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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 £•*, .