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aBMMgsaggjg?" *" 1 \m\wm tnm the Columbia Dally Telegraph. PUBLIC MEETING OF THE .CITIZENS OF FAIRFIELD DISTRICT. Tn pursuance of a previous rtotiee,* meeting of the citizens of Fairfield DUtrict was held at the Court House, on Monday, 6:h inst., lor the purpose of manifesting, by an expression of ft&biip opinion, their feelings in relation to the great question of Southern rights; and more particularly, to take Ruoh steps and adopt such measures, as may in future, secure united action ' in The defence of those rights. The meeting was called to order by Maj. S. (*. Barklev, and the following officers appoint- j ed for the occasion : Theodore S. Dubose. President. Vice Presidents.?Samuel Johnston, Thomas ' Lvies. Sr., David Aiken, George R, Hunter, Dr. Wni. Bratton, John L. Yo'gue, David GailJard, James E. Caldwell, B. B. Cook. Secretaries.?James R. Aiken, Wm. Bratton, Jr.. S. W. Buchanan. The President, on taking the Chair, deliv. ered at some length, an address, worthy of the great and important occasion which had called together so large a number of intelligent and respectable citizens; men whose interest as W^lf as patriotism plainly showed l hat they 'we're not only prppared for words, hut for ae' ftdin.' The President gave an interesting his. Tory of the"cause of our sectional differences ; t-1her origin rit different political and religious I ' (eucls; the rapid strides oi fanaticism, with a thorough pedigree of the Abolition party?its 'creation, it* progress, and its influence? a'ludYrig in the ccurse of his remarks to each and 'every question having a tendency to affect the : 'liohor and interests of the South, and especially to those calculated to disturb the peace and * harmony of the Southern States, and which, if persisted fn fhrough another session of Congress, would rid doubt endanger the very* existence of the Union. This address was characterized by a spirit of conscious rectitude in the Speaker, and being received with a sincere and patriotic response, gave a stronger evidence of 119 ap^>iu<ai? After the President had taken hi* seat, Maj. j V/m. S.' Lyle* offered the following Preamble and Resolutions: Whereas, The movement of all parties in the non slareholding States ?Whig, Free Soil. ' ?i4 Democratic?have forced upon us the painful eonriction. that a deep.rooted hostility has there grown up, to us and to our institutions, and that the Constitution no longer affords a 'hhield for our protection. And whereas, this 1 Conviction has been strengthened by the gross abandonment of the Democratic party?(that party upon whose good faith and attachment 1 we have heretofore relied)?in the final passage of the "Oregon Territorial Bill," and the refusal of a Democratic President to veto the same. Therefore, 1. Resolved, That the effort now making by the nouodaveholdiug States, already crowned with partial success, to exclude the Southern State* from the territories, as the common pro. perry of the whole Union, is calculated to dc' grade them from their position as equals in the Confederacy, and ultimately to destroy the institution of slavery, by circumscribing its limits and rendering it valueless; and is a gross vio lation of the spirit and letter of the Constitution, and if persisted in, must tend to 6cver the bonds of tho Union. 2. Resolved, That the passage of the "Oregon Territorial Bill," with the "Wilmot Provi kn" ? ??? fi,r no nrartiral nttrnose. Iml to establish a precedent hereafter to be ap plied to all territory which now belongs to, or which may he hereafter acquired in common by the United Slates, and can he considered in no other manner than a gra'.uiious insult to the ' South. 8. Resolved, That whilst wc protest against the injustice of the Missouri Compromise, ' wherein the advantages are all on the side ot Jhe North; nevertheless, as it has heen thus long quietly submitted to by the South, we will, as a fined settlement of the question, acquiesce frf its extension to the Pacific, and will observe it with that good faith which has cvercharac ferized the South. 4. Resolred, That attached, as we ever have been, to the Union as it came from the hands of its framers, and still desirous as we are to preserve it as a shining example to the corrupt monarchies of the old world, of the capability of a people for self-government, neverthel *ss, we believe it will be unworthy of preservation when it shall cease to answer (he great end and object of its creation?14 to secure equal rights and equdl privileges to all." 5. Resolved, That While we express a decided preference fir a Southern Convention, or Concerted action by th'e Legislatures ot the aggrieved Stales, as th'e nrnst effectual remedy for the evil coinplained of; and While We avow our readiness, at any time, to co' operate in all measures necessary to sustain our just rights tinder the Constitution ; yet, should the other Slates Buttering in common with us decline io act in concert, we claim the right fur South Carolina, as a sovereign member ol the confederacy, to determine for herself, the extent of the grierance, as well as the time, mode and measura of redress. 0. Resolved, That the passage by Congress 6f the "Wilmot proviso," or any other measure of a kindred character ; or the. submission Hy Congress to such action on' the part of the Territories theinselvetf Soirih of 36 30," (when ft shall have received the sanction of the President,) will, in our opinion, constitute good Cause, for immediate, prompt, and decided action on the'ptfrt of the whole South ; and that we hereby authorize oiir immediate Represen- | fatire to vacate his seat, or take such course of action, in concert with the members of Congress frarn the aggrieved Slates, as the emer4&?'nr?v mir rf-nnir,? J *-i? .... 7. Resolved, That the other districts composing the third Cortgressional district of this State be, and they are hcrobv invited, to unite with us, in the authority givpn our Representative, in the preceding resolution; and that the other Congressional districts of this State, are also respectfully solicited to co-operate with us in this matter. 8. Resolved, That a Committee of Twentyorftf ft* appointed by the President ol this meeti.ig to corre'spond with the friends of the Constitution throughout the South, and endeavor to bring about that concert and harmony of action, so necessary to our safety and the preservation of our ?7fhls. ' n??r tho PreainM* an^ Resolutions were -Meeting qu:,e a spiritpdand nniinatr*? to tho .. J, whl>h Mo.. , W. S t-d dWctiMioit tiro.. j || m <:ai|, Ja,. HI. r ? iW'nan nod hott, Sittnr. R. Black, Jno. . , ,.L_ pr? Of?n. Jnhrrfy. Mran? participate'* 1 ".r' * "J auMf and Resolution*, without alto. nt,on ?* /notification. Tfere fihally inrfwiiltcd to the Jag, and having !><?? ** sustained with ability an., eloquence, the meeting adopted thern almost t unanimously, but two voices dissenting*' 1 On motion of iVtaj. HarUlev, th? papers of i this State wbo a&j*ove of the resolution* are I requested to copy. ' ' , v . - Before the meeting adjourned, J. D. Strother, E?q., offered the following resolution,), which was adopted : p Resolved, That this being a spontaneous movement of the people, without reference to party, or without consultation with political leaders, we do hereby express our thanks to the Proprietors of " The Telegraph," of Columbia, S. C\, f?r the hold, decided ami manly manner in which they have sustained this movement; and for its advocacy of Southern Rights and Southern institutions, we recommend "T/jc Telegraph" to the patronage of every friend of (he South. On motion of (ien. Means, the thanks of the meeting were returned to the President and other officers: The meeting then adjourned. Tiieo. S. Dubose, President. Ja?. R. Aiken, } Wm. Bratton, Jr. > Secretaries. S. W. Buchanan, ) The following gentlemen have lieen ap|M>inted under the 8th resolution, viz : W. S. Lyles, J. B. McCal!, J. 1). Struther, Col. Geo. Leituer, S. (i. Barkley, David McDowell, Osmund Woodward, W. A. Owens, D. II. Kerr, Wm. Bricp, David Gaillard, David Aiken, Dr. T. T. Robertson, T. C. Means Jacob Feaster, Jr. j Ja?. A. MeCrorey, Jacob Bookman, S. 11. Owens, Sam!. Johnston, B. B. Cook and Gen. J. (I. Means. Winnsboro,' S. C., Nov. 9, 1349. MINORITY REPORT. We, the undersigned, composing a portion of the Minority of the late Fairfield Meeting, have thought proper to submit this exposition of our views in relation to their proceedings. Whilst we most cordially approve of the spirit of resistance that the Resolutions breathe, and are willing to confess that the. impulse which prompted them, was but an exhibition of genuine Southern feeling, still at the same time, we cannot but regard as most injudicious, the course of action prescribed, and especially so much thereof, as relates to the vacation of their seals by our Representative*, in the event of the passage of the Wilmot Proviso. A puit from the indelicate doctrine of suggestion, which, to say the least of it, bespeaks a diffidence in our Representatives, that ill comports with the implied confidence reposed in their sagacity, we maintain that the end proposed is unconstitutional and inexpedient. Our Representatives cannot vacate their seats before they have been addressed by their entire constituencies; which are the sovereign people in State Convention. Primary meetings held in each of the Districts constituting a Congre.a. sional District, although indicative of popular sentiment, cannot under the Constitution au ? if-?. i) - Iriuiize tueir iinineuiaie nrpre.iciiiauirrs iu return home, admitting it to ho true, that upon the passage of the Wjlmot Proviso and its sancliou I>y the President. the Constitution sha!1 have be-n grossly violated, and there will have been a viitual dissolution of the Union ; yet, a.ler their violation the Union continues to exist, until the sovereign people hy some act, as solemn as the one by which the Federal Compact was originally ratified, shall have in State Convention proclaimed its abrogation, or annulled its particular violation; unless the Slate shall have actually seceded, we would still remain a member of the Confederacy, tacitly acknowledging the integrity of the Constitution, and rendering obedience to the existing Government; which is but that Constitution in practical operation. Under this view of the ease, it must be obvious that our Representatives could not Vacate, their seals upon the immediate passage of the Wihnot Proviso. In addition to the unconstitutionality of this measure, we moreover contend, that it would he highly inexpedient for our Representatives to take the step that has been suggested. They should remain to communicate the proceedings to our State Convention, and to co-operate in bringing about such a compromise us may establish our institutions upon a much firmer and more permanent basis than they have ever heretofore been. If neither State nor Southern action can af. feet anything, then will it he time for them to vacate their seats?the Union which shall have been merely constructively dissolved, will then have become really so. Our State however shall have consistently adhered to her past and well settled defensive policy?dissolution will have been forced upon her alter having resorted to every possible expedient for its p^veri* lion : whereas, the measures proposed by the Fairfield proceedings ar? calculated to defeat this end, and to change the entire policy of the South. Besides the objections already urged, we submit that the action is premature as to time, and improper is to mode. If the intention is simply to elicit an expression of public sentiment in reference to the Free Soil movement, why not permit the Legislature, which is the very embodiment of public sentiment, which' reflects it most faithfully, and certainly expresses it with far more dignity than these primary assemblies can, proclaim it in uli the majesty of legislation to the country ? If the intention is to prepare us tor action, let tin* col. lecttve wisdom of the Legislature suggest it. It may propose a Convention, to be held at the proper lime, when Slate sovereignty shall have been actually invaded. But we need no preparation ; our position should be regarded as already sufficiently defined and no longer opon fir discussion. When the issue is fairly presented, there will be but one party at the South; when the call shall be made, there will be but one response and but one sentiment to actuate. At this time all that is necessary, is that our kIiooIiI 1)0 ad. ?K_J(/(J I lit | I I ^IU%V V? .r - dressed through our Legislature, which is the proper communicating medium between Goveminent and Government ; giving them an assurance of our most hearty co operation in any plan of action, calculated to harmonize our sentiments, to unite our energies, and render resistance most effectual. When it shali be time for the Sovereign People to act, let them do so in their sovereign capacity, and not in their primary assemblies. Southern Sovereignties should be addressed through State Convention, and not District meetings. Primary assemblies uto meetings not even of a portion of the sovereign people, hot simply of the people, without any ol the attributes of sovereignly. It is Convention thai clothes the people with sovereign powers. A Disirict meeting therefore, is hut a gathering of a few citizen subjects, who have long since delegated1 their sovereign power to the existing Government, where it will remain until withdrawn by Conventional action. We have elaborated this political axiom, merely because the impression' at the meeting i with a few exceptions was, that they were art- i ing as a poll ion of the Sovereign People. A1- I ^'otigh we approve of the; people in their pri- | :unr>' us^'mldie* discussing questions of local ! u)(j ttveti judicial policy, still we cannot think ] ihat they should ever go so far as to address I ifcecnselvps }ij sovereign Stntcs, or to suggest f ' authoritatively active measures to their Repre- thi sentalives. > We are therefore opposed to their proceed- if ings, on the ground that the end contemplated is ex both unconstitutional and inexpedient. wi That action is premature as to time, and im- of proper as to mode. Iiii That South Carolina is taking the position of so leader, instead of co-operator. ur E. (i. Palmer, Jit. ot J. M. Rutland, ac John M. Buciianan*. pc THE CAMDEN JOURNAL * Wednesday Morning, November 22, 1818. WILLIAM B. JOHNSTON, EDITOR. Temperance Meeting. The members of the Temperance Society are aJ requested to meet at the Presbyterian Lecture ta Room on Friday evening next, at 7 o'clock. ei The Markets. The supply of cotton during the past week has ^ been good, with a fair demand, and we notice an improvement-in prices since our last. We quote .at -1 to 5J extremes. For other articles, see our Drices current. (I, Chaklf.ston. Nov. 20. tj Cotton.?The transactions in Uplands on Satnrday.On account of the inclemency of the weath- w er, were limited to aboutTOO bales at prices ranging al from 4 13-16 a 5?, principally al the lat'er, for fair 0 quality, being an advance of j on last week's pri. oi ces.?Mercury. a, P Daguerrotype Likenesses. We invite the attention of our readers, to Mr. Co- w durs's advoitisement. Wo paid a vis.l to his room a ri ! day or two since and found numerous specimens of the w ! art, got up in n superior style. Those of our friends (( who desire excellent pictures and faithful likenesses, ^ ; ought to embrace the present opportunity. Mr. ft. will j;| j please them in a picture. IIis ronii is immediately ^ over the Post Office, rs u Union! Union!! , la Wo arc again upon the watch-tower. The din of the u contest and the clamors of party strife arc lulled fur n the present, and we arc desirous of taking advantage ^ j of this calm, to address n few remarks to Hie people of the South. Come and let us reason togrther?wo need s( ] union and harmony in our counsels, and wc must luve r( unanimity and concert in our deliherat'ons. ami completc fraternity in all our actions. Without patty bias in our thoughts, or party rcgrots in tlie late defeat of the democratic party, wc cannot shut our eyes to the ' ! fact tint the election of General Taylor iinJ Millard ! Fillmore is regarded by their partizinsat the North as ^ j a tiiumph over slavery and Southern rights. In say j ing this, we also distinctly avow, that had General Cass fl| j been rcgirdcd, even partially, as an anti slave.y man j ' or in favor of the Proviso, our pen sho Id never have ^ written a line in his favor. We quote from the Nuw (j ' York Tribune, the following longing , and assert that j, . -1-1?1- 1 : it is almost the un iiiimous sentiment which j?enuuo? ; the Northern Teylor prc?s:? The election ot" Gen Taylor will expel from pow- p: er the advocates and instate instead the op|?oneiits n of slavery extension, both in Congress and the Ca- ^ binet. A large majority of General Taylor's supporters are inflexibly hostile tosnch extension, and lt his administration must, from the cressify of the 15 case, conform its policy to the predominant senti- lt mentsof its supporters." ll Hut our design is not to keep up party prejudices, ti i but to ttllay, if possible, party spirit in the South. We o j are not bo blindly wedded to party, as not to perceive I' j that u continuance of party strife amongst us will be ci j fatal to our inlari sis. On the question of our rights 'I 1 a: d equality as citizens of the Uo.ou, there surely can. { not be a heart ho craven amongst us ah lamely and w I quietly to permit ourHoJvcs to Ire rol/bid of both. The ' I wrong, tho deep and damning wrong, which the free c ! soil parly, their aiders and abettors, intend to inflict ^ upon tho citizens ot' the Southern Stales, is felt by all, M then for the sake of all wo hold s.icicd, let there bo no {< dissensions amongst us as to the remedy. South Caro. jr litia has had ono lesson, in thu nullification strife, by which her people should urofit, end del rmiue never a sgafn to allow d versily of opinion, t<> weaken a good c cause, or disgust her fellow sullureis. Tito grievous a wrong which we have now to resist ill it? incipicticy j, demands our entire and united strength". There Can j? be no "Union" party if wc should bo placed in the g degrading position, to which the Wilmot Proviso I ft would assign us, for much as the Southern pcoplo love the Union, and warmly as llioy cherish tho principles [, ' of devotion and allegiance to their country, they novcr tr ! cin, they never will consent to remain a parly to a w I violated compact. The people of tho North know (J ! this, and although they oflect In laugh at our oft re | peateJ threats of withdra wal or seaession, yet the more p | reflecting portion of them, at least, Know uiai uiu I South will not quietly submit to llm VVilniol Proviso. I; I If however they have any doubt on the subject, and ei arc driving their fanatical c in-ado merely to tiud out, ^ j how far they can go with impunity, it is high time ^ j they were undeceive I. Wo luve sud tho result of j( the recent election will undoubtedly bo claimed us a ,j ! triumph by those who arc opposed to us,?and wo have o! the best authority lor the assertion?and this being the case, it will not ho strange if they now endeavour to '-s push matters to i!;e Sii-th-st oTtremitV. Is such an . . , ' tl anticipation unreason .u.e r We have endeavoured in our im. !>! position and narrow sphoro, to rouse the attention of tlic people to the onward progress of these encro climonts ; for the n past eighteen months, in the columns of the Camden It Journal, wo have urged the necessity of action upon <1 our rcadom, but with litt'e success. Occasionally a ' Southern paper would notice our remarks, and perilups c in a few comments, would bestow some very faint up provul upon our suggestions, but thero was no hearty a| response, no echoing of the alarm, which we sounded, n as far us our limited circulation would permit, and what was the cause of this apathy ? Party ailili.itions, and tho strength of party bonds. That noble little I...I.,, T..t*,rrnn\ urns the first we 111 I |l>l{JUr, IIIU ^WIUHlinu ? j tlimk t? holdly take its position, and right well lias it ti battled for the ciuso of the South, others are now ol I bracing up lor the warfare, and a few Works more, we w trust will find the whole Southern newspaper press, of p' hoth political parties, at work in good earnest, to pro- pi duce if postihie snmo scheme, some acceptable mode til of concerted action for the slave holding States to fe adopt. We holicvc that a SouTltcn.v Convention is tl the most certain mode, if not tho only one, which ol can ensure complete unanimity of sentiment; the tii members of such a Convention coming fresh from their p< constituency, being well acquainted with the wishes di and views of the people, both us to the propriety and c( urgency of tho question, will be enabled to unite, |" after cahn deliberation, upon a "declaration of rights" pi which will wake up the Northern people and cause in llicin to hesitate, or possibly oven tod'sist. If not lb tho only alternative is disunion;?that word so ominous us to liberty arid national prosperity, we would once have b< trembled to have heard, must bo the nllernilivc if >8 Justice l?e denied us. Il is fully?it is worse than ta folly, for any press, or for any politician, to delude llio fe | penplu longer, or advise them to put lliei' trust in or Presidents or parties, neither can do them any good so with the present stale of feeling at tho North, 'i'heir ot tiusl must be in their own wisdom, and their cause U being ohc of strict Justice, tTiey must come ofF St victorious. Ui Now, if tWro was any possibility, of a President isl being nhlc to stem the torrent of fanaticism which no roatens to overwhelm us with disaster, Gen. Taylor | the men who could do it, if he chose so tu act, or 1 his supporters woold permit him ; bat the short i tract wo publish at the beginning of this article, th others of the same character, and the declarations j the Icadihg men of the party which have placed < in in powor, but too plainly indicate, their fixed ro- i Ivc to make him the more executor of tho will of an iscrupulous majority. God grant that it may prove herwise. Under all circumstances, the South must t for herself, ond the sooner Iter people set about the rformancc of this stern dutv. the greater will be tho obability of tlicir being able to avert lite evils wliich rcalen us. Smith's New School Geography. Tlrc invite the attention of Teachers and others ' this new work published by Grigg, Elliott & Co. he plan of the work is excellent, embracing in Jarto form, both Atlas and Geography, and the rangement of the matter is such as must faciliite the pupil in his studies. We think it decided' the best work of the kind we have seen. Teachrs would do well to call and exam.nc it at Mr. oung's Book-store where it is for sale. District Meetings. The Charleston Evening News of the Ulh inst., lias l article concerning the Fairfield and Orangeburg lovcmcnts, which in our humble opinion, docs injus cc to the people of those Districts. We think the hole article anti-State Rights in its lone and spirit, rid well calculated to produce that very 'revival of ic former domestic dissensions within tho bosom of lit Slate" which it deprecates. We deny that the :tion of this State, on the subject of tho Wilmot roviso, would place her in "political isolation" and if lis be tho "strongest objection" to such movements, I ithin our State, we think it very likely that the Eve. ing News, will find itself in a speculative isolation ith regard to its estimation of the overwhelming eight of this objection. We liavoyet to learn, where lat district or community is situated, south of .Maryind, whoso people arc perfectly willing, to submit uiotly, to the encroachments, winch are gathering so ipidly around llicm, or who arc even disposed to wait ntil the free soil restriction lias become the law of ll.e tnd, beforo they raise the voice of remonstrance, or Iter a word of warning to those engaged in these ag. ressive movements against the South. The Evening r ? k m litiln of its usual s.irraeitv. CWO, WW I ..... ? ..WW? ... o lien it assimilates the present state of feeling and intimcnt entertained hy the pco|>h; of the Slate, with gard to their constitutional rights as slaveholders, itli that which gave existence to the Nullification irtv of former diys. In that case, the people felt ggricved with the unequal operation of an unjust and nconstitulioruil law, but that law deprived them of no ght, nor curtailed their privileges as citizens of this leptthlic. The free soil movement contemplates all lis, and wo have little sympathy with that caution ad prudence, which would chock the expression of a ghtoous indignation and an honorable avowal of our ^termination, never to submit to such political degraation. Wo would feel somewhat surprised, that the Itcning Netr.? should "take the initiative" in this spon. menus expression of sentiment by our fellow citizens, i Fairfi.-Id and Orangeburgb, did not the concluding aragraph, give lis a hint that the ''local jealousies" pprchended, arc likely to originate nearer home. We ad imagined that recent political movements, and eir results hud taught the pcoplo of the Parishes of t. Michael and St. Philip's, that the City of Charles m was not the Stale, but we arc pained to see that ley still cling to this delusion. The fair intcrprctaon '.f the paragraph quoted below is. that the pcoplo f Fairfield and Orangeburg, should have wailed for lis wealthy and populous district to take the initiative, re they presumed to give any expression of opinion : lie News says? "But as relates to tlie State itself, these districts liich are entiilod. from their wealth and popula011, to be consulted, must feel themselves neglect d when others take the initiative in a matter that unccrns the interest of all. In the strictly dolestic aspect of this question, then, the movement, Inch we have conceived premature, is calculated j awaken local jealousies if it docs not promote iternal discord." But seriously, wo regret to see our cxpcrienc-d and ble contemporary break ground agiinsl what we coni.. i,n Knt un honest exnrcssiun of feeling, from n injured people. This issue has to be met, the peo. 10 must be heard, and the sootier this vexed question i settled the belter, both lor the intcrcsls of the outli, atid llio welfare of the Union. '.Vu trust there. >rc, tliat every district in the Slate, arid in every liter Southern Slate, will respond to tt.ese meetings. 11 so in: of our sister Slates these movements are at. acting attention, and us a specimen of tlio spirit, in Itich they are received, we extract the following from to Augusta (Geo.) Republic: SuuritEKN Utitttrs.?Some weeks since we tiblsshcd a call o: citizens of F.urliehl District, . C., for a meeting to he held on the (ith inst. to ike into consideration the great question of Southrn rights and safety. We present to our readers i-day the result of that meeting. Some of those hose names arc connected with it, are known to s by reputation, as gentlemen of a high order of tic!icct arid character. Hence tlmre can be no ucstiou of the moral dignity, as there cannot be f the patriotic purposes of the whole allhir. How any Southern man can find fault with them marvelous te us. Recommending as they do a nuthcru Convention, ve arc prepared losyinpalize with every sentiment contained in their re.-oitions. They are right. We trust that Southern leu will arouse in time to the importance of the real quest ion before Ihcin. We shall have some uportunt things to lay before our readers soon pon it. It is not our object now to enter npon the scus.-ion. We merely wish to call attention to the airfield meeting. Other up etings of a similar liaracter have been bold iu S. Carolina, the pro edings of which we will endeavor to place in ar columns. Let Georgia, let the whole South rouse Tiie necessity lor it we will inuKe appaiitl soon. The Election ot Electors. IT wc are not greatly mistaken, u majority of the iciiiborH of the last Legislature, previous to their ch.c. on avowed themselves in favor of vin?? the election Electors and Governor to the ; enplc, yet the question as (lodged at both sessions. It is now timo til it the o>s throughout the State, should in hehulfof the pcoc demand this right hitherto so unjustly withheld from lent. Power is always .stealing from the many to the \v, Iml seldom makes a retrograde movement and iiih have those who have heretofore exercised this light 'their constituents risislcd their known wishes upon ic euljecl. W e are aware tli.il serious evils attend >pular elections, Hint they beget party spirit and proice temporary excitement, Ini! these arc tliu usual ucimpaiiimciilH to all popular governments, and when opcrly controlled liy the virtuo and intelligence of the topic are absolutely necessary to the safely and con. nuance of a lice government. Why is it then that c Legislators of Souili Carolina should couliouo to nirp this prerogative of tlio people? Are they us a idy more capable of exercising it, than uny otlio leg. lutive body in the Union, or uro the frcomcu of South irolinu less intelligent, moral or virtuous, than their How citizens, in every othar Slate? These questions c preposterous, and yet there nie no other good reans, that wc can conceive, which should deprivo them (lie exercise of'this privilege. As citizens of tho nitcd States, it is the just right of tho voters of this "i" 11 " 'I ns those of nil the other Slates in the i iiiori, lo express their preference for their chic! magrate, at the ballot box. As the matter is managed w, the mass of tht people have no moro ngoncy in jiving the nine electoral votes of the State, than I hey i hare in selecting the members of the President's CubU i net v- - ig l }~r\ . ? Whilst on (his subject wo might rein ark, that it U pretty generally believed it would be better if the eleclion of Sheriff was tuken frnm tho people, and the pow. er of choosing that office, vested in the Legislature or in the bench of Law Judges. To this change wc think the people generally would have no objection. frC/"A letter from Bermuda dated the 12th September says, that John Mitchell the patriot-convict is a poor, miserable, broken hearted creature and in wretched health. He is not set to work with other convicta; indeed, lie is not fit for it." 0^7" Soap stone griddles arc among the new things under the sun, und have just bcon introduced into the Buffalo market. Their chief advantage is, that no grease is necessary in cake baking, and the cakes arc as smooth as glass when baked. The Tea Plant. Southern planlcrs and farmers will be gratified to learn, that seven cases of black and green tea plants, Chinese stock, havo just arrived fiom London, shipped by Dr. Junius Smith, who intends to proceed South, with the view of forming a plantation. More plants arid seeds arc expected from China this season. 0^7" It seems that aficr all, Mr. Clay did not voto for General Taylor. The Louisville papers ray ho was too much indisposed, to do so. South Carolina. The following compliment to our noble little State is from the Milledgeville Union. Wc sincerely trust, that no internal dissensions amongst ourselves, may cause our neighbours ever to detract from tho well merited appellation of the " Banner State of the Soulli;" South Carolina and the Presidency.?This noble State, which lias overtaken the lead in defence of Souihern Rights, and which when the day of trial comes, in Iter zeal and good service will be second to none, having no personal predilections for Gen. Cass, with her wonted intelligence, patriotism and devotion to principle and to the South, has cast her vote tor cass ano outier. i The ballot for Electors in her legislature stood: j Cass and Butler .... 129 j Taylor 27 Blank ...... * No press in that Sla'e insulted her people by the advocacy of Millard Fillmore. The few Taylori:es, spurning this alliance with Northern Abolitionism, placed upon their ticket the name of the gallant Butler. Hereafter when the serried ranks of the enemies of the South shall be p'otting and developing their plans of aggiession upon her, South Carolina can stand proudly erect, at d none can taunt her with tampering with the enem/; with having joined an alliance by which she evinced her willingness to sell her birtli-ri?ht 'or a mess of pottage. When that day con.es, at come it will, where will it find the Whigs and the Whig press of Georgia? Convicted by the record of an affiliation with Fillmore and his friends, they inay reason, rebuke and rave, but their words wili be regarded as "sounding t rass and the tinkling symbol," their moral power is gone, their strergtli is shorn: and like Sampson in h * lap of L>eli!nh, all they can do, is to be c ushed by the falling pillars of that noble edifice whose ruin they themselves have invokedIt is in this aspect, that in the nunc of the Democracy of Georg.a, wc tender to South Carolina their cordial and heart elt congratulations upon the noble and ele/. ted position she has occupied in ibis Presidential election. She is the banner State of the South. ____ I The openining of the ball. - _1? .1-. Wc have the announcement, tnus eariy uta Thaddeus Stephens member elect from Pennsylvania, is pledged to introduce a bill on the first day of the meeting of the thirty first Congress, to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia, The next House of Representatives. The next House of Representatives will have a large Whig majority. In the States in which Congressional elictons have been held, the result is that 73 Whigs and 53 Democrats have been elected. Whig majority this far, 20. The Sjii- I ate will continue Democratic. Served them right. The Charleston Whigs pr per, now that Gen. Taylor is elected, are for kicking the Taylor Don. ocrals from their ranks. A writer in the Courier over the signature of "A Taylor if* Fillmore Whig" makes the proposition, and suggests to the Whigs of the City and Xcck a public meeting, in order wo presume, that the expulsions, may take place in due form. Good! Alabama Election. Ti,? Mm.iimmcrv fAla.) Stale Gazette of t! o 17tli irist., Hlulos lliat returns have keen received from all the counties in Alabama, which, fueled up give* Cass t>25 majority. The Gazette says the rclun< arc near ly all official, and with uue exception (C( fT?> county, which is set down at 23 majority for Cass,) may Ikj relied on us correct. This sets the question at test as to the final result ill Alabuina. Mississippi. .-> The Mississippi. , a Democratic paper published at Jackson the capital of the State, says: "prom all the information in our po.-,session, we arc led to the eonclusion that Mississippi has given her vtTte to Taylor and Fillinoro." j _____ U"The following language is from the Hamburg Journal, being one of the two or three papers in South Carolina that advocated General Taylor's j election. It is ti e first of the kind, we have noticed, throughout the campaign, in a South Caro. Una paper, and ought to receive the strong rebuke it merits, front our brethren of the press. This same paper has a column of glorification over the triumphant election of General Taylor, but not the first sentence about the election of Fillmore, a man who, when questioned on the subject promptly avowed his abolition sentiments. ' Into what a humiliating position has our gallant Stale been forced by her politicians!? ? - ii .I? She has !???< n nieraiiy inruumu mc u?g.v i?M, from the side of her Southern sifters and cast, hound hand and foot. into the foul embrace of Ohio Abolitionism! The cheek of every South Carolinian, should mantle with shame at such a disgusting spectacle. He should consider it, ns a pe'sonaj indignity ofit?red to himself, and visit the oftence, upon th-' heads of those who have thus disgraced his gallant old State." Ciooi) Condition of tub United States Theasury.?The Secretary of the Treasury, " * ,1.. CJUu-inir f loll. K. J. lVUlMIT l?v B notice, dated the 7(h insl: "From the official report now before me, set- I ting Ibrth the condition of the treasury, and the j amount of money required by it during the J present month of November and December ensuing; it is evident that the means of the Gov. ornment will be ample to liquidate all claims against it tip to the 1st January pest, without calling in before that date any further payments on account ofthe loan of 1849; and desiring to : save the government the expense of all unne- j cessary interest, notice is hereby given to all' i i nTfuaaafiW unsuccessful bidders (or that loan, by whom any balance is still due, that they are permitted to postpone any further payment until the first of January-next. All bidders, desirous of avail* ing. themselves of the benefit of this poticg. wrijl please advise the department on or before the 15th of December next."{) j ]f T If j j Death of \ fox. ? T>. on Saturday, the melancholy annonncMiHint, through a friend, of rbe death of H?n./A'. D. Sims, member of Congress from the. 4th District of this Stale, at Kinestree. Yesterdar wo received the following from a corre*jpti>n0efct? dated? /wvv sit To uinistfi G kokgeitown, 8.'C.y Ndvrtd/ To the Editors of Out Charleston Courier f: ,"",p Our Representatii'e in Congress, the Hon. A. D. Si319, died in Kingntree last 'fhorsday, after an illness of a few day*. He waatofcsve addressed his consfituen'a at thaf place on Una* day. hut was unable to do so. We are informed that RobbhT'Motuuv?*4? of Marion, will he a candidate tft sttpjdy the vacancy.?Charleston Courier. . i i. stm Gen. Taylok's Cabinet.?The edftrir of the New-York Mirror remarks that while ha l has no desire to dictate, or say a word o? the formation of the Cabinet of the President olert, .?* still if it had Iwen the will of the people that : he should hare heen elevated to the Presided **' cy, the following would have heen the selec* | tion made; ? i Chittenden, of Kentucky, Secretary Sta<?. Evans, of Maine, Secretary of Treasury* .? ? King, of Georgia, Secretary of Navy. n/ Bell, of Tennessee, Secretary of War. .**: a Ghangeh, of New-'York, Post Master GewT. ("iioate, of Massachusetts, Attorney Gen*U It is hot at all irhproTiahle thatVeyeraT'of(Wb gentlemen named will occupy thc'fkfeiliona aa> signed them hy the Mirror. Election Fraud.?In the course of the rt* nminatton of a witness in a c.a>e tried during the present term ol the court the witness test* fied that he voted at the Infe elect ion thoogli not of the age of 21, by putting piece of paper with 21 wri.ten on it in bis shop, and so voting, "being." n? he said over 21." The Juil^e coipinented .rrrjdwTrBrly on this fraud on the dec ion and 'so treated it wilknul an indictment, which, however, be .was very strongly inclined to set on find. i ?, If this had heen done, I he. witness would havw fared badly, and hi* vote would buve cost lioa dearlv.?Snmfer Banner. y"v' Dyson'? Factory Burnt?We are ieC>rneed that the cotton factory of Mr. Jeptha Dyson, situated in Clarendon Co., wax burnt on tbw night of the K)th. It wa? not ktlMvn bow the fire originated. The building was of brick, and this unfortunate casualty has resulted in Ml immediate loss of about $30,000. Such a disaster is much to he regretted, not only on account of the loss to the proprietor, but many poor workers, are thus thrown not jf?. employment, and one accidental cheek:'is pot upon such enterprise in this Slate.? /hi ",'1 Tiif. Jews in Bomb.?Oti 'tiic 1st of this month the decree for the complete cmancipAtion of the Jews of the Roman States comes into force. They are thereby declared fit Rtr the exercise of all civil rights. The year 18#$ is an amazing one. The changes of the form* of Government are, however, less surprising than the abandonment of the Ghetto by the Jews of Home.?Jewixh Chronicle.. - ^ - ' -J East Boston, M?y 23d 184). Ms S. W. Fowls?Sir, 1 have seen so maeh of th* volue of "WisUr's Balsam of Wild Chewy"- that*! feel it my duty to add oiy testimony in ita.pnusls. My son ub< ut 14 jeats of sge, has for the last tra month* boon uffl ctcd with a severe cough, pain* in the wid.j and body, and a gradual walsling, until he was a mere living skrluion. 1 had lud the advautage of thn-o physicians, but tiooo cf tlirm could give hhn any relief, and gradually yet sutt-ly lie scented to.he sink* iog iuto the tomb. Happening accidentally to some of your-Free AtmanacV w o felt as though; (1st Bil.tain would help him, as there s*as some cases th.t h id hei n cured wlien they were us bad as he was. i therefore procured a bottle of Dr. Kidder; the Agent in this place, and before he had used all of it he began to grow better, aud by using three bottles hie cough was ii i*nn* anrl I?a nritn nuinvintr frn/\A hmnlih fnf tthUN lie 111 solely indebted through the blueing of God la Wis tar'a Balsam af Wild Cherry. wm, oixojr. Dr. Kidder says the article has given universal sat* isfaciion to his customers. , i ^ None genuine, unlc-ks signed I. Butts on the wrap, per. Sold in Cumden by J. R. McKain; el wholesale liv P. M. Cohen. 6l Co., Charleston, and by Drugged* , generally in South Carolina, 1 i -i DISEASES OF THE SKIN. Though the rcmo'e or primary causes of skin dieeerre may be various. as Impurity o( tne blood. Liver Coniplaint Scrofula, dec. Ac.,yd the inmirdii.tc oanse i* always A? same, and that is an obstruction In ihe pores ofthesluh, by which tbe perspiration, in i:? patvagr froni.the. htnly, i? arrested and confined in and under tbe skin, causing an intolerable itching, or an eruption of Pimples, lWufes, Ringworm, Tetter, salt Kheum,&c. <J-c. - 1 For all these affeciions Jayne's Alterative has been fonrul an invaluable remedy, as it removes bofb tlie primary as well as the immediate causcs-purifying tbe Blood, curing the Liver Complaint, and effectually eradicating Scrofula from the system, while at the rametime itffrA the pores of their obstructing matters, and l.cals tbe diseased surface. C7-' THE WORK GOES BRAVELY.ON"., The following is from the Rev. John R* Comcy, Jrl Trenton, N. J., Oct. 41st. 1846. Dr D. Jayne?Dear Sir?; am extremely harary in being able to inform yon that 1 l?ave entirely recovered my health from using your Kite, tora.nt. ] have suffered with a severe cough, pain in my breast, and great prostration of . strength for the mst eighteen montlis. so ihat I was run(s-llcd to relinquish my charge of a church which! held in this place. 1 had resorted to a great many different prescriptions, as well as tlie attendance of several respectable physicians, byt they did not appear to reach my rase. 'I resorted" to your Expectorant through persuasion of Brother Parker Wood and the tne of three buttles lias entirely eared -* ne. lielicvinpj it to l>e on act of justice due to yourself, m well as to those similarly afflicted, induces me to write thra 4 and which you aw at liberty to Use a* you may think proper. . * '' Respectfully, youre, JOHN K. CORNEY, Jr Prepared only Dr. P. Jayne Philadelphia, and redd on _ agency by JAMES K. MoKAlNjCarodei^il. C. CAMDEN PRICES CURRENT. Hogging, per yd. 18 to 80 Lard. Ih 8. to 10 Bale Rope, lb. 10 to 18 Lead, . lb ? to 7 Bacon, lb. 71 to 8 Molasses, g^ll.31 to. 40 Butter. lb. 12 to 18 Mackarel, bol 8 t6 ft Brandy, gull. 28 to 35 NeiJs, -lb 61 to .8 Beeswax, lb. 18 fo 22 Oats, bush 30 to 38 Beef, fresh, lb. 3 to i Oil, Sperm, gal. 1 to 11 Cheese, lb. 14 i Linseed, gal. 70 to 78 Coffee, lb. 8 to 10 I Peas, bush 5Q, to 55 ? otton, lb. 4 to 51 1 Potatoes, sweet bu 25 to 50 Corn, bushel, 40 to - *?15 ' Irish bbl Flour, barrel, 4t to 5 | Rve, ibnsh 75' to 871 tC?An . Kin. knah. X b, i Fcathera, lb 25 to 30 Sugar, jb 7 ta 16 Glnro, 100 feel 21 to 31 Salt, rock tfl I# Hides, (dry) lh 8 to 10 Shot, v. . tip li Iron, lb 5 to 61 Shingles, mle 2 to 2JLime. bhl 2 to 21 Tobacco, - lb 10 to 75 Leather, sole, lb 18 to 22 Wheat, built 78 M 90 sons 07 temperaitob, Wnterec Division So. 9*. mhe regular meeting of this Diraion will beheld 01 fhurtday evening next, at their Hail at 7 o'clock J. K. WiTUBRSroON^'ft t t i ;*i ** -J r.