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/ i. .V'l.'Al I *. K. iivD-; t' .( 'tf'rt i\ -V. Y., ?, 1851. <? \ti.\ : Y<iii Iclfer di.wli'tl to *?'t* ?t '' ' ifit ifnli.-MI to Hllill t*>.? \?-vt 1 ntK, riir.v' n-^ ?... a meetinj; >!* 1I14' ci'iifiis of tdha-lestnu di.?lrirt. f., itf .'ii I.i i.i i'h.iilesion, S. C'., on tin1 17tit lias just u-nched iim' at this place, wite'e 1 amy le.-ide. I'l?r die compliment tints tendered, and tac I i t whie'i it i? enuveved, I he.* vou l<? accept my uckuuwlcdnuietits, :t?*<'i>iii|>a'iicd by regrets that I cannot comfly \\ ith your wishes. Distance and spare.'he burden ofyears i should hear with me. ami, more than all, my incapacity tor public spe iking, compel me to decline a task for which I am totally unfitted. What I have to say, ! 11 to re fore hope vou will permit rrfe to address to y<>n through a niediuui to which I am more aceu>tomed. As it appears from the tenor of your letter, that you are already sufficiently aware of the T.i f^t.viirli tvsneet to what is \flfit)isic:iiiv called the compromise. 1 will only trouble you with a brief recapitulation. In my view, it was a i*ross anil palpable violation oi thai yreat fundamental piiuciple of .State oijnal ify which prevades every provision of the Com stitiitioo, mil forms the ba?is of t.iis confe ierallb.'t; a most unjust itiable attack on the rights, interests, safety, and happiness of one half the States composing it. accompanied by insult ami obloquy; a pretended concession, wrested by niere force of numbers from a miimtiiv; and t'iab in its consequences, it will prove mo.e lviHiw. orosoeritv. and happi less. ifftor the wry existence of the I nioii, t!i;m a?V ;iPUre may Ik* resmted to in ;i't?*iiij)tiiiir to obtain redress lor the post, or srcu {ftI'or.tiK^liJfUrC Such fiohitj toy view of t!?? subject, 1 am, aiifl alw ivs li.tw been, of opinion that the stand oVfyiaaifv taken hy South (,'aiolimi, ami moat of tat'Southern Stiles, in opposition (o tie pfrtciples embodied in thai seri?s of measures, was'hot outv' justifiable. hat demanded by a proper reij'ai d for tapir lights ami their tumor; :Ji<1 that an abandonment of the position they then assumed, and an aeqai 'scehee i:t iimm.itVes t-iev rejK.Mle.IIy deel iced tney u oiil I resist ,J:it ::II ii.iz irus ami to tie I i-t extre il\," no te'.is'. .re.'hhpani d by a f.aaK aek'mul dgmeut .jjf of iiavi -j, heeo \v.i> ig i , ,.| j ( ,ee, *.* \V 'i:i.l, ia t.ne luiig'rige o! the p:i ted it soiu. li "tjtoii'pea'i -d to v.otir hater, he "what i ivy c.mjI.T dot siilia.it lo o it .out dishonor." ifsneli aa ahtmioanieiit < } aif pievioiia pledges ami deehoaiioiis v\ere t!.<' result of a sultseqne.it contact ioTi ..f hat i ig.gre.ltly erred i i m ihiog ihem. it \\'tluf i he honorable ami magnanimous. I'n.i fejieh ajija aiy not jo Ik; tije ease, since even toe irdeoeate; of acquiesreucdfrtill continue to assert tile j?:iiieljI.'S on which ul<-ec pledges ami l.-.a?l -n ?e.-ll as tne wro.l_rs upvuvf m ?*"? v?* 'i * ?? ? c which first t-.-tllftl tiifin lorta. 'I he Assoer itinu is. i believe, right in its second resolution ? ileriaiiug its belief that th" i;??-ojK?r:itio!i of any of tie* Southern .States with S?urh fxioiiti.t, either in resistance or &> < es is at haM improbable, so lung as tin- i i tlttenee and phtruiihoe of the (teneral (.Jovem* litem are nriayeU against Stale iighi>. Nor do t'Seeany renvoi fin* U-lieviao that any ptobi Ide ciiuugt* of :uiaii dairatioa will produce a Oil a of me isn.es.; since, as you will |ite.eive, from their repented derl iratims, ail partk*s in the -Noitir mote in ileuoiinri ig slavery, and m.iiat.ihiig the eoa^litilttoua! li.'fit of (.'ongress, as well as its i ;flexih|e duly, to pidl.Ihil its extensi oi to any Slate that may hereafter he admitted into the Union. From all present appearances, tile principles embodied in the ctntiproaiise will cmitime to be the ba-i* oftiie future jHiliav wfllic tiovermneiit. It seems al S4iprli ble.ta.it the States, which have sub mitfe.l to paM, will he equally quiescent under future wrongs ri ivi-?? tints i?.i. ilv Mated j.jv views with re gard to voir first and secon I, I wiii now revert to your l.?>t and in ?*t important resolututu, namely : "that failing in a reasonable tifWo to obt.ti t the eo.ojterHtinn of the other Soutnrru .States, South t-arolitiu should alone witli Iraw from the Union." Il swms rather I lie in the day to he called on to combat the old exploded doctrine of pas. sive obedience and non-resistance, the assertion of which cost one monarch his head, and sent another i:i:<?penietHn! exile. \e!,;ts that doctrine lias lately been revived by some of the highest names of the Republic, it calls l<?r a passing notice in connection with tie subj.-rt of tiiis letter, it seems stringe, (no. that this long bus tod Oionster, which roe?-ired its Heath wiiiiiiih, in the t wo revolutions of Knglind and Ameri '.I, shosihl have been dug up and ri-sus c'taled by'disli aguished Democratic republican statesmen From all but the darkest regions of t'ae civiiiaed world this portentous phantom has been banished, as i. would a open r, onlv to It i I reluge i i ta it which proi'esv-s to be most free and enlightened, l ucre is not a Knro. peuii writer, or st itesmtn, or theologFt, of any established reputation, that would now venture to |.i(icla>ii the slavish principled wiiicii have been assert ml by republican lead ts in tile halls ot a Congress of Republican States. A lilOIWJ^'l Ul^lKSIiltl Oj 'IMS (lOt'li I II' II! [inisiiTi' oi? Oon-re.M -f:lmm, <? > t.lr part *?l' ?*tj i tl hi anUersi of a rnulVi|?'ralio:i nl States wool i riojaiiv more epuv {'mm i? pro. pel for im' ? ? oec.ipv, ami more time tli.an vim e.an Spine oo ti.ii oerasioii, nor ilo I il.'i'in il nwe.ss.irv. T!ie li^ht of resist anee In* lonv as respioMs St.it s i nl ? ? ni'titi:iitif.-, i< onlv hi I'Xti'inin.i o." t to i i. iii t il i i^'i of self ileleiice w'li *it i-> a I i\v o| n it lie, ?i-it>*ci-(iciit ami pa a. nio.iTit to ail I nvs i nl all cmiMituti mm; ul-.ir. ivttiifiit lie* aii Mati-.l ??r >mTemientl l>v tin* .ill >;? tin i <?r .-uiy Msteni <?' mum ,| o.'^iui/, itiuu. 'I'mif*?rrri'u,-i* l? v??ntl e<i if iv.m>v. I?\ fhi' h i ri?'.vt-r ihi.' ? of Si Im v :t:i< i< if lie; f?V t H* :!: ' "i ."III I ll' e it fl.iri.'iil jt'-i wvlf as ni!> ! *r.i n?t in itk'M n:i III. I i\v 'il h i tur1.' .,-t 111 ii ill'* HJ ri'i I, II stii* l W.'iV let t u i* isV, it !i m ;il?vays }?.vii, iiinl ill .v.tvs will lie ;?? !? :! iriti'i when the uec.-Mori a ifi fijtjm siti ii la -II Jiiitani i:i ?. It is triff, tiiat iiu'ii-o the writers w!n? asset or concede tin* liilit ?> riyifjl iuci', iiaiv alternated to dcline tin* jiivci-? line where vaUt.iiuv becomes juMiiiable, be C/iiiii* it i ' H'it susceptible ot' (Ivti'iitimi. it i.a matter of feeling, and can neititer be analyzer nor defined. ' Aii i*!iii ; ! t Anioiican statesman, ! igh in < dee anil a candidate fur still higher Iioiioi whose oj iannis I wi.-h to treat with nil due r peet, lias lately attempted to establish a bro; I r'i tiiietioii between icvolution and secession; I other words, the li-jlit to resist, and the right i reli iug out of reach of the necessity of resoi i ino to resi-t ince. His position, if I right onipiehcnd him, is, that though a people i J Stat.? may have a tig't to resist by force I reit li'i contingencies, wiey wive none iu i*-n i peaceably beyond the reach of injury mid n ! pressimi. it seems they have no nltcrualivi | tliey must either peaceably submit, or furcib i resist, for they cannot get out of the way. j follows, that all radical changes in the politic , relations of a State with a confederation i i States, must tiecessaiily he brought about I violence and Moody contentions. Those \vf i cannot live together in peace, must not part i peace; they must resort to the right of tl j strongest and fight if out! Thus the extermination of a portion of oi ! fellow creatures, perhaps our countrymen, is a ! i nliSj e sable preliminary to nil great politic j changes; and hecatombs must be offered up c I the altar of Liberty, before she can become : legitimate goddess. The establishment of tli j prineinle. conceding the right of revolution an i denying that ofscees-ion, would, in itsnpplici j IH111 to [Ik* ease now miner eoiisiueraiinn, ie?. i mi resomco tn any member of this cnnfeder, linn, under the most int lerable oppression, in I civil war, w itii all its aggravations. It leavi ! open no appeal to tl.e great tribunal of reasoi justice, ami humanity; tin* right of the sfronj I e.-t i> tin* light divine; ami dissensions anion I a confederation of Christian States, can o J ; he adjusted, like those of the forest, by a deal i struggle. I am awate that this has hoen ti , aim st invariable practice of mankind in evct ; age and country; but never till now do I rccn led seeing ii asserle-1, that it was the only ju jtitiihlc mode of settling controversies anion aides an i nations; and it is with no little n gii i I see this doet i.ne sanctioned by m whose oj i ions are of such high autlioril j among a large po tiou of the American peopl j i have dwelt more emphatically on this topi ! because I consider tile right of secession as I i tar tin- most important of all the questions i; volved in t tie present controversy; and tiie a ' nek on it as one ol tiie m >st insidious, as wt j > dangerous, blows, ever levelled at the ligli ' oi toe otates, all ??f wiiom are dee, l> interestt n the i.vsuc, since those who are now the a; j gressors, may one day be placed ia a posi i< ?ii.iv it will be tiiei? only refuge from tne ui I I'liutiiillitl despotism nt'u majority. W it.i regard to the ex,iediencv ol the Sta oi Ooutn lurolnia t'Xeidoing tills right of see** ; siou, eitiier now or at any fulute period, would, i conceive, he presumptuous in one : ! [mi removed hum toe scene of action to nth j his opinion, 01 intrude Ins advice. In such , disi?, -Sontu v inoli a must act lor herself, ar { rely nn Herself alone, i would only observ i t.ial in Liking a step bo decisive as tiiat of will I drawing Loin tile Union, unanimity aiming | tier citizens, or soiii.-tiiiug nearly approacnhi ; it, se.-nis indispensable. it appears, lioweve i Li.a many distinguisucd men among you, who< I lepiitatiou is national, wiiose opinions are cut : il.it to great weight, ami who liave h**rctofoi taken t ie lead i.i opposing the compromise, b I iieve tiiat the tone lor secession is not yi I corny ; taat tiie co.ojieratioo of at least a on ! jority of tue boutuern [States is alrs'dutely ir i cess.uv to the suercsslul issue of sued a mei i sUie ; tiiat it is best to wait for tmtlier inju ie i or at least to see whetlier they will lieattemp ed, and ii so, whether they will produce sue co operation. Those whose views coined wjt.i die resolutions adopted by your assnei. tiou, on the otaer band, believe tiiat immedia secession, or seeessi mi alter "waiting a reasoi a d time" for tne co-operation of other State | is indispensable to tin* safety a d honor of ti .Stale oi Soutti I 'aroliaa. Which of these pa ties will eventually predominate rem ins to I j seen; and until tiiat is decidej, 1 shall cnutui myself with asserting Hie riglit ot secess'o | leaving tiic expediency ol its exercise to he d j cidcd by tin* result. should it lie found tiiat verv considerable minmilv is not only oppose hat will resist a resort to this remedy for tile I grievances, i eoueciv* its immediate adopth ' would ire li rzurdous in the extreme. But win . ore.(t interests arc at stake, much should I i risked in their preservation. For myself, 1 w j only sav, that were I a citizen of South Car linn, or any other Southern States; I trust slmui.i not lie found amongst those, who, aft placing tuemselves in front of the battle, ai leading their follow ers i ilo a position whein j tiiev coal I not retreat without dishonor, retin ; ironi tiie held, only, it would seem, to see if tl I enemy would pursue them. A few words more, getiMemen, in order th ! I may not he misrepresented, and I will i longer trespass on your time or patience. It I know myself, and the innermost feeli? of my heait, I am a latter friend to the Unit , than many of those who, while loudly profet , j i.ig tin ir devotion, are steadily pursuing , j course of policy that has already alienated ' coii>i.teiahle portio i of its citizens, and w as u.-edlv bang about its dissolution. It is u , l de. tlie i.dlijeiicc of this attachment, that I ha f lent iiiv feeble ai I in opposition to that polio V it!n r force imr coercion can preserve a F , ion vohintaiily formed on the basis of perfe eipialitv; nor do I believe it possible to pi sci ve or p.-rpetuat" t!.is confederation by ai , atti nij.ts to extend the powers of the (tenet Iiovi'i'ioio'iir hevimd the limits nrcscrihed I tlie Uo istibiti.i.i, strictly c ? i?trueJ, ngreeali , lo its letter a i I s,?iiit. T.io first attempt , ; coerce any one of its members, will be t ha;id-w;ili.ig o.i tin* wall, predicting the speei . <mi;I certain fate of tile Union. It i? not to I |i esameil 'iiat great .States, many of them eqn i ; n extent to powerful ki igtloiiiM, and ialialtit by i.ii*. easi 10 millions of ireemea, jealous . t.ieir ii^.jts. b.ave, high sj i ited, and energcl fail be held together eveejit by n voluntary ?' iie-ioii. This confederation may be likened C the great system of the universe, and it is on I"! by t.ie benign and gentle influence of a trn J lioa, tiiat the biigtit stars of our com.tcllati . j can lie ke|? in their orbits. Those who i ( tempt to In idle or spur them, will in the ei I i fare like tne rash fool who aspired to direct t ! chaiiot ol the sun. if- I inn, gentlemen, vour obedient servant, a. J. K. PAULDING, p. To F. D. Richardson, H. Raymond, W. H. id Perronueau - Committee, dec., A'c., Charleston, in South Carolina. J CAMDEN, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPT. 19. KU1. Ill M tjfciu. J. WJUUUin, aiuh/.. g-?f*Our strpets have awunied quite a business I.V | appearance for a few days past?several loads It i of cotlon have been sold, and our North Carolina a' friends have commenced supplying us with flout. 0 Sales of cotton were effected during the fore part ' * of the week at 95c; but unfavorable news has IO I 4 j i caused a decline. We quote extremes at 6 to 9J. le ' Corn, 1$; Flour 5 to 5?; Bacon 12. ,r ! Hon. James E. Paulding. in I We most earnestly commend the admirable al letter of this truly great man to the careful perusal hi of every Southern man. There is a volume of ? thought in every eentencp, audit is only once in ls an age we are able to find a James K. Paulding. id *- The Palmetto Flag. e We omitted in onrlast, to mention that w had received the first number of a neat little sheet un| der the above title, which has fur its motto: "The j period for decisive action has arrived."?"We j have counted the cost, and find nothing so deplo ? rable as voluntary servitude." It is, pumi.-nea in |y Charleston by Mr. Councell. Success attend his lb undertaking. * * * ie " .y We have heretofore invited discussion upon the |. leading topics of the day, and are still willing that >t- our columns should be used by our friends, alig though in some instances opposed to our political L'- views. We will close our columns a - ainst 110 ,e communication written in the right spirit, and ' )' free from personalities of an offensive character, we, of course, being the judge. We cannot give () our assent to pverv proposiiion contained in the ^ several artic es of to-day's paper; we are dispot ! sed nevertheless, to give our friends credit for ,|| as much honesty as we claim, and are unwil iug t$ to procribeany man because he may differ with us d in his |K) iti a I notions. It is a mean ami contemptib'e spirit, find it where you tiny, which would 111 find fault, because of an honest difference of opin"* ion. ? te ''Where Stand the People of Eerahaw?No.l. jt Under this caption, and over the signature of i() "Kershaw," a writer in our last, attempts to exfn ti>< rwnfile iifKi'sihau: District "their true L.,- .W . J a position," and m probing to the bottom, t$e propoid sition f the u pledge" the State in uudeyto sepae, rate- secession, di.-covers very conclusively, at least to hir oan satisfaction, that South Carolina 8,1 is only 44 pledged" (if at all,) * to co-operate or de0 lUteralefi as occasion tn.iv require. T * ' !u the course of the argnne-nt toe are editorially j ! mentioned. We take occasion here to state that r ; in any of our "confident announcements," we have | ha<J a .strict regard to truth, and always base our ; statements upon fa Is, before they have publicity. 1 Of course we take it that 44 Kershaw,'' in writing ?- the article meant that we were mistaken in onr a- opinion, as he might be in his, and not guilty of a s? wilful misstatement. An extract reads at follows: "it seems to he plain, .Mr. tilitor, that the Disi trict is not pledged to secession by the election ??l 1 i separate State action delegates, notwithstanding t 1 your confident announcement to the contrary." | As it may he at last but a matter ol opinion between us, We do not propose here to discur* the44 pledg,e j ges" of the Statu of South Carolina. She has r- I enough, in all conscience and may require all her ?e ! ejiergy and means to redeem them. But we proof ; pose here to show that thu " confident announce" menl" alter the election of D.-legates to the State u* j Convention in February last, that" Kf.rshaw hao j1 j planted lipr.-e!f on secession ground," was we!' founded?predicated upon the election of Messrs. j Cantey, Lang and Patterson; and as Mr. Barn Ml well once told Mr. Clay, there is two ends to a i rope, wo have one. end, and "Kekphaw" hap the ill ! other. Now, let's set* who will gel hung first.? i). ! Messrs. Cautey, Lang, Patterson, and other gen1 | tleinen were nominated as delegates to represent L*r | the District of Kershaw in the proposed Conveni lion. They were interrogated by a rorresponct" | dent signing himself "Buffilo," a right which as | a voter and citizen lie unquestionably had?they j each in turn replied, which replies are familiar to 1 the readers of the Journal. M-ssrs. Canfey, Lang and Patterson were each d-ridedly in fivorofsep| arate Sta'e action, as our last and only h >pe.? 1 When co-0|>eration expires, (and we think, from ^ ! present indications it isiuitslast dviug state,) then 1*1 I ,,, | these gentlemen .would vote tor tlte exercise ot I . a j lliifl certain and mmlrenabre right?-sfck sr?n. ? | Th election was held in utrict conformity to the ill ; instructions of the legislature. M jor Can ley, it- j who is knowi and acknowledged to bo a very ve I ultra States Rights into?occupying very high )' | hrounds, was elected. Mr. Ling and Vlr. Patter"* ! son, who were each regarded, as warm, in the r' . cause, and Secessionists of tin* separate sort, wore l" j alio elected. It was not their fault that a ktrg! r "i | number of votes were not given, every man who til i , , , ty i was entitled, could have voted, had he in untested ,|y a desire to do so, and could have voted tor cento j tlem-n with equal claims and pretensions to inhe telligence, who were in favor of Co-operation, and Iv oooosed to Separate Secession. If men were he not disponed to exercise this prerogative, certainly 1,1' , those win) did, art1 not to blame for the result w'.j which followed. If "Kershaw" was so exceedingly anxious to place ttw District in her true po1' sition," why did he not, turn out, and with his 'i?- : to "probe," look into the matter well be tore this. It i* jy ' too late in the day note, for "Kershaw" to bring ,c. | up objections of that character to the election, of on i "ur delegates. From "some cauxe" the poll wan it- not as large as the one given in 18-18 for Clerk of id, th" Court; yet, nevertheless it was an election, he held "according to law" for Delegates to the Stale Convention,the result of which, enables us at this late day, to make the following "confident announcement" without fear of contradictidn: Delegates I" the Male Con centum in the. District of Kershaw, were elected, who were known la be in favor of Separate State'.AcUon; who were elected by the people not only "to co-operate" and adeliberate" i>ui to act when occasion should require. uDeliberate? yep, until doomsday, and prepare to co-operate, f<ndlhen the result will be deliberation. We regard the result of the election of Messrs. Cautey. Lang, and Patterson.as a decided intimation on the part of the people of the District of Kershaw as favorable to Separate'Mate Action as a last and final resort. "Kershaw" may invest it with ail the mystification of science, or what i else he may please, it is nothing more or ess than what we have claimed, in our "confident amumnctJ merits." For the Camden Journal. No II. District Meetings. Mr. Editor: We will now consider the seve nil Distiiet Meetings, which have been held from time to time, in order that we may -determine it'the People of this Distiiet have bound themselves to separate State action by $he resolutions there passed. We have shown that the District is not pledged to separate State ac ti >n by the election of Secession delegates to the Convention?that not one half of the Distiiet ! voted at the election?that the issue was never presented to the small number who went to the j polls in February. Now, there is butonedthj er mode by which it could be pledged, namely; ! by their public resolves. At a public meeting ! held in Camden, March 8. 1849, Capt. I'hos. ! Lang, Chairman, to respond to the Southern Address, an able rejioit was read, prepared by a Committee, of which Col. Chesnut was Chairman, recommending lion intercourse, also seven resolutions ?the first saying, in substance, that the Union of these States was formed for the liberty and welfare of all?that when it censed to fulfil these objects, thej ceased to revere it. 2nd. That when the Constitution was violated deliberately and systematically, this government became one whicli ruled by fraud and force; to such a government "we are readyfto oppo&e our lives ami fortunes." That the i .termeddling by the Free States and General Government wilu slavery in tjie slave States, is a violation ol tne Constitution to which we will not submit. 4tn. Resolved, I ha* in tne recent action of Virginia, we recognize the conduct of a State ever worthy to lead tne van of battles against tyrants and tyranny, and that in tier efforts to maintain the liberty and equality of the States, ..... ? Ml atoliil la* hiil* Oflo III Olofv nf \YC mil OIUIIU MVI UIV.V - WV.J w. fortune. 5th. Resolved, Wh le we are anxious to associate vvilii, and act in concert with other States, we consider it the duty of Carolina, associated or alone, to uphold her political equality as a filiate. Oth That we request tlie Conimi:tee of Gaiety, appointed in other Districts, to uic.'t with us in Columbia in .Way next. 7th. That we appoint a fiiafety Committee of fitly. 1'iiHae Resolutions and the accompanying Report were "ahly sustained' hy .Wessrs Ja-? Ohesnut.jr., J II. Kershaw, VV. ,?|. Snannon, A. ft!. Kennedy, and !\ J. Warren It was Shown most cica:ly, "t ml tae time was at ii-ind for tae Slurehiiidtiig Slufe-v to rouse to action.*' 1 will .'eiiture the assertion, taat not one of t ie gentlemen who spoke advocated fiiepai ate filiate Action, on tae contrary, tney endeavored to snow, to use tae words of the J.wrn-ti, "mat the tioie was at hand lor tae Slacth States to route to action,'?and assuredly no citizen of the District b dieveil inat hy his concurrence in the proceedings of tuat meeting, he had pledged himself to tnat measure; indeed it was not thought of, non-intercourse was tiie remedy proposed and recommended, as calculated to secure our right*, anil yet prrs-ran tiie Union; they were not even in tavor of dituiiinn, much less Separate recession ; they proposed to seek salvation for the South, without destroying tiiis Union, in tact, so little did they have Separate estate Action >.? ttieir iiimcts, Liat the Journal, then under the control of Mr. Caston, in commenting upon Col. Chesnut's Repoit says, it'it was fully adopted throughout the South, "then the Republic might lie saved, and tiie bonds of our (Horutut Union remain unbroken that the Journal then, did not eonaider the people of this District pledged, is ev dent. ^ Tlie next public meeting was held at Cam deii, July 19, 1W51. Mr. John M. DeSaussure presided. Addresses were delivered by Cols. Cregg and Chesnut; Resolutions passed-not one won! said about Separate citnte Action in them, Imth of the Sjieakers dwelt upon the necessity of a onivi of t/w South (vide Juvrnol.y In reading the official account ot lids meeting, one cannot Help complimenting .Mr W. II. R Workman tlie Secretary, for tlit* extreme fidelity and accuracy with wiiieli tlie remarks of Messrs. Gregg and Cliesnut are reported, and yet there is nothing in the speeches of eitner of the gentlemen as officially given, which has the slightest sqainting towards v5ep.ii.ite State Action, and we all can never forget, with what promptness there gentJeinen defended tnemselves from Gen. poote. when he accused t em of advocating tr a doctiioe, and Vet not withstanding that, :here is a vague uiieeitaiu belief in the minds of some very well disposed men, that they were pledged to tnis measure hy the action of that meeting; a careful, or even a lusty perusal of the pin. ceedings on that occasion, well satisfy any sane man, of the fallacv of that belief, vet wo have sometimes heard it intimated by men who called themselves Secession! its, that they stood now, precisely where Col. C'hesnut stood then, and tnat it' titers had been a change of opinion, it was not with them?meaning to insinuate thereby, that Col. Cheanut at that meeting, ad voeated Separate State Action?a reference to the proceedii gs of that meeting, and to the 1 conclusion of Col. Chesnut's letter to Koote, will show that the insinuation is untrue. Ilowi ever, it is not our business to defend the consistency of CuL Chesnut's political conduct; when these insinuations receive a public #uid ___________ I responsible endorsement, he 'will, If he (fifths it necessary, probably defend himself; they hare no immediate connection with the objeot of this part of this artiele, which is. to scow that tliose are mistaken, who deem that there was any pledge made in reference to separate State Action at that meeting, or any talk | about it., I Another public meeting was held in Camden, | Sept 24th <?r 26th, 1850, for the purpose of , fj forming a Southern Rights Association. Capt T. Lang presided. Gen. Cantey frbiri a Cow** n lit tee of Twenty one, submitted a Preamble and Constitution for the Southern Rights Association, which were adopted. The Preamble, was in sulwtance as follows: That as we all owed primary allegiance to the State of South Carolina, we Ho hereby pledge our Jives sua fortune*, to sustain any course which the constituted authorities of the State may see fit to adopt. The 2nd Article of the Constitution of the Association sets forth its objects as follows: "To organize t e people of this District in sop|>ort of the inlerexl* of the South--to insure e<nicer! of action between the citizens of tins and other Southern States; to. vindicate their rights; to maintain the Federal Compact in its t oii^ioal purity as the oidy way o'f preserving the Union; to support the State authorities iu anv measure South Carolina may adopt for her defence or that of her sifter Stale:.." AiL 8th says: "This Association shall con fiuue until ; the wrongs of the Sorth are redressed iu the Union or the State resume the powers delega- . ted to the Federal Government for special ptlf- * poses." 1 have set forth at length and in the very ^ words of the Constitution the objects of the Southern Rights Association, so that every citizen may see for himself, that he is no more pledged to separate State action by the South; ern l ights Association, than he was by the 3(50 or 380 voters who elected the Delegates to the Convention? there is not the slightest I pledge required in reference to that measure. ! Yet we have frequently heard separate State action men say that they pledged themselves to secession the day they subscribed tbeirnsraep^ to the Constitution of tbe Southern Rights Association. We hardly deem it worth A uile to argue this |H>int with a man, who thus admits, that he pledged coolly "his life and fortune" to carry <>ut some measure of which he was protoundiy igimrant! Any man who has read tite proceedings of meetings will see that the Distiict is not pledged to separate State action. This, also, may he here "noticed, any one who carefully h?oks at the objects for wtfeb thes" Southern Rights Associations were homed, and (tite objects of all were the same) must lie a?to?i-bed,. that any set of men should en1 deavor to jjervert them into little party ma! chines to isolate rfoutti? arolina, the very result I tbe association by its formation was intended to avoid?societies formed to promote "coni cert of action" between Jjbe eitixetts of thmth 1 " - - I tinnilturn Sf ? rt?? ilier. I Vsiirouiirt aim nuiri ,<jwum.v... ? ? . nlelv distorted and u*ed fur exactly ail oppuj -ite |???rp??ae. (Wider the name of Southern ; Ki^ut.i AojiicintwiK, a |*>lilical junta h*s been { erected who have taken upon theulselve- to in-. , terpret liie words "'concei t of action" between * ! the citizens of tnis and other Southern- States, ^ ; and m.ik- thern mean "the separation of the citizen:- of this State, from the citizens of all the other Southern States," he wtio questions their i'liallihility "iiMWtbave his neck cracked," to on- tne expressive language of the Mercury, ; and to doubt their intcrpretathqi is to be poiitij cally damned. Tla>y have taken upon them| s Ives to direct ttie p.'ople of KeraiutW how to vote, and who to vole for!! And has it come to this? are we indeed so low, as to submit to the dictation of a tniali club inn different Dia; trie ( Mr. Kditor you ougnt by all means, so, j to publish i t your columns, tne Address to the i v.iters of this Congressional District, recently proiuuiged in Columhin ; let t-ieu? see Lite edict; ; let tiicm know what they are required to do. j It inav perhaps suit the neigh boruood of the | "Hull-pen" in the Fork, but 1 imagine the sturdy voters of Kershaw District will spurn with just and deserved indignation this domineering , assumption of dictatorial jjowur by a few self* ! appointed lenders in a different Uistnct; tney i are nut in the habit of enquiring of otuer Ois; t. iets hmv they shall vote, and least of ail, of | Richland. | Now having proved from the files of your own paper, Mr. Editor, that the citizens 01 tun District are nntbound to separate secession, we will now proceed to determine, if we can, to what are they hound, it inu*t be evident from these meetings that this District has been keenly alive to the oppressions of the Federal (invert! ineift, that the spirit of our citizens has lisea in proportion as the magnitude of the dangers in. creased that they have been willing to settle this difficulty in tiie Union if it possibly could he done, and if tint could not be done, to go out of the Union?and finally by, and at the forming of n Southern Rights Association, they p edged themselves "to support the incrrgl*of the South ? to insure concert of net ion tietween the citizens of this and other States." Now the only pojat, it would seem, tor us to decide at prereut would lie this, will separate State action bring almul that "concert of action" that we nre 90 anxious ( pro ure, am) wmcn is so vitiilly important in this great content! I will 4 consider tnis proposition tit the next wemher of J vi?ur pa|?e , with tour permission Mr. Editor,. Q I KERcMAW. 1 -> ,*f ;c 1 ft Fir the Can Jen J-mraal. Z The .VooKtaius Labor; Lot a Abase is Bora* From the columns of ue wspa|>ers and from other sources, it was made evident some time since, , that the voters of this Congressional District soon to be called on to discard Cols* PrertQii and t j t hrmnt from their mind* and alfl-ctkms and ha Jfl . substitute in their stead, good men and lrue% who VH \ wou.d carry out the ends ol the 44 Southern Rights Association*" perverted to party uses. The pro' j ject did not work well at first?sagacious and proud-spirited men of both parties, saw tho inr propriety of using theso Associations as party wa? chi.iery, and declined acting in their apfcapacity. A few more pull* at the wires, how ever, put the machine in motion, t(ipugn miii working badly. (Thank God, ^cracking necka? is a new butjneas in Carolina,) Richland raited , Mr ?j| : |f|<1|