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THE* PATRIOT.
SUbang, ©eorgia:
Friday Maralwr. gtytfber fl, t«0.
Southern Rights Association-A Sugges-
' Uon.
We publish this week the proceedings of a
Southern Sights Association, held in 8» Marys,
to which we call attention, and commend the
objects.
But we now offer s suggestion, which we
believe will meet the prompt approval of South
em mqn.
Let Southern Exporting and Importing As
sociations be formed in every Southern State.
Let Georgia take the lead. Her citixens can
subscribe from one to five millions of dollars to
commence with, and scarcely feel it Besides
the general benefit w! Ich such a project would
confer on the State and the South, it would be
a profitable stock to the subscribers. We want
the ships—steam-ships—and when the business
is once Curly commenced, there will be no lack
of capital, or inducements, to change the course
of foreign trade to Southern ports.
What say the |>eople of Georgia 1 Wbat
says Savannah 1
You may put os down, for, from one thous
and to five thousand dollars of capital stock, as
may be found necessary, in the “Geoigia Ex
porting and Importing Association.”
Explanation.
Thomas Hardeman Jr. one of the Secretaries of
the Mass Meeting at Macon, baa published a letter
in the Telegraph, expressing his disapproval or the
sentiments of the speakers at that meeting. ]Ie is
a 36 deg. 30 min. man) but he iijs :
"When I consented to act as Secretary for the
Convention, I little dreamed, that a disunion of our
"E. R. B.” will appear next week.
Mass Meeting at Kewton,
On Tuesday, Ike KVA day of September-
Free Barbecue.
Let there be a grand rally of the people at
this meeting. Let us unite without distinction
of party upon such measures as shall seem best
calculated to secure our rights and preserve the
Constitution.
[FVum the Patriot Extra, 31st uir.]
Good News for Southern Ga. and Florida.
Daily Mails from Macon to Tallahassee 11
We hasten to lay before oar readers the gratifying
intelligence contained in the following letter from
our able Representative in Congress, lion. M. I.
“Wellborn:
Washington, Ang. 31st, 1850.
Dxsa Sir : I am happy to be able to say that
the Post Office Department has decided to give
to the country, a mail six times a week from Macon
to Tallahssaee, in correspondence with your wishes.
Rejoicing in this,as in all other improvements for
the benefit of the people,and with continued regard
See., I sm, as ever,
Yours Truly,
M. J. WELLBORN.
To Col. Nelson Tift, Albany, Ga.
We are indebted to Hon. M. J. Well
born, Hon. A. H. Stephens, Hon. Mr. Rusk,
and Hon. J. W. Jackson, for valuable public
documents.
Crops, H eather Ac.
Cotton crop injured by the storm; but with a late
fisll, this section will make an average crop. The
corn crop will be sufficient to supply the wants of
the country—weather fine—country healthy.
CT The Tower on the Stone Mountain was blown
down by the late gale, and dashed to pieces.
IJ" Two splendid steamers have been contracted
fcv, to run between Savannah and Charleston. They well ,» the letter, of the Constitution. The bill
are to be delivered on the lstMay,«50. | was framed by Mr. Mason, ot Virginia, and the
tT The crops in the middle and upper part of the j vote it* passage, which we give below, is a guar-
gia Convention; and wo are sure that the issue
is not doubtful, if the people can have q delib
erate consideration of the subject, and a fair
:prcssion of their opinions.
Of the many with whom we conversed on
this subject in Macon, at the Mass Meeting,
there were not more than half a dozen who
dissented from our views; and of those with
whom we have since conversed, and they are
many of all parties, eveiy man has Unqualified
ly approved our views, or preferred retaliation
by State Legislation, to a dissolution of the
Union.
It will be seen by the proceedings of the
citizens of Lee county, published in another
column, that they have recommended the policy
of retaliation; or a virtual oon-iutercourae with
the Northern States, as a remedy for our grieve-
ances. The people of other counties where
this subject is fairly presented, will recommend
the same policy. We are pleased to say that
several newspapers are now advocating the
policy of retaliation, among them, that able
journal, the Augusta Constitutionalist.
Among the many expressions of approbation
which our course on this subject has called
forth, we publish the following letter from an
esteemed friend in Decatur county, to show-
something of the spirit with which a proposi
tion is receired which promises to restore our
rights, and preserve the Union.
Bainbbidce, Sept., 2, 1850.
Col. Tift :—You cannot imagine how proud
I felt, when I read the last Patriot, and partic
ularly the articles under the heads, -“the Mass
meeting in Macon,” and “The position of Sieor-
gia.” You have assumed the true grounds . Thu
union is worth an effort, and it« dissolution must
be the last resort. There is nt intermediate
farmers generally think that the long and con
tinued drought will even make carnbread a
scarce article this season. After leaving the
valley we saw no more corn, except occasion
ally small patches or Adds on creeks and rivers,
but what was threatened with nearly a total
loss. That portion of Virginia, North Caroli
na. and Sooth Carolina, through which we
travelled, ( do not remember to have seen s
field of any extent which presented the pros
pects of an average crop. I heard of no corn
to sell in any part of the country mentioned
above for less than 79 cents per bushel. I will
hero remark that most of the corn was just
shooting and silking, and of conrse all hope of
making a pretty good crop, was not despaired I victim whose pains are but momentary, though
' — ■ ’the pangs thereof are inflicted for years after
wards upon his unoffending relations and friends.
Government was the purpose, for which it was con
vened, but the sentiments of the Orators and the
deafening cry ol a portion of thb audience for die- _
onion and secession opened my eyes, and I saw I g( between the two extremes you allude to,
plainly the sole aim of iho speakers, was to excite alu j „ ou ; lave fojt upon it, in the law of retulia-
tho people of Georgia to dismember the glorious . ^ on _ Yes sir, strike at the oppressor’s purse,
confederacy. | 0lld you strike at his heart. Strike at tile goods
*• "»«•»,»» »m-.« trl.*pfc « SLTSX C?AStr‘i ~
IBC tonsuiuuon. | lcrms> Go on sir with the good work you
This bill has passed the Senate and will probably have commenced, and you will not want sup-
pass the House. It is stringent in its provisions,! porters. Your pat per is a host in this county,
and seems intended to comply with the spirt, as
Whatever pretext there may hare been in
former periods, certainly none exist in thi* en
lightened age, for inflicting cruel and unneecs-
S arv punishment All mankind have erred and
gone widely astray from the path of rec
titude and duty—this fact should teach man to
exercise the most unbounded charity for hit
more unfortunate brother. It is not only oar
doty to reclsim a fallen fellow creature, bat
should be oar highest object and greatest pleas
ure to do so. If this principle be admitted (and
who can deny it 1) are we not inflicting as great
an evil upon society, by deadening its sensibil
ities, and familiarizing individuals to scenes of
inhumanity and barbarity, as we aro upon the
State am said to be almost s failure. Corn is now
•tiling for $1 per bushel. Cotton crops very poor.
The Storm.
We learn from (he Apalachicola Commercial
antee for the wisdom of its provisions.
We have not room for a synopsis of the bill, but
tbe following are the principal features, which we
copy from the Recorder:
‘Commissioners appointed by United States
Advertiser, that the fora, of the 33d nlL blew ashore Conrt5 are t0 carry lho law ; mo The „ s
several vessels on the coast and did some injury to Marshals are to execute the orders of the Coromis-
Apalacblcola. The tide overflowed Water street sioners, under a penalty of SI,000, to the use of the
and a part of Commerce street.
Sad Accident,
Mr. Samocl Lucky Jr. a young man about 31
years old, fell from the ferry boat ot Newton, in this the posse-persons obstructing the reclam.tion of
claimant. After arreet of fugutive, if allowed to
escape, the Marshal to be liable for value of claim
ants—the Marshals authorized to appoint assistants
to execute the law in each county, and to summon
, .. . * I fugitive, or aiding such fugitive to escape, or har*
county, on the evening of the 3d lost. and was tx » orconceml aach , u, be subject lo fine of «1.000,
drowned. Efforts were immediately made by many
cltlxcns to recover the body, but without success.
KrDr. Webster was hung on the 30th ac
cording to sentence. The N. Y. Tribue says,
he made another confession, to be mado pub
lic after his execution, in which he acknowl
edges the premeditated murder of Dr. Tark-
Congress.
The fngitive slave bill has passed the Senate.
The General Appropriation bill has passed the
Ilonso. The Texas bill has been taken up in er, Davis of Mass. Dayton, Dodge of Wis. Greene,
and imprisonment, by indictment before the District
Coart United States^-and moreover i« liable for
civil damages to the injured party, the sum of $1,*
000 for each fugutive so lost.**
The following are the yeas and nays on tbe pass*
age of the bill in the Senate:
Yeas.—Messrs Atchison, Badger, Barnwell, Bell,
Berrien, Butler, Davis of Mississispi, Dawson,
Dodge, of Iowa, Downs, Foote, Houston, Hunter,
Jones, King, Mangum, Mason, Pearce, Rusk, Seims-
tain, Soule, Spraunce, Sturgeon, Turney, Under
wood, Wales and Yulee—27.
Nays.—Messrs. Baldwin, Bradbury, Chase, Coop*
and the good seuse views of tho articles above
alluded to, will do much good for the salvation
of the Union. 1 have read your views to many
since 1 got your paper, and find but one that
objects. 1 ain with you, and 1 am sure this
couuty will sustain you. Let your motto be
disunion as the last resort 1
Respectfully, lL 3.
[cOMUtMCATED.]
Mb. Editor:—The nation is convulsed from
centre to circumference, and the cry is Union,
Union, when in fact there is no Union; the
North has declared against the South; and it
is time tbe South was preparing to defend her
most important interest, guaranteed to her by
the Constitution of the land. But, why men
tion the Constitution as a ligament, binding to
gether the vast portions of this once contented
confederacy. When as long ago ns 1825,
Governor Troup, said the Constitution was but
a rope of sand, and every passing breeze carri
ed away some of its particles; rendering It of
course continually weaker and weaker. The
Sonth has made no attack upon the North, and
it will be a war altogether of defence on the
part of the South. Why rely longer on the
false and slippery ground of Compromise* it
has failed, most signally failed in maintaining
the rights of the South. It was the great Mis
souri Compromise of 1820, that sw illowed up
of. The wheat*crop is admitted by all to be
short, which owing to tho deficiency of the
corn crop, must make prices high every where.
We (pond every description of stock horses,
mules, cattle, dee., commanding a very high
price which seemed to me very strange, as 1
presumed the scarcity of grain would render it
almost necessary for the Western people to
sell. I presume however, it is th» result of fall
prices for cotton, which is the controlling me
dium.
I have thus briefly attempted, to give you a
truo account of tbe condition of crops dec.,
from my personal observation, together with
the information derived from persons generally
throughout the country, and now regret that 1
have not time, nor do 1 think the occasion re
quires me to enter into any details connected
with the journey, which will lie long cherished
by every member of the party, with man}’ hap
py reminiscences. D.
[communicated.]
Mr. Editor:—With a view of encouraging
our own merchants, and promoting home trade,
I would state, for the benefit of my brother
practitioners, and planters who purchase large
bills, the result of iny recent ex|>erieuce in the
purchase of Medicines. I have purchased med
icines in Macon, Savannah, New York, and of
Messrs. W. L. Davis dc Co., of Albany, and
find by comparing the bills that the latter is on
ly about 33 per cent higher than New York
cost, or nearly as cheap, including expenses and
risk of transportation, and that they are quite
as cheap, as my Macon and Savannah hills.
Now, with a knowledge of these facts, is it
policy, for physicians and planters to go abroad
to lay in their supplies of medicines, when, tak
ing their eutire bills through, .they may be e
cured on so reasonable terms at home, and
thereby encouraging home trade, and home in
dustry. Yours, J.
tho House, and the territorial bills concerning Smith, Upliam, Walker, and Wintlirop—12.
Utah and New Mexico added to it, by amend
Texas.
In another column we pnblisli a synopsis of
Gov. Boll's message to the Legislature of Tex
He occupies the position which we antici
Indians in Texas.
Late Texan papers contain accounts of fre« ^
quent and daring outrage, committed by the j p^''He'.onld notTithout" being" recreant
Indian, on the frontier*, and even in the into- his own State> occnpy „ differcnt ition
rior of that State. We .oppose that Mr. Fill- If Texas is dispo8ei , t0 „ part of |, cr terri .
more cant find anything “in tbe bond,” reqnir. toryj and the termg o(rcrcd ar0 „ tiafactor y (
ing him to protect the citizens of Teza.-they ,, ie only qucslion wi ]l be-will she sell it whilst
are only American citizens—thoy should have
been Mexicans, or Spaniards, to'enlist bis sym
pathies and protection.
Reader, bring the subject home to your seclud
ed retreat, and imagine your brother or some
other near and dear relative, the object of this
execrable law. What torturing feelings will
be harrowed up from the deep recesses of your
heart, wh**n yoo^ discover the impending dan
ger, and tbe inevitable and certain result, upon
his devoted head, of this death penalty, which,
when once inflicted ran never be undone. The
anguish of mind and agony of feeling may be
imagined but can never he described. Worlds
would you give, could you but extricate the
beloved victim from this awful condition, and
his miserable doom. Remember in your medi
tations, that the innocent are sometimes the
victims of this law, and that one day you may
he that unfortunate, though innocent individual.
Then will the rigorous severity Of this relent
less law come home to yourtkivid imagination
with the horrors of its stem reality. If the
tender sensibilities of your nature cry oat a-
gainst this refarious law* then act in accord
ance with thoso better feelings—work whilst
it is called now—strain every nerve, and exert
yourself to the utmost extent of you? ability,
til you arouse the just indignation of your fel
low man, against a law that outrages common
sense, as well as every feeling of humanity,
till it shall be erased from tbe Statutes of every
nation under the sun. Can that be a good law
which is so antagonistic to the so. r ter and gen
tler findings and higher sentiments of man?
Which in three cases out of five defeats the
ends of government ? And inflicts evils upon
society whose consequences flow down upon
unborn millions of the human race for genera
tion, untold? Yea, 1 might say even pass bey
ond the precincts of time into eternity. Pause
and reflect upon the consequences of every ac
lion of your life—producing its effects in a
geometrical progression in the successive gen
erations of man even to eternity. If then Cap
ital punishment is so repugnant to the instincts
of man, and so Injurious in its operations, it can
not be founded according to divine order; there
fore all the arguments brought to sustain it
must be erroneous and false. Those who quote
tho writings of Moses to sustain so obnoxious
[communicated.]
Tallahassee Fla., Sept 1, 1S50.
Mr. Editor:—In lookiig back upon the
world, some three thousand years, we find it
sunk In gross darkness and sensualism. Men
were rude and barbarous—guilty of the wild
est excesses and practicing some of tho most | a poetic® (with duo deference of respect, how-
infamous and detestable acts of refined cruelty.
Strife, contention, and war were their chief de
lights. Life was held at the lowest estimation,
being subject to the will of the despot or ty
rant, as absolutely as though he had the same
power to restore, as he had to tnko it away.
A few relics of those benighted times, have de
scended even to tho present generation. One
amongst the number, is Capital pifnishmenf, or
the death penalty—which is still inflicted among
all nations for the crime of murder, and among
many for certain kinds of stealing, as well as
many other offences, unnecessary here to enu
merate. Mankind in all ages of tho world have
always been ready to offer the speciousness of
an argument, and the semblance of reasoning,
for their various practices in life, however in
jurious and unreasonable they might be'. When
they assume false premises, if detected, their
r..n i
the entire South, and I remember distinctly, reasoning must fall to the ground; yet, if not
the late and lamented Calhoun, in his great detected, they form, for the time being, the ba
ths sword and tho baronet are held to her
throat? We do not believe that she will—she
would bo nn object to bo despised if she did—
Spanish Murderers. and if she does not, the only chance of avoid-
Tbe Falcon from Havana, brings tho intelli- in g a civil war,is thst Mr. Fillmore, volontarilv,
gence that the Captain and mate of the Geor
gians have been sentenced to be shot. Oor
Government made a peremptory demand for the
delivery of these men. They are American cit
izens, and were captured illegally by the au
thorities of Spain, beyond her own jurisdiction.
Will our Government rescue these citizens, at
all hazzards, as she is in duty and honor bound
to dot Or will she submit to Spanish inso
lence and wrong, and thus render her flag, and
her authority contemptable t
Pnbllc Roads,
W* are pleased to learn tbat'the Inferior Cong;
of this county have taken tbe proper conrse to lot
. aare good public reads—they have issued notices to
delinquent read commissioners, that coles, the roads
io their respective districts shall be put in good or
der, as reqaired by law, before the next term of tbe
eoart (first ooodsy in November,) they will be fined
••0 each. —
There Is no ooe thing, which can be to easily
accomplished, and which is to well calculated to
give real pecuniary value to a country as well aa
comfort and convenience to tbe people, as good pub
lic nods, and plenty of them.
Oor county it edhl par. lively new, but it is now
being settled aad improved very rapidly, and every
day adds .to Iho difficulty of opening direct public
reads. It is important therefore that such ore reads
as may he needed, should bo secured aa early aa
or by tbe compulsion of Congress, shall recede
from the unconstitutional, monstrous and des
potic doctrines of his recent message.
Tho following is the latest news of the pro
ceedings of the Legislature:
Tbe Picayune aaya: “We clip the following item
1
Foreign News. -
r America has arrived, bringing
dtteu from Liverpool to tbe 17tb of Auguut.
Coma Maax rr.—The cotton market in Liver-
•r, swiadddUsit qaalMse bare declined aa an aver*
age of id. per lb. tinea tbe 10th Inst.
The official quotation* lor cotton are—Air Or-
lean..8} ; fair Uplapd aad Mobile8$; middling7|;
ordiniry 7 «nd 7j. Tha total aloek at Urmprol
^ooaisted of *47,000 hale*, of which 320JXW are
American, against a stock at this period lam year.
Of 755,000 tale*.
American of the lClb inst:
'The Governor'* message was referred to a com
mittee of both House*, consisting of thirteen
here of the Senate and twenty-one of the. House,
who held a meeting yesterday evening in the Rep
resentatives Chamber. The first resolution agreed
op,and which waa passed unanimously, was “That
Texas would maintain the integrity of her territory
*F*11 hazard*.” Tho committee adjourned to meet
this morning,' when we have no doubt the proper
mean*to eflect tbe first resolution will be adopted.
. Laxxa.—Tbe Crescent of the next day, says :
On the 16th several bills were introduced in the
Senatorial branch of tbe legislature, to provide for
tbe raisiog of troop, to lake forcible poeavaoioa of
Santa Fe, which were severally read a first and
cond time, and referred to a Joint Select Committee
of both Ilonae*. One of these bills provides thst
die Governor be aotborizrel to call for five thousand
volunteers—to be organized into five regiment* of
one thousand in tbe aggregate each; tho companies
to consist of one hundred men each in tbe aggre
gate, and to be officered according to the regulations
ol tbe United States army.
Onr Position—Tbe True Issie—The Voice
of the reople.
It is at all times gratifying, to know that onr
convictions of right, and the honest perform
ance of what we conceive to be onr doty to the
public, is sanctioned by the judgment, and ap
proved by the commendation of the people.—
We disagree with some of our co-temporaries
as to the proper remedy for aggressions of the
Northern States a poo the Constitutional rights
of the Southern States- They are for a disso
lution of the (Jntoe m theory redress; we are
for retaliation as a/r* meaaare of defeoee, and
for dissolution only ns a 7cwf resort. Tbit we
ate now convinced is to he the tree issue, if the
contingency shall happen for calling tho Geor
speech in Congress in opposition to that unjust
measure uttered this startling sentiment, and
however true, it was nevertheless imprudent,
for previous to the nfterance of that opinion,
the common mind of the American citizens had
been trained tct believe the foundation of this
government were as stable, and as permanent
as the foundation of the earth. The expres
sion to which I allude was this, “this govern
ment like all natural bodies contains—posses
ses, within itself the elements of Its own de
struction.” Is not that saying cf that great and
distingushed man, about to be verified ? God
forbid that the Union should ever be dissolved,
if it can be maintained with honor and justice
to the South. Since I have ssen and consider'
ed your views, as expressed in the Patriot of
last week, my hope of the Union has returned.
I believe that you have suggest'd a remedy up
on which the people of all parties will unite,
and which will secure our rights and save tbe
Union. I go with you heart and hand, for
retaliation by discriminating taxation, as a Con
stitutional and peaceable remedy. If this shall
fail to give us equality in the Union, we shall
then be prepared for a perfect independence out
of it. My voice will not be for union, when
there is no longer any hope of justice in that
anion. Be the consequences what they may,
for weal or for woe, 1 go for the rights of the
Sonth—the maintainanee of her just rights—
and when that cannot be otherwise accomplish-
sis of action; and their consequences arc not
•, for their opinions) aro iu tho same cate
gory ns those who, on similar grounds, opposed
Galileo and tho Copenican system of astrono
my; as likewise the science of Geology; they
have yet to interpret tho scriptures according
to their truo spiritual import. The works of
the Almighty and Revelation, when correctly
interpreted, most beautifully harmonize; hut if
Revelation be taken according to its literal iin
port, then any thing and everything, no matter
how erroneous, ridiculous or absurd, may be
confirmed by it, and the greatest heresies will
arise therefrom, even as we see them in the
world at this day, of every hue and complex
ion.
All measures for the prevention of crime*
should bo efficient to the restraining of inditid-
uals from the commission of depredations upon
society. Therefore tho first great measure
should he to elevate the character of man, by
placing incentives of noble' ambition before him,
whereby all may be actively and usefully em-
hex domestic institutions—and Where*,!
proceedings, on tbe part of the Norttare
pie, are outrageous, and encroachment*, erSt
nally involving consequences at which hum.,
nature shudders, which now demand ecZ,
It behooves ns unitedly and firmly to oi»u£,
in self-defence and for self-preaerv.tloni-Jj
Whereas, nnanimity, harmony, and concert^,
indispensably necessary to successful efWaad
give respectability and force to action—'
Resolved, That we, who aro here prevent,
whose names are hereunto annexed, and Ji
who hereafter may he disposed to join with a*
hereby unite ourselves in a Club, under tta
name of the “Southern Rights Clob” of St
Marys, Camden County, Geo., with the follow,
ing oflicers, viz: A President, foar Vies P~q*
dents, three Corresponding Secretaries, amt
four Readers, who shall be elected every ^x
months; and that meeting* shall be held at Ike
rail of the President, or any three memberx.
Resolved, That the parpose of this organiza
tion is the formation of a Southern Rights p u .
ty, the .dissemination of facta and knowledge oo
the points at issue between the North and sUth,
the public reading of each valuable papers tod
documents, bearing on these points, as are net
published in the different papers taken by the
members of the Club, and speaking, discuaio-
and consulting, as occasion may require. °
Resolved, That we hold oorselves ready at
ail dines, to ftimish to tho people of any por.
tion of tbe country, such papers or pampUets
on these subjects, as we may hare or can pro
cure—and if requested, one or more of tho
members will at any time address a public
meeting in any part of the county on throe im
portant subject?.
Revolted, That wo camesUy request the
formation of a Central Club, baaed upon these
vital principles, and with there truly Southern
objects, in Macon; or some central point in thd
State, under whose lead and direction we will
cheerfully place ourselves,- and that we respect-
folly request and recommend the organization
of similar Clubs, in each county, and at far as
practicable, in the several election precincts in
each County in the State, with whom we hold
onrsclves ready to correi|>nml, and unite in effort
Resolved, That we res|iecl fully suggest to
the people of the other slnvehohliiig Stales,
similar organizations, and concert an these all.
important matters.
Resolved, That wo invito tbe citizens of Cant-
den county to nnite with us in this truly South
ern object
Resolved, That we cordially recommend to
the members of this and all affiliated Clubs anil
to tlio Southern people generally, the Southern
Rights paper lately established in Washington,
under the name of “The Southern Press," ami
would urge upon all tho Importance of extend-
ing its circulation, and giving it n hearty support.
Resolved, That the organizatiort of this Club
be published in the Savannah Georgian, Morn
ing News and Republican, in the Macon Tele,
graph, Columbus Times, Augusta Constitution.
alist, Albany Patriot, Charleston Mercury, ami
in the Southern Press, anil in any other papers
favorable to Southern Rights.
The following oflicers were elected:
Jasiri M. Smith, President.
Vice Presidents: John J. Dufour, C. M. Cold-'
well. F. O. Curfis, F. M, Adonis,
Corresponding Secretaries: B. Griswold, h
Martin, L. D. D’Lydit.
Readers: II. liucon, A. Rarratie; K. M,
Adams, H. Grevenstein.
(Signature Members:)
Jdm J, Dufour, V. P:
l). Griswold,
L. D. D’Lyoh,
always harmless, as is too painfully attested in ployed ; not however for seif aggrandizement,
numberless cases in the voluminous records ofj but for the mutual good of tire whole. '
the world. That
warmly defend. Their
I See’/;
Southern Rights meeting at Starktlllc.
Agreeably to previous notice, ft large and rp»ptl'
table number of tho citizens of Lee county, irre^
Bpective of party, assembled nt SUrkville Tharatiy
the 2Sfth ult., IU discunr,- ami Ut tuktf into cortsMera**
_ Ncrj tion the questions notf agitating Congrew *nd the?
which men practico they ! measures of cruelty, can ever possibly be pro-1 country, on' the subject of slavery, fa tho fWritorW
lieir practice and their prin- i duelive' of good; for where there is action there acquired ftoin Mexico by the late treaty,
ciplcs favor each other; or ns they sav in , must be re-rtetion. Criminals, in tlhs present i A committee of six,- .elected equally from tin—a'
Chemistry, have an afliiiitv for eacli other.—; advanced condition of tiie world, may easily he in favor of a settlement of tliese questions on tlitf
That which a man loves lie calls delightful nttd J restrained from all future depredations upon basis of the Missouri litre of 36. 30. and of tho-et
but that which he dislikes, he calls un. I society, without resorting to severe modes of
good;
pleasant and evil; the affection within hint is punishment; and oftentimes may be reclaimed
the standard to which he refers every tiling; j from the error of their ways,- ami restored as
if this be evil, then he perverts the truth; for ] useful citizens to their friends and society.—
that which is evil cannot lie good; hence to I Meiliinlts I hear some thoughtless reader, laugh
call it good is to falsify truth. It is impossible' <»g ht derision at mild and human measures
for the good and the false to be united, and f — * 1 ''* —t-t—— 1 -t—z.:
equally so for evil and truth; as well might
we expect oil and water to commingle them
selves together. He who loves evil must trust
its defence to false principles; for the truth can
never Uphold evil; on the other hand, ho who
loves good cannot sustain it with false princi
ples; hence between practico and principle
there is always a marriage. If the practice he
good then the principle must be true that de
fends it; and vice versn, wbat is wrong for an
individual to do is equally wrong for a nation
to do, which only possesses delegated powers.
That which is most highly esteemed collective
ly, is correspondingly prized individually;
hence, if an individual should cherish tho high
est regard for the life of his fellow man, his
overfiment should show it like scrupulous re-
being proposed for tho reclaiming and elevation
of this unfnrlutmte specimen of fallen humani
ty ; but friend, restrain thy indignation, and
thank thy stars that thy neck has escaped the
halter, for the foul deed* that thou hast con
cocted itt the secrets of thy heart, and hast only
been restrained from executing, from some
strange concatenation; yet thou mayest have
been withheld by thy guardian sdgel! Be
tliou then in future a guardian angel to way
ward man, so far as thy sphere of usefulness
may extend, looking to the Author of all good
for wisiiotti to guide thee, and strength to up
hold thee; thereby wilt thou fulfill that right
eous destiny for which tliou wits created, ‘Love
thy neighbor ns thyself.' I.et this precept be
duly impressed U|H>n thy mind, and sink deeply
into thy heart, and actuate itself in all thy
ed, ahe will declare herself independent of the J gard for It; for thereby is a correct principle 1 expressions and actions of life—thereby truly
North .Then—“he that dallies is a dastard,.aud nurtured in the breast of every subject of the i reflecting the imago of dim into whose likeness
lie that doubts is damned.” ...» ’' * • - 1 -• — • ~
PINE WOODS.
[communicated.]. ^ ,
Suadv Dade, Ang. 27) 1850.
Col. Tift:—We have jnst returned from an
extenaive tour through Tennessee, Virginia,
North Carolina and Sonth Carolina, and would
have complied before this time with the promise
made to write yon occasionally through the
summer, bat hope you will pardon the writer
for this dereliction, as the journey was contin
ued to a greater distance than sras expected,
when the party left, and there waa scarcely an
opportunity of writing only at nighta, when the
fatigues of the day’s joeroey would admonish
os to seek repose. As I imagine many of yonr
readers aro deeply interested in the growing
crops, I will endeavor to give an idea of them
generally, through the various sections passed
through. It is useless for me to refer to the
blighting prospect of the cotton and corn crop
particularly of this State, aa you arc probably
better acquainted with its condition thiui I am.
Io leaving the State, we took the Tennessee
valley (being the best road) direetly through to
Abingdon Virginia. If anything favorable can
bo said of the grain crop; and particularly com,
(for they plant nq cotton except for domestic
proposes,) it was in this rich valley. On the
Hiwaaaee river, Tennessee, ire saw the very
beat cord daring the trip, which was planted
xtfj thick and resembled, I waa going to say,
some large eanebrake—yet we' were told that
thi* field fell very far abort of its usual yield.
Very generally through this vstfey the eons
lowed very well, and will no donht be an av-
erage crop. This section of the Stale is usu
ally considered tho nioet productive, hot the
government The example of the preceptor is
more likely to be followed than his precepts.
If nations uimereMarily take the lives of their
subjects, they, m return, will not he slow to
imitate so pernicious an example towards eaelt
other upon a very slight pretext. If govern
ments act apon wrong principles their subjects
will certainly imbibe them, and soon act from
them in like manner. To overcome evil with
good, is the characteristic feature of toe Chris
tian religion; and this is the only true princi
ple of action, whether of governments or indi
viduals. Governments are instituted for the
prevention of crimes, and evils of every descrip
tion, and for the promotion of good, and the
welfare of society. Tho fundamental princi
ples of government are few and simple; being
founded upon the equality of the rights of
auin and his inalienable right to life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness. Governments,
deriving ail their powers from tbe governed,
aro subordinate to them, and subservient to
their wants. Tbe simplest form of government
is the best adapted to tbe reqoirements of a
civilized and enlightened eommnnity. Law*
should be framed from enlightened reason, and
adapted to the end for which man was created;
and enforced according to their spirit as well
aa to their letter. Then there would be but
few laws required, end those would be of the
simplest kind, easily comprehended by all, more
easily observed, but above all >a their certainly
of being administered—upon which depends
the safety and we%re of society The law of
Capital panUunent is foaoded upon a retaliato
ry prineipU, ol blood for blood _
the feelings of man—repugnant in every fea
ture, and calculated to (meat the ends of gov-
erameut as well as the ends of justice.
thou wast created. Yours Truly, E.
Southern Rights Organization.
At a meeting held in.iSL- Marys, Camden
county. Geo., on the evening of Thnrwlay, 20th
Aug., 1850, the following organization was hsd:
SOUTHERN RIGHTS CLUB,
St. Marys, Camdcn County, Gcobgia.
The Southern People not opposed to Primary
Meetings.
Whereas, a momentous crisis now impends
over us—a crisis in which aro involved onr
dearest rights and privileges—and Whereas, in
the present state of pnblic affaire in regard to
Southern Rights, it it the avowed determination
of the .Northern people and party, to exclude
the Southern people from any and all share in
tbe Territories of right belonging to the slave-
holding as well as non-slaveholding States, for
the parpose of hemming in the Southern States
with a cordon of free States, with the express
intention finally, and as speedily as possible, of
entirely abolishing the Institotion of Slavery—
and Whereas, the Northern people have de
clared and reiterated their purpose of abolish
ing slavery in tha Southern States, by any
means whatsoever—and Whereas, they are
pursuing these proposes in utter disregard of
the Constitutional compact which connects the
States of tbe Union—openly in the Federal
Legislature, and in their Sum Legislature*, and
by ail tin appliances of power, wnltb, influence
and the press, as well as by doviotn and vile
artifices—and Whereas, the Sonth, with soiri-
dal magnanimity, has ceded to the North, the
greater portion of tbe territory, which ahe now
possesses, and has for a long aeries of years,
compromised, to her own injury, every difficol
in. favor of a settlement and adjustment of the»
questions according to the ptall recommended >R
Mf. Clay’s Compromise Bill, to arrange and agree
upon a plan of dwcusaioh, and the' proceeding? td
(he day. Tho conmtiuee agreed that there Jiottld
be two Chairmen and two Secretaries, one of eseb
from the friends of the' two phma of adjustment-
four speakers, two on each side. Tho vote to hi
fairly taken, and the majority recorded.
The Rev. Jesse M Davis, Und Hurt. A. E. Har
ris, werti selected Chairmen, end —— and W. 0.
Heald, Eaqra. appointed Secretaries.
The meeting having been organized, and tbs oh
ject thereof explained by M. E. Williams, Esq., ll
the request of the Chairmen,
On motion of M. E. Williams, a committee of
five was appointed by tiro Chairmen, consisting d
31. E. Williams, B. Haynes, Needham Bryan, Win.
McCorkle, and Sami. Sullivan, Esqrs., to report a
preamble and resolutions, expressive of the scuts d
the meeting.
The committee retired, and in a short while «•
turned and reported the following preamble and re
solutions:
We, the committee appointed to draft resolution!
to be submitted to the' meeting, mike tbe following
report:
Believing that the present excited stste of l»
public mind throughoat lb* coontryjias been brought
about by the continued and exciting efforts of th*
Abolitionists, to cripple and destroy the tostiUlis*
of domestic slavery; and that said iastitutieu m»
interwoven, with onr political organizations,
the destruction or curbing of its operations, worn
seriously derange, if not destroy oar glorious p**
tics! fabric; and also, believing aa we do, toatt*»
whole united South should make a full andriss*
expression of opioioD, upon the points in cootrotenj
between the North sod the South, . _
Be it therefore Resolved, That the TerriKrfcsSfr
quired by the late Mexican war, are tbe town*
property of the Slates; and should there «• •*»
laws in force in said territories, excluding
zens of any portion of this Republic from esfff-3
them, such laws should be repealed. ,
Resolved, That tha spirit of Compreotke. ««•
the love of oor political organization*, wo*M **
strain us aad induce us to aeqaieace in a diritw*
said territories, upon tbe basis of the Missoah 6“-"
promise, known as 36.30., with said Ms*ire* J
repealed aoathof said line, thereby recogam**.
protecting tbe South, in the use and ehjojw 1 —
slave property in thalpartof tho coustry. __ ,
Resolved, That we approve of the ad***
resolutions of she Nashville Cuuiuulioo,
mend them to the candid support af ear fctoe
MRS. ,^-Vl
Resolved. That in the areal oar grisvaucss
tacemt huokiahle, ami tbe redress aft^m
and abaoiutafy uresassry, that it wiiib*th«r|*V
of the Convention, which oar laws repair**** ^
Executive do call to point oat ths nsnats,
provide tbe means of restitution. ^
Resolved, That in case Coogrem
California with her r