Newspaper Page Text
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LIBRARY
2W*
—n
atdiman.
VOLUME II.
ATHENS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING; SEPTEMBER 27, 1855.
NUMBER 26
l'UBLISHED WEEKLY,
liY JOHN H. CHRISTY,
XDITOB AND FRO FBI ETON.
Terms of Subscription.
TWO DOLLARS per annum, if paid strictly in ad
ance: otherwise, Til REE DOLLARS will be charged
(rt-Iv, order that the price oftbepapei may not be in
Ihe way of a large circulation, Club* will be supplied
at the following low rates.
yy—alt COPIES for - - - S10,<s£V|W
Uraar^TEN •• for . - - *15^2^1
Attktielnw ratu,tka Cankmutat'-mpany Ike order.
Rotes of Advertising.
Transient advertisements will be inserted at One
Dollar persquare for the first .and Fifty Cents per square
foreacb subsequent insertion.
Legal and yearly advertisements at the usual rates
Candidates will be charged $5 for announcements,
and obituary notieesexeeeuingsix lines in length will
in charged as advertisements.
When the number of insertions isnotmarkednn and
advertisement, it will be published till forbid, and
charged accordingly.
Political,
9Bnsinf53 nnil ^rnfrssionnl (Carils.
JOHN H. CHRISTY,
VLAUf AXD FAJrCT
Book and Job Printer,
“Franklin Job Office,” Athens, Ga.
**, Alt work entrusted to his earefaithlully, correctly
end punctually executed, et prices correspond-
j*„:S ing with the hard ness of the times. *■
C. B. LOMBARD,
DENTIST,
ATIIKJfS, GEORGIA.
Ruontaover the Store of Wilson Veal. Jan3
PITNER & ENGLAND.
Wholesale & Ret.til Dealer* in
Groceries, Dry Goods,
. HARDWARE, SHOES AMD BOOTS,
Aprils Athens, Ga.
MOORE & CARLTON,
DEAI.EHS IN
SILK, FANCY AND STAPLE GOODS.
HARD WARE AND CROCKER Y.
April No. S, Grauitc Row. Athens, Ga.
LUCAS & BILLUPS,
WHOLESALE AMD RETAIL DEALERS IM
DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES, HARDWARE, Ac. Ac.
Ni*. 2, Broad Street, Athens.
WILLIAM G. DELONY,
ATTORNEY at law,
Office over the store ol IVm 51. Morton t
Will attend promptly to all husinesseiitrust
od to his care. Athens, April 6
Pi A. SUMMEY & BROTHER,
Wholesale and BetailDemJersin
Staple Goods, Hardware, Crockery,
AMD ALL K1MDS OF GROCERIES,
Corner of Wall aud Broad streets, Athens
WILLIAM N. WHITE,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER,
A»J Med;paper and Magazine Agent.
DEALER IS
MUSIC and MUSICAL JNSTR6 J/A.A TS
LAMPS, USE CUTLERY, FANCY HOODS. AC.
No. 2, ColteRe Avenue, Newton House. Athens, Ca
sign of •• White’s University Bookstore.”
Orders promptly filled at Augusta rates.
T. BISHOP & SON,
Wholesale and K«(*S! < c««s,
April 6 No. 1, Broad street, Athens.
JAMES M. ROYAL,
IIARXKSS MAKER;
TtaS removed his shop to Mitchell’s old
11 Tavern, one door east of Grady Jt Niclt*
olsou’s—where lie keeps always on baud a
^titleral assortment of articles in hisline, and
isalwavsready to fill orders in the best style.
Jan 26 tf
LOOK HERE!
milE undersigned have on hand a general
1 assortment of
STAPLE DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES AND HARDWARE.
which they will sell low for cash or barter
Call and examine.
April 13 P. A. SUMMEY & BRO
Coach-Makiog and Repairing.
^^'.lAlHF.S bTbDRPEE.
i T the old stand recently occupied by R. S.
JX Scheveneli, offers for sale a lot of superi
or articles of his own manufacture, at redu
ced prices—consisting of
Carriages, Buggies, &c.
Ordors for any thing in hislincthankfully
.received and promptly executed.
Z&-Repairing done at sliortnoticeand on
reasonable terms.
NOTICE.
full E subscribers arc prepared to fill orders
A for all kinds of
Spokes for Carriages and Wagons,
Also, at the same estublishment we manufnc
ture all kinds of
BOBBINS,
commonly used in our cotton factories. All
done as good and cheap as can be had from
tbe North. Address,
P. A.SUMMEY & BRO. Athens,Ga.
•Who will attend to all orders, and the ship
ping of the same. March, 1854.
linm SLOAN & OATMAN,
DEALERS IN
Italian, Egyptian Jb American
AND EAST TENNESSEE MARBLE.
Monuments, Tombs, Urns aud Vases; Murble
if,. Mantels and Furnishing Murble*
HP*All orders promptly filled.
ATLANTA, GA.
fg-Refer to Mr. Ross Crane. junell
()A flacks Flonr for sale by ’
vU April 2tUh Grady ANiciiolson
mi ; !
Blank Declarations,
UG' buth formsv (long anti short) together
with the process attached—just printed
• iid for sale ut this Office* Also, various
other Blanks.
pf*Any Blanks nut on hand—as, indeed,
almost any kind of job priiitiug—can be fur
nished uu a few hours' notice
Keep it before thtf People.
Keep it before the Peopfe, Thai un
til Foreigners came amon^ us, we hed
no election riots—we hear^ nothing of
ballot-boxes being broken, -or of blood
being shed at the polls—and that we
hear of no riots where there are
Foreigners!
Keep it before the People, That ai the
Massacre of St. Bartholomew, in Paris,
100,000 French Prntestants : were mur
dered in cold blood, by Roman Catho
lics, because they denied the infallibili
ty of the Pope, and chose to worship
God in a different matiner from that re
quired by Catholic Fraud!
Keep it before the People, That J.
R. Giddings, of Ohio, the high priest
of Abolitionism in that State, has de
nounced the American party, in a publi
cation of great bitterness, because a
hange in our Naturalization Laws
would ruin the cause of Abolitionism—
boa-ting ibat there are 30,000 Foreign
Abolition votes in Ohio!
Keep it before the People, That the
majority of the population of the young
State of Wisconsin, is foreign-born—
that they have elected a Free-*oiler to
the United States Senate, and passed
resolutions in the Legislature denounc
ing the Know Nothing organization !
K«fp it before the People, Thai the
immigration to this country from Eu
rope, from 1840 to 1850, was one mil
lion five hundred and forty three thou
sand, and from 1850 to 1860. in regular
increasing ratio, FOUR MILLIONS
OF ALIENS, will be poured in upon
Keep it before the People, That the
great and only question at issue before
the country is—not whether Whigs or
Democrats, btit whether Americans or
Foreigners shall rule our country—
wheltn r the faith of the Protestants' or
Catholics shall be the religion of this
country !
Keep it before the People, That the
population of the world is now
eleven hundred millions—that of that
sJH.OOO.OOO are Protestants, while 170,-
000,000 are Roman Catholics, say more
than ti;o to one, while demagogues cry
out that ueare in no danger frini the
ii crease of Romanism!
Keep it before the People, That the
history of the Romish Church is a histo
ry of cruelty and bloodshed—t’'at Pope
Clement the VII, turned the whole race
of the Moors in Spain, over to the tor
tures of the Inquisition—that Louis the
XIVth caused France to be deluged
with the blood of Protestants—and that
the blood of those inoffensive and excel
lent people, the Waldenses and Albi-
genses, flowed like a river under the
hand of Papa! persecution !
Keep it before the People, That in
Massachusetts, during the year 1853,
there were maintained by the State,
TWELVE THOUSAND FOREIGN
PAUPERS, and that in 1844, the num
ber was increased one thousand more,
••y fresh arrivals!
Keep it before the People, That in
New Orleans, during the year 1853*
there were admitted into Charity Hospi
tals alone, twelve thousand Foreign
Paupers—while the official records of
the city show the increase ever since
then, to be startling and almost incredi
ble!
Keep it before the People, That the
ratio of native and foreign pauperism,
in this country, in 1850, as shown by
the census; was as one to ten, and that
the additional statistics since then, aug
ment this proportion, and show that it
is now one la fifteen !
Keep it bef.re the People, That in
New York, there were ONE HUN
DRED AND SIXTY-FOUR THOU
SAND Foreign Paupers maintained by
the State, in 1853, at a cost of $220,-
649 per annum, and the year following
there was a two-fold increase, with all
the attendant evils of sdeh increase!
Keep it before the People. That ac
cording to the census of 1850, one in
every thirty Foreigners in the United
States, was a pauper, whereas, but one
in every 450 Americans was a pauper,
showing that the proportion of native
and foreign pauperism, was as one to
fifteen—showing, conclusively, that the
source of pauperism in this country is
immigration, and that it must be check
ed by legislation.
Keep it before ths People, That in ad
dition to a Roman Catholic being a
member of Pierce’s Cabinet, a French
Catholic being sent as Ministerto Spain,
and other Foreign Catholics holding’
high positions at home and abroad, un”
der this Foreign Pierceoeratic Adminis
tration,—all the subordinate officers in
the State Department at Washington
are Roman Catholics but one, while
fifty-nine are put down ns of foreign
birth.
Keep it before the People, That every
Catholic Priest and Bishop takes an oath
of allegiance to the Pope of Rome, in
favor of the government of the Royalist,
of St. Peter, in Italy, and in opposition
to the Government of the United States;
and they further swear “ before God,
and (be Holy Gospels,” that Heretics]
Schismatics, rind rebels to our said Lord
God the Tope, or his aforesaid succes
sors, I wilt to my utmost p
oppose and destroy t'
Keep it before the People, Tbat at so
late a period ns October, 1642, at
Champlain, a foivn in New York, sever
al Catholic Priests held a protracted meet
iog in a Catholic Church located there
—that they collected a large number of
Catholics from the surrounding villages
—called upon all who had Bibles or
Testament* to bring them forward from
day tq day, which they did until a large
pile was placed at the disposal of the
Priests, who. on the days and date above
name^, piled them on a fire in the yard
no and publicly committed them to the
flames! •
Keep it before the People, That
King John of England^in his deed of sur
render to Pope Innocent, uses this de
grading and blasphemous language.—‘‘ 1
John, King of England, by the grace of
God, freely grant unto God, and the
holy Apostles, Peter and Paul, and to
the Holy Roman Church, and to our
LORD POPE INNOCENT, and 'o
his Catholic successors, the whole King
dom of England, and the whole King
dom of Ireland, with all the rights and
all the appurtenances of the same, for
the remission of our sins, and all our
generation, botn for the living and the
dead
Keep it before the People, That
Pope Alexander 3d., ivas driven into
France from Rome, by a rival, Pope
Victor 4th, and in the year 1161. King
Ilenry, of England, and King Louis, of
France, riding together in the road, met
the banished Pontiff, both dismounted,
and holding the reins of his bridle, walk
ed on foot by his side ; and in that sub
missive manner conducted the vile man
of sin into the ca*tle !
Keep* it before the People, Tnat
Caligula, the vilest murderer and tyrant
that ever lived, and the most corrupt
adulterer and glutton in or out of Hell,
was the first sovereign Pontiff of pagan
Rome, who ever offered his foot to be
kissed by those who approached him—
that Seneca dec’a med upon it aa the
la?t affront to liberty, and the introduc
tion of a Persiati slavery into the man
ners of Rome— that this servile act, is
now the standing ceremonial of Chris
tian Rome, ani a necessary condition
of access to the reigning Pope, though
derived from uo better origin than the
frantic pride of a brutal pagan tyrant!
Keep it before the People, That
our forefathers brought with them across
the ocean that Magna Ciiarta, the
bill of English rights, which the Barons
ivresteu from the cowardly and knavish
King John, of England—that the Bull
of Pope Innocent, dated 12th August,
1215, stigmatized that great charter as
“ not only vile and base, but unlawful
and unjust”—and that the Pope did
nmiul and quash the same !
Keep it before the People, That
the Democrats in the free States, have
elected none but Abolitionists and Free
Sutlers to the Congress of the United
States, heating, in every instance, con
servative and Compromise Democrats.
Keep it before the People, That the
Administration papers in the South are
unable to designate a Representative
elected to Congress in any ol the Free
Stat-s, by the Democrats who is uot a
I?ree Soiler.
Keep it before the People, That Dur-
kee, elected to the United States Senate,
by the Legislature of Wisconsin, is an
ultra Abolition anti-Nebraska D.-tno-
ciat, and that the Democratic. Legisla
ture which elected him, passed reso'u*
tions denouncing the Know Nothings
as pro-Slavery men!
Keep it before the People, That the
notorious Henry Wilson, and sixty other
Abolitionists, et id omne genus, seceded
from the National Council of the Ameri
can party, at Philadelphia; because the
National Platform adopted was favora
ble to the views of the South ou the
Slavery question, and avowed their pur
pose to act with the Democratic party,
as less devoted to the cause of Slavery.
Keep it before the People, That the
States of Maine and Michigan, are both
Democratic, and that their last Legis
latures, were composed of a working
majority of Free Soil Democrats, who
denounced the Nebraska bill, and adopt
ed resolutions favoring Foreigners, as
more sound upon the anti-Slavery issue
than natives!
Keep it before the People, That the
late Democratic S*ate Convention
held iti Ohio,passed resolutions denounc
ing the Know Nothings, as the advo
cates of Slavery, and asserting it to be
the duty of all good Democrats, to use
all constitutional means to eradicate
Slavery wherever ii, exists!
Keep it before the People, That the
notorious Fred Douglas3, an insolent but
talented Free Negro, is a Democrat in
his politics, and repeatedly addresses
Democratic meetings at the North and
North-west, by invitation of his white
brethren and associates.
our uative citizens, when asau'tcd by
these foreigners, turn upon these assail
ants, and put a few of them hors du com
bat, they are called murderers, women
burners, robbers, &c., persecuting men
for opinion’s sake!
Keep it before the People, That the
Democrats of the South have not elect
ed a single man to Congress,- who is not
openly and notoriously pledged to the
support of Foreigners and Catholics in
Congress, and against Protestants
aud Natives,- so far as their votes and
influence is concerned.
Keep it before the pleple. That it is
all right for Foreigners to come to this
country—form themselves in secret
societies—provide themselves with fire
arms, and kill native citizens, and, bev
cause they vote the Democratic ticket,
the organs and orators of. that party
insist upon it tlrat they are an innocent
people,-and worthy to be invested with
public authority !
Keep it before the people, That if
GRAVE CHARGES
AGAINST the present management
OF THE WESTERN & ATLANTIC RAIL
ROAD.
Atlanta, September 6, 1855.
At a large and enthusiastic meeting
of a portion of the citizens of Fulton
county,' opposed to the re-election of
Herschel V. Johnson to the office of
Governor, held in the City Hall, this
evening, A. W. Mitchell was called to
the chair, aud George W. Adair request
ed to act as secretary.
At the close of an able address de
livered by Col. James M. Calhoun, our
candidate for the Senatorial branch of
the Legislature, in which he referred
frequently to the base corruption and
favoritism which now mark the adtnini-
tration of our State affairs, it was moved
and seconded that a committee of tiventv-
two be appointed by the chair, to retire
and prepare a preamble and resolutions
expressive of the sense of this meeting,
touching the cases of clear violations of
law by the Governor <f our State, and
the General Superintendent of the
Western & Atlantic Rail Road, which
have been developed in the progress of
the present campaign. The Chair ap
pointed as that committee,the following
g ntlemert: Col A. W. Hammond, J.
r. Duane, R. D. Mangum, James Loyd,
James Caldwell, Dr. N. L. Angier, YV.
F. Ezzard, J. Farrar, M. J. Ivy, Capt.
John Jones, W. J. Foster, R. M. Clark,
H. W. McDaniel, J. F. Arnold, P. E.
McDaniel, T. B. Daniel, Dr. Albert, A,
W. Stone, Maj > A. Stokes, Wtn.Latvshe.
W. M. Butt, and E. M. Seago.
While the committee wer- out. Col.
J. I*. Hart is, our candidate for Repre
sentative, en ertatned the audience with
one of his most entertaiuing and soul-
stirring appeals in behalf of the Ameri
can cause.
At a li\Jte hour the committee return
ed, and reported the following Prea nble
and Resolutions, which were read in a
clear and distinct voice by its chairman;
and then adopted by the meeting, ivitli-
ojt a single dissenting voice. There
were between two and three hundred
persons present, many of whom voted for
Gov. Johnson two years ago :
Your committee were much embar
rassed, and were compelled to passover
several of the most serious charges
which are rife in the community, relat
ing to favoritism by the Superintendent
of the State Road, for want of positive
proof. We have therefore, confined
ourselves to the notice of a few acts of
“ favoritism” and “ discrimination,”
which ive know to be true,jind which we
believe to be plain violations of the law
enacted for thegovernmenloftba Road,
as well as a tyrannical proscription of a
portion of our citizens, and others
having business connections with the
Western nnd Atlantic Rail Road. We
presume that no man will deny that it is
the duty of the Superintendent of the
State Road, to know no man in his of-
fic 'al capacity. In order to show to
ivhat extent partality and favoritism has
been shown, in the cases we design pre
senting, it becomes necessary to refer to
the oath of the Superintendent, which
he is required to take before entering
upon the duties of his office. It is in the
following words:
“ I do solemnly swear that I will
faithfully and impartially perform all the
duties of my office; that l wilt make no
appointment, nor do any act from fear,
favor, icivard, or the hope thereof, but
that in all things 1 will be governed
solely by regard to the interests of the
state of Georgia, and that in the dis
charge of my duties, 1 will neither make
nor permit to be made, any discrimina
tion in favor of, or against any Rail
Road Company in the State, or other
persons or parties having bu-iness con
nectious with, or relations to, the Wes
tern and Atlantic Rail Road.”
The rate offreight to Etowah Depot,
has, within affeiv weeks past, been re
duced in accordance with the wish ofthe
proprietor o| the Etowah works, to the
tariff which prfevaiie'd (luting a former
administration. When this was done,
Rev. C. W. Howard, owner and worker
ofthe extensive lime quarries near King
ston, respectfully asked of the Governor
and Superintendent, a similar favor,
sent up his own petition, endorsed by
forty citizens of Cass county, praying
that Ins business relations might be
placed as Mr. Yonge left them—preci
sely what had been done for Mark A.
Cooper. The Governor of Georgia re
fused to unswer Mr. Howard’s letter,
and the Superintendent refuses to do
for him, what he has done for a party
friend. Be it therefore
Resolved, That we regard this as a
plaue cuse of ‘•discrimination” in favor
of, and agaiust, “persons having busi
ness connections with the W. & Atlan
tic Rail Road,” and that we utterly
condemn a policy so unjust, and dis-
criminntve in its opefatioirs.
Again, ivheu the Rail Road Bridge
across the Etoivnh riVef ivas destroyed
by fire in the early part of the present
year, a spirited competition for the con
tract to lmul passengers across the
burnt section , grew up before it was
awarded by any one. Messrs. Loyd St,
Pulliam, of this city, who, we all know,
are reliable and responsible in every re
spect, proposed to take the contract, and
give good security for its faithful per
formance, at 35 cents per pa-sengcr.
The Superintendent gave it to other
parties, at 50 cents per passenger.
Resolved, That in the opinion of this
meeting, here is another act of “favorit
ism” and ‘ partiality” which cannot be
explained away, and is in direct viola
tion of iv tat we understand to be the
duty of the Superintendent in his offi
cial capacity, when called upon. to de
cide “between persons and parties.”
On the first day oflasl month, (Aug.)
the American party held a Mass meet
ing at Calersvill. The Superintendent
fixed the rate of fare to go and return
from this city, at $2 30 per passenger.
On the 30th day of the same mouth,
the anti-American democratic party
held a mass meeting at the same place,
and the rate of fare to go and return
from this point, was fixed by the Super
intendent at $2 00—thirty ceuts per
passenger less than was charged the
American party. A similar ‘‘discrimi
nation” in favor of one political party,
and against another, was carried out at
all the stations where any abatement
was made from the regular rates.—
Therefore,
Resolved, That we deem this a viola
tion ofthe trust confided to the Superin
tendent, and an act of proscription to
wards a portion of the citizens of Geor
gia, which ought not to be permitted.—
The law which clothed the Superinten
dent with power to prescribe rates of
fare,did Hot contemplate that he should
charge a certain political party one
price, aud its opponent another. If it
had, we do not think the oath above
quoted, which he is required to take
before entering upon his duties, would
have been incorporated into the Act.
But again. Sometime last year, a
man named Hutchings, said to be a
Broker from Kentucky, passed down
the Western &, Atlantic Rail Road,
to Atlanta, carrying by his side on the
seat, a carpet bag, which the conduct
tor supposed couta ned specie. Freight
for carrying it was demanded, but the
owner refused to pay any. On the ar
rival ofthe train here, the Superinten
dent directed that the carpet bag and
contents be seized, and detained until
the owner paid $40 freight, which lie
believe ivas the sum demanded. The
property was, accordingly seized, add
its owner detained here several days, in
endeavoring to get possession of his
specie or whatever it was. After the
man been harrassed out of all patience
before our Justice Courts, he finally-
paid a portion of the demand, under
protest. In this proceeding, the Super
intendent exhibited a praiseworthy so.-
licitude for the interests of the State,
and ive commend him for it But about
two weeks ago, a Western Banker drew
from the Bank of the Interior, at Grif
fin, and the Atlanta Bank, in this city,
something over $200 000 in coin. Ac
cording to the published rates for car
rying specie, the M & W. Road charg
ed and collected $100 00 for bringing
here. By direction of the Superinten
dent, the whole amount was convey
ed over the State Road, free! The
freight would have amounted to $209 00
if charged and cnllec'ed.
Resolved, That ive here make out
another plain case of “ favoritism” and
“ discrimination,” which is not only
improper and contrary to law, but well
calculated to disgrace Georgia in the
eyes of citizens of other States.
But another, and a more serious
charge. It is well known to the citizens
of Atlanta generally, as to those present
this evening, that the Georgia Road, and
Macon St, Western lines, each have an
outside Agent; who reside in Atlanta.
An Agent outside their respective,Depots
Mr. John G!en represents thfe Georgia
line, while the Savatmah lihe is repre
sented by Mr. A. G. Ware. Both these
gentlemen, in the discharge of their
duties, are frequently to travel over con
necting lines in order to look after the
interests of the respective companies
which they represent: Arid lfct it be
remembered that both these great rival
lines occupy exactly the same relation
to the State Road. Mr. A. G. Ware,
who represents the Savannah line; in a
certain Capacity, is required to' pay full
fare, whenever he travels over the Wes
tern & Atlantic Rail Road, while Mr.
John Glen, who occupies precisely the
name relation to tiie Georgia Rail Road,
is passed free ! Both these Agents have
passed over the State Road free, rintil
very recently. We learn from Mr.
Ware, thill lie called on the Superin
tendent, a few days ago, at Marietta, for
an explanation, as to why he was requir
ed to pay fare, while in the discharge of
his duties as Agent ofthe Central, and
Macon & Western Companies. The
Superintendent replied,it ivas because he
(Ware) “ivas editor of a Know Nothing
paper,” and gave no other reason. Mr.
Ware is not the editor of any paper—*
has the control of none—is responsible
for the editorial department of none.
He may occasionally write for political
journals, as time and inclination prompt*,
but is not the editor of any. The
“ American Discipline,-’ to which ive
suppose the Superintendent alluded,- is
owned nnd cjntrol'ed exclusively by
Mr. A. M. Eddleman, a gentlemen well
known in this comnunity—of unimpeach
able character anu integrity, and in
every ivay responsible for the columns of
bis journal. Therefore, be it
Resolved, That ive recognize irt this
Case of petty political proscription, not
only a disposition < n the part of the
Superintendent to crush those who dare
to oppose the re-electiori of Gov. John
son, with the power which he wields
for the time being, but ive fear, an en
tire disregard of the solemn oath which
he has taken, not to ‘ discriminate in
favor of, or against ariy Rail Road Com
pany in this State.” If passing aii Agent
of a connecting Road, over the State
Road Tree, while he charges the Agpnt
of another, and a-rival line, full fdre,
does not come in direct conflict with
the oath which he has taken, as Superin
tendent, as the case now stands, then
we do not understand the meaning of
words.
But more. As some of the demo
cratic papers in this vicinity, were
among the first to make charges against
the State Road, for its corrupt and par-
tizan management, and for some cause,
have m»w ceased to allude to its delin
quencies, we hold it to be a solemn duty
ive owe to the State at large, thus to
notice, and publish to the world, these
acts of favoritism, discrimination and
wrong—that the whole people of Geor
gia, to whom the Road belongs, may
apply such temedy, as to them may
seem fit and proper, to remove the evils
complained of. i
Oh motion, it was Resolved, That
these our proceedings, after being sign
ed by the Chairman and Secretary, he
published in the“ American Discipline,”
and that every paper in Georgia, oppos
ed to the prostitution of our great State
work, to selfish party purposes, be earn
estly requested to insert our proceed
ing*.
A. W. MITCHELL, Ch’mn:
George W. Adair, Sec’v:
LET IT BE REMEMBERED,
That R.J. Cowart,the chief traducer of
Mr. Jenkin’s character two years ago—
the man who circulated more of the
Algerine documents than any body else
—the roan who wilfully perverted Mr.
Jenkin’s connexion with the Algerine
law—(lie man who actually ridiculed
that distinguished riud patrioic son of
Georiga for having a slight deformity in
one of his feet, with which he iva* born.
Yeo, Ccwart, in his public speeches,
compared Mr. Jenkins to the “devil
with a Club-foot, going about,” &c. For
•his chaste, elegant, and magnanimous
conduct; Gov. Johnson gave Cdwaria
sinecure appointment worth two thous
and dollars a year. Will the People
elect such a man ?
LET IT BE REMEBERED, That
Gov. Johnson made an office without
authority of law, to suit Cowart. There
being none in existence, within his gift,
that Cdwdrt could fill;, with salary
enough attached'to it. The Goverhor
located him in Atlanta^told him lie ivas
Attorney for the State Road, and that
his salary should he tivo thousand dol
lars per annum—and to call at the Trea
surer’s office every month and get his
pay. Will the taxqiayers Of Georgia
vote again for a man frho krill tliiiS squan
der their Hard earnings, without Authori
ty of law—merely to reward an unscru
pulous politician 1
LET IT BE REMEMBERED, That
in consequence of Cowart being appoint
ed Attorney for the State Road, the Su
perintendent neglected to defeud some
cases for damages brought against the
Road in Tennessee, supposing it to bfe
Cowart’s business; and that tinder
Cowart’s management, the State lost
thirty-six thousana dollars: 1*66 claims
for damages were brought tigairist the
Road by Corn-speculatorS, it-bd he&er
dreamed of
land of their adoption. We fear tco,
that some of the ultra Catholic journals
went far beyond the groundfo prudence
in writing on religious subjects;
We do not make these renarks to
palliate the conduc. of the despots, who
assign nnd malign the Ii Lib We mere
ly allude to the matter for the purpose of
stating that the conduct of some of the
Irish femigrriritg is riot what it ought to
be, and to coiirisel litem to give up their
intemperte habits, tlielr fbivs, their fac
tious fights arid to act iri srifch a manner
as to earn thn respect of their bitterest
enemies. * * $ut If by their follies
they disgrace themselves, can it be won
dered tit if the Americans declare that
such a people are bmvoi thy to share
ivitb therii the freedom and blessings
guaranteed by the constitution of their
country ?
. Whitt; ive ask, would the Irish peo
ple say, if two millions of Russians, Prus
sians, or Greeks should coroe Among
them, and by their conduct set Us all by
the ears, commence rows in out* streets,
factions on our railways; Arid in their
journals assail our creed; and evince lit
tle itillirigrieSs to respect our institutions?
Would nttt the native population begin
to think it right td exclude them from
public bffices; arid declare them danger
ous foes to the ebrihtry ?
^ •
CHATTANOOGA DEPOT LEVIED
: ON ?
It is announced in the Chatfaflbogd
Gazette (says the Chronicle and Senti-
nal) that the Depot of the State Road in
Chattanooga has been levied on by the
Sheriff of that country, to be sold on the
first Tuesday in October next. This
is very unfortunate for the State ; for
if ive may judge the future by the past,
it id id be feared that the Governor arid
his man Gowart, will be tdo much en
gaged stumping it over the State, to at
tend to the matter, until after the elec
tion ; and the sale is to take place the
next day.
Verity we have fallen upon evil times,
whett frith the treasury of the State and
Road frill of money, the Governor per
mits the property of the State to be Site*
rificed urider the Sheriff Hariimer—be
cause he and his hired stump Orators,
hired and paid out of the Stale Treasu
ry, are too busily engaged stumping it
to pay off the judgements obtained
against the State. A worse feature if
possible is the refusal vf the Governor
td iriake any explanation; or attempt
any excuse for permitting tiife' bat’s td
be thus sacrificed. He was culied bti
to explain, or excuse such conduct in
his speech in S ivannah, and did not
deign to notice the call! Has it then
come td this ? that a public officer to
whose custody the affairs bf thd State
Have bdeii ebrnrhitfed, shall thus opeii-
Ijr neglect his duty, arid then, when
called upon by the people, refuse to
make an explariatibn! Are Geor
gians mere serfs arid Slaves, that they
will permit these tHifigs—or have they
ihe independent id rebuke such con
duct:
We commend to the readers atten
tion the following article from the
Chattanooga Gazette. While the bu
siness of the road and the interests of
shippers are suffe'ing for the want of a
sufficient number of cars to transport
the p&duce and irierctiandise of the
riountry,the Governor has permitted
fifteen ofthe cars to be sold by the Sher
iff, at Ibss ihari , orie-f-urth of their
ebst. Pebjile of Georgia, are you such
I seritle slaves of jiai.ty as to vote for
1 siibh a man as II: V. J hxson for Gov-
j efrior ; We $liall see.
“The State Road.—The Sujierin-
recovering any such enor
mous sura?. We have published this to 1 lendeht's iriariageraent, or rather mis-
worldjtwo or three times; and one ] management of his great work, keep!
man, to our knowledge, has denied the ; all its frieridS, and all of the Agbnts;
truth of it; or undertaken tp explain hdw | Conductors, and Engineers and bther
or, why, it was done. We now repeat! office^ busily employed to' keep up the
tlie charge, and call for ah eiplanatiori;' repiitaiion ofthe Road and make it pay.
arid if not forthcoming iri due tiirie; shall! From this point, the most important on
claim a verdict at the hands ofthe peo-j the Road, so much is often require d to
pie, on the first Monday in October, be shipped, that the comparatively few
against Gov. Johnson for being the'cars belonging to the Road, that are not
cause bf tbe.losA bf this large amount of too superanuated or badly crippled for
money.—Atlanta Dis. j use, cannot get off the freights fast
• enough. To us, this seems like short
IRISH CITIZENS READ THIS ! j nghted policy. Wc should think tiiat
The following paragrAph's are taken j the late lesson which the Superinlen-
from the Dundalk (Ireland) Democrat, dent learned in the adjudication of dam-
It will be seen that an inteilig&nt Irish j age suits, by which the State of Geo* giA
journal takes a very diffeffint view of' was mulcted into S36 000 cost, for dam-
the American party iri this country, j age, would suffice to make him very
from that taken by certain foreign and | mindful of his duties to the pubu$ to
pseudo'-nAtive journals or this side of the ' whom he has made fair promises;
water. Y^hile ceiisuring the “know- j Speaking of damages reminds us of
nothings,” the writer is not blind to the (h'fe fact that we omitted to mention that
shoheomings of the great body 6f fore
igners here, whose actions and urirripu-
blicari opinion were the cause of arous
ing that intense American feeling novv
so pervading in the land which our na
tive born fathers gave us. He denounces
liis countrymen in no measured terms,
and admonishes them in such a manner
as will make them listen and probably
do them good:
“But while censuring the outrageous
conduct of the know-nothings, let us be
impartial and just. Has this persecu
tion been unprovoked ? Have all tbe
Irish conducted themselves As Citizens of
the Great Republic, in that sober, order
ly and prudent manner; becoming a
persecuted people who fled from the lash
of tyrants, and found a home and a
refuge in America?
We ferir that some of them have be.en
a rioisy, turbulent class, who did n>
credit to tbe charactei of their native
country, and were of little benefit to the
Mr. McClung recovered $10 OJO dam
ages of the State ofGeorgia in the Cir
cuit Court^ofBradly county, for injuri< s
received ou the Road a few years ago;
Tee case was taken up to the Supreme
Court by the Attorneys for the Road.”
Against the hisiduous wiles of foreign
influence (I conjure you to believe me
fellow citzens) the jealousy of a free
people ought to be constantly aw.ike. It
is one of the most baneful foes of a repub
lican Government.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
I hope tie may find some means it#
future of shielding ourselves from for
eign influence in whatever form it may
beattempted. I wish there was an ocean
of fire between this and the old world.
THOS JEFFERSON.
Foreign influence is a Grecian Iloteri
to the public; ive cannot be too careful
to exclude its entrance.
MADISON.