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THE WEEKLY TIMES. JO H N FO RSYTH-EDITOR J. FORSYTH, R. ELLIS & CO., PRO I’ KIETOR3. WEEKLY TIMES is published every Tvetr j Warning a $2.50 per annum in advance, or Timer. P*u.a- s at the end of the year. the tri- weekly times, p.tdi.hed every WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY Morn’S fTa * and SATURDAY Evenings. Office on h West side of Hrmd Street, nearly opposits Winters’ Ktchantte. TERMS: Vrvr Doi.labs per annum in advance, or Six DotLAßsafier six months. q+j* jVo paper will b* niwcontinuefl whil* anv arrearage* are due, unless at the option of the ■ roorietors. AnvßßTtsrMr.nrs conspicuously inserted at Our Dot t.AR r> PT s<V iar * ,or , * lft r,t insertion, and Fir tt Cr.NTa for every subsequent continuance. TfT Obitusrv Notices exceeding one square (or eleven lines) Will be charged as advertisements. the times job PRINTING OF I CE y lrr v ftescriotinn of Job Work, either Plain, in colon V Bronze, elegantly and promptly execu ed. Bitch a HooUs, Pamphlets, Business Cards, Visiting Cards, Bill Heads, Notes, Receipts, Bills of Lading, BankCliecUs, Circulars, Postes j. Hand Bills, Ball Tickets, Dray Receipts, it The office having been lately furnished with a |,r*e stock of NEW TYPE, comprising some of tbs'most elegant designs, we are prepared to exe nte all kinds of Job Work in a style not to be ex celled- VVo particularly invite the attention of our mer baots and others who have heretofore ordered beir work from the north, to our specimens. (;ir prices .are fixed nt the lowest possible rates. Orders from our ctnn'ry friends will be promptly attended to. jy Blank Legal formsof every description, kept 0 baud and for sale. THE BRITISH PERIODICALS AND THE FARMER’S (JI’IDE. LEONARD SCOTT fc CO. NO. 154, GOLD ST., NEW YORK, i’entinue to publish the four leading British Quar ,rlv Reviews and Blickwood’s Magazine; in ad dition to which they have recent ly commenced th pnblication ofa valuable Agricultural worn, calje the FARMER’S GUIDE TO SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE,” By Henry Stephens. F. R. S., of Edinburgh, antlio. of ‘he“ Book of the Farm,” Sic., Sf c. ; assisted by John P. Norton. M. A., New Haven, Professor ol Scientific Agriculture in Yale College, &0., <s-c. This highly valuable work will comprise twe large royal oetavo volumes, containing over 1 40 C pages, with 18 or 20 splendid steel engravings and more than 000 engravings on wood, in the high cat style of the art; illustrating almost every mi plement ofhusbnndry now in use by the best farm ers, the best method: of ploughing, planting, hay ing, harvesting, &c., the various domestic an imals in their highest perfection; in short, the editorial feature ol the hook is unique, and will reudnr it of incalculable value to the student sgneulture. The work s being published in Srmi-mnntblv usmbers, of 84 pages each, exclusive of the Steel engravings, and when not taken in connection with the Reviews or Blackwood is sold nt 25 cents each, or $5 lor the. entire work ,n numbsrs, of which there will he nt least twenly-two. The British Periodicals lte-published arc as fol lows, viz : The London Quarterly Rei'i<fU’( Conservative), The Edinburgh Review (Whin), The North British Review ( Free-Chureh), The Westminster Review (Lineral), and Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (Tory). Although these works are distinguished by the political shades above indicated, yet but a sg all portion of the r entents is devoted to politico j nbjcctn. It is their literary character which ives j them their chief value, and in that they stand con- j fev dly far above all other journals ol their class It I nek wood, still under the masterly guidance of ! Christopher North, maintains its ancient celebrity, ; aud is, at this time, unusually attractive, from the aerial werks ot Bulwer, und other literary nota-; Idea, written lor that magazine, and first appearing i in its columns both in Great Britain and in the | Duited Sta.es. Such works as * Caxtons” and “ Mv New Novel” (both hv Bulwer), “ My Ponin- : suUr Medal,” “The Grfen Hand,” and other | serials, t which numerous rival editions sre issued j by the loading publishers in this country, have to be reprinted by those publishers Irom te page* of Blackwood, after it has been issued by Messrs Scott Cos., so that subscribers to the re- j print of tiiat Magazine may always rely on having tiie earliest reading of these f.iciuating talcs. TERMS PER ANNNUM. For any one of the four Reviews, $5.00 *'ar any two do 5 01’ nr snv three do S.OG or all four of the Reviews POO or Black wood’s Magazine, 3 Os) For Blackwood and three l.eviews, 3 00 i /nr Blackwood and the four Reviews, 10.00 j /or Fxrmr’s Guide (in 22 Nrs.) 5.C0 i .<> do. and 1 Rev’w or Blackwood, 7.00 . do. and any two reprints, 9 00 j .three. ‘ ‘ 00 ..“ do “.. .four.. 13.00 j do “...all five “ 14.00 (Pt/m ents to be made inall rases in advance. CLUBBING. A discount of twenty five per cent, from the above j prices will be allowed to Clubs ordering four or uure copies of anv one o* i*ior° ol the nbovt^ XN ‘>rks rhu* : 4 copies of Blackwood or of one Kcview j will be sent to one address for $9 ; 4 copies of the , lour Reviews and Blackwood tor S3O; and so on ‘ {Qr Remittances and communications should be > fiwHvs addressed, post-paid or franked, to the! ablinhers. LEONARD SCOTT & CO,, 79 Fulton Street. New York, nptfwß*w Entrance 54Go!H-st. PREMIUM COTTON GINS. E. T. TAYLOR 6c CO. 1 PROPRIETORS of the Columhus Cot ton Gin Manufactory, have the satisfaction to announce to t’ n eir patrons and the Planters gen erally, throughout the Cotton growing region, that I they are prepared to supply any number ot their j relebrated Premium Gins. Where these trine have been once used, it would be deemed unnecessary Tor the manufacturers to say a word • n their favor, as they leel confi dent the machines have been brought to such per fection, that their superior performance will re commend them in preference to all other gins now in use. For the satisfaction of those wbo j hnvc not tho Gins, and are unacquainted with j thoir repu ation, the proprietors need only say that the First Premiums have been awarded to , them, tor the best Gin exhibited at the great State j Fair, held at Atlanta Ga. Also, at the Alabama j and Georgia Agricultural and Mechan’c’s biiir, i held at Columbus, and at the Annual Fair of the : South Carolina Institute, at Charleston. The cot- J ton ginned on these Gins, leeeived the first Prc j mining atthe exhibition held in Charleston, South , Carolina, and at every Fair where samples of cot- j ton from them have been exhibited. The proprietors have in their possession, nu merous certificates from Planters, Cotton-Brokers, Commission Merchants, and Manufacturers o cotton good 9 , °stifving that the performance “> ftinaard the samples produced by them, cannot Hr excelled bv anv Gins ever manufactured. All orders for Gins given either to our travelling or local agents, or forwarded to the proprietors by wail, will always receive prompt attention. Gins will b sent to any part of the country, and warranted to arive satisfaction. A liberal “discount will in all cases be allowed “Heu the Cash is paid, and the Gin taken at the nianu factory. Columbus, Ga. Dec 4, 1850 tw Sr FOR SALE, A GROCERY STORE AND TIN SHOP in t..u town of Cuthbert. Ga., and a good set of new Tools, Ther® is in the shop a pood workman who js permanently located, and whose services can be obtained The stock consists entirely of ready made Tin m<l Groceries—no unsaleable goods in Mid I’oek —all under good.and successful opera tion ; situated in a very pleasant, healthy location. surroundc t hv t new, growing and desirable coun try. lhe |\n interest is desirable; the town and country is in a flourishing condition : it is one of the most durable interests that could be had tor a man of small capital. It is the only Grocery stn-o nr \i n Shop in the place. v,r e are sel!itgthe rise es fifteen thousand dollars of yoods a year, with a general increase o buM’nes*. .and that unon a email capital. I will sell one half interest in said business, or the whole can be bought—a good store-house, lot, and tin *Hor> in the same. My only reason for wanting to Jl-i* to concentrate my capita in the Hat and b no# ’ business at home. For further particulars p!v to the undersigned at Columbus. Ga., or to Moreau. Cuthbert, Ga. Early application is sired, as I am determined to sell. nuelO-wtf * D. A. GARRETT. NOTICE. DURING my absence from theOity, R. R. Mfrdoc, Esq. will attend to the htsuraneo business, of the agency of t l, e Commercial Insurance Cos. ot Charleston. c. fUlylS—w&twtf It. J. MOSJfig 2 , Agent. COATS. Dress Fmcluv, Single Breasted Frocks. Sark®, I “ Promeiiaderi, PoUiaX Jenny Linds,of black and fancy Cash morses. Uasshuers, Drab D'ete. Italian and Queen's Uloths. V-dudr Cord, Alnncca, Brown Buff, Planters* 1,1000- Hnd Hell f heck'. 6-C., &.< .. nt apriW -twii \\ ILUFORD DANIELS. VOLUME XI. | WATCHES. & 11./,l CKER, Lumpkin. Ga. keep, eon- It'f'.k. ? :i,,t ’ <,n f(,r “ale, large aaaortment of cU,, “'-'penor goltl and silver Watches; togetnerwith wiriehthU* 1^ lendullotof Jewelry of every description. re-'n-s.uiteV’ mr 2t V>r - T I<IW l ,r ‘ces, and warrant lobe.-Ls Juneoptf. - ,1 third annual fair of tiik SOUTH CAROLINA INSTITUTE. r I'MIE Third Annual Fair of the South Carolina Insti . 1 :'e. tor the promotion of Art. Mechanical Ingenui ty and Industry, w ill he hold in Charleston. S. C„ onen the week ‘ IDAV ’ 17x11 NuvE ' ,n,c,t - and continuing during B|*ecimens in every branch of Mechanism. Art and In dusiryt alao or cotton. Rice, Sugar, Tobacco, and all other Agricu.tural Products, are solicited, for which suitable premiums will lie awarded. The following special Premiums are offered: I or the six test speciniens of Steel made from Sruir tanbnre or other Irmt. the product ofa Southern State and rnamifactured into Edged Tools of any kind—A Gold ’ ■o. .i A s l‘" L ' Nn *' n Steel in Bars to be sent with the Pools. i or the largest quantity of Cocoons raised on one rilan ■ tation, not less than Ten Bushels—A (.'old Medal or *SO lor the largest quantity or Spun Silk, the produce til any one plantation, not less than Ten Pounds—A Gold Medal or Premium of SSO. I or tiie iiest Sea islaiul Cotton Gin. on some new principle, superior to that now in general use ; or for anv res! i'.ttd iirv'tirUint improvement on the present one—A Gold Moil.if. For the Invention of a suitable machine for Pulver isnv'Bed Pepper— A Gold Medal. For ttiv best Steam Engine—A Gold Medal. For the best model Stenm Eire Engine—A Gold Mesial. A large and commodious building lets been selected for the Exhibition, and every care will he paid to the reception ami care of Articles sent to the Pair. All Sjiecimens must be iu by the Kith November. < ontributors to tlte l air art* respsictfullv requested, when they forward S[iecimeus for Exhibition, to send lull descriptions oftlie Articles, and such information in general as may be of use, and proper for pubH>ntioii. Ad dress J. ||. T.\ YU IK, Oil’ll, of jtmc2Btf Com. on Correspondence. GIGANTIC SCHEME. rrno be published September IC, no I of the best and 1 cheapest family lI.Lt’STRATKn papers in the world, to he continued weekly at one dollar per voar. All the events ol ihe ‘lay, views, sketches, scones, designs, inven tions Ike. wil! be beauti fully delineated in the best style of wood engraving, anil monthly the largest picture will be “PRINTED IA m CIJTOR.V’ an era in tiie history o! tho press hitherto unattempted Bend on your subscriptions at once to the publishers of the “Pkosi.k’s PicTokialj,” DREW & ROBINSON. J 49 Pulton St.New York. Mig22twlt Vi STINGS. I>LACK and fancy figured Silks and Satins: white J and fancy party Silks and Satins ; embroidered Cits simereCushmorv and Marseilles; phiin andflgunsl white am! buff Marseilies: fancy ami ligansi and plaid Mar seiiles; plain raid fancy Linen t and a variety that can not fail to please the tastes of ai! gentlemen—ready made or made to order in the best style, at rilfi- twlf WILLIFORD & DANIEL’S. , OTTON AND WOOLLEN FACTORY r Fulls Mnmtfacturing Company at C’-olum -1 inis, <a” is regularly engaged in the manufacture of 7 , ; DKiinlmrci*,ha!f pound to tin* van!: % Osnaburgs ; Yarns from i’: Uotlon Lapping and Batting, for Quilt* and Mattrasses: heavy ( coiM.i LinseyN of (Georgia and Alabama Wool; 7 8 do. ; Wool Rolls: Double and single Cotton Mattrasses; They also manufacture Customers 1 i \\ 00l into rolls and /insoys. They are preparing to man ufacttire Cotton Stripes of various patterns, and a good article of Woollen .leans, suitable forge utlcmen's clothing The goods made within /he last GO days, are far su perior to any ever turned nut by his Mill—and it is the design of the Proprietors to keepthem up to the present standard. Less than a bale (GOO yards) Including all at any one nurcli ise. cannot be sold at tin* Factory. 50,000 Pounds Wool “Wanted, for Cash, at market prices, or in exchange for Goods. Ail orders will be promptly attended to. Address, “COWETA FALLS FACTORY, 11 may I tN w t f (’olurnbus, ('a. DRY (loons IX CHARLESTON, S. C. DIRECT IMPORTATIONS. (1 &*. K. L. KF.ItRISON &CO irret Importer* of • European Dry Goods, are happy to inform their friends and customers, that they are now receiving by every arrival from Europe, addition* to as complete a stock of st i /dr nn.f Fnnry Dry Goods , as has ever been offered in the’r market. Gten i Goods are furnished at Uur />r?Vr.c, and those who purchase it! their city, an invited to examine their styles which will bo found peculhirlv adapted to the Southern Trr. le. hail if*’ Dress Goods and Domestic Fabrics, in every vi rety. Os .Yepro ('lnths % film/:ft and Plr.vt ition Dry Goods, a complete assortment. I toiisekconing articles in their line, in every variety, together with a full slock of ('as si mens. Festing-s and also JJnens which will be found free from any livxture of cotton. AH articles s<>!d are guaranteed to prove as ret indented. Thr.ms—Cash or city acceptance. <\ a E. L. KERR ISON & CO. ‘209 Northwest corner King &. .Market s’ree's. Cliarleston, Sept l. Ml. —if ERING* IN YOTJR WHEAT! ! Iqe FOR prime wheal and 1,25 for prime Red, in ~>)#> cash. WINTER'S PALACE MILLS. aug2*2t\\df ; BRAN AND SHORTS. IK you want to save money, buy Bran at 70 cts. and Sljor’s at 99 cts. per hundred from aug2£!wtf WINTER'S PALACE MILLS. TO RENT. - FROM i!u‘ first of October nex l , the Large Eire ! * ‘ ‘ ; Proof Brick Store, nt present occupied by L. V. . i Pierce, next door below the Timet* Office.— J i L Apply to M. WOODRUFF. nuglG!w9: FINE GROVE ACADEMY. exercises of this Academy will eommence on I !\!ond;v 22J September. The usual branches of an Englirdi and Classical education will be taught and every i can* taken to make the pupils thorough. Scholastic year ; 40 weeks. Tuition S4O, half in advance. WllbJ j AM P. PLANK. NEW YORK AND SAVANNAH STEAM-SHIP LIKE. (WF.KKI.Y.) r THE new and splendid Steam-ships MA FLORIDA.’ ’apt. Lvos, and the - Ai&Sl ALABAMA’ ‘apt. Lrm.ovv, be ": V 5, jotigiujrto tlx* Mmv York and Pavan •V/S* LUI'-di Steam Navigation Cos., on and v after the lltli January, will leave Sn ” vaiumli and New York every Satur day until further notice. These Ships are o* 1.300 tons register, and unsurpassed in romforl,safety and speed. Travellers leaving Columbus i\ ednestlay night. will have a night's rest at Macon nml Savannah —but if thev leave there on Thursday night. they ran take the ex tra train on the Central Railroad from Macon on Friday evening, and arriv at Savannah on Saturday morning. Cabin passage pm able in advance. J* uit nts : P U'.LFfIRD. FAY ft. CO., Savatmtth. SAMTEI, 1.. MITCH ELI. T 1514 F'ront Street, New-York. FANCY ARTICLES OF till kinds, and to stilt all tastes—such as Pocket Handkerchiefs, Craves. Neck Tie*. Stocks, Socks (cverv (tnalitv and color, silk and cottoal. Silk, Cotton nml Linen I uder Shirts-and in fret everything necessary to a gentleman's Wardrobe, can be found at apr ; !s -vvtc Wl I.I.H’OKI) fc D AXtF.I.’S ROCK ISLAKD FACTORY, IS now manufacturing Writing Paper of ail the va rious kinds.-such as letter. Fools-cap, Flat-cap.! oho and Commercial Post, (ruled and unruled,) Mediums, IVMIYS. fee. Also, News-print, Book and Colored 1a ,,,r: ios?-offlcca:ttl News Envelopes ami Wrapping Pa perofnll ?</.cs; allot* which will he sold on ns tavor terms as can be purchased in any market. >r h*rs tor miv of the above kinds of Paper. adtln'S-fvl to I>. AHA MS.Treasurer) or tbenndersigmsl. w-m meet Wtlh prompt attention. ‘** H. Cl RDc. beet. Fresh Arrival of Books, &~. V TrnrtY-BRAPFiS. Willis.—French Revolution, Car -1 1 lye —Artists of America —Rejected Addresses, Her arc and James s^mith. Lift* anti Works of < ‘o-dsuiith —Pryor. and Shore— I Colton. Moll vilW — -eru*?. Fames* Not?**. I!yperion—Spanish ndent—TjongfeliOW. Divine (Government —M'Cosii. Do. AbboM*scomplete series. . he F.pieurean—Sloore. !he < V.'M-rs Dc Quincey. ’ rather Stocktm-—s'Ties— O^per. Noble Dt'ts-ls of American Women. Living Author? of Kugland. The Tiorgnettc. . Reverie? of -a bachelor—lk Marvel. Linda —Rena —bv .Vrs. Ucntz. r \Uo. itraw’inc Paper and Pencil*, Le.’cr Commercial and Mourning-Transparent Mottoes. 4 mi.- SADDLES. , , p WISH, Mexican, and American baddies, of all S stvles,lndies* hog-skln, plush and parent leather. add les. Bridles and Martingales, sold low ‘ ’ j'J, ■ ppast sid e Broad st.. Sign of Oolden Paddle INSTRUCTION IN MUSIC. mI!K HndersignedLamspectftilly informs his f or ™er I friends and pupils, and the public generally, that be has relumed to Ibis city, where lie proposes to devote himself to his profession as a Teacher of Music. He is ow prepared to take a limited number of pupils on tl.e piono Forte and in Vocal Music, to whom lus regular and undivided aiteidion will be given o ~ j-Lt-onb-rs left at the Music store of C. Reps & 00.. wih receive prompt attention. HARRIS apriLM —wfctwtf Hi bbl-. 1, F.. HAKKt* • LIME! LIME! T H WEon hand ami for sale, a good supply of East I Tli ’ innston Lime, fkesh and or the best Qr*r. •"s=sr„t rtassi isnssas * SCIIOOSMAW*. COLEMBUS, GEORGIA, [From the Charleston Mercury.] MR. PAULDING’S LETTER. J lie letter of the II >n. James K. Paulding in answer to an invit .tiu:i from the Corres ponding Cmuinittee of the Southern Rights Association, to address the Public Meeting to be held on the 17th iust., is of so remark ahle a e’tu :eter, that tiie Committee have t dt it due to the Association, and to the peo ple of the whole State, to deviate from the usual rule, and publish it in advance of the occasion. Tho author has long been se questered form the turmoil of public life and has thus the position of nnun prejudiced spectator; while his abundant experience du ring a long career ot distinguished service, makes him a most competantljudge Ills em inent ability, his consistency of opinion, and hLs unsullied and unsuspected integrity, unite in giving tin*, utmost weight to his views of public affairs at this time. Mr. Paulding has never yielded a step before the tid- of fanat icism, or compromised a principle for the mo mentary success of party. From the com mencem mt of this sectional controversy, he lues steadfastly and earnestly urged upon the North to do justice, and upon the South to submit to no sacrifice of thoir full and per fect equality in the Union. He has not lie si tated to maintain that it was better for the North, as well as the South, that the Confed eracy should be’dissolved, than that its fun damental principles should be changed, and its constitution subverted. The North has refused to listen to his wise counsels; it re mains to be seen if the South will be still more fatally and perversa]y deaf. We need not say much of (his last proof of the ability and high moral tone of Mr. Paulding. His latter speaks for itself, and in a language that all can understand. It is so simple and clear in expression, that the humblest mind can appreciate it. so search ing in analysis, and so comprehensive in scope, tliit the. most cultivated will feel that there is nothing wanting. We remember no essay on the questions involved, that de serves lo be placed before it, either for finish ed and lucid expression, or for completeness and symmetry of argument. We trust tli it the press of this State, and the Southern Rights press everywhere, wil aid in giving circulation to this admirable lot” ter, from one of the most distinguished and most upright oftlie public men of the Un ion. In this character alone, Mr. Paulding lias a right to have his deliberately expressed opinions on a great public question made known to the whole people oftlie Union. Asa citizen of the North,, who,in a position that is beyond all suspicion of selfishness or prejudice, gives to the cause of the South the great weight of his calm approval and support, he his pec u liar cl aims to our .atten tion, and his words deserve to be treasured. They deserve it still more for their own rare merit. Hyde’Park, Duchess county, N.Y. ) September (ith, 1851. Gentlemen: Your letter directed to meat New York, conveying an invitation to ad dress a meeting oftlie citizens of Charleston District, to be held in Charleston, South Carolina, on the 17th inst. has just reached me at this place where 1 now reside. For the compliment thus tendered, and the language inwhich it is conveyed, I beg you t< accept my acknowledgements, accompani ed by regrets tint I cannot comply with your wishes. Distance and space, tho bur eau of years I should b -ar with me, and, mere than all, inv incapacity for public speak ing; compel me to decline a task for which 1 am totally unfitted. What 1 have to say [therefore hope vou will permit me to ad dress to you, through a medium to which I am more accustomed. As it appears from the tenor of your letter that vou are already sufficiently aware of the opinions I entertain with respect to what, is whimsically called the Compromise. I will only trouble vou with a brief ■ recapitulation In mv view, it was a gToss and palpable vio lation of that great fundamental principle of Shite •.‘ouality, which pervades every provis ion of the Constitution, and forms the basis of this Confederation: c. most unjustifiable at tack on the lights, interests, safety and hap piness of one halfthe Ht.-v composing it. accompanied by insult and obloquy; a pre tended concession, wrested by mere force of numbers from a minority. ..nd that.in its con sequences, it will prove more fata! to the re pose, prosperity and happiness, if not the very existence, oftlie Union, than any meas ures that may be reported to in attempting to obtain redress for the past or security for the future. Such being mv view oftlie subject, I am, and always have been, ot opinion, that the stand originally taken by South Carolina, and most of the Southern States, in opposi tion to the principles embodied in that series of measures.wasnut only justifiable, but de manded hv a proper regard for their rights and their honor: and that an abandonment oftlie position they then assumed, and an ac quiescence in measures they repeatedly do chired they would resist, “at all hazards and to the last extremity.” unless accompanied by a frank acknowledgement of having been wrong in tne first instance, would in the lan guage of the printed resolutions appended to your letter, he ‘what they could not submit to without dishonor.” If such an abandonment of :tli previous pledges and declarations were the result of a subsequent conviction ofhav ngurcatlv erred in making them, it would he honorable and magnanimous. Rut such ap pears nut to be the case: since oven the- advo cates of :wqu'msccnee stii! continue to assort the principles on which these pledges and declarations were, based, as well as tho wrongs which first called them forth. The Association is. 1 believe, right in its second resolution—declaring its belief that the ro-operation of anv of the Southern States with South Carolina either in resistance or se cession. is at least improbable, so long as the influence and patronage of the General Gov ernment are arrayed against State rights. Nor do I see any reason for believing that anv probable change of administration will produce a change of measures; since, as you will perceive, from their repeated declara tions, all parties in the North unite in de nouncing slavery, and maintaining the Con stitutional right of Congress, as well as its inflexible duty, to prohibit its extension to mv State, that may hereafter be admitted in to the union. From all present, appearances i h,, principles embodied in the Cpromomise will continue to be the basis of the future nsliev of the Government. It seem also probable, that the States which have submit ted to past. will be equally acquiescent un ci * r future wrongs H cvinrr thus briefly s+ated my views with r ,-c ird to .-our first and second, I will now re vert to vour last and most important resolu- “TIIK UNION OF THE STATES AND THK SOVEREIGNTY OF TIIK STATES.” tion, namely; “that failing in a reasonable ; time to obtain the eo-operation of other , Southern States, South Carolina should I alone withdraw from the Union.” It seems rather late in the day to be called 1 on to combat the old exploded doctrine of , passive obedience and non-resistance, the as ! sertion of which cost one monarch his head j and sent another into perpetual exile. Yet, as : that doctrine has lately been revived by some j of the highest names of the Republic, it j calls for n p issing notice in connexion with j the subject of this letter. It seems strange, ; too. tint this long buried monster, which re- I ceived its death wounds in the two revolu- I tions of England and America, should have ; been dug upsnd res use it ted by distinguished ! Democratic Republican statesmen. From all j but the darkest regions, of the civilized world | this portentious phantom lias been banished j as it would appear, only to find refuge in that which professes to be the most free and enlightened. There is not a Eeropeau wri -1 ter. or statesman, or theologist. of any estub ! fished reputation, that would now venture to proclaim the slavish principles which have j seen asserted by Republican loaders in the ’ Halls of a Congress of Republican States. A thorough discussion of this doctrine of ] passive obedience and non-resistance; on the j part of equal members"of a Confederation of States, would require morc_space than is pro ! per for me to .ecupy, and more time than you i can spare on this occasion: nor do I deem it ! necessary. The right of resistance by force, i as respects States and communities, is only ; an extension of the individual right of self-de | fence which’ is a law of i.at. lire, antecedent | and par’.mount to all laws, and all constitu j tions; which cannot be alienated or surrendor ;cd bv tin: adoption of any system of social organization. This doctrine is established beyond controversy, by the unanswered and unanswerable arguments of Sidney and Locke; by the assent of all the great ancient as well as modern authorities on the law of nature and nations: and if such were not the case, it has always been, and always w ill he, acted ; upon when the occasion arises, in opposition to all authorities. It is true that none of the , writers who assert or concede the right of resistance, have attempted to define the pre j c.ise line where resistance becomes justifiable, | because it is not susceptible of definition, it is ain itter of feeling, and can neither bo an j alyzed or defined. An eminent American statesman, high in : office, and a candid ,te for still higher honors, : whose opinions i wish to treat with all due respect, has lately attempted to establish a broad distinction between Revolution and Se . cession ;in other words, the right to resist | and the right of retiring out of reach of the i necessity of resorting to resistance. His po j sition, if I rightly comprehend him, is, tii t j though a people or State may have a right to resist bv force in certain contingencies, they i have none, to retire peaceably beyond the | reach of injury and oppression. It seems | they have no alternative: they must either | peaceably submit, or forcibly resist, for they I cannot get out of the way. It follows that i all radical changes in the political relations of • a State with a Confederation of States, must necessarily be brought about by violence and bloody contentions. Those who cannot five ! together in peace, must not part in peace; they ! must resort to the right of the strongest, and i light it out. Thus the extermination of a portion ofonr fellow creatures, perhaps our countrymen, is ! an indispensable preliminary to all great politi ; cal changes: and hecatombs must be offered up : on the altar of Liberty, before she c.-n become i a legitiinate-goddess. The establishment of ; this principle, conceding the right of Revolu ; tion and denying that ol Secession, would, in its application to the case, now under con sideration, leave no resource to any member I of this Confederation, under the most infera ble oppression, but civil war, with all its ag i gravations. It leaves open no appeal to the great tribu nal of reason, justice, and humanity; the right of the strongest is the right di vine: and dissensions among a Confederation of Christian States, can only be adjusted, like those of the wild beasts of the forest, by a death struggle. lam ay,-are. that, _this hrs been the .-ihuost invariable.practice es man kind in every age- and country: but never till now do I recollect seeing it asserted that it was the only justifiable mode of settling eon troversies among States and nations: and it is with no little regret 1 see this doctrine sanctioned bv one whose opinions are of such high authority among a large portion of the American people. I have dwelt more cm phatieallv on this topic, bee .use T consider the right of secession as by far the most im portant of all the questions involved in the present controversy: and the attack on it as I one of the. most insiduous, as well as and tn gerous blows, ever levelled at the rights of the States, all of whom are deeply interested in the issue, since those who are. now the ag gressors: mav one day be placed in a position where it wil! be their only refuge from the uncontrolled despotism ofa majority. With regard to the expediency of the State , of South Carolina exercising this right of se cession. either now or at anv future period, it would, 1 conceive, be presumptuous in one so f„r removed from the scene of action to offer Ids opinion, or intrude his advice. In such a crisis, Sonil: C. roiina must act for herself, and rely on herself alone. I would only ob serve. that in taking n step so decisive as that of withdrawing from the Union, unanimity .among her citizens, or something nearly ap proaching it. seems indispensable, ti appears, nowever, that tlmny distinguish*.d men mllo. g you. whose r •nutation is national, whose opin ions are entitled to great weight, and who have heretofore taken the lead in opposing the Compromise, believe that the time for se cession is not yet come: that the eo-operation of at least a majority ofthe. Southern States is .absolutely necessary to thesuecc-ssful issue of such a measure : that it is best to wait for further injuries, or at least to see whether they will be attempted, and if s”, l whether thev will produce a eo-opera tion. Those whose views coincide with the : resolutions adopted by vour Association, on ; the oilier h ind, believe that immediate scces ; sion. or secession after “waiting a reasonable ! time” for the eo-operation of other States, is j indispensable to the S’fetv and honor oftlie i State of Soiiili Carolina. Which of those ! parties will eventually predominate rent ins i to be seen: and until tli ’t is decimal. I shall j content myself with asserting the right of sc i cession, leaving the expediency of its eXe-reise jto lie decided by the result. Should it be j foun 1 that a very considerable minority is not only opnosed, but will resist a resort to this remedy for their grievances, I conceive its immediate adoption would be hazardous in the extreme. But when great interests are at stake, much should be risked in their preser vation. For myself. I will only say, that were Ia Vitizcn of South Carolina, or any other Southern State, I trust 1 should not be found among those, who. after placing them selves in front of the battle, and led their followers into a position whence they could not retreat without dishonor, retired from the field, only, it would seem, to see if the enemy would pursne them. A few words more, Gentlemen, in or der lhat I may not be misunderstood or misrepresented, and I will no longer trespass on your time or patience. If I know myself, and the innermost feelings of my heart, I am a better friend to the Union than many of those who, while loudly professing their devotion, are steadily pursuing a course of policy that has already alienated a consider able portion of its citizens, and will as- JE H±2 •] suredly bring about its dissolution. It is under the influence ol this attach ment, that I have lent my feeble aid in opposition to that policy. Neither force nor coercion can preserve a Union vol untarily formed on the basis ot perfect equality; nor do I believe it possible to preserve or perpetute this Confederation bv any attempts to extend the powers of the General Government beyond the limits prescribed by the Constitution, sfrictlv construed, agreeable to its let ter and spirit. The first attempt to co erce any one of its membeis, will be the handwriting on the wall, predicting the speedy and certain fate ofthe Union. It is not to be presumed that great States, many of them equal in extent to power ful kingdoms, and inhabited by increas ing millions of freemen, jealous of their lights, brave, high >pirited, and ener getic, can he held together except by a voluntary cohesion. This Confedera tion maybe likened to the great system of tha universe, and it is, only, by the benign and gentle influence of attrac tion, that the bright stars of ourconstell ation can be kept in their orbits. Those who attempt to bridle or spur them, will, in the end, fare like the rash fool who as pired to direct the chariot ofthe sun. lain, gentlemen, your obd’t sev’t, J. K. PAULDING To F. D. Richardson, 11. 11. Raymond, W. H. Peron neau —Committee &c. &c; Charleston, South Carolina. [From N. O. Delta.] THE SOUTH DELUDES. Missisippi has been frightened off the States Rights tack by the bug-bear of Disunion. The plausible and glib rhet oric of Foote, the senseless outcry of partisans —but above all, the high price received for last year’s crop, have over come, for a time, at least, those manly views and principles for which such true sons ofthe South, as Quitman, Davis, Guion and Stewart, have contended with a noble devotion, worthy of the cause. Though others may cherish the hope ofthe eventual triumph of Quit man, we confess we are not so sanguine. It takes more than three or six months to cure a people of a delusion, so deep seated, as that which lias possessed a large portion ofthe people ofthe South. The Sober second thought will not come around for sometime yet. The South is a candidate for still further aggres sion. Its invitation will be promptly accepted. We shall have more compro- j mise—more submission —further sup- j pres-don of all resistance under the erv j of disunion. There is a good time now j for Presidential candidates, deeply tine- ; tured with Freesoilism. Great will be ! the joy of Van Boren and Rantoul, of Greeley and Adams, Thev will now ; rule the roost in the Democratic and j Whig Conventions. Sam Houston will i no longer need the services ofhis friend Donaldson, and Seward will again over- , slaugh Fillmore. “Why.” they will ar- j gue down their tender-footed eonfreres, j “should we be at all troubled about the j South. They have swallowed the com- j promise 4 which, though not a whole hog ; measure, is a good beginning,—and now | that, we understand the capacity of theii | oesophagus, we should not recede an inch, ; but prepare for them another and larger dose.” Sueli will be the political effect of the j late elections in the Eouth. Disguise the matter as you may. there is no esca ping the conclusion, that the eagerness with which so many of the Southern people have embraced the Comprom- j iso, must produce, in the minds of the ’ Northern people the conviction that we j are easily satisfied, —that there is scar-; cely anything we will riot accept, under the Outcry that pur refusal may endan.r’ ger the Union. Sometime ago there was some talk of conditions and provisos, -v 1 Toombs and Stephens, ofGeorgia, fired up, as they usally do every six months, 1 and declared that any further conces- j “sibns were incompatible with Southern j honor and satetv. But this has now | passed awav. It is now neck or noth-j ing. It is only necessary to say a man is a Disnnionist, to crush him. Princi- j pies which incline to States, Rights, and i Upon which the Southern States have , stood for years, now tend to Disunion and must be repudiated. The Demo cratic party, whose success, heretofore, | is mainly due to its devotion to State Sovereignty, lias fallen into the trap so : cunningly set for it by the Whigs. States ; Rights are postrated under a bad and | spurious name. It remains to be seen whether it is wiser to conciliate, or re sist aggression. We were opposed to the Compromise, h-cause w-e were friends oftlie Union. No example can be found in history, of a strong party ever stopping at moderate concessions from a weaker. Ten years ago the hare suggestion thatthe South would bedepri all advantages from the acquis ition of California, —would be virtually excluded from her limits, would have been received, by every man in the South, tvitli a comtemptuous denial. It is now a stern reality, and our people are delighted with it. Cotton has fat tened us up to that degree that the Northern collar is esteemed an orna merit to our weekness. We have no Un ger the. pride of the Honrvs, the Ma.sons flie Randolphs, Pinckneys, the Cal-, houns, which preferred the high-toned independence and manly spirit of the South, to all the spinning jennies and iron-foundries of tiie North. A few years, nay months, will prove which hare been the better friends of the Union, —those who constantly have that word upon their lips;—who imagine that it can be strengthened by conces sions, bv departures from the Consiitu tion and its fundamental basis of equal ity, or those who hold that the Union rests upon the Constitution, audits se curity depends upon the preservation of both the letter and spirit of that instru ment. In permitting one protion of the Union to appropiate entirely to itself a vast country, acquired by the blood and treasure of all the States, you have made a wide trap in that Constitution, into which the wedge ,of Northern aggres sion has been inserted. Noon the re quisite pressure will be applied, and that, sacred covenant be severed in twain. What then will become of the Union! We shrink from looking down that precipice. It is no morification, t > us at least, to find ourselves in a minority in defence ofthe doctrine of States Rights,—of the power, right and interest of that section where our lives have been passed.— Whilst attached to the Union as sincer ely, as those who cry aloud their devo tion in the highways, we shall never abandon those noble principles, by a recurrence and devotion to which, this Union has already been more than once sav( and principles of the Sovereign tv ofthe States, —the sacredness of the Constitution, —and the limitation and reduction ofthe powers ofthe Federal Government new three cent pieces pac-s in the West by the name of “Trays.” TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 23, 1851. WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPT. 17, 1851 “ This Truth as it is." —\Ya hare written a reply to the “Enquirer’s” article under this head, but cannot find room for it in this issue. Me shall show that the “Enquirer” bad better stick lo ts usual routine of lion-eo nru'tul, mystification and clap-trap. When it attempts to deal in facts and arguments, it lays itself l';.bi<. T o |-,o treed at once. We shall show this in on- e .-.t. WAKING UP. Wo clip tli* following paragraph from an arti cle in the Richmond (Ya.) Enquirer : “The Union Party.—'This Is llio new name which the Whigs, despairing of success under their obsolete name of “Whigs,” have donned, to humbug the people and steal their votes. Such absolute “Unionists” have they become that they repudiate even thoir own Whig allies, who have dared to think tor themselves and to ad vocate the union ofthe .South for the sake of the Union.” Wo congratulate the ancient State Rights Re publican organ ofthe old Dominion upon this evi dence of resUrud vision. It now begins to soo what “unlouistn” means—Whiggorv and Feder alism in ilisgu se. And by tho way, tho Rich mond Enquirer and all tlmso Democratic papers at the South that have advocated acquiescence to the compromise with so much zeal; and have been so much alarmed lest the Southern Rights party should hurt the union, while only looking after the rights of tho South—these, we say,have much to answer for to the country, for increasing and swelling the “uuion” cry that lias been turned to the benefit of apostate Democratic loaders and the old whig party. The venerable ex-Editor oftlie Washington Uuion, has done incalculable mis chief to the whole country—to the South and to the union, by the extraordinary support he gave to the compromise. lie made subrniasiomsts of thousands of Democrats in the Southern States, who alarmed by him for the U nion, never stopped running until they got into the heart ol the Federal (ttnip. Old Mr. Ritchie should ha vj fought that compromise to the last gasp. Tie owed it to his Virginia blixxland spirit, and his Republican prin ciples. But. alas! he set a baleful example of surrender. If ho and Cobb and Foote and tho long list of Southern surrender-men hail stood up: we should have obtained a just and honorable set tlement. But we are glad that the voting Ritchies are waking up to this tint'd and pernicious policy.— They have misled thousands of Democrats into the Federal fold. Wo hope they may be able to re pair the error, by recalling them to their princi ples and duties—from the apostate standards o( Cobb, Foote & Cos. The Richmond Enquirer tints scouts at tiie ability of tho Uuion Whig party to save the un ion : “On Urn oilier band, how potent lor auvint; tho Union will be the Whig party in tho approaching Congress ! Eighty-tivo in two hundred aud thirty-threo is ttie full measure of thoir strength for Uni'in. If this be the only Union party in the country, pray what is to become of the country ? What a sad number of disunionists fill the land! If the Union and Constitution, and everything good and valuable in our institutions, rest upon thoir shoulders, how deplorable is ‘the predicament of all of them just now ! Wlm! grand inducements does the pui.s ant plight for good, of the Whig party, hold’out to the friends of the Union to join their ranks? What mighty attractions do they present to tho lovers of peace and harmony, of quiet and safety, among old men—of social progress. State honor, national dignity and American su premacy. among young men—to fraternize with them ! A party under whoso imbecile and plodding admi lus tration of affairs the confederacy has been well nigh ront iu twain, the Union party ! A squad of eighty-llve in the national Congress, seeking to infringe the Constitution by every measure of its policy, hut impotent to carryany measure, the Union party! Wo hope the young mem os Virginia, who arc about to assume tho highest preroga tive ofthe citizen. will reflect upon the peculiar induce ments and attractions which are presented by those boast ful impotents to join their organization.” THE ENQUIRER. It would be .an agreeable,thing, if the Editor of this paper would come out of its hole and say out boldly what it has to say. It lus such a two-sidod, sneaking style of utterance, that while it in s'nuati s much that is mean and low, it is ex tremely careful to leave a crawling out place, if cornered. Its article of yesterday, on Mr. James Johnson, the Free Soil candidate for CongrenH, is a perfect wimple of Jesuitism. I!e iiifrnudtcs that the statements and proofs touching Mr. Johnson's opinions are untruo. He darks not to say so— because lie knows tiiat neither his own veracity nor that ofhis candidate, nor of forty such men. will stand ;t moment, before the words of tiie gentle men who have had the courage and patriotism to expose an enemy to the South, who is trying to lost himself into a place of its confidence and trust. Says the Enquirer: “Private conversations have been retailed according to the recollections of Ids enemies, and reports circulated in vrq*iou* portions of tiie district, known to every man in the city of Mr. Johnson's residence, to he not only untrue, but which have no foundation in Ou t.” The Enquirer itself knows tiiat Mr. Johnson has not been niisrepresonted—and :t ts known very generally in the “city of Mr. Johnson's re sidence” that such have boon It s opinions, publicly expressed in street-talk, and n: argument with eve ry and any bodv who has conversed with War. If Mr. Johnson does not entertain _theae opin ions now — it is only since lie is-cante aeandalatc and I)is r p.Milanee and conversion under such eire.nmstniioes will deceive no man who does not Wish to be deceived. Ticre \s no golfing -v<*r th:*C charge#. The arrow sticks in the wound. .Such party hacks an the Enquirer people may not heed it, so far as their votes are concerned—but no honest South ern man—no honest “Georgia Platform” man can vote for a candidate, who isant'-slavery in princi ple and sMitunenf. The C duinlms Enquirer would vote for Seward, t iiddings or the I tevil In carnate, if its party so nominated and ordered it— but there are many honest folks who have not the same deep stake in party as the Enquirer, and thev will pause ere they shn Ia man to M ashing- t ”>n to represent their rights, who is as rotten as Mr. Johnson on the slavery question. We republish the proofs of his unsoundness so in the district may have any excuse to sny that he voted ignorantly for a man, who ought to have tarried in Illinois, when he went thereto look for a home, free from “ the con taminating influence* oj slavery.” The Enquirer publishes the version of Mr Johnson's present opinions by an anonymous wri ter. Why does not Mr Johnson do this under his own signatureT Remember, we called on him to do it, several weeks ago, and while he was in the city ! Why didn't he do it? We can tell the reader. He was afraid to deny the charges un der his signature, because he knew they could and would be proven on him, and his character for veracitv would suffer. We tried hard to get him to a denial. But he finds it safer to indulge in the | , NUMBER 32 generalisrns of s]>euch on the stutnp, and allowing anonymous explanations to be made in the papers. Neither Mr. Johnson nor the editor of the En quirer will dare to deny specifically the charges made by Mr. Flewelleu. Mr Johnson knows in his heart, that every word there uttered is as true as Gospel. He knows Mr. Flewelleu incapable of a prevarication, and that Mr. Flewelleu knows his (Johnson's) opinions fully and thoroughly. It wont do—the thing is fixed. The Unionists uiav elect Mr. Johnson—but they will do it with their eyes wide open to the fact that he is a free suiter in principle; and if, knowing this, they do elect him, let that party take the consequent im putation which must attach to it, of being, no 1 bet ter than the candidate. YANKEES. The Enquirer re-produees <mr description of ‘‘Yankees.” Mho cares ? U'e do net write for votes—we are not riding on a fence on all ques tions, to get the greatest possible quantum of help to get into an office, that wo are not fit for—we do not tickle the mob, to obtain their “sweet voices” aud then throw a most distant allusion to “law and order,” in order to save the consciences of curtain respectable gentlemen of our own party, who bad sworn to vote for no wwi-eandidate for State Senator. Wo are not that sort of folks.— We write what wo think, what we feel and know to be true, and wo repeat, that we abhor the idea of a government of “onion-smelling, cheese-eating Yankees.” Ileaveu deliver us from a Cod-fish aristocracy 1 Hut much as we abhor such7a gov ernment, it would be honorable and respectable in comparison to one, beaded by a Southern sub missionist—a dough-face who sells his country for office, and barters great and vital principles of freedom for the triumph of a wretched party—a “dirty bird that fouls its own nAst.” Fuh 1 lIOX. J. K. PAULDING. Wo invite an unpreju lice I'perusal of the letter of this good and eminent man to a committee of the Charleston Southern K's. Association, which we publish to-day. Mr. Paulding is a Northern man—but a State Rights Republican—bis fine intellectual powers, Ills long experience, his wisdom, derived from the reflections of a calm and philosophic mind, and ripened aud deepened by an acquaintance with books in which few men have excelled him, all combine to make liis judgement worth something on the great political questions of the day. Read what that judgment is on the compromise, on the relations of the States ol the South to the Union, & the contrast it offers to the sickening efforts of Howell Cobb and the office-seeking submissionists of the South, to uphold that measure of iniquity as ‘just, fair and liberal” to their native South. Burning tub British Fi.ao.—The Montreal Gazette mentions that the flag of England was publicly burnt on the public squaro in that city when the news was received that the Queen had signed the ecclesiastical titles bill. Wonder if the Fill morebuster press of New York would have any objection to piratical expeditions in that quarter, provided the ball of revolution was set in motion by the Canadians themselves ? Over one hundred Indians Slain.—The Ma rysville (California) Herald, of the loth of July, gives an account of an extensive slaughter of In dians of l’itt River. The battle was fought by Capt. B. F. Harvey, and his command of 150 men. There were upwards of seven hundred In dians, more than a hundred of whom were killed and a large number taken prisoners. Four Days Later from Havana.— The schr. Isabella at this port from Hav ana, brings information from that city to the 6 inst. Several of the American prisoners had been liberated, and were about reluming home. Every thing continued very quiet since the execu tion of Gen- 'Lopez. The brig Abela from this port, arrived out on the 4th inst. and the schr. William and John on the morning of the 6th—the latter would probably leave for this city via Key West and Savannah on the 7th inst. [Charleston Mercury. Distinguished Arrival —Jane Young from Tugaloo, a woman of‘slight frame, grey eyes, about forty-five years of age,” arrived in this city on Sunday evening last and has taken lodgings in the Penitentiary. Now that the tormentor of the gallant Colonel who presides over the destinies of the great Union Party, is “cabin'd cribb’d, confined,” lie may exclaim; “Gentle night., do thou befriend me, Downy sleep the curtain draw, Spirits kind, again attend me, Talk of her that’s firawa!” [ Federal Union Dlh inst. Will the North try the question whether a free negro of New York, or any other St ite, can bo driven out of Indiana? We should like to see such a point agitated as it would bring the question of State rights x JU f ti| Iwilfi relief amont the Northerners th •msclvcs. Would Now York, and other States which treat free blacks as equals, defend the rights oftheir cili/.onsj? —if rights they have, ac cording to Northern notions, over the whole country ? Wili not Indiana claim her State Rights and independent sovereignty? And when she has done that, and her right maintained will Northern fanatics any longer question 1 Southern State rights? With what face? —B Press. Fqa.nkfort, Ky., Sept. 9.—The wife of Hon. J. J. Crittenden, U. S. Attorney General, died yesterday at her residen ce, near this place. jcgr*rhe New Orleans Bulletin says Sen ntor Westcott, formerly of Florida, is now connected with the New ) ork Herald, and he it is who got possession of the Donaldson, Greer and Houston correspondence, and prin ted it. It is creating considerable sport in political circles. sggr On Friday evening, four young girls promenaded Pennsylvania Avenue in the new costume. It was no doubt very correct according to Mrs. Bloomec, but it was un questionably incorrect and town-boyish to the eyes of ordinary mortals. It is extreme ly unlikely that a dress which is so remarka ble short will take among respectable women. To coincide with the idea*, taste, and refine ment of the time—to have a chance of suc cess—the petticoat should descend nearly to the ankle. The dress would then be grace ful and decent.—-S. Press. An Advertisement. —“lf the gentleman who keeps a shoe-store with a red head, will return the umbrella which he harrowed of a young lady with an ivory handle, ho will bear something to her advantage.” FRIDAY MORNING, SEPT. 19, 1851. “THE TRUTH AS IT IS.” It is so unusual a thing for the Columbus En quirer to attempt anything like an argument on the great controversy between and the South, that we were really quite astonished to ace an effort in this line in its'last number. The Enquirer undertakes to prove “that the South is not excluded from the territories ac quired from Mexico, with its slave property , by the action of the General Government. That is the proposition this week. What it will be next week, no-man can foretell. Wo ask,- is not the South excluded? Is any part or portion, or tingle, foot of it occupied by Southern men with their property ? We presume the Enquirer will hardly make an issue on, and deny this fact. It it does, will it Jo us the favor to point ottt, what square foot of the blood-bought territories of NeW Mcxi-’ co, Utah or California is now occupied by, or can safely be occupied by a Planter with his hands ? Now it there is no doubt about the fact ot ex", elusion—the only question remains is, how watt the exclusion brought about ? The Enquirer will say, however it might have been brought about, it was not by the compromise bills—and it qu.iw from these bills to prove it. And having satisfied its own Southern conscience with this answer, it liojx-s to humbug and satisfy - tlioso of other men. ‘Hie irresistible inference is, that if Congress and the abolitionists, and the Government and tin* Compromise laws did not exclude the people of the South—they have not been excluded at all, and have simply excluded themselves by staying away from a country, free to their entrance, and admitted by all the world to be the most profitable of all fields on earth for slave labor. This is the argumentum ad ahsurdum. to which the Enquir er's reasoning brings it. But this is a solution of the question that will not satisfy any rations! mind—a solution that is not the truo one ; and proves from its absurdity that there vVeth* other reasons why the Kout'i was excluded. Aud now,- what were they ? In answering this question w* shall bring in review, a series of facts which tin* Enquirer has earcfiilly omitted and kept out of sight. In the first place the South was excluded by the refusal of Congress to pass the Clayton compromise hill —a measure in which the doc trine of non-intervention in its truo import and meaning was recognized. By the defeat of that measure, Congress sail in effect, the territories are not free to entrance by all the citizens of this country, North and South. The immediate effect of the defeat of this measure was to alarm tho Southern Planter aud to arrest and check slave emigration—for who would take his property to a country where there was a doubt of its security ? The lion. A. H. Stephens greatly enhanced this doubt by the extraordinary course he took. He killed that bill and came borne to defend bis act, on the ground that the bill failed to protect slave ry—that the Mexican law of abolition was of foreo, and that he would never entrust the rights of his constituents to be arbitrated by the Supreme court, so long as he knew the law of the territory was against them and would certainly be so decided by the court. \Ve quote Mr. Stephens’ own language in Ills defence: “ I shall, ns I have heretofore done, maintain the equal nndjusl rights of my constituents upon all questions, and I shall demand that they be clearly and distinctly rco lo nized by Congress, that they may bo amply protected by all others before whom, they may come for action—and when these rights are left lo the Courts to determine,-by my sanction they shall be so clearly set forth and defined that the Courts shall he hound to protect them in their de cisions. And I say to you and the peoplo of the 7th Congressional district, that I shall never return as your and their Representative and tell them I have secured their rights by getting an act passed which will unable them to carry their slaves to (‘aliforma and New Mexico to encounter a law suit whenever they get there, which will cost more than their slaves are worth. If I can nev er get a better compromise for them than such an one as that, I shall never ugree to any at all. They have that independently of any tiling I can do for them, and that 1 a right which no'act of Congress can deprive them of.-” Now mark, that Mr. Stephens’ objection to the Clayton compromise was that the Mexican law was of force, and must be repealed before he would trust the rights of his constituents under that law. And where did this doctrine of Mexican law coino from? Why,from Stephens himself. No friend’ of that compromise believed for a inomtelMi, that a law of it conquered country, in conflict with a fundamental law of the conqueror was valid. But the raising of this question and that by a Southern Representative, very naturally ti-* cited the fears of slaveholders and arrested their thoughts of emigration. The Free Soilers were not slow to make use of this new fangled doctrine of Mr. Stephens, and they took up this bugle blast of the “Pale Star of Georgia” and Wow it with pro digious effect. It sixm became a leading principle in the Free Soil creed. The defeat of the compromise, then, and Mr. Stephens’ pernicious theory, were the grand causes to prevent the South from moving witli its pro perty to California, and from having a voice in the persons of its sons, when the question came up in California, —shall this be a.slave or a free soil- State ? Next eatno the Clay compromise , or the omni bus. The reader might well suppose, that Mr. Stephens would be sure to be found opposing that with tooth and nail, for there still existed that ware-crow of the Mexican law. But, lo! we find Mr. Stephens the strenuous advocate of the Clay ’• ill—and he is now wearing out tho stumps of I eorgia in an effort to prove that Cobb is right vhen he says it is “fair, liberal and just.” And l r et the Clay compromise, not only does not repeal •iie Mexican law ; but tho Congress that passed , expressly refused, on tlio motion of Southern members to repeal it. And now for a little of Congressional that the Enquirer keeps in the back ground. On the sth Sept. 1850, Mr. Toombs made Art effort in the House to secure to tho South a*t equal participation in the territories —a right which he swore (terribly as the army in Flanders) “he would never surrender .” He was voted down.- On tho 7th Sept. JBso,Mr.Seddon, of Virginia, offered the following amendment: ” “And that prior to the formation of State Constitution* there shall he no prohibition by reason of any law or us age existing in said territories, or by the nation of the territorial legislature, of the emigration of all citizen* of the United States with any kind of property recognized as such in any of the States of tho Union. This wu re jected—ayes 5T>, noes 85.” (in the same day Mr. Millson offered the fol lowing : “ Provided, That no law or usage existing in the said erritory, at or before the time when the same was ac quired by the United States shall bo held to destroy or” impair, within the said territory, any right* of property or relations of persons that may b* how recognized and allowed in any of the U. State*.” In support of this amendment, Mr Millson spoke as follows: “My object is to test the strength of the doctrine of non intervention—the true doctrine of non-intervention, which leaves the rights of citizens of the south where the Con stitution has placed them, and removes every obstrne tion that has been put in their way by ■ foreign govern ment as well as their own. If gentlemen, then, you *r e really in favor of that non-intervention of which they speak so much, they will not content themselves With simply forbearing to insert a positive prohibition of slave ry, believing it vnneecrsnrp, to do so, hut they will also take care that the rights of Southern citizen* shall not be destroyed or impaired by the legislation of the power that formerly owned the territory.” ‘-What, excuse can there be for refusing to Insert such a provision in the bill except that it is reelly expected and intended that the bill as it now stands shall secure our exclusion from this territory? Is this n on-in t err**’ tion l 7> this aresult which Con-frces mrtj lawfully ee, ‘comptish, -inertly or indirectly