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n ”VOXj. XXIV.
A fAWftY ie«BWAt; PEVOTCP TO POLITICS, A€RiCUlTtiRE,
ATHENS, GEO., THUB^AY, JULY 86, 1855.
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Speech of Mr. Stephens.
Delivered in the Female. Academy at
Sparta on 22d of June. If ritten
out by him, and published at the request
of several who heard it.
[CONCLUDED.]
This is the clause under which our
I runaway slaves are claimed. Now, sup
pose that the people of the Northern
or States should combine, as they have en
deavored in some places to do, and vote
Three moiii»»"i ■■ i ui'MioiLu **• r m 1
To cinh, remitting910,in ndrnn.r, nix Co- for „„ man f or an y office, either Federal
plr» willllO »CUt. - • I _ -.Ia
Xov subscriber
»>o scut. . , ■ or State, who would ever aid in carrying
Ario'nth^ohU ..Aplmiian -f ont this obligation of the Constitution.—
'tho tfinefor whteh it ha* boon | Would they not thereby be, and are
"We are also ready to al
low, that the smallest negative discour
agements for conformity’s sake, are so
many persecutions.”
Is not the thing proposed at least a
negative discouragement 1 And to that
extent a persecution 1 And why is this 1
Has not persecutions in all ages rather
tended to increase than to weaken the
cause they assail ? Are we so much
afraid of the comparatively few Catho
lics in this country, and the spread of
their religion amongst twenty millioi'- 3 **
Protestants—and so distrustful of
ability of our Ministers and Preachers,
learned Doctors in Divinity to meet them
in argument, that we must resort to this
I am not satisfied with its Southern com
position. In the first place I do not like
the name signed to the proceedings
as the presiding genius of the body—“E.
B. Bartlett, of Kentucky, President of
the National Council.”
was informed, and President of a Baptist
College in Kentucky.]
That may all be true, but it seems he
inJMwas the favorite of the Freesoilert: and
' raP I have heard it stated that lie was in
stretches from the Gulf to the Lakes,
and from the Mississippi to the Rocky
Mountains, and (the weight of the au
thority is) even ‘tc.the Pacific] Had
this American Party then been in Pow-
, D.r, with its anti-Catholic sentiments fuL
[Mr. Thomas M. lurner, here inter- ly developed and carried into effect,
rupted, and said that Mr. Bartlett was — - ” • ’
a Southern man and a slaveholder, he
S its and Catholics to worship God as
B'
ley please.
Resolved, 3. That the present as well
as former Administrations are reprehen
sible in the sight of the American peo-
" ir the appointment of so many foreign-
to office, soAhnt now in all the offices
certain class in the gift of the Presi-
more foreigners than natives are in-
of
No (except * ui* they not in open hostility to it I And
option Of .L Editors.) until ml arrears )>’“< • have they not as much right to say.that vexation, to call it noth
HATES OF ADVEBTim.NO. this is an obligation that does not rest . wor8e in or(lcr to t thera down ?
For line square. oonrirtiw fin!t | u P on voters at ta e polls as the one about | r I,«r,o
'TrUonf«^}‘y'c™ u ' f ** r “ ch
rhargod accordingly
favor of abolition in Kentucky a few
years ago. Can my friend inform me if
that is true ] I do not know whether it
is or not, and should like ..to have all
doubt removed on this point.
[Mr. Turner in reply, said agaiu, he is
a slaveholder.]
Yes, and so was Casius M. Olay, and
so, I suppose, are Mr. Neil S. Brown, of
Teun., Mr. Pilcher, of Ky., Mr. Hougb-
ouiei countries out mis. oevcmi ui me i ton and Mr. Raynor, of N. C., all mem-
American colonies were planted by re-1 bers of the National Council, and all of
fugees from religions persecution. And I whom are reported to have declared
not one of them from Catholic persecu-1 themselves against the policy and prop-
i/ — - - . • | tion. All of them from persecution by I riety of the Kansas and Nebraska act of
fellow-citizens, I tell you that a man in p rotestants Ye t we are told that Pro-1 the last Congress. The latter gentle-
this country may exercise the nght ofl testan i 8m •
Alt. AK nffuSncf anv mnn fnr SlTt.M I «
nir for the^n^t I u P on # voters at the polls as the one about I p or t |j e honor of Protestantism, I hope
lotion ftllJ Killy t,v:iis i«.r o~... weekly emitiuu- a religions test, touching qualifications t whv, then, do it ? Is it because
re* —I***!?-*it-
. landhon, that they have got a constitu-1 tlieydo not tolerate others ]
udvertisomenSs inserted at the usual rates, tional right to vote tor or against any man I. ■’
. i ..AAilatA. f.ip i,(lire. Vivo Dollars, I n ♦ 1,A.T ..Iaocq aiu! flint nnv
they prevail
The same
bUgal advertisement* inserted at tlm usual rates. I tional right to vote tor or against any man j g true 0 p a ] mos t a ]l other churches in all
Aanouncing cMdidato. * ,v0 D,,Ua * for any reason they please, and that any count ries hut this. Several of the
‘V. n ,iwArtuimriiiftirwiv«i.wiiSbecharced Constitution which did not secure tnisl » • i • wp.td. nUntAd hv re-
_ . .. . IS. JLOL we itre IU1U UUU A I mov vwuqawu.. _ . . r O ;
XJ r I this country may exercise the right ot | testanism. is but another name for reli-1 man, Mr. Raynor, is said to have de-
X WJTt J- - | voting for or against any man for any | to leration. If so. how came the | uounccd it as “an outrage upon the
- _ . . h.vethoir reason he pleases. He may do it—he Puritans to be drivcn first f rom Eng l and North.” Now, can my friend inform me
iTin^Suuder this head! for uno year, at the may not be restrained from doing it— tQ Holland, and from Holland to New whether Mr. Bartlett entertains similar
STf Five Dollws fur a card »f notnwroUian there may be no penalty for his doing it En „j and ? And how came Roger Wil- opinions ?
line*, and Aeveuty five cento fur each add.uonal hue. _ but Jn doing it> Le be striking a the firgt t champ ; 0 n of the [Mr. Turner. He voted for the ma-
DR. C, B, LOMBARD) fatal blow at that very Constitution un-1 ^ bts of consc } encei to be driven from jority ]
I ilnw nrli mil hfl DY OrDlCOU T M A Tlffni. 1 IllR I .. « . . a w. . T 1 *a I V
jority Platform.]
‘jK'-a vSiul^^Vt-h-iAumee issti.l
over Wilson * Vcal a Clothing Store, CoUcge Ave-
»ite the l’oat Office.
"Veb'.h—ly.
Ill# i . K| IllflTI DilliUt I . . , * « • I . fill.* I 1 <g ul>0 VI VVUOVtbUVV) IV VU WllfVU a*vAM I J J.
nri n respectfully announce to the citizen* which he exercises the n gbt. T 18 1 Massachusetts ? History, as I read it, I Yes, and so did Mr. Raynor and the
OI L » *■;--w.ee i« stiii I i 8 the casewith those Northern Abolition- teacbes the melancholy lesson, that an- others I have named. But does he, or
ists I have mentioned, who, as voters at terior tQ the sett i ement 0 f this continent, how many of the Southern members even,
the polls, ignore that clause of the Con- all rel5gl0us 8ects p ersecu ted where of that Council, approve those existing
stitution I have just cited, and will vote th had ^ er And the i onge st laws which that Platform barely prorn-
for no man who will, directly ormdirect- and bloodiest wars that have marked isestoabideby] WastheveryPresident
ly, aid in carrying it out. They are ex- and marred the anna i 8 0 f war have grown of this Council one of the original friends
crcising a right under the Constitution, 1 Qut of matter8 pertain i ng to religion.— I of the Kansas bill, or was he oneofitseni-
but against it. This can hardly be claim-1 nn._„ , L i :ui -r *i>»* 1 mi ex 1 How stands mv friend mmselt
cd as a Constitutional right; and if *
MOORE & CARLTON,
vija i n Silk, Fancy and Staple Goods,
Dlffi Crockery, No. 7, Gratde Row
Alliens, (la.
T. H. W ILSON & BROS.,
I What is tlie ostensible iiause of that war I mies f Bow stands my friend bimself
m9 muw — ' V— liT’ci B I which is now agitating all Europe from!—was he a friend ot the Kansas hill *
W i IOLF.SAI.E and retail dealers in Dry G;pods, ma j 0r j t y of the people of the whole coun- itgcentreto itg c i rcuni ference ] and in And if so, is he now willmg to trust its
Co-i^Av"ue,Ath^, r Ga ery ’ " ' try should combine and agree not toKy,^ thousands of lives have fate and safety in the hands of those
Makh it; vote for any man that would serve in beeQ lo8t> and thousands more may be, who fought it untd fighting was unavail-
“ right of access to ing, and whom now simply say that it
Holy'Places ]” Heathen nations may stand as it is] I tell him I was a
Cn8U6 * 11 A> " n iLn nn/vmiA imtin a rumr ■ * 1 n ’ ** ' 1 Tr
to do . -—, — o-- . | nan nations nave persecuted vunsuiuis i —o> —— r--o -7—=>
tionize when they please. But it is not Ga. t liolics have put to the sword and eventful confiict attending its passage.—
a constitutional right; it is a nght against tbe gtake p ro testants— and Protestants It took off the odious restnction against
~ ‘ in TOV I . - . i .< i. I I plot.nm mlnnli lia/1 llmin V TUlt llll-
SAMUEL P. THURMOND,
^TTORNEY AT LAW, Jefferaon, Jackson conn
would we ever have taken the grand
step] Louisiana was Catholic, aud I dent, turn
would her people have ever consented cumbents.
to become incorporated into the Union, I Resolved, 4. That the ejection of _tlic
except by solemn treaty guaranteeing Bible from the Common Schools ot New
them all the rights secured by the Con-1 York by a combination of hierarchs and
stitution] Had they then dre§med of demagogues, headed by Bishop IInghes,
the modern construction and evasion of and the public burning of the Protestant
the instrument, would they have consen- Bible in Chatripain, New York, by.the
ted to the cession] Would they will-[Jesuit Telmont, show the American
ingly have permitted their lots to he cast I people that the dogma announced in
amongst a people who regarded them on I Brtmson's Review, a Catholic cugan prin-
'Rccount of their religion as unfit to hold j ted at Boston, is not within^ “calling,
any place of trust or profit. 1 A sort of 1 viz: Protestanism of everyTorm has not
Lepers io b(Jk ;iQast out of the political .and never can have any rights where
camp? The same may he said of Flori- Catholicity is triumphant,
da—that was a Catholic country at the Rrsolred, 5. That the Philadelphia^
time oPit$ acquisition. And right here platform, as adopted by a majority ot
let me-sayvif this “Know Nothing” inten- the National Council of the American
sely American feeling shall become pre- Party on the subject ^ of slavwv, is not
dominant in this country, Cuba, of course I only Conservative, National and I atn-
.will never he acquired. The people are I otic, hut pregnant with the very be^st re-
Catholic. And as much as they might I suits to the whole country, and of the
desire to get rid of their present oppre.s-1 South in particular. ^
sions and become incorporated in this I Resolved, 6. That no American hv
Union of States, under the guarantees I birth will be debarred from holding ot-
of the Constitution as heretofore under-1 fice in this country by the votes of the
stood, they would hardly he willing to I American Party on account of Ins reli-
link their destinies with a people who I gious opinions, but we will not bestow
looked upon them as politically untrust- our suffrage on any mau who holds civil
worthy. But what is said in this plat-1 allegiance to any foreign ecclesiastical
form about ..the “Union” being the para- or civil power, thus filfilling the maxim
mount political good,” I consider asdi-l—“Americans only shall govern
rectly opposeitto the Georgia Resolution I America.”
of 1850.The Union, dear to us as it is [Mr. Stephens then rose and spoke in
and should be, is held in those resolutions I substance, as follows:]
as -subordinate to our rights J I so hold I Mr. Chairman : I had not the slignt-
it still. And so far from being per sc 1 est objection, as I said, to the gentle-
“the paramount political good," it might I man’s offering his Resolutions if I cou <
and may, in bad hands, become the I be heard upon them. Discussion is
greatest possible curse. So long as it I what I want. It is what the people
carries out the principles and objects for I want. 1 shall take up these ltesolu-
which it was made, it shall have my ar- tions in their order. The first sets forth
WILLIAM J. DELONEY,
Attorney »* l» w ,
FERRY & REESE,
■y^THOLESALE niuDeUil dealers foliate, Capa,
^ v Hoot*, Trunk*, &«., between I»n*.
lionirt' and White’* corner, Broad street, Athens,
Ga. [Jan. 111.
F. W. LfCAS,
IIOLESALE and retail dealer in DtjCm*,
HI ll.WAl.r, aim rawn ’
Grooieriea, Hardware, Ac., No. 2, Broad at
Alliens, Oa. I Jmi 1!) -
€. W. & II. It. J. LONG,
yyilOLESALE and retail Gruppists, AHiens,
_,keep constantly on hand a larue anil well
(W l.s t.si stock of Paints, Oil*. Varnishes, Dye Stuffs,
Brushes, Window Glass and Putty. . .
\l*o,dealers in American, French and fenguftn
Chemical, Drujjs, Medicines, Perfumery and Fancy
Aarticle*. , „ .
Physicians, Dealers and all otliers, can (to-
|M-nd upon their orders meeting prompt attention,
ujmn the most aecommodaling terms. T.ietr giaxls
are selected with great care, and will be warranted
as r<'|>rcsentcd. *' •
gious iru uwgio ™ ww ”1' " r J,"”Wl.„l Anauie greatmeiaucuiuu uaurc.. —— •* "7 , . A t
have the Constitution changed ? Why t atise justifying persecution. I can was an open question, and who do not
not amend it ? If the rights of twenty a tll i ng on dis part of the subject now even say that it was nglit, or give it
millions of Protestants are endangered ^ appropriately than by reading theirapproval. The authprizedRepor-
by six or seven hundred thousand Cath-1 wb ^ Mr. Buck says in his Theological ter (as lie says) of this prdceednigs of
olics, have they not got the power, the 1 j)j ct j onary> at the end of hiB article on I the National Council, makes this sigmfi-
numercial strength, to change the Consti- p tbe w bole of which article cant comment:
tutionin a constitutional way, if they „ ommend t0 the perusal of all of “A striking fact and one that you can-
want it changed 1 m I . j not have failed to remark has disclosed
But is the Constitution wrong as it is? \J conclude this article. Who can in this discussion, and that was, that
Why was that clause inserted in it 1— tho account here g i ven , without while the entire South was a unit on the
Ought there to he any religious test in P . tbe m0 st painful emotions, and majority platform, scarcely a member
eivil maxters in this country ? This is * tear 0 r v0r the madne9 s and from thence, in the many speeches made
the question which is now practicaUy I F & q( n)an ] ( ;u d ] Does it not by them, assayed an apology tor the
presented to the voters of this country E ^b at human beings are capable Kansas-Nebraska act; and whilst gen-
bv the “Know Nothing,” or American . influenced by superstitions, big- eraUy subscribing to the doctrine ot non-
party, as it calls itself. I meet it upon ’ , Dre : ud i ce 1 Have not these intervention,nevertheless repudiated the
its merits. I am against it, thoroughly, pr inciplesmetainoipliosedmenin-1 administration which foisted lt u P^. t! ^
opposed to mixing religion with 1 { n f er nals, and entuely extinj
T. STSSHOV9C, c - 1T *B1U.
T. STENnorSE Si €0.,
F ORWARDING nnd CommiMion Mcrehnnl*.
X<| v), llnvne bnwt, Clmrlwton, S. C. Rplt-r
to R Dnlin, Hand, Williams A Wilcox, Charleston;
Hand, Williams A Co. Augusta; J. Norcross, Allnn-
ta; C.C.Cliandlcr, Chattanooga; E. H. A I). L
A Co., Knoxville. July ’iO ly.
ing religion dM. expendicure
politics, or inquiring in civil matters into the feel ; nES 0 f humanity, the dictates of plighted faith.
a man’s conscience, as to what he he- ^ conic ien C e, and the voice of reason ]— | Now, this is a most sinking fact-one
lieves or does not believe, or whether he | ,, , t.. am tinna ir\ malfA
R. L. BLOOMFIELD,
W HOLESALE and retail Clothing Store, Broad
Strrcet, Alliens, Ga. i'I a . v * ■
D. N. JfDSON,
C OMMISSON MERCHANT, and dealer in choice
Faintly Groceries, Confectionaries, trnita, Ac
on the comer of Broad and Jackson streets, Athens
April 26, 18oi>.
Ga.
IRON AND BRASS FOUNDRY AND
nACUlNK WORKS.
I RON and Brass Castings of every variety and
description. Improved Iron Circular Saw Milli,
wnrrantca equal to the beat; Steam Engine*, r or-
-ing 1‘tinttts, Gold Mining. Mill, Gin, and all other
kinds of (jeering; Mill Iron* and all bind* of Ma
chinery made to order ; Iron Fencing of select pat-
Plough and Wagon Coating* auu Dog-iron*
Every variety of repairing and wrought iron work
promptly executed.
Our general assortment of pattern*, are the aocu
mulntion of year*. A list will bo sent those ad
dressing, NICKE jjg 0 \j M . E
f Agent Athens Steam Co., Athens, Ga.
Jan 18—ly.
WHICH it. was mauc, n ounii tmvo uty «*- ■
dent and most patriotic support. But I no distinct principle or specific policy. -
do not like to see a dangerous principle I It is rather a confused embodiment ot
so artfully covered up and glossed over I complaints than anything else. As to
as this “paramount political good" doc- foreign paupers and criminals, they are
trine is in this programme. It is like a certainly no grievance to the people ot
grain of poison thrown in the chalice. Hancock or the people of Georgia.—
But, fellow citizens, I have said all Towards the latter, we have a statute ot
that I intend to say; all that my strength our own State, I believe, which it cn-
will permit me to say. I have given my forced, will be remedy enough. But my
views upon what constitute some of the views as to both these classes aro well
features of genuine Americanism. The known. So also of the abuse in the ad-
party now styling itself exclusively ministration of the present naturaliza-
American is, as you now perceive, in tion laws. But this resolution states as
my judgement, Anti American through- I a fact, that the increasing tide ot foreign
out. The two great objects that lie at 1 immigration in this country is adding
its foundation, and upon which its whole annually more foreigners than natives to
superstructure is reared, are the proscrip- the list of our voters. Where is the
tion of all foreigners from office as a class, evidence of this? How can the people
and a like proscription of all Catholics as of Hancock affirm this to he true wdn-
a class. These objects, in my opinion, out some proof] The draft-men of this
are inconsistent, and at war with the es- Resolution seem to have gone upon the
tablished principles of our government, idea that Foreigners become voters as
As to the outside principles put forth at fast as they arrive. But do they not
Philadelphia, even those which may be have to remain at least five years, before,
unobjectionable as generally admitted I under existing laws, they can he natur-
truisms, they in every practical point of alized? How many of those who come,
view amount virtually to nothing.— die in that time ? All in the United
They are but the tubs thrown out for States in 1850—not voters but the en-
the whale. Taken as a whole, it may be I tire foreign population, men, women and
considered as one of the most “whimsi-1 children who have come since 1790, was
cally dovetailed” diatribes of pietv and but a fraction over two millions. I have
politics—religion and mammon—un- no idea that the proposition here stated,
meaning generalities and radical errors— therefore, is truetin point of tact. Hut
that ever was seriously presented for suppose it was. How is refusing o vo e
the deliberate consideration of an intel-1 for a worthy foreigner, who may have
This ' "
sworn never to vote for a Roman Catho
lic ? That resolution declares that “no
American by birth will -•or be debared
from holding office by the votes of the
‘American Party on account of hi? re
ligious opinions.” Arc not thounsands
of Catholics in this country native bom
“Americans by birth ]” And does not
the obligation say that you will it ever
vote for anyvsman “ if he be a Roman
Catholic?" ‘Where is the exception iu
the inside ‘ritual" in behalf of American
bom Catholics ? And is it not notorious
that an attempt was made at the late
Philadelphia Council to permit this ex*
ception to{^made, which was denied]
And this is extending religious freedom,
is it, to say to any man of any denomi
nation, you may worship as you please,
but if you do nflt please to worship as
we like, you shall be degraded and dis
graced? This is tho freedom of reli
gious worship your American Party is
about to bring upon us, is it ] If "so; I
warn all my countrymen to beware of it.
It is tie first false step which may lead
to unimaginable evils and mischief!. It
subjects every man’s religion—and the
religion of every denomination, to the
standard of the will of the majority rul
ing for the time" being. When it is once
begun tWcre is no telling where it will
end. One denonmiation .will certainly
fall after another. But tl(> not telf us In
your outside declarations that you- Sfe
fore extending religious freedom whilo
your whole internal organization rests
in great part upon an exclusion from
office of all whose faith does not square
with the “test” you set up. \-
But the third resolution alludes to-a
subject that escaped me when I was tip
before. It is nothing but one of Mclanc-
thon's statements in reply to me,' ■Re
vamped in new form. In tnat piecesof
his, which I have before me. he ask:
“Can he” (alluding to me) “tell how, ui
the different departments of the Central
Government, there are 914 foreigners
holding office against 510 natives ? while
among the Foreign Ministers, Consuls,
Governments should look only to h* ^thisworst of allevils, a.id let trull, the whole South m th,s grand National are not changed. The.same pro cess of cened; nd f he ®riy^ in their
conduct. If a Catholic isawortyeffi- Hove m eekness and forbearance uni- Council who evenessayedan apdogy^for inuatmn and same ft is the only practical
zen and swears to support the Constitu- t lie Kansas-Nebraska ISUl, ana wnose itb memoeis never to void o f nside — t j on . And wliv
tion of the United States, I will never A ^ dv ? hat true-hearted American will warm opposition to the.administration, it er or a Roman Catholic to» any’ o c J with ot hers? Let that ques-
look into any tenet of his church, from ^ f ervent l y i n this ejaculation to seems, was the "foisting of thn, great profit or tr ust are stdl p e e • be prosented bv itself, and stand or
which religious polemics may infer that to keep this worst of all evils— act of justice to the booth upon the coun- effort was made to born ap0 P n it8 own merits Don’t cover
such oath is inconsistent with such tenet, f f jj n religious try! Now I say to all ot you, there of Catholics, so fur aa Arne p muc h rubbish,
as they conceive. Very few denomina- of our happy land? For are many things in this admn.ist ration Catholics are concerned. % K M E^tto declares “that the
tions hold the doctrines that rihen ® 8 and upwards^ we have pros- that I do not approve, aud would wil- What, then, on such a “ ' ss ' l «- “ American Party is aiming at an exten-
charge upon them as legitimate inP « r * I per J d ^ n pea ce, whh the enjoymenf by lin^ly join any party to put a better onei made,|dl US. not an abridgemenf. of religious
ences from their creeds. More wars and | ^ rip-lit to set under his in its stead, but so tar as it aided or | 1 t Ltknnw I freedom in the country,” &c. Aiming
extension of religious freedom, that
object, is it ? Another outside
n! But how is it inside1—
buuutm v,. - gentleman who offered these
niite. on «li point. „ it i. • ««4 it i, for I ” h “7eoX“ta.'S?rf"K'dm I »pport' A* it ~*** SS | “* “* te4_ 1 “ W " 5 ' “ -
the same reason that I would have It re- nt ; on w v, c L l ias protected ject of the American pa
o™ I support’ which it should. f And if the oh-1 yopr ^ I al a member ^The Order, taken the
...— -— - . | in our Constitution which lias protected ject of the American par y e o un P , , ]j cg j et ;t be trans- following obligation:
main in all its vigor, force and efficiency us ; n the language of Mr. Jefferson, I out and pvt down those men A orth, to | you and each of you , . un I »That vou will not vote nor give your
as it is for all time to come, _It is I ZZx »w!?”'TLisp,indple of fr^ „y nothing ofthooo SlASSS. W »ny mnn for ,ny offiie in
FI RMTIKK UAM FAfTORV AND
T il K iirulGiVuinvri beff* to rdhuiIdm that ho Iim
ik»w rnt lu»ud at hi* WAUE-KOOM, near tl*e
^pueopnl Church, an extensive assortment of/^ar-
niturf, uf overy elescriwtion. Connected with the
nre r-min, is m CABINET SHOP, where he is
freiMirea to make *ny article of furniture to order,
.and at snort notice, and to repair old furniture, do
"ipholsteriuz, Ac., Ac. He keeps on liaad an as-
-toiruwent of Gilt Mouldings, of every variety.
'Flak’s PatCBI McUllIc and other coffina,
• (unstunt Iv on hand.
ionsUimly on hand. ^
November 30, 185-1. WILLIAM WOOD.
NEW TAILORING ESTABLISHMENT.
H AVING secured the service. ofO. P. Caldwell
formerly cutler for \Vm. O. Price, of Savannah
»«d Aucu.ia, I will have executed, in the neatest amt
>noat fashionable style, allorderaconfided to our care.
Until we get good*, we will take the meaaure and
forw.rri the pattern to our manufacl iring establishment
at the North, where I will pay particuly attention
th* a l:— —d inrward th#? gimit
e time tbe
nM ere I will pay particuly attcntlunio
■be material and making, and forward the garment
hack to the cu.tomet in Uiree weeks from the uipe tbe
measure is left.
We will have a good assortment of plain and fancy
Cloths, Casaimerea, Veiling, Ac., here by the 15th of
Joly, at which time all orders left, will meet with
prompt attention.
Cutting and making at the shortest notice,on verj rea-
abl* terms, from thia day forward.
Athena, Jnne 23,1855. R. L. BLOOMFIELD.
April 19—If.
CHILDS.
#15,000.
Hardware. Iron.-Crockerv. Grooc *
r'afdware. Iron,-Crockery, Groceries, Ac.,’for sa
kw, for essh, by GRADY A WCH0L80N.
April 26. *
T,
—i Bacon, for
DP A SON,
cd, that the Catholics, from the character
of tlicir creed, must, as a consequence,
hold to the temporal supremacy of the
Pope. It is enough for me and the Con
stitution, that they disavow any such
consequence or beiief. Then, why this
proscription of thera T Has any one of
them in office ever at any time, from the
beginning of our Government down—
from the time that Charles Carrol, of
Carrolton, signed the Declaration of In
dependence to the present day—given
the slightest indication of disloyalty to
the country, or afforded tho least evi
dence of any design to transfer us to
the Pope? If so, when? And where?
Let the man be named and the case sta
ted. If shch a case exists in the wbole
history of the past, I have never heard
of it; and if any such case ever should
occur in tho future, the remedy should
he to treat the culprit as all other trai
tors, but nottoinclude the iitaoeeaf with the
guilty. But was there ever a more
groundless persecution started in Chris
tendom, than this now raised against the
Catholics 1 Did that got up by the in
famous Titus Oats—which set all Eng
land ip a blaze for a while, but whic i
now stands, though after the loss of much
innocent blood, as a disgrace to all con
cerned in it—rest upon less foundation 7
But, it is said, this is not persecution !
Barely to proscribe a man as wj/ff tohold
office because of his religion, it. is said,
is not persecution! It is true, it is not
as bad as imprisonment, the stake* or
the torture, hut it is nevertheless, perse
cution. One of England's most philo*
sophical writers on tbis sutgeet said \
“We agree, that persecution, merely
for conscience sake, ts against the spirit
oftheGosppL
This principle of free- say nothing of those South, who gave us I mitted t# the remotest general.,-. infln ™ ^ ™ man for any office in
dom of conscience, or "soul liberty," as that great measure of deliverance,, and >uUgdandi h is seat, and the gift of the people, unless he he an
l.c called it was first proclaimed on this for nothing so much as doing that, then | [Here Mr. btephuis toox ms ■»•_“_.[ Unrn „- t - TOn ; n f aV or of Amen-
TS X1TM1* _ 3* *• I „ovnr Im VP mv ffl-nil p
lie called it, was first proclaimed on this for nothing so much as doing that, then | ere r<• 0 " and gave American bom citizen in favor of Ameri-
“rtlncnt by Roger-A’aiUm,, . di S U». they cn ne«er have iny ccoperetiou. Mr. Jiui l homM. E^., rosewegeve America, wrifhtbf* Ro-
gttisbed Baptist Minister, wlio was driven [ even if we agreed m every .to yfele | gStjy 3!l b'l* . CW*fc, tc.”
r. si . r A..ra(»e an oiw.nnni nf hia rs- nf tlieir creed. Our last Legislature Tsothing uioe . _ , , , T , v, 8 will the irontlsmnii tell me whether
in every other article notice- tnax wosc op^eu ' CntloUr Ac
from*Massachusetts on account of his re-1 of their creed. Our last Legislature 3 0 ° c lock, m p? 5! Will the gentleman tell me whether
ligious opinions. lie became the foun- unanimously declared. Whereupon, Mr. Thomas he has not taken that obligation?
der of the colony of Rhode Island. But “That onpositou to he ^ J* ** the Mr. Turner responded that he had.
thefirst colony to establish the principle the Nebraska Bill, m relation to Q meet at And also this?
and eive bractical effect to it, was that hect of slavey, is regarded by the peo American pa y certa : n reS olu- “ You will, when elected or appointed
of Maryland, founded by Lord Baltimore, pie of Georgia as hostility tion8 which h e had; and if there was no to an official station confering on you the
a Catholic. In neither of these colonies of the South, and that all P ers0 fit t , iection he would now move that a power to do so, remove all foreigners,
was the principle maintained in its origi- partake m such a t of meeting of the citizens of the county aliens,or Roman Catholics from office or
nal purity in after times; but in the for- be recognized as .component parts ot bfi ized t0 consider p l ac e, and that yon will in no case ap-
mation of the Constitution of the United any party or organization u them. Mr. Stephens said he was willing, I point such to any office or place in
States, it was made one of the comer. J the South. Rporeia I nrovided he should have a .hearing. No your gift. You do also promise and
stones. And, as a Protestant was the On this resolution, and the G g J biec ti 0 n being made, with this under- swear, that this and all other obligations
first to proclaim it, and a Catholic colo- resolutions of 18o0, I sta ?^’ 0 s Sndin-, Mr. Turner moved that A. J. which you have previously taken in this
ny the first to give it practioal effect, continue to stand. Andwitho 8 j T ^ take the Chair, "and T. C. Order shall ever be kept sacred and m-
nnd all the States afterwards embodied further into the ^ements or composition Laj^E^q U^e^ ^ cretary _ vio]ate „
it as a living principle i:i the organic law of this National Coxmcil. djihu I ^ Lane t J ok the ^hair, and Mr. Turn- Has not the gentleman taken that obli
of their union, there let it remain forever, porter of their proceedings 8 »y d tte following resolutions, gation too ? N\ UI he answer me ?
as a binding pledge for lhat “love, meek- the Southern members of it he *, w Wch P were seconded by Mr. Beni Har- Mr. Turner again responded saying
ness and fofbearance” which should eve- sufficient to enlist my oppontmn to them wfoch were seconded fiy Mr. Denj n ^ ^ ^
,, and at all times characterize I SufflE jLIced, 1. That the increasing tide D. G. Wilds Esq., interrupted and
tian people. I» this way, we agreed on other inatters. J® imm i CT ation unon our shores, said that he had not.
ment and “intense feeling” for that true I pies or objects. j SwSdeep concern to every American This is “ Know Nothingum, isit 1
Americanism with which they were so Rut I wish at tins tmoo to say a w«d w hether native or not, induoing And this is extending religious freedom,
thoroughly imbued. or two. and only a word or two on the ofall to unite in hringini U it ? To exclude one entire sect of
Idanno.gUncebrfrfyatl.pro. PWomiKdt »‘n! uSTSgo of or. Na^Urttoi religionist, tan dl ta
ceedingsof the late Pliladelphia Con* “existence of an 4 limgh , y ,^'i S n J, Uwb, and an Ltension of the period of honors of the government. Tho
ventioSanditspnwrantiwQfVrindples, rnlesoverthe Universe/ and who fom
and bring this adKs to a close. My in every step of our ^ U9 «r d^- J That the American Par- ridaoathis forcivti ”
the composition of the Convention. Its I dential agency,” ^
Northern dements, with but few excep-1 threshold of the concern, ~ " “«• i ’
f«n very onfityrfmnl geweintos. Botjof toni,inn,l Tb,t wl tomlory flat jUted podonty
be right
e to°theIveteforthe 6th Resolution ju^t offded,
Protes, J after yo havp admitted that yon have
Revenue Service officers, &c„ there are
but 764 Americans for 1,464 foreigners?”
Well, now, I can tell him how it is—and
itisjnstno such thing. Injustice to
him it is proper that I should state that
he said he did not vouch for the statistics j
but then it would have been better for
him to have gotten correct information
before making such publications. Now
I have a transcript from the official
Register on this subject, from which it
appears that in all the departments of
Central Government, including the State
Department, Treasury, Interior, War,
Navy, Post Office, Attorney-General’s
Offiee and Judiciary, there aro 4,476 of
ficers ; of these, 3,677 are Americans by
birth, and only 469 foreigners ; Mie. birth
place of tho other 830 is put dovm as
unknown ; and in no one department? are
there more foreigners than Americans—
or even tjne-third nf many—so that this
resolution has not a peg "to hang upon;"
and are you going to ask your American
party to say in this resolution what'is
uttterly unsupported by fact ?
The" 4th resolution I shall pasB over;
as relating to matters about which I
know but little, and you, who wjll ba
called upon to vote on it, not much more,
I expect. It does not scorn us much,
any way. To the people of New York
and other States, I am willing to : leave
all such matters ns concern their own.ifir
temal domestic State policy. I do npt
wish them to meddle with ours, and we
could not set them a better example that*
by refusing to mix ourselves up with
theirs. I don’t know, even, that all
these things here stated are true; it may
be that some of them are like a state;
ment going the rounds of tbe papers,
and which ilIalancthan repeated, that
Lafavctte had “declared that if the
liberties of this country were ever de
stroyed, it would be by Romish Priests.”
Now, I have no idea that Lafayette ever
said anv such thing. Why should he?
He ivas a Catholic, as I understand.—
He certainly was by education and as
sociation, if not by profession. I, see
it stated that these words have, been t*.
ken, dug out, from a letter written by
Lafayette to a friend iu this country, a*
follows: *:■
“I cannot but admire your noble.,
sentiments of devotion and - attachment
to your country and its institutions. But
I must be permitted to assure you that
the fears which, in your patriotic zeal,
you seem to entertain that if ever tbdu
liberty of the United States is destroy ed 9
it will be by Roinish priests % are certainly
without any shadow of foundation what
ever. An intimate acquaintance of more
than half a century with the prominent
andinfluentialpriestsandmembers of theti.
church, both in'Europe and America,
warrants me in assuring you that van.
need entertain no apprehensions ok dan.-
gerto your republican institutions fro W .
that quarter.” . . - •
If this be the origin of the matter,-,
how confounded the statement? [Df<
Pendleton here interrupted, and
he could prove that this letter was forg«K
ry.J - Mr .Stephens continued:—I know*
nothing touching its authenticity; it may:,
be a forgery; but it has no suoh internal
evidence. It is just such a letter «
might be supposed that Lafayette would*
have written, and much more “*“*?-»*
have written, than ever to have used to®?
words as attributed to him, and HLtfo.
sense attributed to him, no good evident)®; ,
of which have I yet seen, and ! do Iffl ;
believe that he ever dijL i MR*
But I leave this matter, and pass on to -
the 5th Resolution in the -series. Thia
declares that the Philadelphia Platform ,
is adopted by the majority of tho Nation- -
al Council of the American party* «»»«»*•;
subject of Slavery, is Oonsenmtiwe,_Nar« v
tional, &c. Now, what does that Plat
form dov and what do^it amounVtoreo :
for as the subject of Slavery, and^th® a
iBtinglawenghttotzowwwZey,
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