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irid to rid ourselves ofth eur bigill aconiulate in twontz dafbi l~have heard it saidthat ?it i :t y anger of an excess , de an , .' t re rs to com e, even fdIll ni4ya~o~ he f~tite are restrioted toj Ui ml If this were true, then the has manifested much unneoessa. arm o ;Ulp prospect of the Wilmot Proviso, for 11e same rule when applied to t; which is now conceded to be A~sa;Yav ritory, would prevent a redun. "d r1 r three hundred years to come. 5ut t-spot true in fact. The slave popu ton in South Carolina now is greater-to the square mile than in any of the slave States. Arkansas has o tethe square mile, and South Curo. ha eleven; and the slave territory of South Carolina is much smaller in pro. portion than the same territory for all .ebo-slaveholding States. South Caro. . Will ,suffer sooner froni a redundant population than any other State, espe. { diully as she precludes herself by so. 'tcession alone, from sending off an ex ecss. Our present slave population is about 320,000; it will double itself in 20;years. What would be our condi. tionswiti such a population, numbering 640,000in 1876? Could that number beosefully or profitably employed? In .t.Cho rice regions of the State, the numi. ber might be greatly increased, for with little labor many of the swamps and -.. mnorasses could be reduced to cultiva ion. But in the cotton and grain re. \gion .of the State, I submit that the present population would not profitably bear doubling. Why, then, should we hurrylto separate ourselves, not from the-North merely, but from our sisters of the South, when we draw down up. on ourselves the principles we have so fiercely assaulted and from which we antioipate such dire calamities? . have very briefly, Mr. President, nadverted to some of the difficulties and objections to separate State action as suming that we will be allowed to "go !n.peace." If Congress and the P resi. dent should act wisely, with reference to the interests ofthe Union, and with a view of paralyzing our efforts to build up a new Government, the n they would alow us to depart in pence, but power is. impatient of contradiction, and the pasions of men not unf'reqzeLntly gov ern the conduct of nations snorei than ::reason. It is probable that we would 'not be allowed to s cede peucenbly and consummate the act withoiut Opposition tioni the Federal Executive , aini We should. anticipa:e our condition, nasum. ing that force would be used. Suppose. that the custom house will be renoved to Fort Moultrie or Fort Sumter, or that. Charleston be abolished as a port or that a blockade of our coast would be resorted to, to subjugate our people. We have no navy of our own to mecet thbo United States in either ot' the sup. p d contingenicies. .Ay own imopres. sion is, that a blockade of our entir. coast would be resolved upon by the Federal Government. Ifso, not'a bale of cotton or a tierce of rice could find its way.into the markets of the world, nor could, a box or bale of merchandiz -<make their ingross through our porte. -&How long could our Cttizens h'ear tup under. these restrictions? Could any people be expected to remain firm ini their pur-ose, when their entire inidis. tribl. pursuits wcre thus etTeetually de stroyed, and a bounteous prosperity couiverted into absolute penu ry, want. and'despair. But 1 am told thaut b!oek. ado is wvar, and it is true, but it is miak nug war upon us at the weakest of all points, arid what is worse, unidjr such circumstances as will not excite that -sympathy, from our sister St ates, which is so much relied on, to extricate us when peril overtakes us. Wne have nio navy, nor have we the wealth to buil a na-vy wvhihou could Cope successfuflv -withfthe navy of'the United Slates if w'e were to expend our whole substance ini the undertaking, but snore sir: to raise that blockade, it would devolve upon us the necessity of'shecddinig the Iirst blood, and lose us thereby all that svinrpathy that might otherwise be exeited, for 'a people struggling on their own altars, aroundithecir Own I;-esides for liberty, against the invasion of ruthless lyranits. In making war upon the navy of the United States, we would be mnakirm war as tiuch upIon Georgia or Virginia asB u~pon Massachiusetts, anid the pride of the people of thme two formner States would be as mruch aroused, h'v our assaiiihng thieir ntaty, as the pride of th'e hitter State, ~nd.tAiby would as tiercety repel it as thi * ~ old Bay State. This blockade might be kept tip until we were brought to terms, and riot sa soldier or uflicer of the Unitedl 'States, put his loot ont our -oi l. I low can we meet such an assuaultl Will we inivade Ste enemtfies cou~intry, Georgia anid North Carolina, and commence butchering ther citizens ! That wvould be protectirng our Mis ittons~ wvith a vengeance. WVhere els ectlwe. strike, coiuld we imarch to MassaY~i~aetts or New Yocrk; btir we are told that Great Britain and other mrirtjime powmers will interfere. 'The State declares herself an indeoperndent repubtbei. 'The Ueneral'Governmirent deinies in. The Staite invites the couniinerrce of thle wvorld to tier llnrits, *i .h iuearcel y craft enough betlong. Ing to her to acconnnodate a pilot, ini brinig. ig a vessel up the chiannel, anid io the hurbor, and the General Governirient tin 'nJounces that our eintire coast is bl~ckadled, and thorso disregairding thie blockadc mtust Lake the consequences of its vio'ationt. Now,. what is there in the contiierce ot - SOuth.L Catr.tolina, which woul d inidiice Great lintainy id'hazaird a wvar witha the Untitedl 8tatesI to, secure ! If wec could I iriosh her with.alilih ra .v cotton die conisumeis, an~d woreld- purchiaso her goods to pay for g that cottonr guxing her conariercial advan tages'over all oter nations, then she rmight hiazird R 'war. Blut, what, sir, arc tI.e tacts! we woi'ldifurnish tier otily one-third of the cotton shed consumes, arid the coinumern or the mnanufactured prodnets, tree amid slave, nr Sosili groJina would only reachi some 0NJ00O. patn it be presuimed for anr ini sat,, thlat a milion1, so enlightoned as Lrea,~ IRlri a~ouldi haz-ird aill the conse-* qunces~g ~a, with a formnidible poer hose the Jojlo the raw iraterial, wvhich is rood and iairpent to so many tfrarsand of -* lher peasartry&and operaitiVts, for years perhaps-pay thre heavy debht whichi a wvar woiul necess..rny incur, arnd endanger the etability of the emirr itself, hv throwing ,JEW. of enployntaila the manufacturin .4d.:nnprcial subjects of the Kingdon I1i1 this for the poor privilege of sollinm 00,000 white persoms the goodi the contame, duty free, when they are no' taxed only 20 per cent. That lan maUm be credulous mideed and hopeful beyon precedent, who could for an mastant sul pose, that we would receive aid fromt 'rea Britain or any other European power, l raising the blockade. W ith the product of our own industry, locked up in ot midst and the merchandize of the worn shut out frum us, what a specimen u'f n: tional progress we would lurnish! and ho ambitious n ould our sister Southern Stt become to join us in our privations all wants! I lear that our experience, so la froth encouraging the cause of Souther Rights, woulu ainihlate its last vestig and nothing would then be heard all ov the land, but the prises of the Gloriot Union! Nor would the result be very dilferet if thu ports in South Carolina were abe ished or the custom house removed to Fo Moultrie. In either case, a sullicient n: val power would be stationed to enfor< the revenue laws of the United State Having no navy ourselves. we could i disperse the power, and foreign vosse would conform to the laws of Unitt States, rather than to embark in a war 1 secure our trade, duty free. Many of tI views, as to the internal operations of r cessiona under the assumptiona, that our e., would be peaceable, are equally applicab if it should be warlike. I have said nothing of taxes, standa armies, foreign ruinisters, conasutls, post arrangements, all of which topics, whit discussed, would dissuade us from scpara State action. It is always disagreeable I speak to unwilling listeners, and whilst have but little hope that may views will pr duce any ell'ct, in the midst of the enti siasm which exists in the Convention, favor t f immediate State action, yet, I tru. when you shall have returned to yoa homes, and cool deliberation takes ti place of passion and impulse, that you w give to the views, I have presented, wiha ever consideration t hey may amerit. But, Sir, I mnay be asked how I propo. to meet the crisis. ly advice Is pirren, stand upon your arhns, until you call i a blow that wil finally despatc I your en my. I know, Sir, that Ile word pat aent -tails coldly and heavily oni c.ars and hear that have been so much aroused Iv ti graceial clucut on and thrhilang eloquen< of any friend who preceded antte, (Geiner Adam-.) I dIad not sit maaoaaavel am se and I felt the amr. deeply when I knae that his wirds came fron a pure haaart, ii dignant at the wrongs we have sutffere The panacea for all our ills is cn-liperat , the co.piration of tme or more of on Southern Su'ters, of one or ilare of il Cotm States, forin I an tree to aknsw!a.1i that I laute nmo hope t roim ime gr:aa or ti bi acco growmag regauanm of tale Slave .:.atet Vmrgama.i ouilt at toaiove lut sheaa wai! nit it we wait until Ale aadv.nce.,, all will I lost. The Caottonm State., or a parti ii them, urit pena'o at to haer anil .larian Kctnaiucy, 'leneil-e, :nd taI. rti , , alterw:,ve it rr! v". a ud.-r ta! bam:n-r the Free or S!e Satate-. l.i my jaIl ':auaan a.y two of tle S..ive Stales, acta barnaiaaa niou.sly aduh aaa Ctnatnct iin. aiilid t le t1 <lueatunm t, their hk:1 r, either by :o raiton a re.specta.l n ala u as tier it Soautlcra ('Ili tedi racy or by i.t .uc'!h guatra:tet as would render our s'tu;aann safe in il Union. I go further, ir,-:i Vurgmnim ha moved alone, tainag to sectre co-oajp ratii she aight have dictated ternais. lIcr at tiua. wotuld lhave had in:initely tanare efye thman ouirs. For hier mreatr phyasicaml ra soirces, and laer Listorical dad ret. liliotary at'soiaitionts waaa! g. tr.tcam maoral power ta sucha i oven'Latant. ( )a territuory aimai lpopualatiaon tame baoh aA.'. au1 l.t'wever Jlungree.,eI it an:ay be toa yoa u a w'.eul t.s aanysta. wve as, i;i 1,er of! ,ro !m'::c shauldh yieahl taa the: .nar:.bae a~e .c.-. thme aletertaa.;- *,a of :1..,-aitn. cn:;a riglhts, ligle liaiaajm.. ;and alhi::. ti a' haa'e aaeiane :aa:ha.at.ve .a:.anoa.,e thaut ''a aaaaeamaeant ai' b a,~t -a...ae I aN so::.a those eataaally iadeare-veh u.'. tamia...h cis . ats mmainteancme. Aaai I har. ao40 thmat paince a tn br~u that iio-ope.r;:: a hait I am tia:d thmt Geortgia , V* rgam a, Floar dla, andma manaat ot the athar States, t1. ' ;a ilu~esc~ed ini thme ( '4 mproaa.sa. ThIe anlao 2L:e5 have.'. amjauie'sea!, butt thr: are la uncmpaairo:aisiing l oppo~ed to tie: "ay imen t.'l They a re ga bartit' treaagth a ly, amnda aeam .aoume a: theia will lie .ta ha wiuth uas. I at at:- :-ay :a lla-at, we :ane reai for thea. caaat':t tamt a aaL a ntt arma w.'aah aimch a dleclarit at, ouar (ntetds a naerear ade..par aaa ee~ame toar a the ot 'lhe w..dl saan r'ecover th round~aaa thma last by' iaar amda.seraa.an in n.g sa lyt aanaturely the quai.atn af :-aeparate S-al amaion, whvlen augntal ta uth nI a' ll craw. aour tamated ne acto. Wha'mat, men, are tihe -u s if thae thai thme Northm amuid time SiiuthI. At the .\.,a the templortary panaac prahaead terae, tinat dsaItaon of alma I 'oa .uM .:a lh'Iiw ti colaaimaaald amgit:at~ua ,n tfha1. saaver <pma't a hams maearly latis-ed ta.iy', :atal e mar' anmaiat semitling a a'antaah-r .\bo.ana.:'', F to thae Saliaite, t li.aaa l'halpas wla' ahelt'raide thme Vearmon~at rae.-ahuaans, aa aihna,.'ouasi all Sauthaleran atarn a; Ihi .,eiaan a won'.~m .Aolt:aamsa. amn thn pir.a it aaW\'aalm tha:1 TIoam l'.wmag! New'. Yiaor depiaas I he 5)on, thme biest No~arheraa mmin I lhave avn knmowna, to ianke rooam for Ihfatam aaI.. thme boan campa~.aaiiaaa at Newnda! mail .lassachuaoetts thme ;ahib.ta.iama oIhi.ib. C. WVaitho ham beena repail ed to. h~e tom amoader:aa2tet:il Summmer tihe gri-at lhy pritest oft.~ ib-~ a.. hmaelts zAbaohtionaism, Ii tbeen hmaanoredal wath thlae seat lately ilIlead 1 Mir. Webaatear. .".r. Webster lumself it haeen denounaciaed al aaI var Jlaastaot, atal ii groassest dilouamrta.-y aIlrrad hunam-rea'aos time praiviie aof she~:ao taa lhis acouatr amemn ma Oil P~aneauill Ilinll, a place '' la ini dlays oft yore, lhe hams ~ahb a.'d Im Is brighatast intellctual a rolh as. I~va thte imodearatin w.~haib thiel \Vehlm-a parcachtes tao his Iammatacal acountt rvumima, i daggnantl y repuuatmed. W ih a aa],chm an r; ad ammtener and talenats tas thet Free SuIle paresenit mma'w ini thme Sernte, wath ha 1a llhal', aa''w'ard, IFooata, h.'an~a, Ibba!lwoa, il alhler lihxlge, Witllkern, wholi e.aai hailtieve ah agitaitmomn ther~e m itaned, ian that t a Ia iih: air evenm timedam am atha States troam wheniri ahey aoaime. Sir, abomaliaattau maevir h smieh a hirm foontaog am tham Nattaaail Cit cilia mis it hmam iat tis very aaaamanta , atai I whoexphets fanmaiticisma to m iarnim a r n redem, lasa renal haistomry to little pumat lama thaese tare limt tham aanly eaalencees Nar iil the proagrea.s mat aiit.heerya setaninta l,aaok at thai tacttin of thc Vermonaat :n (hio Lecgaashiture ini pacticamlly nuallit'yia mimo faugitive iilavm law... i.maok tat te haul ramts, andi time 'yampaithyi teri: iihownv f time runmaaway naegai, andl timh aot at a caoampromaisersa Southi a Mar aat am th comnsciencees wimth Ihea maannemr m wncih a caompromise is ca rried ouat Naorthi, wh'len am a recavery of a fuagiaave Irmn Hoaamiaa, to has ower oven t$2,liM1, tanda fraom New Voi almost aim ega am oun aiammt. Sir. the nex.'t Ssssin of Ciomgress wit t probali ty open a new plan of operations to by the Aboltfonjts. *They intend propo sang that the tIFderadW ovornnent shall y buy and pay for out ofii6'$otleral Treasu w ry, every slave that the o'iw iis willing to t sell. At the late sessiin, Seward intro d duced a bill appropriating a large soine of Money to purchase all the slaves in the t District of Columbia, and slavery will be it abolished there in that way. With these s signs who doubts. that the great battle for r the institution is near at hand! Who d doubts,that the Cotton States, acting under - the first great lawv of nature, will bo forced v Iron the repose of submission they are is taking? Who doubts that the nost of the d hotest men of the compromise party, whei t they see the panic faith of their Northerr n allies, in executing the only item of the ad , justment favorable to the Sonth, will array r themselves on thu side of Southern Rights is men in all the States? I never had strong. er faith of Southern co-operation than I t, have now-unavoidable circunistances I. must bring it if we do not act rashly, and rt turn fri:uds thereby into enemies. The t- c tuse of Sonthern Rtights has made won e derful progresM in two years. The idolu, s. trous veneration for the Union has made it the sternest ditliculty in the way of. ou Is friends, and demagogues seeing that at. d tachment have taken advantage of it ant a are attempting to save themselves from a Ie just odium for deserting the cause of the South, in the day of her greatest peril by it singing praises to the Union and reading le homilies over the ruin which disunion is certain to produce. g Iut, sir, the scales are fast dropping fron il the eyes of the people. Five years ago mm disuinon would not have been tolerated in e South Carolina; but now, there is not on' o Union man in this vast assembly. In the I other Cotton States, newspapers and ora - ors are openingly advocating Secessioi I- and a Southern Confederacy, and the part n is on rapidly rising ground. Tile'"UnionW t, will soon he nio answer to constituents t ir the betrayal of their rights. They hav< ei cmnenced to calculate its value, to sec II it it is worth preserving, just as our father; L- did to see whether it would promote thei interests and safety to form it Wheieive. C a Southern man snakes the calculation e, fairly and honestly with his own con r scieiice, I have no fear thati he will after -wards content to subitet to any wrong t, - reserve it, Iisnotk at the signs South. In our sister a(ticergia, we see the acqhuesc;tts, appre e hien daig the energy, and ta'ent, and mruts ,l her at their frieids themr, are burymig al t, past diftferenies, and Vlhgs and Dem, iv erats are meetmig in Clinvtation, to iii - n te a (Jinion candidate for toverior. Whi I. tl(.s alarm on their part, if they did no 4 dread the power of their adversaries--out ir tr-ends. Isiok to Alabamna and .\ isisi1,1pi A porunin of the press is w ith us, and can. e tiidatts for the ditlbrent oflices are pledgim. - Ilentiii ves to tie cause of Southeri s. It ghats. Wlien bl.l party Ihes are ance - irket down cll t.i, ay life upon it S he soat hieria liiht' tmin will sweep lt " whles Soith. litt du not let us des:at al .by prenmature!y nao% inag. The night ot ouir .Orn1 ans. ophpres.iani is nearly cunled, ail " when riaty so nearly dawis, why will we vetur to take a step that wall plunge u: - :i: a deep abyis, when the morning ray, wil soon show us a sa:e and cert.uin ave' nue to our lonug sought homne. With; i- U.a: i.f the Sou:l. or a part of the Sou:h I! inrt lnguage tof the enler;b t'!e ChiLes " Great God, a tale of subiiiision wil d ne ver be told." , et no Carolinian foster the thougit o snbmission-let our liurposO be tialteru. libly fixed to pers'evere, if neced be, years ii ob-.uaiiin redres., foir past. wrongs, eith.:u mui the Uniionm or by a Sotheriin Coiifedera, I y et its entre:nt 'iiur Southern breth ri it:. hale onl thiri atrrior to aimd us in chla.te d .-; . inllUent. mappjr so;. All w..il v.1 a htwe!, aui I, bieheve tne, sir. there is'aL 1 dm:e of lit ng doi th-- mp:t of our pro 'pI. The senis' I fwrong anid injuiStce hi ai 'eied tao lb'ep'y mmn thec.r harats, for tumi C evei ;o tradll.:t, i:. Whien the prope; 2 iino m's 'or us~ to throwu 'm:1uce.~-;ii I n'i'unltain th.t:tia ever raIl ed hisi ciii: I i- mor 2 celerity 'r nlamcrity, tiian v.1: - thei peeple of Soufth Cairobhna railly inh- la - i i rimuthernihanner for S outthern ll'ghts, ;a Sthe tir-t h,:d ung itf our Simiithorn allhes. 4 4Oneit iintr reiniarklmbefore I clo se, I hiave - ranikiie'is. I tmok it woiubt he ~unfortii. lilte, nay dvtissrmu:, [or us to act ailmne \hiit the~ , cli'tititeil :iuthor.taes of the St-ilt h live iiir honor and.. dt*:t.iir in thi.r lkeep. hecn: ay, whlie'ber ray counlk's hie re d eitd or lit, it wdml lbe in dtny andt mns C' *'rry inin nbtin thei lhiuts of the S: ate , .v wh-:n11h4 Staite a tn: hor:iis d1 art, to suis EiI titm I .'l tbironigh il lihe varis.-utudeC 1 e I >rtune, 'i hprospeitiy :lidi m ltersiiy. nj Irt'fit the Smmit'eri Stari.htrdl. I Sepaxate Nationality. The I''re is ;i iient. riinv of the Sece's:i n ii tc11ally,. wha w' rteg~ret to set' exinbit'ed at -tim'nvieihe thire shiould b Ithe ulma let e.x 1,iswi reug.trd to~ the Selaeir:ite N.ationi:iht: rt W ihi:(''nu hiihrtl'e'iri ri ieli asino h lirueatil'l1it( ne e $iiul, adol~i thi inetrli: asm' th e rts.t i urid h iet tal It'an " ori h i 'm dl ti i rem'in i- iiy a s'' Jinralte Ictitlon, are4 ; - e vry into is dubeii2 iniit'bF, wh'se! tto~iir e' in imned a, ii is, r.ithrn bay the, proinlinmg d I' p'~ iin aiii! pr'jiie', tini te tirie 'a ot it: Soft nil .,i 'iianent, is .stairte dlts .rvinj 'r of teriisr nt'i atiaon. I-it ia:i7 hei, Ilhat thme twtijfrity 'f th-ii piar!: y r'''ig'ard serssion~ inerely as a n;i aniit'ii Iel rs fet* the itltiinate tabyj ut which S'ce*-simi i-ts andit Co-oe'aratiotii.ts ahike proifess I Ii ad lnitiomm of aimlter l Iii'-'-b4ut is tha id, tinnlayt~ so iinconmsid.eramble as we hite! oii ol Whdtaie I bhlve thati thme imlinber of thmmm in'wh antiica2ite thiE estabbl.hiilienlt of : aje e rat e 'ti miatminal ex\itenc'e itur Sthi t'airmhn : siurt' I thati this (hun iS oniiEh inore~ 4or I tEinplatIed andt I bearihbed, bmy the~ the i'lce ug ' It ia oft thi';' r ll ian t ' il4r lipont th mi init, hint wt coiui[miin. Thatii there ar Ir iia li y elihe lanlers whm couniisel staeesl,,n it who ire tsingly pern~.uaded, it thety arte wi *r ab'.oluitely co'tnvinced~t, th~i lat he'-epriIte S, im ci..nsl '' Sutha C.aaihna wi'll nou!ti it mabout t hilt co-aoperaition wvhich thmeyprf t .o to hav e blo e'art:estly) at Iaari, I t hiink r amindattly proEn~aI hy theaa taone of' maniii atheir pummbbieatms, tad of that apeechian ii somne of their promtinint menh. WVhys, this is not the case, do they .1intheir pam pheits abti- speecheis enter into -spelfelab. orate ddMills to prove, not only tllat' 3outlh Carolina has resources which willfosufli. cient to prqtoct her from any attempt that may be used to coerce her-for so far it nay be regarded as tho clictute of prudence, to determine before hand whether they are prepared toenecounter the perils which may assail thein, before the other States have titne to follow their ex inple, supposing it does prdxince that result ; but also to prove tIt the State is capable of miaintaining alonc a respectable po.ition a:nong the na tions of the earth ! The ptinphlet "Seces sion Practically Consilered," tinder the i signature of "Rtutledge," is devoted to an e:laboratc investiuatim of wthat would be the resources and revenue of the State if she stood alone, :Ind it L leulat ion as to what wo hi be the cost of sistaiin the Goveri:ineit of the new iepublic. In inany of the speeches of their leaders, winch I ha: ,e heard, while they put forth prominenly the argumient, tiit if we naake an issue with the General Governient, the other Southern States will be forced to join with us, yet dwell with such complacency and satisfaction upon the coimarison of South Carolina w ith foreign States, inoro insignhicait irn size and resources, who have sicuccssfuI y mintainel their iiole pendence, as proves that they contenplate our placing ourelhes in a similar position. These positions have been i naiitained in somne of Mr. Ithett's speeches, in I he speech of Mr. Culcock at the May (:invention, and by Col. G;regg and ae. Adats, in their recent addretn5 ii: Charleston. ( )ne of the last naied gentlenen, (Col. Gregg,) in discussing the argunent. that the secession of South Caroia woulh cut her il 'frorn the commerce of the othe r State, assuinted as an hypothesis, that "if all the rest of^ North Amierica were sunk in the occan, and that South C.aruhia reiained an islaid with nothirg but Europe on the oie hI.and autt Asia o:i the other," this would not ruin: us; antil he took the pos:tin, that in the event of .separate secession, our sitiationi with regard to the other Sottherii States, would not he inre d.sadviit.igeous, than it would lie uiler h:s suppoled cont ingeni. cy. We adduce ithis nt wih a view o pioiting oit tallary, winch is transparent, of assinng the twt, caes to bie identical or even aniilageus in their eiB:cts ; but to prove, that the :dea of a permanent naltuon ality for South Carolia I, one, which can be trace, II: ail tie spect lies ot the seces sion ;enders. Now I nay lie niet by alih' argiunent, that although thee l-:oden, leel :assurel, that 5etetsstii wdll cau e tatiher States to uniite' wit hi u. still it is tihle pirt of wisoiun to prove what our eninditoin wil he, it that hop(: dho Ild tinl us,. '1'h.. :tritinne:It is. prhap;, a sutlic wint jus'ili&tatanti (: tholi wa. b.I" h.nes:tly' bileen thiat our se, t'. -.ut4 nio , w% ! j'roiducie tile elle t w ini hi they 1ias.. t It t -:i1. it we cunitenid thl-,t, Wv.thl luary' 41 ih-- h'a.derr, ;t is .a jemini .1.nd strea.ph .:eg con.entat on 1th1a t the: St~tte now% !-V. h"1.1,..w. inn~t::i Iher late- ahitne ! . l uo t o \\ t , tu: .n 1that, w hits is .r; thir, t t ..\.. . that the~ are sle.'eiving tine pe4pluie, ti ihoiei t; gait ii thern taC,e hpes u! their ..niple : y o'hr Suuthe:r States, It is iiiai'v ! it is ho:net ili s to take alvnitae t' 1h brave Spi'r;t o: a1 genertms ie'tle-di'is to urge tip.>n thein, that tie th<l:r' !:t:06 w.ii fullow tbr hr ex.anle,- if they hase but the ieroniani "tail d.ring ta taie the m:it.:u' e; aidii when, by such ap p peal:, they have linded .etia'to the die. tales of pr idence, to lead i hern into a if! as ore w;h ch ti~hey:41 , : i' ceiii;.uted, anid lor n hwhi tIn-y are' n:. p. r-i. I:tua biii .: . i~a ~ to i . 'a l~y te t . ;ri~- u ichna heti tciin1 n the r,:ii..:.i ' l t " ' P - ', 6 : h : r :a . ~i2 ii.ie r2.' , -.4 ,o: e11! .'t et ~ .4iti le'u: h 1 .i a 'Ie': ' -;- d .e\ t ' t 4444i . l' li.tg oiii (.'mrheii .ir.n [h'rn S ,i w-~eie' ten bleieelie . he i . h ii . . aeh~lik ths the '" ::de e , 1:: .e ; 2 lth rat. (4 'h.: 2~. "o r t u , a.. 4 it thir: o ',ti endtr 2. l'* - !4 i -! ' h l I- 1. 2 perc e.' es I ptr'e ce 'hc~r:. ret' rank.i i llt~ h '44uw 1 2h .:1 i, -' 4 th :n h !a i } leper . tr 2. .,, e '; .1rd' y uh. ;;t . 2 - .. pro "haring a 'e 2rat .' n ed.ence i tr-' y ~ 2o :,' 24 ,w,1 , nay he4 that2.,i the -'itui nto- 4ta 1 i1h Itin i .: ' .4 he !e hei. btl at .1hev i . Iee d u h it t'r.2' ll -e.4n21 n._, w1 i l ii Jin , at, : .nin:, i 4 t4.e...e: le - 'llt t 'at l' i ':.' ..-.\ 1' .tatc ist 2e' I- i t le. net 'showince'l the.4 re1li.ito :nnrtit, ;tn! I 4 p 1 r14-2ir~e ii; 4he to442 .. '' i co14 1 .h n 'i e ii '.riii :ieste'.l 1~ \ i r1, 22er:.. 2 2 re e 'it i'len }'tnl e dr 1ion4 u 111: ite e nist l the t,1 og at a. Ittl n-1 1 t 2.- hel r . The t re It224 ' r ti. ~' .1 Iite e i 4rei4.11it ' -o i'r'i-1:li i b t't t' -.t4i u a:~.'V li., t i e h iaia rel ate toI --e .til': , I jl I.i !,: Ti on hll . '1 'r t ii Still' - d4i :.4 :hO i il '.1j( -ral 41, It 41 II re14r, w412h an le a lze: 4 z t l tit-Hg o:i ,. o it r4t :, lir2.1 14 --'41 i,.:4 , i'' h14 a i n n y of - l~ctilri i I iTh4i.- r -b tho ni . '4 ' ". a * TIlE SUMTEI1 BANNFa, G Sumterville, So. Ca. OHN T. GREEN, EDITOR. Z UESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1851. o 04f? Messrs. A. WmITE & Co., are Lgents for the Banner in Sumtervillo. Our Princitles. "'T'here is one ,oint on which there can be no iversity of opinion in the South among those c ho are true to her, or who have made up their ainds not to be slaves; that is if we should be ircred to choose bet wren resistance and submission t e should take resistance at all hazards." A!.)I0I:. " 'o do that, concert of action must be necessa. y, nut to sarc the Union, for it would then be i0 late, but to save ourselves. Thus in my view, oncert ts the one thing needful.."--CAz.uouvn. " What is the remedy ? I answer secession, naitcd secession of the slaveholding States, or a rirge numbrr of them. Nothing else will be wise othing else will be practicable."-Cunvas. CO-OPERATION TICKET. FOR THE SOUTHERN CONGRESS. OL. JOllN H. PRESTON, of Richland. OL. JA'S. CHESNUT, Jr., of Kershaw. 'o the Readers. of the Sumter Banner. I n consequence of the determination of he Publisher, that the Banner shall no onger be devoted to those pr;nciples and hat course of action which in my opinion t is iropor for South Carolina to uphold Imd pursue, my connection with this jour. mud has, since it last issue, been terminated, mnd it is by the courtesy of the gentlemen who are for the future to conduct it that I iow, through its columns, bid adieu to you wtween whom and myself the relation of eaders and Editor has,during some months flst, subsated. I dare not believe that the duties of my ,ost have been performed with any great ibility. Of one thing only can I assure vnself, that I have been influenced in my rief political course by love for the State ivhich gave me birth and which has encir led w ith its protecting, fostering care all hiit I hold most dear. That South Caro ina should not, as to her political rights, ,e thrust down unresistingly to a lower, ess honorable, place than that of her si. er sovereig nm, that her liberties should be IreLervedJ and transmitted as entire and rc .I, when the canue forth with theme, ctor:;: s. finota her first great centest With Inc roich:n power, that she shiould ever Sworihy of that ri.verential admiration, Ihk! enthia:stic. love, with which Scuth 'itol:nians h:Ave ever regarded their State, hat her g!ory as the home of frecrmen, and heir hiappiness, as freemen who deserve heir liberties. should be while the billows ret tlhemselves against her coasts and the rave Palmetto finds nouritlhient in her ,enial soil,-these have been my ardent 1e:ires, anid to these ends have mlly humble mdeators been directed, whether erringly >r not tine will show. Ionly remaina now for ime to ask yur. ai hilgent consideration of my imperfect Itlrtt, and! to bid you a respectful farewell. W. F. Bi. ilA YNSWORTII. ,-o' The Banner comies to its patronsI aer chi inge d auspices its future course 2 d; d.t1'r mate~rialiy fruom that hithmerto ad imeatedl by) it late liir. it is due to 'iurselvcn au. l to t he public that n e shsotil ivy d'wni tihe po'litic~al formi we now J rephose I''occupy. We belheve ilhat a Southe~rn C:onfed~ramcy furnni.-es the only safe and iiilitent mnide of resistance to the wrongs ha t hmave been inmtheted upon tus. WVe be here~ that the exi.,tence of slavery depends iun thle concerted action of thmose imtr sterd in its exi.stence. We are fully satin. tied th t tihe Sepjerate Secesionm of South LX.riha at thI:is t imme, nut onlhy brimngs no r'mly! foir the evils comtaimned of biy hien, buit only gives thern a moore aggvravatedl chlaracter. I loidinmg thlese iprsitions to be trutie; it i ecimes iurduty to advocate such ins. utes as have for thleir object time Cc-opera thfon of our S.ater iStates, and to oppose the v.in5 s f that party now earnestly etideav. oilrmg to' tr mg about the Xepierate Seces. .liii ci Siuthi CLarnhina. E .'*' We roul attentioni to the vetry ableh letter If 'a pm -' .$ SrmiTr.nm, to the. Darliington meeting. it I' is omprehen~lsive., nnid ii every anyi) worthy f' ille h.-ad ant iiheart of the nman. i.' (in the" firait pa'ge will he, foundi aln arti ebi. fromi the' k.rening Nears, rev'iew [ing the "ituitled;;e i'aimphlet." it ii fromi thme pen of a pw'ticai an i ani experieniced man1, andi conutains ue think a~ compleiite refiutatiiin of the' errors of iiuiIb-dg'. Tt-re alr*eiother articles, oni thme enme *u -t, riom the i.amei siorce, wvhicth wVil be putbh-thed ini formih-cioming moimbetrs. Wie can. int i tu -.tronetlIy comuimend it to mhie attenmjtin of %1001of (Ii., limn..3. L. Orr. WVe pubbhiI to-day time speech of time hi in. . . e ()rr ; D~elvered in the May i'nnt cn. We aire induceed toi lay it be. tore liur rieadern fromt the fact that it has not! yet appieaired iln e ithier of our 1)istrict. Wei pubbilinh m to-daiys issue the notice of the' Alanagers of E-lections for the elec. ion oif D ele'.ntes to the Southiermn Congress. We pile~~ent also tihe names of Colonel Jns S. lilti~woN,. of Rt chmlamds and Colo. ne Jm Cuss~~wr, Jr., of Kershnaw, a. ii nia tes from tihis Congressional ias rict, to represent the views of those who. a rei ipposeid to the Separate Nationality of ioth i Car ol ina, butt whot aye in favor oi io-operaittig withI t:: oquam~lly aggrieved nister .Siiut hiern States. These gentlemen are teo well known to theo pubbec that wo dieem it mecessary to say but little of them. Thuiis much, hoiwever, w~ill we venture that tf highly cultivated understanding., s riing .iidgtnetnts, and sotund constitutional v. ws and liberal sentiments, together with rge personal interest in the result'of the g )ntest now going on. high moral qualities y nd true Southern hearts-if all these corn- c ined present any claim to their fellow-citi. ' Ons for that Congress, which is to delibe- a nte and decide upon the rights and liberties r f our own State, as well as of those, to t hrhom we are bound by so many endear- a ig ties--then may we challenge for these t 'entlemen a personal weight, which will i omnmand frot the patriotic citizens of I umter District and elsewhere a large, ordial and hoi.orable support. t We take this occasion too, to urge upon 1 he public the great importance of this I lection. If all that we hold dear in this t vorld is really in danger, as we all believe, i vhat stronger consideration could we pre- i ent for your active interest in this cmatter? i r'he Separate action of South Carolina is ssociated in our minds with a future of io dark and portentous an imoport, that we .annot reconcile it with our sense of duty .o let any opportunity pass without an arnest and solemn appeal to our friends mud countrymen to prepare for the strug le which is before theis-to examine close every suggestion wh:chm is offered to zommend a measure, doomed, as we hon eetly believe, to cut offevery hope of Union with our real friends, and fatally to endan ger those rights and liberties, the mainten ance and presvervation of which we have all so much at heart. Fro.m the most reli able information we can command, we have little doubt that Sumter District is opposed to Separate State Action by a very strong majority. Let not the occasion, then, of Electing Delagates to a Southern Congress slip, without manifesting the decided interest you feel in the weal of your native District and State. Tournament. Thle Committee appointed to make ar rangements for the Tournament request us to announce, that it will take place in Sumterville on Wednesday the 17th of September at 3 P. M. and to extend, on their behalf, an invitation to the public generally to honor them by attendance on the occasion. Co-Operation Meetinsg. The citizens of Sumter District, opposed to S,-parnte State Secession and favorable to the Co-operation of other Southern States are invi ted to convene at Sumter Court liout os, the frat Monday in October nr.t- Adidresses, sill be deltiered by Colonels Ciur.syr and l'aESo, tie Co-operation candidate. for the Soutihern Con;;re,.-and oither dis-ingutshed persona are expected to-addruss the meeting. ICOBERT %Ut.Daow, IRaCes itEY .Ds, IATiLVw 1'. SinA as, WV'N. itAi.t..A KU, Joins E iE.iss, J. J. KNox, WI.LIAs lionemas, E. 31. ANutisox, 3. D. Asiumoa, Jiazs E. ItEnacar, JoHN W. StucKEy, J. N. FaRigsos, JAS F.. W:Tu amasrooN, F. J. MosE:s, Jon E. 3Iut.hauw, JOHN II. l)IXON, It. F. fluexsonr, lir:rar D. Gae::x, Ezrxtict. KEELS, H. G. WITInEasrooN, JouN J. Mooat, IW. if. Beaussa, JoiN B. MILLERl, W. J. ItEr.90LZS, F. SHeeRta, WaAsa A. MULDIOW .. Jl.oaxa,. n, Jos2 (U. HE rR". -Iem.LUM~ WzCS, -Tutomea 3. Coont. S, Fur thme Sumter IBanmner. A t'aUST 14, 1851. Gentkmen.t~: I have received to-day, your favor of time l'.th instant, inviting moe to address a amass meeting of the peoIple of Daringtonm, on thte tirst Mlonday in Septem ber next. I regret that I canmnot be presenmt ons ani ocao of so iniuchm iort to the citizenms of Drhnmgtoni, at d to the coimmu istry at large; but beg heave to tentder myv thmanks fur thme cormplmenmt conveyed in the Jin time present alarting state of thme country, no mian shul~d disguise his senti mensts, and if mny opinsionas as, a member elect to thme conmvention of the people, are of aimy Iiportance, yotu are enititled to have them, simspiy andt plainly set forth. I regret that a full dlt.eussion of time poli cy of Separate State Secession, did smot precede instead of followinig tihe call of a Cuonvesntion. It seems to mime, nouhmsg was better or snore advisedly settled two years ago), thman that this State, should take coun sel and co-operate wit h her sister States of time South, amid I cast nouw inid iso act or resolution of aniy legally constituted i1sly ini this State, pledg nig time State to act alone, ini case we shmould disagree with tihe rest of thme South in the time, time miode, or meaasure of redress. Thie opisnionms of tihe genttleimen, who as. semnbhed in Charleston, im May last, are en titled to greast respect; but I aim not bound by them, amid at time time, I unreservedly expressed any determimaionm to be bounid by nothnsg less, thtan aim uimequiviocal express ion, of time settled contvictins, of~ imy iim. imediate constitients. I have always thought, that th separate seetsion of tis Star i, alerded nto direct practical remedy, for time evils of which we co~mp jlatin. What ini eiyect is the cause of thte alarm. inig crisis, in public aittirs! It is, that thme North, by the urganizationm, of a party op posed to slavery as an instituition amid as an element of political power, threatens to destroy fifteen hunidred millions of slave property, belonging to the South. What is the immtediate danger, to be apprehend ed from that party1. It is1 that by the exclu sion of slavery, from acquired territory, they will tmaintain a permanent majoriy, competent to eff'ect itheir purpose, through time action of the Federal Government. It is this settled hostility to the institu-. tion of slavery, which in effect makes the North and thme South two people, and which will emnd, in tinal separation, at no distant day; and it is the duty of every puiblic man, nows to see, that when that day comes we shiall have a regular and stable govern ment to resort to, for the protection of the very institution, whose existence is now inanaced, not only by the North but also by the civilized govenments of the world, with whielt we have intercourse. Such 01 * overnIOfnt,formel of the paiit o Pith an export .f; nthndred an, I confidentibie, main~a 7he fact that our population furnielies alloys, and that our harbors are Is say compel us to take a defensive ion, that of an agricultural pooplo * i trong military organization; but, at lcast. mnder such a government, should we want nore room for our slavepopulation, whe. he exigancy arises, we can take it. But I do not see how the separate so :ession of South Carolina, will abate the settled hostility of the North and the world o the institutions of slavery. Our expjr :annot command the market of the O'rld md conquest is out of the questions. suppose, now, that the secession will b , ndced separate, and that no other Sti viil join us, which is one of the alterni# tives, propounded by the separate action :arty arty. Granting that we could maintain our elves, in a small way, the spectacle of the ; South, broken into fragments, at the first serious demonstration of our enemies, would be to them a glorious triumph; they would persuade themselves, either, that the . institution is net worth extending, or that-k the South is incapable of union, and therm fore of self-government, their hands & their hearts would be strengthened against us. Much less, can I see, how separate seces. sion, can regain the balance of power which we have lost, which was on our side, when Texas was admitted, with the privilege of making four slave Stater, but which is now reversed. Whether it can be regained in or out of the Union, it is certain that South Carolina does nothing to regain it, by seceding from the line of Southern States, but in effeet restricts the area, upon which her own slaves, are here nfter and forever to subsist. So great and unansweruble, are the ar gunments, against separate secession, that the separate action party, no longer con template it as an end, though thny do not deny that it is an ultcrn atice; but they suppose, that by seceding alone, they will precipitate an issue, which will end in the dissolution of the Union, and in the forma tion co instanti, of a Southern confederacy: I object to this experiument, because, i. not successful, it leaves us, but one alter native, to set up for ourselvcs, as an inde pendent nation, thus withdrawing our forces, in Congress', in the presidential election, and in the -eneral pehitics of the country, froni tlu' :ide of the South, as !on as it reinauis in the IJion, and cxposing . uF, to be harasscd, distracted and beaten in detail, before the South is ready to form a Gova rnment. upon a stable and permanent basis, out of the Union. I object to the rxj:rrimnt of forcing oth er States to join t -. because from the best lights I can gather, and from the opinions ;y of men, in wham i ho been taugt t contfide, I.think Itob la, nre~c -il~ y .:. aghtt6 I objecti in ~e mon 5Nic Southern States are to bif forced into ti e struggle. This is a Governmnt of opinion, but finding optinions agaiinst ut, wenoproe to re-ort to arims. Secession of itself, will not I ring thern to co-operate with us, in framing a Southt. - erni Governmient. It is probable, that no amiount of peenntiairy loss, or commercial antd agricultural distress, will brintg them to our side. There must be a conflict of arms, and it is supposed, that the tirst gun will britng the Southern chivalry to i'.s feet. In toy opinion, Geintleumen, that depends, somewhat, upon rcho fil s first. As long as the other Southern States stand aloof, the Gsovernnment is perfectly competent, wvitir-~ out tiring a gun. to protect their interests, in the collection, ot reve-nue, sufficient for its due aduministration, leavang us to the en petrimlenit of a sep'r ito natiality, which, I believe, will be iimmediately fatal to our pirosperity as a peole, amnd remotely, to the cause ofSounthern inditutions ; and irn that& position, "cabin'd, cribbed, contined "we will reamin, uniless we take the initiative anid commernce the u-ar. WVe are. theni, to point the first gun, not to secure or defend a separato nationality, whieb we dlo not in reality desire, and wvhieh does not restore the balance of power~ or ex, tend our institutions, but on the contrary restricts them ; but we are to shed the tirst blood, to excite symipathyv, to secure co-op eration, and, as the lirst step, to a naw,flrn and stal1le Governineont, wit hout thme assur, ance, from the auth~orities of a .ingle Stat4 that they will synmpathiizo in such a move, ment. Trnly, we miay pause, before we. conutnit ourselves, to this bloody issuet which, to imake the best of it, oight proba, bly end in a separate, and let mue adds a crippled nationtality. Having takent my position, against theo practicability of separate secession as a mecans of restorinag thte balance of powot' ini the Governtmnent, before the election fori the Convention, w~hien, I suppnsed I was int a very smunall minornty, I shall not easily be induced, to recede from it, at a time, wvhen I ant oncoutragedl to think, fromt indications in every District, and whetn your names gentlemen assure me, that the people begiq~ to pause, npon the edge of untried experk ment, I have no ideit thtat the Government wIll attemp~t to coerce thte State by force of arms; and ushould c IArgin the contest, and should it fail in seecuringr co-operation, and a stable Southern Government, victory would conducet us only to the point weo startedl from, a separate nationality. Other consequences, to our prosperity and to our institutions, I leave to your im, aginmations, I do rnot wish to he misunder stood, ncor delwsh to excite alarm, know that oulh Carolina cannot be itub, dtted. The taditions in whieh; we hayd