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Got. Johnson on the Georgia Platform.
Executive Chamber, ?
Milledgwille, Ga.; June 21st, 1855. 5
Dear Sir :—In your note of the 19th instant,
you refer me to the follow ing language contain
ed in niv letter to Maj Howard, to wit: “Sup
pose Kansas with such a constitution should be
rejected, as she probably will, and an appeal
should be made to the non-slaveholding States
to return members to the following Congress,
who will vote for hey. admission, what hope
should wo then have of a successful appeal, if
we shall have dissolved our party alliance with
them? Absolutely none.” You say that my
‘opponents conteiirTtliat in this paragraph l show’ j
a disposition to dally with the North, instead of
fairly and squarely meeting the issue made bv
the 4th Resolution of the Georgia Platform.*’
Hence, “to place the question beyond all cavil,”
you request me “to indicate the course 1 would
pursue as Governor, of Georgia, if Congress
should reject Kqn.sas, because of the existence
of slavery thcrcfpj” I comply cheerfully with
your request. 1 wish to he understood upon
this subject—I intend to be. Though I think
my letter, construed as a whole, ought to satis
fy the most hypercritical, yet l will say, that 1
shall never “dally with the North upon any ques
tion involving t^ rights of the South—no nev
er, never. RutMo the point o( your enquiry.
The 4th Ke$ptutioii of the Georgia Platform
contemplates dijj^ution, upon the happening of
certain coutingppfies. The rejection of “Kan-
THE PATRIOT.
. The Only National Farty.
There is but one party now inexistence in the
United State* that can lay any well founded claim
to nationality, and that party is the democratic. Its
old opponent, the whig party, has “gone down in
sorrow to the grave”—it is a thing of the past, having
an existence only in the memory of men. But from
its ashes the Know Nothing organization has sprung.
This party embodies the greater portion of the ma
terial the old whig party was made up of, and is
characterized by the same all-absorbing devotion to
the “loaves and fishes.” For a while, it threatened
to sweep everything before it. By working upon
the prejudices of the people, and exciting , their jeal
ousy by fantastic and over-wrought representations
of the dinger w r e were subjected to by tolerating the
Catholic religion,and admitting foreigners amongst
ns, it acquired a popularity and enjoyed a prosperity
THE PATRIOT ■almost unparallelled in the history of political par-
ron tiiFj c.ftirjP'f| tics. But as it grew in strength, and began to de-
Will be furnished In subscribers until the 15/A ! 'elope the real principles by which it was governed,
C2ij‘t©cE>ir a gg‘Q.3ia
FRIDAY, JUNE 2J>, IS55.
FOR GOVERNOR.
HERSCHEL V. JOHNSON.
FOR CONGRESS,
1st Dist
—J. L. SEWARD, of Thomas.
3d “
J. 51. S.1IITII, of Upson.
41b “
II. WARNER, or Meriwether.
51b “
J. II. LUMPKIN, of Flojd.
61b “
HOWELL COBB, of flarhe.
Sill “
A. II. STEPHENS, of Richmond.
of October nest, for the very low sum of Fifty ; » bec0,ne evid<>nt to a " tl,at co,lld never be
* - tional party. The elements of discord were too
great to allow of a hope even that the Northern and
Southern wings could ever harmonize, unless, in
tents in advance,
the money.
Send in your orders, with
District Convention.
The Democratic Conventions for the nomination of
it—will be lield at Amerieus on the 11th ol July.
Bas because of the existence of slavery therein,”
would be one frf those contingencies. The sep
aration of Georgia from the confederacy must
be the act of tl\j*' sovereignty. As tho Execu
tive of tho Stafe, the 4th Resolution clothes me
with no power to proclaim such separation.— j dance.
Nor am I vested w ith it by constitutional pro-j
vision. Therefore, if Kansas should thus be re-j
jected, i would feel bound to take such steps, as
would elicit the action ot the sovereignty of the.
State, in execution of the Georgia Platform.— pla
Indeed, I shall bring the whole subject before |
the next Legislature, and recommend to them to
provide for the calling of n State Convention,
in the event of such rejection, to determine the
time and mode of the “disruption of every tie
that binds her to the Union.” Whether elect
ed or not, this ipuch I shall do, in my message
to the General Assembly'; and if elected, and
the emergency* shall arise during my Executive
term, I shall unhesitatingly act as above indicat
ed. The Georgia Platform is the voice of the
sovereignty oftthe State. It emanated from the
same source that framed the Constitution. It is
equal to that instrument in solemnity and valid
ity ; and as Executive of the State, I am as
much bound bv it as by the Constitution itself. .
So I construe my obligation as a States Rights \ . °. ur P a P er '
man, and so would 1 render to it the most im
plicit, prompt and energetic obedience.
‘Your obedient servant,
4 IIkiisciiel V. Johnson.
Col. T. Lomax, Columbus, Ga.
deed, it was on a platform detrimental to Southern in
terests. The Northern wing was too intensely ah-
for a Representative of this Di.-triot in Con- ol it ionized—too deeply and too thoroughly imbued
for Judno of the Superior Court of this Cir- ; w ‘nh the spirit of frec-soil, ever to occupy any but
Jan antagonistic position toward the institutions ol
the South. Hence the recent denouement at I’lril-
t j, 0 ' adelphia surprised no one—it was expected. It has
Religious Notice
The Rev. John W. Mills will jm ai l
Methodist Church in Albany, on Sunday morning the 8th long been a palpable fact that abolition was a com-
Jilly, upon the Government of the M. E. Church. Those ! ponent element of Know Nulhinghm at the North,
entertaining doubts as to the Republicanism of the govern- an ,{ Philadelphia convention served but to show’
f that Church, are c.-pcciall) united to be in atten-: j] ie y considered the anti-slavery plank of more
importance than any other principle in their creed
such a light ia the kind that should be “hid under a
bushel.” The Democracy have no use for such a
man—a man who, representing a Southern constitu
ency, will thus give countenance to the anti-slavery
feeling at the North. His room is far more accep
table than his company, and we congratulate our
Democratic friends of Florida upon their happy rid
dance from such a bad piece of rubbish.
The Columbus Movement.
We have been watching with some interest the
“signs of the times” with regard to the movement
recently started at Temperance Hull, Columbus.—
It does not appear to have excited quite so great an
interest in the people, and has not elicited quite so
cordial a response as its originators had hoped.—
The State Convention called to meet on the fourth
of July, upon the Columbus platform, has therefore
been postponed until the 8th of August, to give the
wire pullers a little more time to manoeuvre, and if
possible induce the people to look upon it with a lit
tle more favorable eye than they have yet done,
But while the people at large evince a disposition to
allow the proposed party to go by the board, dissen
sions are arising among tho most prominent advo
cates of the movement themselves, as toils aims and
objects, what kind of a party is it to be, who com
posed of, and what the results lo be accomplished.—
One division headed by lion. Charles J Jenkins, sup*
por
Mr. J , in his letter published in the Souther
carder of the 19th, gives his idea of the party al
lows :
To your second inquiry, what shall ho done by tho*
sited as you sire, I answer, thsit in my opinion the |i
course is, to adopt the recommendation of the mertii
cently held in Temperance Iiall. Coli
Gov. Johnson's Appointments.
Gov. Johnson will address the people on the politi-
al questions of the day, at the following times and
Columbus, Saturday, July 9th.
Atnericus, Monday, July 11th.
Lumpkin, Wednesday, July 13th.
Cuthbert, Friday, Juiy 15th.
Fort Gaines, Saturday, July IGth.
Blakely, Monday, July 18th.
Bainbridge, Wednesday, July 20th.
Newton, Friday, July 22d.
Albany, Saturday, July 23d.
It may become necessary to change some of the
appointments and to make others. If so timely no
tice will be given to that effect.
Weather—Crops.
We have had some fine rains since the last issue
Accounts of the growing crops are . in it.
of the most encouraging nature. The weather is j The Know Nothing party, then, is now scctionai
ar.d sultry.
ocratic platform, and that emphatically repudiates
the heresies of abolition and free-soil. The fact that
a man acts with the national democracy is primafa
cie evidence that he is sound upon the slavery ques
tion.
We had intended to publish the Philadelphia plat
form this week, but are unable to do so- It shall
appear next week, when we will pay our respects to
Lets have those democratic resolutions passed
at Milledgeville,neighbor. They would bea rare treat
to the readers of the Courier—it is not often they
find such sound, pure and patriotic doctrines promul
gated through its columns.
“ Our Principles.”
NO. 4.
The action of the Philadelphia Know NotbingCon-
vention lias almost superceded the necessity for a
further discussion of the platform which had been
dictated to the Order by the Washington Organ,
but inasmuch as we have commenced the task, and
as the remaining articles of the Organs creed were
for the most part substantially re-atfirmed at Phil
adelphia, we will proceed with our criticism.
The first feature that demands our attention this
week, is embodied in article 5, as follows:
5th. We shall maintain the doctrine that no one of the
of this Union has the right to admit
any person
Ratification Meeting:.
The Know Nothing ratification meeting in N. York
does not appear to have been altogether the nu^
enthusiastic or the most respectable assemblage tW
was ever witnessed in Gotham** The press concur
in pronouncing it a decidedly poor demonstration
The Post says, “ a large cannon was kept hot,
fying the loafers at the farthest extremity of the cit
tlfet something was otnfoot for their entertainment
while an excellent band of music helped to detain
■those who felt no interest in the object of the meet
ing. And yet, with all these appliances, the Angel
Gabriel could inan hour’s time have gathered as large
an audience, and furnished more entertainment, **
almost any hour of the day.” The Times remark*
of the meeting that it was “not particularly enth tt
siastic or interesting. The speaking was heavy”
The Courier if- Enquirer says, “It cannot be truly
said to have been animated with anything like hi
'early
r remark*
enthusiasm.” The Commercial Advertiser r
that “It was far more an appeal to New York
help than an expression of the popular sentiment of
New York.”
From the Daily Ncws^we take the following more
extended notice of the iroeting:
A SrtCTACLE AND THE MORAL —The Know Nothin. L
aree in numbers, unthi,•
Stati
ment of
j has not been
large in numbers, enthusiastic* 1 !*
'oftmS 'WJEtesss
« ofthc L'mud St»ui,uo :
e invision ueaueu uy lion- Hilaries j joiimiis, sup- , * " r . .. V “ — ( ma ,j e UM , c j , t ought to have been ashamed »nJi-
. . . r • • i . • j cording to the “uniform rule ’ of naturalization prescribed .. " “ n ” h tr , u. vvl lU ’ i w ®
t it because they claim for It a national design.— | by Congress, under die provisions of the coiutitulion. | I^Ut onthe om-klrBofthe CTOwd a pil'ykUjy*
ontion of tho People of tho State, irrespective of
party distinctions. It looks to the united action nfcon-
ln all other things, the North anJ the South were sercadrc men every to here. North, South, East, and IVcst,
.. , .. ... . c , - to put down a crusade against a particular section of the
united—they were both anti foreign and anti-Catho-| jj n i on — n ot a sectional party, but a party co-cxtensivc
lie; but slavery was the ruck upon which they were; with the Union, to crush sectional encroachment.
constitutes a platform npon which no j ii'-Uow, mounted, properly enough, in a can, dknouncin.
fol- j State. Rights man can stand-it is a practical deni- :
' al of the right of each Stafe to regulate its own in- - their day’s work, and li.-tening with a quiet and amused
.crnal afiiiirs and domestic economy. One of the re-1
served rights of the States, is the power of regulat- , mar so deliberately should gel up and prate of “ignorance ”
In the main, however, the meeting w as a respectable one
imposed of just the same men who’
destined to wreck their last claim to nationality.—
The North considered the work of suppressing for
eign and Catholic influence as of but secondary im
portance when compared to the work of extirpating
Southern slavery. The same fact had been abun
dantly evidenced before; it had been proven by the
character of the men they had chosen to till their of-
(ices—by the anathemas they I,ad hurled against: linc \ We quote from the Corner Slone:
the South in tlieir resululioiis--hy Ihe abolition cliar-j T J b !;,^" r y^.;;"| < ^„^J|““ b n ^ d "!;™j b '] t lac y2:«7
actor of their platforms. Rather than countenance tional ism of the mure ment isits life audits soul, and
As wide as the poles is the difference between Mr.
Jenkins and his hangers-on, and the other clique of
the same party, headed by the Columbus Corner
Stone, who advocate it only because they regard it
as a purely sectional movement, designed to cut
loose from affiliation not only with all existing par
ties, but with all men, North of Mason and Dixon’s
slavery even by neutrality, they sundered themselves
from the portion of the party who are disposed to
be national, and repudiated the project of a national
party for the suppression of foreign and Catholic in
fluence, unless anti-slavery could also be engrafted
i quite wa
From the Pennsylvanian, June 15th.
Sam at Sea on Two Planks.
As w e predicted from the beginning, Sam has
determined to go to sea on two planks, instead
of a platform. The Northern and Western
members yesterday seceded, and anticipated the
majority of tho Convention, by pushing forward
their own plank, with the inscription upon a
torn rag, whgdw-they hoisted as the signal of
distress, “the restoration of the Missouri Com
promise”—“no- interference with the electivi
franchise in the Territories”—“modification of
the naturalization laws”—“spiritual freedom and
ized. If the thirteen Northern States who withdrew
it all its strength—with*
worthies?, and shall ■
it nat ional ? *
rejieat it is sectionalism and sectionalism alone
moralize and de.-troyit by c
which c
party.
a this
ii that e
If any
lonal organization let him go the Deinoc
not only the best national organ;
the best that can he formed. It
grind to power any other national organization at the South,
as it ought to do—sectionalism is the only thing that
ought to he stronger than it. It is stronger than a national
y—becau.-e it is the only thihg which
The Meeting last Saturday.
The democratic mcctin- h..-t Saturday was quite lhe otllcr states. So of the Southern
respectably attended, and the greatest unanitnity.of j ||;1 , til( , fUpport „ ronc or , W11 Nurt |,,, r
feeling prevailed. As will he seen by the proceed-\ , heir i„|l„ence is not sufficient to noth
ings in another column, the platform of the Milled jo-
ville Convention was endorsed without a dissenting
voice. The nomination of candidates for the. l/'gis- w j»j nii( ^,j )nort t j 10
lature was postponed until the 4tii Saturday in An- Xot!iin«,?s for President
from the National Council, still remain in the order, |^owin^troTger tverjfday^ 0115 am ° ng t,U * and i.
thdy will act independently of and unconnected
the conditions upon which persons may he admit
ted to the privileges of citizenship within their own five ye
limits. Thus Georgia has her own rules for deter
mining this matter, and so has each other State, and ; tiontu L).
any attempt on the part cf Congress to nullify or de
feat the action of those rules, would bean infring-
rnent upon the rights of the States, and a palpable
overreaching of the authority with which it is cloth
ed. Each State is sovereign within its own borders,
and in the regulation of its own affairs, and can ad
mit to citizenship any one it sees proper, independ
ent of any action by Congress. Georgia has the
made up a regular Whig meet.’
mple, and parties; but the oppo«i.
iples never relaxes or abates, ft*,
akes another to itself, i
iters the field under a
ten under one name * ’’ 1 : ‘~ ,r
fresh converts, and re-enters the tield under a new cogno
men. Some twenty years since. Col. Webb christened tb®
Anti-Democratic phalanx “the Whigsto-day Col. Bar
ker christens it “the Americans.” Twenty years hence it
will l>e something else. But Democracy will be Democra
cy then, as now. So be it: “lor as and our house” we will
abide by the true old party.
Mr. Stephens’ Speech.
Below we append a report of the speech made by
alize the par
ty—there are two separate sections, between which
there is an impassible gulf. The Northern section
date oftheSonthr.
md the Southern
1 “A house divided against itself must fall.” The
ng ; true, it J Temperance Ilall party might safely be left to die
States, h.it • of “spontaneous combustion.” It would be as pos
sible for light and darkness to mingle, as for Mr.
Jenkins and the Corner Stone to meet upon a com
mon platform. Both are leaders of the disaffected
same right to admit the Irishman, German or French- Hon. A. II. Stephens, at Sparta, which has beta
man to bea citizen before lie is naturalized, that Mas- l; j n( j ] v furnished us by a gentleman who was on the
sachusetts or Connecticut has to admit the runaway j g roun J ) and heard his remarks. In such times u
negro from the South to the right ofsufTrage. And ^ these, when men are hound down by party ties, ind
yet many of the Northern States do, and have for blinded bv party prejudices, it is refreshing to see
years, permitted negroes to become citizens; but the m( , n uke Mr. Stephens boldly renouncing error, and
patriotic American party lias not yet become an ad- tlking position with the only party that can be de-
vocate of the doctrine that no one of the States has pended on to maintain the Union and the rights of
the right to admit to the enjoyment of free suffrage” lhc s „ mh al tl , e same liln( ,.
as many niggers as it chooses. It will hardly becon- | || on . A> Stephens, in HaUCOCk.
tended that this latter class are any more “citizens of j Qnc , of , , ilssc , nb |agcs that has ever bee.
t.ie United States, than is the foreigner who puts seen in Sparta, on any political occasion, met oti
his foot for the first time upon our .-bores. Yet the { Friday the *JJd, to hear the Hon. Alex. II. Stehiess
hi of the Northern States lo allow their negroes upon the questions of the day. The Academy, where
the crowd gathered, was completely filled, and gmt
» numbers Inn
It
Knaw ] fictions who countenance the or^
ci tion . new party. Whether the sectional
zatu
' the
will repudiate the favorites of their quoudom brat!
ersat the North.
But during all the commotions that have fro
time to time distracted Northern politics, what po.
lion have the Northern domocr icy occupied ! Ci
w of their pa*t course, pro- i elect!
nounce them unworthy the confidence and snpport I U p th
a free Bible in ;he public schools”—opposition j the Convention should happen, Georgia is then pledg- j of llie ! Asa > ,lie >' 1,ave cv -' r scl i But vi-wed
to the deportation, of foreign paupers and con j e j 10 an immediate dissolution of the Union, without I fac< ’ »S ainst f>nalirism-ever manifested a dispo.i-1 sectional or a
V.et. to on, shore, h. fore,..., uoti.o-ote-o even an e fi* ort to reme dy the wrong by other means.) t i° a respect and defend the rights, of the South, j accomplished I
serious error, and one which is calculated
The Position of Georgia.
The position assumed by Georgia in 1850,through j
a convention of the people, expressing her sovereign j
will, should be well considered and understood. i
It seems to be the opinion of some, that if any ofi an ^ rc fi e ® l ' n " ,na,1 >
the conlingences mentioned in the 4«h resolution
the national
| wing will carry the c.'av, lime will have to determine.
I But that there will bea split is certain; and when
! that takes place the supporters of either branch will
| he found, “like Angel’s vi-its, few and far between:”
to vote, lias
• forbea
been questioned, that we are awr
further remark on the subject,
is too clear to make elucidation necessary*
As the 6th and 8th articles embody about thesai
idea, we combine them :
6th. We shall oppose now and hereafter, nny “union
Church and .Stati:” no matter what class of religion
shall seek to brills about such union.
8th. \\Y shall oppose and protect auain-t all ARR!
ments OF Religious LlHF-RTY,holding it as a cardinal 111.
im, that religious faith is a question between each indivi>
1 his God, and over which no political fjovernm
addr*
ound the \\ indows and doors, to liv
nd will, most probably, voluntarily “»
all I.K>!
r, and
i any k
victs to our shores, by foreign authorities”—
and Bushnell.White, steersman of the plank,!
fearful that it could not be steered aright, added !
as a tiller—“no more Slave States, no more j
Slave Territory.” Fifty four members of the:
Convention from twelve States, embarked upon j
their own plank, with the hope of finding a
haven of safety. The balance of the Conven
tion, embracing the whole Pennsylvania Dele
gation, remained behind to carve out a plank
to defeat the purposes of the Convention, (i
by her Convention.and by her people, is pledged to!
resistance against the measures mentioned in the
4th resolution of the Convention of 1850, and as a '
last resort to the disruption of every tic that binds ■
her to the Union. |
The recent State Democratic Convention took the!
or and however th*
always proved thraii
vs and nation il fee
Congress have sto
anything Sam does, on learning the fact, that*
Ex-Gox. Johnston, Thaddeus Stevens, and oth- j Q f {]
er such friends of the Constitution, remained •
with the majority, in order to protect the lights ,
of the South. There probably never was a |
.lave law >
and recognize her as an equal in the U
amid the wildest storms of excitement that hav
rais'd about their heads, they have always mai
ed this position. Wh
has been applied, they
to be men of national
Their representative:
fully in defence of right against wrong, un
for themselves. Our Southern friends will per- proper view of this subject, and by their last resolu-' * orrc, i hv the threats that their course would eai
ceive liow much conffilenc can be placed in ,i on indicated truly the rally proper or efficient means | ,llera 1,0 os, ™’ i ‘ !pd b >' l, ‘ pir c ''''-~i i, "®ncy at Inn
— c— .1— -- 1 *»-. *• .a -i--* 1 slancp ;is a/rs/ resort a*u,in.-t the acr.res-ions ! Rather l,rin vio,:,,c t,,rir fl,ilh *«»»»* l “h they h:
confederate.''.' The bilfpubliM.ed iu’onr la-l | ° r . llK ; in A-ia-'ratcly wrapped the:nse!v«
paper was framed to meet the requirements of the! l ' ,e ' r P 0 *'*' 1 "' n<
Georgia Platform. It provides for exercising the:
more insincere and vicious body of men con : | |x™er of Georgia in the Union and under the Con-
vened together in the United States. But how . s ti tu d° n f<» r the protection of our rights asa first
could it be otherwise, when tho Secret Lodges, j measure of redress. It is a retaliatory measure,
which elected tho Delegates, require that ail I which, however cheap and simple to us, would car-
their members shall practice deceit and false-1 ry destruction to the pecuniary interests of faithless
hood? j States by diverting from them the Southern trade
Sam’s first attempt to hold a national Con-, upon which they now thrive, and bestowing it upon
vention was too stormy for his immature years, those only who are faithful to their Constitutional ol>
His bones and muscles were not sufficiently libations
hardened to bear so great a pressure, and he j W c' believe that such a measure-a measure
therefore sunk under the power of the storm. ,. , . , . , . . . . ,
A plank to suit the South, until after the elec- " h ', tl ' ,T y S, "" d T" h , ta, "'° book rcody to bo
tionsin thq.Southern States shall have been applied by proclamal.on nf the Governor whenever
lield, will be presented by tho majority, but the -■‘P ec ' fied wro "S* 'kail be committed, and which
when it is known that some of the most ultra may be suspended whenever the wrong is remedied
Abolitionist in Pennsylvania and other States, —would be effectual for the protection of our rights,
remain behind to put tho plank into shape, the j Our rights, whether as individuals or States, de-
South will be able to appreciate the kindness pend in a degree upon our power of self-protection;
of their Abolition friends. The first plank was and our power of self-protection depends upon our
constructed at the Girard House—the second , power to inflict injury upon those who assail
is still being-dubbed at the Assembly Buildings, • rights. States and people pursue what they deem
'*d > hvroti .fni
nake if <
Of U-.Un
; very fine on p-q
I still belter if acted out. But we are sorry to say
in any light—looked at either as n j that judging Know Nothingisin Vy its actions, these
national party—what good is to he | two principles should he found nty where else but in
‘ ‘' their cr< ud. for they are set at naught and trampled
under lb-4 every day. So fur from opposing any * n.i
ion of Church and State,” they are seeking to unite
the State with the Protestant. Church for the pur
pose of ostracising politically l.rt !iv>ms of the
movement,
we vv.n at present sco no no cess
f sectional parties. Until cire:
duty to sunder “every tie that
\it will he necessary in the vc
e have
Mr. Stephens commenced about 11 o’clock,and
was received, when he arose to speak, with immense
cheering. 1 It proceeded f *» elaborate bis views upon
the prinuijiles of the American party—reading from
lhe works of Washington and JcfTurson, to show
their opposition to the principles of secret organize
lions for poli.ie il purposes.
He commented at gn at length upon the Philadel
phia platform of the American Council—ridiculing
its trite umneatiiiig generalities and denouncing i:«
principles. It had. In* said, no “nationality”—there
were out six men firm the North who votrd for if,
and those six were opposed to the principles of the
Nebraska Bill. Eve n some of the Southern men
who voted f. r it, ought never to receive the confi
dence of the people of the South. Kenneth Raynor,
who seemed to be the leader from the South, wu
imselfan
Mr. Step
-Nebraska
s admired t
but very fevv-of tho members rerru 0
how to harMfe*B : n adze, which gives Johnston. .• ■. e
Stevens, ami that wing of the Abolitionists, L <>””>'»P»n tl» nghts of others mt«
decided advantage over their inexperienced as-j ac/, ^ n ^ on rar ^ ° ,C,r ,n er ^ s .... „
sociates in the Convention. Johnston is play- Wc havcthc P° wer ‘o convince the abolition States
ing a bold game for prominence ; but the South h y demonstration that their Constitutional obligations
should bear in mind tho Christiana .affair, in and their interests arc identical; and this measure
which one of her own citizens was murdered of State power ought to be, and must be, first tried in
almost in the presence of the then Governor, the Union os a measure of redress. If this and such
for simply desiring to claim his own property, other means as the wisdom of the State may adopt
under the solemn laws of the land. V\ ill the in the Union should prove to be inefficient, then as a
\ ulture forget his instinct ? Let the South an-, j as t resor t for the security of our rights, the Union
•wer. ! . - . *
M M ( must be dissolved.
AnnEST of Horace Gref.ly in PAim.-IIor- Thc ncxt legislature of Georgia, by adopting wise
ace Greely was arrested in Paris on Saturday,/ and J usl retaliatory measures against the aggressions
June 2d, and kept in Clichy’ the debtor’s prison, of uther States, will initiate a policy which will be
till Monday, at the instance of a French exhib adopted by other slaveholding States, will secure our
itor of objects d’arts at the New York Crystal 'rights, and maintain the integrity of the Constitution.
Palace, whose goods being broken and injured,'
he thought proper to sue for damages ; the first
director who presented himself being Greely,
Judge Warner on Know Nothingism.
Since the nomination of the Hon. tliram Warner
he was arrested, after having been in Paris a by the Democracy of the Fourth Congressional Dis-
fortnight. The suit was heard on the 4th of I trict, the report lias been industriously circulated
June, when Greely was of course set at liberty,
lie is frightfully wroth, and is said to be prepar
ing a document of the most stiring sort for the
Tribune. His own account will of course be
better worth copying than any other.
Fort Laramie not in the hands of the
Indians.—It appears by lettere from Forts La
ramie and Kearney, that the story of the former
having fallen into the hands of the Indiana is
entirely untrue. The statement, however, con
cerning the active hostility of the tribes seems
to be wait foortded—also that concerning the
robbery of a trading expedition and the &(tack
upon a cattle train. Emigrants continue to suf
fer severely.
various quarters that he was disposed to look favo
rably upon Know Nothiogism. In reply to a note
of inquiry addressed him by the Editors of the Atlan
ta IntelUgcTicer, he thus writes:
Greenville, Juno 19,1855,
Alessrs. Buggies tf Howard, of Atlanta Intelligencer :
Dear Sirs:—Your letter of the lf»th instant has just been
handed to me, in which you state, “that in this section of
the 4th District, the report that you are a member of the
Know Nothing party is generally circulated.”
In reply, allow me to say that I am not now am
have been, a member of the “Know Nothing party,’
it is sometimes called, the “American party,” or of any oth
er secret organization whatever, political or otherwise; but
on tho contrary am opposed to all secret oath-bound po
litical organizations in this country, for reasons which I
■hall endeavor to explain to the people of the Fourth Con
gressional District during the approaching political canvass.
Very respectfully, yoorob’t serrt,
Hiram Warner.
beets. When t!i.» fugitive
before Congress,and when the Noi lh-
ist to a man placed themselves side,
hy side with the cohorts ofabolition, it was the North
ern democrats who took their stand by the South,
and by their timely aid secured the passage of the
measure. Again, when tho Nebraska bill was cre
ating such n wild furor in the halls of Legislation, the
Northern whig*, regardless of the pledges they had
entered into at Baltimore, enlisted again under the
black flag, and threw all their influence against the
Bill. But the democracy stood firm upon the rock
ol the Constitution, and fought tho battle with and
for the South. Douglass and Shields, Cass and
Dodge, and others in the Senate, and the noble hand
of patriots in the House, led on by Richardson of
Illinois, flinched not aninch;\vhilcotherswereqnaii-
ing, and deserting to the enemy, they, strong in the
consciousness that they were in the path of right
and duty, regarded not the storms of fanaticism that
raged around them. They defended the Bill in their
speeches, supported it by their votes, and by their aid
it was carried triumphantly through. And thus it
bas ever been. In every State in the Union these
national, conservative democrats may be found, and
although they have in many cases been overthrown
and defeated by the combined forces of abolition and
Know Nothingisin, they still maintain intact the
motto which has so long been the basis of their ac
tion—“No North, no South, no East, no West.”—
The democratic party is national—eminently na
tional. Its principles are national; its men are na
tional; and its actions are national, and we assert,
without the fear of successful contradiction, that it is
w the only national party.
Southern Know Nothin? at the North.
A delegate from Florida to the Know Nothing Na
tional Convention—a certain W. W. McCall, of Key
West, who, through the inability of President Pierce
to appreciate his patriotic claims upon the Govern
ment, was disappointed in his aspirations to feed
upon the crumbs that fall from the spoils table, and
thereupon cut loose from the Democratic party—en
tertained the Know Nothing meeting in Philadelphia
after the following truly choice style. We clip the
extract from thc Savannah Journal cf Courier.
“Mr. McCall of Florida then proceeded to harangue the
boys, and remarked that it' he only had the power he would
actually han*» all of the Secessionists and Abolitionists.—
“I voted for Frank Pierce and his Kitchen Cabinet,” said
he. [God forgive you, said a voice behind him.] “Yes,
God torgive me," said the speaker, “for that sin; 1 have re
pented ol it.” There is now no Democratic party. I know,
said he, that you of the North don’t exactly like Slavery.
We don’t ask you to love slavery—and, to tell the truth, I
don't exactly like Slavery myself! All we ask of you is
to stick in this matter just where you are. As for the for
eigners who come among us 1 have no objection. Let them
come if they like, and let them do as they like—yes, let
them do just as they d—n please, and if Americans rule the
country the country will be safe.” [Applause.]
Mr. McCall has found his element at la6t. A
Know Nothing lodge is just the place for him, for
of tiling- f»r a national organization to exist- So j Catholic fa
long ns there are men ::t the \oith who are sound ant! | use of juiv
trustworthy upon the question of slavery and Noutli- |the “ ;ri>yi<!<_
ern rights no reasonable object ion can he urged against I do seek t<> purs
Southern m >n acting with them. We all profess to , their privileges
love and lewor the Union, and only a*k that our | gi*,n,cannot b *
rights I) * respected, to hob! it sacred. j The wrong o! s
Then we should act with them so long as bv j
their assistanee ue can hold an honorable position ill
the Union. When that can no longer be done, the !
platform of the Georgia democracy points out plainly \
The
out of re!
euuto C;
but political |
igions liberty *,'
tholics by depriving
ns. on account of tl
■-’I. They admit the i
ripth
cralic. party ad. jgcdut Miiledg.
and hoped that Georgia would
and if i>riiiiij.:w worn
ri“d out—it ».voil'd cure the Du
of'tiie “dry rot” which Van Bin
Frost*al King and others of sin
cn to it, and the National J)em
party to sa\e and preserve the Co
rin of the Dear-
?. He was for it,
d upon it. Ihiic
int uined and tar-
racy of the .Wr:h
Dix. Sumner, and
position had giv
ey would be the
institution and the
stu-
the £
•then
the course we should pursue. By that platform we
must abide, if we would follow the best policy for the
South.
If the new party is designed for a national organ
ization, we still hold that no necessity exists for its
formation, because a national party already exists
which is worthy to lie upheld by all sections of the
Union. It is sound and safe on all questions of na
tional policy. In the language of the Corner Stone,
the democratic party “is not only the best national
organization that exists, but it is the best that can
be formed.” No national party can be formed with
out including the democracy of the North, for with a
few individual exceptions, they are the only national
men in the North ; and it is folly to ask democrats to
abandon their party and their principles for the pur
pose of organizing another party to affiliate with pre
cisely the same men they arc now allied to as Dem
ocrats. No Democrat could be expected to comply
with such a request.
r creed as quoted
whilst te
stion b.-tween each
r which no political
pri
* of
hut still they pursue it:
li that religions fail h is a
ividttal and his Grid, and
eminent, or other human
power can rightfully exercise any suprvision or con
trol, at any tim\ in any place, or in any form,” they
are at the same time using every means, resortin'*
to every subterfuge, to ally Prostestants with them-
lvcsto persecute Catholicism. This is so. The J of
hts of all under the Conslitutiun.
He said that had the fate of the Nebraska Bill.in
Congress.been left to tho Northern Democracy alone,
:huv would have saved it themselves—as a liiajnritv
ol them wore for it. He eulogized Douglass of Illi
nois, and Richardson, and said he preferred to effi
ciently back up them and the forty-four National
Nebraska Democrats in Congress, lo any other prty
in the country.
It is impossible, at the present moment, for me to
give more than an outline of the positions Mr. Ste
phens ore tipi* d. Hts speech was felt to he a most
triumphant vindication of the rights and equality of
the people of this country, and a complete demolition
ud every position of the go-called
Philadelphia convention re-afimned the Catholic test, (“American” party. To thoroughly appreciate the
’! sound and unanswerable arguments, the wit and
{eloquence displayed by him on this occasion one
j must have been present to hoar him. Hewasfre-
reads for himself will be blinded by the ruse they quently interrupted hy the “Know Nothings” of
have resorted to to hide this anti-republican, illiberal j ^P«rtn, and turned upon them such a fire of troth,
and opposition to Catholics is one of the most promi
nent features of the Order. No man who thinks and
The Courier—Tbc Philadelphia Platform.
We should not notice the very fair and candid ar
ticle in yesterday’s Courier, in reply to ours of last
week, but to correct an error into which wc havo
been led by copying from the Knoxville Standard a
ihort extract, purporting to come from the Washing
ton Organ. We deem it but justice to say that the
Organ denies ever having used tho language or ex
pressed the sentiments contained in the extract. It
;s not a visitor to our sanctum, and we are indebted
for its denial to an extract published in the Courier.
We feel no dispostion to place tho Organ or any
other Journal, in a false light before the public, and I
hence avail ourselves of the first denial wp have seen {
to set that paper right before our readers. But wheth
er the Organ made the assertions or not, they are
undeniably true so far as Northern Know Nothing-
ism is concerned.
Well may the Courier exclaim, “All, Demago
guery,” when attempting to turn over to thc demo
cracy some of the vilest and blackest abolitionists with
whom it has been acting in party alliance until two
or three weeks back. “Seward, Giddings, Wilson,
Dix, Sumner and hundreds of others,” indeed. It is
to Know Nothing influence that Seward is now in
debted for his seat in the United States Senate; Wil
son is the darling of Massachusetts Know Nothing-
ism ; Giddings is an abolitionist, and if he affiliates
with any parly besides that, it is the Know Nothing;
he certainly has no connection with democracy ; New
Hampshire Know Nothings have sent Hale and Bell
to the Senate, to disturb.its quiet and disgrace its
proceedings by their ranting. No abolitionist as
such can act with the democratic party. No man
can be a democrat unless he stands upon the dem-
>f wit, and sarcasm, as to leave them completely dis
comfited, and make them the butt of ridicule, even
of their own friends.
When Mr. Stephens concluded, Mr. Thomas Jf.
Turner, a citizen of Sparta, proposed that the assem
bly be regularly organized into a meeting, as he de-
red to olfei a series of resolutions in opposition to
the views of Mr. Stephens—and he called upon A.
J. I.ane, Esq., to take the chair. Mr. Lane rose
and said, with some feeling, if it was understood tbit
this was Jo be a “Know Nothing” meeting, he would
decline, as ho would preside over no such meeting.
It was replied that it was simply a meeting of citi
zens of Hancock—whereupon, Mr. Lane took the
chair. Hon. A. II. Stephens said that as tins was*
meeting specially called to give him the opportunity
of explaining his views upon the political questions
before the country, he must ask the right of replying
to the Resolutions which were to be offered, other-
wise he would not consent. It was conceded that
Stale Governments” Ac. There h , e had tl , le 1 ri ? l , lt re P*y- The Resolutions were
then read by Mr. Turner, and contained the usual
characteristic of their organization.
The 7th article is equally as inconsistent with thc
actions of the Order as thc 6th and 8th :
7th We shall vigorously maintain the vested Halits of
I persons of native or foreign birth, and shall at all times
•pose the slighest interference with such vested rights.
One of the “vested rights” of the foreigner, is the
right to hold office, which he acquired when he lie-
came naturalized. Has tills right been “ vigorously
maintained ” by Know Nolhingism ? On the contra
ry, they exert themselves to prevent its enjoyment by
foreigner, as well as by thc native Catholic citizen.
We need go no further for evidence of this fact than
to the very platform in which article 7 is found.—
The third article in the platform is as follows:—
“ IVe shall oppose the election or appointment of any
foreign citizen lo any office of trust or emolument
dcr the Federal
is a specimen of Know Nothing consistency, and of
the reliance that can be placed in their professions.—
They promise “vigorously to maintain the vested
rights ” of foreign citizens. One of these “ vested
rights ” is the privilege of holding office, which
immediately after their first profession, they tell us
they shall “oppose,” and that “aft immigrants from
abroad,” whether naturalized and possessing “ vest
ed rights ” or otherwise, “should be content with life
liberty and property under our institutions, without
seeking to participate in the enaction, administration,
or execution of our laws.”
Another “ vested right ” of the foreign born citi
zen, is the right to vote. In St. Louis, Cincinnati
Washington city, and other places, it has been“vi".
orously maintained ” by placing armed Know Noth
ing ruffians at the polls, to beat off and deter from
exercising this “ vested right” all foreign born citi
zens.
One of the rights of the American freeman is to
follow the dictates of his own judgement and con
science in support ing men for office. This right the
Know Nothings take away from those whom they can
succeed in seducing into the Order, by making them
take an oath to support whomsover the leaders may
dictate, whether their individual judgment approves
of the selection or not.
This is the manner in which Know Nothingism
“ vigorously maintains ” the “ vested rights ” of both
the native and foreigner.
farrago of nonsense and error about there being now
a majority of foreigners in the service of the Govern
ment of the United States, which falsehood Mr. Ste
phens at once nailed to the counter.
Another resolution said that the Know Nothings
did not intend to abridge, but rather to extend the
liberties of the people of this country, and this was
also completely riddled.
At length Mr. Turner rose up. somewhat excited,
and said every body knew that Stephens was now
the greatest intellect in America,and he could make
black appear white, and he ought not to be allowed
to speak any longer. Mr. Stephens remarked he
“didn't think he could make the blackness of Know
Nothingism white—that was a work beyond the pow
er of man, but it was a strong commentary upon a
party, that they should endeavor to prevent him ftp®,
speaking, lest he might convince them of the truth.
The meeting began to get uproarious. Mr. Tun#
was afraid the ladies would become alarmed, and b*
better leave. Mr. Stephens, good humoredly,
marked, he “thought the ladies were not at all fng“*
toned. He had seen many political meetings whj*®
ladies were present, but they never were alanned--
though he had seen a good many men who were,
and who run away from the meeting.
The cry of “put the question” was then heard ove
the room.
The Chairman called upon those in favor of wop**
ing the resolutions, to say “aye,” and those oppo*® 0 ’
to say “no.” * y
The vote was close, hut the Chairman decided
to his observation the Resolutions were lost,
so decided.
A Know Nothing, amidst the confusion of aqjour 0 '
