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TH2 Aj-.uoiiii ii it i U ft. *&*&*&&&teaser q. a.HtiRKW, I till.. I ■>•■!< Hrojirit It t Foreign Influence on Slavery. Head the following from ammig i *m jft'K of tet ter* over IK* rgnalnrr of an t *"o if itm South has not cause to apprehend il-.ngcr from foreign influence I.CTIKH 11. Dm Sin : —”i lx) influence of foreign immigra tion upon negro sl.ivrt y at thn South in much to be dreaded. When the Know Nothing movement M it wns then called, ft ret commenced at the North it seemed to me a matter in which the South had hut little intercet. That it* the North‘had hern meddling very unnocrwcirily in our affair*, it wn* rather a subject of rejoicing that they had found •omething to do at home, und a* it wn* -n very pretty quarrel ns it stood” they might fight it out among themeelve*. Further reflection ha* con vinced me thut I wn* greatly in error, a* there Were question* of vital interest to the whole tin tlon and particularly to the South involved in thi* contest. The foreign population of thi* State, on the whole, i*a benefit rather than an injury, from it* character generally, and from the fuel that the badly di*J* ed are too few in nomlter to do much injury. 1 lie whole population of Georgia is iilhiiii one million, hut of tin* number between nix and •even thousand are foreigner* Contra*’ thin with Monaucliueett*. with a In** papulation tlmn our*. — the hn* nearly two hundred thousand foreigner* New York one million. In a loimor letter I ntat ed thut ill Wisconsin nearly one half ot the entire population Were foreigner* I have nioce learned that a majority in that State are foreigner* It i a pregnant fact that Wi*eonin i* the only State whose Legislature ha* declared the Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional From thi* wo may lunrti What foreigner* will do with slavery when they have the power. When wc take into Cons tbr ition the great num lrs of foreigner* now in thi* Country, that they are coiiaeentrated chiefly in the noii-tdilvchuMiiig State* that they arc almost, without exception. Abolitionists, and thut tlii>*o nuiiiher* are uiimml ly increasing. it must he f, It I Iwvt the greatest dan ger to slavery i* to Ini found in them. It i* con sidered “illy to lie an alarmist The cry of ‘wolf’ is so olten uttered that it is not noticed Hut yon know very well that I am not now and never have been attached to any political party and I seek | Dot to excite any undue influence upon your mind I when I xpresj to ym id v strong apprehension ot dtngcr to u* at the South from the cause men- | tionoJ I believe it to lie by far mir greatest dan 1 ger I will give you my reason* for this appreheo •ion. It cannot lip disguised, tli.it the sentiment <*f the whole European world is again*! iis mi tin- subject of iliivoi v ! his fact alone would not imolvp any Aipoci.il Tiiiz ird. it’ tlic Atlantic were creased uh •infrequently a* it vvus fifty year* ago, But “team tutu undo Europe our neighbor. Its relations with till* country are constantly becoming mure inti mate. VVu foci a pub io sentiment tlioro, frum the mere fact id itu utterance. Imt this sentiment is increased a thousand fold, from tho fact tli.it half n million Ku opeatl* uro annually emigrating to this country It is imnossihe Hint a general Eu ropean sentiment can fail to excite a grout infln cmcd upon us. I’erhapi tlioro Is no utlior etihjeel on wliioli there exude entire iiiiiliu iii.ty of opininii in Europe, leaving lit Spain and Portugal. except upon tni* one of Aun-ricaQ Slavery It is univcraally condemned America, and her in •Illation* arc subject* ot much intercut. 1.00. in-e great numbers in Turope iuvo r'ditivea in tiin country, and thousan Is them .elves are o uiteuipl.it iog emigration, lion o one constantly hoars r.- mark* upon America and American Slavery in He . oa'onns —in tins'onfea—in tins uUs houses in lull- i road care in private families, mid in puldie us. •emldages. By the liberal* wo are generally ml ini red and by the mon irohists condemned But both liberal- anl mon irehi-Us unite in their con demnation of Kluvcfy The friends of monarchy while they condemn it, rejoice at the opportunity of doing so “ I llis. nay they to their o potionls, •is your model itepuhlic your land of freedom and e jn.i 1 rights, where one portion of the popula tion are slave* to the other “ The liberals on the other hand condemn it with •hams na a foul spot in thecharacter ot the nation and government which they are holding up for ltd miration. So great is this abhorrence of slavery and so universal ‘.hat if either Fngl.ind or Franco or both, should he entangled in any negotiation with us and War follow and if it he inane to appear that this war was based upon a disposition on the one band to perpetuate, and tho other to de troy sla very, such n war would ho sustained witli enthu siasm. It Sebastopol hud been muilo of softer ma terials, it is probable that Fugland and France would have signified their interest in tho subject before this time. A few incidents will illustrate the extent and severity of this hatred to slavery A prominent member of the House ofConimons, •aid tu me that‘ he considered that, the negroes would ho justified, hy every law of God and in in. in rising up und cutting their masters’ throats” Beeidrs being a lender of one party in Hie Home, this gentleman was a lender in the Church and the various benevolent societies of the day. Insurrec tion here would lie h nlrd by all such persons there as the revolt of Greece against Turlqggyrns hail ed with us. und it Would be aided to flpfentor ex tent. If a member of the Church from a stive State wore to attempt t<> teeeive communion in any coun try in Europe of which I liavu any knowledge. it would be percmtorily refused him. If a clergy nno from u slave-holding Stale were toenter into one of their pulpits ho would he expelled from the Church. II nn American were to attempt to do feod slavery in a public meeting lie would be in danger ofycnmual violence If persons are mcTAetUt who are contemplating emigration, and if they are asked Wliy ‘hey do not gu to the Southern States where land is cheap, the elimate better and labor better paid Ilian at the North, the answi r is. we hate slavery we leave ear homes to get rid of oppression -we will go to no countiy where slavery exists. This feeling will account to you for the fact to which I have befbre called your .ttmtion that Massachusetts and t'.corgia having nearly the same population. Hip former has 200.000 and the latter 0.000 for* But to inward with my illustration*. When the World's Convention met ill London a few years ago, a mullutto from America, b’rcd Dougins. I think, was present At a m ill party, a clergymnn from South Carolina, said some wesw in disparage* ment of this itmn These were repeated to him A few days after, on attorney called upon thecler* clergyman and limuanded retraction of his words and an apology f>r Ilium and in ease o( refusal informed him that lie h id been ordered to bring an action for lander ug inst him. The clergyman asked for delay, as hi* witnesses had sailed for America and some time must elapse before he could hear from them The lawyer made tw ob jection to the delay, hut stated that the clergyman under tlio.r law must spend the intervening time in pros*m . Alarmed at this threat and vvurconie by the public sentiment iinuud him. the clergy man retracted, and I think nslpul I) ir 101 l I lie clergyman w not. however, u Native- American. This negro was taken n< an instrument to punish the friends of American-Livery \o such oppor tunity was lost. I'll” (rsmCiint prog'Ci-* of .Mrs Stowe was an intonJ'-i ts ooe to toe American nation — a steeignml blow against, slavery ; ether wise thi* vulgar Van sen Trai tores* would never have been tolerated, in the society, almost of gmaftlj, to which she was ostcntiuusly invited I j|t the year 1848. I was present not as a del: gate bat ue a spectator at the World's Peace Con- j great i Puri* De egetes jrorc present from the i • •••• f iij.iiv. \c. a mi r. ,il ..i .our-* ni'ii •>! woiviflf I distinction. Victor Hugo presided. BW)i"tei| bv i A Ida* Du Duery. CntlioFic. and Mr ftoqurrel, Protestant. Mr Colsli-n, the great English Re former was the muster spirit of the occasion.— Some 5.000 neisoiis rr* present During the do liborntninvMr Cnbdcn listed leave to introduce us speakers, two escaped slaves” fr- l!l America Ho saiil that it might lie asked on Wli it principle A meric in slaverycould be introduced into the de liberations of a l'i nee Congress Hi* reply would I lie. “that slavery contained in itsell an element of war that the lu>* wi* kept down hy the force of limm— that he Would fight to the deijtli when opportunity offered ami therefore that it wii* mm petent lor a IVaon Congress to deliberate upon slavery.’ - Tliu • ougrviu resolved with ncel.im.i tions to hear the “escaped slave* “ Ono after the other these nrgroe* nihlressed this immense ossein Idage of delegates from every natinu in Christen, dnm. ‘i'lieif nddrene* consisted of unmixed nlaise of America—the most horrid stories of American cruelty were told They were believed, and the speaker* descended from the Tribune amid such nu nppluuae n* n French assemblage only knows how to give I hers were 7t*o F.oglish and American Dele gates present the proportion of American* I do not know, hut the number of American* was large There were none fiom the Southend States. -Eli hii Hurrel. the learned IlhickMnith/nppeiired tube at the heid of the Americans Several American* followed the ‘escaped slaves with Sp eches Not one of them denied the no groes’ stories. But they lagged not tube condemn TiTToFn sin tin y could not then control l.licy stat ed that the Ammieiiti Constitution allowed slavery where it then ex sled, hut they pledged lliemsidvea that on new slave State* should he admitted into tlui I,'mim. I hat it retpiireil a vtiteof two-third* to alter the Constitutiori, and tliut so non as the anti slavery vote could he sufficiently iricrt'asial hy births utul immigration, the t ‘onstitulioii sltfulil he altered, and t is foul spot wiped away l orn our National Escutcheon. Hut said tln-y to the assembly, you imH send ii* the men to give a* the prepoiali-ranee The answer Was a* with olio v lice, *\\ • w 11 send you the men.” You observe tu.it thi* Was a most important a* seuili age. It was important from it* nu oh. r* from the variety of nations it represented in fact every nation in < ‘hnstend” o. it wa* impoitant also Irem the diversity of chur.ieters r- presented This is indicated by the persons most prominent in it the English t orn Law Reformer, the < ath olic I'nst r of the Madeline, the Protestant Pastor j of the Drutoirq..the author of the lluiieli ll.iek of Notre Diiine, and the .\ineiic.iti 111 ii'ksmitli with many Innjitnges,—( atholie. l'rote*tanr. Inlidela* sociated together. \ ot. upon thiseuhjoot through out tlio assembly there wa* a tumultuous , tones*! of sentiment Nod the American*, v e most seed | u* the men And s'lie - tlint time they have been Coming and am coming, and will come these men to alter nu ( onstitutioti and abolish slave ; r .v I consid‘r the pond tion of this Congress to have Imtii mi oivnion of grave interest to 11.-, us art exponent ot Fur peiin feelings to warn us of tho il ingers which impend in cotisccpienoe of it. U’liat must lie the character of those c living to us from the midst of this universally stern hatred to sla rry. They are abolitionists ’1 boy are so from tlic npiWss tv of the case It is no discredit to them. The name slave is abstractly odious They have no conception of shivery, as illustrated in the relations of a superior and interior race they think of il as among eipials The few who emigrate to the Southern States, generally lose their prejudice against it when they see irs prac tical working But the great m ijority go to the Northern States. Tlmir prejudice uro confirmed by the associations into which they there fill, and lln ir enmity to slavery is greater than before, lie i cause they lind it odious to the Americans them selves These are the men who “ill he ready to give their votes for the alteration of the Comiitu j lion and the abolition of slavery They are more to lie eared 111 ill the native abolit onists general j ly. The latter are wilting to lie sufficiently and j'-criminally abusive. Inti the. all have some auces- j, tral recollect ions connected with the bloody stia g j ( gins of *uir lloiolulo'U Tiny have more nr I” , relutivis in the Neil hern •''tateS; to whom Ho y are bound bv t n.lor li.‘- and however daring they may ser in and however abu-ive they may he, | when tin* w r-t e.nnes to the wo st. vv may !e pi’ llial .jpai'i incut w II overpower fanaticism. and that they vvi-l giv back in tlieir parricidal course But we have nothing of this to hope .for from the I Foreign Ah dilionist lie is now mi Atne ie.ui j, citizen ami he shares tin odium of Ameiiean s’ i very. It must be wiped away, il il lie ill blood —i He will g. to his work cnnl v If he may use Ibree i to aceointi isli his end il is very well -he has been j accustomed to tho bayonet as the strongest argil | meat If he cannot use toree and the Tnion isdis I solved what cares lie ‘ He will only be in a small er Bepublic. but ‘pi fe large enough for his uses In either event he must gam his cad. Slavery must ho abolished It is time for the lovers of the I'nion to fear lor its perpetuity (or tin* people of the South to tear j for tlieir eufety Because this foreign influence i I small vvilli us we are not to conclude that it is small in the other parts of the country Hmv great the error. I'liere is a march of opinion in the Northern ami Western States in regard to slavery to which no well informed mind can lie indifferent Fvery emigrant ship that lands in our Northern Torts hastens it while politicians urecourting this foreign influence, while dispensers of patronage are strengthening it by giving to Foreigners j lace and power, while our own people, misled by parti lenders, nrc putting obstacle* in ber- w .,y wln>i j would arrest the evil, it issteudily increasing The j advance of time is not more regular Toe rt-uv ■•( j the tide is not more certain. Tho CHtasrophn is I not distant unless summary an I adequate mens | tires are taken. Those are to check this uccessive ! immigration, to give offices of trust and mflnon. e \ only to Americans, and thus to restore to Ameri cans, the control of Anv rieii \ ours, truly. Sr.si \. SiiKHirr Sai r. or tmk Siatk lloaii <’ahs I'm: Piiattammhia I'rror i rvirn rrcs I lie Atlanta j Iteimlilic.in of Tlmr-day last says : We are informed that on Friday the 4Hi instant, j fifteen of the State Bond Cars were sold at 1 hat- 1 j tanooga, under the Sheriffs hammer, and brought ; | the following prices 1 lb>x < ar, 81S* TiO f It do do each, 1 lib) ();) ‘ ,J ’ 1 o I e nrc further informed that the tale Koinl | Depot at that pi .co, is also advertised to he s -II by , the Sheriff on the first Tuesday .n Oe’nher He : do not kn.ov who was the real purchaser .or what ! Georgia Inis gained by a transaction v d!-graceful j t ‘the State, lint to came shame to‘ mantle the I j check of every G orgian The idea of having the I property of tlie State of Georgia and’maohinery of ; her great work sold under thc.Mieriff - hammer, in j the State of Tennessee, is infamy enough for one day It would have been I’.n hottei f,.r that one i hundred thousand dollars kept from honest eredi ! I tors and piled up in the State Treasury to brag 1 i alsmt and make capital for llersohel V. Johnson. ’ to have been used to pay the Cowart Johnson Ten- j i nessee claims, much batter than tlie degradation of; ; having the machinery of the State Bond sold to i j pay those debts. Verily the wild hunt after office, j j of Johnson and his precious crew hasbrought and is bringing, the State of Georgia to bankruptcy of! ’ character and credit before the time —Mur. We- ( p tbltiiin. I Shamkkil !—lt is said that the Howard As-’ I sisialiou of Noifolk arc continmiliv receiving: Ictlcis from absentees—many of them very weal-1 i.i.bv—requesting the officers to look after the ! black* tll* 1 v have left ladiind, and not permit j them to Miller for tlic want of provisions, medi- j cal attendance. Ac. One souleiess Ikmlv “riles; that lie trusts that his servant will be allowed as ! much incut, bScoli, <ko, iis will comfortably sup- j port her during Ins ah-etiee! J It is stated till’ these- !, tfers will be publish ed when tlie pi. iguee shall have passed n v* ay: I (lUI 1 LN, IvEORlsiA. SATURDAY MOBNING, BEPT. 22, lMftT For Governor. HON GARNETT ANDREWS. OK “WILKES. American Nomination* for Congreu. ; Ejjlht M VARNA DOE, of liberty* < 4pi)mi J>iir. —WILLIB A. HAWKINS, of Sumter Tiiipr. Dm.—ROBERT P. TRUTH, of Monro*. Korun* Birr—KIINJAMIN II HILL, of Troup. Firm Di.ht. —LEWIS TL'MLI.V, of Cm. Si*in Hint LEONIDAS FR A NKLIN, of Ctafe** SKvr.NTii Dm —N (. POST EH, of Morgan. Kiuiitii Durr.-—LAFAYETTE LAMAR of Lincoln County Nomination*. SPA l.ltlSG COVSTY. For ru Skssti:- ('HAULMS !.. DUPREK. Hoi sk or ItKeaKSKVT.iTiVK*—II. P. KtIIKI’ATRICK. m:shy cuvsty. Skvvtok- ALLEN W. TIHN'EIt. ItseiiKsK* i m i\a . Jt'HN HAIL, Ji lit HA N .It HINSON. /'. I ye TTE cur STY 8i * vroß .It ‘ll \ IIEIE. ■ ItßraKsKvr.itivr PIKE col STY. Sr.* a tor—SEA 111 ‘lt N’ • VIV*! T t ).V. Itreas*’ sririvs— It ‘IIN Ft >X\Vt >HTH. mi:hm i: i in:it rut:sty. Sr.svrnn—Jt ill \ I, PI'KSI'N lUratcsK*rVK*-FRANK 1.1 N ,M BRANTLEY, W 11,1.1 AM E IIA It It IS. Hr Ml orrh r* for Hh rtion Tlrlrtu nut.it he nrroriiftttniitl hy. tin• musky, or they trill not he nttnnh'il to. /’rice fit) rent* j>rr hundred. The Tucker and Stephen* Diacnsaion* Wt it aicafi w I **• ii* |lt itf.ion li.tittl, the K*t* it i- if II ri A IF .‘"’t* |.it •!:• ii mi Hlv. 11. II ‘Fucker, • n Rcligioiifl Liberty. !\ico K) cciitii. Col. Trippe'a Speech. Though laboring under much physical debility, t.'ol. Trippe made nil impressinn up the of his audience in this city, on Sat'iirilay night last, j which will not he easily eradicated Hi* entire address was in pleasing contrast with the abuse and misrepresentation of speaker* tin the opposite side Conscious of the justness of hi* cause, he j spoke boldly and vigorously but in no instance triinsgiessed the strict lulcof polemic courtesy and propriety Hi* vindication of the fundamen tal principle of the American P'rty that ‘• Amer ican* shall rule Ameri'ti. ‘ was complete and over whelming. An appeal lmd been made to our fear*, and Americans had been told In opposition speakers that there was “danger” to be appre hended from the foreign and (-'ntlndie influence in this country, if we persisted in contesting their right to an equal share in its government, lie spurn ed an appeal which derogated from American courage. He deprecated strife, but if in defence of our rights it hecuine'necessary, lie would neither slum nor postpone it If those influences had at tained such an ascendency that Ir -e horn Ameri cans could not maintain principles adverse to the arrogant assumptions which* they foreshadowed, without incut ring a threat of “danger. ’ the soon- i cr the struggle cum , the better for the country. I Similar thro its lmd been addressed to our revolu tionary sires with what iff et let our emancipa tion I'ro.n foreign hood age attest. The speaker took tip an analyzed the third ar ticle of the I’liiladelphia platform the principles ot which, our enemies charge, commit the Ameri can party to tln’ E m**tt uTvicr all circumstances, however degrading and ofl"-n*ne it may become under tin! control of f..naticim. Hut be showed from the plati tin itself that the I nioii of these I mted Mates which the American party held to he the ■ paramount political good “ is a l ninn ha*, and U|ioii'■; oppo-itiou to all attempts to weaken or subvert it., a h tiiiii lmsed upon “ uncompro mising mitagonism to -cM-ry principle of policy that endangers it. a l nioii bused upon *• the ad vocacy of an equitable adjustment of all political differences whigli threitens its integrity or perpe tuity,” a l niiSn based upon the suppression ol all tendencies to political divishn. founded on ge -graphical discrimination, or on the belief that there is a real dill’ renee of interests and views lie tween the vat ious sections of the I nion, - '—a l nioii j based upon •• the full recognition of the rights of the several States, as expressed and reserved in the constitution/ and a careful avoidance.by the (ieneral government, of all interference w ith their j rights by legislative or executive action “ f*uch 1 j is the Inion that i* held hy the American party to he •• the paramount political good ‘ and if any ! m ill “as so hold and reckless as to hold a differ- cut doctrine, he could not escape tiie odium ofhe i itiß a disimiotiist /i-r sr. The I'nion which the i American party are bound by their | Inform to uphold and maintain seen is to all section*, par ties and persons all their light.* under the consti tution, and lie \v ho is not in favor of such a I'nion in iftf>e to car government,, and in favor of a disso lution ot it without a cause. Col. Trippe then took up that clause of the American i'lutform which embraces wlmt our cne : lilies charge to he ts ■ federal li uture lie quo ted front the writings ot’ Madison ami from the | constitution itself, iti disproof of the charge, and ; asked to be informed, what uvi> the proper power : to legally ascertain and expound “doubtful and disputed points “if not the judicial js>wer of the States I'’ He illustrated hi* uigument by supposing a case. Under it recent law of the Mss*;ionu*ott* legislature a genth nmn from t ieorgia who should out'r that State tor the pur pose of iccovenng his fugitive slave. Would subject liiniHclf to the penalty of confinetmtit in the peni i tentiarv und a heavy one. Once in a Massachu setts penitentiary for an infraction of her nullifi cation law*, to wliat power would he app ‘iil for release 1 To the “judiciary” or Supreme Court of the United States, whose business it would be ! to issue a writ of h.ibeai carpus, empowering a U. I S District Marshal to free the person thus unlaw fully detained. Hut suppose the State authorities resist the execution of such a writ ; the Marshal j appeals to the President for assistance, and the President applies to Congress for authority to en , force obedience to the"judicial power” of the ! government What would gentlemen who harp j upon the *• federal “ principle af the I’hiladtdphia platform do 1 Would they refuse to grunt the President authority to enforoe the oonunands of the Supremo Court, and take from a Massachu setts piison u eitixen of the State of Georgia, in ‘ careeratcd for attempting to reclaim his fugitive slave ? Would they try the tegai remedy fint, or | would they have recourse to the “last resort” i without having tried tho “Judicial power “ of the | government ? This was a practical question—one [ not unlikely to arise, end it was proper tt at gen- I tlemen should avow their position For his own part, the speaker hud no hesitancy in saying that | if gent to Congress, (which he believed he would * be,) he would vote to give the President full au thority to execute the laws, even to tho extent of destroying Boston nnd floating Bunker Hill in a sea of .Massachusetts blood ‘ We have thus atti mped to give some of the fea tures of Col Trippe * speech imperfectly, wo arc aware, and very far from equalling the f orce nnd eloquence of the speech itself but we could not hope to do him anything like justice in a hasty news-. paper article. He is to be with us again on the 27th inst , when it is to be hoped, the people gen erally will avail themselves of the opportunity to, hear this really talented and true hearted Ameri ran. The Fourth District We have encouraging accounts from the fourth district. It appears to be pretty generally conce ded that Hill will heat his opponent by a very rc-, spectable majority Wherever he speaks he in ikes a favorable impression He isyoung, ardent, pat riotic and intcl igont, nnd wi 1 make his mark in Congress (should ho ho elected) and justify the Confidence of his constituents hy an able and fear less vindic ition of the r.ghts of the South & the best ‘imerest* of the Union. Tiuppf. and Hill will stand shoulder to shoulder and breast the storm of abolition fanaticism, should it burst forth in Congress, and their respective Districts, with the[ State at large, will have cause to glory in the election ot’ two such champions of Southern rights and interests. That Burst np in Macon County. The Anti journal* are circulating another Roor back about withdr.i walsfrom the American party in Macon county We have seen a private letter from a prominent gentleman in that county- sta ting there is no truth in the story. There is a 10. j cal question nl.out the removal of the Courthouse which ha* created some little division in the Amer ican ranks, and about fifty withdrew from the or der for the purpose of voting for an independent county candidate (who is a member of the Amer j ienn party) and against the proposed removal. An drews nnd Trippew.il receive an overwhelming uiajoiity in Macon county I he Antics are playing the brag game largely j with the hope of pet Minding a certain class ot vo ter* that theirs i* the stiongside. They are going to elect their Governor and Congressmen (let them tell the story) by overwhelming majorities; but just usk them, where they are gaining, and they are mum Tlu-y can't point to a county in the State where there is a prospect of gain. And yet with three candidates in the field for Gover nor, they are going to heat by an overwhelming majority! Hah! telltSuch stories to “marines! - ’ - Facts are Stubborn Things! “ Misi:i:ri;Ksi.\iiio\s or nir. Whkask* Kavsa* Aer.—Tin- Know .Nolhii-ir |*rirrl sot < leorgia, withu djs* reg.ir-t of truth ami venu-ity, which iloes little* honor to A hut I'riitoriiil'y. have tor months tici-li endeavoring-to produce ilie impression tloil the Kansas Nebraska act i-oiitained a provision by which i very foreigner, though 101 l ••ten dm s io t his eoiinti v,’’ could claim Kid acres oi hunt io Km:-as and Nelonslia. by deinring his intention ; to become a eitifi n *>l the I nited Mates. Now it so , j turns out I hat no such |n ovi.-inn is to be found in the j j Kansas X,bni.-ka act, and this •■ los.rbaek,” like | | many others of a similar character, is nail.-d to the coun tir.”—Em/in Stall lil/n m*/. “ We acknowledge that we hud labor* and under a wrong imp e-sioo as to tin proviso,nsof tin* Kansas and Nebras ka act We had seen and heard it otten stated by the Know Nothing **i bo.- and orators, that evei., person, w hether native or for* igner. was entitled to Mill acres of land as u donation, upon 1 heir.setlliyg in those territories, we took it for grant/d it w a.-*ti tie, not having access to the net in question Hut it seem* that the Columbus Enquirer lias “a, know it dg. and thecorn,* and admits that the privileges above r* lencd t*. were only applicable to the lerritoivof New Mexico. The net of IS-11, passed by a Whig mijoriiy. gives to net iiat settlers the pre- | emption right of MAI aeusot land by settling thereon and paying $1 2A per aero; this net applies to all'the piildie domain io every State aid ‘ierritory of the l iiiou.’ Vrn/ nr Stall VJlh net. Tlie /.’wi; in S'uy is unfortunate in its state ments Notwithstanding the conflict between the extracts above, it yet continues to misrepre sent the facts ns to the ItiO i ores of land donated to settlers in Kansas. We published last week the section donating UiO acres of land to nny who shall have declared their intention to become citi zens of Kin,hif, any time between the first day of January 1853. and the first day of January 1858, The Empire State attempts to create the impres sion that said net was passed in “ 1841 by a VYhig mnjoi ity. ‘ nnd that its pi ivileges “were only ap pticahle to the Territory of New Mexico.” Now the section which we quoted, nnd which wc again quote is embraced in an act entitled ’ As Act to i*r > iii isii tiik ornrts oySu rveyor General ok Ni\v Mexico. Kansas and Ne braska. to grant donations to acm al set- Ti.t'.K* riiKit* in. and mu or it kit puarosES,” and was approved July 22. 1854! The donating'section reads : Se. 2. Anil fit it fuither nun till, That to every white tin- United Malta, “r every white male at.,IV,. the age of tw. nty-nee years win, lias declared his intent inn to become it citizen, anil who was residing in said Territory prior to the tiesl day of January, eighteen hundred anil‘fitly-three, tyr >1 whs may he still residing ! there, there sh ill In . iiml/io rebv is. donated one quarter ! , seetion. **r one tiurntred and sixty an t-of la ml. And to | every wliite mate eit'ZtAi •> tin t nited States, or every! white male above tin age of twenty-one years who has 1 declared Ins inti utioiT t*. be* onic a citizen, and w ho shall j ! have rt-umvi tl or ,-iiaM -r* u , %• t< and settle in said t er- i ritory bellietn tin fn.-tdi y * f January, eighteen hun-1 I .Ire.l and liltv-three. and tin fi -I day t January, eight- • I een liui.dred aud fifty-tight. Ih-ie shall in like manner ! he *1 >nated one qu.rrlnr sevtiou. ni tint- hiintireil antisixty I acres, i'll eomlit o'ti ol actual set 1 1, went and cultivation 1 fop not less than four years It will be seen that the above quoted law np plies to “New Mexico. Kuisns nnd Scbraska,” ■ and is therefore an act giv ng to “ every person, j whether native or foreigner.” in those territories 100 acres of land upon complying with its provis- ! ions. The pie emption el m-e of the act u: 1841. is engrafted in this act of 18 4. but is nqlaUalj per tinent to tlie question at issue, whether foreigners, j upon declaring their intention to become citizens of the United State* are entitled to a donation of; land in Kansas Territory ! The Empire State seeks | to create the impression that they are not—that there is no law giving them this right, and that the only net upon the subject, is •• he act of 1841. . passed hy a \\ big majority, giving to actual set tlers a preemption right of 100 acres of land,” j and applicable to all - the public domain in every 1 State nnd Territory in the Union.” We assert | that foreigners ore entitled to the donation of ICO 1 acres of land in Kansas hy a law of the Democratic ; Congress of 1854. that this laa is to all intents and purposes part and parcel of the Kansas and Nebraska law. and that the pre-emption act of 1841 has nothing to do with the matter. For proof, see Congressional Globe, vol. 28. 3d part, page 2238 In further evidence that Kansas sett'ers are en titled to a donation of ISO acres of hind. Mr. Oar gile. just from Kansas, lately stated in a public lecture in this city, as one of the inducements to emigrate there, that they were entitled to a dona tion from the government of 160 acres. Mr. C ought to know, and certainly would not attempt • deceive tb* people in bo important a matter. What Got. Johnson Has Done. ov. JuhuAun ha* mwlf a bargain with Mark A. Coop er, by which the latter receives setae six or seven thou sand dollars that would have gone into the State Treas ury while the former gets the political support of -Mark p . ■.■■■ per and the vote-of all bi-Aroplojec” which, but for tins bargain, he would not have got. Gov Johnson has permitted a contract to b. made for carrying passenger*ls".”- the Etowah riv, r at 80 cents per bead, while parties were offering to take it at :J5 cents a passenger - Gov. Johnson has permitted the Mate Hoad to be used for political ends by discriminating in the price of fare ngoin.lt /miltiml uppmndt— charging the members of the American Party two th nnl thirty cents each from Atlanta to Chirtersvillc* ami hick, ami the Anti- American# only two dollars. Gov. Johiison has allowed a man to 1m? interrrupted in his journey on of having in his carict-h:ig $ in,ooo in specie,on which In* refused to j>.iv freight, while an other man who had been drawing s| ccie from the interi or bank# of Georgia, was jit*riniUed to carry 0 over the State Hoad, without paying anything, although it was known that in- -was pocketing £2OO justly due the Stute f<>* freight. Gov. Johnicn has refused to make the same discrimi nation in freights in favor of Rev. (-. W. Howard, who has largi* liuie ipmrries in Casa county, that he made in favor of Mark A, Cooper, not withstanding tho agricul tural and mechanical interests of the require that lime should be afforded at the lowest possible cost. Mr. Howard being a preacher was supped to witdd no polit ical influence, hence could not obtain the same terms that were granted to Mark A. Cooper, who is making stump speeches for Johnson. Gov. Johnson has allowed the machinery of the Stute Road to ho sold by the Sheiifl* to satisfy executions against it, while money is being put into the Treasury to deceive the people into the belief that the Road is properly and profitably managed. I tiov. Johnson i* running over the State making stump ’ speeches ami begging votes, while his official duties are neglected and the interests of the people sacrificed. Bear these things in mind* people of Georgia, on the first Moudey in October, and east your votes ngainH this corrupt partisan leader, and unworthy jublic func tionary. The Empire State Endorsing the “Federal “ Feature of the American Platform! Having heard that some of the politicalfriends of the Empire State charge Col. Trippe with quoting from a “ spurious *’ paper the other evening, we publish the ex tract he read from the Empire State entire. I: is a re view of ** The Know Nothing Platform/* and will be found in the issue of the 27th Jure last, as fol ows: The fourth nrticle proposes an obediencete the consti tution of the Cnited States, as the supreme law of the land, sacredly obligatory upon all its parts and members ; and steadfast resistance to the spirit of innovation upon its principles, however specious the pretexts. Avowing that in all doubtful or disputed points, it niav only be le gally ascertained and expounded by the judicial power of the United States, Ands a corollary to the above, “1 A habit ot reverential obedience to tho laws, wheth er National, State, or Muniepal, until they are either re pealed or declared unconstitutional by the proper au thority. 2. A tender and sacred regard for those acts of States manship, whi h are to be contra-distinguished fr"iu the ads of ordinary legislation, by the fact of their being of the nature ot compacts and agreements; and so to be (••■nsidered a fixed and settled national jolicy.” ‘l*o this article no one can make any objection, provi ded it be fully and fairly carried out. A strict adherence t* it would bring peace and quiet to the Union, and es tablish it permanent and lasting. But all obnoxious State laws, such as referred te above, must first be re- P* aled, before the Southern people should place the least ic ianeein Northern professions that they will carry out th s article in good faith. Hon. J. S. Seward Against the Nebraska Bill. | In the House of Representatives, May 10, Hon. J. S. Seward of Georgia, said : “ I oppose tlie details of this (the Nebraska) bill, be cause they are not consistent with themselves, or with the transactions to which they relate, and the hill itself slows that it was mu nu fart ured fora tmrticvbtr jiurjust."’ ******* \ itftve no cotnpliureiits to pay this bill. Its principies have n*t to the fullest extent commanded the approval of myjudgment. But. after much trouble, perplexity, and investigation, I have come to the conclu sion that the Sonth cannot be in a worse condition l*y this hill than she was under the act of 1820.”—[See Ap. to (ilobe, vol 28, page 619—20. So, so. This great measure—this test of genuine Dem < cratic metal, did not, “ to the fullest extent, eomimead” itself to “ the approval of” Mr Seward's “judgment!” He thought In* slkould vote for it (hut he didnot) because hy it the South could not “ be in a worse condition” “tlnifi she was under the act of 1.82f) !** Verily, this is depreciating the great political staple of Southern Dem ocracy with a vengeance! But Mr. Seward has had more time to “investigate,” and as the measure which did not command the “ approval of his judgment,” hap pens to be the only one of tho lust Congress out of which Southern Democrats hope to make political capital, it is pro ?• urn able’ that he has given it his hearty and unquali fied endorsement ere this —especially asit does place the South in a “ tror** condition than she was under the act of 182 while op|*osition to it at this time, might place Mr. Seward in a “ worse condition ” than an aspi rant for re-election to Congress would desire ! What Virginia Said. In Henning's (Va.) “Statutes at large,” may be found the following resolution passed by the General Assembly of Virginia, January ltf, 1799: “ That the General Assembly nevertheless con curring in opinion with the Legislature of Massa chusetts, that every constitutional barrier should be opposed to the introduction of foreign influence into our National Councils. ‘• Item died, ‘that the Constitution ought to he so tin, ended that no foreigner who shall not have ncqinred rights under the Constitution and Laws, at the Jimc of making the amendment shall there aftei he eligible to the office of Senator and Rep resen'ative in the Congress of the United States, nor to any ujjtce in the Judiciary or Executive Ve ini’ intent.'’ There, ye st(j\klers for the Virginia resolutions of ‘9B and ‘99. is something to meditate upon. If at that day “foreign influence” was deemed so great an evil as to require the interposition of u •• constitutional bnrrier “ to its entrance into Con gress und the Judicial and Executive Departments •of Gov eminent, wh it think you would have been the action ot those republican sages could they have foreseen the swarms of emigrants pouring in upon the country hy land and sen. ns they are now doing almost weekly? W nuld they have of fered them a houtuy to come and an equal voice at the ballot-box with American born citizens * Let tlie above resolution answer, and let those Anti-Americans who prate about the resolutions of 98 and ‘99 hide their heads in shame. Georgia. —The general election in this State, take* place the first of October next; and judg ing from the tone of our exchanges the contest there is a warn and exciting one. Both parties seem confident of success. Judge Andrews is the American candidate for Governor, in oppo-’ sition to Johnson, the present incumbent, who is the Democratic nominee. The Americans in other States are looking with confidence to the Empire State of the South to ta o the lead in roiling back the fusion tide which is endeavoring to rru*h out the American sentiment of the coun try, and bind the South to the car of the present freenoil administration. And wohope to be able, after the election, to announce to our readers the triumph of Americanism in thisgallantold State. Georgia is our native State and we feel a lively interest in her affairs. And notwithstanding the fierce and uncompromising opposition to the American party of some of her distinguished, though recreant sons, we hope the masses ofher intelligent voters will be found true to the great conservative principles of the Constitution.— Ha'yncsviUe (Tl/,;.) Wat'hmar. COM M 1 ’N |C ATED • “Mechanics.” It tins been -aidUmt” tardy justice i- only half j u| _ tiee,” but 1 am so well pleased with an editorial 0 f q,’ last Empire Mate, bearing the caption abov*, q,,, ( .-halibut complain of the latohour at whirb the editor lias seen proper to pay a )*t tribute to the respeeubi|; t , honesty, industry, and skill of the mechanic*f ( Jr ia„ 1 will not indulge the ungenerous supposition that q,, editor could have been actuated by any other than nj, lives of the purest disinterestedness ii\ bis gushing, f of praise und eulngium of a heretofore proscribed iu Ciriffiu. It is a balm to our wounded pride to be told th,i “Gov. Bigler, of I’a., and Gov. Bigler, of Cat , a, w **| as Gov. Johnson of Tenn., were all mechanic*, elected b, Uie Democratic Party,” (the latter part of the Ml tenee not being designed for political effect, I presume ) 1 should not have taken it amiss, even if the editor hd come nearer home, and mentioned in such an honorable connection the Mayor of Griffin. The frequent recur rence of the terms, “Anti-Know Nothing” and “Den ocratio,” might induce suspicious persons to infer that there was a /">liti nl trii k concealed Leneath the guise of a magnanimous and high-toned out-burst of generous sentiment. But that w .uld ho such an obv^|^.j BMlt to the good sense and judgmentof tllc and useful ” mechanics, that I can hardly-believe the ed. itor would venture upon it. lltw majestic and yet how patriarchies! is hia injunc tion —“Goto the polls, honest, hard working man, aa a free citizen of this Kepablic, anil vote for your princi. pies and the men of your choice” —(as if he had aaid putting his hands upon your beads, Goto the polls, nt,’ sons, kc.) Whether you would have gone to the polla in the absence of such on exhortation from the editor of the Empire State, I, of course, have no means of know, ing ; hut thnt you can refrain from doing so, after hia manifestation of disinterested zeal for your prerogativa as “ free citizens of this Republic,” is not to be supposed. It was perhaps an act of supererogation to admonish you to “ turn a deaf ear to these who would be your masters and dictators, and sustain the dignity and icpntttiou ot your honorable calling,” Ite., as to suppose you capable of any other course, would be “an insult” to your “good sense and judgment.” Having attained the e dorsement of the editor of the Empire Mute to your re ..portability and usefulness, you must certainly feel en* eon raced to walk with the dignity of free nnd indepen dent men to the polls, and rote as you /i/ran even if it should he against the man “ who was raised in a Black, .smithshop !” Mechanic. S/erial Curres/mu/met of the Express. The Plagne Fly. Si’ffolk, Va., Sept. 11. Dear Express : —Etirlosetl I semi von several of the Yellow Fever or Plague Fly. [This fly was minutely described by our Norfolk corres pondent last week. They appear to lata sort of “a cross” between the musquito ami ••■•minon house flv and have very broad and large wings projecting upwards instead of lying flat.— Eds. Express.] The tidings from Portsmouth to-day are real ]y heart rending. I feel so sad and melancholy, that I can scarcely find courage to write. The number of deaths for the foity eight hours end ing yesterday evening, are said to be FIFTY SIX'! On Monday night several very copious show ers of ruin fell, and all day yesterday the sun shone with a power and intensity, which is rep resented as having been absolutely overpowering. To this cause is attributed the heavy augmenta tion of mortality. FROM NORFOLK. From Norfolk the news received here is most heart rending. Accounts recently arrived say they cannot get force sufficient to inter the dead although persons are constantly on the sheets, and compelling the negroes by force to carry the dead out of the city, as also to assist in digging graves. The Yellow Fever in Virginia. Baltimore, Sept. 14.—There were forty-eight deaths at Norforlk during the 24 hours ending at noon on Thursday. At Portsmouth, during the same period, there were only eleveu deaths. There was considerable diminution in the number of new cases, especially at. Ports mouth. A thong the new cases were the Hev. Dr. Walke Episcopal minister, Drs. Webster, of Haiti more, and Upshur, of Norfolk. I)r. Marsh, of Philadelphia, was convales cent. Several cases of fever had made their ap pearance on hoard the U. S. frigate St. Law rence. Columbia, Sept. 19. — The fever at Norfolk and Portsmouth is increasing. Many new eases tire occurring. The deaths at Norfolk on Monday were 40, and at Portsmouth 17. Death of Dr. West, Sen. A lettter received in this city, this morning, dat ed Saratoga the'Jtli inst.. says: ‘•Dr. Wkst. Sen., formerly of Savannah who whs bore with his daughter, died very suddenly last night, of an affection of the heart .” This will he melancholy intelligence to the fam ily and numerous friends of one. who has far many years enjoyed the respect of his fellow citizens in our city and State. VVe leave to others the duty of paying a just tribute to his memory on a future occasion.— Sac. Journal ts (.'ou ier. Kansas. —A crisis is approaching in Kansas. The regular correspondent of the St. Louts Re publican writes thus: “The canvass from this lime until election day will lie exciting. Almost every one expects a fight, and many are prepar ing for it. The freesoilers are talking loudly, the Pro-slavery men ate working silently.” No ole Coniuct.—Tlie fidelity of the negroes is spoken of as not the least noticeable feature in the history of the yellow fever at Norfolk. It is difficult, nearly impossible, to separate servant* and mistresses. Forbidden to enter the sick I chamber, the blacks will creep into concealed places, hide beneath the beds, crouch in corners, employ every artifice, to remain in attendance upon the ini*tress. Left-to themselves, the ne groes are abject, refuse to take remedies, and die rapidly. Tlieir last wish often is that they way he buried near their mistr sses. ‘ ■ . 1 itrOTtrANT.—We rejoice, intensely rejoice, that steps have been taken to send a delegation of American Missionaries to Jackson county and other benighted regions of the State, with spell ing books and the official announcement of Gen. Jackson’s death. We anticipate a great deal of good to be the result of this patriotic enterprise. —Selma Reporter. Brief and to the Point. On the day of the late election in Kentucky, a correspondent of the Louisville Journal addressed the following. “To Bishop Spaulding, or any one competent to answer “Very many of our American citizens will go to the pols this day, believing that the Romish Church, as such has invariably been the enemy of free governments and of all the popular insti tutions of which Americans feel so justly proud. If such a feeling tie wrong, you easily set tlie matter right bv pointing us to tbehistory of the nation, living or dead, in which Catholic sway has been undisputed, where free schools, a freepress, trial by jury, the ballot-box, an open Bible, and an untratn'celed conscience have‘been vouchsafed to the people.”