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^ THE fQUTKN OF THE SOLTH. The [tocitioa occupied MF the State of South Carolina at the present time, is one which has attracted the atten tion of all the other States, and more particularly, of the Southern portion of this Union. It is thought by many that she is to lx? the banner State in the movement by which it is proposed to reform the abuses of the Federal Gov ernment, or dissolve it altogether. No tion, for the want of raiiu Very few ; Extract from a letter from a Well in planters indeed w ill be aide to make formed planter in Burke country, dated more than a third or fourth of a crop. 9th June: he female institutions of learning in our >t^L the education is superficial, and vhir- The sugar cane is suffering almost as much, owing to the drought as corn. THE FIRST SEl'ESSUufoF SOITH CAR OLINA. When our friends draw lessons of policy on the part of the General Gov- human eye can penetrate the future hut eminent to isolate or coerce South ( ar- we will admit that, gross as have been ol '" a from the events of the Revolution the wrongs of the past and degrading it is not improper that we ahould look as is the position occupied hy the South- to same source for instruction and ern States, in the Union, untold evils illustration. Almost every position they are yet in store for us, or at least for . have taken to deter us from vindicating our children, if we remain in it. A few our right by seceding from the Union the Si whflh the young ladies are taught to make a “ fine appearance ” in company, and how to show off to fine advantage in society, “The crops of Corn and Cotton are both very poor tortile time of the ye.ir. | t j 1(J p rac ti CB | part of their education isen- We have had six weeks drought and ,i re i y omitted or neglected. This is ap- * , ‘ L '‘ parent to any one who mingles in the society of yomigjadit'iutho have gradua ted at Floral aiflPthosMrMl have atten ded the course of education usually pre scribed at the fashio^gble schools in our own State. While tne latter will attract and even dazzle on first acquaintance, the glare and glitter soon wears off; but the former may not make as brilliant a dis play at first, but their popularity lasts, for they have something tangible upon which to rest their popularity—minds have fa and iminwed.” every thing is almost ruined in this part of the country. Corn and Cot ton small and of sickly appearance and the stands arc worse than I have ever seen.”—Sac. Rep. Pamn^tou ring. DARLINGTON, S. C. more years will seal the destiny of tiie South ; and we firmly believe that se cession by one or more of the slave- holding States is the only means by which we can commence a system cal culated to redress the past and secure our rights for the future. 'Hie Southern States need not expect a recognition of their rights under the Constitution so long as they remain in the Union. Those who entertain this opinion are “hoping against iio|H.‘; and can only trust to the forbearance of their Northern friends. If the majority choose to exercise this power over the minority, they have only to will and it is done. Shall we then continue to live undor a Government which profes ses to recognize and respect the rights of its members, when the means of en forcing that respect has passed away from us! Shall we continue to be mem bers of a union under which our rights is in the clemency of our masters ?— Are the Southern (ample reduced so low in the scale of national excellence, that they must trust to the mercy of the North ? We apprehend that this proposition is granted—that the Southern States have no [lower to enforce tber rights on the question of slavery, so long as they remain in the Union. If they have, where is that power I If they have not were taken hy those who opposed the disruption of the union then existing with Great Britan. Do our friends now warn ns that wo are rashly plunging into a contest which must end in disaster and ruin ? Do they array before us the power of the Federal Government ( Do they paint our weak ness and our inability to protect our commerce or vindicate the honor of our Hag on the high seas ? Do they warn us not to reply on the support of our sister Southern States, and counsel us to submit and wait until we can act together? Do they draw frightful pic tures of the decay of our commerce and agriculture the oppression of grievous taxation, ndH the consequent poverty and misery falling upon a land now teaming with plenty? Which of all those arguments addres sed to the fears of men, was not a thou sand times repeated by those who coun selled in the Revolution? But what was the reply of our ancessters,—the ances tors of the very men who now use the ar guments? How did they treat such ap peals to their fears! Certainly not with reverence. They were striking for constitutional liberty and they knew ' r' , l . that the object was worth the risk of all : u '' consequences. They dared to face all the insolence and resentment of power rather than submit merely to a preten- J. II. NORWOOD, Editor. WBIXESIAT HORNING, JI .NE IS 18fl. “We stakd upos the Prikciples of FiVERI.ASTINO JUSTICE, AND NO HUMAN POWER SHALL DRIVE. US FROM OUR. POSITION. * * * ACTUATED BY THESE PRINcOLES AND ANIMATED BY THESE SENTIMENTS, WE WILL CLING TO THE PILLAR OF THE TEMPLE or our Liberties, and if it must fall PERISH AMIDST THE RUIN!” WE will —McDi'jlle. been cultivated and imp: We would be happy to know of our friend, what seminaries in our own Slate ! he is so well acquainted with, and which are thrown so far in the shade by Floral? Is it the venerable institution at Barham- ville, so long and so successfully, conduc- ! ted by the erudite Marks—which has i educated so many of the sisters, wives and mothers of the present generation? Is it that extensively patronized establish ment—the pride of Charleston—so judi ciously administered, by the accomplished * Madam DuPre? Is it the seminary at Limestone Springs, under the control of the learned and eloquent Curtis, which has acquired a deservedly high reputa tion, or is it that youthful aspirant for ! public favor the Bradford Springs, under the supervision of the pious the amiable and accomplished Cater? If any of them, our friend will please state the means he has had of becoming so intimately ac- The citizens of the village and quainted with the machinery of these in vicinity are requested to meet at the stitutious. Our own knowledge of them Court IIouso on Saturday next at-11 is extremely limited—our only mode of o’clock, A. M., for the purpose of making ju«f|ing the tree is by the fruit—and judg- arrangements to celebrate t^ fourth of ing by the fruit, we can confidently say of AGENTS FDR THE DARLINGTON FLAG. S. D. Hallford, - Camden, S. C. Charles DeLorme, Sumterville, S. C. COTTON^ At the latest dates is quoted at from f»i to !)£ cents. fjf* 1 Ow ing to a press of other matter much that we intended to say, is neces sarily crow ded out this week. J the # then all that we have said follows of sion that left liberty without guaranties, that we are dependent upon (H R EXCHANGES. The Unionville Journal.—NVe have 1 received two copies of a remarkably neat course the will of the majority, riuI that we cjtn only ex|ieet an observance of our right bo far as they choose to concede to them. W hat reason have we then, to believe that they will he observed for the future. Has there ever existed a man or body of men, who, having power, failed or refused, to exercise it when occasion demanded, or policy dictated, its exer cise ? And in this instance, what res traint is there upon the majority? Do they fear a dissolution of thagollnion ? Are they actuated hy a patrmflc love of free institutions and an ennobling and exalted devotion to the Government framed by our fathers ? No, indeed; they are not now, nor will they be alarmed for the existence of this Confederacy, till the blow is struck which dissolve it forever. Had they felt any solicitude on this subject, the late acts of Con gress would never have been passed.— But they trusted to the backwardness of the Southern States they were wil ling at least to jeopardize the existence <of the Union lor the consummation of their measures, believing that the storm would soon be passed, and that the slaveholding States would ultimately acquiesce in the acts of Congress, for the sake of peace. And is this to be so ? Are we quiet- They did not wait'for the co-operation | shf,f>t ,heab °'' e a »d P ub!if< h of other provinces. They seceded a- lone from the ii tne union with the parent country. On the 1st of November, 1775, a Congress was held in Charles ton, which on the 2()th March 177ti, declared South Carolina an indepen dent State, adopted a written constitu tion and assumed all the power of a supreme Government’ The preamble containing the recital of our wrongs and the constitution which was adopted were the work of John- Rutledge.— Tins was the example followed after- j wards by the other Colonies, in the | General Congress at Philadelphia | which on the 4th of July 1776, put forth a Declaration of Independence fo: them I all. But South Carolina was already an in dependent State. She had seceded alone —the first people in the history of the world who had founded their national ity on the basis of a written Constitu tion. In North Carolina, it is true the people of Mecklenburgli had previous ly put forth for themselves a declara tion of their independence of the Bri tish Crown, But this was the act of a country not of a whole people. It did not establish and independent State It did not organize and indepenpent gov ernment. It w as no act of secession. But South Carolina a/one and for her- our own District, that the young ladies whjnave been educated, at institutions in our own Stste, will compare favorably in every respect, with those educated any where else. If there are any in Marion who have finished their education in S. C., and who have only learned to make a “ fine appearance in company,” while the “practical part of their education is entirely omitted or neglected,” who “daz zle on first acquaintance but whose glare and glitter soon wear off,” who “make a brilliant display at first but w hose minds ed at Union C. H„ S. C., by R. A. Mc- 1 Knight, Esq. The specimens before us 1 tx?ar the impress of much editorial ability, ! and give promise of doing good service I in the noble cause of Southern Rights. NVe cordially extend to our new brother the right hand of friendship and fellow- 1 ship, and gladly place his Journal on our i, ave I10 t list ot exchanges. we would Wte to know who they are, as (.ikaiiam’s Magazine.—The July num- ; we like the Star, are still em/uring a state tier of this popular magazine has been re- of single blessedness. It was only a few reived. It contains much interesting weeks ago, that the Star was proposing reading matter, and a number of q|puti- i to us to form a partnership for the pur ful engravings, among which are “The; pose of keeping bachelors hall-ww thought Qu'en ot Beauty,” and the “Farmer’s* at the lime that he only said so, and we been cultivated and improved,” 1 like Daughter.” This number commences a new volume, and under the reduced rates of postage, offers additional inducements lO subscribers. The Sou. of the South—The June number of this new agricultural journal published in Columbus, «jia., by NVm. II. Chambers, is before us. It has now reached the sixth number, and we are i happy to learn that its prospects are ! ; cheering. The editors have finally hoist- i ed the long promised “ head,” and we re ally coincide wiih them in thinking it a very pretty thing. The Southern Republic.—The first ly to fold our arms and slumber on in *f lj, without any co-operation ofanoth- our fancied security until we are arous- er State, broke the strong claim that ed from that slumber to find ourselves slaves forever ? Are we to yield for the present and quietly await the next blow ? If we do, that blow will be a crushing overwhelming blow.— The spirit of the Southern people will !>o broken—and they Wgin to believe that would he hojieless, and all efforts to restore their eqcality madness. They will say it is useless to contend against such fearful odds ; the world is against us—the institution of slavery is doomed —let us submit at once. If we would prevent this state of things if we can feel the obligation res ting upou us, to meet the ditlicnlty ourselves, without transmitting to our children a political law-suit, let us meet it at once ; let the question be settled, now and forever. As has been well snii^U’ another slavery and this Union cannot exist together. We must choose between the two and we must choose now or the power to choose will pass away from us and uncondi tional submission must be our desti- ny. Wnioncille Journal The Chops on Red River.—The Alexuder (La.) Republican of the 31st ult has the following : We were shewn on Thursday, two cotton blooms from the plantation of R. C. H ynson, Esq., on Bayou Rapi des. Th is is right early for them con sidering the season we have had, hut it is no indication of the erop throughout the parish or on Red River generally. The crop out of which they came was one of the earliest that was planted in the parish and has been well attended i to and cultivated. Few crope, if any, are as far advanced, while pcrltgps the j much larger portion of the cottonin the I er State, broke the strong claim bound her to the British throne. Such was the conduct of our ances tors. We propose to follow their high example and to walk in the bright path of their heroic action. We challenge friends or foes to show that the perils will earnestly of secession are now greater,—thecau- all resistance scs less urgent,—or the objects to be obtained less vital to our interest and honor, than when our fathers canied out the first Secession of South Carolina.— Indeed, our opponents themselves be ing the witnesses, we must blush at what we have submitted to and feel that even w ith our most devoted efforts at resistance, we shall but have poorly reflected the bold and free spirit that animated the noble men of past times. For the sake of us their descendants they defied a great empire, which clai med and was prepared to enforce an unlimited authority they braved a seven year’s desolating war with nearly one half the population devoted to the au thority against which they rose. Anti are we now to listen to those counsels of fear they despised, and leave to our descendants nothing lint an in heritance of shame, subjugation and nun ? Or shall we do what is far worse,—libel them as rash empirics as weak enthusiasts, or witless adventu rers, for daring to wage a contest for liberty against mighty odds? * Charleston Mercury. arc now convinced of the fact. We have no doubt that his editorial was produced by one of two causes—it was either the intoxication of bright eyes at Floral, as it was on the fatal evening that he left Hope- well church, or it was some sour grapes which grew and were cultivated in some of the female seminaries of South Caroli na, that made him so critical on that oc casion. Our friends among the ladies who have graduated in South Carolina, (and we believe we have some friends in that gallant District,) will doubtless take consolation, from the fact that Byron has so happily and truthfully expressed inhis- number of this new paper, edited and puls j E'^'sh Ba|r ds and Scotch Reviewers that lished in Camden, S. C., by C. A. Price, Esq., has been received. It is neat and ! promising in its appearance. As its name j indicates, it advocates a Southern Repub lic, and that even if none but the Palmet to Banner wares over it, preferring, as the editor says, “to be gloriously poor, I than meanly rich.” Success to the en- ! trrprise. THE STAR ON FEMALE EDUCATION, j Our friend of the Marion Star, has re- j j cently been treating his readrs to an ac- I count of his trials and travels, in various places—of weddings and parties, and of “ moving accidents by flood and field.” He gives us a long account of a visit to Floral College, a female institution in North Carolina, and puffs the young ladies i prodigiously. We in common with our friend, are highly gratified at the prospect which the number of female institutions, that are springing up throughout our land, afford of elevating woman, to that sphere of intellectual influence, in which God ! and nature have intended her to move. “ A man must serve his time at every trade, But critics all are ready made.” We have been pained to learn that the electrical sparks from the surcharged bat teries of Floral, have thrown our friend into a ylatent fever—we sincerely trust however, that ere this reaches him he will have recovered and bo able to show good cause, for his unprovoked attack upon the female institutions of South Carolina. COMMUNICATIONS. And had he confined himself, to i aple (FOR THE DARLINGTON FLAG.) Palatka, East Florida. ) May 29th, 1851. ) Dear Norwood: I wrote to you last from Enterprise, on Lake Munroe, and promised to give you an account of my : travels by land to New Smyrna, on the ! Atlantic coast. On the morning of the 22d hist, at sunrise, mounted on mules, Capt. M’C.,J. M’C.and myself, started in a direction almost due east, and after a •ost tatiguing journey of thirty miles, arrived safely at the hospitable mansion of CoL John J. Marshall, who received us with a real Carolina welcome. The NVe were presented yesterday with a stalk of Cotton, in bloom, from the plan tation ol .Nl. D. Rogers, Esq., Bryan Coj,G. W. Johnston manager. The stalk is only twenty, four inches high but i» well limbed, and covered forms. From the aci Itlng note addressed to us we ie following extract „ “Suffering extremely in Bry; commendation of the institution in“ >rtli Carolina, without instituting any invidious comparisons between it and our own in- , f 8t ° ffice k *P t at his r, * id ‘‘" c e >• called stitutious, however highly coloured might ^ eW Sln > rna ’ ha e been his eulogiums, and however extravagant hi* panegyricks, we should have remained silent. But as a South Car- ; olinian, who glories in the land of his birth, ed that the country abounds w ith them, and that it is impossible to keep goats or sheep, on account of their depredations. The cattle go out to feed in herds, and keep always together, and as soon as the wolves make their appearance they form a circle, the old cows and bulls taking position on the outside, and the calves within the circle—having performed this manoeuvre, the wolves, notwithstanding their numbers, dare not attack them.— The bears attain here an enormous size, and we were told that one was killed re cently which weighed 700 pounds. We ate bear steaks a few days since, aliout which Capt. M. remarked, (and you know in such matters his judgment stands num ber one)—“That it was the sweetest meat he ever ate in his life.” From Lake Mun roe to Col. Marshall’s plantation, there is not one single residence, and we found no good water the whole distance. I formed a pretty good idea during our journey, of the misery which a traveller endures on the Desert of Sahara. We \rere glad of the chance of quenching our burning thirst with the warm water of stagnant ponds, which here and there are interspersed over the country; often did Capt. M. exclaim: “My! my! what would I not give for one good cold drink of water from t^ Darlington mineral spring ?’ The bm water in tha country is far from being good. Most commonly it has a salty or sulphurious taste, and its temperature does not deserve the term cool. - We rejoiced, late in the afternoon, at the sight of the tall trees skirting the hammock in wkich Col. Marshall’s plan tation is situated, and soon found our selves riding through his cane fields; the sugar cane is now about waist high, and the proprietor has at this time every pros pect of an abundant harvest. Col. M. plants about three hundred acres of land in sugar cane, all in one body. The soil has every appearance of being very rich; the subsoil is almost pure marl, and the fact that the land which has been longest planted makes the best cane, not only proves that culture improves the fecun dity of the soil, but also that it is inex haustible. When the seasons are suitable, the yield of the sugar cane to the acre is about two hogsheads, and one hand can tend from seven to ten acres. In the nab it fr°™ wo<ik * 40 * month I Liberty Counties for rain hind it For the want ot rain, it Ja j f or weeks. Cattle and lioM nearly laared the young cotton wdl not come perished.—Sac A'etr* June 12. to any thing. «- i The bulk of the com crop has al- Express thyself ahvwfa in becoming ready Wen destroyed beyond redemp-, language. who is proud Of the literary character of his native State and venerates hertimehon- ored institutions, we cannot permit to pass unnoticed, the following extravagant language of the Star, in speaking of Flo ral College: For myself, after examining carefully ting p< le sem s the p uolic e every thing about it, and being pretty well acquainted with the female seminariw. ii acquainted with the female seminaries in our own State, I must give the preference to Floral, and shall much rJbet ever to hear otoew favorites in public estimation hiUKiXadin* it even lor a*time. I look ucation given there as emi- cal and thorough, in most of From Lake Munroe to the Atlantic coast, the country is one almost continu ous sand bed, which can never be brought under profitable culture. The pine trees are thinly scattered over the whole face of the earth, and almost the only under- szribed is the only one on the Atlantic c.Mist for hundreds of miles, to which the priucans resort, or on which they rear their young. At night they collect on the Island; in the day time they are seen all tlong the coast, from the mouth of the St. Johns to St. Lucie Sound. We remained for four days with Col. M., spending our time delightfully.We sailed up the Halifax river, rode over the rich hammock la^g on its banka, ate the oranges from tie: treqpbathed in the broad Atlantic, and eiyoyaji sweet social inter course with our friends. Long may Col. M. live to enjoy the fruits of his energy and industry, and may thore feu its exceed his most san guine expRtations. * NVe departed from Col. M.’s on 27th, and on the same day returned to Enter prise. On the 28th we embarked on the steamer Sarah Spaulding, and to-day are at Palatka„ having travelled a distance of one hundred and thirty miles in twen ty-four hours. To-morrow we expect to go up the river to Jacksonville, and from there will take a journey by land to Mid dle Florida. I will return deo tolente by the 15th of next month. H. (FOR THE DARLINOTOK FLAG. Mr. Editor: Though differing with you in relation to the presei|| policy of South Carolina toward the General Gov ernment, nevertheless I seek a place in your columns fora few desultory remarks, upon the attitude in which some of our leading men have placed our noblOlitUe State. At present and for some time past, with but little exception, nothing has been heard, from the mountains to the sea board, but Secession*! Secession !! The excitement lias been produced and wrought to its present height in two ways. In the first place, “Southern Rights As sociations” were formed in every District, for a good purpose at tint, but since Sep tember last can have no other design but to excite and exasperate the people with out good cause, against the federal Gov- eminent; and many eminent and distin guished individuals were connected with them at first, but the people themselves —the masses, I mean—stood aloof, and those Associations I(ia,ve been reduced down in many places to mere clubs, who presume to dictste to the independent voters of South Carolina,'and if not re buked by the people, may eventually suc- month of December the planters general- ceed in accomplishing the separation of ly commence cutting the cane; then ,his State from the Union, in opposition to comes the real work on a sugar estate. wj „ of a , aj . g0 majoritv . The process of grinding the caimfe ex- j , n lhe accond v | ac( ., , h e legislature at tract the juice then commences, and the , ittl 8 ession_»u advance of public sen- nnll is kept going day and night,for from , ,jment,as I will endeavor toshow-adopt- two to four months in the year. e d a policy and entered into measures Col. M. has a large sugar house, built | vvllkh had been but little if at all discuss- of the coquina rock, w ith steam engine ! ed More the as canvas8 |ut and all the fixtures necessary for ex- fall was devoted ahnost exclusively to the tractmgtheju.ce from the cane, and of. Bank question, especially in the interior converting the juice into sugar and mo- s and weiteni p 0r1ionf5 ol the State< Tc , 7 a ** e8 . pr0CUred fr ° m i Legislature assumed a heavy res- each hogshead of sugar is about fifty gal- ; l>onsibl , ily in , he cour?e it atth( . Ions, and the planters calculate that the |ast Pewiotl; whkh C0ttriie wiH doubUe88 molasses will pay the whole expense of condemned by the people, when their converting theju.ee of the cane into sugar, j ateiltion have drawn t0 The process of sugar making is very , „ |C 8ubj , ct . Having pafSfJt . d a bil , for a simple, but simple as it is I will not un-1 state Convention to take into ccnsidera- dertike here to explain it, but refer you tjo|l tho moln c, ltous question-of Seces- to patent office report for 1849-50, and | 6ion> the Leg^^e manifested the most indecent haste in appointing the election of delegates so soon, feeling, I doubt not, that the only prospect for carrying out to a book called “Sugar Maker’s Manu al.” I mentioned that New Smyrna was on the Atlantic coast; it is not directly on the coast, hut is situated on the Hali fax river, which is on an average two miles w ide, and is separated from the At. lantic coast by a narrow strip of land about one quarter of a mile wide. CoL M. resides during the w inter months on his plantation, in the summer months he removes to a delightful summer house situated between the Halifax river and the coast, and commanding in front a view of the broad Atlantic, and in the | their peculiar views was to have the elec tions take place before due discussion could be had—the friends of secession lieing already organized, in the above mentioned “ Southern RifAt# Associa tions,” thereby no^ affording opportunity of properly enlightening the public mmd, of throw ing all the available light upon the subject, of arousing into action the peaceable and quiet portion of the com munity. Notn ithiiiaiidiiig a whole year to Front or more was toWapse before the cotiven- rear the Halifax river. In sailing over the Halifax river, from the plantation to i ,777..17 . .i i , 1 ; tion would convene, yet the election was the summer house, you pass an Island „ i : <• , , , , , , , . , . hastened on in a few weeks, and dele- called the Pelican Island, which is the ... i_ , i . .. „ • ’ 1 gates Iwve been elected by a small minor ity of the people, the polls being very greatest curiosity I have seen since I have been in Florida eringtho area of only It is a . mall I ,and cov- tb j n | y attended, and in many places the in , 7 acre6 ’ w,t polls not being opened at ail—proving shrubbery alxwt three feet high growing conclu8jve , tl , at [ he over it, Pelicans in countless numbers 1 resort to this island for the purpose of laying their eggs, and of raising their young. Their nests cover the shrubbe ry, and are at this time either filled with eggs or with young birds. Upou ap proaching the Island, you sec thousands upon thousands of white heads peering above the shrubbery; as you land on the Island, the birds will just keep out of your way, if you make a noise to alarm them—many of them will take flight, hov ering around and above you, darkening thegibViUi their wings,—and many of main stationary on their nests it within your reach, seemingly dis- growth is the saw Palmetto, and a varie- 1 playing very little apprehension. You tear ofetn superseding SrjnSti ty of grapes. The saw Palmetto does not grow more than two feet high, and there is nothing for miles to obstruct the view of one travelling the road. Herds of deer and cattle caif be seen for X distance of many miles, feeding on tlu^ppesjfijge saw as many as six deer togrthtr—saw flocks of turkeys, 1 and a great many quails. We have not y or wolves, but ha may never have seen one of these birds —I will therefore describe them: the Pelican is about the giro l|f the goose, with large wings of dark plumage; its head is very large in proportion to tlie size of its bpdy, it has a singular sack or bag in front of its neck, in which it de posits the fish when it catches more than it wants for present tfw, and in which it K en any bears, tigers, I carries food for its young. I have been |po credibly inform- informed that the Island I have just de- people are not ex cited, and therefore that the action of the Legislature was in advance of pub lic sentiment. A Convention uudgpjhege circumstances should proceed with pru dent cautiousness, and when the voice of the people shall be heard in tones of thunder, such conveutiqji:will be.com- iidled to yield to that voices however strong the prejudices and prcdilMgfens of that convention may be. Many phillippics have bedQQptertd against the Federal Government, and tho aggressions of the North have been held up in their justly odious light, and much has bqg^said in relation to the advanta ges oQ| Southern Confederacy, and much in relation to South Carolina’s se ceding alone,—but I shall confine my. re marks to the gyrate action of t^fe State.. The adtKles of i|im insasuA appqgr to me fo neither i actuated or to be wtltully endeavoring to misguide thy people. The public press, until very re cently, has been eiosed to the publication of matter averse to the ultra doctrines of secession ; that few ifanyofthe speeches that were delivered in the Legislature in op- position to the State Convention and its