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object malicious. On the contrary, I
think thw-Vtyle of it is clear, easy, and
n.itaml; the reasoning, in general, strong
and conclusive ; the obi
kind and benevolent. Anas
of the same hindund benevolent desi
ndm ly, to preserve our happy opiHtieu-
tkwt, I Shall endeavor to ^confirm tli
aabriunce-of that tcdfe A pfai n {
arguments. ”
.“With persecution I *h«ve nothing to
do—I persecute no man for his religious
principles.. Let there be as boundless
freedom, in religion as any man can con-
drive. out this dodS riot touch the point.
1 wiljhsct religion, tape or fctefr, utterly
out of the qinilioq. Suppose the Bible,
if you 'piuuatj.to '
bo a fabler and the
Korun tob«i»jhe word of God. I Con
sider hot whether the* Romish retigion
is t rue qr Falil*';,buitil nothing on oite or
the other supposition. 'Thefclbre, away
with ritf y ou K co rh tiron phi ce declamation
about mtolorsnce arid persecution for
religion ! Suppose every Word of Popp
PiW creed to be true I Suppose the
Couhcil. of Ttenf to have been infallible;
yet'l insist upbn it ifmf no government
not Roman Catholic ought to tolerate
man of the Roman Catholic - persuasion.
I prove this by a plain argument (let
(rim answer it that can)—‘that no Roman
Catholic does or can give security for his
nlfegianc&- or peaceable behavior. I
prop'll thus r It is a Roman Catholic
maxim, established not by private men,
but typbbliccouncil, that "No faith is
to be kept with heretics." This "has been
openly avow'd by the Council of Con
stance ; 1)0% it* "has never been openly
disclaimed* ■ "Whether private persons
avow or disavow it, it is a fixed maxim
of the Church of Romo. B at as loug ns
it;is so.-nothing can be more plain, than
shat the. members of that Church can
give no reasonable security many govern*
«ut!nt (hr their allegiance and peaceable
behnTkfr. --Therefore they ought not to
be tolerated by auy governmentPro
testant, Motmmrtiedan or Pagan. You
eay,“ niy, but tHey take an onth of alle
giance.” Trtre. five hundred Oaths ; but
(he maxim, '* no faith is to be kept with
‘heretics” sweeps them all away as a
spider’s wpB. So that stiH ‘no Govern
ors that arc riot Roman Catholics Can
•hare any security of their allegiaric*.
“Again, those who acknowledge the
spiritual power of the Pope can give no
security of their allegiance to any gov
ernment; but all Roman Catholics ac
knowledge this; therefore they cm give
no security for the*r , '»Hegiance; The
power of granting pardons lor all sins,
past, present and to crime—is, and has
been for many centuries, one branch of
violate a solemn contract, or to commit
a breach of the naliotral faith, I think
they are equally precluded by these con-
L " r 1 llAIM • * i ■ - 1
• S Tififc
■se arc my opinions on the ques
tions presented tdrme.. I desire to add
a brief remark on another subject:
JThe several partiesjn this .Statehave
all planted themselves on .the fourth
resolution of the Georgia Convention of
183P, and she interpretation given to is
by some persons, is that upon the hap
pening of either pf the contingencies
specified i n it, Georgia is to prepare for
an immediate “disruption of the Union.’
I du not so understand it. I think it t tvi? , T' r ln 4 TVm l? I?WC
could not have been so understood by j ^ * -A.JNIJK.Ili Wfe,
its framers.. P’jun sure thail this.!* riot
the fair import of its term,-and still more
ATHENS, GA.
THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT. 20, i860.
Fop Govcrilorj
OF WILKES.
*F«r Congress—Sixth District,
CoK L. FRANKLIN.
confident that such^s not .«be “feeling
of the people* of Georgia?.
In tjle specified contingencies,Gtfor
gta^pledjges herself to resist “evfeu fis a
last resort’ lo the disruption or the Union
The-terxrvfi^ Js.^relative ■ tfcrm. Ujjjsv^ CA^LTON^kb^HOS. J& LOWE,
nepessarily implies Some proceeding-an- "
tfon-somS honest, wrilt mcaJit/patriotic] ^ Mr . u . M /Hitch. U a 0 authorised
For State Senate* •
remss,
For Representatives,
•ffgrts to secure yout rigJitS, -whlfout the| travelling agent for this paper
necessity of having recourse to thi3 last
fearful resort, the ‘ disruption of die
Union. I implore my countrymen to
give to-this subject, their earnest, anx
ious consideration—not to be* diverted
from it by the declamation of political
aspirants—jhe 'agitations of the canvass
. VST Mr. M. A. Harrison is -also an au
thorised travelling agent!
vw'tf. LvxDnuK, Esq.,' is our authorized
agent for Oglethorpe county. J
PROSPECTS BRIGHT.
Information from all parts of the Dis
-orthe excitement of the hustings— lrict usa^believo that the rosu!
but calmly, quietly, in the retirement of . . ... , _ . . . „
their own homes, to consider what Tis, m *** S,xti * wUI •* OB,sh the nat,,fes
to which this controversy 4s tending—L when'thevote is counted *- Wo do riot
and humbly supplicating that Almighty l like boasting be for 6 an election—but
of this oreat Republic, to imbue us with fne " ds *®«P’•«* thnng—let them wort,
.the same.conciliatory spirit, by jybich l vtork. J Remember, “ there is no such
r tl ey whre animated, to seek under Hi* word* as fell,”.*wmg* (hose who are de-
beneffcieitt guidance, the solution of the I V , . ?
problem which shall reconcileSouthero ' t€rm,I * ed to succeed,
rights with, the perpetuity of the Union
Respectfully, yotlr BeUow Citizen
Jno. Macpuerson Rerhien,
LRT.1T RE REMEMBERED,
By those who feel such holy horror of
secret political societies, that HOW-
GEN. CASS AND THE AMKRl-fELL COBB, (toe Foreign, Sag-Nicbt
CAN PLATFORM. Eriu-go-unum-E-Pluribus-hragh candi
So that stiH no Govern- Th » gonriewou. lire written • letter . Confess in’this District * is.
to the Detroit* Free -Pw, in onlorjo ®*~.. i 'W 5Ss . ,n tm strict,) ta
contradict rumors which* 1tav«; ken 1 by.hiB_pj|vq . confession, It member of the
circtfiatod of hue, representing hitt a&j St. Taqlmany society rif New York I! *
sympathising with the American Party,
But whilst, like Daniel S. Dickinson of, . . . , ,
New York, he disapprove of the dt*. Wre0 * *"* **^r*f*«*J that i< is
tinctive principles ef the American Party and published a political
and ef its organization, he like that speech delivered by him before this most
lion most foUsrcstfi)^ kiid impcTlnrit I since the Jacobin "dubs oft sns
to the People ef the South. We quote] Let those who oppose sec/et some
tiqu beware Ie#t they are entrapped..
tmd^ — —-v-—.
Melancholy Occvrrxkce.—"We ce-
l»is spiritual power. But those who ac
knowledge him to have this spiritual his words:
fiower can give no security for their; “There-is, indeed one principle
allegiance, since they believe ih» Pope f*“••*»« ■aovwuion whteh
can pardon rebellion, high treason arid |.™J ooncavreoeejond that ia,tbe dadara
all othc. sins,whatsoever. The power
of dispensing with any promise, oath or
wow. is another branch of the spiritual
giowcr of the Pope; all who acknowl-
odge his spiritual power mast acknoivl-
odgethis . But whoever acknowledges
«hc dispensing p >wer of the Pope can
^tve no security Tot his alleghtnce tb any
^nverimierit . Oaths and promises are
xjone ; they are as light as air—a dis
pensation makes them null and ~ void
Nay.' not only the Pope, hot even a
priest, has power tq pardon sins! 'This
is an essential doctrine of the Church of
Rome. Bui they that acknowledge this
■cauuotpossibly,give any' scetrtity for
their allegiance to any government—
Oattis qro no security af »W ; for the
priest can pardon both perjury and high
treason, betting their religion aside,
it is plain that upon principles of rea
son, no government ought to tolerate
men who cannot give any security to
ilia! government for their altegiauce and
peaceably behaviour. But this, no'Ro-
niapisl can dof riot only while he hoTds
that “no faith is to be kept with here-
tics,'* but so long as lie acknowledges
ili, -^ -grr, n.fci -4ito (c Vttiy-1 g« toteantthat Ik. D«rid M-Ddvis
Upoivrh* subject of slavery, whbfoXp f * 3Qro# ’ WsHon coual f> came
territory of the UWted Stotes.” 1 regret,) untimely death on Monday raomiry
henrevuv, that tha. body- which thus
pronounced against the exercise tlm pow
er did not also pronounce ngamm its
saistonrebut carefully pretermit tod—to
use its dhrn words—the expression of
any opinion-upon- that point. Still, I
approve > if*-action open tba subject so
for wait gees, Itia a step lathe right
direction, and I should rejoice to see It
followed by evary political party in our
country. Is Is « step, loo. towards the
security of political rights—this opposi-
l«st. A friend furnishes the following
particulars:
" He got caught between the belt
and drum of the steam min in this place :
and crushed an that he died in about ten
minutes. -Hu was employed as-sawyer
in (Mil. He leaves a wife and three
children to a distressed condition."
td^For the information of our friends
at a distance—for no one here can be
tkm-loMdmkgfohuiouof Congress over] ^,1*4 by it-wa deem it our duty to
the internal -aflatrs of the people of the 1 f.. .. .. - „ J
Territories, and, among others, over the sta w *be attack upon Gol. Frank-
relatioti of master and servant or that of which appeared last week in the
husband and wife, or parent aod child; editorial eoluenns of the organ in this
!*’*“ ^ *»*
rite rial commuoitiee, and to divest them ******* unfoUTOicd »* The im
ef the power to fvgul.ite them is an act | pressi-m is evidently sought to'be made
'upon the public mind by the writer of
of onnutigatrd despotism."
4^1* ^ «—
_ Council prclernrittcd any ^XpfesssoR «f 19 mttlluctually. nobody, ameris** man of
either"prlret!jTabsolution, or"the spfrtt* °P*P ion •*-*•**» P®*""* • Congress to straw.” So fur flbm this being true, be
ual power of tlie Pope. legislate oponslavery-m the Territories; j a esteemed in this community and
-ir an^ one pleases to answer this,
and set his name, T shall probably reply.
But the productions of anonynuftis wri
ters I do riot promise to take any notice 530
of.
“J auj,sir yo a- humble servant.
,- : “John Wesley.
City Road, J.tmnry 12. 1780.”
-Tkw ivhule force of «lie second pro-
»Mia isapewtin the iwohibiiion to Cob-
gtese. It forbids CwHgacse to ,, makft auy
Unv respecting an - eatoUislunem of re-
Ugion, or prulnbiiing tl»e tree exercise
thereof;" * It does not forb d individuals
to wake such estnldiahmeats- On the
contrary, wchave many of them. It
relates tn the legielatH>:» of C'-ongrcss,
-viotte-be ike- vete of the citizen,
and Che foreign zeal which would dis
tort these pr< visions ef the Constitution
w» lo divest tlitf cuizwLof the uncon
trolled exeroi-e of liia elective fraueniae
ivus-i* secais tome, alikeaiiealrom-tbq
Constitution, and tlie plainest dictates
of m i sow.
The twelfth article of Bk Thiladek
phi i pktfofin has been the subject cf
much ennHiicwtary. 1 state, with-tut
d.scnssing them, my own opini<uis «m
the subjeetsnf w’-icli it treats.
I recognize the impraeticaihiUily, frem
whatever cause, of reconciling the coti-
liteti ig opinions wfooti exot ma the aub»
the
Gan. Cass however fails to tellibe public r . . . .
that every Natioual Democratic ConTeu-1 w ^ cr * Ter «• known, a.w gentium*
lion has duae- the same -thing. But we of res pectable talents, extensive infor-
pardon this omission, as his testi- mat ion, and well qualified to fill
mony is otherwise valuable and eatis- ^ 0Bilk)n to hc aspiQM .
factory. In a little while, if a liitle 0 ,
more Democratic authority upon the Some per sons place sulow an estimate
point cawbe secured, there will bo no upon the intelligence of the people as
Contest and-no difference of opinion, believe thenTready to be gulled by any
upon the soundness and the strength of « , n ^
mAhM. Pl3lpbd cocta, “ ilu ' U "‘'- Tl'«
Platform. Gen. fJass considers it a referred to, belongs, we pre
step in the- right direetioR, and weald sume, to this class,
rejaicc to Mit fallowed fay every polhi- We do nol j^ } canctI UI , oll to notice
cal pariy m the country, inetndma,- #f .. , . ,
cemue, the Democratic. Daniel S Dick- aB I ^ ,n S thal ran y a PP ear «» #«* PH>cr 5
iason averts that 4t embodies principles hut our respect for a worthy citizen and
for which ue always has and always trill for - the truth of history" has be-
contendi and last, though nat least, in travcd : nto
this tnumviratc of distinguished . Demo-
cruts, endorsing the slavery section of
the I’hiladvljdiia Flat for at, tha lion. A.
II. Chappell of this State declares that
it is “as good and hs sound as the Sooth
w M Southern Democrats in the
THE KANSAS QUESTION.
The “ dry-rot" organs are constant
ly harping on the immense importance
of the Kansas question—not that they
feel a greater jpterest in it than other.-
d°—hut with the Ttfope of making politi- i
cal capital thertbV.V^C X \J^
We fully agree withiAh cm that it Is a
matter of the utmost importance to the
people of the South—that they mu6t
meet it in some shape or other as the
last struggle of Abolition for years to
come. The first attempt of the Aboli
tionists will be to repeal the Kansas-Ne*
braska not—failing in this, however,,as
they are inevitably dooiried to do, the.
next and last great battle for years to
come will be fought over the admission
of Kansas as a State. This is the con
test for which the South must husband
all*her resources. Let Kansas be re
jected in. consequence of the toleration
of -slavery in her State Constitution,
and the Union will he at cnce dissolved.
All parties in Georgia (for they have
all adopted the Georgia platform) stand
openly pledged to this course.
r adversaries exhort the people to
ir : ranks because they say the
so-called Democratic party is sounder
on this question than is the American
party. This they attempt to prove by
showing that a number Northern De
mocrats voted the Kansas-Nebraska
bill, and not a 6ingjp Know Nothing in
Congress sustained it. Goo£ reason
for it, too. There was not a single Know
Nothing member in either .branch of
Congress at the time of the passage of
that act. This we hive shown, time
and again but the “dry-rot” organs
and stump-speakers, Jrom little JSlick
down to the third corporal of the_ “ Ath
ene clique" continue to repeat.it daily
with the most unblushing frontery imag
inable.
Do the voters of Georgia intend lo
suffer themselves to be.thus humbugged
by these miserable creatures. -
The Kvnsas-Nebraska Kilt is already
the latv of the laud, amf therefore is not
now an open question. It matters not
to the'people of die South- wbe vqted
for or gainst this measure. The ques
tion oF vital importance to them i*> to
ascertain who is willing to carry out the
provisions of that hill in good faith, by
•admitting those territories when the/
shall, as States, apply for admission,
whether their constitutions tolerate
slavery or not This is the vital ques
don of the day, so far as slavery is con-
cerug^nnd ..its importance cannot,in
our estimation,.be over-estimated.
The American party w solemnly com
mitted, by its national platform, to the
admtMiod of these. Territories as States,
either with or without slavery you their
people may elect, and to a rigid enforce
ment of “ existing laws,*’ including the
KarisaS-Nebrask act as well the .fugitive
alevw act.
The so-called Democracy have no
sack platform—never did have such
an ooe—never will; and-yet,{ amazing
impudence!) they wall on the people «f
the South to put down the only party in
the country which is sound on this ques
tion !—and few what l That certain of
thetr'leaders, (some of whom have voted
for **the Wjl mot,” the Knight of St
Tauunany among the number)—may
gel office!!
Gracious Heaven ! dbflitie people of
Georgia.be thus, humbugged? Will
they ^permit Aleck .Stephens, Howell
Cobb arid other heated partisans and
political adventurers to bamboozteThem
in this-manner I God forbid I * K
S A-:— —
of Hamilton county, Tennessee!! '.This
li is been done, notwithstanding Gov.
Johnson created the office of Aitpifney
for ilit* Railroad with a salary of Uvn
thousand dollars, foetlie purpose of giv-
ng employment to otic Ronert J Cow-
art, (who was rutout'by nature for «
cap Mid bells, * but in' consequenre of
that office-being abolished among digni
taries in modem times, was appointed
\ttorney as aforesaid.) This man
Cowart we umlerstand, has been en
gaged like the Governor himself, ih mak-
1ug*?tujrip-speeches, ihstead of kxdting
iiFer i Re*interests of the Road in Ten
nessee If *.
A mere statement of these focts is,
we think, sufficient to- arouse the indig
nation- of the people *of Georgia, (*o
whom'the Road belongs) and’many of .WH mtn, for the sake of poor pa'rty
whome have denied themselves and their
families the comforts of life in order to
contribute their quota to its construc
tion !
If they wish it to be continued as a
mere party machine—if they wish all
its profits appropriated by hungry parti
sans, while they are taxed for the an
nual repair and equipment of the Road
why, then let them, rote for Johnson. If
not, then, in Heaven’s name, let them
vote for any body else.
I'iirmwwe
immense increase in the foreign popu
lation during the last ten years without
feeling something of the danger to whicllj
we have so often adverted. The charac
ter of tliat population, as compared with
the scattered emigrants in the earlier
history of our country, is a striking fea
ture in the recent European exodus. Is
it not plain that the Sovereigns and
Princes, with whom the Duke of Rich
mond says he so Frequently conversed,
have been for years and are still sending
to our shores men, in raa»y instances,
only fit for the dungeon or jibbet, in
order that they may corrupt the pure
fountains,of regulated liberty, tram
ple under their unhallowed feet the prin-
ciples of the government and the rights
of the people. All that we desire is, that
our fellow-citizens shall view this whole
matter in the light which every pircum-
stance that surrounds us is now flinging
with the brightness of midday . over the
wide land
PREDICTIONS OF A DESPOT.
We would call the especial atterition
of the -people of Georgia to the following
article, copied from the Columbus En
quirer. *
Has not' the prediction of the Duke
of Richmond turned out, so far, a faith
ful history of our country ? Nothing but
the American party can save asfrom its
entire folfilement.
“A few years ago a distinguished no
bleman of England, the Duke ef Rich
mond, in speaking of (his country used
language in refoneuce to our then future
fate, at once true and startling. The
author of tbit political prediction was a
Peer of the .British r?alm—a statesman
well informed as to the .purposes.of the
European governments, and withal a
deadly enemy to our republican institu
tions.' Desiring in his inmost heart the
d DwnfcUofouf country Jie looked around
wilh;th« keen, nod scrutinizing.eyq of a
shrewd and practical monarchist, for the
causes that would ultimately work our
ruin. Those causes he Jfound not in
oonqueat, but ia the employment of cer
tain agencies through which the subvert
triumph,encourage the despots of Europe
in their unsanctified 6chetrie to over
throw the institutions of thisi country ?
It does indeed seem so. The prophecy
has gone forth that o&r government
would be subverted, the means to effect
the irofamous purpose are at work,
the agents ol the anticipated mischief are
transported- hither by hundreds ol thou
sands every year—the Sovereigns and
Princes of thei nations of the Old World
ard\.emptying tbeir prisons and poor-
houses into tbo .blooming lap of our fair
land. And yet we are told to let them
come, to iet this' be the home of -every
villain that can live-no Where else, to let
the enefntes of free institutions work the
downfall of our country at tbeir pleasure
and in their own good time.
Now fellow-citizens it is one object of
the American partyUo prevent the pro
phecy of the Duke of Richmond from
being fulfilled, by subjecting tbe tgiscr-
eants tb which he alludes to some trial
of their patriotism and public virtue, be
fore permitting them to work tlie mis
chief by their voting power, to which he
refers -with so much apparent satisfac
tion. And is it not right t^at they should
be thus tried before they are permitted
to take charge of the ballot box? Are
the native born citizens of this country
wrong, we ask, in makfng a determined
stand against the dangers so distinctly
pointed out years ago, and which are
gowing and; swelling and toomlng up
with threatening and almost appalling
power ? It seems to us that there can
be bu(. one answer,
Wflo AIDS THE' ABOLITIONISTS?
Age the Abolitiortists- aided by those
who would cut off the immense foreign
vrrte.wiue-tenths or raore-of which swells
the Abolition vote of the country? No,
, no!
Who aid thenii then ? They receive
aid and comfort from those who encour
age this importation of foreign anti
slavery men into the country—from the
sion of the principles of the- republic! 8<w . aUed jy emocta u CtQTt mote properly
might be aceorqplished". We would call
| usual course.
a departure from our
( COMMUNICATED.)
Hast Mines, Sept. 14, 1855.
Dear Sul: You will please inform us
National Convention to be held next year whether or-not the Southern Watchman
«<ni 1 S .1 1 : .ft ft ill « i.AWIllaulw metlofl it oixmrvc* keve L>ti
will demand
Pis.
and insist upon "Atlanta
Wien urn JL J. Ctwari 7—A
VrrJitt o/ Tkn Thonsani Dollars
render?#, against the State Road l
. before wc go to .pre**, learn
jeot «»' slavery, and the danger iif ngita- Jrom undoubted authority, that in Ilam-
titig rim que turn hi tlm National Lagi
i.-sl am re. ■ 1 am content rivet the Ameri-
can-party shall iu good hritWivold them
selves bound to abate by, and maiu-
tnih-the existing-laws on -tb© subject,
and with their declaration tint C\m-
greSshss tm power to interfere with,
slavery in tho ante* where it-exists, or
:to rcluse the ftifcnissiot! of any State,
because iith Cotistiiuiinii does or <1 >es
tori re<w»^i'rtdti|«vefy* as a |«wt of its
Aoctal system. 1 hold tb.«t the torritit-
ricriofthe United St.rtrs.-arc the pMp-
erty, liot'of Congress; but of the whole
people of the United States, until such
territory become*a State. I do not
beljvc It bat Unogross has llie power to
jidiulliUluueryiu the Djunjutatf:todiwi-
j) iot Ironi contract with .Mui-yRn 1
nsiderutians of public foi'.h,hut as
Ii^rcss his constitution4 power to
Utqu county, Tenuessee. a case for da
mages against the Suite Road, was tried
last week, andxesulted in tlie rendition
of a verdict against -tlie Road, Qf ten
thousawl dollars / An individual named
.M<;Clung was the plaintiff. The State
was nut defended by Gov. Jobnon’s
SJ-U03 Attorm-y ; for we learn from
reliable sources, that K. J. Cowart was
not at (lie.Court, hut was at Griffin, on
Thursday, last, (while the Court was in
session in. Teuuessee) making a speech
ia fficor of Utt rt-siectioh of (Joe. John
son! No comment .is necessary.
t* Do.es the r*zor take hold w ell T’ tn-
quirecLa.barber .of a man who was un
dergoing .the operation of shaving one
SiUurday night.
“ Ye*,? was the reply, *• it takes hold
fir-l rate, but don't let gu worth a ee n.**
Is regularly mailed. as it comes here but
’seldom lately. What is strange and
difficult to account lor, is the fact that
the Southern Banner comes regularly,
S ad I suppose both are mailed at the same
me and ought to reach here in a week
at furthest; but your paper id some
times, lately,! am creditably informed,
tbree wf>eks gritting 30 miles, bttt the
B inner in one! It can’t be accidental*
for cases are too numerous and all on
one side. If you will have it ferretted
out J will help pay the cost of punish
ing the unprincipled scoundrel who re
fuses to do his duty to gratify a spirit of
malice; or who has received a bribe
from thuSe in power, who would, now,
move heaven and earth to keep their
ptace«. Yours respectfully,
M. F. STEPHENSON.
; .In answer to the above, we distinct
ly state that our paper has been regu
larly mailed every week. They are
always sent to the post office on Wednes
day night. Such complaints as above
are numerous lately, and we pledge
ourself to the utmost diligence in ferret
ing oqt tfie offenders,
iheqjiarticular attention of oUr fellow-citi
zens to his remarkable prophecy, Thera
is a meaning as well as a meanness in it
which Is significant of tlie hopes as well
as the conduct of the despotic powers'ol
the old world. Read what he says, $nd
then rirflrefc for a moment on the pros
pect before ns.
"•*-lMriH.be destroy fid; rteug!* *«t,
and* wUI not be l>ertmtTecNe exist.”,
“ The curse of the French 'tenahirim,-
tuld subsequent wars and eonunotiaos
in Europe, are to be attviboted fa its ex
ample; and so .long* as it exists, no
prince will be safe upon his throne; and
tbe rovereigns of Europe are 4ware «f H
and they have determined- upon its des
truction, and have coma to an under
standing upon this subject and have de
cided on tbe’mcans to accomplish it; and
they wrtteventuaiif succeed, -by SUB
VERSION rather tlxm conquest.” “ AU
the 4mo and surplus population of the
different notions of Europe wiil bo earn
ed into that .country. It is and will be a
receptacle for the bqd and disaffected
'populatinu of Europe, wheo tfcejf -are
not wopted.for soldiers, or t<* supply the
navies ; ami the governments of Europe
wfil favor such a course. This will ere-
afe a Surplus and’majority of low popu
lation, who-arc so non easily excited;
and they will brinyioith. them their princi
ples ; and in nine cases out of ten adhere
to their ancient and former governments
'laws, manners, customs, anil religion
'and will transmit tl.emto tbeir posterity
and ia many cases progagate them
among the natives. These men wiRbe-
come citizens, and by the constitution
and laws, will be invested with the right
of suffrage.*. “ Henee, discord, dissec
tion, anarchy and civil war will ensue
and tome popular individual will assume
tbe government, and restore order, and
the sovereigns of Europe^ the emigrant?
and many of tlie natives will sustain
him.” •* The church of Rome has a
design upon that counjry ; and il will
aid in’the destruction of that Republic. “
“ I have conversed with many of the
sovereigns and princes of Europe, and
they have unanimously expressed these
opinions'relative to the government of
the United States, and their* determine
tiou to subvert it.'
What say you to this ? This proud
offshoot of royalty, this alien enemy of
our country had no hope of conquering
rior country or of bending the free spirit
of our people by force of arms to the
division of a foreign tyrant. That had
been tried and the effort had failed, when
our nation was in its infancy. Biff there
is another and a move certain way which
strikes the minds of the sovereigns of
Europe, with whom the Author of the
above quotation* had conversed. How
is it proposed to accomplish the end* so
ruinous to alWhe hopes of every patriot,
so much to be desired by every tyrant
in the wide world ? The answer is
given in the prophetic warning to which
your attention has been'called.
THE STATE ROAD. -
“ Whom the gods determine to destroy
they first-make made 1” This aocient
niaxtm is being verified in the manage-
of the State Road, under the most cor
rupt and corrupting State administration
that has ever disgraced Georgia. •
We are credibly informed that while
the fare on this Road was reduced onc-
halfdn thri occasion of the recent so
called Democratic mass.mee.ting at Car-
tersv'rile, persons attending the. Fair of
the Southern Agricultural Association
jvere compelled to pay full price!
thing hithertgunheard of—thus mak
ing it a mere party machine.
We are also informed, upon £ood au
thority; that notwithstanding the ‘-fuss'
made about thirty thousand dollars paid
into the State Treasury, the Road is
“•going to the dogs” as fast as it can.—
At the same time,it is said to be owing
upwards of one hundred thousand dol
lars tu the Georoia Railroad, on which
amount the State is paying interest l
In addition to this, wo learn that it is
now using hall-a-dozen of the Georgia
Railroad engines for which ?Ue State is
paying a high prioc per diem, in conse
quence of a lack of proper equipments
of its own!
• W-e learn also that six cars ami the
depot at Chattanooga have • been levied
on and advertised for sale by the Sheriff [ No manofordinary sense can look at the
speaking Foreign party I
It is a truth that ‘ no honest man will
attempt to gainsay, that in those States
where the foreign vote is the largest. Abo
lition is strongest! No well informed
man who has say regard foe truflr will
•dare deny this.
Let the people of the South, thcn,deter-
line. who they can-best trust, the parly
which proposes catting off (his foreign
vote as foe one which is.ever adding to
Ufce strength of AVulilww* by fresh im
portations. *
Read the following extraots
Zollicoffer's speech on ’this snbject:
“.The fruits of, that immigration ap
pear in the following official figures. The
ceusus tables, show that there were in
l£9flW. ,lixi*»g i»tbq Norther*. States of
fire Unifwt • foreign bar**opolxiioa of
1^45,38*2. Qf three, 1,576,183 were
living ia tha fo¥**f»*g pygp State*,
via
New* York,
Massachusetts*
Vermont,
Pennslyvayla,
Ohio,
Illinois,
Wisconsin, .
6514301
160,000
32.80U
304,801
214,512
110,594
106,695
- ‘ . * 1,576,183
in . these . seven free States, which
qotaftw weoriyi the foreign population
of tbe country, Marijn Van Burei
vihen he was-the Abolition candidate
for the Presidency in 1848, received
vote of 245,418, out of a total vote 291,-
676—the entire vote, aav* 49260.
these skate seven States io 1852, John
P. Hale, the Abolition candidate for
Um> ■Pesidcncy, in that year, received
122,929 votes, cat of a total vote of
156,290—ali except 34,267.
“ These seven States notoriously
footer and sustain all, or itcariy all,
the fanatical abolition politicians of the
North—they afe the hottest of all the
hot beds of abolition fanaticism of the
Union. . Take New York, for example
the largest of those States: Van Buren
Dix & Co., notoriously head the strong
division of the old Democratic party—
Seward, Greely &< Co., notoriously head
the strong division of the Whig party.
The sound Dickinson men. among the
Democrats, and the sound notional
men of silver grays among the whigs, are
each confessedly ift the minority. There
is perhaps stiH a worse state of things-
in Massachusetis. In Ohio, Giddinga
boasts of 20,690 Abolitionists of foreign
birth—and there it is known that Van
Buren's Abolition vote in 184S was
35,354. Illinois Is not so unsound ns
some of the others, but it is beoause tlie
smthern part of the State is settled up
with a sound American population, many
of them from the Southern Stales,, there
being 22,900 native Tennesseans among,
them-^but tlie northern poriioa is foll.of
foreigners and abolitionist!—as for in
stance, v* the city of Chicago, where a
majority of the population is of foreign
birth, where Senator Douglass was burnt
in effigy by the German abolitionists for
moving the Nebraska bill, where “ long
Jolfn Wentworth,” a free soil Demo
crat, is tegularly sent to Congress, and
where there is not such an abolitiotl
hole in the Union—unless it is in Bos*
ton. where in 1850 there were 46,000
foreigners—or Cincinnati, where thri
foreign population is also ia the ascen*
dant. In Pennsylvania occurred thd
Christian abolition murdets. in Wis
consin and Massachusetts the fugitive
slave law has been nullified. But 1 pass
from these details with the single re
mark that,- if we turn to the Southern
section of the Union, we will find that,
Missouri, Deleware, Maryland and
Kentucky; where the foreign vote is thei
largesfin proportion to the population*
the freqV>il sentiment is also tbe most
prevalent. * ’ '« . • ,:i V
— ’’oh,'
For tha Southern Watchman.
GOV. COBB. AND THE WtLMOT PBOVI*
SO.
aim the Watchman, of tbe 6tb Sep*
tembe*V I showed that, before Gov_
Cobb voted to exclude slave-holders
from Oregon, the South proposed to ex
tend-to Oregon the Missouri Compro
mise line, and that the North unani
mously rejected it. I farther showed
by .reference to the Congressional Globe,
that Northern representatives, before
the bill "Came up op its final passage, .
told Mr. Cobb that they voted against
the Missouri Compromise in Mr. Burt’s
amendment because they claimed the
right, and intended to insist upon the
adoption ef the Wilmot Proviso clause
a precedent; and notwithstanding
all this, Goy. Cobb voted for it I sub
mitted the article to one of our most
talented and experienced politicians,
who told me that the facts'orere from the
records, -the contusions irresistible;. but
but that there would be no defence
made by the Banner, because it would
invite investigation into a matter io
which Gov. Cobb did not stand fair up
on the records, and expose to the South
ern people an attempted wrong for
which Gov. Cobb stood defenseless.
Time has tested his experience. The
only justifies' ion attempted -was by the
Editors on the streets." Mr. Hill said
that I had answered, the end of my ob
jections io th% hegiiH|iqg-a£ toy article*
by saying that GoV. Cobb voted to ex
clude slavery from Oregon because it
was North of the Missouri Compromise
line*. But I referred him-to the voted*)
Mr. Bun’s amendment, by which tbe
Nonh unanimously rejected and repudi
ated tlie Missouri Compromise. ’True/
said Mr. Hill, ’but was not that Com
promise still in force V It was. * How
thoo/ iwplied Mr Hdl; ‘-couMahi»in>te '
alter tlie principle, and release * Gov.
Cobb from the obligotion.to vote for kV
But Gov. Cobb went back to Congress
tbe very west session andeoted against
this identical same hill, f would like
to know of Mr. Hilt if- votes cannot al
ter principle*, ifUims am} >
I would like to know of the gentleman,
what bad become, in, the meantime of
Gov. ColfoV pvmipLt? , Mr. Hill
tiroghted at me for going.way Back, inr*
to antiquity to find objections against
Gov Cobb. Yes, away back into the
past, just 7 years ago, Gov. Cobb voted
to exclude him and I. and every other
slave bofrfer from Oregon. So far back
as 7 yean, and I suppose Mr. Hill
thinks all objections should be barred
rfijy'tbe-Statute bf !iniitalioax1
one knows Mr. Hill is a fast man. but 1
will take this occasion to inform him
that there are some old fogies, whose
memories »«** back 7 years- to a wrong,
to a Constitutional violation of their
right.-, and like the old fogies of the Re-
Volution, resists and repudiates it, W
caus’ the right to exclude them from
one acre of the common territories of
this Union, implies the right to exclude
them from tlie whole.
Mr. Hill asserted that Gov. Cobb had
met this question before the people^
and made a triumphant explanation.
The issue baa never been Guriy before-
the people, and Gor. Cobb can never
make a satisfactory explanation until fie
acknowledges and apologizes for the*
wrong. Mr. Hill said that “Gov. Cobb*
triumphantly kajustained himself before*
the people for this vote.” It can never
be sustained before an intelligent South
ern audience. For President Polk him
self entered upon the journals of Con
gress, his solemn protest against its in
justice, “ A! I » / J O ;' C*
Pending the discussion of this Ore
gon bill Mr. Burt pressed it to the test
of a vote, whether the North insisted
upon the Wilmot Proviso in the Ore
gon bill upon t ha principle of Compro
mise, or as a claim of the unqualified
right of Congress to exclude slavery
from any of tlxQ Territories of this Un
ion. What whs the result ? 82 voted
for tlie print iplcy 114 voted for tbo
right, 1 n- this- shape she bill came up
on it.’final piss ige ; ami mike its vo
ters-of the Sixth Congressional district,'
after the prinrip’e of Compromise had
been rejected, and the right disfuctly