The Darlington flag (Lydia, SC) 1851-1852, October 02, 1851, Image 2
lias iinii'o mly argued for it to kill :e
sc«ion. Now |jrnv tell n-, dear Sii.
w iat motive iiiflo(>iice<l yen to give
this vote t We feel that we may
itost direct Appeals to their fears and
to their love of money—you have de
leted to them the lovliuess of their
faces, all radiant with the smiles of con
tentment mi.I ph nty, you have congra
tulated them upon the happy evidences
of pence and property, everywhere
around them—you have told them, that
if they have been roM>ed of a just rigtt.
(From tiie Cheraw Gaz- tto.]
T.illiL C. W. DIIILKY.
Dear Kir: As you are before the
peopl • as a candidate tor a seat in the
ia the Coilgress, an<l as it is ask this ipiestion the more pertinently
all impoitnut, air the sake of the inter- a* you yourself have thou}r|it pro
cats involved in the question at issue j per publicly to denounce this bill,
and for the siko of preserving m fro h ( < yonrown vote) as a fraud upon the
what is yet mine to Ik: dreaded than peopK
s ilmiissioii itai.1 —intestine broils aud llere then in our Legislature, beg in to possess California, and though it is
heated personal contests, that we the the apparent strife among the tme re- j bad, there is now no chance to regain
Carolina, should &istance men of our State and each ol i it—you have represented 3’our own
these parties actuated, no doubt by the State as a fussy little Impracncnhle,
most patriotic considerations, began a now astride “her log,” pushing away
strife to inculcate their peculiar views on this side the “ raft,” then shifting her
of |H>licy. It was among the dangers position, and tugging fussily away on
foreseen and and dreaded by the that—always noisy and doing nothing
Iriends of the State that the co-opera- —in a word, you have done well nigh
lion party would embrace, with its fold all, save to laud “this glorious Union”
all the opponents of separate State ac
tion—or secession—of every grade,
from the genuine resistance man down
to the most abject Union man? and tL
subscribe to what he may the sequel has proved, alas! too truly could not’get the sanction of the Hag-
iiltiunte and deliberate that the unhallowed leaven has spread bearer himself, cf the co-operation
judgement ot his peers. How important itseli until warmed up by a desire for party in the February election. Nay,
is it, then, that in an emergency like mere party triumph, guided by parti- more—you declared, upon lieing inter-
l.t 1 present, we have the ojji/i r tint id ' **n fury and forgetful of the great 1 rognted somewhat publicly (at Ued-
nndhoue t conviction of cneh individ- interests involved many who in the out- hiuIT,) that tailing to get co-operation
set were nothing but resistance men,
are now the willing apologists of a
fast consolidating Federal power.
Well sir, time has sped on and now
the co-operationists, who prayed for a
citizens of
clearly understand our several posi
tions you will (K'lriiit us to define
what we honestly believe to be the
distinctive tenets of the ditferent par
ties in our States, and res rectfully to
inquire what now is your position in
respect to them.
It is presumed that every good citi
zen of our State, while he claims for
himself the ri ;ht to examine aud decide !
this question, in nevertheless so good a
cittizen as to
believe to t'u
-you have called together your friends
and neighbors, and under the name of
co-o|>eration you have pledged them to
submission—in a resolution which
•Southern Congress, as a means of re-
'dstance are despnriug. Georgia, Ala
bama and unkiudest cut of all Missis
sippi herself the author of this ho[K*,
declared in favor of acquiescence in the
compromise measures—the very and
only measures against which we have
st c<
mil mind aud how sacredly is it the du
ty of him who aspires, or is nppointid
to the leadership of party to rise above
the dirty pool of partisan tactics, and
adopt the unequivocal language of the
I. triot. We mean by this remark, we
a- sure von, Dear Sir, to utter no impu
tation u luitever against your patriot
ism. Cod forbid! but in all honesty
we have been constrained to regard
your position an equivocal one, aud we
would call ii[ion you in the name of
patriotism, to declare your present sen- beeq warning,
timents. Then, what now is the question
» e | i. nine it Mib not bi> i.enied by which 8011th Carolina must decide for
you, that twelve or eighteen monthsago, herseb? Will it be believed!! oh,
o r pi ogle almost uuanimomly were t .. ltl j t | >e Relieved, that the question is
in I Ivor of restiting he compromise just as it has been stated by the Mari-
„ev .v, vol the last ( ongress. No ,.j on Convention, (the body putting
ot uT 'nice as we know, had been your name before the people) a que»-
ho.iiil eilh ; m our Legislative Hall t j on between “ Secession and a South-
or our press or from the primary a=- t , rn Confederacy!
our people. The lew ad 1
you would submit.
Then in the name of the people and of
all that is to be preserved to them by re
sistance on the one hand—or to lie lost
by submission on the other, we conjure
you to place before them, the question
at issue in its true light, and abide the
result of the people’s decission.
Yours, dze, FAIRN ESS.
DnrUnrdcin flag.
senuilies ol
vacates of the com promise measures—
Finn a at all hazards men—in our State
thus hid their dimintive beads and spoke
not. Nay then the South the entire
South, seemed to be ripe and ready for
resislauco the word secession every
where was spoken as the “one only
Do you not blush,
dear Colonel, to go betore an honest
and intelligent constituency upon such
an issue ! Further comment is unne
cessary—with a feeling akin to nausea,
we turn from it, and as co-operation,
in resistance to the compromise mea
sures cannot longer be anticipated by
any one, we present you you w ith the
mission
No sane man now believes that the
reined v. W lint let us a.ik, Dear ( ol., liue nm j 0 „] v j s8UC —resistance or sub-
was then your position ? no catch t
the echo of your own voice and reply
—before mv election to the Senate, I . 1 ^ ,1 <• •.,
. . , • 1 , , .. 1 hopeil-lor Aoutliern Congress will ever
declare‘that I would go as lar as any 1 ,, .
- assemble, r or montlis past, Mississip-
mnn, in resistance,” after my election
I denied tlint secession was our remedy
and I advocated non-intercourse with
flic North ns a most potent remedy.”
Tkkfc’»dl lum w ilh this the undivided
pi alone, was expected to meet us, and
she, alas! lias “stumped” her toot and
fallen in the clay ot submission. What
importance, then, can attach to the cl-
^ . 1 .1 • 1 ection, for which you are now a canui-
. j y | ,1 date? I conless, 1 can look at it as ot
to f| 1 „ < u t tr ' u, »I>hiiiitly, null wei'i, no further importance, tluui toassertain
ouseami was killed—why? I or J r**~i..our iieople are lor resistance
■.T , r l «voi, w*. 1 nj. ^
<iu rr " nd ,hl * majority could not he distinctly*
qilltt ht had. \\ Jiv <li,t ;< c.,:i uoon rhiu .. ..
one of the good
imr u...Uiat the
DARLINGTON, 8. C.
J. If. IVOR WOOD, Editor.
TMISDAY MORMNG, OCTOBER l, ISil.
AllEMS FOR THE DARLI\GTfl\ FLAG.
8. D. Hallfoed, - Camden, S. C.
Chables DeLobme, Sumterville, S. C.
Cotton—at the latest advices, quoted
in Charleston from 7 a 9 3-4 cents.
tiie^ueTtiiek.
— 1
ligence the compliment of disguising
their purpose*, or offer in exchange the
semblance of a consideration. The fugi
tive slave law which alone, in the estima
tion of some, gave the slightest signifi
cance to the name of compromise, even
if executed in good faith, was only carry
ing out a stipulation of the constitution
to the honest performance of which you
were already entitled. But what has this
law effected? Let the blood of your
murdered fellow citizens answer. Many
slave-holders, misled by the delusive
promise held out by the compromise, have
assorted their rights, expended vast sums
of money, encountered difficulty and dan
ger, met insults, received blows, and some
expiated with their lives the crime of
seeking their property among brethren
under a solemn law of Congress. What
more can lie done? The Northern peo
ple denounce you as man stealers; your
honest earni.igs as the wages of blood.
Their churches refuse affilatinn with men
defiled with the sin of slavery, and sev
eral have dissolved all ecclesiastical con
nexion. If this was all we miget defy
their impotent malice and insane fanati
cism. But by the legerdemain of protective
legislation, they have laid upon Southern
labor the burthen of supplying three-
fourths of the revenue of the govern
ment, and then disbursed what was thus
iniquitously extorted, among those who
contributeed least. All these injuries,how
ever, sink into comparative insignificance
before the stupendous injustice of the com
promise. They were but the petit lar
cenies of the youthful and uupracticed
offender. This last, the reckless robbery
of the hardened felon. We will not dis
cuss the coinpromise measures. You have
already heard the story of your wrongs
so often, that there is reason to fear it has
become
“Like a thrice told tale,
Trilled in ihe ear of a drowsy man.’ 1
The abolition of the slave trade in the
District of Columbia, the dismemberment
of Texas, the admission of California, the
refusal to insert in the bills establishing
Terrilorial Governments for Utah and
New Mexico, any provision for the pro
tection of slavery, are now matters of
history. When the news of their passage
was received, there was a universal out
burst of indignation from the whole South;
resistance—determined, unalterable, eter
nal resisiance was the “ watchword and
reply.” Resistance to what? Not the
future, uncertain, contingent aggressions
of the Federal Government, but the pre-
! sent, plain, palpable wrong. Resistance
I in what way? “Not by lying supinely
■ on our backs, and hugging the delusive
; phantom of hope.” Then the Southern
■W
! States wero pledged to resistance, active,
We had a gentle rain on last Saturday, | ,. ffick , nt resktancp , each State Joritee|f .
since which time it has been clear, and
el,iiiy at night and in the morning, the
••oui remarkably sultry at midday.
Mondx
On
One short year has elapsed, and what a
change!! Georgia “ has eaten her own
Vi
escence now a total surrender of your
rights? Will any occasion ever arise so
favorable to the assertion and mainten
ance of your liberty and equality as the
present? Our sister States though un
willing to make, are ready to meet the is
sue made by you. The sense of wrong
isatil! alive, and they would giadiy grasp
the opportunity afforded by your resin 1.
ance, of redeeming the selftdesertion
they have committed by their recent ac
tion. Our destinies are indissolubly link
ed, our interests identical, our people
homogeneous, says Judge Chf.ves.—
Slavery and the Union cannot coexist,
says Bear. Will they forswear their des
tinies, abandon South Carolina, and affi-
late with x common enemy to commit
selt-^estruction, through mere pique, be
cause we have exercised a privilege ac
corded to them, of deciding for ourselves,
and refusing obedience to authority they
have declared unjust and usiiqicd ? To
suppose so is to charge tliem with great
er folly and madness than the secession
party believe them capable of committing.
On the other hand, should South Caroli
na acquiesce, what hope have we that
any other State will ever resist? Can
any grater wrong be inflicted, short of
emancipation, than we have already en
dured ? Has any other State more pat
riotism, higher character for courage, and
can she assume loftier ground than we
have taken ? And if we falter, can we
hope any other will act? These are
searching questions, and each man must
answer them for himself.
Let us then cease the angry strife which
rages among us, and turn the tide of bit
terness and rancor now sweeping over
our State like a wave of ruin.against our
enemies. Let us heed the counsel of
him who for forty years adorned and dig-
nifled the highest stations in the gift of our
people, and endeared himself by his un
faltering devotion t»our interests—whose
stupendous intellect seemed allied in its
conclusions to the inspiration of prophe
cy, and wliose last hours were occupied
with apprehensions for our fate. Mr.
Calhoca, in the presence of his son, de
clared if no other State would resist the
admission of California, “ .South Carolina
must act alone.”
[fob the dablington flag.]
ALL IS WELL ABULT EFFUGIIAfl,
Septembeb 21st, 1851.
time, is resistance or submuniop. Ho bi“
lieved that if we wait for co-operation
from other States before we resist, we
must inevitably submit. He pictured the
degradation of submission, and conclu
ded by saying, “ if there was any laurels
to be won by the dissolution of the Union,
let Soutli Carolina wear the wreath, and
if coercion was the result, it would be a
consolation to think that ‘ we die all free
men rather live all slaves.”
The resolutions adopted by the seces
sion party at Darlington C. H M on the
first Monday in this month, were then
brought forward, and after being read
were unanimously adopted.
On motion, the proceedings of this
meeting were ordered to be sent to the
Darlington Flag, with a request for pub
lication.
It is scarcely necessary for us to state, Mr.
Editor, that out of a crowd of about two
hundred voters, (several being fiom the
adjoining Districts,) there were only three
co-operationists, and those three were
from oilier districts. The day passed
off very pleasantly and quietly for such
an enthusiastic meeting. We can verily
say that Effingham and its vicinity is
“right side up;” the place which for more
than once has been scoffed by rare arts
in terra for its insignificance. We are un
able to promise our candidates, Hon. I.
D. Wilsoh and A. W. Dozier, Esq., any-
Miing more than our almost unanimous
support. E. S. BURCH, Ch’n.
Dr. 8. H. Miller, > ,
J. Maxcv Timmons, \
[for THE DARLINGTON FLAG.]
Andrews’s Mills, Sept, 25,1851.
In accordance w ith previous notice, a
large and respectable assembly of the
citizens ot Darlington District, without
distinction of party, met as above, to lis
ten to a full and free discussion of the
momentous political questions w hich now
agitate and engross the public mind. The
Rev. Jno. Culpeper was called to the
Chair, and J. E. Byrd and T. P. Lide re
quested to act as Secretaries. After pray
er by the Rev. Mr. Yarborough, Dr. Zim
merman delivered the opening speech, and
was followed by Col. I. D. Wilson. At
ihe closo ol Coi. WYs speech dinner was
announced, when the company repaired
to the table, winch presented a bountiful
supply of good eating. Dinner being
disposed of, Col. C. W. Dudley, of Marl-
The citizens of Effingham and its vi- boro, next addressed the people, and was
cinity assembled at EUm Church, on this
day, at 10 o’clock.
On motion of the Rev. J. M. Timmons,
Mr. E. S. Burch, was called to the Chair,
and Dr. S. H. Miller,and J. Maxcy Tim
mons requested to act as Secretaries.
The meeting was opened wiih an ap-
fbHowed by Chancellor Dakuan. Each
of the speakers occupied the attention of
the audience for an hour aud a quarter.
The Hon. A. W. Dozier, much to the
regret of the meeting, w as prevented from
attending by sickness mi his family-.
Voted that the proceedings he jutblish-
propriate and feeling prayer, by the Rev ! ( ‘ d ‘ ll ,hl -‘ Darlington Flag. Adjourned.
¥ wr. ^ I I r'FTI DL'nC , I>
peace between me ami thee.”
brave words :' v
o--/ "> 'IN’ tno IMmimon,” and gal
lant, youthful Mississippi, in a moment of
, , A'fcc" •
a> evening. betjycynirt.Aud efocjv .
j northern sky, which deepened until the j , j • , , ,
. I whole heaven seemed suffused with a ! ** ^ci,.nations
1 hen, my Dear Col., as co-operation , beautiful blush. This is one of the love li- ' ° f ^ 8educer ’ ha8 tluj victim of
is dead, ns you your sell can point to no est exhibitions of nature, and di-nlavs in ^ ,,0m,Cal ,U6t ’ We ^ ,hifi “ more 80 ''-
signs ol its coming, let us p.ay you to h„ m iii aling colltraM the )M)v , rty arf
row ihan in anger.” But where is South
Carolina ? She is dii ided against herself.
| Gur burthens are the same as they were a
tnuce. Many of them however then:
entertained bright hopes of co-opera- .
tinn, on the pait of other Southern ls dead > )' ou joursell can point to no | est exhibitions of nature, and di'-'olav
States. Georgia, Alabama and Mis- ' *'«'•» <d 'b* coining, let us piay you to | humiliating contrast the poverty of a.
M' ipi, they believed, w ould finite with the question boluly and distinctly, j — T -r
us. (they had expressed their deter- ^ ^ eur,, . tba f action jan-j jm; EYCAMPREM'.
minntion to resist these measures “at ^ ^ give Gen. Mcfoueen a dinner, T | |<; 7lh Brigade S. C; Militia is now I year ag0 ’ our wro "«* aH fw*b our right
. very havnrd and to the last extremity) iU ,lle * 0,1 th * f*' 0 ‘ &e F 1 -, encamped near Society Hill. His Excel- to ' edre86 88 ""qucstionable-and yet we
and .hey looked to a Southern Con- and t, 1H , lte( , Means and staff, and Gen 8it ^ down and contemplate acqui.
,.1 v-i. ns n certain instrumentality to J oui Dr./., to a tree and 1 7 1., a a ueiu 1 .... r ^
S 'enre this co-operation. They were
not I ; s in favor of actual resistance, ,,u * proposed to introduce any resolu-
than the separate State nctionist nor | t ' OU8 0, ‘ to fetter the (ample with any
mil discussion of the question, it is I CASTEY ’ ** hl ' ar ’ are ^ em)t The wea - T"' 6 . ^ , " f,farioU8 L com P ro,nfc «
dier iiao been remarkably fine, and in Wl,b almost with resignation.
lions or to tetter ttie (ample with any j ,he ,l0llrfl relaxalion we cuppaee the j f'f ar,n , of ths S,a, f’ u l ,Ilft(, d for the
xvpie they more rfe.sirou.t to secure co- v °te-taking, but simply to discuss Uie ra,n P presents a scene of hilarity and I u ,>M>CP °*" er 60n8 ’ ,fl P* ra lyeed by the
operation than the party voting for the 'I'l^stion in all its jtresenl aspects, and | convivial enjoyment unusual, for tin- ha- dt ‘* U8 ' vp c h ar '»so! a mSgtr word. While
Coinimtion bill. 'Fbe chief and and lc ‘ avo free to voU*, at the October , bitual quiet of that (.art of the District. ,,lere ' va8 ho D’’ Sou,h Carolina, through
only difference then was this—they ' fection, for resistance or submission. Some account of the “doings and say-! her rp fulaj|y constituted agents, in the
ro "l 1 not aIi, * p tllp chances for co- i l,vl b ‘‘‘is view, may they not de- I ii.gs’’ of the occasion shall appear in our 1 exmi8e of 1,, ‘ r sovereign power, deter
mined to seek and if possible secure co
operation in resisting the past aggressions
of the General Government. Her sister
States, deciding for themselves, have de.
termiued to submit. Shall South Caro
lina do likewise? Has
tt/ron niegfll importantjjuestion which
our State.
J. E. Byrd.
T. P. Lide.
J. CULPEPER, Ch’n.
>! i See’vs.
• S
•it din
“. Jle
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issue.
operation. The co-operation resis- ,,,a " d of you, a candid avowal ol your j ne D xt
♦nitco men opposed and defeated the "pinion, and will not your refusal iuvol-
T» BE SAVED?’
position of our
every true son
you have already coolereU with your ° f ® 0,,lb Carolina to pause and inquire,
(ample through a written circular; but
we contend tuat since the day of its
appearance, the times have sauiy clian-
ged—that whereas, you then conten
ded lor co-o|>eration—there is now no
II tu< s * *7 - VI an * ! -g- f ^
< invention hill, her a use in their view, it ve a disregard ot the claims of an hon- • WH1X SHALL WE DO T
'vas calculated to defeat co-operation. t ‘ st an d enquiiing constituency ( l>ut .
but they were resistance men, and 1m>. . vou "*11 tell us perhaps, that youropiu- *! ' Sen . P 8 ” 0,1,1 1
li'viny that co-operation could be had i,,n * ,, ave lieen alreaov expressed, tnat , 11 bec O'n'»
t u«y concocted another bill—a hill to
i lcet Delegates to a Southern Congess
and this by way of compromise with the
friends of the first measure, they ap
pended to the Convention hill of the
Senate and thus was passed n
com-
regardless of personal or party conside- I'Rhtest finger” been
oppression s
removed ? Have
rations, what is bis duty, as a citizen and > ou l *‘ en reused to your equality in the
patriot. Nor can he escape his reoponsj. j Union ? Have you any thing to hope in
bility by charging on those from whom ; ,1,e f uture * w hat change of circum-
. . Ji he may differ in opinion, a reckless rash- 8ta " c «* has occurred to induce or justify
i luml bill which looked to resistance ■ ,,0 P« ol co-operalion—so little indeed, ness on the one hand, or paltering timidi- a c hange of attitude toward the General
through co-operation in the first (ilnce that many ol the co-operatiou reauUnee ty on the other. That division exi-te Government ? Issubmissionlessdeirra-
.•nni that t.mling, to resi.-tanciv* through ->en have given up all other hope, amt among us is deeply to be deplored, but d 'ng now than when Oh: venerable and
N arateStat , Action As one of; -re becoming the fast (rumis o. aepa- the faults of those w ho err fL igno- ’’H-nt Cheves fel, his blood curdle a,
mmh wo llmtik >ou Dour ^tateaetion. Atiionu tiiet** \vt* me • . . i . o * er**,. , ^ t » »
<.j..r,H3 tmmu,tin- ' r~»*■“■«>'..'o' i;r .. 1 T ta i• “•»
t ns bill. But as our object U simply two or three, whom you have Ueligbted lr ‘' cr, ' a " cy ot ,he a r op,a,e or the wiU ; n ry yet remains. The spirit
In place you ‘•rectus in curia,” U(mn to speak of as competent to deckle tbia >ul blindness of the partizan. Let us 0 ‘ rMrrR, Marion, Laurens, and Rut-
this que-tion, ami that we may umler- 1 a "d all other questions for our people ,bp " ce ase criminations of each other. LEDG s, still lives and breathes, a wither-
staml each oilier I must aak just here to —the Judges—and last, tiiougn not D-fus remember we att> Carolinians, all "'8 rebuke on those who would reduce
piopound this question—Did you voU* fe»*t, we hail him of Chesterfield—late hiving one interi*st, the honor and wel- ,h ‘‘ q" pf ‘ , i°n of human liberty to “a Rule
for this compremise hill because, like tt Delegate to the very Convention ^re of our beloved State, and seek to as- Thre**” and aubniit to oppression be-
Mes»is.> (’iikkm r, Preaton and oth- . " hich put your name in nomination tor certain how they may best be promo- cauHe '* co " ,# little. Fellow-citizens of
M-s, (leering !iml Inlinriiig for resistance the Southern Congress—wliose “mind led. Have we suffered any wronr? The tbefUeistance party, whether calledro-
ymi le'lieved it Could aud would 1— has heennu. I... ! , , - » 'I- •
brought about by a Southern Cougrc
or did you vote for because you he-
lievedfyour coustitusUte to be in favor
n sisAatM'e, and that tliis Southern
(„. has iKcome satistoed, by recent events records of Congress for the last thirty "lotion or secession, we appeal to you,
’•* co-opentuo.... not to he had,” and years furnish a history of us. .J md ask v ^ ^
that “ the only question is secession or j fom^ice
submiaaioii.”
history of usurpation and and a8 i , "hat is the duty of each and all.
unparatelli-d for their i iiorinity "Fhe barrier which so long divided you is
A g then Am 1 ^ considori "K ,,,e restive position of the removed. The progress of events has
W.-s'liill though it might aeon, to tion pro,, u Usl w^^iodeea ^ • nnata of ,he «viUzed question of many collateral
ii> k to reaistiuce, would lail of its end, gone—w e may and do call upon you * or d ™ , “’ re cent aggressions of the "wue* 5 which embarrassed it a few months
find liavs the effect nltimafely to kill in the name 01 the people, to deciaie ^ ,,dpr ** Government are but tl^. eon* 11 m- a 8°- Tile Imps of co-o,ienitiou on past
off ihe spirit of resistance then lijm in publicly for “Secession or KubniiasitAu.’ I marton ’—" 0, '* 0, consummation—but 1 wro "gS enormous—oppressive,—fool as
our ow n Ktim, ? Wo have seen in We would, that the history ot events, ,rium P b °f ■ eyatem of robbery and ,lle y »re—« now extinct, and the naked
what different lights tin* Soul hern (.’on- , since your return from die Legislature, n,,n ’ fe'RUn, steadily but steal- •• presented, will you acquiesce
coutd allow ns one solitary hope, that 1 ,h * 1 . v pnwreufed through yearn, until ita in ,he compromise? or, casting defiance
you can yet be with us. but in candor, advocates, inflan d by suoeeM aud iuso-, at Ijranny, fling your banner to the
u e are constrained to antfoqmie „o lent with power, new seek at a blow to hreeze and follow its fortunes, whether
°'*z ‘
givas ii.insure, w;
t'uanli d 1.
two parlies in our legislature. Mr.
Prrky believed, vv ith Uie s, pqr^te State
action men that-the ho
tiou was a luunbug hut d
such favorable response. -You have plunder your purses and destroy your|“' t fl, »«rrs in triumph, or foils to the
aiidresami to jour coiuUtuenoy the apiriL They do not even pay y*,,, dust.” Can you hceitr.*? Is not acqub
James Morriss.
Dr. J. H. Blackwell being first called j
for, • . —>..
now cgitdtes onr istate.^e cemm.-need
by idling a geifcral reWw of Northern
aggressions, and particularly repudiating
the Clay Compromise. Then turning to
our present taxes, he clearly proved thai
they were such as should not Us borne by
our people; the whole of these taxes go
ing to the support of Yankee contrivances.
His next step was to discuss the only
remedy to rid us of these burdens, and
of Northern aggressors; and after dwel
ling for a short while on the right of se
cession, and for some time upon the ef
fect of separate State action, finally con
cluded that it would be rather “a money
1 making business” for South Carolina to
secede, than detrimental to her revenues.
Mr. F. F. Warley was next called,
and he responded to the call in a speech
of great force and eloquence. He main
tained the ground that resistance to Nor
thern aggression by the co-operation of
one or more of our Southern sister
States was now hopeless, andTdemonstra
ted that separate State action is the only
means left us by which we can hope for
this co-operation. He also plainly illus
trated the fact that Souih Carolina was
fully competent to support and maintain
her separate independence, in the event
that no other State would unite with her.
He showed that if the position of Barn
well, Bunt, Orr, and the “ host of oth
ers” note claimed by the co-operation par
ty, was a just one in ’32, certainly they
were not infallible men, and therefore be
cause they are u ftigJAn,” is no rea
son that they should've followed. Mr.
H arley completely chained the audience
for an hour aud three quarters.
Next came the Rev. John Culpepper,
aud commenced by saying, “In case of
secession, let the citizens of South Caro-
lina rally in one solid phalanx, and they
can show danger that they anymore An-
gerous than danger itself” The applause
given at once gained for hun the full at
tention of his hearers, and he then pro
ceeded dispassionately to do the work,
which was to overthrow the co-operation-
isu, (aims submissionfets) and to nappall
aeosaaion; and this, to tho minds «f the
ettnens of Effingham, he did with appa
rent ease, to judge from the continued ap
plause durirwr hie epeseh. p
Rev. John M. Timmons was then called | can hardly be mialaJtcn. Within tho
for. He took the ground that the true time Specified, aymroprintioun have been
and only issue bufoM the people at this an sparingly made—the public Uiida
Thu following letter was written to
a meeting cf the citizens of Charleston
opposed to live submission of the State
to past wrongs:
CahAwba, Ato., Aog.2.3,1851.
CiBxttemen : Yours ofthe ‘Joth iiut,
desiring me kibelialf of those you re-
present, to address a public nicetiii"
to bo held in Charleston on the I7tb
proximo, was received to day. On Uie
day appointed for your meeting 1 sl„iir
be on my Circuit, and am forced there
fore, by a duty to my clients to decline
your kind invitation,
The determined spirit of resistance
you express, through tho medium of
separate and imme lia e State Secession
gives me hope. Despair never could
annoy me if I were certain thnt
South Carolina would stand boldly
up to her professions, her honor and
her integrity. Slavery in tho South is
literally staked upon her, and tfshc retra
ces one step she has token, all is lost
and lostfor ever, save what relic of the
Southern institution may be found amid
the desolations of civil war.
Who can doul* that we have been
driven to tho alternative of giving up
our Slaves to Northern fanaticism, or
dissolving the UaioqJ This is not a
dcbnteablc question 'even among the
most crouching Mbmissionists. All
parties in the South concede it, while
they propose different remedies. Hos-
tility to Slavery has grown up with tho
government, and year after year since
1787 it lias become more determined.
It hna now- reached maturity, and is as
undomesUcated and inexorable as a
wild Hyena. Yt has succeeded 111 one
of its grand schemes of Aboit^on—
hemming in the institution by surrour-
it with free Stales. Insolent in its pow
er, it refuses to allow the fagitive slave
law to bo enforced and thfls triumphs
in another plan of Mancipation—ren
dering the slave fiiperty of the border
States unsafe, by open robbery, and
forcing ita owners to pusb it npon the
interrior of the South. Not content
with these fo* the last three years, the v
have, by their irresistible power in
0B||ress, in creased the government
debt mjMjons upon millions, with a
view to^Raust the sources of of., pub-
lie revenue, and reach emancipation
tbrtfKgh the levy of a direct tax, per
haps ol three hundred dollars npom a
Of this hrttor scheme I think I