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Georgia Military Institute.
t\>. learn from reliable information, that
thii institution is about to be resuscitated.—
ilaior Capers has accepted the appointment of
President oi the Faculty. The school was
,y U cd on Monday last, with highly flatter
er prospects. Its friemls look forward to a
iJrht future for this State enterprise. We
rf 0 f the opinion that the recent break down
- ill 1)C of great benefit to the institution. A
, nain set of petty tyrants has ruled over it
or a numlies of years, and it is a matter of as
tonishment to us, that ii has not gone by the
jowl long before it did. A new order of
things is now about to be inaugurated, and
wc have no doubt the Marietta School will
-.on rise like a Phoenix from its ashes, and
.ar aloft to a level with the first institutions
the kind in the Fnited States.
Put Mr. Fillmore or Mr. Crittenden in the
presidential chair, sound Constitutional, anti-
.nrpromi'i' men in the National Councils,
and then Mr. Stephens may say with truth,
iiiat the spirit ol discord is hushed in the re-
airings of a ] >eople made happy and contented
ii\ having patriots and statesmen, instead of
politician? and offic e-seekers, as rulers. Mr.
Iverson may the n dismiss his fears, and the
fearful foil Hidings that now trouble his mom-
injT thoughts and night dreams.
We clip the aluive from ail editorial of the
Jlilledgcvilh*‘‘Recorder. - ’ Mr. Itecorder,you
astonish us. Perhaps you are not aware that j
the assembled wisdom of the Opposition par-
tv of the 4th Congressional District, after ma
ture deliberation, Lave been compelled to de-
uuiinee Mi. Crittenden as having “Free Son.
affinities- ' ’ is the “Recorder” right, or the
nppossum” Convention of this District?—
Wii'-n Doctors disagree, who shall decide?”
V.
Atlantic Medical College.
Tlte course of lectures of this institution, for
the present year, will be brought to a close, at
the end of this mouth. The class for 1850 has
,»vu highly respectable, both iu point of num-
lvr; and gentlemanly deportment of the mem-
1,1,. Speaking of the College, we indulged,
i day or two since, in the pleasure of paying
a visit to it, and spending two or three hours
in listening to t tic Leet tires. The Clinic of the
rooming was delivered by Dr. Willis F. West
moreland. The patient was a gentleman from
Gwinnett county, who was shot in this place
it the time t 'obb was hung. The ball entered
the ami at the elbow joint, and was extracted
by Fr. W., some two weeks afterwards. The
regular lecture of Dr. Westmoreland, was de
livered at 0 o'clock, subject, fracture of the
kg. Though wholly destitute of any knowl
edge of the science of medicine, yet we llstcn-
J to the lecture with much interest. We
lorbcar to speak of Dr. W. as a surgeon, in the
language which our opinion of him would
suggest, knowing liis repugnance to appear in
the public prints in this connection.
We also listened, with much pleasure, to
the Le t are of Dr. John W. Jones, Professor
of the Principles and Practice of Physic. Dr.
J. is a popular Lecturer. He has a happy fac
ulty of interspersing his remarks upon the
direst subject, with witticisms, which render
his lectures highly interesting, evtn to a nov-
K ■ iii th>‘ science of medicine. He takes a po
sition which challenges the admiration of ev
ert man of common sense and observation,
and that is, that too much medicine should not
be given. It brought vividly to our recollect
ion, an incident which we shall always re
member. Dr. Jones, in times past, was our
family physician. We had a member of our
uraiiy, who had been ailing for several days;
‘cut for the doctor—he examined the case,
told us to wait a day or two, and if the patient
did not get better, to notify him, and if there
' ii not an improvement, he would adminis
ter the proper remedies. Sure enough, in two
■r three days, the child was well. The Doc
tor still adheres (as wo are happy to And) to
id-old doctrine of giving but little medicine.
Dr I ulvigney. with all that politeness for
which the people of bis native country tire so
diaracteristic, showed us through the vast col
lection of anatomical anil other curiosities of
bis department, aud we conclude by saying
ilmt a visit to the Medical College, will al
trays well repay for the time employed there-
ATLANTA, GEO., THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1859.
NO. 43.
Atlanta, August 1st, 1859.
Messrs. E. M. Johnson, M. IT. Brown, Samuel
Knox, George Kellogg, Jno. M. Pruitt, Thomas
II. Jones, Directors of the Georgia Air Line Rail
Road Company:
Gentlemen.—I have received your letter,
dated the 21st ult., notifying me of my elect
ion to the position of President of your Com
pany. In tendering to me this important
trust, you have shown your confidence iu me
in a manner that should call for my thanks
and grateful acknowledgments, which I beg
j ou to receive. I would cheerfully accept the
Presidency of your Company, if there seemed
to be a reasonable prospect, that by so doing,
I should lie instrumental in carrying forward
your enterprise to completion, or even to some
intermediate point, where its benefits would
be felt by the country aud the city.
In the present condition of the subscript inns
to the capital stock, T should deem anv at
tempt to carry forward the work, as unsafe
and unwise. The subscriptions are so embar
rassed with conditions as to render them gen
erally unreliable. I can suggest no remedy
short of a voluntary waiver of conditions by
the subscribers. If the city of Atlanta, and
individual subscribers in Fulton, DeKalb,
Gwinnett, and Hall counties, will confine their
subscriptions on the basis of the application
°f tlieir money to the completion of the Road,
from the bend of the Georgia Rail Road, as far
as the means will reach, then, I will consent
to serve the Company as President, and will
endeavor to have the Road judiciously located
and economically constructed. Until this
change can be effected, I shall decline to serve,
for the reason, that, in my opinion, I can
neither benefit the enterprise nor myself, by
accepting.
It is my beliet that the Road can, and will
be built. Delay may be vexatious, and per
haps discouraging to many friends of the en
terprise, but they should bear iu mind that
haste is not always sjieed, A hasty and ill-
advised commencement now, would probably
result in the bankruptcy of the Company, and
final abandonment of the enterprise.
Let the subscriptions be put into proper
shape, and no contracts entered into beyond
the means to pay, and those contracts have
reference mily to such portion as the means of
the Company will complete and equip j then you
will at all times be in a safe condition. It may
be urged that a section of JO or 40 miles of
Road, if completed and e nipped, would give
no return in dividends to the stockholders.—
That proposition would he true—but the great ad
vantages of the Road to the country, would
begin to be felt and appreciated, and the dor
mant energies of the people would be aroused
and stimulated to further and more efficient
action. The completed section would be the
great motor to urge on, within prudent lim
its, the extension of the road; and the enter
prise would gain strength with each step of
advancement.
With great respect, I am, Gentlemen,
Your ob’t Serv’t.
L. P. GRANT.
[communicated.]
Tin Wrong Passenger Waited Up.
M-’-t Editors: i”ou will remember that the
last time the Democratic party met its oppo
nents in tliis city, at the polls, was on the oc-
Caaion of the Municipal election, within the
present year. They had one of their strongest,
>nd best men in the field for Mayor. That
pure and upright citizen, Esq., Thomas, gave
us all we could do to beat him. In that strug-
ple, John J. Thrasher, Esq., voted for Glenn,
then contributing to the success of the Demo
cratic party. Rut where do we find that clev-
f, r. sociable, wliolesouled gentlcn.^u now ? A
srdidate before the people of Fulton county,
tor Legislative honors, actually looking for,
and expecting the support of Esq., Thomas,
Bob. Clarke. Ben. Willford, Dick Venable,
^liki- l\<-y. Nat. Hammond, McPherson, Hol-
'omb, and a host of others, who made such a
desperate effort to elect Thomas over Glenn,
arid came so near succeeding. Is it possible,
'•hat these and other gentlemen of the Ameri
can ur opposition party, after carrying John
:i| id all his weight, on tlieir backs, through
’hat memorable contest, will now turn round,
•md reward hint with their votes ? If they do,
lam a SPOONEY.
The accuracy of Mr. Cobb's estimates, as
"hewn by the receipts of the last three quar-
ters into the United States Treasury,'occasions
Sequent remark. The Philadelphia ‘Ledger,’
!or trample, says :
Mr. Cobb has shown himself to be one of
[he soundest and most reliable of officers ever
m rhurge of the Treasury. The finances of
J °remment have been beset with difficulties
' l| almost every character, from the first year
,,f his administ-ntion, and lie has steadily
u '-f each as it presented itself, with the easy
assurance of a man who thoroughly under-
‘•’ood himself, and the intricate business of his
''Sice. As an instance of his close and labori
ous calculations, in his last annual report to
.engross, be estimated the receipts for the
■•hrec quarters at thirty-eight million five hun-
‘‘ted thousand dollars. The result shows him
Wl ’hin about eighty thousand dollars of the
■“Dial result.
J writer in All the Year Round describes
8out thus:
Mi ^ ^ 0Ur toe into a Nice, tarn the screw
y° u can bear the pain no longer—that’s
’botyaatism. Give the coraw «ne me
'•that’s gout.”
more turn
“Advance our Standards.”
Hark ! Another bugle-blast from our in
trepid leader comes crashing along to break
the lull which precedes the conflict, aud to
call to duty and to battle. Elsewhere iu our
paper will be found the last and best of the
letters written by that noble and whole-souled
Georgia Southron, BENJAMIN H. HILL.—
Let nobody pass it by ! Let every citizen read
it. Having read it once, read it again, and
yet again, until the high toned sentiments it
contains are engraven deeply on the mind. —
Atlanta American.
The “crashing bugle blast” referred to is a
letter from Hon. B. II. Hill to Col. M. Dud
ley. of Ainercus, Ga., the point of which is a
proposition to throw party platforms to tlie
dogs and all unite on the Dred Scott decision
as the law. Upon this proposition, Mr. Hill
makes a personal appeal to Gov. Brown to
“reconsider, repudiate or at least leave in
abeyance a mere party nomination, and take
this position,” under promise of Mr. Hill’s
“humble support.” It will l»e seen, there
fore, that the valiant knight of tlie American
has mistaken a proposition for surrender, or
compromise, or accommodation, for a “crash
ing bugle blast” “calling to battle,” He is
either so deafened by the roar and blinded by
the smoke of his own artillery, as not to hear
the word of command or see the flag of truce
home by his “intrepid leader,” or, perhaps,
understanding him a good deal better than we
do, knows that his call for a suspension of hos
tilities is only an artful piece of tactics inten
ded solely to delude the enemy and get a van
tage ground in the fight. Upon no other sup
position can we account for this authoritative
interpretation of a proposal to support Gov.
Brown into a “crashing bugle blast” summons
from the “intrepid leader” of the “Opposi
tion” to renew the fight against him. The
American no doubt understood his “intrepid
leader” and knew the amount of sincerity in
his proposition for an armistice. If that is not
the case, pray tell us how the mistake origin
ated ?
But to the proposition ; this union on the Dred
Scott decision, which is Mr. Hill’s panacea for
all our woes: Pray, where did the Dred Scott
decision come from which Mr. Hill says is law
and right and safety? The answer is plain
enough—from the Democratic party. It owes
its existence to Democratic expounders of con
stitutional law, and whatever other political
element might be supposed to have been rep
resented on the Supreme Bench did not occur in
the decision. The principles of that decision,
harmonious as they are with the provisions ol
the constitution, were evolved mainly through
the instrumentality of the democratic party,
against the opposition of a motely horde
broaching aud maintaining every shade of an
tagonism—even - opposing doctrine of plenary
or limited Federal authority to put ihe slave
owner under bau.
And how is the Dred Scott decision to be
maintained and public safety secured ? Mr.
Hill proposes a union in Georgia upon it.-
Whcre is tlie division.' Georgia was till right
on the subject, long before Mr. Hill sqoke.—
Telegraph.
A Slory on “ Range.”
Our lively friend, “Rati.se Wright,” whose
attachment to the Georgia “Telegraph” is a
matter of some notoriety in these parts, is a
candidate for Congress in the 8th district. An
Augusta correspondent of the Savannah News
commenting upon the fact, and upon Ransc’s
ability at story telling, illustrates the latter as
follows:
It seems that during Mr. Stephens’ last can
vass in this district, he was met at some point
by Col. Wright. Tlie Colonel as most of our
readers know, is considered a-first rate stump
sneaker, and almost unequalled as a raconteur
of anecdotes. He told a great number of the
latter, and the mirth and laughter of the
crowd were furious. Among other things, he
stated to the highly delighted audience that
he understood that Mr. Stephens had said
that “he could cat Ranse Wright for break
fast, Bob Trippe for dinner, and top off. with
Een Hill for supper.” Mr. Stephens being a
small man for his age, and possessed of limit
ed “stowage room,” this story of course
"“shortly tfter "little Aleck” rose to reply.
He declared that he had never made such a
remark as had been attributed to him by his
opponent. “But,” said he, fellow-citusens,
if I had contemplated any such meal, I ’’bmR ,
certainly have reversed the I
have taken Ben Hill for breakfast, Bob Trippe
for dinner, and remembering the advice of my
mother, always take a light supper, I should
have closed up with my friend, Col. Wright.
It is «dd that from this time forward tne
laugh was on the other ride.
Personal.
The Rev. Mr. Milbum is lecturing in Mon
treal.
Carl Formes is reported to be in London,
en route for the Rhine.
Dr. Robert Collens is spoken of, for Presi
dent of the Main Trunk Railroad. The Dr.
would make a worthy successor of the late Dr.
Screven.
Mr. Cyrus W. Field, the telegraph hero, at-
tended the Williams College Commencement
on Wednesday, and was added to the list of
those who received the honorary degree of
Master of Arts.
. AYilliaiu D. Phillips, accused of counterfeit
ing Senator Douglas’ frank, has been acquit-
ed by a Jury at Washington—the reason of
the acquittal being not that he did not do the
deed, but that his object was not to defraud
the Government, hut to use the Senator’s
name as a recommendation in his business.
Ihc Louisville “Journal” states John Young
Brown, Esq., member of Congress elect from
the oth district of Kentucky, will not be
qualified by age to take his seat at the first
session of the present Congress*. The consti
tution prescribes that no person can be a
member of the Hause of Representatives who
is under twenty-five years of age. Mr. Brown
was elected over a Democratic competitor,
Mr. Jewett.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1859.
FTiuny, very Funny—Hint man brought
down tile house.
The man, who during the perplexities of the
Akin Convention, called the chair, to the point
that the convention was wandering from its
legitimate work. He said, lie thought, that
the convention ha<l assembled to see, if “any
respectable man co’dd he found who iroiild, take the
race.” V -
of the Warrenton “Whig,”
the Red Sweet (Va.) Springs,
The editor
writing from
says :
“A few days ago a couple of Southern gen
tlemen here, rich planters from Red River,
played seven games of old sledge for $5,000 a
game, and the winner took every game ; $35,-
000 were lost, and the money paid, I hear, in
a check on the Bank of Louisana.”
'The New York correspondent of the Charles
ton “Mercury” says :
“Shortly after Sickles was aoquited, several
wealthy political friends of his in this city
started a subscription for a fund to pay his
traveling expenses in Europe until the com
mencement of the next Congressional session
by which time it was hoped that the unpleas
ant, notoriety attaching to the man would
havegreatly subsided, and that the adventures
of travel \wmld have repaired his shattered
health and spirits. The fund was to have
been $12,000, and $8,000 were subscribed,
and the subscription was still going ou, I un
derstand. when tlie news of Sickles’ reconcil
iation with his wife alienated his friends, and
put an end to the movement. One Democrat
ic politician had set down bin name for SL
OW."
f from the Allentown (Pa..) Democrat. ]
A FEW PIiAO Q,UISSTI03r$.
Democrats ! cut this out aud ask your know-
nothing and republican neighbors the follow
ing simple questions :
Who are in favor of giviug negroes the
right of suffrage which they refuse to foreign-
liorn citizens ?
The know-nothings and republicans.
Who passed the law in Massachusetts pre
venting foreign-born citizens from voting,
when duly naturalized according to the Con
stitution of the United States ?
The know-nothings and republicans.
Who recommended flic same law to bo pass
ed in New Jersy ?
The know-nothings aud republicans.
Who recommended the same law to be pass
ed in New York ?
The know-nothings and republicans.
Who sanctioned and approved that odious
mcasuic in Pennsylvania by giving silent con
sent in tlieir late convention ?
Hie know-nothings and republicans.
Who introduced a biU in the legislature of
Ohio to strike out the word “white” from the
constitution in order to give negroes the right
of suffrge ?
The know-nothings and republicans.
Who are in favor of foreigners not voting
until they are twenty-one years in this coun
try ?
The know-notliings and republicans.
Who voted against admitting Minnesota as
a free State ?
The know-nothings and republicans.
Who voted against admitting Oregon as a
free State ?
The know-nothings and republicans.
Who carried banners in 1850 upon which
only sixteen States appeared where there
should have been tliirty-two ?
.'ihe know-nothings and republicans.
Who were in favor of letting the Union
slide !
The know-nothings and republicans.
Another of Bloiidln’s Feats.
The Buffalo Republican, of the 11th inst.,
says :
“On Saturday Diglit, a little after eleven,
subsequent to the play, the curtain rose at the
Metropolitan, and exhibited M. Blondon
standing on the lower part of the i ope which
led from the back of the stage of the Metrop
olitan up to the roof of the theatre in third
tier—an elevation of fifty feet, at an angle of
forty-four degress—vitli Col. Lum Smith
soundly and firmly pearclicd upon his heaviest
balance-pole, and commenced his perilous walk
without the slightest hesitation, treading
firmly and confidently on ♦lie rope, as though
no extra weight to hear.
He walked somewhat slower than his wont
tout gained the third tier, amid the cheers and
huzzas of the whole audience, who were
breathless from the time he started from the
stage until he reached his destination. Ar
riving there with his burden, he waited there
about three minutes aud then commenced his
still more perilous return. This lie accom
plished without accident, though several
times he pretended to his footing, sending
cold chills up and down the hearts of every
soul present aud we opine alarmed Col. Lum,
little more than standing in tlie middle of a
flame and bolding the pipe of an engine. We
have seen him scorching from head to foot,
when he had apparently more nerve than ou
this occasion.
Ihe wonderful as it was, was perfectly per
formed. and it is not more wonderful from the
fact that while M. Blondin weighs but 130
pounds, the weight of the man carried was
165. We think this a- greater performance
than crossing the chasm of the Niagara.
How they get u»i Domestic Trogrdlts in
Paris
Madame Delille-Luture proceeded to the
house of her sister-in-law. 'Die two ladies
ivero in the most delightful gossip, when sud
denly at the door appears the subject of their
discourse. He takes no roundabout way of
arriving at conclusions, hut asks liis wife,
plump and plain, will she or will-she not re
turn to the conjugal roof. She preemptorily
answered “No,” whereupon M. Delile-Loture
drew from his beautiful-made summer paletot
of snow-white Indian grass-cloth, with fox-
head buttons, two of the most exquisite little
pistols—the one he pointed to his wile’s fore
head aud the other to his own. The double
detonation caused the sister-in-law to faint, of
coutss, so that nothing was left alive but the
child, who ran screaming from the room, and
calling out: “O! mon Dieu, papa has killed
mature and Ionian has died of herself.” Less
than this would bring hundreds of the busiest
people in Paris to the spot; and in a moment
the room, the house, the court-yard, all were
filled with advice. The best was to run for
the doctor, which was done, and he having
pronounced that among the killed and woun
ded nobody was dead, the interest diminished
at once- Everydody is well enough to-day to
appear at the court d’assizes—one as criminal,
the others as witnesses.”—Parris Letter.
Alt Anecdote of Mr. Choate.
Two or three years ago, during a season of
illness, Mr. Choate was visitted by his friends,
who urged upon him the importance of pay
ing more attention to his health :
“Sir,” said the visitor, “you must go away;
if you continue your professional labors thus,
you will certainly undermine your constitu
tion.” Mr. Choate looked up, and with
grave irony and peculiar twinkle, of the eye
which were so remarked and indescribable
whon ho jested, said—"Sir, the constitution
was destroyed long ago.;. I now living un
der the bye-laws.”
Pic-man.
Over this signature we publish a communi
cation from an esteemed correspondent. We
cannot go as far as our friend does, in defence
of the Union. There may come upon us of
the South, evils which would be more intoler
able than the consequences which might fol
low, from a dissolut ion of the Union. When
such evils arise, then say we “let the Union
slide.”
Col. Wnmn Akin.
This gentleman has been selected as the
victim to be offered up on the altar of public
condemnation, on the ides of October. He is
comparatively unknown to fame, as a politi
cian ; has the reputation of being a good law-
ytr, and an uncompromising enemy of De
mocracy. His political antecedents are Whig,
Know Nothing, American, Opposition—not
one bright spot in his whole political history.
Anti-Democratic at all times, and under all
circumstances. If he ever was a Democrat one
day in his life, we have no proof of it. How
any Democrat can vote for him, we are at a
loss to determine. Certainly none can or will
do it. Wc hope not, at least.
Cast! Decided by the Supreme Court, at
the August Term, In Atlanta, 1859.
Wm. Perkins, Adm'r, Plt’ff inerrror, vs. Jno.
P. Brown, Deft in error. Trover from Pike.
Alford & Gibson, for Pit’ft in error ; Green
& Stewart. Floyd, contra. Judgment affirm
ed.
Hardy 11. Jackson and Wife, Plt’ffs in error,
vs. Matthew Coggin, et. al., Ex’rs. defts iti
error. Equity from Pike.
Green & Stewart, for pl’ffs in error: H.
Green, contra. Judgmeut reversed.
The above case turned upon the construct
ion of the following clause of a will: “I give
to my daughter, Mary Scott, aud her chil
dren, free from the disposition o? any future
husband, &c. ’ ’ Held, that Mary Scott did not
take a life estate, but that- the property
vested iu Mary Scott- and her children, and
that they take equally as joint tenants.
should be taken by counties, which was done
with a similar result. There was considerable
sparring among the master spirits of the body,
but when the Committee announced the name
of Warren Akin, it was received with ap
plause, and his nomination was ratified with
great unanimity. Harmony was then restored,
aud the Convention adjourned.
In the afternoon and at night, speeches
were made by B. H. Hill, C. Peeples, and oth
ers, but our engagements prevented opr hear
ing any of them. Ihe Mass Meeting was a
failure ; owing in part, no doubt, to the ex
cessive inclemency of the weather. Thus has
ended this great Mass Meeting and Conven
tion, about which there has been so much
blustering and blowing in the Opposition
prints for some weoks since.
Interim 1 Improvement Convention.
I bis body of men met in our city on yester- j 0 f Guba and desire the lslaud and will do any-
Wlillc the Business Committee
Of the Opposition convention of yesterday,
were in session “behind the scenes” accord
ing to the request of the chairman, the Hon.
James Johnson of Columbus was called out
and after apologizing for his throat and other
weaknesses, took the stage for about J of an
hour, undertook to show why our Fed
eral Administration should be “censured and
repudiated.”
Reason 1. Mr. Buchanan promised to write
no more letters and broke his promise. This
was set down as a sharp trick which gained
him Calafornia.
Reason 2. He came into power pledged to
administer the Government “cheap,” and
Mr. Johnson said he had not done it. because
of the “Paraguay Expedition,” and tlie
“Mormon war,” which had used up S20,000,-
000. We beard no word about carpets, mir
rors, washstauds, hair-combs, &c. The expe
dition to Paraguay, bo said, was gotten up to
satisfy “hungry Democrats” and “redress an
insult against a Yankee House iu Rhode Is
land.
The Mormon war was also prosecuted, wiid
the speaker, to give the Democracy a chance
for plunder. Is not- that great reasoning ft >r an
Ex-member or Congress ! The President of the
United States cannot maintain, oar national hon
or abroad, nor execute his oath of office by an
honorable attempt to preserve the integrity of
our laws at home, without being charged with
the villainous perjury of getting up quarrels,
to empty the Treasury into the hands of Dem
ocratic plunderers.
Mr. Johnson said, the Democratic party
promised to get Cuba, during this Administra
tion. We should like for Mr. Johnson to point
out tbc promise, when and where, made. The De
mocratic party and the President are in favor
day, and proved to be much larger and strong
er, in point of talents and distinguished men,
than was anticipated by the most sanguine
friends of State Aid. lion. A. E. Cochran was
made President, and all that was intended,
was accomplished by the Convention with
great liarmouy, and we doubt not, from what
we hear, that the principles upon which aid is
to be asked lor the destitute portions of the
State, will meet the approbation of a large ma
jority of the people of Georgia.
The Convention was ably addressed by the
President, John W. H. Underwood, Hon. Jas.
L. Seward, Hon. L. Crook, Mr. Banks, and
others. We sliall give the entire proceedings
to our readers, us soon as we can procure a
copy.
Till- 0{i|iosltlnii Conveu{Ion
Met outlie 10th inst aud after amusing outsi
ders, by several funny scrapes, nominated
Warren Akin of the county of Cass. Mr.
Akin is a very clever gentleman and a man
probably, who will take a glorious heating at
the hands of Gov. Brown, just as philosophi
cally as any man, the Opposition could have
started. Reader, it would have amused you
to have heard some of the hopeful speakers
talk encouragingly to their political comrades
about their ability to heat Gov. Brown. We
once heard of a man who thought with a lit
tle aid, he could lift the world. Gov. Brown
is too firmly seated in the hearts of the mas
ses of Georgia to be unseated by any move
ment, which the “traveling convention,” could
make. Sairf “traveling convention” trav
elled into sine die, after having a terrible fuss,
to get to Akin. It was a sickly convention
—came up here for health—-and how could
any body expect to keep it from Akin. It
will continue to keep Akin till the 1st of Oc
tober, wlieu its Akin will cease and it will
jeave sine die, and start a long trip up Salt
River. We are sorry for its Akin. But its
Akin will continue Akin no doubt in spite of
all our sorry. We will review some of the
speakers iu our next issue. V.
Tin Glorious Ninth.
We rejoice, heartily rejoice, that Mr. Ether
idge has car ried the Ninth district. Every pa
triot in Tennessee will rejoice, for his election
puts the seal of condemnation upon the base
slanders of that pure and noble statesman.
John Bell. The Nation will rejoice, because
to her counsels is restored one of the bright
particular stars in the galaxy of brilliant, ora
tors, who add glory and renown to our com
mon country.
We clip the above from the “Memphis En
quirer.” The “Enquirer” claims that the
election of Etheridge “puts the seal of con
demnation upon the base slanders of that pure
and nobis statesman, John Bell.” Wonder if
the writer of the above meant those remarks
for the late Newnan Convention, which charg
ed Mr. Bell with having “Free-soi1 affinities” ?
We are no apologist for Douglas. We con
demn his “unfriendly legislation” notions.—
He has treated the Democratic party badly.—
We don’t now feel that we can ever forgive
him. But the Newnan Convention, being the
judge, is Douglas worse than Bell ? If Bell
has “Fhee-soil affinities,” Douglas has no
more, aud yet Bell will be sustained and ad
mired by the Oppositionists South, with all
his “Free-soil aububs."
thing in the liounds of reason to get it, but
where’s the promise. We venture, if Cuba is
ever added to this government it will be the
work of the Democracy—the progressive, unter
rified, expansive Democracy.
Mr. -J. said, the Democratic partv said elect
“old Buck” aud Kansas shall be ours. Kan
sas would have been ours, bad it not been
for Southern Opposition votes—six Southern
Americans turned the scale and lost us Kan-
j sas. Mr. J. abused the President for appoint-
; ing Walker. Wo venture the assertion,' that
no Presidential appointment was ever more
favorably received by the Southern Democra
cy than that of R. J. Walker, when Mr. Buch
anan announced him as Governor of Kansas.
Southern papers w ere loud and long in their
editorials upon Walker's fitness for the post as
signed him. We would not ho surprised if at
that tintc James Johnson of Columbus, him
self, said it was a good appointment. He was
looked upon as a Southern man to the core,
and we all said well done to his appointment,
who were in any way noisy about slavery.
Mr. J. charged the Democratic party with
having “broken up the whig party.” That’s
not strange. It has ‘ ‘broken up’ ’ every par
ty that has ever stepped across its pathway,
until it struck the Republican, and would
have demolished that, by this time, had the
South been true to herself. When the Demo
cratic party “slays itself” as was said it was
doing, then goes the ‘ ‘constitution, the law, th e
union,” and we will have to build another gov
ernment. Mr. J. said the Democrats “now
proposed'to ignore slavery”—“got no policy”
&c. Is that not nice from an Opposition
stumper ? In one breath, our policy, it is said,
will ruin the country, in another, “got no poli
cy” is the cry. Has the Democratic party
been in the habit of ignoring slavery ?
The “Possum” party arc screaming, “ihe
Constitution and the law.” “The law, the
law, the law” they shout just as though no
body had thought of the law. Why, the
Dred Scott decision has been endorsed by the
Democracy of nearly every State in the Union
and yet these new Daniels that have come to
judgment, are deifying almost Ben Hill, for
have 6aid something smart and new.
The Democracy will never shrink from all
the demands of the law. It is a law set up by
the Democratic element, upon the Supreme
Bench of the United States, and by men,
whom Ben Hill aud his wise followers would
displace, no doubt, if they could. For they j perfectly safe against loss to the State, and
hate Democrats with a perfect haired. If the I that it should be limited to an amount, not
Internal Improvement Convention.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug, 10th, 1859.
At II o’clock, the delegates to the Internal
Improvement Convention, met at Hayden’s
Hall, in this city, and was on motion of Col.
J. W. H. Underwood, organized, by the ap
pointing of the following gentlemen, as offi
cers to the Convention :
President, A. E. Cochran, of Glynn,
1st. V. P., J. I. Whitaker, “Fulton,
2d. V. P.. J. L. Seward, “ Thomas,
and J. S. Peterson, Secretary.
The chairman then explained the object of
the meeting, in a few brief and appropriate
remarks, and announced the Convention or
ganized, and prepared to proceed to busi
ness.
On calling the counties, the following gen
tlemen appeared and took their seats, as Del
egates :
Delegates from Bibb.—J Rose, L F W An
drews, J A Harris.
Banks.—Minyard Sanders.
Delegates from Carroll.—Wm Copeland, T
Loveless, A Manderville, A T Rurke, P G Gar
rison, A J Boggess, Eli Benson, R S Tonune,
A H Black. John Yeal, Wm B W Dent, H F
Morrell, T F Wells, J M Blalock, W S Bomer,
R C Young, R F Taylor, Sami Hort, Dr Jno T
Slaughter, Wm W Williams, V M Hedgson.
R A Russell, B W Hargrove, R H Harrison, J
F Reeves, CTCDeak, FM Austin, J C Woot-
ten, J M Redwine.
Cobb.—John Anderson, L Bankston, Sul
try Dobbs, N M Calder, C D Phillips, Wm
Phillipps, Reubin Latimer, E Denmead, J F
McClesky, R W Joyner, A Connell.
Clinch.—C W Tyler, Proxy.
Cherokee.—M G Donaldson, J G Rodgers,
E G Grambliflg, W A Fodsley, W M Bo ston,
A H Shuford, Wm J Coward, J D Pukertou.
Chattooga.—.Tames Gramble, Alonzo All
en.
Campbell, Thomas A Latham, ES Polk,
L W Mi I.= sty. W N McKelvey, W P Strick
land. W P Parker, Jno Fasten. R C Beavers.
IV F Camp. A W Wheat.
Dale.—Ikibb H Tatum.
DeKalb. -Jas J Diamond, John G Rankin.
Fulton. -J Norcross, JI Whitaker, J M Cal
lout!. S Hoyt, J H. Seals, J S Peterson, J 0
Herring. V A Gaskill, G BHavgood. N J Ham
mond, NL Angier, John H Flynn, Sidney
Root, J L Draining, John Collier, Joseph
Mills, .T E Williams, J J Thrasher, L J Glenn,
W Rushton, J L Cooper, Lewis Lawshe, A Aus
tell, W 8 High, V H Taliferro.
Floyd.—J W H Underwood, Char H Still
well. Nathau Yarbrough, Dr H V M Miller,
A M Sloan, J M Spullock, J R Freeman, Geo
T Stovall, X J Omberg, Wm McCullough, Geo
P Burnett. W R Webster, J F Cooper, Dr J D
McNair, AC A Eort, K H Moore, Geo S Block,
Carter W Sparks. F C Shropshire, James
Lake.
Glynn.—A E Cochran, C W Styles, W H
Dasher.
Gwinnett.—M L Gordon,
Houston —W A Mathews, G B Moore, G P
Halliberton, Stephen Broom. J C West. Wm
J Anderson.
Heard.—J H Banks.
Habersham.—G D Phillips, Joseph H AVy-
ley.
Thomas.-J L Seward, J R Alexander.
Walker.-James Hodge, Edwin Dyer.
Wayne—A E Cochran, Proxy
Whitfield.—James Morris, C B Wellbem, B
E Green, W P Chester, L W Crook, JAW
Johnson, J A Glenn, AY H Starsell, George
AA’adswortli, A Fitzgerald, J L Caldwell.
Spalding. —GJ Green, Jasoii Burr, Lewis
Flemistcr, James M Cole, A P Burr, 8 H Lar
der, G H Connelly B AV Doe Jas. H Logan H
B Holiday O C Gibson D H Gibson D H John
son, A B Matthew s IIJ Brawner Israel Putnam
J Q A Alford, Jessie M Cambell, E AV Beck,
John D Stewart, J A Beck, AV r AV AAfoodruff,
AVm. Flournoy, D N Martin, A G Murray.
Col. NeLon Tifft, of the county Dough
erty, offen d the following—
Resolved. That a committe of twenty-one,
be appointed by the President, whose duty it
shall be to suggest for the consideration of the
Convention, a plan by which the Legislature,
may aid the construction of Railroads, where
they arc needed in Georgia, by such means as
wiligive equal rights, and facilities to all
parts of tlu; state, and whieh shall be neither
unjust, or injurious to any section of the
State.
This resolution being unanimously adopted,
the following gentlemen were appointed by
the President, viz:
Mr. Tift, of Dougherty, Norcross, of Ful
ton, Phillips of Cobb, Sewsud of Thomas,
Hopkins of McIntosh. Boggess of Carroll,
Webster of Floyd, Dyer of Walker, Atkin,
son of Camden, Phillips of Habersham, Butts
of Bibb, Green of Spalding, Mathews of Hous
ton, Crook of AYhitfield, Grumble of Chattoo
ga, Law of Decatur, Whitaker of Fulton,
Diamond of DeKalb, Stillwell of Floyd, An
drews of Bibb, Latham of Campbell, Styles of
Glynn.
At 4 o’clock, P. M. the President resumed
the Chair, and called the Convention to order.
The committee of twenty-two, being not rea
dy to report, a cal! was made for Hon. J W H
Underwood, who responded in a speech of
about half an hour, mostly employed in an.
able argument, in favor of State Aid, suppor
ted by indisputable facts in our history, and
Legislation.
Tlie committee having returned, the Chair
man, Col. N Tift, read the following Report
and Resolutions :
Your committee have considered the sub
ject referred to them, and submit the follow
ing
REPORT.
AVe believe that the Legislature, should
pass a law lo aid the construction of Railroads
by a guarantee of Bonds, for the purchase of
iron, and equipments, which would he equal
ly applicable to all parts of the State, when
railroads are needed, that it should bo made
The Opposition Convention.
This body on its travels, spent the day in
our city, on AVednesday last. Notwithstand
ing the inclemency of the weather, a goodly
number of the party made their appearance.
About eighty counties were represented by a
respectable number of delegates. Dr. David
A. Reese, of Jasper, acted as President, and
C. W. Hancock, of Sumpter, and Cabaniss,
of Monroe, as Secretaries.
Onr opponents often sneer at the dissensions
in onr ranks, calling us the “harmoniofis”
Democracy. From some of tlie actings and
doings of this Opposition Convention, we are
apprehensive that our opponents are likely tp
take onr name from ns, and become them
selves the “Harmonious.” The Convention
had much difficulty in getting the question of
nomination or no nomination, properly before
the meeting; some contending that the vote
should be taken per capita, and others that it
gfrmil.l be taken by counties. The question
was finally put to the whole Convention, and
earned by an overwhelming majority, not
withstanding some still contended that it j
law should stand, let the Democracy alone.-
For when one falls, then falls the other.
Mr. J. said one thing, wc did not look for
—that “Gov. Brown is entitled to respect.”
“Demosthenes” Miller after dinner talked
very differently, perhaps, that remark lost Mr.
Johnson the nomination given to Mr. Akin,
as Mr. Miller was chairman of the committee
which was “behind the scenes” and which
reported a name. Something was said by Mr.
J. about $36,000 a month, hut that was soon
passed by. By the by, 40,000 is the word
now. AVe hope our friends will take due no
tice, and govern themselves accordingly. Air.
Johnson’s speech was almost entirely upon
Federal politics. The argument was, the
President deserves rebuke, ergo, you must not
vote for Brown. He said, the great question
was, “to censure the National Administra
tion.”
Gov. Brown was touched tenderly aud we
have no idea that that speech turned any vote
away from Gov. Brown or made any Democrat
lukewarm. Mr. J. wound up by calling largely
upon his imagination, for a retiring period
that would bring down the House. By his
prophetic eye, he looked toward the sky, and
saw an aerial army, which caused him triumph
antly to exclaim, “those that be for ns are
more, than those that be against us. We pre
fer in this matter to work a little lower and
keep on the ground, and see that the voting
army about the 1st of October, have all the
necessary implements of warfare, to enable
them to do their work up Brown on onr next
political battle-field and let the Opposition
keep Akin until they shall get tired of Akin.
Mr. J. is a fair speaker, of pleasant address
with fine person and an easy flow of language.
In a good cause no doubt he can make a good
speech. When Mr. Johnson got through, the
committee reported, 1st to take the sense of
the convention as to the propriety of a nom
ination, and it was suggested that a vote be
taken without discussion. Yet Mr. Johnson bad
made nearly an hour’s speech in favor of a
nomination. Wonder, if there was any trick in
that! There uppeared at the first blnsb, con
siderable feeling on the part of some against a
nomination, bat the whooping and stamping
soon awed them into silence and they quietly
submitted to their fate. We felt for Josh.
Hill. He looked sorry about the time the nom
ination was made. No doubt he felt that the
7th was gone and that his seat in Congress
must be filled by another.
We wiU notice the remarkable Philllpic of
Dr. Miller in onr next. Y.
ceding live millions of dollars.
Such a la w would give equal rights and fa
cilities to every pari of the State, whilst it
would do no injustice to any. It would be
safe against all risk ofloss by the State. It
would not involve taxation. The guaran
tees would lie made as the roads should pro
gress, and should the limit of five millions,
ever be reached, there would probably be, at
that time,-more than one thousand miles ox
Road built, ironed, equiped, and in operation,
which, with all the assets of the various com
panies, and other securities, would be sub
ject to tho payment of such of those Roads, as
should remain unpaid when due. The safety
of the State under such a law, cannot be se
riously questioned.
The cons’ Rational authority of the State to
aid Railways, is admitted by all. It is a ques
tion of State policy which should be consider
ed with reference to the good of the whole
State and tbo bc6t- interests of her citizens.—
Railroads arc, all things concluded, the cheap
est and best highways now in use. They are
indispensable to the profitable settlement and
improvement of aU those parts of State which
arc distant from the seaboard and from navi
gable rives. Atlanta, the place where we
now stand, a city of twelve thousand inhabi
tants, with her thriving Commerce and Manu
factures, and the improved territory which
skirte the lines of Road, which radiate
from her, are the effect of onr railroads: take
away them, and, the city and the country
would again become what they were a few
years since, a comparitively uninhabited waste.
There are now large sections of Georgia,
which cannot be profitably cultivated and
which must remain barren until railroads are
built to them. Many citicens of GeorgiaWbo
would gladly settle these lauds if they were
penetrated by railroads, are driven to seek
lands in the west, where they devote their
talents and their property to the improvement
of “other JJtates.”
Should the plan of state aid which we pro
pose be adopted and the roads be built which
would be provided for by the limit suggested,
it would be safe to estimate theinciened val
ue of property consequent upon their consti
tution, at one hundred millions, and -tliis
would materially reduce the ratio of taxation
in the whole state.
The only plausible objection which we hate
heard to the proposed plan of State aid, js,
that any other roads which may be built in
the State would take some of the business of
[the reads already built, and that consequently
the state onght not to aid them in any way.
There are two conclusive answers to this ar
gument—
1st. The State in granting charters to exist-
ing roads, defined the exclusive privileges
which they should possess and enjoy, and did
not give them a monoply of the carrying trade
of the State, nor bind any part of the State fb
sterility, nor her citizens to poverty, for their
benefit; she left herself free to promote the
welfare of every part of the State in such a
manner as her wisdom might suggest.
2d. The assumption that existing roads
would be injured by the competition of new
roads, which might be built under the propos
ed system of limited State aid, is founded in a
short-righted and erroneous view of the posi
tion of Georgia and her Railroads, with refer
ence to her local resources, and with reference
te the trade of the West. Railroads carry popu
lation and improvement wherever they pene
trate, and we doubt whether a road could tie
built in Georgia, which would not create local
trafic that would be equal to profitable employ
ment. But when we appreciate the fact that
Georgia Railroads are the nearest and best a-
venues to the Atlantic for an almost unlimited
trade from the West, and that nothing is
wanting bat the competition and reasonable
prices of freight which competing roads would
produce, to crowd our railroads and our sea
ports to their fuUcapacity, with a profitable
trade, then, these vain fears of competition
will vanish, and we shall devote our energies
to the fulfillment of our high destiny. This
accomplished, our railroads would all be prof
itable, our seaports would become large cities,
and every part of the interior would become
the abode of prosperous and happy citizens
whose industry aud patriotism would be the
pride and strength of the^Statc.
Many of our wisest statesmen and best citi
zens in every part of the State have, in one
form or other, sanctioned State Aid to Rail
roads. Governor Johnson in his Message re
commends the policy, and Governor Brown in
his Inaugural, after mentioning the success of
the State Road and its important benefits to
the country, said : “The example is worthy
of imitation, and in my judgment, the Legis
lature taking care that the State is amply se
cured beyond the possibility of a donbt,should
not hesitate to extend that aid which is neces
sary for the development of other sections.”
This opinion we believe has the cordial sanc
tion of a. great majority of the people of the
State.
It iB sometimes asked why Railroad compa
nies who can give the securety asked by the
proposed plan, should desire the guarantee of
the State ? The answer is that the Bonds of
new companies which arc unknown to capital
ists, are always at a discount, whilst Bond
guaranteed by the State would he with par,
and thns, a saving would be effected in the
purchase of iron of from fifteen to twenty-five
per cent. The cheaper Railroads can he con
structed, the cheaper they can afford to carry
freights, and the better it will be for the com
panies interested, and for the citizens of the
State.
We might- extend the argument in favor of
a safe and limited State Aid to Railroads by
referring to the statistics of Georgia and other
States, showing the increase of population, in
dustrial resources, wealth and power, conse
quent upon the construction of these “Iron
Pathways” of commerce; but they are gene
rally well known and we deem it unnecessa
ry to the present purpose.
We recommend the adoption of the follow
ing resolutions:
1. Resolved, That it is the interest and
duty of the State to aid in the construction of
Railroads by a limited, safe, and equitable
plan, as the best means of promoting the
prosperity of anypart of the State.
2. Resolved, That the construction of new
Railroads in Georgia, is necessary to the prop
er development of onr territory, to the equal
rights of the people in the various sections of
our State, to the proper regulation of transpor
tation upon our Railroads, and to the concen
tration of AYestern Trade upon our seaboard,
the building up of our cities, and the promo
tion of all the best interests of the State.
3. Resolved, That while we waive any ex
pression of opinion in regard to the amount
for which the State should become liable—it is
the judgement of this Convention, that the
State should in no event go beyond five mil
lions of dollars. That the question and
amount of credit is properly confined to the
Legislature, and we have confidence to believe
that there will be no abuse of power, which
will impair the credit of the State, or impose
unjust burdens upon the people.
4. Resolved, That the security offered in the
proposed legislation upon this subject at the
iast Legislature was ample, and in our opin
ion, was satisfactory to tne people of Georgia.
. Resolved, That the proceedings of this
Convention be transmitted to the Governor
with a request that they be laid before the Leg
islature-
J- Norcross then moved that the Report and
Resolutions be received, which was carried.
It was then moved that the Report and Res
olutions be adopted.
A brief but somewhat animated discussion
followed this motion, in which Messre. Tatum,
Bankston, Seward and Dyer participated. On
the motion being put, the Report and Reso
lutions were unanimously adopted.
L. F. AV. Andrews, moved that all the pa
pers in the State, be requested to publish the
proceedings of this Convention, which was
adopted.
J. Norcross then moved that the thankB of
this meeting be tendered the President and
other officers of the Convention, which was
carried.
The Convention then adjourned sine die.
A. E. COCHRAN, President.
L. F.Sews, [ Secretaries.
Tlie Census— 1 Timely Suggestions.
In tho ensuing year the eighth census of the
Unitod States will have to be taken. No one
not practically acquainted with the difficulties
of this office, can begin to estimate the im
mense amount of labor which devolves on
those who attempt it. These difficulties are
manifold—growing in some cases out of mis
conception of the objects, and often out of the
ignorance and perverseness of tho people of
whom the Deputy Marshall compelled to seek
his information. Sometimes the officer is
bothered no little by reason of the reluctance
of the heads of families to give in detail the
names and ages of the members ; and not
unfrequently the law has to he threatened
against them before this branch of informa
tion can be fully obtained.
Not unfrequently it happens, when the offi
cer calls at the bouse in discharge of his duty,
he finds the gentlemen absent, and the wife is
not able to tell the number of acres of loud,
the number and age of negroes, the number
and value of horses and mules, the value of
the fanning Implements, the quantity and val
ue of the products of the farm, and many
other particulars essential to the perfection of
the work before him.
Now, what we suggest is, that each farmer
this fell, as he gathers his crops, shall keep
something like an accurate account of the
quantity and value of the same; and if he will
take the trouble to make out a statement of
the names and ages of the white family;
number of acres of land—cleared and tim
bered—the number and ages of his negroes ;
the number and value of l'is horses and mules;
the number of bales of cotton, barrels of
corn, bushels of wheat, oats, rye, barley, po
tatoes, &c., and the value of each, and leave
it in some place where any member of the
family who may beat home when the Deputy
Marshall shall coll, can readily get bold of it,
he will save time to all concerned, and very
greatly assist to make the census returns per
fect, complete and satisfactory.
We throw out these suggestions for the rea
son that, having once performed the arduous
duty of a census taker, and feeling keenly the
disadvantages under which an unexperienced
person labors in such a vocation, and now very
greatly his duties might be lightened and its
unpleasantness mitigated, by a little attention
on the part of persons who are equally inter
ested with the U. S. Deputy Marshal, in hav
ing the work well and accurately performed,
we think we are entitled to speak upon the
subject. We do not expect again to be engag
ed in such work; but we bespeak the kind
ness and co-operation of the people to and
with those who shall have to perform that
duty.—[Nashville News.
Tn trouble we often come off better than we
expect, and always better than we deserve.
Tor the Intelligencer.
Opposition Literature.
Messrs. Editors: I have it in my power to be
of great service to disorganizers, fire-eaters,
and disumonists generally, by re-producing,
with slight alterations, Opposition literature
exactly suited to their tastes and purposes, and
thereby save them the mental labor essential
to the production of appropriate language.
The period during the war of 1812, can fur
nish all the inflammatory editorials, resolu
tions, memorials, and stump oratory needed
at toe present day, for all treasonable or fa
natical purposes. The following specimen I
recommend to rabid and venal men generally,
without regard to party :
“AYhat would .be the value of our Union if
not attended with,a change of those rulers
who are driving our country head long to ru
in.” “A Union, if such be its effects, would
be the heaviest of cubses. ’ ’ There is no pos
sible condition of things that could be imag
ined, which ought not to be deplored, as tho
heaviest of calamities, if its tendency is to
perpetuate power in the profligate hands that
for forty-eight years have held all the offices in
this unhappy country. The real cause of all
this office holding, mast be traced to the in
fluence of worthless foreigners. If we submit
quietly, our destruction is certain.
If we oppeku them with bitter invective and
high-toned denunciation, who will say that
we will not beat them yet ? We are convinced
that the time has arrived when the Opposition
must make a resolute stand, and recurring to
first principles—the principles of the elder Ad
ams, and of Alexander Hamilton—we must
view men and things as they are. The sophis
ticated government, which these States have
witnessed for forty-eight years past, has almost
completed their ruin. Should the present ad
ministration, with their adherents in the
Southern States, still persist in the prosecution
of their wicked and corrupt policy, in opposi
tion to the natural, exclusive, and indefeasi
ble right of wealth and influence, to hold off
ice—much as we deprecate a separation ot tne
Union, we deem it an evil much less to be
dreaded, than a co-operation with them in
their pretended efforts to preserve the Union
against the treasonable purposes of the North
ern abolitionists.
“What shall we do to be saved?” We must
rise in our majesty—protect ourselves—and
compel the dominant party to share with us
the honors and emoluments of office. I will
here give an extract from an address to the
Hartford Convention of 1814, as follows :
“The once venerable constitution has ex
pired by dissolution in the hands of those
wicked mien who were sworn to protect it.—
Its spirit, with the precious souls of Its first
founders, has fled forever. Its remains, with
them, rest in the silent tomb. At your hands,
therefore, we demand deliverance. New Eng
land is unanimous, and we announce our irre
vocable decree that the tyrannical oppression
of those who at present usurp the powers of
the constitution, is beyond endurance, and we
will resist it.”
Messrs. Editors—Having hut little leasure
to devote to political literature, I must, with
the above compilation, close my labors for the
present—.promising, however, that should this
novel undertaking meet the approbation of
men of moderation, or be instrumental in
opening the eyes of the rabid and delud« d
men of all parties, I will again resume the
task ; and will produce in my next, specimens
surpassing in virulence and malignity, even
the quintessence of modern treason.
Yours truly, PLEBIAN.
P. S. 1 am in fevor of opposition to dis
union, under any and all circumstances, and
instead thereof, I propose to maintain it un
der the constitution—tirat by fair argument
and freedom of speech, and then (if need be)
by force of arms, or perish to the last man in
its defence. P.
[From the Bowling Green (Ky ) Standard.]
Tlie Democratic Party.
Although it ha3 been time and again asser
ted by the “opposition” press and leaders
that the democratic party has ruined the coun
try, and if, s>s one of our cotemporaries says,
: t had possessed as many lives as popular su
perstition attributes to a cat, it would long
since have been dead and decomposed. But
the declarations of the opponents of the great
national democratic party are not to be believ
ed. These same oppositionists charged that
Gen. Jackson ruined the country when he ve
toed the United States Bank Bill. Great was
the weeping and wailing when Gen. Jackson
issued the specie circular ; the last spark of
life was extinguished and the country ruined !
But, in spite of the prophecies of wise men—
the pretended lamentations of hypocrites—the
country survived and went on prospering and
to prosper. Is is a source of gratification to
know—and the past history of the country
shows the fact—that, notwithstanding the
continued opposition to, and condemnation of
all denrotratic measures by the party in oppo
sition to the democracy, sometimes under tho
prophecy of the ruin of the country if the
democratic party was not overthrown and for
ever prostrated, yet under the wise policy of
her democratic Presidents, she has grown and
prospered throughout the entire period of our
national history. It is true that other parties
have had temporary posession of the Govern
ment aud have administered its affairs for brief
periods. It is also true that they have van
ished, and, without an exception, have faiied
to leave upon the records of the country a
measure of their policy as evidence that they
ever had an existence. But the history of the
democratic party is entirely different. Every
stage of our country’s progress is marked
upon her statute books by some wise and great
measure originated and carried through by
the democratic party. Under AYashington
the democracy admitted into the Union Ver
mont, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Under Jef
ferson, Ohio was admitted and Louisiana pur
chased. Under Madison, Louisiana was ad
mitted into the Union, and also Indi na.—
During the presidency of Monroe a democratic
Congress admitted Mississippi in 1817; Illi
nois in 1818; Alabama in 1818; Maine in 18-
20 ; Missouri in 1821; and Florida was pur‘
chased of Spain in 1821. Under Gen. Jack-
sonjffichigan and Arkansas were admitted in
to the Union ; and undtr Polk, Texas was ac
quired, and the States of Iowa and Florida
were admitted in 1845; Wisconsin in 1846,
and the Territories of California, Utah, and
New Mexico were purchased. Tlie State of
California was admitted while Fillmore acci
dentally occupied the presidential chair, still
a democratic Congress did the work of admis
sion. Under Pierce the Territory of Arizona
was purchased; and under the present illus
trious and glorious Administration of Presi
dent Buchanan, Minnesota was admitted in
1858 and Oregon in 1859. making a grand to
tal of thirty-three States constituting our glo
rious Union. In view of all these facts, let
every democrat holdfast to the good old faith
—stick to principles—avoid quarrels about
men and the country will still be safe and de
mocracy triumphant. And in order to obtain
this end, vote for the nominees of the party.
Death.—The article on “Death” in the N
Y. Cyclopedia, has the following :
“As life approaches extinction, insensibility
supervenes—a numbness and disposition to re
pose, which do not admit of the idea of suffer
ing. Even in those cases where the activity
of the mifid remains to the last, and where
nervous sensibility would seem to continue, it
is surprising how often there ht:s been ob
served a state of happy feeling on the approach
of death. ‘If I had strength enough to hold
a pen, I would write how easy and dedghtful
it is to die,’ were the last words of the cele
brated AVm. Hunter, during his last momenta.
“Montaigne, .in one of his essays, describes
an accident which left him so senseless, that
he was taken qp for dead. On being restored,
however, he says: ‘Methonght my life only
hung upon my lips; and I shot my eyes to
help thrust it out. and took a pleas are in lan
guishing and letting myself go.’ A writer in
the Quarterly Review records that a gentle
man, who had been rescued from drowning,
declared that he had not experienced the
slightest feeling of suffocation. ‘Ihe stream
was transparent, tho day brilliant, and aa he
stood upright he could see the sun shining
through the water, with a dreamy conscious
ness that his eyes were about to be closed on
it forever. Yet he neither feared bis fete nor
wished to avert it. A sleepy sensation, which
soothed and gratified him, mad* a luxurious
bed of a watery pram.’ ”
