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■arch 31 . w ts
Kobt. S. Kirch At AVillitiin .tlcLetiiion,
AITORX F. YS AT *I. AW, ;**
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BAItl li A. KIvWlTr,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Trottpville, Loirmhf 00., (!;.
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SATHUs **. 5-|{,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
TUOMASVII.I.F., G KOK( f IA. ,
WILL his entire ntt< ution to t practici* of
La tv, in tile Oinmfiis ;, nf the Southern Circuit. —
Office..jjn the mr of I>. A ]]. Mclj-unV
Wrick building. (jaiitiffiiy
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
XAsiinttJt:. nctiiuuA.
mu, in the^-oHttieH of tho SmtheTH (*ir
enit.and the eoiinties ol J .tth, W irtli ;nut
of .tJi.e M i Mm. ;nul t* 11' *l', dineli Waft
*ftbe ItrunKwiefc Circuits:
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Afloruev iiiid ('oimsi Nor ;il Law.
AND SOLICITOR IX CHANCERY;
I'llOMAfl 11.1. E, CEiiimiA.
WILL practice,-bis pr.,tVs.-imi -iiOtbe Courts’ of
Borh -western |iporjji.t. miiu e)erial]>"in the counties’ I
f Lowndes,d'JunnnK, 1 )• ,\tur ijid linker.
docO—tf
Or. Wli. 11. HAUi,
hi* survives to- v tiie\citi7.ens
of ThumuHville mu! \ iciuii \ kYsideuvo.-tlie Imuim
formerly oeotipied I>\ A. !L Iliinsel!—Office. iu \(
door below. ® ’ ( npr‘J‘2]
bo XAIU Eli S?. IVELIjIAHS.
11A V]\(i bwat etl iu r Tlioiuasvillc* rv-jmctlully ten
ders hiR professional services to lie- citi'Z* t*s ol
Thnni.iKviib* and vu-initv. lle n:a\ 1>• foii•.i al the
office of I) r. S. S. \i’ ■ i !*;*■'. ‘ Jf netl^o)
* f llf/unn. r rut tier.)
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OTTKKS bis Prol'essiiinal services to the citizens of
Thoninsv ille and vicinity. Calls at all la airs
promptly attended to* ■’ . ffebbtf
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ft-S § 0 if 7 •,
TIIOM AS \ I LI/E, G EO,K GI A .
Wly have purehnsed. the Keeidence
°f l>r. 1. .1. Drnce \shere one obits
nl;i \ al\va\N hr t'fiind. Tdiltll I'tiW-
U#ra anand
(’iiiTiiiurs. Bnggirs ;md \\ etrims.
mani faci i heii to oiuh'u.'-'Hy
joriopii tooki:. sot, a c©.,
AT THE, HOUSTON CAHRIAGE FACTORY,
Huustoii Eomilv, Gewi'giii.
wotk fullv guaranfecdV
J monthly] ‘ ISAAC WINTFI,’, Agcqt,’
€. i;. u< Li;.\uox.
LICENSEL) Al CTION ERR.
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’ WILL SELL on every Saturday, and nn'the first
Tuosday in every nipntli, GOODS ot'„every,de
auript&E, entrustud to him for sale,
jnly SK4 7 , , oy
rr v- n is arr ir
General (’<mmiission Merclianl.
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dec? -® ‘ \v ts
Adaniß House.
THIS estnolisbuii iit is now periiin- n r .
nently opened for the. aeeoinmoda
tion of the public, Every convenience Imli’ I.
has been provider! lor boarders and trail-. HIH i(m
eiont customers ; auif tbivprrqirietor flat
tors himself that lie is tiow able to give the utmost
satisfaction G(TDI!,OLD, Proprietor:
Thomasville, On., March 24, 18S7. ts
Land Office.
Hating opened an Office’ in TJiomasville, (la., |
we will buy any Lauds in Southern Georgia, at
■ reasonable prices, or sell Lands fertile owners on
commission. \Ve will also report the value of Lands
•wned by persons at a distance for a fair compenso
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Rout. 8. Brncii, ) * Thoamsvilfe. Gn.
Wm. May 2(i, IR'dl. tint
Bank Agency. -
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Bank of Savannah at tbiielpla.ee, ami is prepar
ed to discount Bills of Exchange, Drafts, A c.;’
and hai for sale Checks oil New York'.
jnly22) EDWARD- REMINGTON./’
” in orr i s;t ii i*uit t ,
Professor of music will give private lessons to the
citieens of Tlromiysville and vicinity upon the I’innrt,
Melndeon, Guitar. Flute. Violin. Itnd Viotnri’cftlio.—
msy be found at netcher Institute (Venn 0 a. tn, to]
12. rianos tuned. . (ociQOpy ft.
poetry.
M ritten for the AViie-Gruss Reporter.
A SCHOOL GIRL IN TROUBLE.
I .want a beau ! I jviuit n beau ;
Altliougli 1 am scarce thirteen
At the very first bid, 1 am sure to go,
If the.biddcr is not too meuk.
I want a heatt I T want a beau!.
These books are alt tiresome stuff,
My-lmnd andniy bcrn-t-;borh~saj“sn.
And l fed that I InireTearniug enough.
I want a betm ! l w ant a beau l
Aml a beau I’m determined to get
While ujy cheeks are all ruddy with girlhood's glow 7
I ‘ , ■ ■ .„ ■
I want a beau .’ I want a beau .’
1 wish the boys knew how I feels—
If they have any pity, they'd pity 1 know,
Unless their poor hearts are all steel.
I want a beau! I want a beau!
Odear! why don't u bean come?
If as earnest as I am, I 1 n >v^
1 would soon have a visit from some,
I w;ant a beau! 1 want a beau !
But the cold hearted things won't budge,
If I were a hey. [ would not do so, ‘
1 would court w ith a perfect si/ltalyc.
I want a betrttsf-.iny...patience uli\ e !
Girls_du \ mi all feel like me ‘
I sorely-wiliilie-rI cfitiroirtUirviye—
For m) tlie troubled sea.
: J want** heairk T-wanMi boa ui~”
M) heart is nil in a flutter - .
My pulse hunts so quick—my tongufTTuns so
I fear 1 am learulngTo stutter.
I want a bcaul I wdnt a beau! r
If l*die with the word half si'okep
I won’t die an old maid—no never—no —no—
Id rather die young and heart-broken.
I want a bean ! 1 want a beau 1
Don't tell me there’s no time lost;
(A K>
. .()hl baeh'lors add maids all talk so
‘till their heads are as wiyte as frost.
Orb ! ceded a Widower—with n hop aud a skip,’
“ I wish she was twenty year-welder,
I'd seize the dark lassie w Mi true Tylei* grip,
And hare to he vetoed nrindd hpr. - ; -
)\\ is (c I (;t nro us.
“HARD TIKES” PARTY.
ITh*’Jackson Jlissmippriw-g-wßß'a
(U'Sciijitim) of a “ lianl times [mil)’ (me id
inijst n<rreertblc of fhd season,” •which uslict
ed iii;iugrati"ii ‘(thy at tliv capital of tbi
iieigliteuiiig- .Sbilc : ‘ - •
The laoiiis w< te Deijiiued-to” dress in cali
co fiti',l w ith a few exceptions the n quest
• was complied w i'li. The. attire of the. gjeti
tleinen'-iras lcunes|THn, and in some instances
they wore russet t'l'lie comptinv
assenrbled at. an eail v hour, ami soon
” The brisk awakening .viol. 11
was heard,-- and the cam pa tty- tniagle 1 in the
merry dance. The . costumes of the ladies
were, witlnfut hecoming-.
Aiiumg the distinguished guests present
was his l-’xcellency 4Jov. .Mcltoa and'ladv,
and lion. A. G. Brotl-n and ladv.
Dancing was kept np until 12 o’clock,
when the company partook of a splendid
eo lation, and again resumed the danc’tyijr.
.which ceased not until the “ woe stna’ hours. ’
“THEY SAY, THEY SAY,” NEVER SAY IT.
r- _ s . ‘■ ■ -
• Towards the close of his remarkable, jifo,
when p’dstrafed by paralysis,Aardli Hurr lav
on a bed of sickness,.-an attendant said to
him :
“Colonel, f wonder now if you- were the
gap Lothario tliev sav von were ?”
The old man tni'Ued-[tis eyes., the lustre of
which vitas und'immed utiil to-vvanls the friend
who made the remark, and lifting his tremb
ling, finger, said iii his quiet, impressive whis
ner, wdfirli still lingers in her ears, and wdiTcTi
■ b'njujlit tears to her eyes, twenty years after
as sue repeated the words:
“Tlfevun-yd t
my child how lung, tire you going to continue
to use those dreadful words ! Those two lit
tle words have done inure harm than all
others. Never use them toy dear. Never
use them!”
AN ODD USE FOR HYMN BOOKS „
A review of .1* viiig’s Life of Washington,
has the following anecdote :
The capitulation of Glia r lest on was a seri
ohg blow to the American cause, buttho {frit,
isli emunmnder tot) rapidly ealculateiTTliat it 1
implied the full subjugation of the SouftiT—
aii ordinary enemy might have been dishear
tened, hut every volunteer in the American
army was an extraordinary nian, and stood to
liis colors with extraordinary tenacity.—
Arifoiig the Irravest .wasTaldwell, the Pres
byterian minister, who was wont in former
years, jo discourse vvihh a pair of pistols oh
liis pulpit cushion, whoift the Tories styl
ed “hlackcdated rebel firebrand,” and the pa
triots “a rousingGdspeL,preacherA’ ilis wife
was murdered at the sack of a village by the
.. Kii*isli t .,owlio;i Knyptmuaen was marauding
the. Jerseys. At. the fight of Springfield,
Galdwell dealt retribution upon liis foes..
“None showed tiidre at due. in fighting than
•Galifwel I,.Chaplain. The iniagcof liis mur
dered wife vvasTl'fbfe hisreyes,* Finding the
men.in wadding, ho gaUoped<'-’fo the
Preshyferian church, and’ brought thence a
quantity of Watts’ psalm ami hymn hooks,
which he distributed lor the purpose, among
the sol die. cs. “Xovv, “cried he, ,put Watts in
to them.boys!’” v 1
Anthony Burns,-+jte fugitive slave, ►whose
recapture in Boston produced such an cxcitrv
ment a Ifew yrgirs-sipee, is now a student in
Hie Fairmount TlicologiesL Seininnry, near
Ginciniiati. JJe lias i,(A.*n Tmtdyiirg a year or
‘seiptlsf at Obeilin. ’ • •* •
THOMASV ILT-.E, (UdOITCH A. DECEMBER .S, 1.H57.
BLAVEHY Ii ANCIENT AND MODERN TIMES.
Tt is a fact, confirmed by dbsei vntion, that
the very r men who cry out. loudest against
slavery, are themselves of dispositions not
the. most mild or philanthropic, and that they
often treat tlieir own servants and operatives
worse than slaves are treated on a Southern
plantation. Os this anon, bnt at present
let us contemplate slavery ns it existed be
fore our own times. The Bible, the most
ancient of books, as well as the best, teach
es tvs that when the -.generations of nica At..
’creased, a malediction was pranouneed upon
Gain, saying. “Cursed bo Cain, a servant
of servants he shall be .unto liis brethren,”
(Get).- ix. 25,) and at tli(J22Cth nnd 2,7 th, ver
sos-of the same chapter, the same language
is used to render tire idea more empatbetic.
We find Abraham had no less than three
hundred and eighteen slaves, (Gen. xiv. 13q
xv. 3; xvii, 25't % xxii. 10.) Slavery was
common among the Jews, i. 0., involuntary
servitude', as captives taken in war, insolvent
debtors, kidnapping descent from a married
slave, sale, Ate. vVc. Slavery existed among
the Egyptians of the nibst oppressive kind,
aud among the, Assyrians and Babylonians.
The Persians were]extensive slave, owners,
and in Greece slavery existed at the zenith
of her renown. In Carthage, and her succss
full rival Rome, masses'of the people were in
,n state of slavery, atid theif, tfeatineijt
in - -many —im.-fatrees cruef. Tn Rome, if a
slave murdered his master the whole house
hold were often put to death. During the
middle ages the the population were
slaves, in all the countries of Europe. Tli,e
jte'rfs of the Saxon period in England, were
bought aiul sold with the land, aud Serf
dom exist from the time of Charlemagne,
till a period subsequent to the crusades inAhe
.Twelfth Century. In Barbary, Tunis, Al
giers, and Turkey, slavery, lias existed for
ages, and the serfs of Russia at present are
pm chased with the lands, as those of the
Saxon period in England. Inmost of cases
slaves were treated with great severity and
littie indulgence. Contrast this state of things
with Stmt hern Institutions, and Ilie result
will show what Christianity and modern
civilization can do to ameliorate .the servile
condition. The slave in the Srtutli, is well
fed, well clad,, and plenteously provided.
ITts temporal and spiritual condition are ear
ed'-fnvaTitMTeTias a physician for soul and
body. ‘J he accounts of his being over-work
ed and taxed bev aid his strength, arc huge
. - 1 t o’ 0...*
ly exaggerated, and often got up hv interes
ted parties witlionf/the sliglltest foundation’
in reality. The African race, ate, in general
’ happy, contented, and satisfied with tlieir.
condition—xvlticit in -many reqiccts is pro
fAi-ahle to that nf opetativos in tlie Cotton
‘factories of England, and the frefe people of
color in this country. Many well-meaning,
. .Rut igUbnmt pe.rsinis du (he AfricanLmiieli
injury by -tlie agitation they get up about
what in no vay concerns them, and.-indeed.
..ever width! meddle in, hut for tlie gratifiea
ti m (if s ‘.fish e'ids, and .--li >w ng forth tlieir
.-'ickjy caprice ami maudlin seutimentally, at
cheap rate.- The world will improve in
time, -and people, leartf, to mind tlieir own
business.. If tiny one, wants to see how
much the condition of colorpd people is im
improved.by fredotn from tsoutliem bonds,
he has nn more to do than to frequent some
of the - African sol tie-incuts-of-l-'hiladulpliia,
ami judge for - himself. Tim same txutlr
abides. . ■ ,
. “Order L lieavetr’k first law, ami tins contest,
. Some ore ami must he orenter thou the restj”
COMFORT FOR LAGER BIER DRINKERS.
1 diger ITier fs TiealtliyiiliiTph/sicians say
Wi; atid more, it has Litreu so proved. Imoiie
til’ thc lager bier manufactories near the Jcity
ahont sunset, a week or two siiiee, a gentle
man, wfio is very fond of the article, indul
ged himself with adook through the premises
add came upon a. large vat, in which lie
found the proprietor of the concern enjoying
aliath. ‘ I'm- henverr's sake, sir, what are
yon doing iti here !’’ said the visitor. “ 1 isli
makin’ mine self veil,” said the bather. “ 1
isli very had mit de scratches, and de (loctur,.
he, say; hops is good for scratches, and so I
puts myself in every day dis tree weeks, and
de scratches is not so pad. In mine gootitiy
vy knows pier isli goot for do skin, ami k
don’t httvtde pier, shust-as goot foi-drink.”—
Our bier lover lias sworn off. He.does not
partake of the-fashionable boverage any
more.—- PhtludtJp/tia l‘apc'i.
BLOWING FROM A GUN.
•tA medical officer of this Presidency, says
The--Bombay Gazette, conspicuous for his
bfiHery .and galhuttry during some of the
late di’sturbancesjg-ives a dlscfiption ofan “ex
( reutivo parole,” which is terrible graphic.
We have sumyscruples about publishing it
tind do so in hope that, as suggest,eiL by the
fyeml who fiitwanled it -to its, it may thus
reach the native public through tire inadiuin
of the vernacular papers) and so be the means
(if doing some good. *
“ This first parade was a horrible sight,
hut the blowing away troin guns is “most ap
palling. Alter the explosion tho grouping
of men’s remains in front of each gun was
vni ij|iis atid irijglitfu 1 One man’s head was
perched upon liis hack, and he was staring
round as if looking for his legs and . amis.
All you see at the time 1b a like’a dus
storitr com posed of sln eds of clothing, burnt
ing muscle, autl frizzing fat, With lumps of
coagulated blood. Here and there a stoni
ach or a liver comes falling down itta stink
ing shower. One wretched fellow slipped
from tho rope by which ho was tied to the
gtyisjust before the-explosion, and Ids arm
n'as lieariy. Set on fire. While hanging in
his agony under the gntqfc sergant applied a
pistol to liis head, and three times the cap.
‘ ‘suapped, the min each time winching from
shefejfcpeetcd;shot. ‘At last a rifle was fired
(into tlie hack of his head, .and the’ blood
poured out of the nose aud mouth like waier
from a briskly handled pump. Ttys was TSr”
most hondble sight of all. I have seen death
in all ita^PrihS,'nevef^anything to equal this
man’s end.”g: . /
MB. HAMILTON'S LETTEB.
To the Mentha* of’ the Senate anti House of
It e/rresentatires of the Legislature, of
South Carolina.
New Orleans, November 1.3, 1857.
Gentlemen :—Since I responded to a
call made upon me by an esteemed friend in
the interior of our State, which .was founded
on an inquiry whether 1 would serve in tho
Senate os the successor of my lamented
friend, the late Judge Buti.hr, my views
have undergone a change so essential, that,
in a given contingency of probable occur
rence, I shall ask you to consider me as nut
of the list of competition for that distinguish
ed honor and high trust. -
What the contingency is, I will now pro
ceed to explain.
Since the appearance of my reply to that
call to which 1 rcfor.a most extraordinary,hut
not unexpected, financial revulsion has oc
curred, (not unexpected to those who looked
beyond the mere surface of things,) which
lias desolated a portion of our country,
spreading havoc and ruin far and wide. I
said that this revulsion was not unexpected
to those who looked beyond tho.mere sur
face of things, because it is tlie natural and
unavoidable result of a radically unsound and
.vicious commercial system, which works
through the instrumentality of a still more
vicious mode of imposing and collecting the
reveti nos of tho c<Hn>ti'y, which Iras iuiiicUul
deep injury on every State, in tlie Union,
and ten thousand curses on the South. Evils
so stupendous in their character,if not speedi
ly terminated, must end in our irrevetablc
ruin.
From what source do they- flow ? More
than seven-tenths of the entire revenue of
this conutry are collected in the city of New
York, through the instrumentality of nr. in
iquitous tariff, which, in the progross of the
last thirty years, tiad led to the accumula
tion and centralization in that city of most of
the circulating capital of the country, which
has gone to augment its riches and to pam
per an inordinate spirit of gigantic and prof
ligate-speculation, which, by its natural re
action, has hroiight on its portion of tlie
country cahpmties which usually attend the
worst reverses of the most desolating wails.-
These results are to be seen at the North in
tlnfuttcr prostration of ail public and private
credit—m the downfall of Alrosa merchant
prices in that proud emporium ; failures tho
uenierotTs to chronicle ; hanks without num
ber, which have been compelled Jo susjiqqiiJ;
thousands of laborers, of both sexes, in a
state of utter destitution, and a horde of des
pera'do'es thronging the different avenues of
the city, threatening violence, for bread, to
person and property, which rather belongs
to a barbarous than civilized, age.
A severe, censor might say, as they havo
brought these evils upon themselves, it is
right they should suffer. But they are not
tlie only sufferers. The. whole country, in a
modified degree, is made to feel these calami
ties. The rotten speculations of New York
in railroad securities,and almost in-cvcry oth
er species of investment,have cost the South
at least thirty millions of dollars in the lust
six weeks,’ in tlie fall in the price of our great
staples of~CQUon, rice, tobacco, sugar and
brendstuft's. (JL’liis sink is Jar below the mark,
but quite enough for my purpose. But far
(he short cotton crop of the last and present
year, sustaThe(i~Tiy itsTihpcriouslnecessity to
.prevent revolution inTlrent Britain—the nat
-11 faL resit ltd f starvation and hunger—this as
tonishingly elastic staple would now be down
to four or five eon’s per pound, to it
may vet go if the Bapk of England, puts a
turn or two more on the screw.
QfcnHl New A oik ha,ve infllcfeal these curs
es Aft the country, but for a centralization of
the wealth of the Southern States, tlldngh
the agencyof an unsound commercial system,
brought and pampered into existence by the
original sin of our accursed tariff ? 1
What, then, is the remedy ? A radical
change in tlie mode oT raising the revenues
of the country, which shall he equivalent to
its necessary and unavoidable expenditures.
You ask how is this to be effected. 1 an-
Hwer by direct taxation, and the abolition of
every custom house from the St. Johns to
the llitf Grande.
The mere statement of a change so! stu
qrendnus, and environed, seemingly, by'such
insuperable difficulties,J.s well calculated to
stagger the strongest and appal the weakest
mind. But this scheme of finance will grow
stronger, the more it is- considered, until at
length it will come recommended to the good
sense and adoption of'every man in our coun
try, excepting tjrpse who may profit by tlie
centralization in New York, and the frauds
of our present system df collection.
If I did. not know that our State, small ns
she is, is the Lacedtemon of this confederacy,
and that she probably has the will to do ns
I know she lias the courage to. attempt, this
great political, financial and social reform. I.
should remain silent, ’under nevertheless, the
deep conviction of the utter ruin of the South,
‘under tlie present system of robbery and
exaction,., liable to perpetpai and rrfoqe --fre
quent •recurrence. .t
Do not suppose, gentlemen, that I have
ih>G well considered and duly estimated the
labors Drecotmqcnd for your adoption. You
will have to look, without faltering, disunion,
or, if it better'suit's the tender feats of other
persons, revolution in tlie face, nlthough 1
believe the change I rccoihuiended is tho on
ly inode of preserving it, by impressing on
our whole fhianeinl system, justice, modera
tion, equal benefits and equal burdens, which
ought alone to ho the aliment and cement of
a confederacy like oiii s. „
Let me, then, avo-w what I believe to be
true, that through this unexpected revulsion
“in our finances (which is a change so fearful
that iu most countries would produce a revo
lution,).'it wilLbe attended with thjp’ blessing
of arousing our people from their lethargy,
and convincing them that the Crisis lias aTriv
ed. and now is the'accepted time Tor action.
I will now endeavor to exhibit the modus
m/terandi Os working out tills great enter
prise.
As some onO State must make a beginning,
Htnow no* State, from the intelligence and
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courage of her people, better quallified to be
. the pioneer of this great movement, than our
. own, .
- U I wero one of the Representatives iu
tlie Congress of the Upff&d States. I should
tertainly feel grist! “priile in carrying out lier
public sentiment in this parttcubuy with an
industry nothing should relax, and a zeal
nothing should damp.
1 should commence by offering to tlie Sen
ate or House, to whichever body I might be
long, a series of resolutions which should
open tip and eviscerate tho history of Thtrfß
nanciul system of the. United States, from
the adoption of the Federal Constitution to
tlie present time.
I would be able to slioiy that our system
of collection by customs is the most stupen
dous system of deception and injustice ever
invented by man ; in short, it is nothing
more or less than a system of clandestine and
insidious robbery—that it is cnleuluted to
build up such a state of things as now ox
ist in ttie city of New York, with its porten
tous catastrophe, and to impoverish such a
country as tho South.
1 would show that it lias added five hun
dred millions, at an estimate far below tho
truth, tn the wealth of the commercial and
manufacturing cities of the North, and sub
tracted and abstracted about ns much move
from the resources of the agricultural States
of the, South.
I UAuld sliow tliat the system of TTlrcct
taxation is the fairest, tire most equal and
least onerous, on earth ; that it throws its
burdens on thoso best calculated to bear
them, and its minimum weight on those least
able to sustain the former.
The system can be arranged so as to ex
clude all domiciliary inquisition in a form of
great simplicity, without vexation or hard
ship; and for about one third of the taxes
we now pay through the Custom House, we
shall raise revenue enough to pay all tho
iust expenses of tho Government. Tho sys
tem itself will lead to moderation atid econo
my in the public expenditures, ami arrest
waste,corruption and extravagance. Indeed,
the taxes may he so arranged as tp he im
posed and collected with tho simplicity and
facility witli which the State'Taxes are col
lected .'and paid. It will, of course, arrest
the., career of a Government of Oriental
magoi li.ee.uc.e, and auhst : tute a plain Republi
can polity, full of high moral power, hut not
Swollen and debilitated by hi an ted corruption.
The Public Lands might he reserved sacred
as a fund for the purposes of edueatTon", anti
the suppoit of the Army and Navy.
But what would recommend such as vstem
of finance to our favor, will be that “ Direct
Taxation” would lead to “Direct Trade"—
that great and long desired blessing of South
ern aspiration, .which when*.accomplished,
will he attended by a gush of prosperity the
South has never ftalowfi. ft*
1 would show that, we have submitted to
these evils for nearly half a century, from a
mistaken attachment to the-. Union of these
States, which has at last,fortunately, ceased,
from the conjoint operation of exaction and
fanaticism, aud is regarded now by all men
of sense as nothing hut as a degrading su
perstition, when it tolerates injustice, spoli
ation and abuse.
With these financial .objects I would en
deavor to connect the consummation of some
effective guarantees in regard to our pecu
liar institutions—at * least, that the. Hall of
Gongress should be exempt from the perpet
ual agitation of the slave question, aud that
the menfbers of the South, without resorting
to tho hludgen, should he protected front vul
gar insolence'and unscrupulous slander.
ITS regard your.Refere
sciitative, whether Kansas”with a pro-sla
very Constitution is denied admission into
this Union, or is cheated out of her right,
should, in either event, he prepared for effec
tive action suitable tn either emergency.
I ought now to say to you, in peifect fair
ness and candor, that I have no idea that
tho resolutions providing for “the.several fi
nancial-obje'ets iii-this letter will tie carried,
hut, discussed with ability and amplitude,
they, wiil diffusc so much information that
the South will he prepared for action, if the
N-orfli is not prepared for justice. After the
vote has been rendered, iu either House to
which your Representative rnny belong, he.
should, consequent on our defeat, endeavor
with untiring exertion, to unite the Southern
Delegations in a vigorous and'well concert*
ed effort, to present fiiirjy to tho Northern
States the fact,-that it is impossible for ns to
live any longer mider a Government which
collects'it” revenues under a scheme of taxa
tion so oppressively unequal as tho imports
at the Gustom House nrc, and would be, if
Continued, ‘if this demand be denied, res
pectfully, cordially, and fraternally made,
we have nothing to do, after earnest protest
and exhortation, But to assemble in conven
. tion and draw thc-line of separation—a point
to which the North would not like to see us
travel, for she is too intullegeiTt not’to
e’eive that the Union is worth more tonher
than a corrupt and insidious inode of taxing
us. (Suppose they should endeavor to sus
tain injustice by coercion L TbfcY*t‘ think,
would be-rather a bootless-game, for then) so
play. Thcrfe docs-not exist on-earth, physi
cally, a more powerful military people than
the people of the South, in till, the essential
elements that inhke soldiers, and good ones.
The very educational training of our sons
■leads to such a result. There is no Tpiirrel,
however small, locked iu the umbrageous
concealment in tire.top of (lie loftiest pine,
who is safe from tlie rifle of our youth. There
is no wilp horse of the prairie they cannot
tame into submission by mounting on his
back, and even giving him Ids own reins.
•) ilow wouid.it be w(til the great sinews of
war? , What is the South worth l Her ag
gregate income is littlo shoit ot three hun
dred and fifty millions of dollars, counting
what is used for domestic consumption and
export. Her exports nmoufit to at least two
i hundred pillions,domestic aud foreign. She
could-support a fixed standing aupy of one
hundred thousand men for less than one half nt
, the tribute shepays to the North uuder the
present import system. That sir*—could
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misc, equip and keep in tho field an army of
five hundred thousand men, to meet any ex*
traord inary exigency. I think may fe* J®.
monstrated by tho most irrefutable fiwa.__
But lot me pDrxue lbis painful subject no
further. May Gtd, in his mercy, avert ah
necessity for raising such terrible instruments
of human vengeance ! - -
* It may Be next asked.: Suppose the other
Southern States -should refuse to join the
league for overthrowing the present impost
system, and securing effective guarantees
against further slavery agitation, will yon
advocate the separate action of Sooth Caro
lina 1
This is a momentous question, the solution
>f which I am not disposed to sntici|ft
When the exigency arises, it will be time
enough for tiro discussion. .
Having, in great haste, glanced at the
topics comprehended in this great qaestlon.
in which South Carolina may do herself im
mortal honor if she wills it, I trnst I may be
permitted to say a low words in relation to
myself without an offensive felf love.
I, therefore, beg leave distinctly to avow,
that 1 havo no desire to go to the Senate of
.the Uuitcd .States, except on a mission of
high and effective service. If you will sanc
tion my moving, by my electioh, in a direc
tion. if possible, to overthrow the present
revenue system, with all iu revolting inci
donts, I will scrvc„yoti. with uncompromising
fidelity and zdhl. But if yon are dispose!
to ho acquiescent and submissive to the pres
ent state of things, I must decline the honor
of being your Senatorial ‘ Representative.—
L’rivate life will be far more in accordance
with my inclinations, pride and taste. If,
however, you should elect me under this dec
laration, I shall concoive that 1 have your
warrant tor moving, and I will move with the
unfaltering step of the triumphal action of
our State iu 1852. We “scotched the
snake” then; we will kill him aw.
Gentlemen, I do not feci myself entirely
unworthy of ypurbonfidcncc, if the testimo
ny of one of the best, and, in my belief, ta
king him “for all in all,” the greatest roan
South Carolina ever produced, is of *uf
worth.
In tlie session in which Mr. Calhoun died,
I was at Washington, and for six weeks pre
ceding his decease I was the constant com
panion of his sick bed. Instead of seeking
The hospitality of the Metropolis, every even
ing of my life I sought the instructive con
solations of the conversation of my great
friend. Athough sinking hour by hour, his
cheerfulness as little deserted him as his ten
derness and affection to his friends. Ilia
great intellect, like the great luminary of the
world, seemed to shine with a mild, yet more
perfect radiance, as it was about to dip be
yond the horizon forever. We wero gener
ally alone, and at an hour just before sunset,
wihcfi prevented the intrusion of other visi
tors, to whom ho generally denied himself.—
His conversation had an indescribable inter
est, alid was imbued with the charm of ten
derness and charity to others of unspeakable
heaaty.
These conversations, when he spoke of
tlie Bonth, were mournful and melancholy in
tlie extreme. He foretold the point we bad
reached. The portentous augmentation of
the slavery excitement, the increase of ex
travagance and corruption, the centralization
of tlie wealth and commerce of the country
in one capital — an accumulation which would
lead to-the most frightful revulsion—ail of
which'would drive the South out the Con
federacy, if the evil was not speedily arrest
ed.
. 1 none of these conversations, laying hit
Land upon my arm, lie laid : “My friend,
you must return to the public service of ©or
State, to carry out my principles and unfin
ished labor. A great crisis will come when
her interests and your reputation will demand
it.” I must stop. A sense of delicacy and
propriety prevents my going any further with
tliese.disclosures. Tlie reasons of his pref
erence of myself arc locked in my own bos
om. To recollect them seems “to recover a
part 5f the forgott >n value of existence.”—
In the hourj>f adverse fortune, sweet will
ho their odor, sweet tlie balm of their conso
lation ! August Spirit, at the foot of the
throne of the Al mighty i Look down fro©
that footstool, where you look undazzled at
the glories of your God, and bless the State,
which in life you served with so much honor.
r*ok down, too/with tenderness on your
weak, humble aud suffering friend, who bo
lievcs the crisis has come when he might
obey your high commands. He -comes ready
to peril all of life and honor on the issue, if
, others will it so. 3lighty Spirit! nil hail.
’ and farewell! . ■ ■■*
Gentlemen: I feel how deep an apology
1 owe you for this secwing exhibition of
vauity and self love. Pardon me if I cling
. to this testimony with tlie tenacity of life.—*
I’reffiftUs of the past, are these memories—
. melancholy aud grateful to the goal.
N-Qeuttemcn, I have done. Unknown, ex
cept to a few of your members. I feel all the
■ embarrassments and diffidence of a stranger
in approaching you. When I, with my con*
, federates, were on the stage of public life in
i South Carolina, you were comparatively
• hoys. Now, fresh from the classic diatine
i tion of the University, you know more es
I the heroes of the Trojan war than of the men
of IBa2. Oblivion is the destiny of ail human
. tilings. BA it so'.
In conclusion, I desire to speak with all
the emphasis of which our language is sus
ceptible. If you mean, in this crisis, action,
redress and resistance, I am willing, if you
desire it, to serve you. But if you are pre
pared to float down the current of submiss
ion on the surface, like Jhat stream which
glides with a sluggard pace “ by tlie fat weed
that grows on the I-etbe's wharf,” then. lam
not pour man. One hour in the bosom of
: iny own family would be worth an age in
even tho gorgeous and fretted colonnades of
• South Carolina in wrongs, which, with eoar- “
> ago and forecast, she could fling off like
> •’ dew drops from the lions mane.”
I Wirh pr ifnunU and respectful contideru
; tion, your fellow countryman. “
. John Hamilton.