Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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FVn the CharJtv.tr i Mrrcdry ' 'if r?J5 Tfll'K K*MKJ>Y. _ *?* ^ ^ The. fallowing hrief eoimnun'-ntion, leading thinkers of the j , St*t<\ presents fbreibly the real, and the Hfrlg&JfV; guly real, political question ;tia? :t now before the South'?*" peoplo.?-Can wo live 1 in this Union? The North .iti I South are | two nations, made In their institutions, . customs, and habits of thought, as dia- i tinotostho English and French; and our t annual meetings Washing too ore not i Congresses, to dis'-usa common interests, i but conventions, to contest antagonistic | . opinions, and to proclaim" mutual griev-' ances. snd utter hostile threats: Whist- i ever sense the South tuuv have of its l ights, t > it is fettered by the abJcluu potror of tlio c majority to vote it down, aud that major' f ity has been gradually computed, from " divided factions/ into a united party, the J avowed object* of which is to set its hocis ! t upon our throats. Thi? hostile minority <1 has already eiocod a Speaker of the Hooho 1 of Representatives; ir hns an even chtsnco ? of electing a President of the United States?not a uinu eminent for public services or elevated talents, but an ad. venturer, picked up in "Wall strc-1?n renegade from the South. trade a hero st " the North; and with thin instrument, all ( tho aooro Voiiomous from its meanness, v they threaten to double the hun:il:.li n , of our defeat, by makii^ as at ouco tiie , victims of fofcc and of treachery. But 1 we are detnii ing tho reader from the I <j clear, oalm uud thotightfa! view of the j, subject, prosonted by our corici-prudont. p Missus ISuiroRfi: In your issue of n the 5tli instant, you copy on nrtido from i the '-Richmond Despatch," in which the ( t people of tho fciouth ure counselled to imi- j rj tftte the proceedings of the Colonists in i u 1774, looking to iron-intercourse with ; n Oreat Britain. I think tho Dispatch is in ! c error in counselling this cooi>e. In 74 it t luay possibly have !ud something to rt- i commend it Bui it is dtlii nit to show f that it jntluoneed, to th^ ^lijihtest degree, ' the quoatipn of Independence. Those who ! I: adopted it hopod, no doubt, to uiakb some f impression on the mercantile class or it> r Great Britain, that might re-act favorably c opon the ruling class. T :e history of the t Revolution shows tint i: was a weak iocs. ! v aura, although no doub the IVionds ?f tho ! Colonists in tbo mother country made the I best of'it. 'l The contest in which wc are engaged J t with the Northern section of the Can led e- a racy, has roach more bitterness nod in ten*' I aity than tho Revolutionary struggle. In I r '74 many patriots lioked to the possibility c of a reconciliation. Mahy still believed a that a farther continuance of tho oonnec- t iion with Great Britain would uot, of tie-j t r v ' ceasity; fatal )" involve the fortunes of the . i , Colonic*. Hence halfway measures and x tempot: g expedients, misled them and 1 deluded them for some tiiue. . it But in our esse, there cm be but little i I . room ."or delusion, except Among thosw wh?. . c ro wilfully blind. Onr enamiea turtninl* ; i take co peiti* whatever to deooive us. f t r They play tbeir gaore vorv openly. Their i war hss been carried on with great direct- t uess and oonHstency tor thirty-five years i It is a war io which access on their pert, c involves us not ooly in disgrace, but utter j t ,/ v ruin?a diagra m and ruin, compared wiib j I which, nothing ci disaMer and culauiity t that has bofallou oivilit-ed coummnit'?*, [ deserves serious consideration. lite dec- t Tftdaticn of the Southern pacnln. th*. iIa-a 1 uraitoo of our b'outbero homes, too de*<>- 1 latioU of our Southern fields?tbv?o are ? inevitable, if we fail in the outieat that tho Northern sectjon is weeing against us. i - v 1 And now we ate told,, by Southern men, t at the eleroncii hour, in; the vet j orisi* of ! our fate, ^<do not buy of the Nertbl" "do J c not sellto th$ North!" Woak. week?jl wore* then weak! ' Does not the Southern j <j man who end wcle thug. huow tbut the n whole ccUrao of tfe Oo^jPemto legislation d bee been such end wtff ever be snob, *? to a rivet us ouintucv*iPty to the Nurtb? Tola tolj u* not to buy of, nor aell to, the North ; k ie to tell us neither U>buy uor.e^ll as Ion- . . as ih.n Unlou lnhu. The North knows ( tble full well, end laughs to so ?rn all such < i weak ModfUnj dovtree. Sbe kouwa full t well, that her commercial supremacy nW v e^sMrily .follows iu the wttlte of ber puliti- y oal doottnation; and (bat the South ia bet t i r*' ' . droaroing dronujs, never to be realised,<t f when she talk* of Independent Southern i k Commerce whilst thisfTrhdu'?continue#. If T" . 4<The Hicbiuoad Despatch" admds that' ? which is utterly'hriprntnioahk', bocauao I your legislation had wads ii an?and that; o which, were if prauttcabie, would he in- i !** effectual, bceatwe that wW^i. }? mor? i k potent r.ban legislation, s the mastery 1 J l\f \M VnrlknM r.!?-I V".... I i i i J i Oa iLla'... ' i - . m jnu .. ...ttttxt -j wumiw isit r t<i -l ti.ind it :*;ncaf^AU j t| V ujcdicaliou, it fotiw ill Ujjic, liuaidoa, | fc ;* '.'' fanauoiiuu, afirt, the Noftll^ ffcttoiJoi J wF '&V ' ' * bept on ruling and fcuniu^ and yoi? eao- t ' net pr#*<eol it, if yemrenain falho Union, t ^' >''v^ You hare hteo retitatin#. *ttd oonoadtn^. j| VS? jfvw ? *nd cqmprotuirtng, .for tntoj&*? jwata. v Jon bavo kwt your oqudity In '-'< T^SlB'j? H*' '4& 8Q^ ?*n ftfcWr ?*<>Vcr k: A xunletlff^cy* jJ .' ' ?i; ^ -y ;V 4 ;>.. is irretrievably lost? Whether the com luunoat prudence should not oompol thsr South to dissolves connection %r<iich i? annually transferring million* of hai" in> nev to the Northern section?^whtch, whilst it fatten* on her spoil, loudly threatens to use Its wealth and powfer to ?le j ;nt(!t and to crush U -' Instead of running after phsatoms, let | it tuk itself whether Abolition ootuiuuni,iv i should ho permitted to huvo a voice , n the government of elnveholding coin- j minifies? Let it determine for itself th t j xditicul problem. And further, let it unite with us to ' ippealitig to its own political mother, to t he Old Dominion, to join with us in ' Iriviug out of our Union tho hireling 5tutcs. With Virginia as our loader, and Mason ?nd Dixon's line as out Northern frontier, he South onn easily achieve ber iodrpen lonce, vindicate her honor, and establish tor agriculture and cnutiucroo upon a i olid and permanent basis. J. I. M. ! - Near Cloorgetuiwn, 9spt. 8,1850. THE RICHMOND DESPATCH. Tbc T>?\ipatcb fears that the blood of j 71 is vas'iy diluted, because we consent : odeul villi our enemies. But I would, kith ull deference, ask tbo Dospatoh, if, 0 permit our enemies to control our t lolitica! destinies, bo not s strongor evioncoofthin blood than trading with them. ?liut tlicy almost monopolise our trade, * tbo fault, of tbo thick blooded men who lourished between '74 and '87. It it the latural consequence of uniting under such system of Qovernnitnt, two comtnuni its so essentiully dilFcrinp; in pursuits, in UtiMCtcr and sentiment, ns the Southern nd Northern people.'?The inof-t sagacious tinu of tho South partly foresaw this naequence, us necessarily resulting- from ho politic * organizations, which was, ! n a meat tv, forced upon them by tho I feebleness of the "ewly enfranchised States. J But it is not a question of thick or thin ' ilood, nor i" it a question of commerce; by the Virginia and Car 1 nu farmer and i rlaoter must *ell bis crop, whatever politi- i at arrangements prevail. If he continues odeal id,uost exclusively with bin enemies, 1 is his own fault. It is union with the s'orth that mnkos its p?.ojle our enemies )rivo theui out to-morrow, and they will ; >e oar bo it fricuds.?That which is vitai | a us, they now regard with abhorrence, itid absurdly think that thoy ure responsi. >lo for. Take them at their word? I, olease thcua froui their rcsixjnstbility? Irive them out or^ur Union; and by this ipplication of a little ifoo'riio/ence, you win J heir hoaus. It is not their commerce hat buns us, it is the compulsory profeenee which in granted them by the infortunaie terms of our union with tbein. iVlieu wo drive thoiu out of our Union, liey will be to us as ure the English, the Crouch, or any other people who may seek lommeroial iouircourso with us?enemies ? ?2?, in peace fricads. At present, hey are enemies at all times Enemies, iho tittle denounced war upon us for hirty-fire years, and who, from our un- [ bituuate political connection with them, inder the seeming pe ice, have practised he secret miue'and deadly sap of sectional egislation, mure ruinous to us than all he devilish engines of open war. The despatch must know, etcry Pouhern man Nariar kiirjw^ tl?ei if he clings o *li!t Using he ssust it ?:?>;? tmrrr. ioiuusttake it with enforced oorumeiial iutercourso with the North on its own ; jruia; he must uoosoitt tn Now York bang the commercial capital, and all other owns mere villages or suburbs of New Lurk.?He must not dreuu of Baltimore >r Charleston as great commercial centres. t is permitted, to u* who hope to Ve the lay when the united Sooth, rising in its night, shell drive out the Xortb, to inlulge the cheering vision of c> prosperous griaultorc, nurtured nod iuvi^orated by u oufrauobived omuoierco, dispensing its ! K?untica nod It* blessings, end giving life, nd hoper end proeperityf^W Baltimore, Charleston, Savannah, Mobile, and New )rleaas. , And it is permitted to us, too, u antidpate the ble ecd time of peeoe ritU tbo Ifortb-^the time of peace aed rood will restored hy driving tbem out?he time when the North shall be relented rotu ite sclf-iniieted tuiaery of renpunsi- ' >i!ity for our slavery; and the South self-1 loverncj, and with <tn unebeekled co?t?-J m?vce, p.iyii?g tribute to none, fhali be ati iberty to:t4Pder peace to ah the World, ir to pruvide lor war if need be. This ia I he beatific vision rpuchftnfeil to iu who mrc , faith,?faith io the prjneiplct of Inglo-Nurman nature?faith io tbe mffi ieut thickueae of An^fo-Norma o blood,. a pn*?pt4ta poaaawitaf to do thai which >ia intere* sad honor retire at hie hattdb tl tnj when our South-Jin peupia shall be fc*t:bt to realipc theJc. Aotud oopdiUen,; ben shall our vbioe bo- bodied for?h. ror that people ia ftot fr*ti?edvno >ub?er- j imojr.; Thayii**e 90me idea of right* ] *4 dutiea. Thoy led that they are a j] ootMiartt mow, and knryw that mIf-govern-; rfut U their birthright. | Ui as act,, fyest,-preeeet Alw iwuea i* our. people *Wt ceweeaeUey tfonhem llU'itiitUwl kw ithik Air.ntf ik?Mt nt ??-! f/ " TJ" %r* "vw ritcrcout-M. ??$*? cisrtino th* riuon of dowtnauoo, 6$ tfcc abtfcut dcri.n* of pohtun* togtc You . . . - ^ : v i in ^ ^ ^ "? 4 ' i ? , "hC* * - .-v ?V - r**,'.H W;^.;^ '.. % * *s' ' .^ . Xllil i....j1 - i .1 - J ujj ,Thi-? wo moat strive fiirj peaoeably by the \7' concerted action of the fifteen Southern States an?l the sistaen Nouhoro one*, on on the principle of uti ptyui'kti-*---*aoh sec- th tion keeping what it has. And, as to the yr public debt, let each aeetion agree to pay t* half of 4'' sh The fifteen Southern States '7?11 meet ?h in Con voution at their Capitol, Washing- f?? too, to agree upon a Coaatitution lor the Jthu Southern Coufederacy, with the great dii advantage of being, in. a great measure, do * homogenons people, whose leading pur- ah soit h agriculture. Taught by the steru he losson* of experience, thoy will avoid some errors, and anpply some omissions, in the present organic law. The question of ^ front!or oan constitute no difficulty} our tu sisters Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, **' Missouri and Kansas, nro now frontier Mr communities, and under much worse ; thf oi reams tan cos than thoy will be, whon uj we hare disconnected ourselves from tho us. North. The North is now hostile. It cip will thjn bo. pacific Its iotorest will AI compel it to be iso, and there will not be *er any soutimcnt inclining it to be otherwise, the The English arc anti-slavery, but they are , his not our enemies.?Our gallant old allies, W1 lbs French, are antl-slavory, but they bold us not in hato. And so the Northern re* people, when we release '.hem from their mo responsibility?relieve them from tliiir fl<x complicity. (which is oar duty.) will en-i ou! v. . tvrtutii a variety of sentiment* and <>p!n* hi? ions about ua, bat these will be more ab- an sUueUuns.-?They will eeaso to meditate r*i our ruin. They will forego the suggestion of of assassination?of midnight lourdor, and j bu indieorinunato slaughter. They will learn ' cbi to regard ?i.i with n more Oristain ppirit. ' firi J. I. M. Mm t - - Li I get ?| Ijcralb. | FtUiih'i, SEPTEKRER 2G, iSb6. _ _ _ _ R.' THE PROSPECT. j There may bo some, but ?ssr?ainly a very I - 11 i t. l . i i utn 3rumi uuinurr, wuu ii.ipiug ngainsi nope, en-| " tertain the idea, that at frimo time yet in the , dim and distant future, the Northern, people {r" will ceatc from tho agitation of the 8l*verj question,?that a "returning sense of justice" un will orercome the sickly aeiuimenUilitT which ,n' pervades the masses,?nud t>at tho lore of cri the Union will predominate over the U>v? of ^or factionLet those believe this who will, we cannot 4jr see the evidonces of such it-formation, nor encourage tho hope of so happy an issue to m exulting troubles. Agitation is the life of ^ fanaticism, and as long as Southern iostilu- . tioos exist, so Ibng will this fanaticism of np the North flourish and increase. Negroc ^ Slavery roost he abolished before this uro- ^ turning sense of juiUwe** will be visible. The 1 ^ Ethiopian infest change his skin before this ot) sentimentality is destroyed. Tho North ia s/soaj/s in ea-nest There can M( be no donbt of that And now moro in earn- ^ estthsn ever to accomplish the subjugation of tha Sooth. It is in earnest in its efforts tn *n>lA.)i 7<* tlffl srMu n mi Vilanlr ww?aa k ? ?- ?*? "J ur.ug- ! ^ ing the former down to the Intel of the letter, | ^ find it is thorough!/ ia rwucM id lis wvrk of | ^ disorganising sociuty and establishing a reign or Vitmch and German tmcscsu dunlalism. toi Does the rapid increase of the Black Re- )p( publican party tor the past fonr years, its sac- | M1 cesses in the lost session of Congress-, its bold (*Q and defiant course in the Territory of Kansas,! <nft its prospects of securing the next Presidency, L,r do all throe, or sny, or either of them, Sugar the approach of that "returning sense of justioe, 'and those better days for the Republic ^ which some hopeful Southerners so anxiously ^ expect? ,'i l)o their teeming presses which send oat jy into the world and into our very negro ijaar- 6V tern, the vilest tracts, and the naost disgusting ' story books, defaming our character as a peo- flQ pie, and tending to excite insurrections in cir midst, prose that they are becoming weary ^ of agitation ? Does any iking wkattvtr exist, ^ to. show us that ' they are disposed to 1st ns a alone and to cultivate better relations with as? If so, icAef is it? Wkert will w? be able te . find it? ^ Alas for as, this sgitation itproftlabl* to jn thenr Money loving Yankee* do pot bug a fo1 flfW UMltinmnt <A ?A ?tii. i - , ~.J ...... ./WI.M. g The almighty dollar has much to do with the jJJ moving apriii^s of their affections. Fortune# ^ nro won, vh! mine* Of wealth rich m Maripoea ^ tri yev \a ?toc? for abolition agitators. A strsiim'Jtt docs rtvj well a* the "open MMMiae" ^ in their months, to work their war to the ap longed tor trcasows- And thi# explain* too the cause of seek tore of the Union (no metier ; jn bn.wt o# Union) the/ to dnv^tly profeesj | ^ for if the Union he diea^tved nil profitable ^ agitation mast wea , h, flo wood or then the Union <u ii it, i# their hL "Great Diane" end no wonder the j agitata, and will agitato. forever. Lite* Deraaftrms the * SpbMiwe til **?# with who made eilver Hhrtnes fur Diane, they would reply to those who nrgc to them to oeaao from tfcstr work, or bint to them tie the possibility ^d^enioa. "Siisye, know u im#? 1?/ thU eeeA we hav -j dnr wtAlth, end not 4* o*tf th?* one ctnft is th danjfer to be set at A. a t.?.l _V?. . ih - A ? . _ ^ " K ' MR. tflLJLMOftR AND HIS PARTY. Tk*j time for tb? Presidential elestion dcewi i ap?c<;. Opposing parti?*?re #n*sheltift| eir forces for the fir*t (and peihapa^te Us oat bailie between North and South?-be ?en faaaticisrn and the Constitution. Thi adows of momentous e*Wt? which are t< aire this Republic to its centre arc crowd! n; it upon each other, and it is time, high time St in the South as-leaat, there should be n< rision of sentiment. Her citirens have i ty to perform, and though it should appear noat hopeless to struggle longer again* r foe.*, it still rwtttains a Jvty. Ft in generally conceded that our only hop* safety in the Union, is in the success ofth< unocracy, and that it is the part of patrio in to p.tservn the Union if it can be don< ihout tha sacrifice of constitutional rights - Ruchanan and the Democracy hare raise* > flag of lb? Constituting and offer to abiel* from the danger* which mr<; pressing upor Fremont and his motley gang of nnprin tied agitators, hoist the black banner r> aditionisnt and the "higher law," and threa i the destruction of our dearest rights. Ir > impending conflict eveiy man must taki i position. Then' can be no middle ground here annul Millard Fillmore and his psrtv' As the serried rank* of both armies pass ir fiow before us, we look in rain for the Fill sting banners, there nre none that poin t to us the jrrft.jt Know Nothing Captain anc i fcquad. Whi'- * wevor thesegriiod artniei * pouring their at vollies into eachothen tka, way off in the "*u:e as tho *mok< the hattle floats way tay see a sraal nJ of armed men nmuaiu .hemselvea witl ildish gleo wasting their mmnnition, it ing iit.an insensible target. "hero is Mil \1 Fillmore doing bat'le for hi 'titry. Do his friends at the Sooth intend itant of as indifferent spectators of a stni"j>l? lich may he for all time to come, deciaivi their position under this government? D< >y mean to relinquish forever, withnnt i igle effort tho only principles which givi the government its title to true He biicanism ? Are they resolved to sacrifice i Constitution, and abandon Southern insti ions to the cruel mercies of the Blacl ipublimn host merely for the sake o lying the flattering unution to their sonls' it they have "always and under all circura .tires voted for a Whit?* Wo might have had some faith in the pa ntistn of Mr. Fillmore, were it not for hi; ibborn resolution of remaining in the field der the circumstances hy which we arc rrounded. Wo could hove given him th? >dit of eaerit?ciug ^aonal ease and com t to the call of his friends, in coming befor* s people as a Candidate again, wore it no VHC arm urjn-ni DmjWtllJ lor Itllior ione the friends of the consultation. Hu certainly cannot (hit to see that at thii >menthis obstinate persistence is causing risions which if not soon heeled inay worl eracdinble mischief. He knows (or if he doei t, he is not the man of so great sagacity iftiends would hate ns l?elicve hint to bo kt he cannot possibly be el?cterfi snl thtt is only detracting from the strength of \h< ter parties. In tho South he cannot expect to carrj yrt than three State*, if eo many, and ye ssc three may caaae the defeat of Mr. Bucha n. Why does he remain in the field 7 Can it. be possible that, returning to hi* rat tora" tv? is deluding his party in tin uth. in ordar tok*?pth?m oat of the rack) the Democracy (wuoi^ < a time iikt* this aj would natural iy go) in order tOSCtVirt ? election of Flremont 7 His conduct cer nly requires explanation. Without the ist hope of his own election be must hav< me other inducement to occupy the poei n he does. So man will willingly run th< zxrd of carrificiog himself except for somi eat end. What is his 7 Now whether he shall withdrew from th< Id or not, it beccoaos those of this party a ? Sooth to array themselves qd the side o sir section and do battle for the comraoi nse, let the r'andard bearer be who be may they will not believe ut when we say thai try vote cast for Mr- Fillmor* hore will tel amei the South, they may yet admit the ch voles can possibly bo of no avail for he; that, in other words they are (krotm atoojf e bev?- aot such strength that we can effort }hrow away any of it, nor are we in ?uct pt siuonu to utxhonzo neutrality. But Mr. F HI more repreaeMtotbe Kno? Nnth < party! Thin doe* not eotnmead his U ttiharn tupport, nor will it juttit'y bin friend) overlooking the only turominont uMmes be re the country. Tb&t ia nothing more that hUnga jbariow, ffhile there it A real, tangl i, fleth ond blood anerar at the door. Then no earth If neoeaettv for' Know Nothing* u Wr .ling on tbwif armor had girding award on jhcic Ui-ghx Car nobody U mticmg Ihem ?* pr'paratioha for battle whiah they net r?md thatab in ^nitr a different can** am! r a more oontiderab!* foe. The r-uatre ii rotved ta ne'K-tiojuil controrefty frblch mur ?etUedwh<*th<*r be trill or no, aud theot it or qoesUotta hra boeotaiar more and mow rifaificaat. IM wuj.H&hbora a?*n takJ COL C. W DCDLKY. It wftt'ba raao that Col LuJIst has thnprrnMling aeutftoant that uU U ImpoU at thu time to oaoUwt d?a Mat of an ioftnm at" and withdrawn from tim ield M a?aaJi K;for 0?ftoaa. For both hiiaraif Mxi ?a. MeQac*n w* ha*? alwajr had the Wu (4 peowaal fet'ir.gi. and m fUtri to 4* i? 'lfW^-!' aotat ahttt clifeM,t?t w am mora r**** * a that re aMjt# to lata mi ft**** ^ m?I jjuokm; tcdlvi'le oar Vv'"> ELECTION KERNQ. rr. S f 8 An the elections in thj| State are drawing I t u?ar,ir.d 'hecandidate* a/e gjrding themselves j ) i fur the canvass, we foel inclined U' give our "" ! view* unasked, and unheeded :? tfcpy be, J * as to the manner in which.'Ft should be eon- i * ducted* * We believe, indeed we feel confid"nt, that ' the moral feeling of the people is insulted by, 3 and their good reuse will revolt at, the mode 1 some Men adopt 10 pw.t.i themselves into office, * and that any species of bribery, whether by j 1 uioncy or whiskey, or any kind of trickery and deception will o|*r*te to the injury of thoso , who practice it, as well as to the community , which pormiu it. Wc know that there xre I those who contend thai treating is absolutely " necessary to the suceosa of u candidate, but ; we are satisfied that a bettor, aounder, purer, ' state of morals exists among tho people as a * mass, which will and must condemn such a 1 course whenever the issue \a fairly made. But pur idraof the truly derent . and honed mode of conducting a concuss is simply tlii.s; ?that the Candidate should rely n|x>n his fitness for the post he seeks and- the virtue j and rapacity of the people to . judge and act! I j correctly,?thiit he should take a decided j position opon those question", com i.eted with ' the office he socks and opon every suit utile j occasion inform the voters fully unreservedly and unequivocally of his opinions, without ro1 ? i .. -1 i . ., .. ... I I I H?ru w wiietncr ?nev may or may not coincide | with those of the crowd he inay l><; address ing,?that he should also never debase himself by pandering to the passions or prejudice* j of men or communities, and at all times boldly combat Against error and sot his laco , like a Hint against vice and corruption,? I end that he should refrain from the pe rsonal ^abuse ofhia opponent, if hecaunct give him i credit for traits of character which deserve j commendation. For such a oandjdate, i'"ho j bo suited ?o the office He socks by capacities , to exercise it faithfully and discreefly.it seems 1 to ns it would V* a plcaruro to 'oto, while to himself defeat roulj possibly bring no serious regrets inasmuch as ho could bow in real submission to the flat of the people. But for a character the opposite of this.? a vacillating Weather-Cock kind of antoma ton candidate, who is all tilings to all men, who fashions his political creed so as to leave h way of escape from any positiou he may assume, who snuffs the wind of popular opinion I bclbrc he can venture to have an idea of his 1 1 own, and who deals in slander nnd atoons tn 1 r - Tut. r r' r court popularity by commending ice ami , defaming virtue,?for Mich an one. we cannot ' , see how decent men ran vote. Suppose him | to lie elected,?all parties claim him and he ' can serve wr>?w,?his hands arc lied if" he ever | ( desires to do right, and his place it rendered j ( unprofitable to his constituents, and intnlern- j ( bio to himself, until at last bv, betraying the J ( interests of all he is hurled out of it and . consigned to deserved iufatnr. f r He who will humble hinMelf thus far for l office will humble his constituents still more- | ) TflK CIRCUS. t ) Boys S the Chca* is voming ami you wiil nil , J ha< a chance to "see the elephant." We I hope that yoa will all enjoy it. We have not over onr attacks of Circus'fever we used t to have whenever uite would arrive. We could stand all day and see the tent going up by degrees, with - " popped ?vee and bands in ( pocket," until pome unwelcome aunt Juba , would lead off nor gave ua a chance to I "Cast dm r longing, lingering k>ok behind;", , thcTi, mflit thv Cirvua bm departed, every boy j , bad a stick horse, and colored mrsr. and m"? ' were in groat rcquiaition, and than the feats, < , 1 " lumaisr itu," funny thing* the Clown aaid j were the daily routine. Webster and Murray . were forgotten until our ring master would re> , rr.iud ua that we went to achool to study and . j I not to play Ctrcua. If we would try to atudy I I Ra ker we could not get any further than pony, ! s for all the poniea of the Circaa would spring ( > up before oar eyas, and then Pony, 8bady, I P Lady, Raker and all would run around the ring until the .rery unpleasant nod nuiooked for biroh would drive them " mind pirture* " | : Boy a I go to the Cirena, bat don't break your I neck* trying to do what the Vaudean brother* r i v ' - r<> l MR. BATON'S SCHOOL x'\ The lie*. Oeor.^e H. Baton has formed a claaa for instruct ion Jo writing, which ia making extra >rdina*y program. They are .generally 4 little boy* aod girl* from ten to thirteen or t fourteen year* of age, aome of whom knew nothing kt *11 of the art of panmansbtp before, ( but an aow, after two or throe days faithful ia*Uuct*>u, (puts expert. We have ?-*n some , of hi* specimens of pointing, drawing ami wax t work,' ami are surprised that the young ladies | who profits* always, to be to' very food of these ' things, do not manifest their passion 6>r tbam , by learning to paint, (not their face*,) draw I and make the flower* and fruit which ornament. * their parlOra I' we supposed it possible that t in twelve lessons and at an espenditose of J , ft ft sen dollars em could learn to imitate nature j , in these arts as faitbfaily as Mr. Raton does, , wa would be apt to undertake i?THE QUAHTRRL? LAW JOUilNAL We find opnu our table this nook, the led 1 N<fc, Vfd. 1st ol this joernal-.published'ia . RiobasoiU, Va, rod edited by A. B. Chtifon. ' From the hasty nomination wa haW been j able to ftiv* B, show* pronouns* U mjoal t^Vwaoy piifdieauoa of the kind In our oonntry, - and a valuable accession to the Kumripo of our, tp&0}mr*. The eon ten ta of this Ho. srs * f bo , law of li mitation?? KorthOarotthth Nottamf OUR TOWN. Th? buty season has commenced in out Uj&rn.-vCoUou ia coming in qwi;e briskly, "id bajrers.tire paying out quite as briskly, for ? naferfjatR to our " prio *a Cummt " it will be seeiaWiut the usnnl report of' only half a crop' . baa some weight in it this season, for Cotton has pitched its tune on quite a high key.? Merchants are receiving their Fall Stock, uud judging frrmrrbe number of1?ox*r, barrels, Ac., that yhe Rati Road lias delivered, ?hey most have bought heavy' stocks. Of*' < reliant# arc, and have always been, celebrated for their taate in selecting their Goods. Every person is busy Merchants : Meuhftntcs and profession' ill men, working morily froin day to day; all, except the Doctors, they huv^to ride Out to' take exercise. Though they looked so bnj.py during the freshet it has not proved sickly.? Wo nre happy to say our tovrn is free from eicknoss, moucy and corn. 1 o J. I'/.AUD MIDDLKTON*. The article which w? copy from the " Mercury " under the caption of "The Frue Remedy " is no douht from the able pen of this talented and ilerlmg son of South C trolinn, whose name itself recall* come of the prtmdcst associatione of her past history. W' hope, some day, to see him occupying a positi on in which hia talents, patriotism and sound Southern feelings may have a broader Held for ih?ir exercise, aud produce a richer harvest (or his country than in his proaout distingui. bed, nut restricted sphere, Such men are jewels f which any mother njay well be proud. The u Rumody " proposed strikes at the root of the evil. 'Tie exactly thai which the ores" of South Carolina, with the u Mercury " at i.i head, advocated in IfJiO, and which, jii l-rth?* same gallant lead, the independent portion of it will still advocate. JAPAN PEA. Mr. John Ellis, of this district, has shown us a specimen of the Japan Pt a, which wu: raised hy himself from seed sent hit h ,n< Irv*hdl, N. C* The specimen we taw consisted of 483 pods upon one stalk, n.ost of the pods containing three pea*. The Mailt ii very much like that ol the Cotton plant and tern r~.~- .u- ?r ..r-i - - urc lanav* ?n iu? ?:arcn ro me. lop fll t!n talk, which attain* n growth ofabout 3C inches. Mr. Ellis, say* that it has throo leaves broader than the common pen, at the ton of each branch, and n small white idnom. Me planted in drills 17 inches np??rt. If this pe v turns out to he :?ood for food, and we can see no reason why it should not, it will superseded the old fashioned life preservers, Ac,, and corn pletely Will oft the Oregon humbug. Mr. Ellis will give it a fair trial, as he now has seed enough for that purpose. THE WEATHER, Ac,, Ac. The weather has been very warm since our last issnc, hut on Surday afternoon, (21st,) hail fell in great quantities in some part* of oar'District, and since that time tl,c weather Lts placed h'-rkt?; and evircccf". it z mium. The cold days, together with the buy appearance of oor streets, has given to ? <i town quia; a wintry appearance. ? -o "RETUKNINO 8ENSE." We copy from the " Camliua Times," published at Columbia, an article under the above head. We agree heartily with it, and I. that it ma* have its due effect. We have * noticed several papers in our midst, who, since disunion is apparent, cringe before the coming fate of this Unl-?n of States. 1 o " 1 f IRK. There was a fire in this place on Wednesday night, evidently the work of an incendiary.? The only building burnt was a Mack-smith ahop, which has not been occupied for several months. ;f FR0Q8T. On Wedncaday and Thursday morninpi we hear of considerable froit iu thia locality, and we hav? understood that me ni seen on Wednaaday. aiaia8a?aa^A7 a? a a F?r the Ae Dte Htrttld. * TO THE VOTERS OP THE FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT I have just returned from a visit to each of jour Diatricta. and having aaoertained the prevailing tenement to tv , "that tho prevent orit*a in political affair*, renders* it itnpolitio, to oonteel the Mat of an in. cuinbeiit." I bare concluded to deter to that Mentituent, aivi withdrew ??> name from the canvas*. To the utmy friends who have kindly given uie ? word of tuoDanttiimeiit on tie *ny, 1 rot urn niy UHwt nincere chankn. end ?h>ll ever reiuerubcr with the liveliest gratitede, the interest they h?ve manu feuted in my behalf. o I ha*e the honor to be, . Very respectfully, . Yomr obedient Movant 0. W. DUDLBV. BcpnetUvilia, S. C., Sept. 82, 18W. . ' it ???ai? I. ? P8r the Pee Dee Herald. v PUBLIC. MEETINGA number of our eitixena aaaembled at the Town Hall oa Monday evening to take into Censidenaioh the proffering of a public diaeer u> the Ben. Presfoa 8. Dhwka.; V,n I. W. L. T. Priaee wae called to |Ve Chair, and J. R. Malky ra^uM^d te act aa.SecrcUT,. Oa motion of iinnry M,Xver, Keq., l? wae ' ''.'i .ii Li.. < .S' k ;u? iipi g, lumkumtmninm nr? oe %\ poiptod to wwr^potrfwhk Col. Brook* ** z&nxxtz. ??d 4>. B. JfeAntW&U Coaw 1 iii'cthk* .. .