore they've,under ftqi^??Iigation<to put up \vitb?
^ it"longer tbanihfey can help Ctbemielv'esj, Even this
' \vlll t&ko time. For fhorc is no injustice sejgaring ] j
"' .4"\tHaf itTs!.iro? liatte'en by-soma,"and ifSfe:Compromise
. ^yerfr mooted to'-morrow for the .time, there would \
. be able "ah(t ingenious nrenoppos&l tt) it, and ptterly ,
'-(^Sfaf*to tjic argument that Pendloton Vvas'justly "enti- j
tied t? mdtc politica! pqwer-in the^tpt? than St.- ,
'Thomas'Parish! If the worthy" Etetricts and Par.
iahes arc entitled to any power under the CJonsfitu- t
V?'v r* lion^ Aspect tl^ir lawful J
claims, bat.we prot est^agajnst a J robbery .under .the' "\
amse^ofa'riffhU . I*ptHhiMntakc.the sb^rc.w4jrcBbe- '1
- tharrr*as part ^>?t hp' people ?-hut f
'-womore.--Xe't. u? seoJi'ow milch they'*lrave:f taken- t
. ' -Intbc Pre?ifj^tial.cilecti6n.Char?eslton^I)i8tnct, with r
-. a popalatiotf of-19,970, he? OTvotes, and Pendleton,/ r
ivjth a population o/24,330, haa'8 votes: that is la \
$ay, a froeniftji living in Charleston has uooro power t
in electing IjP-residnpt than Sallying- In Pendleton. c
/Beaafoit District, with a. population of54.05, Jias 10 a
- *<rtea, and ijtendjefcn. has/8 votes,, so that a freeman \
. Ijvmg iii Bdnufort baa more influence in- this electieethaa
dliviogin;5!eiulleton. SparJanVji'gjb,wiilr'ji
;^opt^ at has jX v o t - s., ah e ^ v J
times the ?P?rt?oiijirgtr., .fi
' */ > ii* jt*1 .tt1/! aj? v-t '.iita i * . 'l
. torn, wife ?^popB?ni)n-tQi J.*, *.??j pas mo taniei U
m*!/makes ?ne *0
TlicMaAtfajan kbuur equal tA two/rooi York; but if j,
|QBkeompare a Yorkrnan with- one from C'olieton;
' \oUAvrBfit)d tftM in.aPresidential.ejection,it.takes "
>J Yorkers to'oiatcha wo?le'Collpfpnifln^/orColIetoij. a
.. District, witfeapopulation of SS-lo^iias'a vojt.-s, wjifilr jj
York l^iaort^S-vvtes. svilb more than lwic&tfie In-' ' v
habitant**.Barnwell-, .papulation .yf .10$$8't \ j
has 5 Totes,' l?y whfoba-fcecrtrin diving in Beaifort li
hasfuur tima#marc influence jrt cleitlnff a frcstfefci a
than odOlhing in Barnwell, although, in electing tj
m%pxh?fti for.Congress, a Beaufort rrptn is of no 0
ffWiOerAmount thaa a Barnwell one." Tfi0 same ill
?iitn<r i/j!rptc Jilirrf 1.1 f!nllCtn!l. whpno nnii mi*. L.. *
|? ? ? ? tiun. nup ui
* no in?r'u power [i:v electing Mr.. Illicit, than hia g(
iieigW>or m Barinvt'11,' but- when th?y come to c:
the Presidential elertlon, a%C<)lletoii man is about Ja
equal ed three from Baruwe.ll. In fact, lirijjff .in
Barnwell is almost^ Was living tjj.twe oufiand. . cr
fsh Districts of York 'and .jyaneastof. *. .
These arfc the remits Qbt^neif by a* caparison .aV
. i)f soTeral Districts in the Siafe, but if \ye oomjmre an
some of tho-Pari.slurs Willi tlhe inner Districts, th,> '$<
' rout rest wj|J be more strrlcing. St.'Jaraes^ Santpe, mi
-.vUfc'tSB wh'te Inhabitants: jins two votes,. aji.J Pen- ca
* 'ttetofrhai ei;:ht. votes, bo that a frceinnn of this wt
Parish, ha* more than twenty-one times the influence ev
iij-olectuigAVrcsiHent than one living ty Pendleton. a I
tft. 'ITwiUiw has^T white inhabitants and two votes*',- pci
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mm as .
hile Spartanburgfa. bas?W,847 inhabitants and six C
)tes, so that a freeman ofthis'Parish in .voting for thai
rosidetrt, ig more Uian equal to ^freettarpliving in pi a
partanburgh; Christ Church Parish has.. 880 iil* jup
abitants anch two votes, while Edgefield has 15,000 the
ihabita'irts'and seven rotesi so that one freeman Crc
,Tho liyes in Christ Churchjs onljFequal to aboutthe
eemen living in Edgefield^hen they go into an.jfor
President. . JHH HI
That such great differences in;Jh5 distribution c? __
tolitical power should exist in H\b,local legislatron of .
| is iiei^ps
be State is not. cuniymiwu zy?
ight that those sections df country which pay the
Tiost taxes-should have , the greatest Influence. At ?
ill events, it is held under tho Cditstitutioifj and so
let it stand. They whojiave it, pay for itV But Jet 1 this
influence be confiift'eaUo its Icgithn&o bounds.
While we respect'the lcg&'right* of Christ Chbrch,
and acquiesce in its dispnoportirfdate power in mak*
irtg a Chief Magistrate for the State, we protest a-ljJ
gainst the exercise of.^e'^fee bowdir'-ia makirfg a..
Chief Magistrate for the UmpnV<
>A DEMOCRAT,
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THE COTTON CROP.
. It is evident, from aU* rtfai^hccounts we jaceive,
that id some pftrta of Couieiana the cotton crop must
faUniaterially shprt.on account of the destructio^by -s
the caterpillar. _ In the Alexandria Republican, of 1,
,l Ka fiUiowinar:? | ^
the a?n ua., 1 i
had set to work Wbow.
and wo notice the result as We have P
llj(H' _naVc' ?? usual! "
| i ji r? Ofj n (jwM>Waaajt?<S-bf livery lg&fattfl bud? lea v.
' ingMtie stalks perfectly bare; On the plantation
tbai%ere overflowed there-will be ho cotton made
besides what is.noWcpen. On most of tbe-otber i
places the crop will fall short oftbat of last year.
- The New Orleans Bulletin .d? 4th inst.' says':?
"We arc' informed from Red River that , the destruction
committed by the" caterpillar fs beyond all example.
The young boils-are all eaten off, and the fields '
which were rephmtefl in- consequence of the over- 1
flow in the early part of the" season, and in which, \
of course, the cotton-islatdrthan elsewhere, areal,
raOst totally destroyed. This'is the case, we are told,
throughout tho parishes of Nafchitoches, Rapides
and Voyelles.' bv tHe -parishes' of St. Martin, also, it
tho same pest is re^rted-'r'? * . ,
./? The. Cotton Cropirr-Duringja trip of the,last three ^
wecks through the Fcliciaims, rn Jthis State, and- the
" counties df Wijkui^ir attd "Adajnsj Mississippi, w'e '!
;iouod thoicfap, prciripibly most; promising, qfre ; 1
were informed, looking badly from the lojig cootija- ' j
tied.' and fce vero rains?i.eh 'causing -the drop, or . :t
shedding of the fortre, arid sprouting of the Xveeid, .?
fnuft materially lessen, as it h^s 4jlreajdy giiatlyra-;, ?
juredthe cropin ttev-vidnifu'S;^ referred'to.^ The, \
worm; yve ure^intlirtjied, is very; destructive in Avpy- t
edW.fciid Rapides.-?[Oojicordid Intelligeneer>' fj
' :-Cat^yiilars.?These destructivejhsect^at length ^
made the i r appeafinpe lifi^our neighborhood and are v
committing dreadful tavagas up8n the'cottoii fields.
Onth^hplandsthie crops aft more \fdvance(fr than "
the alluvhil lands, and the [injury by "the Worm will \
consequently hot be^so great as on;, the latter,' 0n ft
which the'efyp is later and jnero tedder. JVocannot
make any accurate estimate of the damage, bfit^' j
suppose itwilIjiot fall shcirt of one third.- Theorise- T'
quence of tbd almost annual appearance of^heee nr
scourges, many of ourcotJon planters are; making. ]?]
arrangements to change their cOti<mgiris into su c]
, 0Ug '|a" ' &" ??
IWWflpPnWnnnK me cane ripens earlier in our 01
tude, than &riber South, ovviog to the cool winds
which prevailid ja the early part o? October, which, (j{
io not effect the-plant Bo much in a more ' Southern"
latitude; We^hare also if more sandy soil. than in tHe
low lands of the Tecbe, which causes 'ali'piants
to roatore earlier_than.iusoils.sVHh a less quantity ,
of sand. Woultbittiot be wellfbr all our planters
:o plant at least.a part of thefr crops in cane! \ '
[#. O.BuHetm,Aihinst ; ft
Of the prospectiu Mirtiadppi the Southern .-Agri- ch
:ulturist makes the following statement,' founded on. ar
he personal observation oftpe editor: 0
"The cottoh picking commenced .generally from 8?
Ihrtje to four weeks earlier than usual. On lhe7lh
if August, a hand in Warran picked 300 lbs of seed U)
:ottoi>; . So general and so well has the, cotton op- tat
jned, that'wo presume eyorj' planter - can show an wj
lmonntof cotton now gathered which was. never
equalled in previous years, iveri at a fortnight later: ac
than the present daie. 'ff then, the cotton trickine ?f
season vverp. to continue this 'year to. as late a date, an
is it unusually does,.wo might took for an extra or- .
lirfary largo crbp. The ."truth is, hgwoter, that .
japses ore ppw at work which wilt shorten the sea- ,
son materially?at least in most'.oCtbose neighbor- let
ioods where we hare beep*. Inhere have been aft- g?
,Ore. droughts which has caused the cotton to open ^
oo fast. Many/fields that"we -have seen were open- '
ti a fortnight ago 'from the ground to.the top, of tha
talk?much of it has stop|fcd growing, showing, no : tec
ndre Moonis?^and not 'a little is dying-;?Tnfhe bo
leighborhood of JQ|avid Gibson, jr. Esq. .10 Wajfren,'
vhere \\re stayed on.the night or the 19th of August,
here had been no rain to fey the dust since the 29th ' .
fMarch. " Stjcb a drought?lasting nearly 5 months, cn
md for aught we. know, still continuing there, must
pry materially affect'the yield-o'f the year. * ;'
"This drought we found to > rery general jo
Tatted, except'in. the. Warrcnton neighborhood^; \
vhere *^e y^fiort" ^
isfitftgsot' V.iclf$y<^. we saw-much coiton which Ph
'/ouId"-afford jjitt'a^^r co\'Qr for rabbits. . On.t_Bp p0l
ur 'feet/insured it commonly grows cai
Thb M??ioh 5tb says?' Siftcc
opVlast wg^^^tjbTication., thc> weather .has '..
wirrrd i?i mubK. m|^jjy]>e?hut the season is so Dc
ir ^d^ftgfl.LaftdJdMy&fait^e -alrcad v dbiie by the p0
i^.||#^-<[>rcad "nnd pormjneiH, j
lit J he. hiA u'f-'jiG* ftUt -Would do bpt ^
u.v-K. titecompany 5>i'<tgen- ^0
eroari -whft frfy!,oyer a 'very consld- pap
$>!e |in 11 ' ^V wB|i|l'l ' 11 1 1 ' I portfyjs ann
finr 9tatea^dtfl^MBiure3 us that. in the counties
'(jlltvrkevM'jjitoeHilK^Ballas,'Lowndes, Mont- paP
>gncry,Aut;iUga,.&^4irc willMio an average'
o[> orat'least-one j^plt'33 than'the product .of
The Coffa Cropjjgfaerpiliari <SfC.?Our corn cent
op has.-been mmsajjfcy good this season. Our aT (
anteys Itaff abfiftS^^ipplies fojt consumption .
nl:sale. The cottq^rop promised well, until thiy "j
ipoanmces pf the ctMSaj pillar, the first ofthelmoothi .' >ven^f
plfiPters in hju-. Vfrinjty, havi; been very men
lch'injured, tKbloimn.have jlius lar pdrtiallyhs- tuotl
ppd? and if they.defeyibeir ravages two or three
jeks longer, their intSfr-will be trifling. At all
we are irtforrrajfoat the cjotlon crop will ho i
hird rnoro than hftjKfo?hut at the. present low f "0L
ccS; our jtfaatcrs wdSpmuch rather djublo it. [ liinai
* .BBS
, /. r'-T'.d
)ura1Jvicea Another Sections -are'''IMS better
n vce can ^a^'w Elori^i.. In Alabama*JVltesjssip.nd
IkiuisianW'pe'ciierpiIIar has done niifeh'i#'..
% and added'taAe. imraenso -jAss, "by flood* 8ft
^wesfefti river* w? tnfly safely caiadate4l>at
ip will be^aboreoed fron?^ thrfie to fouf bVndrba
- ^ Attn# $ iwrasm JJIJI JUK,
If1?/1S44. .
DEI^ckwc mmWATIONS,
-MOB PRESIDENT. '. - ' ' ^' jj
) :jW'S K. POLlt,
iO/.'Penncstee. .
, 4 -?CB PRESIDENT 'V?t,
GEJGE M. DALLAS,
. . *f Pennsylvania. .
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. Return Days.
For Sumter frict?Saturday, the 23th inst.
'ForKerehav iatrict?Satdrday 5th bf October.
05"We arefjucsted to give notice that on andiftc'r
Tuesday f firat.djiy of Octobe 15 the PostofficSl
jvillbe opci^djcordingtopublnbed arrangement
t^ekjpk^if'h-Clqge at 1, ;F. M., be opened. ;
at 2-and close unset. - .
Ohtb&SaTb, it will- be opened from fl to 10
A. M. jdndTjt 2" to. 3, P. M. .
? ffihuiu ttill during t^je winter, two Northern
wails made i (iily^-one' at 0 P. M, via Gheraw,
and the other ill-A. JH. via Cbariestoifc :L*.
The Sumte id Siafeburg mails will also be closed
at 0.P. M Iry .Sunday and Wednesday, from
the 1st of. Oct r, totbe 1st of-April, 1845.
(?r We hia but recently.'returned from a btMzness
tour of foi r five weeks, .and have not yet been
able to get fai into-the traces. 'Our readers will
therefore-excu Mir scanty editoriai?.
. ubtic cotton mart. - *
, The project*establishing a Public. Mast for the
sale of fcotton,Is been given bp by'our cotton buyJrifof
severacasons, the most prominent of which,
the'wontk^suitable commodious lot,LJbr (be |
MV>nmm>vfat?K?tl>A collori- and bpinir Un&ble'to
^wyMMIH/UUIIU^UVUV ?- ? - . |
>rocur4 fhii, 1 iW^red;lliat the plan .wouldnot be
^accepUtBle, orionvcnicnt to their Country friends
Ls.(he!mode hlwtoin use. This is their sole- fea^.
?n for Aban'dojig that which, they at first imagined
^>uld be aWi of "greatr?v?yeruehce.to their customers.-.
We Jre heard ofmsinuatfons being^ot
irth thai. it a, combination -on the part of the
ottob'topnjhAstQ. boy cotton lower,4 than- theyave
hithcrto/j>ut &is calumny lipon our oldest and
ipst respectdjle.merchants, is unworthy of noticet
V^e 3an t wit^oi hesitation, .- assure our country
iendsy tfiat'the; proposition was only- thought-of tor
leic convenienoa, and we know that they' ar&ah
itdyjtoo well attainted with the integrity of our
lerchanfrr,*to,'beli eVj^thhtJthey wjjrfMfor-a moment
Kn,to the talo j>f toy slander*? or detiyperof tbeir
laracter. / ' dtw
markeifWthe sale oftbeir produce, in Cam-'
% thatrin luybtber inlandtown in the State!
Camden FcmiUe Academy.
.From an advertisement in*this day's paper, it will
i seen.that.tfcis institution wilibe re-opened'on the
fib lnsfiife' 'Ia fkmtA tvVin nm oo/imq\v\ioA. trStK
..... I ? jr. M?V UV\JUU Mi V" U < I1U VIJV
:hod,.U if ujyetessary for. us to speak of the high'
lUractor which It has^.sustained for many years, I
nongst us. Tha (evidences of its . utility, - and iU
parior ac3vantag< ij nre seen.all around us. To
ose who armies! ous of giving, their daughters a"
orough female e( ication, we can'j?y without hesU
lion, .that noSemnary .in the State can'surpass it*
bethor as regards he competence and ability of its
compiisbcd-princ Mil:and helf assistants, the health
ils locatiopi or i esecflFanfagesto be derived from
i nte rcourse with good society.
( noterfetu. "
The Charleston j pcrs caution the public against
uikerfetTrBWijoi jul bij4.s iacirculation, of .the ;
ink of the Sta\e, t u figure 1- at Uie head of the bill,
itig extracted by jomc chemical jn-ocess and that of.
substituted. fT/e counterfeit caneftsily bedetecl
by it close u^iiciion'on tBb tyol'd DbUari'in the
dyoftbe bfll, t ^letter s; which Is."added, being
:ber clumsfly < ecuted with the pen. . .
At a meeting <fia portion of iho $itizens of Clardon,
on the '7m inst. Co). Joiin H.'Rauin, was
animously pomiated as a candidate for.the. State.
nate^^-J^-3 _. '
'j*r Potatoes.
We were, pressed a week or. two ago, by Mr.
omas P. BoweM 'oftbis District',, with a couple of
tatoes, which- Urre dug on *^ho 27th Hit., as a
clmdn of his cm and weighed 7 -3-4 lbs. Who
rtieat hiiq!v I .
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TjUe J[twYork Weekly News. " |
Wd"have reccivi i.th'e first number of this new j
moc'ratic paper, ipnducted by the editor,ot the 1
mocratrc Review J. -L. O. Sullivan Esq. It '
flarge ahoet, an though-.principally devoted to
eiprcatl ari(J'''adv; acy- of*thc' principles bf the
mrt/tpirf noWA ril !w _! ?
luv/viuuv paiij1) ! is i/csiucs a Jiuuu lainuj' news- j
er. - The-subsc; >tion price is only one doll/tr per i
uqj, and to^thosc who wish a respectable political, j
er/Sve would sa subscribe to tho^'Nctvs." ^
Ve learn hy a poitacript in the last Raleigh In- t
andettf, that" Coh MiChael Hoke, late Degioic
candidate for I Ipvernor of North Carolina died f
Hharlqtte, on tb 7th inst. * Tho Independent 1
' ' C (
1?" ig . ;
Politic^rdiffereniles aro-forgotten, and we re- ?
iber only the intelligent, kind-hearted and v?r- f
s gentleman, of tttom tho community, in tlio or- s
)f Providence, is pdreaVed. ' There will be found .
j who more sincimly deplore *he death of Mr. ^
more doepjy.symyathiao with his afflicted . (
H',^lna hisl^to political opponents."" \ a
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. SphtbhviliiE, September 12, 1844. j
, Mr. Editor:?In.your paper of the 4th instant, I
perceive'-Certain interrogatories propounded, (.by a r
voter, and above the signature Salern,) to aad (
other candidate* to represent CJaretaont election j
District iriHbe ncit -Legislature?-and. as .an early
reply was -requested, L hasten to-give the desired informaJlAitt
on the questions proposed, viz: <
lq?g*Kre you decidedlv in favor of giving the
election of President and Vice President to the pcop<C?,
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8re ^0Ur V'eV^8 'n rela^?* Mr.
3d. Are you in favot or opposed to the proposed
ehangein the Judicial Tenure?
**7lth. Areyou'tofavorof the law, as it now stands,
for" the CjMUniujoners of the Public ftoads to be
elected Jpjjruie Legislature, instead of the ; people,
ktaph third, and foqrth interrogatories, I
Shswor iii rae affirmatirel The change st ha re proposedimeet
my approbation. '
.. .ItfWply to the second question, I .think the timo
hasnot fully arrived for separate State action^ South
Gtfrolma.should not; on the eve of our Presidential
election, weaken or jessen the prospecja of our candidatgJanaes
ffiNPolk, for the Presidency, bilt should
ajritff the issue of that contest, and endeavor to cultivate
a ivirit of amity and friendship with our friends^
in ptfier Staid*, find to strengthen our position by obtaining
a. 'Southern resistance to those acts of usi
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urpation Ana oppression, oy iiivmug luD tu^dution
of other States identified with us in interest,
property acd$nstitutions. YVe are not only forced,
to cont^mf fgr our rights, against a rnonied monopoly,
the Tariff, but against that spirit of abolition fa.
naticism, so-rife in our land. I counsel not delay
for the'purp?e|(f procxas^aiiou, ^ merely for-th^
purpose of organizing and concentrating-<our fiSPcus
in the best manneri practicable, tiq tn&at' the emergency;
and to secQce If possible, unity of action in
the Southern .States. But in-the event of our failing
t<% obtain their assistance; and South Carolina
should.beleft unaided and alone,laiai-the present;
oppressions still remain updn qk the dayis not
far distant .when'the p< ?6ple of this $fate ,.will arouse
from their lethargy, and it is expected that every
man will be. found at ljis post, determined, firmly,*
and resolutely, to redeem .the pledgestofhis State,
I haye thus ima burried ?and brief, manner, Mr*'
Edifor, submitted pjy views on the above questions.
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1'iease auow memn. piuuem. jou, .
.Respectfully, .yocrob'dt. ser'vi^
S. R. CHA$DLER.V
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.?%i\ SlfHTKHVILLE, SlSPTEJfBEIt 11, 1844.
]&'. Editor:^?In answer- to ,"Salem,in your pa.
per, I bog you will msert. the following remarks: _
. *1 api opposed to givmg.thc electiqo' of Governor
-to thft_ people. A comparative statement.of'the'
. number of vvhite voters in differentDistricts, wotdd
show, bow unequal & voice different sections. of tfap
.country wouId have,, under the proposed alteration,
iri the electierj of that officer. For bxaftfple," the
number of* free white males of the age of twenty and
upwards, is v . * ..r ' rh\'
In. Sumter, . l,841Jlo Spartanburg, . 3,468
, Darlington, 1,471 Greenville, 2,460
. Richland,. . 1,40^ Abbeville", - *. * 3;0} 1
. Kershaw, . 9Q0t' . Pendlptbn, / . 4,730
Williamsburg, 693 Edgefield, ' 3,225
- Georgetown. " 636Laureos,, " * 2608
STi
'floM . 10 J>fTM
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-Add to the right "hand, column the Districts"-.-'
' of Union, Yprk atfd i3bester4 and. you *6^,/
Total white populaliafi So.illr Carolina,-- ' 257,117
. f beg IdaTe to,*refe>to'these figurei, in connection
withyour second questions, respecting the election
of electors, "to vote for President and Vica President
of tlitB -fJniCed States. _
' The probable operation of so i rnportant a change
in ourcoiuplctesystem ofjalectuStts, imistbe considered;'not
only for "the present moment, vbut. for alt
time to come, and in-this connection, I'-Beg leave -to
assume the proposition, tbat-in time to ?offlo,' the up.
per Dist^rqts.. which I have nameH^-wiH.be.come
manufacturing. Districts. I must Say* in passing,
that while'a varietyofpnrsnitsroonducel greatly to
the .prospe rity.ofa country, I fear that , a Northern
majority,- that sticks at nothing,' wrtl never permit a
black elate population to'be their rivals to imnufactares.
The jnombers wjdch wo "send to tlTe
1 attire, to elect a Governor, add electors for JPresi'r
dent and ;Vice President.are Representatives*. of
population and taxation, and by this aVrapgethea^
syhile Spartanburg with 3408 voters, has fiuo Ren
resentajliyes cud one Senator?Mb at is &ix ..votes?
^aWhb-1841 voters, .ba"ve five Representatives and
two Senators;.that is.seyen votes in-those.elections.
By the proposed "oiterationj we -lose these. advantages:'
AUatim? >vhe'n our peculiar institutions, are
attacked fcom.?hrnad,.that portion of power, .Which
under tJie compromiseTof the ^constitution,- we enjoy
fromihe taxation of that specie* of property, ought
hot lightly to ha'thrown a Way.. I njay addt thatin*
|,h'e:prpsent aspect of our. political affairs, the'vote
by the State; given at the last moment by the Leg:
(slature, acting as acorpa of reserve, and- throwing"
its weight in mass, has some advantages to recommend
it. * w " .
' .If the election of President and Vice-President bo
given Iq the people, by general tioket, the voice of
the minority is suppressed. If by tb*divraion of tho
Statu, into ninn oTp.utpral < Di'stripta- bow^aw-jhrrtQ'
be.arranged? onthe principle of whit* population?
Shall three-fifths' of the slavo p&pulation be added
to the..whije .population, or shall-4boy be- arrajiged
on a ratio, of tlje number of Senators and Representatives
sent to the Legislature? Ifthoyare arraffged
on th3-principle of federal, numbers, the nine Districts
which I have named, will be entitled to as tna-*
ny electors, as.all the rest of the State put together.
The present Congressional District of Pendleton,'
r? 1. m? _ it - ... .
urcenvuio.aiia i-aurens, nad in I03'J, 01 wmre population,
'40,209, .of slaycs, '20,247. The present .
Congressional District of Sumter, Kershaw, Lancaster
Richland and Fairfield, had of whites, 33,297,
of slaves, 51,230. -Areslaves.to go for nothing in
this ncw.arrangemcnt? . ? .
. Without refiniiig-too much"on the subject, it may.
br instance, be shewii, that an onerous tariff vvhicii
i President-may or may not veto, materially diminshes.the
comforts of a. slave agricultural population.
They cannot directly vote; but qhpuUl not this agrl
cultural interest, be .represented, by an increased
mlue, given to the vote of tho mister who owns
hem, and is bound to protect them?
I am in favor of taking the election of electors
rom the Legislature, but Ihai'c yet seen no plan
rroppsed, tor which t could vote, consistently with
ny duties to my District* If one is proposed that vill
preserve the relative weight of Chircmont and
i&lem counties,' in the.election, I shall cheerfully go
or it. I 'wish to call.jour attention to another con. :
ideratloriJ * .. ' '
Tho-time pr escribed for the election of electors.- <
vill thTow the olection.'of electors, if given to tho 1
'eoplc, beyond.the time of tho general elections in <
)ctoWr, thui imposing upon Us, tho burthen of an- I
thcr general election, or requiring us to rcnilodel 1
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our u'Me system of elections; the act oj^QDsretf
of l792, requiring the'election to take placewTt bin
thirty-fiW daji ipSr tlje" second Wednesday of DeV
cerober. 1 .?"} Hl-fevor- of giving tb^^ction of
Comraf^onefll- of the roads to ike people. Mt. '
Jeffe rson vs&lkfiit'opiiirpn, that the people should
J?: rrtsvwarda vir kunHr?ii^?nd " i;
themselves, there rotCd, Pfrlicc' Jteigrstratesgjjtfc.'
"New-York, Justices t^th(TPcAce arc^^ecW^^ffce ;
^I shall vote against the bijtl of the ^6^S^?tcm, altering
the Judicial .l'eni^e.* ^
With regard to Mr.Rhett's plafl, I presurap par
object is, to pscertara^^
and of the erpedicDCy 'pf separa^^iMfte actfon^fn
some form at this time. 'o^fiioii of
. parties, I think it '6qir, best policy ^todefer for the
present moment, a ppft of the people in Convention ;
k.,? o??nfinr Apl*v- T ?iidtt?iiT no dbnbt.
of the right and duty of the State, to resist the -system
of protective dutiea, and T would earnestly calf tbo
attention of the people, to this subject. TTjc Bokf
and fraudulent nsnrp&tions of &eftvored dtts \
manufacturers, raustfspeedily fee? arrested,.*?all and>?>' /
every hazard. For 128 years, we Iwfc'e been suffering,
under "the iaiSt^Ion of continued tariffs, and
the last bas added insult to injury. Gongt^a has
become but the convenient machine, to absorb'the
resources ofone class ?f States, to advance the prosperity
of another in the same'confederacy. 'icrHfitr
struggle for power, States tread<Jown States, sovereign
like themselves, and opbb^thelr" trtiins,: are laid T
deep, the foundations of a central consolidated gov!
ernment. ' I
, At the same time, from out the mass4 of this?nce - j-free
people ha^-afisen a moqied oligarchy,;Vho ban|
dec] to principle of plunder, thrust the mi
any that ;disgcacod[.the heathen tejnp[es of tfie im- |
pure Gods,-;devl?;way$ and ipea'^.to larf?Ii riches .
ffipoa tfcer riph, and grind down the faces of the'poor. ' .
The tyrapny of nobles and priests hai
passed a vrnjri that of assoc^ted Wealth isbearing .
dotyii hn^jly upon m. All ]eg%;&a$ ends of' .
government aro ;perverle$j4he.^ pqblic^ia'pfals fcfc ..
'corrupted, and despotism is*already established. .
In this state of things, if other means fell* it js my/;
opinion, that the -State, in. Convention .^emblj^' ehould.
formally suspend thepo'wersjjraptedby'irt, Vo>
gether with its sister State* in the Convention of
1787,.to the common agency at Washington,which
powers the.COngreJis has exceeded and abused until <
the government can be. re-settled upon is proper basis.
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Nothing but ttelsm^teble experience oftbepast
can makb me?nticipate, that in fins .day and generation,
bcpjpjfor^ w;jin>e. applid^
.-else.ofan undeniable riglK, hv.^sovereign'party,"to
the cr>p>pact, which framed tfre*g?yefaracnt.'
. Shculd coercion he threatened,senile we<Jo not *
invito, with thfi assistance- ofj))Aie PwvJ^ice, we
will reppl hostilities. 1
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. UMTSH CIS-thict^ J?e*T. 10, 18 H.
. .Mr. Editor:?Recognising .as"! do-tjifc.right of
"every freeman to understand' fully and clearly pie "
sentiment* .of those-^to 4rp to Represent thetain
tbe,Legislat?re,'\'I beg iho-ftyprlof replyfeg.
. <oo6r
yoorpaper of tne 4th inst. to ihir candidates for dn?
. Legislature &r CkreiwAft antf not required
giyp rajr answers'to the^ae&abs in tuffky word*n? .
r-i i ns^weiu una v ice npsWQQl sbOttfd be gifO/i to the
sPeopK
*- -2. I am an.unchangedlJjiion*mxul6f 1832, '
-anou tfiejre^p. oppa^-WvtW'ft^ amid"
Whiiln the South x^i' no Ion- .
ger hear vba.-J>Urthens imposed by t?$
go for suchiqipafcures j*s will jecnre the Q&cieni akf >-?0
- and.co*operafifa ofali the Suuther^-, States, whose
interests ahcf:ipatiUilion? arqufeoticafr with those"'jL,
: oCjSduth Cfroh'Da. . . ' .. * '??j
. From prns^gg^d^atioi^Vthe e&r^otthpJWends ^
.of free trade .^S^QisyVre' thelSr^laj^e&e df tb? y*.
democratic vQt^S^Mirjy eve.ry State that ha$ voted
this year, thp^^e .surwus in?tbe national treasury,
I have-no do'uk^e present tariff \vill lie reduced,
without rifcortiiig to aqy. harsher feftiedytfc'aa / '
.that afforded btjthe ballot-box.
. 3. I am opposed ttj-tba^roposcd'altoration.in-the - v.
Judicial -.ToRUMSk.;- V- "* '
.4- J am opp?p ^:rhe present tpbdo of appdidt- .
ing Commissioners oitJloads,by4he Legislature, id- v
stead'of eiecting$em by thePeople*v
- I Kave thavjfl&EditW.ffra^^ answored
the abot'(^uestidps? I^*gh? have answer-^" \
ea idc second query moreto ttuvsetisfeclion of rna.ny
friends, whose*}* ie ndsbip..I value,.ami ?*fiose pat- ;
-Tiotism I cannot d(kd>ts buTaslvn not wottf fevoHni .
with an/new rev^ations upon the doctrine of N?l.
lific^Uon^Avhicfci^rc not fp^y dispjosed io nae 12.
years agot-I -'ajust'confrnuO.to entertain ilns' utjjwp .. t
ularnotion?now/tfeat ldid\heh. .7 . v . *
Respectfully^
. 1 . :.
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IiiPorrArrt TatAi in BamImoki:.?-Tire trial bf ^
, Charles' tV Torrr, foj; gel to the ' .
1 free ptatesrJa-ahwtt to.takeplace. The
.issue of the trial involves thy wry exietcxce of .
slavery in Maryland and all the border Slates, lie
is charged with aiding s'undry. slaves .to escape to v
the free States. The question involved are?* "Is it.
can it ne moae, a ueionyor other crime* to rescue ,a
man trojn s)very,-by*mere statute law?" In^iscussmg '
the point, the. whole relations of pur government'to
slavery" will be* thoroughly investigated. Again,
the- inquiry ^whether slave ry 4fas any legal existence>. *
under the constitution in Maryland and Virginia, pr- .
whether it.exists "by mere sufferance and me. force
ot custom, will-be pursuedto its utmost limit* Again. .
all the issues involved in the protracted coirespon-.
dcnce between Gpv. Seward of New York^on the.one
haridrand the iix.GbVeraors. of Virginia Qti the,
other, are to be'brought hpforo the Court for formal
adjudication. , <- ?
Death of the FatGihl!?The Lowcl Advert!*,
ser says that Jane, Vanvalkcnburgh, the colored eirk
who has been in that city on exhibition for- tr lew
daya-tiicd at her lodging, on Merrimack street last
Wednesday eyening*. J3h.e. was indisposed bdt a
short time, and we |ire not informed of' the nature
of her disseise. She was a native of. ^jbsau, iV.
Y.,.14 years,of age, and weighed it is saidjJve Awi- '
dred pounds! She was unquestionably the qiost rb
markablc instance of obesity .on record."1*' iHer rema
iirs bavebeen carried to her friends.
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Fatal Rexcobotb*??It is our palnfiil duty' to J
record a tragical scene Which occurred in this town
an Monday (Saleday) last. After the Sheriff's tales
were over, ghd whilst a considerable "Crowd ramaic
;d about the stops of the Court House, a fight ensued
ictween Mr. Jos. W.rGl?veraRd,Hr^ Lovett GoraiTion,
which terminated l.i the death of Jfr.'G]e?ON'
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