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The national Republican., 1860-12-29
SOUTH CAROLINA.
sared.

The nulh6ers are in an agony OF rage, at
the mastery movement of Major Anderson, in
throwing h mself into Fort Sumter, believed by
military men to be impregnable.
On Thursday, in his interview with the South
Carolina Commissioners, the President was pro-
fuse in disclaimers, that he had anything to do
with this movement of Major Anderson, and
Yesterday, his organ, the Constitution came
out with the following:
"We believe that we are perfectly correct in
stating that this action on the part of Major
Anderson was taken solely on his own response
bility, and not in consequence Of orders from
the authorities here. We have also reason to
believe that it was not occasioned by any threat
Of attack or hostile action on the part Of the
people or military in Charleston, and that there
was no reason to anticipate any change in their
attitude in relation to the Federal troops.
Under these circumstances, we must express
our regret that Major Anderson should have
taken such Il step without orders or apparent
necessity"
Just as if everybody did not know, that the
subject Of attacking the forts in the harbor in
Charleston, has been topic of open debate
among the South Carolina leaders for days
past.
The President is foed in his plan OF leaving
Major Anderson so weak as to be unable to re-
sist attack. That officer has made himself
strong, by just the step he ought to have taken
but which the President nourns over and dis
claims.
To effect his object of surrendering Charles
ton harbor to treason, Mr.. Buchanan must now
take the responsibility of ordering Major An
derson to surrender. And the President would
do even that, if he had the courage.
The national Republican., 1860-12-29

MEETING IN PITTsBURG. - PMsburg, Pa,
Dec. 2.-An immence meeting was held to.
day in the street. opposite the courthouse, rel
alive to the removal Of ordnance South. Gen.
William Robinson presided Several speeches
were delivered; among others, by Gen. j. K.
Moorhead, member of Congress from this
district.
Several resolutions were adopted, almost
unanimously, declaring loyalty to the Union,
and ability to defend ourselves against all
enemies of the Union, deprecating any inter.
ference with the shipment of arms under Gov.
ernment orders, however nopportune or i'm
polite the order might appear deploring the
existing state of things in connection with the
Administrator of important departments of
the public service, so as to have shaken con-
fdence in the people Of the free States that
while Pennsylvania is on guard at the Federal
capital, it is her special duty to look to the
fidelity of her sons, and in that view call on
the President, as a citizen of this Common.
The national Republican., 1860-12-29

EXPELLED FROM VIRGINrA.-A gentleman by
the name of Rufus Hendricks, of Clarksville,
Virginia, passed through this city yesterday
morning, on his way to free State, accompa.
MED by an agent Of the Virginia Vigilance Com
mittee. The hair from one side of his head was
shaved off quite close, and one side of his face
was thickly coated with printers ink, having
received these indignities from the people OF
Clarksville for remarking that no black man
ought to work for white man without being
paid for it,
We are informed that on his way here, he
received all manner of indignities and execra'
tons from persons who CHANGED to travel with
him. some of whom were for taking his life any
how. The instructions to the agent Of the Clarks
vile committee was that he was not to leave
him until he placed him in free State.
Mr.. Hendricks, we are informed, is native
of Virginia. His wife and two children remain
in Virginia until he can make arrangements tc
send for them.
The national Republican., 1860-12-29
SOUTH CAROLINA.

This State has passed two ordinances, in re-
spect to post Offices and custom-houses.
The post Office ordinance is as follows:
"Whereas the State of South Carolina owes
it to her own citizens, and to those Of other
States, that, as one of the contracting parties,
she should not prevent or interrupt the per
formance of the pending contracts for carrying
and delivering Of the mails made by the Uni
ted States while South Carolina was one of
saIu oa,es.
ave, the State Of South Carolina, in Con
vention assembled, do declare and Ordain, and
it is hereby declared and ordained, that the
existing postal contracts and arrangements
shall be continued, and the persons charged
with the duties thereof shall continue to dis
charge said duties until postal treaty or trea
ties shall be concluded, or until otherwise or.
dered by this Convention"
As nothing is said about paying the mail
contractors, we presume that is left to be done
by the United States.
The custom-house ordinance adopts, for the
present, the officials, the tariff, and the reve.
nue. regulations generally of the United States,
the net revenue to lie paid over into the State
treasury, and all official acts to be done in the
name Of South Carolina. The fl States are
to be treated as foreign countries, in collecting
duties.
The national Republican., 1860-12-29

FLoRIDA.-The people of Florida do not all
approve the conduct of their Representative in
refusing to serve on the select committee. The
Pensacola Gazette says
" Florida is physically very small State, and
the moral and mental stature of some of her
sons, whom she delights to honor cores.
ponds admirably with her diminutive proper.
tons. In the absence of originating talent,
they are content to initiate others whom they
fancy great. They have taken for their model
the ultraiss Of South Carolina, whom they
consider the embodiments of all that is noble,
patriotic and chivalrous. Their attempts at i'm.
tation are really ludicrous. We have lately
had an exhibition of this kind in Congress,
which reminds US of the fable of the frog and
the OK. We would not be surprised any day to
hear of similar catastrophe in Washington,
that would cothe our State in mourning. We
are bottling up our tears, to act as chief mourn.
ers on the occasion"
The national Republican., 1860-12-29
THE ATTACK ON THE CITY OF WASH
lN1TON,
The Star of Thursday evening says

The Star of Thursday evening says:
"The Richmond Enquirer and Examiner,
intense disunon per Sc sheets, are busy with
efforts to induce mob, proposed to be com.
posed Of armed men from Maryland and Vir-
ginia, to seize this city ere the 4th of March
next Fortunately for the lives of any such
mob, the gubernatorial authorities Of both Vir.
ginia and Maryland are prepared to disperse
any such mob, congregated for any such pur-
pose. Governor Letcher is open and loud in
his denunciations of the advice of the Enquirer
and Examiner, and says that no such expedi'
ton shall leave the Old Dominion while he is
its Chief Magistrate, and thus commands its
regular military force"
What is said of the Governor of Marylan
is certainly true, and what is said of the Gov.
ernor Of Virginia is probably true. Mr.. Letch'
er has INDUCED, from time to time, in some
vaporing but he is man of common sense
which could not be predcated of his predeces
sor, Wise. The editor of the Star is a Vir-
ginian, and ought to know his views.
But neither of these Governors has any
irregular military .torce;" and it is not only
not their duty, but not their right, to protect
this District. Whoever protects, controls, and
at this capital it is the National authority
which is supreme and exclusive.
As we said yesterday, the people Of this city
will take measures to protect themselves agains
mobs; and if larger dangers impend, the
country will take measures adequate to any
emeryency
The national Republican., 1860-12-29
ANOTHER VOICE FROM SPRINGFIELD

The Springfield Ill.) Journal of Dec. rs
says: "U pom the secession question the Repub.
lican party, we take it. occupies the Jacksonian
position, and we think that we hazard nothing
in saying that Mr.. Lincoln stands there Now,
what was Jackson's position2 In his message
TO Congress, delivered January 10th, 1883,
Jackson said:
"'The right of the people of single State to
absolve themselves at will, and without the
consent of the other States, from their most
solemn obligations, and hazard the liberties
and happiness of the millions composing this
Union, cannot be acknowledged. Such authori
ty is believed to be utterly repugnant both to
the principles upon which the General Govern
ment is constituted, and to the objects which
it was expressly formed to attain
"And again, in the same message, Jackson
says:
"'Whie forbearing spirit may, and trust
will, be exercised toward the errors of our
brethren in particular quarter, duty to the
rest of the Union demands that open and on.
gdnized resistance TO the laWS should not be
executed wih impunity.
"The Republican party is, we are satisfied
planted immovaby on Jackson's ground. The
Democracy of the North cannot well occupy
any other. We think it might as well get
The national Republican., 1860-12-29
IMPORTANT FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
Exciting News from the Republic of
South Carolina.
The New York Herald of yesterday has the
above caption to the telegraphic dispatches
from Charleston, South Carolina.

They FEARED Ir.-It seems, from the follow.
ing extract from letter written from Charles
ton, Dec. "a, that the nulli6ers feared the very
thing which has happened, and took precau'
ton against it:
"The Washington Light Infantry are detail.
ed as special watch upon the forts, and moth
ing goes on about them unobserved. A steam.
boat with this company on board is nightly
moving about the harbor and between the
two forts. Fort Sumter is known to be so
much stronger than Fort Moultrie, that some
fears were at one time entertained lest Ander.
son should on some dark night throw his whole
force into the former fortress, and there hold
out against all attacks until relieved by fleet.
What that gentleman intends is of course not
known but it is hardly likely he will attempt
to pass from one fort to the other under the
bows of steamboat filed with rihemen. The
Washington Light Infantry were last night re-
lieved from duty at the arsenal and that post
committed to the German rifles"
The national Republican., 1860-12-29
TROUBLESOME QUESTIONS IN vIR.
GINIA

In commenting on the proposed State Con-
vention, in Virginia, the Staunton Vindicator
says:
"We are in favor Of State Convention, as
much to arrange the basis of taxation as to
designate the position Virginia is to occupy on
the canvass Of the 'dissolving view OF the
Union. We are glad the leading politicians
and papers of the State have unhesitatingly
and thoroughly committed themselves to the
proposition. We are glad, also, that the move
ment originated in and has come from the
Eastern portion Of the State. 1t is an exhb
ton, on their part Of a willingness to have a
fair basis of taxation established, for we take
it, they could not have been 80 short.sighted as
not to see that the assembling of a State Con-
vention was but another name for rearranging
the mode and manner Of levying the taxes of
the State"
Upon this same subject, the Alexandria Sen
tinel, of December 27, publishes the following
communication
western Virginia is becoming aroused on
the great question Of disuniOn Groaning under
burden of unequal taxation, the people are
wide awake to their interest The forum of the
Legislature, at Richmond, this winter, will pre-.
sent an interesting scene for demanding and
conceding rights, long withheld, to the West,
and long cherished by our Eastern brethren
in their enjoyment. The West is uncompro.
misingly in favor of Union, not merely for the
sake Of the Union, but for the sacred and in.
estimable rights it guarantees to the people,
"lf a State Convention is called the first
question to be settled is the basis Of representa-
ton. The West will accept of nothing but the
white basis, as now represented in the lower
House.
"The Convention, when called, must have
power to amend the Constitution of the State
at least in that part which exempts a large
portion of the slave property from taxation.
"If delegates are 10 be appointed to South
ern Convention, these delegates must be ap
pointed by districts, arranged on the basis of
the white population of the State:
"The obvious justice of these demands must
commend them to the approval of all just think.
ing men. If our Eastern brethren withhold
these rights from the West, at this juncture, it
will take one hundred thousand bayonets from
a Southern Confederacy to force Western Vir.
pinia into union with the cotton States. We
want all these questions settled before we Join
copartners with South Carolina. MARION.
z Marion county, Dec 22, 1860"
The national Republican., 1860-12-29

UNION MEETING IN BALTIMoRB.-A meeting
of the friends of the Union was held at the
Law Buildings, in Baltimore, on Thursday
night. The hall was filed with the most
wealthy and influential men of the city, and
the proceedings we're all marked with the great
est harmony. A resolution was passed, en-.
dorsing the conduct of Governor Hicks in re.
fusing to call the Legislature together, and a
committee was appointed to make arrange,
ments for a mass meeting at the Maryland In.
situte.
A meeting of the secessionists was also held
the same evening at Barnum's Hotel but the
reporters were politely requested to withdraw
before the proceedings commenced, which they
did.
The national Republican., 1860-12-29
EORT SUMTER.

Recent events which have transpired at
Charleston render any description Of this
fortress interesting at this time.
Fort Sumter is one Of the most powerful
military works in the United States. Ten
years were consumed in its completion, at a
cost of half a million of dollars. The fortiica.
ton is of pentagona form, built of solid brick
masonry. The walls are fifty feet in height,
and from eight to ten feet in thickness. With
the present armament of the fort, the guns
would be capable of throwing six thousand
pounds Of shot at each discharge. In de.
fensive or strategical point Of view, Fort Sumter
radiates its fire through all the channels from
the sea approach to Charleston, and has full
sweep of range in its rear, or city side, ample
to repel any attack from that quarter. The
fort is sufficiently out of range from a land ar.
tillery attack, so that all apprehensions for
preaching it may be put ut rest. 1t can only
be entered by an enemy by the embrasures,
which an attacking force must crawl through,
one man at n time, and hence two men at one
of these could defend it against FIVE hundred.
The fort at the present time has quarters
and barracks for seven hundred men, its regu.
lar war garrison. There is an ample supply of
POWDER shot, and shells, for one years siege,
besides a large amount of miscellaneous artil.
lery stores. The garrison is amply supplied
with water from artificial wells, which are sup
piled by the frequent rains. The fort is now
under command of Major Robert Anderson, Of
Kentucky, and the other officers from Fort
Moultrie. There are about ITO laborers EN-.
ployed on the fort, who can soon be taught to
handle guns. The present force is-oficers 9,
baud Is, artilerists So, laborers l76-total 249.
Considering its position and natural advan.
tages, Fort Sumter, with its present garrison,
e ,,,,,, nj Tor nf l,po
ture Fort Sumter and the other defences of
Charleston harbor, properly armed, would be
able to mount more guns than Cronstadt, which
defed Napier and Dundas two years ; more
than defeated the allies at Sebastopol; and any
of them can have more artillery than Bomar
sand, which required land force of 1000
men to capture. Yet the greater part OF this
military strength is contributed by Fort Sum-
ter-the others being merely auxiliaries.
The national Republican., 1860-12-29
KANSAS TO BE STARVED oUT-THE
PLOT.

General Harney has made an official report,
to the effect, that the supplies being sent to the
starving people Of Kansas, are used to support
bands Of Abolition msrauders. OF course, this
is known to be untrue, and it is of no conse-
quence, whether Harney has been imposed
upon by others, or whether his report is the
original production of his own brutality.
We are enabled to state, upon positive in.
formation, that .he dsunion plotters in this
city, who know that their friends in Missouri
are headed off in carrying that State into null.
lfcation by the position Of Kansas in her rear,
have conceived the idea that the people Of that
Territory may be so thinned by the famine, as
to be wiped out by border ruffian invasion
next spring. This report of General Harney
chimes in with this policy. 1t is hoped that it
will prevent supplies being sent into Kansas.
Nothing is too wicked for these men. The
starvation of women and children, does not af.
feet their sensbilities at all. Why should it !?
They are the same men who contributed money
four years ago, to overrun Kansas with cnt-
throats.
We repeat it, that Kansas is a point now OF
special assault, and must be defended, not with
arms, but with bread. The glorious popula,
ton now on its soil, must be sustained there.
If the charity of some is cut of by reliance
upon such reports as those of Judge Williams
and General Harney, the charity Of others must
be doubled, and quadrupled. Kansas must be
The national Republican., 1860-12-29

LouIsIANA.-The .secessionists in Louisiana
seem afraid to give the people chance. The
West Baton Rouge Sugar Planter, referring
TO the short time intervening between the issu.
ing of the Governors proclamation and the as.
sembling of the Convention, remarks:
"The proclamation will hardly reach North
Louisiana before the people will be called to
vote. These men who seem determined to
break up the Union, or have Louisiana a sep,
arate confederacy, are cunnngin their scheme
Placethe issue fairly before the people let men
vote after careful and mature deliberaton and
the conservative vote will outnumber the pre-
'cipitationists by thousands"
The national Republican., 1860-12-29

DECAYING CHARLEsToN-In list of thirty.
four of the principal cities of the United States,
Charleston, South Carolina, is the only one
which has lost population since 1850. Popula.
ton then, AZ, ,9s5; population now, 4O,l04. In
numbers, it is now the t,oentieth city, when,
under the census Of 1850, it was the tenth.
1t is not to be wondered at that the people
there felt it to be necessary to do something to
save themselves from being wiped out, but they
have probably only precipitated that result.
The national Republican., 1860-12-29

wealth, to see that the public receive no detri.
ment at his hands it behooves the President
to purge his Cabinet of every mas known to
give aid and comfort to, or in any way coun.
tenancing the revolt of any State against the
authority of the Constitution and the laws of
the Union.
A dispatch from the Hon. Robert Mcknight,
asking the people to make no further resistance,
but ask for suspension Of the shipment Of the
guns until further advices we're received from
the War Office; was read and approved.
The national Republican., 1860-12-29

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The national Republican., 1860-12-29
RoCKBRIDGE (vA.) UNION MEETING

At an Immense mass meeting Of the people
of Rockbridge county, series of spirited
Union resolutions was adopted.
We subjoin one of them:
" "Resolued, That the establishment of a
Southern Confederacy will be no protection to
the peculiar institution of the South, but will
place it upon the same international footing
with the Northern Confederacy as it now stands
with the British colonies-thst it will be effect.
ually circumscribed and confined to its present
limits, than which more fatal restriction could
not be devised for, in that event. we may in
vain hope to extend its area by the, acquisition
of additional territory; not one foot of territory
can ever be acquired without a bloody strife
with the Northern Confederacy."
The national Republican., 1860-12-29

A gentleman who arrived here this morning,
from Charleston, reports a continuous 4th of
July there-India crackers, military parades,
cocktails, &C., &c. 1t is said there, that they
have letter from the President pledging him.
self to acquiesce in secession, and that they will
publishit he reinforces Major Anderson. This
is substantially what Mr.. Keitt affirmed to be
true a month ago.
The national Republican., 1860-12-29

ARKANSAS. The Arkansas State Gazette
candidly acknowledges change of mind on the
secession question. 1t says:
AT one time, before studying the subject as
fully as we have since, we thought that the States
had the constitutional right to secede peaceably
from the Confederation. Reflection and study
have brought us to a different conclusion. We
do not think that the trainers of the Constitu.
ton contemplated placing in it an element by
which single State could, at any time, and
for the most trivial reason, destroy the entire
fabric of the Government. We think the Gov
ernment was made for all time and oil gener-
ations to come. So thinking, while we accord
freely to all States and to all people the sacred
right of revolution, by which they may throw
off all bonds and cancel all obligations to ty-
not see any right to dissolve this Union but the
| right Of revolution.
"This is no time for politicians, who have
brought the country to the condition she is in,
to tell the people that they should clothe them
1.-THE same politciaus) with power to 60 into q
Convention and sever the connection of the
State with the Union, and perhaps put an end
to the existence of the Government If any
movement be made, it should emanate from the
people themselves. If our grievances are such
that they cannot longer be borne, let the people
raise the standard of revolt. But the people
are aware of two things, and if left to themselves
they will consider of them. If revolution and
war come, the people will have to be taxed in
untold amounts, to pay their accruing expenses
and the people will form the soldery who will
fight the battles which must ensue. Hence, pol.
iticians desire to precipitate revolution without
consulting the people.
"In the present emergency, let the people
speak for themselves-let the politicians, who
would urge them to disunion and the dread
consequences of war, be content with the refec
ton, (which should make them sadder if not
better men, that they have brought the Gov.
ernment to the condition it is in, and that they
are not the doctors to relieve the ills brought
on by their own quackery."