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of it (the fourth resolution) as a posses-1 Withdrawing MemberSi
sory title to the whole, fearing at the I The policy pursued by the Know
same time to occupy other grounds very Nothing party in reference to individuals
important to the old Union men of Geor-1 withdrawing from the order is well cal-
gia. Besides, those who fought a prin-1 culated to arouse the indignation of ev-
iple as long as there was hope of con- I cry American who calls himself free,
quest, are not safe depositories of its The time has been when the indepen-
g .iardianship. And this is being made dent voters of this country calmly con-
manifest by the indifference, not to say sidering the policy of the government,
u: i willingness, as I have shown, to ar- advocated or opposed it from a sense of
rest a crisis which must bring abont a right. Such times have passed away,
'eruption of the Confederacy. Those I and instead thereof we have secret or-
,vho, a few years since, thought the ad- ders entrapping unthinking and unsus-
nission of a State with such institutions l peering persons into their toils, whence
is she might choose to adopt concerning having once arrived, every method of
Slavery, a good cause for disruption, escape is cut off. Every influence of ter-
but now hold a restriction upon her dis- ror and shame is brought to bear upon
crction likewise a good cause for similar the unfortunate individual, who is forc-
fbn would seem to be looking only for cd to sacrifice his rights as a freeman
occasion or excuse for dissolution, re- and his duty to government to the rule
,ardlee» of the cause. of an organized and secret order.
.Those who fought to maintain the Who will read the many instances of
nrinciples of the Georgia Platform, can this nature which have come within the
Itave butTittle of the “gall of bitterness,” knowledge of the outer world, where
rot to feel indignant at seeing their en- honest men, breaking loose from these
Juries iri that contest bestride it and tramcls.have been denounced and perse-
chiding its constructors as less holy than cuted by the order, without believing
they, 'with a self-complacency equalled that the tendency of Know-Nothingism
only by a certain notorious individual, is towards Jacobinism,
of whom we read in the 18tli chapter and We see in a late article in the Macon
11th verse of St. Luke. It better suits Telegraph, that Mr. Bone, a worthy citi-
tlieir fallen state, to be confessing that ze n of that place, having seen fit to witli-
tliey “had done the things they ought draw from the Order, has been, to use
not to have done, and left undone the his own words, “ abused and ridiculed
things they should have done.” and that a s though I had committed a crime,
there was no true worthiness in them, and my name has been placarded about
The present occupants have not been 1 the town, and my feelings otherwise
upon it long enough to bo naturalized, wantonly and grossly insulted.” Ano-
They are not only aliens but alien ene-1 ther instance of this shameful policy
mics, who seem endeavoring to expel its pursued by the Order, against members
earlier friends from possession, as the withdrawing, may be found in the speech
outlandish millions are crowding ns and I of Mr. Steele, of Virginia, at a late
onr children from ourWestem Territories. I Know Nothing demonstration. Spcak-
Lct “ Americans rule America.” and I jug G f the rebellious members, he char-
tried Georgia Platform men rule Geor-1 actcrizcs them as follows:—
gin. I “ They are a doubly damned, deeply
Having examined the questions on I dyed, hell-begotten, god-forsaken, hydra
which the Democratic and American headed triple tongued, cloven footed, set
parties seem to agree, I may on some fu-1 of perjured traitors, whom if the earth
ture occasion notice those on which they I were the fulcrum and the heavens the le
ave avowedly hostile. _ _ I ver, almighty power could not in a thou-
fanner [ gTtteJ
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Thursday,::::: sAug. 9, 1855.
FOR GOVERNOR,
HON. UERSCUEL V. JOHNSON,
Of Baldwin.
FOR CONGRESS,
I.l Diet.—Jamra I,. Hrwnrd, of Thomas.
3d “ Ifl. J. Crawford,of Muscogee.
3d “ James 91. Smith, of Upson.
4th “ Hiram Warner,of Meriwether.
5th “ John H. Lamphin, of Floyd.
6th « Howell Cobb, of Clark.
7th “ I.inton Stephen*.
Stb “ A. H. Stephens, Independent
Anti-Know Nothing.
I approve the platform of the Ameri-1 sand years raise to the conmmon level of
can Party, adopted at Macon, on the | culprits."—Atlanta Intelligencer.
27th of June, 1855, and with it the plat-
The Fp Country Moving.
Last Friday was a glorious day in the
Sixth District for those who are attached to
the principles of freedom of speech, freedom
of conscience, and freedom o( the ballot-box.
At a free barhecue given in Jackson county
on that day, the people turned out, to the
number of two thousand or more! We
heard the number variously estimated at from
fifteen hundred to three thousand; but we
think two thousand would be a fair estimate.
At any rate it was the largest concourse of
people that has been bronght together in this
District since the campaign of ’48. One of
the most gratifying features of the day was
the unusual good order preserved throughout
the proceedings. There was not the slight
est disturbance whatever. Not a note of
discord jarred upon the ear, or interrupted
the universal harmony which prevailed.—
LATER FROM EFROPE.
Arrival of the Asia.
Halifax, August 1.
The steamer Asia has arrived here
I with dates from Liverpool to the 21st
form of principles adopted by the late
National Council of the American Party
at Philadelphia,and the Georgia Platform
of 1850, as indicating the right policy
in the event of the contingencies therein
mentioned.
And with a due appreciation of the I instant
honor involved in the nomination men- The Crimea.—The news from the
tioned in your letter, I accept it with a Crimer is unimportant. No new action
high, not to say painful, sense of the has taken place,
sponsibilitics incurred by my position. I The censure on the Government by
According to a late and much to be re-I tbe Roebuck investigating committee
gretted innovation, one of these respon-1 had been voted down in Parliament by
sibilities might seem to be a general can- a majority of one hundred, in conse
vass of the State. As you know, sir, qtience of which Lord Palmerston’s min-
the nomination was imposed upon me istry still lives,
after my refusal to accept, I might well It was rumored that Sir Wm. Moles-
plead t his as a reason why I should be- | worth would succeed Lord Russel in the
fhe Know Nothings that were there set an , he tWQ oaths? The speaker paused for a
example to their brethren throughout the niomenlf and 8i , enee reigned 8upreme
excused from this disagreeable labor I
fear, however, I have one of a more im-
E eritave nature. For some time past, I
ave been afflicted with an infirmity of
voice occasionned by a life of hard
colonial secretaryship.
Weather favorable for crops.
LIVERPOOL MARKETS.
Liverpool, July 20.
Sales of Cotton for the week amount
speaking, which I apprehend will fail to 46,000 bales, of which speculators
to sustain me in canvassing the State.
Very respectfully vours,
GARNETT ANDREWS
took 7,000 and exporters 3,000. Amer
ican advices had depressed the markets,
which subsequently recovered, closing
at the following quotations : Fair Or
leans 6J; Middling Gg ; Fair Upland
65; Middling 6 3-16. Stock 634,000
Every part of onr city, excepting, I American wheat and flour, unchanged
fve repet to state) “ Barry s Row, is 1^ 8tea d y . Com declined lliW&il-
cil kthc buil^slllided to, sit- I ^ Provisions unchanged, and closed
nated near the Southern terminus of
From the Argus of Tuesday.
Yellow Fever In Norfolk.
dull.
Lard declined to 45s.
London, July 20.
Market steady. Sugar slightly ad-
I vanced. Coffee steady. Iron firm.—
I Money easier—Consols 91. American
I State stocks neglected. Railroad secu-
I Titles stc&dy
We were as much surprised as others LlVER ' Staturd 2 lst.-Cotton
to W tins statement yesterday from a | ^ KrpndRtnffs firm *
reliable source ; but really it is no great
Cburcb street, there have recently been
seventeen cases of malignant fever. There
have been four deaths, six have nearly
recovered, and seven are said to be ex- j
ceedingly ill.
canse of wonder that an infectious dis
ease should break out in those abomina
bly filthy hovels, in which there have
been crowded daring the intensely hot
weather of the present month, a large
number of exceedingly indigent persons,
From tho Chronicle 4 Sentinel.
Letter from the Hon. A. J. Miller.
Augusta, July 20, 1855.
Mr. Editor:—After an absence of a
week from the State, I notice, since my
who had not the means if they liad the I * n ?°\ lr P a P e r and several others
desire, to observe any degree of clean-1 tj 1 ®* *) lere J® “® a meeting-of the
liness. Sweltcrinsr amid the most dis-1 -American 1 arty to be held at C arters-
liness. Sweltering amid the most dis . ...... , , ,
ousting filth inside the houses, and just I on the 1st of August, and that I
without the back doors, it is remarkable ™ announced as one of those expected
that the miserable and unfortunate in- *? address the audience on the the pnn-
mates have not sickened and died by C, PJ5®. that party,
the dozen long ago. But, as if to has- * ** 1S “ se 0 , na ™ “ as ^ een w,t li
ten and ensure the production of pesti- ° ut knowledge, and I presume, un
lence, at this ill-fated locality, several “ er a m ' stake ™. re S ard to m 7 position
familes of a congenial stamp, removed * am out of politics, and am not a mem
over and took lodgings in that horrible I l) ® rof * 1,e American Party, or of any
and sickening receptacle of the destitute
and suffering!
The Board of Health have ordered
the Immediate removal of the sick and
their families to Oak Grove, some dis
tance beyond the city limits. The oc
cupants' who are not sick will also
be removed forthwith ; and tbe street
other that now lias a candidate in the
field.
All of tbe Parties having adopted tlie
Georgia Platform, I am in a situation to
select from the different candidates be
fore the people.
Entertaining a strong sense of the
value of Mr. Stephens’ service to the
their pay. and with hi* own hand
the law under which the soldiers
the Mexican war received their bounty land;
was in reference to these very soldiers
that the charge was made of his voting to
reduce their pay. A party must be rotten
and depraved indeed that has to resort to such
means to defeats political opponent. He
called upon them to judge of him by the prin
ciples he advocated and avowed before them,
and not by the false and malignant charges
of person^ and political enemies. He took
up some of the oaths which are assumed by
Know Nothings upon entering a Council,
and exposed their’ monster deformities.^-
Judge Andrews had sworn that “when elect
ed or appointed to any official station con
ferring upon him the power to do so, to re
move all foreigners, aliens, or Roman CathO'
lies from office or place, and that he will in
no case appoint any such to any office or
place in his gift.” As a Know Nothing, he
had taken thisjoath. If elected Chief Magis
trate of Georgia, there was another oath
which he would be required to take, before
he could take his scat, and that was to sup
port the Constitution of tlie United States
as well as the State of Georgia. The Con
stitution of the United States contains the
following:
“The Senators and Representatives before
mentioned, and members of the several State
Legislatures, and all Executive and Judicial
officers both of the United States and the
several States, shall be bound by oath, or
affirmation, to support this Constitution, but
no religious test shall ever be required as a
qualification for any office of public trust un
der the United States.” Can tlie two oaths
be reconciled 1 If Judge Andrews is electad
Governor of Georgia, and a Roman Catho
lic is an office-holder under him, he has
sworn in a K. N. Lodge to remove all Ro
man Catholics from office ; the Constitution
of the United States, which he has sworn
to support, says “ no religious test shall ever
if J -quiredas a quslifiiation for any office,
Now, what will we do 1 Is there, he said,
to be found in this large assemblage a man
who would be willing to take upon himself
and exclaimed: “ For God sake, massa !
he be pig or pup just when he chooses •”
Now, Mr. Peeples, we want to know, and
the people of Clark county want to' know,
what are you—pig or pup 1 Prohibition 01
anti-Probibition I
Suite which is worthy of emulation, and we There was not , man who heard the propc .
cheerfully accord the credit due them. The that wou , d have dared t0 offend hjgh
gentlemen who conceived and carried it out heaven by respondin? in the affirmative; and
are also entitled to the highest praise for the were we Jud(TC Andrews> we would fear tha ,
admirable manner in which the whole was we wou , d indeed be nfflicted with » an infirmi .
arranged. In short, it was a day which will ty of voice „ in the act of conun i tting 80
long be remembered by those who partici- ^ a „ outrage oll truth and the awful so _
pated in its festivities. The dinner was lemnity of an oatk ,. People of Georgia,
good and bountiful, the ladies were pretty, reflect upon it< , s not this a picture neV er
and the speaking capital. before presented in the annals of the world 1
His Excellency H. V. Johnson opened 1 The^Chief Magistrate of a free people bound
the proceedings by a speech of about two I uy two such conflicting oaths! Would not
hours length, in which he dissected the the act of removing the Reman Catholic
Philadelphia ard Georgia Platforms of the from office, or retaining him, lay him liable
Know Nothing party with a master hand.— I to impeachment!
His arguments were unanswerable. The We have already extended this report too
comparison of the two platforms exposed a far, but will refer to some of the points made
host of inconsistences which all the Know I by Gov. Cobb at another tima.
Nothing orators in the State will not be able After Gov. G. concluded, W. C. Deloney
to reconcile. The Philadelphia platform de- I Esq., whe was present, was loudly called
dared the “ Union to be the paramount po- I for by the crowd. He arose and responded
litical good,” and the Georgia Platform de- in a few brief remarks, which were well re
dares the Union “secondary in importance ceived, remarking that as it was growing late,
to the rights it was intended to perpetuate.” he would not detain the people any longer
The one was the rankest federalism of the I Thus ended the most delightful reunion the
John Adams school, tbe other, the doctrine of I Democracy have enjoyed for many a day.
State sovereignty. The Order were itwmi I Let them all do their duty, and our banner
to support the Philadelphia Platform, but not I will wave in victor)' on the first Monday in
the Georgia. The principles are the anti- 1 October.^
pedes of each other. He had seen men in a
circus who could put one foot upon one horse
and the other upon another, and ride around
the ring in fine style; but he had never
seen one that could mount two horses, and
hold on, while each was going in an opposite
Proof Positive.
It has been repeatedly charged upon the
Know Nothings that they attempt to force
the members of their Councils to vote as the
majority dictate. Their oath as published by
us last week is, “that you will in all political
matters so far as this orderis concerned, com
ply with the will of the majority, though it
may conflict with your personal preference.”—
We have never yet heard a member of the
Order dispute the authenticity of the ritual as
published; and what is more, they will not
do it. In Brownlow’s Knoxville whig, edit
ed by Wm. G. Brownlow, who says he is now
a member of the Orders we|findthe following
oath published, as the one which he had ta
ken. It will be seen that the words are almost
the same as in the published ritual. It seems
that Messrs. Rodgers and Mabry were rival
aspirants, and that Brownlow is attempting
to force the members to vote for Rodgers,
when they desire to support Mabry. We copy
the article entire:
Rodgers and Mabry.—The circulars of both
these gentlemen will be found in our paper
of to-day. Col. Rodgers is the nominee of
the American party for the State Senate, and
Col. Mabry, made a candidate by his friends,
consents to serve if elected. We regret that
these men run against each other, and as we
have the name of Rodgers at our mast head,
and intend to vote for him, we will briefly as
sign our reasonsfor doing so, without making
any war upon any one.
The first race between the candidates for
the nomination, before the councils, in which
Rodgers was the successful candidate, was
not satisfactory to Col. Mabry and his friends
and they demanded as an act of justice, that
the race should be run over again. We ask
ed the Deputy for East Tennessee, Col. Lut-
trell, to issue an order to have the vote taken
again, urging the importance of harmony, and
he consented and done so. We conversed
with both Cols. Rogers and Mabry—each
telling us that they did not wish to run the
race without the nomination before tbe coun
cils of the two counties—and that they would
decline the race if not nominated and support
the nominee in good faith. Rodgers was
nominated the second time, by a largely in
creased vote, and therefore it is we yield him
our cordial support. Besides, when we were
initiated into the order, we took the following
obligation, or oath, administered upon the
Holy Bible, and not having withdrawn from
the order, and not intending to do so, w’e feel
bound by every consideration of honor and
duty, to support Rodgers :
“You do solemnly swear before Almighty
God, and these witnesses, that so long as you
are connected with this Oiganization, if not
regularly dismissed from it, you will, in all
things, political or social, so far as this Order
is concerned, comply with the will of the ma
jority, when expressed in a lawful manner,
though it may conflict with your personal
preference.”
All who are members of the Order, and
continue to be, have the same obligation
resting upon them, and if they have any re.
gard for their honor, and a solemn duty
they will vote for Rodgers, though he may
not be their “personal preference.” Acting
under this obligation, it is known to several
gentlemen in this place, that on the morning
of the 4th, when it was believed that Parsons
had got the nomination over Sneed, we wrote
out an editorial appeal to the friends ofSneed
to come up to the support of Parsons. It af
terwards turned out that Sneed got the noni
Declines tbe Honor.
We are informed that Young L. G. Hap
ris, Esq.» the nominee of the K. N. party
for Congress in this District, in opposition
to Mr. Cobb, declines running. Mr. Harris
is not a member of the Order, but they were
willing to trust him all the way to Washing
ton City without being SWofn, while the wool
hat boys cannot be trusted even to the ballot-
box in their own precinct without taking up
on themselves the oath. It is whispered about
that Mr. H.’s non-acceptance is just what
the sworn in wanted. His nomination was
a sham to catch outsiders ; and one Billy
Martin, of Lumpkin County, J was the real
nominee of the Gainesville Convention, who
was nominated with the expectatior that Mr.
Harris would decline. We give the fact as
it is currently reported in Athens, leaving it
to the initiated to say, whether it is true or
not.
‘‘Honor Bright.”
Under the above heading appears an arti
cle in the Atlanta Republican, the leadin
Prohibition paper in the Stale, and home
. . organ of Mr. Overby, which we cordially
direct,on ; the man who attempted it would | commend t0 the consideration of the cili
fall to the ground between the two. The
Know Nothings have mounted one horse
with his head turned to the North, and ano
ther with his head to the South, and it would
be impossible for them to hold on to both ;
they would certainly come to the ground.—
If Congress should interfere with slavery
iri the District of Columbia, or any of the
Territories, or reject Kansas because her
More Know-Noihliig Tactices.
Gov. Johnson spoke in Athens last Friday
night. We are credibly informed by gentle
men who witnessed the proceedings on the
street, that during the afternoon, the officers
of the council were going about warning
members to attend a call meeting that
night. A number of members from the coun
try came in town with the express purpose
of hearing Gov. Johnson, but were told that
they should not. Threat s and menaces
were even used to prevent them. We sup
pose the oath in which they swore to‘answer
an imperitivc notice issued by the proper au
thortty,’ &c. f was held up to them. This is
not a mere rumor,but the information is direct
and reliable, and one of the members of the
Order has boasted that he did prevent several
from going. In Kentucky they have attempt
ed to muzzle the press, by exercising a cen
sorship over the columns of the Louisville
Courier, an account, of which we published
last week. In Georgia they attempt to pre
vent free discussion. What next 7 will the
people of Georgia submit to such tyranny 7
Rise up in your might, and put down this
corrupt and despotic organization. The Czar
of Russia is not more imperitive in his orders
to his serfs than th ese officers are to tlie mem
bers of their councils.
inatinn, and of course we did not insert 1 he
article.
Political Discussiou.
Messrs. Deloney and Peeples met in Bun-
cumb District last Saturday, in a political dis
cussion before the people, in which, we are
informed by Know Nothings and Anti-Know
Nothings, Mr Peeples came off second best.
Mr. Deloney completely knocked every prop
from under him, to the great discomfiture
his Know Nothing friends. Thus it will be
every where. The orators of the proscriptive
order may be able to make grand speeches in
their council rooms, where they have every
thing their own way, but when they come
before the people in a fair open fight, in the
light of day, their erroneous and dengerous
dogmas fall to the ground amid the derision
and scorn of a free and enlightened audience,
Mr. Deloney is one of our most promising
and talented young lawyers, and is doing
yeoman’s service in the cause of truth and
justice. We bid him God speed.
For the Southern Banner.
Temporal Power of the Pope,
Messrs. Editors i
It has bedn so often repeated by tbe Know
Nothing press and orators, that the member
of the Roman Catholic Church in thiscouri-
try owe civil allegiance to the Pope of Rome
charity constrains us to believe that some
of tbe press and orators, and a large num
ber of their readers and hearers believe it
to be true, and that too in the face of the
meat positive denial by the Bishops in Con
vention assembled in Baltimore. I deny
that any Catholic, whether native or natural--
ized, of this country, owes any civil or po--
fitical allegiance to the Pope of Rome—
Now, a Know Nothing will say that is a bold
declaration, and fet; I think I can prove it..
In the first place, Itet uS Ascertain the true
definition of allegiance. It is defined to be—
The tie or bond of fidelity and obedience,-
by which native born subjects or citizens are
bound to their sovereign government, or'
country, in return for the protection afforded
them.” 1 Bloc. 366. 1 BurreWs Die. 61,•
This is the English Common law rule, but
to this is added in this country, the Ameri-
can doctrine of Expatriation. The British 3
government claims the right to search 1
American ships for British sailors. The"
Americans resisted this claim, on the ground
that the sailors had expatriated themselves,
and had taken the oath of allegiance to this
country, and become naturalized citizens.
This was the principle cause that led to the
war of 1812. This doctrine of expatriation
is now the setttled policy of our government.
And when a foreigner abandons his native-
land, removes here,' takes the oath of alle
giance, and becomes naturalized, he then
becomes an American citizen, and owes :
civil allegiance to no other government on
earth.
Take to be true, either the English or
American doctrine, on the subject of Alle
giance, and nineteen-twentieths of the for
eigners who come to this country owe no
civil allegiance to the Pope of Rome. Who
are the foreigners that come to this country!
They are Worthy Germans, Poles,-Scotch,
French, and Irish; and if the English doc
trine On allegiance and expatriation be co •
rect, they still owe allegiance to their native
countries, and not to the Pope of Rome. If
the American doctrine be the true one, then,
when they take the oath of allegiance, to this
country, renouncing all others, and become
naturalized, of course they owe no civil al
legiance to the Pope. What protection docs
the Pope afford to the Catholic—English,
German, French, and Irish—in this couutrj,
that in return for which, they owe him ten-
poral or political allegiance. Just none at
all. So far from protecting others, as a com
pensation for their civil allegiance, he cannot
sustain himself on his own throne without
the aid of French bayonets. He has no
navy. He has no army of any consequence;
and how he is to afford protection to thi
the members of his church in this country,
is a question I am anxious to hear some of
those Know Nothings answer. Gentlemen,
how will the poor old fellow do it without the
means ?
■ I
This is “Americans ruling America.
The K. N’s. not only seek to disfranchise
foreigners, but are practically attempting ii
with genuine, full-blooded, sworn-in “Amer
icans.” We would greatly prefer having no
vote at all, than to be compelled to cast it for
a man against our convictions of right and
wrong.
lie removed lortnwitn ; and tne filreel country, and agreeing with him almost
above and below the ‘Row has been entirel J in principle, I shall certainly
barricaded. ^ 1 vote f or |jj m represent this district in
Other means have been taken, which I Congress; and opposed as I am to the
will no doubt arrest the progress of the preS ent National and State administra-
disease and effectually prevent it from tions for government, and looking to
spreading to other parts of the city. ” ’ * ’ ' ~ ‘
Distressing Incident.
Tho fact that the yellow fever is among
us, it would be useless as well as cri
minal to attempt to disguise, and that
too in a virulent form. The weather is
such as we had in 1853, and some of the
incidents of the present time recall for
cibly to onr mind many of the occur
rences of the dark days of that terrible
year. Among those incidents is one
-which came to our knowledge yesterday,
and it is indeed a most distressing one.
Some months since an English family,
consisting of a man, his wife, four child
ren and an aged mother, arrived in this
city from Liverpool. The man was a
Judge Andrews for a wise, efficient and
conservative administration of the chief
executive office in Georgia, I shall vote
for him for Governor.
Your obedient serv’t
A. J. MILLER.
jeweler by trade, and had been sent for
by Messrs. Hyde & Goodrich to Liver
pool, and brought out to work in their
extensive establishment. This family
lived in Nayades street. Several months
since, when the cholera came, the two
eldest children were stricken down and
died of this terrible disease. On Statnr-
day night the sad history of the family
was brought to a sudden termination by
the death of both the man and his wife,
who expired at a late hour of the night,
within a few hours of each other, of the
black vomit 1 Such incidents are sad,
very sad; but they are by no means
rare in onr city during the prevalence of
the fatal scourge which has apparently
become a settled thing with us. The
aged mother of the wife and two infant
children are all that remain of this once
happy ftuniJy-—*A- O. Della, 30/4 alt,
The New Jersey Know Nothing
State Council.—Trenton, August 1,
zens of Clark county. We understand Mr.
Peeples, in a speech delivered by him in
this county on Saturday last, made certain
charges against Gov. Cobb, and produced
the testimony of an. irresponsible reporter to
sustain the same. W’e do not desire to d
Mr. P. the injustice ot condemniug him by
what an irresponsible reporter of his speechc
. , . | may say, but we refer to the report of him
Constitution recognized slavery, which Plat- I made by one who 8peak3 from Ure record,
form would they adhere to, the Philadelphia, and from the of ths Temperanct Con -
which declares the “Union the paramount ^ of 1854 . Here vhat he
political good, or will they, in the language I
of the Georgia Platform, resist these ag- L “ Hoao * Temperance
" ’ * Convention which assembled in Athens in
gresstons, even, as a last resort, to a “dis- I j unc , 1854, the main point of discussion was
ruption of every tie that binds us to the the question of organizing the Temperance
Union”! The Georgia Democratic platform party into a political party. The opposition
declares that in any of the contingencies | l ®. 8ac '' a step was lead hy Mr. C. Peeples
. ...,, . of that city, and was lost hy a small maioity
above named, that they will “resist (even as I made U p mainly by citizens of Athens
a last resort) to a disruption of every tie friendly to Mr. Peeples and Judge Lumpkin;
which binds us to the Union;” the Phila- M 5111 at the same time, seeing the difficulty
delphia platform which they are sworn to j n< ^ r , u ! n t0 ^ e Temperance cause by un-
.u r „. r «, y .. Congress «*, not
to do it; and that it would be u o breach of I a resolution urging the temperance men to
national faith." When you are told that I use 'heir best exertions to have temperance
ou cught not to do a certain thin<r, it implies m<>n . p,ected t0 Legislature in all the
your right to do it if you choose. The K. N. I ?“ nt, . e8 ’ tl,u . s . tek,n S the "pessary ground
platform acknowledges the right of Congress
to do any of these things deprecated in the
fourth resolution of the Georgia platform,
and merely says, “you ought not to do it;”
while the Dcmocraticplatform makes no such
acknowledgment, and says to the free-soilers
and abolitionists of the North, “ You
SHALL NOT do it!” After the discussion
af the merits of the two platforms, he took
up the proscriptive religious feature of the
older and their opposition to foreigners, dis
cussed them in an able manner. We re-
1855.—The State Council of Know
Nothings met here to-day, one hundred
and fifty members being present. J. H.
Lydon presided. After a lengthy dis
cussion, resolutions were adopted, pro
testing against the twelfth section (slave
ry) of the Philadelpia platform, as not
being a part of American principles.—
They also protested against the repeal
of the Missouri Compromise.
Rail Road Accident.—Mr. Black,
who resides some 10 miles above Grif
fin, bang on board tbe cars of the Ma
con and Western Rail Road, a few days
ago attempted to jump off, near bis re
sidence, wb3e the cars were in motion ;
but not making a clear jump, got hnng
to the cars some way, and was dragged
some distance and dreadfully mangled.
Murder op A. J. Orb.—-Mr. Orr, a
respectable and enterprising citizen of
Macon, was murdered a few days since,
near Hinesville. It is supposed that be
came to his death by the hands of one
of his own negroes who he had in custody
as a runaway, and was bringing him
home from South Carolina, where he
was caught. Mr. Orr’s body .when found
was robbed of his watch and money.
in a sly way.'
Mr. Pteples’ position at present, is just
about as clear as mud. He cannot escape
the issue we have made upon him, although
he would doubtless be gl id of the support of
the Temperance and auti-Temperance men.
In a private conversation with one of the edi
tors of this paper, he denied the charges we
had made against him, but we were not able
to gather from what he said, whero he does
stand. His position is very well illustrated
by the following anecdote, for which wo are
irret that we are not able to dJvote more inde J«f d t0 a ^"‘^ky contemporary :
... I G VVfi hnvo ho.lr/1 nf « L
space to his remarks, as the chain of anru- I " W ® h u TC he ? r< * a gentlema.i who had
„ . “7 , ° cn « n oi ar S u a very choice breed of pointer dogs, and
ment WHS Sfl norfppt nnil nnhpnl-nn <knf tl<n I 1 ! 12e r* ®. *
ment was so perfect and unbroken that the I having a litter of fine pups, he promised to
interest of his hearers did not flag for a mo- send one t0 his friend Jones, who lived some
ment. I fo ar ot fi ve miles distant. So one day, he
.... , . , „ called his negro servant Jack, and told him
Upon the conclusion of Gov. Johnson’s I to take one of those pups, with his corn-
remarks, the crowd adjourned to the dinner I pliments to Mr. Jones. Jack put the pup in
table, where a bountiful repast had been pro- I ? meid and 8ta rted off, but on the way
vided. After which, they returned to tbe J? by u* e
HtmJ ,, j , n _ .. . I t0 B et a dnnk. Laying down his bag out-
stand, and were addressed by Gov. Cobb in side, some wags discovered what was in it,
a speech of an hour and a half. and taking out the pup, they put a pig in its
Mr. Cobb alluded to the many false and g ?‘ h,a dr »nk, look up
I his bag and started on his journey. Having
malignant charges which had been put in arrive! at Mr. Jones’house, he made known
circulation against him. Most of them had I that gentleman the object of his visit.
been urged and circulated against him, when I *^ r * donea > highly Relighted at the present,
he had been a candidate heretofore, and had l °° k h ? ld the ! nd emptying out its
thon ........ , ’ I contest, out came the pig. Both parties ex-
then been met and nailed to the coanter as pressed their astonishment, and finally, Mr.
base coin. But it seems that his enemies I Jones, a little indignant, told Jack to take
were as busy now^aa heretofore in repeating j the P'g hack to his master, and tell him that
them. The fact that they had been proven he did aot want a »y pig8..
to he felse , . , , . On his return, Jick again stopped at the
to be false, did not in the least check the grocery to take another drink. The same
busy slanderers who continued their repeti- J wags took the pig out of the bag and return-
tion. Among tbe number of these charges he! ed ,ke P U P* ”hen Jack got Borne he told
It t . * .... ® *1 VllQ moata. ..k.t k..J kannnaoJ UU —
Dr. H. V. M. Miller.
Dr. Miller is now the recognised big gun
of the Know Nothing party in Georgia. He
is travelling over the State for the purpose of
enlightening the people on political purity
and honesty. He professes to be thoroughly
disgusted with the corruptions of the old par
ties, and particularly with “that wild hunt
after office” which seems to lay soheavily on
the consciences of our Know Nothing friends.
It seems to us that it would be well for this
apostle of modern Americanism to clear his
own skirts of the charges of political duplic
ity and thirst after office, before he ventures
to lecture his fellow-citizens on the subject.
We understand that he professed to be a
democrat down to a late period—that he was
candidate for nomination before the Con
vention of the fifth district that nominated
Judge Lumpkin for Congress; and that, dis
gusted with his failure “in the wild hunt af
ter office,” he joined the Know Nothings the
day alter his defeat, and has since that time
been one of the warmest and loudest denoun
cers of the ungrateful democracy. As the
democratic party failed to appreciate tlie mer
its of the said Homer Virgil, he suddenly
discovered the amazing virtues of Know
Nothingism, and that the only hope of safety
to the country was in the election to the next
Congress of that pure, able, efficient and in
corruptible statesman, Lewis Tumlin.
We find this charge made in a public
speech by John W. H. Underwood, Esq., at
the meeting in Cherokee,^and until met and
refuted by Dr. Miller, he cannot expect a re
spectful hearing from any honest portion of
the community. We copy the following
from the Atlanta Examiner.
Neither did he (Mr. Underwood) forget
to pay his respects to the “Demosthenes of
the Mountains,” as the champion of Know
Nothingism, at Rome, Dr. Miller, has been
termeJ, though the speaker took occasion to
correct the press, and apply to that gentle-
mon tho form HPnttiUno" tnctnoJ II« ~ 1
Judge Andrews' Letter.
We pulish on our first page this morning
tho loiter of acceptance of Judge Andrews.
Wo think tho Judgei3 mistaken in one point.
Air. Poe seems to be the gentleman to whom
tbe letter should have been address 3d, and
not Gov. Johnson. Mr. Knowles of the
Southern Recorder, should have corrected
that error, when he was making those other
corrections which he wrote to Judge Andrews
would have to be made before the letter would
be fit to go before the public. We thought
all the while that the Recorder must have
had something to do with the composition,
as we fell asleep several times while wading
through it. If any of our readers desire an
opiate we ad vise them to try the letter.
alluded particularly to the one, that he had
voted in Congress to reduce the soldier’s pay,
which be pronounced a gross and willful mis
representation of his votes on that subject.
So for from being ip favor of reducing the
soldier's pay, he had repeatedly voted to
his master what hud happened. His master
vas in his turn indignant, and asked Jack if
he didnot know apup from apig. Taking hold
of the bag, he turned it bottom side np, when
out fell the pbp. Pointing his finger at the
pup, and looking sternly at Jack, he asked:
“ Do you call that a pig, you rascal 1” Jack
raised his hands in profound astonishment
Gov. Reeder Removed.
Pesident Pierce, has removed Gov. Ree
der of Kansas,and appointed in his place the
Hon. John L. Dawson of Pa. Mr. Dawson
wa9 a member of the last Congress and voted
for the Kansas-Nebraska Bill.
Was there ever an Executive more true to
the Constitutional rights and interests ofthe
whole Union 7 the South can never desert
such a true friend as Franklin Pierce. As
Reeder is removed what will the Know-No
thing press have to say 7
man the term “Cataline” instead. Hecharg-
ed upon him, that, in one day, he was seek
ing the Democratic Anti-Know Nothing nom
ination, as a candidate for Congress, for the
Fifth-Congressional District, and failing to
receive it, of being in a Know Nothing Coun
cil on the next; of actually caucassing with
democrats, to-day, and, disappointed in his
personal aspiration, of going over to the ene
my to-morrow. His exposure and rebuke of
the "lofty patriotism” (?) of this “Cataline of
Rome, ’ electrified the crowd, and told terri
bly against the Crider.'
Tbe Elections.
The Atlanta Intelligencer of Monday says
The latest advices from the Tennessee elec
tion np to last evening are highly favorable
to the success of the Johnson (Democratic)
ticket. We learn from passengers who left
Nashville on Saturday night that there was
scarcely a doubt in that city that Johnson is
elected, and beta are running at high odds
against Gentry. Johnson’s majority as far
as heard from was nearly two thousand. A
despatch in the Union, from Memphis, says
Johnson will go out of the West at least even.
In North Carolina the Democrats are gain-
ing. It is believed they have elected a ma
jority of Congressmen,
Exploded :
We are credibly informed that the Know-
Nothing Council in Carnesville, Franklin
county, has exploded. There is now no or
ganized body of,K. N.’s in that place,the few
ndividuals who still intend acting with the
party, have removed their membership to
Bold Spring Council in that county. The
soil of old Franklin is not favorable to the
growth of Know Nothingism.
“Amerikins Ruling Amcriky.”
Scene: In front of the Know Nothing
Council room in Athens. Dark Lantern from
above throws its siokly rays upon the side
walk.
Enter Officer and Member.
Member.—.\ am going to-night to hear Gov,
Johnson speak.
Officer.—You mast attend the meeting of
the Council.
Member—I will go; I have not yet sworn
away all ray rights.
Officer.—You shan't!
Member.—I do not intend going to the
Council any more; for I shall vote for Cobb.
Officer.—You shall not vote for Cobb.
Member.—I shall withdraw frem your rot
ten concern.
Officer.—You shan’t do it!
The member, however, did go to hear Gov.
Johnson,and was highly pleased, and intends
voting the full Democratic ticket. W’e hope
all members of the order will exercise a sim
ilar spirit of independence, and not allow
these ropers-in to force them into measuresi
Fin* Cigars and Tobacco.—Hill & Thom
as have presented us with some of their fine
“Nabajas” cigars, equal; to any we have
lately smoked in Athens. Also some of
their fine chewing tobacco.
The Temperance Banner.-AVo have a
word or so—crowded oqt this week—to say
on the efficiency of the Prhibitory or Maine
Liquor Laws.
Tub Yellow Fever.—.Tire yellow
fever is increasing in New Orleans. The
deaths during the past week were 295,
including 173 from jfellow fever.
Why, issue a bull, of course, which every
body “ and the rest of mankind” knows
would frighten the old women and soft htadt
of this country into duck fits.
In the second place, I refer to a hook t»-
tled “ History of all the Religious Denomi
nations in the United States;” published
by John Winebreuner in 1849. This work
was written by fifty three eminent authors
belonging to the respective denominations,
and the portion of this work on the Catholic
Church was fprepared by Professor W. Joj.
Walters, of Philadelphia, and one who
would not wiltully publish a falsehood in a
work of this kind with reference to his own
religious opinions or tie •.■.•gems rf (.•*
Church. On page IdO, in .. .;
civil allegiance due the Pop- , # hc uses this
language—
“ On this point, we have pleasure in quo!-
ingjthe decisive words of Dr. Purcell, Bishop
of Cincinnati: “The Catholics do no: be
lieve that the Pope has any such power
(that of interfering with tlie institutions of
free States.) We would be among the first
to oppose him in its exercise, and we should
be neither heretics nor bad Catholics for so
doing. For ten centuries this power wm
never claimed by any Pope; it can, there
fore, be no part of Catholic doctrine. It has
not gained one point of land for the Pope.
It is not anywhere believed or acted upon in
the Catholic Church; nor could it at this
late day be established, even were a man
found mean enough to make the attempt.—
Let these go forth before the American peo
ple as the real principles of Catholics con
cerning the power of the Poj>e.”
These are the real doctrines cf the Catho
lic Church, as pronounced by one of the
most eminent Bishops ol the Chnrch in
America, Dr. Purcell. Who has a better
right to know the dogmas of the Church
than he 7 But the Know Nothings say these
doctrines are manufactured now for the pres
ent home consumption, The reply la, this
opinion of Dr, Purcell was uttered previous
to 1849, and the book which contains it was
printed and sent fourth to tho world Ion?
previous to the existence of Know Nothin?'
ism. I would enquire of these wise acres,
who endowed Dr. Purcell with the spirit of
fore-knowledge, so as to jierceivc through
the long vista of years, that the Know No*
thing orgainzation would spring into exis*
tence in New England, the hot bed of Ah®*
lition and fanaticism, would spread ,r,f
the country, and that political proscription
would become one of its leading features
Answer that question. That argument will
not do, and the Know Nothings had just as
well freely and honestly admit that th»
Catholic Church claims no such doci'i» e 11
temporal or civil allegiance to the P®P*j,
In asserting that Catholics ow e timin' 1
allegiance to the Pope, they do one of ’ ,sS
things. If they Know po better, they
fest their ignorance, and if they know b cltt
and atifl persist in it, they evince their di*^
esty. Temporal power of the Pope
Why, who does pot know the ^ ctl ^
French army is now» and has been stari
in Rome to keep the poor old helpless
upon hia throne, and has been there
since the Revolution, of 1848.
That argument will do to frighten oM **
men and silly headed men, but ought n*
to be used with a man of sense; sadly
that is the principal “row head and
bones,” used to get people into the
tion, FfiMS’