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THE iKDEi'ENI)KNT_ IMtKSS ABBKVIIJJS. B. O. W. A. LEE, EDITOR. * Friday Mori;inSeptember 7,1860. I'or iho waul of space we wcic tumble to publish .liojre^ponses of nil l!ic onti'lidntcu last week. notary public. Jamks D. Nasok. Esq., lias been appointed TCotnry Public for NcwLcrry, by his Excellency (jo v. Gist. _ _ new cotton. Kifi'it bales of new cotton from the plnntn1 ion of Tnos. C. rEKiu.v, Esq. wore purchased on Monday last, by Sir. Joux McI5nvi>K, at lOicts. TEXAS ELECTION. Reports, so far received, indicate that (he Deiiioernlic party has triutupheil in Texas by n large majority. The Stat*: If it'll ta party has met with signal and complete eueecss in every county* heaid from. ^ YELLOW TEVER IN CHARLESTON. "We regret to learn from the J/<rcttry and the Cottrii r thut a few east;# of yellow fever have occurred in the city of Charleston. The JArcur;/ indicates that as yet there is hope that it may nut assumed violent epidemic type. THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH. The comer-stone of the principal liuildin^of the University of the South, wi'l he Jaid, with appropriate ceremonies at University Place, I'rai.klin ccui ty, Tenit., on the 10th of Octo bcr. NAPOLEON'S SAGACITY. T.ouis Napolron, with his usual tact, has nntiei]'aUd seareity by opening the ports of lYanee to grain free of Jut}', that he may ensure to his people cheap bread as long as possible. Tl lis fnct was telegraphed to the Arabia at Qticuislown harbor. JUDGE TANEY FOR PP.ESIDENT. A corre.-poridi-nt, writing to the New York . IhruUl frotu Leonard town, St. Mary's county, j Maryland, under date _of August 9, lSuO. recommends the withdrawal, tolli ??f Dreekinridge and Douglas, Democratic candidates for the Presidency. and ttij substitution of Iloger 3?. Taney, Chief Justice of ihe Supreme Court I i:i their stead. FOR TOWN COUNCIL. Mr. F.mroi;: I'lmse announce the following ticket, at the ensuing election for Town Coun tn, iu oe nc 10 on ^Monday, the 10th inst: InfenJnnL?D. F. JONES. "Wardens?JAMES S. COTHRAN, JOSEPH T. MOOItE, JOHN EX HI GUT, EDWARD WEST FIELD. NEW AMERICAN*CYCLOPEPJEDIA. "We indebted to Messrs. Branch ?fc I'ahkeu | for tlie 10th volume of this valuable work, } which well sustains the high character of the i preceding volumes. It is to be completed in J ii I icon volumes, and will form a library iu . itself; whilst its low price places it within the ! rcaeli of all. It is truly on American work, and free from nil ECCtionuIi?m, and some of the ; most Tnluable articles have been contributed by Southern writers. JAS. O. GIBBES & CO. Mr. Joiix McDiivnn, the airent, desires us to call attention to the superior nssoitment of 1 Plains and Ojnabnrg*, which he is now receiv- I ing from llie \yell known Columbia Mills, and | whioh he will fell at the manufacturers' prices, | with freight added. Ilia woolen stiipcd Plains for men and women, ami his white and striped Osnaburgs, arc superior to llie Northern fabrics, and are very highly commendcd by all who have usdd them. The Messra. Gibbes are liberal purchasers of our great staples and their skill and enterprise merits general patronage. Call at the Post utiice. ? THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN IN NEW YOBK. The controlling influence which the vote of New York will exert upon tlte result of the next Presidential election renders tbe condition of parties in tlint Stale, and the progress of the Campaign, a subject of absorbing interest throngliout the Union. A union of nil the elements of Opposition to Lincoln in that State will probably secure hie defuat, and it seems I-*- * . win mitt nuvices, that there ia uo^ longer a doubt, but that the Brcckinri)J^^ Doug'.ns, and Bell men will unite up(in a single electoral ticket. The Douglas State Committee have taken a decisive stop towards securing the co-operation of the Breckinridge men bytlws appointment of a subcommittee to confer with other political organizations, and bring about the desired union. Of this Committee, Benj. "Wood, on active New York politician, is chair mnn, and it is likely that the. union will be effected by the appointment of ten Breckinv ridge men upon the joint electoral ticket The ' Union pnrty have the money and votes, and, bv DWiner iwli?? * * _ 4 ? ic oii|)|)useu can easily cnrry the State. According to the New York Herald, the Opposition to Lincoln is becoming more powerful every day, the vote will be ut>precedentcdly large, nnd the Republicans will be beaten.? Should the whole vote of the StAte, reach pix or seven hundred thousand, at nM?t two thirds will be given in Opposition to Lincoln, nnd his defect will be inevitable., The Douglas men themselves claim that tbey are able to defeat xiincoin without the Bell, Everett, or Breckinridge vole. The Union in New Youk seoms to be producing its effect in other States, ami reliable men in Pennsylvania ?nd New Jersey affirm that those States are sure against Lincoln, if New York presents a single tfeotoral ticket against him, though it should fait in New York. Tribute of Respect. Bakk or ctuiumton, S. C., ) August 28, 1860. J At a meeting of the Board ^of the Bfcok of .Charleston, S. C., beld this day, lh?; President communicated to the (nwubera present the melancholy tidings of the death of Mf. JAMES a. x>uivii^ winch occurred at Aikan, yasterdiy. Whereupon the following resolatloba were unanimously ad op tod! > , Rttolved. That this Board, with whom/Mr.! Bowik has been nrsoeiated (or thirteen year*, have heard with deep regret of hi* decease? for they valued him, not only as a sound and i iudioiotra counsellor, upon whose prictieai judgment and experience they con Id always safely rely, but as a friend and aasoelate, - enUearod to them by his gentle and courteous bearing; ttnd^r all circumstance#, irftd oh all oocaeions. j ,. . lietoived, That as * tribble of reapoat to his ? memory, thisBosrd frill a(teod th* Funeral of Jfrv JBowre, *t th* Central Church, Tula A?f*? kooK, at Four o'clock; and that a eopy of these ' feaoltriio ns be transmit <hw??n?K KU I to thie mmb?r? of Jilt fcmi'ly/aqa.be pub- j of .tbl? oily.JSd in * ,1 Abbeville Jlannrr nud Prets. J. CHEE3B0R0U0H, CubWr.' j i COilMUHlCATKD. 'Xo the Voters of Abbeville District. Acknowledging your right to kuow tl.e opiuions of ihog'! who seek to represent you in the Legislature, upon nil questions, whether they pertniu to Federal or State polities, I proceed to answer the interrogatories, propounded by the citizens oT Greenwood, in ns brief a ninniicr ns the importaucc of tho subject will admit. 1st. I am in favor of the election of Breckinridge and Lane, and will if elected cast my vote for them. They are the candidates of the only party now before the people of Uto United States, who are willing to sustain nnflWceep up this government upon soui'd constitutional prin cipies. The other parties arc entirely sectional in their charactcr, or entertain principles antagonistic to therightn an<l institutionsof theSouthcrn States. ] regard the election of Douglas or Hell as entirely out of tlio question. in the election before the people next November.? ! The one represents a doctrine (Squatter Sover eignty) which is just as dangerous in its practical results to the institutions of the South, os the "Wilmot Proviso," r Mie "Irrepressible j Conflict" doctrine of Scwan;. The other, the I IJell liartv. rptiroaonl llw. "r wi. Native-Americanism, Mormon isit), Communism, I Millorien:, Abolitionism, nn<l hns n platform ! bronil tiiiouyli for this motl}" crew to stand on without the lcnst jostle. Hence '.lie slrugyle those two men are now making to be one of three candidates to go/bofore the House of Representative?, in ense there should bo a fail ...t on vivciiuii uy uic people, Jjook nt tlic deuiiigoguing lour of Douglas thVough the hotl.c.l States of Abolitionism. ll is with him, "lulc or ruiu." Ilis footsteps are now being turned South, with the solo purpose of disdi--lrneting and dividing tho Southern States. Will lie dure deliver the sentiments which he delivered in llnrtford and in Boston, to the slaveholders of the South ? No. Our people would soon eee the hideous deformity of the traitor, and he would be t>[>ued out of our bor.Wiitaii ? J- ? Jividwnuio JJ1II., i/'lUUX-ltK'', lie hna-ft'fuce for tlic North, one for the South, und one for the West, tuch in their turn will be vieiUid, oii*1 speeches mode to suit the views of each peculiar section. Let us thou without ft dissenting voice, which I um proud to see is the position of South Carolina, rally to the standard of Breckinridge and Lane. 2d. But say the interrogatories, c,In the the event of the election of a Black Republican to the Presidency, will you decide ut once for a Southern Confederacy, or will you submit 111 Iti? viiilm-iniio ? - " T ? - ? .......vug viv.uitiui.iuii> i uuiiesua- i tingly answer, that in the event of the'^taation of a Black Republican. I nm in favor of a i Southern Confederacy at all and every hazzard, ?nd for the following reason?: It is not the election of Ale Lincoln or nny other man that I would oppose ; but it is the placing in poirer, by the election of Lincoln, a parti/ which is purely arul entirely sectional in its political principles, i!s morale and religion, and which principles, morals and relierion. are nntnrm. , w - O J nistic to the principles, morula nud religion of the section of litis Union in which we live. I am not oppose J to the Union as establish- I ed by our forefathers ; that Union rtcognised i the Constitution which guarantees to each cit- I izen of the States of this Confederacy, the | right lo the uninotLXlcd use and enjoyment of liis ( property, not only in the State in which he lives, but tl?e right to carry his property into ( whatsoever Territory of these United States tin 1.U/.C TI.~ 1 .....J vuwijb. a iic ci uuiL'iit wiiicn sua- j tains these fundament;;) principles sustains the ( Constitution an J the Southern States. Under . its protection as administered by Jefferson, i Mudi?on, Monroe, Polk and Fierce, I am willing to live, and am willing to peril my all in its | defencc. This is the Union and the Govern- j mont the South lias nlwaya asked fur?'ess the \ should nrvcr take. But when it is the avowed j purpose of one scclion of these United Suites \ to transfer the administration of the Treasury, < rim V??,.r I..1 .... j, uuu vuuivmi ) mtu uje nanaa 01 a ( sectional dominant party, whose motto is, "death to slavery and slave owners," the people of the slaveholding States in ConvcnJ^on, ought to dissolve the compact, and form a Confederacy that will give equal protection to all alike. The question then arise*, and it is the only question that should claim (lie attention of the Southern States, and South Carolina in particular, is, What are the principles?the objects to !.? --.1 .1. ? ... ....in.nuo.!, UIIU me fmans lu DC useu I)}' j tiie,Blaek Republican parly ? Will the carry- j ing- out of their avowed principles endanger ? the right?, liberties and institutions of the ] slaveholding States t I answer unhesitatingly, < yc9; and adduce the following proof taken , from their authorised publications, and tmlorseji j hy their leading politicians, Lincoln, Hamlin, i Seward, Sumner, Greely, Giddinga, ?t Co. I j quote from the "Helper Book" oi* "Impending Crisis," p. 1J?5, the following, as containing the j true plan of their operations: "Inscribed on j our banners.'which -wp - ? -- V .. .?>* UUIVIU IU tlie g world, with a full on J fixed determination to . stand by it, or die by it, the following shall < govern ue in our warfare against the South : :v , "1st. Thorough organization of the non- ( slavcholding whites. No slav&tolder or iraf- \ ficker in humnn^cuh allowed another vote. I "2d. No co operation of slaveholders in pol-* 4 itics?no fellowship in religion?no patronage , of slaveholding merchants?no fees to Blave- j holding lawyers?no employment to slavehold- j ing physicians?no audience to slavcholding ? parsoiiB. '3d. Nd recognition of pro-slavery men except as ruffiians, outlaws and crimiuals?no subscription to pro-slavery papers. '4th. A tax of $C0 on every slaveholder for each and every negro in his poMcsiioo at tho present time, and to the 4th July, 1863*. An additioeal tax of $40 <>n every slave found in his possession after that time." "6th. Immediate'dfenth to slavery, if not immediate, an unquallified proscription to its advocate* during its existence." It goes on further to say,, iTIiis then is die outline ofour iclieme > for the abolition of slavery in the Southern J States. Let it bo acted upon with dae prompt- < itude, and as oertain as truth jt mightier than ' error, fifteen years will noUpla^se before every * foot of Territory from the Dele wara to the Rio f Gronde.w ill glitter with jewels of freedom." ] Again, on pnge~137 we find the following ?n> noanccment: "No opportunity for inflicting a ' qtortal wound in the side of slavery, shall be ? permitted ta pass us unimproved. Thna ter- 1 llftfalbgenderers of tKe South. v? have fully ] ?M/rapkly defined our position. We have 1 no tnoalfieetion to.propose, iM/empromise to < offer, nothing to retract, frown, tin, fret, ' (o*ui, prepare your weapons, strike, shoot, i f?ab,brit& on oivil war, this Union, I Bay, nunthilste the sofatr'System, do tlifa, do I What jKNuail!, *ir*, yon can neither foil nor in- | tr?out-purpoies are as firmly filed i si the of Heaven I * We hare determined ] to abolish 4**?ry, and *0 hflftRa t>oJ,abolfoh it t lr^%rhll Take this to beif'ta-uight with you, ? ibr% and let us know how yotifeeTto-morrow i J.& morning." 1 t>?V amen to llic Inst sentence; let j every Southerner ponder well upon it, and answer to his 05od and to liis country. In order tlint there should not be a shadow of doubt remniu u|?on the mindaof any Southerner as to what a re the avowed opinions of this party upon the subject of slavery, and upon j which they have sworn to net, I will quote : from their "Platform Book," prepared by one Lyxauder Spooner, of Boston, for the Presidential Campaign, as their guide and text book, I nud which has been endorsed by their leading : politicians from Lincoln, their standard bearer, j down to tli? r.innirn.l.. -V I __ vnoiu? m. \>iny. yi). I page 130 the following is their Constitutional j view of elavcry: "The Constitution of the | United States rccogniie that all men are born ' free, for it recognizes tliat natural birth in the 1 country give* citizenship, which of course, im- J plies freedom. Of course all burn since the 1 adoption of the Constitution have been born ! f ee." Again on page 131 : "dlnvwy is an ar- i bitrary institution throughout. It depends j from first to last upon arbitrary law. Natural j law gives it no aid, no ex' elision, no new appli ! cuiiuu miner ony circumstances whatever. | Unless, therefore, the letter of the law explicitly authorises the enslavement of the chihl, j the child is born free though the parent was j horn a slnve." Again: "No one will pretend i to alio v that there is, in any of the constitu- i lions of the slave States, any authority fer tna- i king slaves of the children of those who have j been previously hehl in slavery. If tlicro be, | I..I il... -.1 - r -i- - - - -1 .w ?ug ouwvaiiaui pinvery point it out. If there be none, then tlie laws of those States Hedaring that the children of slaves shall follow the condition of their mothers are uncontfilu tiuual and void." Comment on the foregoing is unnecespftry. It is ft plain and explicit declaration of their | opinions upon the constitutionality of slavery, j and endormd by the letters and speeches of the leading meu of the Black Republican party. But some tender conscienecs, or sickly B?:nti mcntaasts may say, this is the work and views of two men, Ili-lper and Spoouer. Let us hear j from the leading men of tlmt nnrfv?i!..? mnt. I who nre to shape ila course, utid control its action when in power. Very well, \vc will cull to ihe stand Abe Litreohi, their candidate for the Presidency; **Tliis Government," saj's Lin coin, ''cannot Inst n3 it now stands: It imtsl be all free, or all slave! W" ill any Northern man submit to its becoming all slflV'if I nnswer, fto! Let our watchword be 'all fiee.' " We will next call Mr. Hamlin, the candidate fur the Vice I'residcnc}-. In liis celebrated upeeeh on the Dred Scott decision lie says : "Tho main proposition upon which that decissiou rests, is this: That the Constitution'of the United States recognizes property iu slave.', and protects it as such, I detnj it. It neither recognizes slaves as property, nor does it pro- ) Lect slaves." Mr. Seward, tlie Aj.ix of the 1 party, say? in his "irrepressible conflict" speech, which lie delivered at Rochester iu 1808 : "That there was an 'irrc]>ressi>tle conflict' going on between the North and the South, which must end in universal freedom or universal shivery." Hear the coward Sumner in liis Inst speech which he has 1/ceu preparing j ever since the death of Brooks: "To prostrate j liiu ouuin, to umvc iojiiiern men to dm iike poisoned'rats, ao<l to cxpcll them frcin nil seals jf national power, is the (rue dorlritic.'' I ask in the name of common sense, is there *ny more proof wanted l.y cny sane man ns to what are tlie avowed purpose^ ol the Black Republican party. But, 633-9 the union ihrickcrs, we will wait forllie overt act. Time enough yet to talk about dissolving this Union, when Congress passes a law abolishing slavery in the Territories, or in the District of Columbia, or in the Forts and Arsenals of the slave States, or attempt to interdict the slave trade between tho slave States. You will never see these ovcrl^g0:put iuto law. The leaders of .he Black Republican parly are shrewd and ;uuning men. TH?y ktiow full well, that were hey to attempt such direct legisli\J.ion, the souiii wouiu oe aroused Horn her Blip in en ess >nd lethargy, and would to a man resist such issaulls tipon their property. No, this will :>ot be their ir.ode of attack. Tl\(j will first all us into false security, by an outward show >f protection to our propert3*,"?r?(l nn adhe cnce to the Constitution. Our fears being" piieted, they will then commence instilling .heir ineiduous poison by distributing the fSO.OOO.C&O of treasury liberally to our people n the wav of offifoa of. 1>>?nn ? ..! i _ -- ,--n ? ? ? ?i "J [Hitting men .of their own stamp into our Po9t Dflices, and on our Post Roads. The}' will mnt out q!1 tl^c men in our midst who liave 'tendarconscience#" upon tlio subject of slave j, and ply them with promises of office nnd position, until they yield themselves a willing nstruincnt in their hands to carry on the liellsh work in otir midst. Our people in this wny will become so fnmilarized with these small nets of aggression, that n a short time men in our will ?/* - - ?b'" "" ay it is not such a had government after all ?if othor States can stand it South Carolina >ught. A few more years men will be found, who have taken care in the mean time, to sell .heir negroes, and pocketed the pricp of the jlood ; to tulk about the right which a master ias to set his negroes free if he desires, and ,hnj, the law now prohibiting it, ought to be -epealed. In this way will be formed parties in every District and county of the slave lolding States, sustaining this dominant pnrty. Tliese small parties will increase under the uipicea and patronage of tho Black Republicans. until, District after District, county after ;ouuty falls into their power. They will so circumvent and surround slavery with.a cordon >f free States on our North and West; and with the Atlantic on otr W^ theOulf on >ur South, they will uiaha^ jMnffEOrf*''stink in jur nostrilU " To fare oifjl?piKmr wive?, ind our children from the lhflusnee of the insolent and rebellion*. ^ttegro, im oill be made to abolith tlavery mirttlvea.' Thr^ will hot coram It the overt act that sopne Up ion iien are waiting for. Not .tifey I But they will bring to bear tile whot^Krca and power >f die Government upon the South, in audi a way that abolition wijl be far preferable than > ;he attempt to bold the negro in slavery, with inch influences acting and inciting Inm to rn? line and murder. This, yon say, is impossible?it is au.orerwrought. picture of tha workings of the Govirnmenl in the hands of the Black Republicans. rt-l_ # * ft. MOMt ivr pruui i poiuc you to in? city of Be | Lodm?one o(_ the.largest cities on the bank* of 4ie liinimippi. and (be emporium of the State >f Missouri, whioh has a flafe population of 16,Ofo. Who would hav? thought, ten'.years ig<V*ye, five years ago, lf?at an avowed Black Republics* could be elected in thai Statist It las bten done withia the last five week*, ia the I lefeod of V". P. Blair, it, aad .a non nek)??. ? ind violent Abolition?t does aot live north of V daaon and Djqkson'a line. Let' me point you '{ o the present excited condition of Texas. Look' it the burning of her cities, 1o*nVvtUaiai'tM ] \ ionw;?ad the poiesaing and mnrdatiag 1k?r ^ - % men, women and children ilitU was coniemplotcd. Whose xviirk ia tliin ? It in the' irrepressible conflict" already commenced, before the parly is in power. If tliu A lioiilionisls can llius destroy our properly ami excite our people by merely sending their agents and money in i our inidvt, what can they not do when tliu Trcas- j j ury, the Navy, Army and Judicury will be made | | to subserve (heir purpose I I j But, 8hj*8 sonic of our "hopeful 'politician*," wo have friends in the middl of theso Bluck I Republicans, ami we ought to do all we can to strengthen and sustain them. I grant there are a fno constitutional men ol the Norlli; but let 1 me usk tho <iueetionp where are they f?are they j in any political position, which can enable them to correct public opinion of the Norih on the rubject of slavery??or can they arrest this cruMido against our domestic institutioiis ? Not | ?.ne can be found in place or j>nw:r. Tliey have long aii,no b-en recked upon Ilie ipiicksauds of Abolitionism. They nro now as powerless before this Abolition blast as straws before the whirlwind. It is in vain, then, to look to ihe?o friends of the North to bring bock the Abolitionists to u j j returning sense of justice to tho South. This idea of a returning sense on the part i of the North is supremely lediculous. Their j very nature, education, and feeling's forbid such an idea. They are taught around the fireside, at the Sabhartf schools and in the pulpit. that n. slai-1. n*vn..,. So - r I monsters ou earth. Willi such education, and j Hiicli feelings of hatred to the South as has been ' iustillcd into llieiu from their cradle up, how can any sane man of the South, ever hope lor a "returning sense of justice" 011 their part? "Can the Leopard change hisspols, or the Ktlii! opiaii his skin." You might as well attempt to change tlio opinions and infections of the people of the South upon the subject of slavery, ns to change the opinions of the Abolitionists. They have but "one idea," and that is possession of uas uovornmont ns a wrong by which tlicy intern! to accomplish their hellish work. The conflict, then, must conic sooner or later; there "is no power that can avert it, short of Omnipotence. It then becomes a grave question with the sl.ivchohling States, whether they will be better prepared to meet the issue next March, if conic it nuist? Or will the cotton States be more united, and stronger four years hcnco ? 1 am satisfied that there is more unanimity u w.v vijjui ouccuing aiaics upon this question of resistance to the aggression of tlie North, than there has been since the Revolution of 1770. The masses in these States arc thoroughly aroused,, and arc better prepared in mind and resources^ (frnect the crisis, than they ever have or ever will he. I, for one, am in favor ol' striking'thc blow, upon the election of a I Hack Republican to the Presidency. This blow I desire a>?ovc all things to be stricken by all the slave bedding States in concert. If not by all, then by the eight seceding States, with Alabama leading, Hut- if we cannot get the | cotton States to go with us on this vital quc3 ticn, before I will submit to a loss of property and political degradation, I, in "God's strength, will espouse tlic secession of South Carolina separate and tilciie." The contest is "slavery or no slavery," anil it is between the North and Soutlw It is one of ///?- or death to the political existence; of the slavehohliiig Suites. Then let every.man face the issue, and answer the question for himself, and not throw ofT the responsibility upon posterity I then am in favor of calling a Convention of the people of this State, iu the event of the election of a Black Republican ; that the people in their sovereign capacity may then and there consider "the infractions of the Constitution, and the mode and manner ui a*urcs?." 3rd. This brings nic to the next interrogatory which cays: "In case the formal onion and confederacy of two or inore Stales should prove impracticable, will you not espouse in God's strength the secession of South Carolina alone." I have already answered this question in connection with the second interrogatory ; but I introduce it ngain for the purpose of saying to my friends at Greenwood, that this is not the proper time for the discission of seperate State notion. (The members to be clectcd to the Lojrlslatulc : c\r, or at any tune hereafter, ennnot ' act upon ihat question. It is alone reserved i for thq^nction of the people of the State in Con- I ypntftX? The utmost that tlic Lcgislaturc-tfau "do to bring about such action, i* lo place the State in a position to act, and that is to call 11 convention of ihe people. This, as I have already said, I am in favor of doing in the event of the election of a Black Republican. The true position of South Carolina, in iuy hm.ible judgment, is contained in (lie following Resolutions which were unanimously adopted by both branches of the Legislature, in December, J t*o'J : "HesoUcJ, Tlml llio State of South Carolina still defers to Jicr Southern sisters, nevertheless rcBpccrfully announces lo them, that it is the deliberate judgcmAnt ot'thi* General Assembly, thai the shiveholding States Bliould immediately meet together to concert niea.sures of united action." This yas the declared position oif the &ute lust, winte,-, and I see nothing to change that position nfiw ; but every thing to encourage us in tit/erring yt to our Southern sisters. The succMiion movement inthc Charleston Convention or\ the part of cighjjf^tton Stutes is eig ?..v iiuuio-iriii uc nueu mo hour of trial comes. . '^Tho present juncture of our political relationswith our Southern feister*, demand, concert and tmiftd action. Tliey have a comuoii interest and common destiny with this State, and when tho dust and smoke of Douglas and Boll is cleared by tho election of Lincoln, they will then realize their.,true position; and beforo they will submit to Bluck Republican rulo. tliey will striko for a Southern Confederacy.. I then would exhaust ereiy means to secure, united action, and would prefer the gallant and noble Stato of Alabama, or any of our Southern sisters, taking the lead upon this question of resistance to Black Republican rule. Our State is united and prepared for the iESue, and all she ask a for, is a leader. Let us cultivate the spirit of harmony and union with our Southern sister*, and when that fail, then we can look to ourselves and to our God for deliverance. Lastly. With regard to free negroes, I Km in favor of their removal from the State, or being' reduced to slavery. Their present position is an anomalous one. I believe there sho?ild. i?e but two claqpes of persons in the slave States^? free whites and' afrlcan slave's. Any other condition of theuiegro in our midst, endangers i the peace and, happiness of ourselre* ana. of i our slave*.' % 1 v j; FOSTER MABWBALL: : , wi ie?? ! ' ? ^r ( : The Staunton (Va.),Convention diyenfcad ' electors to vote for.Douglss, if hji^S^be weeted;*" If he osnnot bAelectied, tTOo to* vote so ? as U> best Lincoln. As hssalreadv been stated 1 the Chariot tear rlla CoiVtntMi adoptad ? re- ) Slotion to (be astta effect, -except ?u bati t u t ing ' reck inrjdga for Jfeg^jaaea ghoiaa. ' *'A Soath?ra> PiwitaWVOoiMrantion *f)l 4e 1\ bei*st JIoily SprinRi, MUsiwippi, on l#fh fl K - " 8 ; # % ^ CaUMUNICATF.D. To tho Greenwocd Meeting. I find in the District papers of tit a 23d nud 24lh inst, the following interrogatories propounded to ilic candidates fur the L-gislaiure. My nbsence from homo lias prevented a reply in tlic following issue. ' 1st. Are you prepared to cast your vote for the nominees of the Itieliiiiorul and Uukimore Seceding Constitutional Convcnlioiih?" I answer " unequivocally in the affirmative." " 2d. In the event of the election of tho Black ! Republican eundideto to tho Presidency, will i you decide ut once lor a Southern Confederacy, or will you Mihmilto the vietorious domination ?'* l'or fifteen yenrs 1 have unceasingly apprehended that a dissolution of this Union was inevitable; that it was but a question of time.? Looking back to the past history of parties, the powenui growth and present strength of fanati cisui, and the present political divisions which distract the country. I can see no reason lo cucutirn<!0 a better hopo. In l}j."?l mill '52 wo were told tliut the grout National Dchioerucy would save the country? that through its instrumentality the North would ( ' he refoi tiled, and brought hack to const itutional principles?our equality recognized, ant) the Union saved. Wo wcro told then, that the Democratic party, North, was sound on the eubjecl of slavery?that the great body of North tun (iroji.c, outside of the Democratic f.uitv, was sound?tlmt it was but a few hair-bruinetl fanatics, cuinpog'mir tlio merest fraction of the North, lit at incited and kept up the limitation against our institutions. [low stands tint proof ill the sequel? In ]S.r>G, a lapse ol f.ittr years, Fremont polled a popular vote of 1,3-11,Til4,or 114 Mlectornl votes, ngninst a popular vote for Hu cIiuiciii of l,?oS,23*2, or 174 Electoral votes; the American cuii'litl.iie, Mr. Filmoro, jiollint; a |ioj>ulitr vole of SS-i,707, or an Electoral vote of 18. The r:ipi.l growlli of Abolitionism, as evinced 1?3* lliece facts, astounded the country when announced. and will enuhle us to calculate wiih wlial certainty their candidate in lr-CO?run iii; uuuer vasuy morn lavoralile circumstanced, including their constantly increasing strength? will rise into power. How con we cheek this rapid progress of fanaticism f What hope have \vc now of reforming the North, and bringing her to a sense of justice and the Constitution ? The Democratic parly, thai seemingly Inst hope, lias been split by the same agitation that has separated other organizations, political and religious, and must eventually sepaiate every organization of a nntioiirtl character. Tliv greater advocate of the Democratic party, Mr. Orr, who has probably done more than uuy other muu to influence the .State to adhere to lout party ns the political saviour of the South, now abandons it as impotent t.? effect any good, and announces himself in favor of u dissolution of the Union in the event of Lincoln's election, if three or more States will unite in the movement. The most conservative men of the country have now concluded tlmt there is no arresting the progress of Abolitionism in the'Union. Fanaticism ' ir-Wea ?- I' wavixmiuil. J lie Conflict" ia onward, Hie watchword is "irrepreasi hie," nml it licliouvt-s us to face the question. Rnl it. is said lliat (lit- legitimate election of the Chief Magistrate of the United States can give no cause for resistance. We do not propose to net the example of resisting a legitimate election. \Ye propose to resist u threatened hontilily. If Mr. Lincoln is elected it will be upon principles of openly avowed hostility to us and ours. He will come into power pledged loan " irrepresai- ^ ble" warfare upon the lights and property of the e Southern section of the Uniou. And we would t be dupes indeed to permit an enemy to mount | ins guns, knowing liis intention to turn loose his fl bittu}' upou'ua. Mr. Lincoln lias given the following declaration of opinion upon the Buhject: ^ " In my opinion the slavery agitation in thn j United States wilt- tf<T( ctAte until a crili* xhall haw been reached And panted. A house divided against iiself CHiinot siaud. I believe this gov- f ernnient caunot endure permanently half elnve 8 ami half free. I do not expect the house to fall c ?but I do expect il will'cease to he divided.? It will become all one thing or all the other.? ( Either the opponents of slavery will nrrext the I further spread of it, and place it where the pub- 8 he mind k/iuII rfxt in the belief that it in in the > coins* of ultimate extinction, or its advocates will push it forwurd till it ehnll become ulike c lawful in all ilie States?old a? well t? uew, 1 North as well us South." I Territorial exclusion does not give latitude t enough for Mr. Lincoln's abolition proolivities ; c hea*|>iren to the ''ultimate extinction" of dnvcry. i Should he he elected the nueation fur ili/? *?.m. I ? siik-iation of tlie Souili will he the Union or c Slavery. If we choose the Uuiou we give up f our h1?vm, and vice vema. f Believing, then, in the evenlof Lincoln's elec- t tion our eveiy hope of equality in the Union will be lout, I am in fnvor of the immediate formation ? of a "Southern Confederacy." "3d. In <yise lite formal union and confederacy ? of two or inoro of llie cotton States should prove \ impracticable, will you or will yon not espouse, ' in God's strength, the ?eresj.ion of South Caro- ' liua, separate and alone?" In the following extract from an ed'itoriul of i ii... *? nr? ? ?uc viioncDtvii iuncurt/, my opinions are more j forcibly expressed t]ian I can find language to do t it myself: M ' But the remedy is not now before us for con- e sideration, becau&u tbe evil is not yet upon us. When we fail in the Presidential electon, and the Black- Republican party in to be installed -> into power at Wiitthingtoui then will arise the v question of reinediesi We prenupie all stales men of the Bouth will go for a unioa of the " South ns our first bent ren;rdy?united Southern b action for tho vindication of *ta(itheru lights.? fc Even at this farther etnge of ourcontnt for onr rights, it may not-be politic to Uirust fwward.as a remedy, Ibe separate and ind*pen4eutactjoil of si South Carolina. We should go for the <o-aclioit ti of all the Southern State a. If this catiuot be obtained, then we should,support the ao-actioii 51 of the cotton States. If (his fails then we should 8 strive to get the co action of four, three or two to of the oottou Stales. Should all these expedient^ m fail?then, and not nntil then, fairly cornea up . the queelion?shall South Carolina suboit to tlie * rule of the Black Republican party ia posses* ~ ion of Ihe general government,or shall she se- ' cede alone from the Union? When (his alter- a< nstire aciaes, we will be prepared to t|eet it.? aj The past course of the Charleston Mtieury, we presume, affords some assurance of its fidelity (c the,South And the Stale, in -nil- eatttg entile*. At present, such an issue, it appear* to as, is dc premature. Its agitation can do 110 good, and jt, nay do a gi*em deal of harm. Let us (honestly exhayst all our effi>rta to carry th$ Prtsideutial election. If successful, there is an elUf, fo* four fear*, at least, of Southern paction In enforce Southern rights. If we fail, then let tu lake up,. w each shall arise in ?ucf?ee*i<4n,'the various expedients for redress.." . ;*W - , .' Thi? qntttion ihoald noi, it thUuime, be nadc.* MM ft. competency ia tin e#did?t?,? [| U j?o ,wb?r? ?U? ia tb*8*M?, or oat f it,. Ind Btntfcr (heioteljigeat po^o ofAb- 8r ?yill?Dtofrict nhuutd oon<?lade thmf they Vkn' ^ ?dlft)l Ike wkoU Soutk. or Ona 8Ut/|rt le*'t, it ,k ir m} be fmprndent in them to rafter themaeltfea W1 ixaitad? to a f*ae*f whMj%j)PU *UV~ *** pw. r?ptir*Ar,.\a which e*e?f it>'tl * WW?t Iwfwai^r* gone off**,* h?tf cocked, f^bit H*9 ui til atirejepobliewi * our representatives open to conviction un?lt*r the ligh I of discussion, mid free in tlie exercise of a untrAinnieled judgment. It is generully conceded iTint repnrate State nctioil is a conalituliounl remedy. Hut it is not n question for tliu Legislature; it is n question , for (lie people to decide- The Legislature cult j only recotnuiei.d u convention, mid I have nevt-r known it South Carolina Legislature so low in sentiment ;is to ilouht it? recommending a convention upon such nu event as the election of a Block Republican President. Then, the remedy in clearly n question for I he people to discuss and decide for themselves. I urn free to Hdmit, however, that fcnn Conreive of nn -1? ?11 1,1 v.. VU...O.UIIUCO IIIIUUI which 1 couic counsel submission to a Black Republican su- ; premaey. In tlinl event I expect lo lie found in 1 llie front rank of resistance to Northern ajjgrcs- : 8 ion Upon this subject generally, my nnt?cedeiils i arc well known. 1 have changed no opinion heretofore entertained. And when, ill my judgment, tlie time coiiicb, I expect to be prepared to go as fur as tlio larthest in the maintenance of 1 Southern eijunlity?prepared to adopt an? remedy that promises the eHectnal enforcement of our constitutional riglils in the Union if practicable ?out of it if necessary. Hut s?-paiate State oolion should be the Inxt expedient?the only allerinitive to an acknowledged inferiority nud disgraceful submission. Willi regard to the subject of " frco negroes;" I rid already on tlic record. I had tlic honor at the last Res*ion of your Legislature to introduce it I5ill cntiilpd " A lJil! for tho gradual removal of fiee persons of color fr-.Mii this Stato." whieh ' from press of business was postponed, but which j I yet hope at no dituuul day will becomc n ln*v of the land. Very respectfully. J. N. COCHRAN. P. S.?Iii reference lo the matter of the five Bridge across llic Saluda Kiver, which hn.s lieen referred to. I will state llmt the Beemintr "over wjjlit*' poiut'd out in the published Act", in not mi "oversight" ut all, hut u mistake ill the printer. The amendment wits' oflered, and passed almost unanimously, protecting against Graluim'n IIridge as well us Knights, as will appear liv ihe nrirrmnl :? ?' ' ----- ?r<|.Vi 111 hi) uuiiuwrmug among llie Legislative records at Columbiu. J. N. C. COMMUNICATED. To tho Toople of Abbeville. I In my last papers from the village I see Rev- 1 ;ral interrogatories propounded to the caudi- ' Jatcs for tlio Legislature of this District. I acknowledge the right of tho pcoplo to know Lhe entiments of llio.se who aspire l< reprcRent ^ ,he?u in a legislative capacity, and I will respond Tioat cheerfully, for it is nil important that a *eprcscntativo should have feelings and seuti- J nents in common wilh those represented. " let Are j-ou prepared to cast your vole for lie nominees of the Uiciwuond and HaKiinore Jouvcntions!" I answer in the .affirmative?because lliey are rue and tried Democrats, standing fairly and fjuarely upon tlie new plank of the p'llfortn guaranteeing protection to the South equally villi tl?e North in the Territories; because 1 have :nnfidence in their wisdom, experience and patiotism ; because I honestly believe if Brcckiiiidge and Lane are elected, Ulack U-puhlican loom is sealed, and this government will lust for t thoMFfind years, under the thado of whose fi.ig he oppressed of all nations nuy find repose. I hillk we should nirf ill ?tio ol..ot:r.n nf n t.: ... V.W..VU -vri i>!CCM|lidge, nnil not do anything to damage his electionpuking thin view, every ?nin, and especially very Sout h Carolinian, should do hiin the justice ' o dcclare thnt he is not a sectional candidate, lut a national candidate, whose principles fire ' is broad us the Constitution and us extensive as * he bounds of tho United Slates. t "2d. In Ilia event of the election of a Black , lepublicau candidate to the Presidency, will rou decide at once for uSouthern Confederacy?" ( Whilst I yield to no one iii We and reverence i or the Union, the Constitution of '87, my voice hull never he heard, my vole shall never be :asl for degrading my country. If Lincoln is 'lected it will be a declaration of war by the , "forth upon the South?ail endorsement of the ( cntimeiita of their leader. With the Army, the i favy, ai.J fifty millions of money, who can loubt the rPBult? Under the fostering ''are of a 1 llnck llemililicnn adminimiMtirm aIu?i;?;#i.i ies will spring up all along, nii(l all over the bor- t lerStale*; slavery will beabolished in llie District t >f Columbia; no more slave Stales will bead- * rutted ; we will be hemmed in and hedged I iround, and then their great lust act will have ? oinmenceJ. And before this time comes I am f or setting iny house in order?I am for " pre- < taring to live and not to die." I am satisfied a he Southern States would only feel the ehock n the diminution of tuxes, and in the growth ' md prosperity of our country. J u 3d. In case llie formal union and confederacy ! if two or more of the cotton SUiIhb fliould prove mpruoticable, will you or will you not espouse, ' 11 (jodfe strength, (lie seeessiou of South Uuro- i itm separate and alone V I I regr^ exceedingly this interrogatory, for it 1 s calculated to create divisions at home, and v irejudice our cause abroad, when it is all irnpor- c ant ihul we should be a unit, and have the t ympatiiy and co-operaliou of our sister South t rn Stales. u To answer tliis interrogatory either way rould place me in an awkward position. What ^ ronld you think of a juror who would make up ia verdict before the case comes up or is tried? tl .r..r?u ik. ) .?<.' r?* v? 1-1 v ?w? w ..-v VMV ???? v? KIIO IUUUJ I 1"U tUUiU HI at think he was eithor ft fool or a knave. al The Legislature has no more to do with srces ti en than the man in the moon. It is a conven- p< on of the people alone tha^ oan unloose the th toorings of State. When w?jj|f&e failed to elect *i> reckinridge and'Lune?wltfjlir. we have failed 01 > get co-operation?when we have done all that in len can do to protect onr right# in the Union, w am then for taking the nest best step forward at -what that step is, timo alone mast determine, cu *.4lh. Will yoa, U clected, advooato the enitibent^f a law by the Legislature which will di i6li?h flftt class of society in onr State kuown m i ft-ea negroes, by removal or otherwise?" To this lsst interrogatory I answer that I will t all that it consistent with justice and human- ^ f to rid the State of this great nuisnnoe. be I am, Ac., * qi , w. JAA1 ha LOMAX. August 27, 1860. ? c? BLUE BU)OS SAIL BOAJD' Spenkiog of the Bftoe Ridge Railroad, the loe Ridge Herald toys: th We wa'.ieb, with rnnoh eagerneu. ibe pro- j ess of the work on Ibe Railroad, between io in plape.and Pendleton; and it iaour plea- to ig etatufaction to belivva, th*t the road ill mmIi ntofl or about the firet of January ' CO Tbe croae-tiea in beiagflfreli*ei%d. ?loDg the fol re, and everything baafflieka aTrapid eompJe- th *41 tbe work. Xpert? ?&4b? grading ie b? ue, ind ^hlt NMmIm #111 raquira bat little' *!? ne h> finUb. Wb* of trfeatniOle* timber for , " *8eneii* bridge bra been dative**}* ;< + * V'' . : COMMUNICATED. in the' District papers of the last week ara certain interrogatories propounded to the candidal eft for tlio Ilegislature, by tlio citizens of (J^cenwood, wfiich I Ubk llie privilege of answerhig through the same medium. Unavoidable engagements linvc preveuied u reply at au curlier dale. 1 fully reCogniz* tlio right of Ibo pcoplo to know (be political seniiiucti's of those who propose to Represent tbein; and I am ever ready and willing?Oocopying, ns I do, the position of a candidate?upon all auituble occasions, to give a full and candid exprewion of iny views upon tlio political ii?8tiex of die day. l5ut while I admit the right of the voter* to qiteBtion tlio candidate,'and the duty of ihe can dulniu to answer. yet it does riot follow as a npcessnry consequence Uint this response of the candidate is lo otimd ;iijahmt Iiim ns nn unconditional pledge. If ho, lit i'll I would bo opposed to Hiwweriiijj any question tliat might be proposed. If to. vour n?A?u - * - . w -- - h.w.%.t%.iv IIUUIU tCHHC W? lie it deliberative body, but an a;3Re'niblage met for no other purpose than lo do what they may !i:iv<> b?-eirinMi noted- to do; or wliht they stand pledged to carry out. My answers to thesis interrogatories are what my views nre'to-'day?tioi what they1 mayVfw iit the unknown future. I hold myself alWays open to conviction, niwl am not so trammeled by a foolish pri<lc ot' consistency as not to bo willing to follow die truth'wherever it may lead. With these remarks I hu?teii lo answer the questto'fta": 1st. Interrogatory: ''Areyon prepared to cast your vote for the norninoesof ilie Richmond am) Oaltimuro Si'cetlin^ fjoiijtitmioiml Conventions I" 1 miniver that, if 1 ntn honored with a seat in tho next Legislature, I will cast iny voto for Rn?ekiiiriflir? ' ??? * -?- ' * ? - J UVIIC < *??K? aif K UOt (liai upon their election depenJa'thc perpetuity of the Ihrion, and above all, Ihe safety of the South-in tl?c Unii>n. I believe thlit by establishinir th4* pl?lferir? of principles upon fthich these gentlemen stiuul as iho seitlfil policy of the country, tliti Republican pnrly, which now threnlCliB u?* with a besom of donlriiction, would he numbered ' with the thirds Uiut were?that us a political i>auy 11 would t>e bo shuttered and torn that it' would never jiresrnt itself again before the country as a formidable party organization. Then, * I would say, let Soutli Carolina joih hbftrt and It an d to bring about a consummation so dfctbtitiy' lo b<> wished. 2d. Ii.lerrogaforylit the event-'of the elec- " lion of Oik Black ({'-publican candidate to the ['residency, will yon decide nt cnce for * Southern ' Jonfederucy, or will you submit to the victorious lommation V I aiiower thai I have long sirttfe deoided in ac>nrrlMii<*A wiil? fl?<* ?*??!! 1?>?" ..v.. ?..v.Yii |>:iuui[>i?" 01 south Carolina; tlint is to say, I have long hIiIco decided or a Southern Confederacy, and I now look to he time when the JWitck Republican pnrty slialj ? iuvo been p'nceJ in the possession of the Government ns the duy whrn the Southern States *ill become a unit in sentiment 0:1 this catslion. [ have been driven to this conclusion bjr the' ?lea?, the principles and the inoviiable tendency>f the whole politics of the Republican pnrty Tor he Just fifteen years. Tltoy are necessarily and uherently, and essentially hostile to the Constintion, and to I lie rights und interests of tho' 5ouih. If they are honest in their convictions, kiid if they believe slavery lu be, what tliey aslert it to be?1? crin:e nguinat God, and against )umanity?if they brlieVR it to be a curse to so:icty, nnd that it contains the fruitful seeds of1 inmedicablo woes, it is as iU'.e to talk of mode-' ratiou and tlm Constitution, and non-interfer ..... uirn |?ut, wiivii once in [wwer, wiU?" he rights of the .South, ns it would be to expect' i change in the malignant bale ot the Devil liirn-' i?lf. In ihe event or llie control of the Govern-' nont beii-p obtained hy n parly actuated bv luch fiendish impulses and contemplating euch' lellisli purposes, I nsk, in all candor, what', rue southron cau hesitate to strike for a South-' on Cotifeil racy. 3d. Interrogator}': "In case the formal union' ind confederacy of two or more of the sottou siatea should prove impracticable, will you or will you nol esnoune, in God's Mrength, the secession of South Carolina separate and alone. "Be it further resolved, unanimously, that we' ,V i 11 Hiuiuort no Miididiiln f?r lli? - r - ? ? fjy who either refuses lo respond t? ihe nbove interojjatories, or fails to answer them unequivocally-' n the nftirniittive.'' In auswering thi? question 1 ahull innke no a|. union to tlio drawn dagger which hungs over itr n tlieeliupe of a threatening resolution, further linn to *ity thut my answers to these inlerrogaorii'b are in no respect different from what Ihey von Id huvo been, had no such llii'ettl Ix-en made. <0 man is fit to represent the intelligent people if Aldteville District, who could be frighteued rom the honest expression of his opinions on all [Uestions allccting the common wealth, by any inch threats of proscription. I think it unlurtunuie lor the South that this pieutiou should be urged at this lime. The South is engaged with the conservative men of .lie North in une last de?peruto struggle to roll jack the black t.de of Abolitionism which threatens to engulf us, and to eavo the Constitution Hid Union of our fathers ; and I humbly believe .hat the forcing of this issue at this lime will lave a tendency 10 weaken our Htrength, aud vili bo indirectly giving aid and comfort to our j, onrtiiiou enemy. The lime has not yet coine for lie decision of this question. .No oue can Dow ell all the circumstance* that will go tp moke p tiie issue. But the question ka9 been propounded, and I ave no alternative but to answer. This I shall o frankly and honestly. My opiuiou is, if the Soutb is defeated, and if >e Black Hvpjblican candidates are elected, we lould immediately declare for a confederacy of II the Southern Slates. If this should be iroprnccable, I would be iq favor of, and should sup* >rt, the co-action of the cotton States; aud if lis should fail, then I would favor the the secesuu of South Carolina, with the co-operatiou of te, two or more of the Southern States. Bui no event, with t'.ie views I now entertain, ould I sanction the policy of separate State ition, save as a moans of bringing about the -operation of the other Stales?the probabiW es or which remit 110 man could prediot at ibis stance from the real slate of thu<?3 aa they ay then be presented. In other w4rdat" I am it " unequivocally" on the affirmative of lention. ... 1 would remark that tho Legislature now to i elected will not be oalled upon to decide thia lestion, and I can aee no propriety in iia enter* g into-the can vase. The State can recede only rough a Convention of. the people, and all the egislature can be required to do ia to call that invention. If Lincoln i? elected I think a Consutionshould be called; and if elected,! ^ill vor uny legislation iu tiist direction. These are my views, honestly expressed. If ev meet th? ?nr>roh?f.inn ?f m? shall be gratified If noi, it is my misfortune. hall, however, have tho oonsoleucn of knowg for myself that hoheety and candor have mo* ated me in all that 1 have s?id.. To the fourth iulenofutory in reference to free grocs, t answer that I hava afwava regarded at olasa as a very great evil in a Maveholdlng mmanity. I think that humanity demands ^ r them, from l be legislature, protection, an 4/1 ink the very beet. proteetiou for them would to provide them a igastor.. I,Wt)uJd fa.yor y Ugirfaljon in viaif iReir enslavement on a prudent qjjp'eqoitablfe plan. !**)** ??> ?. li ?> .St* v f