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Hon. J. X. Berrien's Letter.
. Tit. find mi tho Savtiniinli liepuUtmn n It• •• r from I In*’
lion. J - M. Bmkfl,
giving hi* flew* upon lh* |*litirul i-u.rof ilm< la>
- that our spa<*# will not prrtnit \hr publication
wf lb* Uttar entire, hut wegir* no mnrli ot'ft a* rmUodir*
hit argument upon the main point* in **•• between th*
American and Anti-Arntrlran parties. Hi* % i*w* sr#* nn
noted In tho otroi g armor of itr* ftapabb* argnim-nt. *l |
•ra a powerful rindioation of the principle* ami object*
•ftht AimriMn Party’ Mr. Ilerri*n *n> *•
Wear* first then, to examine the object of I*i o
party—to anrertuln It* clioiiK t* r. iti<l It. bi< . nuns- it*
tendency to promote or <*onfli> i *it! tic puWlie
It first groiit ohjei’l—tlt which i* cb'iurnth! mni pri
mary—and to uli< h all othni ure rui*id* id in* ttncilla
ry t or anticipated a* result *** it i< *jr. .■■*■•l m i licit
own langnngr, is
THAT AMERICANS SHAM# nnyi.lJN AMI.II
ICA, that I*, that the pmplr oft he muntr.v —I Iw-w !<•
Whom it belong*. *hnll g\• the country ‘I hi w >ull
aeetn to he a nnph>, lainli-nuiblf. huJ ae.eeptoide propor
tion, rceng nixed by evory eiviliud < “inlnunil y. in din mi
tained even among the tribes <d tin* lorr.it m i ■* j
would berccelvcd here, and now, ittiung us, if it • 2 • t I
be viewed simply, and on if* own non ,! *, npit rl I'puii i In***
extraneous consideration* with whij-h it hail*, nr •ii.m* t
ad and etkuiplieuied, and hy whirli it i* inllin 100 and. it i
inconceivahle that uny eomith uhle numherof Aim iii .ir
cit Icons, whet her nut iv, tli \. h<* bin •• b< * . In •< t• •*
fore naturalited, eould he aillmg i mim i li r the gov
ernment of theif country to foreigner” -and Ii that d
script ion of foreigners, wlionrr annoatly. iitol infwh im ,
oiense nutnher*, initiating toon- *loic# Ihe :K*ml
ptoposition simply presented .it t!d-une#tie tir* w • l* #.I
tM* ciLisctis, would liaidly hud an . udwe aU. lul l >
not considered simply, on it- ow nnm,l I Jo- irpn ni ion -
of individuals, and the ihtr-f< i t parly, eMiul.ine !••
forbid it. A great pmty, wicii-.g the p..w. i"I tin gi\
ernmcet, lias Attained, m.d iiruiiiT'titti if* povr. r I v tin
aid of a vote, which i# lub-fiinhuliv foi ign, a!lhoigh
the voter* may have pa< < and tSiroiigh the f o* of a Inn
rifdnaturalisation. If is natural that liny ►houid l j
nnwililng (o concur ill any no urine h.rh luight dm
them of this power, or li nra 11 ndeii.-\ to rimni i !i i heir
present,or prospective means of unog and men a<i g ;
it. They are, therefore, under the prompting* f inti i j 1
rat. ths advocate* of t!e fi- ign. . /.> ihoiM lll.not no. .
and willing to extend It i 4 privil.g of p.u t liij lit ii g II J
the gotcruinrut of (})<• count iv. \ >-l ilumi ii'icaTff, Hu
Mpirlnta to p ilStipiil I'tniunioc - 1 1*** hi • ft;* •:H
ponilion ill tho Mule or ill th*’ 1 oiuii, win* noiiM win th*
PUpjMirt of (liii >*i ‘ ii? parly, mi * I vr*nhi |- .11 I !<• i’ i *
which they haw constmil* I m*l he • Iqn f in Ihe **
portion f the right .T (Id* f*i. *i il lie h*l nn\
right* here, u-itil we Ii i l *oi|f’i , I llum. < all t* ymn
reonllcrlinn lll** thrill.]- • 1.• l- h vmi In’ *• li j*-
tone J ut Ihe vni iu jj.i he. injjs whb-li \*u him- ntln ‘1
•<l— the pion* hurmi which h* I•n-x |• i *•-“• •! ut il”
ftllrged % iolntion of liberty of euin*ei Her -the tuin l.il>:
picture* will oh have lioon drown • f nur nmutiy tin* i
Attylittn nf Ihe ojq*rc , * i Jcl the hold n.-neit inti# •( tin* fit in*-e* |
of tho fnrei;* i i.n n gran? t *l iro v mr ’"rnnat • ii< i rr’h* , d |
privil •*ge(, in the m.inii* I*\lent hi which ymi ynur*etv* !
•hjoy them, aud then eoiisidet from whom thii< deehitiiu
Ainu eoi *< <oy il it |,-o'*eo L tVniil the di.-interected 1
Advocate* of the e.i!|iJii<ni inte: out, or Ihe iedd and- Ifi-h !
AMertcrnof their own.
To •eoO|M|dnh tilt* object k\ |,ro.**t <1 111 their primal el- j
OTUCiitnry lli.iliiu, tint! dMin ti.ttM< .shall i; •#. n //•#/ in i. j
the American Party proptmw
1. 8.1 ‘"Uuti.il nin'lilieitiuu ji nl tin i il il’
•rr.limlion.
l v udor lUe exiting la im, live y :i - f -idenee in tin
country, and a e nn;t ii'Oe with ihe In in** |>h •• il“ and In
them, eutillcA a foreigner t*> • lix n*hip. wild all t |-• -
lieges which you e, wult Iwn lh •w• | t t *
which it U tint ncctwwury to ref. r. Ihe Ann rienti |nit>
dofire to enlarge t huitorfii--l<i jimvide for tnorc accurate
anrutiny of the claims of |Mrson applying foi initiinili
■atiou—and again** the immigration of |*: w m. i h
lons into the l ! nite<l States
In my judgment these measures would he eminently
condo jive to thw public welfare. This is with me no
ow opinion—and it is not now for the first time * xpresr
ml. Several years ago the suhjivt engaged tin -attention
of Congress. As chair in hii of the Judiviiiry t ‘ommifitv,
1 mado a report to the Senate, conteinplat mg a lull and
Anal rojiort at the then next setnion, on tie* i el urn *f cei
tain caflßMHtinmt. to Mseertniu the various friiuds which
were afiegetl to exist in the grant, and sul>-*<-.ju(iil use <•!
naturalization papers. lWfore that time changes in the
Ornate resulted in placing n1 > mocrut ic Senator ut tie
head of the committee, and (lie malt r w i iihaudoucd
1 do not think it i.*oeary !• enter ini an •’ H *i it'*
argument to prove, that tie- imltM'riniiiuitr .• c i; • I
foreigners, alter a res.dcnec of live a ears to tin j.i *. s ilcgc
of cilisonship, is an evil. We are making -•*%•• hu\c i h i- j
far ittoeosslitlly made au experiment of sell-got cruiucnt •
Oor institutions wrhi* h have hilln ito heeu lound el
fleient for national advaheeuient, and tor individual s.
euritv, lm\e been iudehted r tiu-ii | to th** !•>- |
aiity of our people rather their ow n c*nn
powers- The founders of tho KVpuhl.e, w. iuu n *pi *ii
gad for their ollitx*— united in revvrrnrr for thT'-nnrx m ‘■
roaistAlice to oppression—in dci ot ion t• • l lo* pi inci| h v ot
civil liberty—and the spirit whu h animat* t tlu m. wa
infused into the institutions which tin y
waa only swe/i non. who could have founded sorh a €*•••-
tmmrni Men ammalftl In a r*" an u'n*
preserve it. Let the almrtite att-in|.ts hi revdhtionut \
France, tocsiahlish ami inaiiilaiu free inst itut i.ms, a It* s!
th# truth of this assertion.
Now 1 propound this cmpiiry- nre tin for*- ‘gnus, who
Atrobeing, and especially 111 111* ui pn acli *t our .h< timi
SO rapidly iuc*rpornte*l n* i g us, lik* ly (*• L. uumwU-.! :
by this Salutary Spirit fith <1 t he the gunrdianV < I *ur
fiaainstitutions T 1 would he very souy t. deny that
among Ihetf emigrants, there are some wot thy. nu n, who,
when familiarised Incur institutions hy long esil*me
among us, may become gHd ciiiaeiis*, nn.l oapahlp *'f pa
licipaling in our privileges, but no eat did man will*! ny
that a large proportion are nf a very djtl* rent fharadtr,
consisting tor tlie ui**st part of Rod I** j uldicuns, r an
archlits, criminals, nml | aup*r*—nr w.ll vrnture, when
dismounted from the r turnp, calmly t*a‘seit. Hint five,
years residence hero, will quality !I ignorant *f■•teigurT
thoroughly to undsrrtaml our institutions, end loyally
to couArtu to them Thru let it he rUM mb* r. and that
iseh one of these, who is Admitted to the exercise of the
•ItilifU franchise, without Ijcmg thus qualified, and
who is OQWftMl** liable to ho led astray hy the
artifice of tho demagogue, or coerced hy the tlncut*
aoad aoatbvma of his p.l#t, annuls the vote of one oils
•oa—>jnay in fact, expungeyimr vote,or mine. Thencon
d4rn ib# number and vhatHctcr of the pnqlc who are
aonually call upon our shot cs- Ido not menu tot rouble
you with statistics. I date say the n-cord.- have been
ransacked by- opposite candmates f*r vur. favor, ami
that the results are familiar t< you . k take frclivthe pa
port of the day thou? to which 1 refer—uueontrudicted
statement b.
B**r io laind then thf fet th it * fircign immigration,
which, up,to the jr*ur tighten limtr*d did not <**w*d
let thousand ptrton*, li u rileii, ii<*# riffhtt?sn hundred
nadftftj, to half ft million, ami which, looking to the
•tnU of Europe, will probnblj and io a very chart time,
mount up to m million a year. Now give free scope to
jonrbtnteoJeot feelings—exercise the nn>st eiuoderi
to estimating tbe probable number of these who
net worthy ®#u— eiipablc bv apropvi piobatiut'iiiy te r ci
9$ being rendered good citizens—-iii*ci what e fesrlul ri
iduoil will rtmaiu— tUd 0 mass of poisonous ingredi* .
M H |o be infused into the b< Jy politic ! The census of
lift chows that the number Os foreign paupers and crirn
jjgjs Agoocded that of native panpeie aid orim nuls, el-
IhMgb 4b# iw/tr* population wa.- sfcrn llw great fr than
foreign- What would be your teelings if poverty and
idm existed In this proportion and to this cgtvut among
youreelvei 7 If the quantum of p#up*ri*n, and rice
WlUb existed among you, was the projiortion of a pop
ulation C#voij tilttfes greater in number *ban your owr*.
j w hat s* i-uiiiy M*ti tisvr for ym.r liu- intiUiliwn- ’
wh.it vii II ole. ! Iy I k.dii o.nal righm !
t hmsideralso, t bat these emigrants, shunniiig the South
from their unwillingness to eempet# with slave lahor-~ .
mid flocking to the North, from tlicir nlndiUofi tenden-j
eiee. in searcti of kindred spirits, are tbus rapidly inereas- |
mg tho majori'y againvt you hi < Hog res*, at every ap* \
pointinent, and will, unless eherliel, hi no very great
i length of tune. | lijee thu C i.nrtitotion and the in*titw
tions of the bouth at the ineiey of fauatirirm
And how are these calami ties, to he averted, if this
horde of foreigners, rapidly iherrncing, is to he annually •
added to your society 1 The plagues of re mer
wwrr they were guided hy divine benevolence, arid
stayed hy His oiniiip<deiie;, when tlb’ de|ner*n*i: of file
’ profile wns effected Hut wIA shall stay this mor
al pestilence, if you are*insensible to your danger l ll
persevered in, in what can it cm. tunic hut it. the ruin of
the Republic ? t until# noble aystem of fioverninent,
(Mtaldished hy our fathers, lie administered by men like
these !
You aee told that your number* so largely exceed tjjat
of tlie foreign population that all apprehetifionof danger
i# idle. Ido not mean to give offence to any man, hut
io speak in the sincerity of my heart, when I say that
an Argument seems to me to estimate very humbly
the understandings f those to whgtu it is nddre-n and
In tho open, manly def-mee of y..ur rights and liberties
ofihiil glorhui* *oi-tifuti.ui lierpieiithed loyrui hy your
Ittthiif t.i youi h< no ’ uda and your h’ lifi hold ill the
.|if. on of these iigiiiiist open and manly Arrant, you are
eoiupetet.f so ifO-t |i>t only t lie forelgi •• r Sliiol g ur, hut
~ world in :u ins. (iod'forldd that one American hosoin
• hoiihl i-aljiSot’ with ift\en f* nr in ‘ w h a eon
i flu t. Hu; this is not. the danger wliieh meiiHcu r. I. erv
I man unworthy of .t ,/.< -usliip, who ir admitted to it- pru •
I ilege., ia niii iM my in your utnp -a moral h per, spread
ing contagion far and wide. ‘J lie moral* of the column
oily lire rnrrn| ti ded- il* In nit if tainted hy rifcli asro
. iulion, f.r In/weier-tiiifiel with eiime, the stamp o’
. ii.• yi• 11 • milk* - tl.. in politically part of yoursehes. Can
\i u h- ar lie aiii.i'gaiuiition 7
And ?<hv *liuhl you h. ar it ’ I‘oreigni.is aided its in
..io .. \ ..I ut io. ii y*t fuggle. A ye, arid tin > have r eei\
rd tlieir i•*wiirds. They hueatnc ineorporal ed aiiuiiigWi*.
ur'have voluntarily gone elseu her# in ju* rfc of new nd -
venture I'ut \\r invited immigration. Aye—at the
eiuro oT • ur reiolui loimry war, when, mind Its toils ittid
jii valioiif* \v<- hud aehievi and “in ind p inh nee, we hud ii
-p.no- and evliausti I popul.it ion, and an extensive ami
urn lliv ated doniAiti W e teijinicd an iiten au of poj.u
----l ilioii f.r lie- puipo-.-* of ii.t.-imil iinprov einei.l and ex
I. real delVueand eonfiitiling to this poin y.our ry-t.-m
~f naliti aiuut o.n w.i* • and. I.ut. | e was tlon
1 in. at hat fie* fom intestine commotion, l aity rpir
it aijiong . n r*r I\ M was eoni| uiatively ipii.-nnt W* .
invited toieigm *. and we let t-ivedrht in I hey viiine to j 1
ii. in small number*, iningh and w ilh our people, and penee .
jullv |ui -in <i the avocations of indu-tiy. All tit**- ’ )
f'/iiiagid. Wa! have a population Hullienniily iiimieioini !
lor cvei V pte* 111 pin po e. ami without I in- a -I ol iinmi |
gi litiou VV e aie men''aJiii.g in iuuno. |.<as i.ip. ilv as w*
could tlesir* . Nut wii f,*lainiing t his. llnre nan annual j
•i u l poll ill V. upon 11. of Ihe le-th *S and nmjn.et pit its of .
i .inop ,H- | uop'ii and it- ei imimiH A-H minghng |
al l h a* a* wIo n i hen im in la-r*< vv t-n “lua 11, I In-} me now
•nftnniitlv i.unn •* n** t” lienl itigeito-# t” live’ apail ,
honChr -it V'.u.-t H ute distniet t .ign soentos 111 111
mi'h tofl In nail'* population In the hilterm-i •! “Ui .
imilv rt.nl. this t>i •- ign vof •• has lie-on eageily, alal !
i.tlen ttv unwoilhv in ins soiigtit after ami obi.tin. and hy
iMilhiailo ;,ii.i a<l ilg as a mat, the hoiial l Kossuth
11. been n-.ihzvd It holds the b.llunee ..lot lllll.V divide
mil eh Ct ion s * •
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luivr n*M*i VI <t lo Ihr ui-rlv r.. Tliiin Mint win. hIV mil,l hr
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i nlonr I vvoulit not I'r.'i Mint unlive Auirririin Koihiini,l,,
• tnitm-il in Itn* |innri|i|i' at i-ivil tlticrty, iif retmuw lui
ihi't on'lilillii ii mul Inw, mul devotiil* In tin* I'uiuii. j
woulil .Muir iv nhiu it, n “i'i*.
**#*♦*♦•*•
’Th* whoV termnfthr y.~r-r>n<l provUioni* njvnl in the !
‘yr tiihth’ H t'< t ritgfr>> ll l**rbuiit nrg|i-> l “uuikt*
1 .my law respretiug an istubli.-lniuiit otuligioli, oi | io- !
Intnl inj (In in i’ i-iert’isi* th'imt ** It dm*- not toibui :
individuals lo inakc nuch-t C'l* tin* Con- i
’ uiiry, we have many o', th'nn. It relate* to the irmshi- j
tn *< / Ci-mipro, not /#* f/ir vote of t'tr rtlisru, and tie
top ij,ii fi.il which would di-hut tinsv ) ■luviMoim ol tin* (
i iiit!tution, so as to divest the eittsvii ot the unrontroll
, jexercise of the elective tiam--iliac, is,as it seems to me,
alike alien frotu the < ouslitutiou aiul the plainest die- >
I tutea of reason.
i The twelfth article of the Philadelphia platform has
j been the subject ot much 1 suite without
I discwasiug tUeui, uiy own opinions on the subjects ot
which it treatc.
1 reeogiiiix the impracticability, from whatever cause,
| of reconciling the cootlKiing i*piiiin “hit h exist on the ,
I Mibject of spiv eiy . ami i lie dm gel ol ugitam that po s
! lion in the ,\iit loltii I l.rgi.-liHliu. I mi. ibi.Ui t that the i
1 Aniermiii pmlv >limlj in good laith holil ih* iniM.Jies
botimi to wbuie by and man tain the xisting laws on the
subj cl, and wit lit Inn Kclavutioii that Cos hano
power to iiiterti to with ?lnciy in l ,Mit> wli nit ex
j -ista, or to relUM* the tmiiiissmii of my Male becaii.-c it*
v.oust itutiou does or does m*t rrcogoifv *•!.•' ry as a pait
| ofttasoeial system I hoitl tb.it the fenitori©# *t the
Tinted Mat* are the proptTty , rot ol t oiigress, but ot i
the whole people of the l uileii Mitv. until such tetri- ■
tory beeoui> a Mate ldo not believe that * ougress j
ha* the power to abolish slaverv in the district of t oluui- •
bia, apait from theeontiaet with Maty laid, or consider
ation* of public faith, but as Coiigi*ft has no power to
violate a solemn contract, or u cotnuni a bleach ol the >
uatioiial faith, I think tluy are equally precluded by
these oonsideiations •'1 hot* are my opiuious on the t
I i|Ucstion presented to me. ldtairt toadu a brief return k ;
: on another **ubjevt: !
j The evcru 1 parties of this Slat# nave all planted
ib uistdvt* ou the iouilh tesului o. et tieotgta Cnu .
vei.non of iS'rO, ;iud the iuterout. g vtp to it by
souio perrour, i?* that upon tbo napja-oii g of either of the |
eont ingeiioies specified in it. ltoigia is to piejiare for an
imm Jtaii “ disruption ot the Union ” Ido not sounder
taud it J think it could not have been so understood
by its f.amtrs Jam sure that this is uot the fair import
of its toi ms, aud still more confident that such is not tbs
leeliug of the peoph of tgia
In Ur# spec.ned contingencies, Georgia pledges asrseii
rssist “ sv yn as a !*ft rteort M to tha disruption cf the
. . .. , , . || . f ivv Ui iji It lift■■•sn
I ton 1h- * 1 * . , , Ull i
r,i .''•V'*-
n! >.l It* .rrc*W •**til* ‘•*! rrw.it. j
; !h, ..I lhA.m..n 1 countoiufi.
! giv, ... U„ uhjcKliheir *■
l ..... ... U ft;m .t th” .lcliut.on .1
i i.wm .1 tl.c hu.tings—l* ..* eiln.ly. 1
r. tin n. lit -.1 Hinr ■.. ,n r “ hl “ “ ‘ ‘
nh.r), .1,1. .O.nd'rg-i..l h..... l% pu|-|.1.0..-|
.„,g ll.ut Alinigl.t.v Hi-mg. nn.l.-. p.‘
,1..,..r litllmr. li'l tl*.’ r..un.U.on* .. tins grr.l !• • ;
.... 1.1..*, t.. ...it.li. u witl> the .nc nimiliti>ry |.irit I.*
! whi.-1.1h.-3’ niniat.'l. t” —V HJ
LMii.lniir.'. tbl- ...1u11.... id lh>- |.rhl. ... l. -I. .1 -. 11 r.-.-....- .
r,i.. S.ulln Hi ngi”- with 111. |..*rii.iint v ..I tl.t- I 1.1.. -
If, lull y ynur trllow-i-itiK-n,
j,,, ,M.i in.:noN Pkrim'f.n
GRIFFIN C EORGIa!
SATURDAY MORNING, SEPT. 15,1855.
For Governor.
HON GARNETT ANDREWS,
OK WII.KKS.
American Nominations for Congress.
(■ „* , |i, , s. M V.\l{\Ali|;, of l.iluTty.
St-. „.ii ln-i U’ll.I.IK A. IIAWKI'S’S.id Mmit.-r.
T,iiiu. Dim —l,'Ol’l.liT I* TKII'I’K. of Mmin.c. ,
|„. nm I><, HI MAMIN II HU.I-.'"f Tmu|i.
Kiri n I'l l . I.IvVVIK Tl .Ml. I N. ‘•!’ OittH.
rD.in Dim I.I.I'MI'AS I-1; A NK.I.I\. “f ( Matk.'.
Sntviii Hit O l-'OSTI Jt. id M>i.|fiiii.
Ciumim I ‘im r.— I-A IA \ l/l"l 11 I.AMAK f l.inndii
County Nominations. \
.v/m/./z/vo eo/'.vrr.
l-'oi- in, Si vi i t:-—t‘II'AIM.IM Id I'l'T-l--
11 , *, i 111 lii,i-,'i.-iM ,n\ i . II I*. Klli KI’A i ItK K .
m:\nY ror.vrr
Sk.no i —A1.1.1-.N W Tl'ttNKll.
I! K|-I!."tl- MM IVKS D'llN If All..
Jt Ilf DAN JOHNSON.
I I YF.TTK VorSTY.
Siam- i- D'llN 111 IK.
IDjukskniathk— rilll.ir It, HIIASSI.I.r..
VTKT eor.XTY
Sfmii-if Si:.UiO|!N CiVIMiTON.
K i:i-i. i-;ni.\ta liu.- lull\ l-'l *.\ W(KTI I.
Mi nm /ri n/:n ror.xi Y.
si no.ir- John i, hu ksiin
Hmt.icsivi.iivi:-. I'IiANKI.IN M HI! \ NTI.K V. I
VV 11,1.1 AM i; IIA I! K IS.
,
Ifr Mt oritn’s for Klvdinn Tn ks ts tints! ft> j
tid'nrti im tuft/ hi/ tho MOM'.V, of lltt't/ tnll not ur ,
utlcinliil In. run ;,0 rents jnr hnmlrcd.
Thn Tucker and Stephens Discussion* i
\V* haven lew on li.itul, eor-f a ining the let- •
tet if 1 lon A ||. S's epheii.t ;tid l ev. 1 1 I i ‘I ticker, on j
Kfligmus Liberty l*iiee |M cent*.
Como and Hear him. >
I'ul Tri|i|'. - will jjivi- un n j'.md old fnnliioncd
t ‘ii••• !,•ri |i.-.-t-li to niglit ■ Satiir.lay. ) C- me out
mid lir;ir liiiii All arc invited. Indies ut.d gentle
iiii m. Our e.-n.itiy friends will find it worth tlu-ir
while t-, stay and listen to tho truths ho has to
Dll
—
Messrs. Cleveland & Lunquest
1 1 ive exhibited to us gome line s|.eeiiueiis o r their j
skill in llentistrv VV’c do not think they can r.r j
ll Nature, but their artificial teeth assimilate i
very nearly the handiwork of the_gond and ime— 1
Their jn-rseveiiig industry and exertion to |dease.
merit n liberal patronage.
Large Citron.
\V U have upon nil table a Citron g-owTi in tl.e
..-ir.fen .>(’ N1 r. I''i-aiikl.u Hall. and Kike e.nmty.
•uei.siirine |.*>-t ‘i ~-lies in length. .> feet ,
iiiehi-~ in e.rcuina-i • inn. l . nn.Lateighiue a. |uiund'.
If any Im-ly en * - at. this, let him 1 tr.-t out the
Vegetable
Crushed by the Cars.
Wtulrifnlay *lu>t. ju**f iisthedt wn tmin !
of elir* on tin* Macon \ Wentem IvailrnA'l. won*
leaving l*!ii*tiu>iT, li e first stati< n belt u Atlanta.)
a man l-v the name of tiibsc-n. in attein) ting to
I jret on. was thrown In-tween tin in and so badly
| crushed, that it is n -t thought possible f->r him to
: live. K.ilimiii is a man of family, ami lives at, or
near Jpiiesliom
j |*. S. Sima- the above was in type we learn that
j Mr Gibson is dead.
Our Candidates
,\V'o (invent tu llio citisenH nf Spalninj’ county
to-dny. tin* litters nf neceptuiii'e of Messrs. Du*
‘|,**ep !tml Kirk|>:ttriek. tin* Atnerieiiti m tninees for
’ dip n , yt Legislature Wi* know personally that
m-itlier m tin in smiglit the noniinatioii, and it was
not without So.-'ie ( rstnision Unit either would
consent to the use <*f Hit. name. They tire not of
that class of men know/’ ns political wire-workers,
hat stmiolit I, rvvutd. hon.,"f* hnsin.sH men. A
leg i shit are lilh-A-with such me. 1 - “ r - ciuilidently
helieve, would do more husitie.s, am, ‘l° if better,
in three weeks than an ordinary Genrjtiil Lejjisla
i Hire would aeeomplisli in three months, for the
1 reason that our legislative hulls nro generally filled i
; with political hacks and politicians hy profession, i
; who spend m arly all the time -allotted for legis
j latiou. in plottirig and concocting party schemes
! on their own side, and arranging to meet the plots
and schemes from the i ther side ‘1 his is the rea
son why a Georgia Legislature has become a a by
word ’ nr.d ** a reproach.’- hut we are happy in
the reflection that the American party in Spald
ing have made a start towards reform in
i this particular If other counties have done the
same, (and we hope they have,) we muy look for
ward to the next legislature of Georgia with a
confidence of reform, radical and thorough, and
I instead of a set of schemers and wire workers, we
1 will behold a body of hoiv-st, true hearted, patriot
i io business men.
. . ... ..
Cheering Prospects.
From all .(iiarters we hear cheering accounts of
the prospects of the American Party Nothing is
necessary to success hut energy and industry, l et
every friend of his country and of political reform
1 lend a helping hand, nd American principlesanusi
predominate. Don't let the brag game of the
Antes intimidate you Work I work! work!—
that is import nt now Keep ft sharp look out for
the trick- of tin* emmy “ Ktern ,1 vigilance is
the price of liberty.” so d**n t sleep on vmir posts,
lest tlie enemy enter io the, nig *t and sack the!
citadel of your rights. ,
The Anties in Butts.
J We lire told that the Anties had “mass'’ meet- j
ing at the Springs, in Butts county, on the sth;
i nvst . which numbered in ull about 1.000 persons;,
s. me 400 of whom, our intormant says, were ne
| grnes. tprobably lirittrr sympathisers.) a large
number of females, nnd a slight sprinkling of
Sum's Isys The prominent speakers were Mr
Vanuy o( Alabama- and Mr. Stiles of eorgia
both us whom, it is said, commenced with the pur
pose of defining the p‘ incip!f> of their party, but
ended in Mr Yancey s getting down from the
stump and telling the boys that they would he
found in the sheep meal and at the barbecue
•••here he war ‘
The Proof.
Wh understand ti at Col Green has asserted that -
the Kansas Nebraska bill docs nut allow foreigners,
(upon a simple declaration of their intention, on
oath, to become citizens of the United States.) to
vote an.l hold office in those territories. If that
gentleman, nr uny one else, will turn to the Con
gresMional Globe, vol 28, part 3, page 2220, they
will find the following section of the Kansas bill:
“That the right of suffrage and of holding of
fice. shall be exercised only by citizens of the I m-.
ted .■'fates, and riiosn wiio sham, have DF.n.AK>.n ,
ON OA'I II 11IJCIK INTENTION TO BECOME SICII. j
sfiall liavc taken an oath to support the Constitu- ;
tion -of the Cnitcd Htntcs and the provisions of j
tlii- act.’’ ]
We also understand that the Colonel denies the j
right of foreigners to enter lands in those tcrritm j
rice. To prove iliat be is also mistaken in this, we •
again refer him to the some volume of the Globe,
page 2238, where lie will find the following :
i. y, n ,\ m l hr ii further •unctnl. That to eve
ry White male citizen of the United States, or every
White male above the age of 21 years, who lias de
clared his intention to become a eitizen. and who
was rc-idihg in said territory prior to the first day
of January, eighteen hundred and liity-three. and
who may he still residing there, there shall he. and :
hereby is, donated one quarter section or lbO acres
~f Jan I And to every white male citizen of the J
Kii. tel States, fir every white male above tlie age,
of 21 years who has heit.akei) his intention to
become a citizen, and who shall have removed or
shall remove to and settle in said territory between j
the first day of January, eighteen hundred and j
fifty-three, and the first day of January, eh.ii nis j
hi mhieii and eimv-eii;ht, there shall in like,
manner be donated one quarter section, or one j
hundred and sixty acres, on condition of actal se;- j
tb-ment and cultivation for not less than four
years.'’
There, Colonel, read the above two extracts to
the people, and tell them what you think of a law j
that gives to foreign pai i'EKS and ci i.min aes. upon ,
a hei eakation merely of their intention Jp.be- j
j I'ome citizens, tlie right to le Id office, to vote and j
i to possess themselves of lands of American citi- \
| zens. without ever having paid a tax. fought in any !
of our wars, (perhaps fought aoainst us,) or per- ;
f.ii-med ii ii v service to entitle them to such proper-!
ty. Tell the people whether you approve a meas-;
! ure which gives tin* foreign keeon tlie same rights :
| to the soil and the same p ditical priviligcs which
I native horn Amcrieiins enjoy, i-’aee tlie -nm-ic.
! Colonel, and express yoiirselt 1
State Road Cars Sold by a SiicrifT!
I Wl.Ue tile hired organs of to,v Johnson, are:
I.blowing loudly'about the money paid into the:
; Slate iieasurv front the earnings of the Western
.V Atlantic Rafrond, the property of that Road is
being soid and r tin* Sheriffs liamim-t’ to satisfy
executions against it ‘ On I uesdiiy. tte-lth inst..
tin-sheriff of Hamilton county,. Ti nil . sold in
( liattanooga. freight ears tinder an i-xeeu
! tinn in ‘tivor of Toole. I’ope &Go anioutitin;’ to
I*
about S'Jfh'O. The fifteen ears did tint bring
! enott'di hv several hundred dollars to sati-fy the
! ( X’ vMition. nml an strningcmcnt was mailo hy tin*
Attornoy to s**tt!o thr halancc tood h x
’ raj's an* worth from Jj*(rOo to At thr h\Vr>t
I
; gure. the State Ims had to pay in cars St'.OUO to
satisfy, in part, a debt of $2,500! Gl -rious man
agement ’ Fxttnorihnary financiering! Huzza
• fur Johnson ’ Huzza for Cowart! Never mind
expense it's only the people's money ‘
We undeistand that there are still executions;
i if'-iipst the Road, in Tennessee, to the amount oil
•s.fiWitiU 1 e-id,--- innumerable snia’l d-.-lds along the
’ enti-e line, due to r-.er ir, who. of ,- urso. will
| never get any thing Faying money into Hie
j Treasury to make political capitvi- *oK fo’v.
i .Johnson, and allowing the rata.of the Road to be
! sold by a sheriff to pay its debts! llovv long will
- the people of Georgia, tolerate such iniquity
letter let the Read he ruined by the slow progress
of the “dry rot,’’ than to permit its use for the
1 purpose of such political swindling.
*■ Don't tell it any more.”
I The above is the cajition of an anonymous com- j
munication, contradicting a ro]irt that the mom- j
i tiers of the M F, Church at Smith's Chapel, have j
I expelled one of their number because be was not j
a Know Nothing or member of the American par* j
j ty*’ The writer says there were charges prefer j
! red against certain members of that Church for
using sinful words and manifesting unchristian I
tempers, and that they were expelled in conformi
ty with the rules of the Discipline. The commu
nication being unaccompanied hy the writer's real
j name, wo omit it. The silly report it contradicts,
1 is in perfect character with the policy of the cnc
j mies of the American Party They dp not lied
tato to slander even the Church of Christ to sub
i serve a political end. Desperate diseases require
j desperate remedies.
Another Outrage Upon the Laws.
The i,oologists of Catholicism uy tli.it it claims
no civil jurisdiction in this country. Here is an
evidence that it. not only claims, but exercises civi)
jurisdiction and that too, in open defiance of ourj
laws 110 w long will U'.e people of the I nited j
States submit to such gross outrages upon their j
civil rights as that to which tho extract below |
refers:
The Mortis Jersey man says a ease of catholic:
j interference somewhat similar to the one recently ;
i occurring at Harttord. happened in that town a
; few days since A young man and woman, both
in the employ of Mr Silas D. Corey, were mar
lied ly Justice Wil-on, and the fact coining to
the knowledge of the Catholic priest, he pronoun
’ ced it no marriage at all and absolutely, by threats
( or persuasion, caused the husband to halve town.
! abandoning his wife, who has now a small child
i to take care of. totho tender mercies of a generally
friendless world lat for tlie sympathy and as
sistance f some ot the citizens, she Would have ‘
been entirely destitute and probably an inmate of
the County .vims House
Will They Do It!
Spealtiitpsuftiic telegraphic despatch, giving an
account of t Soft Democratic
Convention at Syracuse. V Y . the Tallahassee
j t'lftiofain Jnu>ni . Democrat ) says :
■'The pubic have learned to receive the dis
patch! sOy telegraph with grains of allowance
(itit < it should turn out that all that is here said
; of the action of the Softs is correct, nothing will
he lelt to the Southern Democracy hut to repudi
! ate fellowship with them.”
; Will they do it 1 The Floridian & Journal i*
| the tics’ Democratic paper at the South, so far as
we know, that has expressed any dissatisfaction
at the acts of tlmir Northern freesoil allies, in the
Syracuse convention. The Savannah Georgian,
which is everl istin.ly noseing out some act of
Northern politicians wherewith to taunt the Amer
ican party south, published the disputoh to which
our Florida cotemporary refers, i ruhnul one umrd
jnf r..mmem / And so with the other Democratic
paper* of Georgia, who published it at all—our
next door neighbor, we believe, gave it the go by
l eptirlv M’ .“they repudiate there Soft Ad.
m ,. fr . vo,is Hi-mocrats T If they are defeated in
coming elections, wcthink they will; otherwise
they will not!
“The American* all did their Duty.”
Mr Sawyer, Superintendent of government
buildings at Kurt Riley, writing of tlie difficulties
|„, has had to encounter in restraining the excess
es of those under his charge, during the cholera
panic, says: “ They acted like demons. They
broke into the Sutler s store and carried out whis
key and liquor by the bucket full. They broke
into tbe hospital and commissary's store, arid
threatened to take the money-chest if they were ,
not paid” One of the men stabbed another and j
cut his bowels open, and Mr. Sawyer was coxn-,
polled to mount” a guard, and threaten to shoot
thu insubordinates. At tlie close of his letter we
find this significant sentence :
“There is one fact which I wish to put on re
cord, tiie Americans am. DID TIIEIR I>ITY WHEN
ASKED, AND THEY HAD NO PART IN THE: DEPREDA
TIONS WHICH WERE COMMITTED.'’
The Removal Question. j
Tty an act of the last Legislature, the voters o j
Georgia are required next election, to endorse up
on tlicir tickets, “ Removal,” or “No Removal, .
as indicating their wishes in reference to the pro
posed removal of th e seat of government. Our
opinion is that the people had better leave the
State House where it is. if they do not wish to in
crease their taxes. Milledgeville is ns accessible
as any other point, and furnishes ample accomino
j dations for all who make the business of their con
stituency the paramount object. If the fare is a
little “ hard.” members have only to “ work up.’
complete tlicir business and return linme'as early
|as possible. If we favored removal at all, we
should select A'ltrtta for this very reason. We
! have never heard any one complain of a pb th“ru
! of table luxuries in connection with that place. ~
j Local interests arc at the bottom of tins removal
; question, and ought not to be fostered at the ex
pense of the people of the whole State.
• The Call to the Friends of Ireland in Georgia.
1 bough not requested by the writ r. we-pul-ii-h
; to-day a call on the friends of Ireland in Georg. .
1 which comes from l)r. Charles Gumming of Allati
t, and wiisfiist published in the Atlanta In: -lli•
I gem-iq*. w,. publish tins cull-for twu reasons.-
| first to let our readers know what in
tbe world, an l sec.-ndly to show the peop e K . t .
; flii* ilortnm* ol tin 1 Ann rinui Jiurty is •. i****t
A Itli’ tlirrr jire tli* us .nds of lri.-l,ni<n in
lit jiMirct-tcflliy mr nmi rnj-Ain^all
’ tli* !Y*’ t!‘ui :i:nl 1 •*• iit> to }<> d<‘ i\f tl Ir* in *ur
• t-pnl'lit- .n institutions ; y<• t w. nm'v*r tl.it* ! or
• |ir"spt*ct of it)'’.**inp Ir* lutnl Iri?s -!i
vok” is in <l** m t!;< - til o **l 'nt|.u-iastir 1v ■
, | Vmi* tin* lninl of iis hirtli * riUiii l!• <t m *vcry
! lri'h biiMitn. Anl in*t\vitlisrainl;njr tin* liijih-
I , s*n of !*’.r n m i v l.avt* *\mrn all nilo
£ji:in(*o t' lism ’t!n*r rminti v. ;• i**l t.ikrn an oath
■ i t** sujniurr airl ‘irferl thr r..n*titutimi i-t tin* I ni
i I Stati's. yet wiii'n In* thinks of *M Ir**!n*l. how
•<hf is hn*n<‘ il"vVii and ti*o*!d*n nnd*T foot ly tin*
ftown Mid Mobility of
her frei* and tin* ti •sfjtnpii;*'! and his hr.irt is t * rr
• turn to his nittv** la ul. and in h r •• ii rs to
. j cast fit tin* oj|.r*>st*r. at thr tist op|inrtuuity that
has tin* leas? jimmi*” <*t ‘iicouss.
All this shows that tli • Irish, as a people.- are
1 fully Misrt pfi’ilt* fit all the p?ener<us MiirniUi's ft
; tin* human hr rr. that they have pi i.i # .ph>.
J. and follow that in.st.net of nature whim hinds ;i
•j man's ••if'etiuns to tin* country of his Mrtli It
; shows too that the Irish would make tirst ra*** pa*
tri*ts ,n Ireland. r'u!d that e untr •’ hrro'o.* in r.
’ I and v- ‘*!t>h : r-ir at * atid :? - . v
-1 ‘ that ta Giiimot su.vkr liEjt-it-riti/. as of \ i.-.t , I n
, ‘ under vhat*’v r cirrum'taivi*-: y-u m.v pia.*** tin i: v t'..
, | ht*:irt and a♦h , ct ior.s arc c ?at ivd in l!:- land of t hoir Urt! ..
I | Tliis pri *i.*ij !* <*f fiunm natni.- “hmild ad’amudi c\cry
man that forcijfnrr.s never can te tin? prr.r. r _ r -Tics
Jof the fait, and fortunes tlicir rid* . t i ** , ii tiy, :u •’
I I honor the Lioitii-juf the ma\ : in , t!i * I :’:dun -ii “ii j.t
’ l so govern
let the Pat !i and take Holland, and let Atncviiaas
rule Xm.’.-ica.
The Savannah Georgiaii---Its Abuse.
on by envy an<l tn.•!••, :n. I writ hi’ £ si: -.cr
tho morit-Ml castigation? ‘f * Nativi Aim-. .* hi?,
i the foreign clitor ’f the Savannah He •! -j/ rn !• !.- im • )•
| |ortunity ?l)j to mnl ahuso tho Am.-rie.ir’
j Party. The of liis late rest nv, !i ;.l
j fer n *Mn;ir*’*’ lie?!*’ li.i\ t'rewiilhwHn . <*m K :wf*l hull M-ry
| about anew Know Nothing ‘“‘ritual** whieii, with the
j oflpnr’a apeiisstoim- l for truth, iie j!t i:j• * ~
fasten upon tfio Amorifan Party of i 100 -^ : a I.
••ritual,’ ii:*? any existence at all. (of which we are hy
im means rrrtuiu.) it isinttaticl, the >*v
York Her ////, as an adjiluct to Scwur'l anl S*-ti siu.*f!
IVuiocratic Prcesoilism, ami in im way counf ctc*l “ itl
| the great .\iif*rican Reform inoveinent.’ The utiimM in-,
genuity of tho foreign editor of tiic (iem f'uin lias 1m *-u i
sy*tomnthtrtty exerted to inispontrut- tlo .Yrif* yit aii j‘ fi j
cy. t'onsci‘*us of his inahility t combat ?u - * S)*!jily
tho principle? *f the Philadclplua an 1 Macon IMat! i;-.
the editor consults his foreign instinct? in e.bio i g a na
tional Hriitim -Tit which can-iot nj preriate. The mo
tive of hostility to the policy of tho American Party is
j glaringly obvious. Arrogantly thrusting forward his* •
j claims to office, even before lit* was entitled to the privi- ,
i leges of citi7enship, this aspirant for tie 44 loves ai.-i iMh
| cs” cnniKil patiently contemplate the -prospect of a re- -
i form winch proposes’ to give the government into tin
hands of Americans* Hailing from a land o! despotism,
he still retains the intolerant sentiments oftbegovern
| ment of his birth, condemning l.eedom of opinion nt.d
j averse to the rule ot native Americana. Hitter epithets
: slip glibly upon the tongue f-f this imported •‘sovereign”
j so soon as the American people propose a more rigaily/
j national policy, and be censures us for our opinions with
the freedom of one bom to all the rights and immunities
of American citizenship, rather than with the diffidence
and modesty of a wan indebted to our honnty for his
participation in those rights and immunities lie pre
sumes upon the forbearance of those win in he abuses,
j and uses the uubridh and license of his tongue to spit v. n-
I otn on those wlm set it tree. It is right and proper that
America is should know the character of their assailants,
tiiat they may th better appreciate the motives of their
t op[M>sition. In this case, th# latitude of abuse is only
I equaled by defect of gratitude tr iuappre nation of pri
vileges uot inherited, ayd consequently hot ttndeirtood.
Fiddlesticks!
An old man. and an cider in the church too, to be
swaggering about his being “cocked, primed, well load- i
ed ” and with u “ g'md cap on,” in a civilized coiumuni-1
ty ! Is he going to sknnt peoi-lc for repeating a •* dia
logue ” in Buhstance the same that he himseif told
the streets l If the story was uot intended to trav*l be
yond the limits of his own family v he should not have
told it to others. It was a small utuir, at best, to get in
a pet about, and the idea of a /laid old man going about
“cocked, primed, and well loaded,” in adventurous
search of some oue who he imagines has meddled with
the “ internal affairs of his family,” is ludicrous. If the
“ dialogue ” published hy us was not a true version of
1 the affair, Mr. C. W. C. Wngbt can have the use o*
our columns to tell it in his own way. As for anything
else, he may save his ammunition and his indignation
. too. \Vc published a respectfully worded communica
tion at the request of friends, and will do it again.
_—
SknatorTqombs lias returned from Europe,
’ it is said at the earnest solicitation of’ the A titles,
1 lo save tl.em from defea*. We hear that lie is*
’ to take ‘’is stump immediately. His foreign
’ tour ba- doubtless qualified him for the task of
foreign : 2ing Americans.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THF. AFRICA.
Columbia, Sept, lit),
The steamsliip Africa has arrived at Halif M
bringing news l<* the Ist inst,six days later than
by tne Atlantic.
The Markets. —Tlie rollon market was stiffer
though not higher, and closed firm. Sales of tkj
| week 51000 bales.
I trends! ufFs were dull and unchanged. Com
declined a shilling. Lowe’s circular reports a
slight advance. Provisions unchanged.
\ Consols 91.
General Intelligence. —No nows of i ra .
‘ portance. The details of the battle of Scherna Ta
show a decided victory for tho Allies. Another
Russian attack was expected near Cometerey.—.
Omar Pasha had taken command of the army i„
Asia.
Maine Election. — Columbia , Sept. 1 ]//, __ I
I’iftv six towns heard from and give Morrell, the I
Republican (Abolition) candidate for Governor I
2000. majority.
Fi ver in Norfolk. — Columbia . Sept. 111
— The number cf deaths on _ Sunday was 40,
though new cases are decreasing. Light physi- I
ciar.s had died. The Epidemic had made its ap. I
pearance at Suffolk, and the people were flv- I
mg.
Progress of the W ar—Astounding Disclosure*.
We make the following extracts from the letter I
of an American resident of France to his friend in
Washington, as published in the National InitUi.
nw,r. It is dated Paris, tlie 9th ult. :
My own ( pinion is. that the Allies will cventu.
aliv in* driven or retire to Kamiosch. which is being
made one ol tie- strongest places in the world. and
tiom which tin y never can be driven whilst they
retain tie- navai e- nnnanil of the Black Sea. The
l„,. M s.ioi of this place will neutralize Sebastopol
ia tin* hands ol the Russians or as one of the Paris
paperssaal. - will hold -Sebastopol by the throat
Will it not be ti strange and unexpected result if
all the gigantic efforts of the Allies in the Crimea
and frightful loss of life, endsby their fortifying and
holding a previously ob-enre and almost unknown
littb* | oit arid town ! Scientific officers of high
standing and rank assure me that the Allies could
not f ossil,|y retreat from the Giimea. in the pre
sent state of .iff, lirs tio-re without an immense s.
orifice of men. cannon atidmateM.il They could
not make the attempt without a rear gu.-rd of f,. r .
tv,or filtv tln-usand men to jnoteV-t their enilmika
tion all o’ whom would probably be sacrificed, at
h-a-t as prisoners.
it was recently stated in tlie House of Commons,
that some the commencement of the war Great
britain had truit-ported to and landed in the Cri
mea. 240.009 English. Italians and Turks Not
included in this statement were tlm i urks from the
I'anu'ie. Greece&e Kgvttans. Tunisians. Arabs,
olid ether .Moslems to nearly -’- equal extent, and’
to wh eh has to lie added 2'..'.,; , i | 0 French, making
an aggregate ol nearly or qu o- iOO.OOO men. of
which at this moment not more than 250.000. cer
tainly tmt exceeding 300.000. sick and well, now
survive. Tne Allied army before Sebastopol cer
tain!) does not exceed 2D0.000 . and to say besides
them, therefore 100.000 sick, wounded and t on
val--seent ill the hospitals, or who have returned
Imliie wi uld hit a large estiaaite Ihe Rus-ians.
to,, have stiffen and ilreadfitily Lilt neither to the ex
tent nor in tlie ratio ot If,, aiiii s: lor tfio bumer
Wi realway- within wall-, well housed. f> and & cloth
. ed: not so tniieli expos* and or subject to such priva
ti**ns and hard duty as their * tu-mie.-. The British
press greatly >-Xa. * -rate the Russian I sswhenthcv
put it down at 300 OHO men : one half of that mini
her wmild he nearer the truth On both sid>-s.
however, there is hut little doubt that 500.000 lives
| have already been sacrificed in Ibis unc.alli-d.fir
; and unnecessary -war the dre dfol respousilulitv
of which must he divided among all the partitsm
gage.J in it It is really horrible to contemplate
it. and the end no one can predict. 1 state, on
what I consider most reliable authority, that the
present waste of life from all causes in the French
■itul English troops is^nearly 20.O0Oi„-r month.be
si-les the 1-,-s of various divisions of the Moslem
which die by thousands, without anv one appear
ing to note **r regard them
Where was R. J. Cowart ?
.fust 1 for.* iv.* go to press, ne learn from nu
lioulileil Htitliority, that in Hamilton county, Ten
nessee, a case for .lainages against the State Hoad,
was tried last week, and resulted in the rendition
of a verdict against the Hoad, .if Im thousand
dollar!'! An individual nauied MeClung was
the plaintiff. Tin* Stale was Hot defended by
< ■■•'*. .lolinsoti's st'd.lK) 1 , Attorney ; for we learn,
titan i ."nil*!.* sotirees, that'l. .t. t'owiivt was not
at tin.* Court, lait was at Griffin, on Thursday
last, (w hilt* tin* ('uni t was in session in Tennessee)
it'oldnij a sjurrh in favor of the rc-clvction of Gov.
Johnson ! No comment is necessary.— At. lJix~
vmiline.
Kr. Stephens Turned Mormon.
“lien Mr A II Stephens first commenced the
public advocacy of the doctrines and customs of
the I'ntliolii: t linrcli. someone remarked that ho
would not he surprised tu hear that Mr. S had
; turned Cathode I‘nest if position fur which lie
. was. in some respects'! peculiarly fitted by nature!
Hut what must that man now think when be bears
that .Mr Stephens has taken the opposite tacit and
, is now “,Ivoeiifiig the eustems of the Mormons!
I’ut -ueh is the fact as will appear from the follow
ing extract from a fetter recently received from
Ihe StD ‘iiiSt r*i.;: :
• .Stephens Inis turned Mormon, and stated the
other day in tin* pies<*n i* of three Tespeetable gen
tlemen two of Whom were ministers of the Gospel
iti ihi- county, —that it Kriglmm Young was sound
upon the slavery question, no would vote for him
tor President, witli his tfiirtv wives—that tliore
was nothing in the Biblfl whieli prevented a man
frim. having as many wives as lie wanted—that
” there was no sin in Polygamy**—that the “ hi*
hit* dues not prohibit Polygamy*'—.-'it was only a
violation of human laws” that he ‘* would vo e for
an Abolitionist or any one else who would take
an oath to support the constitution.*’
(fur correspondent says that certificates proving
tb it Mr A 11 Stephens did use the aln ve lan
guage will shortly he published 1 What think
yofl of this doctrine, reader ! Had you not better
fallow Mr. Stephens to emigrate to V'ah. where lie
e.in carry out these new fangled doctrines, to the
i top of Ins bent 1. We think so. decidedly I— Geo.
%Ci!izen.
XjTo above are grave charges, and ought not to
j l.e lightly made : nor, il true, ought they to he
concealed from a Southern puklic. The Citizen's
correspondent should be sensible of the importance
of fortifying himself with positive proof, in case hi*
representation of Mr Stephens” language should
he contradicted - -Ed. Am. Union.
>
The way Foreigners Conduct Elections.
i The Mobile Tribune gives the following extract,
from a letter received m that c.tv, dated “Austin,
August 18;”
.MtssKS. Editors :—The elections here are be
u,nd a doubt in favor of the Democrat ir nominee
(Pease) for Governor. Lieut. Governor (Amer*
j icali.) .
Tiie Americans will elect a majority of Repre
sentatives. Qp the day of the election the Ger
, mans of San Antonio and New Braun f -ls (a
Dutch town) hoisted the.G'ermnn Flap aid march
ed in procession, with a Priest at their kead. Jo
•he polk and voted the entire Democratic tic* (l