The Spirit Of The South

The fcillowirig nolice of the proceedings in the South, in reference to slavery, is cut fiom a St. Louis paper. We commend it to the consideraron of northern men of all parties. We especially invite all doughfaces to look at the arrogant and insulting character of the procpeding---, and ask themselves whether they are prepared to be bullied in this manner iiilo any thing their southern tnaslersshall choosn to díctate ? " Public meetings on the Wil mot Proviso have recently lie.cn held in different districts of South Carolina. One was held at Greenville on the 3d of October, at which Ilon. WadJy Thompson made a speech. Hp declared hisselled conviction of the mpoliey of the war vith t!ie republic of .Mexico, and said that ie bclieved that if it were to close now, one hundred million dollars would not j ay its cost. He was proud of the part he sons of South Carolina had taken in he conflict, and indignant at the proposition that would exclude her sons from sharing in the territory that miglit be acquired. The extensión of our limits, he said, was not to enure to the benefit of he South. "He beleved the North would not recerie from their po.-ition. Ten States, vith votes enough to control the popuar branch of Congress and to elect n resident of the United Slntes, had tucen their an ogani and insulting stand - and they were daily ga in ing -trengih. - jast year 300,000 fo neigde re landed n our shores- not two tliousand of whom eltled in the south - the rest spreading over the norlh and weat with imponed entimeiUs hostile to our welfare. With Oregon and :he exppeted accession of Mexican territory, added to the presen! ion-slave!oldiog States, the number of ree Slaies would be uliimntely numerous and t,trong enough to amnnd the 1 slitution, and overthrow the inslitutions of thesQuth." 'The true remedy for this state ofthings, ie thought, was to ba found in acquirirg no moro territory. We have alreay quite euough ; thut which it is proposed o aoquire is nol desirable, being sieiile, covered with Spanish grants an i held by t pnpulation accustomod to'rebelfioo and , unaccustomed to work ; and besides, he said, " he would stake hs life that no part of the terrilory could or would bi :, occupied by slavcholders :" upon this point he added, that " He would consent to be gibbeied, or, if dftad, that his bones should be dug up and mado manuro of, if ever a slnvehulding State were fonned out of any portion of it. We should be satUfied with Texas, every paftofwhioh t,11 be slaveholding territory, under ihe compact of nnnexat ion, having tlio Rio Gronde for its bnundarv, and a re asonable margin, where necessary." fie was decide Jly opposed to the projnct of estaLilishirg a southern pa;ior nt ! Washington and henrtily thankful to Mtssrs. Buclianan nnd Dallas for the' stand the}' liad taken. The follotving resolulion was passed : Resolved, Thal under no circumslancra will we recognize as binding any enaclment of ih? Federal Govrnment, which lins f'ur ils object the prohihition of s!avery in any territory to be acquired eithpr by conqursl or treaty, holding it lo be the natural and independent right of each citizen of each and eveiy Staie of the i-onfederacy, lo reside, with his property, of what ever descrlption, in anv territury, wbJch mny be acquired by the ai-nis of the United States, or yielded by ireatv by any foreign power. The citizens of Barnwell district also hnld a meeting on the sa me subject. The committee appointed for that purpose reported nn address, setting forth the contemplated action of the North on the sub ject of Slavery, and urging the most decided sieps on the part of the South in regard to the matter. The following resolutions which were adopted will indícate the spirit which prevailed : Resolved, That we are decidedly opposed, not onl to the Southern States agreeing to run any man as a candidaie, w'no is not openly and thorouglily opposed to the VVilniot Proviso, biit also to Uifir uniting or fraternizing, in caucus or conventiov, witli those icho are in ils favor - as derogntory lo our character - wounding to tlie feelings of just pride - and calculatcd to lead to the moit dangerour consequences. Resolved, That if milder mennsshtffifd fail to repel these asaults upon us, we stand prepared t. adopt the higher, su. gested in Ihe report ; and if that should fail, we Mand prepnred to tlirow the responsibility on our assailants. and to take the final remedy into ourown hands,wit!iout fear that we in the end will be the greatett sufferers. The " higher" measures alluded to, as being recommended, is thus set forth in the address : " But we reeommend these milder measures for no other reason thm thnl already assigned. If they should fail, we are prepaied to retalíate by adopting the high measureoofexchiding theirships and commerce, nnd that with the certain conviclion that it would bring the intelligent and patriutic of the non-slaveholding States to unite with us to put down forever these unjustifiable assaults on our righis, honor and safety ; but, if in that we should be deceived, we are prepared to throw the responsibility on our assailants, without the least fear that we shall bc the greatestsuflerers."