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t~ti MTE BNNER. - nterville, So. Ca. IRICHARDSON, - ' a W2F. B. HAYNSWORTH, EntTous. WEDNESDAY, IAY 14, 1851. 7" ssrs. A. WHITE & Co., are r Agents for the lanner in Sumterville. V Te Market. d -CoTToN.-Tho Cotton market in Char- t lebton was quiet on Saturday lust. Sales i 700 bales at about previous prices. The i transactions were at extremes ranging from c 7 to 10 3-4. Fair quality 10 1-8c. t -Vo feel assured that no apology need be i made to our readers for the space which I we havo devoted in this number to the va rious proceedings of the Convention. No I .subject. connected with our weil.heing as a people, can at this day so fully claim the in lerest of Carolinians as that which his teen deliberated upon by this Convention. It is not a question the ,'eision of whirl will temporarily aiflect the State, which will merely advance or retard her in her coursei of prosperity ; but it is one of liberty, of honor, of existence; for without hherty, auch as we have been nectstome-1 to and as the character of our people entities them tp enjoy, without. that honor which from the beginnng has belonged to Soith 'arolina, of ever naintainin.g the r;ght, oft: posinr the wrong, of being an inferior and a subject to no power, without these what would he e. istence to us? What Carolinian would prize it? And yet, without fault of our own, these worse than dangers seem before us in our path. What was our creature now threatens to be our master. Constituted as the safeguard of our liberties, the General Government is now the chief source of danger to them. Liberty is but the assur ed enjoyment of our rights and one of the highest of these is that of property. It is one of the chief objects for the institution of government, and it requires no political ed ucation to say that that government is worthless which does not secure to its citi zens the possession and enjoyment of what they honestly own, and that that is a despot ism which Lakes it away frotn them, or which, permitting them 'o be nominal own ers, assumes the power of disposing of it. Now what part has South Carolina beet permitted to take in the use. management and disposal of our vast Western posses sions ? To whom did they belong but to the States I but this State has not been permit led to use or manage any part of them ; she has been ridiculed and denounced because sale clainted that she owned a share in them, and the General Government has disposed of them, not only n, ithout consulting her wishes but in drect oppositi-on to those wshes. U1ere its a gigantic spoliation, a roAting from. us of cur property upon a 66t' 404 our own Government. Does it y . ofgvernment, is to be our status in this Union. We are the weaker party; the Northern majority is groxving daily, and with accessions of power, will it become more scrupulous in the use of that power ? But it is degradation enopght for Carolintiants to lbe at the tnerc e c a mnajority to feel that, after all that has beeni takt n from them, t hey owvn more thani a hunm dred millions of dollars worth of slave promp. erty only so long as a Northern anti-slavery majority shall accord themi permission.-. Te North has not yet bent her eniergies to the work she thas set before hier ,she~ is nn decided as yet whether. having restricted is extension, site shall permit slavery to continue and grow w ithiin thiose conitined limits until it shall stifle itself for wanat of room, or wvhether she shall at once legi-late * ~ its extinction. Mes.'rs. Cr~AY and WVin. STER and others may keep el' the hitter dootm during the~ few years they have to live ; though that is donht fiul, for Mas-a. chuszetiF. by elccting SU.MNF.R, has repudiia ted Wrus raun; but the~ formetr lingerimng, death is fixedl andm certain. While we lix Northern nianutfactutrers, :oait raeturs, o:iiw0 holders anil tht myriad of other hiarpiew, u ill u ~ be fattened on our snubtancea:w federal tax at ion will with Sout her inovy teami~t y. Improve and develope all the re.sources -imd~ st rongth of the North, and1: iild ebIi ps anid raise armies aind provide mution of war ii to repress revolts in thie Smuatherni prinm. ces. Cuba's condiit will he ours while we are permitted to hold our slaves ; after that wve have to contiemplt~ate the condition of St. Domingo or Jamaica ias our dlestinty. There are but few iindividuals ini tIs State wh~1lo not see these dangers impending over: us; and the maijorit y of these feel titus seco5 shuiphy because, patriotic and loyal themselves, thteyp:annot but believe that ihe -Northern people wilI ret urn to justice niid fraternal feeling.gEvery aggression they thp~ik wVi be thte last ; though every zig gression ii tused as a precedent for thme ex nection -of a.still more uinrightots claimi With ifmbso exceptions .ottr peoplo are of pie mind ; they tool thi~s Unioun to be the iog datgrog enemy they have; thatt they #i6ve not segivth in time whole world, oiut of it, tb fetith inled that it in;3 made encroach. st.*d e nroachtmonit upotn thdirij nrithtat, wvhile theoy are united - hild-iflortht, tidir destiniceas a people gr~ ro ot hi their own hands. Affd thiat we se ogr dangers js a reason to belidaeo that ve shill bo delivered.; for Gqd blindis those whiom ho wlishes todstroy This State. ny be nib fo be unaniinou. in tlin determ 1131f, as there it. no hope of security itt ihqUnigp l o go olitof it. Te C.Ay rftiov tdns been, howv shall~ta but arccmi. htat purpoiks we ht o in view;, fr lai wait for co. biration or tht * -at tesiedn tication of her existence and her honor' Fithitheir own, the judgments of some, and of mntIg then seme whom this State has do- a ghted to honor, and whose opinions aho 11 Iwayis will respect. have influenced them ) oppose what they deem precipitancy of re ction. And it may ho well for us that w ;I ave prudent coimisellors to show us ull thet to osponsibilities and ditlcuhlies of the issue A o are abmt to inako and to advise! us gainst rashness and precipitancy. But no angyers are, we conneive, to bo compared those which would result frotn thist divis -n of opinion producing a divisioi of feeling, iflaning itself into party spirit and arraynirg ne body of our citizens aga inst another to le neglect of resistance to the cotntnon en ,ily. We aro all brothers in hiistory aind n smvinpathies, and it) contintie free iand hatp iy We must remain united in fecling, hoIw(%% ver our opinions aiy difTer. It was to revenlt a disastrous Uivisioit amon oInl. ill :e Ives, to Irion izo conflicitng opt inl ,ins by rat ernal colsulhation and dev ise some md 104. n which nil couhl tinite, of efl'eting h 01b ot whiebl was coulinonl to Ill!, tiat thi; I .onvention aiseIbledh. And it is a irighbt tiiury for our caus, thit that tnecting wa tndeed a consttation of brot hers, t-i wir tes I ild dccortni initred every ac! th:i >trioti.ni ieemd o be the o:.!y inme, l' ind Ibat, under the'se illibine ' I:now: m11d ab1noii1ut uttmanimitV wIs bi o:irnht Io:!, as o tle principles involvel ani ihe purp soS bIo ('helheteil, tlouigh ti policy of on orI aInother course va not eq-tily :apiarent to i'; am iimay we iit hIop, hiat every 4n1 If 1uS, it Iui.: jndgmriit silotild lnot concur in the! vie!-ws. expressed byI tht' ma1.ority, w i trive t his li.hearty assent to lite r-solution su1iiied by the miiorily of ithe Contnitte. aid abide by lh action of thtie Conve'iton of tIhl Peo- I ple of South C:trolina, whatver th:t !all I be. The SIe Iigh's Ilepublican of S itir. day contains thec farewell hi: to his re:aldr, by A L.:XA NiF.II CA: f!!)o1.. hEsq , for mi -I tiine past associated with 'M r. I. C. MoI A f in tile editoritl conduiit if' that journal and of the laimello State Blanner. Though acquaiinted wit this i gentl iainC only throgli I lie colutnns oef th _- pap ers lie hirts so ably coniCted, yet so inuch halve w: heen impressed wilt li,, hmolesty 1aid 1wor thness of purpose, With is d -votion to Is adopted State atnd with is ability as at ad. vocati and champion of tlioe princip!'s whichi he deemed condinive to her grreat - nies., that it is with sincere regret t th:mt we receive his adieu, and our bent wishcs go with him intoil his retirement. Ti I NArIOsNu. N1hDPAl. Cosvi:N-rios. This distingtuished body, after an interestii session of some days lin Chairleston, ad journed oi Friday last to meet iii It citit ihd, Va., on the first Tuesdav in Mly next. Proceedfl a of the Convention. The following is a col,*. sed ltatpeutent. On the evening of Monday the 5th itre the Military Ihall:-M . . .ri ganized themselves by cleet ;ng Ex-Gov.~ Jotns P. RICiiAltDsoN f'resadent, lN-'x.( 1W. 13. SEAnltooxf, hion. .lttN S. Asin lion. N. L.. G(ris, lIon. 11. K lI t:\.i: Pre'sidett andi .\lesrs. We~. I I. Un.-m:1.t.,i retaries. frini Geora hadn arrived in tie (Itv , : Conoitattce wals appoii:id tierice1:1 . , in aiicl :asstgi then't seamts 11n the ilit o t hie foir tfhe fovliini 1, mu' tb (l3\ :I! 'It toi obtajin the serv.ce1 L't In--ere 1 ''n!. L'i. Aller praiyen byv lie. .\Ir. icnm r. ithe Coveio:! :1 A u ,e..1: .t. cHac heita it:'ol wa *.* ni Iwl 1.r deeg s pie:d1~ , ited th i-.s R.1e 1 Iirdemd rlwerellb teibl . tI... wrs thncapoi:t. d ~cr ~t.~i dill -rea Il thletiet i the oll :it.. Ir' . ,r : - wast' t len sgll,h h u i Ii L..':I u l It~are Caiilftrward,' odeed 1(1 tle ;m ie ilt iilllint' Cit i : I i t ! t li' r. 'its and CIIhin.,i tu LC ni h e ;r -ilil1j I m in'thr olt :tt, motih in.-- i irnth- :V tils anid Inalli te fp cly Ife kr 1,,.or i h. nei' i . liegt frnt Aiir. -toi, onha ittiIC i r the * n'inity .ho w ornne ft:n. uhmited he ollow in:: r pIr The ndesgue, :e n:nor17 f t omlrtteeof Tentynin' d - a a bey re onsr~nnd t do her th o t. the najoity of t e ('lan itee . i J.eate from AndeSonIJ, amnddr. al P. IELL~J'OhR[' kntp.adGI DE L nTEltu ho(h ii. i i p Cotmmlittee, adressed the Conivention Ili length in its suippert. -. t e was followed by It. A. GANTT HEsq. Darnwell nnd Gen J. II. ADAntS of chiand, on tie meno side and Ilon. A. P. ITEIt-und Hlon. James L. Omt, in op. vition. After recess the discussion was snmed by 1lon W. F. Cor.cocK in support d Hon. R. W. BAunwr.LJ. in opps0ition tle recomninendatior s of the Corninitten. fer adoptiing it resoltition to close the hate and take the vote at 9 o'clock on bursday eveninig, the Coivention adjourn l. The session on Thursday normning wis >encid and prayer was ofTered by Rev. Dr. i .MtA N. Col. Estran, from tihe Cnommittee of 41, ihmitted thIe# followitng additiomnal report inn tie Connittee which was laid On e table: The Coltnmitlte of Twetitynce hleg a :o10 rert, 1ha0. th' lnve coSidered i ibie'ct of tihe be.4t unnole of prinviing .r tisth inore perteet nid eflicioint orga nizi oni onf ti Swmhorn it.hIts Aw-oriatiiis S ith..trohmna, ..nl respectfully reron "in. thn" le'1hpntl (it til follo% nwning reso it :,n.. ns approepriate for that Imirpoe 1 . R.,r-ne th -e resolut.ins. it ndition > ihiOw.; ;dr:tav reportei, mns (inbiacing i that i., a' p -en-t I (nee srv, 1.r tine 0tin e ti inetiu, tihe Cniniittee rnes 'ttinily :n-k to it, dwIrar,,evd fron tih it:henr conw ir:ntin of tIho varnnuns propo. timn., retfrrredi It) Ilt m. A.'~ -l That t is tero 't ingr of 1I)ele. ato i ro.ni the i)intriet A~ssciatiimns. doe *nV s nn itnelf into a cen-ral nSuthrnn inh -s - i tion of th' cw:;ete of ounth ar jna, prerviing it:, (rg-tizat.on under '. Ie- l 'd, 'in:t the Cn.tral S itiern Nht As,- ifill t it ihe State er South. iroln-i n. <il) cnsi.$t i-rentter of DeleW nes lipointed lv i evera' Imtrict Associa inn, inn tine prio;riot of l .ic. ;s 1ean y as ti': numier nI Senators ani'd -re'n!t-iveA Inn wihch ealch election Ystrwt is entinled; and th:it it meet s4ini limn 1:1Y, It much pla.es I lt iy be de glna d by thev pre'sidi hng oflicer: tihIe, present )eb . ((it) innnineg inn biers, tint i a nitw ppn.:.tn-nt ly the ieveral D.trict Anso :1. Rev'led. That a Centril Committne :r the S'itin'rn liinht Associ:ntions oft 'u1th Carins h. appointned by tine Presi enn o' iis lin -ly, to conisist of nille ilIe-111 r - n,w idity it .s ll ein, bli corresnnn. nne',by l uibb-in aii cnd irculatilng Soinali nrntin''ils, and b . all imper nnans, to pro. nnn. lit cnmnn in I canir-; a1r11 11tn 1L t: it anv nnim!r W' any l).tritnAsociatin inn tIlhe :t iin:i lie e'hle is ai m:nber of tine i (-itoni: Ie . -1. leo .idi/, 'I'lat tie Central Committee )0 a;nninoriz': ti appolint a Smcretary tnid Tre.srir. ad toi take all suc insurs n1:y bo pimper to pr vide Ior all i l.A. P. .%::, then anliressed Ihn! .'toniveltioln in oppo1 :tin to tine lirst recomC. nitiins nif tinhe Cnmitee. lIe was fol ved oi nn ie other side by I:-(Gv. 8 l:qos, lion. J. A. Iln..cs, of Richland, Mr. l1 nAr:, Eaditor (f the C'h-irlotte N. C. litrnetl's NeA S and True South!)nroin' whom v:s a delcgate from the York and Indiani ,indi4 Asmociatioi, by Mr. J. B. bMcCAa.,. of iried and by Cd!. Gpady i gen liniuinority re'pir:. was reijcted anid tine ieti. I cante up~ n Ine A\nireins anne Rtea nuininuns iordgnally rier:ed ubih U'vC iintiopt, thne Add-e :aal tine econd atni hird lieidt ions un:tinnousy :nni tine irst m fI ur:h ui 'h hiolnt few di.sse:ntienlt vtnier.n. Theni futhelr ri'port if tihe Comtniltee~ of .\tr tile pai~tw::r of Re-ohuins oif bankc; :n:!I c 'tn'l::zcent the. (.n~Citenton a-l A We'tide'ful Pojecot The( /.' ('. i, r 't it s on i the autthine v int h r in a n' I met is et atn tIetnr s 'the t'rn i f \-enii i ! ' I' Cr t1 . r. t h \ nts' u. n be. h Ie ' ni -. Ten p!.i,. in re r '1at . i br ii n-!t ir in iro toI thI i I ir ir . t iC i exp neo' h - *a in in dn fdo r ,- l Iih th- i . t tr t v t.' ii I e tiC :.i l'h-: Ct bC ten t.I An..- - i r o i i:,n .mi ~r n' :lv '. 'iru'a h n p-;.t ih i. i -' ti' c. ii-: tine : el! g inyn. lin . i.- -~ h i &.i C. niit non ie n tiii) ; fir r : h.ei tte ' p rin ni rvInto 'r a rIn .it r u . uw~l itn-r ie heti a t lt' ~i m.:C the di i J'arance i f ti e greati'.t n:;. h .\r Ie-- Int~ 'un mi r o h 'ii I tI ' ittiiii r. ii rii* iI.,i,.ti ,, .;g ,1 -i n ' tir, i-ln-: tl tilt ill b ih in. ', I it , ,ii iiit in' :-niri.~ ' ;I- n t lieimnglo n!ufi I tos, 'C nn 'n rl the i lio \\m.inr . .tiI v r . -%''nit ii i:'ni. urn? ' -'in-v it Wenn bpl inii d I i hel' 1 umantine haii~ /t.-I/n - w nnth c nin neer ietmmn mo ile u1i inof hm y..in mnge on te .\ n.-a Resolutions d Address reported by p the Conmi a of twenty-one and Y adopte' the Convention. Col. Maxc G'tg, from the Committee of twonty-on sstiumitted the subjoined res olutions and Idress. which on motion of Gen. Adais, ero inmdeti( the special order of the slny for Vedinesiay morning. 1. Resolre'd. That in tile opinion of this meeting the Stato of South Carolina enn inot stubmit to t)e wrongs andi aggressinis which have betn perpetrated bly the Fed. oral Goverrmnent and the Northern States, without (idrnor and ruin; ani that it is necessary tn relieve herself thororctn. whether with or without co-operation of other SouilurnStates. 2. Resoiol, That concert of action with one or more of our sister States of the Southi, whebier through the proposed Suithern Cingress, or in any other man ier, is ati obiet worth niany sacrifices, but not the sacrcmivivvcd in submission. 3. lexlr 1, ''liat we holi the right of s'wesAioi i to essential to the sovereignty aist ftrecdrmof the States of this Conledhe rac-y: and th-t Ihe desinial of that right would utiroishls to ni.injured Stato the strongest, adilitiinn i enu ste foir its exercise. 4.. Rextsora That thsis meeting lonks with confidean it hope to tile Convention of tlt pe'oplse, oi exe'rt tile sovereign pow ers of I Ie Sta! in the defence of its righsi, at thei earlisst tratctil period, ani itn the inost el'etial iann r: and to thw Legi'a. Itre ito adop4slit 11h, iist sIed'Iy a ndt etTect ual ::wasutres towarI'The same end. .1)DIRSS From the Dreitles of the Smithern Rights A .itins ,f Noth ('uarolinha, as.sem-s h, d ini ('ihar/io, to Mhe Soithern Rights A se iation:f the Noutherns Nitates. i1aving uie, to take c'insel togmthrr, and1 hamviig neitd upson the course which e ibitik it is fight and nere.-sarv to pir st'. We wish h lay befocre you Ilithe cnsidh erations by with we have been gavereel, with tiat. fl-aniciess whichi otir respect for YOU, and1l our 'esire to merit your good opimot; regsni-?. We re'ard ie position of the Southern States itn thits Confederne y as degradsed anId ritinus. Themanifest itodcy of tsos' soystnr.tic nressions which they have nflbvrmd fir tim ity vars Isft, s is;to iubvert t he iistiiti of .avery. Iftt hose acts hostile omin naints whicii have been reiner. eil nore instultina by tmorckery sof l:niguatsge, us nd'er thle tern, of csrnlpronises, wilre fioat itn thir natusre dit were iot so be followed' iv anv further aggressions. we would still regari thm as outragi-, to which ssver 'iit Stuass. ;.os-es-ing tie spirit of free do:n. iur'ht never to submit. lit Ishso ss'asires itily forn part si' n sVstCm1, grasd umally coomtnenced, stetsily carrie] :Orwardl, ithint stresngtit frni developnent, anil irceeding with fatal momentut to its cnd. ''lhat en is the nOwititon of negro slavery iii the Southern States, and the lowerin of tie tree white )opulation of time Suth to, lie s:ame level with that agrarian rabble. wic'h al realy stroiy and langerotis, seeins dest' inted hefosre very lig tot lie the control Iing power the Nortnern States. We se' no rein ;-n6ino safety for the Sith iii te prese U i on. But we know list in this we sdsios'r foi 's very imany citizens of io sither So i-Ihern ,States, spritedi and in telligeut, 1. .idt 1119 sasne interests, and 01itlring utihs-r ii' stiie wrongs with our. n fels, .nd 'ebse'rish the hope that the rrghts of the 'Se.Pz mny be vindicatel tin secureil wih'. 4 dissolving the existing .Confedierac', 4'difference it doe no; J ,'" .' atzns of Souith Carolitna, a' tsre this pecJf ::-imy cfI political *mi"~!on, ari-in' fromi patst Ovemfe ttuindere2d a cer ti tnsrewre, on the'ir part, p~rudenmt ands prope~s r. hs:l've st udissusl y av~oidled e'setivthing whch inight looki ike a.esming thi' load. int the dlefenes osf Snouthernti igh s. T1heyv de.i red tos nest, becauseo ti.,ey believed that Isafty arid honomsr r'giired, tieliosi; bhit theyt Spl hishV rsii,gh1t fid legders in othier Sttess whomis' they isight l'lidv. in dlefenceo of Thes- e'.imniontis cnseu. 'Whens~ the nsuaciet't coniiionIwe'Ah oft \'rgirij''.raNpro'per :easd sit ofLL the Noit h. decl.'arJd4&rtelermnis:tion ' : r. :2. at : . i nrtJ. udto die l~ist e.' 5 re, v. h .,tile ui~inIi-E %ten thir('atene.I, '-sis' Ih t'arhn, wsithi aitrity, itore!~ readys15 to spr irin iia int carry'ing out hser selh r sr~nin. i~Iv's Wh norgiaa, whtos se formiser re- ' nsce to il'!'drra!iniirpatiore, undier h s''er 's lo-stt.''m:rin, Tirssupe,' gav'se prn i-'' If inii n bs nig~ tirisitiess tin 'sny s'stis't ,' 5-: itt to mi de ai statis tior th' ri.?hrT ia h- ac---Notsith1 t'arahitia rs'jssiiced at 5 '5 prs' 's'st ssf rLlig~' tiiliier thse bassulier An: uhei thie yosuntg arnd '-i-r, Ess s'rns i'snv . ter te purpo-~ie oft endsl'ar. la:.f thin ('.inist iiu tin t nti sr'th s, an.i! ;is ths '-leune 5 ;l n ' sre r'. mii.r, if 1's-,sh'?s, it, e sm'I' ~i -. So*uth: t ';sn sirn hs'.srt ?v in' r ' : 'sthain s uresn, :s1. .be Iv in-- irlr rim ut i r.s rv~isi ta.t. n so the (s''eii. lsm -- :s.sib-d t the' i'stance t f.\ssssis. -.0, i s iss I,,-hte ts'In li.re ,s io s'ro 'nIo. ~'-h s os is s 4te anxibi jstr si ll prosp'r I. \i st V tss :ss sdThe aptpe~sr:siw-? s:'.s ~:ss-s sr J5t'tuTisr, tos is? ni s'tncrt w;hths s'.ti''n, st sothir S'snhssrnt Sts'es, .. 5t (a ntisht.:i': sep-sr nes!y str pain-~iitly'. .\ it'now. -':i'n V :ii 'A. h-'sve e'xtirse-s.t ou b h atii i ihrs, usn hopii foir thes S ..uh :n i thss e.x -in' slio, we isrt pre-. mr-ii t a i i!, tos r :iind in gsood taih, :Is'' ,:'i yj elis pa u Isb-h1 iny bie piros. * y a - r t"'t s: , f r isbtasinings rs'ures-, 1 I.- t sts. ' - '.- ity (in ths, 'ilire, II nii b i s las t'o rs't'nah t o pi~~ er -I 'ts? .5s s'ther :ot heil rn: Si te t :s is' isa 'p ' ist r.':.f, auni thei n1 t--: ."e s prs'ited l's its of .libists tiiir ors it..'!j ;;nd illi.s e wi'es h.is isn s. ~ ~ iii . \\ 'e s's:tt t soiain S. sit ti)t th .t 's 'ths ('.55rabwIi s'ntered' this I*sssss rs n-' ;s . t ' i'r'igts ,sid ipseii' n~si.s ''~i' andi thsat hii' nr! been~ 's'rssiged', -he his th 's'?er 5 ''ht l'to w thdrlaw', trions it. [i'r 'ssi, uinist lsis'i'- ilhs righsstiand Isiset ths I on~.-sspias';'. Ii nso5fIl- o "her sa t lt jisit is im t eb ; in.' sn 'eIt's frins thse wssrsszisr dsrs's!v hsrl cte.', '' s' si'r tn' hotp' its 's-Uingii, ssr ii -w's i'iirages's, Ti'rs sse's a he~ir -pirst1 wel is'svowid, 'sils sssjis itislime tie ;. htt wve :eel is, in-sianco that the spsts of' hs' s'tls I w II r.'? i prospodlion to the inig'in. .on . In ld Ipos hs 'head.s' An~L it' co)1nta -y. we s''u tha t thss " South ha~S already horne xhlat Iit wnbi it fsr a msiimeit have''s sub.s ints iit ttens 'ssear ago, ind w' tt lihe Norith 'sanhts inotl ti's h ' s sventured'y toi perpetrate. :seent wdsishnut tsi Isy the e'xperimnent '. n. ? n'it bo horne o... . ..:.. letely broken - iyrdtiiPlly aid cont4ially 910 ielding to slow and gradual; but unceasing cet ncroachments. And if the exeielsd6f-the ight of secession Ja to be foll'wed by the Le itempt on the part of thle Government of his Confedetacy to'sibjugate South Caro- Pr ira, it ia better that we should meet'that tteipt while we still havo. some spirit and a " ome power of resistance left. If we are to cia imhinit to the conditions of a conquered ant cople, we think it less dishonourabtle not Ytj o do so until we have first been conqjuered. in %nd if any thing could add to the necessity my ,vbich we believe exists for a withdrawal Cu -rotn the present Union, it would be the de- I c il of th right of secession. For the do- bu iial of that right indicates, of itself, ex- adi reme danger. The right of seccesion has wE tcretotote and in better daye. been regarded att is unqiluest ionatle. by a!i Southern politi- an 1ians with the exception of an inconsidern- by Ile number of consolidaftiomnmt. And if ti ever that right can be denied, without he erotisinlg the whole Smith to sustain it, the w< S outh will be ripG for the most miserable vi< fate which has ever befallen any people.- of It will then, as a pernmnent sectional minor- Ui ity, have no defence against the tyranny of piu a Government combining all fte vices of wt thei corruptest democracy, and the most op- do pressive foreign despotism. I I We know the conseq(uences which will th follow a failure, in our oflirt to maintain our oli libherty. We see clearly, that a triumph- nt ant exertion of the p-ner of tihe Federal otl Gioverminent. in subjirating a State, will of vastly increiKe that power. and greatly ac- S relerate the chtatnge already far advanced, h of our Fed-rative systeim into a consolihla- Ih toed vettral despotismt. We see, also, Ihat il SoithIi. a:iroldina will not sufTer the conae- th qlnces (if this chiange iilone, but t hat the tI rest of tle Sorni-rm States must suffer in c an. equIal degree. Thly wil iave no safe.' p( Leard -.g:iist tle central Government, Si s rengthened by crushng opposition, and er rendered by tritimphait force what our sit Northern eneies have long been endeav. u oring to niake it by frauduleit usurpition, el. Ihi supreme Governmen of a consolidted of nation. The sovereinty of one Southevrn w S.ate Ca- not lie destroyed, without the Il loss of their sovreignty by all the others. p: Vu are aware of the responsibility of do- t inag an act whiih may h-isten these conse- ri (iiiences We fvel tIer( respect which we I: owe to States having a common interet, 1 thre.aten.eid Iv a canoine dani..cr, . not p Ciqually perstuaded with ourselvi-s of the ee- d cessiy of act ion. And no hing cotil induce ji ts to take, without their concturrence, a it cotr!e whiclh is to involve thero in its con- a quentcebs, lut a 'thorough conviction of the! it.cessity which urges us, and of our i right to di so. e Addressitg c'tizens of Southern Stale #1 Sassooiated to tn-lintain the rights of the Stith, we cannot imagine it to he necems- a rv to argtuo ahuti the right. of secession. We hiohl it to hi' the great State rglit, o witlout which) all others are nttratorv ail o incapa ble of einilu enforced; and your posi- a tion avsures ith it your faith catnot lie ia diflcrent from irs. Nor can we regard it n as iecessirv.any further, to dictiss the S wron:j w hich hav' been infli-tel otn thew' Southern States. They may ie danied by i those whMi shut their eyes to them; but you C do it hitong to that ulass. Southern n.d11 1 St ate R1ighits men tmvy difier as to the no rewity of exercising the right of secession a at a particitlar time, on account of these C wrongs; but. as certainly as th right -exist-, each State must possletS the right of judiv ing for ler.gSlt, as to the occas:ot anil timei for its exercitse. lfgouth Carolina decides tb*hi aor and t e quire herito srde .. act oftscessein is not normitted to be peace- t i,- ;t will befrom nsrrtint of powerlby ji the Fedleral Government, not from the na. iure of thle act performed~ by Sout:h Caroli- r na. Accustomecd, an we have beena, to vio-a lit ions of ttWConstit uti, and Ihe rig'hits 6f the Sounthern States lby the Federatl Gov ertniteni, we have to loo'k forwardl to the plrobaihity of another outrace byv that Go -.1 ernmnienrt, in t he aittemnpt to force the State: to remnain in the! Un.ion. WVe suppose the i at ettipt wvil Ibe mi:.i"* if thle oilher So'ut herrn a Se ies prmiit it. These Stat-s niunt dle cie for thetnueelves whether they wvilI per tnot it. Situth,. Carolina miutst decide for herself whet her it is niecessary to secede. 11er sister States oIf the Sothi will harve no irgIht to) comphiini that shem forces them into V a poioin, whecre theyv itnist either interpo01e to pr.?v tnt heer si.hji .ati on. or bty consent meg to ii, abandon their own Hovere'imniy, and hav themttseho at. th iIe mercv of a des- 1 pol~~ 'ic~ ixr. Jn seceintg Soiuti: Carolina w.il s:mph-~ do an act whiiche al Souther'. mten,. whi e hore ini thIe eistence ot State lI!.htis at all, musti~ adtnitht shte .'as a *eriect riehti tol edo, aind wIcht she rega'rds as ablutely nie.'esary. She wilt be ar. in.:e her s .rredl right. Shte wel dlibe art- I ting as sher wouthl heave to act it none~i of th ot her South ern Stat es were itt e'Xistpec, :en.1she ere h~ nily obecto gr~h ho the Noitilerni States and thie Fed rila ioenernintent. Sht is nit aniswerale for thn' i-tiriuir's .iui io i.stice wheeh iti a hei o'inoiited airiuinit hu'r. A.ni t fltr th a siTer S:.tte iif thp! 'Sotith i te k red- f her t. .1 reb t ruiii :in exercise it thei rigt w.hiib leer friee actiat ci .i iar del.rent cht-ieter iiri:niim an ih wvinch sim cant bei cinred P re-e~lm, :.biie, Nu.;tth Ca.riiiue wvenlhi he I plin iher sester State'. ii the Suiitlh iier a. noi eiu.r.intt. hi they- uhlui liIitn thieiin .-eN im a plois t ai; restrait, iti wouhii e'i:uu, lioii the~ :a. t:n1t 'f t lie l'e ral ( i - hei shiiuldl itnss eli her rifr:iingl. fritmi Sunh!t..ii wvihi sh re-:ardsn as itter hte.a li' I '.*d- ii tiuverinenot in [,ilac.i1. iiujo'tiauh.e restr:iiit uipoit a sov'ere ~n r an- ia i qi I. J Wte t-hi thiat idor necessit v fur sep-tr nto actali hv 8.iilih (':iroi-aa wh cli w haveIiv f'iiiteiin iated.l tity beu aertedl. We con. lii' .n ihe ',di.ant .ins tvh.eni wve ;ulhires. TIhere ii .y h.- -me hple oft t a-sseti:H- ing p of at' Sut b-n ('ingress, to e vise mea'i -nres -al of~ re'dru's andl rb:t, uipouta bichi somie oftl ti lititiredl States iltav tinite. Wi. have' iheifetere te-ini w ling tie sii'rtico titm he tor Niiithi'ri. tdanu. We still ire. II'.-C edo nomauir.iu to ledn, hbut tel Ifilow. Pr.- mi iinr cu~uoin rights andeu prof'iung for our ciiiiuman~ safety, andI we wl hcntily uitite iS wah yue mi carrinl thm outt. We b h nhoh reg.re' aimost deieptly, to incutr the" oensnure ot irrond-:, with whon we heave thte I str(ongeitides ri'e o t ini ('cnet. If ii, St wve tiehl a <h-1p contviction, thitat- e reve nit h tacted .. uifirea ullt anyi preeifpitation ando that iie aire in thie righet ini the dlete~rn mninat in athieb we hive formed-i. Thev se~i uelf-ba ett of subissin, apica rs to at us.o tunwort hy of menci-.etill prehtindir g to I beflrer,.--The~ g loomny proispect of inevitable beh rtinn. to follow suhinissimn, appears to us..R une-rn formidable. than~ anty diagers to be im entcouttneed in cemntendtig alone, aga inst vt wvhatever odds for our rigth,. WVe hrwe comlo to then deulerate calnidlteion1, thtt i itw be our fatrto ho~ kflsldono in the ustryggIe, w Dn te mnnat ilttlilirfg ef snin. M'21 a A -rl I 0am tter of the Ron. Langdon Cieves to the Conveption. ANTATON, (Ogeeclies, Iat- Uiy,1651. 1iy Dear Sir:- hive been appointed Delegate of the Southern Rights Anso. tion of St. Plhilip's and St. bilchfael'd I also of the Indian Land Associaton, of rk District, to the Conventidn to be hold vour city on Monday next; and it was wish and intention to have attended the nvention lit obedience to these calls, but annot do so without neglecting private incess of my Oi o f importance. ,which inits of no delay and which cannot be il accomplished without my personal ention. 'This business, howover pressing 1I importait, should have been superseded thme public call if I could have believed it my attendance at the Convention could of tiny mtnerial importance, but I am ll satisfied that It could not. My general nws of the grievances of the South, and the sulversion of the Constitution of the filed States, are fully known to the blic and will weigh for what they are aih, as effectually as if I were again to clare thein. 'The object of the Convention, mnderstand to be, to declare whether, in opinion of the Convention, South Car nt ought to secede froum the Union alone d1 without the concurrent action of any er States.-My opinion on the propriety the separate action of one Southern at", and articularly of South Carolina, s beenm long known. There is no man in u cotintry who feels mere sensibly than I time .l:mnger, the dishonor, thu infamy of a coidition of the South. No man is tre entirely convinced of the justice, the nstitutional right, and tihe political ex lienc of t he withdrawal of the Southern ates from tIme Uniont by which they are ithralled, and wlich cannot fail, while it bsi.tp, to bring on them further and fu re danger, oppression and infamy. I am ti-fied that history furnishes no examnple such, disreputable submission as that hieh they now exhibit. The phsilosophy of orty is jealousy. The proper action of itriotism is the earlicet posible resistance the slightest encroachment on the ublic r~yhts. 'T'he lovers of liberty snu the inied breeze g4 tyranny in the distant de, indl do int wait for the overwhelming ower of the stormi. But wo tamely en ire the full bllant (of the injuries and in ires andi inisults so profusely Foured upon s. We hug our chains with something yroniching to fondness, and submit to be omerned by our hitter enemies-and yet it only necessairy to will i', to rend those bia;nS aund to be redeemed, regenerated and i-entbrulled! As a citizen of the South. feel huninted into the very dust. Yet I iml not of opimion, that South Carolina mould secede alone. Nor do I think thus n aecount of thge dangers it may provoke, r the sacriice it may require. No dangers lid no Facritices can he too grcat in such cause. 1it one State of the South can ot stnid alone in the midst of her sister t:itcs. Thrtse States formi one family in iteret, in blood, in feeling, and in endear i'. Sori.d and iaitorical relations and re O~l-tions, and such ties ought not to ie rokei but by dlire necessity. South Car. !in:, I know, has been grossly slandered nd1 vilifled for what no dispassionate mann an s is rash or inwise. She has done io mre thaiiproclaini the Southern %rongs, nil vlo catn deny them, and to express :!esire to unite wih her sister States in '9sist' will be wrong, ey. Imave pro to do what thme onor ind in'tlirtt'' require to be done f reded4tlh 9ai'ate'rand tio sustain the fylhits- of ihd ouih. It is -most true ndl deeply to he Jatteated, but ne are ut one muembet'o~f this large family, and are 1n0 righmt to dictate authoritatively, to mb oilier membneris of the famniiy. We 1ust wait upon them and intreat thiem tom ,ovet. We shmould use no language of -ritszi'on. We miust look with forbearance !t their tareliness "li' to their fuits a little blind, Ite to their virtues very k ind,. An:t putt a padLock on their mind" as to the past. Th'le peo'p!e of our Southern sisters are bravy peouple', whmose fathers fought fo~r berty, whoi themelves were born- an I urt.-red iin theC elijoymenit of it, and -who, ere:ore, know the value of it. It cannot (' believed thait such n peoplhe will hon.2 on:;enit to lbe governod ot herwrmse than hb' Goavernent h1 which they shall enjo'v gnall rights, egnmal pover, andm equal onorto. 'They hmava been deceived and etraye~d. Thmey must andl will hearkeni to thmer Vounelilors thani these to whom lhey are hitherto laed The South must nil w I ron-c f'rom its &!mtnbers, and minziy rel uption the Democracy of thme 'ottry Th Dimiocratic party once ready. timir the guidance of .Jeflerson in 17tH.i saved t he Souitth from thme ambition m miils oft 1ederatham. Weo nowv contendl * in-i thsamebit~ peOj e, biut. withi these librences. Thmecadinig F~ederamlists er< ( h -n h, ''h, haonoraible, able meni, who etc amit ouis to) governi you, bitt whose obitihm was noblhe, amid therelore scarce crime, thu ahI dlangemious to the true riniciple of our Uion~t. TIhese men have onie downt to the grave, or have been rosctribedl andi discairdled by their unwvorthmy omtes; mien with more titan their ambti. mim, bout ntne of their virtues or talents. it objec t of the old Federalists win a ron,: but lien ,st Governmient. That of oir surcenors is an anarchmical tyramnny, '.ardlecss oft thn provisionN of the Consti. tin for tihe security of Southmern ri his I tit.1 byli time primncipoles of abohitin il tC e t renzy~ of tanaiticismo. I et time limoarteo party, then, whmichm id tinder thte gnmidanmce and foresight of wuit, and] savedl the South, agin put rtl its strength. It embraces theogreat weri f te Southern States. Even time h 'e i the Snuth are De.mocrateo, thoiug~h ao ialI p oat on, in which accident hias aced thoum, andi treed of that, they wzl ipear' under their oldi fl ag. The Wig rey i- tno longe'ir thamt of whmichm they wvero iiihfrs It wuas a party founded on thme !tn's of .th poji~i:ic muof theo daym, < n time ciipamraily , mnii Imeasures of the oiimr'nt -~m mduponi the cambdahtlies fort Feider ooi'.eA. 'The piresenut mmovemnent is oii e of ,o 'drai to th~e Somuthl, and that party nii i w contentdinug for these oltd obijects, it to Cont.;ue:r the South amid abolish lher t ~i ottant and valuable inst ituutions. ilhere are Whiga iat the South who will aitdh.-r to't hin they are few, and can plinae. We shmail be strong enough, if in ouirsrilves, without thenmm. It is only cessiry uint the 1)emo. ratic party act gorousv. :-enhonsly anid perseveringly, inlthe pInciler of thme South wil1l6 inophanit. ir we have souls in ouir tuomnl, can it he onherwilse 'hoee o nmatiotn en. doeoit ~uit ny not hes ac'onp)ishel'Iin ~u.Ayin a ar, hut htthe~ janf tof't the i~ vere, and .the redilt' iwdtevsi I tie trua of Vi nii sithd m~ 6. all as of othoer1:t . dat nto 'ht beikte peopje'0 J now 91,U *.eir ld, distiricItlf whel W erl sub~verstoir -1t~ kAL degfradat U1 I thiolk ite Birf asnnqip f;~J questiotisrepiy ne 1ie k and the North, ands)oat governed abnojutely ng a people, whojiaa r nihiilate ne I have, finally, my dr.. f'avor of you to communinate the Coniventip, if Yu b which I believe fou tire; " gage some other hand to do a*6 j Is to show to thes6 4 ho ppint i their Delegate, though Utlir-l.tier" to attend the Convention, haw rro wholly unmindful or his. duty to .thom' I am, my dear S:r, With gkia ' and esteem, your obedieni'ervant, -LASoDO? Citvu G. A. Trenhol, Esq.. Clarlestn, P1. S.-Since writing the ishove, I h seen it intimated, that this ConventioPnlt. be called upon to act much more than was at first sugge.ted, upon the diffi - cult quesdions between the Sout an.&t i& General Government. If it shall do so; have no doubt the actior. will be pnfortun-. ate. It %ill, among other evil4,'divia tho people of tihe State into two partieor, instah of presenting that unanimity which, now: does it so much credit, and will problablky uider ruture cuntingenciCs, gie it 'niuph strengtih. Tihe great activity and zda 7ior South Carolina, have destroyed h;er iothea1 and political influence. That zeal afidc tivity were not condemnable in theinselvis; but, under at tual circumstances, were *m politic. Ii was slauderously called atibi tion arid a desire to dictate, that exelted the jealousy of other States. Measures, right rn rp -n patriotic, were codesifed,. simply because ihey camc from South Car olina; and every astard .has jnstified his recreancy, under this prejudiced and 'elan derous condemnnation. if South Carolina be wise, she will wait upon bei esit.er State, yet a long whde. Let lier be pre inred to act, but leave other States time to deliberate and determine for theraiselve. Great changes rnust take place in the sen timents of the Southern people,-or history ls a fiction, and the nature of man. has changed. Let South Carolina be prepar ed tojoin other States; but she cannot 'o foremost wit hout injuring hter own and the common cause. There has been, I tnink, anrther error in the u:nagement of our great controver sV, (not peculiar to Sou:h-Carolina)-we h'ave haid too niany Conventions. Such. assemblages are proper and only proper on.. great ocensione-whenk tihe senso of the people is doubt ru. Iin amiet all, if not all other occarson)Yra, /Me orgmied power of' Government is tie sa)fest grorn I of reli ance. It is particularly so in this case; which is a case of usurp1:ion and tyranny on the part of tihe General Government,. and our wise ancestors, with great jeal ousy, reserved and secured the independ enee of the Stai:r, as a proper -pownr to control tire atobitio-a of tIhe Fedferal Gow. ernment wIern it niioht- arise; and our great error arid midorrme ris been, that wo. r.nve allowed tho St ate Governments to be virtuailly nullified, by not calling them.a'r ly and vigorously into action. A conceis. .between the . State Governmnenta, e ~great 'want oft Ihe. tth, .t this'tlnei es of tuOijr resrpective Giovernments. C jtynaI Cc i.x~t-The Cincin.. nati Commtiercial or WVednesday says: "A mian by the ni:n of Do:rrnicl Sallnry' was~ taken to the hocspital yesterday mrorning, aird iesi in a few hto -rs. Theu physicians j'rrnunced hi.4 disease Asiatic. Cholera!' i'hec de~ecred w::s about thirty Ieight years of a;.e. an Italian by birth, and hid recently arr.ved rm th a city froin. "A wonna by the name of Naughtot was taken fromt a r.teambroat to the hrospita~l,. and died itt a tew mninutes after ehe was taken into the binr.e. ller di. cas~e W~s ah~o srtpposed to Ibe choulern. 11er son, a lad abirt twe'lvO v ears of age, wat attacked with thre chof :rti in a short time-. rifter hisu mr:her's death, a~nd at.. 3 otclock. yesterday thre physici:ans had gven up aull hoptcs of sait inig hr~nm. Fu:rN(e.1.! M-r AstaaocA~i STr.AMEiu ITril ron r or lila v.'.xx.-We nre inird'rr'ed tint as thre stenrer Fnr~in was connirg out of tire port ofu JI.vanna, at night, she as meot biy tire Sp.naishr nur-of.war steamnec PIl'zarre, wich tired two) loaded guns at Iher, then halts gorr n;'.yr th" Falcon. Capt. linrtsteitne innneditely colle-:tedI all th e old iron, hrar:,, erinins &c. hre couhd find, an 'I prrepa red tor tool the oinly~ pi~ce oft artillery ire lhard arboard, intendorgn no ret urn the fire of thne l';arre. in case'it was continued. Explarnat onrs were, hrowever, mrade by the comrmannder of the P'izarro, and thet *'alcoua proceeded on her vo r gr. They must have a bir scara oni thremr in thre cver faithful islo.-X. 0. TI~l. Pi:o~it 11.1vt-The 13 eston Tratveltetr ha's arn itemn of inrtelligence fromt Ilarytli which neetis corlirira Itoe. It is, that. the. Amnerican Governmient, tabruglh Mr. Walah, hauve agree.I to neknrowledge ii C. Clarke, Esq. of' IBo'smon, Cornrnnerciarl Agent ofinyth,. as. for the Unnredl Statese. uiihI is~v imn. plication neckntowe!ecginr the inrdependenicp Of ther Islatnd, a thning, which the United States has hithrerto .< eauhly re:ned to do.--. +SAtt~lso tlrunt~ W~vran.-The Pana.r .Journal des l) at os tanes that a niewsp clos of vessel niestinred, it is e.xyn..te, to, so've thie groat prorblenmiof subi-mairine nanv-. ignition, has been construetol in thre esitabs hishmiont of' M. (t'rnsot. This vessel~yif proceed fromt Cretr.ri's esrtabhjlsltment. through Paris~ to Calais, bry sea, whh~l the rnd of its inachiinery, which is simrity~'a that of propoiluers. In gng out of~th of Calais it will pltnge urnder water, antt4~ renppear a few houris afterwarda. hefaro IDiver. TIhen~ce, it will gain thne Thrames~~ which it wilt aerd to Lo'in, 'yh'ero it will figrer at the. h'abihition. tonong the tnost in'en-stim pro:ttio'ni of F rentch1 inr. dlustry aind gnntumn. The lateist Jeniny Li irtor Ytht a mnarria'e. iq904 pface in II4 tvtr ~ren l'or and Signtor lietti , ti hiinra it I to bet kept sfecrent'I 1i the tc'rinmtiaon of e engngemeont with Brnitrin Thir C ninnna and lumi~isv'iI edrtitn t ceea to beli1':, the rumor. WVillt a 'dinit ,niigunrj~ T4 re eirk, yet it ai uth i ~ ' finnl y et'r 1 hns 5V