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stricken down from equality, and spurned from
the enjoyment of oar unquestionable rights.?
Turn it as we may (here lies, that magnificent
region of sun and gold, better fitted for ourestitutions
than any spot on the habitable gK)be,
open to the luhor and occupation of cvm people,
of every nation, but of that people who
fought for and won it, and who are vet to pay
two-thirds of the debt by which it was ncquir
oil. All actions are to lie estimated by the mo
tives which originated them. Even when they
work injury in their operation, if innocent in
intention, we droo the veil of charity, or extend
the hand of forgiveness to the perpetrators.?
Rut, where a wrong is deliberately done, with
the design not only of injuring, but destroying,
we can have 110 other feelings towards the actors,
than those of indignation, defiance and
resistance. What is the openly avowed object
of excluding from the territories, the slaveholders
of the South 1
If the North sought to exclude us from our
territories, with the selfish design of appropriating
them all for themselves, this would he base
enougli on their part, unendurable on ours. If
their object in our exclusion was political power,
by which they might govern us, and hold in
their hands forever the mastery in the Confederacy,
this would be more than freemen or sovereign
States have ever borne. Rut the design
of our exclusion is more foul and deadly than
these. Not only selfishness, but hoctHity, per?
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vaaes me poncy 01 our exciuueis. <>? ?.ly
to lift themselves to power, but to accomplish
oar destruction is their aim. They bar
| the extension of slavery, anil confine it territorially,
that it may he destroyed. A Roman
Emperor wished that the people of Rome had
It hut one neck, that lie might cut it off. Our
affectionate brethren of the North aim at r policy,
compared with which the Roman Empe
ror's was tender meicv. No sudden catastrophe
of blood and murder will satisfy their pious
longings for our welfare. By confining slavery
to a restricted territory, they expect to annihilate
it by the slow process of starvation and
want, forcing competition for bread, and rendering
free, ouly to die. Servile insurrections
and conflagrations are occasionally to fill up
the slow details, to their consummation of final
emancipation, ruin and horror. They know
fuH well, that throughout the cotton region of
the-South, the white man can never labor.?
Theykriow that we will never submit to live
on a footing of equality with the negro race.
The consequences of these tbings they clearly
see; and in them discover the utter destruction
of the South, as the crowning result of
their policy. Thoy may indeed, when we shall
haw submitted, and they shall have increased
iir arrogance tnd power, graciously extend to
as Nero's policy of a sj>eody extinction, and
spread'Over us at once the gladsome catastro?
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poe Ol OL JL?Ullllllgu y UUi biiuii vi iiuig iii no
process, ruin, and rtiin utter, is their determined
policy towards the Southern States.
Now, with such motives and designs governing
our confederate, in excluding us from our
territories, shall we submit to be excluded??
Even if we coold evade or baffle their policy
with respect to our institutions, shall we con
tinue an union with those who are our deadliest
enemies? What is their policy but war?undisguised
war-by hostile legislation first; lo be followed
up, "if we dare to resist, by its usual instruments,
tbecannon and the sword. - They openly
proclaim that their will in Congress carrieswith
K the doty of our passive obedience that we have
no"right to resist it within the Union?ifrid no
right to go' out ofthe^Uninn?arid' that
it is. thejr mastering prerogative, In or out of the
Union,''to coerce our ohediebce. What is such
a Government, but a despotism, bent on our
destruction? And, if we submit to its policy,
what are we but its slaves?its trembling slaves
?conscious of the hating arid hateful tyranny
over us, but too cowardly to defy its power,
or cdst offUs authority?
The Southern Rights Association of tho University
of Virginia, has shone in their address
how vain iwve been the concessions of the
South,, tp. win forbearance or safety. Is not
thfcthe usual result in the nature of things'(?
Is liberty ever a conceded boon fr.om one people
to another ? Has it ever been gained but
by force, or retained but by power? A people
prepared to surrender their sclf-goyerument,
will always hod masters. A people who seek
security and . peace, by yielding their rights,
will find that they only invite aggression, and,
at the last, will be compelled either to submit
to politioal servitude, or tight for their liberties,
with broken, instead of free spirits to Eupport
their cause. Look at the progress of aggression
on the subject of our territories.
We began by a precious specimen of noble
self sacrifice! Virginia gave to the free States,
tho whole Northwest teritory, malting new six
large Statesin tho Union. Were tho frecStaes
satisfied with this concession? Not at all.?
When Missouri, a nart of the Lonisiana pur
chase, applied to be admitted into 'the Union,
they refased ber admission, because slavery
was not prohibited by her Constitution. They
wanted the whole of the territory covered by
the Louisiana purchase also. We Compromised
the matter, however, in the usual way,
that is, we recognized our institutions to be infamous,
and, on that account, consented to he
excluded from all our territories lying North
of 30 deg. 30 min. What next ? We consented
that we should he deprived, also, of more
than half the territory South of this line, by devoting
it to Indian colonization. The North
next took the whole Orogon territory, and, by
law, specially excluded us from entering any
part of it with our slaves. This was thc6tato
of things when we acquired California and New
Mexico. Our concessions had converted aggressions
into rights. The North had a right
to the whole?we to none of the territories.?
We begged for a small part lying South of 30
deg. 30 min. and appealed to the faith of the
Missouri Compromise to sustain oureluun.?
We besreed in vain. We were ejected from the
whole ofthe acquired domains, with the avowed
design of using them, by the multiplication of
free States in the Union, and the restriction of
slave territory, for the Entire overthrow of the
institution of slavery itself. What does this
narrative prore? That there is neither pence
nor security in submission; and that we must
resist forever, (he last ignominious wrongs, or
be the victim of its nefarious policy. We must
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resist speedily. The South, we fear, is rapidly
becoming as provincial in spirit as she is in political
condition. Mark the different manner in
which the two sections of the Union have received
what has been called (wo suppose face*
('ninnrnniiai " Tha Smith fll.
though wronged in every particular of its measures,
(;he Fugitive Slave Act not excepted) succumbs.
The brave words recorded in anticipation
of wrongs meditated against her, are left
unredeemed, when more than these wrongs
have been inflicted on her. She submits, and
there are found those within her bosom who
not only glory in their submission, but whilst
quailing before the General Government, are
not ashamed to put forth dastardly threats
against such as refuse to follow their example,
and likewise submit. How different the spirit
with which the North received the Compromise!
They tardy attempt to fulfil, by the legislation
of Congress, that faith which, by the Constitution,
bound them as States to deliver up our
fugitive slaves; is resented as a wrong. They
practically render it of no value to the South.
A Mt.w ?iiirl vnnninrr nff ntir fnm.
?1IUJII??, lUlltUdlliiQ, 4ii?<? IUIIIMK^ wu wt.. ...e.
tive slaves, or by all the arts of chicanery balHing
the master in (he courts of justice, they
make the recovery of the slave worthless, by
multiplied expenses. Their Legislatures denounce
the law, and elect Senators |d#%ed to
repeal it Nor is this all. Flushed with conscious
power, they seem reckless in its exercise.
They urge in Congress a protective tariff bill,
still more to plunder and weaken the South,
and a large River and Uarb >r hill, the better to
justify it, by exhausting the Treasury. If there
was any respect or fear entertained fore tli
South, policy would dictate foi bearance-a little
forbearance a lttle while, until the iritalion
which might be supposed to exist in the public
mind in the South should be allayed. But all pro
prieties seemed to be despised in the presentstale
'of things. Northern arrogance and recklessness
seem to be as boundless as Southern submission.
The spirit of the South sinks, as the spirit
of the North rises, at the wrong they indict
upon us. May not this strange antagonism betoken
some mighty change! Shall the depres
sion goon without any rebound? Is there not a
point of oppression at which any people will
fight? Or are we of the South a base and degraded
exception to our common nature??
Hungary resisted the consolidation measures of
Austria?uieasures.m meir ix'aniigun ine uuv
ernment, precisely similar to thoseunder which
we labor. Are we lower in the scale of intolgence
and manhood than the serfs of Hungary?
Shall we not arise, at last, and, with one strong
and mighty effort, break the spell which seems
to have settled, like a dark incubus, 011 the spirit
of the South, and again be honored and be
f ree i
Young men of the South ! on you the Sooth
calls'.' On yon she leans for redemption. All
reo'olutions although not originating with them
have been upheld and wrought out by the youth
of u country. Old age is generally timid. It
fears change. It seeks repose. It can win
but little from the future, and is, therefore, intent
on securing the jwescnt. Manhood in its
prime is'most wise, but wary and prudent.?
It dares to act, but act on calculation. Its patriotism
is very largely a thing of loss or gain.
Hut with yoath dwells enthusiasm. With youth
is hope and courage, which dares, and loves
to (Tare, nil thihgs;"and principles are holy realities,
which stand forth for its adoring guidance,
like* that star which the sages of the East
worshipped and followed. Coine forth for the
redemption and salvation of the South. With
your' youthful, but powerful, arms lift up her
prostrate honor, and enable her once more,
standing erect, to look, with proud and nnblencbing
front, on her confederates in the
Union. Write it on your door posts, engrave
it on the palms of j'our hands, wear it on your
frontlets,""Equality in the Union, or Independence
out of it," and liberty at every hazard!?
To die coward, who tells you to wait for additional
insults and aggressions, turn away with
nitv or with scorn. To the traitor who" dares
to insult your morals or intelligence, by telling
you that the South labors under no indigities and
wrdngs, answer him, if you answer at all, by
striking him to tj?e /earth. There he should lie
and rat, u loathsome mass of falsehood and
perfidy, unfit to wear that glorious light of life,
which radiates thedjvinity within us. Villainy
doubles it atrocity ; when it assumes the confidence
which .(dope belongs to virtues.
In treading the rugged path of duty, Honda
and thick darkness may gather round us. Hut
fear not; truth and justice, and the Clod of truth
and justice, are with U6; and ours, if we will it,
shall -be the deathless destiny of winning hack
her lost honor and liberties for* the South.
Friends! we are too young to lie slaves. The
iron enters into our hearts, and the}' must, break,
or be free. Shall they not he free? By all the
memories of the glorious p;ist, when we bowed
down in crouching humilation to no superiors,
by all the hopes of the future, rife with
blessings for the brave, hut people with hellhorrors
for the base submissionists, shall we not
be free? Shall the blood of our revolutionary
martyrs and heroes have been shed in vain for
us? cries aloud from tho ground for our rcUujte,
and comes to us as the sound of many
but distant trumpets, marshalling to battle. On
let us go. On where the rights and institutions
of the tfoutb, and honor and victory and
glory, call. If it is God's will that a portion
of the people of tho South should be offered
up, a mighty, holocaust to libei ty, who so fit
as ourselves for the glorious sacrifice? On, then,
fearing nothing, and caring for nothing, hut the
shnme and ignominy of submission, the name
and fame of cowards and slaves.
You?g men of South Carolina! Circumstances
not of our choosing, have placed our State
in the van of the South. Unawedby threats, undeterred
by the submission of others, she stands
calm and intrepid, with her banner over her,
and her proud motto blazing on its folds "Animis
opibusyue parali" Do not your hearts
swell with the burning resolution, to be with
hor lit 1 if/? r\r in rlnntli/ Sim II w*? lint
her, as we would our mothers? Shull we not
stand by her, as we expect to support our
brides, firm, devoted and true? She has never
done you wrong. She, and she only, has given
you all that mulies lite tolerable to freemen;
and never has her kind hand weighed heavy on
\ou with oppression. She, the first of the pro
vinces in our revolution, threw off the British
yoke and declared herself a free sovereign, _
and independent State. Again she would redeem
you from political bondage; and if again _
she must stand alonge, in the vindication of liberty,
so let it be. Who will shrink from this _
proud position of lienor, through fear of perils?
Who will not rather pant to meet them,
and lon^ .'or that glorious day, if our oppres- j.
-I?^~~ ;? .ulmn f*ur.n fn f-too and ni-in fo
burs CIIUU3C lb UVII v ?w ft.vvj ..... .......
man, it shall be settled on the battle field, ai
whether South Carolina is to continue to be a Pf
I'reo and soverign State, or an abject Province, 31
and we the subjects of the abolition North, dt
the slaves of our own slaves. God hasten the In
issue. God give us strength to conquer in her
righteous cause, or to make her own vast cemetery,
where shall be buried forever the chivalry
ol the South. Let her live free, or perish
in a blaze of glory, whose light shall frighten
tyrants in their power, and kindle the hearts of
freemen to the latest generations.
From the Mercury.
JONAH COLLINS
W as the name of a wealthy rice planter,
who resided on the San tee, during the last
i century. He was good Matured and hospitable,
but remarkable lor his eccentricities, and
the pertinacity with which he cherished his en- '
mity to persons who 1iad wounded his pride or 'l
; done him an injury. Among the few who had
unfortunately offended him, was a gentleman
of tiie name of YV , who had married his
only daughter contrary to his wishes. This
man he never forgave, though he allowed him
to s|>e:ik to liisn, and complied with any of ins
reasonable requests, but to whom lie never
deigned to make any reply when he spoke.
Of the number of persons who had parta- 11
ken of his hospitality, was a Northeastern C
Captain of a schooner, who had traded up the
river at a time when two smart negro fellows
disappeared in an inconceivable manner. The 1
old gentleman had his suspicions, but said ?]
nothing, till one day, on going to Charleston, n
lie observed in a newspaper, tiie arrival of the ^
Northeaster, in the stream, with a cargo of
"elegant Sheep." Now, said he, is the time to
play that fellow a trick, and on board of the ^
schooner he went, and examined the Sheep? v
praised them, and at last, selecting the finest ^
looking Rani, priced him. After some little
diiticultv made by the Captain, who said that *
was his bell-ram?his finest sheep aiid worth *
more than any other; and the reply of Mr. s
Collins, who said that as.tue Captain meant
to sell them all, and as they were all destined
to be slaughtered, he would not any longer, a
stand more in need of one than another, ttiey f
bargained on the price. Now, said Collins, t
alter he had puid for the Ham, i suppose he belongs
to me. and I can do what 1 please witli
him. Certainly, said the Captain, he is your
Sheep. In an instant he picked up his Ram
overboard lie (lung him. The Ram tiad scarce- ]
ly touched the water with a tremendous splash, '
when overboard the rest of the sheep sprang (
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I WIUI plUUip, JUUHI, ptlllllp, rtilu mc v.|....... ......
I his mate alt in astonishment ami coufusiou, '
running 1'roin one side of the vessel to the other,
endeavoring to stop tliein, lost more than half
of the nuiulj^r, while old Collins seized the
opportunity, during the confusion, to return to '
the City,-followed by the Sheep, which, glad '
to escape from the tyrant, found it nearest and t
safest laud for them. t
tub moral. i
The Captain, mnte and vessel, represent the
would-be Consolidated Government, and the |
Sheep the sovereign States, each with will and
ability to act for its own preservation and protection,
when left uucouLrolcd; and here, in
the vessel, they were, as thought by the Gov- 1
eminent, completely within its power and rea- :
dv for slaughter, whenever a purchaser should I
comply with its terms. But, fortunately for i
them, there was a conservative principle uitli- i
in, which the tyrant ackuovvle dged as lung as I <
it suited his purpose, 1 lit no longer; ami that (
was the old dauntless hell-Kani, which only ;
required the assistance ot an Almighty power, ,
influencing the will of the people, to make
hiin exerciso all his faculties. The half of the
Sili.il.it vvliiidi ?S/>!i!ui<l lIiitirlilur iiro the til;iVI1- '
holding States, who, foreseeing the danger ot
despotic power, were so wise as to take the '
leap, and follow their leader, and the remainder,
left in the vessel, arc the non-slaveholding 1
States, destined to lie ruled, at first, by 1110borrasy,
arffa finally, by regal authority.
Old Times. i
The Sea Givixo ui? its Treasure.?The ,
Plymouth Memorial says:
"During the gale of last week, a quantity of
linseed oil came ashore in the breakers at
Mauoment Pouds. The oil was in forty gal- '
Ion casks, fourteen of which were rolled upon
the shore in safety, but several casks were burst
by being dashed against the rocks. The casks
that were saved, contained about thirty gallons
of oil, each, which proved to be in good condition.
The condition of the casks was such '
as to render it certain, that they had been in :
the water a great while, perhaps many years.
The outer surface of the casks was considerably
decayed, and there wore four ridges of iron
rust on each, which were the only remnants of
what were once iron hoops. The casks were
covered with barnacles." i
The Boston Advertiser thinks the above ,
came from the brig Hollander of Boston; from
Rotterdam, which was capsized and sunk in '
Massachusetts Bay about ten years since? '
The breaking up of the vessel, which was has- <
tened by the. gale, probably disengaged the |
casks from the hold, and being lighter than water,
they rose to the surface.
The latest European advices show the im- I
portant fact that steamboat navigation and ;
electric telegraph companions nre among the ,
principal objects which at present attract the ;
attention of speculative moneyed men in Eng. j
land. While the old lines of steamers are ad
(ling to the number of their vessels, new ones
are constantly stating. The number of bont3
on the Thames is largely increasing and a
large boat is building to contain two hundred
sleeping berths, and make quick passages be
tween London and Boulogne. Some of the I
Lnglish steamship companies pay dividends of t
10 and 1*2 percent, per annum. ]
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THE CAMDEN JOURNAL,
THO. J. WARREN, Editor.
FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 10, 1851.
TO ADEVRTISERS.
As the circulation of the Journal has been stenlv
increasing within the past sixteen months,
J ?-?
id particularly since the first of January last, the
iper affords a good advertising medium, and as
1 inducement to merchants and others, we have ll
itennined to contract for yearly adverlising as h;
;retofore.
Arrival of the Cambria.
Ch aklkston, May 16, 1851. ol
Cotton lias declined one quarter to three- ^
ights penny. lc
Electionn in Kershaw District. |>
The Managers of Election for Kershaw District g
let at the Court House on Wednesday last, to c<
omit the votes and declare the Election* for ftl
Ilerk and Sheriff, held on Monday last. The fol- u
iwing is the result:
For Clerk MOREAU NAUDIN, . 340 votes ?
" " JOHN R. SIIAW, - - 325 " jl
For Sheriff JOHN INGRAM, 339 ? o
" " THOS. 6ASKIN, 196 " P
" ? JOSEPH J. MICKLE, - 131 " c
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{^TThe 5th Brigade Encampment will com- (
nonce on Monday next at 12 o'clock, at Camp
?antev> near Camden. j,
Rain is needed very much in this vicinity.
The Crops will be very materially injured by the
Iry, warm weather which we have had for sever1
days past, unless a refreshing shower should
risit us before long. ,
We notice the retirement of Alexander
Carroll, Esq., from the Editorial connexion of the (
slate-Rights Republican, and Palmetto State |
lianticr, Columbia. Mr. C. has removed to (
Charleston, and is engaged in the service of the ,
Jourier in that city. We wish him abundant |
iticcess wherever lr's steps may tend. <
rr Mrs. Mowatt, the accomplished American
nithoress and actress who has been playing with '
well success and prai.-e in London, will return to
his country sometime during the next autumn. '
Tlie Supreme Court of ,1/issouri has deci- j
led that tlm law of that State lor licensing and i .
^1 : i i..j t 1
fixing mercnanis is hiii uiimiiuiiuhji. juu^- ,
S'ayton rend a dissenting opinion. The opinions i ,
if the concurring judges are exceedingly volunii- !
ions, tilling nearly 1G columns ol" the St. Louis |
Intelligencer. I (
Cass and Banton. 1 J
Col. Benton is celebrated fi-r his remarkable ^
eadiuess in debate, and in rrparlre., is sometimes (
as caustic as red-hot iron." Often Irom "grave j
o gay, <"rom lively to severe." A capital joke is <
old of these two statesmen, by Dr. NV., (who by i
lie by, tells a joke with considerable zest.) i
It appears that on a certain occasion, Gen. Cass '
jad indulged his powers of speech at Benton's 1
ixpense, and when Col. Benton's time came to {
speak, he commenced in the following singular
manner: lie said that in Missouri, Horses were
sometimes etfected with a dist-a.-e in the eyes
known as the simples; to remove which, it was
necessary to make a surgical operation, by cutting
_s?r?... j;
in inc eye tor ine siwyies, uui n ?uipc uwowwas
prevalent among Horses called the big head,
lo cure which effectually, it was necessary to shoot'
'hem. On this occasion he Col. B., tliuught he i
would first try the General for the simples, hut had [
concluded how to shoot him for the big head.?
(General Cass has a big head tre beliere.
The Doctor's application of this joke is, that
South Carolina has long lieen working up-n the
Abolitionists for the simples. But has at last determined
to shoot them for the big head.
Law Examination.?The following gentlemen,
entered our'Court House yesterday, as
applicants for admission, and came forth attorney's
at law, in and for the State of South Carolina.
We wish them hosts of clients, and trust
that their spirits may support them bravely
during the lone and dreary pilgrimage of initiation,
through which Themis often leads her i
votaries.
J. Drayton Ford, | Charles R. Miles,
E.J.Henry, | R. Barnwell Rhett, jr. |
Robt. W. Ilunie, | Charles H. Simontou, '
Silas Johnston, | Julius W.Stuart, >
J. Boyliin Lang, j Wm. H. Talley,
Lawrence .M'Kenzie,*| Charles C. Tew,
Isaac Mazyck, J Henry W. Waters,
G. W. Means, | Charles S. West.
[Columbia Telegraph. I
OCT" ^ ictor Hugo has published nothing for I
some years, having been paid by a publisher not j ]
to print. Report says that he will, at the close j
of the term, which soon expires, amends for {
bis long silence by issuing poems to the amount |
of three volumes, and romances to that of 1
k. *1 VlTCi
The Boston Transcript states that a new !
ship 011 the stock at East Boston has been named
}y Messrs. Train & co., the Astonisher, emblem- i
itic of her size and speed. She will be the largest j
nerchant ship in the world, of 2,000 tons register-1
She will be launched with all despatch, and leave '
lor Liverpool on the 6th of July.
Philadelphia, May 0.
Capt. Morrii Stanley, aged 8G, a native ofi
u'lm fnnin i*\ ll.:~. '? ?-*1 -t - 1 - * -
>v mio tuumrjf Willi uie iuiu
John Jacob Astor, and was engaged in several
battles on board American vessels ot war during
the revolution, died at bis residence in this city
evening.
The Tf.lemufh.
>011 the Telegraph, Cflflgjgjjlfligfl-'v '";.'?^^?i?!BBR I
A hero chieftain 1
Closer his eyes in
The Ifgiitniug courier leap* alon^i -iitie4'-^^M^ J
Hailing a thousand miles
^ " m >i\m >i m "
messrs. EditiVb'k W^S5w?^^3?^M|^y
ie follow in? resoloti o nS wbieh^
ia College, at its lata
t{r\niri'd iin-mimoirxfy,
f Trustees have felt constrained to'^.eiptjfg
ie resignation of t!ic Professorship of' Stohif^
hilosoph v,Sacred Literature, ainl thcEvide'nces
* Christianity, by the Rev. Dr. Thornwell,.frbm
lifereuee to the motives which have impcfleil
im to offer it, th<*y regard with anxiety the
>ss which the S. Carolina Cblfege hits h'ftjrtlVJ *
' a. 1 If? ? - ... i' .. J J_ ^
jquence susiaiueu. ids instruction in tue tie* t
nrtment of Moral Philosophy has bem.diatm? :
uislicd for its utility; and while lie Iiaa enfor'
.hI t!ie evidence of Christianity vvita various
nd profound learning, and its moral preceptsith
eloquence, he has commended the sacred 9
uths which he taught to tlie minds ami hearts
f the students by the influence of a character
nd life in attractive harmony with them. It
i with sincere regret the Trustees take leave
f Dr. Thorn well on his resignation of his
'rofessorship, the duties of which he has
harged u ith so much honor to himself, ancNo
illlftll ItCiftf'lll .IOCU to tlui V" -
Rcsolmt, That the Secretary enclose a cow'
?f these resolutions to the Hev. Dr. Thornwell,
iid have it also published in the Columbia paws.
Jvmks D. Btfxiifxc,
See. Board of Trustees S. Ch C.
WASHINGTON GOSSIP. ' '
The Washington correspondent of the
k'ork Herald, uudpr date of *AIay 0, )vrites>&8:
ollows: ... n wy i
"The news from Sontli CnfbUlttl, although
serious in its import, does not excite alarm ''
htc. 'J lie Government, of coarse,
.-ognise the right of secession. hikeglohujtfs
jf quicksilver, these States, ivhen oiiceiuujtei
>y the federal Constitution, formed one gwnxis
whole?retaining their lOertlofgnitizatittfj?
jut yielding to the Government all existence^
l'iie Government, should South Carolina tbrci?ly
secede, and she can"secede in no other
way, will not take cogniwmceof massei(3^
State organizations, bijt of TiuIivhUhils, who
will separately he dealt with as violators of the
law, or as guilty of treason, as the *ywe may
be. The District Attorney of South Carolina
is MOW here, receiving lull iuatructious."
The last statement, we have reason to believe,
is only true as to the fact of Mr. l^tigni being
in Washington. We have understood that his
business there was altogether different' from.
Flint which is here intimated. That t he favojfc
te scheme of the ndministration for conqtfOTbg
South Carolina is such as ibis writer represents,"
av think highly probable., 'f'he/Naliotnd 111*
elligoticer lias pnt ont nmeh'the mtV*nc88Sk ^
t is an improvement on Capt. Bobadil's methjd
of subduing an enemy, by killing alf. th^
lien in a succession of duels. There is one obstacle
in the way, thatstrikes us as rjUhor grave.
South Carolina having seceded from. jhe^tyii- ^
ion, there will Ihj ii'o such thing as Utiftrtl States
nfliees or officials in the State, and any persons
claiming snch authority, and attempting t6 Exercise
it, wouhl be pnt in the Guard-house as
disorderly people.?Mercury. !
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Lame. Defalcation at Macon.?Tlie following
is an extract of a letter received by the
Editor of the Augusta Constitutionalist, from
.Macon, dated May 10th, giving an account of
the defalcation of the Post Master of that. city.
"Da}' before yesterday we had a Post Mas*
tor; to-day the office is ia the hands of the
clerks. Capt. Z. J. Conner left yesterday?
no one knows where he went trt. He is a defaulter
to n very targe amount, on funds received
at his Warehouse for cotton sold, and he.is
a defaulter also as Post Master. Th*rnmofmt
011 cotton, by rejiort, varies from 13 to 70,000.
Amount in the Post Otfice?said to be $4,400.
"Some of the Planters in the neighboring
counties have lost their whole crops that were
under storage in the Warehouse."
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Good Luck.?The darkest hour is just before
the dawn! A striking instance of tliis-proverb
has just occurred. The bar-keeper of the illfated
Webster, barely escaj>etl with his life from
the conflagration which destroyed her on the
Mississippi. Penny less and almost hopeless he
returned to New Orleans; but, upon arriving
there found that he had been the successful
drawer ofn &1?prrxe m the last Havana
lottery! This story is told by the Picayune.
A Rka?onablb RR(iirKST--We beg all who
choose to indulge in strictures on the proceedings
of the late glorious meeting in Charleston
(on which we shall submit a few remarkssoon*)
to publish the call or invitation, under whifn
it was hold..-*The publication of itself, will 4
furnish an answer to their pathetic groaaings,
aver the departure of the meeting from its proper
objects as the)' deem. The character and
objects of a 'party' mus: be- looked for in tho f ,
invitation cards.?Columbia Telegraph.
(&~ We notice in the New York papers a
correspondence between the Post Office Department
and the proprietors of the steamships
Georgia and Ohio, granting them permissioMa
run their vessels direct to Havana, instead of
stopping at Charleston and Savannah as here- *
tofore. We do not know on what pretence of
.1 n?f?or.Aru] annuls tho
authority me i umhwoiv. ?
provisions of r law of Congress, which gave ^
the people of the South facilities, Iwwewrhn* '
perfect, of reaching the Pacific coast? hut-it
is so much in accordance wjth the matinee in
which the federal government is accnstomed to
treat law and Constitution in our time, thaCtre
are not in the least svrprlscdnt it, ?C/ttrr/esfd#
Mercury.
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