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Show -. - . j-. - Qh 1W II t tv Oor. Morgan, telegraphed tome resolutions of the lcf. York Icgls-latlre Icgls-latlre Inxly, te James Buchanan, tendering tender-ing the aid of the state to the1 rresldeat of the United States to cniblo b'm to en- farpn tb inwa nnd In tirvtiobl f lii anthnr. ity of the federal government. Ott the nth, the governor prcseiitfed-the follow InptothfrlegislntHre: To Uis Kxcel-. reney, .Governor Morgan', Birr I have tho honor to rccclrcyour comtuiimeatlon, cot. cring the resolutions, which passed the legislature; of New York ;on J Ithj iftst, tendering -old to tlii Jtcsident of the United States' in support of the Constitu-lion Constitu-lion and tlio.Uiiioiir und .Jitiall givo them that rcsptful'cpnsldcntlon' to. which, they arc entitled, from, tlie Iiupprtntice of the subject qtid. the distinguished sourco from.whicli ilicy Imvoetnnnatcd. Y'ours Very rc'pceifti'llyr James UCcitAttatc,'' '"A secret and 'Oath-bound association, I the lUeriibiri of which cull themselves the-Knlghta the-Knlghta of the aofd,eti'Circle, fiiis cslstedi for many months tlirouglioiit the cotton-states cotton-states We" arc luformcd, that', as ut jireut orjatiFzcd it originated in Ala rbaiuaun(ler the ouspicetripf Mr, Yauccy, jlie'wliolo pnrimse 'belnf: the dismember-;ment dismember-;ment of the Union. ' ' A'aro tiow 'prepared' to say, bpoit.aU' thorjty which considy'r "entirely; uri-, questionable, that, when' Mr. Yauccy was in- Kentucky last" Oelobcr; he made, "the cstablfshtiicnt of1 the orderof thu Knights of tlio Ooiilcn Circle in KciilucUy a part of his sjicVial btisiricfs if nut bis chief bu-liicisl' bu-liicisl' lie SKke at lbnnon,' in Marion county, nud remaining tlicririi day, organ-jzctl organ-jzctl u lodge, or branch; or whatever T.elsc the 'riauio mayvbo. We Jiavo positive evidence;'' that, last mouth, a lodge or bruncb.was established in' Darren county, ' we presume at Glasgow, Moreover we are assured, that there is a lodgo in this city, and that lodges are in the full tide of uctive opcriilioii-nlmost everywhere throughout our state. That) the object of the establishment of the order of tho Golden Circle is the destruction of the Union is certain, absolutely abso-lutely certain. We are told that the members, at their admission aro solemnly sworn to the dissolution of the. Union at tho risk of blood. We have not the means of proving this to the public, but we have not n doubt of it. If it is true, the fact is indeed a most shocking one. We all remember how unsiaringly and fiercely the know-uothiiig party was denounced as being, a secret and oath-bound party, and yet the main oath taken by the members of that party was to uphold the Union and the Constitution or the United States. According to the publications of the bit terest enemies of the. know-nothing order, every member, on admission, pointing with one baud to the star-spangled banner above, bis bead and laying' the other sob toiiily on his heart, was required to make oath that be would, even tu the shedding of blood, defend that bauutr, aud the glorious onion of which it was the symbol. The know-nothings were charged with bearing dark lanterns aud going into dark alloys, but the purpose of their actlou involved in-volved at least the preservation of tho country In all litr old power and renown, llut bcroisa ueworguutzatlonof order, bearing darker lamcntf and skulking through darker alleys, than ever the khowtnothfugs did, and their object Is as much worse than that ol the kuoiv-noth-Ingsas the deepest disloyalty is worse thitn patriotism. Whereas the know-nothings pointed to their country's bauner, aud swore to defend it with their blood, the mcmUrs. of tlie 'Circle," In their dark halls, virtually, If uot actually plant their ioluthig feet upon that old bauner, and swear to iinnlhitate It at the risk of blood, Louiicille. Jvunial. SOUTH CAROLINA SOVEREIGN. TY CONVENTION. Tits president of the convention re-cvlvud re-cvlvud a dispatch Jan. 5 from Mayor Monroe, of New Orleans, which is as follows! "The'city of New Orleans fully ayra- pfiWwIft thectty' of Qbarleaton,,. rtowcrrbj to wlncU(he jsxrtorCd,hnd . wW.'faU o support ,ht when tfte OC castow" requires action. , Mrlulon pffered an ordinance that nil fpoVcr ncctMury to- Jilnke postal ,ar-; rnrt-Ritfnl, ,,d enact; poil lows bd res! lit the general assembly, rawed., StKKcllt fiffemU rrs6liit(ort permit tla tlie, ofllcfrstnany force, regular or , Voliinleer, raised underlie order of the COhvenllon, to holdieat In, cither lionso of tlto generni- aisseml.ly or.jnny blhcr Office, Adopted, -t . , 1 Mr. Curtis offered a resolution that the iate)-mmlsioners,tt) Washington be re-qrleAed re-qrleAed toprcpare,'at their. Curliest con., ttnlencc, a wrttUn siulemcnt of,' their oral communication tcjjhls bodyuud communicate .thu rrnlt of their1 recent attempt at negotiations with, thft J'rwb detil of the Vtilteil Status for tho deliver niicei of the forts and othcrVtnte'propcrty, Mid document to lie deposited wltlt the presldcrt of thls.My .with .an rnjnpctlon of secmy antil otherwise ordered. -Adopt-cl. t , ' "" 4, i An order to print five thousand, copies of the correspondence between, the conv mlssloncrs' to Washington and the l'rcsi-Jentbf l'rcsi-Jentbf the tfnltcil States was laid on the table,?' , ... r ," -; - The chair ami the nppurtcnanccs used on the night of 'slgnlug the ordinance of scccsilon were ordered to be placed tu'the State hone at Cotumbla. - ... ., . ' Tho adoption of au ensign was ordered to be left to the legislature, Adjourned, subject to the; call of the governor. " i:,'.; -'"- TUB disunion" WibGRiMME. The JVflftoanf WtlligtHter: of January "Hth, publisher the following letter re-veaHng re-veaHng a concplracy for the establishment of a prorlslonal government, and exposing the complicity of the United States senators sena-tors from the gulf states to the seizures of federal . property Ja .those; states., The Intdligtnctr gives ah editorial endorsement to Its correspondent's statement: : ' 'The subjoined communication disclos-Irig disclos-Irig tho dcslgns.of ttiose .who have undertaken under-taken to lead the movement now. threat--cnlng si permanent dissolution of; the Urn Ion, comes to us from a distinguished cit'i-sea cit'i-sea of the South, who formerly represented his state with great 'distinction, ttt the, popular' branch of, Cohgrcs....Te triporurily sojourning In tins ' city, be .ba become authentically' informed of the facts recited In the subjoined letter, which he communicates, commu-nicates, to ua under a sense of duty, and for the! accuracy of which he makes himself him-self responsible. Nothinjr but. assurances coming from, such mi intelligent', reliable sourco could induce us fa accept tho authenticity au-thenticity of- these, startling- fitatetucrtts,-which fitatetucrtts,-which so deeply c6nccni;uot only the welfare, wel-fare, but tlie honor of the southern people. To them wc,subt)iit, wlJhout.)rc$cnt comment, com-ment, the prorafflhi6 to whlcb they .are expected to yietd their implicit adhesion, without niiy scruples of conscience hs without any regard tb their Own safety: " 'Wwuisotox, Jan. 0, "1 charge . tliatott last Sa'turday night, ' a caucus was held iu this city by the toutlierli secession eenatora from Florida, Oeorghi, Aabamii,-MUsissippi, Louisiana, ;Arkainusi,oud Texas.' It, -.was ithcn and ! thtrcrcSipIteilliLeircct to nssnirie to thom-pelves thom-pelves the. political jxiwer Of the South, ntid to control, all political aud militury .-operations for tho present, they tele". reruptit-d to complete, the plan of rcizfug forts, arsenals, -und .custom-houses, and udvlscdj the conventions now iu session, uud soon to assemble, tor.pust brdin'miccs for Immediatu stccssipu; but, tnjcrilcr to" thwart atiy;.operutiom'of the government here, 'the conventions of . tho .seceding stutcsre to rtalii their ircpresciitatinus jii 'the' Sciiato and the House. f ""Thi'y also ndvlsed, ordered, or .direct-id .direct-id 'the nsscmblijig of a convention of delegates dele-gates from tlio seceding stntcs.nt.Mont-gomcry, stntcs.nt.Mont-gomcry, on the 13tb, 'lot February. This can, pf course, only be done, by. the revolutionary revo-lutionary conventions usurping tlm powers of tlie jcople nnd sending dclcga,tcs. ovcr wliom they will lone all control in the establishment of a provisional go vcrtimcut, wlilcli Is the plan of the dictators. '"This caucus also resolved to tako the most effectual menus to dragoon the le gislatures of Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Mis-souri, Arkansas, Texaa, and Virginia .into . following tho seceding states. Maryland is also to bo influenced by such appeals to popular passion as have led to the revolutionary revolu-tionary steps which promise a conflict : with the state and federal governments in Texas. " 'They have possessed themselves of all the avenues of information in the South the telegraph, the press, and the general control of tho postmasters. They also conlidently rely upon defections Iu the army and navy, " 'The spectacle tere presented is startling start-ling to contemplate. Senators entrusted with the representative sovereignty of the states, and sworn to support the constitution consti-tution of the United Slates, while yet acting act-ing as the privy councilors of the President, Presi-dent, and anxiously looked to by their constituents con-stituents to efTect some practical plan of adjustment, deliberately conceive a conspiracy con-spiracy for the overthrow of the government govern-ment through the military organizations, the dangerous secret order, the Knights of the Gulden Circle, "committees of safety," safe-ty," southern leagues, and other agencies at their command; they have instituted as thorough a military aud civil despotism as ever cursed a maddened country. " 'It is not difficult to forsee the, form of government whlcb a convention thus hurriedly thrown together at Montgomery will irrevocably fasten upon a deluded and unsuspecting people. It must essen tially be "u monarchy founded upon military mili-tary prtuclplcn," or It Cannot endure. Those who usurp power never fall to forge stronjr chains. '"1 1 may be too late to sound the alarm. Nothing may bo able to arrest .the action of revolutionary tribunals whoso decrees i are principally in "secret session." But I call upon the people to pause and reflect before they are forced to surrender every principle of liberty, or to fight those who are becomlug their masters rather than their servants, "'Eatojj.' "As confirming tho Intelligence far-nlrhed far-nlrhed by our informant, we may cite the I following extract from the Washington correspondence of yesterday's Baltimore I Sum; , i' The leaders ef the wlhem'saerei. ment are? consaltttwr as to tho best teodf of ,wms6l!dntlng,tkchr Interest Into Con-federacy, Con-federacy, nwler a provisional govwpisent Tlie plan Is t Senator Ilsmtfrl of Virginia, provirioaul president, a'rtd fejfr-sod fejfr-sod DuVls commander Iii-cWCo! th? W3 ofilvfeircel Mr. Hunter jtofeMc, W a more eminent degree, tb phllwonhlcal characteristics of Jefferson than any other sfHteman now livlujri Col.' Davis Is u gradiioleofWest I'oinU was dial fngitWii't , for trallniitry nt llncna Vista", anil scrvcci ns Secretary or War under President fierce, and Is not second to Geo, Scott hi military sClehce or courage.'" ' TttUULOW , WEEl) FOtl COM' , r PitOMlSB. To.suitnfrr sucb men as Senntof Joliiv son nud .Mn KthcrtdgO, In Tennessee, Messrs. Stephens ond Johnson and Hilt, of Georgia, Mr, GiHmcr, bf North Carolina, Car-olina, Gov. Hicks;and Mr, Pavts, of Maryland, Ma-ryland, we; would go Just as far in coitcili" nttoii and concession as.tlio Constitution permits. To save IblS' Uiilon, and to avert' tho. horrors of a civil ,,war, we? Inn jiloro members of Congress to meet the reasonable propdsltlbBS, of the Union mfcn of the South. ' We1 know how. little of consideration mt previous suggestions have: attracted. We, know, too, with bow much more favor our friend In 'Congress listen to journals 'whose columns abound In' appeals to jDack-bone, "I'lBck," &c.; &c, c These things are' very well n their place but Very Bilschfcvoui out, of place. lit discussing a question ott which the Union bangs, aiid npon whkh the welfare wel-fare of thirty millions of people depends, we will not dismiss the hope that there arc' Union men lit Congress from the North, who can meet Union wen from the. South with fratcrnat feelings, and 1st the discharge dis-charge of st common daty, agree upon terms of adjastmeut which will held border bor-der slave states from disuolea. ' The cheapest and the thinnest kind of patriotism ii that which costs nothing. So too with that species of courage which, but of danger, vapors and swaggers.' Of tho army of abolitionists who have for so many ycar been teaching war and raplnp, on paper, not one of them ever faced their enemy. ' 'Wheokerotc John JJrown, act-ing act-ing upon the principles so many brofcssexl, lay . la prison . awaiting Execution, what abolitionist went to bis- rescueT'; While, !ln purway, we'linve'Bpbeld frcedoin, aud resisted the cxtciulon and aggression of slavery; while, in 'this tine of daty we shall ever' be faithful; and while:' too, we will go to the. death, if needs be, for the Union, we cannot bat. look with, abhor' re nee upon journalists who labor so recklessly reck-lessly to.. prevent the?" adoption Of some plan of adjustment Upon which the Union men of southern states can - sustain them-.li.. them-.li.. 1 ' - - " i "" -'-'-' In view of the trial that approaches and the ordcul through Which public mcti must pasi, we bojic that rc'publiciius Will so. bear themselves that they will "not be called, too late, to ft' tt-mprso which powoucd the last hours of Cardinal Wvlsy: 'fcrowwcll, I cliarjo thee,. Iliiig aWay ,ambl- 'tlon; i' f thai n felt th; nrigelr; how Can man then, Tliu ImnSBoMila uiiker, hope to In by' I! It all the end thou atm'it ut lxs.tliy coun. t OodVand' ttli'W'ilVrl'lf'lhoufairiC llioii Cill-at a blcSiied inartvr. Had 1 but acrved uiy OoJ vtltli half the Scat ' 1 KTvcd my htiiic. he would not In mine age Have left uie imUnl to initio vnnnlg." Afbquif Mctni6g JinwK . THE ALABAMA SECESSION ORDINANCE; OR-DINANCE; An nrtUnanee lo ilissche the ttnum bttweril the Slate' of Aliibamdatut othtr Sluft timtcil under (hi campJrt.and ttytt of tht', - 'Viutal St<tyof America, ' i r , Whereat, 'The cfcctloit of .Abraham Lincoln nnd llaiiiiib.il Hamlin to the, or--fJccs ofrresident and Vice-President -of the United States of America, by a sec-tloual sec-tloual party uVoffediy hostile to the do-mestiu do-mestiu inslttutious nnd peace nnd. security of the people of the State of Alabama, ; following upon the. heels of many and ; dangerous infractions of tho Constiluiion of the United States, by many of the states and people of tlm northern sections is a political wrong of so Insulting and menacing a. character as to justify tho people of the State' of Alabama In tho adoption of prompt and decided measures for their future peace and security. Therefore, bo it declared and ordained by tho people of .the State of Alabama in convention assembled, that the State of Alabama now withdraws from the Union! known os tho United States of America, and henceforth ceases to be one of the said United States, and is, and of right ought to be, a sovereign! independent fitato. Section 2. And be It further declared nud ordained by the people of the State of Alabama fa convention assembled, that all jpowcrs over the territories of said state, nnd over the people thereof, heretofore hereto-fore delegated to the government of the United States of America, be and they are hereby withdrawn from, the said government, gov-ernment, and are hereby resumed and vested in the people of tho State uf Alabama. Ala-bama. And as It is the desire and parpose. of the people bf Alabama tojncct the slave-holding slave-holding states of the South who approve of such a purpo3e,-!n order to frame a rt vlsloual as a pcrmaneut government upon the principles of the government of the United, States, tie it also lltiohed by tht people of Alabama in contention assembled, That the people of tho states of Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Vir-ginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiaua, Texas. Arkuusas. Tennessee. Ken t nek and Missouri, ba and they are hereby invited in-vited to meet the people of tho State of Alabama, by their delegates, la convention conven-tion on tho 4th day of February next, iu Montgomery, in the State ol Alabama, for the purpose of consultation with each other aa to the most effect pal mode ,of securiiig concerted harmouious action iu whatever measures may bo deemed most desirable far the commou peace und security. se-curity. Ami be it farther molted. That tho preeident of this convention be, and be is hereby, instructed to transmit, forthwith, a copy of the foregoing preamble, ordinance ordi-nance aud resolutions to the governors of the several states uuuied iu the said resolutions. Doae bf tbeVe UmbaAss, fa W ventlofl assemMed, 'at Montgomery; this eleventh day. m, January, eighteen hundred and sJxtyrone. ' , The pfcambte.ioadjwiiwce stitrMi-tious stitrMi-tious were adopted jgfjtfo, j Hl'feh . MiSuiu. H 00V, J1CKS0S S I.NJlt'OlRAt. ADPHES9. Sr. Lociv Jnii. 4. -Governor Jackson's Inaugural; address i almost exclusively devoted to the dlsr elusion of our federal , relations. - He says that ihe destiny of the shtvcholding states' nre Identical, and tlmt Missouri; wjlf bcStl consult her own, interests, uml the Inter-! csts of tho whole country, by a timely ; declaration of her dctermiimtiou to stand t by bur slter sUVeholdlng states, tu whose wrongs she participates, and with whoi-c Institultons nml people shot sympathizes. Missouri wilt remain In the United Slates so long ns there Is a hope of malntaintnjr tlie Baanilite(;s of tho Constitution, but the Northern Stntcs are determined to put the slarclioldiiig stales on a' , footing of Inequality by iirevcnting the entrance of ttieir slaves IiiU) tho territories admit' ting no more slnru states Into tho Union -and persisting In nullifying. nod per' verting the. Constitution in reference to slave , property, then they, themselves, practically abandon .the Constitution - and cannot expect tho South, to submit tp such a government, -,.,',' ' -" " The governor opfjOses coercloii and says that the project of maintaining tho government gov-ernment by force may lead to a consolidated consoli-dated desjwtlsni but never to a .Union. Our government Is based upoir justice. aud equality, Standing armies and mercenary sofdiers,! subject to tbe will of tho executive, execu-tive, cannot redress a violated Constitution Constitu-tion and Violated laws. .The first drop'.'of blood shqd Ian 'war of aggrcssiou .upon savercign states will result in the overthrow over-throw of the entire federal systeai. ; '., . The governor bar not abandoned-all hope.for the preservation of the 'Union, but believes that by prudence and well-directed well-directed efforts an "djustracnf, alike .honorable .hon-orable to both sectloiw, may bo effecied. He opposes "congressional compromises, and aaya that the., South can, only . rely upon' ceustituliOnal. guarantees: .and,, to effect this end,, be advises the calling of a southern convention, to agree; upon such amendments to the Constitution! nsx wjil secure the just right of the South, and to submit them to the Northern States also, fort'hefr action; , ; ' , The governor-advises, the, calling, of ft state convention tq ascertain,, the j will' of tbe tojil b'n the subject,; ' j-t ; ' t ' . ;Turnirig to sfote tnottcrsi tho governor advises the thorough organization of militia to repel tli0,tlnvasiou;of-,lho. stntUj.aiid protect' the property of the, citizens," - Thgovernor.ulsdrecoihmcnds'jh'c'iiJ galizatlon of.tlto'.suspenstotis p specie payi went by the bankal - - - |