, 1860-12-20

The treason State Conventional South Cart
lima assembled today, and tomorrow or mex.
day, is the time designated for a declaration
Of independence, rronouncins South Carolih.
out Of the Union. Without pretending 10 an:
spccirl information, believe shc will sit Oil
the brink Of tho prccipicc several days bclor.
taking tho i.1evocablc plunge
Tie tclegraph1c dispatch from Georgia tha:~
Toonbs j, coming back here 10 spend thu
wi ter, and 10 npcu negotiations r-ith North
ern members for the redress OF pretended.
Southern grievances, would indicate that b.:
.ial been playing .:uuc Of bEay and blrtl,''.
scare tho Nnrth, and cxtor. IRON their fear
what right and justice would lcar. is al
misted by the mos: saGacious fire caters. tia
u; Slatcs in thci: section, caa:lt REMAINING:
in tho Union r,ntll the FIFTH of March,
loltcr behind 10 be Invited to stay. JET d.
Wis and Brown Of Mississippi, heretofore loud
,noutAed advocates Of secession, are now
hanging back and arc becoming frightened at
their own work. They privately confess tin.
it were better to bear tho ills thcy have, than
fly to others that they know not Of They arc
both large slave holders. Aud II is n curious
fact that the extensive slave owncrs In thu
Cotton States ART opposed to secession. 1t is
The niggcrlcss whites, aud the small slave
holders who arc driving forward the disuuiu1t
chariot. The dcmagogucs h@ &C poisoned their
minds with the dogmas Of Calhoun, that thn
Union was curse aud burden 10 them tia:
if its bonds were broken and their section fre,;
from its restraints, the African slave trat.s
would be revived aud ltgalizcd, which would
bring down the price OF negroes to $500 ,,c1
head. The poorest white lnan could then be-
como e1ayc holder, and for the present cost
of one Virginia mulatto lie could possess eght
able-bodied, docilc, patient aud enduring pure
bloodcd blacks, who conld subsiEt on the
feet subordiuation. The Virginia halcbrccl
is tender animal, frequently sick, easy 10 xii:
by ovcr-worl, and who has picked up i'd as Of
rights and privileges that call not be thrashcd
out Of him. lie is quick tempered, sulky,
stands whipping badly, and is inclined to tro
his owners gin house in revenge for bad trent
1ncnt Tho pure African article Of negro is it,
every respect preferable. Then the masses Of
tho wLitcs have been made b:licyc that they
cheaper out Of the Union than In it, as FREQ
trade with Europe would be opened; aud mcE-
chants in Charleston, Savannah and Mobile,
havc been taught that In uthcsu confcdcT-
acy the vast commerce and I'Es spcrisy Of New
York, Philadelphia and Boston would flow In
upon them, aud their cities would swell
to amazing proportions, and they would
all be ranked among the merchant
princes Of tho world, 1t is easy to perceive
how these appeals to cupidity and ambition Of
Ignorant prcjudiccd men would influence their
minds, dcnozalizc their 1oya1ty 10 the Union,
and prepare them to7 treason, stratagcm and
spoils, Tho road to rcspectabiity in the South,
il in the poss csslon Of slaves. Tho aig.erlcss
white is poo- and desriscd- lie spends his
days cnvyiuS his nciShbor, who is the happy
possessor Of J. plantation, we'll stocked with
fat, sleek negroes, as John Mitchell expresses
It. With gang Of slaves 1c would tc at once
admitted into the ruling castc-Into the
charmed circle Of Southern society. Ills
| children could be educated after fashion
| Lis boys cut daeh; tho road TO r:cscsncnt
and honor would be open to them. The family
would be no longer obliged to labor with their
own hands. buttcznut honacspuns, shocking
hats, and horrible boots, would 10 replaced
with French broadclotha and silks, shining
castots and patent leather. Luxury would
drive out indiGcnce. aud toll and misery would
give way to ease end happiness. Iyesson Of
Georg:a, md .Wigfall Of Texns, belong to the
poor white class. They hare vaultci into Con.
gross by inharnins the iurginations Of their