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1' IM DEVOTED To JOJIENIHS DMCAYNWLTERATUR1E, ~,J 81. RIXCJI4t.DSON, Editor, 1r .1n JRA1ICt$iSopretot. $w tib VOL. V. SIJIYTE'RVILLEL, S. C. PfRUARY 12., 1S1. . Tr'o Dollars in advance, Two Doltar and 1F ifty-cents at the exiration of si. nonths, or Three Dollars at die end of the :year. N. paper diacoitinuod until all frreara. egaro paid, unless at the option of the firopriotor. ST'Advertisements intserteil at to ets, fir square, (12 lines or less,) for the first aid hldf that sum for each subsequent insertion. lT The number of insertions to be mark ed on all Advertisene'its or they will be published until ordered to be discontinued, and charged accordingly. .TOne Dollar per square for a single insertion. Quarterly and Monthly Adver tisenents vill be charged the same as a single nsertion, and semi-mont.hly the same as new ones. All Obituary Notices exceeding six lines, and Communications tecommending Candi'lates for public oilicas or trust.-or pitling Exhibitions, will be charged as Advertisements. LT Rev. FRED.nFcTCK Rus, is a travellind Agent for this paper, and is authorized to raceive subscriptions and receipt for the same. SU."TERVILLE, Jan. 15th, 1851. To L. L. FRASRn, Orderly Sargent, Sumter Riflemem. Dear Sir : At a special meeting of the Sumter Riflemen, held in the after. noon of the 8th inst.. (their Anniver. sary,) it was resolved unanimously, that a cormittee be appointed to re quest from you, a copy of the Address you delivered before them on the occa sion, for publication ; and we the com. mittee, under Paid Resolution, beg that you will not refuse to gratify the wishes of your company,'and Ft-he commun i. ty. Very Respectfully, W. S. HuDsoN, J. T. Cu aztrums, ;" .; '_ ;J.W"De~ AtpT Commt~ittee. oftI Sumter Rinen is hefere me. Fearing that their partiality has led them to overate an humble and hasty effort, to give expression to their seni. ments it is with hesitution that I comn ply with their request for publicatior. But relying upon your indulgence, and that of the public, to overlook the many imperfections of an address not intenl. ed for publication, I herewith place a copy at your disposal. With great respect, Your Obt.s er't. L. L. FRASER, JR. To W. S. HUDSON, J. T. CuMIamNs, J. W. DARAN, . Committee. J. B. WEnB, G. W. BRADFORD, ) ADDRESS, Delitcred before the Sumter Ripilemen, on thr "th of January, 151, bein, the oc casion of third A universary. BY L. L. FRASER, JR. It is with no ordinary feelings. Fiel. low Soldiers, that I stand here to-dav, at your requrest, as your humble repre. .nttiv e, for the purpos~e of giving ex. pr~ionl(i to some of those sunt imtenms which animate our bosoms upon tht, <(e. a if lie celebration of ou'.r third \mn.ivmrsury. -Considerations of no slight anid trivial chai-aoter could ever ha~ve induced moe to accept. theohonorahble andl responisible position vyiu have this dayv assigned mae. But under a strong scnsoe fduty, asa member of your body, .& in view ofthe fearful position wvhich we, in common wvith the greet mass of Southern patriots, now occupy, with re, flerence to the momentous subject I pro. pose to discuss, I heve been induced to attempt a faithful end honest dhis. chrgeo of the functions of that office which your kind paurtielity has confer. red iiupon mie. The custom of celebrating the annual .retu rn of the formatiion of any society, whrether instituted for purposes useful or pleaisinrg, in their natulre, is almost co evali with time, it fmnds its niatural anid effectivo causae in some of the proudelst aittri buite of hiuman charactor. Jts diecisive tenieicy for good hacs re ceivedl, botht lirectly arnd indirectly, the s actionu of D)iv inet A uithiority and all ages---nation5- k iindred-cou ntries and riben htavo b'rno unitedl testimony to its soluteary effects. Tlho birth of arty atssociat iont whether formed for moratl .-w',cmnl or political purposes is a highly inte rest ing andl importatnt period in the history of atty orgaiztionm. It is ant era in thleir ex xiece, a fresh starting .poitnt, front which they gather renewed ener'2y, to prosecute -the objects for w'htivh they wvere originally united andi tiomedt~t the shano of a Body Politic. the occasion for-tae summoning of~ all their strength, to press forward towards tho accomplishment of their objects, and of' preparing to run with vi. gor "t ho race that is set before them." And] in obedience to the dictates of rca son and feeling, and thei im nmem'orial usages of all times past--we, as i .l il itary Corps, have not inappropriately set apart this day. the Annaiversairy of the Battle of New Orlea ns, to designate that interesting period of time in the history of our existence as a miltary body. This day morn than twenty years ago, the' tlunler of cannon around the rampa-ts of New Orleans clearly de. mionstrated th ie unappeasatble nature of B ritish vengeance, aill proclaimed to tlle world the startling faet that 1le Iron houni tvranlny of tle. old Diinion was making a last naml more powerful ellet to fastet its shackles iarouraI the ne'k of the youthful g int (if the west. I at fortunately for fIree'domi lil the rights of man, it was i lust siinismodi elatrt. Right ani justice pre'vaild over ini. qptity anl opprssion, mill the 1:agla pl umated her wings to t;alk at lollia'r oand hiler flight ilito tha ine x(plor'l regions of hunlmt liberty. A tier tihe long a11n1 arltiunts toil of tih' Revoltutin of '7( whieb give lilaeriy to the vast emipire which was nurture! amid the gignaalilo for'ests of the western world,. aill which had humlb.,"d the prtide of that natian, whose insiill'irahle ar. rogance ial led it to indlnge the 'isis. ary idea of a siubajuaittnion aaf the toti. versal worl, to Biritish A s:baity} and domtinio~n hv the power (of its A rmytt :011 Navy. Alter tilw aciiwhalgmeant ai A mericatn Independl~ece ini th.- most iml. posilii arid solem'ill itter, hIaaown to the usages of Natiols. hiriti.h .1lia lence, andl perver-Al Ioi'n of the sw. rel.ntyv of it. : til.hmu-i! over her colo . jai pu. - -: , if the al. eat h- to a v ! on It obligation. I. nope :s ad ; I~* ,"aldot r; -trn. piawna a .. n ,Ii ' I I t ier U: Naat,.a. w ' t ad i wonldierfl d Iiveraiiaa- a :.a the, a.iganled prile of graa'.t !!ritaina iimi el('led liar to a se ria's of acts of in. justie unparella'd in hiIs aorya. O:t aggression fih!lowtal another until the A llerieun !'lag w'as iinsuilted upirt the high sels, by the impreias'in-t uof h'r Snamlenlgi. 1'his 'a ii pfali la v'it:.it of ta liberyi l the subj t, an n der the refusal to ",rantt sai-fc Ion ' the ou'rage war, was i:n-vi.!.h T " I nat io roase ill i:s straing II to ib I wl her honloi r anal ilattegritv. 'a aal th1" si" ro morn:arch quailed bIa .- th inaa' maj.'sty af an -iigrV p T -. fiet w'as short ;al .I I perc:hel upon the stsi - . . The proea l j r Ilaain I awd is hi I blieathI the w"ilngs al' te A m1a. a gle, atnil the Hui aaf J aiu ary staad lart h aln a'a ar im i a b. A1 na'rie an I li: ar ', a' il a I: 1 cli in thie :aail11 a Id fiat l ,. ''he stuly of' hi::, ryaal' ' a a ph1ic .ey'1", i tat all th . a p . , a ilatrauctiv' adutva. T! ta l' a ('ahni adispaassaaina sulr'a'er, aat I ith~ - evets wich'f baiva' b a'd t th.- a tiaon unda iipraariing aoft eaver n pa's is a ibifhi':iit i knioa '''g . . luh-. ' t*h 2 iv' .ch all-- l t~ia e6 a.tlsv of E mir ias, c'iianat fal t tanal [ rt us" bhinduiii thie sin.ia, tiol ral a to aoaur gi'4e.i tliia iunihiniagil i.. aal u!i -a'na -. 'a b h a hlandl that rules t ha' liti'n a fl , a ma'i stlaijl a n 1, tiil'.'nag iali'aessa tij' all !t.' aii t"'rya soi-rs tha griat maass ta h ' an a anal paarishi withiuat ('vin a Iiga tica. It fimtS baain fa'i'n-r p- ah.a' ala t to skletchi thet liva's aaf' mnii atgnu n dlrawa an imperfecl>~t aoutlina oft thaio proin nit eaven s wh ljib ea'ia Il i's ca' noat aablji'rata. lalk' .hia gaablai afo! gaeenof thea aaaa'ilrn Suni, as it lI -- upg thae scanliary. aof tha Poaat landa~, asit harthie' wi'th a ti l'oa.l oft aalb'i.. ih, t Ioer in t'Ahon Smuunt, tha al t shno.a af b'I ' w,'ar'ringa el'f'nwa'ats that hli ini f'ari a" tairm'oil at its baasa'--'whilae thea ta >unl' beautties4 that aadorn the piila'Ifil anda aroitaid thae haaiiats af at'aim ari'a st ui'a.rd to glowu by thai dim Iili:h of ai dia'anit Then gieat vo'~hia( (at istory, oplns toi otur viewaa ia tharilling latnd st~ Iarg fact . It br'iig' tao latr miwals tha iin. vaarnished'a truth those.aa awfl'.Ii coinvul.l,an of' k iigdlom', tamid a pai leet wirlawiwia of piiain iandl turmoiiail thu! thair or aigain in tfia dlegaener'ata nturl of man,~it iad arn aittely biayoril tha' p awar l'atI iuan coattol. TIl'y'i '~i'a ia liiena||1 i'sh 'ln a arroathie or noI h I' ar I , Ir a .l-. l... bu t - silent operations of hidden causes al vancing in a progressive ratio, though ages and centuries. They are not like the meteor's flash which blazes for a moment, amid then dies away, amid the darkness 0' night; but the internal fires ol'the human heart gather in intensity and power, until the impotent bonds whieb encircle society, are unable to control the fiery mass, aiii it bursts forth with volcanic fitry. The sinall rivulet tihat lulls tie infant to sleep, as it glides over its bebbly bed increases in breadth anl depth, and strength until it rolls its iighty volime of' water into the bosom of' the boundlessocean. But a few ex 1:niples for the sake of' illustration. The uniairalleled displhy of' heroism at the straits of' Thernpyih Was but a saeri fice odi:red to tim: ianes of those who who had expired in the fight for liberty rring the centuries, which were agitat ed by terrible coiflicts in defence of its hol y and sacred principles. The con flict of' classes which for hundrids of .vears troubled tie Roman Eimpire, was at first an insignilicant schmne, for per. s-iial aggr. nnlii.en' nt; but it fin lly <iltebluiredc the ni:gnificence of theseve'm hil imtf city. in a sea of blood. \\'hen kiid by the h:nni of' superstitious power 1 n Ii; 'uneral pI y'-' iJohn IlIiss. with a piroipho:t's eye saw anid predicted that a swan woui rise, like the faibled bird ol' antii y frent its ushes..-w hib c.othici cointroi the lfculties of man, and i'f'y tic' pow 'ers of' dlarkness. While stailing uJ) n the confines of the eter nil world, I' glneed throui the vista ()l' nyt's andl was bomrcyel upin the final htrul e' by the undimued spieronlor whici, lie .maw eneircling the cause lie adtvocettil auicl ited to perpetuate. Ilis ntativrdorn was but an evidence of' the exi.stence o!' thse causes which 4 d to tiht resurrection of' religious liberty and its final establishment~, on a basis us firmr anl erih hiring t' the pillars of' ter. nity iit-eIf. , But let us attempt an appli catiohn of the subject. Sip te ahrn tit)tlaflent of the old con et ration, inuemrdiatefy after our Rovolu ti1, and tho distinct organization on the l g onstitution, or in fact r~~ the fni iortalit chah o ;rt varnnr, aor - 'te initiat a, none hut - eeof ot uiit once can scan. The fir it iexp'ronenti rr the hisctory of the world, of i I, - by tie people had -thir eyes of uiiolis c'e t:lr!Ut'df It, .:"''1 t ril worIldl r hi t f :trigil ti a ret t i1 l, : It"' t- i tI 4. ' A l ' it! I tt ~pit l . ll ' l ttI ge 1- i . :i' fl ; It~ pros~perhty' Ir~r totir ti e .1t!": I tv'' It :,...n elcrie r'rear i; :ril It . -- . t ti fct' e('l tim' twot gs. _'h ;l iit retiolLt!. iier Iii.' Ait 1. ,t t'' I'-, $AICe':tllcjc'r outr b ctuc',iti1n lie'lreto '! ,.:t ..,. ; "' t,: (!('t'l :1 ii it tt '. ,,g' it' tt ere lij lrt'cttlire ii ti ltti,-! :Int rititil c I I c l t!' a: i* eot"' it -l h ' l', tered,"' rea trtg itad 1 I~r' 1)":.I:,:,I Ii'i i'i : I d~ it Itr b htw' n'i tih r!.tarIr.to thf.. rtj: bb . .l' 'r ...,Ir , 'cc't' i , ' or r - 11.1i n11' e, 1a-4 th 1. t W th ihnucallrovr ud the idr A ! pt ar-i , r t ' .'I . iwa .' e of'' 1 hi_ Iri ' t e eIt . r p i cd tu~i tr -- 11cc hu \ u c c ~ aI er i r b b cei 'r lo h li: r ' ch ih-i r \ at i b -- i n.::l I i ' th ' rs' ii' --ne of a i i . ni r. T . r.d.-~ n I T I- t acrT, nh.-Ah hii ii n edito the' wvAni. Thei tre i. ci---Itor I CnI stan t - (la~eit-r' I..Ja i, r sh d tr lycs frii: ihe eu r 'w. A' r '-'rATTI a t to 11li th rul wht'irI cf u . rei ti ' I - cccc.i ITit rTnid i.-( ioniral ih c turb.c I war At.' l l r~ m l itt hiorl ri led ibm c . A sh. h rc' TrAl At- uiiee. t Irnt tor oppo i t h :: '{ An ti ch- rr anrchiv. Thir ut an' :r Aohn, Mc i n t he.1 dii ti-inc es antd pinpc tI- ( th.- chr.tiinl rl'c'i~ic--:h. reit .'::'l ac.AAV chirt-~', olfrri.rr i: t'L t~cl.n But a new Era (Iwned u nh the world and the last sheet anchor of human hopes was swept from its eternal astenings by two, master spirits, who attempted to ride in the whirld wind, and direct the storm. Rosseau and Voltaire gave a new and fearful impulse to the humnan mind and they stand account able for the promulgation oldoctrines which have rolled high and fierce the sea of human passion. lre-eminently gifted with the power of drawing the absurdest conclusions from the soundest pronise--thmey pro. nounccd the Bible a forgery and religion a cheat, and established in its stead a system of universal lienevolence, which extended in its reach to the remortest corners of the earth. France caught at the idea with avidty. The bright gleam of universal entancipatiii, that occassoionally shot athwart, their vision lead them on through seais of blood, in the hope of finally con. sLmmating their brightesidesire--which at best was a cunningly :devised table-a transitory illusion. 'their doomn may be read in the history of the reign of terror. Under the prevaihng influences, Europe cut loose from its ancient fastenings, an I dr4fted wildly over a sea of uncertainty, whose tr:ning billows had been lashed into fury by the stormis of doubt, arjd terror without a chart to direct or a compass to steer her course. Old usages and Laws gave way beore the niew spirit which had sprung up ai digznitiel itself with the name of ben. evolence. I low many outrages upon the great fundamental doctrines of social ordn.-, lve been cormmitted under the name o lienevuience! lBut what is this 3enevo. lene-which claims for itself such exalted irerogatives! It is that specious garb in which Rosseau and Voltaire clothed the worst of all their infidel doctrines-that equality in positinn-equality in dignity rights and property was not only a funda. mental law of nature; bt the foundation of I all true systems of goverhmet. Why dis. gtuise it for political puiposes under the name of conmumiism or*socialisni Why attempiii. to conceal the true nature of the attack, by such liny 'pretences- The oiject was too loatrii.b,:'and corrupt to stand forth before the treridian blaze of truth. It was a hand to :faid fight between infidelity, and the tr'rmbs of:Revel htion-it was a stern conflict, litd e " hodegenerate passions of man, anth Ii itor of duty. T'me battle be ggWtIt iof Prance. Fierzos.pirits ca i rcer fight. Th t Ooc t ugintr estsk' fi~ -q fiter bar t ibtronAit uit) t" t ; . r d uipta ted in e Ianias of ti' . - A Republic was reared upon its ruins, which to all appeir.. ii '" ,vas a permanent national arrangeenint ma1 de by the people themselves. There was ani appearance of health in tie body I'olic-but the hectic lnli carried to the experienced mind the surest evidence of the deep and fearlul cbaracter of the disease. The attractive dlowtrnes of universal equality spread throughout Europe, and moon followed out. break upon outbreak, and explosion alter explosion, until the oldest kingdoms quaked to their centre and monarchs bowed their kiees im terror. A und these reaseless agitations and wild v Scii tions of mitnd, the ^2iZe of oan was :milidenly arretel ly a Lllorious orb which marose in the W1'e tern Ilorizon and shot a bright r;ay if j.v ;ull hlopii. to the remotest corner, of the eartht. The sun of Americani ih rte r-i , ith a spln'idor mauliiied by 1 le deati li iimp, of tyrain v. elir lulepen. d1,m-ue hail been'; dla.red :and ac knoweI dgred Iv tihe' w ,r , :nd she atotiol a bright ex en:ilibr-a liitern oi %irtue and heroies. .\ i'o "r a his io:i l.oked , uon as the last ani o Iy rup, try' t huiin liberty, and it wa.i. tiro en h ji--I that the knelt of Lim a ' ,''o;il ldie her eternal totnidation. li it w.s iii I" ;.ri'll'iie;it i 'ovt'rim eit d .h 1: te.-.r.y ' .bid. T rhuntim tn. poIr :n~e ri!" 'le' ii th iiott I io much b . r.d :2 t*ii. i or, i.,r r ial iii~y crum lnnert du,: .un rim 1I ' b r.h '.mt hope are li'm red : dtie-p .:i uri. T i'cuse ofi thae t ldure rits titiuI iniber's the ol aves iir'mtuai lii :ii, '. i i 'lutieti li. erty. aim ; tier. I .2 . i ' irin ' t li r ii tui'p'c l ed i'as v h iiOry, lo-y~ ify~ le a :ie.. i thinedimit of t eittd Ir.ute asx t n- menerge ahitonh advnce.y niit, imi' ,n the crd of hunnhet anpon x was for mort tin eveni~ ty y earm , --weu hiw weta pcit~n mou~sriini mxto bsieol l' Ir by th'ie ' t s irof Itom o x ancliieiiry .inil dild b1114'uind byi ithuors coummonih dIi liuth~ii'- . and 'dingers, strng o io el, the st mlru w..riit se'ntli hut wailrem i fcountr are tluii pie uy',i arraye lin , e tit h suhty'---she tii i ,x l iiy r.l t-but iniliylthe i'nlach, wtiliaihe' e ts tr' e iiii i. 1 [ ii .....\\' hg ias prohiicl ti, e''csl...hi'tyhngThe ca ur a-ri.6 i o l t ittilertire. xx idiigt i. a i' I: w iera iiet ri e.imil' I t a iu t I )nx'iti me'riirth d i; into te l)echniate 'olrinamo lanit illa thane acuhd mi thtttt oi-r a mel satdogmahav'allt iinu"re hii.OiselI by tyhe bimtetoryi oi manqfrm 4pread of such disorganisingdoctrines, that they have decltted the chrigtiatn religion inadequate to the Wants of humanity, and established for themselves a "higher law," upon the principles of universal lanthro. py. The advocates of this systemn ofunbound ed sympathy have repeatedly declared that when the constitution-the "muagnit charts" of American liberty-comes in contact with their creed, it is the high and sacred duty of man to disregard the intutielons of the' latter. The safeguards which were thrown around that sacred instrument-ordained for the common safety-for its defence and protection-have gone down sreucessively before the advancing tide of Iniquity and oppression, until there only remains the disrobed skeleton of that once beautiful 'orm, through which the shrill winds of abolition are whiathng their fearful orgies. Under the operation of causes beyond the scan of man, we are rapidly approaching a great and important crisis in our history. The shadow of the sun has gone back upon the dial of American liberty, acrd we are rapidly hastening towards the troubled sea of Revolution. A dissolution of the Union is our inevitable destiny, and it is idle for man to raise his puny arm to stem the tide of events. The skilful mariner, when lie foresees the gale, trims his bark to meet it in its coning. The redening clouds which have slumbered for years upon our political horizon, was a sign of events pregnant with great results, yet we regarded it as a thing of doubt and uncertainty. The lightning's lurid flash las followed, and under press of sail we essayed to outride the storm, and compromised our political existence. But now the muttering thunder proclaims the near approach of the hurricane, and shall we not reef our sails to meet the advancing storms? Why do we stand with our arms folded? calmly awaiting our doom, while there is a chance of salvation? The fleet is widely scattered, and still held under the away of seine power iethargy. But, thank God-the crew of one ship are on the alert, and at her mast head float the Palmetto standard. The old, true, stern, unflinching, eagle-eyed Helmsman who has steered her course for forty years. has gone down at the post of duty. Another with dauntless brow, in quick succession bowed his head beneath the fury of the blast, yet there is a throng of fearless souls to claim the position of danger. The storm may burst in all its terror and sublimity, but that jallaL bark whlch has never yet quailed fefore the toni .q ed -tinaIbeit li at ript a er ence to particular acts that the constitution has been abused and grossly violated. "If there is a man with the least particle of Southern blood coursing in his veins, who has not perceived from the course of events that it is the palpable purpose of Northern insolence never to pause in their lawless aggressions until we occupy the position of vassals in the Union, let him depart from among us, and claim fellow ship with those whose perverted notions of justice and right accord with his, for he is no friend of ours. Southern men may differ in the mode, measure, ahd time of applying the remedy, but all are agreed as to the dan. gerous nature of the disease. 'That instrument for which we nnce had such deep and holy veneration, has be. come a by-w*td-a reproach to the Ameri can people, and is made the instrument or the most unnatural oppression. The last harrier of that Constitution whose peculiar boast it was that it was founded upon the immutable principles of justice and truth, has been swept away by the surging tide of abolitiun lanaticism, and we are now float iog at the mercy of the waves. We are drifting madly within the circle of the dreaded whirlpool, and yet we refuse to ex. ert the power God has given us, for our sal. vation. if we perish thus, and our name is blotted from the rolt of nations. our fate is merited, and our doom is just. Act after act of aggression lhas followed each other ini such rap d succession, that it is enough tol eni the eyes of the blind and imake the miartyred patrioits wiho sluimber uporn every bat tle-fild of liberty, rise from the dead ndl Irown indignantly upon those who .i eve so shaimefully disgraced that for which they wenit ihrough the toil of the Itevnl utlin, and tinally died to perpetuate. We have protested, anid our protestations have been in vain. We have warned, arid our warnings have fallen upon idle ears. We have claimied our righti, and our clims have been answered by adding in suit to, injury. What more can we do t There are but two alternatives-to main. tacn our rights at all and every hazard, or ecouch beneath the oppressor's real. Shall we cling' to the Union for the paltry pur. pose of a iiaiioiial name I Shall we cry .Umion' for the fear of perilling our person. al satety im i cotest with power 3 Our onmly reiiedy is in secession fromn the Union, -i-metant, iunmediate secession. if we sub mit nowv, the tate that awaits Us in ihie f(u. ture is too dlegraditg to be told. Withont piresenit, resolute, determnined action, our udoomi is sealed. Secession is ouro lv hope of salvation, andl too that with or w'ithiout the co-uperatiou oif our sister 8tates of the South. But the first sted taken, and they will unite with us heart and hand. The rmined of all are prepared for the emergen. cy. The weak and the strong ire alike coiivinced of the danger, l.et but one Southern State fling to the breese the flag of 1)isunion, acid her sister States would soon asseimble arcound her in that majesty wuhich insulted humanity alone can assume, and present a tront that will awe the Unii. verse. We have nothing to fear. Let us d eno prepare for action; and if the battle-cry should rimg over our land, a hundred thou sand souls would crnwd to death as to a tesi ival. TIhere is, no retreat but in dishon or ancd shiamie. The sons of Carolina are prepared for action-if necessary, separate, (distinict, independent action. They are w illing to peril all in defence of their hon or and integrity. If it is meet that their livos should IGo oGted 'up a .sacrinice unn the altar of libertys the victim is bound and ready for the knife. They would cheerlui. ly lay their bones by the side of their an cestors, beneath tite groen bopghs of The Palmetto tree, and await the trump thaft shall sound the knell of time An. any event; let us be prepared to stand by the cause oi. God and ttuth. Let us be realy 'pre-. to preserve, untarnished by the least' stain of dishonor, the- motto written p en the standard of our State, "Animis .p." busque Paratit" The custom on occasionsa like this, as well as mny own' feelings, fellow-aildersij,' will not allow me to puss this ' opportlrity without it few general remarks addressed specially to you. And we hail with pleas ure the presence of our invited guests, the members of the Claremont Troop, who have honored us with their presence on this. oc casion as a bright omen of the future. We, "fellow-soldier.,', are engaged in.the same struggle for equality and independence. With but a slight shade of difTerence, we belong to the saine noble profession which has ever been the Keystone to the Arch of Liberty. Based upon the noblest traits of character-those which impel us to repel an ii.sult and redress an injury-the mili tary professions at all times stands pre-emii. nently high. The citizen soilder is the proudest character in the world-dignified and calm in times of repose, yet terrible in the hour of battle. The base hireling of Europe slaughters his fellow men for a pal try recompence but the citizen soldier bares his blade only in defence of honor and prin. ciple. The one fights for money, the other for liberty which Is dearer than life itself. Friends scorn the motives of the one, while angels applaud those of the other. True courage Is the proudest wreath nature hsts woven around the soldier's brow. -That firm resolution and unflinching determina tion of purpose which enables a man to stand unmoved amid the "wreck of matter and the crash ofworlds," is not alone the soldier's boon; but the brightest jewel which adorns his character. 'here is a" reckless daring commonly called : courage which may impel the most timid soul to a wondrousdeed;:like those phosphoric lights. which perform fantastic feat amid the quagmires of earth, it vanishes ere it bursts upon the visdun. But genuine courage, like the diamond, glows amid the s profun.1 dity of darkness, and glittertwithh nc ad brilliancy as the stimo h w their d 9eL~.T ~ V a apod the world. t me a thb-i e drapery which decorates your legislauvo halls in the habiliments of mourning? ft tells of sorrows past and troubles to come. The brightest star has been struck from the constellation. The noble, the gifted, the beloved Calhoun, who loved his native State with the fondness of a woman' love, is no more; and Carolina mourns. Yet his warning finger still points to the path of honor and duty, and his immortal name in spires us with tenfold courage to resist that spirit which laid him, the pride of Car olina's heart, low in the tomb. Every 'thing is tending to a convulsion that will make nations weep tears of ngony. It may be ; a bloodless conflict-war may not ensue; but. the lowering aspect of political affairs be tokens a clash of arns Are you prepared. for the event! Have you that stern. rigs training and discipline which would enable you to stand calm and collect amid the shock of armies. Gird well your armlr, and prepare for the worst. Come in what firm it may, war is at all times terrible. It involves an awful destraction of human life-but to die on the battle-field of liberty is a glorious death. "Oh, if there is upon this earthly sphere An, a boon offring that (leaven holds dear-, 'Tis the last libation that liberty draws From the heart that break,, and bleeds in, her cause." Why talk of submission wlai hedishonoir is starimg us in the facet The old revolu tminary soldier, as he totters over ihe grave, faitly pronounces the word resistanmce. Submissin/ "Fellow soldiers." thm'-ro as ni such word in Carolhna pohuecs! Iie.r mtout lit regaird to such outrageous assumppions of power on the part of the General Gov. ernmnt has always been "resistance." Will any one tell us to told our armes in cuiness and peace whmile the uplifted knife glares above our heads, ready to deal the fatal blowv, wvhen we have the power to (Ie. fend ourselvesi H~ave we aity thing to fear in a conitest with the Gene:al Government! Unroll the scroll of Faimte and read the brillhant achievemett of the Palmttto llegitnent on the ensanguined plainis of Mexico. It we submit now, we woul be traitors to ourselves and our posterit y. But if I kitow the spirit which burns in your hear s at this mioment, you arc read'y mo peril all that you hold near and dear in the conttest, and not only for yourselves, but to assemble your chtildretn around you, anid swear thtem upon the altar of liberty, 'Never to live as traitor slaves, While heaven has highitor earth has graves." Somebody's Father. BY MRs. 5TOwE The omnibus wvas slowly pirstuing its way up one of the long himlle thtat lea -s to the nut-skirts of Cincinnati when the attention of its inmates was directed to a man lymng on the roadside, with flashed and swollen, face and tremblinig lhmbs, who vainily strove to raise himself from the earth, muttering brokeni antd incoherent sentences, aind ever and anon faillin g into the dust which hiad al readly plentifully biegrimned htis lace andl clothes. Some of the passengers gaaed tip. on hiim with a contemptuous smnile of pity% some with an expressinn of loathing and disgust, whde a few of a coarser sort on the top, burst forth into an expression of vul gar derimion. "Go it, old chap," said one. 'Try it a. pin." shouted amaiser as be iadoi a fr.t' less attemtpt taioi~~ltf~~a 1 gue. ;"sai'J-a; ihirdji .h 5A; %s'j"1i'k 4 .littlo~bo y abut~v g, t r ltrptchuing lesq ik'W 4e% ss t, josrsedhe JtttigJ akot "uh ithr oWoman by lii aide1 "dti.e' '4ti ~ n ina man tsme, pc auutp poseep.oh "116 boy s'e to, oc of ihi pp ,trho. ooked f w t(Wtatnlsh. mnt rind sorriP, v ,, os rte; tttd dves{ . that paegi uif the gentle lpa ture they were leaving bdnl??4moudtf ChriatianAdcprr e, ;,3~l ? On' the I65}h 1nR aQav rfl1 Z.s oe:ved by the vote Tv#&s 6L wnn, the Legialtntxrle' 'ic h ect ing a U: S. Sea tci ~i 'of. Mr. Yulee, wh~enStephen ft Mary, osq. of Key Wret tn- elloed Ltnder oilier ci 'iisI nq6#should have hnited M r. Mulbry'b ek'on with plea~ure; bin we at 'scarcely fe! grta fied 6t' a result rtidciheed .a* we bey jove, by the intriituer.=eAd 'anhnagement If one or two fl~bbfltil ofle-e Legislsa pure, impelled principgl 1ffIt 'wholly, by personal hostllty'tiMr V'dle" Although it is well'fnr,*+ re s~t1ost of had desired tor.-etirdfrbm di' iu*t life' at the enid of the pr t-- e~i, yet it was ;deemedi' ale bte-' jn Vi.W of he, promncnt stahri tia 'ilt M t~, " iw iy side .withi: Builers;~ 'jJo e tiiuuoh supporierrbt2u~t~en~ 'ifghhts thsta re~elceantign o~ilddj'judene th.i approval, by~i h~f' 'inktiffftjl. d the course pursedr by - tril f '. '! hart .tbiesvW .~er. ROe5tvto ate 3leuon andn adoai' dAj1hD nv, ~ratio usage,:. 'Msr Yv~Ve the r, mucuts nominatidn b a k-iihtre'vote, mod but for thepe onstai itjban ofea~sd. Demnoers t. .FIqiG i, -etl t-,'j.1 ti { M r. jYuIee, . 4 b w hv hitherto 'preierJed ,poppose -M~~z lee's action on-ine ihistio u iaecst their voles frr Mr:. Rs~llryi, We leave hese 'gentlemen to aet ie. heir :own position,. gratait;ie hoev.gtI I sUpoW that: some ;new, light lbqi Jt$4.hem the trup position-to. bacgQqgpjd bi al Spmteru zIteiht. " 1 $ p~ the S3uthloin qutitin h'as~ setled so Tully an'; sa islaitoff ot seqt( tinned'thzattheiuie-~ gz. ro to Mr. Yulco were a direct endormcoient a!' his pnsiir'on 'awvhl tho' tifabimity with which the Wi VhAparty gave .their votes for A!r. M~ullory, .. I. e'. Iitions Land. vi, w4a ire the satme a..-..Yulee'a, ,Tives also thei r endlorsiojnenty s hpWiia in entire unusuuenay, in both.par;ies it hesupto rt of Mr:,O YIlya p'aR4ourse. _gl.,,...e11... e_. L O. . -