Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Mp?w?? i in ammmmmmn ii.Tacw.-.n-rrr.->rg I.et hi'n ?0 to Now York, the great cm; ire fcd.ate, and behold her political d tinies under the absolute dominion, ot'ono who desecrated tiic Fornm, and shocked (ho moral sense ol the nation, by proclaiming for liim.v-li and his ! >1lowcrs "a higher law" as liiu rale n| civil conduct. The withering scorn and contempt which this declaration drew down upon hini irom an iiim .1 ,v .m. , ;i.:%c fallen harmless at hi- feet, and It" u >w before us, to wen;!" in the* of victor.-, the master ?;>iiit in the nio.-l powerful State of this Confederacy. Look at Ohio, the :peu! State of the West, under the ie.ul of ?<jddi:i';s and Co., passing laws r.ciirint; to v?ar -tol-m slave s the writ of ha hen* corpus, and making i' felony to aid in their re>titn(ion. (?'?> to Mussaehnsot's and ask yourself, how and hv whom was Sain tier, tho Abolitionist, elected In the Senate. \ isit ttoston, ant! ponder < ver the omhmns lad that the constituted authorities oftlii* mi-named modem Athens, have actually closed, the doors of old Faneuil Hall upon their own Demo.-t.ienes. Turn to t!io public press and see t'jesc yreat ar tories steadily infusing t!;e dentliy poison ihe public mind. Approach the altar, and hear tlic terrors of hell preached against ail who will not join in a crusade against us and ours. J> the miserable mockery of the trial and surrender of Sims, the delivery of a runaway in NewYork, and another in Pliilublphia?are those forced, costly ami hazardous vindications of tinFugitive Act. to be held Jip to us as evidence of a returning sense of justice on the part of the North, iu opposition to the siaitlimr fact that three of the most powerful .States of tins I .don are, politically, governed hy men who publicly declare the law to be unconstitutional, ami boldly avow their purpose to procure its repeal Are those tiiui-y cobwebs to blind our eyes to fk the fact that both the great political parties of the North court the inlluence and obey the mandates of the Abolitionists? ^ix months ago it was proclaimed in the Senate and i?v high authority, that the Compromise Act had killed Abolition. Killed, .Mr. Presidenti It has had imparted to it renewed vitality. It lias been steadily marching from conquest, to eonquest, exulting in its strength,and gloating over its ultimate triumph. In less than live years, it not crushed.itwillgivelawtothellepnblie. Weonly cheat ourselves. We show ourselves deaf alike to the^STce of reason and experience, if we hope to save ourselves by reiving on compromises with men who have once sin rendered themselves to the wild spirit of fanaticism, iRecognizing no law, ackiiOM! dging uo obligation, its war is one of extermination. Those who cross its path must become its victim or its viex tor. 1 will not dwell oil this point. The whole history of Abolition, its ii-f, progress, present power, and ultimate aim, muni lalieably point us to our destiny. When to this you add the history of the imposition of tax.iiion and its disbursement by the Federal C?overnmcnt for the last twenty years, weli may our Senator declare to you that the oouthern St ;tes occupy the degraded condition of prosci ib ol political communities. Mr. iVesidcnt, 1 have come deliberately to the couclu.-ion, that this Union cannot, and ought uo longer to exist. To us of the South it is a hard bargain, li lias failed to accomplish the ends for which it was instituted. The compact creating it 1 as ceased to be of binding effect on tho. e who, by mere iorec oi numuers, comr.n n , action. >> e have suffered until we should suffer no longer. It is lime we should seek new safeguards l'<r our future security. This 1 uings me to the consideration of the real question before us, and on which sonic difference of opinion seems to exist. Shall wo send forth to the country the declaration that South Carolina will secede from a lnio:i, faithless to its own obligation, regardless of our rights and no longer compatible with our interests and safety. The objec'ion to this course, so far as 1 can comprehend it, is that it v,hi deprive us of the eo-ojteratii.-u of the oliicr Southern States and defeat the for.ailinn of a Southern Confederacy, an object we nil have so much at heart. Co operation and a Smithern Confederacy ! There was a time when there was some magic i i the words, i o.iee listened with hope to the sound, and lingered with delight over lire glowing picture which eloquence has so often drawn of that in igi.kir.cnl Confederacy, which en-ope;,llioa was inv and so soon to infer into e ice. il-ui the humiliating realities that surround 11-, iiave broken the charm and dispelled the iihi.-ion. With whom will vo l co-operate.' W ith Virginia? A little more than a year ago her leg. islature solemnly ivsolwd to re&i.sl l.-gi-i.ilioa on the slave trade in the I ?i~s. i?-1 <>!' I -'umi'iIiLi, at ail hazards-ami to the last exlr? unity ; and but yesterday she resolved to submit to .such legislation, and coolly intimates her di-|<lea.-ui:v at the course she thinks South Carolina will pursue. Mr. President, what a melancholy spectacle is here presented. The laud tliat gave to the genius that penned and tin* immortal spirit that triuuiphaiiliy \ indie:; i d the great chart of American liber'y, l;us.R> emne the nursery of a new school of statesm mi, who draw their lessons ol pati lot is: n l.o.i t"..at eo.n! ?viable philosophy which teach s il-mi -ion ! > "present ills rather than ISv to thn>e we ia.ow not of." \\ ill you wait on North Carolina ' The honorable {Senator has paid a me: ited compliment to North Carolina, in the early days of the Republic, but let him point me, if he can to a single oa?is i:i tiiis wide waste of Federalism. There i.-> not here .-ingle hook on which to hang a hope, it lemains to be seen whether the gallant Cliugmau will not be sacrificed, because ol the excess of his zeal in defence of .Southern Rights. Tain to Ceorgia and gather hope if you cnii'bv listening to praises to a glorious I ..ion bom the lips ol Cobb, Stephens and Toombs, lier Couvun tiosi marched up tin? liiil and marched down again. ith a majority of her people, the test uf patriotism and the passport to honor, is abuse of South Carolina, and llm.se of her sous who have manfully stood up for .Southern Kighls, unseduced by lite patronage and uuteriilied by the powers at Wa.-hingtoii. !low stand.-, matters in Alabama ( \ isions ol Federal honors, I fear, have absorbed the son! of her amiable King and the licry Clemen* who was so eager . "to face the music," lias lowered bis colors before the lirst mil of tin* drum ha> been sounded. I II M issi-siooi tin? nrosnoet. llioiiaa nnl ulln. ... i i - i r ' n gether cheerless, is i?v no means, encouraging. 1 7Tf^r*nRc,-jcwr* mggggg ^ruju.y.l.g ^z.-A>f.,tfngJu<..i?eJCJU5n! know, sir, that in all those -States, and through- | a out the -South, wo h ivo many gallant friends (i; who think as wo think, ami who fori as wo fo< 1, ! s< ami who upon the tap of the dram, will rally (J to onr standard, ready to sink or swim with us n J in upholding onr muse ami theirs. Hut these : {. ! ISends are in a minority in their respective it j States, and without some new i. : i:o must eon- j p ! tinno. I: !': :i ii i- i !l t<* w.iit for co-operation, i! | I:::! ( ?!' < ; will one declaration have ii*. 1:1 the : n ; cause of our friends in the o .Slates? Will it i ii weak t or strengthen them ? .Surely Mr. Pre- j ; sitleut, it cannot injure them for us to sav to 1 I 1 " . v | I j tneni. IJirit wo a:-o 1.1 earnest, tnut wo ip.ioinJ to do v."!iat they expect t;s in ?! ?. and what tliey j themselves arc laboring to briuij public opinion ,r 1 up to i:i :in-i:- re^ie.-live States. On the con- 1 j. ' ...?*! . ..| ; trary, ?!i-j:i. iio.i bv <t.,sorli??!i :d homo, il will , c, : rice tiio:ii rnuraite to I.vt? that the causa lias J,] j not been abandoned -avwlioro, tlial one blow d! at lovt will I?o struck in defence of the proscri- ! ;i[ laid it'l l doomed South. Sir. it tnn-f, it will in- j tits' fVosii zeal tint I renewed acti vity to their a ranks. A righteous cause never loses by an (l open ami lea .'less course. In such a cause we j (j| all ftvl that we are embarked. Let us then del ' lein.l it ii;:e men and l ave t!io consequences Lift ' v, .... . |lt! lint. Mr. IV iueiit. independent o; all con'- , (j .-itleratiotis as to what ufiect sncli a declaration ! j will exert on the r.tn-e elsewhere, we owe to t.; I our own people a di-d ict. ami tintunivocai f, avowal m| our intentions :::itl purposes. il we t|j I are in earnest, Jet us > iv so in so many wore t, tl ! au-1 let the public mind be fully prepared lor j q I 1 lie gravest L no. Lot tiie people fairly eo11- ,, I template ii i:i all its hazards and ail its eonso- ( (j I <|fuco>. Oil l!io other hand, if w o only pro- ! n ; nose to gr.at ifv our vanity by tiie lavish cxpcn I S; I ilitiire of fervid but pointless eloquence, if we j J only intern! to iiiaiutai!i osir equality anil ilefeiu! j] | oar lights by (lie f??:uiidable battery o! rounded | period* and sounding resolutions, let us at once, tr w ithout advancing another step, proclaim tiiu I Ci I humiliating fact. In mv opinion, one single 1 ... j act ia such ;i farce is quite enough. It L too ' ;i] j costly an entertainment for a change of scenes, ! f, | or the introduction of interludes. Let the drop- (| j curtain close at once over us and our proceed- t| I iiigs. Increased taxation, to be justified by a Sj remote contingency, we are afraid to face, is, w ; 1 assure you, music to which the people will [ ] j not long willingly dance: The truth is, turn ri nitl twist it as we may. we liave reached that : ni point in tliis controversy when we must choose -n i one of two alternatives ;.we must either ad- i J1( j vanco a step forward, or take a step backward, j G I There is no possible middle ground o:i wi.icli j r( j to stand. To doubt, to .hesitate, to waver, at b, ! tliis stage of the game, will inevitably lead to vv 1 di-grace and disaster. Tor one, 1 infinitely ' prefer, that we give in our a Ihesion now, than i at some future pc:iod. .Mortifying as it will ! J( he. it wilt he far le.-s ridiculous and disgraceful ' #,] I than to keep up a game of*gasconade and bluff, ' ij. ; under the <l?q>crate idea that we shall be final- | U| i ly re-cued by tiie interposition of seme political i lJ; J legerdemain, which may shield our h nlies, hut lt which w ill leave its degrad ! iu mir owiueyes, ^ , and contemptible ia the cos of the woil 1. d I ?| 4 ii: :i deciarauon : :;ii. i ; oar opinio >, pan i a; :i:;!Zrcsai?:i :i?jt oa!y justili s, i?.:t demands, our ! |> i secession, defeat or postpone liio formali ?n oj* j ,,j ' a >o.;i!iL-ni Confederacy, wuicli wo all e, j and which car iVicu*!-, ill-ad visedlv, as I think, [| make u condition precedent to any action what- ' , ! ever oa (lie part of South Carolina i !j0 ill *a i it; that we are to obt ii i a .-V.tthe: a C m.' I racy I ,, by i'ie deliberate, ji.ovoncvrtcd, pre-arranged \ eo operation of any iinaib.r of .States, i-*, to inv p. ( mind, a most fatal delusion. Under existing ja circumstance?, it is lolly to expect it?madness j']' I to hope it. i care slot wli.it the nature of the J n, | grievance, what to outrage perpetrated, what ! I tiie danger impending, it is cmui:.try to tlie na- j ..i t tie oi 1.1..; ? >, contrary to reason ;iad an expeii- , j encc, to C'tlenl that tt<c .*.? v:?i people, ie separated by St tie lines, and di-Kicl I by i i* i rani party divisions, \v;l! i-.er, vo!ir:tari!v, , i.i 1 tog ia.-r, u'..ive!j, d.-e.:-s ;hc :.;e . q ii-tly arrange thy leinis, ;i:l unite on any'., sioni sell'-.ue. .No (! tvernai- ..t < v? r was or ' ). i will lie called in! > < ..! tei.ee by any i -!i c?. ' operation. .Sir, if we ai r to have a Southern ('on ted racy, and I have i. > ?i j * ?i nt'il, it :i;M. i ' it can only be him.-ght aboji! by si-parole >iatc ' acti J. s.?i . j i; reV'.l ition, then the re ' , s emotion luust i. " in s*mil wie e. .Some one ' iiiii -t si:iKc the li..-! i.!? w. i:i? >St::l 1 111:i~i throw the 11 :t o.eih lard. t'ai-d m.o, and i a I the rest must inevitably hilnw. 1 care no! to 1 ;t. Ion!; beyond a ii -id of Lexington. Common ' o, wrongs mil ioim'iim'.i dm, !' > i.i : ! unite euai- ' u moil . uii. r"s, and lead to common sacriliees at ami common cMbrl*. Aii'i why snail not Couth a: Carolina strike liio blow.' is thou: aiiythin!; in ia lier history to render her unwoitliy |o m j I. :u! t!ii* forluri. hope in this or nay oilier can ft in which her lioi.or ami her rights nival n| Docs any one of Imr .-i s doubt lmt that her sons will prove theuu* Iv^s worthy dv-eeudeiit ; 1 e: of men who have enriched her ?il with their . <>i j Mood, ami have illustrated every page of her hi history wilii uiidying examples of courage anil ' c< patriot i.-mCir, ii will m l do I ? talk any Ion- cl ijor about prevailing prejudices, tlc*i*j? seated In jealousy ngni'iM South Cautliua; ami that any , i-' attempt on her pmt to move, \vi!l drive others . S I oil'. .Men win) can he driven from duty, who i tli will desert their own cause, from any such pal- ( re trv consideration;?. have in.llhe snirit. and never ! In intend, lo defend t:scir rights. if our cause is i ai , In rc-.st on co-operation with such materials, ' ly ; i1?? 11 tin; day of our deliverance will never dawn. ; ci j 'I n hope for such en-opcration i s submission, x to lean on it is degradation. i iris hue ami cry In l about South Carolina, raised liy bought up po l a lilical demagogues, can only In; silenced by a mi direct ajipcal io a practical issue. .My life 0:1 ( ai it, when this issue is fairly made, tin; great It, mass of the .Southern people will be found true In j to ns and trite to themselves. j fu i .Mr. President, ! do Hot feel c.llh'd upon lo j h; ( discu-s the ipicslioli whethi r secrs.-ion Ik: a measure of peace or of Mood. It is a matter ! p< 'about which ii is idle to speculate. Time In | alone can solve the problem. As a measure of w peace, our Senator regards as its most alarm- t In iiiy aspect. This to mo is oassiim ..Iranno ? K , iIt* lias said with great cmilidoniH' that In- Ix*- ai I lieves :io mail will he Initial Imdd enough to a<l- , i|< j vocato separate seces. ion, if it leads only to : I" j our .separate nation.'.I iwi-tr: ee. I "or t.ii1', I ! ?'< I uiUHsitaliigl v ili'fiaro, that I inliniudv preler, ; i? I a bipartite folate existence to a contimiatioii in iu 9 raivTMBJ wki... uai I. itt r n inw mi u i ihpiiiiiii i Union governed by heartless fanatics and polical .scoundrels. What, sir, is to hinder our . parate national existence ? Has not South 'aroiina within herself ample resources to laintain such an existence? Have wo not in i!i pnicc* enough to devise our own form of overnment, and virtue enough to sustain and reserve it? tsouth Carolina, peaceably out of i" Union. left free to establish !ier own com i.-rci .1 relations, and it is clear to mv mind, ! i:it she possesses within herself tiic means, I :i ! can provide for hersell lii?i cheapest, the i lil.le*! am! t!ie purest government that ever j ucourngu the hopes or blessed the labor of 11:1. With me government is not a matter of ?Tt':ij>! v. Its value does not depend on cx nt of space or amount of population. To mimand mv respect and challenge my obe: nee, it must inspire coniid mv instead of i tniit mo. t uimoiate impe not fear; above I! il inu-t afford security, tiint security wliicli sallies me to f.a-1 tliut wliut I have is my own. id that what I may quietly sit beneath my wn vine and tig tree, with none to molest or is!orb me. .Next it conjectured that the (lovern inept ill probably resoit to a quad blockade, and ! tat u:. 1-r its operation the coniinoree of iba'h?ton i>i t>> be destroyed. \i ell tiie an.verto this is that blockade of any kind is cordon, a forcible denial of the right of a .Stn e i withdraw from the laion, and as such w e mst timet it. Now, 1 admit that secessii n ' invalid will probably involve serious sactiues, and that tlie.se will fall most heavily r n ir cherished city. But. shall this deter tin? ur fathers took counsel neither of their fears or their weakness. If we shrink from t.f.e lcriticc now, will the future find us willing to irur it. I regret that my friend has reduced ;is groat question of liberty and right to the andard <>t dollars and cents. No people wjio tcasurc their principle by the money standard in 1 >ng preserve their liberties. If commerce in only llourish at the expense of those stern i ml iikiii!y virtues which alone qualify a people >r self-government, then let it. "perish." In ic day of Moultrie and Rutlcdge, appeals to ie commercial fears of the city found no re>onse, although the issue then, as compared ith the present, was a mere uhstrnetion. The [otiortfhle .*3onator says tliat iie has too much fefffict for us, to suppose that secession com lends itself to us, because of the facilities it lay afford for successful smuggling. In this i? is right, lint if, as lie intimates, the Federal lovernment shall resort to" petty commercial 'strietions for t!ie purpose of annoying and leaking the spirit of our people, then, sir, 1 ould meet it with smuggling. There is as inch dignity in the defence as in the attack. I know, Mr. Preside:;!, that those in power L*ny tiie light of a ."Stale to secede, and the emInyment of force has been held forth to deter ?. If this lie so, if it lie true that secession is lerelv the right of revolution, then 1 ask what jcomes of tne great fundamental truth of our volution, that government derives its million- | from the consent of the governed, and that: ie people have the right to amend, alter and mli-h it '>t \?111. Tim General Government a create.-*, not a master. ForCe, as a means ' perpetuating its existence over its own memos, is not an element in the Constitution, and ie iiea.icst trial to wiiicli it will ever he ex ) !, will be its employment. Webster, Clay : i 1 i1I:js??ic, may jiiiM"!i it, lint they will timl i Iglimwri to enfore on the m::j> of Noitli in riea the government of the sword. The o:>!e of li.i- country who are to do the fight <Z, cannot u ilearn themselves if they would, lie sword \\ ill fa!! powerless, the musket will . ver b? levelled, when to! | t!ir,t it i- .-.gainst a ojile who only a-lc the right of self-govern- ; eat. If we acquiesce in the denial of this! -lit, il the iloc'riues of \Y ebater are !;. fi- ' ntly em rafted on the Constitution, then, sir, ;r.; it a Conteueraey "f independent iveieignt: . list a v.u-t consoii in ted Umpire? hug- d firmi'v, u;u! we shall so >:i find our- j l\a s the mi-er;.iile victims of a rapacious,1 arti -s, sou!!.^' despotism, crimji;::-. i \\*it!i !.i tt-.e : ;! of the \utnerai of i'a .-hi wii! be ii i rey !. 1 am au.n , fir. IV ,-i.ient, that at a!! times ' nl under the mi.-l favoraiile circumstances, it : CAtreiii.-ly ihiii -;:!t te ct'eet a iiuidu'iicnlnl j i inge <?; tihivi-;ameat. !nde;i.M::!.'iil of vari- 1 is causes that operate more or less powerfully J ':ii:i-t .id t iiaOL'f i.iie;:f. t! t re are to 3--- - ^ , : > i : ! i;:!1 cnaunuaittes. two rl.i-.-es, the 1 ie from instinct and the other by | i.itiou, ' ho always sal with the o%i-1i:iiJ dove.',mient it! resist its overthrow. T!i s art* Capitalists I s i ('Itiee Holders, arid they wield a powerful ! dueiice in ?viy country. It is e:i?y l?ir these i m t?) cry revolution, and paint in ittrain, to iglitcu tue timid and ignorant, iTiiiile scenes ' .-ulferii.g, cruelly asitl hi noddied. llow lar these influences have already been certe I in sowing tin? >eeds of di- elision in ir !i!-.or i . what extent thev may hereafter j exerted in swerving tin* .State l-otn her true i Hir e, i will ii"t undertake to say, but it is ' ar t'? my miud that these men lor once tie- 1 ie themselves. Now, I deny the rigid of tho ; etierai (toveniiiient to employ force against a i late.? Hut, suppose ! asn wrong, ami that est- capitalists are right, and secession brings . volution.?What, let me ask, will they gain v averting it now? In escaping the terrors id blond of a civilized revolution, they are on- j reserving themselves for the more refined j an-lties ami the more terrible horrors of that ; rvilc revolution, which abolition is sure to! big. ami which will sweep over the land like ! desolation scourge, consuming them and their ' d?.-!ance. Viewed, then, in its worst possible j 11 SOl'hifi I" iiiv'J ?? c IM? ?ii(i.'i 11 (11 % t it ii-'. Submis-iou is present depredation, to , loj lowed 11v lulurofuiii. I.et ns, (lion, man- I II v grapple wiiii our ou n Ir?mii)K?s, ami not isi-l v shuille tllOU! ?li'??ii postciit v. I have thus, sir. in as short a compass as is-ible, submitted my views oil (lie great issue lore ns. I Know they will lie received lor! hat IIi? \ arc wortli ami no nimv. They have, nvever. been honestly eoiiceivcil ami as Irani;- j avowed. I shall vote for the Resolutions, I id the \ duress, because they meet fairly the j lest ion before us; because, in a word, they "!i directlv to a dissolution of tliis I nioii, ":i iisiiiniiiatioa," in my opinion, ''most devoutly lie wished."' In fact, sir, I regard this Unit id this moment as virtually dissolved. It, r>l """^ri^nnnrrM?B iiipi |iih_i_j j?tcSMM?IirrrnT may drag oat a few years of stormy, convulsive existence, but its vitality is gone. The cement that held it together melted away. The cords i that banded it about have been burst asunder. It lias lost its hold on the affections, on the . hearts of our people, and 1 trust has lost it furever. lie the issue, then, one of peace or of force, I have made up my mind to meet it. i have come to my conclusions coolly and deliberately, and sir, I sleep on them soundly. 1 j would strike the blow v ith the certainty of lie- | ing whipped into submission, rather than shrink \ from a position to which we are impelled alike j 1... stl*fliif\* nt' hrtinv. and ot nat'i- i otism. In the language of our dead MeDullie, 1 would rather see South Carolina the cemetery of freemen than the abode of slaves. TliO. J. WARREN, Editor. TUESDAV EVENING, JUNE 21, 1851. Brigade Court Martial, The Court Martial for the trial of defaulters ' at t!;e llrigade Encampment, convened here ! to-day. Gen. Adams' Speech. To-day, we publish tlie admirable speech ofj fiuiu ral Adam-, delivered at the Convention of j the Southern Rights Associations in Charleston. 1 We do so at tbe instance of a friend, and here ; take occasion to say. that we would have been pleased and highly gratified in being able to publish all the speeches delivered on that occasion, as well as many others of our friends since that time, whose speeches like those of the Convention, have been marked by unusual ability and force. The size of our paper, and being so^eldom published, precludes our doing so, only at i serious inconvenience. Wheni-however, ?' * are I particularly requested, we are willing to publish j for the accommodation of our friends end patrons. ; Rail Road Dividend. We are authorised to say (says the Evening News,) that the South Carolina Railroad Com- j party have declared a dividend for the last six J months of three and a half per cent. Night Blooming Cereus. We are indebted to If. Levy Esq., for a bloom of this magnificent flower, which is one of the choicest species of Cactus, opens but once in a ) year and remains in full bloom hut a lew hours, when i's leaves fold again, and we lose sight of its beauty and fragrance. Thus? "All that's bright must fade ! The brightest still the fleetest; All that's sweet was made But to be lost when sweetest!*' We attempt no description of its rare beauty, and will satisfy our imagination by pronouncing it the most splendid specimen of Floral loveliness that j we have ever seen. ' I have been often dazzled by the blaze Of sun ight b- auty ; but till now, ne'er knew Pi rfect loveliness." The Greenville Movement. It is evident from the signs of the times that the ! whole aim and design of the Union movement in j firet iiville. which i.-- to be made on tin- 11th prox- ' imn, i.? intended to enlist the sympathies and sup-: port of the resistance party in the State who are j i ppused to immediate separate secession. Let i o-ir co-operation friends eschew any connection whatever. \\i;!i this miseruh'e and wretched hum/ bug. ami not s'illVr tliemfelve.'-to lv- betrayed into any action which may savour in the slightest dcgr oolh iibnii.-sionism. These political federal/mcA- ' s.'crs ought to receive no count-mance or snpp >rt , i in any manner, shape or lorin from any oueci'ilie ! r ,-istancr party. It is one of the vile schemes of > the enemy to end. aver to divide the Stat- ? rights party, tl; . trt: friends of the South, into two clar ies. They wan*, if p".-:.-ih!o, to enlist the itillit -nee, either directly or indirectly, of Ch. vos, ISutler, ilaruweii, ("hesnut and others, on llieir side. ISut we dont believe that they will, lor these genticine:i are too high ami honorable to merge their opinions into that of foil submission. Let us avoid nil who cry out the Glorious I'uion, a- wo would our deadliest loo. It is time nuir. that wo should talk plain and to the point. The question i- narrowed down to submission or resistance. i ITThe Lynchburg Virginian stales that Col. Garuolt, Chief Cugiueer of the Virginia and Ten- ' u>*ss??i? llnilroad. received quite a severe injury a fi-w days since, by being struck on t!;e head by a rock thrown out !?\ a blast. ^ ? "True Blue." Wo clip the following from the Lowndes County Chronicle, a sterling paper published at llayneville, Alabama. Head it: "Should South Carolina deem it best for her interests io break her connection with tin* union, bv seceding therefrom, and a conflict should arise between her and the Federal Government, it , would not be a mere struggle between that State j and tlio Government of the Cnited States. It would bo a contest between the institution ot ; 1 slavery and the power of abolition?freedom and equality again-t tyranny and oppression?Is not < Alabama as much interested in tin; preservation | of the slave institution as Carolina? I iidoubted- ( Iv she is. 'I'lu' cause of t!io gallant little Mate is ; equally the cause of Alabama: and a blow aimed at 0110. by tin- present Abolition (Inwrmiiont, would j 1 fall with equal force upon the other. Tli /so tilings ' must be dear to every relleeling mind, and it the 1 question is correctly presented to the people, we | do not li-ar the result. A (irrnt Invention.?The projector of the I 1 'I'.ihy .Jumper" may he properly considered a ' benefactor to 1 lie human race. The Amount o! eomlorl that he has afforded bv moans of his ' 1 elastic suspenders to the 'infant in arm' will lie ' i -II ... |.10 IIP.,1^1 I-O I.-, il,,,,. | ; 1(1 llio I ' " " ' HUlil iw I UIIIV., ?? ; shall have put oil" the grab of childhood, to j1 enter upon the pathway of a more mature ago. j The number of tears?those touching monitors, | from the pent up fountains of the heart?that this human individual lias spread to his in fan- j tile friends, cannot be enumerated, or even esti- |1 ? mated. The relief which the community at large have expei ieticed, since their introduction i into society, has been sung by the poet and u recorded fov the scholar?still but half its fl praise lias been sounded. 1 A nd now another great invention has been produced, wliicli in simple terms, is .nothing more nor less than a "Babv Walker." ; Aye, reader a "baby walker," an arrangement lor directing the erring steps of the little one, whose limb* fail to afford the requisite support lor such a purpose. Its form resembles somewhat a common parlor ottoman, though in the topis cut a hoi*, into which the bahy is placed, and secured from falling. A small saddle is suspended beneath the hole, upon which the infant rests, its foot touching the floor. The saddle is supported on springs which give the up and down movement at every motion of the little occupant. The contrivance is placed upon castors, and can therefore be poshed around the room by the youngster, with the utmost ease. We do not know the name of the ingenious inventor; however, it will become prominent in time. He certainly is entitled to the thanks of the mothers of the land. Beautiful Extracts.?There is an even-tide in human life, a season when the eye becomes dim, and strength decays, when the winter of \ ago begins to shed upon the human head its prophetic snows. It is the season of life to \\ liicii the autumn is most analagous, and which it becomes; and much it would profityou, my \ " elder brethren, to mark in the iiistrncuot) which the season brings. The spring aud&unajenf your days are gone, aud with theRr*lM&jffiIy the joys they knew, but rom^pof the friends who gave them. Yoa Have entered upon the autumn of your hcing, and whatever may have beet) the profusion of your spring, or the warm temperature of your summer, there is a season of stillness or solitude, which the beneficence of heaven affords you, in which you may meditate upon liie past and future, and prepare yourself for the mighty change which you may soon undergo. It is now that yon may understand the niagnificient language of heaven?it mingles its voice with that of revelation?it summons you to those hours when the Jeavcs fail, and the winter gathering, to that evening study which the mercy ol heaven has provided in the booh of salvation. And while ttie shadowy valley opens, which leads to the abode of death, it speaks of that love tvliieli comfort and save, and which conducts to those green pasures, and those still waters, where there is an eternal spring for the children of God. GEMS OF THOUGHTGrave are the prints of the footsteps of the angel of eternal life. There is no grid without some beneficent provision to soften its intenaeness. There is but a breath of air and a beat of the heart betwixt this world and the next. Never court the favor of the rich by flattering either their vanity or their vices. Frequently review your conduct and note your feelings. When you thi.ik how good your parciits are, ^ just think how much better must tiiat being ue who nude them. Speak with calmness ami deliberation on all occasions, especially in circumstances which tend to irritate. Some connoisseurs wor.id give a hundred pounds for the painted head of a beggar, who would threaten the living medicant with the stocks. There is only one objection to the people who mono well, and thai is that they can never spare time to carry out tlc-ir meaning. Never resent a supposed injury, till you know th j views and m >tives of the author of it: nor any occasion retaliate. The seeds of love can never grow but under the warm ant! genial influence of kind feeliu'/s and aifeeiiouat'' manners. Always take the part of an abser.t person who is censured in company, so far as truth ant! pmpr'uty will allow. Usefulness is confined to no station, and it is aMoui-liinghnw touch good may be done, and what may lie effected by limited moans, united with benevolence of heart ami activity of mind. The happiness of our lives depends much on the active performance of the duties of our station ; nor have we any right to infer that'if tl.ev are not properly discharged, tiiey would Ik' bettor if wo m??voti in a more exalted sphere. Music serves i? make a homo pleasant by engaging tnanv ol' its inmate in a delightful rei? -creation, ami thus dispelling the soarncss and gloom which frequently arise from petty disputes, from mortiiiicd vanity, from discontent and envy. The apparent motion of the earth is from the rising to the setting sun. when Iter real motion is from the setting sun towards the rising. So is it with man, he fancies liimsi!: journeying from life to death, while in fact ho is journeying from death unto life. Avarice, the accumulation of wealth for its own sake, brings with its own punishment in the drying up of every fount of human affection within us, in the disruption of every tie with which the charities of life are bound, and iii the conversion of the heart into a substance * harder than the nether millstone. " 1 1 1? ? i UOU aiiu lovu uru uiivu-, in n-iit in colors, in flowers, in the beauty of man, in the happiness of animals, in the human mind, in the endless spheres, as the sun shines on all alike, vet differently, and is majestic on the ocean, sparkling in a dew drop, ruddy on the ripe fruit, silver on the stream, many colored in tlio rainbow, and pale and tremulous in the moon. If there be a situation wherein woman may be deemed to appropriate angelic attributes, it is when she ministers as only woman can, to n I he wants and weakness of the invalid. Whoso hand like hers can smooth his pillow? whose voice so cllecUthlly can silence the querclouslies-: of his temper, or soothe the anguish of his disease? l'rotfored by her, the vaiued hath in added zest, and even the nauseous medicament is divested of its loathsomeness. MARRIED?At Sandy Hill,on Wednesday Evening 18th inst., by the Rev. Mr. Hay, Edward llaile Esq., to Miss Mary W daughL c iL-1.1- ri^l I- . it-t ui uiu iaic *^01. j una ^upsuui.