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LE'ITER OF COL. J. S. PRESTON. Tiie following letter \v:is written in reply to an invitation to use mass meeting at Pendleton. It was addressed to "Messrs. iliiit, Sloan, Max well, Gaillard, Seaborn, 1 aylor and ?liarpe, and is dated, Slimmer Home, Sept. SJ4, 1850: ' Gentlemen: I have had tiie pleasure to receive your letter inviting me to attend a mass meeting at Pendleton, on the first day of October. 1 use no merely formal expression when I say that I do most sincerely regret my inability to join you at the time indicated. It would be most gratifying to be permitted to unite with you in council concerning the grave and fearful is-ue? now before the country. If my heart needed stirring to meet these high matters, I kno w it would la? roused by the spir it which will animate the men of the mountains. I know what that spirit is?lor I claim descent from some of those who?seveuty years ago ? rushed from the valleys and mountain sides of my native Virginia to repel tho invader from the borders of my adopted Carolina. The cause in which we are thus engaged, is not less urgent, less imperative, less sacred than that for which tliey hied at King's Mountain niiu the Cowpens. I do not believe the past history of civilized legislation furnishes a parallel of such rapid and reckless encroachment upon rights, ascertained and fixed by constitutional enactment, as that which marks the late career of the General Government It seems, literally to have torn the Cnnstituton into shreds and given it to the winds?all its powers have fallen into the hands of a party which urged on by apparent interest and real fanaticism, are driving forward their fell purposes with Titantic progress. 1 "Emerging from a feeble and despicable origin, this partv has risen and expanded until bow it not only dictates the policy of the nation, but is ready to wage war against Heaven itself. Destructive in all its principles, fern clous and fanatic in religion, UeDaucneo anu scandalous in tl e code and practice of its inorals, it is held together and strengthened by all the adhesive sympathies of blasphemy, atheism, pollution, and treason. Such as it is, it has had power to rend from us all the safe guards of the Constitution; .ind now, self-preservation, as well as decency and self-respect, leave us but one alternative, and that is, to quit thein at once and forever. Are we ready for this? I believe in South Carolina, no true patriot hesitates, and yet I believe, every inan appreciates all the dangers and all the difficulties involved in the disruption of one gover. m 'nt and the enlwilt 111in 11 nf another. If we take this step. it will be done firmly, and understanding!}* 'Hie doubting and timid will liave time to escajK*, leaving the work to those wlio are willing for it, so that when we coiue to act or suffer, there will be no faultering in our purpases. "My judgment is, that the Legislature should meet at the regular time, and at once propose to the slave holding States a convention of States, for the avowed purpose of withdrawing from the existing confederation, and settling ikgjdetnils and preparing for the contingencies ofthro^^eSrob. "Should we fail to engage OUr fetfowaulferora course, tbcfl let South Carolina alone, assume the guardian* ship of her right* and honor, the instant the most active and energetic measure can prepare her to take the steps to defend it. In the mean time it seems to nie the course adopted by the people of Richland is wise and prudent for. the whole State, that is to require every citizen now solemnly to pledge himself to sustain the constituted authorities of the -State v.hoover course they may adopt to m;ii.Haiti i'i ngi:ts and interest of the South. Our sole : !le;:i nnv is due to South Carolina; and in those times iie who acknowledges higher or even concurrent duty soould be regarded as entertaining seiitiin juts danoeroua to our riirlits. our honor and our safety. We should go forth to this smuggle in confident and unrestrained sympathy with every man who calls himself a southerner ?for it is one in which our destinies for good or evil, iu all time to come, are inevitcbly involved. " I pray you pardon my thus obtruding my opinions and feelings upon you. They may be crude and roughly expressed, hut they are the offspring of a pure devotion to the only earthly sovereign I acknowledge, the State of South Carolina. " With the tender of my sincere gratitude for the honor done me by your invitation, I am, gentlemen, respectfully and faithfully, your friend hiiu tettow-ciuzen, "Johx S. Preston." Reclamation ok Fugitives.?When our ancestors ei tered into the federal compact, they made a solemn agreement that certain rights of the South would be rt snorted and uaranteod. Without such guara- toe the Sou'.hei-Q States would never nave entered the Union. That compact became tiie law of the land, and as long as it exists, it must be be supported and adhered to by every good citizen, The duty of upholding it is as obligatory on the American people of the present day as it was 011 those of the time at which it was founded. It cannot he violated without a dissolution of the Union; and the question arises whether we are to jeopardize if not destroy not only the Union, but the happiness of the slaves themselves, by violating that law and thereby refusing to carry out the constitution, That it was necessary to pass such a hill, in order to carry out our obligations to the South, none hut fanatics will deny, and such a hill would he superfluous if the North had acted in good faith towards the South. It is useless to appeal to the constitution, therefore, to vindicate opposition to the Fugitive Slave law, for if our conduct be tested by that instrument, we are bound by every consideration to take exactly an opposite course, am' upport it t > 1 !i there ;sa"\ riou iufii :tioti on part thisiaw, liie.resui i> . i. . <>= . ' fillti tsivi.* Wl>! Wiji ' 'i. t> ? 10 a V. IV a- ui'u il'ot .! :: '< t ... ;c ' ever occasion reipnua n, an . n * whole gwarni of fanatics, and tlu-ir dupes, the colored people, will be exterminated by the guns of our military. Of this they have had an earnest in the proceedings which recently took place in the city of Detroit, where several military companies were ordered to support the & ! civil authorities iu the arrest of a fugitive slave. The same thing would take place hereof the ' occasion required it. This the colored people and the fanatical whites may rest assured of, j and so soon as they force that issue on the pub^ vi'ill n u'tip nf' ovtiirittitiiitmn ntrtiincf > the blacks be commenced, the end of which no ! one can see. This Union is not to be torn asunder by misplaced philanthropy, or the fanaticism of Seward or any demagogue like him, and the attempt will be met with an opposition of a character that perhaps such disorganizes may not dream of. If the issue of the Union or bloodshed is forced on the people, then let it come, no matter what may be the consequences. Seward may stump the .Northern States, or Mr. Van Buren may do it, or any other free soil fanatic may do it, but the constitution must and shall Ikj sustained, be ; the c -Miscqnences what they may. New York Herald. CONCILIATION ITEMS. The signs of the times indicate on the part of the Northern people of both parties, and all classes and sects. The few Whigs who scce; ded from the platform of Seward are not sus| lained by the Whig press of New York. Col. j Webb has returned to his duties, as editor of ! the New York Courier, and his first article is to rebuke the seceding Whigs who wish to read Governor Seward out of the party for ins free soil votes in the United States Senate. He regards the new convention, which is called for the 17th, at Syracuse, as a mere matter of personal hostility, entertained against him by Jno. C. Spencer and Francis Granger, whose political honesty the Courier is not willing to endorse. Another significant sign of the bad spirit ; abroad, even in religious communities, is found | in the following item: "The JJew York State Baptist Convention, | which met at Brook port on the 9th instant, Rev. Gibbon Williams in the chair, passed a series of resolutions repudiating the fugitive slave law as contrary to the spirit of the Declaration of National Independence, and opposed to the direct grants of the Constitution to every citizen, and to the law of God. And as such, they pledge themselves not voluntarily to aid, by any means whatever, in giving effectiveness to the law, for the sj>eedy repeal of which they will do everything that is in their power." We ask what inducement is offered to the people of the South to cling to a Union with such people. In all parties and religious sects, and among all classes, there are found enough of these "fanatics," to give tone to public sentiment and control the elections. Talk of Southern disunionists, when such sentiments as the above prevails. The fugitive bill will doubtless Ire repealed. It may have the effect of uniting the South, and, until this end is gained, we have little hope of seeing any signs of repentance at the North. Fellowship or union with such canting hypocrites, who set aside even tlie laws of common honesty,- is neither desirable nor safe.?South Carolinian. Virmnnc^A jmblic meeting.uf the citizens of Jefferson and adjoining counties, Va., withoujdistinctiori of party, is to he held in Charlestown, on Friday next, for the purpose of con sideling the late action of Congress on the subject of slavery, and other kindred questions. The lion. James M. Mason and the Hon. It. M. T. Hunter. U. S. Senators from Virginia, and the Hon. Richard Parker, the Retirement*. j tive from that district, are expected to bu prosI cut to address the jieople. The call is signed by some one hundred most respectable citizens, while, if it had been desired, five hundred could have been as easily obtained.?lb. Hcspmiw. of Western Virginia.?We publish to-day the proceedings of the meeting in Hampshire county, Virginia. It will be remembered that this was a meeting called at the county seat, Homney, without distinction of party. It will be seen that the meeting endorses the Nashville Convention, and resolves to send one delegate to its next meeting. The Compromise bills were repudiated; a resolution in favor of them having been voted down. The Virginians are not an excitable people. They are calm, considerate, and steadfast In the language of the first Virginia Legislative resolutions at the last session: "Virginia has taken her stand on these questions, and will be inaiutained."?Southern I'ress. Mississippi.?The Vieksburg Sentinel says: " Our space will not permit us to keep a record of all the Southern meetings in this State. YVs i have before us the proceedings of meetings in > Oktibbeha, Noxubee and Tippah. In the former tlu* resolutions were reported by a commit tee of six Whigs and three Democrats, and in all the old party lines arc alliterated. South Carolinian. Trmpoua Mutaxtuh.?Seventy-five years ago, a lew colonist*, alarmed and irritated l>y J a trilling tax on a commodity of which they required very little, became disunionists; and actually seceedod from the government under which they had been born. Now some who affect to praise the deeds of such men are found denouncing as treason, the assertion that any cause can justify secession. ? Columbia Telegraph. Man may be likened unto a wanderer in the night who carries his lantern upon his back.? Recollection illumines the road thvt is passed, but before him is impenetrable darkness. A celebrated writer on the sight says, that ; wearing veils permanently, weukens many nat: urally very good eyes, on account of the endeavours of the eye to ad just itself to the oeaseV-ss vibration of that too common article of . Ladies, then, should beware of hiding ?. . nvtty eyes and faces, with veils. From Central America.?An arrival ni . New York brings advices from Onlra! Ameri: ca to the 5th of September. Great excilemeni is said to exist in the interior of Nicaragua relativo to the treaty recently negotiated between the United States and Great Britain in regard j to the Mosquito Kingdon. " mat mwmijL CAMDEN. S. C. TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 31, 1850. Fire. About sixty bales cotton belonging to Mrs. Kenedy, of Sumter Dist., stored in the yard of II. Levy & Son, of this place, was discovered about ten o'clock this morning to be on fire. By the exertionsof the citizens and the Fire Companies it was extinguished, with the loss of about 20 bales No discovery could be made as to the origin of the fire. g-g-T* The Corresponding Secretaries of the Southern Rights Association for Kershaw have received a communication from the Hon. J. A. Woodward, stating that he cannot address his constituents at this place on the first Monday in November next, private and previous engagements calling him to Chester. At any subsequent day appointed by the Association, he will attend. Rain. On Friday and Saturday last we were favored with fine showers of rain?the weather for several weeks previous having been exceedingly dry, dustv and disagreeable. We hope the recent rains will assist the steamer Robert Martin to make her way up, our Merchants are getting very anxious to hear of her arrival at this port. 537~We have had a frost. On Sunday night, while the moon was shining softly down, and the stars with their brilliant eyes were looking on the earth, frost came, and with his cold breath breath ed upon rue beautmii Mower?, and now tney hang their fragrant petals, bright victims ot the frost-fever. We would wish that our clime was still nearer an eternal summer?where no chilling winds swept away the wannness of the sunshine, and the flowers knew no grave. But " Leave* have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north-wind's breath." But beyond dark Winter lies a beautiful Spring, and we will wait for the resurrection of the flowers. J5f"From all parts of the South we hear of Southern Rights meeting?, largely attended.? Here and there occasionally, we see " a rally for the Union," with perhans ten or twelve names at tached, callingthe meeting, which generally proves a miserable abortion. Judge Sharkey, who was offered that federal bribe, if he would desert the South, we see, has agreed to the bargain, and says he goes for submission. Let him go, poor old man! The South has lost but little, and the North gained still less. How will he be remembered in comparison with the venerable Troup? JJT The citizens of Darlington District have formed a Southern Rights Association, of which Chancellor Darga.t is President. So brother Fulton you are a Pat?well we like you a little better. Some one told us you were a yankee?that is born North ofMason and Dixon's line. We call all those yankees?we know the term was originally applied to the New England States. But we are glad to hear that you are a native of the land ofOssian and Moore. You ask, if a Northerner who favors Clay's compromise bill is an Abolitionists ? What is a Southerner who holds the same opinion? We will tell you what an Irishman who does is, a traitor to the South.? When you bring a flower from Europe and plant it here, do you not say this is an exotic flower?? Why then do you object to the term exotic yankee, or as we now have it exotic Pat. But you say, "we would just as soon be a yankee as not." Really, we expect you would?we have seen men like you before, with whom almost any change would be for the better. But a little further, you assume your "usually dignified style" and rema ks, "Mamma says ice was born in Ireland." In ti.is dignified style perhaps did Currnn speak of the ..ri.:.. ...? i... ItlllU UI 1113 I let II Yll}? UUl S?IA jri-l WiUU^Il we w,wc cannot reach that brilliant Ha^h of native thought. Relative to our self-conceit and egotism, we think you showed decidedly the largest share in calling yourselP'a stumpy little Devil"?as men generally suppose even a little Devil, and a stumpy one at that, to have some smartness attached to them, from the success they meet with. Your logic in proving our Book a Turnip, reminds me of that of two of your countrymen, walking up a hill, one in advance of the other?a limb stretched across their path?the foremost as he walked on bent it round as far as possible and then let it loose?flying back it struck his comrade and knocked him down?"Faith and he Jasus, Pat," said the fallen one, "where would it have knocked mo to, if you hadn't held it." You eav a man that makes a shoe is a shoemaker?a wagon, a wagonmaker," &c. then because you review our Book it is a Turnip. Is he who reviews a wagon, the wagouinaker? Any dunce can review a shoe, but any dunce cannot make one. Verily you are a great logician.? We called you a Turnip reviewer, for two reasons, viz: from your frequent recurrence to that plant, it seemed to be the "flower of your fancy"? and because you were i'recnalike. You imagine that we were overwhelmed at the notice you took of our boyhood effusions. No, indeed ! we considered the source. The Fice may bark at the Lion, or Etna throw its filthy bile up at the stars, but very seldom is the Lion injured, or are the bright faces of the stars tarnished. You deny the habit of vi3itingyour neighbors' turnip patches. We used to hear an old saying, when one denies before they are charged, it is a sign of guilt" I expect a pretty true one in the present case. And as for our giving lessons in that employment, it would be like Innocence teaching Deceit to lie.? You offer $500 for the meaning of the poetry you copy. When the Trustees came to visit the College, one of them, Rev. J. Dannelly, (not .Dainuly, as printed) asked us to write a piece of poetry on Long bullets and broken hearths?we did so?and wiien \vs Bay we essaypa them, we mean we wrote concerning them. You will find a standard meaning in a hook called Walker's Dictionary. Now, brother Fulton, send us the $600 quick. But we awfully fear we will have to take promises for pay. We will close by making two simple requests ? of you, viz: not to lugg in your subscribers on ?\ every occasion, and make your articles shorter and with more point. We respectfully dedicate the following lines to THE TURNIP KNIGHT. e I knew a little genius once, t Of modest, graceful mean, So very like a Turnip plant, No difference could be seen; Amative of the Emerald Isle, P The Irish 'Inter clime, He left his home and came to where g Each soul is worth a dime, i: Then farther South, where nobler souls J And nobler hearts are found, ( He came to sing the typo's tune, [ With tame submission sound. Thus'his eventful life has passed Creation's threadbare patch, '' The 7'urni/vKiiight?the Yankee Imp, e The Scotch Reviewer's match. Zeal and Energy. n TIipsp aco tpmiB nunrlv mip nmt tho cnmp thpv n "V-V ^ ?w ^...v ??; I' are important prerequisites in the success of any <1 enterprise?qualifications which must be possess- I' ed in order to succeed in the business of life. A " wise man l^as said, Hard labor overcomes all 0 things. And another remarks that, Nothing is too ^ difficult for mortal to do. We are spjaking now ^ of Zeal and Energy rightly employed and proper ly directed; these desirable qualifications may be u abundantly possessed and yet it is possible for a J, man to make but little headway towards the ad- ;i vancement of his plans and interests. It is no- i cessary that reason should accompany these,and t direct the helm. Had Columbus listened to the I advice of many of his friends, it is likely that he c never would have discovered Amerioa. And 60 with the Patriots in the early history of our Gov- * eminent, had they listened to the suggestions of ' soma in their day and time, America might still be | in chains. Had Fulton listened to the numerous }] disquisitions of learned theorists against the prac- t tical operation of steam, this valuable agent might j not now be employed as it is in so many ways to the great advantage and advancement of the in- i terests of man. 1 So in tlie every day concerns of life?*r>me there 1 are who would never build railroads or plank roads, but content themselves to follow the way ' in which their fathers walked. But things have ^ changed; this, we must recollect, is a go ahead ^ age in which we live, aild to keep pace with the ( times we too must go ahead. t 1 > Old Charleston rruhiii" tip.?We noticed on { Saturday, at the ship-yard of our enterpiising fellow-townsman, Jas. Marsh, Es<|., a new fea- j ture, for Charleston, in ship building, it is no , less than the fitting up of an engine on hoard t ,1 new steamer, ycl on the stocks, .and intended we believe, to run between this port and Cam- \ den. Steam wilt be raised on this vessel, and so soon as she reaches her destined element, < will try her power of locomotion, and test an ? engine made by our own mechanics, Cameron, | M'Dennot & Mustard. She will he a real . Southern steamer,?we therefore bid her God- t sjK-cd.?Churh si on Sun. t t Tiib Weatiirr am> Chops.?From all sec- t tions of the cotton region, we have accounts of ? continued dry weather. We have had no rain , in this region for about fifty-two days and tho planters, as well as cotton plants, seem to have s made good use of their time. The season for ] picking has been unusually fine, and the giealer portion of the crop will he saved in the very ? best of order. The accounts in regard to the , extent of the crop in Georgia are conflicting. ' All, however,agree that the yield will fall materially shoit of last year. This will be particu- , larly the case, "in the upper counties. In the s Southern and South Western counties, the pro- j spect was better, until since the storm. That, s however, injured the fibrou.? roots, and caused , i tiie plant in many instances to shed its fruit, and s take a second growth. Upon the whole, the ., prospects of the planter#, so far as the quanti- ? ty of cotton is concerned, are gloomy, The \ price, however, will amply remunerate, as we ^ liave no doubt they \\ ill receive more money for the crop than they would have done, had the j yield been twice as great as it really is. | Macon (Go.) Messenger. The Plank Road.?The tolls for the month j of September, on the 18 miles on which tolls are collected, amounted to 8*217. And for the ( month of October, thus far, they have averaged < about 810 per day. t Considerable portions of the Road, beyond ^ the 18 miles, arc finished, but not being cou- [ nected, (owing to the necessary delay in saw- , ing the lumber,) tolls cannot be charged except < on the 18 continuous miles. The whole route to Carthage is progressing rapidly, ami we hope s will soon be completed. West of Carthage, ? three steam mills will be in operation shortly. In the last Asheborough Herald we notice a t suggestion, that the road instead.of going to Salisbury should terminate at Salem. This (j would certainly be unjust to those at Salisbury, c Lexington, &c., who have subscribed to the ? Stock. We altogether approve of the alternative proposition of the Herald, that a branch Jj should be extended to Salem, We hope to see e that and many other branches made ; for instance, to Davie, Iredell, Surry, 610. n Fayettevllle Observer, fi A Negro Woman without Ears.?The ( Rev, 11. A. Ileiuon, in a letter to the London I (Va.) Chronicle, snvs: J " Strange, but not less true, I yesterday saw a colored woman without ears; not only was ti she without the auricle or the evternal part of e the ear, but there is no trace of a fonemen or passage for sonorous vibration?the meatus is nntiwlv plrtcAil vof slip P.iin nnnvprcp wift. , T others, and distinctly hear their words, for which i purpose she opens her mouth. Now, is the ! 3 sound transmitted to the brain by menus of the tympanum, or doeB it act on the auditory J nerves without the intervention of the drum and attendant organs ? This is an interesting question lor physiologist ? The woman belongs to Mr. Jus. firoaddus, near Carolioe Court House. \ mmmmmmrn . .. _j ijl? For the Journal. PUBLIC MEETING A T LANCASTER. In ahsWofto a call made through tliecolumns f the C'nttidet) Journal, a meeting of ihecitiens of Lancaster District, was held at the .oiiit House on Uie /tii ot uctotiermsL, for tne urpose of forming a Southern Rights Associa011. -'; On motion .Mr. James P. Crockett was calld to the Chair, and Win. A. Moore and M, P. Crawford were requested to act as Secretaries, On motion of Col. Dixon Barney a commit?e of nine was apjwitited by the Chair/$o preaie business for the meeting. The committee consisted of the following entlemen, viz: Col. Dl.toti Barnes, Chairman, I. B. Massey, Henry H. Oooeh, F. B. Ingre-n, ii T..Um T? iii ?? iwiuinpuini, ?riniii #w^rj/u Cunningham, G'apt. Wui. Mtilumna and Daniel Irown. The committee retireJ, and the Interim of :s absence was occupied in addresses from sev^ ral gentlemen. Mr. Williams Iteing called upon, addressedhe Chair in explanation of the objects of tfnT leeting. He commenced by explaining the* lature and purposes of the Federal Compact,nd proceeded to show that the Constitution1 iad been violated, repeatedly violated by the injust and wirked aggressions.of the Ntfr&up-" in the South ; that the sentiment of hostility to* he institution of Slavery in taO Swrth;> \yns' general and deep routed in the jteopfe <ff <iorth; that this sentiment had evinced itself, a a long and continued system of aggression ipou the institution of slavery; denouncing the list act in the long catalogue of wrong, injury aid insult in the admission of California as a aft llinm odimiQ iinil inoiiltiuir hi 11 if Sollt.ll han an undisguised passage of the VVilaiot h-oviso would have been, and showing tha* the oily mode of redress now left ns. is to lie found n secession. He then proceeded to show that he condition of the South would be greatly lmiroved by disunion from the North. Mr. Hammond being called upon, expressed i lis concurrence in the views of die first speaker, md tiis willingness to acquiesce in any measure , 0 remedy existing wrongs, that the State mny ulopt. * Mr. Cureton was called upon, but laboring inder imlisposition begged to Iks excused, siiu>lv expres ing lija determination to stand or hll by his State., Dr. R. E. VVyhe tlien a Idressed the meeting, lortraying in vivid colors the horrors that would < msue, in the event the North succeeded in their 1 ml end, the abejitiion of slavery. He made I he great question: beShre us at this ?ime, to lie me which addressed itself with equal force to 1 (very southern by showing that the evils 1 vhich would l|to<n abolition, would find heir way to t!w> hearth. of every man. Mr. .J. (?;:|}oehait then rose in a strain of impassioned elorjjUiL'uee,. spoke pointedly of tho vronire c\ ?viirl ili.i nrvtncohfir nf im. ' "iijjo wi hip a#(*<ijj any, 111*5 uvv^w#^ v?i ?? | uediate notion ott>the port of thoSottfh?. The committee then, read: their Report?the allowing { ons<9itrii'mi:: Relieving the ptuv. suggested" of fttrHiirag Southern Rights AssaointifHis in the SwUhe** States to he the U?t inenu$?f.ur<iudug the pee?le of the South to>%fVUR sengSof their danger, tnd banging about wwiOtmity of action in proeeting their righfe agniiirt the- usurpations of he Federal G overman t lijr dfesemjiuiting inurination among tho people?we, the-citizen*, if Lancaster DisTi do hereb?>jwguitize ourielves into an As.-oci?r.i>e for such a purpose,. vitli the following Constitution: A: tide 1st.?T e name of this Association hail be tl e Southern Rights Association of Lancaster District. Art 2nd. its officers shall - lie a President,, wo Vice Presidents, two Recording Seeretaies, two Corresponding Secretaries and a. Treasurer, to be chosen annually. . Art. 3rd. The Association .?J?alI appoint .-uw i iubH)' a Council of safety totoosist of five per- j ;ons for Lancaster village, and four for eaclu * lent Company in ti?e I)istii<d, whose duty it , iliall be to take into coin-Meration all conunulicutions connected with the objects of tlie Association, to call extra meetings id" the. Assm-ii ition, whenever five of tlieir number shall >v|uest ti e President so to tjoj the President and f ice Presidents shall bee.\-0fficio members of he Council. Art. 4th. The Association shall meet regitarly oij the first Monday in January, April, Ju-i? lalfl OolrtViAe Art 54b. Every citizen of the District may K-come a member of the Association .by siguing, hese rules. Art. Ctli, The Association shall continue in 'xistonce, and |>orscvere in its-efforts until tlio State icsuiue the powers heretofore delegated1 o tlie United States forspecial porposes, or the vrongs we have suffered and.are likely to sutFer,. to .fully redressed, and to this eutL.we pledge jurselves to suppoit any, measure, of redress south Carolina may adopt Mr. S. H. Massey, from the minority then1 iiibmitted the following resolution as expres- live of their views: Whereas, the Union hns tailed to accomplish he ends for which it was established, ftewfrer/, lliat we are ready, willing, and feel it to be our luty to. withdraw from if, and tlyit we pledge mrculvpo tn Rilnnort JIllV lllPllinra nf i>.ii{r<iu ?outh Carolina may ndopt. On motion of J. YV. Cook, Rrtolved, That >oth the majority and minority reports bo pnssd. , On motion of CoL Dixon Barnes, the chairnan appointed the following/Committee on Ulcers: Col. Dixon Barnes, John M. Doby, Wm. C."unningham, James H. Witherspaon, Dr. R.. 2. Wvlie, Henry H. Gooch, J. D. Mcllwair,, ohn Foster, James Robinson. On motion, tho meeting stood adjoin* ed an il the 15th inst,, when t^e Committee on Gffi ers submitted the following report: President?Dr. R. E. Wvlie. Vice Presidents?J. M. Doby and Col. T. P. lallard. Recording Secretaries?Wm. A, Moore and f. P. Crawford. Corresponding Secretaries?J. Williams and. ames H. Witherapoon.. Treasurer?J. D. Mcllwain. COUNCIL OF SAFETY. Lancaster village?S. B. Mnssey, Geo Me. Vithersppon, A. C. Dunlap. M. Ciiuton. t.