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A BILL.
Th be entitled An Ac/ to authorize and t'f
quire the Governor e>f t/ie State of Geor
gia. tocall a convention of the people oj tins
State, and for other purposes therein men
tioned.
PREAMBLE.
irAcrcas, The present crisis in our Nation- j
al affairs, in the judgment of this General
Assembly, demands resistance ; ami whereas,
it is the privilege of the sovereign people to
determine upon the mode, measure and time
of such resistance.
Therefore the General Assembly of Georgia
do enact:
’Sec.’!. That upon the passage of this Act,
His Excellency the Govenor be and he is
hereby required to issue his Proclamation,
ordering an election to be held in each :i!i-.l
every County in this State, on Thursday, the
twentieth day of December, eighteen hundr< d
and sixty, tor delegates to a convention of the
people of this State to convene at the seat of
Government on Wednesday the ninth day of
•lanu.uy, eighteen hundred and sixty one.
Sec. 2, That said election for delegates
shall be held and conducted in the same man
ner, and at the same places, as elections for
members of the General Assembly are now •
held and conducted in this State ; and all re
turns of such election shall be in the same
manner terwarded to the Governor of this
State, who shad furnish each delegate clmsen
with a certificate of his election.
See. 3. That the connti'< < ntit'. <l. nndei
the last Act of apportionment to two members
in the House of Representatives, shall be ens
titled each to three delegates to said Conven
tion; and the {counties entitled, t;nd« r ->..l
apportionment, to one Representative, shall
•loot each two delegates to -n d Convention.
Sec. 4 That said Convention, w hen assem
bled, in ay con cder a I gi.ev oic. > imp.oi ii:4
or < tl’ecting the e pialitv and t glrs et tie
State of Georgia as a nu mber ot the l'i
States, and determine the mode, measure,
and time of redress.
Sec. 5. That the members of sml Conven
tion of the people of Georgia sli.-ci be entitled
to the same inJ> age an 1 pct diem pi\ i<-
ceived by the nmmbets of the present G.-ne
at Assembly; and said Convention sliail, It
vote, tix the pay of all th< ir < tii ers, and < :
any debgate or delegat.s they may appoim
to any other convemion, cougi. -s, or embas
sy, and shad provide for all other expense.-
inclined hr said C- nveniion.
Sec. 6. lliat sai l CuiOci.t’on sha'dlvivc
t.ower’to elect a’l ofli ers ne s-arv ti i
oiganizifon. an 1 to do all thing- m-c-iftd to
carryout lite true intent and meaning->f this
Act. and the acts and purj ■ of -ml Con
vention.
The Alabama Baptist Convention on
the Political Crisis.
The last act of the Alabama Baptist Con
vention, on Monday night, the 12 h instant,
was the unanimous passing of thehb.lowing
paper. The document was presented to the
■Convention by R y. B. Manley, lb 1> and
seconded by Rev. W. V. Chilton. The South
Western Baptist -a 1 .-: “Alter the paper
was read a few remarks were male, and pray
er was off red. all arose from their knees
an<l voted rnammoti-lv, members <-f the
Convention, the Congregation, women as
well as nun. Northern tan -tics will see ere
long whether th"* South will live in a Union
under Black R •publican rule.”
The inembjts oi the Baptist State Conven
tion of Alabama. though as-embled fordiffer
ent purposes, find ourselves together at a mo
ment when issues of the most grave and
serious caracter are brought upon the ,-ountrv.
"While possessing no authority to pledge or
bind the churches or religions bodies we rep
resent, and expressly disclaiming any wish
in any t'oim to do - ~ w- are constrained, as
men, as <-itizeus. as Chris’iuns. to oive full
Iff our'l>eart- to tiie love of our country
Standing aloof, for the most part, from po
inted partits and contests, onr retin-d am)
quiet position does not exclude the profound
conviction, based on a long and unquestiona
ble series of facts, that the Union ot States
in this Confederacy has failed, in important
I articular-, to answer the purpose for which
it was created. From the administration of
the Federal Govetntn. nt, as things are—es
pecially with reference to our peculiar prop
erty recognized by the Constitution—we can
no longer hope for justice, protection or
safety.
H e have supposed ourselves entitled to
equality of right-, as citizens of (he republic.
V. e are not w illing to surrender them—even
at the ri-k of life, and all wi hold most dear.
M bde, as yet, no particular mode f f relief
is before us on which toexpressan opinion
we are constrained, before separating to our
several homes, to declare to our brethren and
fellow-citiz-t -. before mankind ami before
our God, that we hold ourselves sulject to
the call ot proper authority in defence of the
sovereignty ami independence of the .State of
Alabama, and of her right, as a sovereignty,
to withdraw from this I mon ; and to make
any arrangement which her people, in consti
tutional assemblies m- v deem be-' for secur
ing their rights. An.! in this declaration we
heartily, deliberately, unanimously and sol
emnly UNITE.
Considerate Advice from a TTorthener.
Wide-Awake Headquarters, i
New York, Nov. 9, iB6O. |
To the l.nd.ors of the Charleston Mercuri/:
Sir:—We have gained the day !We have
cross 1 the Rub: >n ■ biig . 1 >i.. The
flag of Liberty will tLer. ■!' r>, - > >n wave ov i-r
the now unhappy Southern section of our
<-ountjy. The Smitli pro-tram— she is
weak—we have to gi\e her ru’.-s and r. g.i'.a
tlons for her health. Let her keen q-m-t —re-
main in doors—let l-.er avoid ex itement.—
7 hat fulsome I guagi—“Sound on the
<ioo-:e,” being got.-, sh : must r<-ula<-e it by
something pro'.;, /v obedience would 10.
Instead of crying out disunion I turn your
attention to your young rn-n—cry down their
gambling, diiuking mid -wearb g propen-iims
teach them that it is not. a shame to labor
—advise them to take agricultural pursuits
—shut up votir bar-rooms—rest assured v.e
will not hurt yon—l • content th t you-will
have to take a secondary position to us free
and intelligent men of the North, and all will
‘‘ Ary paper to give away, to-day ?”
“ Ary Surplus paper you kin spar ?”
In these ; n 1 sis y other forms of interrog oion
the printei-ot (he Telegraph, several time
every week am! day it; the year, are impor
tuned to give away paper-! The printers do
not stand on the trifle in each case, but during
the vear, the tax for the dissemination of
knowledge collected of them in this wav,
amounts to more than their State and countv
taxes for the protection of person sand prop
erty, We putin this paragraph for the ben
efit of those who make such demands, and
to remind them that the papers co.-t a great
deal of money, and cannot he given, away
without a positive loss. Why not go into
the stores of some of our neighbors and ask
them if they have any surplus calico, domes
tics, butter, cheese or grindstones, to give
away. — Maeon Telegraph.
Rev. John E. Dawson, an eminent Bap- I
tint .Minister, is dead. |
|lorll) (Dcortiiii th imes.
J. T. WHITMAN, I ,
J. L. CALDWELL, j Edl tors.
QALTON, GEORGIA?
1 he Jackson Mississippian says that
movements are on foot for the organization
of Minute Men throughout that State.
We ptfblish in to day’s paper a com 1
munication over the signature ot Gordon,
concerning the proposed Judicial Conven
tion for this Circuit. We entirely agree
with the writer in his views, and think that,
no Convention, for the purpose suggested,
should be called. Col. Walker is an able
and competent Judge —the people are pleased
with him, and we can see no reason why he
should not be retained in office ; and this
can be done without calling a Convention.
» #. <
A preliminary meeting, to consider
the steps nece-s ny to be takei. in the present
state of our Federal relations, was held in
this place on Saturday last. The meeting
was largely attended, and, after appropriate
speeches from li-m E. R Hard n, (\J J
N. Cate, Dr F. A Th..was, Gen. Duff
Crcen and others, it adjourned t> meet on
Saturday next, the L’ltli iii.-t . at viech time
it is earnestly Imped that every man in the
county, -:te-| ective of patty, will try and
make it convenient to be present.
State Convention.
We pnbi -h tn anotl e. pt .ee a copy of a
Bill tttithotizing Gov. Brown to call a Con
vention, to determine the action nece.-sary to
be taken in the present threatening -a.-pe t
of Federal affairs. The Governor's Procla
mation Las not yet been made ; but we d. iibt
not that lie will call the Convention, and at
the time specified in the Bill. The enter
! gency demands prompt and decided action
on the part of the people of the State, and
we trust the Convention will be composed of
the ablest and tnie.-t men oi' the State.
Dalton & Jacksonville Railroad.
We are happy to learn from the Pres
ident of the Dalton & Jacksonville Railroad
Company, A. Fitzgerald, I'lsq., that arrange
ments have been ma de with the Georgia <t
Alabama Railroad Company to unite and
build th? Road through from Dalton to
Jacksonville, by the way of Home, using
their united means to secure the connection
of the two great Reads North and South at
an early dry. shortening the through route
between Washington and New Oilcans, 10-J
miles.
The President feels ful'y authorized in
ann- uneing to the Stockholders and tin mis
of the Boat], along its entire line, that the
Board at Rome are high minded, b sim-.-s
men, and that their co-operation may be
fully relied upon in this great enterprise,
and he coufi 1- tttly looks to our friends in
Alabama for their cooperation.
W<- km-w the well tried eooigy «<•« -
verance of Messrs. O’Hara & Limon, the
r contractors fi'om Dalton to Rome, wiil only
require promptness on the part of the Board
and fetockholders to insure success.
It now remain.- for our friends to exert
their influence to secure Slate aid, which
will enable us to carry on our work to a
speedy completion.
Republican Sentiment after the Elec
tion—What the South may Expect.
“ I he election is over and Lincoln is elected
by a larger majority of the popular vote than
1 was anticipated, and by the electoral vote of
every free State.
I’hus not only lias the consummation
which the fire eaters of the South have for
years proclaimed as the inevitable prelude to
disunion been attained, but the job has been
done so effectually, completely .and emphati
cally, as to leave no doubt that the free peorile
of the North meant they should be under
stood. When eighteen millions of freemen
speak as they spoke on Tuesday, thev make
a noise that even the most stupid secession
ist cannot fail to hear.
(. “ Thus the people of the free North say
to the slave oligarchy, 1 \\ e will endure your
insolence, suffer your tyranny, bear with
your assumption, no longer ! We have lis
tened to your threats, as insulting as they
were cowardly, of what you would do if we
dare-1 to carry out our convictions of right,
at the ballot box, and elect a man who would
not bow the knee to yon, and who would
place your accursed institution of slavery
where the public mind would rest in the be
lief that it would become finally extinct.
You have sworn that if we dared to
elect such a man you would dissolve the Un
n. G e have elected him, and now we
want you to tty your little game of secession,
i-o it, if you dare. So long as you remain
in the I niun, peaceably ami decntly, you
shall enjoy your constitutional rights. But
every man of yon who attempts to subvert
this Union, which w- prize so dearly, wiil
be hung as high as Haman. We will have
no fooling about, the matter. By the Eti.r
?;.h,l the Union must be I’re-i.rved 1’
“ Such is the lecture read by the pj -op] • of
the North to their Southern brethren on
Tuesday. And now what will the chivalry
do about it? Will they eat dirt? Wiil
they take back all th -y have said about dis
union, a southern confederacy, the rights of
the South, tl e bl-io 1 of their encni e-, and all
that sort of thing ? What will the Yanceys,
the Rhetts, the Keitts, the Jeff Davi-es, and
all that noble army of traitors, do ? 'To
what dodge will Wise, f|,c doughty cham
pion of the l!a; Stack' war, resort, in order
to cover hi- inglorious retreat. Where is
the army with which he was to march on '
Washington and seize the Federal city ?
“ T+i.e chivalry will eat dirt ’They will
back out. They never had any spunk any
how. The best they could do was to bully
and brag and bluster. John Brown and his
seventeen men were enough to affright the
whole mighty commonwealth of Virginia out.
of its propriety, and to hold it as a conquered
province until recaptured by the federal
troops, and to this day John Brown’s glm-t.
S more terrible than an army with banners,
in the eyeia of every southern cavalier
These knights of the Sunny South arc just
meh hciocx as Sancho I’anza was. They
are wonderful hands at. bragging and telling
fantiistical lies, but when it comes to actionj
count them out.
* ! As if to add the last cap stono to this
absurdity of disunion bluster, the telegraph
yesterday brought us the news that the Leg
islature of South Carolina on Tuesday elected
j her Presidential electors, and they had con
cluded to postpone arming the State until
they had ascertained that Lincoln was really
elected 1 Poor devils 1 The smallest kind
of a knot hole will be sufficient for them to
crawl through now.”
Tens writes the editorof the Chicago (HI.)
/democrat, Lincoln’s home mouth piece.—
\\ hat have our “overt act” friends to say
now ? \\ ill they still wait to see whether or
not Lincoln commits an “overt act?”—or
will this insolent language not arouse them
. to a just sense of the danger which threatens
the South? The programme of Lincoln is
clearly shadowed forth in the above article,
which is the ultimate extinction of starery;
ami we are insultingly told that if we do not
submit to his rule—suffer him and his fol
lowers to ride rough-shod over our constitu
tional rights —we will be “hung as high
as Haman.” How do the people of the
South, particularly those who do not think
the time for resistance lias come, like that
threat ? Are they “ cowardly devils,’’ as as
serted by this Lincoln editor, and will they
“eat dirt” by taking back ail that they have
ever “ said about the rights of the Smith ?
God forbid 1 Lincoln has triumphed upon
a purely sectional issue, that of eternal hos
tility to the South, and the du>y of every
Southern man, who has one particle of pa
triotism in his soul, is plain. “ Come weal
or come woe/’ he should stand by his sec
tion, and never submit to have Hamlin, a
i negro in blood, our A ice President, nor a
! man of Lincoln's in fernal principles, degrad
ing and destructive to our rights, our honor,
ami subversive of every just principle of the
Constitution, to be our President Let him
take a 60Z7 and firm stand, and show to
Lincoln and the incarnate devils who follow
in his lead, that the “chivalry” of the
' “ Sunny South ” will have their constitution
al rights, or dissolve the Union in the at
tempt. Let the watchword of every South
ern man be, “ God and our Rights,”
never forgetting that
“ A tiny, an hour, of virtuous liberty,
Is worth a whole eternity of bondage
For the Forth Georgia Tunes.
No. 1.
J/isszw. Editors, I propose, as time and
opportunity may offer, to examine the ques
tion of secession. No person acquainted with
the organization of our present federal sys-
■ t-m will, I apprehend, deny the right of a
: State to secede. It will, however, be inter
esting to take a brief sk- tch of the origin
and progress of our present Constitution, and
‘to advert to th .-e parts of it immediately
■ connected with this question.
1 lie States that compose this C mfederaev
enti-red the compact voluutaiily. There was
no force used by any power on earth, nor
could there be, to compel them t-> ratify the
; Con.-titution, and thus to become parties to
■ the fed-ral compaet. It then follows, as a
rational and as a legitimate, sequence from
this pr'position, that after having ratified
tb<- Co'.istit'ition by their own free will and
accord, as independent. Seven- gnti- no
power on earth has a right to u-e force to
compel them to remain patties to the com-
I pact, when they determine to withdraw.—
i The States have an indubitable right to
withdraw from the federal compact, whenever
any portion <4 that compact has been viola
ted by the other parties to it To say noth
: ing ot the burthens that the South has now
; to bear, and the onerous burthens that she
1 has borne for years past, the refusal on the
1 put of several of the non slavehohiing States
I to respect and to enforce that portion of the
[ Con.-titution that refers to the recapture of
I fugitive slaves, affords ample reason for the
withdrawal of the Southern States from the
I Confederacy, and ample reason to authorize
I them to setup for themselves.
I lie American Union has ceased to be a
: Union of love. It is no longer a Union of
sentiment The Constitution lias been dis
regarded and trampled under foot, and a
i reckless majority at the North are, in their
m id c ucer, .determined to destroy the South,
i and demolish thegoverumsnt. Constitutions
are intended to protect minorities—to prevent
the strong from oppressing the weak; but
■ how can this be done, if the strong leap over
the barriers that the Constitution interposes.
The American Union is no longer the
Union that cur fathers left us. It has been
desecrated by fanaticism. We see warlike
preparations being made North and South.
It is well enough to prepare for war; but in
my humble opinion the most effective way to
; avoid bloodshed in this government is for the
■ Southern States to dissolve all connection
with their enemies at the North and to es
tablish an independent government of their
own.
No man need entertain fears that secession
is a revolutionary movement. We are ask
ed, Has one State a right to set up an inde
pendent government within the jurisdictional
limits of the United States ? When a State
secedes she is not within the jurisdictional
limits of the United States any more than
the Island of Cuba is, or than the Republic
of Texas was, prior to her annexation to the .
United SttHes. '1 he very act of secession
places her beyond the jurisdiction of the U-
■ States, and she occupies precisely the same
relation to the other Stat s that she did prior
to the ratification of the Constitution.
Again : when one State secedes the gov- '
eminent is dissolved as far as that State is
concerned. 'The States that remain in the
; Confederacy may carry on the government
as best tlmy can; but the jurisdictional lim
its of the federal government does not em
brace the State after she resumes her position
a- a seperate and independent government.
Ihis idea should always be borne in mind :
th: tour- is not a government of the people
in an aggregate mass, but it is a government
formed by the union of seperate, distinct,
sovereign governments, delegating to a com
. mon agent certain powers for specific pur
poses. This government was formed to pro
mole the “general welfare;” but it is used (
to oppress one section simple dic ;
peculiar views ot another section
Has the South sufficient ontise to secede? :
The sentiment that has triumphed in the
election of Abraham Lincoln to the Presi
dency is but one of a series of causes that I
affords the South just grounds to feel that :
there is ir;longer any hope for her equality
in the Uni<n. Chains have been forged for
her, and sir must make up her mind to wear
i them meekly, or she must wake up the spirit
that animated our .noble ancestors in the
bloody struggle for our liberties, and spurn
the handjhat would enslave her, and curse j
the heart tbat would degrade her noble, gal
lant and chivalrous sons to a level with the
African race, who were intended by God to 1
be the inferior of the white man. There is
no treason in secession. A sovereignty can- ;
not commit treason, for it owes no allegiance j
I to any power on earth ; nor can a citizen of a
j State commit treason when acting in obedi
ence to the command of the State. Listen ■
to the worcs of wisdom :
“ I have niver believsil that, a State could nullify
and remain h the Union ; but have always believed
that a State night secede when she pleased, provided
she would pay her proportion of the public debt;
and this right 1 have considered the best guard to
public liberty and to public justice, that could be de
sired, and it ought to have prevented what is now
felt in the South— oppresion.—Nathaniel Macon,
I in 1833.
“ That a State,as a party to the constitutional com
pact, has a Lupit to secede, acting in the same capac
ity i.) wlihFUiatilied the con. titution, cannot with
any show of reason, be denied by any one who re
gards the constitution as a compact—if a power
should lie insulted by t ie amending power, which
would radically change the character of the constitu
tion, or the nature of the system ; or if the former I
should fail to fuilil the ends for which it was estab
lished. This results necessarily from the nature of ;
i the compact, where the parties to it arc sovereign;
and of com have no higher authority to which to
appeal. That the effect ot secession would be to i
place her in the relation of a foreign State to others
is equally clear. Nor is it le-s so that it would
make her (n > her eitiz- is individually) responsi
ble to them in th tcharacter. All this result-, ne
cessarily, from the nature of a compact between sov-
Creign parties. —( alhouu's II orks pa-c 301.
I indulge the sincere hope that a political
millcnium is dawning in the South, when
all former party differences and distractions '
, will be obliterated, and when all Southern
i men will stand upon a platform of common
brotherhood, 'The crisis i- upon us—a tem
porising pol cy would be fatal to the South
; at this juncture. She is now ready for se
! cession. The Constitution has been violated
by the North The South asked for nothing
but a strict adherence to its provisions, and
she was ready to spill her blood for it and for
the Union, as'she has often done; but the
I uion is dissolved now to al! “ 'ntents and
purposes.’ It hangs together by cobweb
ligaments. It is a Union in form—the
sub-tance is gone. Cherokee.
Dalton, Nov. 21, ls-60.
For die North Georgia Times.
Hanging Lincoln.
Mr. Editor, — li is a favorite theory of
some id our naii-es' advocates of union
that we tin: ' -'i i Lincoln lake his seal
ami then '* ■■ ■ d n't -!■> right, bang him.”
It wll n qti re '.m' a lew words l-> show
that th:- |> ■ position, uha-h is tb-üblless
urged wll h >i rr ;o-.-iI than knowledge, is
not on \ -u . . i ! .e, lir.t literally all
-tird. Lidm J. it i- n< xt to impossible to
1 tell, w.th any di glee oi certainty, v. hat is
the teal policy ol those who advise such a
• c urse. The Constitution of the United
i Slates inak'-- provision for the impeach
' ; n ent of federal officers and their putii.-lr
; uient when convicted, but it says express
ly that “judgment in cases of impeach
ment sh ill not extend farther than to re-
: inoval from office, ami disqualification to
1 , hold and enj «y any office of honor, trust,
i or profit, under the United States ; but
: j the party convicted shall, nevertheless.
be liable and subject to indictment, trial
: ■ judgment, and punishment according to
law.” The Constitution also provides
i that the officers of the government mtrnt
be impeached, if at all, by the House of
Representatives, ami tried by the Senate,
and two thirds of the members present
' must cniirtH' before the accused can be
found guil'y. A majority of the tnernoers
■ in both houses are from the North, and
Lincoln has much more than one third of
; the Senate, and will inevitably have a
. ' majority before his four years administra
tion closes. These mon arc his partisans
' ’ and followers, who did ail in their power
to elect him. Now. does not. any man,
■ who will look at this subject, see at a
I glance that Lincoln may do all the aboli
tionists of the North ask of him, and it
will be utterly impossible to impeach and
remove him from the execuiive office of
i the government ? But they say “we will
■ hang him, if he violates the Constitution.”
, And how is Lincoln to be hung ? By mob
I law ? Ol course not. 'The originators and
■ present advocates of this ridiculous idea
I say that “the laws must not be violated.”
They even go so far as to talk to y >u of
treason, il yon wish to separate yourself
from Northern abolitionism. Lincoln,
then, must be hung according to law, if at
all. He must be hung for treason. Now,
what is treason? We go to the Constitii'
tion lor an answer. This instrument de
clares that “treason againt the United
I States shall consist only in levying war
against them, or in adhering to their
enemies, giving them aid and confort.”— I
And hirthei; that “no person shall be j
i convicted of treason unless on the testimo- i
| ny of two witnesses to the same overt j
' act, or on confession in open court.”-- I
Now the worst abolitionist in America'
would not, peihaps, wish to levy war;
against, the United States, or adhere to ■
their enemies giving them aid and c.i>n
fort. lie wi.nld in.-ist on ttsii g the g >v--I
cinineiit of Ihe United Stales as his in-i
striiment in restraining and crippling
and finally destroying the institution ol
slavery. Instead of warring on the gov s j
eminent literally, he-would unite with it-I
in an effort to oppress and ruin the South, j
He would have it. second his designs ,
and < o-operrate with him, instead of ar- j
raying him-self, in open warfare, against j
i it. How then could you hang Lincoln ? j
Suppose he aTi’il Tils putty should abolish ■
' slavery in the District of Columbia, would
; that be levying war against the United
I States ? But the Slate of Georgia han
said that for this she would dissolve the !
UttioD. Suppose the Black Republicans
nhotild prohibit the traffic in slaves be~ ;
I tween the Elutes, would that be treason j
for which they could be hung? SupposeJ
Lincoln uses the money and patronage of :
the government in planting and fostering ;
the growth of abolitionism in the South- i
: ern States, until we slaveholders and all
—shall be in constant dread ol a rebellion
o! the slaves, headed by abolition leaders 1
would that be a levying of war against
i the United States or an adhering to her ;
enemies, for which Lincoln could be legal- j
i ly hung ? In a word, Hie re "is~ iTiTmich
thing as executing this unmeaning threat.
Let the Black Republicans, with Lincoln :
at their head, do what they will to take I
! away the constitutional rights of the '
I Southern people, and neither they nor
their leader can be hung for it. What
they do is done by the power and through
the instrumentality of the government
itself. How then are they to be convicted
of levying war against it ? The idea is ab
surd. John B.own and his followers were
hung because they made a lawless inva
sion on Hie South —Lincoln in Lis admin
istrati Hi proceeds under tile form and pro 1 -
tection > f law, and much more surely and
dangerously lor us.
But suppose Lincoln were really and
technically guilty of treason against the
government, and tried and convicted for
it, could we hang h.m even then ? \\ ho
would execute the sentence of the law?
He would have the army, navy and treas
tiry in his possession. Besides this, lie
would lie supported and defended by the
dominant party in the Republic. It would
be utterly impossible to have the law en-
■ forced The man who would attempt it
would expose himself to certain defeat
and ruin, as well as the ridicule and con
tempt of all sensible men.
Mr. Editor, this proposition to hang
Lincoln is lint another name for nnqualili
cd submission to whatever indignity am!
outrage our abolition enemies may choose
to inllict upon us. If we wait for the
“overt act of treason,” within the defini
tion of the Constitution, we may wait for
ever. The abolitionists can accomplish
their work without, it —I'hey may drive
us from the territories —they may prohibit
the slave trade between the Stales —re*
peal all laws for the recovery of fugitives
f: m labor, and even abolish slavery in
t io Suites themselves —they may reduce
t ie white man to an equality wtih the tie
■ gio, and finally bring on a war of exter
imitation between the two races, and ue
ver “levy war against the United States,
. ; or adhera to their enemies giving them
aid and comfort ” And until they do this
; last these sevapo'ions. law abiding men can
. not hang Lincoln or any of his followers
Georgia Legislature.
• Friday. Nov 9, b.i o'clock. A. M.
l Senate.— The Senate met according to
I adjournment, Hou. S. L. Guerry, in the
Chair.
Mr Jones of Newton, moved tore consid
er so much of the action of the Senate on
I yesterday, as relates to the printing of five
. ■ hundred copies ot the special message of the
, Governor. His reasons were, that the prin
ting of so many copies would make a heavy
bill o' expense, ami before the copies ordered
• : to be printed, could be distributed amongst
t their constituents, it would have been read
; by them in the columns of the. newspapers.
On this motiou he would call for the yeas
and nays.
} The yeas and nays being ordered, were
U yeas thirty eight, nays sixty-four; so the
t motion to re consider was lost.
fl Mr. Johnson, ofCass, laid on the table a
, resolution, that so much of the Governors
’ i Message as relates to the prodosition of Maj.
; 31. A. Cooper, to establish a State foundry,
’ ; be refered to select a committee of five.
5 I Mr McGehee, of Houston, introduced a
I bill to protect the rights of the people ot
j- Georgia. This bill proposes a tax on the
I manufactured articles from the States of
1 j Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York,
Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, and
s others, as a retaliatory measure towards those
. ■ States which have nidified the fugitive slave
law It also prevents, under certain circum
’ I stances, citizens of the offending States from
1 sueing in the courts of Georgia.
- j Mr. Gaitrell, of Cobb, moved that three
t huuGred copies of the bill be printed for the
j use of the Senate.
|. Mr. Seward, of Thomas, objected to the
I printing of the bill, lie said it contained
' j nothing more than what might be seen re
’ ; commended in the Governor’s Special Mes
, ' sage, a large number of which had been
I i ordered to be printed. He also objected to
the expense that would be incurred by the
‘ printing of the bill.
i Mr. Printup, of Floyd, advocated the prim
I' ting of the bill. He thought, the expense was
r not to be taken into consideration when the
i importance of the bill was considered.
Mr. .McGehee, of Houston, thought if
. there was any measures that would come up
during the present session that required the !
I utmost deliberation, it was the bill which he i
had just introduced He thought, therefore, ;
that it should be printed in order that every i
, Senator might have the opportunity of giv, |
; ing it that attention which its importance j
. demanded..
| The motion to print prevailed.
Mr. Kins, of Glynn—A bill to aid the
I citizens ot Georgia in constructing raihoads '
Mr. Collisr, of Fulton—A bill to be enti- ;
i tied an set, to prohibit the running of Loco
i motive- and ears of the several railroads in
I this State on the Sabbathe day, and to pro
i vide for the punishment of the violation of-
I the same.
House. Tiit' House mot according to ad
j.Hirniiient—the ILni Speakci in the chair.
Mr. Tatum moved to re consider so
i much of the action of the House as relates j
to a referente of the Governor’s spec.al
message to a standing committee. He ;
preferred the course taken by the Senate
in referring it to a joint special commit
tee.
1 Mr. Deloney retnark'-d that there was
I no inconsistency between the two refer
-1 ences, which opinion the Speaker sustain
ed.
Mr. Deloney offered a series of resoltis
j tions applicable to the disturbances now |
existing in the country ftom the election I
of a Black Reyoblican ty> the Presidency. I
Or motion ofMr? Smith, of Towns, two
hundred copies were ordered to be print- '
ed lor the use the House. | f
After brief remarks by Messrs. Tatuth, | ]
Lester, Deloney, Ragsdale, Ector and I 1
Colvard, the resolutions were made the ; f
special order for Tuesday, 20th inst.
Mr. Lumpkin offered <« series of refmbt- i ;
tions declaratory of the Constitutional i r
rights of the slaveholding States, which \ 1
were inferred to the committee op the | ,
; ntateol’ the Republic. On moWfltSrMr
i Lester three hundred coppies wCTe order- i -
ed to le printed. a
By lr. Alexander—To incorporate the , 8
Cheroee Artillery, of the city of Rome. !
By Jr. l atum —Io consolidate the olli- | c
I ces oil ax Rqqmiver and tax Collector in '
Also, to change the niiiljT/ ‘‘l 1
teenth, and fourleeiith sections of the;
i sixth division of the penal code. [Relates ;
i to the punishment of larceny.]
Also, to change the fourteenth section I
; of the thirteenth division of the penal I
code. [Relates to slaves in tippling huus ;
! es "J
Also, to change the forty-fourth sec-
tion of the eighth division of the penal 1
; code. [Relates to receiving stolen goods ,
from slaves.]
By Mr. Harris of Glynn —To aid the |
citizens of Georgia in the construction of I
railroads. [Ou motion of Mr. Smith of I
lowns, two hunpred copies were ordered i
; to be printed tor the use of the House J
By Mr. Ware—To ameud the act of Dec ;
; 16, 1859, so as to make the election of!
I Ordinary come at the same lime with cer
tain other election-.
By Mr. Mays—To repeal the act of Dec.
I 16, 1857, respecting road laws.
By Mr. Gibson —To provide for the call
: ing ol a convention ol the people of Geor
; gia to reduce the piesent number of the
General Assembly, and to miiKe other
; changes in the Constitution, etc.
■TTWiwiiwiiß ■■■ wjjxjj
Ti'ibutas of iltspitct.
Dalton Lough, A. Y. At., No. 105, )
Dalton, Ga., Nov. 12t.h, ’6O. f
At a meeting of the Dalton Lodge, No. 105, the
! following p. eanible and resolutions were unanimous
; ly adopted:
; yVniiREAS, is has pleased our Supreme Grand Mas-
; ter above to remove from our midst our Brother,
K. G. W. MAFFETT, who died on the 9th instant.
| Resolved, 1. That the Jewels of the Lodge be
. clothed in mourning, and tint tiie Brethren wear
; crape on the left arm for thirty days.
2d. We tender to the family of our late Brother
our heartfelt sympathies.
3d. That these resolutions be published in the
I “North G.i. Times,” and a copy sent to the widow ot
I our deceased Brother, with the seal of the Lodge at
tached. BEN. E. GREEN, Sec’y.
Dalton, Ga., Nov. 17th, 1860.
At a meeting of the Physicians of Whitfield, Co.,
■ Dr. Thomas, was called to the chair, and Dr. McAfee,
; requested to act as Secretary. The meeting being
. ! called to order, Dr Brown stated that the object was
; to past suitable resolutions in memory of Dr.
; MAFUE fT, deceased. On motion the following pre
: amble s>nd resolutions were unanimously adopted.
Whereas, In the d'spensation of an all wise prov-
i idence we have been called to mourn the loss of one
of our number in tile de.ith of Dr. R. G. W. MAF
, . FETT.
Peso!, rd, Ist, That in his d. .uh we have lost agen-
I cron- friend, a worthy citizen, a reliable and efficient
! member of our profession.
2d., That we tender onr condolence to the bc-
I reared family and friends of our deceased Brother,
; and bow with humble submission to Him who doeth
I all things right.
3d, That a copy of the above resolutions be sent.
I to the family of the deceased, and a copy tie fur
! nished th-. “North Ga. Times,” with the request that
; they be published. DR. THOMAS, Ch’m’t.
. i Dr. McAfee, See'y.
Russell’s Tin Shop.
1 ' HOE VER wants good Tin work done
j » T To RUSSELL’S Shop should quickly run;
; I For he has learned hi art by rules,
I And keeps the very best of Tools.
And he can work in Tin and Brass
j So well that none him can surpass ;
Sheet-Iron too, and Copper metal,
(In this branch, also, he can settle
Tiie fact that he knows how to do
All sort- of work in his line true,)
Sheet Iron, Tin and Copper Wares,
; I Hi- ]>rices are all ju.-t anil fair.
i He work- in every -ort of weather
And Barters lor ol>l Rags and Leather—
; Brittania, Brass and Copper, too,
To pay M. Rus-ell, oft will do;
Even Hides, old Lead and Rhino takes,
! And payment easy thus he makes.
! : Stoves. Cooking, Parlor, Box and Coal,
To warm you up from head to sole !
i The tine ‘‘Emporium” and Empire State,
Each in itself both Cheap and Great,
I And then the Cooking Stove called “Palm,”
; To every house-holder is a balm.
i M hen Sue, or Mag, or Betty, bakes,
They’li -mile to see tiie nice hot cakes,
I Which, with so little trouble, they have got—
Of.this let readers make a dot.
j He’s Agent too for Copper Stills,
For which he charges moderate bills;
All job work and repairing done,
Oft twixt the rise and set of sun.
I
lie’ll do Tin Roofing—standing seams I
To keep out all the water streams,
And warrant.- his Roofs not. to leak,
Come, sec his work before you speak.
I Tin E ive Troughs, Gutter lining, too,
I Conductor Pipes and heads lie’ll do.
! In Tin and Copper, or in Brass,
lie'll Letters < lit, which none surpass;
lie also sells good Hollow Ware,
At prices which are rather rare,
And then the “Double Tin” he uses,
And works to any shape he chooses.
| He’ll Batten Chimneys, and yon “orter”
See how he can stop the water—
i Now as this art is rather new ;
A jot; of this he’ll do for you,
At rates as low as any one
Who toils beneath yon blazing sun.
Come on then, with hustle and with bustle, I
To the new of M. Russell,
In Dalton—-just one door
North of J. W. Fincher's Store,
Dalton,' Ga., Nov. 22, 60.
A /) MINIS TH .1 TIIIX SA LE.
JJY virtue of an order from the Court of Ordina-
1 * ry of Floyd County, will be sold on the first
I Tite-day in January, 1861, at the Court House door
in Wliitfield County,between the legal IfOurs of.-ado ;
the following property to-wit: 76 acres of land,more
or less of lot No. 129—5 acres more or less of;
lot No. 101, and part Ot lot No. . All "nown
J as the place where Smith C. Quillin dec’ll, formeilv
resided and all lying and being in the I2th (list, anil'
1 3d sect, of or'ginally Cherokee, now Whitfield
county. Sold for the benefit of the heirs of said
; Smith C. Quillen, deceased.
Terms.of sale made known on thedav of sale. !
HARRIETT E. QUILLIN,
Nov. 22, 1860. A'.lmr’x. j
A/)M/N/ST/l I TOH'S SALE.
I)Y virtue of an orderof the court of Ordinary of I
> Murray county will be sold in Spring Place on '
the first Tuesday in January next, within the legal
hours of sale, tiie North East, corner of lot of land
No. 307, of the 27th dis., of the 2d sec., containing
forty acres more or le-s, of Mtiray county Ga. Sold as
the property of the estate of James D. Wright, late’
of Polk county, Thennessee, dec’d. Terms made
konwn on the dav of sale.
, Nov22,6otd* ROBERT McCAMEY, Admr.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
IX/E h’otiee in the last issue of the “Times”«
I T “False Report Corrected” by Mr. M. Russell,
for which he will receive our thanks. Mr. R’s.
statement, is correct, there is no connection between
his and our establishment; such a connection is far
from being desired on our part. We flatter our
selves that, from the long experience in the manu
factory of TlNand SHEET-IRON WARE, that we
can, without the assistance of any firm or partv,
furnish our friends and customers with as good an
article of Tin &c. as can be had in the city of Dal-
Remember there is no connection between the two
shop-; and also remember that if you wish to buy
good Tin cr a good Cooking or Parlor Stove, you can
SAVE 10 per cent, by calling on L. COHEN, & Co.,
as they have decidedly the largest and best selected
stock ever before brought to this market.
Recollect to call on L. COHEN A CO., at
their old stand, or call at their n<lw Hardware Store,
one door south of J. W. Nichols’ corner.
Nov. 22, 1860.
.. .A Proclamation.-
~'XUR lot hits been cast in a pleasant land. Onr
I TpI.t;,i...j>'ider 1 .t;, i ...j>'ider the guidance and protection c.f
i the Almighty TT.b r
; independence, and transmitted to rUa '■■iriMtlWffieri
I tance"of freedom and Constitutional liberty, in the
enjoyment, of which, we have been greatly blessed.
The perpetuation of those liberties and the con-
I tinned favor of Almighty God, should tie the ardent
; desire of every good person. Those liberties and
constitutional privileges are now endangered by the
i injustice and aggressive action of the people of a
portion of our confederation of States. A dark
I cloud hangs over the future. In this state of things
it, becomes us as a people to humble ourselves in the
I presence of God, and to pray that he wiil inspire
i our hearts with wisdom and courage, and nerve our
: arms with strength, to defend our rights against
j every aggression, and perpetuate our liberties to the
I latest generation.
Therefore, I Joseph E. Brown, Governor of the
I State of Georgia, do hereby set apart, and appoint
I Wednesday the 28th day of this present month, as
a dav of fasting, humiliation and prayer; and I do
[ hereby invite the Churches and religious Societies of
' this State, of every name and order, and the whole
i people of this State to abstain from secular employ
j ments on that day ; and to meet at their respective
I p'ltees of wor.-hip, and unitie in humble prayer to
I Almighty God, for Wisdom and strength to meet the
crisis, through which we are called topass.
Given under my band and tiie Seal of the Ex
ecutive Department at the Capitol in Mil
ledgeville, this the 17th day of November,
1860.
JOSEPH E. BROWN.
Nov. 22, ’6O-1 w,
.S' O U TILER N GROWN '
FII IT I T T KKE S ,
i lor Sale at the N LRSERN” near
.1 UG'USZ'J, by FLEMMING <k NELSON.
MIE subscribers offer for sale a fine lot of Graft-
JL ed 1 oung Fruit Trees, consisting in part of
, 20,000 Apple Trees, one and two years old, and
I from live to eight feet high, among which are sixty of
> j tiie best Southern varieties.', 5,000 Peacli Trees, thir
i ty varieties ot which are on Quince roots. Fifteen
. varieties of Plums, ripening in succession through
the summer. Also, Apricots, Nectarines, Almonds,
. E igs, Ac., Grape Cuttings, Strawberry Plants, Aspar
agus Roots, Ac., Ac. Ever-Blooming Roses and
Uroa mental Siirubberj-.
‘ Our trees will compare favorably with those of any
t Sothern Nurserv, and wc will -ell as cheap as any of
them. We take great care in packing them in Moss
and Straw, so that hey may be shipped safely to any
part' of the Southern States. Descriptive and Priced
Catalogues sent gratis to all applicants. Address,
FLEMING & NELSON, Augusta, Ga.
N. B.—November and December is the best time
’ for Planting Trees. Early Orders respectfully so
, 1 lieited. [Nov. 22, ’6O.
i i wmiOT? -
DALTON, : : : GEORGIA.
OFFICE ON KING STR., SECOND DOOR, SOI’TII SIPE.
[UrU Prompt and vigilant attention will be given
. ; to ALL ease.-, Medical, Surgical or Obstetrical, en-
I trusted to his care. Nov22’6oly.
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| 5 Also, for sale by BLACK & DOWDY
N0v22,’60-ly. Dallon( Geor
noticeT" '
”VIIE firm of BAILEY & DODWDYis this daydis-
A solved by nuuual consent. The notes and ac-
X i ? t le S T d lirin wiH be i“
tin handsol H. Dowdy, who is authorized to'>
n'lt v G.P. BAILEY,
Dalton, (,a. Nov. 22, ’6otf jyq jj DOWDY.
el V St •b ec ‘ eivetl " 1 - 00 lbs - of Puttv and
, es tor sale by BLACK & DOWI ) Y<