The Pee Dee herald. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1856-1859, July 15, 1856, Image 2
ELOQUENT EXTRACT.FROM j
The stbsch of hon. r m. t.
HUNTER.
Now, sir, I ask if those are fl<H consideration*
which should be impressed
upsti ail? Our institution* rest not
upon parottafent 'Bwwiliui, Out xtprtti
the broad basis of public affection.
Who shall measure the crime of him
that disturbs the waters of that stream
which to us are the rerv waters of life?
?-of him who troubles the stream at its
fcntUtJun that ho ruaj defile it through
the Whole length of its course, until we
(urn loathing sway from Its waters,
although our thirst may he almost unto
death itself? Sir, the laws and the
Constitution and the ordinances of our
country, to have efficient force aud life
and being, must he engraved npon the
hearts of the people. Oneo erase or
obliterate that inscription, and it win
not bo long before the law-giver himself,
in some fit of exasperation, will ghivor
into fragments the tablet upon which
they aro written as mere unspoaking i
sfow<
Ito rifcw of all these circumstanoes, I
doca it not behoove us to .do something J
to apneaso this strife, to settle these j
difficulties, to nllay this bitterness?'
Who could have the heart at such a
moment as this to engage in the work '
of crimination and recrimination
amongst the States of this confederacy? j
We all belong to the same family, and j
the character of the whole family is ,
disparaged if we itynrcthc reputation of j |
one of it# members. What pleasure or j ,
what proflt should I derive by injuring < (
the reputation of Massachusetts? by ,
dimming the lustre of her revolutionary ,
glory? by takinga leaf from that chaplet j t
of immortal flowers with which it is i t
crowned? Sir, so far as I am concerned, j t
instead of taking one stono from the ! \
Bunker Ilill Moo anon t, I would add '
i' i. ;? T il,. .Lj.. I
nUCMi;l IK it ' UVV It IVWW I<U tUT7 BMWIj
bearing upwards from earth to heaven
whatever message of love and admiration
mar bo transmitted frota the living
to the dead- Let it ataml through
the flight of ages, and oarrjr down the
story of those men and their deeds to
the last syllable of recorded time. I
will raise no eaerilegions hand against
a single stone on that altar; and if there
be any who has a heart for auoh a deed,
he can tftd no sympathy from see.
"Who can hwve ties disposition to- disparage
the reputatiotr ana the military
glory of any of the Old Thirteen? If
tnere beany nan who can here a bear!
for auoh a work, be can have but little
feeling in common with me. I will net
aid in anoh a work. What materials
are these that we are collecting for
history? What weapons are we placing
in the hands of those who wish us
ill, and who delight in every opportunity
to disparage ourselves and our insJK
titntions?
v, Mr Presidont, it has been said by
* . who am) good mew, "give ns pewoeU
abroad." I sympathize with them iw
that wish; but it may not always bo in
our power to jeoure that peace It
Wiav ru/ttiira ilia wall nf I ?
miw^ cv^iutw nil* ut aiivvuvi 90 fT IU1
e of ourselves; but I sa/ give us what tl
we can socuro if wc choose?give us o
peace at homo. We want its opportu- b
aitiea to work out our destiny, and to r
crotftt with the glory of success the most a
wAndftrfWI in Viym.B ?
pineas tfiat has ersr been attempted in p
the history of skid- We must bare n
peaco at home if ise wo?jdd wish to in- a
spire either (ear or reepoot abroad- a
Je there nothing in the condition of al
things around we?is there nothing in m
t&e condition of things abroad?to induce
He to do something to compose
three difference# to sltair this excitemeat,
to settle these feocM Can any
. Stan rMdSAih it tn Ki* <v>n**i*n*>* ??
feed high the hot fires of ??eiioml strife t|
ensuch an occasion as this? Are the 0
doors of ear chamber, are the doors of ^
the Congress of the United Statoe,
like those of the temple of Juts, to be
. opem.vf only for war, for civil war, for
donwotk strife! or may we not gather ^
close then upon raeb since, or else
open thorn to send forth oftee more the g
message of peaoo and good will, and to 1 ^
proclaim tboeughout the land aimr to > w
devote ourselves to the common good >(
of a common country, and to bury, ae v
far ae we can, the reeotfeetion of these
V unhappy disputes. &
Mr. Presided, J do bedim that the \
tune hgs arrived when we should look
: at the state of circumstances around us,' "*
coolly an4 dispassionately, and when ?
.every saarshould tome to the settle- "
ment of these differences with the wiU ?
to aacrrflce mttok of feeling, anything ?
of the pride of opinion, everyihiaa that ^
he can, eenaieteaUy with duty end JJ
consewiwe to mm mi qaiet them. "
Senators, I say to /H that yoakeld 3
in your hands the tenet of nfe and J
death to thk mighty republic, te thie *
great Union. On fame smds, I charge u
yon to take heed how yog deal with P
them. .?
.
A pri?U?# Ml lM( a**, belBg m|Mls412
by h? MTWANH, ra| b UUJ friiteB '
Am ?ud triad to ton mil Mtoid* ttth At ?j
Aioiitg tiiaky VA AM Uia^ nwM Ml m H
off. >
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TUdtrii, wtotong to jmtktf torn, told
him to pMf ifkto tortowB wfctsc th? t
ifficr tw trMw Aim to dtli M|1K nh. B
MfttMrto. H|??, Mff" toM ji
magical. HtamdUniUnpMAwdof d*vd
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PI8S01UTIUfV MOVEMENT it TH
NCfeTH
The Washington bnivn publishes a p
titfon which ha* been circulated i0 |]
Northern Sutea, eoiioiUag A peaoeful <i
solution of the Union. Together with i
*up?Moriptieu it wu as follow* :
fTha person to whom this, petition
'ranscmted is ear needy roqueated to !
uulate it for signatures of the men and tl
women ia hie town, and aee it
speedily sent to either Bcirtfton Wilsoi
Hale, Wade, Seward, and Ftftseodea, or I
Meaara. Giddiuga, Bvrlingame, Col la me
or any other am table representative 1
Washington.)
7b thr Senate and Hmtet of ReprtMntatin
of the United State*.
The undersigned, citUena and inhab
tauts of , State ol ?* rcapeetfnli;
submit to Congrem:
That as, in the nature of thing*, antagc
ruatioel principles, internets, pursuits, am
institution* can never unite; that an ax
perienoe of more than threescore year
hnriog demonstrated thai there can l><
no real union between the North and tbi
South, but, on the contrary, ever unccaa
insr alienation and strife, at the immincn
hazard of civil war, in oouaequeoce o
ibeir conflicting views in relation to free
Join and slavery; that the South bavin;
declared it to be not only hor right and
purpose to ntcroiae her elave system where
it now exists, btit to . extend it over at
the territories that now belong or ms<|
hereafter be annex'd to the republic, com*
what may; and having outlawed from hei
Mil the entire free colored population ol
;be North, made it porilona for any Nor.
hern white citixon to exeroiae Uia oous
itutional right of freedom of apeeoh in
hat seotion of the country, nod even in
he national oapitol, and proclaimed hei
loatility to all fran ioatitattoos universally.
We, therefore, believe that the time hai
torae for a new arrangement ef elements
to hostile, of internets eo irreconcilable, ol
natitutions ao inoongruous; and we earn,
tatty request Congraaa, at ita present aes
ion to take suoh initiatory measure# foi
he speedy end equitable diumlmtion of (hi
xiating Union as the exigences of thi
tase require?-leaving the South to depend
ipoa her own resources end to take all
be responsibility in the maintenance ol
ier clave system, end the North to organ,
sa an independent government in aooor
ianoe with her own ideas of justice end
be rights of man
We have little hesitation in saying thai
hie it a very sensiblo document. If
eight have been as consistent with ths
ruth to have stated, as reasons for th?
Ik?nliit'ion. fl*?s the North has declared
t to be not only her right sod purpose b
ixterminate the alave system where if
tow exists, bat to restrict H from tht
totnincn Territories of the repubfic.?Thai
he has endeavored to entice away out
nborer*; to mo4 bar Nortban> white ciUcm
with artcb motives atnonfcSf m m (bat
o certain oaaua it baa not been safe to 1st
bero utniit all the frotJon of speeoh
hey bare bean inclined to; and ntbii
9 rr*train herself from a coutm of action
o hostile to bar aiater section of the Soath,
be time ha< ooana for a new arrangement
f i uteres la so irraoonoiiable and of instiutiona
ao incongruous. But for vhatrrer
uaaoi* urged, tha oourss ia emtneatlr eotnjeadabJe.
if utterly unable to act with
iipvvi w wilii a wmj ooBiiiieai wilh toe
eace and onion of the States, it In some
lerit thai she ia a bis to oonfeaa tha hot,
nd ia certaialy wiaa to asvar panasably
connexion whioh, if ooatiwwad Iddfsr,
to ia assured ean only bo as tied by the
irord ? Standard.
.
ORIGIN OF THB "WILMOT
PROVISO."
In the sticle in "Harper" for July,
ai "Daniel Webster's social hours" is
ie following history of the introduction
f the "Wilmot Proviso" 4<as the writer
ixrned it from a distinguished member
f Congress at the time." *
"In the summer session of 1846, and
fter the eonnnenoement of the war
ith Mmrloo, the Hon. Hngh White,
f New Yori, left his own seat hi the
loose, and went over to the desk of
lie Hon. Trainan Smith, of Connecticut,
ith this since so famous resolution
l his hand, and asked him what would
e the effect of its introdnetioir
"The destruction of the Whig party,"
'as the reply.
Mr. White, however did not think
I- Ashe had enlisted some Hemolytic
members from Ohio, and ons or
PS other Northern States in its tapart,
he thought it mors likely to imrn
> the injury of the Demooratie party,
tqpt&se, spine who ooalpsoad with him
athfsocasion, had another motire for
rwodnttioiHHi deaira to aveogw
Pa the South the psfji of the IV
aotof 1646. Mr White followed
Ir. Smith'* edvioe, however, no far a*
> aelect a Denmeiatic member for the
sMmity of the bantling, and Mr. Wiliot
narekeUntfy sssuoed H.
Mr, Webster said, the aimrei of
m WW* party would he entitled!#
* epitaph that wan inscribed
poa tfc* tsmWsns of an Italian; "I
as wsi 'f trifd to be bNim and I
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TUESDAY, JULY Ik, I85A.
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r- THK OOMiBOR
16 The "Dariiagton " ?f opinion tha
wa " hate mistaken the nature of that feeling
?? of opposition to tha South Carolina collage
Lo which (it thinks) now ao generally praradac
r' the State," and ujn tba^: M the ptoplr. do no1
lt objeut to tha collage on aocount of "the txp*t*
attending edaeatien there," which forbids the
M idea of any bet rich meo'a children meeiriny
the benofita of that system of oducation, whick
[. baa made "such a aamber of talented men
y and able statesman." But they do object
and we think very properly too, to being taud
to make *p the aura of tmmty/hur Menemia
j dollart, which ia every year appropriated tc
the education of the young aristocracy of th?
* State." *
0 Now we are sorry ta differ with our friend,
5 the editor of the * Flag," upon this or any
- other question, for we hare great feappct foi
t hia opinions, and know him well enough to be
f assured that he will advocate no measure which
. i his conscience and judgment do not equally
r approve. Noverthaloas *c are constrained to
| differ here.
> Just in ov.r iimmediate vicinity *c hear of
I no ground of objection to lha collage, and arc
r therefore left to gather from the letters and
' speeches of our neighbors, the cause of sucb
" opposition a* exists in other communities. Bui
f we think the article in tka " Flag" fiirnisbei
of itself sufHcientevidenoe to show that wa have
not " mistaken the nature" of the feeing of
> opposition to the oof lege; few if "the n
> yentt" is not an objection, how happens it w?
T hear so nocb about " rich men's children"?
" the young aristocracy" being the sole recipi
\ ants of the benefits of the appruprintibnT and
I with what propriety can it be n.-yed as an in'
f justioe that one portion of our citisee* are tax
ed to support the iastitatioa " who cannot dm
rive ary benefit from it?" That the expense
r is not so extraordinarily heavy, can he easily
l shown by a simple statement of what it rvoftjf
I it. Many a young man has gone through
I college with lees tbaa Four hawdisd DoTTaro a
I year, not wit*, steading the reputation Colnm
T bis has acquired fee extravagance of living.?
- The actual ehxige foe takioa is Fifty Dollars
par annum j a sum not greater than is reqnirI
ad hi moat of our high schools, and lass than
is many other college*. Besides this, the State
t providoe, oat of this very appropriation, for the
[ education and support of at least three chili
dree of the pocr, tare from the Charleston or5
phan house, and ths xtsdaai who i?
[ the ringing of the bell; ts saj Stag of the
, faoftkiae iflm<W the indigent young men oi
I Om Btitebjr tki tibin% tf privatt iadiridtc
I *b bath lo the wktloe of the four sobolar,
sbipe. and Io eolentery aid furnished ia spec>
ml cue*?end by the charity of the two litara,
f^ioehtiw,
} Efnt we are anxious to know who compote
i this " aristocracy T" Wo aro aure that those
i of the alumni joat around us, would scarcely
i recognise themselves under this high souad
iog appellation. Some of them are the eons
of parents who have toiled and struggled hard
i to accumulate the means of bestowing upon
there, sudh m education ae would fit them to
' labour in turft, <bf the sttadMVnat of the seme
priceless boon for their c&8d?ua; and mtl of
them are aa fret/ ee Sap net is the State*
from the odour of" arirlocrecy .* This we huliere
may be truly affirmed of tha alumni gem
, erany throughout the State. Will not the
" Flag" agree with ua that If there is aaeh a
thing aa an u aristocracy" in South Carolina
it would be the part of wisdom far tha State to
aau all her uacrgtee sad apply all her resources,
to?etfuwrtr that claea of her eittaeae 7 \
meu properly educated cannot be an arietoerat;
for It hi only by that system of trmuipg
WMCB mn*?e/oois, that seek mushroom growth
o?0 be iiedtaaMlj cmhireu4 Bet
the abject!(> of oar friead, i* to the
feet that ibe college doe* not sappon itoelf! We
preen me no oae would object to itsdoing oe if at
tbe ?me time H ilhrM fbdlittes mw eqnnl
to thone now oflbrsd, for tbe education of tbe
young men of lb* State. Bat wbo will /bnM
tbe plan by which this great good is to be
tftOel ? Will It not ra^bt that tbe prion of
tsrftiea be rained? a? will not that mgen
effectually bar Me doom to all bat M rich men's
children P* la oar bamMe opinion, that is
tbe only tarn way to mehe it ao aristocratic
ioetitnUoa. Oar joang men tea mold be
drive n to other colleges where tbe Mtee of tnilion
are k 4, and take with them tboaeaads of
dollars wbtak otherwise would bare remained
in oar aifst, tor ersa rich man eomotimee
count tbe coet of their contemplated mora
meats. We know of sot owe affair sorting
eoflegn (of any eooaeqaence) in tbe sm
i Vmton. If they sm not aided by th? State,
they are endowed by iadivMupla | they da not
rapport thaowelom If then dm are eorreet
in our conclusion u In Am ifcal of aa aflb?i
to aiki toe colUft suWewtofaUuf, k kll umouat
ia tko cad to
ttoa. Widimtuk ? fyoariatiwlarf?
ika ttoiimi nAfci snilw, tto ImIh Ami Am
Btoto wkM ko d??IM la ftodwty to tor ?H?
uau if iididautyirutkataiank. J
i *te aU,*?ft taaafatoto
Am pabfic fcih far As Waftl of mm sImi ?f"
dwpMpfe!
awlwiftlinlirf tW?w ?lMa? Mi +er*
VMM I 1 % *MM
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* <?> Jtotojw?V w^iwr <toetiTir^r
tor. 1* it wm Ami Ami ^ flf ItiMHit h
4m lilt ?til I i*i yvMto flu * apt
far iiUr>i>Mt intifnqnT ^ ?
Wkito I?nfy/n' /^Lwwf *#tor? is jJrfaNi
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n*:y wwo-w.V /' >* \? gpi-repriaU <1 a
the IW Schools for the benefit *f the tfepKK
i rwg ?end thirty thouaattAla tb%' Military Acad
emies for the benefit of lh? eAvnalry: Tlru* it
- nppssrr tint out of ore kmmtrrd and thirty
thtmamad dollar* annually dssetad to Um edu
cation of tba people, the' aristocracy ' gets not
quite on t fifth part, and *ejs than any other
eku. And how U this fund nuejf By tax
alios; and the basis of taxation la property*?
1 So that (if the name of* " the aristocracy" i*
I applied to this claaa because of its wealth) it
1 follow* that it pay* a (hit proportion of the
1 j whole amount into the Uaasurv, and ought to
1 j receive iu due proportion of beaofits. Now
' | are hear of no compltdaU about the** ope hun?
! drtd and five thmUand dollars which go to the
I j Pree School* and Military Academies, and we
* I hope,-never shall, ft ta dae to the Military
> ! Academies to nay however,that they supply the
* i place of a guard to tbq. arsenals and perform
' pother duties which once were an expanse to
' i the State.
* And why may not such aa appropriation be
1 mod* to the college without injustice to anv
citizen? Is it not a State insutuion ? Are
, | not the buildings, the grounds, the library and
j other property comwieted with the institution,
' hers? Let any man calculate, if he eae, in
> . dollars and cenls the immense profit she has
i ! yvcf ivedfrom this small but judicious outlay of
money! Every diploma the college gives,
? commission* sotoo intelligent citizen to go out
| among his fellows and take a part in the atne
f lior.ition of their condition,and aid,in pushing
I society forward in its march of improvement.
[ But we are transcending our limits I We
kl>W#V??r tlifkl sarm vo,ra rA it aa* tkw A?I 1
, ...... ??u iv ia VIIT' luit mm
i highest duty of the $late to prvvklefor the ed,
ucation of ita citizen* of every class, rich Aid
, poor, lofty and bumble; and do most sincerely
f hope that this feeling against the college will
#PT* place to an earnest emulation in devising
, ' the beat means for the dissemination of kn>wl.
edge throngbont the .State.
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THE NEXT GOVERNOR. .
W? knoe of no iimn in the State we vvuld
prefer for this office, to thel estimable and
highly accomplished gentleman-Hon. F.ovaap
K?ost, of Cbaxlestea.
lie is ne stranger k> the people of South
t Carolina, and requires so oology from as j for
while serving his State in the arduqas apd responsible
office of Judge or the Oourt of Common
Fleas, his gentle urbanity of manners,
his dignity, sad the faithful .and impartial
discbarge of his duties,- won the confidence,
eeteem end affection of tbo people. He has
never, like msny others, sought after offioe,
but has alwaye been ready to render to the
State his best Services when required. South
Carolina will need such an one as her chief
magistrate If wisdom, sterling integrity,
and devoted patriotism wiH fit any one for
this high poet, there is no man better qualified
. for it than Judge Frost.
CROPS, Ac."
' From all account*, we never hod such a
i year for good crops. We have heard from the
Pilot Mountain, N. C., to Conwayboro', S. Ct,
and the report ia that nevor were the crops in
, S bettor condition, or in a mom forward uimtm
' of cultivation. It hi the same case with us,
t '
I but on the streams above us, we fear that the
j crops are injured by the henry rains. On
: Jone#1 creek they hare not had inch a fsasbat
in twenty-aix rearm. Bridget, crepe, and mo me
cattle have been a wept away. Tht Plank Road
ia somewhat injured, but we hope not ranch.
Thompson's creak waa alto very high at Chra- '
terfield and above, but not maeh injury has
1 beca done he hi Pretr prirats correspondence
from Alabama, aeo Mississippi,
W l?ara that the proapect for a good crop is
rely encouraging. We hope this year will
1 prove a year of plenty, ee it now appears will
be the case.
ATTENTIONI OLD BEAT.
W. believe tint Cbem* ia nearly the only
two in Um fkfcte that cannot boast "a well
uniformed Volunteer Company." We did, at
one tine, poeaeaa, in our aidat, about the best
drilled Company in the State. W? refer to the
" Cheraw Light Infantry." In the poeaeaa ion
of aome one ia a most beautiful flag, presented
by the young ladies of this place to that Company.
This show* that the ladies realise the
benefits accruing from a Volunteer Company ;
it is the greatest ornament that a community
I ran posaaas,and gives meat u> the now "boring "
j duty of the "Beat" system. Let our yoting
men (lor we have a great many) take the eflair
' fcr.tn their own hands, aad it wffl snceeed, if
proparly managed. ftixty men, rank and (He,
are neeessary to paaa inspection mod he re1
eeived as'a volunteer corps.
MARRIAGE NOTICES I //
We thooght we were makings fine beginning
when we published, ia our first number, the
marriage notice ff our Forthaan, and fondly
>aped to be able ty keep such things gofag
CJoitMtly la one paper; bnt it seem* that we
are to be disappointed. It is % disappointment
la ano^eer respect,(gr it was aaiornl to suppose
that, Kka other onstagnant diss asst. whea It
OSes get into# family k wotld go aU ikrtmgk,
mod so "The Herald " would hsoaan a family
paper ia every aoaao of the word. Ia the
laoguego uf Ahevnethy we see forced te ex
alas as, " Osifl Msngnas, young Ladies, what
wfl beaanM of ym rlir Wktt are yea
afoot thai ymAom't keep us supplied with
aaarriago noting*?
WHITE PLAINS ACADEMY.
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to 0onuMtfWMi wbiek lutft
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wtgfcMwwl of l*f ffa* n*?? AmAtuaj,
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*.!UL 1 ' WL.'Jl '
THE PRKSIDKNC?.
Aj? far ft* the old part* ia*uM which ?<t Im.
fore th* country arc concerned, wrUml/ no
Democrat cftn hesitate for a moment in making
bin election from among the numerous candidate*
for this first office in ?ho world; for there
can possibly be no doubt that the principle*
which that pari y has to long and jealously advo > f,t
catrd,are much more satisfactorily represented |,j
by Buchanan and Breckenridge tlian any oi fu
the others. | pt
Nor do we think that there OMght lO be nhy h<
hesitation in choosing between thehi when w? ai
look to those comparitivoly new, and nbaorbing ac
questions of the present day. There might ,,p
perhaps be a difficulty with some, if the Presi- '
dent, could be an autocrat, or if the whole bur- tr
den and responsibility of government rested ; ,,,
upon him alone. Tim protestations of fidelity ar
to die Union, justice to the South, nud devotion
to the Constitution, which are sb profusely w
made by nearly all of them, might cause some ot
who have the honor and^loryof their country j(1
at bbnrt to waver, and doubt. But *c do not re- i 0f
jard tbi? as a contest between individual* for j HI
| office;?It ia a great struggle between power- ; d(
' erful parties for tho ascenuem-y. It ia there- . a(]
fore of some importance that the citizen should I lu
investigate, the chaniotcr, and seek to fathom 1 8U
the desigoa of these contending instead ^ or
of searching the records so diligently for the th
antecedents of their candidates. ?
I a thia section of country we have of course |
but two to chooee between?lluchinan an<l q{
HrecWenridgo, and Fillmore and Donaldson.? at,
We have no doubt of Mr. Fillmore's honesty,
and patriotism ; neither do We heller e that he an
aa yet very deeply tinctured with the fnnat j w]
icism of his section. lint who will hold the f*01
the reins of government if he is elected ? The i ,u
party whose standard bearer lie is!?Hu$ cabi l,u
net, and his faithful commons. The govern- f0|
meut will of iiFCi-a?j|ijr be administered upon j
the principles which those who elect him, ad- w;
vocate. Is thcro not some danger then that tal
the Missouri Compromise would again be foreed
upon us, that the Constitution would be
come a daad letter, Hud that the great doctrine BU
of State sovereignty would he ignored and re- crj
pudiatcd ? If Mr. Buchanan is the President \y
eicct, ho again wouhl bo but the reprvsenta- jU:
tire of the Democracy, and the Government
would be conducted by ilt views of policy and an
of right. Those we believe to bo moro in ac- cf
cordance with tbe tree spirit of onr Govern- aj|
mcnt, and .more conducive to the welfare, of
the country- True wo have but little faith in
, either party, to afford jastice and quiet to the | nu
! South, Jbnt am disposed to try every suggestion ,
of ouv friends which holdaont the faint-art hope rj^
ofewft partial improvement. an
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Hi* We copy the following article from an ^
old Philadelphia paper; this shows that the Qn
credulity which we 000 now at tbe North is not I -
- ol
of recent birth, bat on the contrary, even in ^
1830 >( any thing m said that cast a slur up- .
oaths Sooth and bar institutions, it was canght
np with avidity and published to the world-? j
la this caae the ' Charleston Citisen,' wishing ^
uyoke a litte published the following, and lo! ; .
it was heralded abroad that in the great feaeu I
I | OD'
in South Carolina, instead of having peacock's I ^
i or nightingale's tongues as the Roman Kmpc- '
port of Old, we boasted the great delicacy
' Barbacndd Niggers.'' What aa ideal Poly- V
esiane retire. Murderers of CapL Cook, hide ^
ycwr laces in rharne, for like Othello your ,
occupatton is gone : JJj
A front fuss appears to be made, in sundry of ^r
the Cob *' M'jon prints, abont the burning of]
a single negro, in Abbeville, of this State.?
Why is this practice objected to at this late rat
.uason T We have burst negroes and some- of I
limes white mcp, by the dosen, and .weekly, ?v
lime ont of mind, f or the last fifty or huhdred
yoars not a week has par sed without wit- *
neesrng some five or tan of those exhibitions in i??
sonde part of the State; and nobody ever
thought to say nay thing 'till now. A specta- ,
' cle of this kind is nothing out of the way to us. ,
Scarcely bad Mr. Mf Dame retaraed from Congreek
at this last session, than ha was invited If
to a barbecue of two negroes and one ox, in gD(
Edgefield District; and at this time there lie
lie oar table, two requests that we should make ^
a party to witness the dying agonies of four of m3
these devoted wretches. It u a measure of toe
State policy that the; should be destroyed, rwa
and in this manner, the; would else become j
so aaaserous that the country could not, though 1 '
airtlchef by national systerna, contain then : me
ard Uus mode of potting them out of the way, the
besides afcrding to oug Members Congress, bol
a pleasing exhibition, saves the trouble ana .
expense of burial. Do let us bura our negross
if yon please, gentlemen, and you shall *m
hare an early invitation to be present. CAU
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MP* A dispute has arisen between the odi-' j (
tore, which M fecho" will have to decide.? gtfl,
The senior msUts that Instead of ? was w^(
a made man, ??r sentence was intended to ^
tak
Pef We regret oar inability to publish the
oratiop delivered m White Plains. We were
oompelled to lako oat sovermi articles to uxrko jj#,
room (br Ihs j-rocoediagsof the -4th July meetiugthe-.
for
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Ihs Socth Canoi^kA AoaicuLxvataw#?W*
have not received our copy of this valuable ] ^ 0
exchange for the pseeaat month, although it I
has been out for some time.
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Selected for The Herald bj a 8. of T. f 1
Qax't Atfomt> IT.?? Come is Joe and
let's take a drink."
? Thank ja, Thomas, can't afford * " I the
"Wall, bat i'Upaj for U." y ^ my
u O, Tat set speaking ?f the atetfoj/' liitl
'Loos of health and ottercr, 'moral mm* ^
? r- not
oipU, character, peaea of anind, n? re pect
and a ivwi breath. but
a ?v mM
?&aari>o, iijwwfldifrcood Urmrt' the
"Ob yea. a>m Im iMi lamer?h? ? 1
atake two orop ia out year." bwt
? How li thai, Haabo f v UtU
Why ha ~n ik bay iw the full and | ao.'a
stake aw; ww; da* ia da wring be Jlw
mI) da Jkub o/ <fe mule rfttf /or r/? ! pric
kwn# *f tic hajf, and make uooey twice. i pub
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Communications.
For the Pee Dee Herald.
MY FIRST PIECE!
My piece ! my first piece ! That is the
et expected to emerge from the cloud l?end
which I had hitherto shone, into the
11 blaae of daylight, 'a the oyea of the
iblic, the gre*t World, included in our
>r 17.011?I hav of the hopes, fears
id trembling in ' **' ' "?t upon the
Ivcrit of a tan^ Mood off.
(ring?but 1 km.
le little bantling of oifr
hioh is our own, if it '? o*.
?e"?we have given a " loci,
id n name;" a body of **
oathe" to the <? thoughts
ithin it?and wo watch the iiti .,blc
i the stream of chat and gossip, v j HU
Ureal far beyond the apparent importance
the wco one. How vesec peculiarities,
ten esses aod meanings, others may not
!tcct, and long to designate the jtointtt
id throw light upon the beauties thov
ay overlook ! How we dread its expo
rc to the rude touch of adverse handling,
the heedless bruisings of oarclouatiew?
oee " shafts" at random sent, finding
mark the archsr never meant." How
1 would fain 14 teinner iKn r^..~U
r - ?x. . VU^II WUIO
criticism! Wc are like those unfortaff'
p parents who must not own their issue
must lay their" hamls on their mouths"
d (it may he) their heads in the ifmt
liile it passes the ordeil, in'-i.tad ;4r
rding help and protection I 'i * /h-v. yt
y description, 1 received from another,
it I " lioked tho rough creation into ^
mi and shape"?aud it was seut forth (as
thought) to innumerable readers, who
>uhl ba? g delighted on its amusing recu
t of things pleasant in theioselrcs, but
nderod more bo, in this sparkling rcsunin
-I thought of the guessing and anxiety
long the young ones, to identify the dieiptions
and appropriate the compliments,
ho's this 7 listen ! who can that he ? oh
at look hero ! I do Wonder, who thit one
!"?Ac., Ac Abote all the speculations
to tho trrifer. Onion was the occasion
fraud, and disputation. Wavcrly made
Britain wonder, and Yankeedoni guess
Evelina, was a puxiling doubt and Jvu?
haa employed literary elumpiona for
>rc than half a century?but, icAo wroto
a? will be more talked of hen. Tho
Idle of the Sphinx waa nothing to this,
d no oracle will giro the correct re3nse.
M was a made man, with
ah a contributor aa " Echo" (if he can
ly keep her) to hia col urn us, the success
his paper may be considered ? fact
xnnpiishcd," and the Time* perhaps,
ly equal the circulation the Ileraid may
pect. What interest I took, in faring
String shape and form lor the printer's
nd ! With what ifopatienco 1 solicited
tha bright appearing of the luminary,
a of whose mgst daaxling rays 'twas to
The ? long, long weary days," lagi
cruelly?and the ruthleas little rnositocs,
buzzed in our dreams, as a aw arm r
army of critic* ready iuadc." I
ow not the Qxod tl j* of ita coming, so,
y by day, 11 hope da for red" did her sickng
work, all the worac, for tho "Hating
talo" it told at first. At the first
ntion of printing, I had feared and
her sh.unk from becoming the cynosure
;he Argus eyed public?yet " ran to meet
zi I ? ould niwot ?Vviu," shrank
1 more, from being completely overbed.
If I welcomed a friend, 1 thought
was bringing me the. piece, with inetinre
perception oMu " high concernment. '
1 rede out 'twas with the vague, but
XMifeaned expectation of seeing the vi!
era thronging around theopeuing whenr.
' oracles oome forth?anxiety on t <
?bespeaking with eager look, tho nexi
ding of the more than aybiline leaves I
lid not know, bat 1 ttupecAed the
oting bell would be rung to summon
m, or, perhaps, the tavern boll, as ?ymical
of the treat it called them to par.
e! If I met a neighbor J thought
greeting more polite than rtnual, bene
I had auudealy been metamorphosed
j a lion of note ; or if abrupt and short,
loomed it the mm men of ooenmoo
At/e ihi, (or tha intellectual '""^ae,
9 bri-g forth giant thoughts, c .ho
pioioiw, attaching to tho ** obiol atnang
taking nolee," '* faith! They mast
a care, )??t ho print tkem V* yet will
ok ? he wants dlwcmwnt, and i? not
eh, alter all," if he over look them
i when the poet-boy eamr 44 that was
time that t#fed m y soul." I watchod
biia ** with (peculation in my t w,"
10 whether ha had brought the
it mail bog of his waa of more internet
no than are waith# '?magic wallet" of
A paper came, a bat net
ootniag trimupba to vanity, nor, alaa !
epoedy meat to tha "sleep, where
tea peaod temple ahinoi afhr f* "oh!
> eaa toll how hard u m *?oihnbr
i editor, the atom eenaor^ who botde
fa tee of oootribatom at hie will, decide*
. little light moat be rafpnandy my
e bentliog uijhd era it breathe tire ft**
ith ef life, ft sen not lalnlH as oaty
? aiiy nothing" Ik aalb itself. It
it hava iiatfti?tMia i I ' '
poet it, or it of?o forth, ovontboa(ti
tKe wmm of a woak wn?n Wall, to
4 InwitaMM uA ohotoil?, boo Woo*
fat* of rccIm, tin* imiwniitl.
will not bow ooo ao, to thought* that
lik doof*nr." 1 will noMfltlw how
was thought ot (JWdnoiA, how TmiMpiration
pomA fbr wxfawj, ud
wit* t*?t, waa valued at U? tbaa tba , ^
?of dand/twoai. Thoy w<wld Rft
lull mint mi #0; what UiM MMist bt , .
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