The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-11-30

FEELING AT CHARLESTON.

Total. e. i, 565, $40 l,45se9s
FEELING AT CHARLESTON.
In the Herald, Of the 18th, we find a
lengthy telegraphic despatch from Charles
ton, of the evening previous, and from which
we collate the following:
The people inaugurated the revolution at
eleven o'clock this morning. Our citizens
are out en- maSse. Our leading importing
merchants have erected a mammoth pole
near the Charleston Hotel, and the hosting
of the State flag on it has been duly cele-
brated The pole was made of Carolina
pine, one hundred feet high, and surmOunt-
ed by the cap of liberty. Gables were
stretched across the streets to prevent the
passage of vehicles. There was a dense
crowd, extending over two squares, on Meet.
ing street.
When the cheering succeeding the hoist
ing of the flag subsidized, Rev. G. P. Gads-
den made the following prayer. -.a
O, God our refuge and strength, the shield
of our help and The sword of our excellency,
we come before Thee to express our depend
ence upon Thy succor, and our need of Thy
favor and aid. Inspire US with courage, with
a spirit of self. sacrifice, with love of law and
order, and with dependence upon Thee. Bless
our State, and her sister States, in this great
crisis. May they act as becometh moral and
religious people. C0nsecrate with Thy favor
the banner of liberty this day hung in the
heavens. May the city over which it floats be
in Thy gracious keeping. Shield our commerce
on the seas. and protect our homes and fire.
sides. May agriculture bring her stores to our
mart, and order and quiet abide in our streets,
if it be thy will. Avert from our land the
horrors of war; but whatever we may be called
upon to endure, be Thou our fortress and de-
fence. o God! our fathers have declared unto
US the noble works which Thou didst in their
days. Continue Thy goodness to US their chill
dren, and make US that happy people whose
good is the Lord, through Jesus Christ, our
Redeemer. Amen.
The flag is white, with palmetto tree
in the centre, and bears the words Animas
asSibusque parati. At the same time the
Charleston hotel, the Mills house, and the
other large hotels, flung out the Palmetto
flag.
All this occurred in the full blaze of the
MONDAY sun, and the people vowed that
the stars and stripes should never wave
again in Charleston.
The speakers all addressed the crowd as
Citizens of the Southern republic" and
said this was pledge of Southern com.
merce to support the great movement of
independence.
During the speaking professions poured
in from different sections of the city, with
music aud cannon, each salutiDg the PAL
metto banner. .-.-
On the dwellings are hung out banners
with such notices as "Now or never" "No
step BACKWARD The argument is ended;"
"Stand to your arms;" South Carolina goes
it alone--her ,rumps, Magrath, Coloock
and Oonnor--with these she claims q
march,"
The tricolor flag was hung out from the
theatre, with the words inserted-Dieu ct
nos dro,ts.
Secession badges have become universal.
Even children are all adorned by mothers
with the blue ribbon. Ali classes are
arming for the contingency OF coercion.
Revolvers and patent firearms are selling
like bot cakes.
Not ship 10 the harhor has the federal
flag flying, but far down the bay it can still
be discovered flying over Fort Moultrie.
GEORGIA.
Georgia, we believe, will exercise a
greater influence upon the other southern
cotton states. than any member of the Con.
federacy. Its geographical position, great
wealth, and resources, have secured for it
the title of the Empire State of the South"
In a financial point of view, no State of the
Union stands better than Georgia and we
believe ithas statesmen in its JoHNsoNs, STE-
PHENs, and others, who are we'll qualified to
grapple with the present difficulties and if
possible, defeat or modify the programme
of the radicals of South Carolia. In the
Augusta Constituencies AN able paper of
the conservative stamp, and which was
foremost in the South in sustaining Senator
DouGLAs-we find a letter from the editor
dated Milledgeville, the capital OF the State
Nov. 18th, from which we make the follow
ing extracts as indicative of the feeling in
the South s ... a 5ss .,.i.
The reports from various parts Of the
State are of a conflicting character, and
seem rather to reflect the private sentiment
of the narrator, than that of any c0nsidera-
BILE community. The Union sentiment seems
to prevail largely in the State being SUBJ
divided into Union men at all events, Union.
men until there is some overt unconstitu-
tional act, end Union men who have caught
the party cry in contradistinction to some.
body else. Theprecipitation men arefew, but