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An Appeal for the Indians.
BY H. F. BUCKNER.
“COME OVER AND HELP US.” ‘
My third proposition is, that Indian Missions
have all the claims and advantages of Domestic
Missions.
As to the location of the field. My third propo
sition cannot be gain-sayed; for the tribes west of
Arkansas and Missouri are in the very center of
our domestic field, being about equidistant from
the Atlantic and Pacific. God has placed them
in our very midst, like orphan children in our
arms, as if He would prove us, and see if we are
sincere in our pretentions to missionary zeal. If
we do not listen to their plaintive cries, if we are
unmoved by their spiritual wants and wretchedness,
in vain may we plead that we are Christians or
philanthropists. They are placed in our midst
because they have claims alike upon each mem
ber of our Confederacy; and if the Northern
States have abandoned them (or are threatening
to do so) on account of slavery, it is not for suffi
cient cause, as I hope to show in due time. How
can we persuade ourselves that we are sincere, and
that we really love the souls of men, when the In
dians yet cry to ns in vain,
“Come over and help us. r
If anew treaty with them was contemplated,
and it was probable that they would dispose of
their present homes, how soon would we see many
of our church members and ministers too, moved
by the zeal of their Puritan Sires—flocking to the
Indian country with the same inscription for their
motto, “Come over and help us.” There, too, we
would hear them “earnestly contending for the
lands once delivered to the Indians.” Now, how
ever, when we are trying to civilize and christian
ize the heathens whom God has placed *in the
heart ot our nation, we can get neither men or
money. “Let them be exterminated. God never
designed this beautiful land of ours to be inhabit
ed by savage barbarians. Their blood be on us
and our children.” Such, if not the language, is
yet the sentiment of many who call themselves
Christians. I was frequently grieved, during my
agency for Indian Mission, by hearing such expres
sions from those who said they were Baptists.
But a brighter day is dawning upon the In
dians. The Baptists of the south-west are be
ginning to appreciate their claims; and Indian
and Domestic Missions are nearly identical, being
managed by the same faithful and efficient Board.
This is as it should be.
Let the firiends of the Indians but exert them
selves now, and soon the cause will be placed od
a firm footing.
Micco, Creek Nation, May 21st, 1850.
(To be continued.)
For tins index.
Central Institute, Coo a Cos., Ala.
Rev. A. T. Holmes, President, and Professor of*
Rhetoric, &c.
Rev. B. T. Smith, Professor of Mathematics and
Natural Science.
Mr. Patrick Savage, Prof. Ancient Lan
guages.
REPORT OF BOARD OF VISITORS.
June 18 th, 1856.
We, the undersigned Committee, appointed to
visit the Central Institute, and witness the examina
tion of the pupils, beg leave to submit the follow
ing report:
On Sunday the loth, the large Chapel of the
Institute was filled by an intelligent congregation,
that listened with delight to an able, interesting
and remarkably appropriate discourse, preached
by Rev. S. Henderson, of Tuskegee.
On Monday the 16th, the Examination com
menced, and continued until 10 o’clock Wednes
day. The different classes, beginning with the
juvenile and extending through the whole course,
to the higher English branches, Mathematics, the
Classics, and the Natural Sciences, have exceeded,
by far, our utmost hopes. We here say, our ut
most hopes, not in any disparagement of the Fac
ulty, for we have always considered them as fully
competent to meet the views of those whose aspi
rations were highest, in regard to the character
of the Institute; but in consideration of the diffi
culties which surrounded the Board at the open
ing of the school, and other causes which inter
vened to prevent success. Our hopes had been
elevated, but they had not reached the standard,
which the developments of the examination would
have justified.
The students of each class evinced a thorough
knowledge of their studies, so far as they had ad
vanced, and exhibited their power of reducing to
practice, that which had been so thoroughly
taught in theory.
We have attended Examinatious at other places
of instruction, comprising Colleges, Academies and
high schools; but have never attended any with
more satisfaction than the present. We have
never attended one where more exertion had been
made, that the subjects proposed should be fully
• iigested in the midst of the learners. We would
also state that the exercises in composition and
declamation reflect great credit upon the young
gentlemen who took part in the same, as well as
upon then - instructors.
In conclusion we would again refer to the Fac
ulty, by saying, that in the judgment of the Com
mittee, a better and more efficient corps of instruc
tors cannot be found.
We deem the Institute every way worthy of
the patronage of a generous and enlightened com
munity, not only for reasons already assigned, but
because us the heallhfulness of the location, the
pleasantness of the surrounding country, its free
dom from demoralizing influences, and the high
toned morality of the surrounding neighborhood.
On Wednesday, at 11 o’clock, a chaste aud able
juldress was delivered by Thomas G. Chilton, Esq.,
of Montgomery, to a very large crowd.
Arrangements have beeu made to have a ohemi
cal and philosophical apparatus ready for use at
the commencement of the next session, to wit ;
July 14th, 1856.
WYLEEW. MASON,)
M. J. BULGER,
GEO. E. BREWER,
WM. S. SASNKTT, VBoAfdofV ls
ISAAC C. HALL, f *
BENJ. LOYD,
E. S. WALKLEY, j \
A. B. ELIOTT, j
Written for the Index.
Three Scenes in the Life of a Belle.
BY KATE.
“Ae the mother, so is the daughter."— Bible.
“What a beautiful child my Maggie is,” exclaim
ed Mrs. Lincoln as she lifted her little girl to her
knee, and wound and re-wound her golden curls
around her finger. “What a lovely creature site
is, and what a belle she will make. One of these
days she will break hearts, I’m thinking.”
“Whatdid you say mamma?” asked the child
lifting her innooent blue eyes to her mother’s face.
“Did you say that I was pretty ?”
“Yes Maggie, lovely as a hgdfopenod rose-bud.
Few little girls have such brifnt eyes, and rosy
cheeks, and dimpled chin. You are handsome
now, and will be a great deal prettier by-and-by.
Everybody, when you grow to be a young lady,
I dare say, will pause to admire your fine faee and
figure. I already feel quite proud of you, but
you must not be vain—oh, no you must not be
vain and proud I” and the lady shook her head
and looked the mentor to perfection.
“No mamma,” said the little girl sliding down
from her knee and running towards a large mirror
in the room, “I won’t be proud, but I want to see
my beautiful eyes, and rosy <s!*?eks, and golden
curls. lam glad that I am handsome, for now
there is no necessity tor me to study hard, as
plain Mary Stanhope does. I shall get along
very well through the world, without knowing
Astronomy, and Botany, and Latin, and Greek,
and all those abominable things, sha’nt I mam
ma ?” and the little girl turned and looked wist
fully into her parent’s face. “Well, I don’t know,”
said Mrs. Lincoln with some hesitation. “I want
you to be very accomplished. You must be sure
and learn your music well, and must pay particu
lar attention to your drawing, and must, also
learn French (for ever genteel lady is expected
now-a-days to know something about that,) and
you must try and write a fine Italian hand, and
converse fluently and knowingly. Further than
that, I don’t see the use of your troubling your
head over books. You will have a great deal of
beauty, and some fortune, and if you can manage
to become accomplished, it will be enough. You
will get along very well I dare say, but you must
go right away now to your practicing. Your mu
sic teacher will be hero before you have learned
that new song.”
Maggie heard the last part of what her mother
tAfttying, boo I rt_ She linger
llßraiong glass, uncurling and re
curling her hair—pinching her cheeks to make
them rosy, and walking to and fro to improve her
gait. When her teacher at last rung the bell, she
started away towards the piano and was vanning
her fingers nimbly over the keys, when the lady
entered.
“Have you learned the song Margaret ?” said
Mrs. Wildman, pausing behind her chair.
“Yes ma’am—no ma’am—l can’t say that I
have fully learned it. I’ve been practicing on it
some, however,” and Maggie blushed in spite of
herself at the deception she was at that moment
guilty ofl Poor Maggie! poor inspito of her for
tune, and rare beauty. She had learned the first
lessons of vanity and deception, anti was in dan
ger, through a mother’6 ill-timed thoughtlessness
of being launched out upon the ocean of life, with
false hopes, and false lights, to leid her astray, be
fore she had reached anything like a safe and
comfortable haven.
# * * * *- * •*
Five years passed away, and Maggie Lincoln
had, indeed, become the belle of the baU-room.-r-
She glided with fairy-like grace through the ma
zes of the dance—her curls were thicker, longer,
and more golden than ever, she sung and played
tolerably well—she understood dancing to per
fection—she had a smattering of French, and
wrote an elegant hand. People said “what a
love of a girl,” and Frenchofied beaux, watched
her through their eye-glasses and pronounced her
“decidedly fair-looking and genteel.” And so she
was, but the heart had grown barren for want of
tillage, and the soul —the immortal soul, for which
the Savior poured forth a crimson tide of blood
upon Mount Oalvary ! Alas, for that immortal
soul! It had never known an aspiration above a
pretty head-dress. But Mrs. Lincoln was satis
fied that her daughter would make a fine conquest,
and become elegantly settled in life, and Maggie
was as happy as the unquiet human soul can be,
out of the shadow of the Cross.
Why should she entertain thoughts of the shade,
and the narrow house, and the earth worm, and
the scenes which open beyond, in Eternity, when
the present was 60 fall of light, and song, and
laughter, and that mocking phantom. Death
was so far away and uncertain. Why should
she indeed.
* * • * * -55-
Two years passed away, and there was another
scene. In a large chamber, upon a tied of snowy
whiteness, there lay a pale, emaciated being, with
sunken-cheeks, and eyes—-a hollow cough, and
lips black and withering. The golden hair was
put soberly away under a muslin-cap, but now
and then a curl broke loose, and floated as if in
mockery, around the white and heaving throat.—
The thin, pale fingers, which tossed restlessly to and
fro over the Marsailles counterpane, were ringless,
and the blood was settling in purple patches be
neath the nails. Consumption had found anoth
er victim. Maggie Lincoin was dying. It was a
glad and glorious day in summer-time without.— j
Ttie sky was blue as sapphire, and the breeze j
stole in through the half-raised window, swaying |
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the long lace and crimson curtains to and fro’, and
throwing mocking life-like shadows upon she j
marble cheek of the girl. A sweet briar, laden !
with blossoms, looked in and nodded carelessly, !
shaking perfume from every brightly-tinted flow
er* Nature rarely seems to sympathize with hu
man wo.
But Maggie lay heedless ot everything transpir
ing around her. She did not see with those large
dilating pupils of hers, the wretched, thoughtless
mother who had taught her from her earliest in
fancy, that to glitter in the ball-room, and at Un
fashionable soiree was the end and aim of life
She did not hear the wails which broke from her
bursting heart. She did not see (for the first timß
in her life,) the dress of tarleton, with its beautt- -
ful flounces hooped tip with white roses, which
had been brought in by the dress maker during
her illness, and wus now carelessly tossed into one
corner, together with a tiny pair of white satin
slippers, spangled with gold.
The physician was there with his vials and
drugs, and anxious face, but his skill could avail
nothing then—it was too late—the consumptive
bad shut eyes and ears to every symptom of dfe ‘
ease, and danced on until she stood upon the con
fines ofelernity. She lay, and insensibly breatfiotl
her life away. There came at last a slight quiver
ing of the eyelids—a contraction of the muscles
about the mouth, and then the spirit passed away,
and the butterfly existence of an immortal soul bad
ended. She went from a land of Bibles and Sab
bath schools, and churches, and gospel ministers,
into the presence of her Maker, almost as ignorant
of the precious blood which had been shed for the
human soul’s redemption, as the blinded Hindoo,
or idolatrous African.
Thoughtless mother! this sketch is written for
you. See to it, that you educate wisely “the deni
zens of oue world, and the candidate for another.”
See to it, that you educate them religiously , le3t
in the great day of accounts, the blood of souls ,
cries to you, “Abel like, from the ground.”
For the Index.
A Word to Parents.
Reader, are you a parent? If so, I want a
word with you—l will detain you but a little
while. Your position is one of great responsibili
ty —a responsibility too little appreciated by pa
rents generally. There is, perhaps, no relation in
life involving so many obligations as the one which
you sustaiu. God has committed to your care
immortal spirits which are of priceless value, and
upon you will depend, in a great measure, tbeir
final destiny. Your manner of training them up
will, in all human probability, decide the great
question of tbeir salvation—whether they are to
mingle in the blood-washed throng in the realms
of joy, or with devils and lost spirits in the world
of darkness—whether they are to sing the glad
song of Moses and of the Lamb around the
throne of God, or howl, and yell, and shrink, in
the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone.
Wherefore, in view of this fearful truth*l vvouftt”
ask, O father, O mother, whoever you are, what
are you doing for the salvation of your children?
Are you trying to train them up in the right way?
Do you teach them the word of God? Do you
teach them how to pray? Do you take them to
the Sabbath School? And do you require them
to observe properly the holy day of the Lord?
Do you explain to them tbeir duty to God? Do
you labor to make them sensible of their need of
the cleansing blorg of Christ? And lastly, do
you assemble them, morning and evening, around
the family altar, and there let them hear you offer
up fervent and hoart-felt supplications on their be
half? If thus you do, happy are you; but if not,
O parent, parent, I fear you will have an awful
account to render in a coining dav ! I fear you
may live to lament the day when God gave you
children ! A WARNING VOICE.
For the Index.
Bro. Editor: —Permit me now to speak of the
Educational and Religious privileges of this re
gion
Iu speaking of Educational facilities, my re
marks must be understood as applying principal
ly to Thomas county, because I know more about
it in this respect. In the town of ThomasviJle,
or adjoining to it, is “Fletcher Institute,” gotten
up and controlled by our Methodist friends. Its
location is pretty. Its two buildings (oue for
males and the other for females) are of brick. A
small Music room is of wood. The town Acad
emy is a wooden building of two stories, located
on quite a pleasant and convenient lot. A grad
uate of Mercer University is conducting an Acad
emy for boys and young men cn the independent
plan. Besides these, there are two or threo iude
pendent schools, or seminaries, if you please, for
girls and young ladies, conducted by ladies. All
these, so far as I know, are doing well, some of
them very well.
An effort is progressing to build up a Female
College in our town. An act of incorporation
was procured at the last session of the Legisla
ture. About 113,000 are ou subscription. The
first instalment is called in. And proposals for
the construction of the College buildings are ad
vertised for until the Ist of August next The
Institution is to be Anti-Sectarian, or not Sectari
an in its organization and management. Should
this feature be strictly maintained, it may work
well; but otherwise, serious consequences will al
mort inevitably result. It will doubtless be built;
aud it is hoped it will succeed; in which case, the
necessity for carrying daughters hundreds of miles
away to procure an education will be obviated,
and Tboraasville will become what it seems des
tined to be—an interesting centre.
In the country around are not less than three
Academies, and I know not how many “old field
schools ” Indeed no one need be deterred frem
coming to this country by the apprehension of a
want of facilities for education. They are already
good, and in a short time will be equal to any iu
the State. I must defer, for the present, my re
marks about religious privileges.
Respectfully yours, <fcc., D. G* D.
/grDon't defer too long.—Ed.
Fortho Index.
A Word to Ministers about Missions—A Fact
My Dear Brethren —1 fear that many of you ,
are for the smallness of Missionary j
collections in tho churches which you serve. There i
is no doubt but that the contributions to the cause i
of the Lord would greatly increase throughout,
our denomination, -if those in the ministry would
make proper exertions. Our churches are not
awake to a sense of their duty in reference to the
great subject of Missions; aud it devolves upon
their pastors to arouse them from their long and
deep sleep. Many of these, for reasons best
known themselves, say hut little about Missions
It has been whispered, that some touch lightly
- just here, lest what may be given to the heathen,
should really come out of their pockets. Now,
considering the scantiness *>f ministerial support
among the churches, it would seem that there is !
some ground for caution in this matter, especially
on the part of needy ministers. If any whom I
now address have l>een influenced hv such fears, I
would affectionately entreat you, my dear breth
ren, to consider well whether such fears are lawful.
Go boldly forward, leaving the consequence to the
Lord. A certain one has said : “Duties are ours
—events are God’s.” Taking this, then, for your
molto, lift up your voice high and loud in behalf
of the perishing heathen. For your encourage
ment, I will relate a fact which came under my
observation.
For a series of years, a certain church had
been sending up a contribution, which would be
regarded as quite liberal, considering the standard
of liberality in the denomination at large. At a
subsequent period, the church changed pastors.
The new’ pastor was not so able as the former; in
respect to Missions, however, he was somewhat
more zealous. What was the result? The
church increased its contribution about three fold.
And now, how did the pastor come out? He re
ceived more than his predecessor. 1 do not say
that the thing will always work thus; but what I
say, I know to bo true. OBSERVER.
ipiipisr
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any errors that may occur in them.
• •
Mercer University.
A little more than twenty years ago this insti
tution was not in existence. The venerable man
whose name it now bears, opposed the few found
at, that time among Georgia Baptists, who favored
the idea of establishing a College for educating
the youth of the denomination, is, however,
due his memory to state that his opposition was
neither long nor obstinate; he early yielded, and
for years-preceding his death witnessed with great
satisfaction the progress of an institution so largely
indebted to his counsels and liberality, for its pres
ent permanent position. To this institution the
Baptists of Georgia are indebtod in no small de
gree for the ability with which our cause has been
defended against the many attacks made upon it.
Already the graduates of Mercer have filled many
pulpits, while numerous aocademies and high
schools have evinced very often a preference as
teachers for the young men of this institution. A
very pleasing feature also in its history is the grati
fying fact that numerous conversions have taken
place among the students.
The leading design of those to whom we are
indebted for this institution was, perhaps, the edu
cation of young men for the ministry, and giving
aid to those who were in indigent circumstances.
This last object has been most remarkably accom
plished since those entrusted with its care ha7e
found it necessary to reject, for want of means,
comparatively few from our own or any adjoining
Stale who have come well recommended; and
thus many poor young men, both orphans aud
beneficiaries preparing for the ministry have ob
tained all the advantages of a finished education
with little more cost to themselves than the time
and labor necessary for its acquisition.
Several years back the Trustees endeavored by
establishing scholarship to open it’s door to still
another class, viz: those whose straitened cir
cumstanees made the present expenses burden
some. It is a matter of regret that this offer on
account of the small tmmber of applicants was so
ndod withdrawn, as the present rates of tuition
were by the liberal offer decreased one-half and in
other cases still lower. Ts this offer could be re
newed many who now doubtless see the advan
tages of the plan would avail themselves ofits beu
<fit, for those who have large families to educate,
often find it difficult to meet the present outlay in
the education of their children. And what would
be better still, we should like to see the endow
aaeut of our University suffioient to enable the
Trustees to make the same liberal offor to the
youth of Georgia, that is made by the United
States Academy at West Point. The adoptiou of
such a plan would bring about an entire revolu
tion in the present system.
Suppose, for instance, that Mercer University
could make the same offer to all that it now
makes to indigent young men having in view the
Gospel Ministry, and to the orphans of Baptist
Preachers; and moreover, that it was made an in
dispensable condition that every one received must
furnish the most unexceptionable proof of good
moral character, as well as a reputation for schol
arship, and that a certain number of delinquencies,
either in morals or iu their studies, should deprive
quy of a scholarship, when once admitted; the af
fect would be that our Colleges would be filled to
overflowing with the right sort of students. And it
would not become necessary to repeat again the
humiliating confession of a distinguished Judge, of
South Carolina, of the College at which he gradua
ted. It is a lamentable truth, that under the present
1 system the children of the wealthy and the poor ’
j alike, contract habits of negligence, as well as of
j prodigality, which indulgence casts the parents
i of the latter class years of toil to icmove. The
j adoption of a plan that would place all upon an
equal footing, wbk-h by removing the *-xpen=es of
an education from all who properly availed them
Helves of its benefit, while it scrupulously denied
the boon to any not entitled by their scholarship
or behavior to its .advantages, would make any !
institution able to adopt it a real blessing. Under j
the present system, too runuy spend their time at j
College who arc never benefitted, and perhaps it i
would be true of some under any plan that could I
be devised.
To effect this desirable object the present fund j
of Mercer would not be sufficient but its adoption j
would secure from its friends the requisite amount. !
But if this could not !*■ done, the offer of Schol- j
arsbips might be made at a great!v reduced price i
to all who chose to avail themselves of such assis- j
tance, having the privilege was j
conferred to üßofstiUid ,pFnt the right to a schol- !
arship eontfnuld no longoi than it* owner furnish- j
ed of improvement in his j
studies, and of upright deport- !
! merit.
The Fourth
The annua! celebration of our national festival
was observed by the two Societies of Mercer Uni
versity. Mr. Glover, their Orator, pronounced
quite an appropriate discourse for the- dav. He
gave his audience an interesting epitome of Ameri
can history—making tpiito a clear statement, of
the several acts of the English Government that
led to the declaration of independence bv the
American colonies. His speech, though more
lengthy than usual, was listened to with attention
throughout, and elicited from bis hearers several
rounds of applause.
Bible Revision.—-A Maclay-
The letter of Rev. A. Maclay, containing his
resignation expresses but little approval of the
Revisiou Association after the impression that he
would resign on account of errors that either had,
or would creep iuto the new translation had been
put in circulation. Is it true, that the President
of the “Biblo Union" 1 can, aud does not anv loug
er co operate with those with whom he was so
long identifier! ? The affair has turner! out but little
better than was expected. We hear of but one
denomination that is undivided in its support, and
that denomination has through its head given the
i Christian World to understand that the new trans
; lation would favor its particular views.
Below will be found the letter of Dr. Maclay
containing his resignation of the offirY>. he had so
long filial. He should have said more. The de
nomination of which he is a member relied much
upon his judgment, and Christian integrity. The
present position of the Bible Union is such that
confidence in its present, mode of operations can
not bo regained until there is a specific denial, by
its former President, of the reports that are iii
current circulation about it:
“To the Board of the American Bible Union:'’
Dear Brethren : —-‘After several months of
mature deliberation, 1 feel compelled, by a sense
of duty to resign my office as President of the
American Bible Union, and thus to free myself, as
far as possible, from all further responsibility in
the management of its affairs.
‘*ln taking this solemn step i desire to say, that
I cherish kind feelings towards all my brethron,
and those who have extended to me their person
al friendship and Christian courtesy, I shall al
ways hold in grateful remembrance.
“Praying that we may all he sanctified through
| the truth, and finally saved in the everlasting
! kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
1 am, affectionately, yours,
A, MACLAY.
Kansas Affairs.
During the present excited state of the public
mind upon this subject wc have carefully avoided
the insertion of any article about the state of
things in this territory, ‘relieving that the strong
appeals made.to the prejudices of men in some of
the public journals was not a course to be resorted
to. by Christians, nor for them to sanction in others.
We could not but hope that law and order would
eventually be established, and that the lawless por
tion of the inhabitants would cither be forced to
quit the territory, as many have done, or submit
to the existing government. It is truly gratifying
after the exciting struggle to hear that the pros
pect of having quiet increases every day.
Our Relations with England.
The following extracts from some late English
papers very clearly reveal the state of feeling in
England upon tho prospect of an interruption of
the friendly relations that have for so long a time
existed between that country and the United
States. The London Times, a paper that seldom
speaks of this country iu any other than a harsh
way, expresses itself upon this question with
marked caution. While it attempts to justify its
Government in the .adoption of extreme measures,
it is very far from recommending such a course
for the settlement of the present question. An
American could not speak of his country in high
er terms than some of the English people have
done for him. For our own part, we cannot but
rejoice in the manifestation of good will between
the two countries as it discovers itself in the pe
riodicals on both sides of the Atlantic. As Chris
tians, we desire the time to come when appeals to
reason and justice will he more relied upon in the
settlement of all national disputes, than a resort
to the sword. Os such a time the Prophet speaks,
when he tells us that nations shall learn war no
more—when the sword shnll bo beat into the
ploughshares and the spear into the pruning
hook. Who would not rejoice in the dawn of
that dav ?
•
Frsni the London Timos of Juno M.
The English Press on the Dismissal of Mr.
Crampton.
The American government has dfemissed our
Minister and Consul for a reason which our gov-
eminent maintains to be no reason. That is the
’ only substantial part of the move. That the
i American government lias done it in such a way
! as to induce us to take it as quietly and patieuth’
i as possible is a minor affair, and, of course, is tv
!bo expected. The question is. whether we nui
’ accept such a rebuff.
The more logical course w to reply iu the very
| terms of our antagonist’s move He has dismiss-
I ed out representative with the utmost possible
| civility, and in the entire confidence that we shall
1 not be offended. We can, if we please, do the
j same. We can let Mr. Dallas return to the Uni
| ted States with the assurance that we have no ill -
i will to them, and only regrot that they have put
| a wrong construction on otir conduct,
j The American government tells us that our
j Minister and Consuls have become disagreeable to
them through their connexion with a disagreeable
j affair. Mr. Dallas is personally an agreeable
• man, hut he lias boor, made the chanuel of the
! intelligence that Mr. Crampton and the Consuls
> have been dismissed. This, of course, must make
; his presence painful to this country. Such might
j he called the logical mode of reply do the lust
: move on the American side. Thai move has
I been made with much art, and the reply should
; be made with not less. These are the two courses
! open to our government, and we presume it to be
i now anxiously engaged iu the <'hoire between
• them.
From the London Metes, June I t.
| When Lord John Russell stated yesterday, hs
• the House of Commons, that the whole nation
; desire a continuance of peace with America, he
j uttered the simple and literal truth.
We have more than oueo expressed our wish
that the dismissal of Mr. Crampton might he
found compatible with allowing Mr. Dallas to re
main here. On a recent occasion we have can
vassed the difficulties attending such a course of
action, and need not again go over the ground
hero. Immediate war with America is out of the
question —the danger is an uu/oreseen collision
which might precipitate hostilities. We believe
• that the strictest injunctions have been forwarded
to commanders ou the American station carefully
to avoid all risks of this description; but it is ob
vious that even the temporary cessation of diplo
matic intercourse between the governments at
Washington and St. James, may rouder the task
of carrying out the injunctions more difficult.
We cling confidently to our belief that there
will be no war; and we trust that the present em
barrassment may have the good effect of teaching
our statesmen to devote more study to our rela
tions with America, and those vast oceanic re
gions in which Englishmen and Americans are so
liable to come in contact. The truth is that our
English statesmen, nursed in the diplomatic tra
ditions of the past, have too long persisted in do
voting their attention almost exclusively to Euro
pean politics. In the near future the politics of
Europe will form the least part of our care.
From the. Morning Star ( Cobden's Oryan)Jun? 24.
For what object wo are to be exposed to the
peril of this fratricidal conflict? Is there any
great principle or interest involved? 2?one what
ever. Tha matters in dispute about Centro*
America, Mr. Dallas is vested with absolute power
to arrange, by friendly negotiations, or, if that
fails, by the arbitration of an impartial urn, ‘re.
Why, then, are theso great nations to be flung
into a mad whirlpool of strife and blood, out of
which no human eye can foresee when or in whet
condition they will emerge? In order to save the
honor of Mr. Crampton, and of a reckless admin
istration which has thought (it to identify itself
with his escapades and blunders ! And who is
this personage for whoso sake we are expected te
submit to such prodigious sacrifices?
He is a fourth or fifth rate man. the son of Lord
Clarendon’s medical attendant in Ireland, who, by
dint of that system of patronage and favoritism
which is the curse of our country, has been push
ed into a position of which, according to the
unanimous testimony of all who know him, he is
utterly and notoriously unfit—a man who, after
obtaining the legal opinion of a mau whom be
himself describes as of the highest reputation,
professional and political, telling him that the
American law against enlistment is so carefully
and stringently drawn as to render it impossible
to evade it, and warning him that “the least to
be apprehended” by any one attempting to do so
was “a prosecution,” poets off to Nova Scotia,
with this document in his hand, to prepare ao
elaborate and widely ramified scheme of opera
tion, expressly for the purpose of attempting to
do the very thing which his legal adviser declared
he could not do without exposing himself and
country to danger. A man who, at a most criti
cal moment in the political relations of the two
groat nations of the world, thrusts into his pocket
a despatch received from the foreign secretary
making a proposal of vital importance to the
peace of both countries, without at all looking at
its contents, and which he does not discover until
about three months afterwards. A man who
makes a broad, deliberate assertion in a diplo
matic document as to the opinion expressed to
him by a distinguished statesman of another coun
try on a mooted point of territorial right, which
that gentleman sustained by the corroborative tes
timony of two or three other gentlemen of the
highest character and position, flatly declares to
be utterly and absolutely false. And this is the
man, to save whose dignity wo are called upon to
to ready, if need bo, to be prodigal of her blood
and treasury But if the people of England really
wish to be saved from a doom so calamitous and
ignoble, let them meet at once and protest; and
should there bo no other remedy, let them huri
from power the blundering administration that
threatens to expose them to this bitter humilia
tion.
Southern Light
We were at a loss to account for the discontin
uance among our exchanges of this interesting
monthly, until the reason was seen in our having
neglected to reciprocate. If Bro. Whatley will
pardon this oversight, he shall have no reason t-o
complain ol us in future. We have missed his
company much, and greatly regret that bis visits
have not been paid us for the last one or two
months.
Anew Post Office has been established at
Hopeful, Burke co., Ga., and E. 11. Carswell ap
pointed Post Master.
jggfThe correspondents of Rev. J. Folhiil will
address him at Hopeful, Ga.
,£3PThe locomotives ir Germany are hereafter
to he covered with a casing of glass, which will
permit the engineers to survey the whole country,
and at the same time protect them from the wind
and cold,
A Sensible Emperor. —The Emperor of China,
instead of paying the doctor ns we do when we
are unwell, the instant he has taken ill. stop the
pay of his physicians and does not renew it until
he is quite well again.
July