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Newspaper Page TextTHOMAS S. SPEAR s ■ Plated Ware. T*U. Cutl#-' ==Xi Pocket KdItss, Gum, Pistol*, Ac. HEAD OBNAMENT8. An entire new assortment of llsad L'reese* end Uir P>n*. HAIR WORK! A beautiful variety or Pattern*. I will make to nlerany d.isi.-n or pattern you uiav rwtuert. BATCHES. CLOCKB and JEWELRY Kepalrrd by exr*rienr<-U workmen nnd wan nut- 1 taJe to ord*r. LkTTtkt'No and Kxnx.wtx.i neatly dona. THOMAS RAGLAND, -—Proprietor. VOLUME^XXHL A STRICT CONSTRUCTION Of THE CONST1TUTION-AN HONEST ANO ECONOMICAL ADMINISTRATION Of THE GOVERNMENT. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY' L'-INti- SEPTEMBER II. I860. succusox i B. PtlRPLEw HAS just received, In ad-[ * dltlon to bin former stock. 1 Ihsome Terjr floe li Watches, Clocks, J* ! Rich Jewelry, Silver a l, and Jewelry and t .osded Head, ever oiler.-1. PEBRLI-: SPECTACLES! OK Oold and Steal Ftvuir*. of the kSee .ju.Uity mauuffctlurrd. 1 eordlally Invite lb* attention of all to my stock, d will take ph—are In showlug It wkelber poi nt desire to • ^ g H’RIM COOK’S HOTEL, (r/jtsr CLASS UUTLL.) oner Broafl and Crawford Streets, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. HATCH COOK, ,'(i0-4lwtr Proprietor. A.NFORD’S liver invigorator, NF.VKH DEII1LITATKS ! TIJ COMPOUNDED ENTIRELY Fit >M (ll’MS, Thursday Morning:. Sept. 6, 1860. The Corner Slone ami the Enquirer. The Comer Slone this week again devote* ita whole rditonal battery to an attack upon John Bell ami a defence of the Democracy, and a large ehate of ita shot into the Bell camp ia directed especially at ut. Wishing •ome sort of justification, wc cuppo*c, for the personalities tunning through its two- column “leader,” it proclaims that we hod lost our ternprr and indulged in ill-humor in our reply to its article of last r.etk ! Now, we assure the Corner Slone, in all sincerity, that nothing pleases us belter than it* open and avowrd opposition to our cause, and it discloses an undue amount of sensitiveness in taking to itself our anti thetic remaik about the “adder.” No forced construction even can torture our language into anything elso than a eontraat ol the candid course of the Corner Stone with the nature of the reptile mentioned. We arc accused of endeavoriug to excite ogainsl the Corner Stone thoae members of our patty “who ore iia supporters.” This is a charge that carries with it ita own refu tation, for if they are supporters and render* of the Corner Stone, they can decide for themseive- whether we fairly or unfairly rrpresent its course, and will not be guidid by our rafiri-Boniation. And wo feel quite sure that (hero is not a member ol our patty, taking 'ho Corner Stone, who has not won dered that we have not sooner and oftener noticed its illiberal course towards our can didates—an much in contrast with its course towards Mr. Buchanan in I860, who was undeniably obnoxious to the very charges which it now ur.faiily inskes against Mr. Bell. The Corner Stone boasts that it i* “not control of any clique or JSB'KA.nlS! S I •'*"*• " ho, ° "s'" "■> rt “e niZ1 ' l “ '' ,nlrol to act gently on M succiMfulljr w an onll- | us, or to dictate to us w hat we shall oj- snd 1* wrist! to with confidence In all the for which it U recommended, li ha* cured thousands <J will cure l.IYER itldnthe liwttwo yean- > j-I.tints, Hlllous Attack* ho had gi ven up all g b< ef. es the ^ Ry*p<-|»»ia, Chronic IM- o I Idled 5* plahil*. I') »i-ntery. Hid Ideates III my po» » ny.Sour M»ina< fi. I!**M Ion show. O u*l CosltvrncM.C'boleri incrasaniustbcad.it- 0 • l.-lcra M-rl.u*, r<1 io the l-mperamsnt C* ra Infantum,Flatulcnoe, I tmuer the pay I ibr individual taking ? Jaundice, Female Weak , w |i Og0 r|r L'llhe dictate* r>f you p It vrill • . s! • hr U.r of the UVLl: 2 ) \MILY McCrir..- tm r« FtCK lie thousand- i ikrn at coiuuicikciuent of attack C9.A1I » Ik. urc are giving their testimony In It* favor. • 9.Mil water with hi the mouth with the Invigo SikNTFonu'a FAMILY CATHARTIC PILLS, COMPOUNDED FROM «r« hanfaUt lUlructs, awl pul up iis (Jims (\ts> s, Ir Tinht, ami unit kero in itnv climate. IMIK FAMILY CATIIARTIU PII.I.It a gentle hut L active Cathartic which the proprietor lias used hi* practice more than twenty year* The constantly Increa- yj reference to this well et- Ing demand from tli*>». j *.»t■ • d f .•! I • .-ti com- iho have long used the j | vin lcd fu.i. . variety 'ILLS and the shIIsIhc *w i.f the purest \ cgctahlo 'in (’»II Ir -n aLu», UIicuiiiuIUi", * |.r. H « tHU.l*r« » -r 00r »nd many diseases to which ttesh l* heir, too iwM'is to mention In Oil* advertisement. Doss, I Price Three Dimes, he LIVER IN VlUOUATOIt and FAMILY CA- ART1C PILLS are retailed by Druggists generally diohl whol sale liy the Trade In all large towns. 8. T. \V. HANFORD, M. D., Manufacturer and Proprietor, 3.35 Droit way. New York. •tailed by all Druggists. Fold also In Columbus, by I’LMIIKIUON A CARTER, A IVERSON, WillTEFIDK k CO. March OT.lkfln dwly NEW LAW F1IOI. W. P. CHILTON & SONS, W. L. YANCEY & SON, AYE formed a partnership In the practice of the La* under the firm name of CHILTON A YANCEY. n They* ill | .iw< ,-i •i.illy II. nd to nil busbies* ronti- •card to their u*e, ha* .. uii . very part of the all- -lured me toplaee j* im-ntary eunal, and are iroiwltldnthc reach of c, good and safe In all rn- * . ■*•■ where a Cathartic I* J I»I !; \Ni,EMLNTSr.f the Hack ami PILL ha* with do. (j ..i, : I, end in a long Courae of Ft vrr, l,..s« of The Profession well jj! needed, such now that different Ca 2 DF.RAMiK.Ml E rtlcs i.ct on different *5 FTOM.lCll, Mecpltu tltit*- f the bow.-ls, (a Pains In the Hack iFImLI CATIIAK- <3 Loins, CoMlvetiecs, PILL ha* with ilm Q and Itoreuea* over Ir body, end.ten . d I, wlii.l. fi. .,... ii!l. icUte, a Creeping Feiuatlon • Hvstlcssntss, Headache, n all InilauiuiaLuy Disease*. 1 I pose”; that it “writes its own opinions,” i &.c. If this is art innuendo thil wo am | not equally independent and candid, it ia I whjlly untrue ; and aa we recollect once before seeing in that paper somo remark that wo thought contained such an insinu ation, we take this occasion, much as wo dislike and always avoid any allusions per sonal to ourself, to make a remark or two uboul the nature of our connection with the Enquirer and the eourso of tl.o paper under our management. NVn took charge of the paper with (ho (..press stipulation that we should conduct it politically in our own way, and wo have never, sinco our con nection with it, consulted n living soul in reference to its course on any political ques tion. We do not say this by wsy ol boast of our independence, for w« recognize the policy, if not tho strict propriety, of con sulting friends in reference to party move ments ; hut rather an an apology to our party friends for what may liavo seemed an indilT. rcnco to their feelings and opin ions. The truth is, no one man can bestow which wc bestow upon the Enquirer, and have any time left for canvassing tho opin ions of hia party associates ; the necessary seclusion imposed by his office duties must prevent it. Hence we havs hern compelled to rely wholly upc resources and our own judgment, to tuke counsel only of our own sense of right and jpatice, and to write only our own opinions. Nor have wo been at oil backward in expressing our opinions decidedly upon all questions, with out wailing to see what waa the sentiment or would he the course of the party with which we have generally acted. In proof ol this, wo may state that ours was the first paper in (Jcorgia to advocato the rovival of the African slave trade; the first to de nounce and oppoao the revolutionary propo sition to make tho election of a Black Ke- putlicun President a pretext for dissolving the Union; and the first to hoist the names Mr .pttl.l attention will b« given to collection., | Lu.l and Evnm .nd cnler vigoron.ly, iff to business In the Probata Courts of Macon and with ready facts and relerences, into their Marion Bethuue, ATTORNEY AT l.AW, Talbotton, Geargla. BILL pcs par* Declarations tor person* entitled to t Honaiy Land and Pension*, undrr tbe latu -**of Coogr*** ; and prosecute all rlalin- of that .ra. Merrl, rt. '6ftw-ll Goo. G. Ragland, ATTORNEY AT LAW. UreciiTlIle, Ala. TILL attend promptly to all l.iivinee* entrusted to bis ears, In Uutlsr and tbo adjoining c/un- IW Ofllee, urotalre, South-west corner of tha ague Square. aprUU-dwU _ Walton G. Jordan, ■ney at I«w and Solicitor in Equity, HARDAWAY, MACON COUNTY, ALA. ILL continue In endeavoring to ait. ml to any profeaalonal ttuslnes* that may be entrusted — managtment In any of th« counlica or Court* the Mute except the Supreme Court. MuPoat Office Hardaway, Macon county, Ala , 'nag recently removed Imm the office at (ilenn- and that formerly occupied by hia late broth* r- Uw, John M. While, E*q. jfrUUft > ; . Paiitation for sale. THE subscriber ia offering for sale hia Plantation in Clay county, (ia., run about 730 aerot—about 250 arret a good Dwelling, (tin Huuae and ” and tying on the river about of 9 miles above Fort (iainea. JAMES GRIER Jktmary 2f». 18M ml J. H. Jones, ATTORNEY AT LAW, L’lt.Leouttnne t<> pr**-'i . » tero ( Irruil «« beret. heretofore, and prou.D.» - . all busine** e*itru»1e‘ , In tha counties of Itand. lnli, Clay, Mhoun. qj.offluj at Fort Ualne*, ha. MrehS, law w tt J. T. & G. H. Waddell, ttorneys at law Crftwford, Raitell County, Ala , |X7ILL give prompt and faithful attention to any * * buafneaa entrusted lo them In Russell and ad- lingeoucflea. Oct Ib-dMwly Hrfcklnridgc Not u Slaveholder* \N’e presume that the two letters from Kentucky, which we copy to-day, settle the controversy a* to Mr. Breckinridge’s owner ship of slave*. Tbo fact that ho duos not own them would bo ol no sort of conse quence per te ; but it must be regarded in view of the other facts, that his supporters have violently a*«ailed us nti enemy to the South John Bell, who derives all his in come from slave labor, and has all his life been closely identified with what he call* “this so much abused institution”; tl.nt Breckinridge, being a man of capital, is abundantly able to own slave*, but clioosis to invest hi* money at the North and live* ui a slave State “with no property listed, either real or personal”; and that he be longs lo a lauiily not, d for its opposition to slavery and ita advocacy ol emancipation. A BntccKiNRitNiK I’avlr on Jof. Lake.- The I.oiiisvillo Courier in 18V.*, edited then ns now!)' W. J. llnldcinan, mod tho lollowing language about old .loo Lane : “The Salem, Indiana, Democrat raises tbo fhg of Gen. Joe. l.nne ns it* candidate *or the next Presidency. This Is tbe richest jokool the season. Gen. Es.no >s doubtless n bnvo i man, but he is totally ‘estitntool narly r|: tbo roqinsiirH that would innko him a sueco.-shil cotnmandor. It was lin luck Ol generaMnp, and igniranceol u.ilitarv matti r*. that cau««tl the disaster to tho fecund Indiana regiiu-nt nt Buena Vi«in. The faot i* notorioe*. that it i • mon of th .1 regiment had b.en cotr.tnandv.l l*v ! an uhlo or fkdllul general, they n« v r would havelovn placed in such a j»-. .. n. t.* be compelled 10 retreat There i» nut a country j village hi the Fin. n hut could prudu.- 'n man lully equal to Enne n* n general, while thou sands could bo lound vastly Ins *i perion*.” The Courier ia now n strong Mippoiter of Breckinridge dint Eane ; but even .it must bo compelled to udmit that it is Brock, more than l.a ic, whoao incompetent gen- erslsbip i* raucing the j re-eiil ‘'disasters" to thu Democratic regiments und compelling ■ them lo “relrejl” before the enemy. The ItlindneHa of Pnil> t*rtjudicc. | Editor Enquirer: Our assumed neutral friend, the Corner Stone, of the 28th lust., ha* made u wonderful disrovi-iy of Mr. I OFFICE—RANDOLPH Street. NnMBER3E The I'iiIoii, the ( onstitutiuii. Mr. Crittcpdcn « entlai t the lurmnltt duction 1 may venture m address niysell to you as one who i* not altogether unknown tn this cuy. Ii is l»v uii urgent request, lellow-citizens, that I otnrudo uivsiill on your attention on tin* occasion. I do mu seek opp >r• unities ol (-peaking—it has be come rather irksome, und although S's,WL-ss'K2r, ing the conn'ry f (Cheers.) It will lie Ir.mu|,li ol lilt- country, no. llio iriumnli ol n^'Llon" 1 '|' < e , S ”, 0V ,„5'^f!l c-r.Y. f Aliplauac.) llio I'ninn 1 j “ „ .’1 ' 1 ’ * !'• exercise any vengeance upon f — Who Imve they accused f Wliohnvo they denounced f As ind.viduals they have tlicir ' imona and fealinga, with respect to nil passing public mcasun s mil to nil pres ent public men ; but a* :i put) they are a* but yesterday, brought mt 1 existence by die country's exigencies, ami |.>r the cum.* Ihica, and I ,r y ,fl preaorvaHou. They 19 n subject «i “ * slied 1 am m you. bin 1 hnvo no up niona thui 1 enru n conceal, and when u is ilio wish and pleas uie ol my countrymen to hear mu on nut public concern, 1 led some dilii 'luting compliance. It is iu'obe pelted to olifcr take an i which 1 I cully in (lienee to such a request tin beloru you Inr the purpo-o you on u subject with which, I you are already quite laititliar. The political occurrences of have been ol u charucter to drike t there i Tiny have no I vengeance to wreak upon any ..ne. Their | victory and ll.utr triumph shall bo thu in* j urnnli and security ol nil. (Hntliusiasiic j upplauae ) This Ih a victory worth winning. | In almost all victoues that are gained in tu dilii- I civl * conflieis there io aa much caueo to iu'obe- mourn os to rejoice. If iheru ih oiiu victor appear ** ,uro i* 01 *® conqitorod man upon whom lie nddrersii g trends, und our sympulliius are divided bc- i sute, tween ilio conqueror and ilm prostrate man. ' | Ours in ii victory Ireo Imm all such tarnish- r timo relleciton*. It is one of pure oxulia- dccply I I" pur couutr^j liuinph atd In sprunjY ; a n Ii | Enoli - ipp >j from what causes this but let me lor a single menin (In* subject. Wby am they I. r u diasolu- dono t Wrongs m«v have been done indi viduals. The* may have received nrougs by unjust Ingislolion upon the part ol C n Our griut men may nut have had < the remedy which imn I IH to turn out ol IliPir placet in Itu* proper i cuiiHlitutioi.ni mode those who u .vu u,.* | ndiuiuitMcrcd tbe government. The gov* eminent Iiiih done no wrong. Tim ( .in stitution ami tbo Union hove dune no wrong. They commend equal jusiico lo 1 heir agents may have disobeyed I lie i r injunctions, ami everything may iiute been do no wrong through individual*, but nidi iMiu.1 (f , l„.Ar* i ' ~ | viduulii n»e untenable. VVhat reoirdy would .nd boo what ; S 1.0 consequence ol their victory. 'i ruinx ndeii.mty the Republicans succeed. «lml n 7""" ' h * y meiii f No. And yet by some stinngo per verstty or other their minds have been brought io look upon di-unum a* a reuiedy llo married u J I up..,. I ...I'r.tflit .|«v,i>« | Kentucky girl, und iliut is a wholes.' ,i, iijo | 1 "flu' lice, i E lughtcr and opplnueo.j 1 am r *"bi lie is a Ivkihiickiuil linnsolf, wiucli ih I another culinary met. Mr. Lincoln may bo i; bui, hi a poiitic.il ,,|,l y J, ,; iopre*cntativo ut me party - . tho present Almighty lm* blessed us above all other people and all other nations. Whcro nlmll bo^ thirty years lionce, il uucii prosperity attends un l A great nation of dred million souls, with not enough then devdupe ail our resources. Every man Ir '<» think, free lo speak, lice to net, Ireo iu work. What imiHt this mighty freedom product) with tins inighiy concurrence of hearts, ol heads, of hands! What navies, wlint armies, what cities. Eot us lilt ourselves to llio contnmplntinn “I u nut our children will bo. Shall we not leave t cm a jcgucy as great ns that our tho coulempiniinn ol nvolvcd in our Con- absorb the genius (■'•d j io tho Eegislntiirc ? In Congress this sen-* siun, where wo passed resolutions avowing our mere power over slavery, it was nsked, i* ii neccNinry now for Congress io inter- I ) p ro / There was no caso calling lor tho interfclcnee of such power by special legis- larion. No Senator would tako upon him - sell the responsibility of proposing any such case, except on*'. 1 believe, who ventured to say he th"iijhl there was occasion. Southern Senators agr- i that there waa |tmu«c now existing upon which they Drillers left the mighty destinioi ledernev eng g« us 11 of this Ueputdic und hb Constitution it enter trim all our motives ol puollc action, Mil wo may no longer i>" the tools and sl.iv<9 ol parties, party platforms, and ol party conventions. 1 do not mean to disparage any party in particular, but liavo not your parties and idaMoriiis limited tho Ircedom and inde pendence ol your intellect amt your action 1 l! >ou arc icld the convention hnd done *.• point* are settled by tho Detn- t Cincinnati or my Democratic express ^thc judgment not liesituie even party dogmas f — Convention held Irinuda, hesitato you fiad loruied, do you 'hiok in opposition leprcscntattve ">■" ri* ll'-l.l. r. He Id tl.e IE pullllCll - r ; and, like ull political leaders, ho otn-y thu party that brought I ! (lestrticii It Ita* Ra.1- | .uni i ii know u !*• bo governed by the | ,. ur „ lo inlluenco mid voice ol Ins party. .Mr. l.iu- 1 ■ ii van- t5 “b | ih ul Hie head of the grcul anll-slavciy . y | vtl j I parly, a purely seciinnil party, winch, L'liaraeter and reput. this ew , < slavery cvcryu cedeuis, (lirciiU'ii Bell's abidiiinnisin, a Colli llllilMt'lt goes in g.» so far" ; that •• V i (hull Bell" ; that “Ci pm i I’iirty, and tlicir candidate l forced ill.* piuty i irtinn. It says “Ein- furlher"—“does not i Buren is sounder -« iv.i* n.milder (luiii Richard Hooper, COMMISSION MERCHANT, Chattanooga, Trim. FILL att*Rd prrauptly lo lb* porrbss* • f Coon- Dr Prodacs, or any otbsr t-urine*# .»ntru»t*<l May 18, KoImtC E. Dixuia. ATTORNEY AT LAW, . 00LUKBU8, GEORGIA. t ^.pMe^<ttrefUy opposite the Pos^Offi^e. Thomas J. Dunn, ATTORNEY AT LAW, lrt Morgan, Calhoun County, Oa. ,1'ILL prsrtic* Id lbs fnltAsrlng ceunti**; Fumtsr, Rsndolpa, Early, Dwalur. Ihl.r, Cal waa. boaabsrty. aud Lsa. May »■ ’04-t/ CM .W1LU8. J.T. WILl.lh Willis & Willis, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. ... Talbot County, Goorgia, VI. fU * P ,0, "pt attaotion to all busln*** *n- '» DasUd to ik-.r ~~ inXTslhot sod theadjolif Mawb 00, ’W-etr * Geo. W. Mullins, torncy At IjAW, HAMILTON, GL0RII1 A. ParU.ul^alUDUao ftveu tu coUseUoos. j son lo believe that on two prominent ques tions, since our connection with tho Enqui- j rer, we have run counter to tho general | sentiment of our paily — we allude to the I African slave trade and our defence ol Gen. Walker against tho chargo of piracy or filt- buslerism—hut this fact did not ubatu the zeal with which wc sustained our own opin ions while those questions were up for discussioo. We claim, therefore, for the Enquirer a grraU r degree of independence than that exhibited by any paper which professes to be independent of parlies, but which Is at the same time hide-bound in prejudice and idiosyncracie*. And we ap peal to the Democracy of this city to sus tain ua in the assertion thet we have always extended lo them courtesiea which our own party have never enjoyed at tho hands of a Democratic pres*. We have never refused • place in our columns to any communica tion because it advocated views or udducid facts iu oppoaitton to our own cause, and il has never beet, complained of us that we unfairly stated the positions ol a political opponent and refuted to set him right when informed of tho error or injustice. Can a Democratic paper in Georgiu make a similar statement in the face of ile opponents? We ask the indulgence of our readrra for troubling them with these rciusrk* of m ! persona! character. They are aware that 1 we are not in tho habit of rinnmg iu j that way. But we thought the occasion a fitting one to aay aomo thing* which per haps ought in juitice to ourself to have been said sooner. * ^ ^ ^ Kentucky lilectlon—Official Vote. Fkankfort. An-. 31.—'The official vote ol Kentucky lor Clerk of the Court of Ap peals ia aa follows : Comb* (»8,054, McClarty 45,076, Bolling 10,874, Hopkins 4,904. We call the attention of tbe Montgomery Mail to the fact that thu aggregate vote is only 14,662 leas than the unexampled heavy vote of last year. What becomes of ita 40,000 deficit, and ile “belief" in the state ments of its Kentucky exchanges! And wa know that at least 1000 scattering votes are not included in the above report. Tbo Timet will see that if aa nfany aa SO 000 Douglas Democrats voted for Combe, and they should vole for Douglas in No vember, it woulJ not affect the result, but would still give tbe State to Bell, and run Douglaa up near Breckinridge. Hopkine, as well aa Bolling, ia for Douglas. T«a Mobt Excocaauiao Sia« Y*t.—Tbe New York Tribune daily devotee nearly iu entire editorial page to a fuailade of Bell ■ nd Everett and tbe Union men of New York, while it toully ignores the exigence ul Breckinridge and Lane. (Jen. Taylor"; that “ilu-ir (ibe Democratic) candidates, whether from the North or the South, whether slaveholders or not, were sound upon llio slave question, and sounder upon that, *s upon all other questions, than the candidates of the Opposition, whether from tho North or the South, whether slave holder! or not.” ••Did you ever E* Ju*t about us I expected ol u paper that Im* turned ns many “huIum" und camera us tho Corner Stone has for the lust few months. First it avowed neutrality ; then a speech and dials of lllsck Kepuhlicniiisin; then i-qualterisin — a dish for Douglus ; then Ureck, and anti-»quatt< rism, diaUliioliisii^ Ac. Tho various positions, corners snd “side*” that the Corner Stone has turned 1 much of a homely story I once hoard ol uu old one-eyed schoolmaster. Il ran aomo- what in this wise : That tbo schoolmaster was very cross and abusive to hia acholar* —that he had a very mischievous boy in school, who, if possible, was always on tho blind side of his teacher, making sport and fuu of him for the ainuecmenl ol his Id- Jows, and for which thu master flogged him of:en and aevorely. The only revenge ilia hoy could get was, when ho relumed from the whipping-stand to his fellows, to curse him for on old seven-aided aon ol a b — h ! On one occasion the master overheard him, and called him buck to the whipping-eland, and very sternly told him if he could not prove or show that he hod seven sides, he would thrash him again badly. Well, sni.1 tho boy, I can do it. Go nil then, said tho master. Boy begins: There's your right side and your left side—two ; thore’s your lore side and your hind side—four; there * your Insido and jour outside —six. Now, says the master, there’* sii; show mo llio seventh, or I'll give you Jessy. Well, said the hoy, there's your dung-d blind aide ! The Corner Slone is now on tho “dang-d blind aido,” can only see how to inoko a few garbled extracts ol Mr. Bell’s supposed j errors. It can't see any of tbe errors in Mr. Breckinridge’s record—only sees o lew of j tho sharp splinter* in the Yancey disunion plunk ol the platform, auch u* ‘\'0> form a ; Houlhern Confederacy,” “To let the Union slide,” ‘To firo the Southern heart,” “To precipitate the cotton Slates into a revolu- | lion,” Ac. But 1 must do the Corner Stone the jus tice to say lhal it waa not expected for it to attach itself lully—body, soul and (*ll but tbe) breeches—to any potty or faction but a disunion one, the Yancey-Breckinridge faction. Now, since the Corner Stone, has made its lute summersault from Territorial •overeiguty and Mr. Douglas to anti-sover eignty and Yoncryism. any man certainly can see, if not intentionally blind, llir ele ments of diaunioniain in the Breckinridge lection—as all who read the Comer Slone know ita avowed hatred to tho Union. Mr. Editor, my preference of uii the can didate* for President is Mr. Boll—and I think him tho most avsi'able to defeat the Northern and Houlhern factions, the Black Republican* and Fire Eatirs. But il 1 can bo convinced, or if I am herealter convin ced, that Mr. Dougiaa is the most available, I shall reluctantly vote for hiru. Union men ! Whigs, Democrats and Americans! atand firm lo your posts. Breck inridge, Yancey A Co. lead tho forces of our enemies againet Bell anJ Douglas in the South. Lincoln, Howard A Co. lead the Northern forces (under different colors) against Bell and Douglas iu the North. Umiom. Hardaway, AL*., Aug. W, 1MS0. The Proupect lu Florid** Katract of a letter dated Miltok, Fla., Aug. 30. Florida is almost certain now for Bell, and with a Dougiaa ticket, which will soon be in the field, it will be entirely certain by a large majority. Our candidate# for State offices will leud tho Diaunioniste largely in tbe West. The Madison (Wla.) Patriot say* : "Look at your image In the bowl of a spoon turned perpendicularly, and you will tee a type ol the long and dismal faces ol tbe Brock- iendge men. Look at It in tU same bowl held ndewaya, and you will ese a represent! • non of the merry and laughing face* of lb* cry public i her. What tuio you - rt ' aM *d by ill, led. Although the load- ami elec- CM * ni * w, " e ol ll,ul P«'y "'ey •“»( nHUriioii.il I" ' * > •'•" I* rci'imonlH, tin To uie unougli J Bell and a,, "‘"*5 'belli in thnrcump who do hold and | proclaim such ahulnion doctrine* an uiuhi uldic ne- I inaliu every man Stum led uneasy hi in* all ure '•'•ndiiioii and Iiih properly. The mere uci '.e. Wliut I Mr. Liiifolii’s election would be, thoro o stale ol our country t J" 11 '* u K 1 ’*’ 111 calanrty to the country, llimigh * second iu occupy the 1,0 should do uu act pusliivdy uflcu- rhoru w us ui other d j *' vn V. r , "J ur,,M,s u,i » u "“"* t.ce to utmtci t|, v 1,10,1 i try. It - * election wnul-l create and coiilinue 'nose parties weic sweep- “b'ftn that would Keep (ho eoun- i-onii'iuioii i tin I involved J ,ry "L'dated and ^ uuhnpp io*e grout pat11*h were in osIh and preparing bo a gie m approaching riesidenual ole ! llioso parties was the Deni ie oilier tlic Republican party. opposition rimicni iisell, Ii i about' wl'.mh I ? ,re, . 1 l ,l,ul 1,0 bI " ,uI ‘ 1 ursliaimg tlicir | !'" r , l !.V„... l 1 ^ cc *'! Hry . encouiric greatly i I Onu all (hnt till) impulse feeling would re could go illriber than it h rente Mil greater dangers sill s — i: e qin *ilull <d Ales vould iiccessar. greut culumiiy. . Bell and Evcrcll ( the latu ol pnrio try—Union and Disunion wore involved (he question. VV hnt could possibly come such a contest ( Tnero waa danger euon hi it, hut no good to ilio couuiry could hoped lor. Tim one piny iitoM iiec*8*ni be conqueror, und the other be tram pi into the dual. V ictory tn the one wan pi scription io iho uilu-r, which ilircatened resistance ami lorco id uroi* in oppose i exercise ol the powers ol Government, sands ol men every where who looked u concern, and, 1 may say, apprehension a awe, to the rosull ol hucIi acontust. VVl shouhl they do / To join one or the oil ol these parties was tu mingle in Bin cc diet und in itie evil. The only way wmi ■land lor l li like men anti lor in auotl party ; to lorm a party lor tlie country ; lor in a party that would aland between tin two liosulu purlins, und prevent, ns Inr possible, any collision between them wh might prove dangerous to the country ; at it it cuuld iiol succeed, il it should have heuii scattered he 1 ween the opposing IidsIk <d Hectionuliani in tlicir nngliiy conll el, it would yet break (he alioek ol tho eucooiiter, und suve the country. It iniglit bo tliat tho presence uf suuh a parly. appearing lu the iieldol contest—calm, patriotic, with sunn- hie and proper representatives at u* h*ad — would make such an appeal to thu neiisn and patriotic lerliog ol the couuiry a* would draw n-idn ilicsn coinliatania— draw them to u patriotic sinmiurd, and uinto them together und govern thu country. Tills watt the object and expectation » be looked util all the sanction ud deiermiued Administration » both. (Applause.) Air. DoughiM und hia party ( tilling ly, (nave, ell a idol. ti place in Hie Dcinnciu l.'-nivcnlinn asneiillitcd oiiiluoling candidjti'H pally •y sprung i id Uepuh- lint Bus I d the ol die partisans. lie,to parties. \N which it presented itaell I J' roino oil no | artiliciul platlorru. it came with no studied j creed. It came upon a great mid high prin ciple. in this simple luugungo it wns ex I presued : “Tho Constitution, trie Union, i Enforcement ol the Lu Tit p'litforui to captivate ■ ppuul lo llieiil upon tl patriotism und ol acll-| g! -ry nod tho glory phuise.j These uro < are our perpo.-ns : To uuiiitairi the Coosti- existed o'nierior u the CoiiHtmuioii, to cnfoi country everywhere. (Atplnuse.] All con undersinnd (ills. It is a plain enunciation ol principle*. No subtio discrimination*, no dubioiix rcaolutintiM, no ad cuptuudom phraHi H. no creeds proclaimed t > hind llio hcurtti and blind tbe judginems ol men ; but principles inherent hi the govoriiriioni and common among ull tbo people—“The Union Bio Cunsiitiition, und the Laws.” — [(iron! Ap|.l,.,lMi ) IJi.-re is a ground broad enough lor you aU-to Maud upon. Wa come with no old party feuds and accusations. We come a* a new party—u party drawing it* urengtli from tbe Constitution. Ii h i* sprung Irum Bie bosom of that necessity which aeemod to rc<|uirn and demand ita interposition lor the aalcty ol the country, it came a* a peacemaker to take its stand upon our own native land, aud lo implore our brethren ol ud political parties to cease tint destructive struggle iu which they seemed uboul to en gage, and to spare their country. Wc came to make a puny lor the country. There were parlies enough striving lor tlicir own interests. We wanted n party to strivn (or the intercM* »d Bio country and du a no'iiinatiou. Tliut iiouiimriuoi loll •ii u ciliX' ti ol our own Statu—Air. Julio Brcckion ' ;u. Vow, what ih to lie apprehended Irum Air. uglus, il he ia elected I'rusiduut f Would the Breckmride men cunliuuu to make r upon him f Would out tiie Rupuhli- is continue to uiuku war upon Imu f aud, irntiHud by u common deteai, would Bu y l ( nut bu apt to lorm an alliance nguiiiHt Bn: ■ j MicccHHtuI rival who hud succeeded to the j I’rostdoncy f Yea, Douglas would be in a , vi ry difficult aiiuaiioii ill adu iniHieiing the ( Government without the Hiipport and timiti- , leiiunco iicccsiary lit Bin laak. I know Air. D oiglu* very well, ladies and gentlemen. I rum .Mr. Douglus puisuuully, I should •ippiuhond ho danger. |AppluUoi-.J A iriiuk. lair, and lionusi opponent ul ltie Dcuiocraiic piriy, 1 buve ever been lound acting upon Wing principles, Irmu tin- first to Bid luai. Ilocrrutcd uppiaoio' | But 1 liuvo known Air. Douglas lit the public councils, nun have acted with Inin. Aliiiuugli gcMierully ■ pposed, and especially upon party ques tions, we have ul lime* Li t- d logcllicr, and puriiciiluily upon one iiioineutoua occasion, when wo licitd logeiher in opposition lo Bint inlninoiiH Lecotnptou CoiiHiitution.— [Deobuing applause.] Mr. Douglua was there making u great oucrilico lo In* bunuu ol duty. (Appluiiuu.J lie was bucrilicing Ins eonneciiou, on Biut occasion, with many old political friends; lie was breaking up thu rcliriiuus ol u long polmcai Die ; lie was sacrilicii g a* flailormg prospoctu 1 or the lughcbi ollice ol Bie Government u* any loan in lliu couuiry had. I lully believe lie did whut he conceived mho Ins duty ; and, hi detiaoce id nil opposition, the rack ol thu l’rcsidont, ofleiidcd Irionds, and open lot s, lie ut'iud like u man. [Tremendous cheer ing j lie might have been nnstuken in wiori ho did, but that litlln diiuioiihod the value ol the act. lie thought lie wuh rigtii and knew ho was tmikiug u sacrifice, und he was cdpublo ut mukiug il, when lie bc- the intnresis ol Ins country demand lUn Aud a 1 -io 1 believe li t uh I bolinv applause.] lie i >1 I Uni <|iiurrel [Clic. rs J Unl, wIil-ii II UufklVHt, Uu; tlhucd lieu. Mr. audidute, : ] Wo nominated Douglua represents an old puriy, at loud, hi the lirsl instance, wiBt the republican party, culling lurili Bn biturist uppositiou, and now ui feud with ilio Southern wing ol Ins own puriy, that has rrjrcted him lur another. IBs would he an administration ol conflict. The country could hope lor no rcs'oralioii ol peLce and good government, liu therefore ought not he preferred, in my judgment, to Bull and Everett. (Ctiucra,) 1 have spoken not lo compliment Mi Doug las merely : I have spoken because I desire to give my testimony to Bio iru.h- I boliuv- ud Air. Douglas to he a patriot, and 1 know him to be a Union mail by all tho evidence* that onu public man cun give another ul Ids sentimsins. [ Applause.J Ho is u gimerou*, 1 ol J nun, speaking wlnri he Bunks, und diing what lie known tu bo right. (R.~ pfiried »ppUu*u ) But I tint opposed to Air. D.uglu*. i am lor Beil und Everett, [lui- tutiistj appluDBC ] spirit o| diMini tained'hy s'lml (lie lahllii suniiiiienl- pervade ll.u Sou up Bie hotly ami soul ol Bin lias noin untied our lelluw Breckinridge, as n a cuiulld it Hiduncy. Is there uu danger nng Iiiiii you would give m (hut ilesiriicive itn< ill so ami Biih disunion seniiiiit’iit, und i disunion f Air. Brickiniidgn lows lu the Iria.I. Ile is i.nrt the great paVt; imriioo and a< avery ul intellect i* in a tearful incuHure degrading. Without tangible au thority, ir liiuIh, Iiy sumo mysterious mllu- ence, your henrr, your lieud, and your con science. The “regular nominees, 1 ' But “regular platform' —these are considered -•••ol auilmriiy, they have a talisinanic in lluenco, Yon know not whether I hose con- rod you humbly submit dering the gooj ul Bie ol knaves, conaolniig Bte i long it. When we lorgei diHoln y onr Gonatilnttou, stimniuiiHof party. I do i: ami liio )|ncstionh ol puriy se, k to i Binlilihii no exclusive dominii iltc actions and opinion* ul men, and as they leave Bie people tree in the c ol Ilteir judgment*. But when we Bunk party ‘ .>1 lit, or d ndviso legislation} and yet qaarrejling about the degreo of power which is to l«o oxcrcisi'd by Congress, not w iBt respect lo any Tt t rnorics which* wo now liavo, hut in rcl-ilioii to n caso that may ariso in tome luttire Tcrrilurv. None in antic paled In any Territory which wo now hove to fill. To make it n practical question you have to nippono a future ter- titory of a character to ntiract slavery ; that ■here hi.ull hr un emigration ol slaveholders lo tl ; lliat Bio Territorial Legislature which assumes to deal with properly Inis com mil led a flagrant outrage ; and that the indi vidual Itua called .upon Congress. These contingencies must nil combine, nnd then only do these learned hittl tinreo disputants insist upon tlto exercise ol power by Con gress. Wo have no Territory where such question ean arlio. We have not now i single piece of territory to winch Duvery would go tl it were invited. Why then dispute about a possibility that will proba bly neve arisp. They are so impatient with having nothing n. do, that they lull to quarrelling about what lie* in dint futurity, and by speculation raise up in a (-jtirit of • li.-t "fd a I" ..i ctr twenty, lilty, «»r a liumlrod »ear* hence, or that may never occur. They remind me of a story 1 once heard : Tun Italian* Iking out logcthvron n bright mid- l summer night. looked up Bio ■ I licit k with iniiuinerahlo ....... country end I exclaimed. “(), that I hud a larm as spa* lisien to the i i tuus a* the Itcavens. Thai would bo an object lo party : r* ale woitli liaviiig !” IBs companion long ae they j exclaimed, “(), that 1 had a herd as nu- over I nicrous na ihc smith above.” “Well, sutd long | the other, “in (lie mime ol heaven whul rci-,c would you do with such an enormous herd?” “Why,'' f-aitl he, »'l would turn them on to your 'arm ” [Enigtnor J • You would uyc.” H.erred tbo other. “Yes, what Upon that ( made lor Ins country ttiry quarrel..-J nnd loughi for an Itour.- i [Giaat Inughier | Now it does seem to in mak'J out just such - moonshine | laughter.] But it is said that Mr. Lincoln • » party may ho forgotten to-morrow country will bo remembered lorevcr. 1 ■' ' "ill ..i i 1 iramplod in | —mat lie will not be permitted <o take [Continued election tay t r lather und our t ot more Hucrud r country. Our •bliguDuiiik placed 1*lie uuhgution we is that ( ll a man is elected i majority ul mo pen ’ “g- "II found to amount ist-office. Are Bios “Bon* worthy of Kentuckians ) course of action lor you. It I • peal to a KuntucHiQU I appeal lo [Clit'Um.J in a linr and legal way, thouuh you ucred voted tigu list him, wont you say that he is o wo emi led to hia aonl ? Would you nuicm* pn.r.y ] sidor Bie power very nrbiiary mat would keep him oni ui his office f r anybuoy on a t i t in iniiully doc’ ertolte ui j You have a right i lo | ted President ol Bio Un ! I lie people belong to him in a birthright, i.nm c Iroiil In- Driller and Ins inuBu r. I' 1 -** govcriiniciit was nnurishlied Wri'* “•« blood of 'he one und wanned »»>••« m® it#rn*wl mo oilier. Il cust your liiolherH moro tears than li did your lather* diops ul blimd hui hliHii Bus lection ol Biusudays which must e your natnru m order to unable you geiyf Bie t Eudie !ge a/, r< ud v lo ry ol tlirce parties very par- I appeal to your general riiowi- ra*e. 1 have uccupitd you at- r tlian I purposed doing, und rky Bin id T. (Em nnl Gullies rail' of Biu Union linvo I. t sort of treachery t lint easily overcome '•Ill'll 1 Would lint Wltill to li I III I •nor of .Mr. Brerkiuridge*s noin11,n■ I'm, lie himself conceives it, yet I imagine ore tue thousands ill llio .Smith who would • lor Air. Bieckiondge iii'iinly in llio hope tu it iiiijiil bo Biu menus ul annexing llepuh ic ol u *• ■ ttiato Republic Breckun Kh; r l»r< iilarly jeulo .) They would ruBn-r have Bieir ally than Air. Ilr< «-k• n- ir I'ribidcni. (Increased op* •re i« no disumoiii*t in the would riot make that choice. s ot i v< i yBnng that threatens Every i un ol you, 1 trust, remembers farewell uddrcH* ol George Warhnii! Upon Biu lust duwning of anyth ng lik ntieiiipi lo u I • cn a ■ m non portion ol the c try I ruin another, lie trils ua io Iruwn d'guniiily upon it and upo hIiuII nitemp: even to impa q»le. ii*®y | ” / Bu* Constitutionol Union party, that it hu* i.o platform. I liuvu casually remarked upon platforniH Utfuro. The want • I n plaBorui ih Bin rccoiniiiendnuou ol our party. I du not want n party that will clicui. 1 want not to sm up tiny panned party to attract tlie people to il by its bril liancy ul coloring. The sold of our puriy i* i ipri'-soil in Bie simple hut grand words: “The l.’ Hi OH, the Covaliliilion, unit the tin* fotcrmrnI ot the Low* ” (Cheers.) Wnai du you want more t Out of Bio grand principled Buis uunuunced you may iiiuku iih many pintform» us you please. Does Bus not include everything t Ji the Union is preserved, if llio Constitution ia observed, B thu laws passed by our legislatures uro ou- lorciil, what more has any citizen a rigtii to ask t Will n <i Ins property, whether It consistb ol slaves or oilier things, lie pro tected il the luws uro enforced f Here is everything you want, expressed not in ilie gaudy ami nsimtulious language of parlies, hut iu tho simple language ol truth. Its vet y simplicity is its rccuiiiiuundauon. Ii is nuked iruili in its naked muj< s>y. This is the attraction it lin* fur me, and I trust lor yuu and lor all Bie people ol the»o States. 1 want to see one man elected I'rcstdcnt, who, when lie cuTlies io take Iiih seat, will have no platform chains upon Ills waist and about Ins neck. B it do Freaidtuts mind platforms il they uro not agreeable to hciii f No. Ah souii a* lliey get power in lot ir hands, platforms uro forgotten—Bus is ordinarily the case. Eel ilicrc disputing uboul Bus feature who I u. ar *y. s which Constitution minority "Wc will make .all i cd, but Biat ho could gourds Biai Congress *■ ulrhful of the I great palladium of our rights. The ground ol Bie»o suspicion* and apprehension* is more clcnrly discerned ( very week. I be lieve it if my duly m have a zealous regard lm the safety ami preservation ol my coun try and tins Union, whicli I tuke to lie one ami ilm same tiling. (Applao-u) Old Kentucky hoanver been Bin s<rouge*i *u;>- ,viII * r ho Dial high rliarae'i uli'e raoe, diiecily I cataMisned An soldi- Ires liberty. (Ap* vslabllsliim u Bus si ; liiitani, and tlie I r character*. mu pare Air. Bell irnv: im.no, «.,„„«nm, i , willilho.hml c.,ididmowl„. .'umi.illo,,- p,.c icau ,,, ll,o government lor lone |.,Ti„r)» Mo.ulo,.—Mr. Urockimldoo. And her. ol ,l,„rli„., und „v< r y I,ranch „l i.-„ ; »•!■'". •• ■" ro.|*oj lo Mr Dmigl,,., my oh. ■Sonororo, luembur. „l ihc lloooo ol Hc,„o. | '«-;>on lo nol n. ll,o o." ' i» « onjndt; ! senlolivet, o< Miui-'oro in llio Cob,not, u | *>duol. 1 ohoold hope Ita llr. Ureok n- I lor.ien Mnti.tvru. In nil thir.u vuriod cn- " J «o wo. not « y?'j° ^ l 3^:,r:r; o ;i^r;iv!: 1 tisafer»: country who have come out ol these trials j tuckians. [Great applause.] ile must with chancier* more unblemished B.au | ttWa >' tho P* 1 .!* . 0 ‘ (heirs f [Prolonged applame.) Who quo* iht-ir iniegrity ? You have heard make a queaiiou ol it. • What is the language employed by (lie great parlies with respect to all the other candidates t I will not repeal il. There is hardly any term of reproach spared them. These oilier gentlemen stand up in their ■olitury integrity and purity ol (haracltr unsullied and unquestioned. (ImmeuNO applause.) They come with the Constitu tion iu their hands. They come imploring their brethren lo torgivu each other, to lay aside their hostilities, to cease those fierce broils that are alienating section from sec tion and men Irum men. Eet us join hands and be one nation, one great snd happy nation. (Applause.) This ia ilm appeal itioy make to Bie American people. Fur naelf Bie party claims nothing but thechsr- acter ot a mediator,ui.teriaiinng and cher ishing the kindest and most fraternal feel ings towards all. This is the character in which it presenis itaell. 1 have nol, I think, overdrawn ita teatures. 1 think our partv and its candidate* deserve all 1 have satfl. Compare them with the competitors tha* ■ re now engaged in fierce corMaat before ... has become a diaiiutonist. But Mr. Breckinridge lux made himaoll I Itu head of a party. He ia part aud parcel ul tho pre sent purpose* “I that party ; and, na in the case ul Air. Einsuln, we must judge ol hia public course by the party that ho consents to represent. Who are they f There is not a disunion ini south ol iho Mason and Dixon’s line that 1 know of wliodoee Iiol belong to that party. (Applausu.) We have lor n long lime hesrJ muiicnnga ul disunion in thu South—more than inuttermgs—more than the >vl|i»pcting ol such sentiment*. Wo have seen them proclaimed by high in high ploi Wo have seen conventions pause c. assume ilm character and name ol nullifica tion—the State claiming the right to annul Bie laws passed by tho whole people ol the United States, '.o annul acts ol Congress— aud Irum that day to tbit we have seen it assuming one lorm and another lorm, one lace and another, onu pretext and another, by this Ulan and by that man, by convert* i of independence, But In.only land which wo* all their country had to give in roturii for their deathless services. Shall Wo, their children, pull down thu wm , ol our lathers with our own sacrilegious Imnds, or sue it lorn die n by others t ll an Eng- IihIi, a French, a Uot-hinn, or any lureign R»« should contemplate Bie (curing downot this government, woulJ you not died Bie lam drop ol your heart's blood in delensn ol your noble birthright f Shull wo maud by und hoc thu same Bung contemplated, Bin hbiiiu work done by our own uounirymuu 1 Will you Hiand hy and witnesa ihat horrid erfornird f Will yu • such un ignominious a [entuckians have cnangr / yoursclvi accomplice** No. Unices i blood, and upon u lair ruviow ol ull Bieso panic*, uud Bieir candidates, and ol Biu vital cuiihc* qucncos ul tho election ol olio or Bio uthcr uf ilium, will hesitate to say that prudenru, patriotism and reason all say, tako John Bell for your Chiul Magistrate. I hope that will bo your judgment. 1 rejoice to see and understand that it is so. We liavu the greatest country upon the face ol tho earth. Let not our minds be so distracted by mere party sirilo ami coni it* sion that we shall see our government tali io pieces before our eyes, und sacrifice our country to our puriy, instead of being ready at all times to sacrifice our puriy to our countif. Alter we become the slaves oi party, wo duru not, in presence ol any dan ger lo the country, turn our backs to our parties and auv, wu have u couuiry that de mands our services and to a will wc give Ilium. Arc wu now able lo do llna f Have wu lost llna apint ; has it gone Irum among U# Vrovldenoe has given this great country to ua. Our wise and valiant loielailiers gave ua liberty and tataolishod u govern ment lor us. Eet us ukc care ol tt-iake care ol the Constitution and the Union.— (Applause.) That la all we require. Wo have belore ua the prospect ol a glory un known io other nations—a prospect in which our land wtii become tbe glory ol the oartb. Neither Rom* nor any ol tbi jraal empires of antiquity distant (fay. strong; yet in existence We of modern timee what wo shall be at no are now thirty millions have been but eighty yeare free nation. From the tho Union dent elected upon the hold titan, who will not (»#-r tor ui Itia duly ; a muii who can not be tented ; a Ilian who loves thu Union, the whole Union, and will aland by it, und consider it Ins sacred duty tu ptotcci or perish with it. (Applause.) I know (hero are those who speculate on Biu speedy dissolution ol Bte Union, but they are seil-cohcoiiod men, mi la tilt I ul in their natures ami u nlutt lit ul lo Biu great government ul winch lltuy ought to be proud. They speculate about the destruction nt whatisHs firm and deep us our inuini* tain* and 1 hopu and helium will last about a* long. (Applause.) 1 glory in thutliouf In ol leaving to my children und my country men i-o great und grtytd a country as Bits. (Applause.) Is it nut Hurpriftng, when the great ques tions ol thu uiivunccinuiii ol our country by the culturu ol us citizens, the dissemina tion ul in'clktgence, and die improvumeni ol our social condition ahould engugu us, that a great body ol the peoplo are engaged io quarreling about Biu I'tilo questions ol “in tervention” and “rionkintorveniion’' in the Territories I 1 believe the question ia mentioned in all thu party plailorma. 1 have a natural aver sion to platlorms. I hardly ever r<-ad n plat form in my itlo, and, wiiun I did, tried to lorgul it as soon aa possible. The Consti tution is platlurin enough for tno. Thu Cuttititulioii and a man to represent Ihc people t* ull thu platform that will ever avail uh. This question ahum which Bte Dem ocratic puriy is quarreling, as I beture re marked, i* one ol Biu niosi nunutu and un important queationa Biut can well bu imag ined. Air. Dougiaa say a, in aubatancu, that wiu'ii yon liavu pissed a law ralabli.lntig a Tomioriul government, when you have delegated lo tho people the power to regu late their own domestic institutions in their own way, you huvo given them power ovor every subject as l»r at you can give it. As lor the aluvcry question, uvery man ha*a right to go there with tna aluves, but how tliey must tie treated will depend upon the discretion of the Territorial Legisla ture. It is good prlicy to leave it lu litem ; lor il the nation tnterlcre, its transactions will then become national; it attracts the attention of Bie whole people, it arouses a national controversy. You want to keep thu question ol slavery out ol Congress; you wunt to keep it in the Tcrrilunus, und leave llio question there to be sclilcd by Territorial government itself, ll is a gov ernment not designed lo laal long, a few y. urs will convert it into a State. It is holier to confine the question lo these focal fields Ilian lo convulse Bie nation with tl. It is better to bear the ills that may ansa there than flee to greater national ones we know not ol. [Appluusc.] Tbo other aide says: But Congress shall uilcrfrre ; Congress shall pass law imperial ly taking the question out ol tho hands ol the Territorial Legislature; it shall past laws lor the protection ot special property, laws that are to apply only in our Tertilo* This dispute relates entirely to territorial slavery and to territorial remedies. Does it ocour to you, tbat under the existing cir cumstance*, ii tnakee much dtllerance piaotically whether Congress shall leave it cd Statoa hIiuiI ■ UniM*«i titniccj bin>7.‘u. V- fliiK .v'" * , -yrt.v." oi .11 1!0W „ out? TL- mujorny nni-i .B ne. ct'HHtiy rule in uii republic*, and il jou„do not like Bte law of the «mj *rtty, set u*tde ail free government, und go to a >mu plucu where you will have no eleclto> s, wncto hereditary rub is wltall take lliu plucu of your Heeiivo government. Who will any mat il Air. Lincoln or anybody clt'i! ih con stitutionally clouted to thu duel Magistra cy Itu hIkx11 not taltu Iiih mint t liavo wo com.) to Btis t il bo lul us cltango tho whole government, nnd lul thu mimrity rule, though even iliun would nol tho mu jortiy men object to the election ul u mail by the minority t "' ” ' ' o’ cOiopatuiivety ■ might bu elcc- it, with ull lltu up atound him, tho "hurt aiacoolbnir yearn, do much to urniermino und deatroy Biu lioetties of ibu peoplo. Shall wo now introduce Bio prtnciplu ol anarcltoy, and cuy thu man elected who docs not plcuno us (tlto mintin'* ty) shall not tako Iiih seat I Would not them bu titiio, when Itu misgoverns, loculi fit ui to account, according to Biu constitu tional forms provided tor such cases t It is upon great principles Biut Govern ments depend, aud ihtsit grout principles must hear a relationship to you. They must bu recogntred or yuu hnvu no govern ment nt all—nothing hut unarclty. ll you c-xpect your government to bo perfect and glide on without dia urbanco, you will be deceived.. You must expect occasionally to linvo your mul administrn- ttous and bad government. But il this govt runicnt in tlto mum advances your social condition, securea your peace, adda to y -ur groutness, it is a good government; and especially, above all things, it it shall preserve your liberties and your rights, it ia u government worthy ol your support and protection. [Appluusc.] Now, my iullow-ciitzens, I owe you my Blanks lor your altoiiliun to my desultory remarks. And you, ladtus, 1 am giud to suu mingle in counsel, and while securing order und decorum hy your presence, add (Itu purity ol aeittiniuut winch lovely wo men must ever inspite. [Applause.] Iu your huiids rent great interests. It you cannot bo Fresidonia, your sons and your brother* cm be; and at last, whether in uliicu or out ol ulficu, yuu govern us all. [Great appluuse.] 1 liavu only to say onco more, gentlemen, that you liavu hut a simple task lo perform. Yet it is a task lor men. It is a lurk which requires courage, which requires independ nee. It is to take care ol the Union, tho Constitution, und tlto Laws. Tako cure ol Bieso, and Go assured they will mko cure ol you. Your sui^ty lies in Biu performance ol that one litllo act. Gkn. Tom Tuuxiii in Lovr.— Tho Port land (Mr,) Advertiser, announcing the de parture from that city of this manikin, saya that “it is reported that the gallant general is to take leave of public life, and that one of Portland'! fairest daughters will accom pany him iu hia retirement.” The Adver tiser adds: “Hince tho 11 tt In general ar rived in this city, there has been in con stant attendance at his levees, tho band- soinu and accmitpl shod dauzhl*‘r of onu of our oldest aud most esteemed citizens, and who has evinced great interest in all the General's movement*, slid seems quite jealous when the little Gcnersl dispenses Ins uausl quantity of kisses to his lady visitors lit tho way of'stamped receipts.'— Hite is very pr* tty, below tho ordinary height, and we believe, !»*■dress to quilo a large ea'sio, and makes a good match for Itiin. it has been remarked that the lilllo (funeral sings bis love songs ’now' with more ardor than ever. Why should ho nol!" Hpraking of the Arkansas ( lection, tho Yancey organ of yesterday say*: “Major Hector, the successful candidate, is a firm and ardent supporter of //nckinridgu and Lane." This, wc affirm, i* m>l the case. Ile it for Doug/at and Johnton. An Ark ansas paper that suppusSod him ia our au thority lur Ihat, and a good authority too. Who will the Yancoyites, defeated every where, next claim as being for them ! [ Union Houge Little Giant. -—- —■♦♦♦«»- ' — The Milleritca commenced their religious servicss on Monday in North Wilbraham, .Massachusetts. The sect now numbers 5U.UU0 in tbe United Hiatus and the Cana das, and they gather in camp-meeting from nearly ever- State in tbe Union. A por tion of the brethren look for the unlit-mum befjro the last of March, IHtil ; others are confident lhal tho world will laal ten yeare *nd two month* longer; while others still predict a universal overthrow is about eix- teen weeks- pje- The Yanceyitea, vvw un< erstand, have quit betting on Jirackinridga, snd ere now belting on tbrir other Candida.c—Lin coln.— Xuthvillc Banner.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Columbus enquirer. (Columbus, Ga.) 1828-1861, September 11, 1860, Image 1