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liss*... J THE PATRIOT.
From the Federal
Judge Douglass and the
Judge Douglass in his-great speech at the dinner i
of the Jackson Democratic Association, on the 8th |
of January inst., thus handled the attempt of Union (
Democrats and Whigs, to sow the seed of discord
in the ranks of the National Democratic party. j
The remarks below show very plainly that Judge. J— ■ —~^ r - r ' ~ — -
Douglass is up to the sly tricks ot Whiggery back- (£7- We are requested to state that Divine
cd by its corporal guard of Democrats. lie i^wellj Wrv | ce will be held in future at tho Academy
2Ubcmg; ©corgta:
Friday, jamary 23, m2.
advised as to the position of the parties in this State,
and his withering remarks are aimed at those Dem
ocrats, who having affiliated with the Whigs, are
endeavoring to expel the great body of the Southern
Democracy, on the ground that they constitute the
only true Democratic parly !
The attempt of such Whigs as Toombs and Ste
phens, J. A. Mcrriwether, Andrew J. Miller, S. T.
Chapman, el cetera, el cetera, to slip into the Demo
cratic ranks and control its organization, will meet
its just reward under the keen scrutiny of
Democrats as Stephen A. Douglass and James Buch
anan. They are not ignorant of the fact that these
hy the Rev. J. George, of Episcopal Church,
on the first and third Sabbaths of the month,
both in the morning and evening.
Cotton Market*
Our market since the Asia’s accounts has not
been as active as last week We quote Middling
6c. Good Middling 6}. Middling Fair 6 J.
ved by actual experiment that they could con
form to the discipline. It would be the con
summation of assumacy to see one of these mere
probationers dictating to the veteran, grey-head
ed minister and class-leader, and presuming to
act as “conservator” iu the government of the
church. Now we think this mode of receiving
members would exactly suit for-tho Editors Of
the Journal & Messenger to get into the Demo
cratic party. Let them come in on probation,
and never think of being promoted to office, un
til they are received into full fellowship; and
we would advise them by all means, never to
act as conservators or controllers, until they get
into fellowship in the party. Wo have seen
great injury result to a good cause, by suffer*
ing new and burning lights to take thip lead.—
V 1 f It Itlll In the government of the Democratic party, —
ODD tT C . greatly prefer to entrust its destinies to the care
Within a day or so past, there have been seen in . , . .
, . » 3 1 . . ...... of men who have been long schooled tfc its prin-
very whigs and their confederates have ever neon; oor r >rmnu n ity two one hundred ddlar bills of the’ .. . I , . ,
«l» most z.alon, opponent,, the .no,, nnmiti'.i'd Bi ' k „ Cheraw , s . c „ in lIie hanj3 or;"'** "ew 1.,-hU are ever H*. to let
* *' -* * - 1 -he Ass’s ►km , , ,, . their zeal outrun their knowledge.- rVe have
col their well! alranfer*, and thnugli we would not pretend to «y ; n<) „ to lllun - ofr the gentlenl of the
Mr. Donglaas.j but That they came hy them honestly, we would ^ & Mcssenger . i( t hey really delre, from
enemies of Democratic principli
wont hide their long cars, nor com
known bray- But to the remarks of
Mr. President. I will not occupy your time in pro-j lake hi* occasion to call the attention of the public
Renting a bill of indictment against the present ad- to t ], € f ac t that such bills are in circulation in our
ministration and the whig party. It is no part of my . . . '
present purpose. They will soon be on trial before ' • *
the sovereign people, and we will know what tho •»:* • Democratic Meeting in Baker*
verdict will be. (Great applause) I have only a.* I \y e would respectfully call the attention of
i-j.j ♦- *».v«« .».;n 6 o ;..v.Jc«.fnnv, for the puspo*e«»l. . * •;
showing that the Democracy liave work un hand | 'Democratic and Southern Rights friends, to
—have a duty to perform : and hence that we should j the necessity of appointing delegates from the
be prepared for the performance of that ck>ty. (Great county of Raker, to meet in a Democratic State
■ppltiue.) The dirtin.ji.Uhod Senate Vjeh-1 Convention it, Milledgcville, to nominate dele
gates to attend the National Democratic Con
vention, to be held in Baltimore on the first
igan (Mr. Cass) has told you that the next President
is to be a Democratic President. I believe that it
is the will of Providence and the will of the people
also. (Great applause) But we fhould remember
lhat the democracy are never in m great a peril as
when we do r.ot dream of the hast danger. Our
opponents never achieved a victory except hy means
of our own divisions, or when lljey lulled us to sleep
and threw ns ofi*our guard under thz expectation of
our triumph. I*et the democracy be united firm and
vigilant, and then we can bid defiance to our polit-
cal opponents, and insure a triumph that will be full
of valuable results when it shall be achieved. I
care not for a mere victory iu the election of a man
unless it is an entire, complete triumph of our prir,-
Tueaday in June next, for the purpose of nom
inating candidates for President and Vice Ptes-
ident. We would suggest Wednesday, the 11 th
of February, as a suitable day for the citizens
of this county to hold a meeting at Newton,
and appoint delegates to the State Convention.
This being the time of the sitting of our ad
journed Court, it is probable a fuller attendance
of the party can then bo secured than at any
pure and patriotic motives to come into (he Dem
ocratic party. Wc hope for their own good,
they will not attempt to come in as conserva
tors and dictators. Gentlemen come in $npro>
bat inn, and after serving your six months*, “start
foot and spell up.”
Surveyor General’s Office, and find that a atrip
of land the widtL of ft lot, lying on the lower
lino of .the 8th district, from the river to the east
lino of tho district, belongs; without question, to
the Poor 8cbool Food of Baker. This strip
contains between three and four thousand acres,
and if properly managed, will be the means of
accomplishing much good. V* -• -i -
All the projects for loans or subscriptions by
the State, to promote Internal Improvement,
have been lost.
The act passed at the last session to change
the Constitution so as to allow each county
one Senator, has again passed, and is now a
part of the Constitution,
A bill to authorize annual sessions has been
lost.
A bill has passod authorizing the Judge of
the Superior Court in Baker to hold adjourned
terms, or from week to week as long as neces
sary, and to draw a pannel of Jurors for each
week.
A Charter for a Plank Road from Macon
through Perry and Henderson to Albany, has
passed. Tho Savannah and Albany Rail Road
Charter has been amended so as to extend the
time for commencing and completin.
[Editorial Correspondence of the Patriot*]
Millrdoeville,
Tuesday, January 20, 1852.
The Senate receded from their amendment
to the hill for the government of tho St*te Road
and passed the House hill. The whole respon
sibility therefore, for the management of the
Road for the next two years, will rest with the
majority of the General Assembly, and on the
Governor, who is now entrusted with the ap
pointments and management of the whole.
A bill for the education of poor children, was
finally passed, not only without making any
valuable improvement upon the preseit system,
favor the finality of the Compromise, oppose
the further agitation of tie Blavery question,
aild repudiate fanaticism aid ultraism in every
shape. With such men »nl their followers the
Un,ion men at the South corfd cordially fellow,
ship: because they would thereby sustain theit
cherished principles without'sacrifice.
We say, then, that the Umos men of ike Sonin
pnghl to send delegates to tip Baltimore Con
vention. It is the most effectual way to ac
complish their design of saving and perpetuating
the Union. Unless they do so, that Conven
tion may lose its conservative character, and
they bring forward a candidate who will be ob
noxious to the South.
There is at this moment a most singular con-
great a change 1 We answer—in 134, J*** *•
lag Gep: Cass, denouncing Northern D,„'“'fr
ond uniting with Northern Whip, there ^
prospect of electing Taylor President, and Uf '
ing Whiggery into power. In 1852, tbe„ • "*
the “ghost of a chance” of electing Scott or »**
ster, to the tame office, by the same or
owaqp. mac iliac lachrymal. Hence twr 1
mentations over tho rottenness of Nonheraim..
gcry. (Well, it does smell very strongly of "S'
tion—that is a fact—though not more off... • '
now than formerly.) eiu ‘ , *fr
But the Federal Whigs of Georgia not on!. •
— 10 the Baltimore Convention,s tolnlu'
i, but with inimitable modesty or „.C™ 1
themselves
bold move,
lition'being'tormed'between "the' T&Titiouists control its action when they get there!’ '(W**’*
and Disuaionists to control that Convention.— whig«, for though the Union party is mention J
No sensible men can close his eye. to the fact. i» known that the great mass of Genrgi, WhiT'
Van Buren, Blair, Benton, and their free-soil contained in that party.) Unless they * ^
coadjutors, are marshalling their firces at the patriotic gentlemen fear that “Convention naji^,
.... w . . Don’t be
These men, defeated in their late treasonable alarmed. The Convention will not make noaum.
schemes, are now about to combine, for the pur- tions more objectionable than those of 1818.
pose of subsidizing and controlling tho national **p>r»nls, one of whom is likely to be successful
Democracy. They trill sccompluh their pur- we £* ve lhem in w j>* t 8eems t0 ,>e the order of u*j f
pose, too—unless defeated hy a prompt move- strength arc, 1st Douglas,2d Buchanan, 3d HT lrcy
ment on the part of the Union men of the South. 4th Cass, 5th Butler. The Democracy of theSoot^
Here in our very midst they are changing their supported the last two in 1848. Either of their*
j " i names, repudiating their principlfs, and prepar- if nominated, will receive the same support in 183?'
- a * a ing to associate with what, a few months since, So far is it then from being a fact, a* asserted br
thorize the Company to construct Plank or th ® termed "the radical, rvitrt* Democracy of the Mcssepirer. that if tho e-iui
Graded Roads. A Charter will also he passed */, e North!" Open Disunippists, who denoun- men remain out of the Convention, “a free-soil/wi.
for a Rail Road and Plank Road from Ogle- j ced Yankees—who refused trade with them, Compromise Ticket will be nominated.” Tl*tm b
,w.„ „ .Mb,.,, .1 , r ...■! sa;iss5Si"i'siri'ss:
ville and the Honda line in the direction of j Qf K ; |ldc rh ook and |he who lJ| lort I e of his abo- j who is the youngest, that is not opposed to fr^^
Tallahassee. I hope also, that the Legislature: j ilion followers. Even the H#n. Representative «* ld * n h ™ r of sustaining the Compromise. So
will grant a Charter to construct a Bridge op- from the first District is fomd closetted with that the Compromise is tolerably safe without th«
posite to Albany, to the persons who have pnr. ! such men as Disney, of Ohif! Verily, “com-; guardianship of Southern Whigs exercised through
• ., _ , j/,vai,|s niict thpir sli-iriows before ” the Democratic Convention,
chased the right of way, or huvo patd for mPn of the | Jhc-i. tc onc little difficulty (,,i„
South will send delegates to Baltimore for the “ b8 i f ,< ’ s » h ?“ d 60me, " nps fee!)
purpose of breaking up thisfufamous eoalition , ,n . ,he ' va . v of . ,he con8umraatl ™ or.he d..in, et „,.
land for that purpose.
Tho Senate bill to
vive the act of 1833.
other time and place. We would warn our
ciples. IIow is this to be accomplished ? By rally-! Democratic friends of the importance of their! but in my opinion rendering it less efficient.—
ing upon the old Democratic platform, and refusing! ;i c! i,,g promptly and vigilantly in this matter, lest The Ordinary is made “school commissioner”
g° r to'tho Union*hat ^"oTny imnatnrafainah j tho W: " ,er5 of !ho ‘ ,1 ‘ l W1,i = eho " W > ,r ” ve | r,,r rach coon, y- »» whic *> H is believed
gamation with our opponents. (Great applause.) | ihemselves to be better Democrats than they j he may accept or not, at hisoption,asitim-
The Democratic parly is as good a Union party as) themselves are (!) N\ e perceive tho Editors of poses new duties which have no connection
I desire. (Cries of Good ‘good.’) The demo- j the Journal & Messenger, at Macon, deem it with the proper duties of the Ordinary, or his
cratic party is the only Union party—it is the only ; i„ )port;1 „ t tila t they and Ihdr friends should Court
party that can preserve the Union, (creat applause):. ...... „ .. I » , . , ,
because our principles are the only principles con-! 1,0 r( ‘" r ‘' i0, ‘ lwl t!,e D( ' ,norrnllc Coove "" on ' A t' r "l H,s " 10 " " as n,ade to ,ev .V a " a ""«»l
•intent with the existence ar.d perpetuity of theUn-! at Baltimore, ami as there will not ho room in j school tax of 25 cents on polls, which was re
ion. [Here throe cheers were given ] If demo- tho Democratic Convention for every body, the jected. The fund is th© same as before, with
cratic principle Ind been s-triclly adhered to, and had i true Democrats should be wide awake, lest the the addition of the income of some Bank Stock,
preva iled, the Union would hav^ never been many', \v},ig& shouM push them cut of place! land is to be applied in tho same manner that it
danger. If the whirs, by there ui.holv combinations! , , . , . . r
». . r .1 i — — has been under the present law’. A system of
had not wrested the power temporarov from the _ . , . , [ 1 .
hands of the democrats, the Union u-oiild^ never have ' * n-ffCCly .liail Dft'.Vi'CD LalnbriugC and ; common sc fowl education would have been sub-
been put in jeopardy, and they could not have claim- 1 Apalaf hiCOia. j mitted to the Legislature but from the fact that
ed the glory of hav ing aided us in having rescued it | We are glad to learn that the Post Office De-! no system could he adopted which would require
from that destruction which was the legitimate re- ’ partmeut has established a tri weekly mail he- taxation as its basis. Thus ends, for the pres-
sult of their own acta and principles, i Tremendous , _ ,, • • . . , . , » I , . , , , , ,
applause.] When ihe whigs come to me and say, | 1 1 l * a,nbr,d B e 8,1,1 Aapalacliieola, in accor-. ent, our boasted regard for the common educa-
Let us form Union party, I say to lliem, but for you da,:Ce uith a solution passed hy ’he present tion of the rising generation. I trust that this
the necessity for such a party could never have ex- j Legislature. The contract has been taken by failure on the part of the State, will stimulate
isted. (Continued applause.] They must not make Mr. Henry Allen, and the service is to com
an unholy alliance wit!, the abolitionists, and there- 1 forthwith. ’These facts we learn from
by pot the Union in peril, and then call on me to
abandon the time honored principles of the democ
racy, and join them in perpetuating a federal dyna
prohibiting tho introduction or negroes from ; between tbs Abolitfoui'sts and Fire Eators—we I P“ r P°* e of °ur quondam Whig Mend., to««.
other States for sale, which w-as repealed hy hope they will send delegates there who will j Jf° X ,car ,on .” * ie cmocratic , ational Cnnrri).
the lust Legislature, passed yesterday, by yeas i co operate with the true Jackson Democracy— iliev can”t come K T ’ H ’!' fh
Rn (HI Tho Peiiltpnii-irv nunlshment ,, re atfirm the doctrines of the Georgia Conven- I y ' ^""ckii
80 nays J) rhe I’enitenll.iry punishment, is (ion _ e aft the pr i, 1L . i|lle8 rt - ,| le Compromise j hard a9 ,hay may—ple«d as piteously „ the, c-
substituted by fine and imprisonment in the Jail. Baltimore Platform, and bring out »hi«r and chsUer outside however dr.trrs.ingly-
I consider this the climax of the injurious acts some sllc |, lnan as Mr. Buchanan for the Pre- 1 . m ’ '! 9 .7 rem; "." Tb, I *"
passed by this General Assembly. ! sidency. ! " ot ma, ' d '. And surely
The adjournment is fixed for Thursday, and I For ourselves, we honestly believe that this is . h , a ™ ““TA!. “X" “^"”1 7 ,h "«
I hope to be a. borne next Sunday. About 100 ^ -y iu which tbecomdry can beW
, . .I- it- .ni iv » if the Southern Union men remain out ot that
hills are yet to he disposed of. The W Oman's Convl . lll|0 n, llie Con,promise wing of the Dc.n- > wh ' ch '«« Convention ,s i
bill will be lost. The weather is extremely cold.
j ihe Mi)Jedgeville Reconler, of the 20ih inst.
themselves in. The recommendation ol tl>*
'ommittce, in accordiince with
Uon,promise wing of the Dom-' “•'-■ s.unv.mmm ts to be asmnhled, i.“tk.t
•atic party—the true Jackson Democracy— : a , ^"vcot'on of the Derr.o-.rnuc ,n,ty .bro.fUt
——— j will lie overwhelmed hy the combined power of b J f W'** >>y the OEM-
[ros THE AI.S..W rtT.ior ] ! ,| le Van llnrenites and the Rhettite»-a 1-ree- j ( ^ 1 K 1 ATh of «» eral ^les, he held iu th. til ,
Afr. E liter :—The late remarkable cold mcr- i Soil, anti-Compromise ticket will he nominated , of llaliunnre, on Tuesday, the 1st day n( Jim., 18M."
its a permanent record for future reference.— —the slavery agitation w ill be re opened, and : . we seo ’ 11 ,s J° e ’J Umivention of the Dpmncn.
On Sunday last, t!io weather was warm with the Union will he lost. I tic party—not of the Whig parly, oor of the Fro
high wind from the S. W. bearing cumuli. It! Wc throw out tliese hints for the reflection ! S5 " 1 P ar, y> nor or the Lmo.n /mriy. rhe delegate,
rained moderately at night, concluding lownrils of our Union friends iu the Legislature, and i 1 ” 0 ,t " ,n ““miasion must be du.y uppointcdliy “il.
morning with a slight fall of snow, the wind hope thev will lake tome action in the premises j Democrats not hy the Wings, nor ihe ire. Soi»
having chopped round to N. W. ’ before thev disperse. The time for action is at | m ’ ' , “ r a "- v "* wr political crganiraiion.
Monday, January 10th. ! hand. This is a day of progress. Parties, like! " l,pn J ,lle "“mmation shall have been mad., if
Sun rise, 21 deg. above 0 high wind X. W. individuals, must move forwm.l, if they expect 1 ""“f l ' d « ,al W hig gentry, tired of iheir awn p«ty,
to accomplish great results. Whynothol.lai w,llrmer *' ,e 1 r “' ,V, 1 a, " ld ' ,,M,,l,: " M-ref " , "* n ™-
; meeting—pass resolutions—ippoint committees, j llcr,,,,c candidates they shall be welcome. A.I,
' ami take action at once ! Now is the time for r, ”" ns °f leadership, of course a souse ,.f delicv,
I Georgia to lead off. Alabama holds her Union '■ and propriety on thcr part, will prevent lliem fw
j Convention in a few davs. A spontaneous nr }?' n ” '*
movement on the part of the Union men of •'* concluding, we may say that we pa- arer m
these leading Southern Stales would not i*.! silence, much that is contained m the article whi-h
•without its moral effect upon Ihe country at;' ve r ‘"°7' regard n S it as t.m absurd to .
: P. Al. 27
8 I’. M. 20
20th.
Sun rGe, 8
1 P. M. 27
1) P. M. 24
21st.
Sun rise, 28
0 Fair.
0 Fair.
0 Fair, calm.
the friends of education to renewed persdnal
exertions in behulf of the cause Every man
and every woman can do something. ! VV here i 1 have only twice before seen it lower in any results.
IJIItin . j there are schools they should be encouraged,' part of the State. Iu January, 1823. on the i * ■
ty under the pretext of loving the Union. [ Three The Journal &, .Messenger and the Bald- I and where there are none, hooks should be dis-! ***tern lino of Green county. I saw it 3 degrees ' From the Savannah Genrulan.
hearty cheer* were here given.] j more Convention. I tributed and Sunday Schools established. j ludovv 0, nud in Crawfordville, in February,; Southern H bl^gery and the Fcsidcnrj*.
’I’he mercury reached n lower point (8 deg.) ; large. Now is the time for action, and we hope j m f nt *. Indeed, is it quite certain, that the whole
than ever heretofore in this section of the coun- ; die Union men at the Capitol may embrace the tl ‘‘ n g is not intended as a quiz?
; try, within the memory of the oldest inhabitant, auspicious opportunity to accomplish such great j Tlnrinia
The Message of the new Governor nf Vir*
i.iia was sent iu to the Legislature of that Stat* 1,
We woul.1 call the attention of our vernier, to ] A |,i||, which intrmluce.1 hy one of tb. Thel,,s,nunib " of ' heMacoaMe
ion the 12lh inst. It is quite a long dorunait
: The (fovernor alludes to the new Uonstitutiun,
... , . .. . . i n • and the peaceable manner in whi- ii it In canw
an article headed the ‘ LTmon pariv and the Presi- % 1 f .. , , - . i ...
v 3 „ the law of the laud, hi terms »*f e:il-»gv. \t cn
Mr. President, if the Ui
it is now sale in anticipation of a complete triumnh .s , * . . .» » f . i ** _ ___
of the democratic party at the next election. [Ap- .' ^ e 1,1 lo ,c n, n o our paper, , most liberal of our opponents, Mr. Milledge, of The extent and rapidity of the fall of the mcr- dency.” lining intended “for every body to read,’
plause.] We have only to be true to our country, i “ cn * K:11 “ ,e Macon Journal « Messcngor, Richmond, for the payment of the delegate?, 1 cury on Sunday night last, was also extraordi- V ve cheerfully insert it though no quite a* “short” i
toour principles, and to our party organization, and ant l Bie comments of the “Savannah Georgian” , appointed or elected under authority of the last j nar .V» *nd could not have been less than 40 de- j ns it might he. We ever design dealing with
an easy victory
cratic party upon old
platform. [Long
the democracy of
our standard of democracy.
applause.J
vails us. Ian u. rally il.o il.uno- u|mn it The Editors oflhe Journal vV Messen- Legislature, who attended the Nashville Con-; 8ret ' s 12 ho, '7' , r „
'1 pp“ im ^; beccmiug the most modest ami ventiou, was lost by a large majority. Mr.j ^ B. MERCER.
Jefferson, of Jackson, of Polk be ' Un0 > ^ nSl ' e mCn "*° " nv0 ovcr “ oar “ °‘* ^ or ! Milledge, with hi* accustomed manliness and ! Palmyra, Jan. 21, 1852.
*mocracy. [Great and vehement J oars P a5 '* paper has been t!io most scur- independence, took the responsibility of the hill,' — —
• rdous ind abusive of the Democratic party, of a .,d sustained himselfupon list* justice and equity j
any otlit-r paper in (leorgia, (excepting only the 0 f p;l yj ng for services which had been engaged !
Battle-Ships* . ...
There are now in Boston harbor three of our na-j Angosta Chronicle & .Sentinel,) and now, with* j by tho State and performed by her direction,
tional ship* of the largest siz?, capable of carrying j out «»Y evidence of penitence for their past sins ’ (j n the other side, it was contended that the
one hundred and ten guns, with a complement of a , and follies, or professing any change of priuei-1 State had not engaged to pay her delegates—
mnnhinn^rlr *-i !« C tlore * un< ^, pl*'3 or practices, moJesl'y proposes that they, 1 as though a man who spends his time and money
munition.**, (or a three years cruise, not omitting > , . r . , , ,, , . . . . „ , • w 1
twenty tons of powder for each vessel. Now. in 1 an< 1 ie,r “ K ‘ n ” 8 8 * ia " * ,e represented in the Lai* j n tlie service of the State, by her request, must
the Gulf of Mexico, where we have an immense J l ‘ ,nore Demoeartic Convention ! And for what; higgle with the Stale and make a contract, or
amount of shipping, and where our flag has been 1 purpose do they propose to go into this Con-i he denied a remuneration,
twice insulted during the last twelve months,— | ventiou ( “Unless they d> so, that Convention | The Constitutional Union party held a meet-
pm.erf, v - c may la\c its consecratin', character, and ftitf*/. fog in the Senate chamber last Tuesday evening,
i the Georgia Journal If .3/m
The Union Party and the Presidency*
opponents in the fairest manner—and so usually
publish their editorials when replying to them—a
compliment which we are sorry to say, they rarely
return.
It i-* probably not necessary to tell our readers,
that the Messenger has been distinguished as one >f
the ablest, as net! as bitterest nf the presses oppo
tion is called to the laws on the subject of.pri
mary schools, which are thus far v<*ry defijctK*.
i Immediate action is recommended wish regard
where we have the roost imports
have a sloop and a steamer, nei
eh are
; to the free negro population, which is invrw*-
j ing rapidly, and threatens t«» become a series*
j evil. The State credit is good. State Bomb
i are selling at the Treasury at three per cent.
! premium.- The debt of the State on the hb
I l.imi.irv, 1852, was 811,821,0:>8 31 TV
, . „ r , .. . , , , - - l State owns .$7,003,000 m-mim-livi; ami 88,000.*
a s.i'.i.T AUTK.LK Foi< KVHKV »nuv to ubad. j «1 to the Dmocrat.c party. Iu haired to “locj'fo-loooaoi.rodoelive stocks. The .liviJeod.**
Ira Union men of tho bomb w.ll soon he emsm and loaofocos.' lhe offensive terras J „„ „,e preductive storks,»ill, ll.e I,™.'
called upon to settle a very important question • by it to Democratic principle* and men, has been j j ^ eciti-il to t!iu interest on $11,-
in regard to the next Presidential election.— j manifested year after year, by a succession of edi-1 non nf)() 1 !».f.’ » • fn . fir, r! #» -vstum **f
They will soon have to decide whether they j; tnrials, which may challenge the world for parallels ; -$,. lt ’ c ijmirovemeoVs 'the Governor reeommcnJ*
will stand aloof from tlie old party organizations, in malignity and abiisiveness. When we soe such a j j Mi ' r t . OJ .Jolioti of !i:ies alre idv under wiy
and thus endeavor to hold the balance of power, i press without having disavowed, renounced or re- j |”!]* or ' 0 . jr *,'* e( !ts are gone into lie
and male a choice of evils; or whether they pouted of a single article of its whig creed, seeking j T * • * *.**| J)- . . ®‘ l ,i. p
will blend themselves with one or the other par- admission for the representatives of itself and friend* j g ,j^| . t }\tserv\ncc* of such a »olicv a* will
ty, control its organization, and unite in the , in tlie denounced Baltimore Convention, on the ere j j!!*!! ^o'r otherwise encourage such ofibe
selection of sound, able, patriotic candidates. t of a great Dcm-tcralic rictorv, surely wc need not l ... " .. ,
' ' J ° - . .. 7 . . 3 I citizens ot the 5>tato as mav loel ri; sfHueu i«e
available for any practical purpose. Where any' ^ rin " firirard a candidate irho trill be obnox- j at)1 | .-ipjK.inted a committee of 24—one half!
wrong or indif-nity is ofiVrai] to lira skips an.) pep .| inns lo Ihe S.mlh." When tl'nl the groat Nation., Wbi-s nnd the othor Don.ocrnls, to prepnre ”: ision | 1!lllg the'dostinie. of the country. I “A national Union organi.auon is out of the
sons of onr cinzsns ike Govenmnst has to order a nl Democratic party lose its conservative char- j business for a future me, tin:;. The object is, I j A national Union organization is out of the question," says
'This is the question to be decided—and it : doubt that the Federal whigs of Georgia are “very
iust he decided promptly and wisely—for upon ! ambitious of being on tlie strong side—very /”
’ cotemporary. Indeed! Then
“bring forward a candidate who” was j learn, to find out if possible, where they are, j question—it is impracticable now, and is likely'; the bubble has exploded. The precious humbug
vessel of war from Boston or New York to proceed * actor”
the’cTuTLrar^ Spanilh “" l, ' loxiou8 lo 11 “• S “" 111 Sac, ‘ dial--1 politically, and where they uro to go.
reltl'7\l' e TIT Ameri Td ," rrol ' d VCS ' ; trhavellTcLciy ‘affiUatd™^. NVthern i 7^ “ ? T '“7 T I •*— »' next go ; hut it will no, bo j Buchanan, Doug..„, and other leading Democrats.
so! in tho Gulf or Caribbean sea, would bean evont| who have boon closely afitltatod with Northern j they would join tho Democrats and go into the | tlie issuc . (),| ler questions of thrilling im- j Instead of the National Union Convention that vv
Last to remain so for some years to come. The j has fallen into a state of collapse—is indeed nearly
d to have been determined that j of l, ‘° Uompromiso will be an important j or quite defunct—thanks to the hostile influence of
of an extraordinary and unexpected character— | abolitionists, and who now confess that the Na-! Baltimore Convention ; hut some of the Whigs | port wdl* he'mingled in’UiVcanvan.'” A°Xa.! promised^us,’\he‘ si^p'orTers Vrhy^clTemrwould
mere inousands ot our citizen who weekly nmu »*.««• 1 n«rtv t. n «-** l. A ** n with ' ;ire determined not to adopt the name of Deni- tional Union Party would he based upon owe fain seek shelter in another Convention, which will
citizen who weekly pu
across the isthmus, left exposed to the
fraunds of lawless people, as well a* to the
fy interference ol Great Brittain and her tooU in ! l»?* rr » “ ,s (, ‘ s *> r £™ , ^d nnd disbanded—the
that quarter Northern portion of it is led hy Free-soilers and
Now, this is a gross neglect, on the part of our Gov- faciionists.” Verily they are pretty couserva-
eminent, of the moat icrluos iotewsta. Our repre- tor# of the Damoemtio party,
sentatives in Congress should make innuirv into the » , ^ r .1 r 1 *
r . •* ,. - . . ‘ • . Rut suppose the gentlemen of the Journal &
reason of this retention of our ships of war at the' ... ....
North, where they are not required, whilst our in-* Messenger, nnd their co-laborers, should be
terest in the Southern seas are left entirely unpro-i found in Baltimore on the 1st of June, demand-
tected. There should be a strong fleet always left' ingndmission into the Democratic Convention—
upon the Gulf, to affird security and protection to. what would that Convention say to them ! If
the iminense crowd* of onr people, nnd vast trade. , ... , . . . .. ...
.... .. ... ' tve may be permitted to Associate Ihe sublime
which are continually flowing to and frotn Califor- ,, .
nta across the Isthmus—JV. O. Delta. | vvitl » lhe 1 t »c«lous, we would suppose tho Con-
— *p w j venlion would exclaim—“O, generation of vi-
iC.UUlOvlurC Stockton. j pers! who hath warned you to flee from the
rath to come? Bring forth therefore, fruits
meet for repentance.” We believe it is custom-
tional party which they have been strivii
nil their might ami main fur years ,„Vop in ocrat, nnd will not go to the Baltimore Con
vention, unless they can climb in hy some other
way; others again arc ready to assume the
name for the purpose of occupying a position
idea, and that is impracticable at present. , probably nominate one of the very gentlemen
The Union men of the South, in our opinion, • have done most to thwart the ambitious hopes of the
can accomplish their purposes, and establish ' self styled Union men!
We are gratified to see that the Senator whose
name heads this article, u taking % distinguished po
sition among the great men of the country. We
admire him for the bolduesa and magnanimity of his
character, for he dared to defend the South in tlie
face of a pelting and merciless storm of abuse and
fanaticism, which was then and has been assailing
Iter almost from the time of the formation of the
Constitution. The bold and chivalrous sailor
ary with all religious denominations, when old
and extra wicked sinners propose to join their
church, to suhject them to some examination,
by* requiring them to relate their exjierience, in
which they must give evidence of sincere
destined to take a leading part in the councils of i pentaiice for past sins a:;d a determination to
tlie nation, for which his gifted intellect well fits | live more orderly in future. Now wo should be
him— West Point Ada
Supposed Pirates*
A brig suspected as piratical, was latey captured
off Capo lioque, and taken into M iyaguez. After
her capture, the captain could not be found, and the
mate attempted suicide by cutting hi* throat.—Sar.
Georgian.
Sale of (be Pampero.
much ph ased to hear the experience of the Ed
itors of the Journal Messenger. We hope
they will publish it in advance, before they go on
to Baltimore. This will save time in the Con
vention.
But other religious denominations receive
these hardened sinners on probation or trial—
— «. . that is, they are taken under the watch -care of
IM-.*-
The porehzxer 1. C.pl. Wra C. Tvrapleton, former- “® l,ow thl 'J cl " bear lhe Such
ly of New Orleans, but now a resident of Washing- '"ember, would, of course, never think of being
ton, D. C-—Gcnrght. [ jrat into office in tho church nnlil they had pro-
here they can more effectually destroy the
principles which they profess to adopt; others
arc Democrats at heart, nnd will go for a direct
union with the Democratic party, and will listen
to no compromise of name or principles. AVhat
this disagreement will lead to is yet uncertain;
but the chances now are, that the Union Whigs
will control the Constitutional Union organiza
tion, and that they will constitute a sectional
party, which will be ready to unite with what
ever national party will best subserve their in
terests. A meeting will be held this week,
which will probably determine the course and
the fate of the Constitutional Union party.
'The Ordinary bill has passed both Houses
without any restriction which would prevent the
person elected from holding othei offices. This
change was made in tho original hill to meet
the cases where one person has been elected
Clerk of the Superior and Inferior Courts, and
Ordinary. The fees are the same ns those au
thorized to be charged by a Clerk of the Court
of Ordinary, except the fees for recording re
turns for estates worth more than $2,000, which
ore increased.
A law has been passed to legalize the records
of the Clerk of the Court of Ordinary as to
marriag licences and other matters pertaining
to that office since the change in the consti
tution. _ .
I have examined the maps and returns in tho
their principles as effectually without a national
Union organization, as with it. They now con
trol the States of Georgia, Alabama, Florida,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky, Tennessee,
Virginia, North Carolina and Maryland. It is
possible they might rally a majority even in
South Carolina. 'The votes of those States are
not sufficient to elect a President, but if thrown
in one body into a national Convention, they
might secure the selection of a proper candidate,
whose election they would place beyond a doubt
It is, then, the true and evident policy of the
Union men of tho South to send delegates to
one of the approaching National Conventions.
If asked, which Convention ? we would answer,
unhesitatingly, to the one which assembles at
Baltimore on the 1st Tuesday in June next.
It is impossible for Union men to affiliate
with the Northern Whigs. As a national or
ganization, the Whig party no longer exists,
it is disorganized and disbanded. The North
ern portion of it is led and controlled mainly
by Free-Soilers and factionists. Even Messrs.
Fillmore and Webster havo lost their influence
there, because, in their official capacities, they
liave been disposed to do simple justice to the
South. Co-operation with such men as Sew-
ard, aud Dayton, and Corwin, is out of the
question—especially as the great mass of their
followers are wholly unsound on the slavery
question.
The Democratic party at the North is less
obnoxious to this charge. The true Democra
cy there are led by such men as Buchanan, and
Cass, aud Dickinson—hy Douglass of Illinois,
and Wright of Indiana. These men are sound,
and their followers are sound. In thefr general
polities, they differ but little from the great
mass of Union men at tho South/ whil* they aB
A National Union organization being out of the
question, why not allow the Federal Wiiigs of Geor
gia to join their brethren of most of the other South
ern States—.Maryland, Virginia, Missouri, Kentuc
ky, Tennessee, North Carolina*, Ivnmiann, etc.—in
their unbroken alliance w ith Northern " iiiggery ?
The reply to this interogatory is, we suppose, to be
found in the assertion of the Messenger, and a true
one it is, “that the Democratic party at the North is
less obnoxious in this charge” (of unsoundness on
the slavery question) than the Northern Whig party.
[Hear tlmt ye Southern Whigs, from Maryland to
Texas ll Admitting this statement to be correct
note, was it less so, when made by us In 1848, and
so indignantly denied by our opponents ? But we
forget—Taylor’s popularity then gave Southern
Whigs reason fo believe that by co-operating with
their Northern friends—“with such men as Seward,
and Dayton, and Corwin*—they might elevate them
selves into power. Are the Whigs of the Free
States worse than formerly ? Previous to the last
Presidential canvass, every Whig member of Con
gress from tlie North, we believe, voted for the Wib
mol Proviso? Did that act repel them from the
political embraces of their Southern Federal breth
ren 1 By no means. Yet, now, when some of them
go even so far as to oppose the repeal of the Fugi
tive Slave Bill, they are to receive “the cut direct”
But, says the Messenger, the “true Democracy in
the North are led by such men as Buchanan, and
Cass, and Dickinson—by Douglass, of Illinois, and
VV right, of Indiana.’* Exactly so; and by precisely
the same men was it led three years ago—Van Bu
ren and his Lieutenants having been cashiered —
Yet, in *48, the South waa roost solemnly and elo
quently warned against the “Abolitionist Cass,**
who we were told, "prayed for abolition of slavery
everywheret r (Shame where ia now thy blush ?) .
At present no one is more worthy of Southern con- i has been one of pleasure aud charity*'—^* - *
, -cl .lisp* . ,
hark in the enterprise of a direct trade wish to*
rojK*.
Gov. Johnson expresses acquiescence i»
compromise measures as a final settlement
the sectional dilii - tilties, although lie doe* not
fully approve of them. He thinks that the «*•
peal or virtual abrogation of the FugitiveSh'®
law would deprive the South of tho last hop®
that justice and protection guaranteed to her lit
the written compact under which site euterr
into the Union. He closes with an allusion t* 1
the state of Europe, and an exhortation nid fft
forget the policy of Washington with regard W
entangling alliances.— Wilmington Jour.
The Election of Postmasters.
Allen, of Massachusetts, bos introduced itf
the House, a resolution instructing the Judiwf
Committee to report a bill or otherwise,on the®*
pediency of amending the Constitution. •? f J***
necessary, so as to authorize the election of *
Masters by the people. We heartily approve t
movement, for two reasons. In the first pl* ce . {
we believe the people are better qualified t° efC
their own Post Masters than tlie President i*l°*£
point them. Each neighborhood is P rwuDie ^. t ° Ilf
acquainted with the character and capacity
one of its members for filling the otfice, .
the President cannot, ol course, know any W ^
about the matter, except from the representation*
of the friends of the applicant. In the next p*. ’
the adoption of this system will largely curt* ^
enormous amount of executive patronage. *
has been extended to a degree that senow*/ 7^
ens the purity of the government " *
Mr. Allen’s movement is a wise one, snd P®® 0
for it great popularity.—Columeu* Sentiud•
Jenny Lind. ... . t .
The death of the mother of the Swedish
ingale will prevent her from giving
of Concerts in New York, as she had intf
She leaves for home in tbe Steamtr Atlanta* ^
West on the 28th of this month. Her tour 1
country has been of so briliant a nature*<* ^
to form an era in the history of ^
proceeds of her American Concerts
two hundred thousand dollars,besides these
has devoted to charitable purposes and tbe* ^
Barnum pocketed as her agent. Jenny ** ^
with her into retirement the sympathy
erona heart ia the United Stioes-