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the fort
ifks so tioplurod, in so many words*
'• II. V, II* Miller , hut we ftro » a tiiftod tbat such is his bpiri-
AonJonianlx tn ^ HK Ilh wUole rcconl ' ovor y vole ou
convenience to -Dr. thisSmyoot establishes, this far
l.etlei
As nmal _
Miller, in older that he might have an-
opportunity to correct tho proof shoots,
and os a personal favor toa former polUl-
ttdand present personal friend, we pub
lish today his letter to certain gentlemen
of Piko eburity. Jh doing so, however,
vro havo of courso reserved tho privi
lege of making such comments ns to m
'night seem not only proper, but abso
lutely demanded: by circumstances.—
With all due doference to the, Doctor's
ability wo shall attempt, at least, to
show tho inconsistency of his present
position, and roftite tho arguments by
whfph lie endeavors to fortify it. And
wo will premise by saying, that the sim
ple fs<jt that Dr. Miller ha* writtet. a letter,
is cf Itself conclusive evidence that ho
docs nntjfoel altogether secure,, and we
think nil must admit that with Ids Iden
tity, he has lost much of tlmt argumen
tative power And force of expression
which has heretofore characterized his
vindications of himself and his party
against charges siuiilur to tho ono now
preferred against him.
Wo do not intond to question Dr,
Miller’s sincerity in tanking and fulfill
ing the promise to support the nomi-
i of the Democratic party, but wo
do intend to deny tlmt ho is in any dc-
greo bun ml by that promise because of
any of tho reasons contained in bis let-
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f ABBH A YEISJ
Dy ovary rule of o thica promises sic
to be interpreted in tho sense in wliidi
IkjOi parties understand them, and aro
not binding ff tho considemticm upon
wldeh they aro founded fails. We pro-
lohi^pfoeont allies would not have
the effrontery to exact the fulflllmeiit
of tho pledge.m<ulo by Dr. Miller, upon
tho gr^hhd that they had come up ttt
tho fdkr at ids requirement, but elite
not intend to carry it out in fetter or spir
it* other word*, thnt^ they bad
made such n platform as he demanded,
but that they did not intend to abide:
bv Hit principles in good faith. And
wc know tha*. Dr. Miller, .with all ids
(xm tempt for what ho has heretofore
ridiculed and scorned ns a mere party
trick to entrap honest voters, would
spurn sucli duplicity.
Norv wliut are the facts. These very
men with whom lie is now in such con
tented and oven happy affiliation, nre the
same whom he has denounced so vehe
mently and eloquently for the past four
years “before assembled tliouands," for
practising n client and swindle Ufion
tho South, in palming off on them the
double construction Cincinnati hum
bug. He ought therefore, very natur
ally to have boon, and doubtless was,
somewhat suspicious lest they might
concoct another and quite as successful
“party trick.” Again “in tho canvass
of 1850,” when he made this ’promise
we beheld Dr. Miller, before these same
assembled thousands, “at no little per
sonal inconvenience to himself,” urging
upon the people of (leorgia from one
end of it to the other, tho claims of Co).
Warren Akin for governor, and bas
ing those claims upon his uvowed recog
nition and epdorsenient of “tho adjudi-
rated rights of the South,” and tho refus
al of Ids opponent, Gov, Drown, to de*
dare his views upon tho suiua grant
questions, which “involvo tho perpetui
ty of tho Union, and the duration of
tho government, under present C»
stitutiounl guarantees. Where then
were tiiosc who now support Mr. Dreck-
inridgo and with whom Dr. Miller has
allied hitmcift Every ono of thayi
supporting Gov. Drown. These jiniioi-
plcshad no charms for them then. -I
Democrat was uot their exponent, and
they might go to tho winds.
Wo again iwk whore were our Domo.
cratio Breckinridge Congressmen last
winter when MeClcnmnd was candidate
for speaker of tho Ilouso of repre
sentatives—a man ns fully committed
to “tho short cut to all tho ends of
Black Republicanism,” ns. Mr. Douglas
himself? Every one, with a few honor-
ablo exceptions, cast their votes for
him. Tho importance of our "atljulficafcd
rights" liad not at that time impressed
istelf upon their ntfnds.
But we como now to a later period,
silica the adoption of this platform
which lias so ninny faoiuations for Dr.
Miller. It is well known that the Leg
islature of Kansas in tho exorcise of
Squatter Sovereignty had passed laws
prohibiting slavery in that Territory;—
Senator Brown introduced in the Sen
ate a resolution, or an amondmenV as
follows: t
Itcsolveit, That the existing condition
of tho Territories of the U. Stntos does
roqiiird tho Intervention of Congress
for the protection of property in slaves.
Nearly every Breckinridge Senator
voted against this resolution and defeat
ed it. Where then is the guaranty that
the principles of tho platform will over
be enforced? Will it bo “when nocos;
sary?” When will it eyor bo nopeippry,
if it was not when Senator Brown’s reso
lution was voted down ? A Territorial
Legislature had enaotod laws excluding
Slavery, and Breckinridge Senators de
clared there* was no necessity to carry
out the principles they liad endorsed.
Need Dr. Mlllor liave sought for quib
bles or evasions Are not these faots suf
ficient T What more can he want to
*fttisfy himthftt a Domooratio platform fo
no better now than-for years, past when
as the. Doctor pimsolf allegod, they were
intended to decieve?
But now to his negative propositions
—and first that *‘M r i Boll has never de
clared that Congress has no Qmttytwnal
power to prohibit slavery in the,Territo
ries/ 1 We do nqt pretend tfl 'thaf
fact beyond
a doubt. On the 18th or February 1847,
the three million bill being under con.
•(deration, Mr. Bell voted against the
proviso introduced by Mr. Wilmot and
called by his name. On the 3d of March
1847‘Was again offered and Mr. Bell voted
No! On the 5th pf Juno, 1850, Mr*
Cha.Ho offered it as an amendment to (ho
Compromise measures and Mr. Bell vot
ed, No t On the same day Mr. Reward
again presented it, and Mr. Boll votod
Kol
And soon through ids record it will
bo found that ho voted against It with
unvarying and unflinching opposition.
So much cannot be said of tho two lea,
dew of tho Brcekinridge party—Mr.
Cobb and Mr. Yancey. They both vot
ed for tho. Wilmot Proviso, and thus ei
ther violated their oaths of office, or be
lieved it to bo Constitutional. But even
admit that Mr. Bell believes It to be
Constitutional; no had rather put our
oonfldonce in a mail who so believed,
and always votod against it liecuuse of
Its injustice to the South, than for one
who held the contrary opinion and
nevertheless would vote for it. But the
compiler of Mr. Bell’s votes und speech
es in summing up his vietvs on the sla
very question, said Mr. Bell “could find
no warrants in tho Constitution for Clio
clause in tho net of 1850, restricting
Islkvory by the line of 3ft: 30.” This
compilation was prepared at Mr; Bell’s
instance, endorsed by him and copies
of it sent by id in to several correspond
ents us tho “authentic exposition of his
£oilr*o upon tho slavery question,” It
s ti*n not therefore be presumed that ho
would permit it go before the country,
puloss Jio approved tho positions as-
sigiuMl him by the compiler. If he bo
liovod tlmt Congee** hud no Constitu
tional power to pas* the Missouri rcstrie.
lion" liq of course believes that it has no
••Oomititutior.al power to,prohibit slave
ry in tho Territories.”
Dr. Miller's second proposition, that
“ho has never'dcrimed that Congress
cannot confer that power on the Terri
toriul Legiduture, nor tlmt they uiiuiot
constitutionally exorcise it,” stands or
fulls with the Htit. For If Congress does
not |iossc*s lids (Kiwer it cannot confer
it, andn Territorial Legislature cannot
exercise ft, been use it derives all its
powers from Congress. But we will
again appeal to tho “authentic ex|>osi-
tiou.” As far. hack as 1850 ho used the
billowing language in the Senate:
“We In Tennessee at that (IMH) time
believed wc were advocating principles
and doctrines on this subject approved
ill nil theSomlieni Stales. The princi
ple then contended for was that tho
people of a ’♦ erritory. irhrn they ram* to
)Hr state ami then only,
piatilled to establish llieir duinvs-
tie institutions.
He is.moiv explicit as to Ids own views
oil thi* question than would be inferred
from Dr. Miller's loiter. Jio not
only said “the people of Tennessee,”
but “(C€ in Tenncaseo,” leaving no doubt
uiaiut ids own opinion. L anything can
lenrer and more unequivocal than
this declaration wo cannot conceive the
language which would.bb used to ex
press it.
Dutag<.in, in 1850, Mr. Boll, in an aide
indication ol Southern interests, con
tended that the South received no
inivalcnt for tho admission of Califor
nia into the Union, and in ,q powerful
argument advocated tho repeal of the
local laws existing in tho Mexican Ter
ritory provioua to Us acquisition by the
United States, and which prohibited the
introduction of slavery. Uv said that
the “soundness of tho general: doctrine
cannot bo questioned or disproved,” that
the Constitution propria rigt/re—that tho
flag of the Union protects the citizen in the en
joyment of his rights of' property o/ every de•
script ion, RErouxrzKn as
the Stvtes, on every sea,
ritory of the Union;'* but, as there, Won
local laws oxoluding slavery, pre-exist
ingin the Territory of New Mexico, for
two pmituries, the “question was more
doubtful and formidable to the interests
of tho South;” and for this roascm.lie
was in favor of removing the restrictions
ill order that “the principles'of the Con
stitution might bo left to their full und
fair oporation.” And to secure this he
voted for tho resolution of Mr. Davis ro-
poaling those Jaws,iuid thuSyplucod this
Territory in tho samo condition as if
they liad nover existed; and 1 tlmt, as in
tho case of Oregon, which lie cites,
“ slavery might be entitled (o the protection qf
the lavs and Constitution of the United
States.”
This doubt as to whether the local
lairs of New Mexico woro repealed by
tho Constitution of tho United States;
Mr. Toombs in lm speech in the Senate
on tho 21st of May last, says in almost
tho very language of Mr. Bell, existed
in his mind; and such men as Clay,
Cass, Webster and Badger contended
that they Wore notropoalod until it was
done by Congress or the local Logisla-
over heard of Dr. Millor objecting to
Mr. Clay mi this ground? Who does
not knpw Unit Mr. Uliiy never had a
greator admirer than Dr. MtUor? , .
.. ... founiujowib!
Or. Millet', Letter.
Beforo its publication l bjvyo scon fue
£o/W>V Letter of Dr* Miljgr, by which it
will lio seen Unit tho Dr, has giino over, I deucy,” adding that !‘ho said you filedgi 1
horse, foot ami dragoons, to the Hollers. ! *** . vo «‘*<df to vote for the ftonrfhrfcs of
Tho tint linn ,«i ——: i the decoders, if thoy would stand ‘flrifl
oli the majority platform not believing they
would do it, but us they did dd it, you'
were thus caught, und fr)t bound by a
pledge of honor to support tlieir nomi
nees-—though it was against yonr will.
He said emphatically you Wore a
man und that on hearing tho "rdAult of
tho Kentucky election, j ! ou stood With
lint in hand, hollowing hurrah Ibr Ken-
tuckv nnd for Bell.”
Without attaching to my opinions
or position, tho importance ydu are
pleased to express, I uiii still uiiwilling
to ocqupy the ridiculous attitude in
which thu ubovo *)»ar'agrap > h places me.
Something like it 1 bad wotted 'in tho
nuwi|uq>ei's, but 1 have nover tukon tlie
trouble to gqiroct utiy misstatemonts
which they . have at nify time nude
with regard to myself; but wlich a
gentleman of Mr. lV»epics standing,*
gives currency to so palpable an error,
there surely is no. impropriotj Jn pub
licly correcting It. I Agreed most hearti
ly with tho American riirfy in asserting
and defending the principles qf 'the
Dred Scott decision \ particularizing
the points docidcd in such manner that
there should.bo no ddubt dr caVil in re
gard io our uieaifiiig; cciitendiug in tho
first place tlmt Congress 1ms no Consti
tutional nower to prohibit or cxvlude
Ahioan .Slavery from tho COmmdrt Ter
ritories of the United States.
Secondly, that tho Territorial Legisla
tures deriving their powers from Con
gress, tho trustee of equal and Sovcr-
eign Sltttcs, could not directly nor Indi
rectly exclude, or iumair tho validity,
of slave property ; «nu thirdly, that tho
government in all its departments is
hound by the Constitution und by the
duty whiuli tho sovereign ahvays owes to
the subject, to protect the Slave hob
der in his rights.
These principles, in varying phraseol
ogy, but always identical in substance,
liavfi been over and over again,Incorpo
rated into tho platform or tho party,
gathering intensity with each repeti
tion, ami becoming more and nunc-
prom mu 111 in every canvass. In 1857
and in 1859 the oply questions of Fed*
[coXMUxiCAtzj).) ' jtomplailon. f will content myself with
Home Geo., Sept. 13th, 1800. * j R’fotY negative propositions. Mr. Bell
GentlemenI have this moment nS' , hns nover deolarcd that Congress has no
ceivedyour note of tho 10th, inst, In I Omsiitutional posrQr to prohibit slavory
Which you state that “tho TTon. Cincin-, in tho Territories. Mr. Bell has noVer
ir ‘ iub,ic,y fh,n ' n,A
ture, nor that they cannot constitutionally
have voted
mi tus ivon los publicly denied from the
stump a jow.days ugo'whi)o addressing
tho people of Bike county, that T.jvdula
support Mr.
v .h ; 6i
•idgo for t1th\Prosi
Tho Hotting ut Charleston, so exorcised
tho Dr. that lie could not pelpBoWa^,—
sujiposo it is Constitutional with tlio
Dr. and in view of tho necessity on him,
from tlds cause, wo arc iuuliuud to bo
charitable. To staud on the short log
is repulsive to the Dr.’s whole imturo^—
and as coiiolusivo testimony, in favor of
the Dr. on this point, I refer to bi* let
ter to Judgo Lumpkin, on tho suljeot
of organizing a party of size, rHalit/ and
patronage—mid os a prinf that tho Dr.
has boon eminently successful in this
business, I, for thopvosont, barely re
fer to the Tnyuloo Party, which was, if
wo recollect correctly, headed by a cra
zy woman, who livod on Tugaloo Hirer,
and by some moans escaped and got
over to Athens, got into a row with Hal
sey a Democratic! Elector* and actually shot
him. or shot ut him. Those were . the
Great General Principles of the 7'uyuloa
Party, us I understood them. X
suppose tlmt the Dr.'s .m^peut success
will only be equalled bv the groat suc
cess of Ids. Tugaloo Party, I have
not time now to review tho Dr.’s Letter.
I will look it in the face in a few
days. In tho meantime,I beg our
frauds abroad not to toko down Bell
and Everett, us wo aro determined not
to do it hcrealouts.for the pyosont.
Home Market, .Sept. I-J.—There Is hit
little cotton coining in, and this of low
grade—none classifying us high n* Mid
dling Fair—twenty bales buvo been re
ceived during the post week und four-
teen o;;l.v sold, 10 bales at It) els., und
ufor at 8i( cts. Fair cotton would com
mand 101 cts.
Good demand for wluwt, corn nnd
ryn ut tlie following prices:
Wheat $l*f»0(a*T,G0.
Howl rye $1,50, nnd corn $1,10.
Flour at wholesale, $8,00 per barrel
for extra family.
Bacon —Log-round, 13 j, clear sides',
10(e 17, ham* 15, shoulder**, 14 cts.
Ga. A Ala. K. 11.—The friends of
this Bond in progress, nnd which is to
extend from Home Ga.. to Jacksonville
Ala. will be much gratified to leurn of
tho rapid progress tlmt is being made
in tho work.
The grading is completed to tlio
river; tho masonry neatly done for
the bridge und tlio timbers nil ready to
complete tho superstructure in a very
short time. Between tho river und Ce
dar Crook, Mr. J; D. Gray tho general
contractor 1ms three largo gangs of
hands now at work and already has a
large proportion of the hcavest grading
done. Next week on adequate force
will commence on tho Cedar Creek
bridge.
Col. J. R. Towers is pushing on bis
contract with, great energy. He 1ms
throe gangs of builds nnd the grading
of three sections now liuaily complct
cd.
By an advertisement in another col.
unin it will bo seen that the fourth oil-
stftllnient of ton per cent 1ms been call
ed in. Th ore is now, so far as we can
learn, no hesitation on the jmrt of
any of tho subscriber*, to promptly pay
the enrollment \\n culled for, und the
enterprise generally Is in u wholesome
condition und moving ou us,rapidly us
could be expected.
Fine Machinery,
AVc havo had fl»u pleasqTb of u walk
through the large, new Carriage Factory
ot O. B.* Ever We were particularly pleas
ed with tlie Machinery an«l many labor»a
viugappliances with which hcissuppHed
The I’inuilig Machine, Mortioeiy 'I’ctiqti
Cutter, Do;*rs. Dim Bender, and, other
madiines are all admirably adapted 'to
tho work they aro intended tA do. Affy
one pleased with tine m(ich|nery pan
upend an hour in this shop very pleas*
snntly.
Tho.iudomitnlilo energy and por*6ve-
,v ASV J iV ninca of Mr. JC/c commaud^coiqpiciiiU-
ctriy 7>*i- t j on f mm a l|. his success be equal
to his deserving*,
Why do They Slight Him t
In all the notices of prcckinridgo
meotings we see no announcement tlmt
Col. Lewis Ttinilin, the elector in this
Disfriot, will speak. Can it bo that he
Is only needed for the same'purpose
tlmt a.scccder told a distinguished in
dividual, in tliis town, iio was wanted
for? viz: to vote and-noi to speak t—or,
as another ha* said, is ho “oiily noeded
to pay the Barbecue Bills?”
New Ajiveutisemext*.—lie tlmt misses
tho New Advertisements looses much
interesting reading and falls to keep
hijnsclf “posted” in matter* of trade.
Wo have not time to pnrticuiurizu, but
cannot help calling attention to tho
card of Mr. J. R. Martin, lie will soon
bo proparod to supply Merchants with
tho very best fresh candies of .his own
manufacture. He offers a - splendid
assortment of confectionaries, fruits
niid puts, Ac., &c., at retail. Givohiin
call at C. A. Smite’s old stand.
oral politic*, discussed by publid snenk-
cix, and by the press of tho opposition,
were those connected with the * Status
of slavery in tho Temtorfeti. It rose
und doe* still rise fur Ubove all topics of
mere administrative jkdlcy inasmuch
as it involves the perpetuity outlie
Uiuoti, mid the duration of the govern
ment, uuder present Coiistitutional
guarantees.
Regarding tho decision of tlio, Su
preme Conn as presenting a common
ground on which ull pur ties at tho
.South qould unite, without doing vio
lence to long cherished prejudice*, und
to whiuli the true and loyal of every
section would ultimately come, when
the storui of fanaticism hud exhausted
its furyi we invited all men every wlujrc
to unite in it* umiutouaucc ; und espe
cially called upon the Democracy to
give up tlie equivocal phrases of tho
Cincinnati J’JuUorm muJ adopt in its
stead, the miuuiplc* of the Constitution
expouuucd by the Court. Actuated
the spirit of patriotism, and with
jMH’foct sincerity I declared before us-
semblcd thousand*, in the cunvuss of
1859, that I souglit.uo party advantage; I
only desired tlie recognition und enforce
ment, by political parties, of ,the adju
dicated rights of the .Synth ; that if tho
Democratic party,’whop it umt 4 in con-
eiiliou, udoptod a piutfoiu plainly and
'Oxorciso-it*. Ho may.
against tfae Wiipiot^Provisp and dccW-
cd that the people of Tonnesseo con-
tendod ttf 1848 tntlf the otilj' time for if
territory to 'determine tlio question of
jlavcry was when they made tlioir State
Constitution ; but at no time has he
placed tlioso votes or. tjiis declgrotion
on tho, only safe ground, where tlio
Supreme Court plac6s it, uriconstitiffion-
utihf. '
Mr. Beil has never pledged himself
by spceoh or vote to the mainituance
of the principles of the Dred Scott
decision, nor is it known to day that ho
approves of it. Mr. Bell has m?v6r
denied, but on the qo'ntrtfty riSssrts the
constitutiojiid power of Congress to
nbolisii sTAvory in the District of Colum
bia. If Mr. Boll bns ever denied tlio
const itut ional, power . of Congress to
do any thing which has bomi projioscd
since lie has been 1h tho puhlfd service
it bus eseapetl tny observation. Them
is tlien tho absence iu Mr. Bell's.his-
tory of* that clearly defined position on
tlie nidu of right, whiuli the condition
of tho country injpcriously demands.
*But I would bo unwilling to'support
him frith even a better record without a
declaration of principles, in plain Eng
lish words,.wldcli would bind ids party.
Tho evil of this - bmisMon fo khbwhiir
tlie action of tlio opposition convention
which mot to no m inn to an electoral
ticket. For tlie first time the party
failed to inscribo its time honored prin
ciples upon its banner. And where is the
Bell orator or Bell newspaper even in
Georgia who is now contending for tlie
ancient faith? who roads in Bell or
gans the clear ringing arguments
against Rquatter Sovereignty to which
wc have been so long accustomed ? who
listen* to tho scathing denunciation*
of Douglas nnd his lioresibs with which
our cars were last year so familiar?
Where is tliore ono newspaper or one
single man in all the Norm supporting
Mr. Boll, wiio stands up boldly for the
adjudicated rights of the .South ? Til ERE
is not one. Men may repeat tlio fwm-
ity, “The Constitution, the Union, und
tlio Enforcement of tho lam*,’’ until
doomsday without results. Wo ought
to duniaud' a platform Which would
compel the candidate and ail who sup
port hiir at tlie North to tell tho truth
to the people there.. Tq teU thorn that
we demand only Hie rightiwhichtlieCon-
stitution gives us, winch the court
award* us, and which equity and good
neighborhood would willingly yield us.
Only when we bcodhicttucrto ourselves
can wo hope to create a just and wliolo-
some public sentiment at the North.—
That thb is possible we have tho clear
est evidence. Since the nomination of
Mr. Breckinridge on a sound platform,'
every newspaper north of Mason A
Dixon’s lino which support* his elec
tion-sustains, without abatement and
with zoal and energy, thu principles ho
‘cprosonts. Every stump spcaker.froni
•Tho old public functionary,” tho Presi
dent of tlie United States, down to the
liumbleMt of them, when they stand
under the Breckinridgn flag, avow nnd
defend the sentiments* inscribed upon
I regard it as a public calamity, Hint
at this juncture, when fco largo a por-'
tion of tho • Democracy aro vig
willingly,
samo fea
ture. ...
But wo have extended these com
ment* to a greateiulongth than wo hiuj
any idpa.pf doing when we commenced,
anej must bring them to a rather abrupt
termination, promising ,to return to, the
subject at tome future tifne. In answer
to Dr. MfUeris preposition 1 that Mr.
Roll .assort* t#fff Congress h.tar the jpower
to abolish slavery In the District of Cor
lambin'wo will quote from Hon. Henry
Clay, Dr. Miller’s politiAal guide tor
vyurf, p&^aallT, "As to t)^e right of
Congress to abolish nUvefy in . tee Di»r
trictof Columbia, he was inolined to
think, and candor required the avowal,
..tee right did egiif,” ’And' w^q
JH^Wo have nothing to do with tho
fight between Douglas and Brookinridge
but it strlkos us as rather an up-hill bus
iness for the Secedors to make fight
Qdvemdwon&of ’ tlie -Senators, and one
-of* ‘the Renoding delegate*,* -openly devj
nlare that they ivotild mow vote for Doug-
las; if hs wert stronger t\an Bnckinridge. In
tKat'fState, and tlmt the latoBreokmrid^o*'
Virginia State Convention uuiructod their
Eleotocs tov6tafor any man that could
beat Lincoln. And yet this is the party
of principle pew (xctiltmcc.-^Chronkls a>
_Jftl
fulfil it,.not nduotaiqly, but
with my wliolabouut, Tor tlio
son.- 0 . <
1 might evade it by a quibble, in the
first place;by denying that tho entire
Democratic jmrty nod come up to tho
standard of truth and • iUstice. But l
mjvir exi>octod tliau 1 felt confident
that whenever tho rights: of slave .hol
ders were; without evasion recognized
l by the party; thu tree, soil element of
it would idiandoii it. 1 never expected
to net in affiliation. with tliat. portion
of the pnfty. A majority of -the States
of tho Union with a considerable num
ber of delegates from the retnaiudor havo
come tolly up to the requisition made
upon them, have' / baldly asserted our
whole rights, and wo luagr
battling for them* -
I might evade in tho second place,
by contending tlint uty oldamrty^ asso
ciates hud done equally well, ,1 wish it
was i>08sible-for me»to,do sp. It would
have saved me much regret, ghd «parpd
me no little embarrassment; but my re
gard for truth forbids.it.
Tlio convention of thoporty wbicli met
in.May last as they lmvo always done-
when disconnected with raise allies nfc
tho North, declared with spirit nnd
manliness for tho right* of their State
and Section ; but the delegate* whom
thoy sont to Baltimore consented to
ignore tlie whole question ; and ugrecd
to accept, instead of the plain spoken
resolutions which they carried with
them~tbe unanimous sontiiueiR of
tlioir Constituents—of an empty un
meaning generality, calculated only to
doccivound nfi'ord'.opportunity to l>e-
tray.
“The consiltution, the Union and
tho enforcemooUoLtho Laws,”is a mot
to a* acceptable .to - Lincoln and Doug
las, as to Bailor. Breckinridge* No
body protonds that it uunouiices any
opinions,: foreshadows any policy,* or.
gives any guarrntco whatever of future
action. .
Tho CiheinnaH Platform had* two
moanings, otto for tlie : North anothor
for tho Houth, this qilatform “has not-
evon one,” afid wo must regard tlie
party as having most signally fuilod to
plainly and distinctly adept our principles
dr indeed ahy tirinciples.
Do the- lives and public acts and d**
^liftedoplh'iotis of tlio' candidatos ren
der an explicit declaration of pinoiples
liiinocossary? In inyjudgmbnt. they do
not. T will say nothing of Mi*. Everett).
However eminent as a statesman,*dis-
w— *
a QlVI«U(l, I1U HIM IIOTW L
fbrthe’aefonoo of slavery;-tiov 'hns he
rigorously
nrinoiploa* our
party associates should have ignored
abandoned thorn. If they had stood
firmly to tlioir position wo might not
(though wo ought to) havo supported
the same candidate,yet wo must have
been oqui^utors and allies in the strife,
tlie only emulation botwocn us, to de
termine who should inflict the hardest
blows upon, A common enemy, A* it
is, Ine splrfl?oT antagonism is daily top-'
eratlng usriioro rtndrinorewidbly. Tho
friends of Mr. Brookinridge. are every
where stiginntixod as dkunionists for
maintaining with fidblity^Um onlyqwhi*
ciple* which inako tho Upiqu.valuable;
and by editors and oyatfil's who for tlie
hiatfivo years have employed o*vry
honorable resource and exhausted
oyvry argument lii support of tlio stitiie
groat truth*. After yoars or opposition
to the dangerous doctrines of Mr<
Dougin* and ol -personal denunciation
oF liiniBelf,"tlie old American party or
Georgia uro found in strange and un
natural accord, with his friends, nml sin-
gularly pbliyious of tlio horrors of squab
: I have written more than I Intended;
my object was! onlv to state cloariy mv
position; this much waa due to myself
sineo it had been misrepresented. But
1 could not omiUihiU>pj[K>rtunity to *ay
i*fdw words iu justlfiootloiiof my refusal
to abandou principles wliipb «L»o litj.la
sacnficoof persomtLcouvenlenco I have
advocated with whatever of leal and
ability.J nossps^d. With tho irrepres
sible conflict of Lincoln upon us -tho
mbre 'diingorbus'and insidious “short
out to all thoondsof Black Roimblican*
(•in,” finding* advocates and 'Sympa
thisers
qqd at.
denied U3
and federal coercion threatening us, it
is no time to think of tlio poor gratifi
cation of a party triumph.
.. Personal honor, individual safety,tho
poacoand prosperity of a mighty empire,
tho recollections of tho past,'the hopes
of the future, the happluess of unborn
million* call BlfcSirtls fo forget selfish ness
and prejudice, to bury post feuds nnd
present jealousies' nnd udito in one sol
id phalanx to opposo tlio wrong.
Your Follow Citizen,
' H. V. M. MILLER.
.Psksit.Aiiou5ii).—From, tho .card, ot
Messrs.- M. 8. Stetson A Qa* whiqh ni>-
poaredin our columns ( yesterday morn
ing, it seems that J. IL Lprrey of Abing
don, Massachusetts, is the swpet scynt-
cd, ohrbtian-hcartcd individual wjioen
gages:himself iu the dciectablo business
of - -cirobhUiug abolition documents
through-ncst*of trunk* ho.wills toiiier*
chants in tho Routh.’
Brethren of tho Southern. press p«*s
around tho name of J. II. Ton*cy, of
Abingdon, Massachusetts, and alvise
your road or* not to.doal with w>y mer
chant, South or North, who hereafter
deals with him—the aforesaid.!. 11. Tor-
For the Romo Courier,
That Party Without a Platform.
Discharged from day to day that
Mr. Boll and the party supporting him;
havo no platform; That tholr where
abouts on tho slavery question, is not
defined.
Ahd some, oven, who havo lioreto-
TdrO been tho foremost advocates of thb'
opposition or Union party, ,ara now,
trying to tune their harps to play upon
ibis string. But it makes horrible dis-
coni; when usod as an accompaniment
to the old doulbcd-stortcd Cincinnati or
gan.
\Vo bcllevo that the position of parties
is not properly understood by a large
mass of tlio votors; that is, that persons
are led to bcliaVe that the platforms
contain or set'forth doctrines, which are
not to bo found In them. And again,
that they do not avow principles, which
really aro to bo found therein.
Tho constitutional Union party, bo-
llsve thoy have in “the •Constitution,
tlie Union, and enforcement, of the
laws,” a platform sufficiently broad, for
over)' honest put riot to stand upon.—
But It is ol footed, tliat llin Constitution
admits of more than ono construction,
or rather tlmt it is differently constru
ed in different sections of the Union.—
Admit it. Can more bo said for the
party und Convention platform now be
fore tho country? No, unless it be
those intended to bo purely soctlonal.
LU u* briefly compare tho ptatform
of tho Union party, witli that of tho
Breckinridgcra, tjio one which, wo are
told is sopluin, so honest,soiinoqivooaL
Thu Supremo Court Is tlio highost
tribunal known to our government for
the adjudication of doubtful Constitu
tional questions. AH parties admit
this. Tlie only ditforonco is, (hat one
party or ono seetion, proposo to 00 man*
age us to secure tho judgement of the
Court In tlioir favor, or according to
thuir construction of the Constitution.
Tho Court lias decided wlint are tho
constitutional rights of the slavo-holder
in tlio Territories, vis, that tho constitu
tion recognizes slave* ns property; tlmt
tho slavo owner has an equal right with
other citizons to lettlo in tLo common
Territories, with his slaves, and that I10
;* there justly entitled to protoction in
thin property os much as in any other.
And that neither oongroass, nor a Terri
torial Legislature can Impair this
right, and moreover, it Is tho duty of
the Government to protect the eitisen
in thosa rights. This is briefly tho doc
trine of the Dred Scott decision.
Is not this enough, so tor as the expo
sition of tlie Constitution Is concoruod,
to satisfied every Southern hum ? Then
we take the constitution os our plat
form. And we think it strange that
ar.y man can have the tomerily for a
moment to believe, that any other con
struction than tlie above, was Intended
when the "Constitution, the Union,
and the enforcement of tho laws,” was
laid down as the platform of the Union
paity.
Does auy sane uiau .boliove that any
other construction wasintonded? Or
does he believe it was intended to go
boCoro tlie country as a platform, with a
double meaning? . And siuoe tho de
cision of the Supreme Court, the South*
cm pooplo aro tho lost, who ought to
week to make tho 0011 test, upon.auy otb*
dr platform. An abolitionist, freesoiler,
or Squatter. Sovereign, might with some
shorn ofplausibility, objoetto tlio vot
ing for a man, or with a party, upon
suoli a platform. But a Southern man,
nover. , . .
Lot us turn now for a moment to the
platform of* the Breckinridge party.
We say the Breckinridge party, for.wo
suppose it yet a mooted question
whether they are tho Democratic party,
the Disunion party, or. the Southern
party per so. We disiiko to name other
-people’s, children, and especially ille
gitimates; but that there be no-canto-.
•Ion borcaftor wo would propose the
name Protestant Democrats, as tboir
future appellation. We do not like the
name of Socedora, it carries, with it of
late, the idea of Disunion*. * - Well, avhat
is their platform?. .Would you believe
it I A new edition of the old Cincin
nati double-shufHo platform 5 with
notes by Brookinridge, Yancey k Co.,
andfor salo by tho disunionlst of the
South generally. Ah I that is it, Is it?
Yes, but it is the notes that render it
saleable at the South. Then, let us «co
beforo we purchase. The first of : tho
explanatory resolutions reads as fol
lows :
‘That tho government of a territory
organized by Congress, Is provisional
and temporary, and during its exist
ence All citizens of the United States,
havwan equal right to settle with their
property in tho Territory, without their
rights of - either person or property
being destroyed or impaired by Con
gressional or Territorial Legislation.”—
Any double-shuffle there? Anything
in that resolution about slavory or slave
property? Not a word. Who is to de
cide what is property, and what is-not
property? Is it to be left to the abo
litionists who do not recognise slaves
as proporty ?
The second reads thus: "That it is
tho duty of the Federal Government iu
the platform tho third of the eaplnna-
satsteasrc
admitted into tho Federal Union,
whothor its Constitution prohibits' or
""pinalHfc'WIH! $ )Hvery/_
And as strange as the announcement
may soetn, this is all that Is said about
slavery, or tha protection of-slavo prop
erty in tho^
And)
inridgo 1
in the Territories. Arid'a groat.many
of tho nienibera of that party honestly
believo, that tlio platform pledges that
much, when in truth, there to not a
Word about tlio protoction of slavery
in tho Territories; 1 in.-tbe* whole estab
lishment. WhAro then is tho authority
for snoh a belief t not in this platform
ocrtuinly. If the framers of this in
strument, intend It to bo so construed,
tvhy did they uot have tho : honesty to
•ay i4.repmprrry, rrhon they said it was
the duty of Congress to protect proper-
ty *0. ? The tputvor is obvious. Tho
whole concern has, to me, voiy much
the ling of a vote catching machine.
Now if members in Congress who belong
to this party aro lliir exponents of tlio
principle* of tho party, wo do not bo-
Hove thoy over did intend, or over will
pass a latv Ibr tho protection of slavery
In tlio Territories.
Charge them thus, and thoy point you
to what they did In tho caso of Mr. Da
vis’ resolution. All very good goutlo-
mon, as (hr as you went. But pursuit
that ebaptor a little further, until you
come to Mr.‘Brown's amendment.—
Her* It was sought to- make u practical
tost or the doctrine of protection i and
— bly no more suitable or needful
ion will occur again In tlio history
of tliogovemmnnt. And how thepron-
osltlon met? But throo of the “over
faithful" had tho boldness to voto for
the amoudmuut. And arc theso tho
men, and this tlio party we are called
upon to support, arid to oxpoot protec
tion front ? Men who, wlion oallod upon
to puss a law for protoction,. under
tho obligutiuns of tltcir oath voted,
Nay!'
T hen f would appeal to ovory lover of
blS'Gotintry, to dooldo whleli -party and '
which candidate lias tho most roliablo
dutform. Whether Mr. Bell .with tlio
Constitution ss hit platform—that writ-
ton instrument or platform, upon tlio r
principles of which tho government has
boon administered since its foundation: .
tion of his IVientU to tho contrary, not
withstanding.
Then reader, do you with to bo gov
erned upon the prinolplos of tho consti
tution | or upon tlie principles of an un
certain party platform f What is your
verdict?
“The Constitution, the Union end tho
Enforcement of the Luws,-’ is platform
onouglt for E PtvsisvsUMCu.
Late News.
liATElt FROM EUROPE.
can Iloyal Me
ship Asia, Gapt. K. U. Lott, passed otf
here to-day. [Tho Asia’* Queenstown
dispatch was not received.-Rsi-.]
General Nows.
The whole of Qarribalill’s army has
reached tho mainland.
A permanent French cerap will bo
established on tlie Swiss und 'Germanic
frontiers.
The Loudon Times protests against
Mr. I-indsay’t UiMsion to America.
‘Fitud Paclia has oxecuted .one hun
dred sixty-seven of too participators in
tho rocont massacres at Syria. Tho
Sultyu’s ormy was rendering effeotivo
aid to Faud Pacha. A'great many of
thu mnlefiictors belonged to the Police
and others to tho first families of tho
country, i
Naples was tranquil.
Gnrribuldi.had left Calabria. His des
tination Ivas unknown, but it was re
ported that lie had entered Montesono.
Additional by the Asm.
Limpool Chiton Market—Saturday.—
Bales of Cotton to-day 10,000 bales, of
ivliloli speculators and exporters took
3,000 bales.
Maine Election,
PinTLAND, Sopt. lJji^Ono hundred
and sixteen towns have been heard
in, and they give Washburn nine
lusbnd ’ majority. The whole Con-
greesional llopublican delegation will
bo electod.
Markets.
CumasTox, Bopt. 13.—Tlio sales of
cotton for the put week reaolidd 1,400
baloi. Keceipts for tho week 2,700
hales. The market was firm. Good
middlings quoted at 11J cents.
. AuutiiTa,8ep.l3.-jCorTox.—Wo noto
no material change in the condition of
the market during the last three days.
The demand is hdr for the bottorgrudes.
Facts to os BsxEJUUtaiD.—Burlin-
e ume lies ondorsod Douglas—Greoly
as ondorsod Dougin*, and FfP. Blair,
tho Black Bapublioan mombor of Con
gress from Missouri, has endorsed
Douglas. This is the sound, man A. II.
Stephens endorses—this the sound man
H. V. Johnson endorses 1 Comment is
unnecessary.
We olip the abovo precious paragraph
from the Ftdeml Union ' newspaper, and
tho only oomment necessary Is. that tho
Federal Union will support that sound
mail, Btophcn A.* Douglas should Breck
inridge withdraw, and that papor. has
so declared its purposo since the noih-
ina‘ion of Mr. Breckinridge.—Chroo. i0
Sen.
igitished ils a scholar or Astittiablo as roy!—Mobile Mer.0l/i inet.
ittliim: ho hlu never boon t'emarkable
— r .Uaiunu -- la— l.
. .Couas .Still Bmi-uxo.—A i
rary say • the latest advictn). "
city ha
o. haverunGen.Coi
will 1 oxamtho t« lougU. "Mr. boll', twenty .ix thousand four hundred an<
Boebrd:’’ The newspapers nrerfuil of nmety-wveu.atvl more to oome yol
If Kriynds arid opponents appear to Will the Ooooml nover slop rnmung?
derive oqrial satisfaitiorifrom it* "oop- fbnough of * thmg u enough.*'
Tua Suva Taaoa nv STtlu Tfio
charge that tlio steamor City of Norfolk,
which recently loft Now York for an
all its department* to protoct' whon ^?: mc *„ on “.
rieecssary, tho rights of persons and
property, in the Territories, and where-
ever else Its constitutional authority ex
tend*.” Any double construction pos
sible here? Any thing about protect
ing slavory? Who is to determine
what tho "right* of property" are, or
what Is proporty in the Territories j,
Pear reader, after all this ado about the
protection clause in this new edition of.
Id the Africah coast, is confirmed by tho
Ihhrta de A idle,, of July 21, publidicl
at Gsfaocas. The Diana says she oaiiiu
ho did to'his faithful friend Cranston,
saying, “I am getting better."