, 1860-11-17

snmcd the night to govern Us. The Colonies
did not break forth into individual action, but
they had the conttaucy and drmnesa to wait
for each other. For more than ten years the
Jealous and spirited champions Of liberty
shocked ;s Ike their ardor until even the most tardy
1ad reached conviction, And let not South
Carolina forget that SO lite as the LIST Of July.
17s8, she was herself not ready for the final
blow. It Is a historical fact Tint when the
Declaration Of Independence was brought up
tor action on tho 1st Of July, it was postponed
at the Instance Of ono OF her OWL deputies In
the Congress Of 1778, to give him time to per-
suadc some Of his colleagues into the measure
Ilat time was given, and South Carolina with
al hcr representation, Is found in her place IN
tnat noble company. 30 now let us hare the
same consideration for our brethren In the
bonth; let lis cease our tauntlngs, respect
their feelings, even though they be pre(ud.
thus much at least for Sonth Caro,ina-it has
enabled her to calculate with uuprcjudiccd
eyes, the yalnc Of the Union. In all such en-
terprises Is the present, where great people
arc called upon to remodel existing instItn-
tions, there must be time allowed. There
must first be concert Of opinion; next concert
u council; then follows concert Of action.
This is the order Of Nature, and 1t cannot be
reversed True wisdom coansels us now to
iake tue proper measures for a concert Of opin-
ion at the South. Then let common council
meet and the result will soon follow in united
and efficient action. Then will the South,
with her honor untarnished and her institu.
lions secure, stand erect before the world !; and
II this Union shall refuse to protect our rights
OF acknowledge our equality, then shall we
nave the will and the means to declare our
serves their enemies In war, In peace their
friends: and that declaration will be 1nasn-
taincd"
Every Day Llls. Among the Secession
lists.
Fftz Hugh Ludlow, tue "Hashecsh Eater"
has been visiting Florida, and thus describes
some Of his experiences In the New 9ork
Commercial advertiser. Though not 'neys,"
the incident related below Is apropos just
now:
rccollect sitting one nigh: at teatab1e in
Jacksonville, when the news of the election of
Speaker Pennington had just arrived 4 mer-
curial Southern friend Of mine arose from his
scat-droppfng on his plate the fragment Of
baron which be had just spcarcd-and holding
his knife aud fork high in the air, called all
tho diyinltits to witness, that should the dieso-
lutiou Of the Union cycr come to pass (Soutls-
erncrs always put it hypothctically)-and
should the North ever attempt to keep thu
South in the Union by force Of arms-or
even dare to Try kicking her out-{eithcr Of
these is q tayorite hypothesis south Of Ma
son and Di1on's lince land should he be too
old to walk to the scene Of conAict-hc
would crawl on his hands and knees to the
banks OF the Potomac and mingle the bou1l-
t:ary waters with his and the hostile blood i
thrill Of horror ran around tho table at this
terrible declaration, and the hair Of several
Northern inyalids stood erect. But, for the
life Of me, could not take the thing seriously.
ftrasyhtway drew picture Of my venerable
friend, who weighed two hundred and thirty
odd pounds creeping on NIL fours In q pair of
new cashmere pantaloons BY, which hc SC:
great store, through the six inches of mire
which usually accumulate OH Virginia roads
about the season ofa presidential Inauguration
with an old muskct between his tccth and q
cold chunk Of bacon in the commissariat de-
partlncnt Of Lis raglln-to make a compound
Of his fiery blood with the Old Dominion mud
and Iiteh-water In an instant Ills face relaxed,
lis knife and fork came down--he uttered a
hearty haw-haw, choruscd By all the table-and
in minute more, was attending to the aban-
doned bacon with as placid ! soul as If, Keitt
lad been the Speaker instead Of Pennington:
It is astonishing TO sec with what sangfroid
tho people Of the south will talk Of the slavery
question before their negroes. I recall one
occasion upon which our whole party in one
Of the Southern States had been discusziosthe
subject Of Aboltionism In the presence Of tiva
or eix attendant e]aye walters. The whole
question ofa possible irternecine war between
the North and the South had been canvazseti
from beginning to end. One young South
Carolina planter had been particularly blood
Thirsty in his threats Of vengeance upon the
North. Should the Aboliti0nists {anotlrr hy
pothcsis, you see, march down to take the city
Of Charleston, he would arm al his negroes,
he said, and set them in the yan Of the deleni-
ing force to do battle against their "Northcrn
brothers."
The conversation being overland the COM
rany. dispersed-one Of the walters, an old
Charleston negro, called me out Of the room
on the prctcnse Of having q feloh on Ills
finger examined By me. When We stood in the
dirk Of the negro quarters, he whispered
to me
"'Massa! Do them Abolitionists rally mean
to come and help uss"
"Don't talk about such things, Caesar! No.
They can't come. They couldn't help you if
they would"
''Well, Massa-I jis tell you what! I'd like
to seem put guns Into our hands and set US
ahead to do the fghtin'! Dcy'd find out who
we'd fight for! Dey dursn't put dc guns into
our hands! No! Dcy duEsn'nt!"
And an hour after heard Cnsar's master
eav thai LIZ would trust him with lis }ifci