The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-10-11
THE SPIRIT AT THE SOUTH.

| bides her time.-Houston Telegraph.
TIE SPIRIT AT THE SOUTH.
From the Pendleton Is. CO. Messenger.
/ THE Mass MEETING ON TuEsDAY.--Th
meeting at this place on Tuesday, by the mum
Der and responsibility of those who attended II
equalled the most sanguine expectations OF all
At an early hour the crowd began to ASSEMBLE
in our streets, and by twelve o'clock men nigh
be seen from the gorges of the mountains to tht
| Abbeville line, from the Saluda to the Savannah
who had come to mngle their voices together
and determine what should be done. 1t was {
sight to cheer the heart of the most despondne
friend of the South, to see three thousand OF
the freemen of our mountain region together
flor such was at least the number presently in
council, whose determined countenances plainly
told that they were for resistance, "at all hazards
and to the last extremity" and that Submission
found no place in their hearts.
They have spoken in language not to be mis-
taken, and our fellow-ctizens in the other dis
tricts, and the sons of old Pendleton who have
emigrated west, can see that she Is still true to
the equality and rights of the States, and ready
to defend them if need be at the point of the
bayonet. The ladies', too, came in large num-
bers to cheer on their husbands, brothers, sons,
and beaus, in the good cause, by their approving
smiles The conduct Of the audience was high
ly credtablc to the people OF the District. We
have attended many such meetings, but never
have we seen such entire and profound atten-
ton given to the speakers. Not man moved
or changed his place in the dense throng, that
| was seated in front of the stand; all seemed
absorbed in the consideration Of the interesting
subjects that was brought before them by thu
! speakers.
| Gov. Seabrook, Col Mcmmiuger, Gen. Whit
ner, and Col. A. =. Calhoun of Alabama, adj
dressed the meeting.
The Governor on beiug introduced by the
Chairman to the meeting, excused himself from
making speech, OH account of the position he
occupied. 1t was, he said, for the people to de-
termine, and for him 10 execute. But it was
plain to be seen, from the few remarks he made
that his whole soul was devoted to the cause
and that if he had not been restrained by the
delicacy of his position, as Chief Magistrate OF
the State, that he would have depicted the
wrongs of the South in language that would
have reached the inmost feelings of the people
Col. Memminger was next introduced by the
Chairman. We will notdlndertake to give any
account of this brilliant effort of Col. Alemmin-
ger, as we shall have the pleasure Of laying it
before our readers, he having kindly consented
to write it out for publication. 1t is enough to
say that it was bold and manly in its tone, clear
and forcibe in The Illustration of the wrongs OF
the South, and the ruinous consequences OF sub
mission, and pointed to resistance rs duty we
owed to ourselves and children, be the conse
quences what they might. A Southern Con-
gress was what he proposed-it would be fol-
lowing the precedent ofthe revolution--it would
insure union and concert among the Southern
people, and if the terms it proposed were not
acceded to, we would have an organized Gov
erament to begin with. Although this speech
was almost purely argumentative, it was atten-
lively listened to, and produced intense feeling
among the people.
Gen. Whitner was next introduced He en-
chained the audience with one of his able and
eloquent speeches 1t brought back the recol
lection of all, to those days when his voice was
raised with so much effect in dcfeEce of the
South, and against the tariff.
Col. A. p. Calhoun of Ala, was the last of
the invited guests to address the meeting. He
painted in an impassioned and eloquent manner
the disastrous consequences that would follow
submission, complimented his native State on
the unanimity of her people, and exhorted his
fellow-citizens to defend their rights to the last
that if no other States joined her, her sons would
come from tho South and the West and rally
around the Palmetto banner, and share her fate
in veal sand woe.
There sat in the stand among those dstn-
guishcd men whose counsel and advice we had
sought on this occasion, one whose life and ex
ample taught the assembled multitude lesson
full OF instructon applicable to the present state
OF affairs; the venerable form Of Mr. William Hub
bard, ST., bowed by near ninety years, was there.
He had stood by the liberties of the people in
the times that tried mems souls. The crack of
the rifle and Che rafting of musketry, We're
sounds familiar to his ear in the revolution--the
fire of patriotism still burns brightly in his heart,
and he was there to urge on the generations that
have come after him, not to disgrace their an
cestors by submission.
The Fort Hill District, true to the principles
of her lamented old Chief has spoken out her
determination not to submit with unanmty
which we commend to all Southern men. Let
the sons of Pendleton in Georgia, Alabama, and
throughout the South and West, decide whether
they will place themselves by her side or join
the oppressor.
With disposition to arrive at correct con-
clusion, as to the number present on this inter-
esting occasion, we have consulted many gen.
tlemen more competent to decide than ourselves
and they all agree that the number present could
not have been far short of four thousand
From the Columbus Sentinel.