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Correspondence of the Columbia Telegraph.
Mr.. EDIToR-This article is written with
the concurrence of many of your fclow-citi-
zcns, who have adopted Il signature to give
expression to all they can conceive Of magma
nimity, wisdom, courage and patriotism.
As you have had the goodness to copy the
admirable address Of the Edgclicld dclcga-
ton, to their constituents, your readers have
already been informed that the Legislature,
ut its last session. enacted bill to elect dele
gates TO Southern Congress, and to call Il
Convention of the people of the State; and
they have, probably, thus been put in posses
sion Of the abest exposition that could be
made, of the whole proceedings on the pas
sage of that act But if there should still
be any misrepresentation as to the bill, in Or
der fully to ascertain its character and pur-
pose, it will be necessary to enter little into
detail, for which we beg your indulgence.
~ tl,n ( .lniu
perhaps, one or two, when that bod Y was de-
liberaling on the acts Of the federal govern
ment relating TO the interests and institutions
Of the saye-holding States, avowcd that his
sole object, in the course he pursued, was to
procure dissolution Of the Union. at the
earliest practicable period. In regard to the
means to be employed, and the mode of con-
duct to be adopted, to produce such result,
there was difference of opinion. Mr.. Mem
/. minger, Col. John S. Preston, Col. Chestnut,
and others, Gf we mistake not.) maintained
that disruption Of the confcdcracy, in short
timc, was inevitable from the natural course
Of events, and that Southern confcderacy
WAS possible of attainment, without any pre-
therefore, asked that the recommendations of
the Nashville convention be strictly observed,
and that no other measures be resorcd to,
except such as were requisite to place the
State in M attitude of defence, and some
stringent policy regulations, which, after Il
sharp struggle, were rejected, us impolilc and
inappropriate to the present juncture.
The other portion of the members, who
constituted Il large majority of the Legislature,
urged, on the contrary, that the Southern
Convention was, in fact, an abortion, and that
consequently, its suggestions were not bind
ing. They saw \ general acquiesccncc, by
all the Southern States in the compromise
schemes of the last session Of Congress
and considering the immense patronage OF
the General Government, and the great cor
yuptiblity Of politicians, they conceived the
idea of aa union Of the South for ,hc sake
Of the Union,' or of Southern Confeder&cy
attainable without shock, TO be utterly pre-
red to them, as Il thing wholly impracicable
until some Of The States at the South had
seeded, or in tie unapt phrase of the day
plunged into the midst of revolution I'm
pressed with these convictions, and in view
Of the repeated wrongs and outrayes inflicted
upon Us, (Which all ADMITTEDLY and sustained
by e high resolve to do their whole duty in
spite of consequences, and to peril property
lite and all, rather than bear the intamy oi
tame submission to injury, the majority bold,
" declared, that it WAS becoming il Soul!
Carolina to go forthwith into Convention
ma begin :; separation, if she would pre-.
serve uMtarnisl:cd, her bright honor-thc lc.
gacr from brdrc and glorious ancestry
L., ,l, . q,
tic views of the Legislature, bills were drawn
up BY both parties embodying thei. Scnii-
Incnts. Que was bill 10 call Il Convention
Of the people OF the State. and The other, Il
bill to elect deputies 10 q Southern Congress.
The first passed the Senate, by more than the
constitutional majority Of two thirds, but was
lost in the House, (75) seventy-fyc voting
for it, and (42) torty-two against it. The
number Of representatives being Q2L one
hundred aud lwenly-four, (S3) cighty-thrcc
were required in the affirmative. The other
bill was then pressed by its friends, and would
have met worse fate, had not the conycn.
ton bill, with some notifications, been added
toit rs IN amendment.
The result of the whole contest was q
compromise, submitted, III form, on the neXt
day, 18th December, by Mr.. Campbell OF
Charleston, which passed the House by 4 ma,
jority Of ClOO one hundred and nine to (l2)
twelve, receiving nearly the unanimous votc
Of tie Senate, and thus became the law under
which the State is now called upon TO elect
delegates.
As the shortncSs Of the time allowed the
people for choosing fit representatives, and
the length Of the period that must clapse be-
tore their services can be useful, have been
object to, bya writcrin the Souh C0ro!nan
under The signature Of ".Alscrnon Sydney
it may be important TO explain the cause of it
The compromise spoken of. was principally
in regard 10 time. The friends Of Conven-
ton, and Of early separate State action
deemed it folly, and an unbccomng hcsila-
ton, to wait for Il Southern Congress, which
was never to assemble, or to look to tic
suggestions of an impotcnt Nashville Con.
vcnlion, whose deliberations had entirely fail
ed TO subserye any valuable purpose, and had
even thrown obstacles in the way Of the ac-
complishmcnt Of our freedom. But to graft
i'y the earnest desire of the other members
Of the House, and to promote the harmony
Of the legislative counscls, they agreed to act,
for once, on the supposition that the pro-
ccedings Of the convention assembled at