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!f.rt fniSlflM, 1»\—iofj.utnltirti *
v«toM disgrace liurhanity, tliey have
-omelimcs, enquired whether A- B. and
C , men of known wisdom ‘Hii'l- worth
wouU> voluntary partner! in toe* iiifa-
oonlliil v i’»y.?/ Su», .wt*re they Ip contemplate,
This r>- will* complacency, the wisdom and moral
re-1 worth of*many; of ili-ir member -, they
Mr Dear Om»
great rclucfat.ee ti
with you before the pu
hictance arises partly from the g—- -- . , — - - -
sjHJCl in which you have held me for might he excused ; f >r I do not in the lead
many year.-., aodJVqiWtbe fralpraal affos* j .h-preciate-yoto jus: claims - to citj»r of
Initt- which l %ive, ftl'the, sune time, | th-se qmilidA#,'.whow*I /ay-Oheirtd^ms \i
»o both are fully equal to yours. You
ouy sot.sCjt yourself that because you do
entertained for you; and p.irtly from a
permission that-!, am no equal match
fiw you with the pen. We, t >g liter,.\ not aim your thrust directly at these wise
Inve warred strenuously against the and go<«d men you dd them no wrong in
nialigti int tendencies of Abolition fana- vituperating the party to which they vol-.
ticinm, and we suffered io$ret/ier, iu that | untarily belong. This is . convenient
ruthless warfare. Tew things so endear
men to eV.cn other as united resistance
of a common foe; and the ardor ofihe
attachment is usually in proportion to
the fierceness of the struggle, -and to
the amount of suffering it has involved.
What wonder, then, that I feef reluctant
to sum at your .breast, a single blow, naly°ur *hafw.
easuistry enough. It will hardly .however
be satisfactory Co. those whom you
wound “by implication.in your denun
ciations of the, party. The wise and
good, in the American party, it is some
consolation to believe, will probably
urvive the glancing wqpnds inflicted by
is Abolrtmtffsss -threw upon MatsJreliu-
setta the harden of foreign Pauperism to
which the New Organization was de"“
■ds you think. toTeiieve*K&rr If
Vd intend to class this organization
among Abolition devices, you did it not
mly without reason, intt directly in the
eeth of your own’ conjectural account
gin of this party, which you
sre Foreigners ai-
assachusetts because of their
well known American tendencies': and
would the Abolitionists organize a par
ty to deprive themselves of aii increase
of some One Hundred Thousand VoteS
annually, by' prohibiting their Naturali
zation 7 And this, too, among shrewd,
calculating Yankees! The supposition
is ridiculously * absurd. Every reading
man knows that 7 Foreign Immigrants
are, with very few exceptions, Abolition
ists from Education—they are-so almost
equally from interest. The only resource
of most of them is their own labor.—
matter how feeble or innoxious 1 Yet,
under a strong persuasion that your ad
Areas to '/The M. E. Church South/
In ypor conjectural account of the
Origin of the Know Nothing Party-, you
ascribe fur more importance to the de-
ougbt to be animadverted on, and that sire to throw off the burden of foreign
it ought to be done by an Old Methodist \ pauperism, than I have been able to de-
Preacher, constrain me to stifle the sen-Jtect in the views of that party. True,
•ibility that would withhold ine; and to this is one of the causes assigned for their
brave that terrible fate, with which you
menace the Allies of the Know Noth
ings, who may place themselves - within
the range of those " shaf,” which you
evidently consider fatal where they
•trike.
I never have been, and do not expect
ever to be, a member of the “ Ameri
can party;” but, if I were as rabidly
opposed to it as you rendered it abun
dantly evident you are, I think I should
consider your address to the M, E.
Church South, in one particular alone,
more abundantly, more worthy of cen
sure tlnu anything in the Know Noth
ing Organization. I allude to the fact
that you h ive formerly addressed
Church in its aggregate capacity, upon a
political Question. If you had any
rational purpose in making this address-
and who that knows you, can doubt that
you had—it must have been to array the
Church against the American Party
Could you succeed in this design, the
very fountain of political !*> vver would
Tie immediately poisoned, by a union
of Church and State; and that too, >»t
a point more efficient by far for ill th in
iathe Halls of Legislation, or in Execu
tive prerogative; • aad where responsi
bility could never be brought home to
those who preverted ikttl Union to un
patriotic purposes. I defy you, my
Brother, to specify anything in . Know
‘Netktagism of equal turpitude with this
.attempt to enlist a Church organization,
a crusade against a political party,
desire to check the influx of foreigners
into our country; but it is manifestly
spoken of by them, as if regarded as
vastly inferior, in importance and mflu
ence to otltof causes by which they are
actuated. That this could not be the
chief cause why Massachusetts should
get up a new political organization in
the United States, is evident ' (rom the
fact that she had the power, in the exer
cise of her Slate’s Rights, to prohibit
the en ranee of foreign paupers into he?
Territory, or to send bark to the coun
try whence they came. I believe she
has exercised the Latter of these powers
The machinery of an organized par*y
in the United State*, was entirely too
ponderous to be resorted to, by sagacious
Yankees, in a case like this, where the
remedy for the evil was so easy, and in
their own hands. It seems to me, my
Old Friend, that you are not apt at gues
sing—tt least that you have grievously
failed in guessing the • Origin of the
American Party. As to driving away
those foreigners, paupers or otherwise,
who are already domiciled in the United
States—I do not mean those who are
npt naturalized,—the id-m, 1 suppose
never entered the head of a Know Noth
ing, or of any Yankee till you injected
it. Why, then, the sneer “Shall she
use the contribution of her confederates,
and then cqt their acquaintance and
drive them off?'’ It seems to me wholly
gratuitous
You are-very probably correct in one
supposition, in this connection—That
no matter what that party may be. My
ihistory is an ample evidence that I cop-1 Foreigners, especially English and Irish
j«ider it the right of Christians and Pre i- crowded into Massachusetts with a view
«chers of the Gospel to ’ “ meddle with
oolkics but, I do not believe that a
Church organization has any such right;
«o, pardon my frankness that any man
man excite a Church to such a course
without political delinquency which I
mill not' characterize as I think it de-
-serves. Had you addressed your re
marks upon the American party gener
•ally, leaving individual members of the
M. E. Church South, to be influenced
by your arguments or deferred by your
menaces, in common
Aura in the political interests of the
fpnited Slates, I should have thought you
were doing what you had a right to do,
however I might differ with you as to
the correctness of the views presented
tiV that Address. If you did not feel
constrained by a consciousness of the
wrong you \\eTC doing in making such
vn Address,’ l am surprised that your
to “ sustain her in Her efforts to over
throw tha -Government” of the United
States, by the triumph of Abolitionism
and that-they came with **the 6 iuipres
sion that her feelings and sympathies
were in unison with their own.” • All
or very nearly all immigrants from Eu
rope are, fr^o education, mid most of
them, from ; interest, .-thorough-going
Abolitionists. Well, then, might the
Fanatics of Massachusetts calculate on
the hearty cn operation of these.imini-
grants, especially of those from Engl
and Ireland, in their darling crusn<
against Slavery! And, as well might
these-inunigrants count on the burning
zeal of their principals, in tins holy "war
fare, whom they came prepared to aid
in it, to maintain them, while unengag
ed, and their poor also, and even .to wink
hard on their fugitives from the justice
of their native country. But, the evil
t*W, ODII, A!tO THE Con^mT^K.
3—
are requested to slate that
there will be Divine service in the Metho
dist Church to-day, at 10 o’clock
Sermon by Dr. Brandy.
Banish Slavery from the United States,
and there would be an instant demand
for the free labour of at least a Million.
This is a fact which foreigners cau un
derstand-however little they can under
stand of Political Philosophy. This ap
peal of interest, coming in aid of their
Abolition education, renders almost eve
ry naturalized foreigner there a certain
ally of the Abolition parly. How soon,
:f the process of Naturalizing foreigners
continue, will the Abolitionists be able
to modify the Constitution, to suit their
own nefarious and incendiary purposes,
.against the Slaveholding States ? Eve
ry Southern man, .who advocates a con
tinuance of the Naturalization of for
eigners, appears-to me as with a drawn
dagger, pressing the point, with more
and still mo?e frenzy, upon the very vi
tals of bis own interest and safety. Eve
ry new voter, so made, may be regarded
as another nail in the coffin of all that
is valuable ini the peculiar lot of a South
ernerl
Respectfully and affectionately.
Your old friend aqd Brother,
. WILLIAM WINANS.
ATHENS, GA.
THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. 29.M8M.
knowledge of Methodists had not led you of pauperism, though feltlo be oppress
to forbear. Nearly fifty years of pretty
intimate and extensive acquaintance
ive, 15 not, as I understand tho Know
Nothings, as a drop in the bucket in
with them, satisfies me, that there is no J their estimation, Compared with other
evils which they apprehend ns morally
[certain to the result to this whole-N.i-
community of ineu who would shrink
with more horror and disgust from an
attempt to drill them into anything like t ion, and esp. cially to the South, from
the immigration and naturalization of
sncl^ sw arms of foreigners as are pour-
» in from year to year. The utter
incurable political ignorance of
nine tenths of thes$ immigrants, their
habito of ^hiqkuig, and feeling, in the
nature ofilhi^gs adverse to the political
institutions of enr country, and their
vast and rapidly increasing numbers, it
concert, u\,politiral ncti m. than they
No mandamus of n Bishop—no influ
ence of a Prc-iding Elder—no dogma
tism, or dictation of learned Doctors,
ftver can, I think, sv.ay them'from tbeir
self-elected cour .e. Nay their jealousy,
for their political independence, not un-
frequently renders them deaf -even to
the arguments of the le ading men in
their Church. Be as-ured, l have ho
fear of the influence of your. Address
upon the course of the M. E. Church
South ; but, I am -not without - fear that
such an Address having been uttered by
an Old Methodi't Preacher,, will beget
■ groundless jeqlousfy, in the public
mind, of the liability of the M. E, Church
South, to being drilled into concerted
political action. It will be perfeetljr unto-
raljp reason, that Dr. Longs! roet would
•at bare made such An Address if his
mowledge of his Church h.vl not j
«d him to hope tliat ho could sway t;.
oliective'y. If not. why J should he ad
less them, and tu their collective ca-
•city ? Whether, then, you sh ill or
sail not have succeeded in arraying your
.-hurchagainst (lie Know Nothings, you
.ive io my opinion, by making such an
tddress, done harm to the oxieui- of
•*our inflo-mw, 1 grieve that it b so;
• it/' To err is Iriunn.” especially where
passion l».u biin led the intellect;so
that even Rev.. Jud^e Ldigstr-set,
L L D. may be found "Weak, and
XU other men, when circumstances eoo»- j Nothing Party ; and that I now eou-
•bin** again t him. i . “'*
fft- You say • Of alHue £.uties--«»ercon
jured up iu tliu country of- legerdemain.
Ibis is theonly one that ever c*xact<-:l re-1 jecture that theentertnioaient of these
vdnpK from its oppouentxhy renton of thfi I great National views, believed to be es-
is believed by ihe American, pai’ty-,
for thirty years, it has been believed by
me, cause them to lie dangerous, alarm
ingly dangerou- to the safety of our na
tional Union, and the permanence ofnur
glorious institution!, so long as the door
of naturalization is left open to them.
The rapid increase of foreign Roman
ists, their blind-subserviency tothe Pope,
and to the officials under bis anthority:
and the recently adopted tone of bold
and defiant annunciation of Papal supre-
- icy, and ecfercioji in the conversion of
reties, to -pBpaTdom mat ion, uttered by , *
American Romanist writers, were view- o ent ‘ enien
ed, before the Know Nothing organize
tion existed, by sober and considerate
Patriots nd’d Protestants, as rendering it
dangerous to (he well being and. even
safety of our country, to entrust -such
RoiVnnists as conceded Sovereignity to
the Pope, in civil as well as ecclesiasti
cal matters, with offices of power and
political influence. I assure you, my
Dear JJrother', that' I entertained these
views before I ever heard of a Know
MESSRS. STEPHENS AND TOOMBS.
It has been seen in our Milledgerille
correspondence that these gentlemen
participated in Hie proceedings of the
so called “Democratic and Anti Know
Nothing” meeting^held at Milledgeville
last week. They were appointed ou
the committee, to report matter for the.
consideration of the meeting, and among
the resolutiojQAreported ami adopted, was
one to send delegates to the Democratic
National* Convention nt Cincinnati, to
nominate a Democratic candidate for the
Presidency. Another one of the resolu
tions binds the meeting and the party in
Georgia, on certain plausible comlilion
to abide by and support the nominee ol
that Convention. The meeting, including
Messrs. Stephens and Toombs, did not
propose to send delegates to a “ Demo
cratic and Anti Know Nothing” conven
tion, bift to the Democratic convention
called by Democratic authority and com
pOsod of democratic partisan*.
We are glad these gentlemen liar
length.openly taken position with the
Democratic party* Secrejly,they hav^
been doing all they could for some time
past to advance its cause. Mr, Toombs,
at the close of the recen*. canvass declar-
1 himself in favor u ; (joy. Johnson ; this
r. Stephen failed or was afraid to do,
pending the contest. Had he frankly
given in his adhe ion to the Democratic
party, last spring, in his first address to
the people of tla-jEigbth drislrtct and be
fore he had won the ear of his unsuspect
ing victims, he would have been defeat
ed by an overwhelming majority. His
old political supporters were deceived ;
they were made to believe it was a con
test between himself and the American
party and not between the American
party and the Democracy . c He said noi
a word for Johnson, yet all his blows
inured to his benefit.
What will thd old line whigs of the
Seventh and Eighth districts say to Hie
present position of Mr Stephens and Mr.
Toombs 7 Did they agree by the sup
port they gave them inlbe hit* contest,
t-jfollow them itito the Democratic party?
Did they bind themselves to go with them
to Cincinnati, to uhite with the many col
ored Democratic and Freesoil tribes
from the North, the East, and the west
that will be there; and thus to - abandon
the friends and principles they r have
cherished all their lives ? If they did so
agree, then the bargain is consummated
•* the pound of flesh ” is theirs. Bek if
no such agreement jurat made, no such
promise given, then U- does seem to
us they owe it to themselves, to their
conservative principles, to .their self-re
spt-ct to come out from among . the
heathen, and to purify their garments of
all defilement. Let thorn think upon
it.
For the future, we shall regard
Read attentively the able and in
teresting letter of Dr. Winans, in reply
to the balderdash of Judge Longstreet.
“Baum de Vie.”—Some months ago
i advertised a medicine of the above
name, for the cure of dyspepsia and kin
dred diseases, of the stomach. We were
at the same time presented with a bottle
of the preparation, which, upon trial,
was'believed to be highly beneficial.—
We are no; in the habit of puffing medi
cal nostrums, but Untended to have said
long age t^akwe- regarded the “ Baum
de Vie’’ as a valuable preparation. It
is prepared by a gentleman in & Caro
lina, and can be h«d in any quantity by
application to Wr G. Barrett, Esq.
—^
We are indebted to the Hon
Joseph Hehry Lumpkin for a eopy of
the Report and Memorial of the Trus
tees of the University of Georgia to the
General Assembly of the State. We
have read this document with much in
terest, add shall either publish the whole
of it, or make extracts from ft. ■
The memorialists pray such ‘an en
dowment as to make the State Uni veri
ty—which is only one in name—a-fJni
versity in fact. To do this, an appro
priation of at least half a million of do!
lars will be necessary.
sider them-as far more important than
any which were ever mooted by the
Whig and Locofoco parties. 1 con-
-Ariae ftnd goo l tint belonged . to it
1 Yanr source of iufouu itiuu m iy be dig**
l.sential to the perjnanence of our Nat ion-
|al Institutions, and hot, as yon suppose,
ent and totter Uitn- mine. BjI, so, f 4 |. *a mere desire’to throw offlhe burden of]
.. * l■«u... I f ore ig n pauperi#m, led to the orgahiza-
you ihlemied it to he I
igs—hssjia fjail ilae |
s I have read tbeir J
of this «nl oilier.Par- _
, tli'u .censure, for ccn-i tion of-the American Party, whetaer In
=*-* J ' ’’assachusetts qr elsewhere. I have no
ns of guessing. The public must
'e between the claims of our sever-
conjectures to reasonableness and pro
bability.
I a n at some loss to determine whetfcw
you aoer.edu the-organization of this
to the influence of Abol tion-
otherwisj than
[,trj
p • •* - v •- 1
as Democrats; and as Demo
crats, we shall treat them.—Savannah
Republican.
■±r
Tbe Will or Louis Nxpolror.—
With his usual foresight, the y-Enaperor
of France is looking*forward fS whatever
oontigencies may yet mark his eventful
career. We learn from a Paris corres
pondent of ihe New York Post that the
Emperor of France has made bis will,
which* provides that in case of the death
of tnecliild to which the Empress isshort-
ly expected to give birth, or. in case of
tiie death of Lonis Napoleon IIL with
out any direct heir, France is again fo
become a Republic under the Presidency
of Prinee Napoleon.
THANKSGIVING.*
As will be seen by Executive procla
mation, the Governor hsa appointed
this day as a day of thanksgiving and
prayer.
We presume it will be observed as
usual by our citizens—H bqjng custom
ary to close all, places ot business on
that day .
Death of an Aged Citizen,-^Col
Jour Cobb, one of the earliest settlers
of this town, (and the father of Ex Gov.
Cobb arid the able Reporter of the Su
preme Court, T. R. R. Cobb, Esq.) de
parted this lifitfta Thursday last, and on
Friday his remains were followed to the
tomb by a large procession of onr citi-'
zens.
The deceased was highly esteemed by
all oiir citizens; and although spared
to “ a green old age;’’ ‘his departure will
be universally lamented.
NEW COUNTY.
One oY the clearest cases of oppres
sive parlizan legislation ever attempted
within our knowledge^ is the effort now
being made f.o get the Legislature*to
divide Clarke county, when it is well
known here that at least two-thirds of
•the people of the county are opposed to
it—whilst we have no doubt that at
least one-third of those who were se
duced into signing the petition fpr divi
sion, never would have dreamed of
doing so had they known that tlie chief
object of the prune -movers in this nefa
rious attempt to increase the taxes of our
citizens, is now, and for years past has
been, to enable certain persons tp get
office!! Our territory and population
are both too small already t® make a
respectable. county, and our taxes fully
as high as poor people aro able to pay.
So oppressive is the proposed move
ment regarded, that we understand
petition against it numerously signed
by widows (some of the most respecta
ble lacies in the county) has been for-
ed to Milledgeville within -the past
few days.
We cannot—we will not—believe
that the Legislature of Georgia—bad-
as some of its material may be—will
consent to perpetrate this great enormi
ty against the rights and-interests ot
our citizens, just to satisfy the insatiate
lust for office of a few hungry place
hungers.
— —
National Convention.—The Con
necticut American State Council - voted
not to send Delegates to tbe Cincinnati
influence to postpone the National nomi
nations to the summer of next year. Vir
ginia also lias instructed her delegates
to postpone the nominations to
time between-June and the4th of July.
——
Pathetic.—The young woman who
was “driven to ” '
she will have to
ftva.wti )
Political -Composition op next
Hoesr of Representatives.—The
New York Herald figures up the follow
ing as the political composition of the
next House of Representatives r
Democrats /B1
Southern Whigs. -....9
Union Know Nothings • ••••> • • • 60
~...v w v. u ».. u >ui Abolition Know-Nothings..........,15
Convention. The members will use their Fusion or Aboloition Republicans.. .68
Vacancies
An Irish girl lost her certificate on
her way across the sea, but her cousin
supplied her with the following:—
“ This certifies that Bridget .O Flsnne-
had a good character when she left
but she lost it on the ship,
mg over 1’’ ^
CONGRESS.
As this body will convene on Monday
next, afjd as much apprehensfion is felt
:,cc, / unt °f -a strong probability that
great difficulty will be experienced in
the organization of the House of
Representatives, wp- copy the following
particle from tbe New York Jerald, for
the purpose iff giving our reaffers what
light we can upon the subject:
. * . ft
From taeNcw Ywk Ilera’d.
THE ORGANIZATION -OF THE
House oe Representatives.—A Test
Question.—.The next Cong re-s will he
composed of what is termed the hard and
soft democrats, the Know-Nothing or
Americans* tbo whigs, the ablitioriistsor
republicans, and pt^)iaps a few im-
practicables ot vagrants. Its organiza
tion wtH be a test which will show the
assimilation of Hie respective members
to tbe two radical extremes of these va
rious parties. Those extremes are, on
tbe one side,tbe strict noniniervenionists
those who look upon the slavery question
as having, in fact, been settled by the
constitution—those who advocate popular
sovereignty, who believe that the people
directly interested in slavery are the only
proper parties to decide the question of
its existence op non existence in the
States and in the Territories—those, in
truth, who look upon the agitation of the
subject as a mere (rick of trying, gamb
ling politicians. On the other side are the
black republican abolitionists, who .enter
the field as bitter enemies of that institu
tion, a; renters of these *wlio sustain it,
and in avowed hostility to all Jaws and
constitutions through whose histrument
alities it is perpetuated^ .Thdy make an
issue—they* form » party, they declare
war open the question of American store?-
ry, with a single purpose-of destroy inglt.
They" declare it.to be “derogatory from
the rights of human nature; and that no
-human power can subvert those rights.”
This is the soul of tlidlblack republican
league as announced b%. Mr Seward at
Buffalo. • % •
Now it is obvious that within the ex
tremes is to be found the other parties.
The organization of the House of Repre
sentatives will bring them out. It will
be the crucible to try their metal, tbe
chemical analy.-is of tbeir constituent
parjs. The Americans, the softs and
the whigs, thus sut-rounded by the na-
llbnnl men in one directon and by tbo
abolitionists In tbe other, each striving
for. the mastery, wtH be compelled to
choose between them. The Know Noth
ings, who at Philadelphia, adhered to the
twelth. section, it is clearly -understood,
will promptly take ground against tbe
republicans; and it is not easy to see
what ground they can' take except the'
one oecupicd by those who are strictly
nonint^itentionists.
We give the basis in extenso, upon
.which the adherents of the twelfth section
intend to be guided in the organization of
the Mouse of Representatives^ It is a
clear and explicit declaration, and com
ing as it do>?s from the gr at body of the
class of Americans who constitute in fact
the soul of that party, we see no reason
to doubt Its adopt ion by their representa
tives in, Congress nnd -by the uational
men of all parties.
TLASTOR' ORGANIZING THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES—THIRTV FOURTH
CONGRESS. J "
To call a me ting oif all members of
the American Order who support the
resolutions adopted by the National
Council at Philadelphia, F2th Jape,
1?55 \ ;
This meeting shall prescribe obemence
to those resolutions as the lest of eiigibili-.
ty to any.office or appointment within
tbe poWer-of Ae House of Representa
tives.
If a sufficient number, of national
Americans Cannot be a sembled to effect
an organization upon the above basis, a
conference sliall be invited’with all mem
bers favorable to an organization upon
the basis of maintaining the existing tows
upon the subject of slavery as a final And
conclusive settlement of (hat subject.
1. That this conference shall refuse
to support any nominee for any office
within the appointment of the House,
who will not take and subscribe the fol
lowing depuration of principle and ac
tion t—- ':■***' *
- J. That he will obey and enforce,
when called on so to do, all laws enacted
by the Federal and State Government,
as paramount to any otbef-' authority
within their respective and appropriate
jurisdictions.
2. That he will abide by and maintain
the existing tows upon the subject of
9tovery as final and conclusive settlement
of that suhjeot in spirit and m sub
stance.
3. That he will abstain from and dis-
CQurage'theagitation of the slavery ques-
4. That he will confer no subordinate
appointment upon any one who will not
make and subscribe the foregoing decla
ration. '
II. That 4be organization thus effected
shall be regarded as a patriotic truce for
the purpose of preventing legislative
anarchy, for carrying on the - govern
ment in accordance with the forms of the
constitution, and for the maintenance of
the -public peace and -dignity against
sectionni agitation. ,
- >111. .That every member who unites
in this .plan of organization shall be free
tu resume Mis political relations aad
maintain fiL political opinions as hereto
fore ; nor shall be be bonnd tq any alli
ance beyond the act of putting the House
of Representatives into legislative mo
tion.
IV. That a committee be appointed
tq report a ticket, in conformity with the
principles of this plan of organization,
presenting tbe names of suitable nominees
for the various offices within the appoint
ment of the House of Representatives.
It is fortunate that at sn early a day
the various political, interests so recently
developed by the peculiar*circumstances
of our country, are to be compelled to
show their hands. This plan, which is
so obviously in the true
srtrutfon—wh^^^efffia^tonil^^th
th.; Union sentiment of the country-^.’
whiclr drives (be agitators and demago
gues iiMn Kansas and Nebraska, if they
would eff.-ct tbeir purpose even partially
—which secures non-intervention, main
tains popular rights, the integrity of the
States and tire p^ace of tbe republic,? is
sure to meet the cordial support of the
national democrats and whigs. It is the
only conceivable basis upon which the
House caiHie organized.
THE LEGISLATURE.
Wo notice that the bill to curtail legis
lation, by transferring the power to
legitimate children, change names, &c.
has passed its final reading in the House
of Representatives by 9 large majority.
We now begin to hope that it will be
come the tow of the land, and pat an
enJ to smalt-potato legislation.
Judge Cone’s bill to reduce the ndm-
ber of Senators and Representatives, and
restore annual sessions, has "been made
tha special order of the day for jiext
Thursday, w-: believe. - Wa hope to see
this measure also pass.
Mr. McMillan has introduced t hill to
extend State aid to. the Northeastern
railroad,.(from this town to Clayton.)
Should din Rabun Gap roadtoijuilt—
whioh we do not regard as at all proba
ble, as we believe South ^Garolina will
abandon it—tbe interests of not only
Northeastern 'Georgia^ kiiit the whole
Sta ejtnperaiively deman^ the construc-
1ANK.
tion of -this Road. What a glorious
future it would open up to Athens'!
more especially if th'j proposed road
from this town to Madison, and
from thence to Eatonton^-eonneMuis
us directly with Savannah, by means
hflhe Eatonton & Milledgeville, Mil-
ledg^vilte & "Gordon, and Cvmral Rail
roads, should be constructed t That all
this is practicable, and that it will be
done in case the Rabun Gap Road shall
be completed, we do not question.
Mr. Peeples has introduced a.bill to
charter the Athens Gas Light Compa
ny * ; *
Dr. Phillips, of Habefnham ( has in
troduced a bill providing for Jhe selec
tion of a Superintendent of the State
Hoad by the Governor, from three per
sons nominated by the. Se late; said
Superintendent to'appoint alt subordin
ate officers—who, together with the Su-
perinteudent, shall hold office for Hie
term of six yean*, unless sufficient cause
for removal can be shown to the Legis
lature. The object of this is. no doubt,
to remove tbe Road from the arena of
party-politics. It would no doubt curtail
the evil to some extent; but we con
fess that we prefer the pious old negro’s
notion of “ curtailing the influence of
the devil, ’ when he suggested that
he tail should to cut smack, smooth
off!” This can only be done by selling
the Road.to a private 'company.
The bill of Mr. Prnitt, proposing to
divide Franklin county, was finally lost.
ELECTION OF S. C. JUDQE.
The Legislature proceeded to the
election of Supremo 'Court Judge on
the-20th, and on the fourth ballot Gov.
McDonald was elected. Below will
be found the vote ; . .
, The candidates' for -Judge, wore
Messrs. Stark, Lyon, Hull, Chappell,
and Jenkins; Ex-Governor McDonald
was voted for iipmft the three fust to!
lots without announcement. The vote
stood— .
1st ballot. 2d
A. H.,Chappell, 12
W. H. Half, . 26
0, J. Jenkins, 9ft
X. R Starke, 85
R. F. Lyon, 27
C. J. McDonald, 23
J. Scljlcy, 10 3 withdrawn,.
Some of the Foreign organs com
plain of. bad faUh on the part of the
antl-Know Nothing Whigs—one of
whom- nominated Mr. Jenkins, and ail
of whom voted for him. That’s right!
give it to them! they deserve it all.—
This comes of being caught in bad com
pany/
Or the same day, Mr. Long, of Sa
vannah, was elected Director ofihe
THE NEW Bi
The Milledgeville correspondents of
our exchanges generally accord to our
able Senator high praise for the zeal*
and ability he haa manifested in the*
contest with Messrs- Cone, Calhoun and’
others, who are sc bitterly opposing the
chartering of a new bank at this place.-
Although he has fearfnl odds against
him, they all agree that be maintains'
the contest gallantly.
We cannot conceive why there is ;
such inveterate opposition to this bank
charter. It does not seek to give the
new bank any greater privileges than
are enjoyed by all* the- other banking
institutions of the State f yet, notwiths
tanding this, an effort is made to defeat'
it by imposing upon the new institu--
tion more stringent conditions than
have been exacted of any other bank
ing establishment in the $tate. By way
of justifying this course, it is argued
that too much latitude has been granted
heretofore—that the interests of the*
people demand a sound currency. Ib
doe<t-strike us as a little remarkable that*
this discovery was not made soonep.-f»
The last Legislature chartered a whole"
litter of “ wild cats,” in other sections of
the State, without any sort of difficulty;
but now when an attempt is made to-
charter a legitimate bank at Athens, it
must be dogged with onerous provisoes!
We db qdt wish to be understood as re
flecting upon those members who oppose
the new-bank, but upon the correspond
ents of newspapers published in the
towns where the “ wild cats” are in full
blast They fcU oppose the new bank,
we believe. *
10,000 AMERICANS IN COUNCIL!
We learn that Ihe Hon. W. C. Daw
son addressed a great mass meeting of
tbe American patty at Holly Springs,
Miss., the crowd in attendance, at which
w»s estimated to number ten thousand
souls! ...
Thi* is right. : Let our friends hold
nwnster mass meetings throughout the
country. Let our orators set forth plain
ly and; distinctly . the principles of the
party, so that the masses can under
stand them, and our word for it, the
overwhelming majority of the American
people will be with us.
i.,*!
3d 4U«
withdrawn.
18 8
III ltl HO
-80 7 witfijn.
. 26 16 “ .
41 95 .128
3 . witbdr
tat©.
There is but 3i\e other officer to be
elected, we believe—Public Printer.—
We suppose tbe usual scramble—bar
gaining and corruption—will take place,
anil that those who have rendered the
most signal service in the crusadeof
blackguardism of the American party
which has forever .disgraced journalism
at the South, 1 will have tbe spoils divided
amongst them. ^ f
For Ihe Southern Watchman.
RULES FOR WRITING POETRY.
Mr. Euitor: [ have never been able
to find satisfactory rules for writing
poetry, laid down in any hook, conse
quently, I have concluded to suggest a
few simple rule* whioh if properly re-,
girded will enable the young, aspiraa
to escape some of-the defects to which
they are 6o liable.
First, It must-'-be remembered that
the English language is undulating, that
the updutations in poetry mud be uni
form, and: that two accented syllables
should never come together, though two
unaccented syllables may come together,
and*in some kinds of poetry tins is
necessary^
Second, If the first sylluble in a line
is accented, the second should be mi-
accented, and alV the succeeding lines
must be governed by the same rule, qn-
tess a change to qiade in the style of
the poetry.
Third, There must be uniformity in
the number of syllables iu the corres
ponding lines.
Fourth, The sense and grammar of
the composition should never be lost
sight o?.
And lastly, The rhyming- should be
in good taste.
1 was Jed to make these and tbe.fok
lowing remarks, from reading a piecee-
of poetry in the Southern Watchman, of
the 25th Oct., under “ Life is Real,’’
which f have r seen in several papers
within the last five years, and which
for its good sense deserves to be ofteix
read, but which contains such a marked}
disregard for uniformity in accentuation,^
lost.
% ‘bat much of its .beauty is
r* ** I first vers*
.NftW York Elbctiqn.—Returns
fsqm counties give the fallowing vote;
for the candidates for Secretory of State?
—Headley, American, l41,36£; King,
Fusion, 183,773 ; Hatch, So6, 83,21(1;
Ward, Hard, S3,048. Headley thus has
a plurality of 17,596 over Kiug, and a
majority of 5,011 over both divisions of
the Democrats. Seven counties are
yet to heat from, which will increase the
American plurality.
veyse, (which reads,
very well till you come to the fourth,
!ine.)nnd underscore the accented sylla-.
b!es, and aiiy person with a taste for-
music wtd harmony cannot but discover,
the'discord iu tlie fourth tine.
.Jell me not in mournful numbers.
Life ia but an empty dream,
For the ecut is dead that tlwnbcrs,
A nd things are ma( mjkat they teem..
Now the first hand third syllables in,
the fourth line may tot be accented,
but all tho others , certainly are, and,
1 bust confos^fhat it trpuld puzzle me to
preserve the sense of the writer, and:
make good poetry
The second and fourth syllable in tho,
three firstlities are unaccented, while,
he first and third are accefiled, but
The Legislature of Alabama on Monday
into
last, went
States
of the
The vote' stood
the con- Prior. 45
forth© want of adhering t
fourth line sounds
on the ear.-