The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, November 19, 1850, Image 2
THE PRICE OF ANT OPINION.
In a cool night in November, in the year '
18*5, x rr.a- inrcloped in a cloak, rapped at j
the door o! or e of the most distinguished advo- I
rates in Pa: i tie was quickly shown into the
chamber of the learned lawyer.
"$r," sail he placing upon the table a large
parcel of papers, "1 nrn rich: but the suit that
has been instituted against me to-day will entirely
iuin me. At my age, a fortune is not to j
be rebuilt; so that the loss of my suit will con- j
-demn me forever to the most frightful misery ;
^ I come to ask the ask of your talents. Here j
are the papers; as to the facts, I will, if you j
please, expose tliem cleativ to you."
Theadvocate listened attentively to the strau- j
ger; then opened the parcel, examined nil the
papers it contained, and said, "i>ir, the action
laid against you is founded in justice and morality.
Unfortunately, in spite of the.adniira**
"* '* - !..**? <lonc not ;;J.
ble pertecuon 01 our cout- J, inn ... ? ?
ways accord with justice, and lie re the law is
for you. If. the.vfore, you rest strictly upon
the law. and avail yourself u ithuut exception
of all the means in your favor; if above all,
these mear.? are exposed wi.h clearness n:ul
force, you will infallibly train this suit, and nobody
can afterwards dispute that fortune which
you fear to lose "
"Nobody in the world," replied the client,
"is so competent to do this business as yourself.
Au opinion drawn up .in this sense and
signed by you would render me iuvul ieruble.
I am bold enough to nope mat yuu ?m n> ?< infuse
it to ti 10."
The skilful advocate reflected for some momeats,
and taking up again the papers which
he had pushed away with an abruptness p'collar
to him. said that iie would draw optlieopiiiion,
and that it should lie fnisheJ the following
day at the same noar.
'Hie client was punctual to Id a; jioi.;? ..cr,1.
The advocate predated '.hn with too ?; i : >?,
and without taking the tro i' lc to r? !y to the
thanks with which the oik"- ov-rvi el i i<:
said to hi n ru My :
"Here is the opinio.i ; tije.v U an judge, w.-.o
after haviug seen that, will condemn yen.?
Give nic 3,000 francs 1"
The client was struck dun1.!) and motianlesi
with surprise.
- ? ?t.
'* 1 ou are fee to Keep your nwey, o..iu i.;
'* : ,;u to t.viHV ;s;v opinion h tlx
:r vrv.-":.i jc, he a(lv;in.\.?i toward ti:e <'i)i;n
lH'V hot ti.e uiiiv.r 3tOji en l.it.j, m o--!Yi
that he w.n:t<i pay the sum ?i nmided, het t.
tie had only !i:>!,' of it with hi n.
Hedrew, in ha**, (Von: i.ii yov'io? hoo' '50'
iV.'iic'. in hank noti'-. i i.e advocate witi, <>:
hi.nii took the note, mui with the utiwr tnr:-\
tee opinion into the .hawer.
"But," said tiie client, "I r.m g'.ing if yo
please to give you my note for the remainder.
"1 want moi ey. Bring me 15C0 more franc
or you shall not have one line,"
There was no remedy, and the 3,0(50 franc
- j . I...- . i.:,rta?ir,
were JJaiQ liUt Hie UJH3IM, iV lT>uiijs;r I""'.-"! >
being 60 jillnged, hastened to circulate 'hisac
ecdote. !t got intoth? papers, and for a lor'
night there whs a deluge of witticisms of u
kinds upon the disinterestedness of the grei
advocate. Those who did not laugh at it, sai
it was deplorable that a man of. such n.? r
should he tainted with a vice so degrading ?
avaiice. liv-i; Lis hiei.ds wine n.ovcd 1\ i
and .-."Mi'- went so far as to remoiisirnl
mix ii v Sti.Upggig his ShoiiTIefs". a id tht'ii, .1
even li i: g is onir kly forget at Paris, peoj I
soon ceased to ta'k of this
I en war., hr.J passed. One day the Com
ol Cessation, i.j i:s reu r'.n,- \v..s dc-C( iu!i:i
fhr> Cti-r.i ni'Pnltnit /.;* !.? ,
at a public ceremony. Ail ;ii o:."" :i feinal
darts from the crowd throws hers*. If at lite fee
o; the procurear genejv.l, tin- end of hi
robe, and pusses it to her lips, The wntna
was looked upon as deranged, ai:d tlfey try t
drag her away.
'Oh, leave me alone, leave me alone," si;
cries, "I recognise him?it is he. inv pre-erver
Thanks to him, 1 have been able to b.ing Uj
my large family. Thanks to him niv "hi am
is happy. Oh, .you do not know me. On
day?1 was unhappy then?! was advised l<
briiig-an action against a distant relation of tnj
last liusboid, who liad possessed, hiiiis-.-l: of.
rUi .heritage that ought to have come to nn
children. Already 1 had sold half my goods t.
begin the action, when, one evening, 1 saw en
tor my house a gentleman, who said totre, "?h
not go to law; reason and morality arc for yon
uui use taw is against van. iveep tne littl.' yoi
have, and add it tit these Innes, whie!
are truly yours,' I remained speechless with snr
prise. When I would have spoken and thank
ed him he had disappeared; hut the bag of mo
ney was there, upon the* table, the contemn.e<
of that generous man was engraved apon m\
heart, nevei to he erased. Well, this man?
this preserver of my family?is here! Let tin
thank him before Hod ami before men 1"
'1 he court had stopped. The pmeuieur yen
eral appeared moved, hut conquering his ?mio
tions he said:
' Take away this good woman, and ftk? ea t.
thai no hartti cotues to her. 1 don't t. i ik sin
is quite right in her mind."
He was mistaken ; the poor woman was 1101
mad?only she remembered, and a!. Lupin!.ad
forgotten.
Mttxicnf the Pacific.?No one cm h-i i Mo
tercy a single night without being startled
awed by the deep, sob ran crashes of trie sui t as
it breaks along the shore, There is no continuous
roar of the plunging waves, as we hear on
the Atlantic sea board ; the slow, regular swells
?quick pulsations of the great Pacific's heart
?roll inward in unbroken lines, and tall with
single grand crashes w ith intervals of dead >i
?v between, i'hev may be heard t.'.toiigh
t..e day, if one listens, like a solemn node i n.
to all the shallow noises of the town; hut : t
H'idnjgl t when all else are "till, those -iiece
sive shocks tail upon tiie ear with a sojpatinu
of niexpresuble soleuinity. All the air, from
tlie pine forests to the sea, is fiil d with a liglit
tremor, and the intermitting beats of sound are
srong enough t? jar a delicate ear. Their constant
repetition at Inst produces a fe? ling something
U e terror. A spirit worn and weakened
tjy some scathing sorrow, could scarcely
Jbear the rwerber^Uoiu? TayLr's t'olifornvu
From the Fajetteville Observer.
THE INFLUENCE OF PLANK ROADS, j
That it not the Stockholder# in works of
Internal Improvement who reap the only benefit,
or the greatest hinoutit of benefit, from
the construction of such works, has often been
tnatmhst; but perhaps never more than by a
fact which has come fo light within a few days.
A gentleman in this county some time ago offered
to sell a tract of pine Land for 25 cents
per acre. The gentleman in this town to whom
it was offered, refused, lb purchase. The land
was too far from towi) and from any navigable
stream, to make it valuable at that time for either
timber or turpentine, and it was worth but
little for any other purpose. Well in process
| o: time the Plank Load was located through
' the land. A gentleman from one of the lower
counties came here to purchase turpentine, land
on die Road, ami was advised by die gentle
man who had had the offer of this tract to call
on the owner. He did so, and the first offer lie
made was two dollars and a half per acre! ilis
, next offer was three dollars per acre, for land
which eoul 1 not he soli for 25 cents until the
Plank Itf.ad was built. The owner uuhesitatnioly
TcjceUai tioth offc--.
:\fi?v ine owner oft ii.: land is not, we believe
. a subscriber to {'j? nne^mt of a single dollar to
this work, lie has "nad fin tune buckled o i
; liis hack,' without any agency of his own. ?
And we doubt not iiulwuii teis jdace anil l^aiii*
bur) there wiii he lotion. in less than five years,
hundreds of persons whose posses -ion s will oj
largely increased in value with as little r.ye'.irv
of their own. Vv'ho eau donht that tint a^erit
:te W".*iiiIt of the Stat- will he iiiereast-i do
? ?? < t niu l!:" wiioie curt of the rc.n:, b\
tiie increased valae of real estate aloise, t.? ; a_>
an'! ins* df i.e:.e.:?'j o. pi ininrlioi;, and et'.vj:
i-- transportation ? ?c shall not be Fiirpriaw
, ; . find that ad ' t..v next a??e. s a ut oi rea
: . .
i I i ' i , i" . si ii* i.ivesl'.K*. t eve:; !r
> toe increase;. anion..; o; ; ixes eou.sc.rieut on ai
, i ;* v.-Ju nil i o{ le d eti.ttc.
?Vii; -a . ? a i.-.el r.s t ie above open ti:
, w h S'nd ntl.i.'ts between this and Ceil
.(...I. !i!w! Is.-11'. f-.'i ti,I< :i; .i
i'::l ij , to a view of their owe. interest
* i :,viv i not a man on either lino, owning oil;
. newes of land, who might not give t?> t;i
* construction of the eouteinj;l:;t,.?l Plank Road
u in those directions, a : .! yet ho hotter oii'tha
1 lie is now. IJow much more t um should he h
* i willing to tnl.e stock, u iri; will not. only seen.
J til-.- i:. reused v;.luo ui" ui> i was, hat Mel
ii idettds also
A MiS-h-STPl Llit.lISL.VTt)IL
> < !-, U':? < Mi si-d/ni i/'j
' :-!u.-urehas ! i I * letter ?<? l.is con.e.ilaeo!
x log !d> .Lu - I ri l 'tio i to the nnv.sur
'J t u.ri :f t.:d e.\tr.\ ses.-ion shortly to he :: !
Alter reviewing the aggression on too c.>utl
s ; l,e concludes as follows:
j " 'J'he question recurs, what are we to d
- i r i i? i r,f ,i,w!.'! t
o i U41 IMH n?iUVV V. x, . ...
>f I adopted by the State oi N!U>.is;i;.i,:. i> '
l- . is one position, Hpo-i lata sub.ecT. ' It'
t-i take mul suppoit to the lull er-oW o? / !
11 j bie ability: and that is tiiis: *Ve t
it i pnrt of the new t>' iitu.-v. V?\
U ! it upon the prioe; 1 s ?? -:?ee x;;;;
! am i't i,tv (?11. :r. i t;u " i " ' <"
is i it may i i nion.-y or { ;?.? "
t, | niteiv enliun now |. iim.i .i
!C i '.~i ^i-iVrt'oy 1U *l:T?.i-ij;:?TVi-:iiio;: wort:. t.-.iki'
is I about. V.'o have hem c??n>j>roiui^i:it; n^ai;;
le 1ourselves for s twenty years. Let as now i>.
I eompromi: . in our favor or dissolve co-oar
i't: Rtrthip. This is the time for action. ifeuiu
| ci ilions of oar neighbors, viiiitir.uion of eat:
it j ulnar's motives, are out of [.'lace.
<' j ' I am for prompt, enorjr.lie, decisive actio:
t' Ami in my opinion such action is attainable oi
s I lv in one way. The Southern .States shoi.l
n j meet in a convention (properly or^ani-.-ii, an
0 I sustained by the autho-iiv of enct: ) an
J demand ju a compromise an o?|n:;l parti.ipatio
t' : in the enjoyment of the now territory at leas
'! i np to thirty-six thirty. If litis br not concede
p 1 am for revolution, i do not mean that me mm
? i eujpiire in an exterminating war with the Vai
e ! kees, but that.there should li -'.eh a change i
1 I our (iovcrnmeiif. machinery :ts will i i-ure to la
t people of tito South justice, eminhfy ami pr?
? i leeti-m. Such being my views, ! i::;i ready i
> j :?cl. Wiien therefore the Legislature convene!
? | i expect to he in my place. Ami I expect t
favor any practical measure tii.it t tlii.ik \vi
> result in the permanent ndju.-tnieiit uftiie?e pet
. ! plexing uilKoultios, ami at the rami- time seem
s to tic.' South protection ami snfet v. I .-hall ai
i i tempt to act piuiienily, n ri-liug all tiie impu!
j ses of pas-ion ui'i! ex< itemcut. S have a livi l
| responsibility that re-U> upon me. i would d
- I notoiii!; wrong wilfully ; but toy uuty I am re
I .solved to do, though "the Heavens fall."
Mopfi.vrto\* if North Cauouna.?Th
' population of New hern, \. C., i- 4,S-1S, an in
; crease of 1 ,-*123 since 1N4(>. Ncwb.-rn i-ri?
. second town in size in the State. tVihniugiu.
. j lias a p", u1 11 of 7.10!). {-'..yctlcviiie ha
i sou ew.u'ie ; bout*..700. Vv .irreuton ' a j l,lt?
1 ol u ich (iOi! are s laves. ()i counties. (mil fun
i has HUH I ill,alii; .ut with a dec; a-.- <a i
! in t . wfiites .-i ice 1M0, though an i c case ?
; 1 o?i lav s ud ./? i. e colored persons, (.'am
I (i-.'.i i' .a iy i-..s u.U 4i? inlnJiitait?incrca*
.'iM? ( artri*! t, 7,001?incriMM* ili. .Mae
IV. t'.'-S--i'?iM-ase l.UVl. The Old Norn
m.i,. ia in*.- a show lor progress
, .M\i]|im:ky k"i< Wamiinu Distir.s.?*i'in
I Scientific. American says that a Mi. Joel liough
j ton, of Ogden, .Now 1 oik, liaa invented a ma
i j (. liiue for washing dishes, so as "to ?ave tin- wo
' men folks a ileal of trouble." The ilishes art
i placed in a rack, and set upright, when it i>
i carried to a vessel containing water and a little
i soap, and by turning a crank, the dishes on tin
| rack are w.dried in great style to remove al
; the dirt. I he unclean water is then drawn off
! and replaced by clean boiling water, and the
j crank again tuna i a few seconds. The dtshct
aie then clean, andean remain in the rack,
| which obviates tin' ii peated bundling of dishes
l\<r ili>' i-'irr / r i ? The Nov hern (N C.]
! Reporter st .tes that the vess.l builders ami
; merchants ofl>. aufoit arefittingout.il! the small
vessels belonging to that place lor t ic tico toi-i
iu South Carolina and Georgia?the planters
MMBjam mammgaagoi irera-nrr vrax n-rmtantu
in those States liavhig determined r,ot to'employ
Northern coant cr3. 'J'ho Beaufort folkr,
are the first to take advantage ot' the feeling
against the North.
THE UNION OF THE .SOUTH.
A Congress of the Federal Government on
their rights appeals to be the most feasible
plan of obtaining concentrated and authoritative
action in relation to the future policy of
! the South, the most expedient remedies, and
: the mode and time of applying those remedies.
; A calm survey of the past, and, judging from
that, a glance at the future, filings us to the
conclusion that a political Reparation of the
two sections of the Confederacy i.- a mere qui*-:
tion of lime, the act itself being now geneinlly
; ndirdtiL'd to lie. ijiiuumlv soenkimr. inevitable.
I Those who talk so y about "South
i Carolina abstractions," wiil mrnvovcr ii:id, it'
' we arc* not greatly deceived by the signs of tii'o
i times, that a severance of the Union will not ha
! long even a question of time. Spasmodic
: forts to prevent it will cease when the 1 dry of
' the storm of fanaticism \>. ili have reached its
: wildest in tensity?a point lo \v..ir!i every oh'
server may sc.- it is rapidly hastening. V/hen
controls the ballot b<?x, any sickly pi cits of
1 i conservatism which may have th;;s far with1
stood the blight, will speedily wither a:iJ wilt
before ir.
Sen-lor [J:.tier, .Mr. Wallace, am! others of
. ; our public men have recommended, ::s tti?*
eiiifient mode tor concentrated actio::, a s nthem
Congress, whose members; coming from
'he people, and eh'tned with theciii i d .;a!'i"r.
' ' itv oftii-.1respective sovereignties. v\ oul'i ; !>!'<
pi red to '/< '. i!, oo liii? ;s.->e, aiiinee o! svavi a
' body, it w tS doomed expedient to make yet anr
other effort to save the t.wiutevcr aiti
III ;tum ti'.ey >? <?!.! I present i" the t'edcij if Ui!
rr.t>:: tv ed.! .1i.. I... '.I.-ever. if. oa
11 lii/ ol'.tit haa.l, i:: tat* i iei-veal? ;i ; .e
I ay r**''i i >as of t.,o .v >' :*! i ,.- ; !, Sid i;:!.l
iv i:!eivu ultv !y ;.">* ! ' any ;Vt t? secure
- 'i isi.t jitiity for I i?' i.ior -a -tv . >.* fat:ir??,
! {'ie orgJiTii :..,! >:i .1 a ile ...lie wotii i
; have iivoii jjr.rti lily cm laianeej, ami on; svjm
ini^'it t?;? roi;!i.';l of any violence waicii
J j might result from precipitate action. Then
l*: a rv oar views, lots:; Mitvrt.ii km i .\aJ ;Ye?j?e:itiv
?'expressed, we shall watch with in tens*
II | anxiety the action of tin* Nashiill" hi:H iieor
" | ilia Coa/v itions of the >Ji sisiippi i?eg:s
ill.) re, i I fae c>nii:'!ent e\;:eet:i:i.>:i t i.it sum
h such Co.iyiess or li.iiv :nr.a.>: i/X i Uonveiitio.
v. iil be vro oaivtuivd :?y thnn o!. soui.jrn
| Liiioij .rill the.) he oiP.cijn.?S i:i'i ;/<
!- | The honorable J-fr*. rsni: Ll:i
vis addressed sonic vix hundred of the ciii/.'j.i
- j of \ieksburg on Vv'u'.lueiihty last, lie vin.li
' j c.ited his ; osition i-i the Senate ;tl>]y ?'";d - 'id
'?, . ii'loriiv, ami proseMed soa.v oi the pretend'a
' - ? - : I
| ini'KUS >?i ; ' . . ' ?.? ?
i? ' I- J; r, : i . . :',v? inborn o
!r. i : i'wi'.vr iril'ouod
i i' ' , ; !i;jV' t .! '!; ! !' ! iJ'
B* j pi fjpio tin? <rue r tts ul i*.h lb North am
: ?rc i# eoti<N.,rt?.,d v ? kcd effort makin
it..-, i] r ;' , ' r ; : ; IV sltll* V?0.
V. .'.I 0 ti'.'SffV ? !!<*? ?% , at I t lite 4PKMO
' \nl?newas -
j'M r^oiiiiH'tii l... ! C i> i""\
hirjh ;,? tin n . ?1' v if.-si .
! ii?-i? :!is;s fix* trtso }?:;f i !:? ! .?!<:
i \v >n mnvtd liv .i.j ardent attacl.riti :i 1?> :L
l* ! (.VnstitctiiMi as it h, ?*::?! not ii wtr.iM i?
v ! made, should er.lL'i.l.'ii t'v | eo< w..<> ii*i\
:: : IkOd L'd into oir<?r and ikvKOxl upon inrittc1.*
! tOL'ci.i i^' dicctly the i.if>'<ziity ??i" tlie ties.
' i S :nt..r I.htvir. vi',1 xi.it several of the n;^*
' i jiojialoas and enlightened coali"* i:i >*i-r i it,
d i pi, with a m'xx ! ? ronv.'l: ;
j eaie.iLiU'd to u ; so much ijisc' i.-f.
' , Louisinr,ti Cuiirii r.
! .mori: scumjssion' 'i'.'trvoKB.?'Ti.e floor
: gia snhntisMo-i papers are nvkinrr coni:i?'eniM
I over a letter received from President I iii
1- | # i t
t) more, <"<! u!.idi we find the !?.l!ow arcnun
0 ; in a despatch from Macon to the Augusta ."Sen
' ! tinei:
'1 " M aco\. Nov. I 1
* ! "A long letter lias heon n ocivttl hy Dr. Ko
?! Iicrt Collins, of this city, from President 1 ill
'' i mote. ia which lu- i;itvs th-' fugitive slave lav
'* shall be executed to (lie letter; ami, ifnecrssi
l* : ry, ail the forces ::t !;i-- di-po-,1 shall he its. i
j for that purpose. If officers luil to do their do
! : tv, says tire President, they shall ho dismissei
V | ami lndd liahle for damages.
'-'i he letter is entire ly satisfactory, and wil
- ! he i:nmeiii.ti ly | in a a extra."
I Of c?.ur e, every one u ili nndeistanci thattl;?
1 object of this hoa.-ted letter Irvun President l ill
'' more is to aid ids political friends in the pond"
: i:g election tor d legates to the iState Convert.
'' iion. ii .? j ledges the Army and Navy, for1
sooth 1 for the execution of the fugitive law; :mr
3 j what is tiiiit hut an admission that tlie peopli
i _r.. v .;
Ol t!!f ;,rr cv.Tywi.eiC Up I!! .'inn? Ug"Hits!
j i' ? iStioli i> ndiniinti-Jy the fact, suit! in spite
o t!?->e |n<iiij <Mi. jno fugitives atv sv'
s oreil, j'sui no !" ?>nl!;? ;ii 111:111 crosses .Mason
iii.d i ixou's line jo riai'(0>r lii> pioperty, \vis!i.
out the eeitai::ty ol Ling mobbed, and li
* of In i :g killed. 'I lie *etliT.*?! <?
1 } ment- is not only powerless in executing the
i laws of lite I nif.'tl Males against the sentiment
of the .Northern people, lint i; i> absolutely con'
| lemplible in the sl.nliiing pretences of doing so
" : with which if is now attempting to amuse the
' I .South.?Charleston Mercury.
1! Nr.w Voi:k W"nitjckiiy:?The Syracus Jour5
I nal o' Salurdav last, published in a conspicuous
'! manner in its columns the proceedings of a
'; nullification meeting recently held at Skanea'
i teles, from which the following paragraph is
' { an extract:
!! " L)i\ Kcnedict, of Slraneateles, 0 He red the
5 following resolution, which was adopted with
1 but one dissenting voice :
" Rr sol red, That the infamous hill known
ms the Fugitive Slave Law, is a disgrace to the
) drunken rowdi'-s ..!, > pa.-;?di? - to the miseral
!>! : . i . a 1 a-'.-i !i i'l : Iv ha.J the opportunity
i >"d wi.'i be a f :. .i disgrace to
:i nii. wii: inicreul pro1
\u: u.> t . ho carried i.ito execution."
THE J0U3MAH |
CAMDEN. S. C.
TUESDAY EYENiNC. NOYEJIIER if, 18S'.
Southern Rights Association.
! A meeting" will he hold on Saturday next r.t the
Court House in Camden, at one o'clock, at which
tiuiif the Hon. J. A. Vvoodwnrd will address the
Association and the citizens of this District. Seats
will be provided for the accommodation of the Ladies,
and it is earnestly hoped that they will atj
tend. The flowing gentlemen will p.V?#e act as
; a C<icn:i\i;:ee of Arrangements:
1 Gen. J. W. Can toy, Wm 51. Shaniton.esq.. Jno.
' I'inl/ii' ii* ilr .1 A Y<i"l?<fr .f/is. VV Tl.il.*> ui.i
JOHN CANTEV, iwJ
Mr. Woodward
Wi'i! certainly address <uv < i'izens on Saturday
' nr-M. Wears confident there v- iii b-> no mi/'ake
this time, and we hope al! who can will tmesd t'.?
th occasion will bo a:: interest! ic one. Mr. Woodward
is an al.'e speaker, a true Southron, aiid :hi
m.lhi'Ciiii g ridvocr.te of Sooihern Kkhs.
The Lcrrr-locited-For ccme at last.
The steam.-r Robert Martin i* in, t <i doubt to
, the joy and inexpressible delRhi of many of our
citizens. 'J l.o lone delay of this boat was ozuasi.
i:ed by t!ii- e;:ofediny!y low state of our River,
perhaps the most uncertain of r.!l l.avitrrJde
?tr; ziiis in it..' State.
The Y/e:;'.berries
at last heroine ccid. Sundr.y !ct rwr.s the
voidest d ty :Ii:-i we have had this faii.
Catalan 3var.cu P.. R.
I: will seen i'r-.-ni :h? advertisement it: tvd\v's
1 r-.p;t t!mt j-Hwivrs v.i;h iL>h: u;.^ap, vi!l :*
. ! ucro-' ihf Trestle Work, and r.-^ular
. v.ili i>i'[)t up between C'iii(i(isi:, (.* >
1 iii'isb;;; at.J (.'hiiriestrn.
i Cur Sicta Legislature
Will meet tin ?.!ornir.y hex!, and never pihape
Ins that body nt a>iy previont-Ft-rsicn had a? much
; imp irl in! busi'i-j s to do as will be presetted at
this meeting. A Gavw::' t is tola* eii'cted.risb a
Jud<_'.- ef "In I<r \v (,':;ur: and a Clint.c ?ilor: i S-av
t-emtv, varivtts o'herouice? -f n iecal nitre
l
( are !o be l .n-j i>y the remesentaliu-s cl tie peoTh*
'jvrsti >n of Sonih- rn Rights will w doubt
. occupy a ; ."eminent j>!;:re in the picture, u:d we
.5 ! ipe that me t ur? ? will be adopted at this pssior,
- r.n.rar.,!ni v to .V'nfn SfirMfllllfr. nlclll' Tl.l] >![!
p;p handed, if none others wii! wbe ! iiitoii***v?
' Y\Y are eeceseioniistp p'.r se. We rl-jry in .?:r ji
-:i.*n.-md ue don't care who knows it. W ask
' who i.- not? Are there any v.!in are s?till\vii!injc
to submit to oim rat e.- and in nils which .re too
rrinvetis !C he borne 7 We ask.
>v'iii ! ill! a coward's grave,
Y. | ? .-?;:!.! b? :t nokthiirn slave,
Tir* wo .r *>f rn"riv
Fr*:e Ive^.-ccs.
'* y ill-* prnvi-ian ought, an t vi* 1 pewili he
r t? ... f??; :a!'.r?\ f r ';*'?j.'i/ ?r? of
ri v.- c .-* ! : j-? f.ani> who *i-j? si our srn.ihenlownH
ne.rl ( :';<. in si: !. qua' i:=i?*-. It is If"h lino that
; r- ?< f tn < v. ry nimun v. hi' will atfeCt otr po!i?,.
i nl i:;tf. i\.-l ai d ex! -tencr. This class ot . tcple,
?? -...h:: ;i v. exception11. : re tl.r ir o-t dangerous and
e r.i.srmYvoits -jI <i!i the idlers aini ran rentsv hi-'li
= am nit id in Mich abundance in r nr midst. Semi
tln ni ovt ry one to 'heir -vmpv.hi.-intr Northern
1 brethren; let tlio??? "hie'iier law" Sewardics and
i; ; v:rii-.'s take cars of:!.em. When ihi- dune
!;, l!ie. ? M pu'ii.p nne evi il pkilanlhr'] isi." and
tl'.p aboli.bn of abject irhii-slav; ry is accenj iisiiri!
hv timet* "hollow hearted s\vii.dlert> of abor,"
.. then v e in .y pos.-ih!y begin to think there issome
? sincerity anions this miserable e'ass of" Formal
n Tii.-.-. v. "\\ int.tug M;i!aRi?'irtand 'Fiacli?
^1 Atheists" T!ii? free ;ts a cki*, are
' *!i?? most mi-erable set of rr.-a'tiris upon earth;
" having llii' riphiff proper'} in *.ur midst, lesidts
enjoying many pri\ilrirt-s? which our: laws da not
have, tlii-y postthe means of corrupting and
do corrupt ami destroy in a morn I and phjsicrl
sense, the actual value of that species of property
which is the oinee and cause of so much strile
j in the Federal Govoroinc: t. and which is ihclv
to involve n> in a .-?'coi.d Revolution; if. us .hen
J rt nn.vc from our rv.:.!.-t at! classes cf tviis vl.ich
are tike'y to cb. truct our progress cr hinder i i any
I shape or form ot:r Southern Rights movements.
Ii is not w .>rtli our while natr io miner inciter-; let
! us look to ourselves and prepare for all ctnuycn'
ci'-s, for to ?t:, oit not to ek, is now ji;r. ijwes
i TI?N'
New Paper at Washington.
A new daily paper is about being established at
, Washington, to I* called tleCoi.stliiiJi.il:. It is
, intended, it is said, to be the organ of the (Jrtal
Union Party of the Unite 1 b ates.
HtS^Hon. J. U. Peltigru of Charleston has ac,
cvpied the appointment of United States District
..ttarni v tt-i.ilarni hiin In- President Pilmore.
Mr. Calhcuu'8 Statue.
j The Evening New a says: Thi> piece of eculp,
tore is now partially open tin inspection at the
j <itv Hall. The face gives the hest expression of
| Mr. Calhoun's features that we have seen oflitV:
size. The left arm, and that portion of the scroll
: which had "truth ami justice," is broken, leaving
' the part with "the ( onstitution" entire. It was a
i line remark of a spectator, Mr. If******, this nio;
menf, that "truth and justice had been taken Irom
us, and nothing was left but the Constitution.'*?
! We answered that "truth and justice taken from a
' Constitution leaves it worthless." The South will
j discard the violated Constitution, and establish anj
other Irom which truth and justice shall bo insol
parable.
i Mrssrs. Editors: In our last letter, we recommended
to the Southern people the propriety
of immediate action. \V e did not state
fully the course wp think tlio Southern States
should pursue. Srcesxion is our motto. We
I can see something in it which is cheering to the
i Southern people. We lmvc everything to g>\in I
? 1
hv secession, and no'hing to lose. But subniiasionif-ts
may ask, w ill we not lose the Union i
bv socesbion, and d:sconnect ourselves from the
Northern States, thereby destroying ourpolitical
influence in tl.e eyes of the world ? To
these questions,, we answer in the negative.?
The Union it in lias no magic sounds in our
ears ; it is a union of fraud, hardly equaled and
not surpassed in the history of nations.
The North may cling to the Union, for it if
| a machine in their bands to till their factories
| and cities with southern treasures, or in other
j words, which would he southern treasures if wc
i secede from the Union. The staple productions
of the southern States is alone capable of giv
I ir.g us an eminent, political standing in the e; J
; oftSiC v. ojIu, whirl; the Noith uoes and n>. t
loreseo.
i Au? v. h v should wc fei;i \ with them ? Tiuy
have losi liui vast of the American pcjjih:.? ?
Con! 1 our revolutionary sired, tiles'-: \vi u had
a hand in framing this government, awake out
of their lyr.g ;-l :e;>, and see'fora whii..* i c? mob
. the iiiiialical proceedings o< : to \..tbem
I people i: open violation nfihe 1 /? fd 'laud
\ and the constitution which they i, Sg f'-tir.,
they would aurry awav to trie v. < ? . of .. bill.
i not r;;i;li.Ui lo dtteii u-<.</uc a ; "!
.... ?
i lost their prist!..c IV-vlisigh nail . at .
| submerged themselves in m
! robbery and every thin" which i- calculated t.
debase a people which should lie , - ,.vro?g, I'rv
and intelligent. Should we be pa. bier-. ofsm it
| pec.;!" ain longer ? V> e iiojie not. We trie. l
l dissolve litis ciijiaitnership (tor such it is a. d
' : .ohing else) once and act for ourselves
; .dt.i.e. and .done r.-ceive ail rfnf profits and advantages
of our industry, staple productions,.111.1
c.iivalry. And by ao doing we will uofuiiIv
able to let Texa s have ten millions.ot dollars
1 for i:.*r territory, lor i:' we remain in tin* Union i
! ::s i: is, too ^Southern .Sfates \>iil have nearly
i t'.vc.-l'uirds ii, not quite; of t..:s money to raise,
i and ifslie 'i ts to raise of this let! millions, six ,
; millions six hundred and sixty six thousand six *
; ha..dtedantl Mxtysix dollars and sixty six cents,
and get nothing in return, we can sec- no objection*
in her raising the balance of the ten
millions which is ?>3,333,333 33, and receive
all the tcrritoiv v.hich Texas has to cede away
i for this Money.
j There areother v.< ighty reasons which should
: ])roi;;ji{ the riouth to immediate .Secession, The
j vi?ws, feelings and interests of the -Northern
i peopl- are tint at all congenial to oars; as it
j now si.-.litis tiny are hut.upy ami rapacious parti
iters; i heir acts show it in every instance; and
win should ue he connected with such people?
?Vo hope to see, and that shortly, every son there
paper raise t lie H.ig of disunion and nail it
I tti their inas*?, so it cannot lie lowered until victory
is ours to the satisfaction of every southern
man. L.
i
I or th? Journal.
Messrs. B. F. l'crry and C. J. El ford deem
it proper to notice the suggestion of the "C'./ro- '
linirrn." in regard to the apprehensions of the
pu ss, and the rumors of the community, as to
the contemplated political course oi' '*7 Ac t
tiov'hrrn Patriot."
They regret that the language of their Prosa
_ * t'r t a* ... a? ... . . J __ ... .1 !!_!&
i pia-ros, wriUMi i. *oy l-inugiu ci car ;mu ?.\[UU"ll,
j than noct-s.sarily t?rir?I", should have been mis
under.-!'?o:|. or require explanation. There is
s.'.ii'iv nothing paradoxical or n >vei in a in.vv.sI
j> tjX'i'' dclbariing the rigitts of (lie South" and
! the ' Vdernl Constitution, as '.veil as "the intog;
rii v f h union <if the States. I:: the opinion ( f
the Kditors of4, 7 :<? So.irh*rit rijjkt.t
' n fifigjtftih'! which ihrynre rrody in defend ntai.y
i rrrfy hazard, can only r?o successfully dei
fo .ideiiliy t:i" u-wm of lite Snnt1:. When this great
I i hjsvt i-; accomplished, which should occupy
i t!:o thoughts and feelings of every pntiiot, and
, the slave-holding .'Stales are uni'edin council, and
I i:t rr. tin* bailie will have lk-en fought?the
i victory won?the lights of the South secured,
I an I the integrity of the Union preserved?
Whatever the whole South may determine on, ,
will carry with it a mora! and physical force,
which the IVdorai Government cannot resist.
The great political purpowof"7,Ac Soul kern
1) .1... " .. !H 1 ? /a /An ??? A/?* /'
I i (f / rii' 9 ? ?u ? V <*r " n utr. ftMt.it i it If * f '
.v'xf/riirr to fhc wigretxitw of the Worth, This
i mnv lip accomplished by a Southern Congmss
! composed ?if members elected hp tiw j>eoplr,
! uiulpr the authority tlio several States. If
j any of the slave-holding States should refuse to
I meet, let the other bend amongst them, able and
1 distinguished men, whose duty it will be to urge
! on their Legislatures and on the people this
| unity of action. The people of South Carolina
no right to sit pi tore, however, that the
! other Southern States are less patriotic, lees intelligent,
or lers disposed to defend their rights
than they arc themselves.
If one dpspnits of uniting the South in the
i maintenance ui tiieir turnis, t:e naa as won give
up all hope of successful rooistance. Separate
action on the part of South Carolina, must bo
disastrous to her. mid alike fatal to the lights
of the Sni-M and of tiie several States; whereas,
i the unilt i action of the Southern States, can;
not mil of success. >?
} The Editors o\"The. Southern Patriot'' aie
; prowl of being citizens of the United States
| and will defend tho integrity of the Union so
l long ns it can he done consistently vith the
i rights of the South; but they are South Caro-\
hi ions t.y birth and <1* notedly attached to 1h"ir
native State. Her honor is their honor, and
her inteiests are their interests, and they are
ready to defend tho one at. the other, even
unto death. Their willingness now to throw
i themselves in the breach and stent the popular
i current which is sw eeping over the State against
' a Southern Congress, and in favor of separate
j fiction ami immediate disunion, is at least 1)0
| evidence of selfish or ambitious motives,
j Messrs. Porrv and El.'ord aska6 a fumtr of
those Editors who have been so prompt to assail
their Pro?j>cetus, to republish, in tbeir papers,
this communication.* And,.in conclusion,
tliey b#?if leave to state, that " The Sout'irrn
I'nirio'" is not to be exclusively a Political
paper, but will be chiefly devoled'to Commerce,
| Agriculture and Literature. Neither is n the
; purpose or dosign of I lie Putriot, as ha* been
asserted by some ol the Editorial Corps, to
| teach that "submission is easier than manly re.
! sislance," Its teachings will be "truth a ?l ,
j puii io'ism" and its motto "The hights octhu
South, ani> the unio.x or mi: South."
1 G.roeux illr, S. (\, No\\ Pih, 1650.