The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-09-17
From the Cl.arlestoal Mercury.

MEErrNo AT WALrgRBoRouGH---AIa large num-
Der Of the citizens of ST. Bartholomew Parish
(about six hundred) assembled at the court house,
by invitation from the citizens Of Walterborough,
on Wednesday, the 4th instant, for the purpose Of
meeting and hearing their representatives IN the
] Nashville Convention, the Hon. X. Barnwell
| Rhett, and Gen. ID. F. Jameson.
The gentlemen were introduced to the meeting
by ID. 8. Henderson, esq, chairman OF the COM
mittee OF invitation Dbe
Gen.. Jameson first addressed the meeting, and
gave history of the proceedings at Nashville re-
marking upon what had been done and what had
not been done by the convention, and particularly
upon the doctrine OF secession declared IN the res
olution Of Juge Wilkinson, but which was not
acted on by the convention, and going INTO the
history of the Constitution, and It's rauheaton by
the several States, showed that the right OF seces-
sion was clearly understood at that Tune TO nave
been reserved to the States. Abiding TO Mr.
Rhett as the author of the address from the con-
vention to the people ofthe South. which had been
attacked in quarters he SAID, that the paper
had outlived the enmity which had been excited
against it, and had proved its own best vindica-
| ton The speech was truly sound and eloquent,
calling forth repeated cheering by the assembage
General Jameson has won for himself great honor
and the entire confidence Of the people of -, Bar
tholomews. s+l htrgM ~tte fsn
The Hon. r. Rarnwell Rheit was next intro
duced to his old constituents, and was received in
manner well calculated to assure HIM OF the cor
dial good feeling which existed towards him.
| Mr. Rhett commenced by speaking of the peo-
pie of this Parish, as being the first to bring him
into public life; many Of his old friends, which
he saw around him, had grown grey since that
time He told them that more than twenty years
ago, he had predicted to them, on this very spot,
the events which had since transpired, and the
difficulties which now surrounded them; gong
back to the passage of the alien and seditlon law,
which he said was nullihed by Virginia, he
| marked that as the first step towards consoida-
| d, mr. (.ov M nd 81.
South; the second step was the Missouri Com
/ promise line He declared that this line was un-
derstood then to extend to the Pacific; the object
| of Northern men was now TO hem us IN with
Gordon offree States, that SO, the " fires OF Tree
! dom should melt the chains of slavery" OF the
second compromise the Tariff, he said that while
| Mr. Clay, (the great Pacifcator,) on the one
hand, urged Mr.. Calhoun, and other Southern
members Of Congress, to accept the Compromise
for the sake Of the Union, he, on the other hand,
| promised the manufacturers of the North that be-
fore it should become effective IN all It's parts the
Tariff should be re-enacted; and that MIR. Clay
held his promise good to the manufacturers IN
that he endeavored to persuade Mr. Van Buren, to
recommend its revival. His remarks upon the
II Omnibus bill went to show conclusively, that
none Of the great questions which interest the
people Of the South were attempted to be RENE
died by it, the question of the slave trade IN the
t District of Columbia, was not then the domestic
slave trade, the fugitive slave question, the right
]
, ing questions, had all been left out He defined
: the Tariff to be the right of the Government to
take the money Of enc man ard give it TO another.
Speaking of the possibility Of the emancipation of
slavery, he very happily showed to non slave
holders here, what their condition would be IN
such an event, it would terminate in amalgama-
ton, or extirminaiion--he asked, shall the AT
rican rule here; Mol We will not be governed
by the African; neither viii we be by the Yankees
f We must secede, South Carolina will lead off,
4 Georgia will go with her. Alabama will soon
0 follow, and Mississippi will not be long behind
! her. for she is not all Foote, but has some heart
!, and soul,'' and this will be but the beginning;
: within eighteen months, we shall have the whole
: South with us, and more. than that; we will ex-
: tend our borders, we will have New Mexico,
il Utah, and California. Utah already has slaves,
0 we will march into California and we will ask
e them if they will have slaves, and her people will
n answer, Az! we will have slaves, and what of
n Mexico, why, when we are ready for them and
, her people are fitted to come among us, we Will
! take her too or as much of her as we want, we
) will form most glorious Republic, more glorious
: than the Ancient Republic Of Rome, which lasted
seven hundred years, and had similar institutions
o. to our own.
Il Abiding to the probability Of war between the
d North and the South, he secuted the idea the
f people of the North a calculating people,
n they did nothing without counting the costs. l
tell you my friends, said he, there will be fight,
u but when our Southern confederacy is formed, il
r will not be long before these Northern men will
crawl to and beg to be admitted into our Union.
His illusions to Mr.. CLAY, 'sthe great Pacfa-
tor, I" and to Mr.. FoorE, "the little Pacfcaor, u
were happily expressed, the history of Mr. CLAY IS
II unfaithfuDess to the South depicted in language
strong and pungent. The whole of the address
was received in spirit which gave evidence, that
if Mr.. RHETr be traitor, he is not alone. Ken
lucky Hemp and Kentucky Regiments Qo use an
! expression of Gen. Jamesons,) have no terrors
/ for the people of st. Bartholomew. have thus
attempted to give faint sketch Of the speeches
delivered at the meeting, it is written from mem
DRY and is necessarily imperfect; but the main
ideas are, believe, as far as they go, correct
The dinner provided by the citizens of Walter
borough was bountiful, and every thing passed
off with the utmost good feeling. Col. X. Bedon
presided at the table, assisted by d. S. Hender-
son, esq, Henry Ferguson, esq, Sam Sampson,
esq, DR.. X. l.. North, Col. @. E. Miller, Maj.
Saxby Chaplin, and Capt. Josiah Beck, Vice
| Presidents gatr#F9 b.
I marlborough, Sept. 8, 1850, s. tf
The COURSE MARKED oUT.-On Thursday, the
| Joint select committee of the two Houses agreed,