The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1860-06-06

States, was voted down by the supnor
numbers Of sixteen free States. Notpnly
so, but the dominant maj orlty attemptd to
force upon the Convention the nomiption
Of II man (Judge Douglas) of knownhos.
,iltv to the principles announced il the
platform of the seventeen States.
Hence it was TINT eight cotton S,atesvith.
d ew and recommended the holding Of
Convention in Richmond on The llthJune
next. The Charleston Convention also
adjourned to meet ai Baltimore on tn 18th
Of June That we approve of the curse
pursued by our delegation in the Sarles'
ton Convention, and that we shoua send
delegates to c. lumbia and 10 Richmond is
conceded by all
But whether our delegation to Ric cmond,
should be- instructed to attend the N,.ionaI
Convention at Baltimore, is II Qucstici npon
which differ with many of my fellcv citi.
zens. Not in the principles contemed for
by the Sonth. but in this: s,ilIhave
hope for the Union, while they have not =
Then | am for instrncting our delegates TO
the Richmond Convention, to uttnd the
Baltimore Convention. and there renew
their efforts (perh lps for the last tine) TO
settle the difficulties which led to he dis.
rupture Mt Charleston, upon the broai basis
of the Constitution rs enunciatcd in the
platform Of the seventeen States.
Let us go into the National Conv,ntion :;
let us never again sign compromise, or
surrender principle guaranteed in tn. Con-
Observation-Disclosures has ceased t. be n
virtue, and further submission wn,ld be
cown rdice. Should the South refuse to 90
into the Baltimore Convention. it would be,
If not an entire surrender Of the Union, to
carry the election Of President into Con =
grcss-a thing to be deprecated aud n,oli-
ed at all tunes and more especially now
No human intellect can calculate the value
of the Union thus restored, none can e,-
innate the good il has accomplished, or
foresee the misery and wo that will follow
a dissolution to ourselves and the unborn
millions TO follow us.
"Wind and waves may toss and veI /. still,
But myriads of sell devoted hearts,
Will gather around the sacred bark,
And swear to each other never to give up
the ship"
South Carolina, gifted and patriotic as
she ever has been. leading the vanguard of
her conhtry's honor in the field Of battle
She will not refuse to CO operate with her
sister States of the South in going into the
Nationri Convention and to settle if pos
sible the conflicting aud distracted elements
Of our happy country upon the enduring
basis Of the Constitution.
BY her own voluntary act she aili Z ed the
signet OF her sovereignty TO the great in .
den.ure of the Union. "She never will de-
ny nor repudiate her zeal" With patriotic
heart she has faithfully performed her
p!ighted faith 10 her sisters. "She desires
to do so still" But demands that thev
perform their pledges, their da,ies and their
obligations to her II so, will stand by
them upon the battlements' Of the Con
stl'uiiom, clinging to the Union of the
States and the rights of The States; until
the Stars shall shoot from their sphere.
and the sun 90 dawn in nn eternal night.
Although South Carolina " i'll never leap
cowardiy from that higa position she now
occupies. she will never r.cs.io from the
Constitution nor deny her plighted faith as
n member OF the conirderacy. Yet if com
promises and fanatical aggres-ioas Of a
higher law shall sweep away that sacred
instrument Of our fathers, she will lash he;.
self 10 her State rights, aud If destined at
last to 60 down, Il pray God she may 60
down bold and true heart-untainted by
treacherY and with garments unsul,ied by
treason or reproach."
WIN BLACK.
Democratic State lonyention.