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GATE -CITY GUARDIAN.
Guardian.
SIVA KB aud I 1. CRAWFOID,
OOBDITORI.
CL4IVTA. OBOROIAi
kT.t^HVAUY 12,1801.
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calfbd th'
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them.
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locality i* anything
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people read and eoj^y
avidity than do the
city. We are perfeel
the State—indeed, th
or the truth—no piaoe
directly or deeply ini
and advocacy of a
corps; aud yet we feaJr,
cade, our city haseujoj
Brotherhood could do
to those hard-worked
men. We hope better
however, and trust
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give onr place and
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sustained. TJtaea,l
need uo further ••»'
tory as journalists
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We would now say a
i affairs, and our duty in refer
ttfbii now maturing.
J*o baa,a ia lolled can over-estimate the sig
nificanee or value of passing events. The ex
punging from the record of Time of a system of
Government is no small matter, let the people
and the system sffected be what they may.—
But how much more momentous is re-organi-
aation. If we pull down only to build up again
on weak foundations—if we lay the relentless
hand of ihe Destroyer upon one hurtful error
only to make room for one more repulsive and
deadly, human happiness and human hopeful-
neas will gain nothing by such reform as this.
Was there ever a grander occasion in the
power of any people that ever flourished, than
the one the people of the Southern States now
enjoy, of making themselves great and respect
ed—and, we may say, beloved by the family
of Nations? Burke talked eloquently of chiv-
alric honor as the cheap defence of Nations.—
In Cotton and Good Faith the South possesses a
guarantee of peaoe and respectability far cheap
er than the entire armament of the world,
though that power was given us free of cost.—
Our defences and our victories may be all
bloodless, if we wish it. What we now want
is unity of purpose, unity of spirit, and no look
ing back. So far as unity of purpose goes in
reference to the United States Government, we
think there oannot be a question—we speak,of
course, of the Seceding Cotton States. Too muoh
of “faith, hope and charity," on our part, and
for far too long, has been disregarded and con
temned by the North to leave us the slightest
ground for expecting s returning sense of jus
tice and fraternal duty on their side. We do
not say this lightly. Surely the Southern man
who has made most promises for the North
who has oftenest counseled forbearance and
compromise, and predicted good results from
long suffering, has belter esuse than any oth
er to strike, aud strike without mercy, that fell
remorseless enmity which has falsified the last
assurance ever given on its behalf.
The Southern Union man has bestoause to be
the most unyielding Secessionist now, and to
be the last to promise or hope good of anti.
Slavery aggression. So feeling and believing,
we say to tbe world let that hostility reap what
it has sown. We cannot now spare time for
lecturing a crasy fanaticism, or spare faith for
expecting “ grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles.”
We can spare that sort of vintage, if it can
■pare us But one thing we cannot do without
—we want our own people, and we want them
all. One heart, one mind, with the “pull al
together," and we are safe. No folly could ex
ceed that of the spirit which, in the present
exigenoy, would canvass the right of a son of
tbs South to stand by his home. The question
to ask is, Is he there, armed and equipped, body
and soul ? and not bow became to be there. If
in this spirit every man springs to his tent
and we start out, from the very first, deter
mined that hereafter no party, for mere party's
sake, shall live in these 8tatet, we will, in a
half century, show to the world such a people
and suck a Government as has notsxistedsinoe
the days of the Theocracy. Take the map and
look at the peculiar geography of every South
ern State which will, sooner or later, come into
our league. Hardly a State among the grand
constellation that has not prodigious manufac
turing and producing resources united. Th*
danger really is, that, unless Public Virtue,
Religion and Education are all active, a mate
rial superabundance wiU overthrow ns.
To the canae of public faith, moderation and
conservation of plantation economy and char
acteristics, in bshalf of every industry we can
advanUgoonsly introduce, and in support of
the principle of making haste slowly, and of
letting well enough alone, we oemmit ourselves
and onr journal.
4 HtvsluUsnary risl—Jln Alt cling
teen*.
At a meeting of the Deraecratlo State Con
vention. at Albnny, New York, Chancellor
Walworth made his appearance on the platform,
in support of the resolutions there adopted,
and after being hailed with an outburst of en
thusiasm, addressed the Conventloa as fol
lows:
Gentlemen oj the Convention :—I am far ad
vanced in years, and not in the habit of atleDd-
iag Conventions of this character, but I could
not resist coming here to enter my protest
•gainst civil war. 1 have seen the horrors of
such a conflict. In the war of 1812, my house
at Plattsburg was saoked by the British. A
battle was fought opposite my very door, and
the bullets that were fired fell like hailstones
around my dwelling. In the casement of my
door remains to this day embedded one of
those bullets, a meoieato of the fight. In
that struggle I saw my fcllow-oitisent shot
down by my side. 1 know, then, the horrors
of a foreign war, and they are nothing com
pared with the horrors of oivil war.
A civil war is a war among brethren. Wa
are all brethren in this confederacy of States
—tbs people of the South are our brethren—
not only nominally, bat aotually our brethren.
In Georgia alone, I have the names of one
thousand oitisens whose ancestors wsr# the
near relatives of my own. In the same State
alone, are over one hundred relatives of the
family of Hillbouas, whose name is known as
that of one of the patriots of the Revolution,
and whose defendant now ocoupiea a seat in
our State Senate. And so, scattered all over
the Southern Slates are the near relatives of
the men of the North, and perhaps there is
scarcely a member of this Convention who has
not some such ties in the 8tates of the South.
It would be as brutal, in my opinion, to send
men to butcher our own brothers of the South
ern 8taie», as it would be to uassaere them
in the Northern States. We are told, bowev
er, that it ie our duly to, and wc must enforce
the laws. But why—and what law* are to be
enforced ? There were laws lhal were to be
enforced in the time of the American Revolu
tion, and the British Parliament and Lord
North sent armies hers to enforce them. But
what did Washington say in regard to the en
forcement of those laws? Thai man—honor
ed at home and abroad more than any other
man on earth ever was honored—did be go for
enforcing the laws ? No, he went to resist
the laws that were oppreasive against a free
people,fend against the injustice of which they
rebelled. Did Lord Chatham go for enforcing
the laws? No, be gloried in defence of the
liberties of America. He made that memora
ble declaration in the British Parlisment: “If
I were an American citizen, instead of as 1
am, an Englishman, i never would submit to
such laws—never, never, never!” Such is
the spirit that animates our Southern breth*
ren, and shall we war upon them for it ? No,
we must avert oivil war if possible, and I close
by exhortiog my brethren to do all in their
power to avert oivil war. Concession, concil
iation—anything but (hat—and no man
amongst us in his dying hour will regret that
his conscience is clear, and that be oan lay
his hand upon his heart and say, “ I did all
in my power to turn from the bosom of my
country the horrible blow of oivil war.”
Immense sensation followed the remarks of
the venerable old Chancellor, and the deep si
lence that had attended the remarks was fol
lowed by an enthusiastic outburst of applause.
Mr. Georgs, of Orange, and Mr. Souter of
Queens, each natives of Virginia, responded in
touching terms to the remarks of Chancellor
Walworth, and a large portion of the Conven
tion gave vent to their feelings in tears. The
scene was rendered yet more impressive and
affecting when Mr. W. H. Carroll took tha
floor, and with all the eloquence of deep feel
ing appealed to the North to stay its hand ere
it did any act to plunge the country into civil
war. The venerable appearance of Mr. Car-
roll, and his n’lusion to his ancestors, one of
whom signed the Declaration of Independence,
while hie grandfather (Daniel Carroll) ceded
to the United States his manor, on wbieh now
stands the Federal Capitol, touched the heart
of the Convention, aud when he had closed, a
unanimous call was made for the adoption of
the second resolution against oivil war, by ac
clamation, and it was carried with a burst of
applause that made the rafters of the building
ring. This scene was the great feature of the
morning session.
The resolutions were then adopted without
amendment.
Interesting Events of the M/ay.
On February 4th, 1799, the American Gene
ral Moultrie defeated two hundred British at
Royal Island, South Carolina, and drove them
off the Island. General Moultrie had one lieu
tenant and seven private* killed. The British
lost moat of their oflioers, and several prisoners
were taken.
February 4th, 1794, the French Convention
gave the/rafrrnal kies to the deputies of Saint
Domingo, one of whom was a black, one a mu
latto, and ono white. At the same time they
deoreed that all men of color, whom a tyrani-
cal force had made slaves, were still free and
equal citiaens as whites.
February 4th, 1861, the Peace Convention
met in Washington to settle the difficulties
which threatened the disruption of the Confed
eration of the United States of America.
On the same day, the Southern Congress met
in Montgomery, Alabama, for the purpose of
organising a Provisional Government, and
adopting such measures as may be necessary
for the maintainanoe of Southern Indepen
dence.
jHE*The Washington correspondent of the
New York “Times” says: “Thera are three
thousand men drilling nightly in this city.—
They swear fidelity to the Union. The Breck
inridge Guards, and Southern Volunteer com
pany united, drill nightly; the latter ie in fa
vor of ft Southern Confedereey. Two compa-
nies arrived here to-day en route for Fort Mc
Henry.”
10“ In the Illinois Leglelatnre on Friday
In the debate on the military bill, Mr. Green
■aid: " Should ibis State (Illinois) be inva
ded by the South, hla constituents residing on
ike border, would repel the foe end defend the
honor and msjesty of the State ; but," said he,
“should you of the North attempt to psee
over the border* ef our State to •utyugat* a
Southern State, you would be met tbia tide of
the Ohio river, nnd you should net ehed the
fraternal blood ef our Sent hern brethren un
til you had first pasted aver the dead hadieeef
ihe gallant sens of Egypt."
The /Mars and /Stripes,
“You may attempt to reduee us to subjec
tion, or you may, under color of enforcing your
laws or collecting your reveune, blockade onr
ports. This will be war, and we shall meet it
with different but equally efficient weapon*.—
We will not permit the consumption or intro
duction of any of your manufacturae. Every
sea will swarm with our volunteer militia of
the ooean, with the striped bunting floating over
their heads, for we do not mean to give up that
flag without a bloody struggle. It is ours as muck
'as yours, and although for a time more stare may
shine on your banner, our children, if not we,
wiU rally under a constellation more numerous
and more resplendent than yours.”
The above patriotic and eloquent passage,
from the speech of the Hon. John Slidell, of
Louisiana, in his farewell to the Senate on
Monday, says the New York “Day Book,” will
find a response in every true American heart.
If a Southern Confederacy be formed, and it
shall adopt the Constitution with the Dred
Scott interpretation, and then place over it the
glorious Stars and Stripes, it will have a moral
foree and power that will as surely ultimately
annihilate the Black Republicans as if God in
Uis anger should visit them with the avenging
punishment of the destroying angel. And
why. indeed, should the South give up her
claims to the American Union or the American
flag? Has she not beeu true to both? While
a majority in nearly every Northern State for
years past, under the lead of a fanatical party,
have trampled upon both, the Southern SttMei
have patriotically sustained them; and now,
if she finds herself compelled to rescue them
from destruction, let her not abandom them to
traitors and disunionists. What! leave all the
glnrions associations, ail the blessed memories
of the Stars and Stripes to such faithless cow
ards as Sumner, Hale, Giddings. Chase, Greely
and 8eward ! Forbid it, heaven ! It has cost
thousands and teus of thousands of lives, and
millions of treasure, to make that standard
what it is. It ha* been compelled to fight its
way through long and doubtful war*, our fath
ers' blood has made it holy, and if, as Colonel
Davis truly said, it must be laid aa de, even for
a moment, “let it be preserved as a sacred
vesture;” let no band rudely assail it, but let
it be revered for the memory of the past.—
Above all, let it not be given up to Abolition
traitors. Let not its prestige and glory be
claimed by those who have fought against eve
ry step of our national progress, who have ever
sympathized with its enemies and given them
“aid and comfort.” If our voice oould be of
any avail, we would say, if a Southern Confed
eracy is to be formed, adopt it, with a star for
every loyal State for the present, no matter
what just now may be their position, and trust
to the future to set all things right. That num
ber should be sixteen, one for gallant New Jer
sey—a State that has never paased a law try
ing to evade in the slightest degree the Federal
Constitution. Such a course as this will re
lieve the Southern movement entirely of the
charges of “ disunion,” aud “secession from
the Union,” now eo delusively urged by the
Republicans in the Northern Slates, and by
which they succeed in deluding thousands of
well-meaning people, who are thoughtlessly
carried away by words instead of things. In
this way the illogical position in which the
South are now made to stand by their enemies,
will be obviated, and they will appear both on
the surface as well as in reality, to be fighting
for the Union—/or the Constitution and/or the
American flag, as it is, as it was, and as it ever
shall be—the glorious emblem of a white na
tionality.
Who will be traitors then ? Those who stand
by the Constitution as it has been judiciously
explained, or those who trample upon it and
reject it as thus interpreted ? Then, too, we
■hall have the correct issue before the people
of the North which our dishonest Democratic
politicians have so long determined should not
be placed before them. Then we can test the
question as to whether our Northern fellow-
citizens are true to the Constitution as it was
formed, or whether they prefer to have it mis
interpreted by Seward, Sumner, Giddings and
the whole crew of debauched and degraded
anti-slaveryites, who, for years, have been in
league with British Tories to overthrow it. In
a word, we shall then be able to test whether
the Northern masses prefer negro freedom to
white men’s freedom.
Such are some of the issues, which, through
much doubt, dimness and uncertainty, seem to
be gradually looming up before the mind in
the no distant future. If the “Peace Confer
ence” at Washington shall be fruitless of any
harmonious results, as is now almost univer
sally conceded it will he, then we presume
there can be no doubt as to the course o f Vir
ginia, and as she goes so goes all the border
State*. It will then become simply a question
a* to whether we of the North shall join the
United States or whether we shall become a
Northern Republic in name, to be governed by
the Sewards, the Chases, the Greeleys, theGid-
dingses and perhaps ere long be annexed to
Canada and come again under the British
crown. Such an issue as that both interest
and patriotism will invite the Northern people
to acoept, and in lest than twelve months dis
cussion, with each facts and arguments as are
readily accessible to them, we cannot doubt
they would become as firmly convinced of the
right of negro subordination as Alabama now
ia, and as resolute in defending the Stars and
Stripe* as the emblem of white supremacy, as
any “ fire eater” on the banka of the Santee or
Tombigbee.
quick Work.
Our readers ar* aware that the authorities of
the State of New York, a short time einco,
seised several boxes of arms destined for Geor
gia—the property of the Measre. Hodgkins of
Macon. Well, our Gov. Brown, on being in
formed of the fact, promptly demanded of the
Governor of New York the restoration of th*
arms, which not being done, Gov. Brown direc
ted Col. Lawton to “ seize and hold, eubjeot to
my (His Excellency's) order, every ship" at
the time “in the harbor at Savannah belong-
to citizens of the btate of New York." Col.
Lawton accordingly seised and took possession
of two barks, two brigs and one schooner—
worth, perhaps, $10,999. Information of tho
prompt and resolute action of Governor Brown
having been communicated to the New York
authorities, they at once and unconditionally
ordered the restoration of the arms! 2o 7W-
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA.
beeU^Forhei*Mpto,
Jirraaeo, Davii, of Miuiuippi, President. I »ucb mutter,
A. U. Bvepuina, of Georgia, Vice-President.
—by Wmfnesdaj ofthis^Week, ff
$0“ The weather to-day is balmy and
springlike.
The Constitution of tbe Provisional Govern
ment ha* been printed and is now public. The
preamble is as follows;
Wa, the Deputies of tbe Sovereign end Inde
pendent State* of South Carolina, Georgia, Flor
ida, Alabama, Missiaaippi, and Louisiana, in
voking the favor of Almighty God, do hereby,
in behalf of theae States, ordain and establish
this Constitution for the Provisional Govern
ment for the came, and to oontinue in force for
one year from ihe inauguration of the Presi
dent, or untilapermaoentConstitntiouorOea-
federation between said States shall be pot in
operation, whichsoever shell first occur.
The seventh section of the first article, de
clan** that the importation of Africans negroes
from any foreign country, other than Slave-
bolding States of the United States, is hereby
forbidden, and Cougresa is required to pass
such laws as shall effectually prevent the seme.
Section second. The Congress shall also have
power to prohibit the introduction of slaves
from any Slate uot a member of this Confeder
acy.
Article Fourth. Third clause of the Second
Section. A slave in one State escaping to
soother, shall be delivered up on the claim of
the party to whom said slave may belong, by
the Executive authority of the State in which
such slave may be found; and in case of any
abduction or forcible rescue, full compensa
tion, including the value of the slave, and all
costs and expenses, shall be made to the party
by the State in wbieh such abduction or res
cue shall take place.
Article Sixth—Second clause. Tbe Govern
ment hereby institued shall take immediate
steps for the settlement of all matters betweeu
the States forming it and their other late con
federates of the United States, in relation to
the public property and public debt at the
time of their withdrawal from them—these
States hereby declaring it to be their wish and
earnest desire to adjust everything pertaining
to the common property, common liability and
common obligations ot that Union, upon the
principles of right, j istice, equality, aud good
faith.
All other portions of the Constitution are al-
moat identical with that of tbe Constitution of
the United 8tates.
MoNTeoiisar, Feb. 9, 1861.
There was unusual interest manifested by
outsiders to-day, and the Convention Hall and
Gallery was crowded.
Hon. C. G. Meraminger, of South Carolina,
presented a beautiful model of a flag, made by
South Carolina ladies, with a blue cross on a
red field, seven stars on the cross. Tbe flag
was highly admired.
Mr. Memminger also presented another mo
del by a gentleman from Charleston, with a
cross and fifteen stars on a field of stripes.
A committee was appointed to report on a
seal, arms and motto for the Confederacy.
Tbe President was directed to appoint Com-
ittce* on Foreign Affairs, Finance, Military
and Naval officers, Judiciary, Porters, Com
merce, Patents and Printing.
Hon. Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi, was
elected President, and A. H. Stephens, of
Georgia, Vice Preadent, by a unanimous vote.
A resolution was adopted appointing a Com
mittee of A'abama deputies to inquire and re
port what terms and suitable buildings in
Montgomery can be secured for theuseo'f the
executive departments of tbe Confederacy un
der the Proviaional Government.
A bill was passed continuing in force until
repealed or altered by Congress, all laws of the
United States in force and use on the 1st of
November last, not inconsistent with the Con
stitution of the Provisional Government. It is
understood under this law that a tariff will be
laid on all goods brought from the United
States.
A resolution was adopted instructing the Fi
nance Committee to report promptly a tariff
for raising a levenue to support the Govern
ment.
A resolution was adopted authorising the ap
pointment of a Committee to report a Consti
tution for the permanent Government of the
confederate States.
The Congress was about two hours in secret
session, the balance in open session.
A great demonstration was made at night—
Among other things, a complimentary serenade
was given to Hon. A. H. Stephens, whioh
brought the Vice-President out in a most elo
quent speech, an abstract of which will pro
bably be published.
Messrs. Chesnut and Keitt, of South Coroli-
na, Conrad, of Louisiana, and others spoke.
One hunirod guns were fired onCapiiol Hill
in honor of the new Confederacy.
LATEST!
Inauguration of Vice*Preeideut Stephens.
MosiTOoMsnr, Feb. 11—The Convention met
at 11 o’clock.
After prayer, the Committee appointed to no
tify Mr. Stephens of his election as Vice-Pres
ident of the Southern Confederacy, reported
that that gentleman would, at the request of
the Committee, announce his reply in open
session at one o’clock, P. M.
Mr. Conrad’s Resolution was adopted ap
pointing a Committee of five to report a bill
establishing an Executive Department for the
Confederacy.
Mr. Stephens’ Resolution was adopted, mak
ing tho Natal aud Military Committees tepar-
ate and also appointing Committees on Public
Lands, Indian Affairs, and Territories.
The Convention subsequently went into se
cret session. After a recess of half an hour, it
re-assembled at one oolock, P. M.
The President announced that the hour to
hear Mr. Stephens had arrived.
Mr. Stephens then aroee and said :
I have been notified, bv the Committee, of
my election as Vice-President of the Provis
ional Government of the Confederate States of
America The Committee requests that I shall
make known to IhiaJhodv, in a verbal reanouse,
my acceptance of the high position to which I
have been called. This 1 now do, in their au
gust presence, before yon, Mr. President, before
this Congress, and before this large concourse
of people assembled here, under the bright sun
and brilliant skies, which now smile eo auspi
ciously upon us.
I take the occasion, also, to return my most
profound acknowledgments for this expression
of confidence on the part of Congress. There
are reasons why I place an unusually high es
timate on it. The considerations wbieh have
induced me to accept it, I need not state ; euf
floe it to say, that it may bo deemed question
able whether any good citisea oan refuse to
discharge say duty that may he assigned to
him by his country in the hour of its need.
It might be expected thftt I Maenid indulge
in remarks on the state of public affairs, the
dangers which threaten ua, and the most ad
visable measures to bo adopted to most the
pressing exigencies. But allow me to say, in
the abaenoe of tho distinguished gentleman
he is not Providentially detail
come* yea will bear from him tm thee#difficult
3 ueslious; and I doubt not that we shall cor-
iallj and harmoniously concur in the line of
policy that bis superior wisdom and states-
maosbip shall indicate.
In the meantime, in reference to theae mat
ters, we inay very profitably direct attention
j to such as the providing necessary postal ar-
| rangemanta, making provision for lb* transfer
1 of the Custom House from the jurisdiction of
j the separate States to that of the Southern Con-
] federacy, and the imposition of such duties as
] may be necessary to meet present and expected
1 exigencies.
| Iu the exercise of the power to raise rev*.
I nne, w* ere limited to the object of revenue—
I a small duty, not exceeding ten per centum
upon importations, whioh, Ills believed, will
be sufficient for this purpose.
We can also be devoting ortr attention to the
Constitution for the permanent government,
which should be stable and durable, and which
is one of tbe objects of our assembling here.—
1 am now ready to take the oath of offioe.
The oath of offioe was accordingly adminis
tered.
A Committee of two from each Slate was
then appointed to prepare a permanent Con
stitution.
PROGRESS OF THE REVOLUTIOW.
Great Meeting in Baltimore.
THE WORKING MEN OF NEW YORK COM
FLIMENTED—SPEECHES OF HON. R M.
MCLANE AND EX-GOVERNOR LOWE.
The Baltimore “American” contain* an
account of a large and enthusiastic meeting in
Baltimore, to protest against the course of Gov
ernor Hicke and to declare their adherence to a
Constitutional Union. Dr. A. C Robinson pre
sided. Win. H. Norris, Eeq., made the firti
speech. Ho charged that the Governor of Mary
land held his office by a perversion of the
ballot-box, and though Maryland had done
much to strengthen the hands of tbe Black
Republicans, he still thought it not too late to
save^iheday. “ When Dcssaix,” said the speak
er, reached Jthe hard-fought ' k field of Marengo*
he was inet by Napoleon, who told him, * This
is a battle lost.' Dessaix pulled out his watch
and said— 1 Why, it is but two o’clock, there ia
time yet enough to win another battle!”
The resolutions were then read. The follow
ing are the most important:
Resolved, That the maintenance of the Fed
eral Union, with the Constitutional guarantees
which surround it, is to the people of Mary
land paramount to all other things, as the
source of their material, social and political
blessing*, and ought to be and is tbe only ob
ject of their anxious devotion and most strenu
ous efforts.
Resolved, That we regard the Constitution of
the United States as tbe Supreme law of the
land, and that the attempt to enforoe any vio
lation on the part of tbe general Government,
or any State government, may be lawfully re
sisted.
Resolved, That wc declare our attachment to
that Constitution as the bond of union between
the States of this Confederacy, and faithfully
adhere to the construction which it has judi
cially received from the Supreme Court during
a period of seventy years, and we denounce
any attempt to enforces different interpreta
tion as an encroachment upon the rights of the
people, fatal to the tranquility of the Union.
Resolved, That our ancestors who made this
Constitution in 1787 have left us their lives and
conduct as an example. They intended that
Constitution as a character for the Government
of freemen, and in it taaght us the lesson that
we should in no event submit to power seeking
to exercise by force an arbitary claim of right.
Resolved, That the Republican party, toon to
be inaugurated in power, avows, as organic law,
interpretations of the Constitution fatal to the
domestic peaoe and to the commercial and ag
ricultural prosperty of the slaveholding 8tatea;
interpretations contrary to the dicisiona of the
Supreme Court, and unsanctioned by any de
partment of the Government during its exis
tence. These interpretations invole the dan
ger which Gov. Moms apprehended, when
•peaking of parties in his own day, and of the
Constitution of the United Slates, he declared
“That instrument was written by the fingers
which write this letter. * * * The idea of
binding legislators by oaths is peurile. Hav
ing sworn to exercise the power granted accord
ing to their true intent and meaning, they will,
when they feel a desire to go further, avoid the
shame if not the guilt of peijury, by swearing
the true intent and oteauing to be accorded Vo
their comprehension—that which suits their
purpose.”
Resolved, That we respond to the noble con
stitutional working men of New York city, and
in the spirit of fraternity we adopt, as our own,
their public resolve.
Hon. R. M. Me Lane, former Minister to Mex
ico, then addressed the meeting in a most pa
triotic speech. In the course of his speech Mr.
McLane said :
It is time to protest against the cunning and
insidious attempt of designing politicians to
identify her with tbe administration of Lin
coln, as odious in Maryland, as it is in Sonth
Carolina (Vociferous cheering ) Would the peo
ple of Maryland submit to so degrading an atti
tude! (“No,” “no.") Are they behind the
people of New York, who have already utter
ed their protest against the heresy of Black Re
publicanism? They had uttered their protest
through Mr. Lincolns chitf minister, who had.
from his place in the Senate, counselled his people
to fight for the Union a* the loot resort. Fight
with whom/ With our brethren ef the South.
By the living God, said the speaker, if the ad
ministration shall dare to bring its BUck Repub
lican cohorts to the banks of the Susquehana for
such a purpose, that river shall run red with
blood before ihe firet mon of them shall cross it.
(Vociferous aud long continued cheering) J
for one pledge here my life and means to march
with you to the banks of the Susquehana to for
bid the passage of these invaders. (Renewed ap
plause) Iu ordinary times, McLane said, he
recognized to the fullest oxtent all his obliga
tions to the Federal Government, but the pow
ers of Government must be exercieed accord
iog to the forms and by the means prescribed
in the Constitution, ami when these require
ments ere not to be eomplh d with or violated,
he would resist tbe men who came to enforce
the laws of the United Slates in a seceded
Btate.
S. T. Wallis made the next speech, and Ex-
Governor Lowe concluded with a brilliant ef
fort. After shaking hands with one of the
crowd under the stand, he commenced his ad
dress as follows:
“ You suppose that you see before too a con
spirator? a dieunioniat. a secessionist and w
MOSUUeiat:^
the* have got him iota th. Imp.
»t twaleo o'clock to-day. nd *, u
morrow. (Loudchsers.) !t won’t
, to diKfco, th,
Bl,ck Kspublicao com it, iu«. p., r ^7
th,t th. Governor think, prop,,.
•uch • ,,port before that conimit|Jl*t.*
people of Maryland will lever „L
I don't believe that they would
me if they knew wbat-
Though thee Mt with cla
something tout they did not like.
that the report of a a,'ret, rotnanilu r
inn formed to MX the Capitol and „
aayuralion ttf fineoln too, a preen
and that it mas a lihet on the Hiatt <4 U
I told them to put doer, my word, k
port e> pert of the teiti mon ,
would beeu to preeent to th. lt—
them that I,hfn the people of J(an/lase.
hoar had etmtefor then, to art uL wk
open orMo tnthe daylight | Cheer..) ’
eren more—that I knew m „ r , of .J"
bed taken hold or more h.ndilht. J
from the womb, of their mother, "
public citisea, who ere til sround r n e„,—
king pert in any plot, aud I do not K.J
thing about it 1 amid that the oulr -■ *
Mary laud who aeaerted that ha poauZ3
knowledge ot a eonsjrrare >u
Hicke, end I required thet beikould k.1
mooed togireevidencehoTorethen,
Ibet Wallie !• e traitor, i, uotawkilU
Tbe oeeertion to go abroad that Low!,
conspirator! I defied them to pren il*
of the aa.ertien and oome out triunT
Thank goodneea. Governor Hick, »,/| L
for which be wilt have to thank me
no queation that can ari H , no povar u
ker eeid. aufficiently atrone te carrv'kii
the loved heart of Old Virgioia, and rrt
Maryland will hare whal die u entitled l
trill oe detemdned in the erereise of her a
atul if necessary, mil ,/ait Ihe Union to seem
liberty. When the necea.ity occunahM,
assume bar own right, to ih, |,,,t r j
iumbia. The South don't care for I
marble, hat will regain that not oat in,
soil shall he yielded up. The State ia forV
ion in and through the constilulioe i
must he regarded in ill it, ,eqoii ’
el.e there would be no Union. Iw-l
partial as terse of the must eanrilialoro of oi,
she is patient one! furbearimj Deranishett t
fol. but when she says that the fplden bai "
unites the Slates mnet be severed, on that ti
hell son it he, then I am a rebel. We ot3
one thing, juat and true, that wa shall k
rnitted to decide the queation at the balls
If an arbitrary Governorshould refusee
quest, end with his power endeavor to pa
th, exercise of these rights, then we will]
the banner of revolt against him, (CkiL
•' We’ll follow.’’) If after Viryisie ted |
,lessee hare spoken, he reftars, rerillgMdh
I am a revolutionist then. We say, then,
they shall not betray us without a coulast,
ea their own timidity has brought os.
people should decide otherwise, the t
eato, that then, with his fsiriiy, ha'
shake otr the dust from his feet, and no
g. tting the dual of ib.oe who lin buried it
graveyard near hie home, he would dent
u more congenial spot.
inauguration of"Linooln. It ie three nights ego
when surrounded by myefwfitcfcildrM in my
parlor la the little town ef Frederick, gathered
as they were round my fireeide, and net dream
ing ef any treason, er that it oould be foetered
among any native hills, I had the honor to ho
wailed upon by • government official and in
vited te tbe eugnet presence ef u Black lie pub-
oan committee at Waehiagtoo. I have keen
pusillng my htwfne thane throe day, peat, to
find out how, on the lace ol tho earth, I came
to ho aeepanisd of plotting treason r XI length,
1 havo found it ouk Hr. Wallin, ia hia excel
lent epeeeh, ban immensely enlightened me oa
BIX KIBKHSa. joik i
K1KKMAN At LIKE,
COMMISSION MERCHAN1
No. 170* Second 8tr«*et,
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.
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Gkrknfiki.d, NaaVvilTl,Tenn. jan 9-
BION B. ROBSOB. ItOBF.KT C. »
S. B. ROBSON & C(
WHOLESALE GROCERS
—AWD—
Commission Merchai
Whitehall Street,
ATLANTA, GEOB
Sell Everything in tbeir Line of Trade ll]
The Lowest Prices for Cask.
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Wi* NO MILLBN. T. F. rLZUINO. •- **
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GENERAL PRODUCE
COMMISSION
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tiao. Boson, Lord, Flour, Cora, Whed
foot, everything usually to be found io e 0
HIS8IOH HOUSE.
Thankful for the liberal patronage (
put year, we hops, by ntrict attention t
hueineaa, to merit a eoetmuauee of tbe I
Consignments respectfully solicited,
jan? MclOLLEM, FLEMING * (
IMPROVED
METALIC BURIAL CASI
—, A L80, a general aisortind
^mill 11 TIP A WoodCoffiu*.including |
Wood and Mahogany.
Marshal** Sheet Metallc Burial Cal
Aa entirely new article, nearly a*light•• 9
and cloaed up with India Rubber—*ir-tj
foraaUatmy Room*, in Markham^ N** 1
ing, on Whitehall atreat, up fttair*.
L. ROBIN®
Residence on Bridge atreet, user Od.4
Collier’*.
Order*, by telegraph, or atheiwwft I
ly attended to. *
A. ISAACS,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALS*
Millinery and Tt
GOODS,
Ribboas, Feathers, Fl*mrs, l
Dresses, EabrsMfries, LmNI
filonbrs, ttucl)*#, ptrfum«|J
&0., &CrO.
CORE ELLY’S IRON FRONT BUILVil
WHITEHALL STREET’
ATLANTA, 0*’
octl-dly
HOBBES foe SALE-
TWO large young Northern
five end »ix iters old i
One pair Cerrieg* H
Tour Canada HORSES-all oa
terNhfte
Alao, for tale, BUGGIES, TRO
ON8 and TROTTING BULKI*
faclured by No, 1 workmeft. nrciti
Apply at 0-
aug2t Bale Stable, >
CHOICE MEATS.
dotty elm, Stoll
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T HAVE appointed Mr. WILLI**
Amy Agent four tha ml* ot
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