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L ATEg FROM EUEOPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER
HERMANN.
Kkw York, August 30,-^fTc steamer Her
mane has arrived witlidi^Vfroni Europe.
The Queen's specaMj^MlBguing Parlia
ment, was delivcr^HB prtrey. She regrets
the failure of U^^Hcnna Conference, and
adds, the only iflMmtive now, is a vigorous
prosecution ol the war. -1 •
XEBRIBLK UAILKOAD ACCIDENT,
Fork, Aug. SO,—A terrible accident
red yesterday near Burlington, New Jer
sey. Tiie Philadelphia traiu going up, heard
the down train coming, reversed the-engine
and in running back ran into a horse and car-
raige, which threw the whole trtji off the
track, killing twenty and wotlHng sixty
persons. , AMjong the killed are Thw. J. Mer
edith t6uU|B£flk Dallam, merchantadkf Bal-
tiinore, d^Tncitdi Consul at Philadetajun
auil Ciijit. MBnUlie Navy. No SoutlJWn-
ers are killed but a full, list of
casualties hav? not yet been received*
w Sijty six persons, in alt; were^wllled
wounded
and
by the collision.
Ain VOX NORFOLK AND PORTSMOUTH.
Momi.r:, Aug. 2i>.—The “Cau’tget away
Club," will seu J to-morrow five female nurses
and Physicians to Norfolk and Portsmouth.
ADDITIONAL BY THE CANADA.
Denmark is reported to have referred to
Prance retpecting the payment of the Sound
Dqcs.
During the h.mibardmeut Syeaborg took
fire, aud the conflagration lasted -id hours.
TliO 'iuagiMeiives, stores aud projectiles blew up.
About 60 of tiie Allies were wounded, but
*ione killed. Swcaborg,however, bad not sur
rendered.
Sixty thousand Russians attacked the liues
of-the Allies on the Chcrmays, on the 16th
iu st^ mid fought five hours, but lost 5000 kill
ed and 400 prisoners. They were in full re
treat "when the French reserve came up.
Omar Pasha-had been ordered to return to
the Crimea.
A dispatch from St. Petersburg- says that
the Prince Gortsclr.ikoff had been ordered to
burn the float in the event of the fall of Se
vastopol.
Kars had been completely invested and
communication with Ercaromn stopped.
■Rrcsh reinforcements were going out to the
(Crimea for.tho allies.
Tiie London Morning Post says that uncx
’pocted events may be looked for. it is sup
posed to refer to a secret expedition.
Six ships of war escorted Queen Victoria
,-to.Boulogne.
Halifax, August 20.
The British steamer Canada lias arrived,
-with later aud important intelligence from
Europe.
Liverpool Corro.v Masket.—Cofcion had '
:advanccd one-eighth to one-quarter, but with-
<in the last two days was easier, and closed
steady. The sales of the week reach eighty
‘thousand hales, nf which speculators .took
t^veiity-four thousand, and exporters forty-
five hundred bales. Fair Orleans i: quoted at
'71. Middling 6 7-16; Fair Upland 6J, Hid-
-filing C.J. The stock of American is 385,000
•bales.
Flour dull, and declined 6d.; Wheat lower;
'Corn dull, and declined Is. cd.
Trade at 'Manchester, at last advices, was
unbre favorable.
Accounts of the growing crops are also fa-
-corable.
Queen Victoria was visiting Napoleon.
The Governmenthad prohibited the export
•of Iren North nf Dunkirk nud South of Malta.,
- Money was tighter. Consols euoted at Ol'
r*o fllj.
SIMM THE SEAS OF WAR
Swcaborg was destroyed by the Allies. On
<lic llth, Lipiautli attacked Chejmaya lines,
=and was repulsed with immense loss. The
**Instruction of property at Swcaborg was im-
intense—the loss of the Allies trifling.
The^final bombardment.of Sebastopol was
Mixed for the 17th.
iiHttljent ‘Mchttutii.
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THE COItSTITtJTIOH.
THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT. 0. 1855.
Fojypovernor,
GARNETT ANDREWS,
-QF WILKES.
For Congress—Sixth District,
Col: 1,. FRANKLIN.
j For State SjUMte,
cincinamH^les,
Vor Representatives,
JOS. B. CARLTON and THOS. F. LOWE.
65^" Liberty Council, No. 16, of the
American party, meets in their Hall, over
John I. Huggins* store, every Friday evening
at 8 o'clock.
tdT* Mr. R. M. Hitch is an authorized
travelling agent for tlm paper.
. ar Mr. M. A. Harrison is also an au
thorized travelling agent.
tw M. Landrum, Esq., is our authorized
agent for Oglethorpe county.
PUBLIC MEETING.
The Auicrjcnn Party, all out-siders, and
all-persons friendly to the cause are request
ed to meet In Jefferson, Jackson Co., on Sa‘-
urday, the $th inst., for the purpose of nom
inating candidates to represent Jackson Co.,
in the next Legislature. Come one, come
all.
MR. COBB’S OPPONENT.
Col. Leonidas Franklin, announces him
self as candidate for Representative from
this District in the next Congress, in oppo
sition to Mr. Cobb. Col. Franklin appears
before us, net as the nominee of any party,
but at the solioitation of numerous friends,
allows his name to be used. .He has ever
been a staunch Democrat, (look oat for one
of tke Whig trick* spoken of,) and is there
fore an Independent Democratic Candidate.
Col. Franklin, for quite a number of years
a citizen of this place, is known as a gentle
man of decided ability—a model neighbor,
and enterprising member of community.—
His friendly greetings, unlike, as we have
heard it intimated, those of his opponent,
are not [temporary—-for effect—confined to
time or place.
CoL Franklin's antecedents, and preseut
position, politically, are of the most satisfac
tory and -commendable character. A truer
friend, the South does not possess; and when
the test is made we bespeak a result quite
dissimilar to that which stands on record to
the account of his opponent, His name will
never be found ami ng, nor his vole recorded
with those who set at naught the Constitu
tion of our couutry—the sacred rights it
guarantees in person and property.
Though decided in his support of the car
dinal feature of the American Party, he is
far from having run into an ultraism which
has realty given the people a very erroneous
idea of the gr.-.nd object of the Party.
SSm
DR. MILLER AND UNDERWOOD.
We present our readers with the
whole matter, as it at present stand-;,
between these two gentlemen, by which
it will be perceived that Dr. Miller is
entirely acquitted of the charges pre
ferred. It is to be hoped that his ene
mies will have the fairness to give their
readers the facts, and thus do justice to a
gentlemen who commands the respect
and admiration of all who are acquainted
with him.
First, we give the charge preferred :
** Mr. Underwood charged upon him,
(Dr. Miller) that, in one day, he was
seeking the Democratic Anti-Know
Nothing nomination, as a candidate for
Congress, for the Fifth Congressional
District, and failing to receive it, of
being in a Know Nothing Council on
the next; of actually caucussing with
Democrats, to-day, and, disappointed in
his personal aspirations, of going over
to the enemy to-morrow.
Dr. Miller's reply:
Rome,. Ga., Aug. 21st 1855.
Dear Sir :—The report mentioned
in your note of yesterday, “ that I had
participated in a Democratic caucus,
had endeavored to get the nomination
as candidate for Congress,’’ or that I
at anytime for several years past would
have accepted such nomination from
Quite confident that the Colonels success tha , or „ ther party unqualifiedly
Al.~ „l * Ah *1.~ 1 ~ , r J 1 A J *M
183" See the Advertisement of B. F. O'Kei-
iy. in another column. From what wo can
learn, his land is well worth altentiou. We
are informed that it is -pretty well-situated,
and bountifully watered nud abundantly
timbered; Tying on one ol the roads leading
to this place, r.nd only about 12 miles from
hero. It strikes us that -some of our enter
prising mechanics would do well to cxnmiue
this property, ns there are great advantages
for propelling machinery of any kind.
New’ Orleaxs. August 28.
The San Avrier.io Sentinel mentions the arri
val of Col. Riddell, from the headquarters op
*be Revolutionists in Northern Mexico. lie
isays Vidaury is willing to deliver to tiie own
ers, nil fugitive slaves escaping to Mexico,
saud U anxious to make a treaty therefor.
Deaths in the Hospitals only about fourteen
•daily,
Columbia, August 29.
Dates from Salt Lake City to 1st July,
have been received. Tiie grasshoppers were
destroying the cr-ops, and there was danger
of a famine.
The Kansas Herald positively asserted that
a proposition was on foot to annex I’latte
•county, Missouri, to Kansas.
A nu in her cf negroes of Bostcn, who had
-organized under the name of “ Mnssasoit
Guards." with the intention of forming and
appearing as a military corps, recently ap
plied to the Commander-in-chief for a loan
of Massachusetts State aitns, and received
notice that their application was refused. A
letter fiom Governor Gardner, to Robert Mor
ns, Et-q, first Lieiitennut of the organization,
contained the opinion of Attorney General
Clifford in the matter, which was in accord
ance with the refusal of His Excellency.
Governor Reeders Last Message.—Gov
ernor Reeder has sent this brief message to
the Kansas Legislature.
“To the Honorable Council and House of
Representatives of Kansas Territory; Al
though I have refused to acknowledge you to
be a legal body, and although I nm still of
the same miud, yet it is due ibat I should in
form you that I have received official nofifi
cation of my removal, and that until my sue
cessor arrives, the duties of the office of Gov
emor will devolve upon Secretary Woodson.”
It u said the reading of the letter produc
ed roars of laughter from the opponents of
the Governor.
^Flte deaths in New York, last week, was
383, a decrease of 48 from the previous week.
"Tlio city is represented as unusually healthy
for this time of year. In Boston, the a umber
•of deaths fur same period, was 125.
Yue Sue ok Man.—A ridiculous statement
has rua through the papers, of Adam’s being
123 feet high, Eve 118, Noa « 108, <tc. 'Hie
Kgyptiau mummies, if they are good for noth
■ else, prove the interesting fact that for
Be certain to read attentively the
various selected articles to be found in our
columns this week ; especially the letter of
Prof. Morse.
SPEAKING AT THE TOWN nALL.
By a note from that gentleman, we per
ceive that Cincinnntus Peeples, E*q., has
consented to meet Howell II in public dis
cussion, at the Town Hall in this place, on
Saturday next, the 8th. From information
gathered from a friend, we learn that Howell
7. at a Barbecue a few days since, met Mr.
Peeples, in a combat similar to the one con
templated, and was fairly cornered. The
affair, we are quite sure, of next Saturday,
will be similar in its results, only “ a little
more so.” Speaking commence at 10 A. M.
depends upon the exteat which the knowl
edge of his candidacy receives, we would
earnestly urge our friends to spread the
nows to the remotest corners of the District,
and success will crown the labor. Take a
divine exhortation, as applicable to all good
things—“ Redouble your diligence.”
With this brief introduction, we leave the
candidate and liis cause in the hands of those
who arc to choose for themselves, who shall
represent their views and interests in the
Congress of the U. States.
An announcement from his ow.n -hands
would appear, bat for unavoidable absence
from the city. Another week, however, and
that nnnouncemen t will be presented.
SOMETHING TO PONDER.
Not a charge has been brought against
Mr. Johnsou which has not been fully sus
tained. For instance, take the Cooper trans
action. Except one or two iu his pay, no
press in Georgia will have the hardihood to
deuy but that it is fully fastened upon the
Governor, that he is a party to a transac
tion with Mr. Mark A. Cooper, by which the
State is a tufferer to the amount of many
thousands ! For instance, we will present *i
few figurers; the result of Mr. Johnson’s dis
crimination iusfavcr of Mr. Cooper.
and absolutely false.
I am, verv respectfully,
H. V. M. Miller.
And next, we give the correspondence
between the two gentlemen,, as we find
it in the Chronicle Sf Sentinel:
Savannaix, Aug. 28th, 1855.
Dear Sir ;—The publication in the
Chronicle, a few days since, of my note
lo a friend denying a report which he
-said was circulated to my prejudice;
accompanied, as it was, by an extract
from some newspaper and an editorial
comment, connecting Col.. Underwood
with the origin of that report, seems to
raise a question of veracity between that
gentleman and myself. The subjoined
correspondence will show that, however
the report may have originated, there is
no issue between us, and will relieve
us both from an unpleasant attitude in
which a misapprehension on the part of
some person has placed us.
I am, very respectfully,
* H V. M Miller.
NEW COTTON.
The first bale of the season, was brought
to this market on Saturday last by Mr. J‘ F.,
Bigger?, and purchased by Messrs. Grady &.
Nicholson,nt 11 cts.por lb.
OUR CANDIDATES.
To represent as in the next Legislature,
are all gentlemen, it gives us great pride to
know, who do not need newspaper “ puffs,”
cspeci lly extravagant ones—of doubtful
propriety, and in which a good degree of
questionable veracity is involved. Messrs.
Peeples. Lowe and Carlton, arc not men re
quiring defence; their morals are such ns
should adorn the characters of all who as
pire to the positions for which they are nam
ed. They are men, certainly, qualified, in
evevy Tespcct, to fill the seats to which onr
County is entitled, and we do hope that
comparison with tlieir opponents will be
institated and persevered in. At each view,
lovers of wholesome laws can but be won
over. Nor are they placed before the peo
ple, merely te say we have candidates in the
field; or nt best, with a faint hope of elect
ing one of them; on the contrary, we have
not cnly nominated them, hut we intend to
elect them, by a big majority—every one of
them.
Boxes, ac.
Poor Mar.
35 cts.
Cooper,
s 26 cts.
Butter, Cheese, &.c.
25
ID
Bacon, Ac. pr. cwt.
20
15
Potatoes, "bbl.
25
19
Chairs, doz.
1.75
1.S1
Corn, <£c.<buSh.
5
4
three or four thousand years past, man has
not ch.mgeiHu stature. If, therefore, no di
"dilution of it iias taken place in tlio course
<»f all that time, hut the average size of the
race is the same now as three or four thou
sand jonr* ago, is there the least probability
that it was materially different in the two
thousand years proceeding ? The argument
strong that it was not.
'Health or Mobile.—'1 he Advertiser of the
2i!th inst., say*: Thu list of interments for
the week shows a decrease in the mortality
from the last report, and argues a verv favor
able condition of the public health. 'Of the
deaths 9 were under ten and 3 were upwards
sixty years of age. Of the remainder.
Hi roe worn deaths by violence or casualty,
and no' two others were by similar diseases.
The whole number of interments for tiie week
is 22. The mortality for the cortesponding
week lost year was 18, of whom but oue was
from casualty and ouo by yellow fever.'
Thu weather the same week last year was
warm aud wet, raining some every day.—
The early part of last week was cool for the
season, and damp, aud the last two days have
been warm and showery. The mortality for
*•--1 corruspmi ling week in 1853 was 27, ox
siva of the yellow fever, which then pre
vailed here. In 1352 it was 14, aud in lufil.
' * whole we ought to be tliankf
Itfiful condition.
ASTONISHING!
If anything of which our opponents are
guilty, could astonish us, we might wonder
that they present the very great inconsis
tency of opposing the practice of preachers
taking part in politics, when it is so well
known that they actually pay a located Re
verend, the enormous salary- of $2,000 per
annum, to become an ftineranr political ped
lar, for the firm of Johnson & Co.
Nor do they condemn a certain Rev. ex
lawyer, 6x editor, College President, Judge
Longstrert. The secret of the whole matter
is about this: If you will favor cur side,
speak on: if not. “it is very wrong for
preachers to meddle with politics.” As to
Judge Longstrect, of course, he is an excep
tion, and ought to be heard. Certainly we
have no obijetion—liis wit is inimitable;
and if he will only furnish a few more chap
ters, the world will have another fine work
of fiction, and something to laugh over—
nothing to cry over certainly.
ty The Tenth Animal Fair of the South
ern Central Agricnltural Society, will open
in Atlanta ou the llth inst. All arrange
ments have b en made, and receive the high
est praise. It gives os great pleasure to
know that tlieir accomplished nud indefati
gable Secretary, Dr, Camak, of our own
city, is entitled to the credit, ti a 1 irge ex
tent, for t here arrangements.
SAVE YOUR QUARTERS!
Messrs. Biiley & Co.’s Great Combined
Gymnasium and Zoological Arena, will per
form in this place on Thursday, the 13tli
instant. See Advertisement!
Abdication and Flight or Santa Anna.—
The Alvarez Party has been completely suc-
‘ —ifal, and Sauta Anna has abdicated and
to Havana.
The transaction with Cowart is ceased to
lie denied by even that political Menshausen,
the Federal Union ; aud when it bos had its
pick, buzzards may fly high in search of
something to eat. Do either of these trans
actions warrant us in giving our votes for
Herschel V. Johnson 1 If we would have a
proper guardian of our State interests, we
must travel past him.
The case of Mr.-Cobb is decidedly nnala-
gous. He gave a free-soil vote, as is fully
proven iu anot her column. He also was and
is, for all we know, a member of an odious
Secret Political Society. Proof: evidence
of “ Suinuel," in another column and espe
cially his own speech. He voted to reduce
the pay of the poor soldiers, though lie so
bitterly denies it. True, it was not the nak
ed question voted up w; but still, the vote
was deposited which had the power to ac
complish that end. To illustrate: A man
is asked to purchase a hog and refuses.
Again : he has presented him fur pure base
a lamb and the liog ' He buys. Now the
question is, did he buy the hog ? ne says
no: “ I bought the lamb and the hog.”
Gentlemen of the sixth district, doyou swal
low such logic—such a man—such men as
Johnson and Cobb have shown themselves
to be I W-c would hope not If you do, then
i* is sheerest nonsense for ns, as your ser
vant, to point to tke errors of those who ask,
your votes.
HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.
By the Temperance Banner, we learn that a
young man by the name of Ware, was killed
at Woodville Depot. He was standing with
the bridle rein of his bone- fastened round
his arm : the care coming op the horse gave
a severe jerk, and killed him instantly. He
was dragged some distance, and fearfully
mangled.
It is stated that shells 86 inches in diame
ter and weighing upwards of a ton each are
bciug manufactured in England for the use of
the British artillery before Sevastopol. Ihc
Liverpool papers describe the first gun just
finished for the English steamer Horatio, and
which will soon he ready to be tested. Ac
cording to the estimates which have been
made of its capabilities, it will throw a shot
of half a ton weight the distance of four
miles. Two hundred and twenty-five pounds
of gunpowder will be required for a single
charge 1
"he Directors of the Panama Railroad
Company have just published a statement of
r afhii
their affairs and future prospects, which in
the latter particular, is quite a remarkable
document. The financial statements show
that the gross receipts of the road for the six
mouths ending on the thirtieth June last,
amounted to $499,470, while the running
expenses were only $145,562, which enable
the company, after paying the interest ou all
their bonds, to declare a cash dividend of six
per cent on their $3,743,000 worth of stock,
and still leave a surplus of $18,700 on the
operations of the first really active half year.
Advices from Rio de Janeiro say that the
Coolie emigrants do not easily become recon
ciled to their new homes and altered circum
stances, and it is related that out of ten who
had been taken by plantersseven went away,
dressed in their best clothes, and hanged
themselves. The yellow fever bad broken
out destructively on board the British ship
of war, Spy, in the harbor of " ’ *
Rome, Ga. Aug. 24, 1855.
Dear Sir :—It is reported in private
circles, and also in the public journals
upon your authority, (as is alleged) that
I sought and agreed to accept the nomi
nation of the Democratic party, for
Congress in this District. Will you do
me tne justice to state whether, when
spoken to on that subject, by Democrat
ic friends, I did not frankly avow to
them my connection with the so-called
Know Nothing organization:; whether
l did not expressly tell you, several days
before the meeting of the Calhoun Cou
vei.tiotjk that 1 could not. and . would not
accept its nomination, and whether with-
ih your knowledge I sought or agreed
to accept it?
I am, very respectfully.
II. V. M. Miller.
Col. John H. Underwood.
Rome, Ga.,*Aag. 24‘, 1855.
Dear Sir :—Yours of the 24th of
August is before me, and in reply there
to, I say, that no one is authorized from
anything I may hare said publicly or
privately, to assert that you sought the
nomination of the Democratic party,
for Congress in this District, or that you
agreed to accept it. Such an inference
may have been drawn from my remarks,
but 1 have avoided making that charge.
You did not seek the nomination or
agree to accept it within tny knowledge.
When spoken to by Democratic friend-
j on the subject, (myself among others)
you did admit your connection with the
so-called Know Nothing organization;
but I distinctly understood you then to
say, that you were opposed to its secresy
aud to its oaths, I opposed the order
for the same reasons and others, and
supposed we were well nigh agreed.
You did tell me in a conversation
several days before the meeting of the
Calhoun Convention, that you could not
accept a nomination for Congress from
the Democratic party, or any other par
ty. It is due to tnyself to state, that l
consulted with you as a Democrat, on
the llth of July, 1855. and the impres
sion was made on my mind that if we
found it necessary to nominate you for
Congress, you could be prevailed upon
to accept it Though upon taxing my
recollection, I cannot think of any thing
you said or done to induce that belief,
(except a little matter which you will
recollect,) the impression was made on
my mind, more from conversing with
others, than yourself. I would not do
you injustice, or any one else, aud will
respond further to anything I may know
on the subject. I despise the personal
direction this canvass has taken, but the
contest is a heated one, and my friends
color highly what you say of me, and
yours 1 presume do the same in relation
to what I say of you, and so we go pulling
each other dtwn instead of building up
ward. I do not desire to be in the news
paper^, though you think it necessary to
repair any injury, that a misunder
standing of my remarks may have done
you, why do as you please. I would
not damage your fame if I could—it
could do me no good.
Your, &-c..
John W. H. Underwood.
Dr. H. V. M. Miller.
For the Southern Watchman.
GOV. COBB AND THE WILMOT PRO
VISO.
Gov. Cobb voted for the Wiltuot Pro
viso in the Oregon Territorial bill, be
cause he said it was North of the Mis-
sout i Compromise line, which he con
sidered binding upon the South. Gov.
Gnbb appeals to the slaveholders for
having voted to exclude them forever
from Oregon, upon the principle of the
plighted faith of the South. If the
North put the slavery restriction upon
the Oregon bill, upon the principle of
the Missouri Compromise, and with that
understanding * upon the part of the
South, Gov. Cobb voted l ight—voted
as I would have voted. But did the
North put the restriction upon that
principle, aud with that understanding?
So far from it the Northern Represen*-
tatives, by a unanimous vote, rejected
the Missouri Compromise, In proof of
which I appeal to the record, and chal
lenge contradiction. The Southern
Representatives proposed to vote for the
Wilmot Proviso in the Oregon Bill,
upon the principle of the Missouri Com
promise, end Mr. Burt, of South Caro
lina, for the avowed .purpose of testing
the fact, whither the North insisted
upon the anti-slavery clause in the Ore
gon Bill upon the principle of compro
mise, or as an unqualified right of Con
gress, moved to amend the twelvth sec
tion of the Oregon Bill, by adding, that
the South will vote to exclude herself
forever from Oregon, *• inasmuch as the
whole of the said territory lies North ol
30 deg. 39 min. North Latitude, known
as the Missouri Compromise.” What
was the result ? 82 voted for Mr.
Burt’s amendment; 113 against it.—
(Congressional Globe, volume 17, page
187 ) And mark it, voters of the Sixth
Congressional District, Gov. Cobb vot
ed himself for Mr. Burt’s amendment.
Gov. Cobb then did not vote for the Wil
mot Proviso in the Oregon Bill, upon
the principle of the Missouri Compro
mise, because it was North of that line.
For that was put to the test of a vote
and lost by a decided majority.
I might-rest my charge upon this-vate
alone, and defy Gov. Cobb, and all his
friends to defend Jiira from the charge
of having .voted for the naked, unquali
fied Wilmot Proviso. But were I to
'stop here, it would be a tale of wrong
half told. 1 assert, that after this test
verte, and before Gov. Cobb voted for the
Wilmot Proviso in the Oregon Bill, he
was told to his face by every Northern
Representative -that the anti-slavery
clause was not put in the Oregon Bill
upon the principle of the Missouri Com
promise. First—because they denied
that the Missouri Compro nise embraced
the territory of Oregon.; and in .the
second place, they asserted plainly, and
unmistakably, that they engrafted the
Wilmot Proviso in the Oregon Bill,
and insisted upon its adoption, not upon
the principle of the Missouri Compro
mise, but as a test of .the right of Con
gress, independent of any compromise,
to exclude slavery from Oregon, and
any territory that might be acquired
from Mexico by purchase or conquest.
What, with this understanding, ought
to have been the vote of every Southern
Representative ? But is it possible that
Gov. Cobb was told this before he cast
his vote for the Oregon Bill with this
dishonest, discriminating, Wilmot Pro
viso in it? He was! In proof of
which, I again appeal to the record, and
challenge contradiction
What said Mr. Thurmand, of Ohio,
in reply to Mr. Leake, of Virginia ?—
“ I would have voted against the amend
ment of Mr. Burt, if for no other single
reason, for this—that I do not believd^
after the fairest investigation I could
make of the subject, that the line of the
Missouri Compromise extended one inch
beyond the summit of the rocky moan
tains.” A fact admitted by Mr. Burt
himself.
What said Mr. Hamlin, of Maine?
( Congressional Globe, volume 17, page
196.) Mark the answer slaveholders,
Georgians, voters of the Sixth Congres
sional District, to wit: “Mr. Burt’s
amendment was rejected by a vote of
thirty-one majority, clearly settling this
now free, and sending them the shackles
and manaoles of slavery, I never will
consent—never. No! Cause the de
claration to be placed on record on your
journals, that it may be seen by those
who shall come after us, and who shall
be better, abler, but not more willing to
carry out the doctrines we lay down and
promulgate. I, by all means, desire
not to be misunderstood in this matter
I will go for no compromise line of any
character.”
The question then came up on its
naked merits, shall this bill pass? and it
passed by yeas 133, nays 35. (Con
gressional Globe* volume 17, page 198.)
And in defiance of the rejection of Mr.
Burt’s amendment, regardless of the
declaration of Northern men, Gov. Cobb
voted for it, wi*h the odious Wilmot
Proviso in it. And I must say that I
have little hope the Sooth will evef get
her rights, when a Southern Represen-
tive can cast such a vote, under such
circumstances, and be sustained by a
a Southern constituency. For in this
very Oregon Bill, the North claimed
the right—voted for it—carried it, and
now exercises the right to exclude you
and I and every other slaveholder from
all the territories of this Union. For if
Congress had the right to exclude slave 1
ry from Oregon, it has the right to ex
clude it from all the territories. The
conclusion is irresistible. Congress ei
ther has the right by a mere majority
vote, in the formation of any territorial
government to exclude slavery forever,
or the Constitution, in the adoption of
the Wilmot Proviso iu the Oregon Bill,
has been violated; and Gov. Cobb must
acknowledge the one or be convicted of
the other. I put the question to Gov.
Cobb whether Congress possesses this
Constitutional right? If it does,it is high
time the Southern people should be en
lightened, fo|||jiey are in total darkness
of that fact to this day. But if Con
gress Ifcs no such right—if the South
as I have been taught, has the privilege
equa’ly with the North, to occupy the
common territories of both, with the
constitutionally recognized property of
each, then the slavery prohibition clause
in the Oregon Bill is a violation of the
Constitution, aqjMfcs* robbery of the
South ; and I will vote for no man for
Congress who will not pledge himself to
its repeal. The Oregon Bill as passed,
is a disgrace to the South, and I will
require it—I trust every man in the
Sixth Congressional District, before he
casts his vote, will demind- of Col
Franklin a public declarati on of his de
termination, ifelected, to introduce, and
urge with all his ability, a resolution to
remove the slavery restriction from the
Territory of Oregon, and to restore to
the South her rights, her houors, and
her equality. For if we have been
cheated of our rights in Oregon, we will
prove false to ourselves if we do not de
mand a restoration. If the slaveholder
is unconstitutionally excluded from Or
egon, he is not a fit Representative of a
free people—resolved at all hazards to
assert and maintain their rights—who
would not insist upon its repeal.? For
as long as that clause remains upon the
Statute book in full force and effect, the
brand of Cain is upon us. A brand the
South should ever feel disgraced to wear
nntil it is Tabbed out
Boston.—The value of foreign goods
imported at that port for the week end
ing August 17, was $930,675. The
value of the imports from Cuba was
$88,506; Hayti, $25,938 ; B ritish Pro
vinces, $45,431 ; East Indies, $564,
Q
to have no new Missouri Compromise
lines, or compromises of a similar char
acter.” Language could not be more
confirmatory of the settled determina
tion of the North to exclude the South
from the common territory of Oregon
by right of a majority vote of Congress,
Mr. Hamlin did not stop here; but
that Gov. Cobb—that every Southern
Representative should know why the
Wilmot Proviso was put in the Oregon.
Bill, and vote understanding^, Mr.
Hamlin went on to say—“ But sir, I
discard at once, and forever, all talk
about a compromise on any parallel of
latitude which can be named by. man
To any proposition for taking territory
put to the test of a vote upon the amend
ment of Mr. Burt and decided against
Mr. Cobb, as I have shown by reference
to the vote. And in the second place,
Gov. Cobb was plainly, distinctly, un
mistakably told by Northern Represen
tatives, why they put the prohibitory
slavery clause in the Oregon Bill, as I
have already demonstrated. Governor
Cobb is either then a Wilmot Proviso
man, or he must assign some other rea
son for this vote, on let the charge of
bidding for Northern votes for the
Speakership, be confirmed.
This is not the only dilemma in which
Gov. Cobb has involved himself by un
dertaking to justify himself for a wrong
the South utav forget, but can never
forgive. Gov. Cobb, as I have before
remarked, voted one session of Congress
for the Wilmot Proviso in the Oregon?
Bill, because as he alleged it was North'
of the Missouri Compromise, and the’
honor of the South demanded it. Id
the mean time he came back to his con
stituents, felt their pulse, found it up to'
fever heat on account of this very vote,-
and saw that it would not bear repeti
tion ; and he went back the next session'
and voted against this identical same'
bill: Why? BecauseOregorthad got
ten South of the parallel of 36 deg. 30 1
min. If my memory serves me right/
its geographical position remained the'
same, and it was still North of that line'.
And if he voted for it one session upon
principle, and in deference to the honor
of the South, he must have voted against
it the next session tn violation of both;
and he who could disregard either, is
an unfit representative of the State of
Georgia. And the only escape of Gov,
Cobb from this dilemma, is to prove his
ignorance of the claims and motives of
the North, for inserting—insisting up
on—voting for—and carrying the antii-
slavery clause in the Oregon Billandl
even this miserable excuse will not serve-
him as I have demonstrated by the
votes and declarations of Northern Re
presentatives.
In my opinion it will be belter for the
Honorable Howell Cobb to own up. at
once, plead guilty, and throw himself-
upon the tnercy of the Sixth Congres
sional Di'trict. I wish to do no man.
injustice; and if I have stated as a fact*
what the Congressional records will not
show, l am willing to be corrected, and’
will take pleasure in making an apolo
gy. . Justice and the
CONSTITUTION.
But we are told by the friends ofGov
Cobb, that the Oregon Bill he voted for
did not pass. True; but it was no fault
of Gov. Cobb that it did not; for he
voted for it, and had his been the cast
ing vote, the right—the precedent of
Congress to exclude slavery from the
common territories of this Uuion would
have been established. Why did it not
pass? Because Northern men voled
against it in the Senate. Gov. Cobb in
his speeches in this campaign, has told
us that there are noble national demo
crats at the North, who have stood by
the South! He is right! For the vote
upon this very Oregon Bill proved it
There were some gallant fellows at the
North who stood by us, and guarded
our rights in the Oregon bill, when
some of our Southern sons ignominous-
1) deserted us
In his attempt to extricate himself
question, now and forever, that we are ^ rom one difficulty, Gov. Cobb gets into
two. He voted one session of Con
gress to exclude slaveholders from Ore
gon, because, as he apologizes, the
South was committed to the Missouri
Compromise, and he was therefore
bound in honor to observe it. He vot
ed against this identical bill the next
session, because as he assigns, he learn
ed in the mean time, that the North
would not recognize, or be bound by the
principle of the Missouri Compromise
in its vote for the Wilmot Proviso in the
Oregon Bill. Gov, Cobb did not learn
this fact between the interval of the two
sessions ; but was informed of it before
he voled for it in the first instance.—
For the Southern Watchman.
“ Cry aloud, spare not; show my peo
ple their transgressions and the house
of Jacob ( Cobb !) their sins.”—Scrip-
tuf.e.
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Mr. EniTOR: The Honorable How
ell Cobb is a member of “ Tammany
Hall Society,” New York, is he ? Made
a speech there, too, as late as October r
1852! Do you recollect, Mr. Editor,
why he went lo New York, in October,
of that year ? His pretext was to nego
tiate the bonds of the State; but the
real cause of his going was to dodge
vt ting either the “ Tugalo” or South
ern Rights ticket for President! He
said, in a certain letter, (Mr. Cobb can
take the shine off of *• Samuel,” or any
body else, in writing “ model” letters!)
that no Union man could vote for the
Southern Rights ticket for President
without compromising his self-respect.”
He led his friends to believe that he was
with them for the “ Tugalo” squad r
headed by the Woffords! Ho main
tained his “ self-respect” by vamosing
the State and being absent from the-
polls on the day of the election!—-
He voted neither for the “Tugalo ?r
nor the Southern Rights ticket t—•
Pressing business demanded that he
should be in New York, making a so
cial speech, on politics! (how beauti
fully these words harmonize!) before
his “ brethren,” of Tammany Hall, at
the very time the election catue off in
Georgia! What a pity for his reputa
tion that he had not as successfully
dodged the vote, in favor of the infamous
Wilmot Proviso, in the Oregon bill!
But, Tammany Hall Hall Society is
nothing, after all, but a “ social gather
ing /•’’ Let us examine this ftr a few
rounds, and see how the matter stands.
Do men make great, long, violent politi
cal speeches at social gatherings ? Do
they introduce the always exciting and
unmanagable topic of politics, when
they meet together to enjoy each others’
company, and indulge in the pleasures
of conversation and friendly intercourse ?
I never have heard of gentleman doing
such things ; and I am certain the prac
tice did not exist in the time of Lord
Chesterfield! The idea is supremely
ridiculous—offered" by Mr. Cobb to cx^
tricate himself from a still more ridicu
lous position in which he has voluntarily
placed himself. It is the acme of ill-
t
r
breeding, (of which I am confident Mr.
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