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~~N WV' R.1 4.J. -4ANt8. + njavae Two Dollars and at.'the expiration of six Won 'L aDollars at the end of the "Jo ~pr discontinued until all arreara i unless at. the option of the $ tor. vertiseiments inserted at 73 eta. A thre, (12 lines or less,) for the first ttu half that sum for each subeequent lairtion. II!he umber of insertions to be mark. eoit:alkAdvertisenents or they will be published until ordered to be discontinued, and charged accordingly. 2EOne Dollar per square for a single Insertion. Quarterly and Monthly Adver tisenmieits 'will be charged the same as a dIng le'nsertion, and semi-mo liy the S mee as.new ones. All Obituary Notices es ixa " " ilnes, and;Commwunications egsiipg Cpndid ten for public offices g1t9 to E1 ij.:Sxhmibitions, will be etargetd lertlements. 4It'Jev. FaDnitx Rusu, is a travelling 4 trtft or thifdpnper, and is authorized to vi; rdubscr ptions and receipt for tie Fromathe Southern Standard. Co-opdation and Secession ; 1Not Merely a Question of Times. t$$ Some suppose, that the difference be tween the Co-operationists and Secession. its is a matter of nere time, and hence we often hear them ask. how long we aro to ,wait before Separate Secession is to be tried' "Watch and wait," is not our motto; we are for action, present and con * stant, but not by Separate Secession. The . diffqreice is radical ; it is one of measures and not of time. The measures of th2 Cooperatio.ists are by agitation, appeals, cvnciliation, efforts to reconcile differences, and particularly by discussion, to develope =ome eflectual measure of resistance, mn which the whole Southern Rights party many agree to unite, and by whicl they are to gain the majority in each or several States. The measure of the Secessionists is to.force.the issue of Secession by sepa rateoStine Action. They admit that the other States are not ready for this issue ; "'fit they say, that our movement will not force upon them the necessity of meeting it. Now it is evident that the only point of agreement between these two measures, is in the end to be obtained. As means to that end, they are totally different, having not one principle in common. We contend that the South can be united only by co~ stant .agitation'and discussion. The Se cesaionists say, that such Union may be forced by the circumstances which separate Secession-muut occasion. We say that if the Southern Rights Party of other States refuses to agitate upon the issue of Seces x. sion, that we must consent to the issuo y proposed by the greater number, and give it a fair-trial. The Secessionists say that they will try no other issue, and insist upon ecesioD 'thin a linite d time, f ' bEaf that, thea Separate resorted, to. W:' say cession is that of a ti" estime delegated po ~, ~. ~ ' b~nsea separate nation, when *, uch separate nationality shiall be ne. eepaary to the safety or happiness of her citizens ; but until such separate nationali. ty shall become her deliberate choice, she has not the moral right to Secede contrary to the wish of those States closely allied to -her in feeling and interest. The Seces sionstssaytha wehave not only the right wve do not desire that result, and wvould shrink from it were it plainly presented to otar choice, we still have time right to resort to Secession, as means of forcming a neces uitr upon other States equally sovereign. T Jhus, with the samte end in view the measures to that end, approved by cach party, are wholely different. How then ~can it be said to be a imere q-~suion of 'time I Delay is not what we seek. We desire action, but of a sort different from separate Secession. Of what avail to us would be a delay of one year or five years, if during all that time our attempts to con. ciliate, are to be deshinved by the threaten ing attitude of South Carolina ! Of whit benefit would be our attempts to rally a Southern Rights Party upon an issue sho~rt , f ISecession if in its struggles, it is to he kept in a minority by our insults to the State pride of those whom it should be our policy to conciliate. So long as leadmng toen of South Carolina publicly speak ff Virginia " as hie rile crauling thing a! the feel of Federal potter and patronage," or of Georgia " as that submnission State," &c., . il ,the efforts of the Co.operatonists to concillatosand bring to our side 'tho people of rhose Brates, must prove fruitless. Tlhn .Bothern 1Aightts P~arty of those Statos * im continue ta maerease and may oven "%c bro ainajori~ty,. but this, under such ire miandmms, must bp effected wihout Souy aid and by a pos.itive refusal to unite -tih us in any common, iaane or purpo. We, thlerefore, caution th~a M;jnds of Co. operationf against the deceptive auamrtion, that the difference, between urn aerv the $esop 'sa is only as to time. Proaspc tije ppson1 atingunced in advance, yel 9 ate to 49stroy our efforts as ihl~ Ao eestbion. Ontr policy is whole. ryen We desire to persuade and a ftireatea necessity which may co e. Our hope is in the union of the ~onth, and We flinch not from thme effort, hoWever lonig continued, that may be neces. hl)te t 1uion. Thiey abandon all hope of tils t tin' first reverses, and rely upon ai single State to sustain a cause which, requires the energies of rnany States. Ocr polity requires a moral courage thlat never falters ; their's exhibits the elemenats of that physical'ourage, which is ready to riskldhe sacrifice of self, but is destit ute of thoyvirtupithat hopes in adversity, or that COltItmUes 'the struggle in the face of dhis. couraging rtverses. Our's is a spirit that bdhijx-r a great cause to final success; , t that whsich may gain a battle N~tcnaccomplish nothing ef b an enemy inthe Iied P*95S41.0 A Fgitive Stave Law. We" fae he other day, and expressed I kinfor the fact, that the fgi i~* ef 1850 had beens faithfu~iy onfn. di~jdicial authorities of theo free M~tii4that its enlforcemeont hand he. 9W sl setlesced in, exceput in time P2asOe Rr51 in ,t We had not ihd it#I ettp to mdecision ofJili ,31~ln Iaited- 'tate5 iudge of 4he i~sn~'trict of this Btate, in the ,cas. thq fagitive slave Davis, on a writ of aea opms, which was made on Sat. uirday hus4 discharging thme fugitive, wiho 11mmed4ited $mi ananna [nin lase.. I. Mttzh, esq., United States Commi. 1 ,ter at Buit'al, had after an impartial g, given a cirtificate remandinig thb ei slave to his master. There Is Bot a "hadow of doubt of his being a fugitive slave, as claimed.,. This point is beyond dispute. Hence Davis Red to Canada as soon as Judge Conklin discharged himt. The ground of the dischage is, that he escaped in August, 1850, and that the last fugitive slave law was passed by Congress in September, 1850. The argument is, that the law or September does not apply, and the rule as to e.x post facto enactments (referring entirely to laws respecting crimes) is invoked in the construction of the act though it appears somewhat a nov el recourse. But the act of 1793 is not re pealed by the act of 1350. The Supreme Court of the United States decided, mi the case of Prigg, that the extradition clan of the Constitution referring to fugiti. from labor was self-executing-that Con gress might enact laws giving federald4% dicial, or other officers, power to eriri the constitutional obligations, and :rescrI. Bing tnodes and forms of proceeding, &c., but that Congress could not devolve the du ly on State, judicial, or other officers, and that Slate legislation could not provide or restrict, or centrol the remedy. The act of 1793, excepting the clauses authorizing State authorit ies to enforce it, is still in lull force. The act of September, 1850, does not repeal it, for the title of latter expressly states it to be nnendatory of the act of 1'79." The Constitution Imperatively re quires the fugitive stave to be delivered up. The words are : "No perscon held to service or in labor in onc State under the laws thereof, escapitig into another, shall in consequienoe of any law or regulation there., be disiharged frot such or service labor, but shall be de. liveret up on claim of ti e party to whom such service or labor may be due." It would seem to be a palpable evasion of the Constitution, and indeed a violation of it, if the fact of owing service or labor is proved, fur a judicial officer to discharge him. The legislatin of Congrass cannot fetter or restrict the constitutional right of the master. No legislation of Congress should be so construed as to restrain or embarrass such right. The provision of the Constitution is imperative and para. mount. The act of 1793 and the act of 18541 were both intended to facilitate the enforcement of that right, not to embar rass or restrain it-not to nullify the con sti utional provision ; but were in aid of it. The decision, as reported, seems to us to be an evasion of the act of 1793, or rather that portion of it still unrepealed, and do. clared by the Supreme Court of the United States to be within the Constitution; and likewise an evasion of the law of 1050, no toriously intended to be cumulative to the act of 1793. The criticisms about techni cal forms and papers, and the discharge of the slave in the face of full proof of his be ing a slave and a fugitive, looks like quib. bling away the remedy intended to be given in good faith by the compromise ac~s. The South will not be satisfied with this mode of expounding and administering thn law. If the decision of Judge Conklin is a'lhered to, fugitive slaves in this State, who escaped1 prior to September, 1850, have in ed O full immunity, for they can"m'ot be dehlvered up under the law of that imhtli. It ar.st ed under it, Judge Cnkin will nat delct r them up under the act of 1703, nor unm..'r the constitutional obligation and pledge; but they will be discharged, so as to enunte tlies~n _to~run~toanaada, ..Thiisitacision wil:. we predict, arouse and i~i~te the socth more that. anmy tug thmat hmas occured. We regret that it has occurred, arid especially that it was m.ade itn New York.-Y. Vour'k Herald. Frorn time CarolinIan mand Telegraiph. To Col. John 8. Preston. Stin: Tme circumstances of solemnm formn under which you have been led to time scamffold by a conmmmittee of neessioriisti, professing to be your personmal frienids, are calculated to attract pubilic attemitione to tihe case, as characteristic of time times, and stmggestive of serious trains of thought. Youir naime being thus associated before the public, I avail miyselt of it to sitate somie ot lie thoughts which the aflimir brinigs to myv iminid. Amongst time geuitlemetn whom' anre dealing with you, omne at least occupies time positin of a leader in his party, uand is regatrded as aun exponenit of it-a tmani of respectable character, of fair talenits, amid byv posiitionm conispicuiums in the mov'cnemnt nm which ihe participates. I timereforet regard time proiceedings of time conmumuees in respect to you as ind(icatinmg time pmurp'mes., termiper, and chtaracter of time whole piarm v. Le~t mie, then, loo!; to) thme procembu dgs oif thmese genitleimen. Y1ou, it seenis, were pumt in nminmat ionm as a canmdidate for thet Souithmern Congress. Th'lese gentlerw-~n, wvih no doirubt of your general quahfcatioi.s, to whmichm thyv h'ear anmple, and, I sumppose, just testimmony. conceive r. idoublt whether your politicatl prinicip!es are such as wrill authmoriz~e thlenm to mmuplj.ort vou for that stamtioni. lIm muthston to this doubit of vi unr politics is intinmated, thoumghmt imi' time back groumtnd, ani impuimta tion onm yomur coinsistenc--v:zt that vonii hmad indluced themn to 'stuppose that ','you ei'tertanedwi ditferenit o:ninions~ fromm voor present. 'is poino, however, is impe~rtectly delLeloped, iad mnerely shmows thme quo animno, antd th..L it wams a foregone conclusion, of denunmciatjimn andi proscripiom. Now, that tis resbulted froim any personal hostmlit y or disiniclinaionm to you, the genitlomemn themselves forbiid nme to suppose. T'hey disavow any such feeling, atid they are honorable rmenu. WVhat, then, are tihe polit ical feehinge thmat opieraite tuponi then.m anid aniimamte t heir part) Let us see. T1hie otlice to whmich voum were nonminted wvas Otne having for its (ibject--its solo and avowed objct-a co-operation, oi the Southernm States in resistetnce to time aggressionms of the General Governmemmt. Now the objection to you as a nmmber oft that Congress, andn the onily objectinm, i that you are in fixror of its ptupos. Tme Houithiern Conmgress is the expedient of thme co-operationists. "'The~y," sayvs thme distiniguished secessionist whno unmina~ted you, "are thme personis to rmanage mmndi he respomnsible (or it." But your friemndly committee wtill not truist withm time instrumtenet, because it is yours amid you ap prove it. , low cam a clover man hike Col. Gregg fall into suchm a solecism! What! join our sister States in a hmollow ammd de. !eptivo associatIon, into which we admnit na man likely to proniome time putrpoe of the conferenice, bitt only those who aire previously pledged to a dithierenmt course of action! TJhis objection to yotu, sir, mamde by these. goitlemn, satisfies mie that their object is not a uccessful resistancee to fedetaml one croachmenits, bumt aim exclumsive, bilindl ad<60 tion to a particular line of intertnal pole y, whmich will secure the niationi of Smmh U mr. ohinai to th~ehmands of a juntta, mand give it time power ofexile, conftiscation,an mmiirroscriptione. JIbd not meoan toi say that thin comiuitiitee de. liberaitely calculate omn ami work fdi' these dehinitQ reults, but I do) say that tihe ten.. dency of thei tenpotand -principles is in tLhterdirection. If Marat, Robespicrtrv, and Couthen h=,d fo'eseen distinctly the scenes of blood which their doctrines developed, they might have paused. Certainly, Lafayette, Roland, and rissot would not have encountered themn. In truth, the French itevolutionm is not snore nn awful spectacle of terror than a profound lesson of wisdom. I beg leave to comment) to you, sir, and your committee, the perusal of "I.amartine'si history of the Girondists." The committee having proscriled you be the authority of their names, to make thy work of your destruction doubly sure, keep up the fire upon you from behind the covert of an anonyme-tir it is pretty plain that if "Palmetto" was not written by the same pen whics wrote the letter of the committee, it was dictated by the some spirit; so that wu y oke "Palmetto" as a further expo. A q o the tenper and purposes of the etniItee There is the sane avowal of ~al tr~ppt and kindness-the same Pait as a school master does his i y, that lie may thrash hin th .btr. 'hi' writer, notwithstanding some sly, and perhaps, half sarcastic allusion to your condition and circumstances, your nativity, your kindred and your property, is not conscious of any personal ill.will-no, it is not that which impels him. It is the more predominating anri unrelenthig spirit of revo~utionary proscription which belongs to him party: which sways him, unconsciously for the present, and which Will sway amid contamsinato the State if his party suceCeds. What is. that party? '"'ahnetto" alludes to he nul!iticatir.n conte,t. I reservr' my opinioisi. in regard to that contest; but look at the contrast. Calahoun, in the Senate of the United States, led t' e nullifiers, his colleagues concurring with hit. Ihmeit leads the separate secessionists, while his colleague, who is no anonyme. nd is the child of an ill-tempered and untasteful saying of Mr. Clay, but who, with his glorious patronymisic, has attained position through the laborious gradations of public oflice, does in nowise concur with him. Ilayne was Governor. In the hlouse of lRepresentatives the nullifiers had the stormy ebinuence and indomitable energy of , McIullie. The separate secessionists have ir. Colcock, In our judiciary the nullifiers had a 'larper"-th-tt maigna nonminis umbru. The exclusionists have Chanecellor Dargan. In the Legislature the nullitiers had the unequalled eloquence of 'r.ston-the contrast is too distant for ine to find it. May it not aff'ord you some consolation, sir, to look round at those to whose company you are excluded and condemned? You are phlced with the great Cheves, with Andrew l'ickens Butler- the very name has music in it. You are in the category of David Johnson, who is amongst us lke a fragment 0f antiquity, round which cling the clustering associations of years and years of respect and love. There is by your sidie ltosert Il.irnweli-."sans cache et sans aesr." li'it ,.pice would fail inc to remud tie gool;v a.nnpany of martvrs whomii your comm:ttec cast you. That the becessioniste, party, or your eat.:,ht sts, eite. .n ' definite puirpose of uovid:mg the Stan, and segregatirig her from ti, Southern States, I ennot be!sive; os.t . they 1.al that porpese, their neasur:s co.ild noi ir- more enliaminig y Cotrivedl to aecomplish it. As ii your own case, thiy denounce an! poscribe even the minutest shadq of: 'pjuion. Yrur. Afsposilihj f.r r.:sistanice is exprensed in the r?tronzgest ternis. Y'our opmiionms, I muspec,go lurther .1han those ol ansy san in the U mted 8;a'es out of your own State. Y'our ident.tications wvith the South. a I understaiid, is accured by the decepest interests ini thait inistitution which is thme sole subject in conitroveriiy; but yout are not to be~ trustedi, unleics yotu will at onsce pilemdge yourself so adolpt a courae which nio coniidehrate moan thinks hikely tn protect slavcry mn ilhe progress ol that irechnig and poilicy whmichm tnreatens it. Th'le truth is, that these gentlemein, bmy anm ordinary idelusions of humanm isatuire, have forgrottens thme ende in lie apprec iation of the imeanis; and maguny, doubt less, of warlike propenssities, are not aerse tmm thme hubbubi andl uprotar of revolutionary violence. If time secessionists succeed, then the nmew nat ioinaliy of time State is to tbe moul ded anid fashioned hvy thmim-thie pmroscribed1 co-cimfrationlistsc are ot course exeludmed froii m all share in thle governimment, except ini its burmdens. .\r. Rhmett, I sup.pose, w ill be time Washigtion, and thi l 'resideimt, unless a mnore illiustrious tit le cmourts bis c;m enen, andi theni tthe Fri mh!i us. J.lelli-rsonm, AdaImises are iio be cho~sen froms lmo% ifollowers. Thie empire oft Suth Car uhmna,* extentding fronm thme Savm mnmii to thle liee liee, wvill be thme theaitre lor she displamy ofa glorions anid enniibbnmg inationalt;y. Thelmre mam~y be~ a great pirosratonm of property; hut illh any patriot ihaten to aim appiV*al to avasrice! T1hemre imay be a great dest riuctmon of life and a terriblie civil conilhut; but whamt ptrimt wal heed an a lpea to hiis fear of bmood antd der~mthi! Tlioe fewv atmnug s wl.o aire taumiliar ni ith time piistol anid iie bow~ cc kimie, or u hoise hbit,. I ;. h ie nble thm to looik, us Genier: I -lackson~ sid, withl comphwenit~icy uii i biliood a.id cairnaige, imay bi, able to conltm.plate ithe pirobablio result with ciiomposuire; but I conilrss I cannotmu anid thmerimre notit citetnit mslf wviih suihmt~ mog tom time ,lennmimemt ion 'of thle:,e getnt!immmi, muonrei mncenit foir time present than whenm they hauve the poe of thIe I hmope, sir, yiu willI parhon mis for havimng takeni thme liberty of using youir mue as a vehicle for these senitium nts. Youmrs, respec tfuily, 1'i .1.11 incams.-Thnm~ termm F'ilbustersc, Fibibusmeros, and lFilhmbustiers, which have biein applied to thme indiividual4 enigaged in the lopjezi F~xpiedit ion, were famsiliarly used in the Frenmch anid other languages, as de ser ptive of a clmiss of adveturers of asll imationis, whmo during uthe last ha~lf of the seventeenth cemntumry, infested the WVest imhia islanids amid thme coast oif Cenmtral America, for the purpose cif piracy, anid who were in Kingishm moore roiimonly' call. edl iluccammiers, is Fmllibuistier mderiveid, we Ibelie've, from the Spanish nsaime of as light bomat, a vessel then in cosimmon ue ini the WVest hisdies. Jj l'a . i~m: Il'u smi~' r :s K s::r.-Ofi Thi em ere: oif pmirer.uig thmIns ft mm li hmge is to cfimmtal thme si.. T1'.e 'eaiest way ti dlo thlis i~.s, tibrush oiver a shecet oft pasaer withI thme avhiite mof ass egg. asmil mrcver ;hme jar, prs'ing it downs arondtt time idge~s wvhie inoist, anmd it wvillI cemient pe'rftectly tighst. It is chieaper, sneater, amid biette r than sealinig st'p tha imioith om time jar tn dth war. or oynrine it wmth a bnlade. TIE S'TER BANNER. Suam fer vie, B5o. Ca. JOHN T. GREIEN, EDITOR. TEESDAY, SEPTEIIEB 36, 1853. I" Messrs. A. Wnars & Co., are Agents for the Bannor imuSustervllle. Our PrIsadPles. "There is one point on meicA there can be no dirtrsity of opinion in.. the South among those who are true to her, or- u~o hate made up their minds not to be slays; that is if we should be forced to choose between rewistance and submission res should take resistance at all hazards." UAi.iiotri. "' To do that, concert of aelion must be necessa. ry, not to save the Union, jfor .ti would then be to late, bt to ace ouroclres. Thus in my riew, concert as the one thing necr(/vi..".-CA,.umoux,. - What is the remedy? T answer secession, united secession of the slar'hallding States, or a large number qf them. Nothig else well be wise nothing else eal be pnactite'e."--Czvrs. CO-OPERATIO1N TICKBT. FOR Titl SOUTHERN CONGRESS. (OL. JOHN 8. PRES'ION, of Richland. COL.. JA'S. CllESNUT Jr., of Kershaw. [-g" We take pleasue in re publishing from the colutnns of the Watchman the reply of the lon. F. I. losEs to the coi. munication of "Man Ctizens," interro. gwting hies as to his poitical sentiments. The letter we regard as poinrted and un. equaivocal, and altogetahet one of the best we have seen. While ie discloses his views with the utmost candor, he yet does so with a decorous modesty which we cannot too highly conmtenmd. head and judge for yourselves. Judge Witnere Lettern. We publish to-day ti. letter of Judge WITrEn:s, and ask for it a careful perusal. Also,on our fourth p-te will be found a very Interesting letter fom W. W. BorcE, to the lion Joan P. ItIOitoinsoN. P'resident of the Convention ol Southern Rights Associations of South Carolina. Editorial Cluange. We see it announce' in the last Marion Star that J. B. lABoi., Esq., has taken charge of the Editorial department of that journal. It gives us great pleasure to wel come him into the lditorial corps. Tournament. The Committee appointed to make ar. rangements for the Tournament request us to- announce, that it will take place in Sn:nterville on Vcdesd;ay the 17th of Septemnber at 3 1'. M. at.l to extend, n their behall, an invitation to uhe pub: . ge'ner -ily to honor them by attendanice on ml.: occssionm. ....... W~le Counssel separate Mitate Ve give bl.:w 'a list of that most pronmimnent-,.pers, tn in 'hi is I biothii Sepsane 4(.mti Mi.,' Sep.,rate Seceden rank.. 1' e vrnia, une nmammee aof stuch as maym be withmin time limits of our ownS District, as it is paresumaied thieir paositioun are wvell knownm tn its citize.cf If we have onmmated anmy in thme Secessionm ramnksa, whmo deserve a place im thme front, it is be.causie their poisitins hmave never baean mamde knmown, or possibly we may hmave fair gottem thmem. Ii so, we wml wimth pleasure add thenm to the list. Of' that large num becr of imtelligenmt cit.zemns, whmose influenice is ctatied t ther isinedate istricts, hthonmuundredls, w'e cats name thmousanads. Srjuarate State Xecre .~ }pposed to .Separat'e soniuts. \ State .yr,-'-ssion. ilion. It onT. Ei. Itmu rT- Ilun. A. I'. ite Ta.mn, t'-. 1' N. Seaoar. S. Seatolar. lIton. WV. F. C'oacock . 11mn t.Asmum,0s (s'n a 31~:).' s '.i-; Gov D tAio Jon., I a.4 r . - ittaen. RtonT. 'I. IA RN. ttimn. Jotas 31M4ta:;, 14 w i::.., -.x-l'. S. S. snook. tlin. A. IHsa'r, il. C. u 4N. I lon, Jos. A. Wooo. lion. Fii x 'rwas.u-I waILO. 31. C. Gov-A Jimns it. .Ata d iacllor 1I. F. Dvs. 1. t'hancellor JO3 Joins. I omm. Jon..Imii GaK . i~w G.-n Juscs I. A nss Jhan'lJor Ft. IAW.ra. lion. Josrcenalon.AJK.Wa~aw ~Jsudge J.g I. O'Nr..r. Jndime T'A'. . W r'roN Jug, i'd. os. Itln. Wr~. t. Pa. Eiavin. J:. It. Po:.. J-;x.I:. J.. h'F.T I(J51. AI ME. I, EFF.un' l'laan ANOS's I'.ra:aaxis 11 F. v r&q mit. JIomNs S. Pn& 5K-roN. I'a 1. JAil. (nrVNtT, Jr. l. nk at thle nameas ini baithi r.ainks anda judgze lfar yourselves ! Wh'lat a nmonseric'al and stel lectual contrast !Ina time separateC State sce~ssionl ranks we have one United States Senator, tharee smmblorn oif Consgress, one Ex-Goavernor, oneL E'x-nammber of Con. gre'ss, time present Governor, one State Senator, on me Ex-State- Senmator, two re mmpeitable parivate geint lesmeni, anad one (Chian celhor. WVe cheerfully accord to thmese twelve gentlenmenm all the merit their piarty cima foar thenm, intllectumally anad morally. lBmt look mnow at. time other sidle. Whammt anl nrramy hsave yon thmere of intellectual iad platrioitic namneas against seprate State so aessioni ! I low overwehing is time odds! C~anm anmy mamn have time hardihoomtd toa say that time 5 welve gemntlemnen whmo ;aro miovinag hmeav ens anda eaurth imo force Southm Caronam tam sce in alonmie, are more apat tao be right than m tih-t veneatrable and honored list omi twenaty-asix arrayedi against it I Ia Mr. liann-r HlAmnswem.r. Rr.-r-rT wiser andl ~more patriomtmc than .Judge Uurt.x~a I I Ian lie may msore ait stake ini time institust ion oif slavery 1 has .Judge Btleir thme "traitor," baecause he adares to advise hisi countrymon .,.y 14 rash and fatal memaires 1 Has the tidge been corrupted by Federal Gold I What a lio does his whole life give to the imputa. lion. And are Messrs. Cot.cocx, WALLACE and McQUEEN more apt to be right, are they more able and patriotic than Messrs Oaa, BUST, AirEa and WOODWARD I lve they any more at stake? Can a shadow of a reason be produced to show that the three first named members of Con gress occupy a position, which better qual ifies them to speak for the interest and honor of South Carolina 1 Have Messrs. OaR, BURT, AiKat4, and Woorwnot:been corrupted by Federal Gold ! Credulity it self would frown, and the most daring vil. lainy would start back at the thought! And is Chancellor DAaANS, excellent as lis public and private character unques. tinnably is, is he more able, more apt to be right than your three other Chancellors and six law Judges 1 What has Federal Gold invaded the territory of Sout h Caroli. na, and has it even dared to insinuate itself into your Temple of Justice and to assail your hitherto untarnished Judicial Ermine? Can any man believe it I Can it be possi. ble that nine out of ten of your Judges have been bribed to decide away the rights and honor of their State! Simplicity would weep over the fatuity! And has the lion. W. C. PREsTon, whose beat day was dedicated to the cause of States Rights, whom you have honored with your best gift, once your distinguished Senator in the Federal Congress. now the resperted President of your College, the fCuter-father of Carolina youth, has he, al. mo-t worn out in your service, become in his latter days a traitor to you! At a time and in a condition of life, when the future world might naturally be supposed to en. gage him above everything else-under such circumstances has Federal Gold proved too strong for him, and has he too beer. bribed to ply the dagger to his mother's heart ! And the lion. JoE?. R. PoIsETT, once the able Cabinet Officer and faithful for eign Minister, now the learned and retired philosopher, than whom there breathes not a purer patriot, what under heaven could drag him from his study on his ample e-state, to advise his State to a dishonorable course! !las Federal Gold brought this eminent man to the dust! And Messrs. PETTIoR U, 3IE3IMING ER, AL'UNT, IA..4MOND, l'ATTERSON, PRESTON and CiEsN UT, have they all bowed down to the Idol ! And the lI on. ROBERaT W. BA RN wE.r.., once the l'resdent of your College, the worthy suc. ce ar to the lamented Mr. CALIJoIN, thic btaterniaan, the philosopher, fitted to adorn any place, but hitherto loving nothing at well as his domestic circle, to which lie is so beautiful an example and of which he it so distingtnhed an orname&nt, has he tot been struck down, and brbed to advise his -O --ixip raie2deseoof loetid Andh has the venie-abh: Judge Cnvs, tlin true specimen of chivalry, the man of geni' us and learning, the enlightened statesman thte wise p~hilosopher, the IIEnCUL-.ES wvh has been battling for your rights fosr these many years, wvhm honors, the idol of most iment could not tempt Irom m'ae limitts of his State, has lhe in his uld age turned ten itor! lias Federal Gold unhased the tmountain! And has that old l'atriarch, Gov. Darro JonsasoN, of whom it is diflicult to find language to speak, ve'nerated by every body, ini intellect and moral wvorth of colas. sal prToortion). is the last sun of this wise anid good old man to set upon a traitysa grave ! C'an it be believed that voui .Judges and wise and venerable fellow citi. zens, men of property, of large famtilie,e extensive connections, and hitherto of tried of unsuspected fidelity, have all beem bought up by Federal Gold and now con spire against the interests and honor of the people whom they have served so well anid by whom they have been so much honored! That all these your own neighbors, have conspired not only against you, but agains thaemselres, their own indiriduoal intlerest andu honor! Can such a thing be recon. ciled with any known principle of hunmar couduct! Are they all in their dotage 10 have they all become corrupt and abomina, ble What an unexampledl stroko of Pro vidence! (Or what an inexhaustible tmin< of Gold! and what an unpirecedont degren of hitumant depravity! W'e know tihe indignant response wicI every honest citizen mn South Carolina wil manke~ to all this. We anticipate with en, tire cotidenice, that no real well-wvisher o is District and State will be either afrain or aaha;mned to adopt a measure, which ham been reconmmnended by that nyerwhelming array of our best and wisest men opposei to Separate State Secession. Eor the Sumteir ilainner. Mr. Ed.iitoIr: I enclose you one hundreu ansd forty-two newma subscribers for the lian ner. I shall be able to increase this list have no doubit to at least two hundred. haili its advent as a chaimpion of the trw cause with the highest degree of pleasure It is quito time that the Freemen of the Icountry were speakinig out and putting ai end to the gag law attetjpted to be appliet by the bull dog cry of submission and agi tation. All our people want is fair, free untratinnelled discussion. lset bt our op poneonts meet us respectfully and fairly dii cuss the matter in issue and it require. in tuncommnon ongacity to say who will win th day. 'lh coluimins of your paper sir, I anm wel aware will be open to those of our Distric who hueretofore have felt themisolves crami ed for the want of a channel or organt make themselves heard. To you sir as a old and long tried friend, permit met oflbr you my best wishos for your futur s'uciesms in the new career that you are not running. If ever there was a period in our polio cal existence demanding the calut and at tentive consideration of the people of &oth Carolina, that period is the present. Tihe State has been urged to a crisis, the evil I eff'ects of which can only be avoided by a determined effbrt on the part of those who prize the good name and charqcter of the State to rise in their might, and crush the endeavor while in its bud. Freemen of Sumter, who are not afraid to speak out, Arise at once and put down this clamor about Secession so fatal to your political rights and future prosperity. The only ef fect of it, will be to convert idle politicians into your masters, to tax your substance depreciate.the value of your land and slaves, and make you easy victims to their own aggrandizement. You have the pow er now, exercise It before it is too late. AN INDEPENDENT VOT.L For On~e e. Now to Procure Free Discussion Appoint a meeting by your own party invite all to attend, but arrange the proceed ings yourselves. If your cause is a weak ore, allure your opponents by putting forth in your hand bills in glaring capitals that the meeting will be addressed by the very leading men of your opponents, who you know of all others will not be there. They may, you know come out to hear such men, when they might not be induced to come out to hear your own, whose "thrice told tale" vexes the ear, like the same whispered to "a drowsy man." A very good addition will be to nominate all the speakers yourselves, and arrange the debate, and this is exactly the way to ob tain the sort of free discussuion which those desire who for months back, have been afraid to call a meeting of ap association originally proposed for very different purpo ses than that to which it is now desired to appoint it, not in the light, but "under a bushel." TRUTII. [coMMUNICATED.] To Vn. laynsworth, President of the Southern Rights Association. Sta: You are at the head of an Associa tion, which in common with others in the State, have been perverted from the origin al purpose of their institution, witness the' Convention in Charleston, which has thrown the State into a political ferment which you can no longer control. You are under the control and obey the orders of a Junta in Columbia, some months ago you were ordered to call no meetings of your Association, and you obeyed the orders though your Secretary, published the no tice, and it is rumored that you and he dif fered in politics about that time. Indeed it is current in the streets, that you have said, as a member of the Convention, you would not vote for Separate Secession, and now we desire to know-how you can inoiehatreiihtipanty whos ohjectaisthe imme~diate and Separate Secession of the State, you cannot deny that you act with them. For the Separate Secession awd immediate action Junta ordered you to call a meetimg as soon as the Co-operatiotista called one, and you have done sos tirough as it is not the regular day of meeting of your Association, you simply sign yourself Chmairmani of the Committee of Arrange mients . Trho notice oror your name is Icun'4ingly devised1 while it tvrports to be an invitation to a Freo Dliscusvions by its terms, it excludes all Coperaiioniss you call together titose opposed to Submission and in favor of Secession, now suany of tus are opposed to Submission but are not in tavor of Separate Secession, and we are excluded. The most ingenious part of your notice is that in which you and the Knight of Clarenidon, eft~ a hole for your selves to creap out of, by the terms of your notice you commit yourselves en far that you are opposed to ultimate Submission, butt yenu do not commit yourselves to Sepa rate and . mediate Secession. Co-oraTmox. Co-Opseraton Meetieg. The citizens of Sutr District, opposed to Separate State Secession and fav orabte to the Co-operation of other Southern States are invi. ted to convene at Summer Court House on the first Monday i Octoaber net- Addiesmes wit) be delivered by Colonels Cumsmwr and Pass.n the Co-operation candidates for the ISouthern, Congres-and other distingtuished persons are expected to address the meeting. Ross MUL~ORow, MAacus Rratsotpas, MATIEw P. MAVErS, W x. BALLtARan, Jonas E. DzNss, J. J. KNox, W::.:.an IRooras, E. Mi. Anomason, J. D). Asnxoaz, JAMES E. REaRRYa, JonaxW. STL'catv, J. N. Fautsuaso,, Jan . WrumasoonF.3. Mosus, . JonN~ E. Mus~naow, Jonsx H. DixoN, R. F. iHmcuson, Htgyav D. GREEN, ExZxKIE. KEELSs, H.G(. W~rnzasroox, Jonn 3. MOORE, W. hi. Buais, JOhn II. M sLLERz, W. J. Rreynotus, F. SetTRa, WVAarRR'A. MuLDaow W. M1. ittLoaxi, Jonts 0. Hlamr, W:1.L.:AN WESS, TroMNAN 3. COGutLAM, From the Southern Standard. Mr. Editor: Having arrived at that pe riod when the buoyant feelings of li fe's morn and noon have subsided into a state of quietude, ordinary political aitationa have ceased to Interest me. Feelhng that the question of Separate Secession is a -very serious one-involving consideratiorns potent enough to arouse and excite every one having me welfare of many descend ants at heart, anid of the people of his na tivity-.-and being a Co-operationist, I have| determined to conmmunicate for your paper ,the present development of the sentimenus .t ofMarion Dlistrict, as far as an appointed . mneeting, held at our village on Mond~ay last exhibited, especially as thme STAa pub "' lishmed the next day an account which a numnericall accords not with what I wit rnessed. 'I here were assembled about five I hundred men, who were addressed by speakers on both sides, the most dispas. s lonate and forcible of whom was A. Q. McD~UF'tg, who prtrayed the consequcn o ces of Separate Scsion in att able' and a conivincinig speech. At the cloe,% when tihe parties divided for a count, I determrin ed to knoWLan~tyselfl and on careful survey, ohiti0 hundied antd twenty and tfylfe Uo~nrationista, notjlh ed~e'd jl Ifari rer. theew may ti airly estimna our 4y hi de wIi nore than on ,hundred. ;;Mi wh a :onsider the . table nature Of men; n the impulsive Inluences use>b le carry with them the pular s not surprising that s r serions a in the rear. Assemble a nultitu non, invite them to a table splend idorned, and furnished with an- au' if tempting food and wine, Acti cisompn vith eulnlaratinsg music, imrnpdialyjk lead them to the rostrum to speaker in the highest exerti ' of oill they hot respond fronm iIuPiiO nit one moment's exercise of p'4oi ' Thought. September 4th, 1851. Ailsne Fres the Black River Watchman. mil Reap.m.e of C.IooI Moses " Messrs. Editors: I desire to avail twy a self of your molumns to respond to an arti ele in your paper of the 6th over the signa. ' Lure of "Many Citizens." I entertain no political sentiment which I am unwilling publicly to expresi and at this particular period, when omens of die* rnost portentous aspect, cast a sad and loumy shadow, and forebode naught but istrust, fear and apprehension to the lover of his Country, the obligation on eve ry public servant is enhanced to make known his opinions and impressions. It is unnecessary to refer to the wrongs which we have suffered at the bands of the General Government. The tendency of its legislation betray&' an indifibrence to the rights of the South, and admonishes us that those who trusted to the stability of the Union which our fathers framed, based upon the principle of 4 man's capability for self-government, begin to realize the fallacy of their hopes and' expectations. The dissolution of the Republic, the very thought of which but a few years agd would have caused almost self-abhorrence, is now the common topic of the day, andis looked to in the course of a very brief pe riod Nith as much certainty as ordinaril attaches to sublunary affairs. The usag , of the name has been lost in the disap. pointment of the very hopes which it in. spired, and a Confederacy of the Southern Slates is regarded by a large portion of their citizens as the proper refuge, in which _to. seek political safety and security. While all admit the grievances, the 3 sentiment which prevails as to their remedy, is not so unanimous. Even in our own South Carolina, counsels are divided, and those, whose opinions demanded the regird and respect to which their age, ex prience . wisdom eptitled them, (to say nothing of the eminent public service they had rendered v the State) doubt the policy and elicacy of the course which is proposed by others as the certain means of not only restoring to us our lust rights, but elevating us to a position, which while it would be is. dependent of the Union, would ensure tn the cnjoymt nt of all the privileges and im, munities which the Constitution intendet to ,uaranty. Impressed with the necessity of the interposition of prompt and active measures on the part of South Carulina for past ag. gressions, I have not failed whenever thne proper opportunity was afforded, to expresq myself in favor of.energetic actios b ala State authorities. The; e oaf the. ii : providing for the call;o o mnode of ascertaining and conicentr tf public opinion, and I was enitirely willing to abide by such direction, as tlae wiadotni and pa iter of tbat body simuld mabet hy own individual opinion wvh.ick wea for a ecisive course on the pasrt of the Stated hed subject to such form of redaess as that august assemblage shtould 'devise and recommend. {t was intended for free4 and unresticted delibetation and ege~nsel, and to qtuppose so formightble an arm of the body pomet was only called into egercisE to atedj e with a mutiled hiad, would b~m charging the enactwent of as immplittic ;nig unnecessary a ceremony at can wecll be cosceiyved, Upto the sitting of the Convention of tbp Delegates of the Southern igh~ts As. socion which snet is Chaigleeton in ay no particular remedy had been propose4 mmu form of nutlicient anthiorit y, to' attract attention-i. was in ravor of the call of that Convention for the objects expressed in the letter of invitation, and with seome mo. dification of one of the resolutions which it had passed, 1 do not object to the propositions they contain. ' If too, by so miuch of the first as refers to the necessity of relief from "thme wrong, anad "aggressions which have beent perpetrated "h~y the Federal governnment, and the North. "ern States,"-"whe -with or without "the Co.operation of the other Southera "States," it is intended to imply and uge; the policy and necessity of inunediate sep arato State Secession, then I do not concur with it. It was very apparent however, that the rejection of the resolution proposed by Hoaw Mr. Orr of Pendleton, to wit: Resolved, "Tha 1 feeling entire coqfdence "in the Constitutioual organs of ourSat "Governmnent, and the wisdom and Jidelitpy "of the Convention elected under the act "passed at the last session of the Legislature,, "we are perfectly wriliing to leate to them the "modce and measures of redressfer the wrongs "we hare suferedfrom the Federal G'otern "ment, as well as the time of its application; "and, witho~ut indicating or suggesting the "course it behovres them t'i pursue, we hereby "pledge ourselres to abide by their action, "whet her the same shall be for seceesionfreg~a "the linion without the Co-operation of the "other Southern States," was to directs and if possible, commit te Conveption celled in obedience to the Constitutional form, and in the language of the act, providing for it," entrusted with full power and authority "to deliberate witit the view and intention "of arresting further aggressions, and if "possible ol restoring the conisitutioli "rights of the South, and if not, to "recommend due provision for their futura "safety and independenco," to a prescribed and pre'ordained course of action-thus entirely subverting the very objecte for which tt wans created, and while ostensibly investing with the fullest and highest power., armed it with a barren sceptre, tmtendingt that it "iould do nothing more than register a'.. .ct already predetermp ed. In my judgment, the passage of th. resolution of Mr. Orr to which I~ have. alluded, would have conitinnod us A 'gniej people, and all minds tvonld have. fAcep directed to the State Conyention in the mnoet hopetul anutcipatlon that it woizt work out olir deliverance. In its rejection, what is the aspect? the distracted voice of douth Carolnrt > the mountaiea to the sea-ahore WhilIdiiposed 19 goas~ far i s n.i in the offbirentt I such .m promise a roimedy fog the evils wikkh 0,. press us, I can nt wuprt sepatrat3 seces. sigun by' -the State ul Sopth Ca~rolinra, yo