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MISSISSIPPI GEN QITITMNN. i uegniiuutstttUuuriM;eureroi.'>uuiueruriguia i:i Mississippi has struck his colors and retired fa nut the field. This we learn from a loiter in tiie New Orleans Delta. That paper well says that against "such a torrent of misrepresent.-!lion ami prejudice, in a canvass conducted up <-it mere names and uemagogtiical ciies, it is quite evident that the manly, patiiotic. and hightoned ptiuciples, and the pure, spotless, and chivalrous character of lien. Qui man, could not prevail. Me is light to retire from the field, and leave it in possession of those to whom the people, in a temporary delation, have entrus- : ed the dele.ico of their rights' tie could not pursue a course better calculated to embarrass i and destroy his opponents, ami bring the people to their senses." Let the catastrophe bo hastened, says the Delta ami ti;0 sooner will he the penitence i i .1 .1 i < - i : I wmcu is certain 10 ovenase nie people <>i nns j gallant State, before they sin!; irretrievably into ihearm* of t iv dangerous taction which, under tlie cieluMVe ci v of {. nion, seeks to betray the lights ami institutions of the .South, 'i'lte principle:; at issue in the contest being decided agains' iii:n, (leu.Quitman ve:y properly declines continuing the contest on mere personal jrounds. His course, we feel satisfied, will de generally approved in the South His magnanimous hearing, his heroic courage, his inllexible firmness and devotion to principle, will command the esteem and regard of all good men, of all friends of the Smith, and the respect ot ali honorable opponents. I He loss of such a man to to tin.1 councils of Mi$$iss.i| pi, to be followed, wo fear, by I lie retirement of others hut lit lo less distinguished for high qualities of patriotism ami statesmanship, will long be felt in that State ami throughout the Sou h. The following is the ex'.ract from the letter before.mciitioued, announcing (?cti. Quitman's intention, ami the future course of the party of which be was the honored stamlard-bearor: "We have been completely overwhelmed, and live Soiiisut and Filhnoreism are in tin* ascendant. <.?on. Quitman has thrown down the standard, and says lie has no desire to be the (lovernnr of i suhiid-sion State* that the people have deeided against him on every issue raised by him, ami he has no desire to mingle in a mere struggle for I he oJlices: that lie has been saerifised in an attempt to arrest the course of slavery agitation, ami now he will leave the question to be adjusted by those hands it is pla ceil?the ;i}io)iiii>!iist? and the I. uiosi suhniis siouists. !I<. has withdrawn from llie field and (jidt ihe canvass. 'l itis event, and the result <?f the elections, have left our friends in a disorganize I condition. The resolve now is to drop the slavery (juestioii altogatber, wash our hands of it. and leave its responsibilities to others. The Democrats lost the Presidency by compelling Cass to show his hand on the slavery issue. Tlie Whigs gained ii hy letting Ceti. Taylor piny rnntn on it. fch> here we have lost .Mississippi hy defending the institution. For fifteen years tin- Democracy South has heen tiie peculiar fitends of slavery, while the Whigs have coalescing with Northern aholiiioniats. ' Willi these principles and with these views, (Jen. Stephen Cocke, an old-fashioned and very popular Democrat, has heen stlccted to run for (iovernor in place of Quitman. I douht whether our men can recover order, and fail into line before November next; lint we hope so, and hope we way oarrv him thrsugh.'* Since the above, we have received (?en Quitman's address. Alter saving in substance what the correspondent o! the Lelt;i hits above, lie concludes as fellows: "Therefore, upon lull consideration of all the circumstances, n-spectlbr the apparent deci.-iuii of tiie people, duty to tin* noble and patiioiic party who are struggling to maintain the rights of the South against Northern aggessiou. and : ? - i*. ... . i* .1 o- . . [til's rvo our iii>1 tluti??ii noni i<;o mini nu tis of consolidating a'l power in tin* I ederal (iovemiuent. and a sense oi se'f-r. snecf, w liich inclines me to sock a [ud'he station i.: which my ojiiniouson viml questions aie not sustained hy a majority of my constituents,;:!! concur i:i 121 inducing im- to the opinion that my duly rcyuise it if to retire from the position \s iiich 1 occupy a> the De::,ra":at'e States itights e?'i. didate tor <in\ rv,r. With'emotions of the deepest gentium: to tiio p i'.! iotic p.irty iiy which I was nominated, f< i the evidences of their nofulleiing confidence, hotn in tiie nomination and in the warm ami hearty reception with which ( have men met everywhere m the canvass, I tender ?. ?v resignation of the high ami iumora'iie (m.st of their chief standapl-hearer in tiie (lending canvass, ph -doing mcsvifto them ami 1-? the country that i wili. to the last, serve ?!. . -f. 1 < into 111' r.,!iic . ^ I'.li'i.l',,:!, I,, the r.-tiiits as J have tmw Hvuict! Ii <..? in bigh position. A. On mi an." XOKTIiKItN POLICY. \\ e adverted yesterday t<> 'lie progress of coliii.i/jtiion in California of the Chinese. Al ejidy we l:;tve a."f|i:iri >i a large nil;ii!t.>t oft.". . lesl'n'.s as sti/ens we presume, and aiictidv are the pagan lit'1;- of v->pt;j?iirc and worship publit-Iy ceiciuate?I in ( r.hlornia, 1-v !!u-*e new American citizens. 'Ibis i>tiie i"*n!t of ? > rinding tin ISnutliem fK'ople Irorn California, i'nr tliev could have studied witli slaves that deniand lor labor in California which the Chinese ate now coming over to supply. Tin* tenitm vol'L tali is rendered inaccessible to the Soiirh hum the Pacific side, b- cause California anil Oregon occupy ai! the .-eab mrd, and jnexent the transit uf -"avet b\ 'l;;j mule. ,Sn .N 'ileMru has already pronounced against slavery, and having been i*i ndeted piipiilnns enough b\ tin* JYv- dj.-membcrcut bill to i utcs tile I ni<ui as a State a! an easlv d ?v, i- thus ?,el apart to the .Mommas, and tin \ iiaxe adopted polygamy as one ol their iiotitntinus. In New .Mexico itself, among the .Mexican i population, and Pueblo Indians, although but Otic wife is autho:ized by law, the stale of'man- ' tiers is well known to be so loose that, praetiii *L : -.1.i.?. i;,,i . i ctlhy, iimi imjii- ici.uk/ii i.-ui nine irgmu od. J?v tlie frauds ;u/<l devices therefore, of the compromise, we have provided for tin* forma* timi of tliroc States out of the territory acqtiir. ed from .Mexico, and in all of tliein paganism, polygamy, and promiscuous intercourse ??f the sexes already exist, and threatens to become, pc.u-auent. This is the work of the puritan 1 I Vo:tl?. This is the boasted progress ol' the I Union under tiie new system ot' piety, philanthropy, and polities which has already become ascendant, and which has dictated our territorial policy. From all this territory, which is thus made free to Pagan and polygamous insti- : tiitions, the Christian slavehoiding South are J excluded ?excluded for adheiing to an insiitu- j tion founded in America by the venerable Ca-j tliolic hisimp ami philanthropist, Las Casus? i I an instiltitmn which was adopted in New Eng- | hind when the Presbyterian church governed ] the S ate, ami which subjected iudians as well ] as negroes to slavery?an institution that W illiatn Peiio and the early Quakers adopted. It is remarkable that the section of the Union which has thus closed the gates of our Western , empire to the South, and opened tliein to Asiatic institutions, is itself largely Europeanized. It increases now, more rapidly evciy year by European emigration, than by its own offspring: and has already become foreign in the . extraction of about on* third of its population. ' It has become foreign also in its opinions and in its hostility to Alt lean slavery?in its tendeu oy to socialism?its hostility to propeitv?and the title of European population and opinion grows stronger and stronger. We sire boasting of our power, of our nninliers. of-our siren, but above nil, of our peculiarly excellent political and social systems?yet we are undergoing, without war, the process of conquest and subjugation, from the irruption of mightier masses from Europe and Asia than ever advanced on the Roman Empire within the same period of time.?Southern Press. Smith-Cnrol inn Cuba Volunteers.?We learn from a private dispatch recived here on Saturday last from New-OrJeans, that Edwin (J. Hell,a native of this city, and son of Mr. David I Hell, was one of the Cuban volunteers, from the former city, and went out with the expedition j as assistant commissary. Mr. Hell is one of j the piisoners now on their way toSpain. Their final destination we further learn by the dis- j patch, is to a place called Centa, a sea p<>. t-town o! >otii Alnea, in the possession (it Spain. We are informed by (5*}.t. W otid, of t e polo ( Alio, tliat a \oiing man called himself James ' Perry. who said lie was a native of this city, and a carpenter by trade, and who has a mother ' residing in the I pper Wauls, shipped on board his vessel at .New-Orleans, on the 1st August for Savanna, with the intention of returning to this eit v. hut left tiie vessel on the 'id, and join- j ed the Lopez expedition, and was one of the j volunteers who left in the Pompom. James Perry we strongly suspect to he Cant- i ley, who has as many aliases as the rainbow j has colors. He this as it imv, this notice is ' written to inform those interested, that Perry ! left a chest of tools on hoard the P ilo Al'o, which vessels i.i now in Savanna, and which! C'apt. Wo' o will keep in his possession until his arrival here, when they will he turned over j to any person claiming consanguinity with Per ry. Charleston Courier. Ano'hcr Heroin.'inn in Mexico.?We learn i from a gentleman who has recently returned j from the Kin (irniide, that a revolutionary par ty has heeii organized in the depaitinents of Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon and ('o-dtuiln, suHi- I .r..I i... .i i .1.../?.... i v 1*71141 > in/%? v # i i*i, limine 4*i v.\|?ri iiiv eminent troops, ;.m! establish :i'i independent : government in all tin* valley of ilu- Kin < frnr.de, east of tlie sierra Mndre. Their plans are now so well iiiatnreii, tiiat a de-i.-ive Mow will pro- j I in My he .-truck in a few weeks A large iiumiiei of volunteers from Texas have keen eli- j li-ted, and large (pinntilics of ;ir mi-, anniniiii tiou ami military Mores, have keen procured to caiix oil the war again.-! tlie eential government. I pward of two knmlreil Texan volunteers weie encamped near Komn a lew weeks i s uae, wailing for orders from ( '.-males ami kis ( associates. !t is said llial (Jen. Avalosand the other nllicers in eomaiand of ike .Mexican foiccs, are .-.ware that tin' great mass of Ike people of those depat iinenls are opposed to the central government, and they have intimated to the leaders of the revolutionary patty, that tiny can offer hut a feekle resistance, if a re- 1 speetaMe military lorre i> to he brought to operate against tliein. It is nl.-u said that (Jen. i Avalos has act lallv removed a poitionof his propeity to Ikowiisville, in anticipation of the i success of the revolutionary party. Carahajal, . at present, is the ostensible commander of the revolutionary foiees ; but as soon as offensive operations are commenced, it is probable that v'anale? w ill take die command in person The Americans along the Rio (iramie are ipiite eonlident that this nioveiiient will be successful, as the central government is so destitute ol means, thai it is unable to pay the soldiers now sta tinned ohm" thi' frontier, and they are, ennse icr.tlv, veiy islietl. !t is believed, that a lar?c number of tin* government troops will j<>in the standard of Caiabajal as soon as it in displayed on ilit* west bank of the Kin (iramle. Many of the merchants on litis side id tin- l*i\cr a.e u diiug to aid tin* revolutionary pait\, as they have suffered severely from the impo-itiotis of the Mexican custom-house otiieers. The trade of I'lov.usville, lioiun, and of t!a* towns on the east hank of the Kin <i:;.w:c, :;:i? lately In en almost ruined by the Mexican re\ < ntji* ofiiccis v?ho have endeavored, by the most tyrannical impositions, to prevent Anieticuiis from trading w ith any of the tow ns or settlements in the inteiior. ? Houston 'Frit^rujih. Ano.'\rr Iiircsiitn nj Culm, ? A dispatch from New Orleans sa\s: ?A report was in circulation in that city to the effect thai (ion. Quilmaii would .-hoitlv plan* himself at the head of another ( ubaii I xpeditiou. I lie repmt was not geiicraih eicuiled. I he New ^oik eor.espondeiit of the Pliila- j delphia hujui, vr, sneaks of a new expedition as follow b : "One word iivrc. That a day, and hour, i i .1 ..II .1 " ' <iiiii iiii-n aim ioeiui?, ami an [in- appliances o| will, will lie arranged at no very distant day, I out of the jurisdiction of tin* United States, to | make uuotlicr attempt upon Cuba, I am certain. It may be at a time wlieri this government is; poised between a Cabinet about to retire, and | a new one about to eutrr upon public duties? ; w hen there is a kind of interregnum, and politi- ! ical parties are4iut disposed to peiil popularity. | it may be sooner?but it will take place, uu*1 <4 less there are means taken to suppress the ve designs of men. One question, projieity question alone? the obstacle to a much earlier action. Hoi ever, you may be prepared to expect a mo formidable invasion of Cuba than has ever y been talked of or contemplated bv the publ: I have no disposition either to alarm or exci any one?but I have no hesitation in prcdietii that an attempt will be made, because I belie that a very formidable military force will I concentratei at a great distance from the Ur ted States for the purpose of making a desce Ufsw.. VM.M., 'MJV.il II*/ WIIV, CAVr|H< MIC tui mamlcr of it, can know the appointed hour. Whatever reliance is to be placed in the statements, of one thing we are very confidei The Spanish tyranny will never be permitti to rest securely in Cuba. The blood of sui men as Lopez, Paraguay, Crittenden. Kerr, at their slaughtered American companions, cri< from the ground against the enemies of Cubi liberty. When the time comes, thousands wi rush to the support of the cause sanctified I their martyrdom.?So run noh Neics. CAM DEN, " FRIDAY EVENING, SEPT. 20, 1851. THO.J. WARREN. Editor. WANTED IMMEDIATELY. Wanted at this Office a good Journey ma Printer, one who can work Press will be preferre Return Days. For Darlington, - - 4lh October. Fairtieid, - - 11th " Kershaw, - . 18th " Sumter, - - 25th " Lancaster, - - 1st November fr^T'Thft Cotton market has been quiet situ our last. We have to notice a slight decline in tl better qualities, and an advance on the lowi grades. We quote extremes at 7 to 9$. Mo favorable advices from Europe were received I last night's mail, but has so far had no effect upc our market. ''orn 87 cts. per bushel; Flour #5 to 85 25 > barrel. The Weather. We have had for some time past exceeding dry weather, which has caused the dust t) I very disagreeable. We have been favored wi a gentle shower, which has done us some goo and produced a cool change in the weather. 5^rWe hope our friends don't intend to let tl 111 I. Tl . J I. - a* L _ L..:i. C*.* r lulls ivoau sivfi sunn oi going uuiu. our u fellow citizens, time with ijs note, is money, and we fail now, we may fail forever. The Meeting on Tuesday. According to previous announcement and ? rangements, our friends arid lellow-citizens of tl Co-operation paity met at the Academy Grove < Tuesday last, and were addressed at some lengl first by Col. John s. I'rk.-tuN, in a beautit speech, embracing many passages of rhetoric elegance, showing him at once to be an accoi plished orator. He evinced much zeal for li cause, and eloquently urged upon his audien the adoption ol Concert < f Action, as the only sol basis upon which we tould hope to build, in 01 endeavors to resist the aggressions of the Fed or Government, as a mighty consolidated power. Iriend remarked to us, ' what a great speaker 1 (Col. I'.) would be, if only on the ?i?bt siJt."lie ".rlainlv is a very graceful and elegant s]M-ukr Col. James t hesnur, Jr. foi'owed innnediate after, and delivered an aide speech, mark* throughout by that open, manly, dignilied. at courteous manner whic i never fails to win tipi the ?i-eiings of an enlighteeed audience W were pleased with the st vie of Col. t.'.V speech? was altogether free from those objectionable poin which !co tfim mar tin* beauty and elegance some of lb" best sp< ec' es of the day. Ileorg-?, the question. Although we cannot see thin exactly as he doe.-, ?ve are willing to allow 01 friends of tin* Co-operation party quite as mm liberty of speech and freedom of thought as i claim. We expect, as long as we live, to ext cise t)ii- right fot orr-rlves alone, and not ! otheis. We do not belong to that cia--- who cs see ii" good in any other than its own party.We are catholic in our political let-lings, and c icai/. admire an open, manly, and digniii-d cour wherever we find it. We cannot help thinkn wit!) a Secession trie.id, what a pity Co!. Chesti is not on the right side. The audience was a large end highly respect ble one, end wo think it quits possible that a goo stirring Secession speech would have carried tl crowd along with the "Action party'' to a coiisi erahle extent, tor there was a smart -prinkimg .Secessionists present. We say no more, as an official report in an ther coluiim gives ah the particulars. ? "Tho Hornedy-" We have received the first Number of a Xe l'uper commented at \ t rkr ii!o in :} * Sinte. ;?? published bv Mr. Thoina-- J Kccles. We a pleased, not only with its appearance, and i matter, so far as we have been enabled 'o judg from a glance over its cubitus, but infiuiti !v mo wi'li tho tone of its introductory, which gtvi earnest of its future course, in defence of 01 rights. We extract the Icilovv ing: "4 U i' have espuitseil llit* eause of Secessi-i ami shall oppose so insidious a measure as nperalion." Afier the recent ?J.*ci-jvi* and ai Ihoritative action ol t ie Southern States, v, would consider it not less absurd to make nurr sistanee dependant on the co-operation of M?is? chusetfs, Connecticut or Ohio, than on that < Georgia, Virginia and Mississippi. Hut, althoug South Carolina may be alone in the i.-sue no made, there is a cheering hoj?e in the convictiu that slm will not be a lout* in tin; consequences i her decision. In reference, therefore, to the me; sit res to be pursued by the Slate, we shall ndvi cati boldly and unflinchingly, the policy of tl separation ot South Carolina from the Union, ff past aggressions. Secession, we shall endeavt from time to t me, to exhibit as the true and onl remedy." 11 ??? rv Secession Meeting. Tomorrow is the day for the Secession demonis stration at Flat Rock. Let us all go, and have a ft- rousing meeting. Several speakers of great abilire ty are e cpected to be present, who will be able to give us light on the subject, and point out our c" duty to ourselves, to our country, and to those who art to come after us. g * ve ^ The Way to Do. : While we have been talking, writing, and holdup ing meetings on the subject of a Plank Road to n. North C arolina, our neighbors of t.heraw, have gone to cork, as- men should do, who intend to se take care of themselves. Some weeks since the it. funds k r building the road from Cheraw to the ^ North Carolina line were subscribed,and we learn iroin thi Gazette that a survey of the route has been made and the road located, and that as soon l3 | as the Engineer s eport is made, the work will HI : be commenced, and pushed with vigor until it is ty j completed. Tiie same paper states that a sum ! sufficient to complete the road to NVadesborough ^ | was subscribed in t'herawon Friday last. ~ j Thus, while we are reposing in practical indi:; ference to our best interests, our neighbors on all " sides, a re securing the means of wresting from us ail the valuable trade that now legitimately belongs tc us, and which a little industry and enter~ prise would secure, and increase a hundred fold. I But a I ttle more sle-p, a litile more slumber, and in 4 , Camde i will be remembered as a Town that was! d _ What Others Think of Us. Witi a view of " keeping it before the people" j that w> ought to build the Plank Uoad, (which we intend to do until the road is built or Camden resolves o die.) we copy the follow ing article from I the Co icord (N. C ) Mercury, and ask our people to consider well, the prediction in case of our failure to build the road. Do we not all know that w tat is now a prediction, will, in a very short 10 j time b* come a reality? Shall we then,in view of er 1 the da igers that surround us, any longer remain le ; inactive, or will we not at once put our shoulders ! to the wheel as men, and do now. what we will >M wsih re had done when it may be too late. But to the extract: er "'Ijlie Citizens of Camden have lately held a meeti ig to take into consideration the eoustruclion of a Plunk road, from that town to Iv ' some jHiintin North Carolina. [>e W i see they have appointed a committee to ,|, corre spotid with the citizens of Mecklwhhiirg, (j Unio i and Cabarrus on this subject. Camden will < eitaiuly need some such road connecting her with the up-couutrv, if she expects to retain I | her t tide. If site fails in Iter eiToii, site will lie uttei \y ruined, grass will grow in Iter streets j befo e many years. We feel a com-iderablo 1 ; interest in this matter. Our pes pie have lieen in the habit of currying their produce to this L..? .....I ,. ..1,1,1 1,,. il.mt.l Mhlinnu t-a.ll. I lllill Avlf UIMI II" *I"UMI I Vllllliuv 111 IIOMV there if tin* necessary facilities were aAbided ; tliem. But if nothing is done for Camden our 'le : trade will !>e forced into some other channel }" We do not know what are the feelings of the h* (ample of Cabarrus on the subject of the l'lank id 1 Koad. There has been some talk among us al 1 about a Railroad from this place to Camden, n- whether the means necessary for its constiuclis lion, could be raised is a question of some ce doubt. If such a road could be built it would j(i i be a source of great benefit to this country as ! well as Camden. The country between thiI and Camden, is said to be admirably adapted ! for building a road. And we tbiuk if the road J could once be ptr' Jin operation, it would perj tainlv be profitable stork, it would very eon~~ siderably shorten the di.-t nice bom Pelersbi r. j to Mobile, some say as much as foity miles. !y I If such is the fuel, would :mi all liie > ort eru 'd [ and Southern travel pass over it? We tiling so id i What say our Camden fiends toil Railroad ! from that place to ('uncord, to connect with tin ! * . ill*! . I I I euira; Knii.o.io. ' 1 ? Js ! Dr. Toland. Cj.j The friends of thisgentleman will be gratinl fied to learn that a letter has heen received in as , this place from him. dated Sacramento City, l)f 14lh August. The Dr. Says, "we had a long, but rather a pleisant, journey over the plains, 'f and arrived here safe and all well. The nude-. .' held out we 11 and are in good order. We were just three months font the dty \\\ lei! in ' Independence.'* - ('tirnliiihiu (i i Mississippi. ,g The Hon. Jeff. Davis has consented to run a> nt the Secession Candidate tor Goveitjor of MissisI s'ppi, in place ol'Gen. Quitman, <h 'ined. a- j "; - - J 4 !>I ' l> I 11 if I ft \ i 7 lie i t iujii. .viuii i d" Puisiislnl to a call signed by one ilu'idrda i?f 01 the citizens of Kershaw, n? fellows: " Tile fitizens of kersliau lJi-C? l?*!, who art* () in favor of C'o.ni'i:r: .vriov, ami opposed to tiic isolated Secession of the Slate of South Carolina under existing rifcumstnnces, arc riipiestcil !o meet in Camden, on Tuesday, t!ie ifJJrd inst. A liarlieeue will lie provided. Cols. Piu:sto\ and Cn?:s.\i't will audi ess t'-e meet* t.> iag:" a verv huge and icsfieetaMe number of re tin* urns? $ub?ta:s!i d citi/eim of t!io Di>trict #v as, sctnblcd at the L'oui t House at hall past ten " o'clock, where the meeting was organized by appointing Maj. JOHN M. DKSACSSl ia:, President. "" . I 'ire Prr.sitlrn's. I James t'liesnut. sen : John P. Knox, "i ? I*' ?? .1? I.a... n j tidllirn U. ""."i u, . u;aiv, nf Thomas S.ilinoml, U illimn I'. Fletcher, ;li John McClellancl. A. (I. lioykiti, w George Stratford, James Team, ,n. W. E. Johnson, Thomas Whitaker, 1,1 ('. J. Shannon, sell. John C, W wt, Huruvll IJovkiii, ! James C. Haile. )(. Heiijamin McCoy, | ,r Secretaries. |L Charles S. West, I S. M. G Cnry, Joba M. Cooper, | Willi^iu C: Moore, 7m The President, after taking the Chair, proposed to the assembled citizens that they should from a procession and march to the 'Academy : Grove, where they \yc u'J be addressed by Messrs. Preston and Chi a nut. According' i gly, a procession was formed in the following order, under the command of Maj. K. 19. Moffat and Capt. T. E. Shannon, as Marshals The two Orators. Committee of Arrangements. Officers of the Meeting. Citizens Generally. At the Grove where the Addresses were delivered, a large number of persons then assembled, estimated hy a gentleman of undoubted veracity and intelligence, at between Seven and Eight Hundred In a short and spirited address, Maj. DeSaussure, the President, handsomely introduced Col. John S Preston to his fellow-citizens of Ker? shaw District. Col. Pkkstox was received it? the most enthusiastic manner by tbe assemblage. and after the applause had sulisided, htf proceeded to address them upon tbe great question of the day ?the Separate Secession of this Slate?and for more than an hour, he rivelt-d the attention of his auditoryonly interrupted by the plaudits which bis eloquence drew from all. It was Mit.ypKE>TON*b first appearance among his fellow^citizens of this District, and we feel assured thnt his gentlemanly ^ deportment and soul-stining eloquence has won for him ' troops of friends." We would not subject his speech to the injustice of a erippled sketch, and will content ourselves with saying, i that he demonstrated in a most conclusive I manner, the litter ineffiraev of Senninte Slate Action to redress our grievances, and sketched with a Master's hand, the unnumbered woes which ever wait upon rash and precipitate measures. The President then introduced to the meeting their "well known and trusty public servant Jas. Chbsnut, Jr." Often has the voice of old Kershaw shouted a hearty "well done" to.Col. Chesnuf, but never with a unanimity and enthusiasm equal to the present occasion. It s<-emed as if the District wished to demonstrate, that she still held fast, the faith and confidence in her Favoritb Sox, which she had so often before shown. We shall not attempt a recapitulation of Col. Cliesnut's arguments, suffice it to say, that he logically discussed the question of Separate Secession at present by the State of South Carolina : held up the doctrine of Separate State action in all its deformity; and endeavored to impress upon his auditors^ the great necessity, of" concurrent action" on I .a e A. Ct. A a . inc part 01 our sister otntes. so as to secure a reitainty of success in our conteniplat-d move* men!. After Col. Chesnut liad concluded his remarks, the following resolutions offered by Mr. W m. M. Sh annon, were uuutiimouslv i.lJopl.d: | i Resofrerl, That while we are keenly alive to 1 a full appreciation of the wrongs and iujuiies ! heaped iqioii us by an unjust government, i and are ready to lend our zealous aid to the j overthrow of Federal sway? Still we feel con lideut that tbe isolated secession of the State of i South Carolina under existing circumstances, j will be destructive of tlio rights and interests , which we regard as Heater than life. liiffolvrtl, That Col's. Preston and Ciikst Mrr, have in glowing and eloquent terms given | utterance to sentiments which hod a reaoy reI spouse in our hearts, and that we hereby pledge j to them our undivided suppoit in the appruaoh nig Heel inn. After these Resolutions li.nl been pot imp. 1 irately and botli unanimously adopted. the {'resident invited the Citizens (?> form agaft in. t.i procesioti, and march to an adjoining grove, where a plentiful Iforheeue was provide*I: which was accordingly done. The number of persons who partook of the Dinner, was stated by a gentleman of the highest rcsjierf ability, and who counted them, to be . over Five Hundred. After dinner a few Toasts mi | were read. Those in compliment to the two >1 ea Iters, were gracefully rescinded to by both those gentlemen. The company then diseased i:i good hmuor ami in good order; there was not the .slightest couth-ion or disorder dining the whole day. Letters in reply to the Committee of Invitation were received from Messrs. Sumter, Man, riiug and Moses, expressive of their regret at there inability to attend the meeting; at the | same time containing their hearty endorsement ' of ils great objects. J. *1. DfcSAUSSUKIS, Present. I CM A*. >S. Wrst. ) J. M. ' O- vkk. a , ? ' V, l i' I Seeretars. ! J?. >1. it. 1* AMY, / \V. C. iVIoOMK. $ For iltr Camilen Journal. No IV. Is Secession a desirable thing of itself? j In my last. I have endeavored to render it, at i least very doubtful, whether the Serrate 8e! cession of this State, would produce "concur- ^ I rent action" on the part of other Southern j States, bv a short review of their past conduct, i in relation to this question. There are other views of the question, as relates to the prodnci ing of Co-oporution, which might bt? considered. and would go very far to demonstrate the utter ho|>elessness of bringing altout this desirable end by the act of Separate Secession, but sufficient, I believe, has heen said on this point. it decetfeiou a uenratUc thing m itaein Id I ordtr to au?wer thU <juetiioo aodarstoodiugljv \ I ^ J ^\. J