New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-17
yRsTMoRrLAyp couNTy-oFFIcAL.
POLITICS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
Correspondence Of The N. 7. Tribune
No. 1874

Correspondence Of The N. 7. Tribune.
CHARLEsroS, Oct. T., 1860.
Inelosed send goa the result of the election which
took place on Mtnday and Tuesday last in this city.
en- separate State action man fin fact, would
prefer revolution to submission 10 the Inauguration Of
Abraham Lincoln; therefore / am much disappointed
at the result OF The twenty elected there are not
more than four of them who are IN favor OF separate
State action ard DO not X ow but who has been
hold enough to declare his principles publicly, viz X.
B,r1wsn RLett jr. For this gentlemen there were
the very strongest orts made by OF his fisuuS ao9
even tie conSc7ratres voted for him, on the ground
that il would never DO for it TO be trunpeed through
the land by Republican journals that the editor
of TIE Mercury was defeated. In other words,
" National Democrats as they call tnemseyes, Du'
who ere no more than miserable sabmissionss, aclu-
ally supps ned Mr. Rhet for the purpose Of frghen-
Ing the North into deiestDg Lincoln &C the sppro ching
election. Tie only other candidate who was bold
e. ough to cypress his separate State action prln3
ples'' a. z. Lining received only COS votes. When
really earnest man lisens to the talk and bluster ana
threats that made al occasions and at all times
by the oplo Of the SOuth and Charleston IN partieu-
sr about aoiI out Of the Union If Ltncolnis elected
and then finds candidate OF nteg gritty sud man1less
coed family and more than ordinary social ntlense
who is running IT this principle receiving only c'9
votes out Of 3,S9 pODed, is enough TO discourage
him ard cause him TO eXCain Lost, lost, is the cause
OF the South You viii by reference to the papers see
that last evening many of the cue essul candidates
were serensded, and some made speeches which
are referred 10 as expressing the opinion IN
favor Of calling Convention Of the people ~ tue
event of Lincoln 8 This may be true. They
say they Will vote 10 call Convention, and VIII cheer
fully abice lie result but that result they apprehand
and in private 20 express themselves, viii be sIbmis
81 II. have head this very sentiment expressed by
one Of tie most prominent among IN se elected and
he LAUGHED at the idea Of gong ont Of the moo. You
nav regard this ae strange letter to receive from one
who hue avowed hin self an ultra Dsunionist; but
am 20 disguised that wish i publisbed 70 the would
thsf we are 8 Dragging, bOa5tDg, impulsive people
but when called upon to act we shrink; and luther
ssy TO you that if South Caroline and the South ere 80
lost TO al principle, aud biGd TO their fae as TO saom
10 the deQra6ati6n that the North is seeking TO impose
on ttT in tie election of Lincoln, she ia dead dead
dead and for ole, Will either 20 90 Patagonia and
tu;n bari 10 Maine and turn Abolition preacher
Ia a conversation to-day with one of our most eminent
lawyers-a nan who 10 remarkable for his sagasty
AL GOOD sense be said 10 " have always been
Uunioust not from feelings OF dislike for the people
Of tie North such as actuate the majority of Southern
reIl, but from policy. | have ever regarded the
Union ne unequal ard oppressive b1t Is too strong
row for us C. attempt 70 Dissolve The institution OF
SLAVERY Il doomed beyond all doubt, AMI II Soui ar
olina submits 10 the Inauguration OF Black hepu0
can President and believe che viii now assert II
as ny car dd opinion that in less than three years from
h. day PETITIONS viii be sent in from the whole South
IN allow us 70 retain our slaves IL their present PEE
seribed limits, aud rejected" / remarked: " lilo ",
then eau you submit 10 breathe. II Won have no more
hone for your country than 'hia = lie replied " Mice
ia The resignation Of nan who mas sde mp bis mind
10 he hanged: for know If Lincoln ia elected, and
resist thai he will hang &c, and snail Dc among the
very first
The following is the result Of an election he'd on
Monday and 1uetday lat in this city FOR Member OF
Congress State Senator, and twenty Representatives
20 tie Legislature: