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United States; and when they under took to show that this opposition was against the authority of a Church claim ing for its head a foreign prince and potentate, absolute power over ib mem bers in civd as well as ecclesiastical af fairs, it was boldly and explicitly, and by authority answered, that so far from denying it, they avowed and gloried in it. Aud, moreover,' they wished it to be understood that whenever the Holy Roman Catholic Apostolic Church should come to have a sufficient numer ical majority of the population of the country, there would be an end to both civil and religious liberty. Verily it was time to wake up. It was time to dis solve the parties which had been annual ly chaffering for the suffrages of the papists, each trying to outbid the other in their submissions to the exactions of the ecclesiastics of the Roman pontiff*, who claims the world as his diocese, with an absolute right to govern it temporally and spiritually ; and though much restrained in the exercise of di vine rights by the heretical -sects, is on ly awaiting the recovery of the power to resume the exercise of all his holy func- tioix . There is one mistake apparent in the rxccrpta sent us; aud which runs through nearly all we have seen in the secular papers, predicting and triumphing In the speedy dissolution of the Know-Nothing order. The success and permanency of the principles of Know-Nothingisna do not depend- upon their specific or ganization as a society. The number of votes cast for their candidates has as tonished the public, but much the lar ger part of these votes have been given by persona who have no connexion with the organized body. They have been convinced that the question between Romanism aud Know Nothingism is one of life or death to *he free institutions of the country. Having been taught to prize civil and religious liherty regulat. ed and secured by constitutional pro- ’ visions as the greatest earthly good, the •encroachments of ihe Romish hierarchy have alarmed this patriotism and reli gious feeling, and they would still be anriied in heart and effort, though the Know Nothing organization were Jo be annihilated to-morrow. Our party poli ticians must, therefore, reconcile them selves, as well as they can, to inevitable dismemberment. We allow them to make wry faces,and complain ol the hit-* ter doses Know-Nothingism prescribes, •but our unalterable regard for them as fellow citizens will not allow us to withhold the salutary draught. After a few doses and the removal of the' loaves and fishes from before their eyes, we ■expectthey will become very good Know .Nothings themselves. WIIaT JEFFERSON SAID. 'We so often hear the declaration of •our opponents, that Thomas Jefferson, •not only opposed, hot abhorred the prin ciples and aims which characterize the PLATFORM AND PRINCIPLES OF THE ■ AMERICAN PARTY of .The STATE OF GEORGIA, Passed at a Meeting held in Macon, on (he '21 (li Juno, 1855. Resolved, 1st,—That we ratify and approve of the principles adopted by the late National Council of the Ameri can Party, at Philadelphia.. Resolved 2nd.— That the American PaTty unqualifiedly condemns, and will ever endeavor to counteract all efforts, by any sect or party, to bring about a union of Church and State, and utterly disclaims any intention to prescribe a religious test as a qualification for office. Resolved 3rd,—That as the naturali- zaliorHaws have been so long preverted to the oasest purposes, by corrupt politi cal demagogues as to cause the foreign element to grow up to be a dangerous power in our midst, deciding our politi cal contests as it pleases, there exists an imperative necessity for their radical mollification, and stricter enforcement. Resolved 4th,—That we rc-affirm the Georgia platform of 1850, as indicating the right policy, in the event of the contingencies therein mentioned ; and we hereby pledge ourselves to stand by and carry out its principles. Resoloed5l\i,— r Tbat we unqualifiedly condemn the Administration of Presi dent Pierce, for the appointment of For eigner toYcprcseut our country abroad; for appointing and retaining free-soilers in office ; and especially do we condemn the President for not removing Gov. Reeder from office, when it was first known that he had used his official sta tion both to enable him to speculate in the Indian Reservations, and to sustain and carry out the views of the Free Soil party of Kansas. Resolved 6th,—That this Council, (while repudiating the policy of allowing, in the future legislation of the country, unnaturalized foreigners to vote in the Territorial elections,) regards all oppo sition tothe principles of the Nebraska, Kansas Act, in relation to slaver;, as hostility to the constitutional rights of the South ; and all persons who partake in such opposition as unfit to be recog nized ^ as members of the American Party.. That we concur in Jwtttjjern IBatrliinaii. LAW, ORDER, AND THE CONSTITUTION. j meats are base lies, coined for the pur pose of deceiving the unwary. The l Foreign papers throughout the country have adopted a regular system of lying, to bolster up their tottering cause. We regret this—>not that we expect them to do the American party any serious* ins- jury, but because it must tend to bring journalism in general into contempt and weaken popular confidence in the news paper press. So far from these stories being true, we have the most gratifying assurances from every quarter that since the adoption of our glorious national platform the people have been crowding E?* Mr. It. M. Hitch is an authorized | t0 Sam’s standard in all sections. That ATHENS, GA. THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 5. 1855. For Governor, GARNETT ANDREWS, OF WILKES. there are now and then isolated cases of withdrawal we do not question ; but for every "mrn who withdraws a hun dred better ones go in. Let the American party and the peo ple generally treat these silly stories travelling agent for thb paper. ,tr Mr. M. A. Harrison is also an au-1 thorized travelling agent. M. Landrum, Esq., is our authorized agent for Oglethorpe county. To Correspondents.—Several con tributions intended for this week’s pa-1 with the contempt they merit, per—the able and interesting review of Mr. Cobb’s late speech at Cumming among others—have been necessarily laid over for our next issue, this, but they were received too late, and we cannot help it. Resolved 7tb, the opinion expressed in the meeting qf our fellow citizens of Columbus, held on the 26th day May,1855, lhatthe time has arrived when our .fellow citizens should cease from their dissensions,and forget the differences which have sepa rated them ;-and that a common danger and common enemy should unite us for our common defense and safety, and that we will cheerfully co-operate with all iriio may unite with us in the endeavor to accomplish so noble and patriotic an object.;. Resolved 8th,—That the Western and Atlantic Rail Road was projected atu)i built for the general good of the \yhelepiople- of Georgia; and utterly American party, that we think it well to condemn any‘jibl'icy which has' sought: •show the people what his views were or which may seek to make it.subservient •upon this matter.. Our readers .will hear in mind that these views were expressed at a time, too, when annua). emigration to this country was not one-twentieth what it has been each year of the pres ; nt decade. We beg each reader to ask .himself if he could .have placed himself, ■i lore ^.equivocally, on American ground ti tan he has in tha following extract which will be found in his Notes oh Virginia: *• Civil government being the sole obr ject of forming societies, its administra tion must be conducted by common con neat. Every species of government has its specific principles. Ours are more peculiar than those of any other in the universe.. It is a composition of the freest principles of tbe English constitu tlon, with other derives from natural right, or natural reason. To these noth ing can le more opposed than the max ims of absolute monarchies—yet from such we are to expect tbe greatest num ber of emigrants. They wi 1 bring with them the principles of the governments they leave, imbibed in their early youth: or, if aide to throw them off*, it will be in exchange for an unbounded licentious ness, passing. as m as usual from one extreme to another. It would be a mira cle were they to stop precisely at the 1 point of temperate liberty. These prin ciples, with their language, they will transmit to ther children. In propor tion to their numbers, they will share with it in the legislation. They will in fuse iuto it their spiritwarp and bias its direction, and render it a heterogene ous, incoherent distracted mass. 1 may appeal to cxperiance daring the present contest, for verification of these conjec tures. But if they be not certain in event, are they not possible, are (bey not probable ? Is it not safer to wait with patience twenty-seven gears ami three months longer for (lie attainment of any degree of population desired, or expect ed? May not our government be mote homogeneous, more peaceable, more dura- lle. n Cobb in Cherokee.—It seems that Howell Cobb’s reception in Forsyth Lumpkin and other Cherokee counties is decidedly dry. The “ dry-rot" seems Jo have taken the party up there sure enough. At Cumming his audience was decidedly thin and cold, or such as it was, comprised mostly of temperance men and Know Nothings. At Dah lonega, as we are told, about one hund red went out to hear him, and out th 3 * number only about a dozen were political friends. After he was through his speech Billy Martin was called out, and Cobb scooted. The truth is, the people of Cherokee think they have been bought and sold quite often enough by Cobb, Johnson &. Co.—Chronicle $ Sentinel o ’. ’ibST 3 AMERICAN NOMINATION. The late Macon Convention nominat- We regret I ed D° n * Garnett Andrews, of & Willies, as the American candidate for the office of Governor. We place his name this week at onr mast-head, and We are authorized to announce I hope that when we haul it down, we may M. C. Thornton, Esq., of Jackson Mo so to announce his election as Gov- The American Party of Jackson j their ears until the remainder will be County will hold a meeting at Jefferson, j swept away. Nine-tenths of every on Tuesday, the 10th inst., on which] party at the North, as I believe, and as occasion C. Peeples, Esq. will deliver an address in favor of American princi-1 pies. The friends of the cause and the pub lic generally, are invited to attend. Many Citizens. BP We publish the following—as we do many other contributions—not that it reflects our sentiments, but because.... .... . „ .. . , jostling spoils of a Presidential canvass, we are willing that all parties who de- ■ . ° , . . , , , O * I ik. _ 1 — a .LiotMArl I n a a I nm nvtf o Can I have never yet heaed contradicted, are thoroughly abolitionized. And we might as well expect oil and water to chemically unite, as for the Southern and Northern wing of either of these parties to join hands in principle and sentiment in support of any platform that cither would or has laid down.— You may shake them together by the sire it, shall be heard through our col umns Mr. Christy : Will you do me the favor, through your excellent paper, to suggest to the Southern people, the im portance at this time of the Organize tion of a Georgia Platform Party. The Whig and Democratic parties were or ganized at first upon principle; their opposition was broad, honest and manly. But they degenerated from principle to office seeking. To secure which they resorted to any and every expedient, it mattered not liow agrarian in influence, how disrespectful to the feelings, or. . .. ... 1 .. , J mount importance at this abandoned to the diversified rights ot 1 acknowledge ; one that ought to over ride all party prejudices. Let all men county, as a candidate lor Representa-1 ernor. tive in the next Legislature. Mr. T. I It is true, that heretofore we have authorizes us to say that lie plants him-1 been opposed in politics to Judge An- self upon the American platform. We are authorized to announce that David L. Roatii, Esq. of Rich mond County, will address the people of | Clarke County in defence of American principles, at the Town Hall, in Athens, on Saturday evening, 21st inst. Mr. R. is a young gentleman of brilliant talents and cultivated mind, and our citizens may expect a treat. We have just returned from a trip to Augusta, where we spent several | nom,ne c- days very agreeably. We have not space at present for all that we wish to sny on the subject,but we must inform our friends up the country that the very best spirit prevails in the ranks of the Ameri can party there. No where have we seen so much zeal exhibited iB Hie good cause—in no section is the movement gaining ground mores rapidly—and no city in tbe Union can exhibit a more Jq tfce, interest, or purpose of any politi cahparty whatever. . Resolved 9th,—That we are in 'far o# of jjjie^cquisitipn of Cuba, whpqevpr it caffVbe accomplished, upon fair'-and honorable grounds, or whenever any European Power shall seek to make it a loint froin which to assail the rights and institutions of any portion of this coun try ; and that we strongly condemn the vascillatiag policy of the Administration, as calculated, if not designed, to defeat the acquisition of that Island. WILLIAM HONE, President of Slate'G'outiciL GEO. JONES, Secretary, pro tern. LATER FROM EUROPE. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER BALTIC. New Orleans, June 28.—The stea mer Baltic arrived at New York to-day. Cotton is unchanged, with sales of. 39,000 bales. Wheat had declined 4d., Ci rn Is., and Flour 2s. Consols dosed at91J. The capture of Mamelon is confirm ed. The allies have obtained further successes. They have bombarded Azoff and Taganrog. LATKR FROM HAVANA. New Orleans. June 28.—The stea mer Crescent City has arrived from Havana with dates to the28th inst. Her news is unimportant. Sugars firm and unchanged. The steamship Isabel has also arrived at Charleston with dates to the 25th. No news of importance. ’• LATER FROM MEXICO. NewOrleans, 1June 27.—Brazos dates tA^lie 21st inst states that all the towns 61 Temaulipais and Nueva Leon, except Mat^tnoras,. Reynosa and Ca- margo, had pronounced in favor of the revolution without bloodshed. NEW ORLEANS MARKET, Nbw Orleans, June 27.— Cotton unchanged. Sales 850 bales at 10J to 11 cents. .CHARLESTON MARKET. Thursday, June 28.—Cotton.—Sales of the week 2,856 bales at 9£ to 12< ■ cts. Good Middling 12 to 12J cts. Receipts of the week 2,300 bales. Rice has advanced £ to £c. Good to prime 5$ to $6. Freights dull. NEW YORK MARKET Wednesday, June 27th.—Cotton is quiet and unchanged, Flour has de clined 12J cents. Ohio 88.87 to $9,37 Corn one dollar. ARREST OF THE BRITISH CONSUL, The British Consul at New York Q r lias, been held to bail on a charge of enlisting men for the Crimea. * NORFOLK ELECTION. Woud, Anti-American, has been elected Mayor of Norfolk. drews. It is true that he has always been a Democrat of the “ straitest sect,” but we are not disposed to find fault with the pa.-t party associations of any gentleman who will in good faith, embrace the doctrines of the American party. The National and State plat forms of that party are broad enough for ihe conservative men of all parties. In this light, we most cordially endorse the nomination, and shall zealously contri bute what we can towards the election Garnett Andrews, the upright Judge—the incorruptible patriot and high-toned Christian gentleman—whose moral character will compare favorably with that of ahy man iu the State—a gentleman who has never made politics a trade, and who knows nothing of the tricky of demagogues and political moun tebanks, is worthy to lead the American party on to victory in this State. Let all the friends of the cause give him the different sections of oar common country. To attempt to enumerate the tricks, the rickety platforms, the seeming hypocritical fusion of the North ern and Southern wings of both, would be to relate what is already too familiar to all, and to draw black lines around both that would not be flattering to the pride or pretended honesty of either.- It may not be unprofitable to mention one; the foreign vote in shaping our State and federal politics is great, is growing; and when equally balanced it was the preponderating influence be tween Whig and Democratic success, And hence, both in their political de generacy courted it. The Whigs fail ed. The Democrats outbid them.- And hence the opposition of the one, t he flattery of the other. The motive-* of both disreputable, the result equally disastrous, the flaunting of banners in processions with the motto “ Americans patriotic, united, intelligent and indefa-1 t |j e j r cordial and undivided support, and tigable band of American patriots who I ^ no t b [c Democracy be a stumbling- know nothing but an unswering devotion 1 block in the way of the Whig members to the best interests of their country, I a ( i be party. They must Temcmber than " can Augusta; The American I that by-gones- are by-gone*, and that party - >there '.bdievedhere is “no such I the liberal and conservative platform word as fail; and if all par friends eve-1 0 f the American party makes no war T ty wltere were- actuated by the same f are upon either Whiggery or Demo- spirit’ we should count victory beyond C racy, and that, therefore, our candi- the possibility of a doubt—we should dates must not be held responsible for r gard the contest as already virtually their antecedents. We have no doubt settled. All honor to. the - American j but that Judge A. was just as honest in party of Augusta , and Richmond county, his attachment to his party, as we were AMATEUR CONCERT. in °“ r de . TOti ° n °" r ’ 5 ' a " d 88 “ , ' , , J nothing m the platform upon which he The second concert by a number of] , . * . r the ladies of this place, assisted by seve- stands in conflict with the principles of ral gentlemen, came off at the Town e,ther or Democrats, we eannot Hall, according to Stinoancement, one P erceive any reaSon why the ,n day last week. Owing to absence from the American party should not hail his home, we were unable to attend it, but nomination with as much delight as if learn from those who were present that, he had been a Wh, « 8,1 h,s 1,fe * like the former concert by the same Actuated by this spirit, and an honest parties, it not only gave general satis- desbre *° see tbe principles of the Amer- faction, but really delighted the highly intelligent auditory. PLATFORM OF THE AMERICAN PARTY OF GEORGIA We hope that every voter in the S-,ate will read and carefully study th platform of principles below, which was adopted by the convention at Macon last week. The American party is now in the open field—it practises no conceal ments. With its principlcs emblazoned on its banners, it challenges discussion end courts investigation. This is right —it has every thing to gain and nothing to lose by this course. The people of Georgia—like the people everywhere else—freed from the shackles of the cor rupt spoils-polluted organizations which happily for the country, are rapidly fad ing away, are anxious to do right—as pure patriots, the true interests of the country lie near their hearts. To ena ble them to make up an intelligent ver dict, it is absolutely necessary that they should havetheprinciphsofthcnew par ties clearly set before them, in order that they may determine whether they will act with the American or Foieign party. The American party has now a national platform to which it can proudly point the attention of the public, while its Stale platform must meet tbe approba< tion of every true Georgian who has no private ends to accomplish and is alone anxious to secure the good of the coun- tFy ' - - WITHDRAWALS. One of the shallowest devices of the enemy is the oft-repeatuJ assertion that here, there and every where, large num- A Business Maxim.--When you buy or soil, let or hire, make a clear bar gain, and never trust to “ we shan’t dis- hers of the American party are wilh- agree about it.” j drawing from the order. These statc- ican party triumph, we repeat that we most heartily approve his nomination and shall zealously labor to secure his election. “Georgia Know Nothing Sta sticS;-—A friend has been informed Ily a member of the “ Order,” who, from the voluminous records with which he was burdened, appeared to bold the rank of “ sJatistician ” therein, that there are two hundred and eighty-eight K. N. lodges in Georgia, recording about 29.000 members." We have no question about the hopes of our friends.of the Savannah Geor gian, from which the above paragraph is taken. And if such efforts as this could anything, we should really fee] there was some cause for alarm. This paragraph is in keeping with quite a number pf others going the rounds of the foreign presses; but really, to our apprehension, all such exhibit a great want of confidence in the intelligence of the people, or are but so much evidence of poverty, in the way of argument amongst our opponents; for really, no one can be so foolish as to suppose that any member of the American party would be a reporter, even of facts, to their enemies; and if oae of the party should be guilty of such a thing, we take it as the best evidence that he is but doorkeeper, and an unprincipled one at that; therefore, not entitled to credit, But we dismiss the subject, by simply observing, that three months can “work wonders;” and that the K. N.’s arc re markable “ breeders. D. A. Bolling, Esq-, of Farmviile, Va., contradicts the statement made by Senator Wilson, that he had said the American Convention that he “in tended to whip some Massachusetts man.” but the object obtained,the elements sep- erate—the oil of Northern aggression at the top, the water of Southern Rights at the bottom, bearing the pressure.— Such has been, such ever will be the history of this Government, as long as there Is this worship of God and Mammon, this shaking of the hands of Southern- Rights men aiid Northern Abolitionists. It is this hope of the Southern that we could nationalize the Northern Whig pnrty that was, it is the belief that the Southern can nationalize the Northern Democratic party that is our fatal error. The subject of Slavery is one of para time, as all then of all parties, Whig and Democrat Know Nothing and anti-Know Nothing, unite npon, and in the name of the Georgia Platform Party. It is broad enongli and strong enough for the whole South. Georgia has taken her posi tion—thank God for that; let all the other Southern States take the same, and all is safe. There would then be one understanding between the North ern and Southern people, there would then be a point of attack on the part of the one, of resistance on the other. Was there such a Southern organization, should any of the contingencies contem plated by the Georgia Plalform happen, we would be prepared instantly and systematically to resist it. Does the his tory of the past, does the signs of the times admonish us of the policy of such a course ? The Southern Whigs trusted in the justice of Northern Whigs, and shall not rule us,” the banding together in their professions a r.d plat- at tbe ballot box to beat off Americans, fonns UQti , we were satisfied that they and prevent them from exercising weren( , t whh us bu t against us, and, Americans’boasted priviledge. And the w i lb an exarapie worthy of imitation, violent opposition to them on the other we aban doned them: The cloud of Abo- hand by the political organization call-1 litionisqs in the Northern Democratic ed the Know Nothings, in seeking to | p ar ty ^ few years ago was a little speck cripple increases their power, for they no j bigger than your hand, but it has simply propose to exclude foreigners g a there<J, it lias, darkened, it has spread, from office, but still leave them the 1 until it has blotted out the brilliant privilege of voting; with all the means scene> and overcast the whole bright left in their hands for the accomplish-1 heavens of Democracy save 21 clear ment of the evils complained of, their S p 0 f 9t that the next election will shut measures only tend to irritate an d out in one universal gloom. And yet goad them on to their consummation. W g are called upon as chivalrous South- For the Democratic party still lives, and ern men—forgetful of our rights, deaf Democratic demagogues are still court- t0 these warnings—to rally to the 6up ing this foreign vote; and as a matter I p 0r t?of these 21 national men, out of of course it will throw the whole weight | the countless thousands of the North- and numbers of the foreign influence ,h; n k 0 f it—just 21 left as the hope of in the scale of Democracy; and already | s l a very and the Union! If this is our hope, if this our dependence we had as well hang our harp on the willow. For I will propound another ; is there not an almost universal Northern opposition to Slavery and the rights of slave-hold ers ? And from which at this time is most danger to be apprehended? How many Cotholics arc there ? A mere handfull! How many Abolitionists are there ? Countless as the sands on the sea-shore 1 What is their opposition to us ? To the bitter end! And if a Know Nothing organization against Catholic intrigue is justifiable, is not the forma tion of a Southern Rights party against Abolitionism imperative ? But if— there again is that paralizing, insur mountable if—but if, said the Southern Democrats, we go into this sectional organization, we will drive off that Spartan band of Northern Democrats who have stood up for us and thfe‘ Con stitution, and that the result would he* dissolution of the Union. I wish the 5 Southern people to take no false pos'K tion | the time for the play of windy words, and the passage of high sound-' ing resolutions in Southern Conventions to secure Southern elections has past,- the Southern people want action; the 1 meeting in Baltimore, and the formation' of a temporizing, non-committal Plat form, so that both wings can go home' and lie as to the principles or purposes of either, will no longer answer; the South must call, and the North show her hand , I wish the South to ask for nothing but what is right. Does the Georgia Platform ask for more ? Ought we to submit to any thing less ? And if the North is not willing to grant these rights, the Union is not worth preserv ing. If such a Southern organization demanding our political equality and rights will drive off this band of so-call ed Northern national Democrats, they are not good and true men as claimed to by Southern politicians, but base hypo critical demagogues, and let them sink down to their merited oblivion. But I deny that such is the purpose, or that such will be the result of such an organi zation. The North has everything to be loose and nothing to gain by dissolution ; and if as a unit, with our rights in the one hand, and the Union in the other, we present them the alternative, the in telligent. the conservative. The property holders of the North will rally around their national men, and build up a party in their support. “ The Gods help those who help themselves.” Give me tho strong arms and united hearts of every Southern man, and the whole North could not wrest from us the vestige of a right; without this unity, the combined effort of every Democrat at the North is impotent for their protectiou. I am for self-reliance ; and when we fall back upon that we will deserve our rights and deserving them we will receive them, and not till then. Let us then once more unfurl the Southern Rights banner, nail it to tbe mast bead, and tri umph or perish under its broad fold?. Justice and the Constitution. corrupt, it will make the Democratic party damnably corrupt, impotent for good, omnipotent for evil. Such being be f ore God I believe if these 21 men the state of the old Parties, and the. wei* e this day, this hour, this minute tendencies of the New, does it not be- j n convention North of Mason and Dix- hoove all Southern slave holders—I re- on i g ]; ne> an( j were to propose, and in peat it, slave holdurs, for there is an s j s j U p 0n the adoption of the Georgia organized opposition North and South pi a tf 0 rm as a political basis, they would against the institution of slavery South- and there dig their political graves ern office seekers may deny it, but it is SQ dee p that the hand of political resur- true, it is alarmingly true; the time has 1 reC |ion would never reach their. Is been in my recollection when a man, this true ? Who doubts il? And ;f s0 a slave holder even, dare not whisper a] wbo should take the initiative in the word against the institution, but such f orma tion of a sectional party ? The has been the desire for partizan sue- North » What cause has she? And cess, and the advancement of partizan y et (here has been a sectional party there leaders, that the slave holders have al- f or y Cars . Has the South a pretext, a lowed a strong anti-slavery sentiment to eausej f or th e formation of such a party ? commence, grow up, and magnify in our j w jjj ho j presume, but let tho dark not high time, that all slave holders, re gardless of all old party names and party leaders, should unite upon the midst, and now an Abolition paper can L loud tha t skirts the Northern horizon, be edited in a Southern town with per- L nd iuj deei wolUng thunders answer, feet impunity—I say is it not time, is it | have-heretofore been so confident in our strength, that if we could meet in | Baltimore with Barn Burners, Free Soilers, Abolitionists, and God only slavery issue? An institution sanction- knows what> and patch up a pi atform ed by God, approved by reason, an in- tbat wou | d hold together long enough stitution that we have, one that we must] to secnre the spong of a Presidential have, one on which the existence of the e i ection> it was a ]j we hoped, it was all South, the prosperity of the North, tho j we des i red> But a change has come perpetuity of this Union, the experiment over , he scene> th ; ngs have assumed a of self-government, depends. Let the I ser j 0US} an a ] a rming aspect ; whilst we whole South then as one man rally to have been 6 i eep i ng over our slavery its rescue; and let the pass word, the rightS} Abolitionism has steathily, silent only test for office be, is he honest, is ly> stead ii y g r0 wn, until it stands forth he capable, is he in favor of the rights tbe embodiment of Northern sentiment, of the South and of slave holders?— LfNorthern determination. True, says The Southern people have been told long enough by office seeking politi cians that there are parties at the North Nothings say the Catholics are trying to who are in favor of our full and just underm ; ne ?U r liberties ! In tbe week rights. That there are a few prominent chronicle & Sentinel of June 20th citizens who are I will admit, but that a grave question is ‘ propounded to the every one. But—yes here comes that infernal but—*ut what l The Know they are respectable in numbers or in fluence, I deny that the Northern politi cal roll will show. Yet it is this syren I aim at political power in this and every Hon. A. II. Stephens; to wit: “Is it the policy of the Romish Church to song that has lulled the Southern peo ple to sleep over past rights, it is a soft country when they ean gain the ascen daney ? I think we have abundant ren tale that I Je^r will be whispered in son for answering in the affirmatiyq T*q>r< b ’« fr • ?T!nV -1 >r . ,r For tbe Southern Watchman. IS THE COUNTRY IN DANGER 1 Confidently and happily, «©«r„ wc may answer,to this question, a broad, emphatic—NO. But yesterday, a»lt were, there was serious cause for alarms And if it were not that Americans have turned to the “ Rock” of their defence, even the God of Nations, whose pro vince, alone,, it is to build up and putt down, as a nation relies upon blind, cor rupt leaders or upon Him, vre should! still feel there was every cause for the- most alarming apprehensions. But in view of the fact that we have been credibly informed that one of ^e : family of the former owners of Georgia-,, from whose hands, happily, she has now fully escaped, a few days since observed, that “ the country was inevitably bound to be carried by the American Party* (remarkable candor!) and was, there fore on the road to certain ruin,” we are disposed, for the benefit of those- who sympathise with this anti-American and his party, to consider, very briefly., the question propounded. In the first place, we will bring for ward, what, in our estimation, should* prove a quietus to those most alarmed. The country, thank God, has passed from the rule of “ the few,” and has reverted to the first and only lawful ruleis, the- people. And wherever they govern, any Government is safe; at least, this has been the palladium of our liber ties, np to the present period of time. This is what moved and nerved our sires in battle, and gave them their victories:— They believed a people, alone, should govern themselves; and we feel that the fires they kindled, are but newly and more brightly blazing in the hearts of their children now. Then let us repeat; in view of this fact, America.has but newly acquired her independence—her safety—and the days «>/ June, 1855, should be added to the days already sacred to Americans, m 'jib.*'*'