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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