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ATHENS, GA.
THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 17,
1355.
TO ADVERTISERS.
The Watchman is the paper in which
to advertise, if you wish your advertise
ments 4 ‘ read of all men.’’ It has a larger
circulation than any paper ever before
enjoyed in this place, and large as it is,
it is bcitig swelled by daily accessions
CIRCULATE THE DOCUMENTS !
GIVE THE PEOPLE LIGHT !
The speech of Mr. Smith (Democra
tic Representative in Congress from Ala
bama) delivered in the House of Repre
sentntives iu January last, will soon be
reedy for distribution. Send in your or
ders, ns we wish to ascertain the num
ber needed f to supply the demand .
Price $3 per hundred, caih.
“ Watchman" Office, Athens, )
May 10, 1855. )
Lif’ Will our Georgia cotemporaries
notice the above ? The favor will be
cheerfully reciprocated.
REVIVAL.
A very interesting protracted meet
ing h as Leon going on at the Methodist
church in this place for the last two
weeks. Great numbers of mourners, we
understand, crowd the altar daily, arid
there is, we are pleased to learn, a fair
promise of a gracious revival of religion
iu our midst. Several have already
professed religion and connected them
selves with the church. The meeting
is still going on at the time we write,
and will probably he protracted several
days longer. . ,
WE FEEL SURE WE ARE RIGHT.
If we had formeily had any doubts
upon the subject, the fact that among
the subscribers we are daily entering
upon cur books, are the names of many
of our patriotic and intelligent fair
countrywomen, would at once dispel
them. Lovely woman is ever ready to
respond to the calls of patriotism. It w as
so in our Revolutionary struggle ; and
now, again, when foreign emissaries,
headed by Jesuit priests and assisted by
motive demagogues, are attempting to
accomplish through the instrumentality
of the ballot-box what they failed to
achieve with the sword—the subjuga
tion of our happy land to foreign rule—
she again patriotically steps forward on
the side of her country ! “ Last at the
cress and earliest at the grave,”—in
religion, patriotism and iife’s holy char
ities, she is always foremost! God
bless her 1
Among the rxent additions to our
lki, we observe the name of a venera
ble lady in an adjoining State, who was
n witness of those scenes which *' tried
men’s souls." Oft have we been charm
ed by her rehearsal of the stirring events
of that period. We understand that
she feels as much interest in the pend
ing contest between her countrymen
and their enemies as she did in the first.
May Heaven spare her life to witness
the complete triumph of the " JtOPf,.
cans” in 18561
TO SAVE WHEAT.
A friend informed us ihr.t wheat may
be harvested, however short by a very-
simple contrivance—which consists in
attaching and apron to the fingers of the
THE ATHENS JUNTA.
This corrupt clique—whose political
trickery and dishonesty we have ex
posed on all occasions, and shall con
tinue, from time to time, to lay bare
before the people—smarting under the
effects of the well-directed blows of the
Southern Watchman for some time past,
and too cowardly to come forth from
their hiding places, have, in the last
issue ofthe “ organ of the foreign Jesuit
priests, convicts and paupers,’’ over the
signature of their “ man Friday”—one
of the " appurtenances” belonging to
the Southern Banner office—devoted
half a column or so to the personal
abuse of the editor of this paper—an
article more remarkable for its ruffianly
blackguardism, low abuse, and rile,
wicked aud malicious falsehoods, than
atty thing of equal length we have seen
lately. To add to it* enormity, this at
tack is entirely unprovoked on our part;
this is not merely our own opinion, but
is the calm, •deliberate conviction of
every respectable gentleman in the com
munity, (not connected with the before-
mentioned •* clique,”) with whom we
have conversed. It is true, that so far
as we can learn, none of the *• clique’
pretend to claim the paternity of the
vile production; but every body
in this community knows full well, that
low aud contemptible as it is, the indi
vidual whose name they have attached
to it (one james a. sledgo,) could not
possibly have written it.
Ordinarily, we have the “ magnanirai
ty” to pass such vile attacks by, with
the silent contempt they deserve, and'
should do so in the present instance—
not suffering it to disturb our equanimity
in the slightest degree—but for the
bitter, vindictive, malignant and fiendish
spirit manifested in every line of it.
It is not our purpose to have a news
paper, or any other sort of controversy
with these people ; but we will say to
the real author of that low and scurril
ous attack, and to the other members
of the clique, that if they wish to pro
voke a personal difficulty with us, they
must seek some other plan than that of
blackguarding us over the signature of
a person we cannot regard as responsi
ble—1st, because we question whether
he possesses sufficient intellect to con
stitute him an accountable being; and,
2d, because if he does, he acts tinder
duress—is not possessed of sufficient
independence to refuse to do the bidding
of those bad men who control his ac
tions. If they scant any thing of us,
toe can at all times he found at our office
or on the street! We call on Heaven
to witness our sincerity, when we say
that it is, and lias been, our earnest de
sire to live at peace with our neighbors.
Nevertheless, if wicked men—rather
demons in human foira—are determin
ed that we shall not maintain that “peace
and charity with all men 1 ’ which our
holy religion inculcates—if these fiends
shall so far forget ,*ur personal rights os
to attempt to trample upon them, we
shall, in the discharge of our duty to
our family, our country, and to the
Great Being who created us, defend our
self to the last extremity.
We have Been persecuted for years
by these individuals, solely on account
of political differences. Whilst we have
never shunned such of them Sts are in
aud denounces venerable gray-haired
patriots, whose lived have been spent in
the service of their country, and holy
men who minister at God’s altar—to
say nothing of the great majority of the
most worthy and respectable private
citizens of the State—as “Thugs,’’
conspirators,” and all that sort of
slang: when, not content with this,it
parades in its prostituted columns the
names of the honored dead, to bolster
up the cause of the foreign mercenaries
aud native demagogues in whose ser
vice it has enlisted, it may expect to be
skinned as heretofore, “ only more so /”
This is an avocation in which we take
no pleasure—but, sickened and dis
gusted, we enter upon it just as a skilful
surgeon undertakes the eradication of
a malevolent tumor or the healing of a
putrid ulcer—solely from a sense ofduty.
ENCOURAGING.
We receive the most encouraging
news from our friends everywhere. A
gentleman, writing to us from a neigh
boring county the other day, for our pa
per, says : “ I expect to send you in a
few days the names of quite a number
of staunch old line Democrats. I am
myself a Democrat of the straitest sect,
but most cordially adopt the American
platform.” Another one, by the same
mail, sent us twenty-nine new subscri
bers! We do not mention these as sin
gle isolated cases— for they are of fre
quent occurrence. We refer to them
simply to show our friends how the tide
is setting.
We do not think it at all remarkable
that gentlemen who formerly acted with
the Democratic party should be among
the most zealous “ Americans” in the
land—for we believe, in the language
of a distinguished lawyer who former
ly acted with that party, that the Amer-
icfh platform is based uptn true Demo
cratic principles, and as such commeuds
itself to thesuppo:t of the whole Ameri
can people.
THEY DARE NOT MEET THEM!
Our readers have no doubt observed,
as we have, that the foreign organs—
notwithstanding all their frenzied zeal
in behalf of their allies—the Jesuit
priests, convicts and paupers—dare not
attack the principles or meet the argu
ments of the A uiericau party. Their plat
form of principles is invulnerable, and
the most reckles of its opposers will not
dare to attack it. So far front doing this,
they proclaim their own weakness to
the world, and bring obloquy and re
proach upon American journalism, by a
resort to ruffianly blackguardism, low
personal abuse, and the most shameless,
brazen, bald-headed lying that has ever
characterised the course of any party.
When overwhelmed with argument and
completely driven to the wall by the
omnipotent power of truth, they betake
themselves to the low billingsgate of
the fishmarket—denouncing venerable,
gray-headed patriots who have freely
spilt their blood in defence of the coun
try’s rights and honor, and aged and
holy ministers of the Gospel who have
difference between our correspondent
and informant is in regard to the object
of tho. meeting—and the latter being
the gentleman who conceived the idea
of getting up the meeting, 9urely ought
to know what motives actuated himself
and the other gentlemen who took a
leading part in it—one of whom he as
sures us is known to be zealous in his
advocacy of the American platform—
we shall at present decline publishing
our correspondent’s account ofthe meet
ing, solely on the ground that it might
embarrass the future action of our
friends in Oglethorpe.
WHAT THE FATHERS OF THE
REPUBLIC THOUGHT.
Our young men should have the sen
timents of our fathers or the subjects
which now engross the public mind
kept constantly before their eyes. To
this end, we re-publish the following
sentiments, uttered by Washington,
Jefferbon, Madison, Monroe, Jack-
son, &c.&c. Was Washington, whose
name and fame the American people
will ever cherish and perpetuate—were
these other illustrious patriots, soldiers
and statesmen “ Thugs,” “ Hindoos,”
“ Miduight Conspirators,” “ Traitors ?”
We can tell tho^e who thus traduce
their countrymen in order to please the
foreign party,who was a •‘midnight con
spirator’’of that day. It was a certain Be
nedict Arnold,whose association with the
foreign enemy was more intimate than
that of any other American officer of
whom we have any account 1! Let them
beware lest their zeal against their own
countrymen shall place them in the same
category!
“ Against the insidious wiles of For-
eign Influence, (I conjure you to believe
me, fellow citizen’*,) the jealousy of a
free people ought to be constantly awake.
It is one of the most baneful foes of a
Republican Government.”— Washing
ton.
“ I hope we may find some means in
future of shielding ourselves from foreign
influence—political, commercial, or in
whatever form it may be attempted,
wish there were an ocean of fir>- between
this and the old world.”—Jefferson.
*• Foreign Influence is a greciatt horse
to the Republic—we cannot ’ be too
careful to exclude its entrance.”—Madi
son.
“ It is time that we should become
a little more Americanized; and in
stead of feeding the paupers and la
borers of England, feed our own, or
else, in a short time, by our present po
licy. we shall be paupers ourselves.”
Jackson.
“ Americans can do their own voting
And their own fighting.”—Gen. Harri
scheme will find, that if the people are son ‘ „ . ,
“ Foreigners will render our election
MORE EVIDENCE!
We have shown from their leading
men and all their presses that the Abo
litionists of the North are as bitter
against the Enow Nothings as any party
can be, on the ground that they will
“ crush out” anti-slavery agitation. The
enemies of the American party at the
South, however, have triumphantly en
quired, why did the Legislature of Mas
sachusetts elect Wilson, the abolitionist,
to the U. S, Senate! Well, we don’t
know tohy they did it; probably because
he was a member of the American
party, and as such, pledged against the
further agitation of the subject of slavery.
It seems, however, that this man Wil
son, in a late lecture in Boston, denoun
ced the Know Nothing organization as
“ perilous to the anti-slavery sentiment !
The following report of his remarks is
copied from the Boston Telegraph :
“ Gen. Wilson gave the closing lec
ture of the anti-slavery course, last even
ing, at the Temple. He explained for
himself the position with regard to sla
very that he bad occupied for twenty
years, arid cajled upon all to oppose any
party that should try to smother the anti
slavery sentiment. He assumed that
this course had been the death of the
two great parties, AND MUST BE OF
THE OTHER PARTYNOW FORM
ING. He said THIS PARTY WAS
PERILOUS TO THE ANTI-
SLAVERT SENTIMENT, and called
upon the anti-slavery party to KILL
OFF the ‘AMERICAN doughfaces/
as they had the others/’
— —4
A NEW “ DEMOCRATIC ’” TEST.
We learn from the Rome Courier that
the watchers around the defunct body
of Democracy—persons 'who formerly
belonged to that onfe powerful party,
and have appropriated its mme as a
rallying cry in the unnatural and frater-
cidal warfare they and their foreign
legions are now waging against those
who are so unfortunate as to be natives—
the leaders of this party in Floyd coun
ty, we understand, are circulating a
written pledge among the people, re
quiring the independent voters of that
county to declare by their signatures
that they are not now, and never intend
to become, members of the Know
Nothing organization!!! The Courier
says that among the foreigners the
pledge is signed very readily—some ef
them declaring “ it is petter ash goot 1”
but many of the natives spurn the idea
of “signing away their liberties !”
We understand that the signing of
this pledge is to be the future test of De-
mOeracy^in Fli^d.' The ptovers in this
he counted them, and found the number
to be precisely one dozen—among whom
he recognized two or three old-time
Whigs,and he does not know how many
of the crowd may have been Rnow-
nothings. Upon inquiry among them,
he learned they had beenholding the so-
called “ Democratic meeting,” which,
by the time it reaches the seaboard, will
no doubt, be magnified into a “ great
mass meeting!” Our informant’s charac
ter for truth and veracity is as good as
that of any gentleman in Jackson coun
ty ; and if any one wishes to call in
question the facts substantially given
above, they can have his name.
subjected to this sort of test, there will
be very few so-called Democrats left!
Fuied Tripe.—We beard the other
day, an incident in the travels of our
friend,Jim , which amused us no
little. Oh a recent trip to the lower
part of the State, he stopped at a house
where, among other things, was some
nice fried tripe upon the table, “ done
brown.” Now, it so happened that
Jim had never been accustomed to eat
ing “ beefs innards” a£a •* sich like” at
cradle.
IT?
When so much wheat is short
grain <o scarce as at prerent, it is
of the utraast importance that every
st.dk should be saved.
TEMPERANCE NOTICE.
B. II Overby, Esq, will deliver the
Tthfanniversnry address before Father
Mathew Division, No. 34 Sons of Tem
perance, at the Town llail on Thursday,
24th inst. at I0J o’clock, A. M. The
friends of Temperance and tho public
are earnestly requested to attend.
13** Members of the order will please
meet at Temperance Hall at 9} o’clocK,
to form a procession.
E. L NEWTON. j
I. A§. KENNEY, > Com.
R .1. GARDENER, )
May 16th, l«o5.
of that Gospel, tmd buffeting me waves
of Popish su££-jrst’jtion, the infidelity,
tr! i7iscendentalism aud atheism imported
bus.ness, but have Spent m:.k,v a dollar I into this COUDtr ^ fron1 for€, S n Ia,,dl? ’ as
wiUi and entertumed for them,
personally, the kindest feelings—no
pains have been spared to injure us in
our business aud private character.—
The same indeed, is true of our feelings
heretofore towards even the young man
whose name is appended to this most
unprovoked and unwarrantable attack
heine, mistaking the nice brown
spent a life-time in battling for the truths, 1 Square pieces of tripe for waffles, he
helped himself to a piece. After sawing
away for some time in an ineffectual
attempt to cut off one corner, he looked
intently into his plate, and throw-
ARRESTED.
John Epps, charged with the murder
of his father—and whose escape from
jail we noticed last week—was arrested
by oar Ex-Marshal, Capt. Win H. Dor
sey, on Thursday night list, and is
tin iu jail at WatkinsvHle. The
tin, we learn, also captured some
six runaway negroes last week.
— ......
upon us. We have not only uniformly
extended to him, personally, those little
kindnesses and courtesies of every-day
life which every individual in the human
form may confidently claim at our hands,
but have traveled out of the way to ex
hibit a’kindness to him or to do him a
favor,wheuever an opportunity present
ed itself 1 In view, then, of these facts,
we leave it to an intelligent community
to say why this demoniacal spirit of
persecution should be carried into the
walks of private life. ( Several gentle
men have suggested that it grows out of
the fact tiiat the clique regard it att
unpardonable sin in us to publish a pa
per in this town opposed to them in
politics—and more especially so, since
they have ascertained that the South
ern Watchman has a larger circulation
than their peculiar organ.) We
have borne with it long and patiently,
and now, in conclusion, we inform the
“Junta” that it remains with them to
deternrne whe.her the war shall be
“ carried into Africa” or not!
t the Stone Moun-
Railroad
by fire last week
In regard to the ** foreign organ,” if
it wishes to avoid the excoriating casti
gations which have caused it to writhe
and howl with impotent rage, let it
confine itself to the paths of truth and
“V When it steps out of this line
—as it frequently has done of late-
midnight conspirators,” “ Thugs,
“ Traitors,” and other equally choice
appellations!!!
Are the conductors of these presses
aware that the eyes of their country
men are upon them ? Do they know
that the people are taking cognizance
of their course ? Do they know that the
American party is by no means con
fined within the walls of its council-
rooms—that there are twenty outsiders
to where there is one insider ? Above
all, do they acknowledge their respon
sibility to their Maker in the highly
important po ts they fill, as conductors
of the public press—professedly a ve
hicle of knowledge, public intelligence,
Truth? Have they fougotten that the
All-Seeing Eye is upon them? Do
they think that the vengeance of Heav
enwill always sleep? Or have they
abandoned themselves to the infidelity,
transcendentalism, atheism and licen
tiousness of their imported allies, with
whom they are so zealously battling
against their own countrymen, the* chief
corner-stone of whose political faith is,
that “ Americans shall rule America !”
Let the people observe the course of
these presses, and whenever any of
them produce one solitary fact, or ‘drum
up* even a plausible argument againstthe
principles of the American pary, give it
full credit for being at least sincere; but
so long as they confine themselves to
base slanders, low abuse aud the most
unmitigated falsehoods, the people will
know—cannot help knowing— that there
is “ something ratten” covered up!
Chronicle & Sentinel fob sale.—
Dr. Wm. S. Jones, the proprietor, now
offering the Augusta Chronicle & Sen
tinel for saje. It is doubtless good news
paper property
ing down his knife and fork, bawled to
the waiter, “ Here, sir, take my plate,
and bring me some waffle that has no
rags in it! The scene that followed
may be imagined, but not described.
THE OGLETHORPE MEETING.
We are informed by a gentleman
whese integrity and veracity cannot be
questioned, that our correspondent,
whose communication in reference to
the so-called “anti-Know-Nothing meet
ing ” in Lexington we noticed last week,
is mistaken in regard to the character
of that meeting. Our correspondent,
we believe to he h gentleman of the
strictest veracity,aud no one who knows
him will dare hint that he would know
ingly misrepresent any body.
Our informant, who, by the by, was,
we understand, the prime mover in get
ting up the Oglethorpe meeting, assures
us that it was uot intended to oppose any
party—that its whole object was to make
a demonstration in favor of Mr. Ste
phens becoming a candidate for Con
gress without reference to past or pre
sent party differences—and that to avoid
even all appearance of party ism, one of
the officers of the meeting was an old-
time Whig and the other formerly a
Democrat—that it bad been claimed
afterwards that they were both “ Atueri
cans” in sentiment—whether this was
so, he himself did not pretend to know.
As the crowd in attendance—number
ing some fifty or sixty—was small, and
it was thought desirable, in order to
have a large meeting of the citizens,
irrespective of party differences, a mo
tion to adjourn until some time next
a curse instead of a blessing.”—Martin
Van Buren.
“ I most devoutly wish we had not a
single foreigner amongst us, except
the Marquis de Lafayette, wlifi acts <>n
very different principles from tho>e
which govern the rest.”—George TPasA
ington.
THE AGONY OYER!
Mr. Stephens has at last defined bis
pos'Ubn in regard to Know-Nothingism
His letter is written in reply to inqui
ries addressed to him by Thomas W
Thomas, Esq., of Elberl. We gather
from his letter—which is very lengthy
—that he is opposed to Sam “ right
smartly,” and that he declines runnin
for Congress this year.
Mr. S is an able man—has beyond
all question '* done the State some ser
vice,” and might have done much more
if he had been content to remain with
the people. It seems, however, that he
has voluntarily placed a barrier between
himself and future preferment. This
he had a perfect right to do. If he could
not conscientiously act with the Ameri
can party, no one would be so unreason
able as to ask him to violate his sense of
duty. It has been suggested that his
opposition grows out of the fact that he
was not consulted with regard to the
American movement, and having so
long led public opinion, was not willing
to fall into the ranks as a ‘ high private.’
We know not how this may be ; but, as
an admirer of this truly gifted man, we
hope he may not be betrayed into the
folly of running a tilt against “Sam”
in his district —the result of which would
be like that of the attack the Quaker s
ram made upon the hat on the end of a
pitchfork. It is our intention to give
his letter a more extended notice here
after.
GREAT UPHEAVING OF THE
MASSES IN JACKSON!
We are informed by a gentleman who
sat in full view of the court house in Jef
ferson the day of the great demonstra
tion, of which our readers may have
heard something. Being anxious to wit
ness the proceedings of the meeting, he
assures ns that he watched diligently
for hours, and could not see a sufficient
number of people going into the court
house to create even a suspicion that a
meeting was on hand ' About the time
he had given up all hope of seeing “ the
show” he observed several geutlemen
month, was introduced into and passed I coming out of the door together, and
by the meeting. As the only material I thinking it might be “ the meeting,”
For tlis Southern Watchman.
Mr. Editor : I am delighted, yes,
I may say 1 am in ecstacy at the present
state of Politics in this State and the
United States. Prior to the event,
which gave birth to existing circum
stances, Parties had become corrupt in
the extreme; they were nothing short of
complete mass of putridity. But a
new order of things has come about, a
new organization has sprung into exist
ence, a«j organization founded by a
pure man, an organization which has
for it’s end, integrity, justice, hone>ty
and truth, backed by a sincere and ar
dent love of country. The iwo old par
ties are nearly defunct. The Whig
party is gone—it is useless to contend
that a vestige remains—it is clean gone
forever! The rotten ship barely held
together up to the time of the storm of
’52, and then, in that gale, it went down
to rise no more; and it ought to have
gone down, it or auy other craft who had
for a captain a man who was fond of hear
ing “ the rich Irish brogue and the sweet
German accent.” If the Democratic
party is not totally gone, it has, at least
had-serious cavities made in it’s ranks
by the Anti-Catholic party. The two
great parties of the country will now
be either the Native and Foreign, or the
Anti-Catholic and the Catholic parlies
But in expressing my felicity at the
present state of affairs, I am not so much
delighted at the idea of the destruction
ofthe old parties (though I am heartily
glad of that,) as I am that the people
have organized a party upon pure prin
ciples. a party the object of which is to
guard the Liberty of our country! For
I contend that it is essential to liberty
to fight Catholicism to the death, I ask
where in the annals of the world, can
you show me, that liberty and Catholi
c srri have dwelt in the same country
I contend-nhat to enjoy liberty you mus
exterminate the Catholics; to live under
a Catholic religion you must annihilate
liberty ; the one naturally destroys the
other; they are as much opposed to each
other as black and white; to contend
that liberty and Catholicism can live
in the same*atmosphere, is an absurdi
ty ; you might as well say that light and
darkness can exist in the same place; it
is an impossibility—it cannot be : and 1
challenge the man (if such a man there
be) who believes they can, to show me
upon what he grounds his belief. I don't
ask him to show me that it can be done,
fori know ihat that is an impossibility,
but I am curious to know ih the name
of reason and common sense, upon
what he grounds his augutnents.
Then beleiving as I do, that it is essen
tial to liberty to wage an eternal warfare
against that creed which ever has been
and ever will be opposed to it, am I not
right in calling upon every American
to stand by the principles of the Know
Nothing Parly—1 do conscientiously
believe (and He who knows my heart,
knows that I speak the truth,) that it is
the solemn duty of every American,
every lover of liberty, every patriot to
connect himsellfwith ihatjpure party,that
Godsend to the Republic, which has for
it’s objecUAe libert'y of our country.
But there arc men who contend that
the dangfer is far off, “ why do you wish
to fight the few Catholics that are here
now, they are a mere handful, wait until
there is a necessity.”
That man does not speak like a phi
losopher—a wise mau looks far ahead
Look like statesmen a hundred years
into futurity—don’t be so selfish as
juet to look to the good of your own
days, but let magnanimity possess you
look to the good of posterity—to the
welfare of your children, and your chil
dren’s children—look to the day when
your brow will be crossed and re-crossed
with wrinkles,and your hairs white as the
drifting snow. When the mariner hears
the low rumbling of distant thunter, does
he close his eyes to sleep, saying there is
no danger or it is far off. or rather, does
he not put his ship in trim that she may
out ride the coming storm. Americans
let us rise and put our ship in order so
that when the storm comes she will not
prove to be “ the shuddering toy of the
winds and the waves, but will ride like
thing of glorious life, growing in grace
and beauty, with the swell of the billow
and fury ofthe storm.” Is it the part
of a skilful General, when he comes it!
sight of his enemy, and perceiving that
they are vastly in the minority, to coni- r
irand his sbldiers to rest on their arms;
uhtil the fortes of his adversary Shall
equal those! of his Bwn, before he gives
him battle ? Away with such absurds
tv.
You may remember, Mr. Editor;
that a hare and a turtle once ran a race;
and the hare knowing his superiority,
in swiftness, laid himself down to sleep;
intending to awake in time to wen »he
race, but, alas, when he did wake it was
only in time to see the turtle reaching
the goal; it was then that he put himself
out at the top of his speed,- but all in
vain, ’twas too late.
Americans,you have been sleeping
since the days of seventy six, and I
am glad that you are at length waking
up The turtle has not yet reached the
goal, but he is half way—the storm has
not yet come, but if you will listen, yotr
can bear the distant thunder—the Army
of Catholicsdoes not equal us yet, but
they are fast recruiting. Americans,
wake—arouse! shake off your drowsi
ness-shake off the sleep of seventy
eight years—the Republic is in danger
—your country is in danger—liberty is
in danger / Arouse and rally around
your flag, unfurl it amid the smoke of
battle, bear it on to victory ; never let it
fall from the high position which it now
occupies to crumble into dust, unless it
falls to cover- the blood stained corpse
of the last American, as though it
would shield him from the exulting gaze
of a triumphant foe! Yours, very re
spectfully, NATIVE.
For tlie Southern Watchman.
Jackson CO., Ga., May 2, 1855.
Mr. Editor: The following debate
came off a few days ago in this vicini
ty. aud will be very well recollected by
some of the Watchman readers, if it
appears iu its popular pages. Being
interogated by a gentleman, relative to
my opinions ofthe Native American
Party, 1 could only inform bint that I
believed it to be a good thing, &c.—
Knowing tny weakness to enter upon
a political controversy, I merely said
that 1 did not wish to distinguish my
self as a political character, being in a
sphere of life that was in a manucr oh- 4.
liged to court the smiles of my employ
ers. Upon this, he gave some tremend
ous blows at tny timidity, and, as 1
thought, resolved to convince me of my
error by his repeated hatrangues to
prove to the company that our principles
ere such that I wanted to conceal
them—charging us with many grievous
things, such as illegal secret conspira
cies—saying too, that our motives were
anu-Republican, &,c. Here I began to
want a d< fensive cap upon tny head,
and immediately entered into a rather
warm discussion with the old party de
fender—asserting that the American
party promised more for the protection
of our happy country than any other
platform of principles abroad in the
land.
Being somewhat surprised by such
adventures on my part, he began anew
to charge, with redoubled energy, said
party as having its origin in the bosom
of Abolition, and to bring certain cases
of an outrageous nature, that never have
transpired, against us—such as clandes
tine mobbings, dtc., which he said
were playing sad havoc with innocent
contented citizens. This, I of course
disputed—declaring that I belevedthat
every clandestine adventurer was
prompted by the rebellious outrages of
the Catholic creed—challenging my
antagonist to point out one well-founded
objection to the principles of our party,
that were seen every week in the
columns of the Watchman, rather than
concealed in the bosom of the Order.
He here seemed inclined to drop the
controversy, by acknowledging that he
knew nothing only what he had gotten
from the old party advocates; that he
had not seen even the principles. I as
sured him that my well wishes were
with the Native American party as I
was depending on it to drive , the highly
inflamed spirit ofparty away (the mur
derer of liberty) and unguildingly wave
the sta-spangled banner of liberty over
the children of Washington.
Advise your readers to circulate the
Watchman. Let those read it that have
not subscribed ; ltt the principles ofthe
preserving party inhabit every patriotic
bosom, and who can object ? M.
8SF 3 We rejoice to sec correct princi-
pies prevail, but we think our friend is
in error when he advises persons wh>
have not subscribed for our paper to
read it. Our advice, is, Let those who
have net subscribed for it do so at once
a —Pay frr it—mu! then read it. When
a man takes a paper and pays for it,
it is his own property. Otherwise, be
is“ sponging'’ on somebody.,.