Semi-weekly Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1851-1852, October 07, 1851, Image 2
From the Mercury.
"Get up Boys, '(is Daylight."
Messrs. Editors:?The day fixed for the
election of Delegates to the Southern Congress
* ' ' ^ -x '?" '* \\r\ r* ?v??r?pi 4 /-? n
DCM7 at DaU tl, ll liia\ uui ui; aimao iu u-is;* a
O / v
few remarks.
Of course it is idle to expect that the Southern
Congress will ever meet; ind I would suggest
that our Co-operation acquaintances ought
to be ashamed to name the Southern Congress,
which was the last hope of co-operation, and to
attain which, they have not made the slightest
effort, unless it has been to nominate candidates
in those Districts where they thought there was
any chance of mortifying the Secession party.
Unless the onions are fallacious, their chance
of success is as doubtful a- the future existence
of an assembly, the name of which has been
used as a cloak for doing nothing.
But they have started some candidates, and
" * ' -l-i- -I....* Tl, ? :]! /??r_
wm pernaps, siyiy ?i?n mun-. m *
tainlv claim as a Co-operationist, evcrv voter
who stays at home on the da} of election.?
Therefore,it behooves the Secessionists, (the
only true Resistance men, J to turn out to a
man ; for mark me, if the Co-operationi<ts (the
do-nothing party) carry one or two Districts,
they will claim a triumph ; if we carry all the
Districts, but our friends do not turn out in
their full strength, a wet blanket will lie thrown
over the whole affair, and it will be said the
people take no interest in the election. Turning
to the practical object of this comniunica- 1
tion,I would call public attention to the fullowing:
1st. The Governor having issued and pro1
* - ,i.?
claimed uie wins or ciccuuu, it Mfi-wun ."3 HIV
duty of the managers of election two Sundays at
least?to open the polls on the 2d Monday in
October and the day following, and hold thy
election according to the usual rules, and this
whether they actually receive the writs or not. |
2d. On the usual day for counting the votes,;
(which is generally Wednesday , with some ex- ;
ceptions, see resolution, pages 35'J.) the
managers assemble, count the votes, seal up |
the original ballots, and send the same with a ;
certificate (of which a duplicate is kept) to the
Governor or Secretary of State, at Columbia,
endorsed, and by a sworn messenger, as in eases
of Congressional elections, (see t! Statutes ]
at Large, p. 1S2.) Then the vote from the
different Congressional Districts will be known,
and then the Co-operationists will haye to seek j
some other excuse for opposing true rc.-istaiicy.
And they will find a plenty of excuses and platforms
"under existing circumstances." They
are opposed to Secession, and when Co-operation
is buried (for it is already dead i some will
discover (as Mr. from has done,)
that the Compromisers wise, just an 1 liberal ;
and that Congress has the Constitutional right
not only to abolish the slave trade in the 1 i~
triet of Columbia but to abolish slavey its. If
iu the District of Columbia in the public forts
and in the Territories; others, like the lb?n.
C. W. Dudley, of Marlborough, wi.l offer as a
2' th reason for decoying P.ic uuwarv. 'separate
Secession in its consequences, will distuib the ;
whole Union, unsettle its foundations and pn ;
in jeopardy the existence of a mighty I'cpublic."
Ilis 24th being: "The State having become
a party to the proceedings of the Nashville
Convention, is bound in honor t:-<f to -otne
(unknown) alternative between SubniK-ion an 1
Secession, and finally in his 2tith for he goes ;
from A to Z, lie says : "The ponderous muici i-;
als of which this Union is now composed to-J
gethcr with the reckless spiiit with which i's,
government is administered leave no room to
aoubt that a disrupti m of its parts, at n distant
day, is inevitable. We arc farcf 1 to eontemplate
such an event as near at moid, end in
suspending the exercise of the right of Secession
for the present, we do n ?t only in th expectation
of Co-op oration to be evil ! 1 ?v the
- : 1 ...
further movements or ruiawciMi i , i.*u? i ? ?i: i tv
from a condition hfthings entirely in h-p n I.at
of that cause, and from which a Southern
fedcracy must result." (Cnu^/i' you.) a
Ii#ec :d, my own impression is that our opp Jnents
are in an awkward position ; I'm- whifj ,
some of them are secretly rejoiced at the fail ure
of the Southern Congres* (because :!je
chances of disunion are lessened) there ate
others who arc awakening to t!?.e stern nalitv
that Secession is the only remaining men un-o^
Resistance. Therefore s-ouie ot'them will frankly',
say, as Major John S. I'restoii does in l.:- tiintli
attempt to define lii< position, 'Lot, howe/cr.
that tiiis may not seem sufficiently explicit, I
hog to repeat the language of my own. pnblished
within a month past." If that Congress
meets and dissolves without adjusting the preliminaries
of a Southern Confederacy, 1 believe
South Carolina will he justified in any
course she may chose to adopt. Some few will
nobly redeem their pledge and say, 'there being
no hope of Co-opcmtiou, we go for secession
but I think most of them will respond in the
language of my friend?who by the wav, ir-wr !
made a bad speech or wrote a good [utter?n. v. :
spoke a foolish thing, and never wrote a -vise
one. This estimable gentleman h-phis p-fleetly
willing to give us his advice, l-ut (tor this
among other reasons) lie had no adviee to give,
as the lawyer filed a plea in abatement on thirfnr>n
(/rounds, the first ol which was, that the
,
plaintiff was dead. The Hon. James I.. Or. ,
forms a striking contrast to our friend l ist
named. Me, in October last, butted manftillv
against Federal aggressions. Now ho cracks
his sides with laughing at the bull that cracked
his neck against the loeoeomotivc (I lis constituents
are much astonished at seeing bis
'agility' in politics, called bv another name, ns
a single minded farmer would be, if In* wore
present to hear the Court of Krrors decide that
Or' in his carefully prefaced wiH, meant 'and'
?and if, and if, said the farmer.
But enough ! nhtjmi sartis, Babbi Men Solo
onions! The argument is exhausted.
There is no alternative between Secession
and base unmitigated Submission. Secession
Boys, rally around the Palmetto on the second
Monday in October, and show to the Stan lard
the Patriot and the spirit of that foul in nil lied
Transcript (which still stalks unavenged
among us ) that we can lick Giant-do-nothing
at the ballot-box, as easily as the Yankees can
lick molasses, or as easily as their gifted oraators
say we will be licked at Fort M?ultre.
"OLD Danger'S GUOSI ."
CAMDEN, ;
TUiSJlJAY lSVE.WXG, OCTOUER 7, 1S31. a
I . ?
THO. J. WARREN, Editor.
WANTED IMMEDIATELY. | l,:
Wpntoil at this Office .1 good Journeyman ! I1
j P? inter, one who can work Press will be pre- | C
1 f'erred. Oct. G. { "
1 - Ui
I ~ ? I
Our Cotton Market. 1 It
; A slight decline has taken place in the price of V(
cotton since our last. The principal sales were | 0|
I at 7 to 9 cents.
ni
Corn 80 to 85; Flour -1 3-1 too 1-1; Bacon 12.
A
The Crops. ^
An intelligent planter of Anson Counh, ^
X. C., writing to his friend in this place, i ^
i savs: " It is now reduced to a certainty, that I
our Cotton crop will he unusually 1 ilit. The j
I Alison crop will fall short at least one third, I ^
and I'liion will not make more than half a crop, j
! tr;
Corn will he very short, though I believe An- j
? o tr
son and Union will he able to make out for
bread. As to meat, we shall have to be in a j '
i
great measure dependent upon the drovers, and ?
! lour wo will have to pay high for it." I
- * I *
Sons cf Temperance. I gi
The following brethren were on Thursday i as
i i * i
; evening last regularly installed as officers of ai
Wateree Division Xo. 0, to serve the ensuing ! w
quarter: i n;
W. II. R. Workman, W. P. ! sr
John J. Workman, W. A. in
J. L. Brasington, R. S. iq
P. E. Wood's, A. R. S. s:i
Duncan Shenrn, F. S. ; at
W. C. Ilughson, T. C
A. M. Kennedy, ('. ; 01
Columbus Nelson, A. C. : r<
James R. Arrants, I. S. ' qi
L. W. Ballard, O. S. : Cl
On the same evening, the following P.W. lvs. ! ei
were re-elected delegates to the (band Divis- J sa
ion, for the present year, viz: W. E. Johnson, ' oj
W. TIjiiiIow Caston, \. 31. Kennedy, Win. K. in
IlnyliMiii, 'i In), j. V? arreti, .1. 15. Kershaw, \\. e\
M. Shannon, Z. J. Del lay, .1. K. Wiiherspoon I a:
('. A. McDonald, L. W. I5all.ini, Robert J. Me- j tu
(.'retold and \\. II. R. \\ (irkiiian, W. P. th
Ex-Governor Johnsonhi Speech.
V.'e will comply with the iv(|iU'.?t of an cs- ;
teemed fiiendand smIim-iHk r, and lav this doc- ;
.' ' O!
anient before oi;r readers <>:i lYidiv. The j ...
press of other matter nj'o:i ntir cohimns pre- /
eludes much that we tnL'ht otherwise publish. o>
w
Judge Withers' Letter !
iil he found in another eoltunti. It is pub
li.-hod at t!ie leqnest of our friends of the t'o- ^
operation part v of Lmi'uistor.
"* a i
EX-COVISUNOK ."!('!! \UDSON. tl
Mr. Jj Jrftir: In y<?;sr report of the Mat Roe!; si
iiiectinj;, you represent (iov. I : l.-??u as hav- f<i
in" i:i siibstnnre.snhl, lint "theie .?as no fear of tn
I cder.al Kxeentive interference. It was a right ti
with which t!ivy tlnn-il m>' interfere. Kx-l're- m
siilent Jack-on acknowledged this ri^ht-a 10
Stale had a ousiitulioiiiil ri^hl to secede. Xnlliliealioii.
< ii'ti. Jackson n'^ardnl as friiisost?
he diiret! not interfere with a seceding State."
Von must have mi-uiidoiston I tiie (Governor,
or his memory is treacherous. (ieii. Jackson's p'
proelainalion nl the lOih of Deeeniber IS.'JJ M
is tiie on!v otii -i ! i| *cl.iratio,i o! his opinion in
the in utter of State Rights, and State remedies, j
l iii* (ioviTiior a:.(I his parly in J were j
sn|?jI to have kyown something nl that 7/V
i:\lnms document. hi it there is nothing miiro di
explicit t'laii his ih-ni il nl Ihr ri>;lit of Secession, \\
atal Slo'r s'lvcniif/ity, finiii which alone, it can ft
he deduced. J o sustain hi- position, (icncr.il 0
Jackson and others resulted t reasons the t?
iim>t fallacious and disingenuous, and utteily ti
ial-ilii'd the history of the country, i'nit he tl
meant roundly to deny tiie doctrine and des- .-i
troy its advocate-, and he was never remark a- . e:
hly fastidious or scrupulous as to the means, al
when he had an object, good or had, to accoiu* pi
plish. '32. | in
OCT" We assure our friend and correspondent 11
'.'JJ, thai our report of (Jov. Richardson's. 1
speech at I'lat Rock is collect. In our Edi* i
lorial notice, we (pioted almost verbatim, with j|
a slight exception in this particular, we should . fc
have represented him as saying, (Jenernl Jaek>on
regarded Nullification as rrhcHion against
. 111
the laws of the union, and not Ircusait, as we :?
stated. This does not however ? fleet the cor- b
redness oi our report suli-l niliull v, and is only ?
: a difrerence in the terms of expression. We I1
I tl
nnvv 11111111? l v.( n>v. IJ. :is (ulltivv ^* Nnnv^imi
1 tl
he ((iov. it.) regarded as the only and Irur j>
remedy?he In lieveil it altogether a |ieaeeahle ?-|
out*?there was no fear ol I 'eilernl Kveeulive 'I
j interference?it was a right with which tlicy Jl
(lured not interfere? a .s'ale hail the (.'oiistitu- '
lionnl light to secede. Nullification <ienrrn) ! ,,
I ^iiii <><r-i I :is rch/lli.iii?Im .l-n-ml >>>( I
, ?..V .vt> ... *.
interfere with a .vivW/wg Slate. Would .Millard ;l
Fillmore presume In do so ( "\\ onld a Idol go !
where an angel feared to tread ?" J'}
Tins is substantially vvliat ("id. Richardson ! tl
! said, as we are lolly assured by several gentle- J'
men who were present at the meeting, and
heard his admirable speech. This aekuowl- . >t
I edgment oft lie right ^secession, (it is nothing |
, less) on thepait of General Jackson, w as made r
| to Mr. Richardson in the course of a conversa- J li
tion held 'net ween them subsequent to the events j
| of Nullification, and whilst Mr. Richardson i |,
' was a member of Congress. I l>
General Jackson held Nullification to he refllion?a
measure of redress in the Union, and
s the supreme Executive, he was bound by his
nth of office, to put his veto upon it. Had S.
arolina seceded, Gen. Jackson said it would
live been a measure out of the Union, conseuently
beyond his control. That, said he to
ol. Richardson, was tlir remedy for South Cadina.
In this connection, we would also
ate that the Union party of '32, of which Cid.
ichardson was a prominent member, were fairable
to secession, (at least a large and influitial
number of them,) and were ready to suport
the Stale if she adopted that remedy.
To return, however, to General Jackson.?
It hough he forcibly demonstrated his opposi?
Stale ri<zh's and Sta'e remedies, in his absoite
denial of these rights in the " disalrous
leuinrnl" of '32, to which our correspondent
fcrs. and nlthouirh he did. in his annroval of the
' "O ' II
orce Bill, take groundagainst State sovereignyet
it is well known tliat he was put right atin
during the pendency of the nullification conoversy,
and puhiicly modified these erroneous
cpressions, returning to the platform of the Viriiii;i
and Kentucky Resolutions. Possibly the
aguanimnus reply of the elder Gov. Floyd of1
irginia might have had much to do in than- !
ng his policy and opinions. Of this we are
ssured, Gen. Jackson admitted to Col. Rich dson,
that Secession and not Nullificutinn,
as the remedy or measure for South Carolii.
One was rt billion in Ihc Union, the other
If.protect hut out of it These are legitimate
Terences of what General Jackson thought
ion the subject at the time ho held the conver.
ition referred to with the Hon. John P. Rich
:
d.son, then Member of Congress from this
onjrressional District. M'o have no doulit
ir understanding of Col. Richardson will acjrd
with others who heard his able and elolent
address, which we hope mav be publish!,
that all may enjoy the pleasure which we
ijoycd. N?? doubt he will be able to explain
itisfactorily, the seeming discrepancies in Hie
unions of President Jackson, of 'o'J, with llie
ore mtsuiHiblc man of* later years. At all
cuts, be this as it may, Kx-Covernor Rich dsou,
(like (ieiier::! Jackson was accustomed
i do.) has not feared in the declaration of
icsc opinions, to take the itcst'oNsiniLtrY.
hilr-.ut frmi C >1. Mini mi n ore's Pendleton
Snrrrh.
' If however other Smthrrn S'u'r* refuse to
eet with ns, and we arc brought to the alteritive
of scintIssIo\ on cksi-twck ! for n ir ,
suit, let lis t"enii: from llir I nimi mid nhidr
ir f ile for better or for ir >rsr. If we are to
ear c'o.ins, 1 prefer that they should be put
i iiii' by force ? /, at least w ill have no fi-trf
do-. /<// thryi : 1 would prefer to imitate Ilie
caiin le of th.it noble people of an ancient
:v, who, when their country was overrun I>v
i fivyrwln-lmi '^ power, relused In vivid nil
iv terms, uiil, rather than submit to a despot,
a .slerred dub- country to their ship*. anil re- i
stcil to the la>t extremity. One* |?ri?j>ared
>r ewrv euutinjreiicy, our enemies will find us
iirmnjiirrnhlt-. The last ev:l to which any nann
can submit, is ileprirhifh?/#. Let us, niie
rl nil, therefore. sluiitl up to the las', for
quality nr Independence."
Where is Col. Meinn:in"er now? Kcho
in" 1 \ answers "a lien ' Is lie still willing to
i"sl<:ul up to the J,is! for ' Kijualily or liulc.
ndetice {'" Let liini say So n.vr: and with, i
laXtfV Civgir, "we are willing to follow."
For lie* < am ten Journal. i
TO CATAW'lJA.
A short and uniirctendiii" article of mine tin
r the heading, " Till' Mountains labor, I. ! ;i
Iihim- i- luM'ii," .H't'iiiA to have attracted the atlilion
ot some of tlio accoucheurs at tii.il hi, t!i.
'ill* appealing in tlio "Southern Kopalilic" ol
i-day. 1 could not uilh propriety notice fur- j
ut tiian to say liiat it dot's not touch u|>on
a- iti licit* in question, and is sueh a perver- j
on, as could only have emanated from a distst
d imagination or a corrupt heart. \ours, 1
Itluuigli not live from misrepiesctntinii, dis- j
lays certain verdant little iiinoeeii' ies wliicli, |
i this day ?l parly diill, have quite a fasciua
on lor me who am no politician, !?ut have de- I
aled all my poor energies to prevent the strife j
liicli now consumes us, and I would indeed
ope that your misrepresentations have been j
iiincentlv made?I shall therefore address a
w remains to you.
As \ oti have given no intimation of what the !
rtiele is which you profess to ei itieize, and as I
lanv who read it may have forgotten all about
in.I in my p 'ill tps did not re 11 it, I promise !
y ?aviug that it only spoke of the impropriety
f peivciliou .Southern IJights Aasiaia'ioiis to
artv purposes, noticed the objectionable feaires
of the address accompanying the uoininaoiis
made hv them and Inicllv defended Cols,
iestou 'and (.'bestial, from the iiuieiidos lev- |
lied at tIii-ii). As for attacking the nominees
was nevr thought of; its objects arc avowed
hove, and, sii, are the) not sustained by f.els <
,ct liie origin and objects of these associations I
nswer. Iii l the proud spirited Lyles, cVc. who '
pposed the iioniinalions in I'aiilield answer, j
,et the Kershaw Association answer; aye,'
ml take the Kdilmial of the especial organ of
our parly ("the Carolinian,") of the Nth Jauii.
.. I ,.i i;... nivvvcr. and as for the iiiioro.
tidies of the address, they were so ohvious
tat the Camden Journal litis never yet polished
it, although direetly urged by a wiiier
i its own eoliiions to do so, and the parly in
'nlumliia thought proper to substitute another
ddress of diflerei.t spirit in its stead.
So inueh for the article which you have rrinml,
and which you have treated as an atick
upon lien. Owens and Hon. Dixon Barnes
-with the lirst of these gentlemen 1 have no
eipiaietaiiee; 1 certainly enteitain towards
im no ill will, in fact the only tie that ever
ound mc to any of bin name wa6 of such a
| nature ai would prevent iny feelmg otherwise
' than kindly to liini, unless lor good cause.?
With the latter gentleman I have been long and
| intimately acquainted, and have repeatedly exi
pressed t lie regret that the manner of his nomination
a id other circumstances Ibibid my voting
for I im; this much injustice to myself, now
for some littte justice to you. As to your capitals '
"N. C\," "with an impertinent crooked back
little fel uw behind them asking questions," i
they are entirely out of place, as "Catawba" is ;
much nearer North Carolina than 1 have ever
1 1 1 1 1 -I--U li.M-ui- nrm-c invsclf
IIYCII, ill U 1 1 .-iiiiii i.v.m ...j
quite mi :h a Kip Van Winkle as you evince
yourself to be. Your next step proclaims you
a model t go: tleinan who does not appreciate
his own waitings, for you say:hat you are "not
disposed to give importance to trashy communication
And it further shows that you and
our hint friend, the {.'alitor, differ; for he sets
you up u his second iaiitoiial column. ^ ou
sa v, sir, in quoting the heading of the article J
"What is the meaning of this?" 'Ihatques-j
tion slio ild have been your conclusion. \ ou j
were tin u confessedly beyond your depth and J
should li ave gone no further. You did not understaiu
the head, nor, to judge you kindly, did
you mid .-island the body, l or your particular
benefit I would inform you that in a free trans- \
lation, t; ot quite so liberal as yours however, I
omitted the word " riiiiculus," 1 now beg leave I
to atnei d.
As to tiie "sanction" of Cols. Preston and I
Chesnut, 1 beg permission to inform you that
I wear i o collar; my intercourse with the tormer
has been slight and casual; you will readi- I
I v belief e it has been pleasant; the latter and j
myself; re personal fiictids, hut no obligation 1
has evt r been incurred by either, other than
such as springs from mutual regard and conli- i
deuce. You charge as a mark of "spite" that
I omitte d the titles of your nominees; you call
it small and speak of it as illustrating "hawlittle
some j>f tplr can male fhcwxrlrt s appear." Now
"Catawba," who looks small? Who feels
small i \ on have made yourself the smallest
of all si mil t..ings, (lie small ciilie. Tlie omis- ;
siun, if niie at all, was iuadveitunt, and it" 1 re- j
recullei t at ight. tl.e same uceurs in the same paragrnp!
as regards the Co-operation nnmiaees. i
While n a preceding one they do reeeive the !
title ids."' while your "favorites'' do not re j
ceive tub- title; h.it ran a qualification prefix- :
t'?I add dignity loan illustrious name; but 1 forbear
h st you bring another charge of malice!
again? good matured me.
As lor the evidence that C'nJs. Preston and j
Chesn it '' exclusively have a place" in the !
minds and alieetions nl the people "of this j
Coiigi .'Ssional District"?a\e. "Catawba," 1!
have jiieii evidence, and tin* tir?t Monday in |
Octob.o* will "show it," and although we boast j
no "g,irote*' or "guillotine," and do not desire
the debtli of any one, to furnish a tragedy. We '
will li.ive a nice lilt!* comic ali'.iir, in which 1
your'} lidieulus mus"' shall be deprived ??} hi? ;
caudal appendage.
And now. ''Catawba,"! vvilJ notice a par! i
of your performance, in which, il you lit* sill- j
ci'iv, you aiv really charming. How refresh*
it is in 14 itt a SiM,.-?itiui>| who il<?i*s not know j
wlial is meant !iv ",crarkiao lacks," " pro&'iip i
lion," saeiilicc," Occ. iVe. IT it wore possible!
lor you to remain in tiiis blissful .-tale of ignu* |
ranee, I eertainlv coiiM not lie so cruel as to j
enlighten you, liut 1 tear you liave already I tee a 1
taught, by being d.illed in the "nwk.vniv
squ id" ever since that piece was written. 1 !
in iv then say, that statesmen have hrcii threat*
euetl to iiave " tiieir necks cracked before n
I'Vderal cow.catcher can pick tliein up" - tiiat j
Hanks are threatened e. ita a inss o| lljeir char- J
tcrs unless their otlieers keep out nl polities, i
and that chosen o'gan ot v*.?ur party, " i i:e
Carolinian," renin:liable to,- its good taste, tie- 1
coney and disinterested patiioti-ni, opens its
columns to iho.se .vho threaten judges with the
loss of their gow us. Well may you, if you l>?v j
a lover < ? vour conutrv, exclaim, " W on t some
body rend tile riot act C lor there is a spiiiti
aluo.al in the land which thirsts to pull down "
to its own level, all that is elevated and pure,
and which, if not checked, will destroy the ivp* ,
ut.ition of our ."State, heretofore ivmaikatde lor i
ihejL'omtcsios and proprieties of piivate life.
I leel assured, Catawba, ii' von will lake the
trouble Jo icad iiiv lirst article over again, you
will <i>.' liiit via ! i \ . > iiiKi'i'i > e.mil >. I in not
grossly. I would hnpeatiuiiilcutij:ially. 01 licit
you fan best judge.
In this dav, sir, when malignity ami a hiding i
place arc regarded as t!ic essential characterise
ties of a Junius, I not lolii to enter the lists ;
of auonvinous setihhlers, and therefore wrote'
. .
over a description which lurr, " under existing
circumstances." was equivalent to the an- ]
uounceinent of my name. (I never contem- 1
plated attracting the attention of " Lancas- |
ter.") Wishing to avoid notoriety, however, 1
t'llitlier than yoti have forced itnpon me, I |">?r.
hear to use my own name at present, and sub- ;
scribe myself CAROLINA.
/ F?r ilte CiouJeii Ji'iirnul.
LETTER J I'DOE WiTIIERS TO TIIE
LANCASTER \l EE II NO,
/ ("amdk.x, "J'Jil Sept. 1651.
lirnllrmrn : 1 have received your invitation,
on bchall ol the Co operation and .Southern
Rights path of Lancaster District, to attend a
meeting tixed lor the lir.-l day of October next.
As you anticipated (lint I could not be present,
vim -?vL in lifit r...I* .?r .??*
J WM Ill uiut VIIOV, I *' I till V.\j'IV^3H'll ?'? |||J
views ami opinion* liy letter' upon I lie all
absorbing (|iiestions dial now agitate tin* Slate." !
.Many ol tliem have lieen already expressed, '
ami have gained such degree ol' publicity as lo \
render lliein aeees ihle to those who read eo- j
Operation Newspapers. So far they .remain
unchanged.
1 am opposed to the scheme of separate na* j
I tionality, presciihed by a party Idr S. Carolina.1
I have read whatever I conitl lay my hands
1 on in lavor ol that course, and 1 am wholly
| unable to understand wtul good it will bring
lo the people ol this State. In former letters.
I however, I have suggested nianv aggravated
! evils, to which, I believe, it wt aid lead. Do
. we want more territory for the contingency of
a surplus slave-population I By taking a solitary,
isolated position, we cut ourselves oil
; from every square loot of that which is now
j unoccupied and open to us, beyond the limits I
J ol South Carolina. Do we want peace ami j
I security for life. liberty, and property, ami the 1
#pursuit
of* happiness in every mode in which it *
is sought ? Is it not a singular policy to pursue
such paramount objects, in tho I'aco of a
hostility the most intense and formidable, by
quitting an association, solitary and alone,
wherein if we have enemies, we have also
friends, who, if we do not repulse them by perverse
arrogance, must ultimately be bound to
us by something stronger than hooks of steel ?
Is it not an incomprehensible sort of logic that
tells us, that we now see, by recent elections,
none of these friends will co-operate with us,
and in the next breath assures us, that if we
wiil still further affront them, by the act of
Separate Secession, they will fly to our arms?
This is the latest phase of Secession logic that
II 1 ? v ...
i nave ooserven. it has had other phases.
\t one time we were told, that we had better
not meet our confederates at all? lest their
coldness might render us somewhat frigid;
that our true course was to enter alone into the
harvest of free trade and reap the whole "rop;
that if our career should chance to be "interrupted
by a floating Custom-house, foreign
guns, and active privateering would relieve us
of that obstacle?that if (after the Spanish
fashion) a cordon of collecting agents should
surround our borders, why then like the British
adventurers in the Spanish case, we would resort
to smuggling, and tempt our neighbors to
confederate in that. The long and bloody war,
that L'l'cw out of the case recommended as our
model, lias never been communicated, I believe
to enquirers. I do u?jt know that such considerations
have been urged upon you of Lancaster;
if tliey have, I should be shocked to know, **
tli.it a scheme which contains the germ of a
foreign protectorate, especially that of the
IJiitish Crown, or one that b..?es national prosperity
upon national pro8titction-?~should command
the favor ol many of youf
Let any of your 'State Action" friends inform
you, if he can, how Separate Secession
will give you any of California? how it will
help you into Xew Mexico or Utah?how it
will repeal the law forbidding the Slave-trade
in the Distiict of Columbia?how it will dull
the edge, or turn away the shafts, of the malignant
enemies of the Carolina slave-holder?
how a runaway slave will he captured with
more facility than lie may now be?whether he
can 'hen he recovered even in Georgia, Tennessee,
or .North Carolina?whether a slave
can he car:ied into either of those States, or
into any territory new within the limits of the
Union? If he affirms we shall procure a
Southern Confederacy, you may well inquire
why he now affirms that co-operation is an obsolete
idea ? Beg him to explain how he will
contrive to (Iron Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee,
Cwe. into his embrace ? If finally, he
IIUHIUIS imo me iifimuJ, <11111 |ii MII.IIIIIS, 111.1t it
is becoming in .<outli Carolina to drive into tho
gloiics <>f martyrdom, to play the part of Sampson
(who I iv the live had only himself to sacrilie**)
l?v seizing, in a fit of desperate revenge,
the pillars of the Temple, and burying, in com.1.0111
iiia, Inn self and Iter enemies suggest to
your r.ieiid dial the I'urv of his indignation may
have dethroned his judgment; that you prefer
to entrust toe destinies of a Commonwealth in
the keeping of those who are neither as furious ^
ras Sampson, nor as blind ; that you have a detgrce
of apprehension that our Sampsons may
|.!;iv the pait of him of old, with a certain variation,
lo-w it: thai they may contrive to bury
themselves ami their friends in ruin, and not
oar enemies. Gentlemen, it is of the last importance
not to mistake the question, nor allow
others to substitute one that is fictitious. It is
m?t one of resisting one or a given set of nieaO
c?
smvs. It is this: How shall slave-owners
provide new guards for their security ! All the
wt i!d, external to#them, is malignant against
lliem. '1'lie enemy is formidable indeed, sleepless,
venomous, watching every opportunity to
make a fatal attack. All the slave-power combined
is not too strong for the contest, and the
whole is and will continue to he, the object of
incessant assaults. Shall we oiler ourselves in
detail to he cut off as an easy prev ? Shall we
weaken our own position and the common
cause, by an act not peculiarly necessary now,
or at a given time, rather than at some other,
against which our confederates protest, as unnecessary
and unwise in their judgments ? I
suv no- and would take every opportunity at
the h dl'ii b.'X to proclaim the sentiment It
ymi concur with me, you will do likewise.
Believing you are right in the cause you advocate,
I wis!) you success.
Your ob't serv't..
T J. WITHERS. ,
To Geo. McD. Witherspooii, Esq., and others,
Committee, &c.
>1 ? 1 ?
Nkw-Orlkans Oct. 3.
On Friday Cotton was active, and four thousand
hales changed hands. .Middling was
worth 8 1 1. The sales of the week comprise
sixteen thousand, and the receipts tor me same
period twenty.nine thousand, and for the season,
seventy six thou-nnd hales. 'I lie stock
ainotints to sixty fire thousand bales.
B \LTIMORK, Oct. 4.
The Proinr/hnis has arrived a' New York witii
$100,000 in gold. She brings San Francisco
dates to the (5th nit. The Whig majority in <
the city of San Francisco is a thousand. The
vturns indicate the election of a Whig Governor,
and Democratic Congressmen. The Leg
islature is doubtful. * Another ;n count says that
Baui.uu, (I)ein ) will probably be elected Governor.
?
1 ilahhjof Srnls.?"Ion," a Washington correspoudent
ol die Baltimore Sun, ifi a letter to
that paper, says:
"I received last winter two seeds, said to be
wheat, which were found in the (olds ol the M- i
gyptian inummv which .Mr. Gliddon unrolie*! ^
in Boston. The niutnmy was supposed to bo
one of the Pliaiaolis. It proved to be a priestess.
ami to be more than thirty centimes old.
" The seeds were shaped something I ke pearl
J .......o of a dark
barley, ;i:til ol Hint size, aiiu v ?
iin:;t\ ns if colored by the same preparation
which had been used in the process ol'embalniin.jf.
"I planted the two seeds in a llower-pot in
the spring. They Terminated, grew fii.ely, and
one of the plants bears a hundred or more
grains. The other is more backward, and is
still in flower. The leaf resembles ma ire, and
1