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Columbus diwjuircr.
JOHN II. HI A HTI N. I .lli.i.
Tuesday Morning, July 3. 1860.
Constitutional Union Nominations.
FOR PRESIDENT.
joiEnsr bze5XjXj,
OF TENNESSEE.
VICE-PRESIDENT,
EDWARD EVERETT,
• OF MASSACHUSETTS.
The Preae and the Nomination a.
Neither the Atlanta Intelligencer nor i
Confederacy give* any intimation of their
choice between D.uglas and Ureckinridge.
Tha Confederacy reluctantly takaa down
the namea of Stephens and Dickinaou, but
dora not yet "run up” any othera in their
placea. Tha 1/teomotive, however, boi»ta
Breckinridge anJ Lane. We believe, aa a
geneial thing, the so-ctlled "independent”
preea ia the moat bitter in ita ill-concealed
partisanship and ita uncandid partiality, of
all the newspaper tribe. But the Atlanta
anorter ia nearly nil tmokc.
The Federal Uninn roc* in for Breckin
ridge, and the Savannah Newt indicates an
intention to pursue the same course. The
Augusta Constitutionalist hoiate the namre
of Douglas and Johnson, end publishes a
call by the "Executive Committee of the
National Democracy of the Stale of Geor-
gia” (James Gardner chairmen) lor a State
Convention of the parly, to be held at Mil-
iedgsville on the 21tli of July, lotoominute*
a Douglas Electoral ticket. Tha Macon
Telegraph, we think, will go for Breckin
ridge—no douln to the tad disappointment
of the Dooglasites. The Caasville Standard
wae advised of ell the nominations, but does
not indicata any preference.
The Augusta Chronicle and Athens
Watchman—Isggards heretofore—run up
tha namaa of Bell and Everett, abandoning
now all hope that (be Krcedera will nomi
nal a proper tickei and agree to a policy
in which all parties at tho South can co-
**Iu Alabama, the Mobile llegitttr boiale
the name of Douglas, and the Mercury
that of Breckinridge. The Montgomery
Advertiser runs up Breckinridge, and tha
Confederation Douglas. Tha Mail is wait
ing <>n the meeting and action of ita
anti-Beil Convention—an unnacessary cere
mony.
lion. John Hell on Abolition Petitions.
R made nrnUu
I that h
&?;
Debates. II -
rnijutr.f, that had drnlri? the charier ooetnphatl
I ht roud for the r»cept on of abollMon
. In Cong**- W™ >• «;ve,ai.ri.«»...
nut ...te tills way In tlis Oongreftslonsl
ms out llmt even Hie Columbus
t nuairrr, mm •*.»*».■— ■«J
.Wily and cal'ei. ..
acknowledge Its error. 1 lie i iiquInT excuses Itself
In n very etnjrular manner. That John Hell sl*«l not
vol« in iHMtl, for tbs recaption ofabollllon petIUons.
Tbs dtnlrl was broad and flat, bul now It appears
that Mr Hell was far from being an ’•ultra opponent
• abolition petitions."
]WIT, Mr. Adams, of h«wm.. in«
lion petitions. Mr. Lawler “istss.l tbs i»*uuin»./
J uesUon of rtcrjitiini, on which Mr. Adnnoi asked for
ie axes and nays—they were ayes 144, nays Go.
•Vo dife petition was msiww" lathe laii|fu*Ke of lbs
Glob*. Mr. Hell voted yva-tb*t Is U rmta them.
Mr. Hunter, «f Virginia, Mr. Wise,of Virginia, Mr.
llawson, of Qeorgta, and other Houtbsrners voted
nay. We have other proof aa to the accuracy of
our charge.—T^mrs.
We copy the wholo of tha above, ns on
illustration of Democratic fairness in stating
the positions of an opponent. Our articles
on this subject, wl ich our readers doubtless
remember, will show that we have neither
acknowledged any error nor made any
mistake in this matter. Wo denied, "em
phatically,” that Mr. Bell, in tho caily
etages ei the excitement attending the
presentation of abolition petitions, lavnred
lhair reception, charg* d by tho Timet,
via: in 1H36 and ’BO; wo showed that he
was than "an ultra opponent ol abolition
paiitions,” hut that a coalition of Democrat*
aud abolitionists all the time voted him down
on this question of reception; that when
ever he could get a direct volo on the quea.
liou of reception during this esrly stage Of
the controversy (and he tried olwaya to get
such an opportunity) bo voted against their
reception ; but that afterwards, finding that
be could not procuro their rejection, ami
,thst under Democratic nuning they wcic
increasing to nn annoying extent, he fell
constrained to chango his policy, because,
in his own words, tho course adopted
"tended to multiply tho numbers, the
power and the influence of the abolition
societloa of tho North.” Ho then consented
to their reception and refrronce, having an
assurance from Mr. Adorns, chairman of the
committee to whom they would be referred,
that he should report against them as tak
ing Congress to do what would be a "breach
of good Inillt,” Ac.
Now, if tho Times will just atate our
poaitionk and argument in tho above few
winds, it may hummer away as much aa
it pleases in the vain attempt to make a
breach.
Abolition Petitions, Again.
The Timet returns to this charge against
Mr. Bell, and, varying it a little to suit the
r.aee, thinks that it proves by our admissions
and by a discovery it has juat made, that
Mr. Bell did favor the admission of abolition
petitions.
Now, we explained Mr. Bell's whole
course on this question, in our editorial
review of hia record, so definitely and
•ecutively, that we thought no one i
misondsratsnd it. The Timet originally
charged that Mr. Bell voted to receive abo
lition petitions in 1830. Wo proved from
the record that throughout that year and
two or three succeeding sessions of Con-
^ ^ress (embracing the beginning ol thie
agitation) Mr. Bell was tbo ultr
comproi^sing opponent of the reception of
abolition petitions ; and the Timet had to
admit it, end still cannot deny it. But we
further showed that a coalition of abolition
ists end Democrats, in a Democratic Con
gress, received them against hia vote and
protest; that afterwards the Democratic
party got up in caucus • contrivance for
dodging the question of reception, which
Mr. Bell would not vote for, because he
wanted to strangle the monster in its
infancy by refusing to receive the petitions,
bul it passed nevertheless; that under tbi*
mods of disposing of them (the question of
reception being left open) they increased so
rapidly aa to become a source of annoyance
to Congross and agitation to tho whole
country, until finally Mr. Bell, finding that
he could not hope for tho adoption of hit
policy of rejection, end that the Democratic
humbug substitute wae only embroiling the
eections and gaining nothing for the Mouth,
'.(included that it was beat to receive them,
*fcr them without debate, tnd have a report
ruintt them,—ho being assured by tin
remittee to which ho wanted to refer
i rm, that e report ibould he made against
ti.ero as mischievous, and againat their
prayer as impracticable. All this wo staled
more at length in our former articles. Dot
ibe Timet pick a fl^w in the statement if it
can ; hut it nerd not expect to draw us into
any hair-splitting discriminations between
receiving and referring. Aa we have said
before, the latter ueceaaaiily includes the
former, arid we raise no quibble about it,—
we do not need or moan to resort to suet
ceviling.
Home Difference 4n tliclr I-Jktimotca.
The first paper with tbo names ol Doug
las end Fitzpatrick at ita •'masthead, ’ tha
has reached us, is Ibe Mobile Jiegitler
(John Forsyth's paper) of Hundsy morning
—too good a day for such a 4< « d. It t r
taint special dispatches from Baltimore l<
!•«« boor of Hatnrday l ight— no doubt lr<
its editor, wbo was there—and it is highly
elated at the strength and proapecis of it
l:cket. *!t announces the nominations, edi
torially, in this confident tone
"The question, who shall l.e our nc
aeltleil. Ths National Dciuuerslle (
not <IUaj>iM
It has nominated Hie nun wl
•pie have declared thtdrchoic
;:as
lllscl
lendly hat
thirty millions of Ids countrymen? Those oldest li
council and best acquainted with the temper of the
nation express the unfaltering conviction that
Htridien A. Douglas will bo elected President of th
United States by a larg-r electoral vole than ha
keen cast for auy inun sluce the heroic times of ou
history." i
By the term "heroic times of our history,”
the editor must alludo to tho PieiCO canvi.es
of 1862, for he certainly cannot hope h
elect Douglas by a larger volo than Pitre
received—we beliovo hu carried all th>
Htaloa but four, and wo expect to niiuourico
in November that John Boll has cariied
more than that number.
Bo much for the leading Douglas paper in
Alabama. Tho Montgomery Moil is on u
different tack. Its chief editor, loo, waa
near tho acene of action on Saturday, nnd
on that day dispatcher were anil from
Washington to the Mail, of a very dissimi
lar character. Ita dispatches report "n
enthusiasm hero for the Breeding ticket—
politician^ believe it will win”—"Peonaylva
nia, it is thought, will go for Breokinridgo”
—"The tune ia all for the Breeders,” &c.
We congratulate Hie Democracy on hav
ing so good a boaster aa tha Mail to aid
them in the "brag game." If their now
ally has yet to bo learnt Ibis game, it will
make a capital player by the timo they give
it one campaign's instruction.
But wo offset tbeao Douglas and Brrckin-
ritlgo Donate, one with tho other, and advise
our readers to keep cool and watch events.
Tbo people will bogin to talk nnd vote very
In reference i
the
Mr. Mnrtlii’ii ltraolutlone,
Tho following are the resolutions offered
by L. W. Martin, E«q., in tho Opposition
meeting held at Crawford, Ala., on tho 18th
inst. Though Crawford is only twelve
tnilea distant, and we wrote on tho 10th
the 12th n * t# 10 resolution* lot warded, they
of DrceiuHrr 1837, tho 7Ymet' statement
is very partial and disingenuous, ft w*a
then lor the lirst lime that Mr. Bell became
convinced of the policy of treating these
petitions less harshly than he had previous
ly voted (vainly) m treat them. But he was
■till not in favor ol their unconditional
reception, and did not ao vote. Wo will
fairly stele a//the voles uu that day, derived
front tho eniim record to which tho Timet
refeia. The tlrst abolition petition of that
session wo* on that day presented by Mr.
Adams. Mr. Wiso moved to lay it on the
table, and it was so disposed of—Mr. Bell
voted yea, tnd Adams, Cushing, and other
uholiiionista.nay. Mr. Adams then presented
another hatch of similar petitions. "Mr.
Lawler raised Ihe preliminary question of
reception,” end Mr. Bell voted yea, with
many other Sou'hern members; and the
vote stood, yeas 146, nays 60. Tho Chair
alated that thia vote "still left tbo petition
at the ditpotilion of the House"-, bul how it
was disposed ol if not stated. Mr. Adams
immediately presented another abolition
petition, ami moved ita reference to a com
mittee. Mr. Wise moved to lay thia motion
on the table, and Wiao’s motion prevailed
—Mr. Belt voting for it. The petition was
ibrn laid on the table. Afleiwarda a rule
waa adopted, tusking thia disposition of all
abolition petition* pivsouted during that
aetsion.
In the Congress of 1838 (aa we learn
from an axchattgr), Mr. Patton, of Virginia,
offered the following resolution :
•^iftsolvut, that »H petition*, memorials tnd
aching ibe abolition slavery, or the
r Territory of th* United Males, he
read, or rein red. and that no further action whal
er er snail be had ihtrcou."
Among the arcs we dud John Bell, and
among thr nays Caleb Cushing.
ty The Macon Telegraph directs atten
tion to Ihe important tact that in Georgia a
majority of the whole number of votes cast
ia requisite to elect a Presidential Elector,
ttbould there be no election by the people,
the Legislature (already chosen) must alsct.
CT The Atlanta Conjederaey (lately for
MUrphtus and Dickinson) bunts the Dott;-
laa and Johnson tl.g, and cummaucea tha
cauvas* v.goroualy. The lntclhgenttr has
FU.I yet Udell j oil! 100.
K l*'*. touching
nly reached us yesterday (tho 20(b)
o our mail arrangomruta :
Resolved, That in our estimation iho in-
a tuition ol slavery, ua it oxiat* in the
Southern Slates ol this Contederacy, and
the rights which it involves, aic parummmi
to all other political quosliona ol tho dny ;
ami it la tho first duly ol patnoia noldly m
proclaim aud unialienngly to maintain llm
constitutional rights ol tbo Southern people
growing out ot lliul instmillon.
Unsolved, Thai die Toniiories belong,
mg lo the United Stales arc tbo common
propeity of tho soveral Slates, and the citi-
gens ol any State. or ol any section ol the
Stales, liavo a right to emigrate io iho.-e
Territories, and to carry with thorn what-
ever properly tho States from which tuey
emigrate i lay recognise as such ; and u in
tho duly ul Hie local authentich in tho Ter
ritories to protect those citizen* in their
rights ol property ; and it tho local authori
ties tail or refuse to protect them, a >« un
duly ol the Federal Government to inter-
pose and protect them through all iis de
partments.
Resolved, That although it ia the duly ol
iho Territorial Government and the Federal
Government to protest private property in
ibe Territories, yet, neither the Federal Cot•
eminent nor the Territorial Government has
a rich! io declare u:h it shall be, er uhut shall
noth* properly in the Territories ; and , *
peeiully hat neither the right to abolish Shi
very from the Territories by direct legislation,
nor indirectly by unfriendly legislation.
Resolved, Thai a is llic uuty ol every
proper government to protect ua ciiitona in
their lives, their liberties and their property;
and no party which has (or tt» object the
destruction ol either hlo, liberty ol property
of any citixen or of any section, can, m the
nature ol things, act within tho aopo und
power of that government; and any attempt
to get control ol the government, by any
party with such declared purposes, ia row
ed by us aa an attempt cl usurpation und
revolution.
Resolved, That upon the principles ol the
foregoing resolution, the organisation ol
the Ulatk Republican party upon the dis
tinct and isolated idea ol hostility to slavery
m the Southern Slates, is subversive ot thia
Government, and any attempt to tnaugu-
rate a President by that party should ho re-
staled by the Southern States to a dismem
berment ol the Union.
Resolved, That we will vote lor no man,
and co-operate with no party in the coming
Presidential election, who does not distinct
ly and unequivocally affirm the principles
set K rth in the foregoing resolutions.
liitlie Brown, recently of the Pared,
Opera Troupe, baa been married at Buffalo,
New York, to Mr. Fred. Miller, the organist I
and composer, and late agent lor the
troupe.
CF* The New York journals anticipate
the arrival ot thaGraat Eastern at that port
on the 2d ul July. j
Kveretl and Mumner.
Finding, a abort limn since, in the Mont
gomery Mail and Columbus Timet a denun
ciation of Mr..Everctt for having signed the
"Sumner tratiroonial” in wo asserted
that Mr. Everett, shortly after aigning it,
published a card or letter in which he staled
that be put bis signature to it while sick,
without reading it or being aware of the
language which it contained, and that he,
did not approve of ita tone or sentiments.
The only rrply which the Mail ryade to our
statement waa to draw a picture of the
editor of this paper ecraping Mr. Everett,
••spread out on a large rock in the bed of
the Chattahoochee river,” to "get the abo
lition dirt frotn Mr, E.’s garments.” It did
not even mention our reminiscence of Mr.
Everett's card. The Times, wo believe,
considered silence the better part of dis
cretion} and said* nothing more about tho
I:t the meantime we were looking up the
letter of which we bad so distinct a recol
lection, und wa have it now before us. It
is dated Medford, Mass., Uc!. 3, 1867, and
it shows that Air. Everett’s wholo course in
reference to the excitement in Massachu
setts attending Humner'a coning waa an
endeavor to calm and atop it, and tu produce
better feelings towards the Mouth. In the
letter before u*, after referring to the great
excitement against tho South which hhd
been aroused—an excitement so intense
that, "in the opinion of some persons, if a
leader daring and reckless enough bad pre
sented himself, he might have raised any
number of men to march on Washington”—
Mr. Everett continues;
Imfried ate!v on tho receipt of the intel
ligence an indignation meeting was called
in Fun*uil Hall, which I was invited to at-
tend. Not disposed to quit the retirement
Iriwn political life mused by ill-health a year
before—believing also that additional ex
citement was lo be deprecated—i declined
to attend the meeting. It waa, however,
attended and addressed by very cound, con-
m rvutivc into. In the course of Ibe fol
lowing week, having occasion to repeat my
address " on tbo character of Washington,
I prefaced it with a low remarks on the
recent occurrences, the object of which
waa to impart a more chastened and aoher
temper to the fiery indignation whi h per
vtided the community. Thcso remarks
were extensively quoted and approved in
conservative journals, both North and
.South. They are the same which are al
luded to in the closing paragraph ot Mr.
•Sneed'a card. I enclose you u copy ol
them.
A day nr two niter the appearance ol
these remarks in tho public papers, a young
friend, nltrr expressing his cordial appro
bation of them, requested me lo subscribe
to n testimonial proposed to he tendered to
Mr. Sumner. Ho did not show mu the
paper, nor mention in whole or in part the
terms in which it was to be expressed.
Supposing ilint it would nctord inspirit
with toy own remarks just alluded to, l
felt it my duty, in older to avoid miscon
ception, MMh« exuding state *>1 tho public
mind, to comply with his request, which I
accordingly agreed to do. The paper was
soot up to m« at n very earlv hour the next
morning in my bed room, wherh, from tll-
licnith, I had pas-nd a bnd night, and was
still under tho Influence of ether repeatedly
end
rd. 1 unrolled
already subscribed ; th'
y eyo were ol judlcic
tho i
which Htruch
i nnd reflecting
persons; and without rending or seeing
the caption, 1 signed my name. This ot
course wan a great indiscretion, but ol n
kind perhaps not unnatural under tho fit-
curnstaneea ol my illtiOsH. This ia the
paper given nt length in Mr. Sneed’s card.
As soon as I how it the next dny in the
public prints, I inlormed the young guntlo
until wtiu iiud procured my sigtiatute iliat
( could not have signed the paper had 1
been aware of tho spnii in which it waa
drafted und the terinu in which it waa ex
pressed. 1 made the satno statement lo
mimoroiiB friends und correspondents in
diliurcnt parts ul the country. 1 furnished
a memorandum to tho above < fleet to the
editor ol tho " Boston Daily Advertiser,”
to he published when ho should think it
proper. I authorised two Iriemls in the
Scuaio of the United .States to make the
necessary explanation should tho subject he
alluded to in that body, ua 1 thought it
possibly might ho; ut.d iis soon us .Mr.
.Suiiiner’f health vena sufficiently restored
to mnke it proper to do ao, 1 wrote to Him
to tho samo effect.
The Mail, in ita notice of tho assault on
Mil inner, declared that "law-abiding men ul
tho North—the class there that aro atone thn
friends of the slave section—will aeo in this
act nothing to commend ami everything to
condemn." Mr. Everett's explanation nnd
disclaimer, nnd hia consistent propriety and
conservatism, prove him to lo uno of thi«
class, and show that he was only expressing
feeling* which lAo Mail said would be
enteitained hy tho exclusive "friends ot tho
slave section” st tho North. Yet tho Mail
now denounces him for simply giving
expression to iccling* which it thou said
every real friend of thn Boullt at tho North
would entertain !
Thu Mull uud lli’ccklnrldgc.
Tho Montgomery Mail ha* not yet
"hoisted" tho names of Breckinridge and
Lane, declaring that it awaits the action of
tho Montgomery "Blute Rights Opposition
Convention"-*-(ho same soled "convention''
which, ns jt confessed to us, friends of Beil
and Kveioit were not expected lo attend,
and which they will lako care not to attend.
Hut thr tone of ita editorials and tho tenor,
of its dispatches from Washington (pre
sumed to ho forwurded hy tho senior editor)
plainly indicato that it contemplates sup
porting tho Dominations of the sreoders.
Now, if any one desires to read the most
hitter and harsh denunciations of John C.
Breckinridge over penned, just let him refer*
lo tho Montgomery Mail if October 1H50 V
That paper and iho New Orleans Della
were tho foremost und most unsparing
journals in the South in denouncing Brock-
inriJgo ns a Froesoiler, Squatter Sovereign
and Abolitionist, for his Tippecanoe speech
(of which wo gave an extract yesterday)
ud hia support of emancipation in Ken
tucky. It was these sharp and pointed
•'a of the Mail that occasioned the
Hal difficulties between its Mrnior and
f tho editors (tlun) of the Advertiser,
to which we Will nut further allude.
If Mr. Ureckinridgo has in any respect
rocunted or modified hia opinions since I860,
wo are not aware of it; and if he has, the
recantation can avail him nothing with a
paper that denounces Mr. Everett for avow,
ing a policy in respect to slavery in 1830
which ho abandoned by supporting, in
allianco with the editors of the Mail, the
opposite policy in I860 !
rr Isn't tho Democracy a very honor t
id conscientious party, i! the cause stated
low prevented Mr. Stephens' nomination
for Vice 1'resideut on the ticket with Breck-
inriJgo l We copy from the Washington
correspondence ol tho Buvaonah Artci, a
Democratic secession paper;
"In the caucus of the ami-Douglas Con
vention tho name ol Alexander H. Stephens,
of Ga., was proposed, with much appr<>bn<
non, ua tho nominee lor tho Vtce-Fresi-
dency. But several ot the Southern dele-
atea objected to it, on the mere ground that
be Mexican War was popular in the Sou;h.
"U that Mr. Stephens, in Congress, opposed
nut war. It w s urged that one ot the
barges which it wav intended to press
gainst Lincoln, in the Northwest, was ins
II 1 ailion m tha Mexican War, and the
nomination of Mr. Stephens by this Con
vention would neutralise that charge.”
vr The Rome Southerner "pitches in”
for Douglas and Johnson with a rim. Ita
calculation ot the rssult, by which it elects
Douglas-—giving him a majority of the
Mouthers vote—ia a curiosity ot its aort.
Go it, Southerner, before frost, which nips
all green things!
Correspondents.
Wo are always glad to receive communf
cations for our paper from our friends (par
liculatly when they contain news items of
interest in their respective localities); but
we must take this occasion to remind them
of the importance—to ua as well aa to our
readers—that they should have an eye, in
scanning every sentence, to directness and
brevity• Leave out every redundant or
unnecessary word or sentence, and come to
the point at shortly aa possible. This ia
the rule we have to observe in writing our
own editorials, and therefore we must extend
it to our correspondents.
Our paper to-day N&ntaina a tong com
munication, which we would not have
published (on account of ita length) if the
writer bad not some plausible claim on our
indulgence, arising from the fact that his
course has been censured by other corres
pondents. We always regret ever having
admitted a communication on any subject
when it calls out such long-winded replies.
We went to givo every man and every
side a fair hearing, hut we intend to insist
on what is fair towards ua and our readers
as well as to llse writers. Remember that
the deorcat words in the English language,
to an editor, are brevity and dispatch.
Gov. Johnson ou the Douglas Ticket.
In accordance with telegraphic intima
tions heretofore published, Senator F’ttzpat-
rick declined the Democratic nomination for
the Vice Presidency on the ticket with
Douglas, aud a meeting of drlegates to
Baltimore and others, held in Washington
city on Monday, nominated Ex-Governor
Herschei V. Johnson, of Georgia, in
■trad. A telegraphic dispatch of Tuesday
from Washington innmns ua that Gov*
Johnson has accepted the nomination.
Gov. Fitzpatrick's declination was
unexpected, and for patent reasons,
could hardly hope to bo elected lo the Vico
Presidency on that ticket, und he would
hitvo lo ancrifiro «^ther political aspirations
by accepting the nomination. He is a
didst' for re-election to Ihe United Btates
Senate, Hon. Wm. L. Yancey bring hia
most prominent opponent. In a heated and
exciting Presidential contest in Alabama
between the Dougins and Breckinridge
tickets, it is possiblo that the latter might
obtain a majority over the former; and even
if it did not, tho Opposition would sympa
thize with Yancey In tho Senatorial election,
and thus give him the advantage. Benator
Fitzpatrick did not care to fight the Sena
torial bottle with such odds against him,
and therefore refused to run for tho Yice
Presidency and will prrhapa mount Iho
fenco in the Presidential canvass.
Gov. Jwhusou is a shir* decided man, am)
is nut ao prominent for the Monalo ir. Geor
gia a* Fitzpatrick ia in Alabama. liesidi*
the Opposition in thia Htulo aro nut so
uncompromisingly sguinst hint aa are the
Alabama Opposition against Fitzpatrick.
His name will givo the Douglas ticket moru
strength than Fitzpatrick’s would, hut w«
think it doubtful whether Douglas, even
with hit help, can heal Breckinridge in
Georgia. Bell and Everett can hardly fml
to csiry tho Misie.
They Nny lie la Weak.
John Bill of Tennessee weak, with forty
thousand voters to back him in tho coming
contest in,Georgia ! Weak, with a record
that will compare with that of any states
man now living or dead—a Southern man,
living in a State as sound as Geoigia upon
tho all-absorbing uubjecl of slavery! Weak,
because ho voted against thu repeal of lift
Missouri restriction, wt ich has caused tho
present aspect of political affairs '■ weak,
hccauso he said in '64 or '66 that the Kan
sas bill contained squatter sovereignty !
weak, because he was aud is a matt of great
sagacity and foretold the effect of the slavery
agitation I No, no, that is not it, John
Bell has loo much conservatism about him,
ho
ch of a Unto
u, to *utl
Young America. They waul disruption,
disunion, a general spree over u Govern
ment that was fought for ou n preamble and
coat the blood and treasure of the followers
of Washington. John Bell is not reckless
enough to gratify the morbid taste.of Mouth*
ern lirr-eateis for revolution nnd conquest.
Weak indeed !—the nhlost, soundest tiaits-
man running for the Presidency. Lincoln
is a sectional candidate; Ureckinridge ia
also a sectional candidate ; Douglas pro
fesses tu he the candidate of the National
Democracy, hut truly is the representative
of tho Northern Democracy; while Boll
was nominated by men from all parts of the
Union—fairly put bofors the people on hia
own record. Knowing him, they were wil
ling to trust him for the good of thu whole
country. Shame on you, old Whigs of the
Henry Clay school! Will you not slaud
up to a man who ie the exponeot of the
principles of that great statesman t Will
you give your support to your ancient
enemy wfion you have them divided and
scattered I Will you help thrm hack into
power when you have been trying to dis
place them for twenty years 1 Shall it he
■aid of Georgia that tho old Whigs have
abandoned their cundnlste because they
think he is weak, and will vote for a sec
tional candidate, the representative et the
disuntonistsl I cannot believe, if you will
stop end think before you further go, that
you will act in violation ol your party'a
plighted faith, and render yourselves ridicu
lous in tho sight of men. All the Demo-
crats want is your votes—they don’t care a
copper after that.
I ?" Tho intensity with which tbe Penn-
sylvanians, of all parlies, demanded a
higher protective tariff during the sesaioo
of Congress that has juat closed, may bo
inferred from the fact that only one mem*
h*r of the delegation in the House voted ,
for the loan bill, the passage ol which was
designed to defeat Iho tariff' bill. During
the aesaiou, the Democratic candidate for
Goveruor, Gen. Foster, was repeatedly in
Washington, electioneering harder for tbe
Utiffbdl than bo did directly for biraselt '
at home. Reason—he desired to identity
himself beyond cavil with tho protective
cause, and he knew that the passage of tho
bill would improve hia prospects. It is
reasonable to infer frotn thia courso of the
Pennsylvania delegation, that the President i
preferred the passage of the tariff to the
loan bill—-iuJecd bia messages hardly leave
that question in any^ioubt. The passage
of a bill to increase the revenue to the
amount needed would have been far more
hontai and economic*! than an additional
i loau ot $21,000,000. W# suppose that
the national debt will by this measure bo
increased to $70,000,000 or $80,000,000
all incurred by tbe Ptarce and Buchanan
Administrations. And how spent!
Meeting of the executive Committer.
We ate informed by Dr. Audrews, that
the Chairman of the 8tate Executive Com
mittee of the Constitutional Union Party ,
has called a meeting of the Com mine* at
Milledgcv.lle on the 10th of July.—-Macon
Messenger.
John C. lfrcrklurldge.
Ed. Enquirer : The telegraph announces
the gentleman whose name bead* this arti
cle a* tbe candidate of the Southern disun-
ionists for President of the United States.
I: ie right and proper that the people of
Georgia He reminded of tbe acts and doings
of Mr. Breckinridge in and out of Congress.
In tho House of Representatives, in 1854,
he did aa much as any man in Congress to
fasten upon tho South squattrr sovereignty.
He acted a conspicuous part in the passage
of ths^bili of "uncerUiutie* and unmean
ing gencralitie*." Ho aided no little in the
passage of the bill that "lost the Mouth
Kansas,” and that stirred up all the "in
flammable matter of the North against tbe
Moutd.”
Mr. Dreckinridge is the candidate of the
disunioniala of the Booth. He ia nominated
alone by the Moutbern wing of tbe Demo
cratic leaders, and Mr. Douglas is nominated
alone hy the Northern wing of tbe Demo
cratic leaders. Hence they arc (Southern
■ nd Northern candidates of tho Democratic
leaders; they arc sectional candidates, for
in tha convention tho contest was the North
for Douglas and tbe Mouth against him,
and all of tho regularly accredited delegates
from the North to tb* convention remained
in the convention (save Cushing) aud voted
lor Douglas, and all of the delegates from
the Southern (states (save four from Mary
land) withdrew and nominated B
ridge. Aro not these candidate* sectional
lo all intent* aud purposes I I know tbe
Douglasite* have nominated a man from
Alabama to give a national coloriug lo tbei
ticket. Tbe Breckinridge rnen have nomi
nated an Oregon man that they too might
give the color of nationality to tbeir candi
date*. We have now iu the fit Id three
section*! ticket* lor the Presidency—Doug
las, Lincoln nnd Breckinridge—and the only
national candidate* *ro Bull aud Everett,
and for them I shall cast my voie, if I live
to get to the poll* on tho d*y of the election,
for l am not prepared tu do auytbtng that
will dissolve tbis.Government yet. I con
fess I am too great a coward lor that. I
would not, if I could, he brave enough to
do no rash an act. Tbo only chance lo save
tbo Unicn is to volo for Bell und Everett.
There ia no chance for Douglaa or Breckin
ridge—the former cannot cany a tingle
(■Southern Stale, aud the latter will not carry
a single Northern Mtale. Bell und Everat
will curry Northern anti Moutharn Stale*.
I do not a«o how these .Southern extre
mis'.* could make up their mind* to take a
man as lhair candidate for the Presidency
who i* an avowed emancipationist— one
who, in Kentucky, proposed the gradual
destruction ol slavery iu that Btulr. I for
my Jile cannot sen the difference hetweon
Douglas and Ureckinridge on tho slavery
question—I really tbtr.k tho former could
he trusted by the South with ua much secu
rity ns tho latter, if the people of this
country wish to preaervo tho right* of each
section and the Union—if they have not
lost all veneration for the deeda of cur
ancestors—let thrm volo for the candidates
of the Constitutions! Union party, John
Bell and Edward Kvorctt. There is no
earthly chui.ce for any other candidates
than Bell und Everett to beat lliu Black
Republicans. If, therefore, (Southern men
bant Black Republicanism, Jhcy will at once
uvuil ihemavWus of thn only means to do uo
—that is, vote for Bull and Flvurelt. I have
heard a good tusny Democrats say they
would vote for Bell if they thought he
could heut tho Black Uopuhlican candidate.
Well, there is a good chanco for Uell to
best Lincoln, und as tiiere is nn chanco for
either Douglas or Breckinridge to beut
Lincoln, our Democratic friends who ao
ardently, and no doubt honeatly, desire to
defeat the Ulsck Republican cutididate, can
carry out their desire without tho slightest
inconvenience or sacrifice hy uniting on
Bell aud Everett. HxaPXtt.
Alabama.
We have very animating and encour
aging reports from the Union Convention
si Selma. The spirit and enthusiasm there
displayod satisfy u* that tho desertion of
"Southern Right*” Opposition voter* to the
•Seceder* ia very limited indeed, and cannot
ruako any sensible impression upon the
public* ot the State. With tho exception
of Montgomery, vre do not believe that it
haa in any county nhstrseted from our cause
as many votes ■* Uell und Everett will gain
front the conaurvattvo Democracy. Tbe
Opp&sition seccdcra themaelvo* evidently
begin to nee this, and therefore we discover
indications of a decided reaction
among
. hasty
and wrong step, and we applaud them for
giving heed to the admonitions of the
"sober second thought.” The Opposition
anti-Bell meeting *t Montgomery did not
commit itself against Uell und F^verett, and
the Mail has lor several day* hern intima
ting that its tittle wing would support them
if they would ouly declare that they ste in
favor of protection. Aa if either of them
can he suspected of favoriug squatter sov-
creigtxly, or of tetutiuR to extend to any
description of pro|»erty the protection guar
anteed to it by tho con»litution aud by
tho covenanted equality of all cilizone |
everywhere! Aa if John Bell has not de- j
I a red in so many word* that alavs property
i entitled lo'Federal protection in all the
.’rrritoriee, and latthfully and consistently
phcld declaration by his votes! Aid
* if ho ha* not, since hi* nomination, in *
is letter of acceptance, announced that bo
aland* by his record slid will he guided by |
the principles that have thus far decided his 1
•e! Thera being no reason in the
1 to distrust Mr. Boll's soundness on 1
question, wo should regret in* giving i
tuch additional piedgn at this time,
use it would look like u time-serving I
hid for volo*, which wo trual he is incapable
of making.
The Uniou meeting at Montgomery was
10 s gratifying demonstration. We rec
ognize in the participants a number of the '
staunchest aud moat reliable opponent* the
rrupt Democracy have ever encouillered ; j
id in the list of ita delegates to (Mina we I
0 the names of several gentlemen whom
0 supposed to be incurably afflicted with 1
the Secession hallucination; also tho name !
gentleman who waa last year run by
the National or Fitzpatrick Democracy as j
their candidate for Representative at the i
special election.
In Maeou county, too, the Union meeting 1
si Taskegee proved conclusively that that j
sunch Whig county is this yesr to be fully
deemed. Tho strongest (Southern Rights
Opposition men in the county participated
iu this meeting, and tbeir course assures
us that all is right in Macon, aa it is in
Russell.
Wait a Bit!—Tho August* Constitu
tiona/Ut, joyfully announcing the nomina
tion of Gov. Johntou on the ticket with
Douglas, exuhingly proclaim*, "Georgia is
•tie I"
Bead Itl
The little article of the Montgomery Mail,
which we copy to-day, contains the only
allusion which that paper has yet made to
Mr. Everett’s letter retracting his inadver
tent approval of Bumnrr’s language sud
has unintentional hsrehne** in denouncing
Brook*, for which the Mail h*d cen*t*ied date;
him. '1 hi* letter prove* Mr. Everett to be
one of tbe Northern *l*te*men who, though
seeing in Mr. Brook*’ act ••rveiything to
condemn and nothing to commcr.d,” nev
ertheless opposed themselves to the rliong
current of Northern indignation and did
everything in tbeir power to keep down the
eicilemeot and allay tbe hostility towards
the Bouth. It exhibits him s* just such a
politician *■ those who, according to tbe
estimate of the Mail in I860, were "the
only Northern friends of the sUve section.”
Y’ct that paper will do nothing rnoic toward*
netting Mr. Everett right before it* reader*
than 1* contained in the article which wc
copy ! Did ever our rrsd«r* know ut to
treat an opponent thus unfairly 1
The Mail says that it may hereafter
publish the "other part” of Mr. Everett’s
letter—not that part vindicating him from
the imputation which tho Mail ct first put
upon ium! It now want* to show that
.Mr. Everett "concurred ir^the main tine of
argument of Mr. Sumner’s speech.” It
would not even copy tho whole sentence in
which Mr. Everett announced that concur
rence, much If aa the edntext, which shows
that by the term "main line of argument”
he simply meant opposition to the Kansas-
Nebraska bill. We did not at first copy
thia latter part of Mr. Everett's letter,
because the first part was that which related
to tbe controversy which we then bad in
hand. Mr. Everett's approval or disapproval
of the Kunsns bill w** not the •Object-
matter we were dealing with—we v.ere
allowing the circumstance* under which he
unwittingly signed a paper containing offen
sive expressions for which the Mail had
denounced him, and we copied all tint wh
necessary to tu* defence against that charge.
We cheerfully give now the baUnce of the
letter, announcing his concurrence in Bum-
ocr'a opposition to the Kansas bill—a fact
which has never been in dispute—and
containing additional ^rotc»l«tion» ■gains’.
Bumucr’s violence in debate and against
llio spirit in which tho paper, ignorantly
signed by Mr. E., bad been drawn up. We
■ re glad lo ■co that the Mail has the whole
letter, lor it encourages um lo hope that it
will ebon copy it; but wo trust that it
was oblivious of ns existence when it first
brought the charge against Mr. Everett, as
well as of the fact that in 1857 it regarded
Mr. Everett's loiter a* satisfactory !
Commencing where we stopped before,
wc conclude Mr. Everett's letter:
Others who subscribed 1)10 paper did it,
Is * I um informed, either without reading
it ut all or so tmsiily ub not 10 he well aware
ol it* character* When a meeting ol the
suhscnhcrB w u* called, it was agreed, part
ly '
LATEST FROM EUROPE.
Arrival of the Htemship Europa.
Cotton Market very Irregular. 1
ALL QUALITIES DECLINING.
urd*
Slid
akn 1
expressed 1
accordingly done. *J
!d at ■ timo when 1 '
«r«, hut 1 fully appro
known that I ha
outset, and Mill 1
ihe late Ad
'Id tha
ndenined f
idodlyc
uidci
J 'Opposed the Kannaa-Nn-
tilin iho Territorial Committee, ol
wu.h a member. I voted against
mirnent to tho bill, by which the
Compromise wa» repealed. I op.
'.hill, to the host ot my ability, in
Halifax, N. S., June 26 —The steamship
Europa has arrived, bringing Liverpool
} June 16>h :
■pool Colton Market.—The sale
cotton tor the week were 50,010 hales, ot
which speculators took 1,800 bales, am
expoitcrs 8,000 bole*. On all quslitiei
there wan a decline ot i a id. Quotations
were very irregular.
London Money Market. —Consols quoted
at 03i a 93| lor account.
Halifax, N. F.,June 26.—Liverjtool Cot
ton Market —The sales on Friday were
7,000 bales, ol which speculators and ex
porters took 1,400 balee. The market was
dull. Quotaiioi ■ were as follows :
Fair Orleans Tfcd. I Mid. Orleaoa. •.•ftd.
Fair Middles T»- 4 d. " Mobiles -..Bjfcd.
Fair Uplands 7 d. | “ Uplands &;„d.
The atock ot cotton in Liverpool was
1,'JJ5,0U) Isles, ol wuicti 1,137,000 bales
were American.
Stateof Trade.— Manchester advices
unfavorable, and goods were dull, at
Liverpool General Markets.—Brcsdsluff*
were quie>, at Tuesday's advances,
visions were quiet. Beet heavy. W
quiet.—Corn firm; with a good demand;
the maikel opened at 6s. decline, but re
covered at me close.
London Money Market.—The Bullion il
tho Bank ot England Had increased tw<
hsndred and thirty-one thousand pound
sterling. Tbe money market was slightly
easier.
Havre Cotton Market.—Orienn# tret
dinuire was quu'ed at 04t., and Bas a
Market declining, cod quotations berely
maintained. Sales ol the week 4,503 bale*
Stock 267,000 bale*.
The steamer Persia has reached Liverpool.
The weather has been unfavorable to the
crops.
There is nothing important from Sicily.
T4ie Royal troops continued to leave.
A royal conference was announced to take
place at Baden on tho day the Europa sail
ed. Ia»uis Napoleon and the Prince ul
Prusma had arrived there, and several Ger
man Sovereigns were expected to join the
Conference.
The annexation of 8avoy to F’rance
consummated on the 14th.
The steamship Great Eastern would
positively sail oh the 16th.
iMtetl—Liverpool, Sundtry*-via Queens
town.—The salts ot cotton on Saturday
reached 7,OOU hales, ot which specuh
and exporters took 2 000 Sales. Tho 1
ket was very dull, ond there was but little
luquiry, ami prices were weak.
Light.
Arrival of the Northern
New York, June 27.—The
Northern Light, with Man Fran
to the 5th instant, arrived here to-day.—
The Northern Light •
and a halt treasure.
Hays hod been defeated by five hundred
Indians. Capl. Story was mortally wot
rd, ami the bodies ol Major Orinsby
twenty men w-cro found at a former bi
field.
St. Louis.—A census of
been taken hy auih
mcni. '1 He result i
Colored
>ta! population*
Douglas Demonstration.
New Oai.LA.Ns, June 25.—There wa*
grand Douglas meeting here to nigh
The True Delta was menaded.
Sennit* Session.
Washington, June 26.—The Senate m
to-day, but irnnsscted no business of in
portsnro. In Executive *011*100, ihe trea
with Nicaragut wn* ratified ; the arim
wag a mended *41 as
gaged
provnPe «h>
protecting
employed
the iron
ihali
the
thu H
tliroi
s iilnuB*
clock
;o (vs f stated in my place ot
King ol tha Senate) had not
compelled me, at hail-past
morning, to leive me
chamber befoi __
I informed my Southern political friend*.,
when tho bill was brought in, that it ought
to be entitled a hill to ** annihilate all con-
rervsttye Iccling in the nou-slavehuiding
State*.
With theso views of tho subject, though,
nn I true', lor reason* higher than any ci
ted oil porty politics, I luily concurred in
tho main lino of argument in Mr. Sum
ner’s speech. Abstaining, however, habU
tunlly myself from all personalities in de
bate, und believing that they always irritate,
of
persuade
bosl
e, 1 could
, ... ilified
ipprobstion'' on the manner in which he
treated iho subject, nor intentionally give
my sanction to tho violent and offensive
language of tho subscription paper ulludt-d
to, and inadvertently signed by me.
In conclusion, I mink it would bo a sad
ly unprofitable task to endeavor to trace
the successive Heps <«f that mischievous
action and reaction of North and South
■ M' !l "'her. which has brought the
dangerous position,
path nt n
the I’nioi
males.
Tho t
sperstn
und
uard in tin
will boJatal to
1 which I have
D spirit ot the
with obloquy
Littered coutri
ny pei
_ *1*"
make
think expedit
villi ir io nd I y regard, yours
Howard Everett.
1 that, in this portion of hit
ett manifests in the most
truly,
il will bn
letter, Mr.
decided manner his eminent conservatism
aud moderation, heartily deprecates tho ill-
feeling between the North and the South,
aud shows that he did all that ha could first
to prevent, and then to mitigate it—so
much ao, as to hsve encountered at the
North "a uioit violent aud uuielentiug
warfare” hy the Black Republicans against
himself. In his own language, his heroic
stand against the passions of his own sec
tion wa* that of ' conciliation, in tha spirit
of iheA:ou*titution." That’s all that we
a»k of any Northern man; when ho oro.
The Great Eastern.
New York, June 27.—There were n.
signs of the atenmslnp Great Eastern
which left England on the 16th inst., am
is now fully due.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP
GREAT EASTERN
New York, Juno 28.—Tho steamship
Great Eastern, with Liverpool dues to tin
16th inst., arrived off' Sandy Hook thii
morning.
The Great Eastern left the Needles at tei
o’clock on the morning of tho I7lh, am
arrived off Sandy Hook at halt-past seven
this morning.
The U»g shows the distance run aa three
thousand two hundred and thirty n
The voyage was lull of interest, ai
demonstrated the superiority and excellence
of the ehip and machinery.
The greatest t*pecd made was fourteet
ami h hall kn»ti< per hour, but two knoti
additional should be allowed for tho luul
ness other bottom. V
The weather was generally favorable.
The Great Eastern brought lorty-twt
passengers, and additional but unimportau
Italian details.
LAIltJK DKLKGATIO.VN,
Immense Enthusiasm.
cIei.ma. June 27.—The Convention assem
bled at 12 o’clock.
Mr. Phillips, of Dallas, Chairman.
represented by large
Then
nthu
W. It. Wood and J. W
for Mm State nt Lnrgr. Wash. M. Smith
G. C. Freeman, J. 11. Clanton, J. D. Wei,I.
L. R. Davis, Joseph II. Morn* and B. W
Groce tor the District*.
The Committee on Resolutions has n.i
yet reported.
lion lias just pas tied a
the protection o( -Uv,
"•
Missouri Cong^re 1
Ws.njNOTON, June
and Poik, ami Cong
3-The Cm
tho c
v* believe hit
ckstrr.
he
fcrWe thank the T
1 for copying our
ol Mr. Bell's course in
xu petitions. Now it may
W e only ask its readers
id then decide lor them-
takes any breach in our
1.—On
^ HoiMIBLI A!\i» r*NATUR
Friday ol last week, the r*
Jonn Hackeit, a farmer in prosperous cir
cumstances, located about nine miles from
Si. Louts, took fire and was burnt to the
ground. W bile the dames were raging,
Hsckett was seized with ■ belief that ths
building had been fired by his son, a lad of
five years old, and picking the little fellow
up be threw him into tho tiames. The
child was almost immediately rescued by
the bystanders, but his legs, arms, and
other portions ot bis body were so horribly
t>uro«d as lo preclude all hopes of recov
ery. The unnatural father was arrested
and imprisoned on tbe succeeding 8uuday.
— uccn ur-
rtsied in l ortsiuouth, Conn., lor walking
ibe street—the males m female attire,
ho,»pa aud all—and the icuialea with
regard to th
mg the local
the I^gtsla
a majority u
Senate Session.
Washington, June 27.—In the Sen
to-day, the treaty with Spain for the set
ment nt the elatrne of the two countr at ,
rejected, because ol the rejection, l»y esp)
tiding tor a p,,ID,0l
the Armisted negr
W'aniti.NUToN, J
not rattly the Alex
adjourned to-day,
i.—The Senate did
reaty. The Senate
•ton at Buffalo, gives the following inte
resting Slit'Sties of Methodism in the world:
Total number. 1,9*2,044
AdJ travelling preachers.............. 1.1,209
Total rommunlranu In America...1,995,-4.1
Total communicants lu Karope 7:>A,H50
Tout -...*,702,195
statistics can-
,ctly a
Grand total
Supposing three mein
.2,742,895
„—he Church (a very
eraie estimate for Methodia'. congrega
tions,) wa have an aggregate population
depending on the ministration ot .Method
ism of hardly less ihun eleven millions.
Efficacvof i‘R *yer.—It will he seen
that the floor ot tbo Hail in which the
Democratic Convention is held, gave way
immediately slier prayer. A stereotype
portion ol almost every prayer is a petition
tor the downfall of Satan's kingdom, an
overthrow of the powers of sin and dark
ness, and wo havo no doubt auch was the
case at to tbe prayer 111 ibe Convention. If
so, tbe breaking down of the building ie the
most direct and immediate answer 10 pray
er that hae ever come to our notice. The
overthrow of*the Amrlakites in answer to
he prayers ol Mom-s w ae not to bo com*
pared to it.—Augusta Dispatch.
Col. rig In’, l.rUer_I,,. truc :
Duty of the OppusltJun
Ed.E^uircr:-A .J
p.por ugning bim.clf ..One nf , fce C(J
mitlee” l.ke. i .,ue with Col. Wright ,T'
the undcr.tinding end. inl.eiion of
commilteo iu .Iriking out ih, roooluiionTf
instruction in committee-room. Th t t
derstanding cannot be arrived at now
it is certainly truo that those of the .
mittee wbo consented to strike out « lh|
resolution of instruction” did not once
dream that they thereby left tbeir delrg, le ]
uninformed and uniuatructed as t 0
principles of the convention there assetJ.
bl.d. And no member of that convention
supposed, after adopting tbe pisiform, that,
because no resolution of instruction 1
appended, therefore tho convention coulj
by the action of tbeir delegates, be comma!
ted to different principles or to a party i hl ,
ignored those cardinal principl#*, any mor*
than it could be "committed to ihe support
of the Democratic candidatea.” ft „ C(
tainiy true that neither "Col. Wright nor
otber members of that convention want u>
Miiledgevrlle to be transferred to the leaders
of the Democratic party,” but it i* equally
true that those same members adopted
unanimously a platform whose preamble
declares that "we will unite with ail m* a
of all parties who agree with us in our car
dinal principles,” which was followed by t
few plain, explicit resolutions on tbe ques
tion of slavery. And it occurs to me tbn
with ibis preamble and resolutions confided
to his keeping, a delegate could not well
discharge his duty unless he made aume
effort to discover whether the National l’c-
ion Convention "agteed v.ith u* on \ho»*
cardinal principles,” for until they dij so
agree we could not ‘‘unite” with them
These wero instructions enough ns to pnn.
ciples, and no glorification over “Pained
Henry’* grandson,” no hisses at the meu-
tton of the slavery question, and no N«n
Brown with declarations that be would net
swap the Uniou for slavery, should hiv t
prevented a delegate from Georgia boat
presenting in convention the pr uciplrs m
substance, if not lit words, of the parly cf
ht* Slate.
Col. \Vright declared iu convention that
he desired tbe delegates to go unlrammtitii
at lo the man, as your correspondent him
self proves and a* every one knows; bat
as to principle*, neither Col. Wright ntr
Viy other member of the convention bel.t»-
cd that a delegate to Baltimore could hii.il
him outside ol tbe platform then mads in
Si.ic ci.uv.mion. lli» pu.ition ... i
posed, that of the entire convention Lr
’there seemed to he a general feeling agsinii
proposing the name of any man as our
choice; but as to ignoring bulb principles
■ nd men in our ftiale convention, aucti «
folly was not thought of.
But these questions and differences per*
baps amount to nothing. Wr must desl
with fact* just as they are, aud not as they
might have been. And what art theta
tacts 1 Bo far as declared principles can he
judged from, there is no real difference be
tween the Georgia Opposition parly and tb«
Conslitutionalista or Hecedera as they are
sometimes termed. Both agree in assailing
all live different fotmt uf freaaoiltsui tud m
asserting the constitutional rights of tbe
booth. Now, being united in pnnnplet,
how can their union bo made practical so
as to promote their own views and defeat
their common foes I Tbia is a question of
pro eminent importance at this critical pe>
nod, and well deserves a patriotic and not
a partisan consideration. A distinguished
member of tbe Opposition party in Georgia,
it ts understood, suggests a union in the
Eleclorsl ticket—bait Opposition aud hall
Constitutionalists—with instructions tocsit
their vote in that direction which will moil
surely deteat Lincoln and Douglas. This
would bring about a union on principle
which tho whole bouth would do writ to
intitule, hut I fear that the mutual diatruit
which lias been crested between these tao
parties hy long years of rivalry and contrrt
will prevent the consummation of inch 1
scheme.
But if it ie desirable to keep up separate
organizations, let me a'tggesl that the hi-
eculive Committee call the Opposition party
again in convention n*ake into considera
tion the present position of affairs. Whaa
this party aaaeinblea let il retterala it- “car
dinal principlesand appoint Electors
with distinct instructions that if elecleJ t-y
the people they shall not, if otherwise p »•
•this, thinw sway the vote of Georgia .n
this important content; but if the election
of Breckinridge over Lincoln, Douglas ami
Houston depetida upon their Electoral voir,
that these Electors shall ctai tbo vote si
Georgia for Ureckinridgo and Lane. Alio
that they shall cast their vute in like mat.
nor if necessary to prevent the tranifer ol
tha election to the House of Representative*.
But if auch vole cannot aecure the etectu*
of candidates pledged lo maintain the con
stitutional right* of the 8outb, still to cast
tbeir votes for auch men ■• do the moil
unequivocally represent tbe principle* of
the Opposition party of Georgia as defiasd
in their platform made at MiUudgevffla the
present year.
This airangcrncnt will secure nothin;
more perhaps than the separate organiza
tion ol the Opposition party—for it is u*<*
less to conceal our hopeleaa minority last
year of over. 20,000 volea—unless, indeed,
there he sufficient Douglas men in Georgia
to bo divide the Democracy aa lo give to
the Opposition party a majority. In that
went nothing would be lo*t to principle,
under the plan proposed—for if Ureckin*
ridge and Lane carried other State* enovigh
to elect with the vote of Georgia, our Eir«*
tor* would be bound and 1 hope would
cheerfully cast their vote* for them both.
It may appear like folly to keep I” 1 *
patties separate who are perfectly ag'trd,
it tbeir Slate platforms mean anything at
a I—especially when they have a common
foe in their own State and elsewhere in tb«
tape of Duuglatitin to encounter. But it
e same result can best be accomplialied
' continuing separate, ■ > let it be door,
bis is no day for partisan feeling, aod
eae suggestion* are made in tbe hope tnat
me action shall he taken by wbieb t»*
In o| Georgia shall certainly he a*CUf«d
er both Douglaa and Liocoln, and ab*>l
>t be thrown swray if it can be maJt
re in the eleciiou of men to the For
ney and Vice Freaidency tu whom
Southern States, now imperilled, may
heir const t-Mional right*. £•
Wautall texputiged.
\Ye are not surprised that Uuchinin
lioulil waul the record ol the Covodt Coin-
niiiec, and Mie crushing censure ot
louse, expunged. A Washington corrr'*
pondent relates that a few days ago who*
old Buck wai bewailing hia fate in «(•«
mdst of a circle of devotees, he exclaimed,
n the agony ol hia feelings, “ Oh, that I
tad a Benton in the liquao!” wharcup>>"
hat generous and gallant champion ot the
itetressed, Colonel Florence, who formed
me ot the coterie, rose in ihe majesty of
juat indignation, and striking his breast in
n impulse ot inspiring eell-eacrifice. e*'
I tuned. "I will be your Benton” -
Whether the Preaideiit took the excellent
Co.01.el into h:a arms and bedewed h»
handsome luce with warm and gushing
i. our informant was not able to •«7-
Mr. fiurl.inan, mere sro some ibillg*
cannot be eradicated. There are spot*
even the multitudinous seas canm*'
) away. You cannot pluck from ft”
is of the people the judgment whicn
their representative* have pronouneed ••
gainst you. Y'ou cannot rase away «■*
.ncradtcable stigma that haa been affixed 10
your administration and youraell. Even
Colonel Benton htmacll, it be could ta
ilored to life, and were willing to respond
your appeal, wotfld find hia tones failing
upon Icadeu ears aud gtv$ up in utter dee*
And yet Buck’s man, Florence, b»»
nee had the audacity to introduce “ «**
pungtng resolutions" into the ilouaa 01
Keprekcntaiivca, and the Opposition w<”
uoub t" upon them, but Floreec c
uld not let a vote be taken, koofM>f
11 what tbe result would be. F<x> r v,l “
Buck ' Ia not the wey of tbe trenegt* tJl
bard •.—Kickmond IKAig.