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Vofcc from the Old Key-Stone!—Lan
caster, the Home of Onehanan Speaks
The spirit of the true-hearted democracy of
the stout ohl Commonwealth is unbroken; it
cannot he Eob.lut' l. It bursts forth at this mo
ment ia n manner am) with an energy that will
cause a thrill of joy anil admiration to. pervade
the entire Union. Although disappointed ip the
anxious Resins to procure -the nomination of a
distinguished and venerated citizen of her oxvn
soil, Ibtxxsvi.vAxiA is the first to respond in
tones that will carry dismay into the enemy’s
ranks, to the selection of Lewis Cass and Win.
O. Butleu for the first and second olficein the
republic.
AVe give a conspicuous place to toe annexed
article from the Lancaster Intelligencer, edited J -
by E. M. Hatter, Esq., who is Chairman of the j
“ Democratic Central Committee ofPennsylva-!
nia, and one ot the most judicious and power- ] j' a
fid political writers in the country. The Intel
ligencer is published in the city of Lancaster, the
THE PATRIOT.
^Ulrnnn, ©corgia:
SATURDAY MOR.M.VC, JUNE 17,. 1818.
FOR PRESIDENT,
LEWIS CASS,
OF MICHIGAN.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM O. BUTLER,
OF KENTUCKY.
The Growing Crops.
The seasons have, up to this time, been very
onible, and we think the prospect has never
l>oen better at this time of the year for full crops
the home of James Buchanan, and lias been the °** corn an ^ c °B° n - We have recently receiv-
continuous and umv
vy for hnl.
ancie
inor
joiu the van-guard of the Democratic legion ir
the approaching contest AH hail, the old Key
stone State!' she will give her " old-fashioned fit the root, well branched, and containin
Jackson majority!”—1 Yashington Union.
n'ng organ of Democra- j cd several specimens of the state of cotton
■y for hah a century! We rejoice to see the crops from our planting friends: from Mr. Cul-
incient au\'thus promntlv arrav itself in thf» ir r ,
nor of too goo I cause. and nmo^the llrat to. P<WOr ’ °’ J ' “ ncarI d r fu “
cotton boll—from Mr. A. Y. Hampton, of Ba
ker county, a cotton stalk throe feet long clear
be.n difficult to find a reason for-so awkward
a form of describing an authority to legislate in
all possible i cases. A power to destroy the
The TTfilg National Convention.
Th^ result of the proceedings of the Whig
freedom of the press, the trial by jury, or even i ^®®^tion, which met at Philadelphia on the
to regulate the course of descents, or the forms fifth instant, was the nomination of General
£ | Z “ ha ^ ^ P "* id »‘. aad Millard Fill
of conveyances,
general w-elfarc.’’ eriB3 “ to York,
The Ohio members offered a resolution that
“ B-t what color can the objection have, when 1 1*“° V“'° » ff f ed • re30,nti °"
a specification of the objects alluded to by these * ne 110,11 ulatlo » 00 not declared unanimous un-
general terms, immediately follbws; and i^ not tho nominee should pledge himself in svp r
even separated by a longer pause than a semi- P ort °f Whig principles. The resolution was
s^umentouflht toh^o f not Plained, and caused much confusion in
strum. ™S ht to be so , ex pounded, as to give the convention
meaning to every part which wiU bear it; shall j Afr r r XT v ,
one part of the same-sen tehee be excluded alto- 1 . 01 ^ ew ^ork, moved that the
getlier from a share in the meaning; and shall noniination for President be declared by the
the more doubtful and indefinite terms be re- convention unanimous. Mr. Allen, of Massa-
tained in their full extent, and the clear and chusetts, would not assent. He believed that
precise expressions be denied any signification ' the \Vhi<*
whatsoeverf For what purpose could the enu
meration of particular powers be inserted, if
these and all others were meant to be included
party w as this day dissolved. Mr.
Wilson, of Massachusetts, said lie could not
concur, and would do all he could to defeat the
i b °P- s “early full grown and many squares
Un: 1 lag is i inmi:!—In obedience to the and blooms. W
decision of the Nation.:! Convention, held
‘ t! rlJnil'nlv T\ r : » "!! aro not extraordinary, but may
t a,| y constated ti.buual | - ... ... *
told that such specimen
Balti
for the adjustment and
the honest differences
we to-day fly from oi
General Lewis ('ass
oral William (). Be
in tho gift of the An
ns we desired the sell
ons Buchanan, both on account of his exalted
character ns a patriot and statesman, and as an
act of justice to sure and steadfast' Pennsylva
nia, wc yet howto the verdict of the assembled
democracy of tho nation with alacrity and cheer- j
fulness. Submis:'
and cordial acquit
at ion of all the
the Democratic ranks—
nast-lie:id the name of
r the first, and of Gen-
for the second office
ican people. Ardently
ion of our own illustii-
cotton fields in this section.
Arrival ofthc Acadia—Decline in Totten.
1 he Acadia brings Liverpool accounts to the
•2/th May. Cotton had declined jd., and was dull
Fair Uplands are quoted 4Jd. This depression
was attributed to the unsettled state of affairs on
the continent r i rade in tile manufacturing
districts was much depressed. Paris was tian-
T'il- C motions at Lyons. The assembly
ill of the majority* i <,isa! ^ rot * ti " * th t!, ° executive "report It was
le regular nomina- thought that Lamartine and Roliin would re-
tions ofinir parly, we have ever regarded as t!ie 1 si S !1 Marrast and Arrago w ould succeed
very bfc-bloud oi its success, without which it them. Terrible insurrection at Naples. Four
If o»“twsh® lnve'nli^''rii’ iHu to™' qT""'' l,andrcd WUcd. The city pillaged and in ruins.
- .V L (.ziiao 1.1 riptu toon- T ; ... . , ,
ha
second c
first choice for tin
less unfortunate in respect to tii
for, next to Mr. Buchanan, there is no name in
the wide extent of the luihl, mule.- which we
would do hurtle more cordially than that y,
(ieneral Lewis Casa—the worthy son of a gal-
lant revolutionary sire—the brave soldier in the
war ot 1812—the pioneer ol western civiliza
tion—the enlightened and noble governor the
successful and distinguished diplomatist—the
eloquent and intrepid senator—in a word, the
true patriot, the fearless
plished statesman. If :
rare and excellent quali
the democratic nominee
port of tho A‘nerican.no
gcd. Prince Corace np-
Tho ministry dial
pointed.
England quiet. Disturbances continued* ii
the .South of Ireland. Depreciation in thefuuds.
The English money market was unsettled.! sect,ons a,uI of oppression to others. 4th
the preceding general power! Nothing is nominee. Mr. Bingham, of Ohio, offered «
more natural or common, than first to use a resolution providing the assent of the entire
fthya U> , the "°; ni,la,ion if Taylor,
an enumeration of particulars, which neither pledge Imnseilf to accept it as the nominee
explain nor qualify the general meaning, and °J the Whig party and carry out. its principles.
can have no other effect than to confound and The chair here interfered and said that all dis-
! ' 3 .V aro ' cussion was out of < -”<l--T J ami the next business
authors oftl.e objection, or'T'the‘imthora of 1,1 ™ ler was the balll > ts VicePesidenL
the constitution, we must take the liberty of 1 10 ^° ,lvei,10n re “ isea to suspend tho reg-
supjjosing, had not its origin w itli tin- latter.” j ular or<!c 'r so as to peraiit discussion.
It seems to us that this reasoning is conclu- ; ^r- Lalloway of Ohio moved an adjournment
sive, and must settle tho question in the mind of t0 3 ° cloclt —' ost - A motion to take half an
every unprejudiced man,.that the powers 0 f bours recess was lost. Mr. Filmoro was nomi-
Congress are limited to the particular objects 0,1 tho second ballotiag for Vice President,
enumerated, and that it has no authority to W as there ever a party ia a position so hu-
(engage in Internal Improvements. But sup. nal| atmg as that now occupied by tile Whig
I I» s « wo admit for the purposes of the argument ,,arty ! ’ i ' ll<, - v dare not assert the principles of
I Ike ground assumed bv the Federal party and |,ar ^’’ ,10r "naiiaate a man whose principles
the leaders of the modern Whig party—that are known, nor even ask their nominee, to ac-
the Constitution confers authority upon Con- ce l d ,lH no,n ' ,lee °J the Whig party and car-
gress to carry on Internal Improvements, would n t ,,ul ‘ !s principles? A single individual—
the exercise of such a power lie politic or prop- <;e "' Taylor, has dictated terms to the
or? We think .not, for many reasons: j Wing party of the Union, and humili
1st. It would lie a power without limit. 2d.
It would require unlimited means which most
be drawn by taxation from the people. 3d.
1 It would he a system of favouriiisi
they are. they have been ;
?ntion.
Teat
ating as
opted by the Con-
.. ‘""V .......
said committee, who after retiring a few minutes re
ported the names of the following gentlemen, who
were unanimously appointed, viz: for the State con
tention, Edward Brooks, E. H. Adams and Gilbert
Carmichael, Esqr’s., and for the district, Major 5 Wiley
Barod, Col. L. Ogburn, and Capt. William B.
Stewart.
On motion that tho foregoing he signpd by the
Chairman and Secretary, arfU be published in the
Albany Patriot, the meeting adjourned sipe die.
L. B. OGBURN, Chairman.
John T. Carsox, Secretary.
From the Washington Union.
Washington, Dee. 24, 1847.
Dear Sir:—I have received your letter, and
shall answer it, ns frankly as it is written.
You ask me whether I am in favor of the ac
quisition of Mexican territory, and what are my
sentiments with regard to the Wilmot Proviso?
I have so often and so explicitly stated my
views of the first question, in the Senate, that it
seems almost uifiieccssary to repeat them here.
As you request it, however, I shall briefly give
them. &' 1
I think, then, that no peace should be granted
to Mexico, till a reasonable indemnity is obtain
ed for the injuries which she has done us. The
territorial extent of this indemnity is, in the first
instance, a subject of executive consideration.
There the constitution has placed it, and there 1
am willing to leave it; not only because I have
lull confidence in its judicious exercise, but be-
uuse, in the ever varying circumstances of a
r ar, it would be indiscreet, by a public declara
tion, Xo commit the country to any line of in
demnity, which might otherwise be enlarged, as
the obstinate injustice of the enemy prolongs
the contest, with its loss of blood and treasure.
It appears to mo that the kind of metaphysi-
cal magnanimity, which would reject all indem
nity at the close ot a bloody and expensive war,
brought on by a direct attack upon our troops
by the enemy,' and preceded by a succession of j
unjust acts for a series of years, is unworthy of* i U
the age in which we live, as it is revolting to grunt
eration, and its exercise needed
provi|iuiL., Ifj on the other hand
include such power of legislation J T*
property-of tfe United
include it over their ‘territory’ fn-V'*" 1 "!
terma which grant the one grantT,*"*
‘Territory' is hero classed with nra ofttr -.
treated ns such, and the object
enable the general government, „-Hi.
holder—wluch, from necessary, it musth^
-rray
manage, preserve and ‘dispow ofTA^
erty as it mipTit possess, and ul.i.i.
it migTit possesss, and which
is essential almost to its being. But th °. r ”J
and persons of our citizens, with tlie vast
■ ro _ five,
of objects connected with them', cann^V 3 "' 1 !
troilodl by an autliority which 13 nterci?*^
into existence for the purpose of tnak'
and regulations for the disposition and » 8 "*•
mcni of property. m <ma^
Such it appears to mo, would be the conn,
tion upon tins provision of the cousik v
were this question now first presentea r
sideration, and not controlled by !„,?"•
circumstances. Tlie original ordin-i„J Pe , no, ‘
Congress of the Confederation, passed
and which was the only act upon Sju Jiffl
n; /or™ at tllc adoption of the constih,,^^*
V' dpd a complete frame of government fa, Pr °'
country north of the Ohio, while in a t ern °
condition, and for its eventual admi'lT'-' 1
separate States into the Union. And rt, “ "
suasion, that tiiis ordinance contained V* 1 '
itself all the necessary means of exe™r
probably prevented any direct reference
subject in the constitution, further than i™-
' ’ongress the right to admit the State, r S
■tder it : ■ *■- " ’ - ’ lorm -
timces
than v
form°.
. however r /,
wlucb required
owe,,;
over other territory, both within and
the original Union, ceded to the general
eminent; and, at various times, a more enf
ed power, has been exercised over the Tori?'
ries—meaning thereby the different TenSS
eriunents—than is conyeyed by thcliZ
it refoned to. Ilow far an existing n««.
tlie common sense and practice of mankind.—! *it.v may have operated in producin'? tl'i-T^
It would conduce but little to our future seen- i latior., and thus extending, by rather a viT^
rity or indeed, to our present reputation, to de- j implication, powers not directly given ju* 1
Consols, 85,^
The Democratic Platform
M e publish on our first page tlie re
set forth by the Democratic National Comen
dier, and the jfecom-1 tion, to which we call the attention of our rea-
lombi
»tlie enth*
“pie, it would be i
ommend
i.’isti
°1: dors. Let them exa
I not w ithin the Constitutional or legitimate
sjihere of government to enter into conq,vti!ion ■ WM ” IW t0 Upside, and Nelson Tift
j with private enterprize. If tlie object he the
olutions; construction of a rail road or canal or the im
provement of a river, the fund
gress must nc
imine the principles there*!:., 41fV „ VJIV1Jl U1 |f|tJ
set forth and they will find them identical in ' tl.e‘im i .royemenVis'’loeaiid I 'if'it Z
.vliat .
. otlu
• Slates
tdilv
ulorned
State. Let
to hoj
We km
this OCC",
Pennsylvania. 1’orgvll
ing only to the ful are, I
democracy will rally w
determination around 1
Baltimore, and will can-
the most brilliant victories liiat:
tlie political annals of the Kcv;.
who will be the federal candidate, soon I
nominat 'd in Philadelphia, he can expet
“aid and comfort” from Pennsylvania,
twenty-six electoral votes are a safe and
contribution to the election or Cass and Untie
and this, too, by an oM-fashioned J ac
jority of 20,000 1 To tiiis gl irions
have good and sudieieut authority Ii.. ......
our neighbor Old Heel,* lias received to <■
tribute alone the round number of 0,000 1
any other State or county can beat tiiis,
•hall be glad to hear from them
spirit with those for which the jiutriots of t'a
; revolution fought, and to whicli the en
liberty and the rights of tlie
•anted by Con-
1: ily be at the expense of the
whole Union for tlie benefit of the section where
vered
that this inequality miglit be obviated by ex
nemies of, tending similar works of Internal Impmvcmen
, l K ‘°I’ !e " ere op- to every section of the Union, tlio answer i
the past, and !• J P ’' i " Cipl<?S f,,r whieh ,la ’ t,lat «•« 'vhole resources of the United State,
tern and unwielding * ‘ " 10< ' ra,le Republican Party have ever battled, for the next hundred years 1
bed and resolute a!ld _ la "'Incli, we mve tho proud position which in works of Internal improv
D«ffiorr.itie Meeting in Baker County.
nine According to previous notice a meeting of the
It is Democratic party was held in the Court House at
ovton, on the 7rh inst., ivl.cn John Tompkins,
appointed Secretary.
In a brief address the Chairman explained tho
object of tho meeting to be the appointment of dele
gates to a district convention to be held at Americus
on the 4th Monday in July next, to nominate a can
didate for Congress, and tlie appointment of dele
gates to a Stale Convention to be held at Milledte-
ville on the gist instant to nominate Electors of
President and Vice President of the United States.
of R. II. Clark, Esq., the Chairman
clare that we repudiate all expectation of com- not- Bat certain it is, that the’ princinle nth*
pensahon from the Mexican government, and terferaiee should not he carried bevondtl
arijfehtrag, not for any practical result, but for; necessary implication which produces it R
creation of proper « ov
some vague, perhaps some philai
which
scapes my peuetrath
ithropic obje
ml must lie!
appu
od t!iO follow
houlil be limited to the i
11 . a * * ’ . Tmnents for new countries, acquired or setti«i
defined by those who assume this new principle • b> the necessary provision for their eventa
of national intercommunication. All wars are!•*»! admission in tho Union; leaving i n w
to be deprecated, as well by the statesman as | meantime, to the people inhabiting Them to
by the plnlanthrophist They arc great evils; 1 regulate their internal concerns in their own
lint there are greater evils than these, ami sub- ^ " av. They are just as capable of doin'- w
mission to injustice is among them. Tho ua-1 the people of the States; and they can do so
tion, whicli would refuse to defend
and its honor, when assailed, would soon
ghts j at any rate, as soon as their political independ!
ognized by adinissionjnto the Union.
•.1 * I U 1 1 . I ” O -’J uuuiiaeiuii I1IUJ uitl (JIHOn
neither to de.end ; and when driven to war, it j During this temporary condition, it is hardly
IS not by professions ol clisiutorpN;t»»(lni»c« infzx .. 1
is not by professions of disinterestedness and
declarations of magnanimity, that its rational
objects can be best obtained, oi
tau, ’ ‘ ...
pedient to call into exercise a doubtful and
s authority which questions tlie intelli-
objects can be best obtain oil, or other nations kence of a resjK'cfable portion of our citizens
aught a lesson o! forbearance—the strongest and whose limitation* whatever it may be, will
iccunty for permanent peace. We arc'at war be rapidly approneliing its termination-a
r committee to suggest to the
'•de nt j oar F "ion now occupies in the family ofnatio
cmlbrwardtooneoflnnd the prosperous and happy condition of her be plausibly del
Pushing one half of tlie works which mi-lit re J >ort '-’d
ting the names ol delegates to the convention,
R- H. Clark, E. H. Platt, H. Ilora, R. Q
Skt expended Dickinson, J. Colley, U. Griffin, B. O Keaton, and
ithout an- J - F- Hirlfin. The committee after a short absence,
mtrv.
a'.ent r
ined to be ‘
moral welfare.” IfCi
nation:d v
tlie i
cit-zens. How different has been the course
be 1 1 ” f Ult l V, l ' i ” Xa,ional Convention. They not on- j this power under the Constitutin',, 'there is no
!’ refasa '» a '0W .my prmeij'les themselves but government on earth which possesses a more
Her | ‘key refuse to adopt tlie 111 0,1
peopl
hy which the j absolute and despotic control over the property
know the principles of their candi-: anil industry of rts subjects than that under
suit,
, r . 1 » , ,, . ; * • *v ouo.eeis 1
uat0 - Reason, und principle must be silenced j which we live. Amerii
Delegates In the District Convention •
JOHN COLLEY,
JOHN BILBO,
Delegates to the Electoral Convention:
RENNET BELL,
JOHN JACKSON,
Which report was unanimously adopted. On i
with -Mexico, and its
surest means oi its speedy termination, ami j ""tie |
ample indemnity the surest" guarantee against ! over 11
the recurrence of such injustice us provoked it.
Tho Wilmot Proviso has been before the
country some time. It has bee:
cussed in Congress, and hy tho pulili,
I am strongly impressed with the opini-
a great change has been going 0:1 in the public
mind upon this subject—in my own as well as Congress should unde
others; and that doubts are resolving them-1 of marriage in New Y
selves info convictions, that the principle it
)uld give to Congress des-
?r uncontrolled by the Constitution,
important sections of onr eommoa
For il tho relation of master andser-
galated or annihilated by its Ityis-
of husband and wifr,
atedly dis- ! kifion, .so may the relat
press, ot parent and child, and of any other condition
, that vvkiidt our institutions and the luibits of our
What would lie thought if
.1 to prescribe the lemis
k, or to regulate the
■ity ot parents over their children in Peiin-
Krnrral Cass.
^ ’Hie “ Baltimore Argns” of Friday eve
gives tlie follow ing iiiiiirmaliiin about Gei
Cass’s nn.vciiiei.tWe uaderataml that a 1.
party of friends will
„,. crilived o:i the altar of party ambition,
lg, kaving no higher aim than the spoils of "dice,
and the people are expected to submit to this
li degrading and humiliating dictation.
j internal Improvements by the Central
j Government—The Public Lands.
eg ' 0 s ^ lad as kriefiy as possible examine some
ia! " r tke arguments wliicb are urged in favor of
Internal Improvements by tlie General Govern-
(bus construe away bis own rights and
j tlia memory of his forefathers to .an
^ which can only attach to tyrants.
| But lucre is another class of politicians com-
prising some of all parties, win., whilst they
expressly deny the right of the general govern
ment to engage in any work of Interii.nl Iin-
prominent, they yet assert the Constitutional
authority to dispose of tho public land. this
involves should be kept, out of the national '.’.nvnnin : .Via! vo t it would be as viua to seek
tion of E. I.I. Platt, Esq., it wu
i’l'at the delegates be authorized to fill
;i any vacancy which may occur. i 11,0 wnoie suoject is u compa-elie4sivt> one,; "ft states of tho Union. I speali
.loll" B.ll"., ILq., offered the follou-ingresolutions I alld j ru,tlul °f important consequences. It : inherent power of Congress, and do not touch
forcible address. ’ i wauld bo to discuss it here. I shall ] tke question of such contracts, as may he formed
lo- i ... y, r 1 u.tiMMiai : • ,-uiu ua u woiuu oe us vaio to seek
• legislature, and left to the people of the con- ‘>:u; justi ying t!ie interference of the national
fill | IJ rpi‘ lC ^ !“ respective local governments.; legislature in tlie eases referred to in the orL'in-
: llic whole subject .is a comprehensive one, ; ^ States of the Union. I speak here of the
nl advocated then
Ina.
' in the
New York^atm.m' t:ies('"we 'h- v !"l T f,,r l! '° l” lr i l0s " "f exposing their falacy. I T 0tl '° r , ,alr i loso "'_ llle k Congress may
names of Col. Bentim', Mr! Allen, of Ohio Vr j Ut ant ' ic ' nt l«l»ral party and the pres. Tha foUawirig is (lie clause of
Hannegaii, Gen. Houston, Air. Bright, of Ind. I oat W hig party claim that Congress has an- , . l , ‘" st,tutl011 lrom 'vutca the authority is
Gen. Finite, of Mississippi, fce. dec. As the i‘kority under the Constitution to carry on In- j t lal " ,ud:
resolution tn'V t"f' h f a '“ iu,0 l ,(od » K ‘ raal Improvement to any extent which in their I “ Tho Con ? ross skall have power to dispose
resolution to met.t o.t Aioaday, for tne nurnoso! t... a»_ , . i ol. and mat., nil ii'.a ,..t i ... , ..
Senate of
resolution to
of adjourning
and perhaps o
visiting New
houses wili a:
whig del
State
uia
• till Tit
will have a
during tin
tii! Tours
.. . • - ‘licit
teseseinto-s ' !s< ' rt ‘ l "’“ ma - v l,e Gectxie.I “ National,” or for
pportunity of! "! t> “f naral "°kai'e.” Tlie only clause in the
eceas. Both • ^ 0,, stitation which can give a color of pretence
.’, to give the I for the assumption of such authority by Con-
of 'to ineef'a! S '' CSS ^ .‘'' at "’ l>icl ‘ immediate| y precedes the
Philadelj>!■*■* .. | enumeration of powers crmiitml bv fbn
!hn. Cass Ex
understand that
Washington for 1
day
Nev
rive
crat
him
are invited to joii
remain one day in tin's
our fellow-democrats will pay him tlie honor
dim to his virtues, patriotism, and distinguished
station, both as a sound American statesman
powers granted by the States
to Congress, and is in these word's; “Congress
sit,tII lute power to lav and collect i.v... a.,::....
Tho Congress shall have power to taspose
Of, and make all needful rules and regulations
respecting the territory or other property of the ' > 1 res ‘ d ° 1
I nited States; and nothing in tiiis constitution
shall he so construed us to prejudice any claims
of too United States or of any particular Ftatc.”
^ The argument drawn from this clause of tho
Constitution is, that Congress is vested with un
restricted power to “ dispose of” tlie public
a great and important crisi
political atiuirs of our country id at hand, ai
is at all times proper for the people in their
assemblies freely and promptly to express theii
opinions upon the great issues of the day, it is there
fore
Routhc,1, That the Democracy of Baker cannot
applaud too highly the firm, patriotic and able ad
ministration of James K. l»olk, by which the honor
ot our whole country and the pecular interests of
the South have been protected and preserved.
Resolved, That we bail with unfeigned delight
the nomination by the Baltimore Convention,"of
Lawia Cass, of Michigan, and Wm. O. Butler, of
Kentucky, as our standard bearers in the next
utin] campaign, and battling for the princi
ples set forth by that convention, we cannot doubt a
glorious victory under their lead.
Resolved, That it is due to the lion. Alfred Iver
son to express our unqualified admiration of his
course in tho able, and efficient discharge of his
duties as the representative of tiiis District in Con-
I not assume that responsible task, but shall
; fine myself to such general views, as are neces-
j sarv to the fair exhibition of my opinions.
,! Wl ‘ may wen regret’the existence of shivery
in the Southern States, nml wish they had been
saved from its introduction. But there it is,
and not by the act of the present treueration :
e\v States when admitted into the c
and
must deal vith'it
O; all (he questions that can agitate us, those
kick are merely sectional in their character
‘e the most dangerous, and tire most to lie tie-
vented. The warning voice of him who,
om his character, and services and virtue, had
were taken up separately and
wcl-
and as the standard
the Union. \Yc mast give him a cheer
come to the “ MonumcntrJ City.”
Go::. f;tss gt I;»wc.
The Detroit Free Press thus speaks of the
reception of the news ot Gen. Gass’s nomination
in that city:
“ Yesterday was a groat time of eongratcla-
tions among tho democrats of our city. ° Every
ono you met, in passing through the streets,
carried the expression of their feelings in his
countenance a radiant joy that sprang from
the heart At the comers of tlie streets, and
on tho walks, could be seen knots of persons
eagerly listening and mingling their expressions
ofpnde and joy at tlie result of the delibera-
lions of the convention. The hearty warm
grasp of the hand was but an'indication of the
spontaneous warm feeling of joy and aratifica-
tion within.’.’
reception. lie will: enumeration of the powers granted to Congress
ny. and we me sure j in which no inference is given of any intention
o vest a power in Congress to carry on Internal
mprqvetnenls. If the “general welfare” clanso
f the democracy of *kc Constitution which we have recited does
not refer to, and is not qualified by the pow ers
which are defined and specifically granted, then
of schools and colic
Railroads, Canals, &c! We are free to .admit!
that plausible arguments, may he drawn from 1
this clause of the Constitution to suppurt th
authority claimed for Congress—that the pow
or has been frequently exercised, and that it is I sup^rt’ the
less dangerous to the country than the general
made whrthor Judge Iverson
a nomination—when Judge
o meeting that lie was author-
on to say that circumstances
. decline a nomination should it
ot j be tendered to him.
On motion of E. II. Platt, Esq., the following
resolution was unanimously adopted:
This meeting having been informed that the Hon.
A. Iverson declines a re-election—
Resolved, That whilst we pledge ourselves to
nominee of the Americus Convention;
delegates are hereby instructed to use the
. . o T(i;it Poetical! ‘he best right to warn us, proclaimed to his
question, involving the most momentous coi.se- tfosmtrvmcn, in bis Farewell Address-that
quences, AV e have neither the right nor the; monument of wisdom for him, as I hope it will
power to touch tt where it exists, and if we lnyl l» «f safety for them—how much we had to
not.i, then' exercise, by any means heretofore; apprehend 'fi t,in measures peculiarly aflbeting
suggested, might lead to results whiqli mfwise,-geographical portions of onr country. The
man won \y mgly encounter, :tml whicli no, grave circumstances in which we are now :»lac*
good man could contemplate without anxiety, j ed, make these words, of safety; for I am Satie
A he theory of onr goverutaent pre-supposes j Hbd, from all I have seen and heard here, that
"it its various members have reserved to them-, a successful attempt to engraft the principles
selves the regulation oi all subjects relating to j »f the Wilmot proviso upon the legiskition of
\\ ui may jq termed their internal police.—' this governnWnt, and to applv them to new ter-
i ney are sovereign w ithin their boundaries, ex- pritory to be acquired, w ould seriously affect onr
cept hi those cases where they have surrender-, tranquility. I do not suffer myself to foresee or
. ,, *. Sg eral government a portion of their j to foretell the conseqiienees that would ensue;
iignts, m order to give effect to the objects' of! for 1 trust and believe there is good sense and
‘L 1 ' 110 !!’ " 1,etla T *osq eoneern foreign na-, goodfceljng enough in the country to avoid then,
ions or the several States themselves. Local by avoiding all occasions which mtoKt lead tothem.
institutions, if I may so speak, whether they ‘
Some of Hie Itichcs of falifornia.
Me saw a letter yesterday from the Pacific,
wduch sjieaks in glowing terms of (lie produc
tiveness of tho quicksilver mines in Upper Cali-
foniia. Two ol them in particular are said to
be Singularly rich. One of these (Forbes’s
mine) is represented to bo so productive, that
the quicksilver is as cheap as iron. Now, when
it is recollected that if niafeury he worth about
as much as a dollar a pound, many of the silver
mines cannot afford to be worked, tlie reader
will see nt once how valuable these quicksilver
mines must be, and bow well calculated they
xf 0 .**. 01 .S? 6 . Pie °P cra tions of the silver mines.
* , JV * r Webster would have us believe that,
exclusive of her ports, California would be
scarcely'worth to ns one dollar!—HVwfr, \? n i6n
the advocates of Internal Improvements are; au ‘_k° rit J’ to carry on internal improvements, ,ia ™ce for the nomination of the Hon. Marshall J.
rightg our Constitution is a dead letter- the • is claimed by tlie Federalists for Con- W^'k" rn a* the first choice of this cmmiy.
’ the meeting was ably and eloquently addressed
by \Y. K. DeGraffenried; of Enriy; Garnett An
drews, ot Wilkes; E. It. Brown, of Sumter; A
w. Sneed, of Decatur; II. N. Grey, of Early, and
N. Tift, of Baker. ’
On motion, s
Resolved, 1 hat tho Democratic papers in this
isional District be requested to publish the
"ill ot a majority in Congress is the law of tilt: i b rre - s -S because it is limited tea single resourse-
Union, and the property of every citizen is at! ,Pu 1’“'’*'® kinds. We ilo not wish by this to
tlicir disposal. If on tlie other hand tho Con- i h< ; ’ ,nders ‘ 0 ° l1 as approving any part of the doc-
stitution limits the power of Congress to certain I tr ‘" e ’ or as conet ‘ din g all Y "kjecliou against it.
To
and simple one, which leaves no discretion to I Con^i
Congress. “The Congress shall have power to j proceedings of ttiTs’meetitm
dispose of “ -
the United States, then we defy the advocates
of Internal Improvements by the General Gov
ernment to find a shadow of authority for the
exercise of such a power hy Congress.
Whilst our present Constitution was under
consideration, (I78S) and previous to its adop.
tion by the States, objections were urged against
this clause of the Constitution, which were thus
noticed hy Air. Madison:
“ It has been urged and echoed, that the pow-
®f to lay and collect taws, duties, imposts
and excises, to pay debts, and provide for the
common defence and general welfare of the
United States, amounts to an unlimited com-
missmi. to exercise every power, which may he
alleged to be necessary for the common do-
rence or general welfare. No stronger proof
could be given of the distress under which these
w. iters labor for objections, than their stooniu"
to such a misconstruction. °
“ Had no other enumeration or definition of
the powers of the congress been found in the
constitution, than the general expressions just
cited, the authors of the objection might have
had somo color for it; though it would have
'pose of » » * j| 1B territory and other
property belonging to the United States.” He
is autliority to dispose of the territory and oth
er property; but how dispose of it! If the
powers of Congress are cimncrated and speci
fied, can this power to disjiose of tho’ territory
and other property, confer discretionary powc
on Congress never contemplated by the framers
of the Constitution, to the extent of the
thus raised ? Yet such is the effect of tlie doc
trine. Congress has no constitutional authority
to bestow charity, promote education, or carry
on internal improvements and yet the authority
to do all these acts is claimed under no author
ity to dispose of certain property. The only
fair construction which it seems to our mind
can be put upon this clause of the constitution
is, that the territory and other property should
be disposed of for its fair value and the proceeds
should be applied to the epecifred objects for
which Congress was created.
On motion of J. Bilbo, Esq., the thanks of the
meeting were tendered to the Chairman and Secre
tary. The meeting then adjourned.
JOHN TOMFKINS, Chairman.
Nelson Tift, Secretary.
uiisiJiftion l>v Congress oVer tiiis matter,
d [ am in favor of leaving to the people of
may be hereafter acquired,
ul.ite it for themselves, uuder
»„ * . "v v — tiiiuni’i luev | Briefly, then, I am opposed to the’exercise of
iia\e relerence to slavery, or to any other rela-' fitly - ]..• t „v al ...o«or
tions, domestic or publiq, are left to local ' '
j thority, either original or derivative. Congress.! a "v territory, which
has no ngnt to say that there si,nil be no sla-! tfie right to Tegul.tti.
lb,? • ', w Fork, or that there shall be no j the general principles of tlieTonstitution.
n „„ L J , OI ! 8 !; a ’ “ or I s t,lt ‘ ru a ». v 0‘ker lui-1 1. Because I do not see in tlie’con'stibtn
nun power, but the people of those States, res- grant of the r
pdctivejy, which can change the relations ex.
isting therein; and they can say, if they wi
we will have slavery in die former, and we will
abolish it in the latter.
In various respects the Territories differ from
the states Some of their rights are inchoate,
ami they do not possess the peculiar attributes
ot sovereignty. Their relation to the general
government is very imperfectly defined T«r th»
Democratic illcctiiig iu ISIaccn County.
Macox Couxiv, Georgia, Juue C, 1848.
Agreeable to public notice a respectable portion of
the Democratic party of said county, convened at
the Court House in Lanier, in order to select dele
gates to represent the county of Macon in the State
Convention to lie held in Miiledgeville, on the 21st
of tins in-tint, for the purpose of nominating’Elec
tors to vote for President and Vice President of the
United Suites. And likewise for delegates to re
present said comity in a district conventiou to he
held in Americas, Sumter county.
On motion of John A. Hunter, Esq., Col. L. Os-
burn, was called to the Chair, and Thomas Carson
eqnes ted to act as Secretary.
On motion of Esquire Hunter, that a committee
jOf three lm appointed to present suitable names for
said- convention. Tho Chair appointed John A.
Hunter, Wiley Baron, and Joseph Carson, Esqr’s.,
very .imperfectly defined by the
constitution, and it will be found, upon exami
nation, that in that instrument the only grant
oi power concerning them is conveyed in the
phrase ‘Congress shall have the power to dis-
pose oi and make all needful rules and re-nla'.
tions respecting the territory ami other proper,
/belonging to the United States.’ Certainly
this phraseology ,s very loose, if it were de-
signed to include in die grant the whole power
^ legislation over persons as well as thin-ra —
l ie,expression, the‘territory and other prop-
erty burly construed, relates to the public
lands, as such, to arsenals, dockyards, forts
ships, and nil toe various kinds of property’
■which the United StaWs may and muj pi’tei’
l>ut surely tlie simple jintixrxwW.r j*
and regulate these, does
limited i
" h,Lh . b J the kye, 13 carefully excluded
tion any
pii-ite power to Congress; and
l am not disposed to extend a doubtful prece-
can say, if they will,! dent beyond its necessity—the establishment of
territorial government when needed—leaving
to the inhabitants all the rights compatible"i^
the relations they bear to the confederation.—
2d. Because I believe this measure if adopted
would weaken, if not impair, the union of the
.States; and wodld sow the seeifs of future dis
cord, which woliIJ gmty up had ripen into
abundant harvest of calamity^
3d. Because I believe a general conviction,
that, shell a position would succeed, would lead
to an immediate withholding of the supplies,and
thus to a dishonorable termination of the war-
11hink no dispassionate observer at the seat of
government can doubt the result
4. If, however, in this I am under a misap*.
prehension, I am under none in the practical
operation of this restriction, if adopted by Con
gress upon a treaty of peace making any * c *
quisitioa of Mexican territory. Such a treaty
would be rejected just as certainly as presented
to tlie Senate. More than one third of that bo
dy would vote against it, viewing such a pr* 0 *
eiple as an exclusion of the citizens of the slave-'
holding States from a participation in the beij
s not extend to the un-
HmitolReiver of legMation; to the p ; , ssag e of
station of the
to.’, of to U ren ^ r 1 n,lecessar y anotber proviso
■on of the constitution, whieh grants to Con-
»fth S 8,' 0 r P0Wert ° lesislate ’ " ith ‘ke consent
eHtoti f rea l ,ectlv / l y. over all places purclms-
ed for the erection efforts, magazines, arsenals
dockyards ,&c. These being the ‘properly'
of toe United States, if, the polver to make
needful rules and regubitions concerning’ them
includes the general power of legislation, then
the grant of anthority to regulate ‘the territory
&*»>'* b»- ceded, th»t this restrietio,, if.caretod into
’ e . ^ ar? I* op. could hot operate upon any State to> «*■>*%
Hits acquired bv tlie treasuro and exertion*«
all, and which should be common to all
re|rcati"b—neither advancing nor defend"?
tliesc views. That branch of the subject do® 9
not lie in my way, and I shall not tom a 5 "®
seek it w
lit this aspect of the. matter, the people of
United States must choose between this r ®f a ! 1 '"
tion and the extent of their territoiial him
They cannot have both; and which they
surrender must depend, npon their repre 8 ®"
tives first, and then if these fail them, UP®®}*?
selves. '
5. But after alUit seemsto begeneraky^
ilwl (Ttaf (lito if nhinpJ IfjtO £•*, .