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From the A Vie Orl‘am Picinpmr.
FROM THE COAS T OF CUBA.
P'crilous situation of the Spanish man
o 1 war Steamer Colon — (Jitexampletl
tneannestol the Commander of a Span
ish man-of war. — Bv ilie arrival ai Mo
bile on Friday last of t lie schooner ftn
sine. Capl. Locke, we team the following
particulars ol (lie perilous situation in
wliic li tlie Spanish war strainer Colon was
recently found near Cape S in Antonin,
llie western point of the Island n| Culm.’
Capi. Locke states that lie left the Is
land ol Bn nan, on ilie Honduras coast,
on the 22 I nit., bound for S,H annah with
a load of Cocoa Nuts, frosts, Sl*\, arid
that the 26tli, when ne;ir the Colorado
reels oil’Cape San Antonio, he describ
ed a steamer fas*, upon the reefs, with a
signal of distress flying. He :u once bore
for the vessel, and on corning alongside
found her to he the Spanish war steanter
Colon hard and fast, leaking b nifty near
ly full nf water, and with little h >pe of
being saved. Her capt ain had even give
op all thought of getting her oft", or of
saving her armament. C'apt. L. went
immediately to work, and alter three or
four days of incessant labor succeeded in
landing not only tiie ermaineiit and am
munition of t|ie Colon, lint her provisions,
it seems that she hii been looking in
close to the shore in search ol Cohan ins
vaders, and wliiie th is engaged had got!
on the reef.
On the fourth day the Spatiish waj
steamer Pi/.arro, consort of the Colon,
catne op; but after several fruitless at
tempts was imalde to g( t her olf. C'apt.
Locke then set himself to work lamluic
her coal, mid tins accompli.lied, the Pi’
7.arm succeeded in hauling her oft’ tin
reef. Although leaking ip the rate ol
tour inches an hour, tiller getting afloat
her largi crew were enabled to keep; hei
free.
After this, the Piznrro went inside of
the reef, and look on board tile ai aurment,
coal, Lie., landed by Copt. Locke ; but
Lit was now found that she was also a
iWroiiiid, in consequence of being loaded
lOoJieavily atul ber cumnnuder as com
pelled to call upon the C.qjt. of the Ro
aine t* lighten ‘i’tiis occupied
nnu|kM*td'ufyv -•*.king fi"drt}'s in
all that Copt Locke had been at work in
relieving (lie two vessels, That lit* sav
e,l t!ie Colon, if the fact narrated be trn**,
there cannot be a <loubt, and we no rea*
•on to question a single word that has
been told In ns.
After b >tli tbe Spanish stearrtPrs were
alloat, tviili all their arinuniciit, provi
sions, coal &e., on board, tlie commander
ol the Colon sent lor Copt. Lot kte to com
pensate him fur his services. After a few
words, the Spanish officer asked Capt. L.
what he thought would lie a fair jit ice to
him, and on being told that twenty-fit *
ihonsand dollars would be no more than
a fair salvage, the Spaniard offered him
five hundred. This pitiful sum Copt. L.
of course refused, when the commander
ol the Colon, alter staling, hat Ins Gov,
eminent would not pay any more, offer
ed him two handled dollars in addition oii|
■ol his own pocket, ’lbis was also relus-
Jhl, und Capt. li. coolly pulling on Ins I
“hat, withdrew 10 his scljonuer, and as l.e j
was blunt of water put up for Mobile,!
where, as has been already staled, hears!
rived on Friday last.
Such are the particulars of this nflair,
ns we have them from good reliable au
thority. We lurthcr learn that Captain!
Locke, under the advice of an agent of
the undertv l iters at Mobile, lias bad a foil
statement made out ami sent to Mr. Web
ster, Secretary of State, at Washington.
The Colon was built in England, we lie- i
lit'vc, and especially lor the Spanish Gov-i
eminent, Her cost, wit li her armament, :
tvas over $u00,900, and, as she is not
two years old, she may hfc said to be still
us good as new. We believe that tuen
ty-tive per cent, is the lowe-t salvage ev
er awarded, and even admiiing tlie vest
sel was not w nth over $200,000, the
captain od the Kusine, accoiding to the
laws o.P customs of all nations, would he
entitled to $50,000, so that Ids demand
upon the Spanish captain was extremely
moderate. The latter was undoubtedly
anxious that bis Government should be
let off a* cheaply as possible, in order to
cover his own misfortune An getlihg the
Colon ashore.
TENNESSEE AND GEORGIA.
The reason why a Constitution il Union
paitv has not been formed in is,
because nine tenths ol belli ol the oid parlies
are Consiiluiion.il Union men, who will act
with the National Constitutional Union for
ty against tile disunionisU of the South, mid
the abolitionists of the Not tli. The present
-ontesl in that State is a mere State election,
ohg nothing national in the organization
both pa,side, unless it is the unanimity of
Compromise their resolution to support the
Advocate tlioriftpureS ol Congress. file ;
•elf-styled Southern that (here is no j
see— in Tenues- j
of Constitutional Union rae ‘^ i,s * oei ' ,liH ” j
cannot muster a corporal’s U rd .^f cssu, “
1 ennessee boys. ° Umc .| M j
We give below an extran r
in relation to the political history of a gen
tleman who we at One time greatly admired
las an American statesman. It speaks lor it-
I self: [ Fin Union.
‘The ahuliiiiiiiists of the North desire a
[a dissolution of the Union because, the Com
I stimtiou of tlie Uriited States is a barrier to
• their schemes of emancipation; Hnd,>inco
the days nf Nullification, ambitious men of
j the South have desired a dissolution ol the
! Union, because, by this course in reference
j to the questions of that period, they forfeited
j till prospects of attaining the highest offices
lof die Union. 1 have no desire to'do iiijiis
’ iicc to the living or tho dead ; bnf l ‘must
speak m\ Opinions. Let them pass for what
1 diev nro'worth. It is my opinion that the
lute distinguished Senator of- .South Carolina
(Mr. Calhoun) was from the first day that lie
entered public life to the day of death, mor
bidly ambitions to reach the Presidency ofthe
United Stales ; and litis las t is line key which
opens to a lull comprehension of his public
lilo. Though gifted with genius in mi extra
ordinary cleg I ee, in my opinion bo was a mo
nomaniac in all tliai related to his aspirin ions
to tin- ft residency, and bis whole public life
bad reference to that predominant and con
trolling aspiration. I believe lie was holiest
and sincere, for the lime tu- ieg, in the opin
ions which lie espres'u-il and the policy lie ad
vocated. Like niost other aspitants to the
[Residency, lie believed that in be h-si for
iiis country - w hich tended most to make him
its President. When by Ids quarrel with
Ceqeral Jackson be brought down upon jiim..
Sell ifio crushing pjjlltlmity of that great la ’
voritc- of the people with sot’l.jairce as to coni
tile.i-l v alight |ii.s prospects tor the Presiu. n
cy,lo.i> intensely ambitions to despair ol bis ob
ject, he determined, as a last forlorn hope, to
make -one iniglnv ett- t to unite and rally
and eoeceiilrate the sLveln, fling States up
on some issur: purely sectional in its cn.;r..c...
icr. Nullification, resistance to the rev* .me
laws of the Government, was the fust plan
which this purpose assumed. The. rest)! 1 of
this lit-11 xjieriun ut wtc- extremely disastrous
to bis hopes. It hrmiffia a deeper gloom
over Itts prospects, and plunged him deeper
mm despair, Hot lie was a matt that never
despaired. He determined to scire the ques
tion of negro stealing lit the Southern States
| that question which almost prevented the
iormtuoo of die Union—and make ii the
jnynns of exciting, influencing, and uniting
Mutes in a sectional furor, of
which Ini i’htiiuueJ to be tho ‘ head and from;’
andlhds he expiijiJ to command the sop
port, as allies, el a sufficient iitoil*r ol North
eri) Stales to become the proLdeiit ol the
United States. If be could
plisltcd this object. Ids ambition would kwvej
lice:, satisfied, and 1 believe be would have
been an excellent Union man, and one of the
bi t Presidents that ever held that high office.
I think lie would have chosen to he the Pres,
ideal of the United -states if he could ; hut I
think his alternate, was to bo the President
of a Southern Confederacy. And ho was,
in my opinion, a Uniotfor Disunion man, as,
iu his estimation, his hopes and prospects rose
oi sunk in reference to those objects.
Gentlemen, though yet a young man, hy
the favor ofthe people 1 have teen lorn con
sider able period of time n member of Cuii-
| gtess of ihe United States, and, though
! quiet member, 1 think I have not been ao
I unobservant one. 1 think 1 have observed.,
j ami studied with some success, the public
, mOh of the country; and l know that me
! distinguished Senator to whom I un> refer
line loss labored for leu y ears past, with
ail the address and talent which belonged to
! hint, to impress the conviction upon the
minds of Southern members ot Congress that
lllti Soutlu.uti Stales possessed within them
| selves all llm elements of u great and power
ful republic; and lli.il, separated from the
1 Northern States, they would become one of
I die most prosperous and powerful hutitW*,*!’
j die earth, / ;
A short time after the election of General
j Taylor to the Presidency, a meeting of the
Soulliein menibeis ol Congress was cubed,
|l 1) teikt* into consideration the dangers, linn
! menaced es as connected With tile questions
! mixing out of tin: acquisition of Territory
hum Mexico. Opposed to all movements
md organizations ol a.pointy setiiomd char
acter, t i closed to attend the meeting. Hut,
; though absent,’ Governor MetCitflo, of K: n
turky, who presided on the occasion, appoin
ted me mum of a committed of u hicli Mr. ©till.
; huilti was Chairman, which Was t longed with
tin: duty of preparing an address to Iho coon.,
try. i attended thu meetings ol that com ,
mntee. The i naraetei ol tin* address, prt -
pned by Mr. Calhoun and submitted to the
i tuliiiiiillt e, as well as other developments,
I sirongilieiied and coufnnied my ptevimis
: conviction tiial the lininii would presently
bu a. sunlled by a formidable and w ide-spread
ito g a niz i lion. Tilt: address, a tier being con
jsidtrably mollified, was finally signed by
i ni.inv Southern members of Congress, and
; published to llm country. The legislative
proceedings of South Carolina, Mississippi,
j and Georgia, pioviding hy law for Stole
Conventions—the Nashville Convention, with
j ii s ‘ iirginm nt lot disunion’ mid its recoin
, tin mlalion ofiho election of a Congress com-
I pooul exclusively of members ft out slaveliold
j mg Stales —were the imtural mid legitimate
! offspring of the address to vvhic,i I reler. It
J was witii feelings of homiliated pride, us a
I Tenm-sseim, that I, read in the Charleston
newspaper Mr. Rhelt’s oflensive boast, in n
is,,, cell which lie nude reporting to Mouth
Carolina tin: effects of the Nashville Con
vention, that Tennessee wheeled into linn in
! two days! Wheeled into wl.at line? Luo
die lino of Rebellion and'Rreasun ? Disit
! moil and Civil War ? 1 deny il. TVnnes
| see has not taken and will not take position
| iii any such linn. Teont-sset’ was not in the
’ Convention. True, there were in that Con
veri'ion respectable and distinguished citi
zens of llm State, but a sufficient number of
Die people dik not co operate in sending them
! to impart to them the character of rep
r,,,<,n’ dves. They were essentially volun
tcers. Doubtless there were patriotic.citizens
iii that Convention, vvlio were as
to the final result aimed jgl>Mte clTOaeons.
Bat this re mark, cnimit to distinguish
ed public men ul thasiay, and conspicuously
_,-d in public aifiiis. Such diameters
as these must iffve known into wlia! line thev
ivew nWlffvhcdled ; and they must not be.
twitted to shrink ‘from the responsibility
which they have cuutled. The loyal and
Union-loving people’ of Tennessee, Whigs 1
and Demociais, must not permit tiie honors
of tin* State to be conferred upon them.—
- Whatever casualties may befall the Whigs in
the next election, they will at least have pow
er enough in tho legislature to prevent such
; a result ; and hope the purpose will be uni
versal among tire in not to o'onfei the honors
of the State upon any who have been in guil
ty dalliance with the harlot ol Disunion. No
explanatory cards, -nor ambiguous speeches,
m ade and published after the Convention had
adjourned and dispersed, can obtain absolu
tion for them. Tennessee must stamp her
disapprobation Upon them, in characters us |
iudellible as those with which God imprinted j
his curse upon Cain.’
The Snake Still Alive. — The Atlas of j
Monigomea \, \!a. conies to us re-christened
j wit li the additional name of tilts ‘Secession
Banner.’ The flag is ntifulred to the winds,
and the docit ine openly avowed that our Sis
j ter Stale bovond the Chattahoochee shall go
- out ofthtj Union. This is brave talk: but
■.vo take it for granted that the editor there,
like some of bis co-laborers in tins section,
will soon be compelled to acknowledge rival
, bis leaders are nut with him in his madness.
The * Secession Batmei ! Just think oi it.
In this enlighten* and ace, in a State like Ala
bama, rich m all the productions 61 the finest
: soil in tile Smith, her people living under the
- best gbvt i mneiit on earth, not one ol whom 1
would exchmigo it for the poverty anjjtlhisi!-
cy of any other, and yet they ate,told to wil
fully and deliberately all, and go
off in search* (if a pour, contemptible, feeblm
separate existence. Whyt would become or
j them ? Some of het distinguished citizens
i suppose that f n gland would take them tin..
! der !.r■ t ir11111).■ tly protection, This would be
: a beautiful suite’ of things. We tire Geur-
I gla'iis and live ill a stone's throw of Alabama,
1 know a large portion of her citizens; hot con
fess we do not know one of them, and have
no desire to know one who prefers the pro
! lection of Luglatid to ilie Government under
which we in cuintnun live. Is there a sin
! glo omi.
in connection with the subject we de
sire to allude to the same idea suggested
recently by Mr. Seabnmli, late Governor
ol"South Carolina. lie thinks that his
State has a right to secede, and if the gov
■emmtfcnUttll. tltiss-tiviJAU:v aucmins to tr>-
lorce the las% conflict will lal^ ; h*ce
with England. Tliai motherly country
it seettis, is in j'rolect South Cttrolina as
well as Alabama. Is this the dependence
of tiie seceders ? ‘Do they intend to
throw off the government of iliis country,
break up the union and look to Eng
land foi succor and safety ? in live lan
guage ofthe clown we are induced to ex
claim, * Mississippi Catfish!’ Who did
E gland ever protect? What people
ever tell beneath her lion's paw without
being crushed anil destroyed ? Go to
the withered fields of irehnid, nud ask
her perishing population ; go to the pro
vinces ol plundered India, and visit the
down-trodden people there. Their an
swer will be the same. And yet a nation ;
that lias oppressed every body else, is loj
step in now at this late day and shield the j
freemen of this country Iroin the wither
ing power in this Republican Govern- j
meat ! Tell it not in Cunrleston, publish
it not in the streets of Montgomery.
Cvfunius Enquirer,
Wc are indebted to the Watertown (N.
G.) News, lor the following advertisement
which was posted up it) a tavern in New
bern, while the legislature was in stssi in
at that place. Mine host, it seems, was
an honest well meaning fellow, who hail
conceived the idea that the members were
the very salt of the earth, and had listen
ed to the complaints of certain ol them
relative to the doings of a few wilder
ehareeters, who did not belong to their
fraternity. Here is the notice which he
posted in the most conspicuous place in
the house,
•Look Here! —The follow ing rules of
order will herealler be observed in this
Hotel: —Members <d the assembly will go
to the table first and the gentlemen aller
wurtTs.’
Alter reading it over he did not ex
actly like it*. It uian’t say anything about
.rowdies and blackguards, so to caution
them pariiitilar.y he a titled:
•ivtUit lima, rowdies and blackguards
will please not mix with the Members, as
il is uard to tell one from the other.’
I St. Jago Dii Cuba, May 7,1851.
A number, of arrests have been made
at St. Jago de Cuba. Papers were taken
which.discovered a plot to commence an
insurrection while on the grand parade,
and the insurgents bad taken to,
capture the It ad quarters of the city and
to scciiie the Inndintt ol Garibaldi, with
3000 men. At (lie same time Lopez
would have affected bis landing in some
pan of Havana. The Judge alter hav
ing concl ded the proceedings sentenced
to de ill) lour, and to perpetual punish
ment three of the principal officers; and
to ten years hard labor a sergt. of the gar
rison and two privates. The traitor who
betrayed them was released. This sen
tence has been approved by the Captain
General at Havana. —Sar Netrx.
THE SOUTH-WEST GEORGIAN.
A. C. SCOTT, EDITOR.
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OGLETHORPE.
THURSDAY, MAY 29. 18.51.
Agents fovtlic Soiilji-West Georgian
Spencer Caldwell,” Foss Gaines, Ga
Jeter A. Ilouua, luarmrnpicus, do.
J. P. Gaui.den, liainbridgedu.
Col. Wm. T. Perains, Cuthbert, etp.
(!. Caritiiers, Esq. Cpt/ibert, drfm
Gilbert M. Stokes, Slade, Let co. do.
Dr. Wm. fll. Stokes, Dooly co. do.
M. L. IbiLMA.N, lironksvillf., Stew'rt do.
A. A. Blakely, Griffin, Pike co. do.
John W. Griffin, Griffin, do.
J. TANARUS, May, Erajicisei/le, do.
We call the attention of the traveling pulfl
lie to the advertisement of S. S. BooneJw
nnothet column. Mr. Boone keepsungpe
cellent public house.
Mr. C. F. Sheliane, the celehAfed Uni
versalis:, will be in this place ALftTu st Tues
day night aftet the fust Sutßfy in June,
which is next Tuesday night, and will, du
ring Ids stay if ihoindyexpedient, speak
two or three limes.
(t/ = ‘ Tiie opemayP’ the South Western
Rail-Roatl tojfort Valley will be celebrated
atW|) on the 31st inst.
11 We saw, tho other day, a specinten of
lime, burned within a mile of this place. It
was as fine ns any lime we have ever seen.
It was discovered on the premises of -Mr.
Armstrong, by John Harris who is now ma
king preparations to manufacture several
thou<and bushels. This is a valuable addition
to the many facilities for building in Ogle
tlvorpe.
(t/’Wc would call attention to the adver
tisement announcing the “Pavilion House”
for sale, which may be found in another col
umn. It is a large and well finished house*
situated near the Depot, on the corner of
Macon and Crescent Sts. It is an excellent
stand for any one who desires to keep Hotel
on a large scale.
in the “Southern Democrat,”
that the editor commences a big boo lioo
ver some remarks made about South Car
olina, which appeared in the Georgian some
vveeks to the secession of
that State from tha Union, and the Charles
ton Convention. It is true we said some
thing in relation tc the Convention, only to
convey the idea that its action might he con
sidered indicative of the course South Car
olina would pursue in that matter. It was
well known to us and we suppose to every
one who reads, that the action of that con
vention would not be final, and if we are not
mistaken, the Legislature of South Carolina
authorised the convention to be held and ap
pointed a lime for that especial purpose.
One would suppose the action of that Con
vention would have a great deal to do with
the final action State, from the Address, and
the high standing of those gentlemen who
composed it. In the address, may be found
the following:
“But we find ourselves forced to consider
the ulterior question, what we are to do, if
we find that there is no reasonable hope for
the co-operation of any other Southern
States in any effectual plan of rcli-f, and the
alternative is presented to us of submitting
or acting by ourselves. And reluctant as
we ate to seperute ourselves from our natural
allies, we have made up our minds we
cannot submit.
“We know that South Carolina entered
this confederacy as a sovereign and indepen
dent Slate, and that having been wronged,
she has a perfect right to withdraw from it,
her sons must exercise that right and meet
the consequences. If no other State will
join us in relieving ourselves from the wrongs
already inflicted we see no hope in waiting
for new outrages to arouse a higher spirit of
resistance.”
If such sentiments as these come from men
who have been chosen from each district in
the State, what can be expected but seces
sion. We see further that thu Hon. J. L.
Oir nfiWed the following resolution with the
minOcßy report, which was rejected:
“ Resolved , that, feeling entire confidence
in the constitutional organs of onr Slate
Govet nmem and the wisdom and fidelity of
l the convention elected under the act passed
jat the Legislature, we are perfectly willing
i to leave to them the mode and measures of
i redress for the wrong* we have suffered from
the Federal Government as well as the time
of its application and without indicating or
suggesting the course it behooves them to
pursue. We hereby pledge ourselves to
abide by their action, whether the same shall
be for secession from the Union, with or
without the co-operation of other Southern
.States.”
It appears that the Convention met, at
Charleston, to lay down a platform for the
Southern Rights party, based upon seccssi ort
and the course pursued when the resolutions
of Mr. Orr were introduced it seems that
the Constitutional Convention was to .be
denied the right of action.
We ato aware that the Charleston Con
vention lias no legal authority to declare
that any thing shall be done or not done,
although, (lie sovreign people have a right
meet in Convention at any lime and*ex
press their views on any subject. gM
What was the object of the CbaHJßp”
Convention? Did it assemble for
will its action have no influence aHßP'peo
ple of that State?
district, its most some of
them too the strongest atßUftfes of secession?
It must have been and no
doubt will influen&Hfee people.
We tire of pIMHR that the majority fpport
and resdWTopT'f the Convention will be
to by the approaching con-
and also by the Legislature when it
assembles.
The State Rail-Road. —We have de
precated more than once the sale of this pub.,
lie work, which in good hands would prove
to be great public benefit. We insert this
morning an excellent communication from
an esteemed friend, residing in the interior,
who is second to few men in the State in in
telligence, nnJ to none in patriotism. To
its perusal we invite the earnest attention of
our readers. And we would take it as an
especial favor (which we will repay them at
any lime in kind) if our contemporaries in
this State will give it a place in their coL
umns.
What wo sn v is this : Let the next Leg
islature appropropriate as much as may be
necessary—say nearly one million of dollars
for anew superstructure for this road.—
That will cause the capital stock to ascend
to, say, five millions of dollars. Almost im
mediately after the Nashville &■ Chattanoo
ga and Knoxville Roads nre opened, to say
nothing of the Memphis Road, our State Road
will pay from 8 to 10 per cent, on that in
vestment. This will provide for a system of
■ common Schools. This will liquidate the
debt of the State. What is necessary to this
end, the road once being in ordet ? Simply
the appointment of a competent man to be en
gineer and superintendent, with a competent
salary—who shall take care to surround him
self with administrative officers held to u
strcl system of accountability, This is the
only thing to be done. Public affairs must
be administered by public men. The mon
ey ol’tlie Stato will not take legs and walk
away if it is in live Road. It has done so,
being in the Treasury, and it may do so a
gain. We a*e surprised at the lamentable
want of faith exhibited in this great work, —
It is indeed bard that it should bear all the
sins of a temporary nial-adntinistration. We
say, then, let a voice go up from the State of
Georgia, irrespective of all parties. THE
STATE ROAD MUST NOT BE SOLD.
Let the record never be entered up against
ilie State of Georgia, that her Legislature
will not make(fill necessary appropriations to
the work, and that she cannot find men hon
est enough, and capable enough to manage
with honor and credit this one—this single
internal improvement belonging to her.
Unblushing Avowal,
The Hon, R. 13. ftltett, U. S. Senator
from South Carolina deliverer! a speech,
April the 7ih, before the ‘State Rights
Association’ of Charleston, which for
recklessness and daring ‘out Herods Her
od.” He advocates the secession of Car
olina, alone , and ‘lays the flattering mic
tion to his soul,” that it can he done as
easy as f alling off a log, and to the cer
tain elevation of the power and glory of
that commonwealth! The picture he
draws of the commercial prosperity of
Charleston, in that event, from her free
trade with (he Southern States and the
rest of mankind, in general,—has in it
about as much reality as Mr. Spencer’s
subject enjoyed, the other day, in thinking
himself the possessor ol SIOO 000 worth
ol gold dust! ’Tis a delusive enchant
ment which one wave of the magic wand
of the President will disipatc like the
mists of the morning before the rising god
111 day!
But we wish to call the attention ofour
readers to the moral tone of his docu
ment. As if tieasoti to the Union was
not wicked enough, Mr. Rlietl strong
ly intimates that the smuggling trade will
he honoruble means (or keeping and ex
tending the trade of Charleston with ad
jaceni States. Hear what this immaculate
statesman says on this point:— Citizen.
‘We will have nothing to do with spy
ing or fighting. No controversy with
the General Government, or its officers.
We have goods to sell, twenty per cent
cheaper than they can he obtained in
New York, or in any port in the Union
—that is all. We will neither force oth
er people to buy them, nor enter other
States to sell them, The trade, il it‘ex
ists, w ill be at the option of those who
think proper to come to us and buy our *
goods. Relations of entire amity, and of
mutual benefit, not of hostility or injury,
will thus exist, between us and the South
ern Stntes, I am inclined to think the
trade of our merchants, under such cir (
cuinstances, will not become quite exfm’ j
guished. lam inclined to think that ik I
same stale of things which now exist J|
our Canada frontier, under the skilful ad-1
dress of our Y ankee mends, will also utiM
vail alnn-v the frontiers of South CaroM
na. Twenty per cent will not good 1
on an imaginary fronl^^hj^gives i m .S
JjjgfgMff as well!
rfo inert s wits, h will not destroy
ty tree in going out as ip entering ouri
State.’ 8
Blockade hy Uncle Sam, Mr. Rhettl
scouts with scorn, and thinks lightly of!
the government to protect the frontier of
Palmetto down from invasion hy traders
and waggonners! In conclusion, this
chief conspirator, in the ‘Grand dfatna of
Revolution,’ thus discourses;
“ivty counsel is, secede from the Union
of these United States. ‘At every hazgard
and to the last extremity, secede.’ If I
was ntuv about to draw nty last breath,
with that breath I would exhort you to
secede. And, above all, my friends, let
us be united in secession. Our disunion
alone will tempt an efTor. at coersion.
Our disunion can alone bring us defeat.
Let us be charitable to each oilier; and
hold every man to be a brother, who
agrees with ns as to the wrongs we have
endured, and is Intent on redressing them.
When the State Convention shall deter
mine on the mode of redress—when it
withdraws this Slate from the Union, all
these will be with ns; and in their gener
ous rivalry for the maintenance of the
honor and liberty of South Carolina, they
will perhaps surpass us all, iu patriotic
energy and usefulness, Unite —and untie
in secession, and with God’s blessing-re
demption is in hand for us and ours.’
Will South Carolina let this reckless
preacher of treason to the Union lend Iter
on to sudden and certain destruction?—
will she suffer herself to he the first link
severed in the great chain of Union
which lias so long bound us together, giv
ing ns a power which strikes oilier na
tions with teror, and effectually wards off
all attempts of invasion by foreign fvVfcg?
Will sl e consent to lay herself liable to
be assailed bv some foreign power, per-1
haps conquered by the mother country
anl brought under submission to the
British Government? Our sister South
Carolina should recollect that when she
cuts her: elf loose front us, and establishes
a little independent Republic of her own
site cannot longer claim our protection;
If she becomes involved in difficnllic
will have to defend herself and like the
fabled rods, when separated from tho
bundle, she will he easily overcome and
forever crushed, She should ‘look be
- she leaps’ from prosperity to ruin.
There are those in Georgia, we arc
sorry to say, would have her to follow
Sou.lt Carolina’s example, but the num
ber is 100 small to excite fear in those w lm
desire to see her prosperity long perpetu
ated. Iler people, in our opinion have
too much sense to place her in a state of
anarchy.
WHAT WILL THEY DO?
What will the ‘Southern Rights R -
ptiblican and Union Secession Party’ do
,t its approaching convention? VVill it
attempt to reconstruct the decayed and
worn-out old party platform, or will it
new rnTrtri'P, I T>f■ 11 1hern
Rights’ pitch-pine, which will
one winks at it? These are qbritions
we often hear propounded. *YVe ! are un
able to answel* them ourselves, aril doubt
very much whether the resistance leaders
themselves ran do. The delegates from
Richmond, Muscogee, Scriven, atidsnnie
other counties—the fire-worshiping Ga
ines—will demand something coinbusli
ble and explosive in its character,* ahils
others will he for gathering up the scat
tered and broken fragments of tht-ir nns
cient platform, and making a Rickety
patchwork of the ‘ JYJilledgeville Regen
cy’ to stand on.
We have already said we are unable to
tell what the convention will do. We
are confident, however, that the idea wo
once entertained by the leaders of adopt
ing the plot form laid down by the Union
convention last winter, and we do not
think il Ims been entirely abandoned yet.
It is certain the time of holding their cun
; vention was changed from the second
Monday in June to the last of May, with
the view, it is believed, of forestall.ug in
some way the action of the Union con
vention. it is also certain
• lie lime the ‘ Milledgeville Regency’ dev
termined upon this change, there were
frequent significant allusions in the resis
tance presses to the propriety of adopting
the Union platform, just as if the sugges
tion had been confidentially thrown out
by the Regency for feeling the party’s
pulse. We should he rejoiced to see the
convention pursue such a course, in sin
cerity, but apprehend that the discordant
elements of which it will be composed will
prevent it. Unionists and disunionislt,
time serving politicians and reckless rev
olutionists can nevir be brought to
together in harmony.