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V *; W - ~-7. ’V KeLAA- “ o, , _ iM, S T ‘.fa .'-I @!)c wire #raoo Kcpovtcr. VOLUME I. .PUBLISHKI) TUESDAY MORNINGS, BY LOVE cfc HAT.T.. ’ rlcrFK K - LOVI% j <riI,UAM 11. 11A1.i.. PETIiJc K. LOVE, Editor. * TE RMS : # • ~ Th \Vin r.-Grass RET'OItTEtt i piililishcil Week ly lit Two Dollars pVP*UiiiiUni, in eulrttnre.. All orders for the Reporter, to receive attention innstbe sccoinpanied vvitlj't!ie.tu()n('y. Subscribers wishinc the direction of tlieir changed, will notify us from what-oflice it is to be transferred. The foregoing terms will be strictly observed. Am v euti sEMeNTS eoiispieiiously inserted at Oiu> T>dlar per sijunnr for the first, and Fit)’ Cents ho each subsequent, .insertion. Those-sent without a specification of the uuiuß-itsfinsertions, will lie pub lisbd.l until ordered out. and climbed a coord i ugly. Sales of Band and Nceroes, by Administrators, Kseoutors, or Guardians, are requited Ity law frrslje bold on tho first Tuesday in'the immtli, between th'c boars of ten in the for.enom and three in the after tisos, at the t'ourt bouse.in the coiiufy in wl.ietKtbe property is situate. Notices of these sales must fie gWen in a politic gazette forty days previous to the day of sale. Notices for the sale of Persona! Property, must be gi*on at least TEN days previous to the day of sale. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an Kstate must bo published forty days. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must bo published weekly for two months. CITATIONS for I letters of Administration, must be published lliirhj thttjs —for Dismission from Adminis tration, monthly tor sir mouths —for Dismission from ftaardianship./e it if (hips. - . ■ftir.ES sot Foreclosure of Afrifti'iTgC Jiinst be'pnb lishad month! p forfoitr months —for establishing lost papers, for the full spore of three months —for Compel ling titles from F.xeeiitofs or Admiiiisfvators, \\ lien a bond has been givlm by the deceased, the full sport ms three months. ~’r - .* Publications will always be continued according tt t these requirements, unless utberwisg ordered. All business in the line of Printing will meet vrith prompt attention at the III.eoHTr.Ii OFFICE. Bli. Ml 1 ... 1 ( Lit in i mil.) HARRIS & HARRIS. Ivsasox L. Harris, I Charles .J: Harris, Milledgevillc, (fa. f Tliomnsyille, .(fa. ■arch 31 . w ts Kobt. S. Kirch At AVillitiin .tlcLetiiion, AITORX F. YS AT *I. AW, ;** fnnMAsi ju. e. ri:oia;ia •octlr It* wey BAItl li A. KIvWlTr, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Trottpville, Loirmhf 00., (!;. *ept K ~~ vv ts 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 !•:. Cs iORGA#j 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: Flat (’r*M*h. iLi . O t 7 . ts .1. ai. i,g y g'.'sa uas, 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.) I. S. ROW Ills, ,18. E>.. OTTKKS bis Prol'essiiinal services to the citizens of Thoninsv ille and vicinity. Calls at all la airs promptly attended to* ■’ . ffebbtf f>rs. R. It, A 15. O. AItXOLBL 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. nioMAsni.Ei :, <;i:oikiia. ’ 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. Fool of Monk Street lit i/nsir/ck, (id. j 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 #•. milieu a McLendon, Rout. 8. Brncii, ) * Thoamsvilfe. Gn. Wm. May 2(i, IR'dl. tint Bank Agency. - THE subscriber has been appointed Agent for tin* 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 —i—TO—nuM i MM—ay— mammmmmmmmmmmMm 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 N” V MB KR 13. 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.