Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-08-25

SOUTH CARoLINA.-The political move
ments for few days past in Sonth Carolina
has been of the most interesting and impor-
tant character On Saturday last Messrs. CAL
houn and Butler, the U. S. Senators IRON
that State arrived in Charleston, and NEE
ting of the citizens was forthwith called, ex-
preslv for the purpose of hearing from the
lips ofthese distinguished gentlemen an expose
of the acts and doings of the session of the
Federal Congress just closed, and also to learn
the views of these statesmen as 10 the proper
course for South Carolina to lursue in the
present excited state of public opinion, with
regard to the slavery question.
The meeting was held at the Theatre, and
it is represented by the Charleston Press as
being one Of the largest and most imposing
assemblages that has ever been congragated
together in the Queen City of the South
Mr.. Burt, Mr.. Butler, and Mr.. Calhoun, ad-
dressed the meeting. The sketch OF their
speeches reported in the Charleston papers Is
meapre They, however, devoted most of their
remarks 10 the present state of the slavery
question, and to the resent Developments in
Congress on this subject. They, of course,
urged upon the whole South the necessity OF
being united upon this, TO them, paramount
question. They said, particularly Mr.. Cal
houn, that 1t was far above all President ma
king, and that the South should so consider it,
Neither OF the distinguished gentlemen de-
cIared explicitly in favor of either Cass OF
Taylor, but, if we understand the drift of theiI
remarks, they incline towards Cass and Butler
So much for the meeting of Saturday night.
On Monday night last, the Democrats OF
Charleston District met at the same pIace-the
Theatre. This also was a very large meeting
Its proceedings are deeply interesting, and we
regret that our limits will not permit US to give
them in extenso, particularly the eloquent pre-
amble and resolutions, adopted almost unani
mousIy, in which, as South Caroinians ani
| Southern Democrats, they set forth the rea
sons why they cannot support Gen. Taylor
and in which they assign the reasons where
fore they declare their determination to stanc
by the ancient Democratic banner, and in 81
doing to support for the Presidency and Vic
Presidency the Democratic nominees, LEVI
CAss and WILLIAM o. BUTLER.
This meeting was composed of the abes
and most influential men of Charleston, AM
the unanimity and harmony with which it
proceedings were conducted, convinces US tina
South Carolina is as certain for Cass and But
Ter as any State in the Union. In addition Il
the evidence which this meeting affords us o
the current Of political popular opinion in tn
Palmetto State, we find in the Charleston Mer
curry, the leading political paper of the State
and whose motto up TO this time has bee
Wait and Watch" an able editorial article
defining distinctly its position. Ii now goe
for Cass and Butler, and assigns its reason
for this determination. The Mercury wind
up its able article with the following signifi
cant sentence And we cannot doubt that
for the same reasons, (given in the foregoing
part of the article,) the Legislature of Sout1
Carolina will cast the vote of the State TO
Csss and Buter.''
7 Will those Federal papers in North Carroll
ma that have made such large calculations o.
the vote of the gallant South State mail
this little movement.
SoUTH CAROLINA IS CERTAIN FOR CAss AN
BUTLER.