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Alabama.?Wo givo (says the Hartford
Courani,) the following extract of a letter from
a gentleman in Alahama to a friend in this city,
as a specimen of the state of feeling in the in*
terior counties of the South. The writer is a
native of Connecticut, who has resided in Ala
barna for some years, and fully understands the
views of those about whom he writes:
" What Calhoun could not effect in twenty
years, has been done in six weeks, viz: a un:on
of the South. I do assure you that, in this
county, one of the wealthiest, and containing
as quiet and intelligent a population as there
is in the United States?Whig too ~ where first
there was a large Union party?there is now
not one permanent citizen that I know of, or
have heard of, that does not say the time has
come for secession. For one, with many ties
to bind me North?born there?having friends
and relations from whom it would be painful to
differ?having hoped, and, until my recent visit
to the North, have expected that my children
and yours would live and die under the same
government our fathers had ?it was with great
reluctance that I was convinced that the N orth
* would not leave us alone, which was all we
asked. As it is, I am prepared coolly and
calmly to vote for secession, and, if it is necos- i
* 1? - ...wv. nr.. ami fortune. !
sarv, 10 pusumi me vine nun ? u..?
Tbe Union, as it has been managed for some
yeaK, has no friends here. These who hoped
{'ustice from the North, are giving up their
lopes, since the news comes of the action in
Ohio, Pennsylvania and especially in Massachusetts.
Nothing but the effectual waking
up of the Union men, (if any such there be,)
at the North, an^ their effectual putting down
of slavery agitation there, can now save it.
Their ground has been taken from under thein
by the nullification of the slave law, and the
renewed and increasing agitation of the slave
question at the North."
Soothbr.n: Mkktixg at Nkw Oulkan*.?
A great meeting of the cause of Constitutional
Rights of the South, was held in the St Louis
Ball Room, New Orleans, Saturday night.?
The large hall was crowded to its utmost en- (
pacity, ard the streets around presetted "a
wide sea of moving, jostling, surging humanity."
Joseph Genois was appointed President, with ,
near one hundred Vieo Presidents, from the |
'nflnoniM nitivanc ftf tho nlace. Prof.
uiwo*p uiuuciiiiai vuiavuo v ?*.? I
J. D. B. Debow, and 6even others acted as .
Secretaries. 8enator Soule, in response to enthusiastic
calls, addressed the meeting in a
speech of great animation, logical force and |
eloquence. He reviewed the legislation of Congress,
and showed tha' it had been grossly unconstitutional
and aggressive. As for remedies,
1 OO .
he recommended the people to struggle yet to ,
obtain indemnity and security in the Union. ,
He did not advocate secession or disunion.
After this speech, Judge Alexander Walker,
one of the editors of the Delta, delivered a brief
but eloquent address. The cheers of the audi- ]
euce in response to both speeches are said to j
have been most enthusiastic and "roof-lifting." ;
The following resolutions agreed on hy the i
committee, were submitted'by H B. Kelly, esq., i
and adopted with but one dissenting voice. j
Whereas, The conduct of a large portion of ]
the people of the North, of all classes and o( i
all political parties, has rendered manifest the i
existence among them of dispositions, feelings i
and opinions hostile to the rights and institu- t
tions of die Southern States, well calculated to
ovnifo can'nno onnmkaii.lAiia iVlot tllPV* ifltPllH tO ! I
ovi luug oppi vuguoiwiio kuw* ?? j -------- ?
persevere in the course of aggression and inju- !
ry which marked the recent legislation of Con- '
gress on the subject of slavery.
Rc%oltv.d, That although we entertain an .
abiding attachment, and cherish a religious de- <
votion to the Union, we deem it just and neces- j
sary, at this time, to proclaim to our fellow- <
citizens at the North; not by way of menace, i
but in a spirit of friendly warning ; our solemn i
conviction that the people of. Louisiana will in- (
sist, at all risks, upon thu constitutional compact
on the subject of slavery, and will submit to no i
violation or infringement of it whatever, and i
that they will resist?eyen though that resist- (
ance should create a dissolution of the Unionall
attempts by Congress to legislate aggress- i
ively upon their rights by the abolition of slave t
ry in the District of Columbia, or the interdie- (
tion of the slave trade between the States, or <
the enactment of the Wilmot Proviso, of the r
repeal or essential modification of the Fugitive f
Slave Law. r
And Whereas, The Union of these States, s
is a union of sovereigns in a confederacy of r
equals, and can only be perpetuated by preserving
unimpaired the character impressed upon it c
by its founders. s
Be it therefore further Resolved, That as (
friends of the Union and of the South, we cor- g
dially approve the courso of those Senators and t
Representatives in Congress, who contended i
against all encroachments upon the equality,
dignity and rights of the Southern States, and
that our thanks are especially due, and arG n
hereby tendered to the Hon. P. Soule, Hon. e
E. LaSere and Hon. 1. E. Morse, for the zeal, p
ability and fidelity which they, in connection
with the late lamented J. II. Harmanson,defend- ti
ed the interests and honor of their constituents, a
Monument to Gen. Warren.?The committee
of the Bunker Hiil Monument Association, to v
whom was referred the liberal offer of Col. it
Perkins, of 81,000 towards the erection of a j o
monument to Gen. Warren, have reported |
through Gov. Everett a recommendation to ft
place a statute of Gen. Warren in Faneuil Hall d
and to apply to Congress for an appropriation si
in aid of tiie object, in fulfilment of the resolve a
of the Continental Congress in 177G.
a
New Y?rk Convention.?There is to be a
Convention at Syracuse, New York, on the 7th, n
8th, and 9th of January, to consider the Fngi- 1
tive Slave Bill. The Tribune says that similar
conventions nre to be held in other States du- 01
ring the month, so as to have the organization
of a convention of the Free States against the
measure. And yet there are men nmong them tl:
who venture to say that there is no important
agitation on this subject at the North. n
It is snicl thafa vigorous effort will be made,
at the next session of the Legislature of New rc
York, to remove the capital from Albany to
the city of New York. to
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Legislature of South Carolina,
Satubdav, Dec. 7, 1850.
In the Senate, Mr. Porter presented the reply
of the President of the Bank of the State,
to a resolution of the Senate, calling for information
respecting the profit and loss account
of the Bank, with the profit and loss account
annexed; which was ordered to lie on the table,
and to be printed; and the question of printing
the profit and loss account, the yeas and
nays were ordered to be taken, and they are as
follows, yeas 21. nays 18.
The profit and loss account, was, therefore,
ordered to be printed.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr. 'Lyles submitted the following Preamble
and Resolutions, which were ordered to be
considered immediately, were made the special
order of the day for this day at 1 o'clock, p.
m. and referred to the Committee of the whole
House, charged wtth the consideration of sun
. r. I 1 n..l_
dry resolutions respecting our reuerai ivemtions,
a hill to provide for the calling of a Con
vention of the people of this State, and Report
of the Committee on Vacant Offices, op the
vacancy in the United States Senate, and ordered
to he printed:
Whereas, the sending of Delegates to. the
Nashville Convention, imposes upon us an implied
obligation to, carry out its recommendations
so far as this State is concerned:
Therefore, Resolved, That this Legislature
provide for the election of Delegates to a Southern
Congress, to meet at some certtral point,
whose duty it shall be to co-operate with the
Delegates of other Southern States, in forming
a Constitution for a Southern .Confederacy,
and said Congress meet on the second day of
May next.
Secondly, That this Legislature provide, also,
for the calling of a Convention of the people
of this Suite, to assemble in this city, on the
fourth day of July next, for the purpose of considering,
and, if expedient, adopting said Constitution.
Thirdly, That in the event of the aggrieved
States, or any of them, failing to meet us in
said Congress, or meeting, and failing to adopt I
a Constitution for a Southern Confederacy, '
the said Convention of this State should, in the
opinion of this Legislature, declare South Caro- 1
lina no longer a member of this Confederacy, i
and proceed at once to organize an Independent I
government. '
Fourthly, That the Committee on Federal
Relations he, and they are hereby instructed to i
report bills carrying into etlect uio preceeuiu? Resolutions.
<
Mr. Cliesnut also submitted the following i
Resolutions, which were ordered to be consiu- 1
ered immediately, were made the special order j
Df the day, for this day at 1 o'clock p. in and i
were referred to the Committee of the Whole
House, and were ordered to be printed. I
Rr*olvnl, That the Committee on Federal
Relations be instructed to report a bill requir 1
ing the Governor of this State to call an extra t
Session of the Legislature, (if the Legislature <
shall not then be in regular Session) in order
to provide for the representation of this State, 1
in the Southern Congress, recommenaea oy ine
Nashville Convention, and for other purposes,
whenever one or more of the slaveholding States,
ili:iil have taken measures to provide for the
epresentation of such State, or States, in the
jaid Congress.
Re*olt>eci, That the Committee on the Miliary
be instructed to report by bill, a plan of
Military defence to secure the safety of this
State, in any contingency that may arise.
Messrs. J. P. Reed, Owens, Hutson, and
J. B. Perry severally explained their views 011
he great question of resistance to Northern
iggression in eloquent and forcible terms, and
>11 motion of Mr. E. P. Jones the Chairman
was ordered to report progress, and the Comnittee
rose, the Sneaker having resumed the
Jhair.
Mr. Memminger gave notice that on Monday
iext, he will ask leave to introduce a bill to provide
for the appointment of Deputies to a South}rn
Congress.
Mr. Cantev, from the Committee on the Miliary
made reports on a bill to alter and amend
he 71st section of the militia law of South Car
>lina; on a bill to exempt the Barnwell Artillery J 1
Company from Regimental and Battalion pa- 1
ades; and on the petition of the officers and '
mvates of the State Rights Artillery Coiupa
ly, attached to the 4th Regiment; which were
leverally ordered for consideration on Monday (
lext. 1
On motion of Mr. Canteyv the Committee
>n the Military was discharged from the con- J
ideratinn of the petition of the citizens of 1
ieorgetown, praying the establishment ol a *
;uard for that town, and the same was ordered N
o be referred to the Committee on Colored 1
'opulation.
December 9. F
Tn the Senate, Mr. Lawton moved that a
message he sent to the Senate proposing an f
lection for U.S. Senator, on Tnesdny, at 1 e
i. m., which was accordingly done. '
Mr. Carn introduced a bill to call a convenion
of the State, which was read the first time ^
nd referred to the committee on federal rela- ^
ions. ^
Mr. J. D. Wilson moved to take up the priate
Bank report, for the purpose of referring n
; to the special joint committee on nomination
f Bank officers, which was done. .
A bill relative to incorporations for mnnu- 11
icturing purposes and the encouragement of r
irect trade, passed its second reading after s
nine discussion, and various propositions to
mend.
Mr. Mazyck moved to amend the title to read,
bill for the encourgement of speculation, by 8
rniting tlie amount which may be lost thereby, ^
'hie.h was ruled out of order, and on appeal n
ie decision c?f the chair was sustained.
The question was then taken and the bill "
rdered to the House, by vote of 27 to 11. M
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ?
The following bills from the Senate received c
leir nrsi reaaing.
To incorporate the S. C. plank road compa
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To incorporate the S. C. Institute; p
To incorporate' the Savannah, river plank l
?ad company; *' * * ' *
To take a census of the free negroes, mulat- P
ea and rueztuoes, iu the State; 6
The committee on colored population reported
favorably on a bill to increase the penalty
for circulating abolition documents; and
Unfavorably on tbe portion of Message No.
1, relating to the removal of free negroes.
At 1 p. m., according to order, the House
resolved itself into committee of the whole,
(Mr. Sullivan in the chair,) to resume the consideration
of various resolutions touching our
federal relations;
Mr. E. P. Jones, who was 'entitled to the
floor, gave way for a few moments to Mr. Preston,
who briefly explained the position taken
by him on Wednesday, which we learned had
been misunderstood in some respects. He
avowed himself as most distinctly and emphatically
recognizing and asserting the right of
secession.
December 10.
In tlie Senate, A bill to provide a registration
of births, deaths and marriages, after some
discussion by Messrs. Marshall, Mazyck, Porter
and Dudley, was laid on the table.
Mr. Hanna from the committee on military
and pensions, in relation to certain portions of
the Message No. 1, reported a bill to re-establish
Brigade Encampments.
Mr. J. D. Wilson, from the special joint, committee
on nomination of Bank officers, made
the following report:
For President, C. M. Furman. Directors?
Thomas Lehre, J. L- Gantt, P. M. Cohen, E.
Carson, R. G. Stone, F. R. Shackleford, G.
Robertson, S. L. Glover, W. C. Dukes, J. S.
Chambers, W. M. Lawton, R. Dulin.
Mr. Taylor moved that a bill to charter the
Camden and Monroe Plank Road Company,
be taken up, from the table and ordered for a
second reading, and the same was ordered.
The hill received a second readinir. was agreed
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to, and was ordered ts be sent to the House of
Representatives.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Considerable progress was made in disposing
of the business on the calendar, although
we find little worth reporting specially.
A third ballot was held for surveyor genernl,
and resulted in the election of W. F. Irvine.
At 1 p. m. the House went into committee
of die whole, (Mr. Sullivan in the chair,) and
resumed the consideration of various resolutions
referred that committee, on the subject of
Dur federal relations.
Mr. Memminger addres?ed the committee
in a speech of two hours. He was in favor of
ielay, opposed all measuras tending to precipitate
action or premature steps, and advocated
strenuously the Nashville plan of a Southern
Congress. The causes and elements of our
present struggle were traced, and were sum?
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med up in the fact that tne i>ortn auu ouuui |
were two nations, foreign to each otlier in interests,
habits, pursuits and institutions
The leading idea of Mr. Meratninger's speech
was the analogy between our present position
and that of our colonies, and this analogy was
developed and illustrated in various particulars.
The cause t?f the alienation and quarrel were
the same in both cases, although the South
bare greater causes for complaint thau our
forefathers had.
The colonists threw off the bonds of a mother
country, endeared to them by associations
pf kindred, of ancestry of language, laws, and
past renown, merely because it became to them
i foreign government. . We have to struggle
igainst the lawless despotism of a rabbi** led
pn by such men as Hale, Seward and (Jiddings;
pf a government boasting no antiquity, and
laving no claims on our affections, arid no sympathy
with and protection of our rights. The
malogy was in our favor, as we have compar.
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ilively more resources man were pus?c??cu uy
ihe feeble colonists, who were scattered thro*
soundless forests, without means of concert
xnd communication. The Southern States
"ormed in reality, one nation, marked out by
inture as separate and distinct. Their posiion,
resources and interests all indicated that
;heir union was inevitable, and would be emilently
prosperous.
Mr. Memminger reviewed the various resoutions
offered, and expressed his dissent from
nany of them. He did not advocate secession
it this time?the right was unquestionable but
ike all other rights its exercise must be determined
by discretion and a due regai d to time
ind circumstances.
Mr. Memminger in conclusion avowed his
>wn plan, which will be found in the resoluions
offered by him below.*
Resolved, That the proposal of the Nashville
Convention for the slaveholding States to meet
n a Southern Congress, is accepted by South
Carolina, and this General Assembly will forthvith
provide for the appointment of deputies
o the same.
2. That $200,000 bo appropriated for the
>urpose of arming and defending the State.
*8. That a police system be established to
>*r\tnnt rtnr npnnlp hond and free, from the
vil designs of Northern emissaries and aboliionists.
Mr. Ashmore moved to lake up a resolution
ixing the adjournment on Friday, 20th inst
dr. Tucker moved to amend, by substituting
Thursday, the 19th.
The amendment was lost, and the original
lotion was adopted.
Mr. Hammond presented the petition of sunry
citizens of Lancaster District, praying an
icrease of the number of Magistrates, and to
e-appoint John Taylor; also, the petition ol
undry citizens of Lancaster District, praying
lie change of a place of Election.
Fiends.?The Democrat, at Marshall, 111.,
ives the most revolting details of a case ot
endish wickedness in that countv. A man
amed Olmsted and his wife are in prison for .
'arcing to death two of his children, by a forler
wife, and hazarding the life of a third. It
as proven that Olmsted is wealthy, that the
hildren were kept tied in an out house in cold
:et weather, without fire, and only had a little
old corn bread and water to subsist upon.
The High Price of Tobacco.?A cargo of
[entucky tobacco, common quality, has been
urchased at Bremen for re-shipment to the
I li fted States-i-the price here being_much highr
tbatt in Bremen. It fs now/On its way. to
biladelpbia, and has been sold at a profit 8f
1 30 to 92 per hundred.
REMARKS
Of CoL James Chesnut, jr., delivered in the
House of Representatives, on the Oth inst
on the subject of our Federal ReUtions.
Mr. Chesnut having obtained the floor; gave
his views at considerable length He said ;
Mr. Chairman, it seems to me we have been
at sea in the discussion, with an occasional
calm. We have been enveloped in a storm,
with now and then an intermission of its fury,
sufficient to catch a gleam of sound thought.?
He would not attempt to follow die lead of eloquence
brought to the discussion, but would
confine himself to words of truth and soberness
as best suited to himself and the arave subject
now under deliberation.
The subject to which he should address himself
is?what will the State do in the present
posture of federal and State affairs ? The federal
wrongs we have had depicted in vivid and
energetic thought and language. I have no
desire to awaken the passions of gentlemen in
this assembly, in order to warp their judgements
when philosophic thought and calm statesmanship
are so indespensable to the crisis.
Much has been said of the outrage perpetrated
on the South by the measures of the late
Congress. Gentlemen who found their justification
on the measures take but a superficial
view of the question. The Government has
been swerved from the purpose ot its formation.
We are no longer under a constitutional government.
We are under a power?a power
selfish, fanatical,and capricious; and therefore
tyrannical. A government constant only in
aiming to destroy our institutions. There are
antagonisms. The North are one people, requiring
political organization and laws not suited
to the people of the South, and therefore the
antagonism must ever exist We must separate.
This i9 inevitable from the nature of the
contest, and hence we need exhibit no impa
tience ior precipitate and hasty action. There
are other States whose aid and counsel we require.
We are in a Union with other States of similar
instutions with our own, and if we act, and
assume to fight the common battle of the South
and fail, we must be involved in a common fate.
With the South everything is at stake. We
stand isolated ; and Southern civilization, as involved
in our peculiar institution, depends on
the cautiousnnd concerted action of the South.
The question is whether we will assume this
position alone, or whether we shall wait and
exhaust every means ol uniting the South before
we adopt the mad policy of separate action.
We are not alone. The position of Georgia,
Alabama, Mississippi and Florida need not
alarm gentlemen. True, they have not come
up to the position of South Carolina ; nor are
they where a strong and determiued minority
of their own people wouW place them. Hut
Georgia and Mississippi will be with us, The
issue has been distinctly made in the former,
and only 30,000 majority appears against us
out ot a population of 000,000. We have gained
something. Six months ago, ori the question
of-union or disunion, instead of having
ten counties in our falbr, I venture to assert we
would not have found ten men.
After a rapid survey of the advances of the
Southern States to the position they now occupy
in'defence of the common rights of all Mr.
C., said we had no right to believe th it we
should be alone in defending ourselves against
the aggression of the North or its government,
if Carolina only acts her part with propriety.?
In avoiding hasty action we are pursuing a
course commended to us4>y that great man for
whom our hall now mourns. In thatcelel rated
address of Mr. Calhoun's to the Southern people,
his lest words were?"Be cxitku.'" Such
was the language of the speech of Mr. Cheves,
at Nashville; and all our wisostand safest public
men unite in the same counsel.
In regard to the proposed Southern Congress
he supposed it would be proper to inquire
whether ere should be represented. It has been
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said in at mat oouy couia uo mwiiug uut puaa
resolutions of nonintercourse. He had no idea
that such would be its action. Certainly that
would not be thought of as a remedy for our
wrongs. He should suppose it would take another
form, and result in the construction of a
constitution for a Southern Confederacy, with
wise and just provisions?one suited for a
home-ogeneous people. But even if that body
did nothing; in what would the position of our
State be changed, except in the wise delay ?
She has yet her right to fall back on her inalienable
sovereignty. That position remains to
her unimpaired, and she could secede alone.
Soutii Carolina, in his judgment, should be
there.
Mr. C. then proceeded to state three modes
in which delegates might be appointed, viz: 1;
The Legislature may appoint, 2. The Convention
of the State might appoint; or the people,
by the issuing of writs of efection, could
choose them in the same mode the members of
the Legislature are. He preferred the latter,
and gave his reason a length for the preference.
It had been said that the State must act, and
act oromDtlv. or we would he stigmatized with
submission, and our people would let themselves
down from their present position,
If tlie issue now before us were separate State
action or submission, he would adjourn the discussion
to tho field, were cannon would he our
orators, and lead our arguments. But it was
not so. Let us be prudent?unite our own
people?and unite with our sister States?prepare
for the cqntest, by making adequate appropriations
of money for such objects as will
prove to them and the North that we are in
earnest
Virginia Finances.?The Governor of Va,
in his message, in view of the form in which
the public debt now stands, recommends a
complete reformation and re-organization of
the financial system of the State, lie remarks
that the evidences of State debt should be impressed'as
far as possible with a.l the qualities
of a circulating medium and that the experience
of the Federal Government hnd of several of
the States has shown that the coupon bond
possesses these .characteristics in the highest
degree. The present cutstanding debt of the
commonwealth is stated as $1),035,189 30, and
there still remains to ^)e paid, on .account of
aubkdriptions made to organize companies, .but
not yet called for, $3,632*809 49
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CAMDEN. 8. C.
FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 13, 1850.
j3?The account of the receipts and expenditures
of the Commissioners of Public Buildings
for Kerehnv District, for the /ear 1850, will be
found on our first page.
*
Wm. C. Richards, Esq., Editor Of the SQutbtta
Literary Gazette, is in town, and will be happy to
receive the names of all who wish to subscribe for
the Gazette.
Of the high Literary character of the Gazette, it
is needless for us to speak; it stands No. 1 in tbb
rank of Literary Papers.
Mr. Richards is also connected with that sterling
and invaluable work the Southern Quarterly
Review?of the merits ot which it is needless for us
to speak. And it would be ashame to forget in
this connection his magazine for Boys and.fiiris?
die unequalled Schoolfellow. We cheerfully and
earnestly commend Mr. Richards and hie enter-'
prises to the favor of our citizens.
Southern Truak.
We have been shown a Trunk, of entirely southern
Manufacture, made by a member of the 8. C.
Conference. It is a fine specimen, and throws
yankee painted boxes in the shade. Northern
trunks are less substantial, and the brass knobs
are but a shell of brass filled up with paper. This
is substantial throughout.
Rev. Benjamin Woffbrd.
Late of Spartanburg, bequeathed the sum of
$100,000 to tne establishment of a College at Spartanburg.
The building committee is to be chosen
from citizens of Spartan burg, and members of the
S. C. Conference, under the direction of which
Conference it wilt be placed.
S array or General.
Wm. P. Ervine, of Sumter District, formerly of
Lancaster, was elected Surveyor General, on the
10th inrt.
/ CoL Ohnant'i Bp?oil
/^Ve copy from the South Caroliuian a brief report
of the speech of Col. Cheenut The Carolinian
says?wWe have listened to no speech this
session so replete with wise counsel and sound argument
During its delivery the house was
thronged by Senators and visitors, who hung upon
the words of the speaker, and seemed to respond
heartily to the wisdom of his positions in all aspects
of the question under discussion. We trust
Col. Chesnut will allow himself leisure to commit
it to paper, in order that the people ot the State
and the entire South may derive benefit and courage
from an effort which places its author among
the leading statesmen of South Carolina.
Stats Action.
South Carolina stands in a peculiar position.?
The eyes of the world are upon her. The cant
ing political hypocrite of the North, watch her every
move, and wilh a sneer of wonld be contempt,
convey the fear of a quaking heart, like the wild
cat watches the lion, as he 6xes himself to spring
upon his relentless but worthless victim. What
shall be our course! The wisdom as well as the
patriotism of our people is called into requisition.
And we stand with foot lifted to make the stride
toward the climax of our destiny. What shall be
our course? is the spontaneous question of our
Legislators. How can we serve best the cause
of our State, and of the South ? Not one, however
weak, but should aid by his counsel in this trying
hour. The session will soon adjourn, but we
hope ere they do, they will act definitely. So far
as we are personally concerned, we would go for
instant secession. We care not how dark the
picture. Tell us if you please, of incendiary warfare?of
every cottage and hall, palace and ham- ,
let, enveloped in flames?our fathers and brothers
hanging upon every tree in the forest?the corses
of our slain strewed upon every field?our women
mangled and children torn?all this and a thousand
such pictures, each gathering blackness to
the proceeding?still we would utter but one word
?secession. But as a matter of policy, we would
say, that perhaps it would be best for the present
Legislature to instruct the Governor to call a Convention
of the people; to make an appropriation
for the purpose of putting the State in a better prepared
situation, and to appoint some method of
electing Delegates to the Southern Congress, to
meet at Montgomery, Ala., at some early day.-?
Then let us improve the intervening time by every
species of preparation; and if co-operation fail,
let us hesitate not a day longer. Can any evil?
can any danger, however great or appalling, deter
South Carolina from asserting their rights. Is it
not with us to revive the spiiit of the ancient
Greeks. Look o'er the Hellespont; its waters you
cannot see for the Persian war-boats. Three million
of the crested conquerors of the purple kingdom,
with banners floating, that never knew de- <
feat, are there, and Xerxes, their mighty monarch,
revives them by his presence. Look on MareHill
; a handful of Grecian patriots, a few hundred
of the impulsive sons of the Eastern Athens are i
there, with the stern Mfltiades at their head. The
next scene is the plains of Marathin; Persia's
mighty host is flying. The Grecian banner waves
in triumph, and Xerxes is crossing the Hellespont
in a frail fishing bark. Miltiadea led the southern
Rights Party of Greece. The svbmissi/misis had
fled to the mountains: We hare yet in the history
of our proud little State to gain a Thermopylae,
and the only difficulty is to select to whom we
shall yield the honor to of being Leonidas and his
hrevah. Men of the whole South we will wait vet:
8 while for you, but if you will be slaves, we will be
free.
Later from Europe.
The steamship America arrived at Halifax on
Wednesday last, bringing Liverpool dates to the
30th ult The cotton market had been depressed
throughout the week, ata decline of { to |c.
Virginia Senator.
The Hon. John Y. Mason has been re-elected ,
U. S. Senator from VirjmUa a majority of *v g
vunty vote* J
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