The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, March 07, 1849, Image 2
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1 m IMPORTANT NOTIFICATION.
>A .f Panama, Jan. 19, 1849.
mm Nelson Esq., U. S. Consul at Panama:
Sjh--The \*xn of the United Stales inflict c
the penalty of fine and imprisonment ontrcspas- (
?w? on the public lands. As nothing can he r
raore unreasonable or unjust than the conduct ^
pgrsuerLby persons not citizens of the United [
?r??e<?. who are flockinz from all parts to search I
T ' " TV" ""D o
for ;ynd carryiog offgold belonging to the Uni- <
led States in California, and as such conduct is f
iu.diicot. violation ofjaw, it will become my i
duty, immediately on my arrival there to put t
these IftAvs in force, and to prevent their infrac- t
tionin futurp, by punishing, with the penalties
provided by law, all those who offend. (
o* A? .these .laws pre probably not known to i
many-who are about starling to California.it I
upuld be well to make it publicly known that I
there.?re such laws in existence, and that they <
wjy, be in future, enforced against all persons i
.cirtze lis of i]?e United Stales, who ?hnll I
any trespass on the lands of the United i
States,. California.
.NvjjSi^tU"position as Consul here, being in commttnfcatioii
with our consuls on the coast of
r Smyth America, affords you the opportunity of
,|K?kiugs, ibis known most generally and I will
. rnoch phliged lo you if you will do it. With
i aijlCJjrq refpcc^ your ob'f sorv't.
: fPERSIFERF. SMITH, Br. Maj. Gen.
tt c a ,t PMeifie Division.
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GENER\L JACIvSOX.
? To tho Editors of the Nashville Daily American.
-t v- hetaxitagk, f? b. 7, 1849.
> Sir; My attention was called a day or
tjye ago to piece in your paper relating to
-4fcr following extract from Gen. Jackson's las-t
wriH andtoMament:
.^vr^jfba goM box presented me by the corpora.^itooftha
city of New. York, tho silver vase
presented me by the ladies of Charleston, South
3#Carolina, my native State, with the large pic
'Misrepresenting the unfurling of the AmericrBanner
in the city of Mexico, presented to me
' by t|eoritix?Mi6 of South Carolina, when it was
-;?e?lsedto l>e accepted by the United States
Senate?1 leave in trust to my son, A. Jackson,
? Jr., with the directions that should our happy
odymtry not l?e blessed with pence, an event
riot always to be expected, he will at the end
pfQie war or the end of the conflict, present
?r#*ek ofnaid articles of inestimable value to that
'itatriot residing in the city or State from which
Ifcif were presented, who should be adjudged
vfcjrfii* countrymen, or the ladies, to have been
lb? most valiant in defence of his country's
' The above, is,taken from the original copy
ihfr-stull. In reply, I will add that I have re
. - ceutiy written to a friend at Washington city,
ti sequesting him to make publication in his
a trainable paper of the above clause in the will?
-calling up-the various newspaper# in the city
and State of New-York, and also in the city of
-<. ?fcar,le(4oiiand State of South Carolina, to give
??.public expression on the subject?and point
I nwluhhrottjch the ladies and their conntrynen.
,??alto'<U*tt9guiahed and deserving patriots to rertceive
the said articles of inestimable value; and
Ti-twdo -assure you. sir, nothing will afford me
jt-atofp pleasure than to fulfil that sacred trust rest
.r^atp^resppclfullv, your friend,
. - / ' A. JACKSON, Jr.
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a.-:# Washington, March 1. 9 p. m.
rfclThe Senate, as in Committee of th? Whole,
"""" thp auiuu* aj?$ytlwfruU '"
s to tho^Jenate. and the amendments were con;4<5tirfed
in?Mr. Walker's proposition for the
a. fljhvct;nn)ent of California and New Mexico a-tTtoong
the rest?and the bill was then passed
h-and sent to the House ol Representatives as
V awemled. ..
?Tbo Senate met again at 6 o'clock in the
evening, atid passed the Military Appropriation
bill, and the Fortification, biil establishing a
-ticvernmetit for the Territory of.Miuesota, with
f^thc; exception of one. directing that tho bill
hould go into effect on the 1st of March.
House ok Representatives.
Ih The amendment ot Truman Smith to the hill
za Ctwrving into efF ct the 30th article nfthe treaty
Mexico was agreed to, and the hill passed The
u bill making appropriation for surveying the
Northern boundary of the State of Iowa was
also parsed.?Charleston Mercury.
SitvKR Sprdtgs.?The Editor of the Abbe.
who has recently made a tour in
?MF(*9f4iiarQjrni?bps1 for his paper (he following
??i*ccount of these extraordinary Springs:
v^**Fiye miles east of Ocala, and three from
V Fort King, is one of the most remarkable i 1
ss/flprmgs in this or any other land, known as the
.*? Silver Springs. It is a number of Springs that
** ftpitedly.form a stream, nearly if not quite as
Igrge as the Savannah, and of amazing depth.
Language fails to convey an adequate idea ot
tbe beauty ol this place. The water is so re. i
wr marknbly clear, that the smallest objects can be
seen fifty or sixty feet below; to test this we I
threw info it a pin, and actually saw it until it
lodged in-the grass that covers the entire bed of I
tbe stream. The Springs are indicated by the i
most beautiful prismatic colors that assume
- quite a variety of shapes, and in looking down j
Upon them, the visitor is apt to imagine what he j
% sees is not real. Fish from three to eighteen i
inches in length may he distinctly seen, either i I
floating lazily in the depths below, or resting I I
Upon their emerald beds, watching every move I '
men I of the boat above them. We tried to 1
eaten some yf them with a hook and line, luit |
Cdfild not succeed, although the honk \va? almost
placed in contact with litem, it is said >
tho'deepest part of this Spring is eighty feet; '
r having a couple of lines with us making forty <
" "''feet jn length, we attempted to touch the hot- I
torn with it, but cartie far short ofit. Boats '
sixty feet in length come up to its vety source, I !
atfif Cirrf off eoHon and the various products | 1
'** v:t>fthe country tir Palatka. The water although I
no clear and beantiful i* exceedingly unpalata- I
Wtf" in consequence of the rotten lime stones , <
' #bfch abounds in if. In the immediate viciti. *
Itj it" is said to lie sickly and there nrp no inJ\l
^hajWtthfs near it, except a small store where j I
*' *' considerable business is transacted in the way , |
oflrtrrtyr, depf and hear-skin, potatoes, cotton, ! I
WO# are givori in pxchange for goods. i I
WBitsf floating in our light canoe over these ' I
^ WafiSrs, and gazing upon the fairy scene holow, i '
we thought that if the enthusiastic Ponce de f
Lertft had^e ver looked upon them, he must have ; ?
concluded here was the "Blessed Fountain" lor i f
Which he'tiatJ tippn searching. Thi? must one i
lw a n??fed placp, and werp it not for the ?
^^rHHHprMng not of thp stream in one small p'aop,
^Htt<nhoats of nny size could he approach its *
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"tf $ ' ? Brandt Peaches An exciting question
Jja* Ircen raised l?y a correspondent of the New ^
a person who has taken the top. I
total plpdgp, eat hrandy poaches and drink the
syrup consistently with his obligation?" f
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m, i Ay e*.- *s i.
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From tlie Charleston Courier 24th ult. HP
- SO. CA. MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 1
The Anniversary meeting of the South Cartlina
Medical Association was held at the Hall
if the Apprentices' Library Society, on Wed. _
lesday the 2ist of February. The meeting
vas large and respectable?many members p
tresent being gentlemen of the Medical pro. g
ession from distant portions of the Slate.
!*reaf unanimity of opinion and sentiment
rrevniled, and all seemed actuated by the one ^
Tiotivc?the desire of doing something to elerate
the character of the medical profession in '
he State of South Carolina.
At one o'clock, the Anniversary Oration was ^
Jelivered by Dr. P C. Gaillard, an able and
'loquent production, and which reflects much
honor upon its author, already so favorably
known to the medical profession. The subject ^0i
Jiscussed was Public Hygiene?one peculiarly
interesting at this time, as our country has jost "
hern visited by an epidemic, at the very men "'S
tion of which nations tremble?the Choiera.? via
Tin* amount of information comprised in I hi* tobrief
compass of an Oration is, most generally, da}
small ; hut in the present instance, wo must |ia,
nccord to Dr. Gaillard the happy faculty of com
pressing a vast amount of information in a
small space ; of heing concise and explicit
without obscuring his meaning hy his brevity, por
After the Oration, the Association adjourned PCI
to the Hall of the South Carolina Society,
where a sumptuous entertainment had been fer
ordered hy the Stewards of the Association,
and which was served up in Lee's usually elegant
style.
On Wcdnesda}*, the following gentleman cil
were elected the Board of Counsellors ofthe
South Carolina Medical Association fir 1849 : T)
Abbeville?Dr. J. P. Barralt.
BarnicrJl?Dr. Armory Coffin.
Charleston?Drs. James Moultrie, E. Florl- m!1
heck. Thos. Y. Simons, J. P. Jervey, F. Y.
Porcher. S. W. Barker, K. Lehhy, J. C. 'hs
McKewn, H. Ravenel, T. Curtis, F. M Ro- inc
hertson, W. T. Wragg. D. J. C. Cain, J. Bel- sh<
linger, \V. G. Ramsay. Dc
Chesterfield?Dr. A. Williams. crj
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ow:*fcr?i'.. ^....5,..,- 00
Colleton?Dr. S. H. Hamilton. j
Edgefield?Drs. J. C. Ready, A. W. Youngblond.
nit
Fairfield?Dr. Thomas T. Robertson. r'?
Georgetown?Dr. H. h. Byrd.
Kershaw?Drs. W.J. McKain, R. B. John- 'er
son. uir
Lancaster?Dr. R. E Wylie. re;
Lexington?Dr. Thos. II. Simmons. ou:
Newbcrrxj?Drs. D. Geigcr, T. A. Elliot'
T. J. Goodwyn. W|Richland?Dr.
S. Fair. C0|
Sumter?Dr. J. A. Mayes.
Union?Dr. W. K. Sims.
York?Dr. S. E. B ration.
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After the adjournment of the. Association on
Thursday the following gentlemen were elected, arc
by the Board of Counsellors, Officers of the; ma
Association for the year 1849: in<.
Dr. James Moultrie, President. jl)f
Dr. It. E. ) v.ce p g'
Dr. John Douglas, ) co
Dr. I). J. C. Cain*, Recording Secretary. f,
Dr. J. A. Mayes, Corresponding Sec'y. I
Dr. W. T. Wragg, Treasurer. ccl'
Dr. J. II. Barratt, Orator for 1850. ul*
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Awful Murder.?Wo learn that the wife be
of Mr. Martin Posey of this Distriet, was mur- thi
ytr}:j..9a.ht..?ri,h Pjb mvAWWioMtttR sii
she had gone to the spring, which was some Ja
distance from the house, where the vidian was gt.
concealed at the time, and after accomplishing
his helli.-h designs, beat her to death with a
stick. He then dragged her body some (lis. PCl
tance in the woods, and there buried it. She ^
wa? missing for several days, and after a fruit- bk
less search one of the negroes confessed the an
deed, and told where the body could be found, su
The negro escaped and is still at large. m
IIamb urn Journal. tin
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The Business of Charleston.?Wo are in- j-r0
formed that the spring business of this city has g|.
opened under unusually favorable auspices.? ^
The stock of goods on hand is extensive nnd
varied. The facilities of transportation are mc
f-uch as to enable merchants to replenish readily,
and everything bids fair for larger business a",
transactions than has taken place for a series of tlii
years. p e
Our country friends come down numerously, jnc
and from the fair prospects of trade in the interior,
are purchasing freely. Another favorable C|)(
feature, too, if we arc correctly informed, is that f|(r
ihey make payments of former bills readily and 1 c
promptly, giving indication of a relief" from the I COt
pressure in money matters, which has been so 1 cm
generally felt for a year past. ma
Our staple article of Cotton under the influ. ?'
ence of the recent favorable advices from Eu- tioi
rope, and tho increased trade of that country, tic
has moved off with unexampled rapidity la- j
king all things into consideration, the state of ij,e
matters is such as to give the most cheering c?0
hopes to those engaged in trade, and as a nalu |
ral consequence all other kinds ol business will .
experience a cot responding improvetnenl.
Charleston Count ee
wo
Export of Euus.?At the la?t tji lie tini
3oulhernrr, she carried out to New A ,rk, a s'a
large quantity of egi!*, packed in barrels, which fin'
were purchased in tliis mailed at from 12to|bai
20 cents per dozen, and yielded a handsome i an(
profit in that market. I |,r,
VVe observe that onr Savannah friends are j C()l
xlso engaged in a similar trade. The steam
?hip Cherokee which went to sea from that port j
an Wednesday last, at noon, carried nut thirty P
barrels and twenty-six boxes r?| eggs received
here bv Rail Road, and thirty three boxes '''?
Savannah river shad, packed in ico. The j ^v
Cherokee had 29 passengers.?lb. upi
us
Mastodon Ecmpsf.d ?The Mobile Herald unl
jf Tuesday has the following respecting a new fajt
ipecies of coUon: colJ
"Mr. A. Hays, our Panama correspondent
tas sent us a sample of wild cotton which he j
irocured from a tree on lop of a mountain some
our leagues from Panama. The tree, he in
buns us, was one year old, about twenty-five ^ 1
eel high and thirty feet across near llm top Peo
I'he bodv four feet from ibe ground, measured, ne*
bur inches in diameter. The sample nfrntfhn, anil
tlliioiigli rarried for some time in the porket .eve
ind of course materially injured in appearance,
?, nevertheless, a fine silky texture. We shall IV
arefiilly plant the seed, and who knows that The
,vr shall not thus obtain a species of cotton ri. tool
'aliiig the prolific pomegranate or any other wla
ort yet produced. Mr. Hays, we suspect is huv
nistakeii as to the tree being "nly one year old. linn
I'he cotton plant in warm climates, free from n he
rosls is perennial, and the one spoken of may of i
>e the growth of half a dozen years." cxjm
up t
The pay of the President of France has been the
ixed at 000,000 francs?8133,333. kcoj
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CAMDEN JOURNAL"
Wednesday Morning, March 7, 1849.
W. THUItLOW CASTON, EDITOR.
Return Days.
'airfield, lOlli ?./arcli; Kershaw, 17th March;
liter, 24lh March; Lancaster, Hist March.
'J'hc Markets.
There has been but little change in the cotton
rket during the past week. We quote at 5
5?. Corn 50 to 55. Bacon to 8.
ZTA new Post Office has been established c n
Rail Road, nine miles below Camden, called
fkin'e Depot, and J. S. Depass, Esq. appointed
it Master.
"Ex-President Polk was to have left Washton
on yesterday, for his home in Tennessee,
New Orleans. lie is expected in Charleston
morrow or the next day, and will remain one
r to partake of the hospitalities of the city that
. c been tendered him.
Reception of Sir. Polk.
The Rail Road Company, in order to afford pciis
from tlie country an opportunity of being prosit
at the reception of Mr. Polls in Chs.rieston,
:e reduced the tare to go and return to the difent
stations on t!ie road, to half price.
The Response of Kershaw.
To-day's paper contains the proceedings of the
izers of this District convened, to respond to the
ddress of the Southern Members of Congress."
ie meeting was well attended, and the utmost
animity and harmony prevailed. The remarks
ide by the speakers, were warm, earnest, and
I .->f nn>nt ami (Intorminnl inn We nrO Slire
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it tlie spirit, and tone of the Resolutions will
;el the hearty approval of every citizen of Kurivv.
As Mr. Calhoun said, while speaking, last
scomber, to the students in College, ''an awful
sis is approaching" The hour is at hand for the
uth either to submit to political degradation and
(quality, or to enforce a proper acknowledgenit
of her equal privileges and constitutional
lite.
The non-slaveholding States, encouraged by our
ice. and invited by our apathy?misconstrulgour
forbearanc e, honestly exercised, through
>pect and devotion to the Union, into a conscisnessof
wrong?have heaped insult upon insult
first crawling with infantile steps, now moving
lit giant strides, in the path of usurpation and
astitutional encroachments?until the South,
mg and goaded almost to madness, has at length
sen in the majesty of her strength, and spoken
t in tones that must and will be respected.
The people cf Carolina are fast becoming fully
>used to the importance cf the subject, and the
gnitude of the interests involved, and are holdt
primary assemblies all over the State?assertr
their adherence to the first principles of our
iverntnenf, and announcing their readiness to
operate with their fellow citizens, in any plan
it may bo suggested, to maintain the rightful
uality of the States, to save the Union, and to
hold the Constitution. How are the non-slave*
Iding States to be brought to their senses?to
arrested in their lawless career, and forced to
nk soberly and seriously of the awful conso^
ntifosJoiiAy'" D rv'" '.l *h~:r/V\atisn
anil unuwlical religion Will inevitably jiroce
1 By showing them that the Slaveholding
leu are in nr,rii/><t ill their resistance. 211(1 are
eady prepared to take the initiatory steps in
f defence. Is South?'arolina prepared to move]
is with fee'ings of patriotic pride, we point to
; Sixth Resolution for the evidence. It is right
d proper that tiie Palmetto Slate be prompt in
ggesting remedies, as she is bold and energetic
executing them, and the first tangible suggesn
yet made, so far as we know, to save the
lion, and bringabout organized action, emanates
m tho monumental Town of Camden. If the
tveholdirig States could frame any well conccrtscheine
of non.intcrcourse in trade and co:nirce
with the North?even if one cotton plantf
State would carry out with vigor and decision
y system of non-interrommonicntion?the
nking and more intelligent portion of the peji
at the Nortn, crippled and weakened, might he
lucod to stop the mouths of their mobs and
rir unprincipled demagogues?might be awak*
?d to their true interests?and see to whom
lit and justice belong. In tho single article of
ton alone, if the South would will hold it, she
ild ruin the prosperity of the entire North, and
ke her feel that there are other tilings, worthy
consideration?other matters deserving ntteu
n, besides that of intermeddling with the domesInstitutions
of her neighbors.
[f cotton was withheld, of which the South is
i great producer, and if our markets were
sed against their fabrick?our people and mcruits
acting upon a well estalilislisd plan of nonercoursc?the
North would respect our rights,
I that our resistance was more than talk, and
>11 Id c include doubtless, that it would he high
io for to retrace their steps and let alone our
ve institution, it by meddling with thorn, tliey
] their capitalists and operations ruined and
abrupt. Then the Repub ic might be saved,
1 the bonds of our glorious union continue un>kcn.
Wc trust the suggestion of a non-inlerirse
will be adopted by every District in the
ite, and that every Committee of Safety will
ect. one of their number to meet in May, at Coibia
in Convention to recommend some wellcsted
pian to the concideration of the people,
cry element of prosperity, in the North is based*
in the productions of the South and it seems to
ihatonly practical suggestion that could he made
ess wc looked to immediate separation; let it ho
ly tried. If we fail, there is only one other
irse left us. If the non-intercourse plan does
succeed, we have only one other alternative,
y one other and last resort. %
day we never he compelled to seek protection
in appeal to the last argument of an injured
pie. More may be expected on this subject
;t week. We earnestly recommend the I'reale
and Resolutions to the careful perusal of
rv reader of the Journal.
Iexican Restriction ok California Emiorants ?
i N. Y. Son, of Tuesday ways: "\V'U 8aw y08.
ay u letter from one of a pnily of sixty persons,
? liuvo just returned from Vera Cruz to N. Orleans,
ing found it impossible on nccounl of llio restrics
imposed by tlio Mexican Government, to cross in
>dy, urmed ns they were, to iMuzallan. A portion
,hc compnny have in consequonco abandoned the
(dition altogether? Hie balance intend proceeding
,ho Mississippi and Red livers, and tlienco across
country through tho Paso del Norto to California,
ring on American soil."
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Close of the Session. ' J(
The correspondent of the Charleston Mercury hs
furnishes that paper with the following Telegraphic
dispatch of the proceedings on the last day of d<
the late session of Congress?
Washington*, March 4, 19-19. b
Congress adjourned this morning at 7 o'clock C
after one of the most excited and stormy sittings ir
iii the history of our Government. During this "I
prolonged session of twenty hours, all the Ap- D
propriation hills were passed upon the reports "
of Committee of Conference with the exception 'f
offhe Civil and Diplomatic bill. The Com- "
mitlee in that case reported last evening, that 'I
they could not come to any agreement, and *1
were discharged. The bill was then taken up h
in the House, and a motion was made that the t<
House recede from its rejection of the Senate's n
amendment, which was carried?ayes 111, noes "
100. " a
From that time, about 7 o'clock, until after g
12, a most determined and embittered struggle fi
was carried on by the Free Soilers to prevent c
the passage of the hill. Evpry motion which fi
the roles of the House would allow was made
to retard the progress of business and the ayes t!
and noes called for on every vole to consume e
time. ?
The Senate's amendment wa? first amended i
hy strikiii" out tin* wmds of "West of the 11 io f
| cli?l Norte," and insertion a provision that tiolh. ('
I in?jtherein should fins)rued to interfere with s
l!it* boundaries of Texas. A .?uhstitiiti* fiir the *
amendment as ani?tided was then offered hy s
j Mr. Thompson nf la. similar to the one pro. \
posed hy tin* Committee of' Ways and Means I
on Friday, and this was carried?ayes 110, t
noes 104; and thus amended, about half past 12, l<
the liiil was sent to the Senate 1
In the Senate, when the hill was received, t
Mr. Foote, Mr. Turney, and some, others, de? i
haled the ri?hl of the Senate to act in their le<? ?'
islative capacity after 12 o'clock, and thisdi*. ?
cussi >n was conliiiited until 5 o'clock, when the \
the Senate receded from its amendment alto, s
| "ether, pnnidinjj for the temporary (lovern. t
meat of California, by a volool 33 to 10, and f
sent the hill to the House, who concurred, and '
the hill was finally passed. I
The Senate then look the House hill to ex. f
tend the revenue laws of the Tnited Stales I '
j over California, which was passed; and a iiips. i '
! ? .,<! ror>.>ivi<d iVom ihe President at a ooar- j i
I let
before seven I hat be had signed both bills. ?
Tim liill to establish a Home I)ep:trt?u?*nt lias f
also become a law, witli numerous others. t
During the excited debates last night the , <
Senate was disgraced (we believe lor the first > I
lime) by a personal rencontre, i:i which blows \ I
were exchanged between two ofits members? ; |
Finite of Mississippi, and Cameron of Pennsyl- I
j vania. A similar scene of rowdevistn was en- , '
j acted in the House between Johnson of Arkan- I ?
sa?, and Ficklin of Illinois. In the latter blood t
flowed copiously. Both these a flairs were fi 1
nally settled amicably. I
Abbott Lawrence lias declined- the -ofler of .?
the Navy Department, and the present cast of >
the Cabinet is as follows: Clayton, for State <
Department; Meredith, Treasury, Crawford, <
War; Preston, ofYa. Navy; Ewing, Postmaster I
General; Reverdy Johnson, Attorney General.
The Home Department had been oflered to <
John Davis, of Massachusetts, and whether lie I
accepts or not, it is to be reserved for New i
I England. i
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^/PUBLIC MEETING IN CAMDEN. ;
A la roe and respectable meeting of the cit i- I
7fna of ilos.Dis'ciet was held . aC the C.vo-' <
House, last Saturday (March 3 I.JTot the pur- I
pose of responding to the n.J.Irr.ss recently put I I
Inrtli, by the Southern Members of Congress to ':
their Constituents. I
Capt. Thus. Lang was called to the chair, 1
and A. G. Raskin, W. Tinulow Caston and i
John J. Workman were appointed Secretaries, i
A forcible explanation of the object of the
meeting aas given by tlie Chairman. Alter I
which, on motion of Col. James Chosnut jr. I
a Committee of Pen was appointed to re- i
port, a Preamble and II'.('solutions expressive of s
the views and feelings of the people of this
District, to wit: Col. Jatnes ChesniU, Jr. Wit. \
liam M. Shannon Esij. Col. J. B. Kershaw, i
Col. Thomas J. Ancrcm, Capt II. Hoykin, <
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.llt?s?rs? iv. :ucj\am? i*. u ?* ijiuuvh, n. *
Levy, A. D. Jones ami ('. -Mallioson.
During the absence ??f* rlio Committee Col. t
W. J. Taylor informed t!ie meeting thai his c
Honor Judge Richardson was in Town, and <
moved thai lie ho waited on and lie reuq'vsted to \
participate in our deliberations. Before the I
Committee appointed for the purpose, started in <
the discharge of their duty, information was re. c
ceived, that his Honor had just left Town.
The Committe through their Chairman Col. p
Ch.xnut Jr. reported the following Preamble i
and Resolutions, i
The Address of the Southern Delegates in 1
Congress, is a solemn appeal to the prudence, r
the patriotism and the spirit of their conslilu. i
cuts. As faithlul sentinels they have given d
admonition of approaching danger. Shall we i
heed their warning, and lie amused? Truly f
there is much need,?-*?r all the symptoms of il
coming evil are. grossly deceptive. tl
It has been always held, that the Constitu. s
lion of the United States was the result of s
wise, honest and patriotic compromises, made a
by all of the component Suites for the equal
benefit of nil. I'or any of the States, there- n
fore, availing themselves of the advantages of a
the concessions in their favor, to undertake to I
withhold the benefit of siirli ns would properly e
result to I ho others, is neither just, honest, nor v
tolerable. And yet, we are constrained to p
affirm that such has been, now is, and we be. o
lievo, unless some remedy be applied, will con- a
linue to be the conduct of a vast majority of c
the non-slaveholding Stales of this Union, ii
What else is their denial to its of the ri"ht | a
under the Constitution to cull upon them to I ?
deliver up our slaves who nny have fled, or i si
Ikmmi seduced to lake refuge in their borders? j v
In going among them to reclaim such slaves, do | c
they allow us the benefit of the compact, when , ii
their furious and fanatical mobs are permitted, I tl
with impunity, to assail and heat ofi*ourcili- o
7.pits, and even to murder them? Is it holding, ; a
in good faith, to the covenant that they should 1 q
not only permit such things to be dune, but d iss j o
laws making it a penal olleiicc in nny of their , b
citizens to recognize, and aid in the enforce. Ii
ment o 1 that provision of the Constitution, > a
which secures to us, and enjoins upon tlieni li
the capture and delivery of fugitives front ser- b
vice? Is it good faith on their pai f, I It rough s
llteir people in organized masses, through d
their Legislatures, through their Senators and !?
Representatives in Congress, to assail us at
every point; to attempt to break down every si
barrier in the Constitution raised for our pro. a
taction, and which they have plighted tiieir it
faith tn defend ; to trample oil our right* ; to o
destroy our interests ; to outrage our toolings ; g
to pray for our misfortunes; and to endeavor to li
hold us up to the civilized nations of the earth u
r.s n bye word and reproach 7 And by whom ? tl
Hy those we call comUrijinen?-yea, sometimes g
brclhcrcn ! Have they not done all this?and ; fi
#
) we not hear it ? If this he faith, then truly J the
ive they heen faithful, punica fides. vj'-Pe
On the other hand hare we denied, or hin- wc
'red them of any of the benefit* they might ths
rive from Union? Have we not witnessed, de|
y the application of the majority power in \vc
ongress, the general legislation of the govern- nr<
i?*ut, the revenue laws, and the disbursement ms
f the public monies, systematically made upon an
in principle of a kind of constitutional discri- us
filiation in favor of their own assumed superior ce
lerit? Have we not seen an undue proportion co
f our labor, in the various shapes of tribute, iai
irough ihc government, descending luce geniai nc
bowers upon their barren rocks and frozen ho
ills, and beheld their splendid cities so arise br
> glitter in their magnificence? Have we It
Qt thus beheld our brethren o( the North to dr
rax fat, and grow insolent in the unmea:ured tr:
nd unrestrained bounties afforded by this ever nil
lorious Union in their behalf? And have we cu
liled, on our parfio adhere honestly to all the oil
omprrnnises under tfi&. Constitution intended to
>r their benefit ? ^ Iia
Further, when these Slates entered into th
lieir political union, they entered asiree, snvor- w.
ign and independent Slatps?and therefore as te
qoals. Equality was of the very essence? fa
ho basis of the compact. Whenever, there- rn
ure, any movement is made to assail that m
quality, it is n direct a'teinpt to abrogate their fa<
overeigtilv, and to destroy their character as sti
r-i-i? wi.?, i..?? 'tnn il.to barn ili>? non^ an
y# ?? iidi irsa tuuii imo > % >/ ?
l;ivcliri!j)iiig Stntes been effecting in their nr
virlted war upon the domestic institutions of pr
lie South? The effort to establish the distinc- hti
ion involved in the Wilmot Proviso (and its Sr
mown measures) which has recently been ac- !e
mowledged t>y almost strictly sectional vote in th
he popular branch of Congress, w odious and dn
nsulting ; distructive utterly of the political m
quality of the State, and if ^submitted to C
Icgrading to the character of the free people ct
vho inav inhabit 'them. Hy what sort of roa- th
ouing do the nonslavehoidiug Slates attempt h<
o justify their studious exclusion of the South ol
rom a fnir and equal par'icipaUnn in the enjoy,
nent of the common property of its nil; acquired
>y a common expenditure of blood aud trcaure;
of which we are joint owners, and in st
vhich we are entitled by every rule of honest e<
nterprelalion. to rights exactly equal ? Or w
vhencc is derived the high and mighty power th
rlnimed for the government to prescribe the 01
jnality of ottr Estates in the Territories, and
o restrict our citizens to the possession and use ei
if such property only as a puling philan n
hropy shall see fit to dictate? Will they he o|
bund in the Constitution or any honest inter, ir
iretatlnn of the reasons thereof? Or suggested ti
>y a sound christian pliilanthrophy? Let those oi
ivho claim it, point it out. The reasoning can el
inly be justified by. and the power drawn from cj
hat irtsaliute appetite, which ever grows by (j
i,vhal it feeds on, the raging, rapacious lust of (1
mlitical prwer, which now induces the not), tj
daveh'nlding States to cut off tlie slaveholding o
States from nli hope, or prospect of f tore ac:ession?so
may they rule the government, and dl
controlling the. finances, press out of us even a
hat little of life ami gold they have left us. o!
* - - *-?5? c?.
It is true uiai inose aggressive omi" h??ii <
ml various pretences I" h??!?* from the world u
ho ugliness of their real motives. Sometimes tf
i holy horror at their con.fraternity with the o
ibominable owners of human flesh sei7.es the a
tender consciences of these just men, who for- c
get that tiiey still carry the price, of this same
human fle?h in their pockets. Sometimes the V
loctri'ies of a sublime pK;i....?hrnpj-n^? u-ltfao *
'ageously affected?then the catch words are ^
iberty, universal liberty and equality nmong n
til mankind, High and holy tvords are these ! u
lint in their mouths are like the rushing of the o
wind through the cavities of u dead man's
iku!!?mere sound, having no concern with a
Milter brains or heart. h
Have the free negroes of the North received c
"ro:n their former masters the boon of genuine fp
iberty? Idle mockery to say so ! Their former a
nasters found it too expensive to support them ;
;o they were turned loose to support themselves, tr
\s we understand it. the pride and dignity, the fn
ralue and true characteristic of genuine liberty ti
:onsi<t irt the full, free and equal participation \v
>f the rights, privileges and immunities, social, fii
:ivil and political that pertain to the people of a <]<
slate at large. To say that thi? is the liberty c<
hey have bestowed, is to announce a fraud? w
legrading to every just idea of liberty. It pi
annot therefore lie the unmixed honest love
vhich these pseudo philanthropists pretend for a|
he negro, which drives thpin athwart the rights n<
>f their neighbors and the Constitution of their
mnntry. at
Let us not deceive ourselves, we are encom c:
inssed with dangers, and well nigh entangled tn
n the meshes of a wily adversary. Against C
is is I ho lust of power, craflv, grasping and re.
entless; which uses as its instruments the wild J.
mergy of fanaticism. This spirit of fanaticism in
< ihe spirit of aggression, rabid, reckless and cr
lestruciive?a spirit that would burn our bouses |e
n the name of philanthropy, and cut our throats fo
mm the purest benevolence. Shall we seek in
ts kind favour, or court its tender mercies? No; oi
here can lie no hope for us in concession, no h?
afety in con promise;- we must oppose to this hi
? ..ii 1: 1 t..
I'll II M# ill {' |H-| \ iiuill" 1111(1 t'UIISUIIIIIIgt U m
s energetic and unyielding.
And what, then, shall In* our course? We w
lust determine, and hold it as binding upon us II
s our religion, to risk all?life, fortune, the hi
Jnion, to preserve the sovereignty and political rii
quality of the Stales. These yielded, nothing so
rnrih preserving is left. Soon we decline into pi
rovinces, then sink info vassals. It is not up- qi
n abstract ions merely, that wc are called to th
ct. The invasions of our most important aod
onstitulsnnal rights have been palpable and i th
inumvrable?we utp now, and have been for se
longtime, practically suffering from such in- H
asions. But suppose the violation of mere ah- S<
tract principles made tip the cause ofonrgrie- is
ances, are they less to lie heeded on that ncount?
Abstract principles are of the highest sa
nportance, let unthinking babblers sneer at
iiem as they may. They arc the expression H
f truth, anil furnish us with just standards of se
etion?practical evils are always the con so- M
itence of such violations. We must stand up M
u a principle?"snuff tyranny afar off in the to
reeze"?our fathers did so, and were success- C
il. "They went to war against a preamble, B
nd fought seven years upon a mere declara- iM
on." But our grievances are real and pnlpa- W
le. Virginia has set us a worthy example? H
lie has raised our trailing standard from the sh
ust, and North Carolina stands by her side? ki
u us also tnkc our position in the line. Ct
It becomes our duty to rudest, tor your con- j.
ideration, a remedy that might be effectual, mi
tid is peaceful from necessity. Hut whether ah
bo effectual or not, to arrest the aggressions C;
f which we complain, it will surely reRult in Jo
rent benefit to the South. A system of ahso- sp
tto non.intercourse in trade and commerce SI
ith the non-slavehnjiimg States, if adored by Jo
to South, and adhered.to in the into spirii, sug: Tl
?hls to our minds, a remedy certain and pence-' TT.
il. It is necessary that wc shouW gb behind I)i
4>
%
i politicians, and address ourselres to tbn *
ople oQhe North?not bj reasoning, for tliaf
uld be absurd, but by a course of conduct
tt they can readily appreciate. Their living
pends upon the scope of their""markets; iotf"
) of the South ore their best customers.^ JWcr1*
to a great eilent, the consumer# of lliefr
inufactures and the supporter*'of fftHr"lnitl*"
d commerce. To th?np, a connection tritlf
is of great importance. If, therefore; w
ase all intercourse, sell them not a pontiff oT"
(ton, buy nothing that is made Nortn ofMarjf. ""
rd, manufacture among curse.Jrca. all ibaj tr,C .
ed, employ no vessel owned out oftbe slate"
- '--ft
Icling amirs 10 pnen our cnmrBBrcr,iH!
in# upon Choir head* a disastrous rnfficttoir^nray
?jc when they behold their
unpinfr, their factories Innotihhing, rMNNII' '*
tde crifTpIoJ?when their merchants, mectM*?-'
cs, shippers and operatives, for trail! of JwflW "
stomers, are compelled !o pief spoil ?aefc
her, it may be that their eyes w?H he 6f>f Bffl, ;
the wickedness and folly iflfo which ihejr.
vo t>pen deluded; ai?J retOmtogto ihpiriStitffl
cy shall do justice and save the Union. * VMl'
ic.thcr such bribe result or not,
m be at once adop ed, we shalf, in rase of v?.
ilure, be in better condition to wet iheimjmt
lio. ,Iu any event* wc shall Ivj^iutcr*?rhir
rchanic nrts will flovriifi amntr* 'btriVVfW^jf ^
citorios of- every description, will sfmf oftr
earns; ..or will ^ro^-fl^rtf
id our farmers >^3* fotui. . r,n^afWf"wr*imf
id all tlie world vvin be. ^rrca mi*"'' WW*'
oduec what they want andfar#1 oliffft"# *'
ive. With Paltimore, Norfolk, CBftJit sffcilf 0
ivannah, Mobile nnd XewIMetiitirjb
Is of our vast and various prodtocftoiwi
e recipients of a direct trade wi.b E.irnji?5f^.
/of our prosperity would lie at hand, atiflofc$"
arch to wealth and power, auspiciously
an this be effected? Resolution, concert^** >
ifice will be necessary?are we prepared :
ie sacrifice? This or sonjethjng. worse mt|4
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RRSOLDi'IoSs:.,
1. Resolved, That the political iirifonofiW
sites of this confederacy Is fr?iir?ft?*5t" tfyhrtttwr
pialily ; and intended to senro Hie'llb&rff M4"
eliJaro oral!. That In this view *&??$
ic union, and are prepared
ir lives and fortunes. * T **0* ""Vsv'
2. Resolved, That neithef tho fi<tfr'M# HjjKfcV3,
rnment. nor the union hare any riiatenco **t^
- pt hy virtu*', and according to lT?5i pro+i*fmHT
Fthe constitution of fire- UttitpdSfcutit ^n?m. ^
>ng continued deliberate and sy*J<mrHitH^i?fnlaon
of its provisions, hy a majority of~"th? Statfcy
r hy the federal government will sbinlnOdjfl
ther states from their obligations. jjo jtfye
impact. That beyond thft constitution, 1h?
uion if it exist* at all, must he an Dhiort'by
tree or by fraud, and the goverhm&niwfe'^f
surpatien. To such we are ready to
tir lives and fortune*.
3. Resolved, That the unprovoked FurcnifrHr
ling on the part of the non-slaveHoW?i>w9lW?%t
ml of the Federal (Tnverttment
f the slave-holding States, touching the 'hWitonon
of domestic slavery, is jl deliberate 46a
iclced violation of the ConstttaiiflH;
tmely submit to their contina<^inriww?M?f
ur rights, we cah no Jong*r-dnaw Htok
niong the free and enbghtened-peopto ofthe
4. Resoltedt That in the recent action, jif
'irginia, we recognize the conduct of
var moidtr lo Irodllio ??? ?f IwHl^ ng&ast
rants and tyranny ; and tUaf in h^rcffuffalo
laintain the liberty and equalityof?iWSMq?,
e will stand bv ber side through ererych&ngo
f fortune. , "
o. Resolved, Tint while we Rre ahTint^o
ssoei,ife, and act in 'concert frith, 'fcjf 8taf9>
aving a community of interest with wsryrfiwe
insider it the duty of Soufn CaroHi?f?s?*fci <1
or alone, to uphold Kef political equarttkfUM
State, at any and ^'veryh'sfttrrrfcejs^f .xrff* ,
fi. Resolved, That we request tbcCommif.
*es of safety mid correspondence wbiohrhftjrn
1*011 appointed hy the sevcrni-Diirtriefo ceagpc*
vely, to appoint one of their number tcvtnget
ill) others so appointed, in Colmnbia lOft^tjin #
rst Monday in May next, to consider of^pd
evise a system ol non-intercourse in.ftadft- and X
immerce with the non-aiave holding. Slates/
ith the view of recommending the sanw^jp tho
*op|e of this State. ' v^flV
7. Resolved, That a Co m rn i tt enot SbifvtyJ>o
>p?<imcu ny mis meeting, io consist 01 imy
rsnn*. ' ' '' "!
lThe Resolutions were'submitted separately
id on motion of A. P. Jones Esq. the vote on
ich was given standing. The' report ofnnm. \
ittre was ably smtained by speedtes Item
nl. Che?nuf; the Chairman, CoL Kershaw,
Wirt. M. Shannon, A. M. Kennedy ojjdT.
Warren, who spoke warmly, end eloquently
favor of the Resolutions.?tjntf earnestly te- ^
nnmended their i m m od i ale.afloption. 'nie law.
ss aggressions ol the &flrth And the confinneU
rbearance. of the South were dwell iijkjii, with
uch force and feeding, and it was shown ifiost
early that the limn was at hand for ,th.e>?Dive
tiling Stales to arouse to action?to fbm?nd
:r institutions and repel wanton assaults libon
;/* rights and privileges. 1 * "*^7
Afiar each was adopted l?y a
ilhoul a single dissenting voice, of
. Levy Esq. tlic whole Preamlile HlW^ao.
lion*, were unanimously adinpted't^etHef f>y a
sing vote; ,Upon whose-nipt ion also, it sfaft rc.
Ived that the procce'dirtjfs of the itteetfng ho
ililished in the Camden Journal, wilfi'ther re. sj
rest that all the papers in the State*, Would giro
em publication.
On motion of Col Kershaw, it waa rhmfced,
at a copy of Preamble, and .Re&olutiopi lie
nt to our immediate Representatives in the
ousp, and our Senators in Congi#w,-r*tt? our 'v
nalors and Representatives in llle St ate-Leg
lature, and to the Governorofthe ^
The following constitute ?he;C^parn^te6 of
doty and correspondence to wit; * .
Col. James Chajnut, sen. Col. jamtS'C. T
aile, Capt. W. A. Ancrum, Mnj> Jojiitjto*r,
Col. L. J, Patterson, Dr. E.. A. S$a!roond,
ai. A. fl. Rorkin. Col. Tilman L;. Dixon. C.
alheson, Dr. John Milling, Jnmes B. Cumn,
Eeq. ('apt. L. W. R. Blfcir, Cot. James
lipsnut, jr. Cnpt. Benjamin^bCoy, Mifl. D.
. Ivirkland, Mnj. John Smart. Capt. 6. Jones,
aj. John M. DeSaussure, Dr. Johp MqCaa,
'illiam B. Fletcher, Esq. Paul F. Villepig ue,
sq. Johp-'P. Knox, Esq. Col. Joseph It. Keraw,
C61. Willianf J. Taylor# Benjamin Per.
in, Esq. James Teams, Esq. Gen. James IV.
in ley, VV. B. Wa'kiii*, Esq. Capt..Charles
Shannon, James Ba*kiiirE*q. Jojbp. W0fk> **
an, Esq. CapL H. Snmmerxille, L.tL!"Wli?t?
er, Esq. Dayman Levy, Ivso. Kenrveth Mcaskill,
Esq. John S. Cunuingh"m^Esq. Dr.
soph Lee. Jesse Kilgore- Esq. fames'L*>vp,
n. Esq., Hon. T. J. Welhb:*, WftTf??n M.
lannon, Esq, Will jam E; Johnson, E.?q7 Maj.
hn D. Murray, Capt. WiHiam Kenmrdy, Cant
lotnns J. Warren, Cty.*; MvK***iy, J.
McKatrr; Tiller/E^USl. W.
rak'eiord, Capt. Wiley "KoHy, W P
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