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' *r X07 ' ~" . " I d ?:9W wco ~e to Ii 1proven Wol-ny e . , fa oot; Th lave u Ve'waile and South Cor uponduted ave 4~rltoryn Ceai ie is much smaller in pr< 4 he sam erritory for si ng State utCr Zifrom r "an tithe atp es herselfb a romebnding off anex nt slave population : twill :double itself i a ould be our cond sli opula~o, numberin -76 Could tha numbe ; ', " crif o'rprofitably employed? - Ii V -. ~ eegions of the State, the nun e Igreatly Increased, for wit ; anygof the swamps an uld be reduced to cultivi n the cotton and grain re e State, 1 submit that h pulation would not profitabl :. ing. Why, then, should w - oheparate ourselves, not fror r .tlnorely, but from our sistet uth, ,Wien we 'draw down up 6 the principles we have a uilted and from which w tijsch dire, calamities? - -ery briefly, Mr. Presiden to to some of the diffioulties an ionsto separate State action as ,f nth t.we will be allowed to "g ress and the Presi actuw ly, with referenc - e ote Union, and with p m our efforts to buil . overnmet, thn they wbiil tdert in peace, but powe ient dLontradiction, and th 461fnen not unfrequently gov o .nduct of nations more than probable that we woulh to secede peaceably an wQ'at"vith!out oppositioa junsxeecutive, and w .,ntic e our 6ndition, assum gt,,-'e 61jd' be, used. Suppos t ieoltXt. house will be removec :,4 rt M 1trie or Fort Sumter, o harleston bo bolished as a por i ado of our coast would-b Suhjugate our people Sy of our own to mee tesin eitherof-the su flisHles. My own i pre s -.AQ IUstat 'a bpkade of our entirt ,. . o~ ~ved 1 by tht : fiaI s !fe, not a balh +ftht~ r ar 6eof rice could fine d of the world j~bltfmerchiandiz cttizens bear " 4i ,7 T riotioIksf'Could on, edto retrpoin fiim ii hPien their entire indus 4 voe hu effectually de a b punteous prosperita dInto abW$4te penry,' want r. B Iam told that block a swar, and .it true, but it is muak ~wfvrupon Us at the wveakest of al 4I4sJd Whar.is worse, unidor such ~ptan cesas will not excite tha '~' yn~ajt~,from our sister States, wh icl sp relied on,"to extricate u. Wepzlovertakes us. We have ni Shave we the wealth to built / .~~hiae ould cope successfull~ i~wI~h~ot of the United States if wi e~x n ourwhole substance ii stking, but mioro sir: toiaig ~L~okade, it would devolve tuloii us ~e s ty of shedding the first blood paliOa ls thereby all that symnpathry SlatDigitt otherwise~ be ezoited, for a DO~l~e.pttxoing on their own altars ro.wnfeside8 for liberty v,. lasion ofruthls ty rants -** ggI'~~lAy; upon thme navy of th<t tals wewould be makin1 aslih upon Georgia or Virginia ~ ~as upon &fa husetts, and the pridi ~ol heppI i the t wo formnerN$tatej wq9d1 asumuchm aroused, by our assailin4 ei i$y, as thme pride of the latter State ~ywould as fiercely repel it as tha to-~ This blockade might bi A. .,P~ttniJ wereC brought to terma h4~Ifdir or oflicer ofihe Unite* e t on our soil. How cat a ~eLseh an assauhil Will we invadi ecountryg~ 9rgia and North Qmnene ce rin thei pence. Where @1 we march ti -~York; but wo tari - 5~ d t. ritun:and other maritim reTeState declare heU1T-lt~< iijlent republic. Tip~ e~ea ~ ermnont, deniesdt 'I'he Stati ? Via. ~6~iahi4co or thegavrld to he ~t~~ltg~~ Iciredly craft snaugh belong Ih~ ~e~~6npodato a pilot, in bring ~' ho chqtunet, and into thi ~t~~It~.General Govemonnt an I 4fro~rdi te blo~ck de mnus '~j~$~sr nces of ltsdiolatioi ~___,~ tt~mm th7o riorce c -~ .~i~~nd 1 ~qcould furnis 4 rawtNOOt~ site consume, y~e l'rgod to pay lo tair q irtf~~ ad(6 t I isb~'he migh has - Wlat~ alrg ,a tl.o facts woe w debo only trdhirdsf1e ~~t~of ~l~&jjneu, and the conhsumers'c th~ I Ye rducta', fr~en and-sjave od only reach sonm prqaeml for anl iii ao enfl htenid) a t t ho igniso formidible' Weg 1atwf abiel ~tir I o t h p o~ n p r~ f ~ ~ ef set K e e; ene' Thtb elf peg~~s ce tI'lec u ous indeed and hppeft eye entw wo could for an instait sup esthat we would e elveald'ftiiGrea othei uropean power, it The kade.4Witi, th. producte industry, locked up in ou at' ho merchandize, of the work e out from us, what a specimen of na otrfal. progress we would furnish! and hov ambiious would our el, uthern State, Srecomnt to join u privationsi< wants' I fear th ur experience, so fa from encouraging se cause of Southeri IRights, would annihilate its last vestige and nothing would then be heard all ove the land, but the praises of the Gloriou - Union! Nor would the result be very different if the ports in South Carolina were abol it Ished or the custom house removeditoFoi Moultrie. In either case, a sufficient na val power would be stationed to enf6hr' the revenue laws of the United States Having no navy ourselves, we could ne s disperse the power, .and foreign vessel n would conform to *e laws of Unite I- States, rather than embark in a war t, g secure our trade, duty free. Many of th r views, as to the internal operations of se n cession under the assumption, that our exi would be peaceable, are equally applicabil h if it should be warlike. d I have said nothing of taxes, standing armies, foreign ministers, consuls, poste arrangements, all of which topics, whel discussed, would dissuade us from separate e State action. It is always disagreeable t, y speak to unwilling listeners, and whilst e have but little hope that my views will pro duce any-efl'ect, in the midst of the onthu siasm which exists in the Convention, ii aver if immediate State action, yet, I trust when you shall have returned to you homes, and cool deliberation takes th e place of passion and impulse, that you wil give to the views, I have presented, what evorconsideration they may merit. But, Sir, I may be asked how I propos< to meet the crisis. My advice is patienc stand upon your arms, until you can give D a blow that will finally despatch your one my. Lknow, Sir, that the word patience a -Malls coldly and heavily on cars and heart, a that have been so much aroused by the j graceful elocution and thrilling eloguenc j of my friend who preceded me, (Genera r Adams.) I did not sit unomoved my'ell and I felt the more deeply when I krev that his words cane from a pure heart, in dignant at the wronga we have suffered 1 The panacea for all our ills is co-operation I the co-operation of one or more of oui I Southern Sisters, of one or more of th Cotton States, for I am tree to ackno;wledge that I have no hope tronm the grain or to b icco growing regions of the Slave States Virginia ought to move but she will not if we wait until she advances, all will bi lost. The Cotton States, or a portion o r them, must present to her and Maryland t Kentucky, Tennessee, and Missoumi, tl a ulternative of ral!ying under the banner u - the Free or Slave States. In my judgment t any two of the Slave States, acting harmno niously and in conjunction, could settle th< question to their liking, either by forning a respectable nucleus for a'Southoru Con. fedt racy or .by securing such.. iranteei as would2 engder our stuntion re in the : Union. Ifo further, sir,--if Virginia had I moved alone, faili'g to secure co-operatics she uight have 'dic tad terms. .Ior4 tion wepild have had iniiiljiy, i6oe~fh Sthan ours. go1"r her greater ,phy'ical ' sources, and her historical and reo n itionary associationis would give greater 'moral power to such a imoveiment. Our territory and population are both smnail, and however disaugreeabie it inay be to you as . weil as myself, we as a inatter of prudence should yield to the inex'jrab!e necessity, the determninatiun of asserting comnmon rights, siingle handed and alo, until wc have sonme authoritative assurance that our mioveument will be sustamied by some oi I .hose equally iinterestedl withi ourselves mi its mamtnanice. And I have no doubt that patience willi bring that co-operation. Bunt I anm told that. Georgia, Virginma, Flori da, arid most of the oither States, have ac quiescod in thbe Compromise. The mnajor Iities heave acqusiesced, hut there are large minoritmcs in each of those States, who are uncomnpro:nisiingly opposed to the n adjust. meit." They are gathering strength dai. ly, and som some om themi will be in line with us. Let us say to them, wc are ready for the contest at a nmoments warning with surch a declaration, our friends wvdl never despair or cease to rally the Suuth. They will soon recover the ground they lost by our indiscretion in mnakiung so re maturely the question of Sepairate 8:ate action, when signal triumpjh will crown, our united action. What, sir, are the signs of the tinmes of the North and the South. At the North the temporary panic produced there, that a dissolution of the Union would follow the .continued agitation of the slavery quecstioni -has nearly passed awvay, arid we msee Ver -uint sendiing a sounder A bolitionist, Foote, to the Senate, than Phlelps who defenided the Vermont. resolutions, so obnoxious tr all Southern men ; Ohio sending a wvorse Abolitionist in thme person of WVade thant Tom~1 Ewing! New York depiosing Dick' son, the best Northern mian I have ever known, to make room for Iramoilton Fish, the boon companion of Sewvard! aind in Massachusetts the abolitionim of Roberi C. WVinthirop has been repudiated as beinn too moderate! and 8 m~the great high piriest of Massa< huIh ha B beeni honored wvith thab been denounced all oven-J bn, and~hc grossest discourtes.y offered him---refused, the privilege of speaking to his counitry. men iin Old Faneuil~luall, a lace whiere in dnays of yore;Jmoinis achievedi some1 01 - his brightest int'ullecttiial trophies. Ever :3 the nfoderation which Danmiel Webstei prep1Samto his fanatical countrymen, is in. ,d tfy repudiated. Wt uha ra brg and talents as the Free Soilerm p present now in the Son-ite, wvith Chase, f Hale, Seward, Foote, Uphiami, Baldwin, then e ler lDod WValker, w~ho can believe thai i aitaion, are is ended, or thamt it is killed a or even ulined in the States from whienet ,thley conic. Sir, abolitionisim never hac r suich a firm footing in the Nattonal Coun' cils as it has at this Ivery moment, and h<c t whoexpects fanatici~titto nmderaie or no cede, has road history~ to ittle purpose t; But these are liot the only evidenics North I' e the-progress of anti-slavery sentiments J Lodiget the action of the Verimont a oi hid gislature in prac~tlcal,hy nullifying tho fugitive slave law. L~ek at the Ilostom in riots, and the sympathy there shown foi the runaway negro, and think iiot that tht comproiiiigera South are satielied in thoiu i. cognieeMith the manner in which thn fconn is carried out;Nerthi, when th<n recover a4 fugitive froytkiJoston, costi ~his ow ovr $2,000, andi'roii/New Yorf pyti yofCongres wi(l i ~ !~7-~: AI.1 i istrit of ColumbIa1and sal y l b= 'theve In ha y latese 6 doub ihiat tho greait tle for * 'trition pp! etr at 'hali'dl Who mo theCotoa States, acting under great Iaof o ia'ed wil: le forced the ree of s mission tey are taking) Who doubtt that the tost or the I hotest men of the compromise party, whe r they.see the punic faith of their Northern t allies, in executing the only item of the ad , justment favorable to the South, will array r thenselves on tho'iide of Southern Rights men in all the States I never had strong. er faith of Southern co-operation than I have now-unavoidable circumstances . ;tiat bring it if we do not act rashly, and S friends thereby into enomie , The -so of Sonthern Rights has mae~won dor}'l progress in two years. The idola. trous veneration, for the Union ha o t the sternest difficulty In the wa 6r r friends, and demagogues seeing Vat. I tachment have. taken advantage of it and are attempting to save themselves from a just odium for deserting the cause of the - Soutlin the day of her greatest peril by t singing praises to the Union and reading r homilies over the ruin which disunion is certain to produce. But, sir, the scales are fast dropping from the eyes of the people. Five years ago, disunion would not have been tolerated in 3 South Carolina; but now, there is not one Union man ir) this vast assembly. In the I other Cotton States, newspapers and ora - tors are openin;ly advocating Secession and a Southern Confederacy, and the party is on rapidly rising ground. The "Union" will soon be no answer to constituents for r the betrayal of their rights. -tey have commenced t9alculate its ' e, to see I if it is worth erving, jbst as our fathers didto see whether it would promote their interests and safety to form it Whenever a Southern man makes the calculation, fairly and honestly with his own con science, I have no fear that he will after. wards content to submit to any wrong to preserve it. Look at the signs South. In our sister Georgia, we see the acquescants, appre hending the energy, and ta'ent, and num I ber of their friends there, are burying all past differences, and Whigs and Demo. crate are meeting in Convention, to nomi n ite a Union candidate for Governor. Why tuis alarm on their part, if they did no; dread the power of their adversaries-our friends. look to Alabamna and Mlississippi. A portion of the press is with us, and can ucthates for the different offices are pledging . themselves to the cause of Southern Itghts. When old party lines are once broken down effectually, my life upon it, the t.outhern Rights men will sweep the whole South. But do not let us defeat all by prematurely moving. The night of our gloum and oppression is nearly ended, and when day so nearly dawns, why will we vonture to take a-step that wili plunge us into a deep abyss, when the morning rays will soon show us a safe and certain ave nue to our long sought home. With a Union of the South. or a part of the South, in the languae of the venerable Cheves, "Great G <a-tale of. submission will teover be'tbld . lJto'Carooinin foster the. thought of ~ itiun r-dress for past wrongs, either IA thefl nlbn or by'a outhern Confedera cy. Let us entreat our Southern brethren to buckle on their arm~or to aid us in chastt sing ani insolent oppressor. All wi!! yet be well, and, believe me, sir, there is no datnger of letting'down the spirit of our peo. le. rThe sense of wrong anid inijustice has settled too deeply on their hearts, for time even to cradicate it. when the proper timne arrives for us to throw oflysuccessiul ly the thraldom of a Free .Soil Governtnent -when we shall have gathered sutlicient strength, to make resistance etlicient, no mountain chieftain ever rallied his clan with more celerity or alacrity, than will the people of South Carolina rally under a Southern banner for Southern Rights, at the first bidding of our Sothern allies. Oneo mere remark, before I close, I have given you may views with great candor and I rankness. I think it wvould be unfortu nate, nay disastrous, for us to act alone, btut the constitutedi anthorities of thei State have her honor antd destiny in their keep. iing, atid it is clue to omyvelf that I should here say, whether may counsels be re garded or not, it will be my duty and mys pleasure, as I think it will be the duty of every man within the limits of the State, wvheni the State authorities do act, to sums tain that action, with all thme ability I pos soss, in the field or the Cabimet, and to ad here, with unflinching tintdelity, to the Pal metto Flag, throngh all the vmissitudes of fortune, in prosperity and in adversity. From the Sombohrn Standlard. Separate Nationality. Thelmre is aimonig many of the Secession ists, a want of candor upon one point esp~e cially, which we regret to see exhibit ed at a time when there should be thte fullest ex position of the ir position to thme people. It is with regard to the Separate Nationality of :Sonth Carolinma. We have hitherto in argument, asstimed thtat the vast majority of thmoso in, favor of immicdiate secession, advocate that measure as the certain amnd oei'etual means of pie. enrmrig union at the South, and of foirmning a Southern Confederacy, and that those ' ho desire secession, wvithi a view to Souith Car. Ohmna's remaimniug a separate nation, are a very incmmonsiderale ntnbter, whose opinmion, induced as it is, ratther by the promnptinmgs of pamssionm and pirejuldice, than the dictates of ret son itid jum Igmient, is scarce des .arving of serious refu .ation, It iiay he, that tlie majority of that party regard eession merely as a means to et feet thme uttinmate object which Secession ists aid Co-operationists alike profess to hav'e in view, the diusoluit ion of the present, anid formnation of another Union-but is the mtinority so inconsiderable as we have iim itgined 1 \Vhile I believe that the number of those who antticipate the establishment of a sep arate inational existence for South Carolina as the result of secession, is stmall. I feel assured that this plan is tmuch more con-. templamted and cherished by thme the seces-I ion leaiders, thta i timei r folrers are a wari of. It is of their wvant of candor tipon this point, that weo complain. T1hamt there are ma tny of the loaders wvho counsel secession, wvho are strongly persuaded, if they are not -absotutely convinced, that the separate se cession of Sonth Carolinaswill not bring about that copoperation BV~h they'profess to have soct 6stly at heart, I think is abunidan' ly proven by the tone of many of itelri-pmli cations, hnd of the speeches of .tidf their omitnentg e..Why, ii .h ;1 ut ruma Ktilat% s- -e r - f o : 'y . Sdictate of - prudencest detinae r halnd Whether thley ari, prepared tenrounter the petrtie whichi may assail they4 ;before the other .Status have time to follow their example, supposing it dos produttg that result ; but also. to, rove that the State Is capable of maintining alone a reoipectable po~ ltion, among the na tions of the earth'I'riTe pamphlet "Seces sion Praptically ..Considered,"' under the signature of ""Rutledge," Is devoted to an elaborate itivestigation' of what would be the resources- and revenue of the State if she stood alonet and ai calculation ne to what would be the cost of sustaining the Government of the,now Republic. In many of thme speeches of their leaders, which I ha,'o heard, while they, put. forth prominetly the argument, that if we make an issue with the General Government, the other Southern. States will be forced to join with. us, yet dwell with quch complacenc and~tisfaction upon the comnparison of South Carolina with foreign States,.more mnsignificant i size and resources, who have succetfully naintained their inde pendence, ab proves that they contemplate our placing ourselves in a suplar position. These pSations vo been maintained in some of r. khett'a speecThes, in the speech 'of Mr. Coicock at the May Convention, and by Col. Gregg and Gen. Adams, in their recent addreses in Charleston. One of the last named gentlemen, (Col. Gregg,) in discussing the argument, that the secession of South Carlina would cut her offfrom the cosmerce of the other States, assumed as an hypothesi, that "if all the rest of North America were sunk in the ocean, and that South Carolina remfainred at island with nothing but Europe on the one hand and Asia on thi other," this would not ruin us; and he took the position, that in the event of separate secession, our situation with regard tolthe other Southern States, would not be iore disadvantageous, than it would be under his supposed contingen. cy. We adduce this not widi a view of pomtg out fallacy, which is transparent, of assumng the two cases to be identical or even analagnds in their el~ects ; but to prove, that she idea of a permanent nation ality for South Carolina is one, which can be traced in all the speeches of the seces sion leaders. Now I may be suet by the argument, that although these leaders feel assured, that secession will cause other States to unite with us, still it is the part of wisdom to prove what our condition will be, if that hope should fa ot us. tvhis argument is, perhaps, a sufficient jus*iicaton of those who honestly believe that our seession now, wl produce the efectin och they assert it will. But we contend that, with may of the leaders, it is a growing. and saingtheu g convct ion that i the State dof pcedes, ste nt bide her fate-alone !T And wo doi conmplaum, that, while this is tigtir conviction, that they are ded evng thesp ple, by holdmg out to them lalso hopea% herr exam'ileu by other Southern States. It is manly b itt b nest ! t huset, take advantage of the, f r -paritet a -einerous paople-thus to le Pon t a -that th other States will' iu their exatni t they have but is oisr and ' ddemto take the initiati od 'n, b t h he hoe Who Olef s e -r. for hich thieL iron, prhpsar sufid. n sict a oe pricale wo riouish apeple tat aoiur neasue resswm il prodce n te eirust owhirh theyi asar italrt. ut awy unexpetd dgrthat may tars, ut is' thting moe sat reliite han shedniut bpie her braery;i !t renrd cond<, coprudene, toehat, ande h ian ter quailiti, to the Wre eieve thate pc b oim fouth tharolinas aule prepar toienco1unythern Ianges mhic ay t khretn thm in taher resi~hstance to ppreon, forationJ~ tfa .pthe i~nLated, malia bscienc is meare hch te~y do noet ctmpane, afor which they are n repared. trt their thore eader whto to neet a. u~leejnr that sso wily prie, ban fnor ofthe tohrnSates bcdw avowmict teie think thatrte srutae anisand ajlone~a, andri tohath "obict ind andie qaini"s o thoi meen t ich estronis ctesert Re.) puioic fCar toliaaiteyilte perehiw httn thei presentofranks wiar oliw ten Lrerdto emdoutir inth uppers diriius, espeily twheei theires rsn arto has disclaimed but te rntio o poducin .ea~rae eseaat .i'tatez exstenL'c.s meIrf~~h they do ut may bempatte fmid totiil they tareing beored e,4t Lt then thucc lha earsu whconingt wil ofthe Sleadern hae bendr towei trut bn~el ud-edrtindfellteole ththe tOik htn h Co atc-- statistial, tate iiment sm th retlihtve amounte and pubpotce of thel for eig cillerno Ergeind wad Amrica, lhai reenty beenk pprlistrit, eomeiall wereu the ece podinggetwc a ffordate s neintee. igd.It thefersmi do thei mye t85a. The entire nmyber hodv~e enered bEnlid ports in thaea was a ,4in , b wirethn, but, ifethe ucewi tonneof4, '3,63 re hoie will therso hesshdners ed rcalt therso tust inteld Sae, dringja thel same peida 8,5nt tiwin taggregatie aon and4, importn. fThe torinm cofeelor lniead durin t ea wak tipn the pots lofin direat rtm2, wh ih s oninaeeot ingda7,a.7 and rfer o the yeort ofte UnThed entie ti1iber ov esses entere at onglioh ceors ndcerndum the year w;sIi' ,vthas, ain Se ofrtm porte, entre,029li lesreso wie Unt tonae, duim0. th, andinme p erictan ports 36.707t iesielaggritate tonnage f 8, cessin9 favore Gtrta m it ir of b-sel lered thatng the yoer wonag hof the prts osp et couries be dediuctdit wtilln~ oe foun ,M1 id t roat the foeg orag of the United deucin home tonne frothe aoae tof ces anf eres erhave the yareian iong eter ingritas- pains '3to2 vesl,59w,72h a thoeitonage e I n~termg th ile Uinited Sateis toi0 besel,77 th0,6 uingeof., AQi CI'R Nonw SLis.Tdi he large low C0a n iil,r o b~ eing toldithati it ws exptct-h sed hhoih take noiucelm of te uhn specme tin wichi been teltill said tof isid that hoeid tonotier Uit te ctesayt eterd itof nyvrdiat lionmt vizm aredatin r oan yeanigon the fandohveo report, andrihawe arr veda theri1 toncilg enin that 'a c ports til do iany theafrmexcep tonaeel tr."he ita TUESDAY, 8%I'ThMBEB 9, A gents for the Ba near i n t et rite,& Otir PrielhPIets . 'her s one point Os w ck ihe sans s diversity of opinson in IA South ineng c teho are true to her, or wh, hve' 'cde sp the' minds not to be slaves that is (fo,. shoai d be forced tochoose bet inen resistance andsbs t w ehould tahe .,eesitance a S CALHOUN. - o7 do that, coert of acton s.ucae' ry, not to sa.: the Union; for ,t wwd qb. too late,'bu to save ouruedves. %2tbe ik w .g concert 1 tA one thing nefV4":. A(.soouoI. - "WhaF is the remedy? .1awr escelien , united secdssion of thehlaweholdlag , oe41 lar e nember qft em.. Not' not ing else topl b4 Pr '-Ona Is." - CO4PERATIOZ# TIC iXN. o01 TUB COL JOHN . PRESTON, of WsFhicand COL. JA'S. CHESNUT, Jr.,of Kersha. To the Readersof the Sumter Banner, In consequence of the 'detsrmination of " the Publisher, that the Banner shall no longer be devoted to there principles-and that course of action which' in my opinion a it is proper for South Carolina- to uphold - and pursue, my connection with this jour nal has, since it last issue, been terminated, and it is by the courtesy of the'gentlemen who are for the future to conduct-it that I now, through its columns, bid adieu to you between whom and myself the relationi of readers and Editor has, during some months past, subsisted. I dare not believe that the duties of my post have been performed with any great ability. Of one thing only can I assure myself, that I have been influenced in my brief political course by love for the State which gave me birth and which has encir clod with its protecting, fostering care all that I hold most dear. That South Caro lina should not, as to her political rights, be thrust down unresistingly to a lower, less honorable, place than that of her sit ter sovereigns, that her liberties should be preserved and transmitted as entire and pure as when she came forth with them, 4 victorious, from her first great contest with encro:aching power, that the should ever be worthy of that reverential admiration, that enthusiastic love, with which South Carolinians have ever regarded their State, that her glory as the home of freemen, and their happiness, as freemen who deserve. their liberties, should be while the billows fret themselves against her coasts and the frave Palmetto finds, nourishment in her dnyal o0l, e4h e have been my ardent;. dest, d 6ttesoe thave h mNble da n nnda o i 'hifin eft'orts, and to bid you a respectful feel. WV. F. B. HIAYNSWORIL gr The Banner comes to Its. natros under chsanged auspices it ?fture Course will differ materially from that hitherto ad. vocatedl by its~ late Editor. It is due to ourselves and to the public that we should lay down the political form wve now propoec to occupy. We believe that a Southern Confederacy furnishes the only safe and efficient mode of resistance to the wrongs that have been infhected upon us. We be. hieve that the existence of slavery depends upon the concerted action of thsoe inter. ested in its existence. We as gully satin. ied th~,t the Seperate SecessiL.. of South Carolina at this time, not only brings no remedy for the eviii comp!ained of by her, but only gives them a more aggravated character. Ilolding these propositions to be true; it becomes ourduty to advocate uuch mneas. ures as have for their object the Ce-opera tion of our Sister States, and to oppose the views of that party now earnestly endeav. ouring to bring about the Seporate Seces sin of South Carolina. 07 We call attenilon to the very ablo letter of Capt. F. SUMT-ra, to the Darlington rmeeting. It in comprehensive, and is every way worthy of the head and heart of the man. '/7 On the first page will be found an ari clo from the Evening Neaes, reviewing the 'Itutledge Pamphlet." It i. from the pan of a practical and an experienced man, and contains we think a complet refutntion of the errors of Itutledge. There are other articles on the same subj~ct, from the same source, which will be published in forth-coming numbers. We can not too strongly commend at to the attention of our readu. Speech of time lon. J. L. Orr. We publish to.day the speech of the in. J. I,. ()rr; Delivered in the ay Convention. We are induced to lay it be. fore our readers fronm the fact that it has not yet appeared in e ither of our Ilistrict papers. Southern Coungrese. We publish in to-days Issue, the notico of the 1Alanngere of E~lections for the elec. tion of legantes to the Southern Congress. Weo present also the names of Colonel Jons~ S. PassrF8os, of R chlanid,. and Cole. nel huT4FSs CuSsNUT, .Jr., of Kershaw, as cuadidates from this Cofigressionial Dis trict, to represent the views of those who are opposed to the Separate Nationality of tSouth Carolina, but who ase in favor ot Co-operating with our equally oggrieved sister Sotuthern States, These gentlemen are so well kown to thg public that we deem it necessary to say but little of them. T'hus much5 however, Will we vetiture that if highly cultivated uandeirstanduWs s rong judg io te antsound COn~ttlen viewvs anid eral sen~ti ants teh. wth 3T''e tak ocea entnemelu p terpgh whli mmu~nd ter bie i)airtolc ens of oria sa 'o iorsbJe .supijoW$'''" WeLakethIde tcasidn o tui~ o upon eont Ifrlle o ith lr ed it4 ,o is reall ~t ~gr ~v~1 l~e the lpet ateaiontf oath' C olE S le Iour' naiads With ti~uieof anntamreeciodlltit with our hsnie' t1y; o 1tAny. opprtuty'It pisv ttout an sinest nd solemn ppeai .to out friends sadcopnrymen to prepare for the strug rie witch ,i before 'thenm-to examine lose every suggestion whicltis ofibred to commend a measure, doomed, as we he istly believe, to cut ofeveryhope of Union vith our real fried., and fatally to endan. or those right and liberties, the na nteno neo and presvertation of which we have aI so much at heart. Fr.s the most roll. ble Information we can coimmand, we have ittle doubt iiat Stnter 1i)strict is opposed o SeparateState Action by a very strong najority. Let not th o ccasion, thenof Electing Delagates to a Southern Congreis lip, :without manifesting the dticidl d merest you erl in theWeal of yoi native District and State. Totts(ameat. The Committee appointed to ike at angements for the Touinaenu request us o announce, that it will take place in iutctville on Wednesday the:17th. of September at 3 P. M. anid to exten4 on heir behalf, an invitation' to the . public ,enerally to honor: them by attendance on he occasion. Co-OperatIoa Meeting . as citiens of Sumter District, opposed to Separate State Secession ad favorable to tis .o-operation of other Southern Stites are ini red to convene at Suier Court House on the ra' Mo nd ay: in Ocrokr art- Adss, nill. b.delivered by Colonels Cuasaasnd ?azsron, :te Co-operatilon candidates for the Mubern Congress-end ;ether disatinghed sersons are expected to-addres .the. meeting. toszay Nus.paow, MA acu starsor.s, NaTUKw P. MATES, W. BALrARD oust E. Diamns, J. J. K5oa 'iL5taM Rtoiaasi, E: M. Acogusau e L D. Asunioar Jaast E. Rvmsgay, oun W.Si&ugr J. N. Fasasso, AE. W rusasropx, F. ;J Mosas, ouxE- M noew, Joen. Q -1)stow, F1,rnf .MeO ,. Auust~8&. -Gentlen.ed hadeteeIvdt4o-day, your ravor of the 12th idIt;uinviting me to address a mass sneeini of the people of Darlington, on the first Ilanday in Septem ber next. I regret thsa9 1 cannot be lpresent an an occasion of so anuch import to thne sitizemns of :Darlington, a;,d .to the comuu naity at large; bait beg leave to tond my thanks for the complimetnt conveyed in the invitation. In the present alavmipg statp: of the ountry, no man should disguise his senti mets, and if my opinions as a~ member alect to the convention of the people, are of any imnportance, you are entitled to hyave them, simply and plainly set forth. I regret that a full ulsseussion of the poll ey of Separato State Secession, did not precede Instead of following the .all of a LDonvention. It seemns -to rme, nothing was better or more advisedly settled .tWQyears ago, than that thin State, should talke con set and co-operate with her sister States of the South, and I can now find noact or resolution of any legally constituted body in this State, pledgung the State to aet alone, in case we should disagree with the rest of the South in the time, the mode, or measure of redress. The opinions of the gentlemen, who as. *embled in Charleston, in hiay last, are on. titled to groat respect; but I anm not bound by thems, and at the timeo, I unreservedly expressed tmy determnination to be bound by nothing less, thtan ass unequivocal express ion, of the settled convictions, of moy im tnediate conatituentsg. I have always thought, thaY the separate accession of thsis State, afnbrded tno direct practical retnedy, for the ev-ils of which weo complain. What in effect is the cause of the alarm. inig crisis, in public affairs? It is, that the North, by the organisation, of a party op. posed to slavery p.. anlia stitattoi and as an clement of political poir, threatens to destroy -fifteen hundred miillin. ot slave property, beionging to tie South. What is the Immediate danger, to be apprehoead ad from that partyt It Is, that lay the extclu smon of slavery, fromn "aeqirsid tetuitory, they will maintain a permanent" majorly, competent to efibet 9kelr purpose, through the action of the Federal Government. It is this settled hostility to the Instito tien of slavery, which In eftect mrakes. the North and the Sooth two people, and which will end, a finsal separation, at no distanit aay; tad it' is the duty of every public man, nlow to see that whenithat day ca~ #re shall haye a regular and stable gayer mpent to eql$ t9for the 1stgecti of t~ N y> .aw 1 1' "1 .X11. ly ' . 'rr ' 1~ ~M }. t_ ." ,6y"#~ k. ." 1 l, i1 , 00 yt - 4f ' ~ead M t . Mt wi~l. Jin wbih4s t pszrtyi o- ' f jth, rokeqlh-ino& erous demo' would bet~t w il t would prud hts the South' ultncapabte=ofiw1. 35t. F fore of'aelf goverzmnfthalrIiIW harts would be strong idh Dic es njean,. cane regain =the ,b which We t4, ?ts.cl' sider , when Texas ' _ ' r f phiviee o making four my* ~ 1 -tb h k;4w- reversed, whib'it " certalin that South roiado i ,regain --it, by: seceding; fromi' j Southern States; but in teetga area; upon whbichi her 0W after and forever to suibsist. '-'.5 <' n S great an nnwrbe 4r ! ? guments, against soaae e .S'_: the 'sejarato action 'pity toio g 4 teplate itas al! pid,'t tuhtnjo d e n y t h at it is 'a n c rsp o e - h t b c e ~ n t n prectittieall iUse, if'e, dissoution of 'thotJn~n,ywid' 'I On ec jnstanti iuf n~ale~~o ?IJUJLIc& to' this o.tpiaruanutw -ea not successful; It leanes us,' W~ native, to set up (dr outselv' a aan a pendont. 'nation, tA fores in 1119 greer 1p~~eJ~ " country, fromiithe -Cidle'f th a opti1J> t s it remainusin the . aon dex ur, to bo.hrse; t au;b ' a Govtan3et lltat + e a, r.? a, o~ut of theoUnlont. I: ob to tha of. Soflikny