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FRuDERItcK Rus, is a travelling Agent for this paper, and is authorized to receive subscriptions and receipt for tne - sare. Sblandishing patronage incident to the governuent of our Empire, mnaratmie and foreign to all around, waith ene tiDos in front certainly, ever ready to annoy, and others in the rear, in all probability engaged in like manner. flow long will it be before the people may be ready to imitate others, in like circumstances, that is to say, to surrender for protection against eternal an. noyance, some of their republican rights to .thie uigilance and energy of. the untanry eari r If such should be our p>osition, anid -it is not beyond the range of probability, the - Executive power must grow apace. Are .ou sure that, in such circumstances, your President and his Secretaries, with their s '(lependants, including all who hanker after the flesh-pots, and the governiient printers will not he torpid im courting Co-op. ration,. aye, qute as much so as sone now charge to to the glaring sin of the Cu-operation party l W ill they he Present very enga. gimg qualihies to others even should they prove nimble suitots ! But will an oro of primary nagituile willimgly consent to pale its effulgence in a greatter presence to rotate, as a satellite, aruund another of sul.erior glory, in the creation whereof it. self is to be asked to co-operate? If not will greater bodies be attracted from their .pheresby our sun ? And who shall give -them the haj y balance of centripetal nad y ' eirifugal tendencies? Walubmgton, I unler, the flush of victory, enough to inbca thern, disdained a proffered dia remid atthgeet of his electors an illus. *ttioussword'atid descenced fron a peerlss " etimmence to the'level of ins countrymen. ' Dore weJ.%pe "to look upon his like jn '.'t:we are to dep nd upon those ---- .tloao the Uijhted'Stailas. oppoition ton it in .ho .triflhng degree, sprung (rom thos~e who dId -not wish their own State sigiidi, *. . cance to be reduced by extendong the erea Swithin w hich populari y and power were - t be won Ii the principle tie not foundled In the niarrow seifishiess of human nature, I hMve read and observed in van Gentlemen, what is lne true, substantial, ~" undisguised sutj'ct-matter that givena roe to our present deep coim:ern 1 i~ euhpC of the free-soil State, in conijunction wdii all the powverl natnins of the ear:th, are hostile to slave ow'aers, and thiey haive shewvn a malignant disposatmon to ioverifirow slavery among us, by wich, Iii m weh sit. s hiled, they would strike a fatalh blow upoui temselved. -They do not see is, howe-. A. - er, and i tear never will in tene. The aid v-erse power is of rhe most foirmid~itble chiar acter. Partly troiu iiaturai causes, part~yI biy our own supineness and biunde-rs, early' and late; greatly by the umtiring, gr.ispmii traudulent deeds of our co.nfedera ted adver saries, wve, the slavehiolders, are' in a piow. erless minority in every departmniti of the -Federal Government. A coitin.itcm a~ fixed; it is a mlajoraty, a reck less riiijoriny; it seems resolved to use the opertions oi the common Governimeint (whfiie the pelel. in the hostnIe .ates co.operaite with thieii, at home, ini every lurini that is possible) to prostrite anrd destroyv us., lience the at U. pendous iraud t ute lust session of Coii. gress that ainuted) Caitiormia mimo thme Uii Jon, age aiat all precedeit aiid decemicy, aiid cnsiznmted emner tutasures ut a like caaumer w~i inche~ you ar e lnnar.---... Tihese "roceedmimts ,ire, in eqliualidog ree, hostiLe .o every .a ii ini whwth slavery is "reg ided as thme purimniunit unierest. If I could iltause mlto the munds of the people em such Suates, the view I entertami oi the de. sign wh lih produced thiese mea~sures ; oi the deli.ierately fatal purpose which they, wvith various others preceding thieii fore. uhadowv for the huture; of the mischief wihich theiy wvIli aid in bringing upon us, *there wvoulil be an instant comtrina tion, and ~.the moet stubborn resolution to lrmme a ~new Goverment which we should control naf we please; and this, I would do, though 1 know we should then encounter much difhiculty. But the measures referre-d to are not a thirect attack Oil slavery-they are sutliitly disguised to lput at fault the scrutiny of -the unread arid unobrserveranit multitude, an4 what is equally worthy of note, they were passed by the aid and as ~,sistance of slaveholding representatives in 4iachll ouse, who are yet throwing dust in. to the eyea'of thiose whom they have be. trayed. It is nlot wonderful that, underI such circumstances, the people, who have trusted. long to their unfaithful agents, have riot detected their mriidehty and the nature of their suicidal complhance at Washington. But a vigilarit inquiry is pushed into these grave matters im the other slaveholding States; it is progress; im suome hotly pursued. Are weo certainly well. hounded In the opinions we entertain! Iti so, why distrust the sure and certain 'pro. gress of truth, even though she fly not-with wings, hut creep upo~n the ground!I Why despair vhen her progres is aided by all the stinthns, that the weightiest interesta Can affordl W ~hen she shall be see in her just color and proporfionis, who will doubt the result? I do not. Where is the necessity to lii our patience, in this great and important trust-In view of the eneiry to be encountered, the Incalculable interest .at stake, too broad~ and weighty Wa stand ,.. po n one State aloue--to twenty monthast Wo~ all believe, at any rate 1(do, that in cor ' dial comabi nation the States concerned are anvymcIble; at all events it is the betresort we have. There is everxulative for corn-t bination; I havie rnot a doubt tlsat more cause for it will yet be given-that a niecessity apparent to all cycs, will in time enforce it. JU Why, then, teach our people that the fu ure shall be fotced Into the present; to re rolve, that, at all events, the Convention, a minority Convention, must place this State n a posture isolated and forel[kn to all her tsaocgations, in spite of the hazards of un foreseen disaster, before it adjourns I Is it because we have hastily called a Conm'n. Lion, and appropriated money to arm the State I As to the last; if it be judiciously spenit, I do not know-that it should be con sidered as wasted under any course of poli ey in future. At any rate, if two unwise ihtngs have been done, they will not be Lransfcrred to the category of wisdom by enacting a third egregious blunder. Nor run I able to perceive that slavery will be in any worse situation, or less worthy of defence, or less capable of defence, against past aggressions five vears after the Con vention may adjourn, having forborne the extreme measure, than it is to-day. If our patriotism be so volatile that it must evap orate unless the Convention shall bottle it up, if the cardinal principle that germinates im our hearts and brains be so weak and rickety, that it can live under no other spe cies of husbandry but that of separate Na tionality, die it must, like a summer flower, and it is not, in that case, worth cultivating. I am not so despairing. Nor was Mir. Calhoun. In his last speech, he spoke thus: "as events are now going it will not require the South to secede to dissolve the Union. Agitation w 1I of itself effect it." And again in the same speech: "It is a great mistake to suppose that dstnnion can be eflectedl by a single blow. The cords that bind these States together in one comn. mun Union are far too numerous and pow. eraul for that. Disunion must be the work of time. It is only through a long process, and gradually, that the a ords can be snapp ed until the whole fabric falls asunder. Already the agitation of the slavery ques tion h;.s snapped some of the tmost inpor tant, rand greatly weakenred all the others, as I shall proceed to -hm." When I turn from the hot-house produc. tions of this hour, and resort to those noble State papers if that illustrious Contmaental Congress which commanded a lofty eu o. gum from a gigantic intellect in either House of a hostile Pnlratneit, I seem In. deed to have reached a higher and a purer atmosphere. While in the n.ilst of the mnost. galling irritations, and in view of firmidalble preparatims for wholesale daughter by an uni.lacable Monarch, hear what that immortal old Congress stid to their coilmutvine, and contsuents in 1774: "ln every case of opposition by a people to their rulers, or of one State to anoti-ar, d o ii to Almighty (osl, the Creator oi all. r. quires that a true and partial jn-fgmnot b,' formed of the me stres leading osuch ..p. postioi; and of the causes by whch istahis bern provoked, or can in any ster.en tie justitied, that neither ufFuc;in os, thir one hand, nor resentment on thes other. ,ie i permitted to give a wrong .ia~s to reas.n, it n ty be enabted to take a dispassumate view ot all ctrenmastan. ca, ad to settle the public conduct on .olid j'mndatista. of tas-s dan andjustice. Froia to muict thus tein. peed, arise the s.%ect Io;, i eo i Ce ., ie favor, the firmest cos, i ig. Sm t' .Ihe parties engageJ, nd in - ,.: -"g ...: reuim mieindation. os their ciure to r-. .,, mnm. kind." May not such admnosi: i .is !. lii, : I advantage at this dily I Your frieid and rerva.t, To Committee or Inivitisimm io te, Coi uuparateiat l cet ig, I.mi.uno, t. 1H., 5. C. A Se2co~d Edlatiois, Ersntrged burst anot Iasspe-ove~d. IThe Metarcury sunninons to thet Secessioin mecetmg for the 17tha. (tins et enmig,) the aidvocates ot that doctrite uinder circ um. stance rather aimung. A great $cess'ioni denisonst rat on wvid Ite mi;ii by t hosi el wh a.re atir. idi to mlenation eveni i s Jlrm. T'he citizen-s are inivted, wvhoi "4e- ioppoal bo the suabmissioey Nu hem L'(.a,oluaa, bt . ju ab! feroni.;s ant~d agrss estg the Fetteral (Gic ument.'"I We hiappenci to know t very tew who rare noti: mliideJ ms tha~s 'Ise ri pt iion: I W~aa hojlca e that t hey atre bouui ley their al/leg ine to, the Stater, to supe an m'easun's sh mz.nji nlot, inl ti ( 'omn enti-m, f or lit' jiirect ion / to-r ppe'." Wee k 'iw nionei whlo are not inludaedl mi i:-. propos~niton. Ui'k r, :hie, th~i., msi-,th.v tiope to induce thme blai il, iih nt i ihrle.to:, they comniaudm a miajorinty 'of the s.otes-. A hurt a ine tbceore t ic: elect'on, thiey call a eectinag, aind kar tso :. thelii obi1-t (i thenr naieetig. And thas 'hey call ,. it is not iior oiur iitiioinpt-ire t hat tin prI riou., C-mtiejpionil hair been dete oe s It iu in affect the Slate. It iw to ;oi.Jace im ihe coun try thei impressioni thm ii I har. e-,ton favtor Sscess.on, that an aim ., rasy ot naises ha~s been pilahed, which msore coil. eIi vely denminstrastes, i is s lii u~tier evidenice, thle wecak ;and totter 1g c'.Jiaoni o1 dece.woni. I'erseis nmot en a led n o islte; iiamiie- tu m:f, or thrie, nt riueni; a goodly itniobler cit mlintrs; aid u toul ,.yp;y od c,. o,wirat ion :en, whoii ne re h-l to reberve tisai, mi signing the list, they were sigmiaig a Co-o perationi call, all comboaie to swell itt array th-at could no inore be bro)ught toi the rsupport oi Socession, thant the idop'itatin or ai umatter wvhic'h they adhiorredi. What tha miore conchliaively sithows, t hat the deaith knell 01 Secensiont has been Noundtred, anid is now ringing in the ears 01 those, tt hi, fromi heimg its chtret priests, must miow becomois its chtiet miournters! Wehat rebtuke imore pointed, than that now seilifainm h~tered, whten their conidnet shows that they' dare not, eten utter, the. sentimnent they profess! Where ma ime lofiy plriotiswm which leads inien to act boldly wheat they act right ly? Can it be found in ihm attempjt to lure taen oin to a course, which cannot be revealeid, exc'ept to tmiake thiem start back wvmh horror frmt the preaipace to which thtey have approached, and tiltterly oiverthrow, in their retreait, those who thus played towards, ilhem, time part f guides anid teneheors? lnt:, well ar d catm.ouely deosigited, as has beeni the ga tne, nao Ithnaana skilhi ciu hi play at out, se ;is to cotnitnanii success. To maishead a people, is a t .uk aiinch seldom cian bie taore tha~n half i doneu. Somte circuniastance wvillI reveal thle piia m itnd withering is thae rebuke that fahls on thie eads of those, whio, wvhen t hey play with the passions of the people, shonld learn :auzti'un, from his fate in the table, who udanled the thauundet bts otf .llpitoir. Let lie Co-operatin mn, who is m dout utind thme meeting; aind we predtct, t hiat aowever revoltoag to hunii mtay ha~ive ppeared the doctrine of tihe party thtartanow o.vertly lahbors foir its adopjtion, he wdl h ally see it in thiose vehemaents, wich will orever devote himn to its exterumination, vbien exhuibited by thio.1o who claitt to be t~a authorizeod Oxpousitors. AniOLITIoN Ou-rnAc Is lt.t.INoJs.-Theo >Iape Girardeau (Mo.) Eahgle, says: A negro of Mr. Sherwood, of New >4adrid co., ran off not long since, and in. elbgenice wafs received that ho wvas at ipa rta, in Randiolp~h county, Ill, a lit tlho twin about twenty miles hack of Cheater. 'Ir. 83. sont his son to brinag the negro . home-but when lie arrived near the town, he heard of the rough treatge,..ot some oth or man had received who h:.d gone over on a similar business, a short tite before, and he concluded he would return without I mnaking known his errand. It seems that I the owner of the slave arrested hiu, had started home, and gone. but a few mil"e, when lie was overtaken by a parcel of. white men, who resened the negro, and then, with the aid of the slave, beat hint r most cruelly, breaking several of his ribs. r They lelt him lying on the ground and returned. Mr. Sherwood and a number of others went over some two weeks ago to obtain the negro, but the abolitionists at Sparta, having heard of the opject of their 4 visit, armed thenselves, and a large crowd went out and anet the Missourians a tnile or two from town, and threatened to shoot them if they attempted to take the negro aw:ay. The Missourians being too t few in numbers to contend with so large a rang of these negro, but returmed honse. We understand that Mr. Sherwood intene to apply to the United States Marsh.all et that State to entorce the recent law passed by Congress relative to augtive staves. If, in d.schargmig his duty, lie should be resisted by these hypocritical outiaws, we promise he shall have assis tance sualicient to carry out the law to its fullest extent. We understand that there are several negroes belonging to persons in this part of Al ssours harbored in Sparta and toe neighborhood by these vilians, and elbr ts should be tmade ti, recover themst. JIV1 FOR SoMEtrilNG.--Thoustias of n- breathe, inovo and live-pass utl'the stage of life, and are heard of no more. Vhy ? None were blessed by them, none could point to them as the nicans of their redemption, not a line they wrote,not a word they spoke, could be recalled, and so they perished; their light went out into da kness, and they were not remeinbered suore than insects of' yesterday. Will you thus live and die, 0 rnan imniortal ? Live for sonething. Do good and leave be hind you a monumrnet of virtue, that the storm of time can never destrov. Write your name by kindness, lore and enercy, on the hearts of thousands you come in contact with year by year, and you will never be forgotten. No, your inamne, your deeds, will be as legi. ble on the hearts you leave behind, as the stars on the evenihg. (ood dteds will shine as brightly on the earth, as ihe stars of heaiven.--Dr. Chalmers. Study to be anor' consistent in prin. c:pl-, ilund mo-' umfo in its praucier, 0nd v'iou peace wihl be inure unbroken. Sumterville, So. Ca. .h>iH T. GRtEEN, E~nrron.lt TUESDAT, -EPTEIBER 28, 1851. * Moers. A. WHITE & Co., are .feuts l'or t.in ianimer in Sumtervill. Ours PinuSeitle4. 'Taee aone poijnI on whij:A there can bie no daversaity qf opainion ini thde South among those wht oare traue to her, or itrho have' mude upa their misi not to bet slaves ; /atg is tf are shoutaf be forrre:f to choose betaceen reasistaner and sulsmission are should takme resistance alt all ha:ane -d. "To do. that. i-anacrt of actiona must be nrecssea. ry, ,wet to sarc the U.nion, jor at arould thent be too late, tut to sore oursel'e.'v. Th/ius in mya~ vacac, conio -ri is t/a (li on, tag niel ,,.Y."_ A ieOi, " I hot isa the reed, ? I aase rr srerrssmon, tUnitel neession of the blai,- /ihljain *Staes, air a large uianml,,r 'it them. Nothin,,2 els'e wtll lie arise nothang rl.er all be priaaticude."--t'iagis. - CO-OPERATION TICKET. ron -rns SOUTHERN CONGRESS, (C01,. .( )h I S. li1|-l'lTON, of hIacha and. C'OL. 'S. ('lll-:S~r'T, Jlr., of Kershaaw. i ' 'l'The Haleer h i be~'e d eae th: t SSep~iarate St rei-siin p:rty' at ther uniiennt e.ate:l faor this ay (giir d) as maigt i'.,m propjer foir thle :in rii:-t :ain of our fr:endal We hanet only~ to say that ta-ir miaedoa', at b bot~th smnal I, was orde~rly. WeC Won id say uj on our owni, iand thle juadgmnta o: other" iore r(iitnlnt muha otrsi- ee, lit i the anmbier h'resenat did lint exceed three' hu anidrel, if at ra-ae that point. Meesrs. Owv.ss, Aa.t:us, aind Gaarram were the speakers. Mr. P'assmding's Lettr. The letter ot this New York gent leman, in reply to a (Commiit'ee of the Se'essiion p.ar'y invitaing haiim to a'Idressa the citizens of Cairles:aia mon t h' 17tmh inst., lhas bteen puib I shaed by the Ciarolinaian and othier Sc. co-siun papiers with such commnits as thev 'uppo sedl womui arrest the at'ention uof thle people of this State. We had suppjlod that our people hate had einoughi of Northiern Mena with Smoth. ern Principlh's. T1he case of Mr. Va He. i:s is faes m~ai t hear memioaries ;-and thney lhave not forgotten thait thiis saame Mr. P'a rifso wans a iember of has C'abinmet. :And the' pleaa of Siumter remieimbler wel eniugh that Mr. P'tzmixre ac'o~l~manied athe lEx-Premdaaent, the Xaorthern Al~an wat ie Soern Prmnciplesa, ini Ia s v isit toi Col. TrON~o of tIns DIastrint, ontly a fe w years ago. Whly should they go North toe get imdvisers ! WVI the Sei'essionists ain eorm the j5.ople how Mr. P'at:.uisa is to he af. !eeledi by I le ftet of South Carinai I! Wal lie help to defray the expehases of her Sep. arate gov'ernmenit ? I low iiuch'l of the 81l,300,000 will he pay 1 Wol her con. alititn lie fiallyv tIhat of a ha nkraipt, wal ho share it ! D)o thioso who thus c'ommraandl ihioe Noirthernajl A71 vad *outhern, Pinca~gi. piles to our citizens, suppojxse that they are thusa to be dhaped 1)id thai Comminittee write to "a Matty too! What was his reply-, and where is it ? Ilow mutch will " at " give / I low far does ho go for Sor'essin I We warn our frienda agaimst these at. temapts to bolster up a tottering Cause wah i thin authority of persons, however distin,. gauished, who cannot anal will not be affict. iad by an event which mnust inievitabtly proe their rutan. Whitat the Carollulan thinaki about Co-operation. It thinks that "Co-operation doctrine is olitically unsound, and is antagonistic te bat-of States' Rights, because it merges the ftate-a distinct and sovereign political ody-into a section. It is not only falst a theory, but it is so practically, because it equires an imnwfssiblc condition even to thc ct ion proposed under it." We say that the reason which the Caro. inian gives for, tho unsoundness of Co. jperation doctrine is tn fact untrue, becaust ,o-ope'rationists have uniformly maintainet he doctrine of States' (tights in the sense in whudh its enlightened expounders under tand it. They no more seek to mnerg< lhe D)stinct and sovereign existence o hisut h Carolina " into a section," than they vould the distinct personal existence and density of one Co-operationist into that o lie Carulinian. As a party, the Co-opera ionists have tor their object the assort ni nd miaitenance of the Raghts Oi S'iu; arolina as a distinct nesuaber oi this Conl. ederaicy. They have never lailed so ti uasert and so to uaintain them. And thi; he Cartlinian might very well know, am must know if it had the candor to say so. But the Co operation doctrine "is nn Only false in theory, but it is so practically because it requires an impossible condt'o even to the action proposed under it." Wt have shown that the Carolinian has mis stated the theory of the Co-operation doc rine, and that the doctrine of States' Right being its very basis, its theory cannot b false, the Carolinian itself being judge liut how is it practically false ! " Becaus it requires an imossible condition even t Itie aiction piro~posed under it.'' Now th (C, olinian i doi g itself great iijustice i concealing the fact, that trotm the coal menecment of the present agit:a'ion, th leaders of the Co-operation party reconi uietided union "a f the Southern Slates or larg-e inueber of them," which of cours is the " iinposible condition" referred t< not as a condition upon which South Car, lin; held her right of seceding, but as thi arise and practicable condition, upon which she was to exercise that right. Neithc the le-ders of the Co-operation party, nc the party itself, have ever held that ih r.ght ot Secession depended upon the join action of t vat or more States ; but the have umiitorudly contended, that - unite Secess.oni of the Sluveholding States or lar..e aiai:whicr tt then:," was the only wis aint practic able remedy. This has eve bee- ; tae poh-y ait the Co-operation part; the tr ac 'e.isince party. ''h,-y adopted this policy upon ti: vweighty and impregnable consideration that South Carolina has sustained no inji ry-ng oppression of any kind or in as degree--which lias not been equahl abairci a yhasnter iMonitherni States: or mhait i-he is threatened hy 310 danger, iimmi ',ite air remote, which does not equal thareate-n the othier Southern States. )ur imjuries and daiigers bemng cor mnon, our redress and line of defeinc; shu Le one. Th'le Co-operat ion party hav-e nev, heard onei satisfac-tory reason from the S paraite Secesi-ion party to chaiige the picyie. lIn the a'sweiice therefore of t reaso~n for a differemnt course, they muti stili be perntted to piursuc the one adopt< mn the be;;ning, and to urge upon the pc ple of South Carolina and the other Sout ern States, that it is the true policy. Thi h.nk~ that there is an obtigsaion restit upon)3 themi as rational and considerate mec oi dlefer imuch to t heir neighbors, and alsmatain die exercise of a right whi< the beherve wou:d bring disaster not oin tu themiiselves, but to that cause which ;i par is meg ,rdl as a colnon one. The Caerolinaian havimg designated co; cert amiang the Southern States as ": Ifi~npass ib:e cenmdition,"' miust he presumn to) havie ab nandoed the idlea o'f wvhippii, the-i into the trnces by tne Separa we osaion oif Sou'1th Ciaroli na. It miu 3tiereftore' advocate the So-;.amrate National ty of SouthI ~i~ Carhna. This .nifere'nmw cle.arly wvarramted 3rom wvhat it aikh,,"t th'e other .bouitern States hear settll , ;uest ion for theitmaeli es."' I i.ivong ta ken their po.,it wn then, cone-i doag to themi the tirmaness only of ordiniar men, the Separ-ate aiecesssion of Sout Cairohna will not make themi recede froi that position. Bu wt th's gives the Carolinian another og puirtumity ot expressing its thoughts abot Co-operation doctrine. For it says, that iih presenCo-operatin doctrine,iin re-puiatin State act ion, is unworthy and degradingi its tendency. And why ? Because won hI pruoh li Sont h Carolina from doin what her sister States have done-that i -setthaig the wiiestion for herself, and view mot her own State character, pride an honwor.'' Cawn the (Caroliniani ho in earnew when it uses such language ? In wha single mnslance has the Co-operation part shiewn ani unwdnlin~messfoir "t he State I settlc ql.d etjon for herself?" Does not t h Carohnuian know that such is not. the tact Dowes it not know that the Co-operatioi pairty wabject onily to this--that thle Separat. Secessiuin party w ishes itself to settle th rj nest ion for t he wholec St ate I That al irrogant and dict-atorial body of private in Lhr ina ii'P, who are hut imen lhke thiemselves baivo undel'rtaiken to be South Carolinm igamat the wvishes of a large majority, wi ''ebeve, of the State I When the blinori .y Coimmiittee in the Charleston Alay Con wmitioni propiosed to the Alajority to leavt lie whole namtier of State wrongs and rem. >i the hinds of the Convontion call. awl by the lAxgiislature, why didl the blajori. y rejiect so fair a proposition I What was horn in the Minority Report j'Umoorth) mud dlegradnn in itI tendency?7" Did .ti hie Dictators inanifeeSt by this act alant heir wvshi and detet mniatin - to settle the 'lsoto for the State ?" But e tD niht to mind the Carolinian of the subsequent w proceedings of its party, or its Dicttors, k which still more palpably proves that the ai Separate secession party have no idea that ti the State shall M settle the question for a herself." We might remind it of their so- tl cret and mysterious movements-their ox- ir act and studied care in suppressing discus- fc sion among the people--and their rejecting r the nomination of Co-operation candidates for Southern Congress. In this Congress. o ional District Messrs. Patsrox and Cais- 8 NUT, avowedly and noioriously belonging - to the Co-operation party have been drop- u ped, although nominated on that very i ground by " a secessionist, and a member h of the Legislature, and Messrs. BAhsS 1i and OWENs, extreme action mten, "nen, it who," in the language of the address of ti the Richland Southern Rights Association, ti " go for a dissolution of the Union, by mo ving in front"-these are their men, and t thew are the principles they are to carry a wath theis in a Congress of equals, who t have been nomnated in the place of Co. e operationiats. They wish the people to t send men who will threaten and dictate, < and not such men as will conciliate and reason and persuade. Does not all this I look as if the Dictators desired to settle the question in their own way ? And is there not much in it too, which "is unworthy and degrading in its tendency 1" Pray, tell us what is there in this game of the Separate eecesssion party calculated to ele vale " State character, pride and h-mor?" The Carolinian again, among other "fallacious and sophistical" objections, charges the Co-operation party with mis representig " the opposing doctrine of the States' Rights and State action party, by 1 asserting that this last party repudiates Co-operation." If the party to which the Carolinian be longs, favor Co-operation, why do they op pose Co-operation candidates ' But still further, some leading Co-opera tionist han, ug denied that the doctrine of States' Rights was involved in the present cottroversy in this State, the Carolinian breaks out in the following exclamation of amazement, " States' Rights not involved. rInjok to the facts. Did Georgia, when t her convention was elected, base her ac tion on the attitude or position of any other - State ? Did Virginia ?" Will the Carolinian inform us whether a there was in either of those States, or in r any other State in tl.e Confederacy, an ir r responsible body of prirate men, who under took "to settle the question" for those States? and to differ with whom was treason 1 e But the Carolinian finds fault with the Co-operation party, because th-y have the authority of Mr. CALnoUx for their support. SVery wrong this. The o-operatin p. ty ought not to be blamed for_ this.. Dt the CariUnftan charges the Co~peratorr yparty with using the name of Mr. CA~tnoU! -as a deeto.It is utlost laborfoth Carolinian or anybody else to attempt so dto pervert ; or to bolster up their scheme of Separate action upon the notn-expresm -ion of ('pinion 0n tho part of Mr. CAL. nou infao of this measure. It is enoughi rfor tl.e Carolinian to know, atnd for every Sbody else, that he has said, *'n my view tconcert is the one thing needful." But he hsnvrbeen known to utter one word, that we know of, favoring State secession. In conclusion the Carolinian honestly believes that the success of the Co-opera tion party will be a poclamation to the w orld, that South Carolina has surrendered the doctrine of.States' Rights forever. The Ireasons for this daring declaration wec will y recapitulate that their merit may be mani fest. It believes all this then: lst. "Because the doctrine of the Co .opera tion party merges the State into a section." *d This we have proved to be a very strange and unacc-ountable mistake for the intelli g gent Carolinian. No body ought to know better, that it is not true. .2d. " Becatuse Co-operation doctrine ' is unworthy and oregrading in its tendency.'" T'his we have shown not only to be a efudhge, hut we have tastened the charge uponm the party- to which the Carolinian be 3rd. " Because the Co-operation doc hime misrpresents the opposing doctrinteof Stites's Rtighta and State action party, bay asserting that this last party repudiated Co-operation." tW\e have shown beyond any reasonable doubt by the acts of the secession party, Bthat Co-operation is a hateful thing to them. 4th. " Because the doctrine of States' Rights us involved in this controversy." As between the pat-tie, in this State, wve have shewn that the doctrine is not involv ed in the present controversy. 5th anzd last. "Because Mr. CA LuOUN is ton the side of the Co-operationists." .Carolinaian, we suppiose it intended this as the climax. But we think every body will admit thiat this is a great deal in fav-or of the Co-operat ionists. Wec are glad to have auch goxxd authority. In conclusion we do honestly believe that if the party, to which the Carolinian belongs and of which it is an organ, sue. coeds in directing. controlling and deceiv ing the people, it will not only settle the question in its own way, butt substituting itself for the whtolo State, an idea which has taken strong hold upon it, it will re volve itself into a despotism the rmost abso lute andI terrible that ever tyrannized over an enslaved and degraded people, Look to it people of Sumter, Fre'Discnussion-. In the last number of the WachaVrn, a cal.l by the Separate Secesiotists Atr a ~ mass meeting t .e hold here on the 98d inst., headed '9e. Discussion " appears. j Al'his call is sigped by a gentleman whto Is Y ell known to be the Presidnt of the authern Rights Assocatiou of Claremont; td, we desire to say in advance, that in ie remarks we propose to make upon that ill, we intend no disrespect to that gen. eman; for, though we regret to see him the position he occupies, we entertain >r him personally no sentiment but that of aspect and esteem. The readers of this paper who are Co.e ierationists and who are members of the outhorn Rights Association of Claremont -an Association formed for the purpose of niting the South, and in no aspect favoring te separate secession of South Carolina ave the right, we conceive, to have the illowing questions answered, and we now of no one whose duty it is to answer rem except the President of the Associa. on : Why has the Southern Rights Associa. on of Claremont not been called together ince May last'! Ilas it not been hecuuse to separate secessionists-willing and de. iring that it should be taken for granted hat they were in the majority-were afraid f Free Discussion ? Have not letters, irculars, or other documents-marked, or ot marked, private and confidential,-com ng from persons styling themselves the entral Committee of the Southern Rights 'ssociations of South Carolina, or ether >ersons acting or professing to act for the eparate secessionists of the whole State, >en addressed to and received by persons n this District, the object and design of which was to STIFL. THE VOICE Of THE f EorLE and prevent FREE Discussion ? las not the President of the Association or Claremont received one or more of hose documents, and has lie not acted upon he suggestions they contained ? Has it not been-the secret policy of the separate secessionists since May last to discourage Free /discussion, and why has this change so suddenly come over the spirit of their dream ? These questions are not founded upon matters within our own knowledge, but upon ru.ors that have re: ehed us fr m various quarters Lnd upt., inferences -irawn front the conduct of the separate secession. ists Ard when the questions we have put shall have been answered fully and with nut evasion-when all the secret letters, circulars and other documents shall have been made public-and the conduct of the separate secessionists explained, so that we shall see that the rumors we have heard, and the inferences we have drawn are without foundation, we shall then, but nut till then, be willing to meet the sepa rate secessionists in Fce Discussion. We cannot consent to meet a party in free discussion, who when in a (supposed) rua jority did every thing they could to discour age and preventfree discusnion-who really and truly are afraid to see the people en lightened-who, to rush theta blindly and madly into separate secession, hoping that a ter the deed is done they will stand by it. We ask in all candor, if the belief under which we act is true how can the Separate secessiomsts expect us to meet them in discussion before the people! WVe will agree to meet no opponent, under. such circum.s atances, *hiose obiect is batmbooale and.~p to utntthton: and if trb~i fT'teea-' rate secessionists tip to this timec-apoy persued inthe dark with secret circulars, letters & docunments-has been to keep the public mzind in darkness-how can we con tide in, their assurances that, they now de sre to enlighatetn it-that they really want frey, fair, honest darcussion. FaEE DiscUssioN is a new born idea with the Separate secessionists. If they wanted free discussion, why did they not postpone the election of delegates to the Convention until October, the usual time for holdinig elections in South Carolina. Reflect, citizens of Claremont, when the fact, that the election was held in Februa ry-in less than two months fromi th~e time the Act was passed. To the Co-operationists of this District wve are bound to say, have nothing to do with the meetmng of the 23d inst. It is not t meetinig for free dicussion-we are at least bound so to conclude until the secret documents are published or until we are assured by honorable men that tio such do cuments exist. It is a meeting of the Se parate semessionists and 'knowing that their party is in a sniall minority, they hope by calling tncir meeting a mias meeting and a free discussiou meeting to get Co-opera tionists to attend who as soon as they en ter will be counted as one of their party. Of course then the news papers will close with thme account of t e tremendous de mnonstration in Old Sumtter. \Ve say. to the Separate Secessionists if you truly andI in good fia th wtant us to meet you ini Free Discussion, but satisfy us upon the subject of those secret docut miets. If such tinitgs are itn existence or have been in existentce send us copies of themn all for publication, if we choose to publish them-keep notne back let us have themn all-and then, if wve are satistied up on reading~ thenm, that your party has pursu ednosuen polbcy as the above questions indicate we wvi I meet youu in free discus sion on any day 30u may fix. We would adit as a further and obvious reason why we should moot the Separato Secessionist., they are not sincere wheni they say they desire it. If they really de. sire it why did they not consult wilstieu before htandl Why is it that the first no tice we had of their proposed mass meeting was through the colummuof the W~atchman? And againi we would ask why in it that Alessrs. CnEvEs BARNwVELL., anid WITH Eus, tire the only persons named as invited and expected to addres, their nmeeting? WVas it not. well known that these gen tlemeui would not attend, and were not their namtes inserted as a mere blind? The dlisguise is too traniaparent. sier tiner of thmer Free Discussion lisaviolent secesusioiiist. P. S.-The above was wvritten for the last number. Thei Southnern Address. We call the attentioni of our readers to the concludinig paragraphs of the address of the Southern Members of Congress to their :onstituents. We, then, are of the opinion, that the irst. and indispensablo step, without which tothaing can be done, and with which iverything may be, is to be emited among~ ,oursolves, on this great and most vita] inehtion. The want of union and 'oncert n reference to it hias brought the South, he~ UnioniD an onl tystem of Governent a their presenit perilouts condition, Instead t plaetg it above nll othiers, It has been tado wuborinste, not, only to mere ttkstlnof po~icy, but to the preservation rj rt tIe~ and euring of party success, W4~h as wiS hold a dtto respect for these. -e Aol them mubhatiae to thatt WAn otbe 4 - y ioninvlv osdar t .,. Jl they'u b torth will "t belier t n earnest nents, and wil ro me after utr, luatil the.tk itspn is finished To convince theri rou are you must prove by your acts. told all other questions subordinate to If youi become united, and prove yourselves a earnest, the North will be brought to i pause, and to a calculation .of . equences; and that may lead to a '446a4 f neasuros, and the adoption ofa consre-of olicy that may quietly and peacefully tr. ninate this long conflict between. tW agg sections. If it should not nothing .would enain for you but to stand up itompygily n defence of rights, involving your ill-your property, prosperity, equality, liberty, and safety. As the assailed, you would stand ustited by all laws, human and divine,. n repelling a blow so dangerous, without ooking to consequences, and to retort to ill means zccecsary for th.it purpose. Four assailants, and not you, Would' he rempmnible for tontqjuetces. - iEntertatimng these op:monh, we earnestly entreat to be united, and for that purpose adopt all necessary measures. Beyond Alts, we think it would not be proper to .go it present. This address was signed by the fellowing members from South Carolina. JOHN C. CALHOUN, A. P. BUTLER, ARMISTY.AD BURT, J. E. loJ.AlEs,4 R. BARNw F.LL RUIETT, R. If. ESiarsonc,_ : D. VALLACF, J. A. WOOuWARD, Mr. Calhoun then (in 1848 we believe the address was published (advised the Southern people that to be unit-d was the first and indispensable r:ep, without which nothing could be done Docs any man bci:cve after tLis that he ever could have counseled separite tate Secession. Co-Operation I~Ieeting. The citizen, of iumter District, opposed to Separate State Sece: 'ion and favorable to the Co-operation of other Southern States are invi ted to convene at Sumter Court House on the firs! Monday in Odober ae-t- Addresses will be delivered by Colonels Ci ExUT and I'REsToN, the Co-operation candidate. for the Southern Congrens--ad other distinguished persons are expected to address the meeting. A Barbacue will be provided. IOSERT MULnROw, 31ARCr5 R ETNOLDI, MAT?115w P. SIaYEs, Wm. BALLARD, Jonsi E. Dr-sms, J. J. Knox, WILLIAM llOenOEs, E. 31. AnDEasoN, J. 1. AaioR., JAMES E. lzasazar, JoHN W. STUCKEY, J. N. Fa:Easux, Jas E. Warnmasroox, F. J. Moats, Jotx E. 1D'Lnaow, Joux 11. Dtxon, R. F. 1lacasos, Ilexn D. Ga.a, Ezrars.za. Kzau-s, 11. G. WTumRasOOx, Joits J. mooa, W. 11. Buaazss, Joax B. Mim.,n, W. J. RtavoLsas, F. SUMTEa, WaUaaNA.MULv&&w W. M. DILoman, Joint 0. Raxtar. WILLIAM W E. Tuoas .L-C.nerCLA. DAVa DuDosa, BazxSAssa Pe , JonN. .IA.....o, RI.na-- P. MAx---, Ri. C. RicusansoN, ...L F. BARER, WM L Rzaavns I.s F,. RAa: SAxUCU. TrNDA.. For Sihoa4iter Banner. . MR. Eorton:-Our self-corititte die-.~ of the immediate Secessionists havng pp'. elnimned their hostility to the election, of Messrs. Cit ESNUT and PREsTON, as dele gates to a Southern Congress and nomisa' ted candidates to. oppose them, purel n the grouno of their opposition to Sepaglt' Suate Action under present circumstgn Ces, it becomes those who agree in opib. ion with Messrs. CntESNUT and PR. TON, and who dare oppose the, lint o[ this most puissant Committee to be on the alert. Our would be lord and masters pro. claim their determination to make this election a teat of the strength of their party. Well be it so. 1 for one fear not the re. sult. It would be ditlicult to elect in the State purer patriots or more talented gen. tlemoen than JALSIES CHIEsNUT, JR., and Jons S. PREsToN. Defeat, couild I sup. pose defeat possible, in such a cause, and with such leaders would partake more of triumph than disgrace. The Co operation party, 1 feel fully confident have been at all times the majority in 'Hrmner. 'Tis true our opponets elected their nominees to thme State Convention, but by a miserably poor and meagre voe their highest canda. date getting but little over four hundred votes, (1 allude to Claremont County.) where are generally polled over a thousand. Unwilling to create division in the ranks of those opposeed to Federal usurpations we have heretofore as a party forborne to move, hoping the separate actionists would4 (after letting off some of their extra strain in speeches, toasts &,O.) upon sober consid. eratioin, settle upon some pla'n of action to which we might give our support. Those hopes have, I grieve to say, failed. Instead of moder.. ting they daily become mere vio. lent and dictatot-ial and in this eletionithrow down the gautntlet and challenge a trial strength. Under these circumintance remain longer inactive would be a criminal, the move so as I unde rstand of their leaders, has declar ed thir determination to secede should theye a majority of eveni one vote in thme Contien, lion. All on earth, near and dear to us as Carolinians, or as husbands and fathers, is . involved in tho issue. Should they one cCCed in placing our bemoved State, alone and unsuppozted, in opposit ion to loth the* North andi South, which their avowedl courso, if unchecked, inevitably does, n. mitigatedi ruin an~d misery, must and will follow. Thank God, there is yet time (bqt barely time) to arrest the fatal cataatrophy Up then all wvho love your State, yoesy, selves or your families, and to the es thow your strength at the poll. nnWei ' second Monday ini October, and your ,mia taken brothers (for brothers they i'e, at. though at presenit unmder 4'ton delegion'.) may yet be induced to pause and rdelet or. it be too late. R)tANTi t.R. 19NTF.t'RT3E.-We wosuld e~sll attention to thme advertiseno: ins :h e