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* w jL Intitljem ‘i^atrljuuiu * » , OROEK, A5D THE COHrtltUTIO* . ATHENS, GA. THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 22, 1855 Mr. VVivurm Dostkr. of Atlanta, is our au thorized Agent in Cherokee Georgia. paper is Sid, and may at all times be seen at the Heading Hoorn of Prof Holloway, 214 Strand, London . LOCAL ITEMS. Our absence from home prevents us us from bestowing our usual attention j. upon local items, literary notices, &c. Our friends must bear with us a little longer—theC:> rts will soon be over, and we will then give the Watchman our undivided attention, and “make the fur fly,'’ NEW LOOKS. We find on our table several new books—among the number, “ Mira ntla Elliott,” by it lady of this place and the “ Life and Beauties of Fanny Fern” both of which vvo shall notice more fully as soon as we have leisure to examine them. THE CAMPAIGN OPENED. Mr, Ovekby, the Prohibition can didate for Governor, addressed the peo ple of Gwinnett county on Wednesday last. We did not hear his spceeli, but heard it spoken of on all sides as a very able effort. Whatever may be thought by others, we are satisfied that Mr. Overby is conscientious in the advocacy of the platform he has laid down—he is in good earnest, and at the same time a speaker of much ability—whilst his irre proachably character as a Christian gentleman will give his opinions great weight. RAIN! RAIN! The trutb-of Prof. Espy’s rain theo ry has been to a certain extent demon strated in this region lately. Before the extensive fires which have swept over large sections of this and adjoining States were extinguished, the" windows of ‘heaven” seem to have been opened, and it has been Tain ! Tain! rain! nearly r.11 the time! although at the outbreak ing of the fire there was no sort of in dication of rain. 13?" The impolicy of appointing for eigners to office was never more forci bly illustrated than in the case of Mr. Soule—who. reeking with his well known and op?uly acknowledged filli- blistering proclivities, was despatched to the Court of Madrid to conduct one of the most delicate diplomatic negotia tions which our country has ever at Tempted—viz : the purchase of Cuba Scarce had the excitable and fiery little Frenceman secured lodgings in Madrid before he was “ heels over head” in difficulties, the result of which was a duel—which, whatever its other conse quences may have been, certainly did not pave the way to a peaceable and friendly termination of his delicate mis sion. A little later, we hear of him in •a-difficulty with the French Government, and finally he returns to the United States, after having dearly demonstrated that nothing whatever can be acliic\ed ■at Madrid by lum, aud it is now an nounced that the Administration has abandoned all hope of peaceably a<v quiring possession of Cuba ! Does any one believe that if a native had been appointed to execute this delicate trust, it would have terminated so disastrously ? £3?" VVc find iu a late number uf the New York Herald an Address to the American People, selling forth the prin ciples aud objects of the *■ American party.” We regret that w“ have not sufficient space at our disposal to copy it this week. It shall appear iu our next issue, however. We believe that every patriotic American citizen whose judgment is not blinded by partizan bias, will most hcnrti'y approve every word of it. It is the publication of such docum ents as this that will throw light on the ob ject and aim of the American organ! zation, and not the promulgation of such miserable productions—such gross libels —as that copied from the Riel igpud Enquirer by certain Democratic papers, the editors of which ought to have exliibitad more self-respect than to prostitute their coluffius to the circula tion jl£such vile calumnies. t. Join* E. Waiid.—The Eaton 1 ^ the name of this gentian in connection with ’the Gubernatorial officer Mr. Ward .. to .the Editor, that hi* “name will n either be forty he people, or their r 4 . _ seutnliv|is iiv Coil^ention^for that distin guished office. A WORD TO POSTMASTERS. We should like to know by what au thority postmasters presume to exercise the privilege of reading and lending to others their neighbors 1 newspapers? When a gentleman subscribes Tor a pa per and pays his money for it, it is then just as much h is property as is his horse,’ his house or any thing else. What right, then, has a postmaster to appropri ate that property to his own or any body clse’s use ? Might he not as well bor row his neighbor’s horse without leave, or lend it to his friends ? We ask for information, as this abominable practice has become to us an intolerable nuis ance We have received severaUetters from subscribers recently, complaining of this thing. No longer ago than Sat urday last we were informed by a sub scriber in a county above here, that he was reluctantly compelled to discontin ue his paper because the postmaster and his neighbors all got to read it before he did THEY WEIIE ALL EXCEEDINGLY FOND OF READING IT, BUT TOO STINGY TO PAY FOR IT. While our hand is in,_ we have one word more to say. There have been innumerable complaints during the pre sent year, of post-offices within fifty miles of this place of the irregularity of the arrival of our paper. It is a sore evil to us; and we now give notice that we in tend, if possible, to find out the guilty -parties and expose them to the indigna tion which their abominable rascality or culpable carelessness, as the case may be, so justly merits. And further more, if we have any more complaints about lending the paper to those who are too penurious to pay for it, we shall publish a full history of each transaction of the sort—giving names, dates and places. “A word to tin wise is suffi cient.” gg’ We were sorry to see when we picked up the last issue of Gov. Cobb’s orgnn'in this place, that it had been be trayed into the fi lly of republishing from the columns of the* Richmond Enquirer, (hat miserable humblig— got -up for the express purpose of bol stering up the waning prospects of Hen ry A. Wise in Virginia—we allude, of course, to that most ridiculous pretend ed revelation of the secrets of the Know Nothings. We say we are sorry for it- not that we fear it will injure the Ameri can party—for of course no man in Georgia who is capable of reading a newspaper, is fool enough to be misled by such a transparent, bald-headed humbug—such "a weak invention of the enemy ; but we are Sorry for it, because such a course must injure tlie young gentlemen who are the proprietors of that paper, and for both of whom we entertain the kindliest feeling?. They know as well as we do. that if the fel low who originally made the pretended revelation was in truth a - member of the order, the publication of its secrets would make him a forsworn villain, un worthy of public confidence f and if he >LAWRENCEVILLE. No village, perhaps, in upper Georgia has improved more rapidly within the jast half dozen years than Lawrenceville, Gwinett ‘county—where we spent two or three days last week, and where we had the plesure of adding many new names to our subscription list*' The erection of the splendid steam cot ton factry and the establishment of a flourishing female seminary in the place, gave every thing an impetus,' and the village is still improving. Norris this improvement confined to the village alone. We observed manifest signs of improvement in that portion of the country through which we passed, and understand that this improvement is general throughout her borders. Lands which formerly could not be sold at all now command fair prices—many new places are settled and old ones improv ed. If the present should prove an abundant crop year, as we think it will Gwinett county alone can furnish pro visions for a large scope of country. THE COURT OF CLAIMS. It appears that the announcement of the appointment of Judge J. H. Lumpkin as one of the Judges of the new Court of Claims was a mistake, as it turns out that our distinguished fellow-citizens the Hon. Joseyh Henry Lumpkin, one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Georgia, was the appointee. The dis covery of this fact has thrown certain partizan editors into spasms. The idea that a Democratic Administration should appoint a Whig to office is more than their weak nerves can bear! We are not sure but that some of them will be come open and avowed enemies of Gen. Pierce on the strength of it! Now, in all candor we think that this appointment reflects more credit upon the Administration than any one yet made by it. There is not in Georgia, L.-r elsewhere, a gentleman better quali fied to discharge the duties of the office than Judge L., and that the new Court should not become a mere partizan con cern, it was absolutely necessary that one of the three Judges should be a Whig. But this does not meet the views of those who subscribe to the abominable dogma that “to the victors be long the spoils.” The Augusta Constitutionalist—to its credit be it spoken—boldly defends this appointment, and not only so, but urges that it is the duty of Gov. John son, should Judge Lumpkin accept, to fill his place on the Supreme Bench with a Whig. Should he possess suf ficient nerve, to do this—which it is clearly his duty to do—we suppose another howl will be set up by these il liberal parlizans. paragraph, upon this subject, found in the same paper, same date, though in a different column. “Letit be remember ed, as yet, not one single-step has been gained, nor one a single' point made, in the controversy with the South. For, af ter Doughfaceism had exhausted itself, then arose this new Order,(K.N’s) whose only action has been, thus far, to divide and nullify all combined and effective resistance to (he onward progress of the Slaveocracy of the South.". What is the conclusion of the whole matter ? Just what we have said before and now repeat,the American Party isnot a sectional one,to advance the interests of any faction, but against all dema gogues, fanatics and ultraists—every one who bears a resemblance 10 an enemy of American liberties, whether native or foreign born. Ought not such a party to command the respect and admiration of every lover of America—of our Union—of home—of mankind I Linger, long, American, Whig or Democrat, ’ere you curse ^this, your friend, lest,’ when you curse it, the missioned shaft, enter your own vitals. For when this party falls,a mighty barrier to dissolution has given way. am LET THE SLANDERERS READ! Yes, we invite every one to read the extra. U enclosed in our own remarks in this article, especially those who have so repeatedly charged it upon t\ie Ameri can Party, that it was the friend of the Abolitionist?. Let facts speak for tberii- i& not a member of the order, {which j 3L q ves —such facts ss are undeniable.— is no doubt the case) why, the whole! thing is but a fiction, unworthy the cre dence of any man who has sense enough to find the way to the ballot-box on elec tion day! Wc can only account for the admission of this miserable, “ lame and impotent” production into the columns of any newspaper, on the ground that” drowning men will catch at straws.” As organs of a once power ful but now efiete and disorganized par ly, they feel that they occupy a ticklish position—as indeed they do; and much of their extraordinary conduct in regard to the American party £ should be par doned on this account, £!P The fire iu the woods which we noticed in our last issue, proved to have been far more destructive than we were aware of at the time we penned the paragraph referred to. We thought at the time that it was local—-whereas, it seems to have been general—embracing in its scope a large portion of this State, as well as portion of North and South Carolina. We hope.the damage suffer ed by these fires may cause every one to be more careful in the use of this dan gerous element. Thf. Ruling Passion.—While the fight (says the New York Tribune) among the pugilists was going on in Broadway the other night, the running, yellingwind pistol-firing in the street roused a returned Californian, who was stopping in the Metropolitan. He heard the rumpus, got out of bed, opened the window, thrust out his head, and cried out,Go it, old boys, go it ; that puts me in mind of Sacramento 1”—Where upon he slammed down his window and back to bed. - Id?* A prohibitory Jaw has been en acted, at Delaware tq the first of June Here they are: “ Do NOT RELAX YOUU EFFOlt TS.— A friend, who takes great interest in the circulation of the Era, thinking it of much importance to the Anti-Slavery movement, begs us to call upon our friends not to relax their efforts to main tain it. We confess we do not like to bore tbera with such appeals, but per haps we might as well say, frankly, that were each one of our corps of voluntary agents, who have been accustomed to at tend to our subscriptions in different locations, to send us six new subscribers, even then they would fail to make up for the l ss of Subscribers resulting from Know Notuingism ? The States wliich have shown themseivc9 most pro scriptive are, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massu ebusetts. “ Does it not look strange that the Anti-Slavery men of those Stalest, who have proscribed us, would rather put down the only Press in the capital of the Republic, on slave soil, which reflects the sentiment of the free States on the Question of Slavery, than have it oppose a Party which excluded or ignores this question?” These two paragraphs are a portion, of the same character of the leading editorial of the leading Abolition print, published at Washington City, D. C. the National Era. Are such remarks and acknowledgements, worth nothing, in defining the character of the Ameri can Party ? Ah, gentlemen, they speak volumes. If straws indicate the quarter of the wind, what do the bendings of this mammoth of foe Abolition forest, indicate,' Patriots and sensible men will not destroy, but will give such proof as gqs, full force, as to the true char acter of tlie American party. • But this is not all. No, gentlemen, done with you yet Here A LEAF FROM THE PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. The subject before the House, when the the following part of its proceedings transpired, was, the geueral Appropria tion Bill, which was sought to be passed, with a Tariff section attached : Mr. CLALTON. I meant to reply to the Senator from South Carolina, but the Senator from Virginia has imposed upon me a double duty. Iam an hum ble member of the American party; not the exponent of the Know Nothings. The Araerican'party is an open party is with an intelligent platform. It was organized and was successful in my State. Mr. MASON. Do you justifiy their secret meeting and oaths ? Mr, CLAYTON. I know nothing about such meetings or oaths. The American' party ignore the whole ques tion of Slavery, and will keep out of Congress whoever shall dare to Mr. RUSK. Will the gentleman from Delaware tell me whether there is any American party outside of Dela ware ? Mr. CLAYTON. You see I am overloaded with questions. Mr. MASON. I object to anybody taking tha gentleman from me. I want to ask whether the party, which the Senator from Delaware calls tlie Ameri can party, is not now in possession cf the Government of Michigan? Mr. CLAYTON, (to Mr. Rusk.) You'll find out within the next fourteen months whether the American party is outside of Delaware, (to Mr. Mason ;) And you’ll find, very shortly, whether there are any of them in Virginia. You talk of disunion. If you, Senators, you and each of you, and the Representatives in the other House, should resolve here, that the Union should be dissolved, the great body of the people are so attached to the Union that they would come here and hang you all. or else throw you into the Potomac.” These last, remarks, coming from the quarter they do, should certainly satisfy all Union men ; and, we think, is a pretty good pledge, that Abolition ism, as well as all other "isms, has seen its day. What say you about it, reader, and more especially if you should be one of the drilled followers of that effete party, the Democracy. We would ad vise you, and we do so disinterestedly, to ” come from under,” oc the carcass and accumulated filth of that once.pow erful party, will tumble in and bury you in its ruins. REMOVAL OF THE ATLANTA P. M. By the following, it will be seen that the Jesuitical influence in and about Atlanta has effected thqjeinoval of the worthy and efficient postmaster at that place.- We heard a Democrat of that place—who, fey the way, is one of the most violent partizans we ever met- admit that his course was not only un exceptionable, but that tie made a much more efficient officer than he could hope his successor would, and yet he boldly justified hisTemoval, on the ground that “ to the victors belong the spoils.” Removal cf the Postmaster.— The papal axe has again fallen, and the Postmaster in this city, whose only crime was, that he was aud has been for upwards of thirty years a worthy mem ber of a Protestant Church, has been sacrificed. It is true, he was charged with being connedtod with the Ameri can party, but this charge was disprov ed, by a large number of the most re spectable citizens of Atlanta, Democrat and Whig, whose petition against the removal of the late Postmaster was re ceived in Washington some days before the removal was consummated. That he was faithful in the discharge of his duties, courteous and attentive to all calls upon his attention, is proven by the fact that he leaves the office with the regret of the citizens whom he has SO faithfully served. But he was a Pro testant and his brother belonged to the American party—and the Pope’s agent at the head of the Postoffice department, if he could not rekindle, the fires of Smithfield here, could vent his petty and maligant spleen upon the American or der, by removing a man from office, who.se integrity of character and amia bility of heart had won for him the con fidence and festeem of all who knew him. It is due to Mr. Boyd, the present Postmaster, to state that he was not consulted as to his appointment, and knew nothing of the removal until infor med that he was appointed to office As the facts connected with this outrage upon the citizens of Atlanta, will soon be laid before them, we forbear for the present.—Atlanta Intelligencer. MR. OVERBY’S ACCEPTANCE. We find in our exchanges the follow ing leter of acceptance from Mr. Over by, the Orohibition candidate for Governor: Atlanta, March 3, 1855. Gentlemen :—I am in receipt of yours of the 22d of February, by which I learn that on that day l was nominated, by the Prohibition Convention, a candidate for Governor. I accept the nomination. And in order that a misunderstanding shall not occur between you and myself, nor be tween us and the voters of Georgia, permit me to say, 1st. I am in favor of repealing the License Laws now in force in this State. 2d. I will advocate Legislative action to suppress the sale of liquor in any quan tity, to be drank as a beverage at the place of sale. I do not object to the sale and use of wine or spirituous liquors for Medical, Mechanical, or Religious purposes. Tfiis i3 my exposition of the platform laid down by the Convention. Our banner, with the above senti ments plainly inscribed upon its spotless folds, is throw it to the breeze. We invite every Philanthropist, and Patriot, and Christian, to rally with us under this standard, and make one determined, .in dovnitable effort against grog-shops and crimes, and for our wives and children. I am gentlemen, your friend, and fellow citizen. B. H. Overby. To Messrs. J. B. Randall, A. A. Robinson G. J. Pearce, E. L. Newton, and J. T. Montgomery, Committee. ugo into operation we tmvenot done witn you yet Here is another equally pointed and decisive 'Am ♦ Judge Mason, the American Minister in Paris, is said to have almost entirely recovered his health. During his ilf- ness, the Emperor and all the Imperial family manifested much interest in his welfare, and at the last diplomatic gath ering at the Tuilleries, the family of Mr. Mason were preseut, and were warmly congratulated on the Minister’s recovery. Seeds and Statistics.—Congress begins to bestow special care upon the agricultural interests of the country. In the general appropriation bill we find an item of forty thousand and seventy- eight dollars to reimburse the Patent office fund for the amounts heretofore paid out for seeds and the collection of agricultural statistics. It will be re membered that the clerk in charge of the Agricultural Burean made a visit' to Europe last year to replenish the stock of seeds for distribution. Seeds, we understand, have been distributed with great liberality, to every part of the country.—Nat. Int. * Wonderful Vitality.—Lord Lind say on examining a mummy which by- its hieroglyphics was proved to be at least two thousand years of age found m one. of its closed hands a tuberous or bul bous root Desirous of seeing how long vegetable fife could last he plant# it and in the course of a few week? to h& THEOSTEND CONFERENCE Messrs Buchannan,Mason and Soule, Ministers of the United States at the courts of England, France and Spain, report after mature deliberation upon the subject, in faver of the purchase of Cuba, at almost any price and if Spain refuses to sell, they intimate, the duty of this country, the necesity of its forci ble acquisition. We are not convinced by their argument that self preservation would justify the act of robbery contem plated. MARBLE IN CASS. It gives us pleasure to state that a valuable bed of Marble has been dis covered on the land of Col. J. T. Row land, in this county, The location is WHAT ARE TH EIR PRINCIPLES This question is daily propouned by persons who affect to. believe that the “ American party” dare not lay before the people the platform of their organi zation. Here are their principles—we throw the banner to the breeze, that these principles may -be„“ known and read of all men.” They possess a vital! ty which all the party platforms in our day have wofully lacked. The great American heart beats responsive to this short but comprehensive creed, which appeals to the patriotism of every true native of our genial soil. It has been said with truth that the old party issues are “ dead cocks iu tjie pit”—if we do not greatly err, the old parties themselves arc “ dead cocks” too. Denationalized, sectionalized and abolitioniaed, they still maintain, it is true, at least the appearance of a frag mentary existence. But their days are .numbered—the sceptre has departed. The American party—which is em phatically the party of the People—pre sents issues of the deepest moment— necessarily growing out of the present condition ot the country—and which must settle, for weal or wo, its future Tot the Southern Watchman. &R. Editor : t arti informed tha article, published in your paper of J] 1st, has given offence to Mr. Jam, Sledge* Who professes to be the e of the This informatfo, cause? me to examine the article cepted to vefy carefully. I find but two ideas to which the edit, question can take exceptions. ]f t formation had been that, the Ban^i asserted it to be the general wish “ reorganized” Democratic p ar tj the Sixth District, to send Mr. (j back to Congress, in the place 0 | late incumbent, Judge Hi!!y er therefore remarked, “ if he,” (the] tor of the Banner,) •« intends to inc! all the Counties in his asseveration is as wide of the truth as he ever wa his life, and this is talk enough.” ft if I was correct in my information a the position of ther Banner, and if editor intended to convey the idea puted to him, then, what I before st; was true / and I have no teVract'toi make, aud no explanation to give, cerninig it. The voice of the parw ; not favorable to the re-election of\ destiny. Cobb to Congress, in all the count! Let the people of Georgia read the , , , ° following declaration of American prin^' anc ,le asserts the contrary assi ciples, and regardless of the dictation of party hacks—whether Whigs or Detno- caats—let them determine for them selves if they be not true American doctrines: our principles. First, We shall advocate a repeal of the laws of naturalization, or if that can not be accomplished, then such a modi fication of these laws as will prevent fu ture emigrants from becoming citizens, short of a residence of twenty-one years, after taking the oath of allegiance to the United States, and of abjuration of all other powers, potentates, and prin ces. Second. We shall advocate the pas sage of a .'tringent law by Congress to prevent immigration hitherof foreigners who are either paupers or criminals, and to send back to the countries from which they come all such foreigners of these classes as_may, in violation of such law, hereafter reach our ports : and to require the President of the United' States to demand from any government, which may send hither such classes of its sub jects, immediate and ample satisfaction for such outrage, and proper indemnity against the repetition thereof. Third. We shall oppose the election or appointment of any foreign-born citi zens to any office of trust, honor or emo lument, under the Federal or Slate governments, or the employment or en listment of such persens in the army or in time of war; maintaining, as we do the opinion, that the native bdrn citizens of the United States have the right to govern the land of their birth ; and that immigrants from abroad be con tent with the enjowpeat of life, liberty and property under our institutions, without seeking to participate in the enaction,admini3trauon,or execution of our laws. Fourth. We shall advocate and urge the adoption of such an amended form of'an oath to support the Constitution of the United States,and to be adminis tered to all person elected or appointed to any office of trust, honor, or emolu ment, under the Federal or State gov ernments, as will effectually exclude from such offices all persons who shall not directly and explicitly recognize the ob ligations and binding force of the Con stitution of the United States, as para mount to all obligations of adhesion or allegiance to any foreign prince, power, potentate, or authority whatever, under any and all circumstances.' Fifth. We shall maintain the doctrine that no one of the States of this Union has the right to admit to the enjoyment of free suffrage any person of foreign birth, who has not been first made a citizens of the United States, according to the * uniform rule” of naturalization prescribed by Congress,under the provi- sionsof the constitution. Sixth. We shall oppose now and here after any “union of Church and State,” no matter what class of religionists shall seek to bring about such union. Seventh, We shall vigorously main tain the vested rights of all persons, of native or foreign birth, and shall at all tispes oppose the slightest interference with such vested rights. Eighth. We shall oppose ar.d protest against all abridgement of religious li berty, holding it as a cardinal ?tnaxim, that religious faith is a question between each individual and his God and over which no political government, or other human power, can rightfully exercise > about five miles from this place, and within one and a half miles of Carters-j any supervision or control, at any time We have before us two spect- ville. mens before us two -one of a beautiful white marble in any place, or in any form. Ninth. We shall oppose all “higher ... . ,........ .. . ... Ia&” doctrines, by which the constitu- almost translucent, of very fine grain, j i;on is to be set at nought, violated, or and susceptible, we should think, of very disregarded, whether by politicians, by high polish : the other a very fine speci men of variegated marble, one of the most beautiful we have ever seen,. Both of these varieties occur in large quan tities and give promise of gr»*t value. We shall take occasion, before long, to speak more fully of this valuable dis covery than we are able to do now. In -Standard. ; r • - - ‘K .V v - VJ'A V who call on us. Mr* Dent, in a letter ’^3$ressed “ to fncratic P District,' the sion in the £ - “ - r 3 w ill VUU joyful astonishment, the root burst forth Newnau Banner of; the 9th; i«st., de- aud bloomed into a beautiful dahlia. ; ] dines « re-uoinination. religionists, or by the adherents or fol lowers of either, or by any other class of persons. Tenth. We shall maintain and defend the constitution as it stands, the Union as it exists, and the rights of the State?, without diminution, as guaranteed^there- hy ; opposing at all times,'and to The ex tent of our ability and influence, all who may assail them, or either of them. , Eleventh. We shall Oppose no man,and an untruth, ignorant and insolent, far as my county is concerned, I \ much doubt whether Mr. Cobb c< to-day get 200 votes in it for any of] l am certain the fire-eating, McDon loving Democracy would not touch li His support here would be only f r Union Democrats, and this very Iu warm, for reasons that will readily s gest themselves to the Governor’s mil, I remarked, als:>, that “ the Sou. era Banner, the mouth-piece of tl Cobbhara clique, (the editor cf wbk sheet, as well as the sheet itself, it is® derstood the ex-Governor has a sa’e, duly recorded at Watkinsviile,) I have been correctly informed,&c,&.c If the Southern Banner is no’, t mouth-piece of Gov. Cobb, speaki: and reflecting his sentiments, on political questions, the paper has be very widely and very grossly tnisrep: semed; for this has been the charge the opposition pres? y concurred in k portion of the Democrtic papers tin selves, ever since Col. Holsey w bought out ; and the charge h never been contradicted, so for hi as my information extends. And here go a step .further, and state wfe everybody knows to be true : Col.//! sey refused to support the nomicn of Judge Johnson f»r Governor in ISkj He was for Jenkins; and findingiJ inexorable in his purpose to give Jenkb the benefit of his editorial position,! editor of the Banner, some man, or m it was charged, bought his press,fe tares, and all, and thus muzzled it, m siienced the Colonel’s batteries! i| was distinctly charged, iu several pi pers, that Gov. Cobb, Judge Hilljfj Mr. Hull, and perhaps others were: the bottom of this movement, each «t tributing to a kind of joint stock to necessary to be levied for the pury of the purchase of the Banner, anij get clear of Col. Holsey, and his op| tion to the success of Johnson. $ movement was a new one in Geor? Democraric tactics; and was bittet denounced at the time as a most daa? rous precedent, and a palpable inn® of the liberty of the press. It wastk said that some one, whose namel ; not recollect, was to be placed at a head of tho Banner, thus choked f as its ostensible owner and condif- to shoulder the responsibility oM others might write and publish in columns. All these charges were mi with what truth I do not say. They s’ have been false; but if ever contradid I have not seen the denial If the Banner editor will examine article in. the Atlanta Republic^ the 8th March, over the signature “ Junius Junior,” he will see in light other folks, beside my<elf, ^ been led to regard some things tafg ing his paper, its character, and co» tion. The writer charges the to be * r a blind party sheet, incapf making or sanctioning asnorw^ pronounced orthodox by the Dcm<* ri Sanhedrim!” In plain English’ 1 the Banner' ecitor acts as he is !l upon; speaks what and when A dictate and order; and belongs ® Cobbham & Sanhedrim” or junto! ^ writer also hints that the edih* B anntr, has asserted what is reference to the proceedings ot ion at Atlanta. ,ll{ the meantime, we shall be glad to show austain nQ man on the ground of the op- perance Convention at Atlanta. • th^peanwm, id our possess™, to thos t>s i eion t6> „ r his sopport ofj DOTOCra . Peb , uarr .. but , h b teing » 1 who call nn na —RtftndnvA ticmeasures or SVhig mfiasure^ but those who oppose out Banner of cle in r4at ences lie is subject to I shall not w to the T&Km the edi»- 01 j find an od> er mselC W thC ( , which :S