The Sumter banner. (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, September 25, 1850, Image 2
ttw y "teRigttw1Reput lean.
Mgssus. ETons:-'ThQ -caption of
this communication will Indinate Ut once,
that in the opinion of tho Writor,io fiith.
of the State of South Cnrolns olemniv
pledged, whether in an afthir of honor
or of money, should t.e sacredly kept,
and I am induced tossay a word on the
aujeot, nfier pertusingthe artiei con.
tained in the "Daily CuarolalhaO," of the
15th ultimo, over the signature of "A
Tax Payer," the whole tenor of which
afti'rds evidence that its author farl too
slightly estlimates the force of the moral
obligajions to which the Stato is held
*iider the terins of the contract for the
og~u of 18:38. for the re-bhuiling of the
.rbuo188foth tbudigoftecity of Char~leston. -Tlhoso terms atre
clear and explicit, and no honest and
nitentievo reader can entertain a doubt
as to their meaning. As to the candor
o(' "A Tax Payer, peItrhps unt hing
need be said; his reading, however, may
well be arraigned for its inaccurucy.
It is cha rita bie to siuppose that the ob
ja ct of that correspondent was to inform
the public mind on a great sulje'ct. not
to mislead it; to answer the argunetnts
of a good and great man, now dead, on
n1 im;porta nt point, in n grent domestie
question, not to mistily or rnisreprestat
it, or to cast false inputations upon his
amine. 'Thnt I can perceive, ino infur
mution has been communicatled for the
public guidance, nor has any thing
worthy of the respect of argunenLit in
oaly new shtpe Inen advance i by that
essnv ist; the whole is a taiseatble re.
lali, without the addition of ne'w con.
dimntis even. an-1 having thus signally
-failed, the prmduction h ing a complte
abortion, lie should e adottished tot
discontitnue such per'forancetws, and to
waste his ink and paper, with a less in..
cautious prodigality. It the way of
nlrtgaument and useful informitation then,
the article is pouintless, althutgh, per.
haps, the writer- may have b'eetn somsLe.
what tuore suiccessful in anotiher rte
spec:;. lie seems to he qite egnal to
the work of easting Vile ineatloes, and
e qually us skilful inl makting pliti
fit! npologies fir them. l'eartil
of responsibility, he sItnder ts b
insinuation, and thtent protects himself
by bypoerital icselaimers, atind1 the be.
stowal of such epithets as "high mind.
ed and "hnorabli/e'." lie seemtas toe,
very ready in the use ofa technical rull
of evidener., Qat seeks to detra(t 'm mt
t04o credibility of witnesses, who testify
against him and his cause, ahiltough
they' may be "high mindel ntd hontort.
ble'' upon the groutnd otf bias; "they are t
interested.'' If anti-Hank power dt e.
penis upon such writers ail dvocates
for its empire and rule, it is to It pitied
in the desperateness of its comitiutn. t
I repeat that the preservation of the t
faith of the State in the transactir. of, d
the Fire Loan Bonds, is a matter of the .
deepest concern. Now the qluetsti'tn
* arises, is her fiith Implie:tneI in that
transoction, and in connection with the d
Bank of the State.. "A Tux Payer''
- - dQs not deny that it is, and the fair in
firence thtena is, that lhe is conscious it as.a
''The most he could say wa':s, lhat itt
such case, "'the Banak of' thte State is ir.
tualaly chtartcred atttil 18'~6'.'' Itf the
exigenacy i'whicha "A: -'ax P 'yert
found himrselfI itnvo~I'l in thei prepsaraa.i
tion of hais article, cotmpel led him toaa, I
w.ithhold such r. detnial, ite writer ofibi:, i~
is ofteopintion that the dig'nity. mal truth
of thec ar'gumeni'at in favor of the go.utmt!
that thea Satate has ptlgite r fa ith Ia I
thn foreign crediitor', in; that Io:m.t r...
terest atnd reLpaymttent of' this loata, tt..
Jd- * Lgislature, by ate AcLtd f.1 mmn, 1 *:p.
pledgedl tho "'faithI andl fundus of athe
State."' Now. it will hatly be. dentt'tied
at thae lBank taud its~ a'ssets itn- p~r ofI
hierfunds, andt ais suchl are* etmbu aecui in:
this pledlge of te Aot ofl 18~3. unt
w.~hilst the Dank'.wa.s thus p~ldgu'd, it i-,
- ~ties cotnnected with at loat; '"to ma,ke.
proper parov.isions for. the puntettuaI pay.
mentt~tt of thte itero est, and1 talso for. thle uIl
tite paymtetnt of the princi pal ." H ow
couh la he Bak to whIast the Legislatur ae
- -has thus exacted of it, if the powe''crs,
futnctioans anti puivile'ges of a Bittk he
w ithtdraw.n frona it--i fit he unthiankedl?
* it is not possible for it to do) what the<
Legislatur'e has requiired of it 'hntingi
S the coot ituance of its pre'sent eha rat:r;:
- nor Was '1 expected at the titme the th.t
ties wet e iposedl upon0 ii. When, .
then the l1ank w.~as retqutiredu i tomak :
* ~proper provi'siotn for th Itnne1 cual ay I I'~
mtetnt of thae inte rest, atad al so fhr th l~ i
prioni of th Ipubl1,1ic delbt of the Sitato,
incturred fiur t lchetteefit of the city. of
Ch~a rlestont, its rc. chartear was contem.at
plated as necessarily to take place, anid
acqruiestcence itn its a'e.charte'r was utti
versal. No wlhisper itt oppa.ion was'i'l
lisped; no patriotic tires kittdletd ny at
the hearts of its present etnentnes at
Clarleston, aanrde'r aplpr'hensiona of ats
amighty i schaief. Noate, Connaafagra.
ion hatd swept over e' let ropol is; rina
riumnphed ini our firest city; ntoble dobI
Chaarlestont was in ashe.,! i tlp1 Ib a p
wats the cry, antd it wvas ait ontce authbr.
ded. Well, int whaat wav? Th'Ie nt
ws..er is, by thec State, ami13 by a pledge
of the eI.pitatl, atnd te tetnderu of btf
cilities of the Bank, ita orde1r to etheet a I
foreigat Ionan. Thea Sitate hor rowedI
monny upont thec securiay, the sol vency'.,
- Ban~k, directly, tant itn . mtatny w..ords.I
rHow. then, can fair men stay, "thaat the
disteticle of the flank, the ple'dged
agentcy' of' tho Btank in "aking prov'is
ion ihr t he punctuatl pnymewnt of the ina.
terest, and the ult imate paymnenlt of the
-prinoipal,'' iad the imtplied promrie of
its ro.charter haud ntoting to don in athe
process by w..hich we got othier people's
amontey into out' coflers? Cn scch tmen
laf their hands on their hearts and dlo.
clare, thant they tin not believe the for.
eign credhilor was led by a South Caro,
gina Lecgislature, tantd the agent of the
State, who wcent ulbrotad to gea mnotrey
f'or her,' to trust to athe Batik of theSat
*ts~ ai secutrity, niot oly. ils so~ tmuach.
swills "justly irripiirtit fasnetloris, and
.tiotlttd with ticemoiist umpjlu fiwcilitie's
111t 11 .gietsi, by1 I hL cofit ri Io (f
Iwhich. hi. interest ptinctumhly, nnd his
)rilcipal uitiiijly, xii~nuld bmO paid?
T'hey caunnot. huat it may be siskecd ir
he gglorwv ot herw iic emlfl)oyed or in.
veCsted lthn ill batnrkinig, would niot iso
1is productive, niid us good it viCtIity1,
is it is wheini thus eroploveihl 't'his
jle~titm ay 1 be5 iasweredl lby jropioiiid
rig another. Is twevnty. five doitiars
wvorthl as 11111h inii a ri ule gent letiurn's
uo~e s il is ini the. stock of the Corn.
11(*rciul Bunk of (ouibaIiu? Is it am
ufolh security for tire redemtioin oft a
01111 inI tit ofi C in I thle Cither?- Ever
ilt/ knows it is tint; iii the irmn oif it
Ii11 k lIVestmuhnt, it i'S miore aIvI illei
itini moe vol ca Ide; if it we re riot, nctle
Inlsein(15 sle I nen t 'ol tl nrot givye I argo
Ii ks to Hlunk officerst to rn hug
hieir wealth Iiin that waly. Ca pita l, thein,
01 ph syrd in an 'k ing, is~ more prod rw.
v'C 111d1 morC U vii nhile fig9 it sectity;
,Ives it grente r 51111 saile'r cred it than0
t hen in vested a! lmost inl itnv oter' way;
Intl thofse wh are stOe:Iiold('rs ini a
vei1 l ide(d 11.11ii1c, suich as theII Cain.
IIrCIiiil Batik oh (olurlI,jii. hatve it biet.
er c resit , 1111il iii fact are ri lihe'r tilt,
Ilai they wo0ulI(ht, withi tile itAlitiit of
Ihei r resp'cti ve shares in moiney i;a1 Ihiir
i ickrts. 'il, fioreigr c redlitors of th htaelo It hei1rae euity
'Iitl ftii i .s oft le st ate it, the Ccint ract
if" Iti iii i qest ian, iin n practical Iight,
lit) not doiibt her ililitv to pity any
1111 ills' miight see fit it) incur, without
11;,1111:, theuy leet ele1s8 p~latedt greait
elianice on it, anti tiitil,lless maitthe lilt!
inuliiimore readily., ant! on1 !etter terims,
Iii l(:Vti of, its girtncv. In considler
rag 11111 aiee'Jtilig ouir prposfitti on toi bor.
owt mne~ly, e~very~ ono wh Io looks propi.
'nv} into thle rlniii't 1i, lnuit see', that tilt'
;rinh capiitalist wvas iiulluc:(' to It-itIi
('cii ty V ut hs (!:jilaul of1 thle B~ank, iut{
blt' filj're i jit (,'it 1 ti i it f~ii teii
i'hii~t'iii t' t t' it 1 ;11iii - t:J'.u, t ii t .
ii' iie!' ip il iei v. :ste apr .
iri. I 1)u1 we l I 5i'i1,61- l'wer fin.t
luic idla1 siifiriII.i' his iWat~ {t
lie tn of the t w of s't .d tes coll.
ie iatioi nil tht chutirter 1151 pr"1 ni
eterna itq'tnaial () tim pinithitc is~ n
lie ar ttiesi iu theu111tf it ;it ' .ioiih 11:
I!te Ii t~l b e i I lts. , to I biis tilt1' I~ce
Ith1ie'i tie:1uui(' il tiiilt it ti t. ti i ' -l'
lie ttilireI ni' t I :\t t'~ll"tl~tn tt
11.It cIi' b'sIese It iI'l It,'
Ile to t II I i e'nst ro'f iit lil 111)1
Ilt.,liiime ;11, lu iti tiie. i', dai i "t"
Ict hoi s, tis' 1t Ii , I it v Il. :1.1: c ' t ts 11s '
dli' Actiik of1:3 t was iete lito it,
Iiut '.csl tsiI1 I1111 ho jejcl,1. par or
Itt heapueh frtli', oft" Il i igII, f t It()](I
1ih iir ti,(.. 1,111 1 ddw to itsi re
er, pti'e. Oterp was t toInt sot nly lit
Ivle nxptrtino e chaiter in 1."t?~g
1,11v, a11psnaliy thethrty t n ilt'ltin or
[i~ C tn.1i :.... .: It? .. .1....r it . ..t.-uil i is _e .t
might take in the fulfilment of thn in.
junctions of-llhe Legislaturo of 1838,
would be Iooked uipon with jenalously by
U utibseiquiint A iti Inrnk iLegislhture,
wotial necessarily be the subject of con.
troversy and disputttion, in the heat of
which. the faith of the State might ho
firgotten rind perish, aunt a blot (<lnsbel
upon her escuitchieon which could not he
easily erailienoted.
In the palmicr ldvsofthe State. there
Was no (langeir of such i eihiiiiii:y; it
cannot Ii sanid that there is no dahnger of
it now, for the dincs are out of point;
miore, it is to be iea red they are degn.
(rate, ld that evil influences iny ac.
quire a h ' g prevalence. Modern
tricklifr. (iiilo-cotsciencs'C, to
some eXt ce rita inly have talken te li
phace (for in mnoment only, it is to be
hopel,) of statesmteli n 1)t1riots of en
Iarge'd henis and comprehensive mitids,
Wyho teich lessons oh C'nning. and viie
arts of riciu nliirss and selfijhzess, rutlier
hulai lessons oif' twis~lorn amd honror,
whos' frtits would crown the State with
(ritit ring nicl just ren11o V. Lot us he.
liove thiitt sut-hi tenehlers caninot rise to
the ascentdolit p rmaneritly ii any sec.
tion of South Carolinn, and that their
doctrines 4)ni1 clesiglis will soon he en.
tirely exposei andl contni-,d. It is a
pity that ".A lax Paper " and the likeof
him, cannot elevate tliimselves sufli.
cieintly to ransnn twith that calonuiese,
l'airiicss ain dignity, oni a great subitj'et
like that of thw fin:ncial Joliey otfthe
Stzate. u Iiich has been so la lng est a blish -
ed, liits dn so o iiuch good, and has re.
ereived the aipproval of the wtisest anl
best rnen to whom her destinies ha ve
ever been coiimmitted. It is clesirable to
redIcem "\ Tax 1aver" andi his co.hit.
horers f'rom itir iiislritine, but their
laipse is so great, that rechlaunamtioni is hn
practicabie.
But ".1 Tax l':yer" (howv iiiiehi taxes
ioes he pay !) has received a toul impl.uta
tion :i ainst the loinir ot t hue late h'res-:iri-t
4a1 the ltuiit a::ir he is dea, he has hIft
lelan th:tii a h :lit Ilf troit h, pionirel out fraunoi
a gaoIl hitari anll :1 'reait mind. % liu}h ran
noat. h1e /'xllinanihed byl thel 1inemne1tSs Ill
the e- ilunmintor. It he were alive , this
arth le 'tu di n t h awe heen writien in his
ti-lrd a word in bintci:li of the' t ihn. far
boa1thi C.'ll Ilhuore' oiw n fair ti.tn, :intl tilie
mn! tiititn t 'ver u hi-li liw pre.-ie. n leh-d
n '! :1 a r deftendler th1an1 hinelar f. A ei
dell:al, the lInii!!e o'werS of oIor c'orr1'=
iiiuh-it .shall bie de'vated' w h2('n,'nor an ais
siniutlu hat leIac:r!th l ; a Iny demand a, to that l.rot ecti4on of
i uitoernary.. Th'iie chiarg, i-, a supplrs
iin of litters, e -t:ential to ithie iorrect in
-der h flllhewlisar o t he \': y sit 11xh' ti-' o iin
cre :4 ar 1 r, c lonc cr the i' r:ct of the
IIm i oI I: . i is a 1ra'm an1h :, sla :er tll
s:-y that ('al. )"hInure e.1er siiptpreas.ed :myn
corn is I;n r : ,5)nwe1.1 te ; t h his maii
i- tain " n a/~ th i t 1n:1., e cher ut ahl l t i lh.
l:ad n hoa Se)tiup the aill'e;: "":ln it ham1:1i tat
pirme :t. tar suhrii It' the eiitet ofi it r h.ilii
la:nh r. \ i'ho itaeirme-l ".\ lax lI'aver," or
ti, l.te' :siture. that snel litters as tlhose
of Ow I 3rd :ani 5;h .v, 1l, IS), had ever
been wri:ten ! (t'ol.TI ilore himself. :\ndl
is thib sipplresso1 ! 1'ointe-i and (I ret
allain is Miaie to these letters by Col.
Elmor in his letter of the 8th .nme, -09,
and which he' ref'rred to in his report to
the;~ iiei ii orthiofollorwin it r. l
this pro of tali t~r nluchia'n t o ci n n .
into: a tI co;:-poini'n . th te li- ir in? :u
in a ren e t iheFir 1. Vm i .\l. ;\nd
dIc'f hs-- r .:* o ar. Ii -I .
N-:ters conh i'hI' I I t 1 m t be n' : o
Col. I:Unore! \ * re o ' ble ii m ;ia
woh nt lw unp l of ia pups:am
h 11thn 1wa who'h h. O' ii har ed --
No e h II-,' 11,-r2 e-m In o- he.-I ~ n
l'y ' 'i th non11 i nr.-li hi. iwn mt.
bon :' h I inav w tl: I I..-.: ' :h' .
m. ;mr-y. I - h~n r .~c m Ih a. :..-.
i I \-I - I.
At I - T Iii.,S c .
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ITl I .: l 'in.:o- ml N. i-, -i I.
: iu! i a a - :-i I . : ~ It~tI h,- hIot2 I
-l iiti \' sI in11 eIIt Iil cetI n II a i ve e
-n -t sirh' her i t e (ilih if'vot r ' iiii
T-.ifil, t t e I.\;r 21- :m 1 tijn ' s 1. t i. ... ic,,
T1lEU1J1M81'h B1NNER,
Sumterville, Ca.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMWIt 23;1859.
J. S. GI 'RI ardsojn, Editor.
r.W' Musird A. W IT & Co., are
Agents for tho Bannor int Snmitervillo.
Southlzern Rights Association for
Clarendon.
A Public Meeting of the citizens of Claren.
don Election County will be held on 'iatw
star, the 3rd of Octobdr next, at lrtdford's
Mille, for the piirpose of organizing a 8otrll
Y.tv Urora' AssoctA'rToN.
-~,~,~-v.... ".......,..
=L' I.OLDEN' ts DO.L.At 'il.ie;zN:F for
Septematbor 1850 has been ret'ived.
' We arue relhctiantly cntstraino to
believe that sooner or later the slave-holdinwtr
and aion.sianvcbolding States of this Union
tuast Separate. Vte cannot shut our eyes to
the evidence that 'the feoling agaiust shivery
at the North is, every day, increnaing in
itrengtha. Icr youth are taught to believe
that slvery is a miral, politicil, social anl
religious evil, and that they, of the North,
aire responsible for its existence, taan are
hotunl, as patriots and elristi-ins to exert
every means in their power to destroy it.
Anil it is not to be lightly con-idereil, iat
an imnportant foreshadowieg of coling
event,, that ont of one liulrld und foutr
:aenhers of the I ouse of ltepresenta
lives, from the non.sliave-holding 'staters.
who voted upon the fugitive shive lill,
no less than seventy-live voted aga int
i: anl that, on the very day the Ciih ftrrnia
representatives took their seats in the Sen
ate, a Senator from New n .rk, e::a!ol 'ned
by ;the arcession of strn'na tIt which the 1'ree
-oil inIutnco had thus gainal, propo-e:lI the
iinuaie'dito , .iuion of .laiverv in tillh Diiric t
(f C()ttonliia, ual another Vhig S --'it--, nt't:
iarctoture closed, that we are awar. ,l; as
a fr 'i-.-oilar, delcharel that. thou1:1'h ihe wIias in
/r lowr rI 1/i'm -ae'surre, I': Iotrou'l /os tpione lils
' o 'it ' 11it a m re conreniei nt p"ri ! ii, /1'
'n. N" .wliis!!ed ,r the present.imd onmyfor 1/:.
preset. reith the triumnp>h i'he .\orti in t1e
pa--ge of the CDlifornit ani other liilis.
iha: !: Sen:tor 'xpre.'s lt thy; s'Iintbnetlu
of :t rrentt umjority ofthe ltp;.iii' of tin' Noric
we r'aun',t bit be!iJive: and ifsutch art choir
Stt Iitlit-. ho' enn we exjpect but that they
will continuo to bring, as they have nlreadv
ilon' the whlrce powter of the gnei"rtl gov
etoetit to hear upon the intutio nn of
- avr t r i purpose of tlII rovinga it: .tnl
ta. if vt' nti:an inl the LUniot. the ; will
efitet their purpose, by fhce or lr;:n,-n. i.
d.<hr the turin' of liw or in open <ltiance of
it.
To correct Northern sentiment upon this
siuject, nton-intercotrse is proposed by
satie: but we do not. perceiv',, its maui'rs
now .aiut, th:.: :;:rn otild ba unich elicaev
in it. If' tiet ivwholeAtoiian itnterst, u nal
tunite.tqi:.j the trt} ee
so als to cuti ail'tim Norih,"w .I ' st fri
onte yea r. from~t 1. . w':,i cottonr crop of the'
icut.w hia v no~. ditt,.h,'. th:.t it woatuhl binar
:h n: .s r.I tn ii olua'tiian t inNrtern
Imn ti'.!: Stittion ots' tot prteth
I.I :5 by i it * I .)ii tith. iv:.'' t hr I
It '.-:!' : 'I. t::' iw e rd i ta ns n -
t ': n i ti..-' . e ( ' diai.
\ an , :rI M i .pi ,.ho '
a tu I:h - t.w~'t ..in .;;, :1
\ i xi r-:- t' N'-w Or'l.-', is
T 'n'i' -flut !:' e her remh 11hl'rth
hih th .:In a i. tic s u~r:
d rit now1 't'ii -ri h r a
rv : n t iitr. ilt ui n ,I htlt at uI
'it h : a e - ,. 0it h' at w ...:t , i for
p:,.--eto we i:,~e nly e , aj
f r~ u4 + h
cotisequepte i "cl a mtit@ y rn
gross oin (fi la ihf 11i10t )f;bl
im tltee territerie,. {.x .1 I
The yeas wore Mr. Baldwin pf13nneeb
ticut,al old'lipo ahidf.w.a it of11aic
and iDodge off uisrofii D rnoptf eIlbt
these getntleinon in (j) lcompiuhi with
their party, and of weight 4pd influence
both in the party and their renihectjvo$kates
-Mr. . av*, of MNiachtsetf$' andr
Winthrop, ls colleague, oilh Whigs, inod
im full colirnunioi with the great leading
\Vlig part. the former ex-Governor of his
State lie titter ex-Speaker of the House
and Xini 'J.. Vnbsler's chair-Mr. 'w:
ing of 1' M i .Mlnistir of. lhe '1ntorio',
one of the cnowledged Whif leaddr
and by no tUells a1xiotas . to aiirepresent
the public sroftloiot of the section'that has
jnat placerl"hJ in'iji Mr. Corwin's vacant
seat. Add toU ese Seward, Free-soil
Whig; (ha;a.w,' soil Democrat, and
I I:e, Abolit ionist,'. nl the talc is complete;
.Mlr. Upham abst . not voting,
Mr. I)yton it will b% Keen voted in the
neggive, the good time he in waiting for
havir not yet arrived, In his jidgment, bat:
n sentiment hie may 4e counted with thtin.
Thus we sree the ratire ia'srsachusetts.
and the entire Ohic itegation for the in
mediate abolition: Neow York ditided,
Maine do., Cmnectint4o., \Visconsin do,
New linnpshire do.; wilt ione from N. J.
and onec from Vermont %1iing as a reserve
in the hack ground. These already openly
for this ieasure,-how Rituny were wait
ing like Mr. l)bvton nnledy ents tell,hut
cert:in it is atioing the 4. ays ire niany
whom everybody knows rIke no frieride-to
slavery. Lnt avoawced friens of Free-soil,
whach is onze of the many u mii-s of Aboli
t ion.
In view of this state of thiirgs--of the ut
ter failure of t hse so-called.menasuresof
'.pacification" to piroiniee peace either in
Con:cress or the country-hli;t her giving
renewed vigor to the arititin,ind leadinr
to new idiiantes wvitht the Abo)it~bnists liv
tihe lemlers of hoth parties, (bot'h of which
acts it sedltiuih suppresses.) the: ex.or
rin of the i):anocratice party in. this city,
whiebh now trtuly- claims to bie thue'rgan 0of
no scign,, lnis the cool elrontern to stilt
,gua :z as Ittius and sectional thoi presses
thit pubbish, ati lie Sonthern poblticians
that irocl:iinm these truths ini the 'lace of
day. WNell ml, we in charity suppost,
that fatigned witise la bibors of t he AC'n.
resi al canpaigii, the editor of til.- Lu
u,,m is "slinihriox ounil y!' .in accordance
with th - ailvice of, his North-western friend
--or i'bsorled in lie disc unsiiors in the liw
er I lonse on a certain printing contraet,
hia i..' ctedl to iif ''rin the Southern reild
ers of 11hit print 'I (acts, in which they
."y ft somi ;.ttle iere.',jf he does o1.
S p h is a lhsied thinei, hut the se '
who siii -rs in his ploI, or tinre traitor
runs isii, "ri ".\ 's well," len lie knows
the cneiny is at the postern, may escape
is jus:t dloom by ta kinig rioelier i'nide;riv
hist: de th, as a deserter.. bolt can neither'
expe:crt'lorgivenes-s nor dem;rind a reward
li(oim thoite whose c'nidence nnd trust hie
Ih ii thus betraived. Again tig we warn
th; Sutnhra' ri ;eopie not to' be isothed into
.II s ihar by the-e 1tilse sentinel: who eith
er ean not or will not see t he ndtftnc of the
.\hltion :italator into the very heart of
our citadel. The breastworks they have
already stormned-for Congress h-is ai sum-.
rd jurisdictiin over the siject, and by the
a La ye- rade-su~ppression hill ini this Ih'istrict
will exerctse it--niJ.tow tohe niext, selp
asni a bhour: ote too-is the. abolition of the
inst;tution here.
} To the prophetic vision of; Xalhonn the,
afar ofT rntI b ftttr 'hes'ts, ttl'thll knin
years aigo--bt neither"|ie nor nsty other
hvm:i~ nani i believed, a few short mnonthIs
ago ti hais :she~s w.--al sca rcelv he -cold
I h:.re his sail foirebfrrjmes woiiltbe reali.
z'.il, andf a cordo n ofC free Statehu' he drawn
a rinut his li!hvedh Soaith, aso the hasso, of
he hunit r hindts the toilfilo; and with the
Sainei i ;ll p pose-!hat bona iti anid helplehss
:t 0.ay thu!.110Ieu prey. Thiegre~ateblaii.
:i1 ft h.. Sout h a, in hiis tirave---but should
thectangse lie so sternly unihebl iaainst the
meniiaei s of polwer, and uedettionts sutch as
tiw hi . u vr been s ubji'.t e~l to-be hot ;or
herytr. igh t hie; ahjet, fear of somei ofi
hier sonis, anod the treaicheurv of others, we
ma eo-a tnt au kin tal I'rovidence-one of
wh io 'hami bt.t ruments hie wvas---has
p~rd his nii-lhty siill tra'n the .agiinv ail
---r-i-----b----f--- ------i wheb ve
Imp:Oitanlt fioma Texas:
l'aia T''e. gipha.: d.'spatcuh to the
Set 'd I weleara t hait a-'ices friomi Teu
St:ae. h, I v--; I th, bdi, respuiring~ itm
ivy the It :nsi. iThe iaiU was lost, and the
'Le':.Itr :a!jirrie i to the i th rd Moni~day
eit ''mernet
4 .11 iA ii~*.... I, a.. na.(i i,
T hit.' n \bnoe h th nt
.\ '! I h I I .!::. i j~ :4.n'zi the,, lroe te,
o I.'~ the .h f(ed'liraby, .tip. tiow
eti .-I iAl. .:i ii ibrlwh ar':ar, lle'n t,
(ii I. i, ..-h .I, t':r e u!ry t 'e ;-i r, 'lb-i
l:,ii 31l3.. l I ihsts ayoni ahkson,~
I hitl -, !lt \\- s Io liedai-s le, s 10..lt
Gain, Vil Ii uirii , l .i , Jilt O neis,
ruaii ;i. e al. Shlebclita :niier a Stu..
e\-ii, 'i. li-hw--h: ioid. :1.wu
* lri'iii o dir: .\'ebi~ o, il*ti ve~r,r ih n
irl, -tt .- sn. litieru a l ieyi. of .\',I.
iei pl~ inid , t 'ieiintoir, Km* .\in orm,
th etN h t hui sie tti ale a New Ycr f~cn
. s b"ghtien imiso .rtd:
talibgetndwsd ted with ha
priotor whom ho con "cgr~, gr rE
curinsity. To day h3iolI a Ic
Governor's room, 1tn in .l.b even b
the Broidway and Hloweijfthaeut
morrow hais i Jiglmh~ yj ' ispids utft jar t
ltaves for ah., digton. -:+ " .
Rule for meastringf Corn Houses.
A highly intelligent liatr of thi- Dis
trict infora n, that te Rule for.,nan s
,ag cojzti boarses{ doarnaaad, i timq jnefce
~ignaed "A'VPlanter,4 i - the' laAt' ttiltr of
a Banner,-iact ebrrect.. H-e- haas--furna.
ihed us with the followitg:
RUL.E.--Obtain ghle length, wi dth: and
epthi of the bonse in feet, mnultiply th
ength and width, nd th'en multiply fie re
mit by the depth :then deduct I-5, and yon
wiilhave Lnennborof bushelf'the house
tolds in horled -corn: If the coris'inr thae
ar andl abued out divide again .by 2: i
dmdaneked byt 3. Suppo.se your hanso is.
2t0 fet-t squaars ad 12 feet' deep:-20x '20
,400 g 12 . ieI0:.-deduct -1-5 =9(,
saved 38-10 the number of busheJs of shell
d corn: divide by 2= 1920, the numnber of
umshl of corn, in thetears and' shucked:
livide by 3 =1 289, theo rumber of hushels
corn in the ecaro and half shueod.
It takds' cubic foot and a foirth,or 2160 I
balsic lchelas to mnake a bniyhel. A boIx,
10 thae inside, 2 1-2 feet long, 2 feet wide
td 1 1-4 tet deepwil hold just five bush
abs.
Purity of E 0lections.
At n largeand re petablemaeeing ofthke
itizenas of Ch'arleston, favornable to thec adopt
ion of niaensunres for promoting the purity oif
Ble'ctionsj held ont Wednesuday the 1 8th ins.,
hie following re.solutions, amronigst others,i
v'ere radopted
Whaeras, the people of several of the
Di~nct im the utate are af in a euma'r,
ed lir tao hiring abdut at reformaaation an
e iode anod manner .of cnductinAg our
pulPr electios, therefiore.
i. Re.eared. Thrat the people of Chaores
an feel it a dty, as well as a privilg e, to
:-p-eralte in so nutiole ;an unrdeftoam,
andl to give their cordaal and emraelst aid to.
are the acconipelment of an object so
ttimatrely connected wit I the p blic amora
imil the public weilfare.
2. Resohed, d 'hat the only ofCo'able
mecans by wltch the~ votes of electors amay
oe ifluent'ced are wll kaown to faair a r gn
aernt and hnest persa:ion. Tha1a t alloth
r meoanas opposed to, or inconristt,2a wvith
baese, are sbverive of ildivadual irndepe-n.
Iance, tierreputablo to those wfhoa eu.play,
md those lo are initinencoI by to. and
lermandl theC uniintalified reprobation of eve
ry d it ri e re
2. Resolrd, Tihat the purchlasef votes
.eiectly or indare .Ioy, byw tuoney, aieast,
Irink, or artt '(1ter meIpsiti whlatsoever, is
prohibhited~ a-spciaall'aw of the State,
ug'lnaisaisi .giffl the stringent penalties
t tue and imtirsonm:ent: That all nuch
napra tiens orupt the loctive fraianaei
a' fr.aud tipopu.tae rights of the true vio
er and poisoi ulic arery rfountant' head of
ibenal helntc1f order. nad we'tirefore
h i man tr.i citizens toi
ap ra. ptds t te or ~eade. ts
YId t eIondtheir ective n d nd efybrt to
bie raid of its saltutary pro ftisions.
4. esidne , That isll c ntributions and
satestimnts, except for the just andllawtui
urposes of elections, shoud hi e disjcour
iized and strentotasly resasted,and, thiat iii
ismch as thecre can ie i sale of vtes,
where there are v mean of pare'haasinag
tema,- .a steady adhrerencen to the rule of
zonaduct. ablove suggested, by cndidates
'uah their fniemds, wvill not onily go far to cuit
Ar th a prolitie stmrce of -corrupltiona, hut
wall 'onastatute theiir surest passport to thio
:oniddeince anad suppoart o all g.nd citizens.
G.eorgia , .ri.-We le arna samys the
Ch:: (omurier of the 2:3d ijst., 'that the Gov
eror o Geuorgia has issued his l'roclanmn.
ton calhing togectlher the Iegislaiture of thaat
State, itn atccordanace mith sutidry Rtesolo.
t ionts, passed :at its lust sessin,'to take ae
tio~n oan thle atucasu re re'enitly radoapie hv
alhe U. Stntae G-oweriamet, ina the pas
of the Cahfaornia anid othaer hbis ot a kimdred
attnern
E'xtract fromi the le~tcr of Genr. Miiu
m:. U. L~ uuna in reply to! an inavit'ationa
to ;attend~ the am is mneetaamg ian'Macong Ga..
aTu alin h, gent lemenim, I havo lt
h'oanntd to say am a spirnt of frankuness a~nd
a reedoma, ani ithal a profundma solicitutde' to
:ivie only thoiase thmgi~s whichl mary lhe aor
lae benrefit oft our coaammona Countrv. Viow
ing all compii~i m~fi e0, violativo of 'the Comn
st .a attoaa, ras toit al to thle South, I crannot
yi.'d may :-nat to rany; rand I amt froe to
ctinales that I woanhl be ams ready to take
lup rarmas to-amorr'ow~ againmst thae Missouari
Compjromais'e ais uaast anyt) other, wvhose
bo1astedl pIurpoi laC-hanild be, the siubve'rsion
of aotr nrhts rand the~ degredlaton of our
ebharacter. Nuo com~proiiase can ever be
amtended fair ouir good. We desire atone.
Gie aus thle Constimtutiona and we ask nto
motirt. WVe alo not wish the North to stir.
riuer t. las rany of ber Iunidiaental
rights; awmi why shi unld we saurrendelr any
of aOurs to her! That wicth lae Si) impiler
aiosy deianids of aus. as not pretetnded to
ben neceassary toi her amaereasl, piroisperaty aind
wye! fre-it as dem a:madi'. mierm'iv as a coat
reSti ' to hiar in funatedl fantat tism anad
arrot'amnt assnnyt ilin of mnra il upertonrity.
.\n a htil i thle saentfice be aide! G.od for
I conimsbIe r, genttleamen, thle contaio n ofi
the Sothl ast em~iinaatly perilont, eambar
rastm. rande painful. It is impoia.sile toi
ciontempjlae it wvtitot tfeeliangs oft hoirr. r
anid dread, ra inann ab~rlm nst to) deciliiir.
Not only13 hair tmprospenty .ande happmaes., but
haer very e\nLnte~ is aden:aftie wtth an ama
st ituatio n wvhich it is unapossihie that shet camn
aurr aderif, or1 etven permiiit to lie toutchied
by the' sage hamad t hanaatcism wathouet
mavtlvmag hra ini a tr-aini (if erantieas wahaith
the' iamatiln~ tcaint erasy consei to tnor
thme romn describe; ;at yet a~rinias cv.
ry mtitatut ion te wiahe worbhI is caillenae
aied aid is now pros'cuttag nna unirelenat ug
wa r, ais iii o unery,nuir hte-noter ratin were
Iim l'ed ati its mer(:thro'w. Ild~~a her be
g ira liy faeen; arss.a ed by every lin .d aad
rilanunnitedl by aevery tont gue.
There myt somei~ ap ~ology fomr foreig~n
dnciiat ctiota; baut what poseblet Ooee or
pa lim'iona cran he rtended for the trigha ful
tersecuttilin ,f thosee wvho are amitted 'aitla
tier jan thae s-tne Goavernmenat; whlohty
lrong pr'osp'ec'd aimn thin fratuia of' .ir 'in.
dust ry; wvhaivo nover reacived frwin her
even, thah laadow of .a wrong, ami whol ure
bioitnd lay every pbligationa thm-t miiitt cau
conttratr or hontaor' nim a in to ene'tl nd
s t ip' "*IL ; en -g;
pro o
verysfac 41
Wtenhdd p~shind'uniit
Norther t )1I A -
lay or " faqusin d o
ur (estr n; as if this ,
l ih tif Wer' existence pnc ,f' a H
on of "theircoqettp .ih t ry
nergy of the mi a it is lar tghL
G, aetive operation a nst ~te i
?he press, the ,putpt the colleges and
olo, an4 ind d, all .he in nitutgot of
. North are made to mitt a this
t mal nant end, and are contin ally
toillbg iry ean strea p ale
ood4 v'it. rjinng a lander. 4Eyen the
wotfiifn n chddf it rq at: 4 ifriir
il prayma toitndtke, with. time 'spiit of
ritan n the ortentiornof a Pharisee,
he inaledfrtion of IJeaven upon ouf itnds
:o that4 isInion.which was ip
se a shield and hulwsfrk'to efery
vhich was expected to mnake of thef3ta es
t oliticel Pleiader,-~slhadng: 14retfter in
aar:nnnioals brothi 3o0, has nnW assuied
he aspectrand char cter of a ferocious con
elerat ion ofnutlignant powers for our ut
er ruin and desoiation.
Nor is the South exempt from iusideous
ties im the bosom of her own society.
[ier arch enemies have their agents and
uimasaries everywhere scattered through
he countrv, whose duty it is to preach the
irtuesi of submission and to dep.ct'the hor
nrs of resistance, In their estimation the
reatest patriotism is a patient resignation
o injury and the highest of all .p ble ,
atoranitiCs is self-protection. Thd Otter
o secure our confidence and to praicte
lpart our credulity, they unite With Its in
mor den tnciat on of "the Abolitionists" and
ny that we have many just causes of com
tlaint agidnst Northern States; but sonp
is the slightest allusion is mady o tlt
ercssly ol sonie action on the part of the
south the cry of dlistunionl is ra.r-ed; and
itiouit propiosing any remedy themselves,
or arknowledged grievances, they oppopq
very measure suggested by ohers. If in
ehance of their clamors the fcaithful patri.
t shall still persist in demanding redress,
ei ia at once deiouuced for a dasunlordbt
tid imarked for proscription. No wonder
hen, under these circtuanstances, that the
ause of Ite South should languish within
Cr own bouralaries, aitd that many of her
oins shmoud be found in the ranks of her
'Aes; for in :hose ranks. there is not only
-ifety but also fort tine and promntion.
ols for the dastard and a stafion 'for the
raitor. Dortestic lanisi! they sell .their
irth right for a iness of' pottio.
This is certainy a dephi iLle condition
ir a frted people. It is we!' caleilated to
ry the souls of reti. If all lopq ve not
'.rsalon the South, it is hie ause her reti.
twe is in the jit--tice ofa ri aitco:I Irevi
enet., and tl he intergrity of her princi
les and purposes. It - is to be hoped that
he has too unch virtu to desifir .but
Obere lies the pat It of afet I Shall' we
palrl to the "rent written clititet-. f
tierican freed'ii ! Thiis she has. already
lre, and igur it a waste paper--.but the
rhost of a dead Constiut tign. tShal3"afhe
ppeal to the litonor, humanity nor a itticeof
ier persecutor. -This, ton, she has l1
eady done, and t-as spurned fron '
treience with indignity and s'orn;i'
mt niockel at her cabdanity, andl oju
it the prospedst of -her speedy destruction.
['hosAuriopnd l and hunted ilowtt by thd
-e' t 1 Ie es--th V i 1 oe ,'
a -301 Ctt ' ..
Ii p' opfedi t 'b susd tal
nass neting.'~t, is pne certaunly of reaf.
n' ee.:tmg~ itorest--.whoe mangnit de
nit hiardly he perceived, invoM g~hits leA
ontinenat; and all wiuiieek to i
lacte in. its determination, shiof .no~[..
ase sight of the highi repnbn id
issumela, nor the vastcnsgiee/ ...
ire to tlaw fromn their docisaon'.; Above'all
hingas they shlould avoid those angr ~ I a
aions w~hichl obscure thle itatellect aan pr.
ertthe nitral rOense. I can hiardy snpposie
hat the oapinionas of ani lhmbe itizen hike
oysel catn he of touch importace to the
Iublie-; nor wouhd 1 now think it necessary
o avow theit. if I were not invited to d'o
oby those in whose tuttentions anid iund,
biarre!tion I have every cotidenfce~. Sua'h
as they-are, you are whiceatme to t;hemrtu
'hboulal they nait cuorrespond with your own
-as 1 fear they') will not--you iaiust re-.
atembier thnt nthinag baut a protfotand sense
>f duty coubll inuc-e tme to pliee myself in
SolsitIr where I have everyt hlng to peril
tad nthiog to g.a;in.
he course thena, gentlemren, whlich I
wvouih advige the 1;.utha to pursue in the1
iraesent erwais is panytinu-sho shoofd~
myv to hier NnrthernYbehe 'four ciantlfn
tial aggresisions ulpon our rights, peace, and
t-alety, catn in la'n'.ar te haorne-t he institu
lonl of siavery wich you .Seek to destroy iis
aiatied withI ou r existenice; it is -to us a
tmntter of life and de~'atha; and if you do not
immedi ately ; andI forever nhandon yotur
piirpese of n restitng it from ue, and redut
rinag us to utter ruin and despair, we shal
conasider tihe Citfederacy as dia'solved by
y'our atIC, andia will protect ottrselves aiccord
igly.' This aippears to me the wily a!
erinative left to the South; We see that
the Nort hern States are benit upon ote es
tractiaan; thiat all their maovetuientiiend
that way'; thiat they are dlete'rminedtQ force
us into the abolition of slarerv, an in enn
tequencee to plttunge uts intoa gjenter heftrors
thant ever befel a civibezed people. ~The
enatituent is now pubahlicly nvoweil by the
miosat promtin~ent of their lertders, nnid acted
uipon by' all, thait the etmwmerpation ofSouth
erti shivery is art ob~ligationt higher than all
oatheors, anad above any ontha to sup~ports the
c'onstiti!ut; anid thte Governmenat of the
Utnted Statesa controll~ed atnd adminoistered 4
by thoseo acting uposn t his faniat ica I senti
mint has beccome. itt their handus, an intstrt
:nenat tor the. furttheratnce anal final achieve,
mencit ot lie ir unohalloweid end. Certaittly
thi~s leaves the South nto poassible escapie
from te rut that menaces? her, excep't
throthl the door of secession. This is her
ontly lope.
"In atlive luwords, nnd natin rank,s
tier ouay ha.r ofsafe-ty dlwellt."
No~ trite I fril of thle Suauth can any lan
ger ihmhut t ha fact, tat t he ext irprition of
slavery is not onlyh) resoalved utpoth the
Norithernt States but that they regardl its
aeromphsd uhmnt as a matter of ce'rtaiuty.
'The only qu aiest ioni withi themn isth 'I u est
mantner oh etlhetintg it. Onue pbrit'i of the
ati.sli~nry palrty , impai~tient of deluy, oro
dhisposeda to ttionapi&1t it at onie, withoutt nnty
regard of cons'egunn es whai n thle more'
temtperite and calcuahting portion, egaj&lly
bent uipotn the p~uupos, are iaboaritg tao
achieve- it by balese ipitate h'trl i-ierin
tactionaa Trho-mn, is not4 tillhiu to t
port to fore ; thr ale1bio:rt 1imi4
Wo av-otd a c'onflict thop i, oa w
f thiua', p ar t',' ark. by stv -g.i. n.t
'to thimwu ihoir ca ilbatrt'ian:at a m-truuiy >.s
not eesete a ru n l il nn s r