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LETTER FROM G. W. GAYLE, ESQ. Cahawjia, Ala., Aug. 23, If 51. Genihmrn ?Yours of the 20th inst., desiring # mo in behalf of those you represent, to address' a public meeting to he holden in Charleston on the 17th proximo, was received to-day. On the day appointed for your meeting, I shall be on my circuit, and forced therefore, by a duty to my clients, to decline your kind invitation. The determined spirit of resistance von express, through the medium of separate and immediate State Secession, gives me hope. Despair never could annoy me, if I were certain South Carolina would stand up to her professions, her honor, and her integrity. Slavery in j the South is literally staked upon her, and if ' she retraces one step she has taken, all is lost, J and lost forever, save what relic of the South- j ern institution may be found amid the desolations of civil war. Who can doubt that we have been driven to the alternative of giving up our slaves to Northern fanaticism, or dissolving the Union?? This is not a dehateabie question, even among | the most crouching subinissinniits. All parties i - -i i .:? ...i.:i. a. ,|;r ! It) IDC ODUKl I'OIU'WIf II, wIII It" tilt*j piiijiuoc uii- i ferent remedies. Hostility to slavery has grown | up with the Government, and year after year, j since 1787, it has now reached maturity, arid I is as undomesticnted and inexorable as a wild hyena. It has succeeded in one of its grand schemes of abolition?hemming in the institution by surrounding it with free States. Insolent in its power, it refuses to allow the fugi tive slave 'aw enforced, and thus triumphs in another plan of emancipation, rendering the ' slave property of the bordering States unsafe, j by open robbery, and forcing its owners to push I it upon the interior South. Not content with ; these, for the last three years they have, by their irresistible power in Congress, increased the Government debt millions upon millions, with the view to exhaust the sources of public revenue, arrd reach emancipation through the levy of a direct tax, perhaps of three hundred dollars upon a slave. Of this latter scheme, 1 think I can hardlv bo mistaken. Within the J time specified, appropriations have been unspar- I iugly made?the public lands given away to J every petitioner, and 110 effort made to raise ; the duties on imports. They have the (Jonsti- . tutional right to levy such tax, and I am satis fied it is looked to as an early means of aboii- ' tion. When we are thus driven to the necessity of ! giving up slavery or dissolving the Union, what j shall we do? It is true, the Northern argument { that" the U.don is stronger than slavery," has j had its influence in the South, even with slave holders. Hut shall we give it up, although tiiis I startling fact shall stare us in the face? No? ' never! We have the power to preserve it, and I we will do so by the best practicable means. How shall we preserve the institution of! slavery ? By submitting to aggression until we ; can iret the co-oi>eration of the South ? When j will we ever get the co-operation of the South? j Ask your Cheves, and your Butler, and your j Hayne, and your Barnwell to tell you. They may tell you we will get it when slavery is abolished in the District of Columbia. This ; cauuH be, because, should tliat lie done, ?ve will be told that the South voted for .Mr. Van Bcren for the Presidency when he had public- . ly declared he believed Congress bad the Con- j stitutional power to do so. They may tell you ; too, wo may get it when the fugitive slave law ! is repealed. Let this be done, and it will be defended in the South upon the ground -of its unconstitutionality, and your noble Rhett will i be cited as authority. What then, is to produce the expected co-operation of the South? I Nothing that Congress can be expected to do, I most certainly. When a Southern Convention ; of only sit or seven States could be assembled at Nashville, while the compromise bids were upon their passage, the Union trembling under j an excitement upon the slavery question which it never before experienced, it is vain to talk of ; co-operation for what the Government may ! hereafter do. When a subsequent Southern Congress has been appointed to he held in i Montgomery, Ala., in December next, and no j other State but South Carolina lias appointed , Delegates to the same,is it not idle to talk of connnralinn ? We cannot, then, preserve slavery I by waiting for co-operation. If we wait for it. j we must wait until a direct tax of three or five j hundred dollars is laid upon a slave. This may produce co-operation. But I fear if we wait ; fo long, we will have become so accustomed 1 to submission, that we will "acquiesce" even i in that outrage. There is one way, however, to preserve j slavery, and preserve it by co-operation. It is j by the separate Secession of some one slave state. It is the only way to unite the South, and produce co-operation. When this occurs j should the UeueralGovernment interfi-re) ifanv ' General Government remains) each slave State, ! from interest and from sympathy, will rally to j her support Should the General Government j not interfere, a large majority of them will se- i cede to form a slave-holding Confederacy I peaceably. It is cowardice that has made us submit so iong to Northern aggression. Dem agogues havo frightened the people with the j craven cry of war, bloodshed, insurrections and : murders. Let some gallant State dare to throw ; the gauntlet, and face the foe, and all will tie | peace, and the South left to the enjoyment of. her constitutional right of secession. But what State shall do this great good to j a!_ _ Li __AI 9 Tl. ...|. _ | _|. _ ?.;|1 , mo oouius iiiu uiil* wiiu iiits twimi sum mn do it?the glorious little State of South Carolina! There are many reasons why she should | do it. It is afiirnied that the quaileil under (ten. Jackson's frown in the days of her nullification, j and it is whispered in every submission circle ' that she is now afraid of Government troops. Again?for some time after the Nashville Con- , vention, she modestly held back to take a place in the rear, hut finding too much apathy and inaction, she moved forward, and declared she would take the lend. Again?the whole South i expects her to do it. And, again ?she is the only Southern State who is prepared to meet | the fancied consequences of secession Will j she hesitate? Heaven forbid it! Turn a deaf i ear to the unwise counsels of co-opeiation he fore secession - wait no longer?but when your Convention meets, invoke God's blessing, and leave this accursed Unidn! You w ill soon find followers enough to form a powerful Confederacy, aud thea what & pleasure we will experi cnce in taking little Cuba by the hand and tel ling her?-'"Come reBt beneath the coving thiaJeiity y?ou are- ntT^traiigerr' With a heartful expectation thnt South Caro^ lina will move onward, with unHoumiing step, tc separate and immediate secession. I am, most respectfully, vouf obd't servt, G. W. GAYLE. CAMDEN"^ TUESDAY EVENING, SEPT. 23, 1*51. THO. J. WARREN, Editor. Return Days. For Darlington, - - 4th October. Fairfieid, - - 11th " Kershaw, - 18 th " Sumter, - - 25th " Lancaster, - - 1st November. Election for Tax Collector. On the second Monday in October next, ar election will be held for Tax Collector for Ker shaw District. Voters are reminded that the polls will be opened but one day. See notice ir in another column. 0^7" We learn from the Vicksburg Triu Issue that Hon- W. McWjllie has withdrawr from the contest in the Third Congressiona District of Mississippi. "District Meetings." " At a public mpeting held in Camden, March 8, 1849, Capt. Thomas Lang, Chairman, to res pond to the Southern Address, an able report was read, prepared bv a Committee, of which Col James Chesnut, Jr. was chairman, recommending non-intercourse; also, seven resolutions?the firs saying, in substance, thai the Union ot thest States was formad for the liberty and welfare o all?that when it ceased to fulfil these objects they ceased to revere it." 2. That when the Constitution was violatec deliberately and systematically, this governmen became one which ruled by fraud and force. T< such a Government. " tee are ready to oppose ou\ lives and fortunes" 3. That the intermeddling by the Free State! and General Government with slavery in 1h? slave Stales is a violation of the Constitution It which we will not submit. 4. Resolved, That in the recent action of Vir ginia, we recognize the conduct of a State everj way worthy to lead the van of battles against tyrants and tyranny, and that in her efforts to main tain 'he liberty and equality of the States, we wil stand by her in every change of fortune 5. [To which special attention is invited.] Rp solved, While we are anxious to associate with and act in cone rt with other Stoles, we consider n thf dutt of Carolina, associated or alone, t< uphold her political equality" as a state. These embrace the Resolutions of momen offered at the first Southern Rights meeting it Kershaw Disrtict, since the late in agitation of tin question; we have put in capitals and italics thosi parts, which breathe thh strong Secession doc trine, in order that attention may he especially di rected to them. Our correspondent, "Kershaw, in his No. 2, endeavors to show that the Dislric is not pledged to Secession by any Resolves whicl we have heretofore made upon the subject. Here we take issue. Wo cannot conceive however that the question of the right or policy of seces sion is touched here at all?whether Kershav District has pledged herself to secession or not does not affect the issue an iota. But if,as we hav< already resaleed, that ''ice will not submit t," w* find that we were'in too great a hurry, and thin! it wrong to adhere to this pledge, (it is a pledge, as honest men, who are disposed to do right, wi must re-consider, re-resolve?determine to sub mit. If, on the contrary, we had resolved to ac quiesce, on the same principle, wishing to do righ and occupy a just and true position before th< world, we must again resolve and determine tha "ire will not submit." Therefore, whether we ha v resolved or pledged to secession or co-operation it makes no differerence, unless we are disposei to adhere to that position now. The presumption we think, a very reasonable one, that the passage of these resolutions by . meeting in Camden, March 8, 1849, although ear nestly desiring (as every good satessionist doe at this day) the co-operation of oilysister South e n States, never contemplated to submit. Hov could it be so, when it was positively and absolute ly Resolved that we were "ready to oppose our lice and fortunes" to a government, whose Consti'u tioti "was violated d-liberately and systematical lv*-* and was fast becoming one to be "ruled bj fraud and force." As strong secession doctrmi as ever any advocate of separate secession couh desire, is contained in the 3d and 5th Resolution passed at the aforesaid meeting to wit: "Tha the intermeddling by the Free States and Getter al Government with slavery in the slave States, ii a violation of the Constitution to which we will m submit" and that "while we are anxious to associ ate with, and act in concert with other States, w consider it the. duty of Carolina, associated o alone, to uphold het political equality as a State."? These Resolutions we are told, were "ably sus tained." Whether the Journal or Mr. any body considered the District "pledg- d" by their adop tion, it strikes us, as not effecting their spirit o force. There they are?and they speak for them selves as plainly as tho English language cai make them, and, according to our understanding decidedly in favoi of secession as a final resorl Now the question is, will we s'and up to our "Re solves?" Are we ready to "uphold the politico ei/uality of Carolina ax a State" either "associate! or alone 7" If we are not ready to do so, ther our "Resolves" and our meeting turns out to b< ad smoke and no Ji'c. So far as relates to the Southern Rights assor.i ation, we think it quite plain that in signing tin document, we plrdg'd ourselves to sustain Soutl Carolina in any immergeney, and to sustain an) course which the constituted authorities of tin State may see fit to adopt. If then the memben of the Convention?"the constituted authoritiei of the State"?determine that tho State of South Carolina must secede alone from the Union, we as good citizens, who stand "pledged" to sustrJc ihem, are bound by hoijor, interest and blood, to_j L ?do go, nt auy aiid evttrffiafiftaVndtoHfoelaat ex- t tremity. This is our "pledge." As for the asso- t " ciations being madelittie party machines'* to iso- * ' late South Carolina," or instruments for "cracking 1 necks," or "political juntas," whose edicts must . ?i J ?: l ? ?i-: -9- - - j t?c uucjcu ? iiuuui any questions, no man * , | is bound to obey or abide their direction only soI far as it is reconcilable with his '-pledge," to sue : tain the "constituted authorities" in the measures which they may propose. This is our understanding of the matter, and to this we are willing still to stand "pledged." For th? Journal. Mr. Editor.?To me, it appears that the time is not far distant, when those of the Co-operation party who are not for submission, must come out from among their associates?must separate from them. Those who have at heart the welfare of the State, and an earnest desire that she should be relieved from the ruinous and disgraceful sub- j 1 i jection, under which she now labors, must, as " i honest men, place themselves in a situation, where j ! ! they can act, where they can do something to j 1 throw off the degradation that is upjn us, and ? wipe out the foul stain of inferiority that is placed f upon the State. What infatuation is upon the i Co-operation party? Are they content that s i South Carolina shall sit down in the dust of hu- f I : nriiiiation, before an arrogant majority, and sub- j | init to their uniig'iteous exactions? If so, as * Carolinians possessing one spark of that noble ( daring in a just cause, which has hitherto charae- 1 J terized us, they must earnestly desire that our ' . past history should be blotted nut; that all records j . of brarerv should be expunged from the history , of the Slate; that the names of Moultrie, Piiu kney, t | Rutledge, Sumter, McDuffie, Calhoun, etc., should | , i forever be effaced from memory, lest the recollec- < f: tion thereof, should rise up to mantle their cheeks | ?i and sink them into utter contempt, and make i j ! them hate life, and esteem it a curse. t; What a dark picture would be drawn, if the 1 j ! State should be brought down from her position ' r i of resistance: Who could bear to look upon it: I l : What hap been the history of our State for the ( , greater part of her existence, but a continuous, | ) | noble effort against injustice and oppression, and | a firm, unyielding struggle to maintain her rights, j * j so long in jeopardy in this Confederacy, and now < [ i about to be finally wrested front her, except she ' . ; prove true to Iter past history? ' 1 | Principle, is the very soul of a government, i without il, a State is but a dead carcass, it has no "' vitality. r God has so constituted human government, in > imitaiion of his own, which is based upon principle, and with him, everything is sacrificed to its t maintainance; so should it be with his creai ture man, if lie hopes for God's blessing jfi s the enjoyment of those rights, which his goodb , ness bestows. If we swerve from^tlie?course - of dutv fthe support of principle) ruin and i - ! disaster await us. and the history of man in all '? | ages, abundantly shows. What true Carolinian, t | has not often felt his bosom glow, in considering ! ri i the elevated stand that our statesman have al- j t ! ways occupied at the sacrifice of self, in the sup- ! , port of justice and the Constitution. We have honored them, because they stood up v j for Truth. But of what use have been their noble | example, their almost inspired teachings, if we e are now to turn aside from a manly course of rep I sistance to wrong? We should but shame ail our i 1 past history, and the mirror of Truth that they : ) ; have so long held up before us, would but reflect B our own hideous deformity. "God helps those who help themselves." The - history of man proves, that he succors those who , t are engaged in a righteous cause, and who put | e j their trust in hiitl, while they use the powers he ( t j has given them, to maintain their rights. God i c has said, "our bread and water shall be sure," < but how ??even in the use of the means he has 1 J provided?to work for it. May he inspire our ( people with wisdom and courage, to keep on with J e inflinching determination, in the only course of ? duty, and of safety tiiat is left to us, and success j s will crown our efforts, for it is by his strength that i . s I we shall prevail; "not by might, nor by power, , hut of me. saith the Lord " i ? TIMON. ;s * For the Camden Journal. k* s No III. - Will Secession produce Co-operation ? t * ; Now the question for the people of thi** Dis- I t | trict to decide before they take any step in this [ * ! matter is this, will secession produce that "con- ft * j cert of action" which we all so much desire ?i|( i ! If it will it is worth our \Phile to take the step; Ifc t j if we are once certain that it would result in a i -1 Southern Confedeiacy, we ought all of us to \ s i he desirous for it. Rut if we have no certain- r 11 ty that it will produce ''concurrent tic lion" on t ; the part of other States, we ought for that very t reason to avoid it. If we had ever made a fore mal pledge of any kind, I grant that we would i r perhaps be disgriced, if we forfeited our word, j our State would be dishonored; hut as there is t " | no pledge on our part, we are perfectly free to i ' take whatever steps we may deem most neces-! 1 - | gary for the protection of ourselves and the r r | South. And while we are on this point let us . \ . briefly consider what is the Ilnnnr of this State, ( i , ! of w.iich we hear so much: there are perhaps j s i not a great many persons who ever take the j I ' l trouble to look into the matter, and are con- ! i " i tented with a vague, misty idea, that the honor j, " j of a Stat is pretty much the same as the honor \ ' of-ny p ivate irividu il, forgetting entirely the t ' nrny an I complicated relations in which a s ? State sfa i U to its citizens, which tend materi- I * ally to m ?lily, and often wholly to alter and n ; subvert all analogy between the State and the s . i individual, whichmanvimagine s<? apparent. To i ,. such as wish to form some idea of what is re- c ..ii.. i... ?i-- ii - ri-> t nuj iiic.iiii ii) ?ue uQiiuroi i.armma, we woul<t ji recommend Judge Hager's speech, delivered on 'I tlie Convention Bill, in 1830. He there says, o ' inter alia: "Terrible to me, ns is this picture, ii ' I would, nevertheless, raise my voice even for t ' such a war, if demanded by the Honor of the * i State. But let us take care that we do not ?s i fall down Khd worship some false God. 'I he h i honor of Carolina is uot that of the duellist, it it ft inl iched. No, sir, her honor is of a more ra? io ial, morn serious character? it demands iamine rash?it sets down naturht 111 malice? t commands us to do no wrong, and fs satisfied i<?|y, .when we do what is approved by reason, udanient, and prudence." It is a grave and ier ous thing then, and no sickly sentiment, afid mi nently above all things, "demands nothing as i." We will now retorn to the immediate >bj ?ct of this article. t 'ho two most important aspects in which li'a j scheme of Separate State Action presents tsJBf to us, are these: First. Its friends say ha it will produce co-operation and Sec )uc ly: If it doe9 not, it is a good thing of itlelf We will consider and face hoth these rie' i'S of the question ? and first, how is it to jro luce co-operation? We can only judge, md decide upon the future, by the past. This pie stion of slavery, is one of tremendous imprA-an e; so is the question ot resistance to a rov irnment "long established." It takes years ; or fruits of this kind to come to perfection: j mil we can only move under the reasonable i >elbf ami expectation, that our secession will je ollowed by 'lie withdrawal of our sister 5ta es from the Union ; we must believe that he# are so thoroughly disgusted with the Union .s"iis, and so completely in love with thfe ichJoie of a Southern Confederacy, as to bp jerA'Ctly ready to break up the Government and niiJhand and heart with us. Now for the past, he ?uly guide we can have in this matter. Virjini i, who hoisted the Hag of resistance so high u 1 *48, xho blew the first blast of the trum|??tto alb the people of the South in defence of their iiicH'nt liberties, and in whose conduct the people >f tl is district said "they recogmzed a State ever x'or hy to lead the van of battle against tyrants* tnd tyranny," has bauted down her colors and :amjly acquiesces in the compromise measures >fC)"gre88. Wecannot therefore reasonably ex j r?ec(-th?it her sword will leap very quickly from ts scabbard in assisting us in opposing nieas-' urea,in which she has already acquiesced; on the rontrnry hear wlmt Mr Rhe't says: "Virirjiiiii succumbs, nay, njore? she not only sub-initrt. but brings herself foiwarJ to obtain the subipieskni of others." This sounds disheartening to most of us, but not so to Mr. Khett, for lie is not at all anxious about co-operation, for ie goes on to say, ualone we must move,* find alone it is best for lis to move in the present rendition of tl ings " "I rejoice therefore thnf no Southern Congress will meet; for no Southern Congress can meet to redress the' wrqngs of the South." "A Southern Congress now would be our ruin," (that is, it would postpone State Action.) These remarks come ^ A 4 l._A J I 1 A I ..... ........ lioiMtue-musi laieiuen ami uesi kih/uu uicuiber??the "action party," in fact he has been' itt^H* r since 1828. We need not then look to >^B|na for co-operation on present issues, if Shall we look to North C'arolina^^^BK. elections have just derided that, poii^^^anys.prnof was needed, Stanley has hee^mnrned, one of the vilest submission weir" that voted for the Compromise, and who has a dozen times lieen bought and sold. Cliiiginan was not elected in reference to this issue, as will be seen by a reference to the Ninth Cam lina papers. We are glad to see him take his seat in Congress, and have full confidence in bis promptness to defend Southern Rights, whenever assailed. But we indulge *io hope of co-operation from North Carolina in our scheme of secession. 1 am by no means sure where she would he found if a very considerable rupture were to take place. Shall we get it from Georgia? No; her pen. ) pie in solemn Convention assembled, have de- ' liberately agreed to acquiesce in the measuus. r>l Congress, and the strongest Southern Kights ' men, McDonald, Colquitt and Sniythe, do not I pretend to advocate resistance for past aggies- \ sions, and the issue upon which they are compelled to fight there now, is the abstract tight uf a State to secede front this Union. She has , ingloriously submitted to the hostile legislation r>f Congress when she had pledged herself to resist the admission of California, and when j Carolina had sworn to stand by Iter side through > "very change of fortune, and already had her ! Iiand upon her sword, ready to draw if Georgia would hut unfuil the banner of resistance. Site submittal then, and depend upon it. her people ire not yet up to the proper mark, if she i would not fight for Iter honor, she will not j lglit for love of South Carolina. It has been said, that the surest way to office in Gedr- ' fin, is abuse of South I aroliua. Who/is trazy enough to believe that at present Georgia would join us if we secede, when the majority here, against McDonald is said to be about jcn How is it with Alabama? We have It is ' rue a great many friends there as well as in ' e o r ninorit); if they were not, Clemens and King would both be with them. Our enemies then j ule in Alabama, a.id we might as well ex|K*ct; he heavens to fall, or the dead return, as look o Alabama for co operation on present issues.; Will Mississippi go out with us, or iuunedi- : itely after us? 'Who expects it? Who believes ; t? Quitman has left the field, and Foote like lie "Bull in the China shop,'" has it "all lus own 1 vay." In fact, if the Southern Bights party, ( lad swept the State, there would have been no ; easouable hope of her going out, for Col. Da- 1 'is says in his speech in the extract published n the Journal, it he was asked should Missis- ( lippi go out with Carolina, he would say "no or tliey were not co-terininous States; in fact it s vould be of no use to us, and Mr. Uhelt the j jreat Apostle of Agitation, says he does not j 1 want her, she is "laudbound,' and can do us j ilore good in the Union than out of it. I pre- ! n.me n . one will dispute that proposition, j j Mississippi co-operation then is both hopeless 1 it d use!ess- In Louisiana, the gallant Soul* lands alone. Texas has been carried to the 1 narket and sold. We do not even look for co- ( iperatiou from Tennessee or Kentucky, they * ire quarrelling about Whig and Democrat, and I rariH'nnd Internal Improvements. Who then , ( an expect that this little State by withdraw- ' iig herself from the Union can embroil all s liese States with the General Government? ( - - . 4 Vliy if the very talk and noise about seces- < ion in May last, lias effectually ruined all our ricnds, what can we expect the dreadful act i self to dof Wbeo they shrink from the very | ?-BB-wemee name, cart we expect then to ^im!)race with joy the reality? The fact is they snuff Secession afar off, and want at present to h^ve nothing to do With if. Where is the evidence of ^ co-operation? We are told by" one of the "lesser lights" of the Central Committee by one of the uslereoitls, that the committee have the f most cheering evidence of co-operation from several Southern Slate*. Where is it? ^speak Bezonian?" In my next, I propose to consider if Secession be a desirable thing ia itself, for the question is reduced to that now. KERSHAW. J r - For the Camden Jtomal. L*sc\ster C. H., Sept. 16, 1851. Pursuant to a call signed by over two hundred and fifty citizens, (some of the lists had not been returned) a meeting of those opposed to the separate secession of the State of South Carolina, and in favor of resisting the oppressive measures of the Federal Government by co-operation with the States aggrieved, waa held this day at the C<?urt House, for the purpose of organizing and making arrangements for a public meeting, on the 1st of October. ^ On motion, Capt. W. Reed was called to the Chair, and the undersigned solicited to act as Secretaries. George Witherspoon, Esq., briefly stated the object of the meeting to such as had not seen the call. He 6aid that it was necessary to ascertain the true position of South Carolina, and whether or not her people were prepared for the measure of separate State secession, before tlie meeting of the Convention, ordered by the Legislature at its last session ; and in order to test the sentiments of the citizens of Lancaster District, he moved that a committee tie appointed to draft resolutions expressive of the opinions of this, meeting, and furthermore, to prepare an address to the people of the District. The motion was adopted, and the following gentlemen appointed on the | committeeGeo Fire Withersnoon. Esq.. Thot. 1 O - Small, Sen'r., Capt; Ben. Sykes Massey, Jacob Funderbarkl, Esq. and C'oL T. W. Huey.? The committee retired and after a short absence, submitted an address, showing the inefficiency of the measure projrosed by the secession-party of the State, as a remedy for our wrongs?the fatal results which might t. .inw anything like precipitate and premature action in a matter so grave and imfiortant; retarding rather than progressing the great cause of Southern Rights; ^ maintaining that South Carolina occupies no other position before the world, than such as she has been placed in by the acts of her legislature, that she is in honor bound to no course of policy, save that of co-operating with the other slave States in any measure of redress, which they together n?ay adopt. Together with the address, the committee submitted the following resolutions: ^ Hesntvea 1st, 1 tint we oeiieve co-operHiion i to b<* the only reasonable, practicable, and ef- j fectual remedy for our grievance&f-+toe only tun; means of safety to the'Sonth, and way of ' escape Tftini -the dangers which threaten us J front the unhallowed interference cf Northern 1 abolitionism. Itexolrcd '2nd, That the great question in agitation, is not one peculiar to the State of South Carolina alone, but to the whole Sooth, and we have every confidence in a community j of interest, and a sense ot common danger ul- j tiinntely producing co-ojierntioii, and that to \ provide at lids time in advance for a contingent failure, would be unwise and impolitic, and a reflection upon the character and intelligence of the Southern States , ... Rexolrrd 3d, That the single secession of South Carolina at this time, would-lie unwise and inexpedient, and that at nnp iimr, it b a measure desperate and uncertain,?to lie re. sorted to only in the kst extremity, and as a forlorn liojie. n * # til T1..4 gxr.stvrru *?'fi9 i n;u in view ui ujv <r|/p.uriu po iiion <if parties in South Carolina growing out of the hasty election of delegates to ilie State Convention, it becomes necessary for the people to express their sentiments through the liallot box, in the Southern Congressional election, now pending, in order that the true sentiments of 'he State may be fairly and certainly ascertained. And that the friends of cn-o|>eration and Southern Rights in this District, will pledge themselves to the support of Col. Jas. Cliesnut and ( ol. Jno. S. Preston, the candidates of the co-operation parly. Major Clinton seconded the resolutions, and so far as they opposed the separate secession of the State, he concnrred in them, hut farther, he presumed, he differed with this meeting, tie was of opinion that our wrongs could he righted in the Union, and if so, the Constitution, faithfully administered, was our best, safe guari. Martin Crawford also advocated the address and the resolutions, but ditTered from The preceding sjieaker. He believed our only safety lav in a Confederacy. He had been in primary meetings of the people, he had been in the Nashville and Charleston Conventions, and he was convinced that the position of the State had been misrepresented by politicians and iwrtisan presses. The Southern address,the formation of Southern Rights Associations, the Nashville Convention, all looked to co-o|iera* lion, and the State is hoond faithfully to carry nut that policy. Getfrge Witherspoon also uldressed the meeting. He wished the majorty of the people to say what course the State should pursue, and let the minority, on wliatev?r side it should appear, cheerfully acquiesce* md sunnort the State in anv position in which ?I w >lie should he fairly mid constitutionally placed. '1 he question was then put and the address ind resolutions were unanimously adopted, I'he Committee of correspondence, presented etters from Senator Butler, and from Cols, Jhesnutand Preston, encouraging the organ, zation of a co-operation party in this district. -? Col. Huoy moved, therefore, that a public neeting he held at Lancasterville, on the first * lay of October next, that our Senator and olh;r prominent gentlemen of the co-operation larty, in the State, be invited to attend and ad* - ? - *L t I* 1_ tress the meeting, tuui tne tauies oe respecuciy solicited to prepare a pic-nic for the occasion, and that the citizens of this and adjoining iistricts, irresj>ective of party, be invited to atend. Adopted. On motion, it was ordered that the proceeds ngs of the meeting be published in the newspapers?and thqt a thousand copies of the ad- '