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THE DARLINGTON FLAG, 1* IM'BLIKHKU EVERY WEINESDAY MIIRMYG, AT DAELlMpTO?». C. II., S. C., BY JOIIY F. OF I.OKIVE. Hon. Wm. H.Gut, of Union submit ted tbe following resolution: ; Resolved, lliat tliis meeting it> Aot dis- poseil to aeperate from tiiose wbo ex- presia willingness to abide the (kith of the Slate that we cordially accept their pledge to sustain the action of the Con- is or st BscRimow. stitutional Convention, and that we have At the expiration of six months - a 60 an abiding confidence that South Car- At the end of the year 3 00 ; olina will present an undivided front to ’ ' her enemies. advertising : The resolution was adopted unanim- ADVF.nTisF.ME nts, inserted at 75 cents a ously, and with great applause, square (fourteen lines or less,) for the first, supplementary report of the com- and 87* cts. for each subse-quent insertion. miUoe of f wenty . one waB then taken Business Cards, notexceeding ten lines, . „ inserted a. *5. a year. ^ aS / 0,, ° W81 v g Hie Committee of twenty-one beg S-iT AH hiiwaMi connected with the leave to report they have considered Flag, will he transaWed with the Proprie- the subject of the beat mode of provid- tor at his Office, ope door above the bar- ing for the more perfect and efficient lington Hotoh or with file Editor at ids organization of the Southern Rights As ia w Office sociatiou of South Carolina, and respec- , fully recommend the adoption of the (From the ( harU i-ton Mercury ) following resolution as appropriate for SOITHERN RIlillTS ( OWEMION. that purpose-. At 10 o’clock, a. m., pursuant to ad- Regarding thewTresolutions, in addi- joumment, the Convention assembled, tion to those alaready reported as em- aml the President having the chair an ap- bracing ail that is at present necessary propriate prayer was offered up by the for action ofthi»toP <?t ‘ n g the Committee llev. Dr. Gilman. respectfully nsk to be discliarged from Mr. Gregg, from the committedwof the further consideration of the various ini.iation, through which Thrmit often leads her votaries: J, Drayton Ford, E. J. Henfy, Robt. W. Hume, Silas Johnston, J. Boykin Lang. Lawrence McKenzie, Isaac Msz- vek,G. W. Means, Charles R. Miles R. Barnwell Rhctt, jr., Cbarlea Simon- ton JuliuslIlP. Stewart, Wm. H» Talley, Charles C. Tew, Henry W. Waters, Charles S. West.—Col. Teh Darlington flog. TON. S. C. ^oSTiiTtor. DARLING 1 J. II^NORH H EDYESDAY MORNIYG, MAY 21.18$1. “We stand upon the Principles of Everlasting justice, and no human power shall dkive us from our position. * * * actuated bt these principles AND ANIMATED BY THESE SENTIMENTS, WE WILL CLING TO THE PILLAR OF THE TEMPLE of our Liberties, and if it must fall WF. WILL PERISH —McDuffie. amidst the ruin! twenty-one, made a supplementary re port, which was laid on the table and or- dePed to be printed. Mr. Gregg then moved a recommenda tion of the resolutions adopted yester day, for closing debate at 9 p. m., which was agreed to; and it was so amended as to provide for the closing of the de bate at 3 o’clock tiiis afternoon, The order of the day l>eing the reports of the majority and minority of the com mittee of twenty-one, was then taken | up: CoL A. P. llayne addressed the Con- propositions referred to them. RESOLUTIONS. 1. Resolved, That this meeting of Delegates from the District Associations do now form itself into a Central Asso ciation of the State of South Carolina preserving its organization under the same officers. 2. Resolved, That the Central South ern Rights Assocation of the State of South Carolina, do consist hereafter of Delegates appointed by the several Dis AGENTS FUR THE DARLINGTON FLAG. S. D. Hallford, - Camden, S. C. Charles DeLorme, Sumtemlle, S. C. Mr. R. W. Burgess is the%avel ling agent of the Darlington Flag. COTTON, At the latest dates is 6-J to 9 cents. quoted at from frlP 1 We willingly insert the communi cation of our friends, who participated with us in the deliberations of the Con vention in Charleston, but who voted dit trict Associations, in the proportion of ferently from what we did ; and we are wil- ventionat length in support of the miuo- u ' i ‘; eas man y Delegates as the number ij„g t o allow, all the force which the hoiv ritv report ; ol Senators and Representatives to ore <] names of Butler, Barnwell, Che- Ex-Govenor W. B. Seabrook, fob " Inch each election district is entitled;' lowed in strong support of the recoin- ! u " d that ltme f t semi-annually, at such nu-ndations of the report of the majori- P laco as ’f designated by the pre- tv , j siding officers the present delegates con tinuing members until a new appoint Hon. Jos. A. Black followed. In a brief and forcible argument in favor of the majority report. Mr. L. S. Badger, of the Hornet’s Neat, (N. C.) in some eloquent remarks retuniedMiis thanks for the terms of respect and kindness in which North Carolina had Wen so frequently allu ded to by the members of the Conven tion. Mr. J. B. McCall, in some brief remarks advocated the adoption of the report of the majority. Mr. Gregg the clinirman of the com mittee of twenty-oae, closed the debate by reviewing and replying to the vari ous arguments that had been urged again* tlta:’report of the commit tee-. ”*< . The! Coim-utiWl then took recess un til 1 o'clock. . Af'TMHoo.n Shssioh. Thi Convention having re-assembled, the retoliitions and address of Un- com mittee of twenty-one were taken up, when Hon. J. L. Orr moved the resolution reported by the minority as a substitute ns follows: Resolved, That feeling entire confi dence in the con ftitutioiiijjA organs of the Convention elected under the act pass ed at the last session ofthc Legislature, we are perfectly willing to leave to them the mode and measure of redress for the wrong we have suffered from the Fed eral Government, as well as the time of its application; and, without indicating or suglfosting the course it behoves them to pursue we hereby pledge our selves to abide by their action, whether the same shall be for secession from the Union, with or without the co-operation of the other Southern States. The motion was rejected by a very large majority. The resolutions of the majority were then taken, up and were voted on sepa rately as follow: 1. Resolved, That in the opinion of this meeting the State of South Caroli na cannot submit to the wrongs and ag. gressions which have pepetrated by the Federal Government and the Northern States, without dishonor and ruin ; and that it is necessary to relieve herself therefrom, whether with or w ithout the co-op* 'atiouofother Southern States. To this resolution there were five dis senting voices. ‘J. Resolved, That concert of action wil^j one or more of our sister States of the South w hether through the supjxtsed Convention, or in any other manner, is an object worth many sacrifices, but not ttei sacrificesuvolved in submission. ^Adopted unamimoutly. 3 Resolved, That we hold the right of secession to essential to the sove- reintv and freedom of the States of this Caiftedoracy and that the the denial of that right would furnish to an injured State the strougest additional cause for its exercise. Adopted unanimously. 4 Resolved, That this meeting looks with confidence and hope Uathe Con vention of the people, to exert thesove- rein nower of the State in defence of its right*, at the earliest practicable period and in the most effectual manner; and toAhe Legislature to adopt the moat speedy and effectual measures towards the same end. To this resolution ther were six dis senting voices. The question was then.taken on the adoption «f the address and it was ad opted with but one dissenting voice. ment by the several District Associa tions. 3. Resolved, That a Central Com mittee for the Southern Rights Associa tion of South Carolina bo appointed by the President of this body to consist of nine members whose duty it shall be, by correspondence, by publishing and circulating sound documents, and by all proper means, promote the common cause and that any member of any Dis trict Association in the State snail be eligible as a member of the said commit tee. 4 Resolved, That the Central Com mittee be authorized to appoint a Sec retary and a Treasurer, and to take all such measures as may be profier to provide for all necessary expenditues. Mr. W. H. Trescott moved to strike out the first resolution, w hich was op posed by Mr. Wright, of Laurens, and the question being taken the motion was rejected. Tbe report was then unanmously concurred in. Mr. Torre addressed the Chair, (tem porarily occupied by Ex-Gov. W. B. Seabrook,) aud expressed his high gratification at the order and deco rum which had characterised the pro ceedings of the Convention and the- intercourse of its members. This union and harmony was a bright harbinger of the spirit which would animate them when the time for action had arrived; when every Carolinian, forgetful of mi nor differences of opinion, would rally around the flag of their common Mo ther, in the defence of her honor aud interests. The harmony which had marked their deliberations, the meet ing would willingly bear testimony, was largely contributed to by the dig nity and courtesy of their presiding orticer, and as expressive of the sense of the Convention, he offered the following resolution, which was unani mously adopted: Resolved, That the thanks of the Convention lie presented to the Hon. John P. Richardson, for the urbanity, dignity, and impartiality, with which he has presided over its deliberations. The President, having reaumed the Chair, expressed bis high appreciation of the compliment which had just been paid him by the Convention, and in warm and eloquent language urged a continuance of that kindness and for bearance which had so eminently dis tinguished the deliberations of the Con vention, to the end that when the time for action arrived, they might Vie able, as one man, to unite in vindicating the honor and maintaining the rights of onr beloved State. Votes of thanks were then passed to tlie Clergymen who had voluntarily officiated at the openings of the Con vention, to the Board of Officers of the 4th Brigade, for the gratuitous use of the Hall: to the Secretaries, for the able and faithful manner in which they have performed their duties: and to the Committee of Arrangements. Erayer was then offered by the Rev. Mr. Bowman, and the Convention ad journed sine die. ves and Hayne carry with them, but as to Ex-Governor Richardson, who was one offthe leaders of the Union party of ’32, we learn from one of our delegates who conversed with him since the ad journment of the Conventian, that he is for secession either with or withouFco- operation. gomShai A grand barbacue was to have been given to Gov. Quitman, on the 14th inst. in Jackson, by the Southern Rights men of Mississippi. Noble champion! of a noble cause! may he be as successful in leading to victory the noble Mississippi- ans who “scorn to crook the pregnant hinges of the knee that thrift may follow, fawning,” as he was the gallant regiments who had the honor to serve under him in Mexico. AN EDITORS FAREWELL. We perceive that Mr. Alexander Car- roll, who has been associated with Mr. Morgan, in the editorial department of the Palmetto State Banner, has taken leave of the readers of that journal in a vale dictory which shows that lie possesses that warmth of heart which is charac teristic of the true sons of the Emerald Isle. He has wielded a vigorous pen in the cause of his adopted State, and his retirement lias called forth sentiments of kindness and esteem from those who knew him best THE CAHDEN JOURNAL. Our friend Price, for some time one of the editors of this paper, has transferred his interest in the concern to that amia ble and deservedly popular gentleman, Mr. Warren, who for the future is to con duct the Journal alone. The Jtmrnalhve been, and we liave no doubt will con tinue to be, a Hcalous defender of South ern Rights. Mr. Price proposes to issue a new paper in Camden, to be called the “ Southern Republic.” WILMINGTON AND MANCHESTER RAIL ROAD. We make the following extract from a letter recently received from Gen. W. W. Harllee, the President of this road. It is from a private letter, and not intended for publication, hut we are sure our friend will excuse us for publishing the extract, when he considers what a deep interest many of our readers feel in the work: “Marion C. H., May 16, 1861. “ Our prospect for disposing of $600,- 000 of our Rail Road Bonds is now very fair, and having the means to push on the work, I can see no reason that it should not go on without intermission to a spee dy completion 1 feel at least fully satis fied that the way is clear to this consum mation, and trust that in the course of two years, what seemed visions to some a year or two ago, will turn out plain re- alities.” tinually cry mg out that it is not the peo ple who are urgiqg secession, Kid strait- way shifting their position and telling us it is not tbe leaders of the people— not the large slaveholders. If it be nei ther leaders nor people whS are creating the excitement, ft must be some interme diate class, which we are not fortunate enough to know. And if such a class does exist it must be exceedingly con temptible in numbers and influence, and we are astonished that it has created such a stir in the world. GRAHAM’S MAGAZINE. The April, May and June numbers of this popular magazine are before us, and we assure our fair readers that they are equal if not superior to any of their pre decessors. This is a favorable time to subscribe. The July number will com mence a new volume, and Graham prom ises that it shall be the “crowning glory” of his magazine. It will be sent to sub scribers one year for !$3, or two years for t5. TO CORRESPONDENTS. A valuable agricultural communication on tlie subject “Topping Cotton*’ has been received, and will appear in our next. “ One of the People,” has also been received. Personally we would be wil ling to accommodate the author by pub lishing it, but his strictures upon the Southern Rights Associations and the members of the Legislature who voted for the Convention bill are unjust, un called for, and entirely too personal. His view of that bill of abominations, the Compromise, as a “happy adjustment” of the question, is one not entertained by half a dozen of our subscribers. The publication of such a piece could have no other effect than to provoke an angry, excited and unprofitable controversy. It has been said that our paper is one sided, that we will publish nothing in opposition to our peculiar views ; if by that is meant that we refnse to publish communications from our subscribers in opposition to State action, it is utterly false. It, how ever, it is only meant that we act as sole judge of what is proper to appear in our columns, then the paper is one sided, and will continue to be so as long as we are connected with it. FARMER AND PLANTER. The May number of this agricultural journal is on our table, and in order to give our readers who do not take it some idea of whto, it is, we lay before them its contents i^Kocilings by a Planter,. No. 2 and No. 3; Meterological Obeervations; Com Culture again; Humus; Cotton Planting and Cultivation; Transplanting Cotton; New Patent Loom; Sub-soiling; Red Ants; Our Correspondents; Plant Tomatoes; Alurfm Whey; A valuable cement for household use; To make Blanc; To Travellers; A scare crow that is sure to kill; Theory of Agriculture; Chewing the Cud; Cherokee country again; Agricultural Prospects; Soap Ma king ; Food of Plants again; Light, its in fluence on the growth of Plants; Pota toes and Tomotoes; Review of the March number; Improved brush seed sower; Kit chen Garden for May; Acknowledgements; To harden steel without springing; Wheat Bran as a Manure; Facts about Diges tion; To Post Masters; Disease of the Plum Tree; Watering Trees; Remedy for Disease in Swine; How to make young trees bear; Bloody Murrain in Cat tle; Grindstone. , Law ExIiii.nation.—The following gentlemen entered our Ufcurt House yesterday, as applicants for admission, came forth attorneys at Law in for South-Carolina. We wish hosts of clients, aud trust that their may aapport them bravely dur- r lbe lone aqil drasry pilgrimage of PRO AND CON. Would it be asking too much of all our readers, whether they be subscribers or borrowers, to give the ressoningOf “Beau fort,” which appears in our paper to-day, a calm consideration! We shall publish as soon as possible the speech of Judge Btttlf.r, in opposition to separate Hate action; we are perfectly willing for the people to hear both sides of the question) and whatever verdict they shall render will.be acquiesced in by us. Waare amus ed at the contradictory reasoning of cer tain submission journals, which are oon- THAT NIT FOR ANTIQUARIANS CRACKED. Our friends of the Black Rirer Watch man, some time since, proposed to us and our friend of the Telegraph, to set our selves to work to ascertain the authorship of a story of a certain lawyer F* which was going the rounds of the papers, and which waa said to have occurred on the Pee Dee circuit We have had the sub ject under consideration, and beg leave to report that we have ascertained that we are indebted to the graphic pen of onr friend Ervin, of the Watchman, for tlie coup de grace which has been given to the story. In our antiquarian research es among the senior members of the bar on this circuit, we have heard much of the character of lawyer F., and severtll anecdotes which we had never heard be fore. He is represented as a man of talent, and appeared to regard the court room as a battle field, where he was at liberty to take any advantage of his an tagonist that he possibly could. One one occasion, at Chesterfield C. H., during court, he took some small advantage of a young limb of the law, who complained of it in open court “ Sir,” replied he, “ I came here to practice the law.” Success ful though he generally was in getting the better of hiq, antagonists, he on sev eral occtpions met with his match. Young W—, who afterwards became the celebrated Judge W—> studied law with F., and on one occasion they we mb travelling together, when a conversation arose as to the main aecretof success at the bar. F. promised to tell the inquisitive young student what it was, if he would agree to pay his bill at the next hotel the student agreed to the proposition, and was informed that the grand secret was good evidence. They proceeded on their journey and soon arrived at Darlington C. II., where they were to dine. After they had enjoyed file hospitalities of the jolly landlord, they ordered their horses and were about smarting, when the land lord politely reminded F. that he had no* paid his bill. Turning to his young trend he demanded why he had not paid the bill according te^yomise. The student replied that' he wWld do so, if he would prove that he had made such a promise. Seeing that he was caught in his own net, the lawyer paid his bill without any further ceremony. He was once honored with a seat in the Legislature, by the people of Chesterfield' and as he was returning from Columbia, in company with a friend, through the sand-hills of Chesterfield, they met a North Carolina wagon heavily loaded.— F., who was in a sulky in front, deter mined not to give the road, and the wag oner exhibited a similar determinatiou. When they came quite near each other F. drew up his horse and taking a pistol from his bosom, presented it at the wag oner and roared out in tones of thunder, “D—n you, leave tlie road.” The wag oner, seeming little agitated, dismounted, jumped into his wagon, produced a long rifle, and was proceeding to level it at the breast ot F., when thwwiee legislator put up his pistol, drove around the wagoner and went on his way, glad enough to get out of the scrape. MR. MADISON ON SECESSION. “It is stated that among the Madison pa pers now now possession of the Govern ment, but as yet unpublished, are several very 6ble essays in strong opposition to the nulification audsecesssion principles that have prevailed in South Carolina, and which have been advocated to a conside rable extent in other States.” Astonishing, if true, because we find it in a submission paper. It seems never to enter the head ot a submissionist, that man can think for himself but we are called upon to follow some great name on both sides of every question. The Mobile Advertiser has never yet given an argu ment to disprove the right of secession, and never can do so, for the very plain reason that no such argument exists.— Yet paragraphs like the above, are con stantly paraded by submission Journals, and tneir fortune is made whenever they can lug in the name of Jefferson or Madi son, even on the authority of, “it is said,” —if a State as such has no rights at all under our system,then there is no such right as secession, ofcourse—submission- ism will have to prove this first however, and we suppose they will only prove it practically by giving State rights. It is singular that submissionism does not do justice to Benedict Arnold—a model in his way. Having been led away and seduebd by a set of rebels and seductionists, and fire eaters, he followed them for some time, and di«i considerable service. He became convinced however of the errorsof liis ways, was seized with a violent love of the Union thought that there was no virtue like loyalty, and that “the powers that be” must be obeyed—es pecially when they pay well. He continued a loyalist to the last, bitterly repenting that he had ever joined the ultras, whose coun sellors were Henry, Adams. Rutlege, &e., and whose great Captain was Washing ton—or that he had ever left them, we dont exactly recollect which.—Col. Tel Yes, it is truly a weak side which can not give a reason for its faith, but is forced to take shelter under the opinions of some great man. But the Southern Press, that able and gallant champion of our cause, has taken up the subject, and shown be yond the shadow of a doubt that although Messrs. Madison and Hamilton, at the time of the adoption of tlie Constitution, had some notions wiiich smacked very strongly of consolidation, yet the States of Virginia and New York, to which they respectively belonged, were not influ enced by the opinions even of such men as Madison and Hamilton. The editors cite chapter and verse for what they say. Virginia, in her ratification of the Con stitution, inserted the following clause, as one of the conditions of her assqlR: “We, the delegates, &c., do, in the nan* and in behalf the people of Virginia, declare and make known, that the powers granted un der the Constitution being derived from the people of the United States, may be resumed by the people whensoever the same shall be perverted to their injury and oppression, and that every power not grantei thereby remains with thfcrft, and at^their will.” New York inserted these w ords, among others, in her ratification: “ That the pow ers of tlie Governmentm»y be reassumed by the people whensoever it shall become necessary to their happiness.”—Elliott's Debates, voL 1, page 327. In 1798, when Mr. Madisox was nine ytara older than he was at the adoption of the Constitution, we find him intro ducing into the Virginia legislature reso lutions which aserted the right and duty of the States, in case of deliberate, dan gerous and palpable usurpation of the federal government, to interpose and arreet the evil And thus much for Mr. Madi- sor’s opinion on secession. [foe the dakuxutom flag.) CflERAW INI DA1LUWTM RAIL ROAD. In the last number of the Oh.iraw (fa- nette, its worthy editor, who is always in defatigable in his efforts to promote the public good, is again endeavoring to ex cite the grinds of the peqa|e to the im portance of a connection by Rail Road from Cherfew tqgjfce mArest practicable point on the Wfmington and Manches ter road. This is neither his second or third effort in so good a cause, and it is to be very much regretted that his labors have as yet been unsuccessful. Cheraw, however, is not atone interest ed in the undertaking; Bennettsville aud Society Hill, as towns, jfjd tlie citizens of Chesterfield, Marlboro aud Darlington districts are alike to be benefitted. As to the town of Darlington^Rer-merchants and owners of property are more deeply interested than all. Her position is more isolated than either of the others, being sit uated ten miles from the Pee Dee, and con nected by one of the worst of roada-it being frequently impassable—and nine miles from the nearest point of the Wilmingtou and Manchester rail road. What, then, may we expect upon the cpmpletion of that road (which is now plated beyond the possibility of a doubt) other than to see a small rival town spring up at the curve, wresting from us our entire trade, and thereby ^causing real estate here to be come valueless. Either of the oilier towns are in a bet ter situation for trada«than we ever will again be, unless sonMthing is speedily done to avert the impending evil. Re member that the charter of the Cheraw and Darlington road does not compel its construction through our town; conse quently they may, as has been already spoken of, leave us several miles off. It is high time that something should be done by way of working—not talking —a commencement; and with a view to obtain concert of action among all inter ested, I propose that a convention of del egates composed of persons to be appoint ed by meetings, to be held at Cheraw, Bennettsville, Socieiy Hill, Darlington C. II., and any others interested—say fifteen from each—be holden at Society Hill on day of August next, and that the said delegates be empowered to pledge their respective sections for the portion of the sum necessary to have a correct survey of the route, and estimate of its cost made, 6lc., if nothing more. I further propose that a meeting for the purpose of appointing delegates to the said Convention, be held at Darliug- ton on tlie tiret day of July, being the second day of our extra court. In pointing out one object to be attain ed by the convention, I do not wish to be understood as expecting nothing more from its meeting; on the contrary, I ex pect much from an interetiauprof views, and will not, I assure you,be surprised to hear each section say we pledge so much stock to be taken by us. Of the great importance of the work to all, I need now say nothing. ACTION. Darlington, May 16, 1851. [FOR THE DARLINGTON FLAG.] TO THE PEOPLE ItypARbBfim Fellow-Citizens : Arwe voffid differ- aj* from the majtoity of the Convention of Southern Rights Associations*, held in Military Hall, Charleston and dif ferent from the Majority of tire delegates from Darlligtonrbistrict, we%eg leave to state whereiqt^e differed, viz!: on the question of separate State afction, or whe ther South Carolina should secede alone, without the co-operation of the other Southern States or not. We think not; these were our vf^ws before we left home, but we kept ourselves open on the ques tion; but all we heard only served to strengthen our views on this matter. Tlie Hon. Lanodok Cheves is against separate State action, and in his letter to the Con vention, lie said: * If South Carolina be wise, she will wait upon her sister StatM, yet a long while.” The able speeches of the Hon. A. P. Butler, Hon. R. W. Barn- weel, Hon. James L. Orr, and Col. A. P. Hayne, were against separate State action; and allow us to use a few re marks of CoL Hayne. CoL Hayne stated “ that he should be found on the same platform with Butler and Bakx- well, noble sons of noble sires, and that that three-fourths of tire people of Char leston were to be found on the same ground as that occupied by those gentle men and Lang don Cheves, and that Charleston would do her duty, come weal or come woe. In the event of separate State action, he considered the govern ment would at once send small steamers and frigates, not only off the bar of Charleston, but within it He regarded the slave question as one of property; and believed that if the now non-elave- holding States would not permit negroes, or their descendants of mixed blood, to reside'in, pass through, or even visit them, and the slave States forbade emancipa tion, Ilie Union might be saved. TTiis was the substitute proposed by Dr. Da axe instead of the compromise, twenty years ago. He considered that great circum stances produced revolutions, not men; and that great efsnts aif the work of labor, consequently he urged thaexpedi- ency and policy of patience for Alto pre sent.” Col Hath Wss in the war of Ml 2 ; he served as Captain, under General Scott ; he has seen war and peace; he • ito