Cheraw Gazette, 1851-09-23

I 10 use ail proper nieiuii 10 cvtuic mu w operation of the other Southern States, with J Ortir own, in rending th? chains with which ' the N01 ih seeks to bind us; it] establishing I I a Southern Confederal; anti if such coj operation cannot be obtained in n reasona- 1 i bio time, rather than behoM their be- I i loved State subjected t# the pondage of a j1 hydra-headed tyrant, tljey would prefer to f see South Carolina peaceably* Vwt.with due t preparation, and* alone, seceife from the f Union ; thus loading ofi', to be fallowed by t the other Southern States, identified with f her as they are, in interest, am bound to her hjr inexorable destiny. ? They aro both farmers, belonging to that I' noble rnral class, which sepcrutcl from the u corruptions of cities, are, all overthe world c ihc sons of liberty, and arc evci ready to *diive the plough share lu hcofyih, or to a convert it into the sWrrd under oppression. *! Though they venerateihfe plough] they have both been well educated in the harning o/V P law, history/ arts and sci?n?M? tlut'h necessary to prepare tbcm -fbr tie eOntesl n and debates of the councel, anther devia- 61 ing wisfc measures tO'-teenre^tfi rights of their fellow-citizens. [ -. & . They are both men*f unsteir d charac- r: tw and will bravely'*"* faithfolljfcervo their ? country in her J*>ur of affliction! It is woryi^ of remark, that a. the South ri crn Coi^?s will be an advis'oy body, its ei actio>^r.nr.ot, under the Fodcrq Constitu- n; i>ri, (Art. I. See. 10.) while wd remain iw the Union, bind the "States whitji it rcpre- g si ness or the >ight of the delegates to vote South Carolina out of the Union Their 8< iesolves on this subject, should ti.-y make 0 any, will have to he ratified by tl> States; e: otherwise they will pass for noting but the C recommendations of respectable ttizens.?- n This being the case, till {hflsc o(or friends Cl who are opposed to the separate tction of d South Carolina, under the preson or any circumstances, will not- be prewnted by such opposition from voting for ttose gen tlctnen, as their delegates, to the Southern Congress. For tluir aim and fraction in that body will be confined solely t> procuring an understanding of eo-omtation amongst the Southern Stater, fqr r^istancc a to Federal aggression, by united scession. a Such understanding w ill have to lp.ratified l?y each State separately, which will be by ^ I their acts of secession. Let not i misun- r j demanding of the duties ofdelegaes to the s I Southern Congress, therefore, nlimate the ! friends and admirers of those emiicnt gen- t (lemon, Doziku and Wilson, aid deprive ) our Congressional District of ihor services, c when both secessionists and cc-operntion * : men may unite in supporting than without 1) a Euc-iifice of principle. ti ? , [From the Dartngfon flag] 1 i LETTER FROM Dli. TWOS. SMITH. ! I 1 ! Gentlemen of Tfift Com. of Ah'm'ts: \ If the stale of my health permitted, I would cordially unite vith von in your de- t ! deliberations dti the gr?ve and momentous! < (questions, which are t? ho brought up fori \ | discussion st Darlingtm Court House on i 1 Monday next. ! t In her present political exigency, South' | ' Carolina requires the ud of all her citizens, t ' and sins may justly deun him recreant who | c j occupies a doubtful or a neutral position, A j f

States wfth South Carolina, either ift re'SP^ eistance or secession, is at least! improba- * ' '. bio, so long as the infln4nee and patronage* ^,w of the General Government are Arrayedjfr Arrayedjfrgainst - gainst Arrayedjfrgainst State rights. Nor do I see Anv r&k- ^ son for believing that anv probable chahgo%. 40 of administration will produce a c^Ange*of moasnres: sinec, as you will perceive, * <* their repeated declarations, nil parties in the^ *? North unite in denouncing slavry, and main-* taining the Constitutional right of C'ongreig, ^ as well as its inflexible dutv, to prphjfi&i^ j ?*? sfon to any State that rrmy hetjKkr bc admitted into the Union, l'rom ft^ret. _ ^ basis of (he future -pi>lrcv of the govern- .. ? ment. It seems u!R> probable, (tiki the * Br State which hdlc s#mifted to pas^ wftlhe r equally quiescent under future wrbnjJ*. ' .. . Having thus briefly stated my vieuc ^ritjy r4?Krd to ybur first and second, I will no* revert to your last and most important re- ***" ^ solution, namely: " that failing in a reason- > Able tims tp obtain the eo-oper,?tibr?, of other Southern States, South Carolina alone t should withdrew from the Ifnion." ' It seemcs rather late iu the day to be eaHed on to combat the qld exploited doc- Jf< trino of passive obed>enee and ron-resjstance," the assertion bf which cost one monarch his head, and sent another jnto per- . petual erjJe. Yet, as that doctrine bas , lately revived by some of the highest natnes of the Republic, it calls for a passing Notice in connexion with the subject of. this letter. It seetns strange; too, that this Jong buried monster, which received its tleath / wounds in. the two revolutions of.England and America, should have been dug up ajul : Bk resuscitated by distinguished Democratic Republican statesmen. From all but the darkest regions of the civilized wprldj tins portentous phantom has been banished; as it would appear, only to find refuge in tji&t "* u*hlcb professes to be the mist free ari^cnlightened. There is not a European writer, or statesmen, or thfcolbjjist, of ariyv established reputation, that would, now venture to proclaim (lie slavish principle which ' j have been asserted bv Republican leadbhs

rom Mexico, uie siavo otjiies nave ueen jlaccd under the ban of their abolition masers, and hare been assigned to n station of >oIitic?l inferiority aid degradation*, * Can South Carolina Acknowledge her poitical injeriority, and crouehingly submkto lolitienl depreciation. Passive obedience ind non-resistance, calling apon Hercules or co-operation without making prcpara* ion, or uniting our oiyu energiesTo deserve md secyfe H, \v*rfr not avert tlie dire caiamties Which tlw abolitionists have meditated, ilanned, and expect to bring about , The ends and objects for whivh the red. ral Union, was formed, have been overeoked and pernerted. The Constitutipn4 inured and perverted^ fles covered uithtlje onstitutionaj go?y1iment of the United Itates, If not rti name, has in tact, been h'oKshod, <nid a fierce and insolent despoism h*< usurped its place. ',, ., Thus proscribed and degraded from her olitical station of equality in the Union, outh Carolina has no alternative, but to lake-ah fgpoinfhfous surrender of her contitatioijal rights, or, through her convention, ! ) resume her sovereignty* and to.declare i > the world that-it ha* "become necessa- 1 r, in the course of human events, to disjive the political bands which connected ] er with tlie gavdpptppnt of the U. S. of Ame- i cn, and to assume among the powers of the I irth the separate and equal station to which I atuie and nature's God entitle hqfv,< - I Peeling most sensfly the wrongs and ag- i ressions perpetrated on the rights of the i ave States by abolition legislation, know, i grfom their own declarations $*tf(irther < nr^reffter injustice and ap6llari(#filrtf*ttr"" rnded, seeing we have tio gilUrahletf for the ?cuiity of slave property under the reign f abolitionism, I cannot hesitate to acquisee in tho necessity of the State of South Carolina sefeedjpg from tho Confederation, nd becoming as she w as before she nco.edd to tho Uuion, a Free, Sovereign, and In* epeudont State. , R^Mectfullv/t&e. mi itrrff if TA

in. the Hafts of a Congress of Republican " 9t/vtep. A thorough discussion of this doctrine of "* 1 pasy've obedieucp and non-resistance! oft the part of equal memlrprs ?f a Confederal tion of States, would require irioro Bnace than proper for me tq o^cirnj, and -yij time than you enn spiire on this bcei&oni nor do I deem it necessary. The rijj$^ of resistance by force, as respects'States aid' communities, is, only an extension pfihufu* dividual right of.-self-defence, which ris a ^ m- * ' . liatuiW iftwuih^ih m wft ? * 'W-bu .0 all !a\vs,' .ahH an constitution*; ^vnieh cannot be alienated or surrendered by -the adoption of any system of social organ^jM tion. This doctrine is establUhod beyond contra^H)', by too StiabsweriU hh<J nnan- ' swtJrable arguments of SypNEt a?tl Lock a; by the assent of all the great ancient ' a*- ^ well as tpodern authorities on the law of riatil/e and^natioha; ap3,/if snc)t. .were nottho cAae, it has always Wn, and always ^ been, and nlwhys will be, acted upon when the occasion arises, in opposition to all at*, thorftles. It is true that nono of the writers who assert or concede thq light of rp^ sista^ce^b^ve attempted to dvfiile the preces line where resistance becomes justifiable, because it is not susceptible of defini-r tion. It is a matter of feeling, and cau neither be analyzed or defined-. An eminent American statesman, high in office,'and a cnndldatje for,still higher honor, whose .opinions I wish to tfrent with all due respect, has lately attempted to establish n broad distinction between Revolution and Secession; in ofher words, the right to resist, and the ngjbt of ret'Wng out of reach of the necessity of resortfng to resistance. IIi9 position, if I rightly comprc - -I 1. _ x.?,.il x. ? .*?

OvY 4 and not ov'r 5 ozj fi ] 10 is. j zu i zo Ov'r 6 and not ov'r G oz 6 j 12 18 24 SO Ov'r 6 and ftot ov'r V oz! 7 I 1.4 21 28 j 85 Ov'r 7 fcbd not ov'r 8 ozj 8 | 16 24 82 40 Ov'r 8 and i.&tov'r 9 oz 9 i 18 27 S6 j 45 Ov'r9and6ot ov'r 10 oz lo j 20 80 40 j 50 Nort?For each additional ounce, or fractional part oT an ounce, beyond tlic ten ounces embraced in tliia table,, an additional rate must be charged. Directions?1,??On every transient news- j paper, onsealed circular, handbill, engraving, pamphlet, periodical, magazine, look and every other description of printed mutter, the above rates must in all cases be prepaid, according to the wciglrt. . v 2.?Whenever any printed- matter on which the postage is required to be prepiad, shall, through the inattention of Postmas-j tcrs, or otherwise, he sent without prepay-1 nicnt, the same shall be charged With double the above rate*. - 3?Bound books and parcels of printed ; matter, not weighing over 32 ounces, shall j be deemed mailable matter. , Periodicals puhlishcd at intervals, not px- J ceeding three, months, and sent to actual j and bona fide subscribers, are to he charg- j i ed with one-half the rates mentioned in the J ! last above table, and prepayment of a quar-1 ter's postage thereon must iu nH cases j be required. Periodicals published at in-1 tervals of more than three months are oharg- j ed with the full rate, which must be prepaid. ... Aofc.?In case there is on or in any newspaper, periodical, pamphlet, or other printed matter or paper connected therewith, any manuscript of anv kind, by which information shall he nskoci for, or eonmiunicatcd[jn writing, or by marks or signs, the saidmewspaper, periodical, pamphlet, or other print ? *?

Together with SPA IV, b'J AIU Ji. iCES.TEAP.CHAMrAfiM^Ct'lilOlAh^SYnUPS, PICKLES, and all articles usually k?]>t in llirir lino, which they offer for sale on accommodating terms. Orders promptly and fkithfirilv executed. SIMS A NANCE, W Wholesale Grocers. ~ No. 1 ITavnc street, coropr Church, Charleston,' S. C. June 10 11 10 Encourage Home Industry?Tlie t subscriber ofFere for sale, of his own "tuugufpcj ture, two substantial and well biplt rgckaways, and one BUGGY, Also, n second hand family carriage, good m I now', all of which will be sold on accommodating j terms, if applied for soon, at my carriage shop, | where work of every description* will be done to j order, at the shortest notice and in a superior At vie. jul 22-17 3m] , ISAAC RAKE8TRAW. SPRING AND SUMMER IIA1S?,TuM~rt>ecivcd a large assortment, new styles, fash'l. white j and black benyer and moleskin hate; aho, panamn, I double and single leghorn, w ith a great variety i ?f palm leaf. Ac., Ac. D.MAI J.OY. Valuable Real Estate for Sale. THE real estate of Peter L. Roberson deceased, late of Chesterfield Di.-trict, is.offend at private Eale, consisting of lots aud tenements in the Village of Chesterfield and lands adjacent thereto The vcrv commodious dwelling in the village is well Butted for a hou-c of entertainment having been built fpr that purpose; the olhcr buildings are very impropriate. ' The fonas consist of one thousand a<fcp compris? "? ? ??? *?.,t *-?vilir i?f anil adurted to the Cft'OWlh of

inuo. o.?n i iu. \J. Society Hill, S. C., Aug, 30. Hvdk Pvrk, Duchess cfy, NT. Y. ^ September Cth 1851. * $ OetcTtEMiJc: T6ijr;!otter clr^ectecj to roe t New York, convoking on invitation to ddres6 a meeting of the citizens of Charleson Dis-trlct, to be held in Charleston, iouth Carolina, on the 17th inst., has just eachc-d me at this place, where I np\y reide. For tho compliment thus tendered, and he language in ,\vhich It js conveyed, I beg ou to accept my acknowledgments, acombanied by regrets that I cannot comply vith your wishes. Distance and space, the lurdon of years I^houjd bcjir \yjth mc, and, norc than oil, my mcabaCjty for public peaking, compel me to decline a task for vhich 1 am totally unfitted. , What I have o say, I therefore hope you will permit me o address to you,, through a medium to! vhich jl am ipore accustomed. As it appears from ihetengr of your leter that you are ajrendy sufficiency aware if the opinion I entertain with respect to vhat is whimsically called the Compromise,; will only trouble you with a brief rccapi-j ulatinn. In my view, it was a gross and : Palpable violation of that great fundamenal principle ofStute eqalitv, which pervades j very provision of the Constitution, and . biros the basis of this Confederation ; a nbs*-unjustifiable attack on the rights, In Inorosts, - orosts, Inorosts, safety and happiness of one jialf the; Sjnfcs composing it, q.ccompan?$d by insult ind obloquy; a pretended concession, wres-1 od by mure, force of numbers from a mi- i 1 j

honcJ fjlm, 18, tnni inougn.? pvopicr *? may have a right lo resist by force in certain cor.tingcncies,.thcy have no^e to retiro peacpably beyond the /each of injury aiitf . ? oppression, It seems they have no alternative; they must cither ficaqeabJy submit, pp forcibly resist, for they cannot get out tit the way. It follows that all radical charges ;n the political relations of a MUite with a % Confederation of States, must necessarily be brought abqut by .violence and bloody contentions. Those who cannot live to-, gather in peace, muet not part in peace they must resort, the right of the strong: est. and fight it out. - ji Tims the extermination of a pbrtioif Lf our ffllow-creatui-es, perhaps our countrymen, is an indispensable preliminary to all great political changes; and hecatombs must be offered up on the altar of Liberty, before she can become a legitimate goddess. The establishment of this principle, conceding the right of Revolution and denying that of Recession, would, in its application to the case now under consideration, leave uo resource to any member of this Cojifpdpr-' ation, under the most intolerable oppression," but civil war, with nil its aggravations.^- % It leaves opon no appeal to the great IribuV nal of reason, justice, and humanity; the