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"And is tills the only Democratic party in Georgia 1 Is this to lie the Democratic organi zation of the State in the Onion or oat of it for years to comet If so, let no man who thinks it worth while to speak of ns in this con* nection, ever again set ns down as a Georgia Democjal—class ns rather any where else, for before high high heaven, we had as soon be come a “Latter Day Saint,’* or a French Jaco bin, as be bnried in the whited sepulchre of Southern Democracy, filled as it is with all the elements designed for the destruction of the American Union. We prefer the election of Fierce to either that of Scott or Webster. But as a friend of the Union and the principles of Pierc^we prefer the success of Scott or Web ster in Georgia, to the success of tbo Southern Rights party. As we have said before, there is much less danger to be apprehended from Scott’s election, than from the triumph of those who ore in favor of talirig the State out of the Union ” I must confess, that this is language which I cannot understand as coming from one who has ever been truly anxious for the success of Pierce and King as the candidates of the National De mocracy ; who says that “he has earnestly de sired a re-organization of the Democratic party in Georgia on the basis of the national platform,” and who lias intimated a willingness to sjport a compromise ticket of Union and Southern Rights men for electors, had such compromise been effected at Atlanta. Why is this spectre cf a “Southern Rights organization” in Geor gia perseveringly conjured from the “tomb of the Capulets !** If what has already been done through the conventions at Milledgeville and the conventions at Baltimore, declaring it at an end and adopting the principles of the so-called Georgia Platform, fusing its elements into the National Democracy, and running an electoral ticket with a Union Democrat upon it pledged to the support of the candidates and principles of that national party,—if this has not worked a disorganization of the sectional Southern Rights party, what, can work it? If the sup port of an electoral ticket for Pierce and King, by both branches of the Democratic party in Georgia, does not effect its “re-organization up on the basis of the Na tonal platform wbat can effect it? The change of a few names upon the ticket ? This would soothe the irritated feelings of men, but would not touch the na tional platform. The constitution of a party is in its princi ples, not in the men who compose it. It is ob vious that you care too little for the distinctive principles of the Democratic party, to be willing to co-operate with Southern Rights men to se cure their triumph. I am compelled to doubt the sincerity of your intentions that you would have been willing to support a compromise ticknt; since the same arguments which you use against the present ticket, would have been applicable to any ticket supported by Southern Rights men. No change of the ticket—no compromise ticket—would have changed the denial of that power was accompanied by ex pressions of a strong desire to harmonize with us. I look upon this as a position of things al together different from the one supposed by a respected friend. Had two wings of the par ty met in Convention to nominate a ticket, and had the Southern Rights wing insisted upon taking the entire ticket from its own men, then we should have had an instance of wrong which could have been prevented, of insult clearly in tended, of a precedent of tyranny coolly estab lished. The supposed case differs entirely from the one in point. The very arguments advanced against a change of- the Electoral Ticket, deny the intention to slight, to wrong or to oppress us. It appears that there ire feelings on the other side to eontSnd icitlu Our Southern Rights brethren say that their Convention of the 3lst March, was a legitimate Democrat Convention; that they invited us to attend it; that they desired our presence: that they manifested their willingness to unite with ua upon terms of equality by placing one of the few Union Democrats who attend, upon the Electoral Ticket. They give our failure to accept their invi tation as a cause of feeling upon their part against a change of their ticket. They contend that we have displayed an unwillingness to co-operate with them, and that instead of its being arrogant in them to refuse a change of their ticket, it is arrogant in us to demand it, when put up under snch circum stances. In all this we believe them to be wroog; yet it is feeling, I must confess, not wholly unnat ural. The very arguments in which it expresses itself, Wholly repudiate the idea of any intention now, of any intention heretofore, to place us upon a fooling of inequality. The truth of it is, that the circumstances which surround us have been as singular as they have been unfortunate. Our action now, whatever that action may be, will have had no precedent past, and will establish no precedent for the future. The result of the Atlanta Convention has removed a great many difficulties in the way of a perfect re conciliation. It most have conquered the feeling THE PATRIOT. 2Ubang, ®ccrrgia: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1853. NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS. For President, GEN. FRANKLIN PIERCE, v Of New Dampsbirc. For Vice President, HON. WM. R. KING, ,0f Alabama. Democratic Electoral Ticket. FOR THE STATE AT LARGE. H. V. JOHNSON, WILSON LUMPKIN. DISTRICTS. 1st Dist.,THOS. M. FOREMAN, of McIntosh. 2d “ RICHARD H. CLARK, of Baker. 3d “ H. G. LAMAR, of Bibb. 4th " H. A. HARALSON, of Troop. 5th “ JOS. E. BROWN, of Cherokee. 6th •* W. L. MITCHELL, of Clarke. 7th -• R. W. FLOURNOY, of Washington. 8th “ WM. SCHLEY, of Richmond. OiT Notices of exchanges, and .the letter of a Correspondent are crowded over to next week, by advertisements which came in late yeater. day evening. Advertising. We hope our readers will not fail to examine onr advertising columns carefully. Remember on the part ofourSou.hern Rights brethren. Ihave that men who advertise liberally, are liheral always believed that the masses of that party were ...... , , not only willing, but desirous that . compromise p 16 ' 1 in tholr dealings, and are always anxious might be effected; and that convention, together] to accommodate their customers at fair prices, with the high position assumed by several leading) Besides the splendid stocks of goods, you will Southern Rights men, produced a decided effect at fj n d something rich in the “$100 reward. 1 Atlanta. We were unwilling to join issue with friends. And now, I have no doubt, that our South ern Rights brethren would greet with a unanimous expression of unmingled pleasure,“/Aec(m/ingcrjcy,” supposed by the Executive Committee at Atlanta, to be not “improbable,” of an opportunity to exhib it towards us the same feeling which we have ex hibited towards them, by filling vacancies upon the ticket with union men. They believed it not "im probable” that such vacancies would occur. It is certainly not impossible. As one who, in support of his principles, will give an earnest support to the ticket in tho field, but who appreciates the feel- ings of others, and looks to the general good of his party, I do most sincerely hope that tho vacancies referred to may occur. I entreat, however, not to committee. It cannot be questioned that this contingency ght to occur. I have good reason to believe that will occur. But suppose it should not occur— what then ? It will not be the fault of the Execu tive Committee; they evidently desire it. It will not be the fault of many of the most conspicuous men among our Southern Rights brethren; they have earnestly advised it. It will not be the fault of the masses: we feel and know that they wish it. If the Democracy of Georgia was this moment as sembled together, in all its strength and majesty,— with its great heart true to time-hallowed principles —with one breath of its nostril would it sweep away the cobwebs of feeling which have been so industriously spun about some ot its members.— With this solemn conviction, what are Union Dem ocrats to do ? Exhibit their devotion to principle I I, for one, shall proudly walk up to the polls and vote the ticket. I would not erase the name of my bitterest enemy, were such name upon it. I vote of of having “succumbed,” “surrendered,” been“i quered.” I feel that a few such conquests will an nihilate my foes. Standing erect as a free Ameri can upon the principles of government which my judgment approves, I shall cast my vote in accord ance with my own unshackeled volition.\ So stand ing, so voting, I proudly ask—if I be the vanquish ed, who is my victor? where are my chains? Yours,&c. HENRY R. JACKSON. P. S.—I would most respectfully request the Democratic papers of the State, especially of Cher okee, Georgia, to publish this letter, or at least, such portions of it as correct misrepresentations, w H. R. J. M relations of the recent wings of the party.— be understood as des iring the death of any of the It would not have taken the majority from the e j CC [ ors or their alternates. I have never regarded southern Rights;—it would not have given the t j iat a « the "probable contingency" supposed by the majority to the Union whig. So far as what' you call "Union” principles, (which seem to be the only principles you have, though I know of none such in issue) are concerned, they would have been in as much danger under the one tiokel as the other. If consistent!y carried out, your views would prevent co operation forever hereafter between tho two branches of the Georgia Democracy; since nothing that South ern Rights men can do,—except, indeed, to die and be buried,—can destroy their organization ; and if your “Union principles” are now in issue, nothing in future history can put them out of issue. Nothing can hereafter be done which has not already been done. I say nothing, for by positive action in Milledgeville and at Balti more, we have all placed ourselves on the same basis of principle as to the Southern question— the Georgia platform ! No Southern Rights Democrat can go beyond it; no Union Demo crat should fail to come up to it. Your policy has nothing of Democratic prin ciple about it. If it could be successfully car ried out, if Union Democrats should heed y T our counsels, it would place Democratic principles in a permanent minority in Georgia. We should sacrifice the substance to the shadow, and in fighting for imaginary Uuion principle, contend against real Democratic principle, usin[ the temporary Union support of Pierce and King as a stepping stone to a lasting “prefer ence” for the “Scotts and Wehsters” of future times. That you desire this, is more than pro bable ; that Union Democrats are too wise, too patriotic, too devoted to principle to gratify your wish is equally certain. Honorable men are sometimes deceived upon questions of honor. You contend that the ac tion of the Atlanta Convention was “base”— You speak of“honorable”compromise. In con nection with the most dishonorable misrepresen tations of others, yon prate about honor for the purpose of playing upon the excited feelings of the Union Democracy in your section of the State. For my own part I could never see that a question of honor was involved in the issue about the electoral ticket; that our honor would be lost by making use of the present ticket as an instrument to carry out our views, or that enr honor would be saved by defeating that ticket, throwing the election before the Legisla ture, involving the State in unnecessary expense, and, in the end, it may be, losing her vote to our national candidates. Honor would never take me into such a contest. I am not sensible of having lost honor by retiring from it. Hon or is too sacred a thing to be decided by votes at the ballot box. While it is never honorable to sacrifice principle to expediency, it is never dishonorable to sacrifice feeling to duly. The last avas the sacrifice made at Atlanir. Do not understand me as denying that it was] a great sacrifice. Upon the pact of many of os it was a great and unexpected, and, on that account, a most honorable sacrifice. Do not think for one instant, I beg of you, that the language I have used towards yourself is intend ed to reflect on others who are acting with you. in support of the ticket nominated by Capt. Wofford. These gentlemen have not, like your- self, been guilty of toe grossost misrepresenta tions, r.nd the most reckless and uncalled for aspersions. I can appreciate their motives and sympaihize with their feelings. That circum stance i exist which give occasion for those feel ings, cannot be questioned; still, I think, there . are other circumstaeces which should temper and control them. The electoral ticket should have been chang ed at Atlanta, by placing Union Democrats npon it But why was it not changed ? Be cause the Executive Committee denied their power to change it In this position they have been sustained by yourself, who, in speaking of the Constitutional Union Electoral ticket as withdrawn by the Executive Committee, con tended that it was “a ticket nominated by regu- ! 4ariy appointed delegates'of an entire party, • and withdrawn by a few individuals clothed with no power for such an act.” The Execu- tive Committee could honestly believe that they pwcrjlo withdraw the ticket; and the Charleston Oct 4th. The Board of health report fifteen deaths from yellow fever for the past 48 hours.—Mercury. News by the Atlantic from Liverpool to Sept. 22d. s unimportant—no change in cotton. The weather continues warm and dry—fine for picking cotton—health of the country im proving. Brunswick and Florida R. R. We learn from the Savannah Courier of the 2d inst. that Mr. Elam Alexander has arrived from New York, and confirms tho statements made in his dispatch relative to the purchase of Iron for the Brunswick road. The Engineers will he in the field on next Monday, and three hundred hands will be on the work by the 1st of November. 0^7“ A terrible accident occurred on the State road on the 22d inst. An op lying on the track near the entrance to one of the Chukamaga bridges threw the engine tender and baggage car from the track. They entered the bridge and fell through, killing the wood passer and fireman, severely scalding the Engineer and bruising a passenger. The accident is attribut ed to the negligence of the man appointed to watch the bridge. GO" The Democratic Association of Chat ham, of whom Dr. J. P. Screven is President, and such is the testimony of Daniel Webster whom Southern Whigs will surely believ# Will the Webster papers now cease to pub lish the infamous falsehoods procured from abo lition testimony against Gen. Pierce 1 or will they be participators in the vilainy and give the lie to their own candidate. Good News front Florida. We take the following gratifying intelligence from the Floridian & Journal Extra, of Oct 5th. pNE HUNDRED GUNS FOR LEON ! ! Glorious Democratic Victory! With feelings of the liveliest pleasure we an nounce to our Democratic brethren throughout the State, and in all parts of the Union, that the lion hearted Democracy of Leon have met. the enemy and routed them “horse, foot and dragoons!” We have elected three out of four of the members of the House, being a. gain of two since last election— we carry Long into the Senate by the magnificent majority of 42, over a competitor hitherto consider ed invincible in this County—we give 'llr. Max well a Majority of 64 over Mr. Cabell, which is a gain on his vote two years ago of one hundred and five—and we give BROOME a majority over Ward of 31*! ! Hip—hip—hurrah for Leon ! Broome's majority is one of the most' glorious features in this glorious result. Here the power and influence of the heads of the whig party were brought to bear to defeat and crash him, but nobly have the democracy rallied to the rescue and over whelmed his unscrupulous opposers. Our victory is complete and overwhelming, and if the rest of the State has done as well, we have literally made a clean sweep of whiggery in Flori da ! Nothing has been heard from elsewhere, except the result at Marion Cross Roads, Jefferson Coun ty, Cabell’s home. Majority for Cabell 20, for Ward 16. This is the only whig precinct of any strength in the County, and the vote shows a whig Look out for democratic thunder from old Jefferson this time. * We learn by a private letter from a friend that returns have been received from a large portion of the State, and that the Democracy have suc ceeded in electing their Governor by a hand some majority.-—Ed. Pat. Religious Sectarianism and Politics, • One of the chief boasts of this land of free dom, is religious liberty. Every man is allow ed to worship God according to thedietatos of . • • . . e North, hut cannot stand Spanish territory his own conscience, and if there is any one op- ( . } . . ... ... . . ... the South ; he is aware that the first would hicn would be resisted to the death as he did, that Mr. Webster was a free-soiler, or that Mr. Stephens would admit as he did, that he believed that General Pierce will be elected Presi dent. We do not censure them for this, but res pect their candor. Col. Bailey’s Speech in Knoxville. We are indebted to Col. S. T. Bailey for a copy of his speech, delivered before the De mocracy of Knoxville on the 16th nit. It is an able review of the past Jortuous course of the Whig party, the erroneous and danger, ous principles of Gen. Scott, taken, from his published letters, and the sound constitutional course Ac position of Gen. Pierce, taken from the Congressional record of his acts and the history of his life. We have only room for the follow ing extracts which we commend to the atten tion of our readers. After citing extracts from Gen. Scott's letters Col. Bailey says: “Here are no less than six articles of politi cal faith avowed by Gen. Scott, of vital impor. tance to Southern men, and about which, here- tofore, there has been no division of parties in the South. 1. He would virtually abolish the veto, for if a bare majority rnay over-ride it, the same jority that passed a law, will ever he ready to affirm it in spite of the veto. Then where will be the safety of the South, now and forever here after in the minority ? 2. He would have a National Bank.to strength en the few against the manv, and then he would , - have a Bankrupt Law, to lift up that few when I n . ee ° * ,e . P arl V’ an< * the principle of protec- they fall, and enable them to repudiate thc-ii t on ° mer,can * ndu ’ ,tr y with a zea) that — just debts to the many. 3. His abolition sentiments of his boyhood, are fresh and unchanged in his old age, and therefore lie holds it a high moral obligation of masters and States to get rid of slavery. 4. He holds Congress may, by paying the owners, set the slaves free in the District of Columbia, and of course in all the territories, and that too in rhe teeth of the plain injunction of the Constitution, and the eternal principles of common justice and common law, that pri vate property shall not he taken, but for public use, and then ort just compensation. 5. He holds that Congress is bound to re ceive, refer and report upon abolition petitions, wherein the Southern people are denounced, as monsters, thieves and robbers; a benighted and heaven abandoned race. 6. He would annex British provinces on the Mil uri r " able man, and sound upon the slavery question.— Such men as took good care to stav ath^ We hardly expected that Judge Hill would admit and called upon the Mexicans to “receive G*' Pierce and his men with jpitaUe&rmf^ Correspondence of the Mercury. . Washikgtos, Sept 2] The most important political move of a character recently made ia the toor of Gsn ??. not like Dr. Syntax, in search of the piaurZ?’ bat nominally for a aite for an Asylum the General’s most remarkable proceeding, "** might almost be induced to believe that he hid w* self just escaped from an asylum of a different vIS* Great as hia facility for mating himself ridicoU.' always has been, he has surpassed himself i„ T last few days. How his advisers could be of the improdonce of letting the old eentlnn... r at large, with fnll liberty of speech, ftr ink^nd"" 1 per is hard to conceive. He certainly must J*' broken bounds and by an assertion of s-ir. w ii] ^ 8 shaken himself free of Truman Smith, a„j p Warren, who are his body guard political be . Since he started he has been floundering andF~, ing most ridiculously, but the last accounts le* i!"‘* stock in the mud at Cleveland. The Pete 6 speech was hard enough. It was stuck a. n.n . eyes (I’s) as a Peacock’s tail. He ot hooey-fugle the Pennsylvanians by tcllinm it, *° that to them he would be indebted (or hi. ,i . if at all—apologized for stamping it 0 „ th doty, and ended with a short henedicti"^ voters then and there assembled. Gov. J 0 hn*f h the noted Abolition foe of the South, fif»,i red i ° r lyin the proceedings, and “the enthurtsm" the.Tribune “was great, showing that ti» P , of Pittsburg and Alleghany will support the^* H hi " party, and the principle of protec' Industry with a zeal that knows faltenng. He was also “a Imn a m ,,„„ the . ’ s receiving them on Sunday morning. Bnt the stick-in the mud speech was the finali. ty. Henceforth irreverent urchins might annlcm the General tljat epithet so common in London as used towards “Ye Old Fogy” ptdestria,is_“0ld Stick in the mad.” It is impossible that buries,,* could go beyond the sober seriousness of that speech- it ia ««■> complete a travesty in itself : r not for him, but for my principles. I scorn the idea i met in Savannah on the 27th tilt., ami adopted resolutions of thanks to those Union Demo crats who recently met at Atlanta, anti, who so nobly sacrificed personal feelings and predilec tions to secure the Union of the Democracy and the triumph of Pierce and King. The Chatham Democracy are all united and nobly battling for their principles. Yellow Fever in Savanab We learn by a letter in the Savannah Cour ier from Dr, Arnold that since the 1st. of tho month two undoubted cases of yellow fever have occurred in his practice. The Sexton’s report for the week ending Oct. 5th. gives deaths—21 whites,of whom 3 died of yellow fever;-Blacks The Cry Is, Still they Come “The Shelby Free Press, ” published in sbelby- and colored 9-none ofyeHow fever. The News says-We learn from the physicians with whom and Graham, and run up that of Pierce and King. No candid mind can fail to see that Glheral Scott is surrounded by dangerous influences, and that dan gerous men enjoy his confidence and control his ac lions. In every quarter of the country the .emi nent men of the whig party either regard the con test with folded arms, or openly repudiate General Scott, who has been thrust forward by the fraudu lent intrigues and corrupt arrangements of a despe rate and dangerous faction as the candidate of a great party. “The Shelby Free Press” announces the reasons which induce it to repudiate Mr. Sew ard’s nominee, and gives its adhesion to the demo cratic candidates in the following emphatic terms: “Some of those who look at the bead of our col umns may be surprised to find that we have hauled down the names of Scott and Graham and run up those el Pierce and King; but the great majority of those wiio read and have watched the progress of events since the nominations have been made will not be startled at the change. “We were opposed to the nomination of Gene ral Scott. We regard him as unfit for so high a civil trust as that to which he aspires, and danger ous in the extreme in the position that he occupies. When he received the nomination by the Baltimore Whig Convention, we surrendered our editorial chpir to our senior, intending to take no part in the contest; but we can no longer sit idly by and see our columns devoted to so ignoble a service as the defence of Gen. Scott; and we have therefore tak- en our senior's vacant seat, and wje now stand forth horable advocate of Franklin Pierce, determin ed henceforth to nse our poor ability in the cause of the country to which we owe our birth, and to which we are bound by every tie that is sacred.— day we onforl the banner of Pierce and King, and raise our voice for the constitution and the Un ion. To-day we declare our allegiance to that par ty who are nobly struggling for the perpetuity of our glorious confederacy, and have sworn to pre serve inviolate the constitution that was bequeath ed to ns as the best boon of wisdom and patriotism of a Washington, a Jefferson, and a Madison. To day we step fearlessly and freely into the ranks of that'party who know no North, no South, no East, no West, but only onr Union, now and forever.— To-day do we throw off all the ehackiess of party, and offer np our prejudices on the altar of onr country” have conversed that the sickness in this city is on the decline and that the fevers are assuming a milder and more managable character. Election Day. The election day is close at hand—three weeks from next Tuesday—and we hope that every Republican will do his duty, by going to the polls and urging his neighbor to go, and vote, each according to his judgment. A very large majority of the people are in favor of Pierce and King. They see that the preserva. tion of the integrity of the constitution in its spirit and letter, will be thus secured. It is on ly necessary then, that the people should all turn out. Let none stay at homo who can go. Give the First Tuesday in November to your country, to the triumph of your principles, and the security of your institutions. Valuable Testimony—Webster and Pierce. Hon. C. S.TarpIy for sometime Chief Justice of Mississippi has been on a tour to the North ern States, and writes from Washington on the 28th nit., a letter in which he bears testimony to the high character of Gen. Pierce, as learned by personal intercourse with himself and neigh bors, among whom was Daniel Webster. Judge Tarply says: No man lives either North or South of Mason and Dixon’s line, who is more sound or reliable for the South on this question than Franklin Pierce. Will the whigs take the testimony of Mr. Webster on this subject? He said to me “Sir I have known Mr. Pierce from his boyhood, and he is now my neighbor, and I have no hesitation' in saying that although we differ npon many constitutional ques tions, yet upon the subject of slavery he is as sound and reliable for the South as was Mr. Calhoun him* self”. ’ pression by American citizens sooner than another, it would be the oppression of religious intolerance Our Government is founded 1 on the principle of perfect religious liberty and a total discon nection with all religious sects and sectarianism, and whoever attempts to sway the destinies of the republic by appeals to sectarian prejudice is a nave or a bigot, and should be denounced by honest men of ail parties, as among the worst energies of our institutions. We have been led to these remarks by the course which is being pursued by some of the advocates of the election of Gen. Scott. The grossest falsehoods are told by such men as Robison of New York to show that Gen. Pierce is the enemy of Catholics, and these are re peated by Scott papers and distributed in pam phlet form with sectarian appeals to Catholics to vote against Pierce and in favor of Scott.— And this is repeated week a(jter week ever since the falsehoods have been exposed and denounc ed by both Catholics and Protestants. It is probable that they may succeed by these dis reputable means in cheating a few Catholics out of their votes, they may succeed by these and similar frauds upon the people in defeating the election of Pierce. But let them, and those who wink at them,remen)ber that they are sow ing the seeds of intolerance and bigotry, which if not checked by the good sense and love of religious liberty of the people, will ere long pro duce them a harvest of terrible retribution. Let appeals to sectarian prejudices be rebuk ed by honest men of all parties and let truth and reason direct the judgment of the people. Will not the Whigs of Georgia go anfl do Likewise. It seems to us that Providence has so dispos ed tho circumstances in which we now find the country, that Southern men can scarcely do otherwise, consistently with duty to themselves and the country, than to unite with the national Democracy for the security of their constitu tional rights. Surely they cannot vote for Gen. Scott whom the Whigs of the South denounced as utterly unfit for the office of President a vain self-couceited, and haugnty man, who, in playing the demagogue before the people, is as awkward as the ass who attempted to in tate the dog in fawning upon his master; man whose political opinions, as expressed in his letters, are of the rankest Federal cast: they cannot vote for such a man—he is a sol dier and nothing else, let him stick to bis pro fession. We are gratified to find that hundreds of Southern Whigs are putting off the shackles of party prejudice and have determined to sustain the constitution of their country by advocating tho election of Pierce and King. Among the noble examples of this kind, we find the follow ing from the Shelby Free Press, an influential Whig paper published in Kentucky, which has hitherto supported Scott. It says: ‘ To day we unfurl the banner ofPirceand King and raise our voice for the Constitution and the un ion. 1 o day we declare allegiance to that party who are nobly strugling and have sworn to preserve inviolate the constitution that waB bequeathed to us as the best boon of wisdom and patriotism of a Washington, a Jefferson and a Madison. To day we step fearlessly and freely into the ranks of that party who know no North, no South, no East, no West, but only onr Union now and forever. To day throw off all the shackless of party, and offer do t up our prejudices on the altar of our country.” Whig- Speakers. The Marietta Advocate of the 5th. inst., says “Judge Hill and L. Stephens Esq., of LaGrange spoke on the Presidential candidates on Thursday night last in this place e whig and anli slavery votes, the latter would not. 1 need not ask democrats to vote against one who avows these six cardinal, deadly heresies. But may 1 not conjure all southern men, who love their peaceful homes, and have hitherto sat under their own vine and fig tree, with none to make them afraid, not to invite destruction, by voting for one who holds opinions that sustain their ruin. We are aware that smarting under grevious wfongs, perpetrated by a majority in Congress, many of our State Rights friends feel a repug nance against taking any part in the election for President. To all such, we appeal and ask, who are they from whom you have received such wrongs? Who treated you as underlings, and drove you out of California? and parti tioned Texas like Poland? Who stole your slaves and mobbed and murdered your fellow- citizens when in pursuit of them ? Were they not Whigs by vast odds? Who was tiiat de voted band, small though they were, that stood up bravely ami plead for y-ou ? Who breasted, unto political death, the Northern hordes, (most unnaturally backed by Southern whigs) and perished in your defence? Were they not De mocrats ? Now that they have rallied again for another struggle, and cry to us to come up to the fight, and help overthrow the mutual foe? Shall we like cowards, and ingrates desert our friends while they shout to us— “Once more unto the breach, dear friends once m«r*T and leave them to perish in the breach ? Can we hope to quiet our consciences, with the miserable excuse that their foes have wronged ho that would act thus, can expect, nay, who will deserve to have any friends ? IVho, and what manner of man is he, that the Democracy have presented as their candi date for your suffrages? Does ancient or mod ern story present you a purer model ? 1 am not his eulogist, he needs no praise from living lips. History has already secured his fame, and as a statesman aud patriot, beyond the reach and blot of lying slanders, there it is, on the page of American History, and there it will remain secure, forever, whether you make him Presi dent or not Read it, and teach your sons to read, and remember the lesson it will tt-ach; let them see, and seeing know that you approve —how strict virtue, great diligence aud scrupu lous honesty of purpose, from early youth, have formed an eminent and honest statesman. Need I assure you that Gen. Pierce has ever been faithful to the constitution, and of course faithful to the South? We have the undivided testimony for years of all the whig and aboH tion advisaries at the North, that ho has been as southern in principle as South Carolina, and that he has made New Hampshire a northern South Carolina. That he ever voted with Cal houn. And they parade the Congressional dia ry to prove it on hipi, and are seeking to defeat him on this charge chiefly And as evidence that Gen. Pierce alway voted with the Southern members while in Coh- gress upon the subject of slavery, I will give a brief list of bis votes, as published in the aboli tion organ,called the “National Era,’’taken from the Congressional Debates, and which list Gen. Pierce declares in his late letter to DeLeon, is correctly given by the “Era.” After giving a list of General Pierce's votes, -which we have heretofore published—Col, Bailey continues. Such is the testimony of the leading aboli tion paper, and which Gen. Pierce has pro nounced true in his letter just'referred to. No candid, intelligent and honest man can doubt or deny, that Gen. Pierce is as sound up on the slavy question as any man in the wholi Union, and for that cause, his foes at the Non seek and expect to defeat him, and if he is de feated that will be the sole cause. And now 1 tell the Southern people that hav ing despaired of electing a Southern President, faithful to the South, and having tried to elect a Northern man who ha9 proved himself faith ful, and we should be'defeated, they may make up theic minds once for all, never to expect jus tice from an unjust and tyranical majority.- with this speech when it travels over the water.— It is worth preservation as a specimen of the art of sinking beyond the heroes of Martiuus Scriblerui. Gen. Scoit’s Speech at Cleveland. Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 21.—The following i, the speech of Gen. Scoit, made from the balcnnr of the American Hotel, yesterday, to the throng which assembled to welcome him to the city : 8 “Fellow citizens—When I say fellow citizens, I mean native and adopted citizens, as well as aii who intend to become citizens of this great and glorious country. I thank you for the‘enthusiastic reception you have given me. (Cheers.) But there is one thing I regret in visiting this beautiful city, and that is the rain. I was pained that while 1 was comfortably sheltered in a covered carria«e you should have been exjiosed to rain and mud During my military campaigns, and other times in the discharge of the duties of^y office, and during the greater pari of my life, I have bten on the inarcli, and have al way-4 been accneiom ,a d to expose mv self to the weather and other inconveniences of camp life, in common with the brave soldiers of the army, and I am pained at this time, to see von put to smell iuconvenice on my account. (Great cheering.) Fellow citizens—I have thought a man 00111(1 hardly cal! himself a citizen of this great country, without passing over these great lakes, of which this is justly celebrated as nnq of the most beauti ful of the whole West (“You’re welcome here,” from an Irishman.) I hear that rich brogue—1 love to hear it—it makes me remember the deeds of Irishmen, many of whom I have lead to h»ttl« and to victory.” (Great cheering.) Fellow citizens—? do not intend to make a speech, l am not journeying for that purpose; l am travel ing for the purpose of selecting a site for a military hospital. I simply came at vmircail, to thank you for this greeting. You seem fit to greet me cor dially, so would you greet any of your country) Generals. I accept it as an evidence of .your pat riotism ; it convinces me of vour devotion and love of your conntiy. [Cheers] I will not detain yen longer; you are wet and covered with mud. I re peal my thank* for this enthusiastic reception — [Great cheering.] This morning he' wns waited upon by a lar number ot our citizens, and on his departure in l cars for Columbus, was enthusiastically cheered. One of y«»u, however, can do it justice, ifanvw can. It is too rich a theme to be lost. ■BgMgga«gaBaBPBB»aMCgB3NaEB—KCflW»Eag»gg| Such is the testimony or Judge Tarply of \ Ve were gratified at hearing both the speakers Mississippi, wbore-Terncity is above suspicion. | admit that General Pierce was a brave and honor- MISS S. C. DUSTAN. TEACHER OF m\0 FORTE and VOCAL HUSK,. ljO)ROPO.SES to engage in the duties of thit profession in this city.—The highest refer ences can be furnished. A limited number of po* pils will be taken, to whom her undivided attention will be giverf. . A pplication may be made to Mies Dusttn, at i residence of H. Huntingdon, or at his office Broad st- Albany, Ga. t Oct. 8, 1852. 27 4t Books ! Books!! 11JOW opening at the Book store of Welch Shcr* man and Co., a large stock of Books.embrac ing a very large variety of popular and s:ancV works of History, Biography, poetry, and workso Miscellaneous character. A ho most kinds of school Books in nse t untrv Bibles and Testaments of almost every and style of binding. Hymn Books.jiote lioc&s r-IAG (lliU a^ic-ut UlllUltl.-;, JllJUIU an.-—- - B L annuals, Gift Books, Juvenile Books, Toy I* 00 ** &C.&C., As we have greatly increased our stock we stock wc wot ispectfuliy invite all who want anything to give us a call. WELCH, SHERMAN & CO., Oct., 8 th. 1852. 27— Gw- 1AO REAM*?? of Foolscap, Letter, BdljA^ JUU ney’a, Ladies, Note, and Drawing *r also Legal Buff and Fancy Letter, Bridal an Enveh ps, Pens, Ink, Inkstands,Quills,and* of stationery, just receiving by • # rfl WELCH, SHERMAN & c0 > Oct. 8lb. 1853. 27—6w New and Standard Novels, '&ARGE assortment receiving by . wv L WELCH, SHERMAN & ) BBm They may set down in despair and await the approaobing end. * . As to the charge of cowardice and drunken ness, made against Gen. Pierce, by such thieves as Foss, every intelligent man in America knows it to be false, and none but the basest of cow ards and lowest of liars, ever repeat it as true. T-JJPI ' \ - 1 Choice Groceries, &c.) AT DURHAM & VAS05S’ “O n eiP rice Store W E have just received a fine article of Tobacco, and Segars, together wi ^ assortment of choice family Groceries, g,,. gars, Coffee, Teas, Cheese, Pickles Prc® sons, Candies, Spices, Pepper, Starch ^ Polish, soda, saisratas, Yeast Povvds^- p^t- selected assortment of Family -^p .i frr ,G«” Oils, Dyestuffs, saddlery, hard ware. Luuerj,^ Pistols, Game Bags, fw’r. V\S0N- Wads,&c. DURHAM i Y.w f< Altary, Oct. 8, 1852.