The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-12-11

9oolh CARoLINA WILL NOT RESIST THE COLLECTION a
DUTIES DURING THE PRESENT ApmINlsrR Ar1ov
WAsHINGroN, December. lO.-The President In,
just been assured from an authentic source that tb
authorities of South Carolina will max. M ro,ist
ance' either to the collection Of duties or to the Fed
eral possession of the forts guarding ChorIa,tor
harbor. during the remainder of his adminstr,
tion.
SOUTH CAROLINA
CHARLESTON, December S.-A large companv a.
semoled to-day on board the shin John Frosor
Ihe Palmetto and Lone Star flags were rnn nm
ana secession speeches and sentiments were uttered
oy many leading shipping merchants
10 night some of the friends of the success rI
candidates for the Convention are serenading them
CHARLESTON, december 9.-There is great acti
witty at Fort Moultrie. The defence every dav !.
rendered stronger. The wives of officers and men
have packed up their effects, ready to quit at q
moments notice
The Legislature will probably sit during the Con.
vention.
News from Florida shows perfect unanimitv in
Tue state ior secession, and the enthusiasm is in
creaslng daily. Lincoln was burned in effipv at Fer
nandna on Friday last
The Convention election returns from districts
which went for cooperation in 1852, show great
revolution in public opinion, the vote in favor
OF separate secession being twenty to one against it.
ANOTHER MESSAGE FROM GOVERNOR GIsT.
On Friday last Gov. Gist sent the following mes
sage to the South Carolina Legis Iature:
Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Renyeseo,o-
tiUes:
Allow me, in this my last communication. mart
ing word. South Carolina, after many long wears
Oh earnest put frutless efforts to arrest the pro-
gress OF tanatlcism and stay the hand of apgras
SION upon her rights by the Northern States Of the
Contederacy; after vain demonstration and solemn
assurance that free people would never submit to
inequality and degradation, has at last determined
with unparalleled unanimity to sever the hnnds
that bind her TO those States, and part camnanv
with those that treat her citizens rather az aiians
and enemies than as friends and brethren. The
comparatively small Star which represents her on
the national banner and which has hitherto Iun,;n
ed the path of the faithful traveller in search of
constitutional liberty, must henceforth quit its an
pointed place, and shine only on the banner conse
Grated to Equality, Justice and Southern RIGHTS
To permit it to remain longer in its present assoc
atlon' would only dim its lustre and ultimately
quench its light.
were told by our great statesman that the cords
ol M tne Union were swapping one by one, and now
the last Is broken. Could he have lived to witness
us regeneration, he would feel himself amply re.
warded for all his tolls and sacrifices. and wouId
say, ike Simeon of old, "Lord, now lettest Tbou
thy servant depart in peace" few more days.
ana the act OF secession will be consummated by
the solemn Ordinance of the Convention of the
people, and the glad tidings will 90 forth. with
lightning speed, to every Southern State and re-
Jolce the hearts and cheer the droopnp snirits or
milllons anxiously waiting the signal for general
dellVerance. We have progressed, thus far with
llrm and even tread, with calmness and delibera
tlon, but with constancy of purpose not to be
shaken by any danger suffering A single
pause or the least vacillation, and all will be lost
however however anxious we may be for corporation,
however certain we may be of obtaining it, let us
hrst move ourselves the best means of effectinp
That object, ard having forever closed the door
from which we have passed out of the Union so
mat no lnsldlous device of the enemy or false
promises OF pretended friends can avail TO omen il
Then, and not till then, NAV we with safety seek
cooperation and unity with other States who
have assumed their sovereignty, and are prepared !
10 form more perfect union and share with us a
;ommon destiny. Every sentinel should remain at
The delay of the Convention for a single week to
pass the ordinance OF Secession, will have blight
ing and chilling influence upon the action of the
other Southern States. The opponents of the
movement everywhere will be encouraged to make
another effort to rally their disorganized and
scattered forces to defeat action and STAY our
onward march. Fabius conquered by delay, and
there are those OF his school, though with a more
unworthy purpose, who, shrinking from open and
manly attack, use this veil to hide their deormity
and from masked battery to discharge their mis-
silcs. But trust they will strike the armor of
truth and fall harmless at feet and that by the
18th of December flag but the Palmetto will
lOat on any part of South Carolina. it only re-
mains for me to request the appointment of a Com
mlttee to examine the accounts of the Executive
Department, and to inform you that have fur
lher communication to make. WM II. GIsr.
COLUMBIA, Dec. l0.-In reference to the PROPOSE.
ton to send Commissioners from Virginia. kentucky
and other border States to the South Carolina
Convention, the Guardian says it is a useless
the Convention will not listen to
from any quarter.
COLUMBIA, Dec. lO.-Nothing of unusual interest
is transpiring here. All the members thus far
known to be elected to the State Convention appear
to be in favor of prompt secession.
GOV. BROWN, OF GEORGIA, IN FAVOR OF SECESSION.
AUGUSTA, Dec. 1O.-Governor Brown, OF this
State, is out in long letter fayoring secession.
TEXAS.
New ORLEANS, December 8.-The latest advices
from Texas state that there is understanding be-
tween the members of the Legislature of that
State, that the Legislature shall meet at Austin on
the 18th of December next, without a formal call
from the Governor, and that it is understood that
the Legislature will call State Conv on the
8th of January.
KENTUCKY.
LOUISVILLE, December Sin response to recent
applications for a suspension of specie payment,
the Kentucky banks have determined that such a
measure would afford commercial relief and
consequently they will continue to pay specie as
usual.
IMPORTANT FROM NORTH CAROLINA.
RALEIGH, December S.-The Joint Standing Com
mittee Federal Relations have agreed to report
on Wednesday next bill to call a Conven-
tion OF the people to determine what North Caro-
lima shall do in the present crisis.
PLANS sECEDERs.
"Independent," the Washington correspondent
of the Philadelphia North American, writes with
reference to the conference of Southern Senators
which took place on Saturday, as follows:
The conference of Southern Senator's yesterday
resulted in nothing more than exchange of opin-
ions and purposes.
The plan now contemplated, is for the cotton
States to secede by ordinance, with condition
that the laws and treaties of the United States shall
remain in force until the propositions for an ar
rangement, to be submitted by the whole South,
shall have been considered; and in the event of
fusal, to withdraw absolutely, and set up a pro-
visional government the 4th of March for a
Southern confederacy. The Kentucky, Maryland
and Tennessee Senators expressed strong Union
sentiments.