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H. DWIKKfilj, Kmton. GKO. T. STOVALL, Assort* home, ga. TUESDAY XOlUniWi Kov. SO, From tin yUlMjcvlllo haninkr. smelt OK HON. A. II. STEPHEN*. MvmJ i» tU Hall«/ H‘t Ilf*, d fkp- V Gnrjic, l.scn- ...jf, Xov. J Mi 180U, ... [nil-on,mi M ». * mmuiml.! i.»nj$ nn \ rapturous applnuso* lie rose Kki'I’iVw tJmzitxs:—f Appear before you tonight i%4 the request of Member* ol‘ the Jbegklitturo ana otlioiv, to speak :»f mat tor* of thu deepest interest that oi i^iblyxoncorti us nil of nn earth* ly Qlimiictcr, Ibero iit nothing, tto motion or Miihjuot oniinocted Willi thi* •tie tlmt concethr a free people no inti mately i« that of tho government un* . which we live. \y« urn now, Indeed t bo found to tho Inst ending on-the deck vrtthThft )ll of tlio l nil its defot' of nil coot I Gov Constitution of tho United State# wav* ingover our head*. (A|»plnuno.) hot tho fanatics of tho KortJrlircnk tho Con* Mitutiou if such i» their foil j*ur(>ose.— _ Lot tho refciHm-dbllity Ih\U(ioii them. 1 or on the Int o shall speak presently ntoro of their Acts; but lot not tho South, let us not.be the oucsJp commit tbpatgWHsion^Wo went, into tho citation With this people. The result was different from what wo wish* cd; but tho election has been constitu tionally lield. Were wo to make a point of resistance to the Government utul go out of the Union on that no- count, the record would be made- up hereafter against us. Hitt It Is said Mr. Lincoln** policy and principle*Hrto Against the Constitu tion, and that if ho carries thorn out it will bo destructive of our rights.— Lot us not nnticiiMito a threatened ovll. If he violates the Constitution then will AA..W. Alll. tllllf, Ill n.A 1 lit# .1. f And it is ho in our Government. Hut that this Government of our fathers, with noarer tho oV\]ccts Ints than any oth- .... ..y. the earth, is my set tled conviction. Coppmst it now with any .on tho face or the earth. (Knglund id Mr. Tnnuih*.) Ml*. Stephen*: Kng- land my friemTaiiys. Well, that is tliu tvxt beat 1 grunt, hut I think wo have improved upon Kngluud. .Statesmen many, ppmcut.of wealth, and all the material * ‘ ~ r rcAOurce* of national j>owor and great ness as tho Southern States have under the Genoial Government notwithstand ing nil its detects! . Mr, Toombs-p-itt spite of it* I Mr. Stephens—-My Hop. -frli wo have, in spite of tho Gel eriimentftlmt without it I thinks wo might liuva done perhaps better than wc have done this in spitoof it. Tills may bo, and it muy , , 0 ._ not be, but tho great fact that wo have tried their apprentice hand on the Gov- grown great und powerful under .the eminent or Knghmdiaml then out? -wits, government m it exists, there Is no con* —.do. Our* sprung from that, avoid- lecture or speculation about that, it I many of its tlcfecfs, tnklnp most of stands out hold, high mid prominent coiiio our time 'to break it htofeftlltai fo, lie does, that Is tire t ! iV. bo not lot us Mbbolhny. If iftffwlM (6 strike. (Applause.) 1 think it would l»o in- judicious und unwise to do tills sooner. 1 do not anticipate that Mr. Lincoln will do anything to jeopard our surety or security, whatever may bo Ids spirit to do it; tor ho Is bound by the cousti* tlio good and Weaving out many of its errors, add from the whole constructing SUd building up this model Republic— tho best which tlio history of |lio world gives any accouut of. Compare, my friends, tills Government with that of !.Spain, Mexico, the South American Ho- 1 publics) Gcimuny,Ireland.. Are there i i wiucu wc live, w uo iv, wr iio a uwim uy vuu surrounded by evils. Never since .l ltutlonal checks which aro thrown i-ntorccd upon the public stage, hostile I around him, which at tlij* timo render* •'-wintry, been so environed with Ulffi- 1 him poWfevtffas to do any great mischief, unities and danger* that threatonud.the l’Tlils shows tlio wisdom or our system. 1> ihlic peace und the very ©xwUmoo of Tfo* President of the United State* is ./loty a* now, ; \ do.not. now appear no Kinporor, no Diotnlor—ho Is cloth ’ you at niy .oyytivlnatance. ,|t is •- dS. Rv •! to yn.tirv u -U-,i 1 un here, lludl my own that died my own 1 mi here, lladl confuUa «.we ami pleasure I should net bo be fore ydii; biiTboUQvihg that it fa the duty of every good cliLcti to give his counsels and vtotfa whenever tho coun try is in danger, as to the best policy to bo pursued I am here. For tli<**o rcu- sons and fHM only do I bespeak u calm, patient and an uttcntlvo bear ing. . . , My obfect Is not Jo stir up itrifc, l*ut to allay is; nbl to uppeul to your pas sions,'bnt to your reason. Good gov ernments can ne/cr bo built up or sus tained by 'the impuUo of )«s»iou. I wish to address myself to your good judgment', and if after hearing you dis agree, Ictus agree to disagree, and part as wo mot, friends. We all iinvo tlio ►iimo oinect, thp interest. That p<Miplo should dbagreo In republican ; >\ornmenU uuoti (iiiestioiiN ot nublio ] • >liey is uMtiinu. Tliatmon should dls- a mm upon all mat tort, connected with liuin.in investigation, whothor relating t > soienWor Unman conduct, Is natu ral. Hence, in freo governments Wi tic* will arise. Hut a freo poonle should express their* dlQerbnt 'mtfmons witji liberality tmd charity, with no acrimony toward* those of tlieir fellows when hon estly und sincerely given. These aro my toolings to-night. lad us tiieroforo reason together. It is not my purpose to say ought to wound thu feelings of Any individual wlio may In* present; and if in tho ardenoy with which 1 shall express my opinions, l shall say any thing which may bo deem ed too strong, let it bo not down to tho seal with which 1 advoento my own con victions. There is with me no intention to irritate or olUmd. FoUow-cUixous wo are all launched in tho Homo barquo, wo aro all in the same craft in tlio wide political ooeap—tile Kimo destiny awaits us all for woal or tor woo* Wo have been launched in tlm goad old ship that has boon upon tho waves for three quarters of a centu ry, which has boon lit many tempests and storuw, bus many times been in peril, and patriots hnvo often feared i hat thoy should have to give it up, yea, had at times almost given it up, but Mill tho gallant ship is afloaty though new storm* now bowl, around us, and tho temporit beats heavily against us, 1 ny to you don't give up tho ship; don't abandon her yet* If she can possibly he preserved, and our rights, interests ami security b* maintained, the oljjeot i - worth tho ollbrt. .Lot us not on ac count of disappointment and chagrin at tlio reverse of an election give uu all us lost, but let us seo what can be dono to prevent a wreck. (Home one . said the ship lias holes in her.) And tlicro muy.be.lcaks In hor, but let us -stop them if wo can; many a stout old ship . <* been savod with richest cargo, after m uty leaks, and U may be so now,— (i;iiQora.)j J • I do not, on this occasion, intend to enter into tlio history of the reasons or causes of the embarrassment* which l i es* so lroavlly upon us alt *t this thne. to justice to - mysolf, hnWeyer. l uhist barely statu upon this point, that 1 do think much of it dopondod h|ion our- solves. The consternation that has • »ino upon tlio people is tkorestllt of a •‘tioual election of a President of the ( uited Status, one whose opinion* und ivowod principles aro in niitngoni*m to irintorcstsuud rights, and wc boliovo .: carri.od out, would subvert the Con- Milution under which wo now live.— Hut are wo entirely - blamclo&s in this matter, my countrymen?.-.Jrgive it to \»u a* uiy opinion! that hut for the pol icy tlio Southern people pursued this . -urful result wcuid not have occurred. Mr. Lincoln has boon elected, 1 doubt not, by a minority of the--people of the ruited States. What will bo tlio ex tent of that - miuority we do .not yet know, but ibo uisciosuro when made will show, I think, thql a majority of i lie constitutional, conservative voters "f tho country wero against hlui; and ii id the South stood Urmly In tlio. Con- wiitlon ht Charleston, on her old plat- firm of .principles of Non-intevcntion, i hero i* in nfy mind but little doubt that u ho ever might have been the candidate of tlio National Democratic Party ho would have boon elected by a* large a ma jority an that which elected Mr. Bachaii- .ii or Mr. Pierco. Therefore let us not be hasty ami null in our aotlon, especially if tho result be attributable at all to ourselves, before looking to extreme measures, let us flrit see, as Georgians, that every tying which can be done to preserve our limits, ^ om* interest* and o it-hondr, n? well as the noaco of tho . mntry in flio Union, be tirst done. (Applause#) * " Tho* ilrst ijifestfon that presonts Itsolf, i«. fchiHl the ppoplo of the .South secede i: un the Union in cotiicquejice of the . lection of Mr. Lincoln to tho Presi dency of tho United .Stales? My conn tvymcu, I tell yoil frankly, candidly, und earo«atlv, that I do not think thin thy ougl*t. In my judgment, the elec tion of no man, constitutionally chosen to that high ojlico, i* sulUcient cause for any Htaio to separate from tho Union. It ought to stand by and aid still In maintaining the Constitution of the country. To make a point of resistance to the Government, to withdraw from it becaurfa a man tuu> been constitution al !y elected, puts u* hi thp wiong. Wo are pledged U> ninjiitaiii the Constitu tion. Many of us l»avo sworn to sup- port It. Can wo therefore, for tba mere •lection ct* a man to the Presidency, m\ that too in accordance with the pro- • •rihed forms of the Constitution, make .i pointof rosistanco to^lie Government without bucoinlng the breaker* of that A.aored instrument ouvselvcs? Witli- draw ourselves from it? Would we hoc be in tho wrong? Whatever fate is to befall tbj* country, let it never lie laid to the charge of tho peoplo of the iSontli, and e«pd<gidly to tho f>eoplo of Georgia that wo jwntruo to our na tional cngngoiivenU. the fault and fa the .wrong r.eefc ujioii otlior*. If all our bofioiOffl to bo blasted, If )lio Republlo od with no absolute power, lie can do nothing miles* lie 1* Uicked by pow er In l/ongresj. Tho House ofilepru- Congresj. Tlio House of Hcpru- mtatives is largcl; against him. In t tooth of tlio heavy majority which ho lias obtained in the Northern. States, tlicro have been largo gain* tho In House of Itepivsciitntiyo* to the Conservative Con*tituti‘dnh1 party of the cauh'try, which here I will call ' tlio National Democratic party, liecnuso thut Is the rogiiotneh It has at the North. There aro twelve of ttitfa plTrty^ctocted from Now York-'td ' tlio next Cfmgre**, 1 believe. In thu present House there lire but four* 1 think, lu Pennsylvan ia, New Jersey, Ohio and Indiana there liqvo booh gains. Tu the present Con* ;rt*s* there were 113 Republicans, when t take* 117 to make a minority. The gains In tho Democratic parly in Pei\n* sylvnnla, Ohio, New Jersoy, Now York, lndiima apd other Staton, not\vUh«tund- Ing it* distractions, have been enough to make a majority of near thirty in tlio next House against Mr. Lincoln. Kvon Id Boston, Mr. Burlingame, one of the noted leaders of tho fanatics of that section, bos been defeated, and a con servative man returned lu his stead.— Is this tho ttmo thun to niiprohend that Mr. Lincoln, with this largo majority In the House of Representatives against him, can carry out any of hi* unconsti tutional principles In that body? In the Senate ho will also bo power less. There will l>o a minority of four against him. This after the loss of Bigler, Fitch, and others, by their un- fortunsto dissension* of the National Democratic jsirty in their .States. Mr. Lincoln oannot appoint an othcer with out the consent or the .Senate -he can- not form a Cabinet without tho same consent. Ho will bo In tlio condition of George tlio Third, (tho embodiment of Toryism,) who had to ask tho Wldgs to appoint Id* Minister*, and was com pelled to receive a Cabinet utterly op- posed to his view*; and so Mr. Lincoln will be compelled to ask of the Senate to choose for 1dm a Cabinet, if the De mocracy of that liody chose to put him on snob terms. He will ho compelled to do this or lot tha Government stop, If the National Democratic men, (for that i* tlieir name at the North,) the donsprvqtivo men in tho Nutiate, should so determine. Then how can Mr. Lin coln obtain a Cabinet which would aid him, or allow him to violate tlio Con stitution ? Why then, 1 *i\y, shiiild we disrupt the tie* of thin Union when his liana* aro tied, when ho can do nothing against us? I have heard It mooted that no man In the State of Georgia, who Is truo to hor interests, ooulu hold rJHco Under Mr. Lincoln.— But I o*k who appoints to office? Not Uie President alone; tho Senate ha* to concur.' No man can be appointed without thd consent of tlio Senator- Should Any man then refuse to hold of fice that vroa given him by a Democrat- ie Senate ? (Mr, Toombs Interrupted and sn\d if the SenKto was DemoonxUe it was for Mr, Breckinridge.) Well, then, continued Mr, s” i apprrhemi no mnn could bo juttly oornddored uh- truo to the interests of Georgia Or incur anydfaxnioe, iftho intc-roats of Georgia required it, to hold an office under which a Breckinridge Sonate hod given him, even/though Mr. Lincoln should bo Prealdont. (Prolonged applause, minglod with intorruptions.) I trust, my countrymen, you will bo stilLand silent 1 am addressing your 8 ood sfinso. I am giving you my views \ a etdm aod dispassionate manner, anddf Any of you dilfor with me, you can on any. other occasion give your views ns 1 am doing now, and let reas on and truo patriotism doeido between Ufc In ir.y judgment, I -My, under such circumstances there would ho no possible disgrueo fora Southern man to hold office. No tuan will he su tic red to be appointed, 1 have no doubt, who is not true to tlio Coustitutiou, if South ern .Senator* are true to tlieir trusts, a* I cannot permit uiyuclf to doubt Hint they will bo. My lionorablo friend who addrossod you last night, (Mr. Toombs,) and to whom I listened wiili tlio profouhdest attention, asks ifwtf Would submit to Black Republican rule? I say to you audio him. as a Georgian, I never would submit to any Rlauk Republican aggreuion upon onr Constitutional rights. 1 will never consent myself, ns tnueh a* I admiro this Union, for the glorious of the past or the blosolngs of the present, a* much • ns it lias done for the people of all thoso States, as much as it has done for civilization; as much as the hopes of tlio world hang Upon it; 1 would nover submit to aggression upon niy rights to maintain itlongor; and if they cannot bo maintained in the Un ion, standing on the Georgia Platform, where 1 have stood from the time of its adoption, l would bo in favor of dis rupting every tio which binds the States together. I will have equality for Geor gia'and for the c itizons of Georgia in puiuics, (.crmtiny, noinim. are lucre any k4u* jff that down-tnxldcn nation here (oiiiybt 7 Prussia; or jfyou travel further Kist, to Turkey .or China.— Where will you go, following the *un In its circuit round our globe,, to hud a government that better proUot* tlio lib wilesi of it* pi*o|*lo and Hvcuic* to ilium Uiu blessings we eujqy, (Applause.)— I tldlik that one of the evil* that beset us |s a *ui foil qf liberty, an exuberance of tin priceless blessing* for ,'vhiefi we ( urc ungrateful. Wc listened to niy hon orable fiicud who addrosed you last night (Mr,Tpqmb») a* he.recounted the evil* ol ‘hi* Govoruiucnt, The llrst na* tho (idling Isninties paid mostly to tlio Midlnr* of New K.iJlmpl, Our frieud stated that torty eight yean qf our Gov ern men t was under the udiinnislnitUMi of Southern Presidents. Well, these fishing liouiitiea begun under the rule of a Southern President. T believe. N> one of them during the ivhulu forty eight years ever set hi* ndiuiiiistratioii against the priuclglu or npltey of them. It is not for me to say whether it wa* a wisp policy in the hegiuiiuig; it prolio- bly was tint, and l have nothing to say In It* defence. But the reason given for it wu* to encourage our ,ioung men to ,;o to soq mid learn to manage ships.— Wu hud at that timo hut a hiiuII navy. It was thought bust to encoutoge a class of our people to become acquainted with sea faring life; to become sailors; to mm our naval sld|i9. It requires pine- tico Jo walk the deck or a ship, to pull tlie rojies, to furl the sails, to £o ulolt.to climb the mast ; and it was tlimiglit by otl'eriug this bounty, n nursery might In formed in which young men would be come perfected In th.-se arts, und it ap plied to olio soetion of the conntry as well as to any other. The result of tills was that iu tho war of ifil'J, our sailors, many of whom came from this nursery, wore equal to uny that Knglund brought against u*. At any rate, iio small part ol the glories of thut war wero gained by the veteran tars of America, and the oljeel of those imnntios was to foster that branch of the national defence.— My opinion is, that whatever may have been tlio reason at iirst, this bounty ought to bo discontlulled— the reason for It at first no longer oxists. A hill for thi* object did |nis* thu Senate the lost Congress 1 was In, to which my hon orable friend contributed greatly, but it was not renuhod in the House of Repre sentatives. I trust that he will yet see Glut ho tuay with honor coiitiuue hi* connection with the Government, ami that Id* eloquence, unrivaled In the Satiate, may hereafter, a* heretofore, he displayed in having this bounty, so ob noxious to him, repealed and wiped oft' thu statute book. Tin* next evil that my friend com plained of wa* the Tarill*. Well, let us look at that for a moment. About tho tiipe I commenced noticing public mat tors this question tviis agitating I Iio conn try almost as fearfully iim the -lave ques tion noiv i*. In 1832 when I w.ih in col lege, .South Carolina was ready to nulli fy or secede from tho Union on this ac count. And what have wo seen? The Turjir no longer distracts the public councils. Reason has triumphed! The last Turill was voted for by Massachu setts and South Carolina. Tho lion and tho lamb lay down together—every man in the Semite and House from Alassn- oliusettH and South Garolina 1 think v ted for it as did my. honorable friend hinuelf. And if it bo true, to use.the figure of speech of my honoramu friend, that ovory man in tho North that work* in iron and biass und wood )ia«his mus cle strengthened by tho piotectioll of the Government, Unit stimulant was given by Id* voto and I boliovo by eve ry other Southern 'mail. Ho wo ought not to complain of that. Mr. Tooiius. That tarift' reduced the duties;' ^ :* • • Mr. S. Yes and Massachusetts with unanimity voted with the South to les sen them, mid they were made just n* low a* Southern men asked them to be, and that i* tho rate* they uro now at.— If reason and argument withsuph expe rience produce:! such change* in the sentiment* from 1H32 to L8*>7, on Vho sulyect of the Tariff,may not like chan- genjie cftectriil tlicro by the sum* means, reason and argument, nml appeal* to patriotism on tho present vexed ques tion. und who can say that by l87o or ltfDU, Massachusetts may not vote witli .South Carolina and Georgia 11(1011 all liko your Htone Mountain Id which the goutleuiun alluded iu illustrating homo fuels In his icoordr— this great fact of our unrivaled prosperity in the Union a* it is admitted- whether all this Is In spite of tho government—whether wo of the Mouth would have been better off without, tbc government U to say the least problematical. Ou the one sido We* cati only put tlio farit against civilisation. -Have'we' any tuwarnnco property, or (lint or their citizens ing all the qucstlonr to them whether that had *ve regarded tho earnest but > wherever found. - Tlio Slates of this I they will go out of the Union, or what misguivlfid patriotic advice, as I think I Union stand upon tlio. samo footing emu so ^ they T»Miiiwbf that day, and disrupted tlio with foreign nation* in' this respect, may l*s which bind u* to tho Union, wo j But by tho law • of nations wo aro Would .have advanced a* i\# liuva? I think not. Well then, let us.be fttl novrjbcforo we attempt nn; fieriintnt of this sort. Ik there aro friend* whose patriotism I do not intend to question, who think this Union a curse, and that wo would lie better otf without it. I do not so think; it ,we con bring about a correction Of these evils which threaten—dind I am* not wltUouc 1101hi that this may yet be Uom—this nppcul to uoout with all tho provisions for good tlmt nceonipany it, I look upon as a great, and l fear n fa tal (emulation. When I look aroUtid and secour pros perity In everything, agriculture, com merce, art, science ana every depart ment of education, physical and men tal, ns well at moral advancement, and our colleges, 1 think In tho face of such nn exhibition if wo (fan without the toss speculation and eoi(jeeturouii theother. of power, or any essential right or inter- But even s* a question of speculation 11 est tcumin in the Union, it is our duty differ with my distinguished friend — What wo would Jiavo lost in Inirder war* without the Union, nr what wo have* gained simply by the peace it has this Union, or I will look for now wife- { styled the mistress of tho seas. "What guard* elsewhere. This l* my (>o*itioii. ‘ American is not proud of the result 7— secured no estimate .can be made of.— Our foreign trade which is the founda tion of all our prdsjvmty ha* tho pro tection of the Navy, which drove the pirate* from tlio water* near our coast where they hud been buccaneering for centuries la-fore, ami might have bucu still had it not Ih.h'ii fir tlio American Navy under the commnud of such spirit* u* Uon11110.hu e Porter. Now that the coast is dear, that our com merce flows freely outwardly and in* wardly ive enuiot Wdl estimate how it would have' been under other circum stance*. The intluciico of the govern ment on 11* is like that of the utmos- phc.ro around us. Us bcudiu aru so silent and unseen that they uro seldom thought of or appreciated. We seldom think of tho single ele ment of oxygen in tho air ivo breathe, mid yet let this simple unseen and unfult agent he withdrawn, this life- giving element he taken away from till* nll-pcrvading fluid around u», and what instant and nii|Milling changes would take place (11 all organic creation 1 It may he that we are all that we are in "spite nl the General Government, hut it may he that without it wi have been far difleretit from ' are now. It 1* true thru* 1* 1 part of. the earth with fiat 111 al 1 superior poi-lmps to ours. That portion ! L of this oouiitry known as the .Southern States *tretelling from thu Uhosa|»eukc to tlio Rio Grande i* fully equal to tlio picture drawn by the lion, and elo quent Senator last night, in till nutmnl capacities. But how many age* amt conturic* passed before these eapaeitie* wero developed to reach this advanced stngo ol civilization? These same hills, rieli in ore, samo rivers, sumo val leys, mid plaiu*, are a* they have been filice they eauic from the hand or tho Creator, uneducated mid uncivilized man roamed over them lor bow long no history inform* it*. U was only under our institution* that they could bo developed. Their development i* the rci-ult of tlie eu- terprize of our people under operations of the Government and institution* under which wo huve lived. Kven our ticoplo without tlieso nover would have done It. Tlio organization of so ciety has much to do With the devel opment of tho natural resource* of any country, or any laud. The in stitutions ol a people, (Kiliticul and mo ral, aro tlio matrix iu which the germ of tlieir orgaido struoturo quickens into life—take* root mid develop* in form, nature und character. Our institutions constitute Hie basis—tho matrix from which spring all our characteristics of development mid great ness. Look at Greece, tlicro is the snmo fertile soil, the sumo blue sky, the same inlet* and harbors, thu sauio Kgean, the same Olympus, there is tho same laud wbero Homer sung, where Pericles sjmkc: it is in nature the same old Greece; but it i* living Gfecco 110 more. (Applause.) Descendant* of thu sauio people in habit the country; yet what is the rea son of this mighty diflcrciicuj In tho midst of present degradation wo see tho glorious fragments of ancient works bf art—temple* with ornament* and inscription* that excite wonder and adniirntinn—the remain* of a once high order of civiliizntlon which have outlived tho htugungo tiny spoke— uprill them nil lohiibod 1* written— tlieir glory lia* departed. Why‘lathi* so? 1 answer tlieir institutions liavo been destroyed. 1 These wore but the fruits of their forms of government, the matrix from which their grand de velopment sprung, and when once tho institution* ofqvperiplo'lmvo been des troyed, there is no earthly power that can bnrtg back the Promethean spark to kindle them here again, any more than in that ancient la fttl of eloquence, poetry und song. )Applause, f The same may bo said of Italy. Whero is Rome, once ilio uii*tu«s of the world ? There are the same seven hill* now, tho Mime soil, tlio mi mo natural 1 resource*; nature is tho same, hut hat a ruin of human greatness meet* to ourselves mid to posterity to—let us not too readily yield to this temptation —do *0. (Jur first parents, tho groat projenitot* of the human race were nbt without a liko temutation when In the K rden dr Kdcn. Tlioy were led to he- we that their condition would bo bet tered—that their eye* would be opened —nml that they would become hk Ood*. They in an evil hour yielded—instead of becoming Gods, they only saw I heir own nakedness. 1 1 look upon thi* country with nur in slit 11 tiotis ns the Kdcn of the world, tlio (siradise of tho universe. It may ho thiit*out of it we may become greater and more prosperous, but I am candid mid sincere in telling you that I fear if we Tastily evince |ta*»ioii mid without sufficient cuuVt shall take that step that instead of becoming greater or more |M>m*cfiil, prOstHMOti* and happy—in stead of becoming Go<K we will become demon* and at no distant day cotiv inenoe cutting one another* throats.— , Thi* i« my apprehension. L. t us there fore, whatever we do. meet the*n tliffi- mtltlcK, great as they are, like wise mid sen*ihlo men, and consider them ill the light r f all the consis|uences which limy attend our action. Let 11* seo first clearly wheio tha path of duty leadN mid then ivo may not fear to tread lion!.! • liicre n. .•1 w. L’* " ,,v t° the main question pul equal 11 Mm . and « n which my counsel no* a-'ketl. That Is wliat the present w l.ittliu should do iu view of tho dangers that thremeutis.nndthe wrongs that have been done 11* by several of our confederate .States in the Union, by tlio net* of tlieir Legislature* nullifying the Fugitive .Slave Law, and in direct disregard of their constitutional obliga tion*; W hut 1 shall say will not I o in the spirit of dictation.* li will ho sim ply my own Judgment for what it Is worth. It proceeds from a strong con viction that according to it our right*, interests and honor—our present safety and future sconrity can he maintained without yet Idoking to the last resort, the “ultima ratio regum." That should not bo looked to until all elso fails. That may come. O11 this point I mn hopeful but not sanguine. But let u* uho every patriotic eflbrt to prcvAn* it while there s ground for hope. If any view that I tiny present, in your judgment, bo inconsistent with the best interest ot Georgia. 1 ask yon iv* patriots not to regard it. After hearing mo and others whom you have advised with, act in the premise* ac cording to your own conviction of duty a* patriots. I speak now particularly to the members of tho Legislature present. There are ns I have said great danger* ahead. Great danger* may coiiio from tho election 1 have spoken of. If the policy of. Mr. Lincoln and hi* lb-publican associate* shall 1k» car ried out, or attempted to bo carried out, no mnn In Georgia will bo more willing or ready than myself, to defend bur light*, interest and honor at every luizznid and to the last extremity.— (Applause.) Whut is this policy? It is ill the first place to exclude 11* by an act of Congress # fconi tho Territories with our slave property. He is for using the power oi tlio General Govern ment against the extension or our insti tutions. Ihir position on this point is arid ought to bn, at all hazards for per fect equality between all the States mid the Citizens of all the States in tho Ter ritories. tinder the Constitution of .tho United .State*, if Congress should rxcr- «i*o it* power ngaitlst this,* then I am fur Rtmiding where Georgia planted her- Ulllf 111 lUAll r PlliUik .tl.lll atHMtA.' equally bound,be&N pifeMeding to vio lent miastftn tank forth our griev ances beforp tho ottemling government to'give tnem mvripportunity to redress tlio wrong. Has our 8tnto yot done this ? I tliink not. , Hup|M!se it wore Great Britain that had violated sonic conqiact of agree- mont witli tho General Government; wliat would l>o first done? In that case our Minister would be directed in tho first instance to bring the mutter to tlio attention or that government, or a commissioner Iks sent to that country to open negotist ions with her, a»k for redress, and it would only bo after ar gument and reason hud been exhausted in vuiti that wo would take tlio last re sort of Hallfois. That would ho the course towari* a foreign g«>verntn»*nt, and towards a member of this Uuiled- eracy 1 would recomuivlld the same course. Let ns. therefore not net has tily In this limiter. I**t your Commit tee on tho Htntn of thu Repuhllu m ike out a bill of grievance* j let it be sent by the Governor to those faithless Hiatus and If reason and argument shall Ih» tried in vain—all shall fail to induce them to return to tlmir enustitutiotnd obligation*, I would be for retaliatory measure*, such a* the Governor has suggested to you. Tin's mode of re*!*- tiuv'o in tho Union 1* itf nhr jiower.— It might lie ett'ectual, and ill tho last resort we would tsi ju*idled in the eyes of nations, not only 1« separating from them, hut by usin^ force. iature act, jplifett tha j * 0 heard, mwl tanoo to tear this Governing . \ ou wore not sent U*ro o P , °^l roso. 1 would wlnll iho ° 1, •'“l I 1 *0 united, ir tl.u i. to ft 1 " *• ! boll « v « If WO |>ut.uo tlio : * I have indicated, this *8 -J (Some ono said the nrgulnelij was already exliaiistetl.) Mr.* .Stephims continued.*—Some Iriuqd say* that, the argument> alrea dy exhausted. No, my friend, it i* not. You have novel tilled the atten tion* of the Legislature* of tlirise State? to.this siitjpHM, thut lam aware-nl'.— Nothing lius ever bc« n dj year. The attention of uur own \u:o- .pie ha* been called to the subjec lately. Now then my recouinieitdriti-ili to y«Ki would Ihi tins, liv view ot all these question* of difficulty, let a convention ol the people of Georgia be cubed, to which they may be all refeired. Lot the sovereignty of the people speak.— .Soma think that the election of Mr Lincoln is cause sufficient to dissolve tlio Union. 8o(uu think thoso other grievance* are sufficieiit to dissolve the same, nnd that tho legislature ha* thu (tower thus to set and ought thu* to act. I have 110 hesitancy iu saying that the Legislature is not the proper body to sever our Federal relations, if that necessity should arise. An hon orable and distinguished gentleman the other, night (Mr. T. 1L It. Cobb) advised you to take tb*« course—not to wait to hear from the cross road* and groceries. 1 say to yon, you have no (Haver so to net. You must refer this question to the people and you iuii*t wait to hear from the men at the cross road* and even Hie groceries; ba ilie people in thi* country, whether at the crus* loads or tho groceries, whether 111 cottage* or palaces, are ail equal, and they urn the sovereign* in this country. .Sovereignty is not 111 tlio Legislature. Wu, the people, are the sovereigns. 1 am one of them and have a right to lie heard, und so ha* any other citizen of the State. You legis lators, I speak it respect fully, aro but our servant*. You are tlio servants of the (ample, and not tlieir nuwters.-- Power reside* with the peoplo in this country. Tlio groat difference between our country mid all others, such as Franco and Kngluud, and Ireland, is that hero there i* popular sovereignty, while there sovereignty is exorcised by kings uud favored classes. Tlds prir.- ciplo of popular sovereignty, however much derided lately, 1* the foundation of our constitution. Constitutions ore but tlio channel* through winch the popular will may be expressed. Our Constitution came from tup people.— They made it and they alone cun right fully unmake it. Mr. Toombs. I am afraid of cotiv tious. „ ,. „ Mr. Stephen*. I am not afraid of any convention l*g»dly cIumuii bv the pim ple. 1 know 110 way to decide great questions affecting fundamental laws except by representative* of tbc people. The constitution or -thw Uuited State* was made by tfro representative* of tho people. Tho constitution of the State of Georgia wa* made by tho representa tive* of tlio people chosen at the bnllot box. But do not let the question which comes before the people lie put to I belli in liiu language of my Honorable friend who addressed you last night. Will you submit to abolUlon rulb or will you resist? Mr. Toombs. I do not wish tho peo pie to lie cheated. Mr. Stephen*. Now, my friends, how aie wo going to cheat tlio people by call- ingou them to elect delegate* to a con mm% iv ,»v» i , mi; iv „ UH , ,, w „ u .,,- volition to decide all these que*tiou« coin's policy should he carried out, I without any dictation or ditec ion.— have toldyou-that Ido not think his Who proposes Uf client the people by self in 183(1. These were plain propo sitions which were then laid down in her celebrated IMntfomi n* sufficient for the disruption of the Union if tlio oc casion should ever come; 011 these Georgia has declared tliat she will go out of the Union; nud for those suri would l*e jusffth d by tlio nation* of the earth in so doing. Isay thu same; I said it then ; 1 say |t nriiv, if Mr. Lin- with th e earn pit desire* to nreservo tho |M.>ace and harmony of the State. 1 should dislike ubovo nil thing* to see violent tueasu: es adopted or a dispo sition to take the sword in hand, by individuals without the authority of law. '•* ^ ^ My ho.nornblo friend said last • night. I ask you to give mu the sword, Ibr if you do not give it tc me, nut God lives, 1 will take it mysclfr" Mr. TiHimb*. I will. [Applause 011 the other side.) ' Mr. Stephens- I have no doubt that my honorable friend lecU as he says.— It i* only UU vx«Ms*tau*ntof thu! makes him use such all expression; but this will (mss off' with tlie excitement of tho hour. When the people Ih tlieir majes ty shall nptsik, I have no doubt he will bow to tlieir will, wliatever it may bo, upon a "sobur leooud thought," (Ap plause.] Should Goorgin determine to go out of the Union, 1 *(H?sk lor one, tuoiigh my view* might uot agree with them, Whatever thu ip*mU may bo, 1 wliult bow to the will of her iH-uplu. Their cause i* tny ciiu*e, and their destiny is my des tiny ; and 1 trust this will be' the ulti- mule course of all. Tho greatest curse that can bkiidl a free people is a civil war. But as 1 said let us call a convention of the people. Let nil thtse matters lie submitted to it, slid when the will of u majority of the people li.s thus been expc.-sMil, thu whole State will prcreui one ttiianimmt* voice in favor ol what ever may bo demanded, fur I believe in the (lower ol the people to govern tlu-m- selves, wucii.wisdiuii preVHiis and p*». kioii is Kilcut. Lain at wliat ha> aliea- i.V bceii ilolie by them tui* tlieir ud- aiicenn-nt tit ati tliat enoliles m.tti 7— is nothing tike it m the history uf the world. Look abroad tr*»iu one xtent of the country 10 the other, cun tenl)>lateour gieatuos, we are tiqw among.Vho first nations of tho earth.— .Shall it lie said thut our institutions founded ii|hjii tho principles 01 sell-gov- eminent are a failure? Tims far it is a noble example, wor thy of imitation. Hie gentleman, Mr. Cobb, the other night said it h ul prov en u failure. A tailure in Wliat? lit Look ul our expanse in nation al power. Look at our' (Hj(iu)alioii and mciease hi ail that makes a people great, A failure, why we are the ad miration 01' tiie civilized world, and present the brightest hopes of man kind. Some of nur public men have failed ill tlieir aspirations; that is true, and from that come* tv great part of troubles, [l'rolonged applause.] No, there is no failure «r thi* gov ernment yet. We have made great (vaiiccmeiit under the Uuiistitiu ud 1 eaniiot tail hope that we «hau advance inglier still, i.ei us be trm- tr trust. Now when this Convention usseiubli if it slialt tie called, us 1 hope it may, would say iu my judgment, witlioiit dic tion, fur i am cotiU-mug witli you free ly und frankly, and it is thu* that 1 give my views, it should take into ct-n- sidcitvliim all thoso questions which dis tract the public mind ; should • iew all the ground* of secession so far us the election of Mr. Lincoln is concerned, and I have 110 doubt that they would say that thu Comtitutioniil election of no nun i* a sufficient cause to break up the Union, hut that, the Statu should watt until bo does some uiicoustitution al aet. Mr. Toombs. Commit some overt act. -• * I Mr. Stephens. No, I did not say that The word overt is a sort of technical term connected with treason, which ha* couio to u* from tlie mother country, and it means an open act ol rebellion. 1 do t.nt ace how Mr, Lincoln can do tlda unlesH he should levy war ti)*>n u*. I do not therefore u*e the word overt. I do not intend to wait for that. But I use the word unconstitutional uct which air peopleuhdori<tnnd much better, and which expresses jtm what 1 mean. But us long as he conform* to the Uhnstitii- limi he Hiottld he let to oxeroise the du ties or his office. In giving this adriro lam hut sus taining tlio Constitution ofmy oountlrv, and I do nut thereby become u Lincoln Aid man uither, (Applause,) but a Uon- A l.l ....... 11... .I.. . ... ... 1110*0 questions that now distract the the eye of the traveler throughout the country Iind threaten it* (»e«ce nml ex- ] length 11ml hrendth of that most down htenco. I believo hi the power and ef ficiency of truth, in the ouiui|Kiteuoe of truth, aud its ultimate triumph when propofly wielded. (Applause.) Another mattoi* of grievance alluded to by my Hon. friend, was the naviga tion laws. This policy was also com menced under thendmiuisliatioii of one of these Southern Presidents who ruled so writ, and has boon continued through all of them since. The gentleman’* views or the policy of these laws and my own do not disagree. We occupied the same ground in relation to them in Congress. It i* not my 1 urposc to de fend them now. But it is proper to state some matter*connected with their origiu. . . One of the objects was to build up a commercial American Murine by giving American -IotUouih the exclusive carry ing trade between our own (Hirts. This is a great arm of nutionul iMiwer. This olgoct wus accomplished. We have now on amount of shipping not only coast wise but to foroigh countries which puts us in tho front niuks of tho nutlous of the world. Kngluud can no longer lie The only question now is, can they be secured in tho Union. J'hat is what I am counseling witli you to tiiglit about. Can it be secured? In my judgment it may bo, but it limy uoPbo; but lot us do all wa can, so tlint*in thefrituro, if the worst come, it may never bo said we wero negligent in doing our duty to the last. My countrymen, 1 am not ono of those who believo this Union bus been ft curse up to this Gmo. Truo men, Mien of integrity entertain different views from me on this subject. 1 do not question their right to do so; 1 would wot impugn their motives in so doing. Nor will I undertake to say that thi* Government of our father* is per fect. .There is nothing port'oet in this world of a human origin. Nothing eon. uectod with human nature from man himself to any of his works. You muy seL-ct the wisest and best men for your judges, and yet how many defects aro there in tho administration of justice? You may select tho wisest ami best men Whether those laws shuidd be continu ed is another question. But ono thing is certain, no President, Northern or Southern, 1ms ever yet recommended tlieir repeal. And my friend'* effort to get them icpcah-d was met with little favor North or South. These then were tin* true main griov- •mice* or ground* of cnuipluiiit against the (jeiier.d system of our government and it* working*, 1 mean the aduiinis- tiatioiiof the Federal Government.— As to tho Acts of several of the'fttutcs, i shall s(H?ak presently, but these three were tho main ones used against the common head. Now *up(>oM) it 1 o ad mitted thut all of tlieso are evil* ill the system, do they cver-bulohce and out weigh the advantages and great good which this same government afford* in a thousand ir.mimeri.ble ways that not be estimated ? Have wo not at tho South as well iih tho North grown great, prosperous and happy Under its opera tion 7 Has any part of tho world ever shown such rapid progress in tho dovci- trodden land! Why have not the peo ple of that Jicaven-fivoied clline tlie spirit that animated tlieir father*?— Why this sad difference? It is the destruction of licr institutions that ha* caused it; and, iuv country-men, if wo shall in an evil hour rashly pull down nml de&trcy those institutions which thu putiiutic l and of our futhers labored so long, and so hard to build up, uud which have (lotto so much for u* and the world, who can venture thp prediction that similar result* will not ensue? Lotus avoid it if we can. 1 trust the sp.rit is amongst us that will enable us to do it. Let in not rashly try the experiment, for if ii fails a* it did in Greece aiid Italy ami in -In 1 South American Republics, ami ni' V- ory other, place, wherever liberty a- once destroyed, it uuy never he re stored to hs iigniu. [Applause.] There arc defects in our Government, error* iu administration, uud short coming* oi many kiuds, but ill spite of these defects and 'errors Georgia bus grown to be a great State. Let us pause hero u moment. 111 1850 there wus a great crisis, hut not so fearful us thi*, for of ail 1 have over passed through this i* the most perilous and requires to Ik? met with the greatest calmness and delibcratipi). There were many amongst us in 1850 zealous to go at once out of the Union, to disrupt every lie that bind us, to gether. Now tio you believe bad that (Milicy been carried out at thut timo, wo would have been the same great people tlull wo arc lo-duy? It111uy.be tliat wo would, blit have you any as surance of thut fact? Would ivo huve made tho same advancement, improve ment nnd progress in all that consti tutes material wealth and prosperity that wo huve? 1 notice in the Comptroller General's report that tho taxable property of Georgia is$070,000,000, and upwards, uu amount not far from douhlo that it was in 1850. 1 think 1 may venture to say that for tlm last 10years tho material wealth of tlio peoplo of Georgia ‘bus been nearly if not quite doubled.. Tlio same may bo said ot our advauco In ed ucation, and everything that marks our hear election sufficient cause ; but If his (Kilicy should be curried out in vio lation of any of the principles set forth in the Georgia Platform, Hint would be such un act of nggre.viloii, which ought to be met as I herein provided for. If his (Milicy kIiuII be carried out iu repeal ing or modifying the Fugitive .Slave Law so as to Weaken its efficacy, Geor gia has declared that she will in tlie last resort disrupt the tics of the Union and 1 say s > too, I stand upon the Georgia platform, and u|nmi every phuik, and say If these aggressions therein provided for, take place, I say to you and to tho people or Georgia, keep your powder dry and let your assailants then have lead if need be. (Applause.) I would wait for an act of aggression. This is my position. Now upon another point, an l that the most difficult nnd deserving your most serious consideration, I will speak. That i« the course which this Stato slmiiid i»ur-iie towards, these Northern' S- ii. > v\ iiiri, by tlieir Legislative acts have-/it tempted to nullify the Fugitive Slave Liw. 1 know that iu some of llie.-e States their nets pretended to be based U|*on the principle* set forth in the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in thu case Prigg against Pennsylvania; thut decision did proclaim tlio doctrino that the State officers atc not bound to curry out the provisions of a law of Congress— that the Federal Government cannot impose duties upon Stato officials—that letting them speak tlieir own untram melled views ill the choice of tlieii* ablest und best men, to determine U|»- 011 nil these mailers involving their peace ? I think the proposition of my honora ble friend had a considerable smack of unfairness, not tu say cheat. He wish ed to Imve 110 convention, hut for the Legislature to submit their vote to the people, submission to abolition rule or resistance? Now who in Georgia would , un » ™ yolu -.ubmUiuu to abolition rub 4 - biW goUin to miicui. urnir, txitli tu tlnywayour >i,t erSoill | _ ran bo htUuco to „ ct lutvo but little tlmibt Ut.t iK.^j,^ ll New York nml Penn.VlV^fc.^f .ltd the Western 3llt. W IUJ i.sA 11,0 *“fombly. W. . J<irik them out. * We »l Mr. Hte(dion*— I would k . . i tboitrnui. Hut If ll„, nut tbey uiigUt. I tliinli J° ,u l tlint tlira. Nortl.eriiSu.tJS iL i .™ or !?’« inlly f.igntrnl In Minmiraoturwif Inti that tbry luul u tuttcb iSL!!* Ibr Uninn iintlrr tlio UnutltiMlP* > nml tliht Ihoy would return tori?tHulinnnl duty—tills wmiiSV!** Iio|io. Il'tlmy ilinuld not, Middle.-Hutu..nnd Wo.l«n St,' not join on wu .limikl nt leut i... '* undivided Soulb, I .nraTL i " iwrc.lv. Tor inninlninina Ih, i. u ir iKMiido, i wnf„hUi tnrant thn« to malntnin it .iiid ciun'lty lo It. JJy |,rinri|0«C** Kirnt, tlio muini.iinnc.of H.«l~ tlio rlgl.tn, tlio minnlily, ||,» w®" nnd tU. glory of my itntiv. gut, |,T Union; but il tlimn raimot b, aZ Ininml in tlio’ Union, tlirn I ,«T, tli.ir midnt.mvnw; nt nil IiuahI, " of it. Next to tlio Honor nml .Inn j (li-oritin, the land or my birth, | tho honor nml glory or our cnj. country. In Suvnmiuh I ■. «iy hy Iho lt.|nirt.n, who v«n ninko mo nay thiuu. which 1 thut I »* lirnt lor Ih. glory ^ n, wind, country, nnd nbxt fofti>«, th-orgbl. I nnitl tli. exact rrvtro r thi*; I Jint |,mhd of lior lii.tory; 0 hru'cnt hiju’i. I> Hji I .tin.|'t(jud c.,-,' tier iiiott*, wiuuli I Ul luw. moduli nt the |•.- »,-i. t Urn. r,,;; —Wraluni. Uu.iicc ,mi koio* l noild hnvu her rtgi.n n| Unit of tlio S.mtnuui.tatuic* utuuou. now H|..n them, |>rincitilo. Il« lion nmr in just wlmt It ivm in with tTwiicoi to ' tho other South,, State*. Hor plntlorm then hu W n .aM&fc'Aw but one additional .plank to thatplu- form, whieh I have stated, imi o-, whieli time ha« »m wu to be neccuvi If oil this tails, we shall at l«et fa* the satisfaction of knowing that wtlfa done our duty and all that parks* could require. Mr. Stephen* continued far mm time-oft other matters, whiult art figd ted, and then took fais *eatauiiditpul Ilpplause. I On hmd call* for Henry U. 4atW-, 1 tliat gentleman nro*o un’d nddn-awtlthl as«enihly ;fi»r about nn hour, tnunljal oiqttt-ilum to *4.mu of the (Mj»iiion««tI Mr. S. He wi* Ruiiiiy Hpplnuthill;ki| side.- When he got tiKnugh Mr.So-1 pbeii* ug.iin 1*0*0 and ivj '-meU iimVI staliee as follows; Ha Hud Imped Glut u hu might have bet-n permitted to la'coow-l del ed and relleelctl in on liy (Iiok a I whom it had been addvelled in Uutl spirit of coolness with which U haftbml delivered, lie laid come to do ninth I could to allay excitement audio ItUkI di.-(sc<isiomrir judgment of the inrmUn I of the Legislature have il* own eoum V One or two point* only would he reply I to tha uciitleniaii on. j[ He, Mr. Jack son, ha*l said that th* I ivople of ancient Grecue nml Homtlui I hut tlieir liberties when they refusedt* I tight for them. No, my eounujnu*, I said Mr. Stephens, they bwt their like? tie* when they felt a nrcy to intereil I dissension#muangst (jieunclvi-s. 'Ail long us thoy were unite 1, *« Ionia I Adieu*,tUorinth and Sparta, andothm I of tho Aniphyutionic league acted hu* I moqfou*|y,they wwe more than snizuk I for Any enemy that >ver note apitA I them, 'lids, Phillip of Macedon wa I aware of, and hi* |m>1 Joy toward* tbm I was, to sow strife amongst tlistn. il* I motto wa* to divide and eonqiikr. Gd I strife wn* the eattso of Urasaa'a «rcr.l throw; no it wa* with Romau ft *a I tho *tvUo Uiiwocn Marius n«*8jlk | Poinjiey and Cmsur, and tlio eivil *»* I that ensued that oaused tho* avtrtkfW I ol that Great Uepnblie. to Wat wh* 1 there were parties for Mnriqs and Sylk. I nnd for t'n»<nr and Ponipoy, and now I lor Rome, biiUbtiiosOfifarure gol lo fighv I ing amongst theuisolve*, that th* liber-1 tie* of tho people wero lost—that (fair I coiistitntlon was destroy«1. It lisdbns P so in Frune^ nml all other Republic*- I 1 Mexico is in this m»d condition now.*-I Tliri hlaekest |>agc in tlio I world was that on wltieli wer# rrv^eW I the butcherie* iu tho French Heroiatka I committed by each faction on the other I ns they »uece**ively triumphed in tura I Desmoulins, Dnnton, Robespkre, *" I went to the Guillotine. So it may B I in tlds country. Our peoplo are, hf I turo, no heMer than others. Whcntfa L human (tnKsions.nre o.nco unbridW | men In-como 11 ttlo hotter than Liberty was novor the^miU of w* strifcKj . Ue iTtado an enrnost spi^JJ nil widl-wislrers'rif iho prihoe or soo»v —tqjiRJnw and order juon to I* ee P andW foti ‘ * Nitiitionnl Aid limn," But .this matter the Con vet ion can determine. As to the other matter, I think w« i v-vt* have a right to pas*-, retaliatory meiw- Mexieq is it, this sad condition now/- ures, provided they bo in accordnneo with the Constitution of tho Uuited States nnd I think they can bo mndo such. But whether it would !>o wise for this legislature to do thi* now, is the question. To the convention, in my judgment, tins matter ought to be referred. Before we committed repris als on Kngland wo should exhaust ev ery means of bringing about u peaceful solution of the question. Thus did UcH. .laekson in the case of the trench. He did not recommend reprisals until lie had treated with Franco and got hor to promise to make indemnifica tion, and it wus only oil her refusal- to (my the money which she had proud*- wl that ho recommended reprisals. It wu* ufter negotiatian had failed. I do thiuk there lore tliat it would ito best [Laugh ter. J Is putting such a question to tlie I people to vote on, a fair way of* gel ling an expression oi the popular will on all iliere questions? I think not. Now who In Georgia is going to submit to the abolition rule? Mr. Toombs. The convention will. Mr. Stephen*. No, uiy friend, Geor gia will nut ur do it. The convention will nover secede from the Georgia plat form. Under Hint there can be no abo lition rulo in tho General Government. 1 am not afraid to trust the people in convention upon thi* and all question*. Besides, the Legislature were not elect ed for such a purpose. Thoy cumohcre to do tlieir duly as Legislator*. They havuswoni to support the constitution of tlie United .Stale*. They did not come here to disrupt tins Government. 1 am therefore, for submitting all these question* to a convention of tho people Submit the question to tho people, whether they would submit to abolition they must execute tlieir own law* by rule or resist, and then let the Lcgislu- their'own officers. And this tuny bo turo act upon that vote? Such a course true. But still it 1* the duty of tlio State* lo deliver fugitive slaves as well as tho duty of the General Government to hoc that it is douo. Northern States on entering into tho Federal Compact pledged themselves to surrender siieh fugitives ; and it 1* in disregard of their constitutional obliga tions that they have passed laws whudi even tend to hiuder or impedo the ful filment of tliat obligation, Thoy have violated their plighted faith; what ought wo to do in view of this? That is tho question. Wliat is to bo done? By tho law of nations you would have a right to demand tho carrying out of this article of agreement, and l do not soo that it should bo Qtlionvfae with respect to tho States of this Union, and in caso it be not done wo would by tlieso principles have tbo right to com mit acts of reprisal on thoso folUiloss governments, and acute upon their would be an insult to the peoplo. Tlioy ivould have to eat tlieir platform. Ignore their past histoty. bi«»t out their record* and take steps backward*, if they should do this. 1 have never eat my record or words, und never will. But how will it be under this arrange ment if they should vote to resist, and the Legislature should ro-RMomhlo with this voto ns their instructions? Can any man tell wliat sort of resistance will he meant? Ono mnn would say se cede; another pass retaliatory measures tlie.M* are measures of resistance nguinst wrong-rlogitimate nnd right—nnd there would be os many different ideas as there are member* on the floor. Resis tance don’t mean secession—that is no nropor mmso of the terra' of resisjunce. Believing that tin) times require action, I am for presenting the' questfdn fairly to the people, for calling together an un trammeled convention, and present] our confederate Slates to make tlio present Minn ol onr demand, to «p* p al to tlieir reason and judgment to * l °l give us our right*. Then if reason should r.oi triumph it will be time enough to commit reprisals and wu should he justilh-d in the eyes of a civ ilized world. At least left the States know wliat your grievance* are, and if they refuse, as 1 said, to give u* our rights under tlie Constitution of our country, I should ho willing a* a last re sort to sever the ties of this Union.— [Applause.] My own opinion is that if this course bo pursed, and they are informed of the consequences of refusal, these States will recede, but if tiles should not, then let the consequeneey lie with them, and let the responsibility of thccoiirequqncus rest upon them.— Another thing 1 would huve that Con vention to do. Reaffirm tho Georgia Platform with nn additional plank in it. Let that (dank he the fulfilment of the obligation us the part of those State* to rc|H>ul these obnoxious luws on a condition of our remaining in the Un ion. Uive them timo fo cinisider it, "°Home idfiwiou^wasmndo to Mr. Breck- inridge. Mr.Stepliens *nid that hewj seen it stated that Iiq was coming w* to addre*4 thfc prop!© in bcfidfo* fr, dug the Union If it could bedosaj Oid*! “ Ue did*i>ut know whether it *'a» t* iw< * Mr. Toombs said it was not trur. Mr. Stephen* hhuI ho did vwtkwj* whether it wasor.uot. jSuch atelegni? ie dispatch had been published. - Home question was uwked about Ju Dougins' answer to the Norfolk q** lion*. . j Mr-Stephen* said Mr. Dougin said iu-substance, tliatThe bare swdj of any man to the Presidency, a cause for a State to secede; *nd U Lincoln should ho elected, he ouiM" lie inaugurated and sustained in «] JJ constitutional act*, But if If® the Constitution, then he wonW bunging him higher than the Virgin 1 * hung John Brown. Mr. Breckwridg had not answered thogc ffi ,c rij°. , !‘',y Mr. Stephens took It for granted tow agreed with Mr. Douglas; for hecoMJ ored In Ills Lexington speech, a clou of his entertaining disunion inunts, an imputation c*n his chsjj** Hot routed with indignity such mn. uive mem timo to consuter it, and his suppnrfrrf* in Georgia and 1 would ask all State. .Smith to do • foinly run him up*.m rim #vojrw-? # tlie same thiug. 1 am Ihr exhausting all tfod (.atHol ism enn demand before taking the last step. 1 would Invite therefore South Carolina to a conference. 1 would ask the Maine of ul! thu other Southern States, so tliat if tl.o evil had got be yond our control, which God in his mercy grant muy not he tho case, lot us not be divided among ourselves, [cheers.] But if potwibfo soaure tho united co-operation of all tlio Southern State* and then in the face of the civil ized world we may justify our action, and with the wrong all on tho other sido wo can appeal to the God. of bat- gr*gV tles to aid us Iu our cause. [Loud ap plause.] But lot us not do anything tn which any portion ot our people may charge u« with rash or hasty notion.-— il b certainly a matter of great impor- where, tlmriiu'wu- i Union u) an * , Mr. Stephens spoke abmil uteji, t* m bracing some other l"/ 1 " * . in- I ply to Mr. Jackson, and againi ded amidst great applause- i enoo then dispersed orderly iu* 1 ’ 1 ally, Maryland.—The Baltimore Saturday, gives full returns of th® ^ lion I • • lh ‘ ' BUll Bull 2,198. The majority in | bf.il tST Qov. Brown brt « t , of. the preent month, htmUSMottwi^pnyo