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COMtI'ITT & WiKKO, Proprietors.
Volume XVI.
A Plantation 0)1’ Sale.
jgfjL THE mbwwk-r, residing in Tw igg®
outy. GiU, oflrri for ai"hre I’kimur
i.lHh nlu *fet*sell ruinitv. AG . cont;itidn|[
uffit Htmiire Ai r. j*. mare or less; ebon I
acres m 8 good maw- <■( , cultivation*—
situated between the HaldiicboMN and
North Cowihoe C’reekti, four milea xouiii of the mo
bile and fJirac I R:i..n>.ul, adjominr tlie i>lu.tiatipn-n
,Mi*i>rs Holliday, CußMeth aud Nr* Frrrv. Tnere
is a good dwelling, gin hoiian, screw, ami ad neeewrn
ry outbuildings <>h tli® pine**. Puwhftser# will do
well to rail and examine the pr. ou>i*#. and see the Urn*
and luxuriant crops of notion and corn. The (Mcst-nt
crop i* a sufficient guarantee of the pinductrv itscss
oftuemiil. Tlm.-re wt-hing further iubsrmatieii are
referred to Robert Alien of wand Fori or Tli”- U.
l oleia.i nos Oleiniviiie. Ain.
H I KICIjAfIDHOV
July 16-wlhu. M irton, ‘i niffs '<>
Enquirer copy weekly 6 in “Mb..
PLANTATION ANT) STOt K
FOR SALE,
I have route to the couehodon lo return to
fapjllLNorth Carolina, a* my relative i are alt tlo-rc
I witlt to •.. til i.-nt i poMse** ih
iPh i have a to uutif.it little hiimuicr
u'wtdeiicr Id rwie* uorih es < <•! umbos, Ua. and near
tire Troy Factory Three hundred acres ol food
Land, well improved; about 150 in a good sintgoi
cultivation; good liwrvlhnf house, negro Son****, barn,
•tab’e*. gin house and screw; firunug tiieiiMi-* n| all
kind*; cows, tregs, mules. warm us. household and
k lichen furniture. Corn and fodder, and various other
arttcl.'s too ledums lo mention. In a first rati- m-tgh
boihood, grwtd neiglihors and good sojlfcty. Please
call and look at tuv land and itoi k
It. II BRISi3HELI>.
May ?tfc-wtf.
KTOTXOE.
ay The subscriber offers for sale a valuable
k Farm in the Till hirtrictll Worth * onn
Ga.,consisting of ‘.Ovti a.r>is of Laud, I3u vi
l®o Acres open Lands, anew Um House and
licrew upon the pine®, 150 or 800 Head us Cattle.abnt
the sain® n umber of hugs, and 30 head of sheep.
Term* will le made arcwmtmdnttng and strictly so
when the cash ta offered. Enquire.n Albany at das.
Uill’a Livery Stable#, (hr direct ion? i<> ilie place.
June I- wlf TIIOH II KKNDALI.
FOIt. SALE !
1 AVION in KwasWi county, Ala.
10 nr 1? wt
■jaHwV li nay 1>“ J:i uil nurvh.i
sei- Ab -ia twenty a- i hundred
a. i.s. . huii Wdnm land * , ;••> t. Mr
tuck on the premia* s. or to me in Tuukegte. All
ALSO—FOt-t SALB,
My present Residence in Teakoyee. one of the best j
mid nicest lots in t< wn a.uf couveuieiUiy situated.— I
Also, tuv Plantation on tap- t i uk, two or I
t!r*e m.e from town t . HATYI.K }
October *J, IfidO—w3nt.
Land, Stock, on nil Fodder
FOR SALE.
. - I oiT-r at private rale, my R t; j
. - •li'4i< e ami Piautalion ih Huiou it * *>•
mn
■ i h • i.lui •• i mu •. • ‘f-’i
ofwh.ch are inrii.-ivaiiori. il in
remarkably wed for cultivation, the greater portion
being aliuustleyel. Th reiitb uci is a trained dwel
ling with ft itwmn pl*ainrß tit sated in ns healths a
region as there in in lire rtiaie. The mipiovemematits
are ail good and Mbattmin!. Framed negro tunis
■•, stable# and barn and an excellent new gin huuse
and screw I will also ceil ail Biv present sunk of
t'om and Fodder, Mules Hugs and 4'allje with the
place
Persons desiring further intoruiaiion. are referred
to John A or Thomas J. Lewis. win - live adjoining,
and they w ill take p!ea** in ebowing tb<> plain t
part has* rs. e*AliAll A. LEWIS.
November -V--d3wU
LAND FOR M! .
nL. I iil fell my Platuaiion in L . .ell Cos.
two miles south of l'<-iiee 1’ i ullioe
Acres, with taro hundred Acre# cleared. Tbi.-=
place hae a dwelling, good gin house and serow,
uegro houses and kitchuu, and all other MCssawy
outbuildings. Any person wishing to make en
quiry are referred t W. fi. Tilluiun, C lutnLii.-,
0-a., ormveelfon th- ('iantation.
Oct. B— wlf J.C. BROWN.
Woo it i:\vt it u.
STRAVKH OR from ih
of Airs. il. Jl. Lockb art nuar
*’ 1 1 “-. on the hi/iit I l the 27Ui
Bcpt. two MULES; on*; a yellow bursa mule, or
dinary size, with black rings around his leg#—
the other rather darker, and perhaps heavier
both broke. A liberal reward will be paid fur
their delivery at Mr-. Lockhart's, or it Btuleii,
the above reward will bo paid f.<r the mule? and
the thief with proof to convict.
dec-ft—dlwtf It. R HOW ARB. ,
FISTULA3, PILE, STRICTURE,
CANCERS AND 60*0 Ft LA CLKKi>.
PA.M I'll I.KTsi contHinuiglesuuioitials ol the high* *l |
character, as to his siicn as will be forwaidcd to
any that may wish ilii-iu T hose wishing, to t**t the
ctficacy ol Or CLOFTO.N ti w oiidottdi rcW'dn n muoi
give a correct description es the dmcaae. its npp*
te us iimpM-nt Map. present condition, location, Ac
A three cent stamp must acconipaujr aU COBununtca- i
lions. Address J A . tJLOf’TON. llußtsviUe, A ll *.
tJL’RE# UIiARANTELI* marinwly, f
SANFORD’S
LIVER INVIGORATOR
NEVER DEBILITATES.
ITU* COMPOUNDED ENTIRELY fr<m t urn*,and
has become an wst.ibljahed fact, a stand lnl iiieiin me
—approved by alltbat , have used it, nnd is r
aorted io witu conn ieitce s in all diseases for
which it ia recommend * t-d
It bns curedthousands ivithinthe last two year i
who bait kiveu up hope * of relief u numerous
unsolicited certificates !*’ in toy possession allow
Tbr dose must be adapted to the tempera in cm
of the ladivtdnal taking and used in such quan
tities as In art gently on 38 the.UowH*.
Let the dictate* of your judgment guide yon in
use of the LIVK.R lA* VUioRAioR. nnd .1
will cure Uwr Oae pUrimtu, B/LIVI'S At
taikt, /> i SPt PSIA.m
* l MM£’ R COM PLAumnimr.JtTK
RI . I'kuhs r, SOUR 31UJt.ltH, Hubttual
COS TIVC. jYKSS, CAW- . CHOI.ERA CknU
raMorUu,. CHOLKRA M IXKAXTCM FLATC
LKJTCE, JAVA DICK. Mmalt H’MhJUjnM
£4, and maybe i *ed mccesitfuUy s>an<'>rd*-
/>, hmtly MttUcmt - ®B It Will cure SICK
HEA J> A CII A", (as ™ thousands can U >;t >, i*
rnli MimifM. || ds far #r terra T>u
era <** < a at c ‘iuu*eiui n.* nt ollhe
attach
AU arA# ea it era ™ thc*r tesliaiohy
a ita favor. aa
mix water in the mouth with the iv
VIGttRATtiR. ANDBW ALLOW BOTH TWETH
HR PRICE ONE DOLLAR PER BOTTLE
ALSO.
SANFORD'S
FAMILY
Ckathartic Pills,
COMPOUNDED FROM
Pur* Vegetable Ettrai ti. and put up
In Oln.o C... Air Tight. nil will
hrcplnauy Climate.
The FAMILY OA rtunro Pill is ag. n
ite but active Cathartic Q which Hk ptapnetor has
nid in Am practice more . than twenty ytr
The constantly increasing demand from those who
have long used the Pll.l.i* and the aalifctj..n which
alli'tpreaainrcgardtntlieir n ii,iiaauidnr • it im- to pul
them in the reach of all m
The pruteaainn wetl hnw jlj ihnt different Chatham*
acton different portion* of. the bowed*
the FAMILY CA&THARTH PILL
baa,with due references t>> r this well established flirt
been i <ni;>' .iinded from a variety ofthe purest veije
tabie extracts, which net •'alike one very part of the
alimentary canal, and are roodand safe in att caa
•t wltar* a ebathartu Wm needed, tuch a* l>K
iNGivr.xT of the _
siaa PAINH jv TmQBALK AMi l,Olfi H,
COffTfVBNEM H, PAIN • •<>•*■ ass ovu
rm WlloLK BODY..,from saddancotd, which
freqaently. if neglected Ta longcoarse of Fe
ver, LOifl Os AI’PF. H I’TE. h CaKgemo IH;ii
asririn or CoLP OVga THE BoiV, R#TMt**
•*. HEADACHE nr P wgiottT is nu Ht*t.
all INFLAMMATORY w Uiasaara. WORM*, in
Onapaaa or Adi lts, T Rnr.t mstihv, area.
Funder of the Blood m lhdmanjrd . •** owm h
fleabiahetr.tno numerous •* io mentfauie th adver
isiueni bosKltol. ‘
Price 30 Cent*.
“THK LI VER IN VltioßAToß and FAMILY PA
TH A BTC PILL* ara retail* and by Uniggtata genaraily
and told wh<deaaia and retailbythe Trade in ait the j
W. .AVFOI.D, V. u.,
Maiiufitcturnr and Proprietor,
ane!7 -wlm * Bwmdwav. Nrw Ycr%
_ notice.
A LL aarton* indebted to J. ENMff &.*'<>. eiihe
iVbyNotaur A<count, past due ant rcoo-cted
coma forward and at:b> without delay.
Onlambua. March I. IbflO—wtf _
FEESH THOMASTON LIME,
PLASTEB PARIS,
AND
ROSENDALE cement.
f. •OAEVAAi
m O'otumbtt.*) Ui'i'hln aimci
* 9 •
d‘OLIMUI,TW£W)AT,JAM All\ a, UMI.
l'anir Iho Enquirt r \if ye.-ie.day
published a letter fruui Fran! liu. Hoard cnutity,
ditlod the Ist es January, gi. i the re.-ult of the
election oacnrriug th<> <f.iy o/W, In that fnuaty.
We wight l*e di#purd to admit that our neigh
bor’s corgvspnitdeiil * ould foreecs* that till) eo-
would ho oicHcd. but it is most too
much to boliiMv that be could have knuvru their
o*actajoritka. i> it any woudvr that theEa*
qaiiku-ihould sail be sk-piJwal us to the >•'( us
the triumph of setvsaiou in Uoorgiw
“i - ”
iuu AusLhal.—- Ibo I'tf'woLo Guard, Cspiaiu
Thotuas Mcddlctou, eay the Courier,
wh j ate it"” in churgc of.tho Arsenal, raised a
hiwatiful P*Li. •tto A l.vg, to uko the place of tho
Eedyrul l lag who h was fuktu down. The Hag
wu- hoisted amid cheers front Iho company and
a large ci wd ot . j iu.i- The l’a Intel •
I ) Guaid, i.iiabor over .mo hua.lu and men, rank
and hit*, composed >f young sui. l bravo hearts,
thoroughly drilled ;:..d anaioiio lor tho poet
where (i.eir services aro most needed. Our
young wen, u well us Iho old, will all ho found
ready for any vwicrguncy that .tuny ccute upon us.
iitmirit of Hr. Dcujai&ii of LoaiMaua, va Uie Aiuugii*
meat *c<o!a!toB? of Mr. Crittcwdtn.
In the Bonale on the Slat ol* December, Mi.
Bei jatnin of Loui-iaua, m.-uo masterly, even
unusually eloquwu* -pie-.h on iho peuding reso
lution for tbo auKuiuu lit of the Coustitutiou.—
T'he followiug sbstracL refer,ring to iho Lojisti
tuti >nai points, no from vl*B Notional In-
UillLgcntur
*BU- . . . U lui. 4 ‘
in tha j mm us Ituvi. g u i**'Ul lo ouhdraw, it
makes m* dHTerviicu. INcnin that case, yon 1
must either permit her to depart i:i peace or you 1
mast act upon her by mditnry force, because ’
Um*i is no difference in eoeresug a btutu and c> 1
erc.;ig hor pvple in i. v * dually. ilcru Mr. It, ’
quoLJ from Vatic! t<> show ii.at Bouth Curoliua, 1
as a guveroign B:.iie, h.:< the tight to shield her
citizens from all consequences growing nut of ’
nor orders. In unawer tu iho quety us the
J .Sena’.or from Illinois (Mr. Trumhuli) ns to what J
Jis rebellion, which that Soont<*r f cm. and t'. think {
a matter of
j from Vatiel t* show that between 1
Bouth Carolina and iho United .Mai's would not [
Ibo rebellion, but civil war, in which the Lulled :
j -'tiites Wonta be bv/Utid to observe the ordinary ‘
law nnd usages of war. iti ihi# connection ha 1
quoted the letter ot A;r. box t > Mr. Webster, in *
reference to Alaxaudcr McLeod, wlksh act whs j 1
Huanuwh ugcd by tins liririsii tjoverument, and 1
also the answer oj Mr. Wetater. n.ltnittiiig the ’
irzeapoaikdity of AivLeud, since his govvrtiuaent I 1
had usium l the act complained of on itself. | ‘
Wo, said Mr. U., deny tin* right of u citizen to *
dborindunto between ocnitfietnn: noiumauds coin- *
ing frciu the limerrunonts of tire Btate nnd the ‘
I ulled eii.i!**. No ciiituu, ot. ff.-uNt Lwolim* j
has a right to tjnp finn fire anthAj ity of hi# State j
in whatover it might undertake to do. The ru j
mark ofJuhti tfuiucy Ad*U in roli rfuuu lo hi* j *
imUspoalthci to control-or pttnish certain rur- i ‘
veyurs m tire State ol Georgia, whu had regard- i 1
od the Statu lnvv rather than the law of the I nitcd !
State#, was alsoFcfurroil to. Bui, said Mr. It., if j 1
you are going to bane rebels in Boutb Carolina. ’
wherewtu your Cuutrt*. Marshals, IlUtrict Altor
uey an*l Jiirwra to convict ? Vwueanuut reniovi* |
rebels elsewhere lor trial, not only not out of the •
State, but not even out us the District, fivcu il .
yon were tu try tin in, you would obtain no con
*. , Cut tv. irfidfon .... • would -'.quit them. !
II .w is bh'. kade to be i ;. t r :k<. i 1? this u peace •,
power? f* it it t taiher act of war ? But
ycu will have an tmbar;;<.. V,n cannot, buW- j
ever, viftbargo the ot *.no Biato without
ihuttii gnp jl. Ih'.- L'. ii-tiiuiiwU of the Coiled i
States I^.l-iis it. N’..r i lUic any right to ‘
bluckudo } ill- untamsnir.ii/uul, uni out of the J’
power of tho President.
Tbo honorable Senator from Tennessee (Hr ‘
Johnson) cit’ and the example al U .ishingtuii, who
went into to put down the,whisky
war, but he did it on the requisition of Judge
within the Suite. Air. 11. argued further that tbo
collection of rovcaucalxoiu could not bo
v flee ted in vcseols in tho harbor. Hu would not
argue the dreary catalogue oi wioiigs ot which
South CuroLun coiuplAii.--.aiid for which she de
mands redrew, byes use she is herself judge of
what #hc should do. Hr. B. mentioned many of
I thcSw voiu which were that the North de-
J nies are property iu the Territorial ;
I that the llepubUcans a’L;gu it to be right tu steal
tins property; disallow i;tr, be carried across a
Bta'o or ‘<n h lawful that Itopiibliruns
hold up tli > .'v i.h t > the wofldN itci-wi as thieves
and villain* of the LU kesidyc
The cut* rue lion put uj*<fu the i.i/iistuutiou hy
j thttiti.puLji. an party he South ha l n<* hpe of
I changing, or ts producing an aiteniUoii in their
j conduct. Tho day for a*‘jaaltucnt is pi.**t. Wuh
| iri a lew wveka wu purl to meet in couiiuou coun
cil no uture 1 kiwi. Indulge (sahl Mr. Jj.) in
]no vain delusion. You have no poasihle justifi
cation for it. Tor lire recstudo ol our iUt.uGon#
(sold Mr. 1) ) w o tu iheSuprune Judge of
the Universe. W hat may he tho hv.u of this con
te. t nu uiau cao tell. The future uiay be adver*e
toourariat; you ui - y set our citic# in fiatin s;
you may spr ad duauladlon wt.d ruin, but this
you will not and •; you will never subjugate us,
nor convert u into abycet alavvs.
The eoucluoioii of Air. liuDjaunu’s i peoch pro
•iuovd a •imultaneoua cheering and a clapping of
hands ail through the galleries, which continued
for aerne time beyond th- power of being checked.
tho Legislature of New York, Mr. SpU
sols, 4em . qflWcd tli fr-Uowrlnff preamble ond
resviutious :
Whereas, iri asoo, a- deUuod by the const it u
tkm of tbe Luilcd Stateexists in one •! the
State* ot tho Confederacy - i,*J when as, it is tire
religious as well us the pallioti'* duty of each
BUtutn its sovereign capne-ty, as well as that of
each eitizen, to ma*o every ucv.'*-ary sacrifice for
the preservation • 1 th ■ L un.ii ot Mate# as they
were united by Washington and his associate!*;
and tho £u*U> es New hoik is now, as it over lias
been and ever will be, unalterably and uncom
promisingly iu favor *>! the Lilian a# it is ; there
fare.
Uefolfftd, It the A.vu-mh(y concur, that (he
Governor be, and is hereby directed, in the
oh toe of the people rf the tala of New York, to
render to the I'rcrideut ol’the I oiled States the
ervi**eof the militia of tlw State to he used in
such wanner and such time* an the President may
[ doemheat to preserve fbo Union, and eofuroe the
Contlitufioo nnd law, offhc country.
KeSolved, That the Committee oit Military
offices, bn and uxa hereby directed to inquire into
tho condition tfffflScwy ami available strength of
the military force of Inc Jftate, and to repott to
the Scutate at the curliest practicable day, what
legislation, if any, peeeMary to render that
branch of Government fnlbr effective fer any exi
gency that may arise: and, if requisite, that the
raid committee rjort‘n bill to r.iirg $ 10,00(1,000
to arm the Fr.nUa.
Mr. SpinoJa, i>n prf .ienfitig tho abe vo, said :
llu favored giving to every lion of tho coun
try Ur fullest rtgh * under the CofUUtution, ami
to protect those right! at all i./.arefe, but tv bo
ecgr •fiowht attempt to devf.y thll Unb-w should
do r) at hU peril.
Tin* r< eoiuiione wwe laid over.
Wbat llie “Inn*” lliinlu.
111. London 7V. rtccivtU b/ U.t
mail, has tm cdiioraLou uur affair*, in which occur-,
the following remarkable passages
The South mar have ro right to IntrodttCo
slavery into the Territories; It may have no right
to turn the educated and moral inhabitant* of
New England ipto negroes-catchert: but it hat
a right so the aUtantdgrtnffree trade, from irMrh
it i debarred h>j a tai iff ifn O*H far the bentJU of
i the Northern manufactitket. >V aro told, And
j can well belfore, that an important (dement in
toe desire for secession arlv.e from the condoni
ng* of MU* injustice. A Southern Confederacy,
enjoying free trade with England and France,
uri'i exchanging tho product* of it* coil directly
with the great manufacturing uud artistic na
tion* of Europe, ia the not unnatural dream of
Southern economist. Tho protectionist legida
tiou of the United State* i* a disgrace to *o cn
torprisiug and intellectual a country. If conces
sions to the South are to bo tho order of tho day,
that of commercial freedom ought not to ho tho
Ut on the list. _ _
i Apnomaie.xT nr thu Govanjiou,—Jobu A.
i Jonea, Eiip, of thi* city, ha* roceived tho ap
-1 pointment of Aid-10-Camp with the rank of Col-
I oaol, lruw Oor. Brown A good appointment.
TUK l!N HI !\ UP THE STATES, AMI THE SUYEH KIUNTY HP THE STATES.
THE rORHESPONDEN( i;
BETWEEN
IV S*rutl furolim (Vintiiittiintrrs ntt>! th** !*r.’*M*’u{
of the roiled Sulf<
PRKSrWiNr UI'CIIANAV KKFI.-IM TO
Ttßt nVK ONE or THE COMM ‘. Mr \
TtO.N
Tire following efllchtl t irrcspondum c 1 tu, :t
the B. ('. Poffimliilnncrs and the Prcsiilcnl <>f iho
Unite,lßtntes was laid kef re the (\>n cvtvi-ii In
secret ,*ey*hn l.tsf nlyfliL
W AjfirHrfirroN*, J9th December, imjo.
Frn- S? hntvo tho lion- r to transmit t . you
u copy of the full powwrs from tho Convention
of the people of South Candiim, under which wo
aro “authoriAcd and cuipuwervd to trout w ith
tho Government of the United States for the de
livery of tho fort?. tmigar.inO?, lighthouses, and
*.ther real estate, wilta their appurtenances, in
the limits of South Oarclma? an i also fur an np
portioniucuiof the public debt, uud fur a div i<-
iou of all “sher property hold lvy r t:io Govern
tnuiUof tha United Butt** ns agent of tho CVm
iedcratcd Btales of which B >uth Carolina was
rocently a member, and generally to negotiate
as lo all uthcr mmsares uu l arrangements pro
!er so bo made ami adopted In the existing re
lation of tho parties, and for tho continuance of
peauo and amity between this Common wealth
and tho Goveruincut ut AVusiiington.
In tho execution of this trust it is our duty to
furnish you, ss we now do, with an official copy
at the Ordiuuneo ol Becvselon by which the State
< f South Carolina hay rosumeJ tho powers sho
delegated to the Guveruiuent of tho Lnilvd
States, and lias declare l her perfect sovereignly
and Independence.
It would uleio hava hicii our duty t; have in
•brined you that wo wore ready tv iicg<>tialo with
you upon nl! such quostions as are necessarily
ralrod by tha hdoiftii>n of this Ordinance, and
that we were prepared to enter upon thisnego
tiuliou with the earnest U’ -.ira to avoid ail uu
ut • -ary aud hustilo colli and s>> ta inaug
urate our new relations a- to teeuro mutual re
si<ect, general ftdtantagf*. find a future , i go ( .|
will and harmony, bmvfMal t* n't the parti s
Cvueorood.
llut the tvuuts <•! tin Li-l tvwuti l> ur 1..0n .
render ?nch nu assuraneo impossihle. wd came
hero the represt ninth c f nn authority which
cauid.ut any tuno within tho pm*t sixty days,
have takcu puxvc.>a>ion of tho lbrts in Charleston
harbor,but which, upon pledges given in u man
ner that we cannot doubt, determined trust
to your honor, rather than to its own power.
Biuco our arrival hero ru oUkret of the United
States, acting, as wc aro u4.sured, uot only vitk
out, bill again at your writers, hue dismantled (.i v
fort nnd uucu|>ted auvthcr —thus alluring to )• I
m ia*, important extent, tire condition ot affairs i
under which we came.
Until theselrcuiUhtnees aro explninoi in a )
nreuiier which relieves us of all doubt us to Ihc
spirit iu which these nogoGaLons shall be ore j
ducted, we arc forced to suspend all discussion as I
to any arrangement? by which onr mutual inter i
1:1# might be amicably adjusted.
And in conclusion, we wouhl urge
tbo immediate withdrawal v/f the troops from tire
harbor of Charleston. Under present rircutn
#tanccs, they ra h landing roan ace which ren
der# negotiation impossible, nml in our r
cent c\perion v e show#, threatens speedily tv
bring to a bloody tesu# quest ions which ought g |
l o aettled with K'niptwurree and ju'lijumjiit.
Wo hi*.vo tha honor to bo,
Very mspeotfullv, your üb't , rv'u*
11. U. R Alt Nit LI. 1., |
.1. 11. ADAM'S, ! (’uiii.oi - ...... j
.IAS. 1,. 0811. I
L > tbo Drvsidcntof the I nitcl . .’.itt : .
THAJ t’tMtMUKIfTV. HKri.V .
WasHtxtiTvx Orrv, 30th December, 1m “.
Gkxti.CMi.X: f have’hiid the honor t • rieeivc f
| yourci'Uiu.uniCßtiou of tuo fi>th inst., ti-gcther
with u copy of “your full powers from tire Con
vention from tho people of .South Carolina,'’ nit-
I thnrlzing you t > treat w ith tho Governinent of
’ the United Btato#on various important subject#
| thercl'i uiuntioned, and ulm> a copy of thoUiiU
nance, bearing date on Iho 2t)ih instant, drcliir
ing that “the 4 1 uion uow subsUling between
South CurolitiH and tho olhtr State.-, under the
name of tho l.’ oiled Slates of America, (,*> hereby |
dissolved.”
In nn- vvorto thi#evigmunlcatioii, I have tu a;,
that uij* poviflnti a* Preddenl of lire United
States was clearly defined iu tire menage to j
Cougrest# ou the In.-:t. In that i ttu'.cd that
“apart from tho execution of the law#, o far ■ j
tin# may decide what shall be the relation# be
tween theTVdcral Government und South Caroli- •
na,b‘u ha# been in veiled with no bio h diseniion.
ito pop.ioßze# no power to ehango tho relation
herotoforo existing botweeu them,much lei-.*-’ to
knowledge the independtmee of that State, Thin
would be to invent a mere Executive ofiicur w ith
the power of recognizing tho dissolution of the
Confederacy among ottr thirty-three #ovcreign
State#, li bears no i meuiblaneo to the rneogiii
tion of a foreign fa facto government involv
ing no #uch raaponilbUty. Any attooipt to do
this would, on his part, bo u naked act of uiur
fißtion. It i.-, tberefota, my duty to submit t<
Congress tho whole question in all Us bearing#.”
Sueh is toy opinion still. 1 could, therefore,
meet you only hs private gentlemen of the
highest character, nnd was entirely willing to
communicate to Congress uny proposition you
might tiovo to matte to that body upon tho #uL
ject. Os this you were well aware, it was uiy
earnest desire that such a disposition might be
made of the wholo by Cungnwho
alonC possess the power, u# th jirovent tbo inau
guratim of civil war between djy parties iu re
gar<l to tho possession of the Several Fort l , in
tbo harbor of Charleston, ami I therefore deeply
regret that, in your opinion, “the events of tire
last twenty-four hours render th;- iiupor<#ible.”
iu conclusion, von urge upon me “the immedi
ate withdrawal of the troop# from the harbor of
Charleston,” stating that “under present circum
stance# they are a standing menace, which ren
ders negotiation impossible, and a ottr recaut
experience #how ‘, threu’en speedily to bring t n
bloody issue quaition# which <toght to be aoltlcd
with temperance and judgment.”
Tho reason fo# this change in your t ith... i
that since your arrival in Washington “nn • iT<
ter of the U nited States, noting, ax we(you)T
assured, not only without but again. -t your (u>y >
orders, has diainsntlod one fort nnd ceeUpud
another —thus altering to u most important <x
tent the condition of uflwir# under which w<
(you)fiHtue/* You uli-o allege that you CBtn
iiare “tbsreprsNtiUtlrei of nn authority which
could, at any time within the pad sixty days,
huvo taken possession of the Fort# in Charlcrtou
hulbor, hut whish, upon pledge# given iu a uu#a
tier that wo (yoaj cuan t doubt, d* U (mined t ■
trust to your (tny) honor rather than It# p/wor.
Thi# brings me to a consideration of tho na
turo < f those alleged pledge**, and I*l what man
nor they have been observed, in wy me .
of the id of Dvcetnbcr L**t, I tatcd,in reg.ii.l t
tho properly of the United Btale* in Bouth Car
olina, that it “has been pujtha*. I form /air
eqoivalont, by the consent of tho Legislature *•!
the Btate,” forthe treed* n f l rG, tnajpulnes,
arsenal#, Ac., and dVtr tbe live withority “t.
exercise excla ive legi:dli**n” ha* Ire n express
ly granted by the t VBstitutlon lo UongrtM. It
is not believed that any attempt will h ma*!* t ■
cl Die United Blair < fr* tn ih!.t fd- perty by
force; but if in tbl# 1 f.hottld [prove to nu mi/ta
ken, the officer in command of the fort# has re
ceived order# load ftrteti/ nn the defensive. In
#u<*h a contingency, tbfi responsibility f*ir Com*u
quoncc# wotid righthiliy n t upon tho hcrnl# es
tho usiuilaotsThis b* ing the condition *>l the
parti®#, on fiatortay, Hih D®c®uibcr, four of the
Jloprti *ntatlv®i* fr**ni ft*/uth Cr*du a eatleil np
> on me and rnqosated an interview. M e h#d nn
earnest conversation on th® subject of Iksso
fort#, and the West moan# of nroveuiingß ci.lll#-
ion between th® parties, forth# purpos* of spnr
, log th* effusion of blood. I #U/ *c<-I, fofpftt
dcntial reason#, that it would bo hot to put in
writing what thev said to m*: verbally. They
. did #o accordingly, nod on Monday morning tho
10 h inst, three of them presented to ino n paper
signed by all tho Representatives fwrr. Booth
Carolina, with a single exception, of which the
following is a eop>:
To Ur# Ex* r.LLXitfc'T Jawr? IU chamax,
I'iiCAtUKxt or run Uxirco Stati.s:
In compliance with our statement to you yes
terday, wo now express to you our strong con
victions that neither tho constilu cd authorities,
uor ny body of th® people of the Btut# of Booth
Carolina, will either attack or molsst the United
State# forts in tho harbor of Charleston, previous
ly to tho action of the Convention, and we Imp*
snd believe not until an offer b.is boon made
through an accredited representative, to negoti
ate for an amicable arrangement of all mutters
between the elate and the Fe'iern
provided that ne retnfvrcemen's .bail be sent ia-
WIsOMBUS, GKOKGIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 14, iSI,
to thus® f..-ris, nnd their reiativ® inilithtv stiitiis ! 1
•'hull remain as at picsciit. j
JOHN Mcgt'LKN.
M. ],. BONHAM
WWW BOYCE.
lawuvnoem. Ki.irr.
’V vsiiia,; i .*x, Dth I>ecembcr, lhffil
And her® I must, in justice to myself, remark,
dint at the tiimi Hit* paper was prtwoniud to mo 1
■hjocicu to tho word “provided” a* it might he
const i*itud iut* an ngroument on my part w hich I
auviir would make. They said that nothing was !
further front their intention—they did uolmmir- i
‘lorst .uni it, and l should Hollo consider it. It i
is evident they couid enter iuto no reciprocal ]
i ;ieeiiumt with uio on the wulyeol. They did
inn prof, hto have authority to do (hisuud woro i
> ■ting iu their individual ebarooter. I oousiderod *
si.as nothing more iu cfloot, thanplre promiso of *
highly honorable gentlemen to exert their <
inthteireo for th* purposu expressed. The event i
h. proven that they have faithfully kept this |
prouiHo, although 1 .have uever siuce
a line from any one ol them, or from any member
•Till® Con v r nth re on the subject. It ia well i
known that it w.tsuiy determination, and this 1 1
‘rfciy i it, not to reinforce tho fort# in ■
ih® haihor, and tlure produce a oolliston, until ]
they had been actually attacked, or until I had I
cerium ev id cnee that they woro about to bo at-
lacked. This paper 1 received most cordially, (
and considered It a a happy omen that peace I
might b'* -till preserved, and that time might bo I
thus given for reflection. This is the whole sown- i
dation for tho alleged pledge. i
But, I acted iu tho same manner ns I would
have done had I entered into a positive and for- i
mill agreement with parties capable of oontrac- i
ting, ahhough such an agreement would have i
boon, •>!< re v part, fr>*ui the nature of my official
duties,imp ssiblc. The world knows that I have >
never rent any reinforcements to tho forts in *
Uhnrh'-tuii harbor, nod l have certainly never i
utllo it/, and oi’v chan;” t*> ha made “in their rein- 1
live military status.” Hearing upon this lubjeot, i
1 refer you to an oidoi* is-ued by the Secretary *
of War, • n the 1 1th inst., to Major Anderton, but ;
not brought to my notice until tho V Ist instant <
It i; (is follows : ‘ ,
“V I'.MollAXm At ov VKUKAI. INSI II iretlUNM 10 UA- ! I
,mii a\m i.s**\, i lirei ai;hm.kiu, commandi.nu *
i OKI MoM.TKII.*, H. * . |
“A ou arc aware of tho grout anxiety of tbo 1
Secretary of War that a collision of the troupe
vv ith the people of this State shall be avoided, 1
and olhi -1 udied determination to pursue a course
with ref* roiicc to tho military force and lorts in 1
this harbor, which shall guard ugniiutt -ueb n
i;,dli.-ioii. lie has therefore carefully abstained :
from uiereu-mg tho force at this point, or taking 1
any measure* which might add to Hie present 1
(\* iled Mato of tho public mind, or which would t
throw any l*mbt on tho confidence ho feels that 1
T-’ at ii Car’ liiii will not uttciupt l>y violence to i*
< l.tttin possost-ion of tho public works, or interfere 1
with their occupancy. 3
Hot .s th-; uned aii'l ucu of rush and iuipul- \
- . p i -..us may jms.-ibly disappoint ihusuexpec- i
taiions ot Git* Govcruiucnt, lie dooms it proper 1
that you should bo prepared with instruction# to 1
mvi t .-m unhappy k contingency. IL hup, there- 1
t.-rc, directed me vcihallv, t**gi\o yu such in \
trmt'ren-. ;
V, ou ;ue careful?}’ to avoid every net which 1
would tit cdlesidy tend t* provoke aggrexsiou, and t
f..r that rca n \ oil art; iml, without neccasity, to t
tuko up any p>- itmu w hich could bo construed in
to the .. -uu'plion ol a hostile attitude ; but you -
ar: to hold p<>- 0.-ston of the fort# iu.tbis harbor, t
ami if attacked, you arc to defend youivelf to tho 1
hi*, extremity. Tire umilnc.-s of your so roe will <
not permit you, peril a pc. to occupy uioru than j
in, f the ihtet fort-, but an attack on, oral- 1
t< mpt to 1 hLc j.reo mu 'l cither ot them, will he |
1. ‘.aide lire an act of hostility, and you may then 1
put your ouimnund into either *f them which you 1
1 may deem most prop r t>- bicroiDie its power of i
i, tail ‘ . You are also authorized to toko#iin
| 11.,t .-n:ps whenever y**u have taugibl® evi'h upo ,
1.1 a i'm to pr •1t 1 a hostile act.
I*. B. BUTLER,
AsHiatant Adjutuut Geuenih
F..i;i Mo* i.iiiH'-, S.C. Um . mb. rll, HklO.
I Thi-i in coiiforiuiiy <0 im l*> -rucMoris* to
Major Lgwll.
JiiliN B. TLuYl),Sceretaiy ol War. i
ih*-o were the la -1 iiretructious truireiuitto.i t*i
?i.ij. A ll I<*. - >ll before his removal to Fort Sum-
Icr, with .-in;: lexception, in regard to a par ,
tieularv. i .eh docs not in any degree aflbetths i
pu .cut question. Undetr tbeso circumstances, it 1
re clcur 1 ‘.it Mj* r Anderson acted upon Ills own 1
i .pm U : y, und without authority, unless, in- *
de'c-i lie had “tangiblq evidcmia of u ilesign t<> 1
-[ 1 Ito a hostile ii"t'* oil tho purl of the nu- 1
;11 r,ri’ -f -'..nth Carolina, which bos not vet
! i nail. g,*>l. Still ho i- 11 brave and honorable 1
i. r, and ju#tiao requires that ho shohldtiot he
I copdcmncil witlmui a fair hearing.
| !!*• tin# ire it in;i}, when I learned that Mi<,p<r 1 ,
Amlcr.-'.ii had left Fort Moultrie and proceeded j ,
; j.. Foil Bumter,my first promptings werut** o**m- -
m;>:;d him to return to Ids former position, nnd
there to nwuit the contingeneies presented iu bis j
instruction - Thi# would only have been done
will, any and gi'-c of safety to the command by the
roucurri tn ‘■ -f tbo B <utli < ‘aroliua authorities.
Jiut i • lore uny step could possibly have been ta
ken in tiii direction, w>* received information ,
that tim “Palmettoflag floated out to the brsezo .
j, (hisHo Pinckney, and u largo military force
■a ci.t over lust night I tho “7th) to Fort Moultrie.’’
I hue ilm ttutboriUes of Bin 1 1 Carolina, without
...thing or asking for any explanations, ami
.1 udAl.. --.believing, as you have x pressed it,
that the officer had acted not only without, but
against my orders, on the very uuxt day after
the night when the removal was made, seined by
.* militaiy furco two of tho throe Federal forts in
t!*e harbor of Charleston, ahd have coveredtUcin
under their own il ig iirei.*ud of that es the Uni
ted S tutor*.
At tin* gloomy porio'l of our history, start
ling . V'*lJ|, ‘i ceeil each other rapiilly. Ou the
\< iy dav, the 157th iu- taut, that possession ot .
(hc-o t. .li’ wu-taken, th® Palmetto flag w®# |
i.li-i-d i.ver the Federal Custom House and Post j
Olii o in Charlvatofi; and on th® same day every j
‘.fli.it r. *.f the Custom- Colloclirr, Naval Officer |
Mirvcvor, an.l Appraiser -resigend their offlees. ,
And th.#, although it was well kaowu from tk® !
langimg’ of of my Messago, that us au Exec
utive 1 Iticer l felt infMelf houud to collect
tire revenue at tho port of Ch*rl*#t*>, under the
i \i 1 i.g 1;... . In the harbor of Charleston we
h.” I threw f.,rlm 1 iiifri.riting ouch other, j
! ull of which the Federal Hag floated only I
four da} ago, hut now, over two of them, this ,
ling I. * 11 ..ii ..jl.-tituted iu it# stead. It is under
ull C. .-i ircnmstanccr that 1 am urged iuuuedi ;
atcly t. withdraw the troops from the harbor of
ChuVlcrtnu, and am informed kbut without thi.**
negotiation is impo-ihh. This I e#niiot do j
th - I ~i I not do. Buchan idea was uever
thought of by me in any possible ooutiogeney, 1
No mu h #tlu*ion hud been made iu auy coin
i,i 11 ii i ,ti n between myself und any huuutii
being. But the infersuco iu this I am bound to
withdraw tbo troop# from the ouly fort re
naming in tho pogsesaioii of the I und Plate*,
in Hu harbor of Chsrloston, he: a tree the ofliccr
there in command of all ot th® forts thought J
pr.q.- r, without instructions, to change hisj.o-
I Htion If- UI “>ie of (belli to auothor.
At I hia point of writing, I have received in for
I muth.ii by tc|e|*tagh from Cupt. Iluuiphie} in
j (-oiiimuii'l -•! tho Arsenal ot Cliar!*'i"U, that “it
I lot# to-day, (Sunday, tho •10th,) een taken l.y
J t r*.’ ur aruis.” It i# re t mated that the uiuui-
Itiunsil war hc-'oiiging to the United BtaU# in
this Arsenal aro worth half a million of dollar*'.
f. unent ia nerdlui * After this information,
i have only t<> a*bl that, whilst It is u*y duty to ‘
defend I “it But*r a a portion of tb public |
proje:riy of thn United Btnt agaiin-t hostih’ at- j
1. k , t.xii. quarter they may come, by .
> 1 ir m.'sr.a a# 1 may possons for this purpose, I
do not p> rev! vo how such a defence enn Im con- .
h ru*l int'.a nu uMf® agaiiist the cRv “f (.'baric* - |
Wiili grout personal icgar<l,
I remain,
Your* vi,ry respectfully,
JAMES BUCHANAN
T-> il..j, i ,ibio Hubert W. Barnwell, J ernes 11.
Adam*, dame* h. Orr.
m; ( -.m* unr.ii or tub coMnieaioar.n* to tmu
pitasmaMT.
Wa*lllSoTou, |>. 0,, Jaii. I*. I*9l,
fi; \V have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your letter of the 89th liecembor, in
reply to a not* address* and by us to you, on tho
2ijib of the same month, a* Commissioner* from
Month Carolina.
In reference to the declaration with wlmhyour
reply commences, that your “ position aa Presi
dent of tho United States wn* already defined in
tim MeMage to Congress of the 8d instant that
you poBHMt* “n power to change the relations
burnt*.loro cxiiling” between South Carolina and
the United State* “much leaa to acknowledge
t Mo, and that conse
quently you could meet us only as private gen
tlemen of tho highest character, with an entire
willingness to communicate to Controls any
proposition we might have to make—we deem
uonly ueseasary to .ay that ike Slate tt Mouth
j Ai* nf'nr’
! Oaroliuu, liavlug, iu tho c\i tei.-.> \ that groat
J right of self-government which underlie* all our
! poltMcl or.;mirations, dcclareil herself roveitlgn
and inde|'.*iideiii, we, ire her rmifesmtativei*, foil
no special solicitude a# to tho ehurncUr iu which
you might recognize ire. Satisfied lliat the State
had simply exercised her unquestionable right,
wo wero prepared, In *>r er t. roach
good, to waive the feimul remsidoratlons which
your constitutional scruples might have preven
ted you (Yotn extending, We came bon* there
fore expecting to ho received a# you did receive
us, unif perfectly content with that entire wilting
ness, of which yu a-.-iucd ire, t-> rubiuit auy
proposition to UongrUd#which wo might howto
make upon the subject of the Indcpcndcnco of the
Btnte. That frilltngnes# wire amide recognition
of the (ii.mltUoq of public atl.iir , whioli rendered
our prwscuoo ueeassary. In this po in*>n, how
ever, it is uur duty both to the State which no
represent and t , ourselves to core -everai im
portant uilsconeepth'ire of onr letter, into which
you have fallen.
lou *av : It vtas my vaiiivstdi sire that such
a disposition might be made “film whole subject
by Congress, win*alone posse.-s the power to pre
vent the inati'-ursiioii of a civil war between the
parties in regard to the p*Hit . siuh of the Fedoral
forts iu Iho It irhor “i t'litrh*tnu; and I thorclorc
deeply regret that in \our opinion th® event# of
the last twenty four hours render this impoiod-
Ide.” \\ c expr* .-v dno such opi'ii n : and the
language w hich y.-u quote as ours, is Hit .red in its
veireo by tho ommsmoii of u most important pail of
the scnteiii •>. What wo did say w.is. •• But tho
events of tho Lret twenty four hour# lender such
an assurance impossible.'’ I‘luce that “ussuinnec,“
as contained in our letter, in th** sentenea, and wo
aro prepared t*> repeat It. ’
Again, professing to qiiol.j ~.,r language, yoU
say: “Thire the uullnnilie- of Buuth H.'urulina,
without waiting ..1 usking for any explanation,
and doiihUoss believing, as you have expressed it,
that tho officer had noted tiot only without but
against my orders,” Ac. \\ 0 i xpiv.-sud no inch
opinion in refertmeo t*. the hello I of the people ol
South Carolina. The language which you have
quoted was applied solely uud entirely to our a#-
Kiuaiicc# obtained here, and based, ire you well
| kuow, upon your own declaration a declaration
which, ul IhuL time, it was impossible lor lire uu
thoritK-uf South Carolina to have known. But,
without following tills letter into all its details,
we propose only to meet the chief points -■! tho
argument.
Some weeks ago, t 0 Mato •! South Carolina
declared her intculmn, in the existing condition
of public ulTuirs, and. seeodu from tbo United
States. Sho called a Convention ot her pooplu
to put her declaration in force. The Convention
met, and passed tiio Uidiunuoe of Soecv.-ioii. All
this you anticipated, nnd your course of notion
was thoroughly considered iu your annual mes
sage. You declared y-u had no right, and Would
not attempt, t<> coerce a seceding Suite, but that
you w. re bound by vour < “iretitiiiionnl oath, and
would dofend the propcire <>l the United States
within Ihebord* 1. ol> mil t'mollna, il uiuiUcmpt
was made to take it b> 1 .re**. Boeing very early
that this question of property was 11 difficult and
duiioatc muc, }ou iiiuiiifi'otrel a desire (•< settle it
without coilisioii. Y..;i dil 11.>t roiiiiurce llu
garr* Il iu tho harbor • < Charlelton. louie
luovudu dinliiigtiislicd ami veteran officer
the command M Foil .Moultrie bwcuuso lie at
tempt'd to iiu u-.t 0 his supply ol iimiuuuitb'U.
Noil rreUftd tu send additional troops to thosamo
garrison. when applied for by tire officer appoin
ted to succiud him. \u uecepled tbo resigna
tion olthc 1 Idtst midmost eminent member of
your Cabinet, rather tliun allow the garrison I”
lu> strengthened. Aou compelled mi uflicor, -ta
tioued at F*.it Humter, t.. return iuuuodiately tu
ihuAr-tUiil tol l} musket* which ho had lukeu t<>
utuihre men. You expressed, u>t t.< • n--, but to
many, of tho most distinguished of our public
eharnotvi-s, wh*..-o testinreu} will be placed upm*
tire record, whenever it ia nec.--.ary, ymir
anxiety fora pea eful lo.'iuiiiatioii ol ibis contro
versy, and your wilUngiu s 1 mt to diatuib tho
military status ut tho forts, if C.iiinnissioiii rri
should ho sent to tho Government, wlmsn com
rrtunicativire you promised to submit to (‘ongr> s.'.
You received and acted ou iresurain’e < from the
highest official authtritlcs es Booth Carolina, that
n atteuipt wouhl b® nmdo to disturb your | “s
session of tho lorts and property of tire United
.Stall r. if you w old not disturb their existing
] colidilion until tbo CumiuisfiDuers ha I boon sou'. I
und th® attempt to jogiliatu hud tailed. You
look from tho member- of tho House of Keprcf.’i* j
tulivos a written memorandum tlret uo streii at- ,
touipt idioul.l he 11:11 *h\ “ provided that no r* in \
furcemeui ‘ *dmll ho .-eat into iho-o fork*, ami j
thoirrelaliv* military xlatire -hull r. main 114 all
present.'’ And although you attach n fureo to I
tho uecepUm I such a paper- although you I
“considered it ire nothing uiuruiii etloct Ilian the 1
I promise *>l h ghly li umralilo gentlemen,”- -as uti J
j obligation on ono side, without corresponding oh- I
ligation on tho other it must Ire re-member®*l |
I (Hw*aro rightly informed) that you were pledged, j
1 if you ever did send reinli'ri ciio'nts.Jto i* ,
j to tb**hO from whom you had reeciwd ii, bofore ,
i y*u I’XOmited your iei*"luti*)ii. \• *1 *cnt >1 • -
to your oflicuia coimuaiiding them, firi*:ily I” >
follow a lino of eoinlm 1 in n.ntomiily with such ,
an understanding. Busiih # all this, you hud re ■
oivd formal uud olli i.ll notieo Irom the G>.v j
ernor of South Carolina lliat wo ha t bean p
poiuti and Coiniiii -o.iiei'f, and were on - or Way lo
IYu>diingtoii. too knew the implh* l condition
under which we came; our arrival w,.p aotilied
to you, ami un hour appointed f"i* mi intern* w. ;
We arrive*! Ju Washington on Wednesday, at j
thro© o’ehik, and you appointed an in tor view 1
with us ul otio the next day. Early <Ol that day,
Thursday, tho news wo reeeiv.ol lore of tire
movement ot Major AmleMon. That new# w.**. ,
couiuiuiiinittxl to you immediately, unl) i v*iu por
tioned our iiieclii.g uulil hnlf’-pai't - o'clock ou (
Friday, iii order ilrei }ou migbt ci.ireuli ,v"ui
Ctthim i. Gu lii in} wu nivv y*-u, nml a*.* i*ail'd
upon you thn Iu rudeeui your piedg#*. You
’ cuuld not deny il. With tho f.rei- wo have Haled, |
| and iu tbo luce of U> crowning and c u.clusivo j
fact that your .Socrotary us W.u had repigm'd in
| #nat in the Gubinct, up-n ti” publicly uvuivo-l
! ground that tbo action <<l M:*j"i Ai.*lcr. w "ii had
I violated *tho pledged lailb *<l th- government.
! uud that unices the pledge wns in.-liuifly rvdeenu and
he was dishonored, denial wu# iiii|>*<>ihlc; you .
did not deny it. on do not deny it now, but
yeu*i'k to uecupo from ii# vbligution on the
! grounds, first, thnt we tcrmin itcd nil negotiation
I by demanding, us preliminary, tlio withdrawal ui
I the I luted Slates troops from the hurbor ofL'har
j lesion ; utid econd, that the aulhlTitU# of South
f'uroltna, instcail *<l usking ixpluuatiou and
j giving you the opportunity to vlmlreate yourself*
took p.-session *d other pr*.p’ ri} *.l’ lire Unito'l
,StHt* s. We will examine both.
; in tlio first place, wi-deny poi ivcly that we
I have over Hi stiy way niii'lc any such dcuianil,
ourlclUu 1# in your pwssuscion : it will stand by
I this on record. Jn Ii we inform y**u <>t tho ob
ject# of our ini*Btou. We muy that it would have
j Irecn our duty to have assured you <d our resdi
i ness to cemutenee nagolintloo* with the most ear
nest uud anxious desire to settle nil question# be
tween u# amicably nnd I” our mutual lutvuiiUigc,
but that events had ron.lured that assurance iui
potsiblv. Wo sla'ud tho events, and we said that
until sonic satiefai lory *xplaiia(i<>n of these c vent s
was given U#, wo couht Mot proceed : and tlieu,
I having made thi# request for cxpliinAtion, we
added; “And, in conclusion, w<; would urge upon j
you tbo iiniuciliuto withdrawal of the troop# from !
the harbor of Charleston. Under present eircaui- |
; stances, they an* a ilamling menauee which run- I
| ders negotiation impoesiHlc,'’ Ac. *• I rider pre#*
cut • ircuuistaiM'cs!” What circumstances/—-
* Why, cwarly the occupation of Fort Huintof an 1
j the disninntling of Foil Moultrie by Maj- rAu
derson, in the face us your and without
x|danaJ.i**u or practical disavowal- And then*
| 1# nothing iu the letter which would, or could,
i have prevented you irom declining !• withdraw
I the troops, and offering the rest.trntlou of tire
status t*. which you were pledge*!, if such hud
becu your desire. It wouhl have been wiser and
better, iu our opiuiou, to have withdrawn tire
troops, aud this opinion wo urged upon you, but
wo demanded nothing but such an explanation
’ of the eveuts of tho Inet tvreuty four hour# as
would restore our confidence in tho spirit with
which the negotiations should ho c inducted. In
relation to this withdrawal of tho troops from tho
harbor, wo are compelled, bowover, to notieo ono
passage of your letter. Referring to it you says
“Thi# /cannot <1 . This 1 will uot do. Such
’ an idea was uevur thought of by me in auy no#-
1 aible contingency; N” allusion had over been
! made in any fotniunnU'atbvn between tys#|f nnd
i any human befog.”
In reply to this itaternsnt wc arc coinpclltd t<>
i my that your convenati<m with u# left up*.n our
’ iuin*ls tho diHtinct'imprenHon that you did #erl
ou#ly eontemplote tire wlthdrnwal of the troops
from Charleston harbor. And in support of this
impression, wo would add, that wc Imvetho posi
tive assurance of genth-m*'U of tho highest possi
ble public reputation and th# most un-uliled in
tegnty—men whore t.niars and fume, secured by
long service and patriotic achUvemcnt, plucothoir
toitiuiony beyond cavil—that #u**h suggestions
had been made to and urged upon you by them,
aud had formed the nubject of more than one ear
nest discussion with you. Aud it was this
knowledge that induced ire to urge upon you a
policy which had i<* rseoiuiucud it it own wis
dom ami the weight of Mich Hiithoiitv. As to tho
sueoi.d point, that tire nuiliotities ot South Guro-
Huit, iire tend of asking < xplnnutloire, and giving
you the opportunity lo vindicate yourself, took
po.-'i •'I ‘oofollot propiii.v ot tin* 1 nited States,
we w< *ld etisorvo, I I out even if this were so,
it do. .*> not avail you lei* deteiico, f.r the <*pp**r
tuiitty thr ileei'ion was offered you before thus®
Li*-re pceurie.l, \V mri\ and iii Washington ou
Wednesday ; ii.” nows 1 r*'**i Ma.tor 4Vudorsou
reuehed lo re early ou Thni ‘diiy, mid Was inline
diaroly ooniimiuioMted toy mi. AH tha'. day men
id th® high. ginihlrr*tii B i.-
cii woeessfiiHy to lift you U. your great oflico-
W'ho Lind lre> 11 your tiled aud uu® li rend.# through
Ui® ti iubles i.l p ur udm in-lration, . .night you
and cut routed pm to wet- -to Met at onee. They
told v'-a that dory hour coiuplleatcd your po*
siti'M'. They only sxked y-u to g.vo tho u-s.-.u
raneoihat it tire faot> were mi—tli.il if tlio com
muiml.t acted without mid against }*>ur orders,
and iu violation of your pledge,, that you would
rufd’ ic tho ‘mu# y< \\ had pledged your honor to
iiuiintiuu. You i®lWodtud"<! •***. Yourßucivtry
t War, y.ur imaiedißlo uud proper advisor in
this vvh.do imilter, united auxo irelv i ol your de
eisuwi, unlU ho fell that delay wrs becoming dis
honor. More than twrlv® hours passed and two
Cabinet uieotiv.rf had adjourned, beforu you
knew what tho autliorilie.l ot Sotidi Carolina
hail d"MO, and jottr prompt d®eiei*-n ut any mo
ment ofiliat. Hum would have Mvoidcil tho sub
sequent complications. But, if you hnd known
tire re t ot tire authorities of Booth Caroliun,
should that limvc prevented you from keeping
your faith 7 W hat wms tho condition of thing# 7
For the inst sixty day# you have had in Charles
ton harbor not fore® enough to hold lire fort#
against an equal enemy. Tu I thorn veers
empty; omirtd those two the mo.-t important in
the harbor. It oould have been token at auy
time. You ought to know batter than any limn,
that il would have been taken, but Ibr tire * ttorts
of those who put their trust in your L**nr. lio
lieviug that they were threatened by l-’ort Bum
tor ®sjaiciallv, tire people woro with difficulty ro
strained from seem ing without b!o.il, the pu#-
aeesiou of this important Ali*‘r many
and reiterated usMiranees given on ) mir behalf,
which wo emmet believe unauthorized, they dc
teruiil.e-d to forbear, Mild in good faith sent on
tl.eir Commissioners t®negotiate with v ou. They
mount you no ha*in wi-l.ed you no ill. They
thought ot yeu kindly, believed you true, and
worn williug, a# far us wu •* consistput with duty,
to spare you unnecessary and hostile cullision.—-
Bearoely had these t “uuuuiioiters left thou Muj.
Anderson waged war. No other wolds will de-1
crib® Ida action. It wu# nt npeaeeful eliango
from out* toil lo another; it was a hostile act in j
tho highest soiree, und only justified in the pr* !
eneo cl ii superior enemy, and iu imminent peril.
110 abandoned hi# position, spiked bin gun.#, ‘
burned his gun.ertiiiMgcr, madu pr*‘pariiti"in Ibr j
the destruction ofliis prel, and with'lrew under
Cover of lh- night to a safer pireilion. This was
war. No man could have believed * n ithout your
assuniuce) that any offieev could have takcusueb
it step “not only without orders, but against or
der.'.'’ What lire State did wire in -nop!.) -tlf
dvlouee; for this art, with nil its attending cir
cumstance! wire ire mm-Ii w.ir a# firing a volley ;
lire war t>* in* thus begun, until those eounneue
ing it explained lireir aeti. n mid dis.i\ “VVtd their
intonto n, (hero no . it” r*'ont lor delay ; mid
even ut tbi- litolaeiil, win e w I*‘ willing, •* *’
iii'.ietlian prubaldo, from the tenor *.l vour lot tor,
that reiiiloieenn-uts aro hurrying on to tho con
flict, *0 Unit whu. lire lir-t gun shall bu tiled,
|U®r will have been, “ii v.ur part, one cotttinu
ous, Consistent series of aetioire, ( “UiineiH ‘iig in a
de in* >iret ration esvcnlially warlike, -upporled by
i- • b.r n iiiforeenreiil, nml t ruiiunthig in lefcat
or victory. And nil this without tire slightest
proV'.i atom ; for, 11 lining tbc many thing’ which
you have said, there i- 011 c thing you cannot
Miy: you have wailed anxiously for news from the
scat of wnr, in hopes that delay wmihl furnish
some exetree for 1 liix prceipilafb'ii. But thi#
“tangible evidence <t a design to proceed to a
h .;*ile act, on the part of tjre aiiflmr,ii*>s wl .*'*,'ll Ui
Carolina,” which in the only jueUfi"nli*.u **l Maj.
Anderson, y. u ro i*'i* ®l to admit, “has uotjycl
bet 11 all. gd. But you have decid’ and . you have
iivodved in hold, I.v force, what you havoobtaiu
v ( through wurtulpUre*'d coiifiddnce : and by re.
luring I” disavow the u.oioi) >.f Major Anders .n,
tun® .*oincited his violation of order# Into a h>-
g.timat®u’ tof your Kx®cutiv authority. Bnb®
1 - -11. \vhnl 11 may. of thi# vve are a--nre I, that, if
Furl .Uonltri® hire been recorded in history m* 11
memorial < I t'ui'ditjn gallantry. K"H will
nv) np.-n the <**i'*•■<■-eding | age 111* m:peri-h. ,
able te-lim *ny of t ai'diun i.iith.
By your coiir- *', y*'U (.>*•• pr .babl} rendered
civil war inevitable licit#". Hy. 11 e'h*m.-e I”
force tliis issue upon Us tin; .Slate ot South C'nr
linn will accept it ; and, 1 dying upon Him w ho i”
tire God es Jilutictt *re well us th* ti'i'l ol Hosts,
will endeavor l<> jM-rlbrin lie gieat duty which
lie# befoi'i 1 . hope full}, lo lively and th*>r
•■uglily.
Gur uiMs'ren being *.i.e I 1 riegotiatiou nml
peace, nnd V"Ui U"i** leaving ils wuh'.ul hope us
a witlidrni#l ot lire 1r.0.j In.lll I ‘T Buniti r, or
of iho ratora(inn nf the •Inin •/* *.v i.#ling at the
i>i -.ur nriivnl, Hodintirmiting, a# wo think,
v**ur det*niiualini (*• rdnforeo tire garrison in
1 |i, ) IH itioi‘ us (we r< #peetfully inform
} • *ll Illxt .V. pilip. ‘* re'.lM'illg .0 < hnll’ #!oll to
\\ ii tiHi e the Ii- w"f lo .r. ir, very i* ■peeiliilly,
v mu ot.edieni -eri Milts,
it. w. r. vr.Nu i:t|
1. 11. Ml VMS, * 0,111. ‘.. 11. I
.iUHiSJ*o|tn, j
|,i- Lveoflea. “ I*! • -i-ifi.r -i !•- I nit.-d
1 li.-. I.ob.vviii'’ i ‘ . ti'h.r “iii’ ii the
docminmi:
K x i.< t ill i. M AJrel***'. ‘•*. o'cl'M'l.. M cdo’ -'b. V.
Tbi# paper, just prc nted to the Prc-'-l i.r, i 1
~f -m her., -ter thill Ire *h ciii..-- *•• *• ■ -'v. it j
\ Voire I rout Vri/ona.
li., dnfireiiees existing h..ia* *o the p***| 1c of
tho North and tire people ..ftlre 5..m1., lit.* *•
inenusing in inaghiGnlc for #* ieral x • r.-. until
low an alnii'.'t dcidty hatred i f**B t'ctw**cn
lhc” two division# l the cuuntr}. Vn*i. Giough
it pain# us (•• sco u**b an inharm*.oiu condition
of thing*, wo cun sc® n* possible **l.aii'*c *>l ami
cuhly sett ling these difference# in the Uni i>, bitt
believe if tbc I’onfedcrsC} i- not if**.- dv*-d at lire
| ic*"'Ut tiuio, it will certainly r***alt Irom ihi# in
testinal strife in a few year*# N.vciihclci-s, il
there can be any menu# deviced by which Gils
great national catastrophe veil b” pn*i nf* and. and
.• mflik'iteu and gomt feeling rvlored bclwf.*n tbo
eili/oUHt nf these two gran (*iiv i*"-n <ot Gi lie- ,
public, would gladly give it our to *t l>c.,riy
hiipport. Bill, looking upon a final dIvWU'M ire
ioov itji'le, mo cure littlo howa*oii *i >- accom - I
pb-licd. W'lf therefore lavor the tormatioti nt a
Northern and Sonthcrn ('mil' l iler.icy.
la thp event of th® establishment *.l a .• J oiithcru j
UpntY'lr**y, AriAona will knock s’ the door of
thoir tir-t tNrtlgrvss, t"r ndruDslon a# a (Gate; i
and it is probtil.ly N*wM* xi o will *b i'■ • •*u*
I/moV/o it i 10, at)
i Min \m \ ii. iuwiiu.v.
CoM'Mat s, Jan. Hill, ltc.l.
Mu. l.nrroN -In n ccißUiunic.il"*i m tlii*
niuiniiic's Kuqulrer, there i# an allocion to u
ii. a delegate to the Convention lf'u t ‘haiiaho”
*h* t* county, which I dnslr**. to Mdi<**. •**** c*t
respondent iutimott* tin’ niy p"-*ti"o at H
time is dlfleront from what i'. ws* l**foi uy
elec lien, and calls upon my constituents t” have
an imm nli ul a under#! nnd ing with lire. I pre
sum© he did not sc® my card published in tin*
“Weekly Times” of last week, in which I stated
my position fully, or cist hoeouhl not have been
in any *l*>ubt as to th® course I Intend pursuing
when cnlled utren In the r.invcntimi t< veto upon
the question of secessiun. You will therefore do
me a lavor to publish uiy card, which vns vx
toreivolv circulated in my county several days
previous to lire election, thni my | i*•*•• may
I.® fully snd fairly known.
Verv respe**'full▼ y)urs,
A 11. FLF.W KLLKN.
The Enquirer of yesterday publiilu-d t Ho c ir*l
• f Mr. Flowellen as requestod, and saW;
••The Card <*f Mr. Klewclleu of f-hntUihoiHdiee
which wo pithll h to-dsv, R idlest os hi# cour*
with sufficient dssrnoss, Hereafter w* shall
class him as an immediate seccssinnDt. We
hnd not treforeseen bis address, nor do w® sup
pose th o*r correspondent hs-1”
Nt'.ft ttfATB of srrxins rv Ytwa nr axi*.
Tho Barnstable Tatciotsays
“Our peopUare suffering mesh from their it”
bitity tu sell thoir flsh.”
To which th® Boston Rost ruefully roplb *;
“Our ireopl®®r* suffering from their Inability
te buy Hrem ”
t on MIHM, Tm iISIMY, JAM ARY 10, IHfil.
1 Slichl Wtfrfjtwrv.
The /. -,nher of yestordny learn.# from astute
iireut In tire M..utgomery ('.'iifcdnration, of the
\ .de of Alabama in the recent election, that there
i 11 eo -operation majority <*f 0,2.1 ft, with ten
e iuiiii. -be hemd tV"in /V* conlro, thoMont
gdmory ,\.lv®rti>ei fumbbet a statement, foies
i'i'hw ‘/**• . *'■ ‘ of ihtS'-’Otinryof Slate, showing
II m viority *.f 9,400 for *e<*#ssioi, pod only six
eoumie.s to be heard from. M hleh !# mo#l likely
to he onrroct 7
Tin l’r.si i.r in Gkoroi*. -Tb® Ooluinbn# En
quirer . 1’ Monday, claim# tho Btnt® of Georgia
l*r lire f"-operniionistN by n doddod majority.—
It bays that solar as heard from, tho immediate
Bccct-ioni ts liovo 1 Ifi, atul tire C'o-op®ration|#t#
‘.*# delegates, and that there arc many couutles
to lie At* from, all of which liavn g*>n® f.r ths Co
operation party.
We rather priffir to heiieve tire statement iu tho
UoltimbuH Enquirer, thun the inanuyWturni dls
patcl"’ vt certniu eraxy opium eaters, uianufa®-
tun <1 for no etliur purpoa® lliau t iuak rash,
inc.oireiderut® nml antl-confert no® **’h.'i .uirtt#.
Tin - > .'ulled diapatehen fYomGeorgia approx
inint* l.i'Ui a* much t<> tli® truth a# u di#pa‘oh
s. nt. iiwiiy from thi# city to a cor tain Georgia pa
lter, reporting lliat Judge Brook# had been elect
ed l*re>i-b ot of tho Oonvontion by a majority of
tW’ niy. Falsehood#, deception, miantiitcinfnts,
etui ?•> to# the erdcr of tire day among sou® p*u
plo. -jl/oof C ‘ofolcrmi .n.
I'iii* i.# pretty tnlk for a papei that can’t toll
tire truth, when th® truth Marta i: In ths fae®,
111 the fir**t paragraph above, it perpetrsics no
lev# than two “ iniutatcmeiitV’ even In reporting
wlut tii>> Rmi’ •hi id. Thftt paper, (the latter)
did imt, *n it# !s*n® of Monday, ‘ claim Georgia
for lire (•” operationiats by a 1 le.tidnl majority.”
It did I*ffuto ihat •* i*'’-’ tire counties to As
/ichi h ive gone lor the < 0 operation party.” -
How could it Htntc what, by tb Nvippo#i|ion, it
could not know 7 Bu.di difficulties, however, do
irel stand in the wav of th** nnrc.vsiliii>g faith of
the (■>;/,,l,,>'>■■■,. IVn vv"ii!d remind *>ur co
temporary that person# living i ugfar* ha'dlniions,
are in rather n poor condition to pelt their neigh
bori*. <rgi trill vote two onr for S>renitut,
YY *ll t'.c t'ottj\(li ‘itioH ami uiiirkihail’
mwiw.
\Ye 1- iirii li-111 the Memphi- tr.ilanvbf Mist
Andrew -I••tm- .-ti, one *>l the Senator# Iroiu Ten*
m -. . ii.# publicly hung in effigy at Grand
.Imietion in that Btat*', on tlio 2Sth of Dccemlicr, 1
l'..r his 1 ceciit inluiii'.ii# apecdi. advocating the 1
po'iev , f eoereing 11 seceding State. We only |
regret that he w;ih represented by u uian mad®
ul r,re-, ami that Ire wu# not prevent in person t* ‘
t. o il t in lire ilramti.
!
(
Hit* < ulbrrn ConWenir).
iM'in the Cbarlcfton Mercur)■
W 0 publish below tire resolution# paused by ;
tie ."” .ib Carolina Convention recommending ‘
I-, tier si.-ler State# of tire South the assemblage (
of n <'"ii volition to foiui n U'onslltnlion (ora
Southern Confederacy. There were two project#
Hihmiti.d 1., tire Convention,looking to thi# end. 1
Tin* one reported by the Committee on the Sou
thern : it* , p.<'p.-i**l a /V.u-Ni'n*"/Government
with tire adoption of the Constitution of the
I nited r*GiG's; the oilier w* submitted by Mr.
|;h, it. -11 and pt"p* ■#. dtl c tts.*einblgo of a Con
■ll i• •11 of t tit* Southern Sfiito# to form a /'< - mo. <
i. ,-it t.*>\'•rutueiit. ‘live Coin* nti'ii of S*uth
i •.ipdii't. MM'iu, in .-oilre srt, to linv® combined
both of tin re By tiie rwotifionti ad
opt* and, it re oiuuiend# amt provides I t a Con
, thr S ‘-'iiinj Sf ‘le 1. and dt®ruiines
Hint it sti’iill tbrm a Constitiiiioti fora /V*#ia
| I,4,nut norl Covfidtraey, and at the
! , t(U e time, if autlmri*/.®# tho o.itabliahwciit rs a
; I’loi i-ional Government by thi# Convotttlou uu- ,
I Hi the t* rin:‘irlho Permanent G<*verunient of
,1 - ‘iip. ru < .niudenicy may be agreed in. In
I \ i<-w “f tire threatening n-poct of our “Northern
l.reihreu,” it ffa# ■•iippo-. and that tho speedy or
tratiiz;li'11 “f some Hurt us government l.y the
~, il, - Sin tor, might bo necessary to repel sg
. ll'ii*'. -tho auth'-rity to establish a
Prov i doiial Goferniuent. ((f course lire whole
mutt, r w ill **o for Hie detflruilnatioii of tiie Con- ,
” i.tioii of tho receding Blate#, when assseiublcd.
il. ceding ,Staicf are fully oonpotcut to #ll
ib.- .'idimiry requirement* * t g<- v mini lent. Lite
i. l pr* p> i’.v art* #atb under their nduiiulstrotioß.
A ic,\ v•* 1 -. mure or I* #, i# 'f n* conseqireuoe ,
111 forming t'tre terms of their Confederation.— 1
I'.iit if there I- imminent danger of aggression
ii .'in the ‘ ortli if *r cxiei# it may be wees- 1
...i \ t'rei un iinniedinre Vr"visionalG'.irernmont 1
-hoiild i.o iirg'inived. By the tim® the Conren
ii, „ scuHd* #, be attitude of th® two sections ,
..f iho Ifwion toward# each other will lie elssr
- ,i ugh. awl the Convention will hethla to pur
'■'lo timt I'utin# which . irenm#tanee* will then
rciiiire. Tire probability i#, that the Northern ,
I < .pie mid fttate.-mcii will #eo rim desperate folly
~(■ HlJempting tho coereion nf Ihu Southern
. 1 ,1. , in,.l Ih.lt lire Convention c#n proee®*! !
without Ini-re, calmly and ihumtghly, *0 Ist
lire foiiii'li*'ion of aßoiithcrti t ■t 1 .v. iiojii 1
RINUI.F ritt.NS.
1: .. •, |;r -*. I*i *'. this t'i,*nvent|..ii d** ap*
j ..ui a* ** in ir* i-m mer *’ • pr*M*e®*l lo each *f tire
slsvi holding States that niuy ss**Q)’)le iu Con
vention, bribe parpoc® < f laying our tirdinanoe
f.„i..ii before lire me, and re-pectfully
i, |iing their c-optWlinii in ilia formation of a
r nitlicro 4’ .n!®<leracy.
That onr Commissiouem usorefaid be
further awlhorixi’d to stthini*. ■ <•’ * art, the
| ...i. i*.ll < ~fi*liiuti “n- a i..* l , n , *visloiuil
t.... ii uni* til f r such M.i -• ■ iu' fi b*
drawn their .* jure*.turn wh *• tfetcrciuent of
i!m* I nited Slate# “t Ainori - /V< elded. That
tire caid Itroviaioiial G*-v*n t. " tli® ten
ure of all officers and appointin’ nta Arising under
ii, niiull ccaae and dut* riuiire iu tw*. year# ftoiu
il,. |. ; t day of July ®x, or whew a permanent
Goviri iirent >llllll haveb*o^organised.
I bird. That (Ire said C'ouioii--i*ui®rs be an*
j thuri/’ dto invite tin ‘ ding .**i'“*s to meet in
* ouvciilioii, at atieh tin.** aw*l pt i.*. .- umv he
! nirr-Hd up* .., l- r the purpo-*’ *>t • >nuiig and
! j.miing i io..tlou,SU'*h Provisional UuveriiuKnt,
un.l ... Hint the >'id Provisional Government ‘
hull I” ui'gwnised *"l g* into effect at the I
: earliest period previous I*, tire llh *•(’ March lsfil;
I uu.l tliitthv .nre tun vent ion cf sccc.Wng States
: iui'.l provide forthwith I • . 0.-id.r and propow (
a * .>tiftitu.i’ ii and a |dau for a p®rniannt (Be*
vcrnincut for such Hutc, which pr*qrened plan ;
sialllie referred bu. kto Hu* several Ptats U'-n j
* cntiui ■* t o tlreir adoption **r rejudlon,
| mirth. I hat eight Deputies shall be elected
:|v bill •• 1* v thi* (’"ii vent i"ii, who xhnll beau- j
iliori/’ i I-, meet iu < onvcnlioii such Deputies as
limy h” appi'inlrd !•} lit® other slav eholding J
;■ h cs who may secede from the Federal Union,
|,.r lire purpose ol carrying it” effect tire for® 1
. res..iulb>n; and that i* >.** recommended 1
i .il. -,iid Male that each be entitled to
mho \.,t„ in ihc said I'.invent ion upon all ques*
tiniiH which may la* voted upon therein, ami
! that each Statu lend as ninny dcpnliva a aro
i . qo.l iii u uni her t< thu number of Htoators and
’ JG'pr. >. ntativ*.‘S to whleb It wire entitled in tho
t ngross of thu l nited States.
The following aro the Hepatic# elected tu rap*
; ~ . i,l - utli Carolina in th# pr<qm#ed tonveo
lion;
Hon. 11. JL HIIKTT, sr.
M m. M. W, BAHNWKLL,
IJ..H, .IAMBS ( HEftTNI T. ir.
IL n. H. G. Ml MMINGBIt.
Hon. W P. MILBH.
Hon. L. M. KKITT,
l|.,n. T. .1. ‘VITIIKH ’
If n W. tV. BOY OK.
Tux L -m'os Timks ox Onxnmit.—Th# !."
•lon Titucs, in th® cars® “f n artlolc a pun th#
i President’s riwoge. make* tli® foHowlng com
! moo': •
Many nf th® wisest deeds in history have been
j defend’ and in the most Illogical document#, and
Mr. Buclmnao’s purpose of letting Eouth Caro*
i liua alone will bo an addition lo th® ounher
Tire President knows that lie can do nothing,t hat
public opinion would not tolerate the invasion
.rid conquest of Ih® .Southern States, and th®
holding them as Donqucrod provinces, and (her®*
i f.,r® he declurei that the Federal fl*.v®minent has
’ no such right of coercion.
PEYTONH. COLUUITy ) .....
JAMES W. WAKKEN. \
Number 2
From the Charleston Mercury.
To our Frionil. ia Florida.
That military preparations of an active uatur®
are at.ret, emanating frotu the United State#
Government, is now pretty well ascertained. —
Whether it be upon the docks ®f the Harriet Lao®
or the Brooklyn, or lb® Macedonian, or all ol
throe, does not alter the fact. From all iudica
lions, it uppsiiis tube the policy of the Adminis
tration, inaugurated by General Scott, by mean.#
of takiug possessh.ll of all Boutheru fortresses,
to block up the harbors of auy Southern seoed
ing .Stale; and thus, by strangling our ooin
mere®, to bring all such Status to sue for mercy
at lit® hands of the United State# Government,
aud to thank God and General Scott for permis
sion to return from the evils of our ways, and ia
accepting the fictitious and destructive coiupro
mine which iu time will probably be mad® us, to
ttisii 11 gain with fraternal affection into the
charitable arms of our dear Northern brethren.
That ®ny vessel or vessel* will Ire sent to enter
lit® Charleston harbor, we think not Very prob
able. We lie vs no usHuraitce that Gen. Scott
and Mr. Buchanan, though old, are entirely iu
their d..uge. Still anything way happen in.,*
then® *la># “f original diplomacy, ingenious prin
ciples, and prufuuud political wisdom. We are
now accordingly prepared here for any such ac
cident',. And should tha Harriet Laue, in any
of those unfortunate freaks of fancy to which the
*rex are proverbially liable, present herself before
us, in all the pride of hor power, to storm our
imaginations, we shall not. bes > ungallant as to
refute her the warm welcome the courts and
challenges.
To uur friends in Florida we would respect
fully pass 11 word. There are t w*o powerful strong
holds und most importuui points of military of
foBHH and defense in Florida—-Pensacola and
Key West. Hie btatc# both of Geurgia and
Alabama have wisely lakcu time by the forcluck,
and put tire revolve 1 in possession of such for
trestre# a# 11 within their border#, simply because
they do not chouse that their territories should
be occupied, their commerce cutoff, and the lives
*>f their pe .pl® put iu jeopardy, by Gen. Scott's
ur Mr. Buchnnau's despotic theory of the powers
uud duties of the Executive officer of a consoli
dated, vulgar mubocracy. They have chuseu to
ward oil'violence and outrage by a timely pre
caution. It anything cuuld'end to demonatrata
t i tho Executive ut Washington the folly of at
tempting the blockading of .Southern port®, it
would bo tin, late action of Georgia aud Ala
bain# in regard U. their forts. Yot it is iuq>
eibh) to tall t whil extremities (oily and do*
perathm uiav .I*ire men. In rhie view, it is iiu
portent for the people of Florid® to reflect that
there are, |hmlim|u, nu i..rtres along our whole
{ Southern **"**•! more important than those ol
j Florida, Tire* * forts om command the whole
Gulf trade. And ehoiild Mr. Hiichatinn carry out
what Hpptiid- l> be his (oeoent plan, he certain
ly nrnet <le#ire to hold poascssioii of tb**se font.
Ho way I hue, with lire a**ivtiince of war steauisr*,
block up Hie whole Gulf. Bullet Florida hold
tlii-.-e fort*, and the entire aspect of affairs is
changed. Such v*e#®la, in time of war, will have
no port of entry, and must he supplied iu every
way from # very long distance, aud that at -ea .
while tire commerce nf the North in the Gulf will
fill an oa-y prey to our bold privateers; aul
California gold will pay all such little expenses
on our part.
We leave tire mutter fur the reflection and de
‘•Won .-I tire people of florid*-
FOltT reiABM.
The Saxiiunah News of the 7th lust., gives u*
tho following interesting particulars with regard
to Fort Pillanki:
As M.'aiuit assault from thu water, i( i# defend
ed by an ample unuilrer of J 2 pounders, much
bettor uiouiiUd, sod in a much higher state *.*l
efficiency, th.#u any oire had supposed. Notsim
ply tbc casemates, but the quarters at present
occupied by the officer* and privates, are bomb
proof— tho ceiling*, thirteen tect in thickness,
and covered wit Ii a at Hl'hank sod. The open
nroa withm (he f-*rt i* not paved ; the earth i*
covered with a yielding sod, formed by grass and
tund thr*>wn up**u wt*at was originally a sand
bauk. H'abcd ha 1 been artistically prepared
for tbo purpose <>i receiving, capturing uud utter
ly demoralizing n eholl, il o >nM n*>’ have been
better dcvlxod. A hlicll falling npn it must be
buried in the rand beneath from two to eight
foot, and by the sod above will be stripped of
tbc power even of throwing sand into the eye*,
if, indeed, tho fore w**ubl not ho extinguished
ore the shell should explode. Those who were
shelled upon from San Juan d’Uiloa during the
invostmeut if Vera Crus, will remember that th
second morning after th® landing the attention of
the eucuivwu# *i.*'i*tly directed ten sandhill
occupied by Won. Quitman'# brigade, which was
thus exposed to tlteli eye** doahtle®# I” draw their
tire. Thenltelhh to dodge wbioh in their decent,
became, after a while, rather a pleasurable ex
citcment, buried themrelvee in the aund ; their
(uses were generally extinguished, and the cau
allics rcatiltitig from their rkplosion, when they
did explode, w**ie but lew. Avery little Work
will place the interior of Fori l'uleaki in such
condition as to remove the nren within it beyoe-1
the reach of even euota enenalties.
1 ire Governor, whore entire action in this mat
ter if, wo repent, beyond all praise, has placed at
the disposal of b'l. Lawton, iu addition to the
u A uai armor of each soldier, on® breech-loading
oar bine, throwing, in the hands of au exper*
(iiarkMoun, sixtcou rifle l.alls s minute, a Colt’s
r* volver'and ou® sabre.
fin* dituh around (he (oil U beiug rapidly
clewued out under the orders of Col. Lawton—
rice field uegnres having been placed at this
work
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*2e f tht bsTfrnsr sf Virgiiis.
Ru nuoxu, Jan. J
The metmag tt (iof. i.ntclicr waa sent to the
(ieneral Aesembly to day. The Governor renew*
the proposition contained in hi* last message, for
n Convention of all the states. It boewues, he
*ays, our HaU> to he mindful of its owa
iulcreM*. The disruption seem* inevitable. It
new ConfeUrnele should be ferined, we muss
have the o*l guarantee* hes re we can attach
Virginia to either. He condemns the action of
Mouth •’aniline, saying that she ha* taken her
Southern Sister* bysurprise, and that he would
have made no special reference to her, had hi
not been invited to do * by her ieie Exeeulive,
m uncalled for reference* to Virginia. Ue says
dial the iion-*lateholdiiig Slate* are eloue
chargeable with the present atate of affairs, and
if the Union I* disrupted, Upon them reels the re
sponsUdUty.
(Ic oppose*a Mute Cotirentleu, and *ugge(*
die ■ppoinUueut ot two of the moat distinguished
men ot the State a* Commissioners to the Legi*
lulnie of thoae ,-iati' with h have passed Fereon
at Liberty Bills, to insist upon their repeal. H
doc* not propone, however, that these Coiumis
►ioner* should go to the New Kngland State*.
It is due, lie says, to Virginia, that site should
| I,live proper and clioeiivo guarantee* of the pro
lection of slavery in the dfetriet of Columbia;
dial <ur equality in die Slate and Territories,
( and our right* of perilous and property should
l,„ a lequatnly secured, that vre should be per
iiiiticd to pass through lb* free Stntea aud Ter-
I vitoriee uniuoiestvd. It stave* are abducted,
die State where the lon* occurs ought to be
made to pay the full value I the date lost.
| Like guaranties should be giveu for the luter
| State *!?*• trade, and for the pataage iud
i eiiforrrmwit of rigid law* for the punishment of
j eu.-li persons lu the free btate# as orgaulae, aid,
or al*e*. in orgauiaiukjjeompntilea with a view f
’ a-*.iUliig the slftvchoTding State* and moiling the
slave* to insurrection. The General Government
should be deprived of the power of appointing
| p tho b-#a4 oflnra of the slaveholdiug State*
persons hostile to their institution* MMftuiimtasl
to their rights. He further says that he wUI
retrard any attempt of the Federal Iroopa to
pass across Virgina fer Him porpoaa of coercing
{inv Mon them Htale, aa an aot of invasion
! w hieli i* be repelled, lie Is uoi, however,
without hope that the ) resent difllcultiea wIU
And pome oaltaV-'ory solution. Uet New Kug
land and Wes Pro New York be sloughed off aud
a iy tk*Melves Canada.
Mltsipplan’s !•* the
fallowing latter from a minl-tur of the gospel:
Lxt rapof fuavrou ru U*i . -Citisane! -
According to tha preimalion -f tbs *'resident,
j lw day has been mm s*t<le ar a day for •* sting and
prayer In bohalf of the Union.
SJuoe the issuing of said proclamation, tiieAd
* ministration has gone over u> the enemy, and it
Ii iiffdff to hope for Union.
Gird on your armor la*(ead, ami preptre to
meet the enemy. Mur cause It Jwat, e 4 we have
nothing to tear.
The ainilcsot Heaven and the applause ot the
world cannot fail to Mi upon a people struggling
for their right*.
May tied give us brave hearts, and enable as
to do our duty towards “our owu dear sunny
South.”
.1A AIKS THKOUOLD BUMK.It.
J *<**<>■, Tan. 1, 1961.