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%'r *>-,• |r«u Uiu Clu' iijc'c it SuuiiiH‘1. SENDING DELEGATES TO CINr CINNAT1. At a late meeting of the “ Democrat ic ami Anti-Know Nothing” tqpmbers of ihe Legislature in Milledgeville, the f>U»wiug resolution was adopted: Hrsolccrl, That the Democratic and A-uti Know Nothing party of the several counties of the State of Georgh nre re queued n* send as ’na v delegates to M illmigevt'le as they are entitled to mem- 1 e s in the Legislature; ton Convention of the party to he held on the loth of .! anuary next, for the purpose of appoint ing delegates to the National Conven tion at Cincinnati, and to take such other steps as may be necessary to pic- pare for the Presidential contest of 1850. Thus, it appears, the old line, con servative . Whigs of Georgia are to be " rop^d in,” and made to wear the collar of the Democratic spoilsmen, by send ing delegatus to the Democratic Con vention at Cincinnati. What! Georgia Whigs uniting in sending delegates to a Democratic Convention! Yes, such is the programme indicated in the above exhaust sophistry atid fraud, but still glares out upon us, that the cratic party is denationalized by tit nisni. Let us next see what bill of health the Know Nothing order presents. With ^ armor on and vis >r down, it dashed State, upon the field with loud promises to alley, sectional excitement, and inau gurate a political milienium. Has the performance been equal to the manifes to ? While the swaddling clothes yet hung about it, aud the baptismal water was dripping from its infant brow, it met in a National Convention. In the shodow of Independence Hall, and amid their heroic memaries of ’70, it was to renew the Constitution. o! the facts. After a weary pilgrimage, and a spas modic gestation, it brought forth a plat- orm. But even such as it was, the Freescilers trampled it under foot/ At Philadelphia the party wrestled hard and long; but no—the fanatics bade the spirit of nationality face the “ vul ture eye” of Abolitionism, and march to its hellish tattoo, or die. The na tionality of the order is dead. If, then, existing national parties are incurably infected with the freesoil taint, is there any hope that a new national organiza tion- will arise, free from its corruption, resolution. Are they prepared to ratify jand defiant to its demands? Who are and carry out this programme? Are to compose it? Are not all the people they willing to affiliate with a party which the Charleston Mercury, a re-1 liable Democratic organ, pronounces of the North in some one of the parties already named, or members of the abo lition party proper ? Can a majority of these be reformed from their freesoil “ abolitionizeJ, dismembered and pros- sentiments ? or, are there enough sound men lingering around the national party organizations to form a new party ?— trate,” and hence it warns its party against any affiliation with the Cincin nati Democratic Convention. And has it come to this, that old line Georgia Whigs, are willing to go into a Conven tion which South Carolina Democrats repudiate ? We have said South Carolina Demo crats repudiate the Convention. We have already laid before our readers the views of the Charleston Mercury, and we now propose to introduce to them the testimony of Messrs Keitt and Botce, two prominent members of Congress front that State, who have in most earnest terms warned their fellow Democrats against such a pollution as the dishonor as going into the National Democratic Convention at Cincinuat would attach to them : r.etrnct of a speech delivered at Barnwell Court House, S. C., on the loth of Octo ber, 185.'!, by the lion. S. M Keitt. 1st. What hope is there for us in National parties ? We cannot determine this question without examining into the condition of national parties in the Republic, and also the elements necessary to such an organization. Three parties havo re cently shared the affections and support of the American people, and aspired to nationality ; the Whig, Democratic and Know-Nothing parties. In what con dition are they ? The Whig party is disbanded, dislocated, and dead, in its party action. Hero and there a shred of its old banner shivers to the wind, and. at rare intervals, its well known bugle call is sounded by some of its old. leaders; but the party has desered its flag and taken up with strangers. IIow hippens it, that a great historical party, which boasted so much of the wealth, intelligence and gallantry of the coun try, has given up its identity, abandoned its prinaiples, and turned it* back upon its leaders? The answer bodes much of strife, for the an. wer is, Aboli tionism, The Northern wing of the Whig party, being in a large majority, pressed its froesoil demands upon the Southern portion of the pt.rty until the latter became hopelessly prostrated at the South. In a spasm of despair, or in an agony of alarmed patriotism, it then turned upon its faithless ally of the North, and tore asunder the ligaments, which bound them together. Thus, He who believes so, is sanguine and credulous indeed. But let us conduct the examination a step further. Upon what is party organization founded ?— Upon sentiments and principles.- A party not founded npon these, is a base aggregation of venal spoilsmen. What, then, are tbe sentiments and principles prevalent at the North? Arc they not fieesoil ? Twenty years ago Abolitionism was puny and insignifi cant. Its supplications were trampled under foot, and its threat despised. Its meetings were rudely broken.up—its principles denounced, and its members dishonored. Compact, inflexible, un compromising, it has moved on, until at last it has destroyed the most powerful parties, and from iheir fragments, has built up one, atrocious in its purpose, furious in its energy, and unsparing in its vengeance. It has reached this con summation by means the most multi tudinous, the most subtle and the most irresistible. It has laid hold of ambi tion, of venality, of educational appli ances, and of religion. Through its unity it acquired strength enough to subsidize ambition—through patronage it tempt ed venality, through schools and colleges it corrupted and distorted the mind in its earliest unfoldi igs—and through the pulpit it canonized the Saviour of man kind into a Freesoil propagandist. From the control of the States it marched for-, ward to clutch the sceptre of federal dominion. It has sullied our common record with its frauds, and deformed our Government with its usurpations. These are the opinions and views of Mr. Keitt. Let us now turn to Mr. Boyce, and hear him on the same sub ject. In a speech delivered at Sumter-- ville, So. Ca., on the 7th of November last, “ after stating in detail his objec tions to the State’s being represented in the National Democratic Convention, which is to be held in Cincinnati in May next, Mr. Boyce proceeded to consider the claims of the Democratic party upon the fealty of the Democracy of South Carolina. In doing so he discussed the merit claimed for the Democratic party, on account of the passage of the Ne- braskJ bill. Admitting that ‘some of the Northern men who were active in , , i the movement were actuated by the bound them together. 1 hus, L . J under the corrupting influences of Abo-1 no ‘ ) > est motives,’ and, accorded to them litionism, the massive Whig organiza-1. all honor’ for their conduct on that would oppose'the* nd thus break resting on North, from her izalioii, would and make it a free having had a fair chance could not blame their Northern allies, and the Democratic party would remain masters of the situation. That was a great scheme, comprehensive, cratiy, and sagacious, and only needed the impress of success to stamp it as a master' movement in. party tactics. Under this view of the case I do not see that we are under an insupportable weight of gratitude to the Democratic party; certainly the burden is not as heavy as Atlas bad to bear on his shoul der. But if the Democratic party had stood up to the Nebraska bill after its passage, I could hardly have felt at lib erty to have raised the veil Which con cealed the secret working of the machin ery ; but, after they had perfected their work, they fled from it in dismay and repudiated their own offspring. In al most the entire North, with the except tibn of three or Tour of the Northwestern States where Judge Douglas’s influence was paramount, the Democratic party dodged the Nebraska bill or took ground against it. How, then, can I be asked to put confidence in a party which has no confidence in itself, but falsifies its own action? Lord Chatham said that confidence was a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom. It is never a plant of hasty growth in the bosom of any wise statesman. The present position of the Democratic party is certainly not such as to invite us to quit out own firesides and take up bed and board with them Had Mr. Boyce ever seen the speech of Senator Douglass, at Indianapolis, he certainly would not have giren him credit for being “ true” to the South.— In that speech Judge Douglass, “ with a view to commend the bill to the favot a- ble consideration of the Freesoil hear ers, hj look the ground that the objection to the Missouri Compromise Line was* that while slavery was prohibited North of the line, it was legalized South of it and that by the repeal of that part cf ihe .Missouri Compromise, the whole of the territory of the United States, South of the line, was opened to freedom ! He ridiculed, in his speech, the idea that the repeal of the Compromise was. a meas ure favorable to the extension of slavery.” Here-is his own language: The objection to the Missouri pro hibition is, that it is unsound in princi pie,- and legalizes slavery South, as much as it prohibits it North.” “ What one man now in this vast assemblage, is wil ling to restore this line? If one, let him give his name.” “Is there an abo litionist present who is willing to restore this line? Is there a Know Nothing? If so give us his name, for Barnum wants him, Any one can make his for tune, hy exhibiting him at a money show.” “ Surely Mr. Boyce never could have seen this speech of Judge Douglas, or he could not consider the author of it as ‘true’ to the South. Judge Doug las, neither dodged nor took ground against the Nebraska bill; but he did See the school advertisemen Messrs. Scudder and Rutherford.— These gentlemen are both favorably knowu in this community as successful teachers. See, also, the announcement of Rev. G. H, Cartledge’s school at He bron, Franklin county. Mr. C. we un derstand, has had a very large and flour ishing school the past year, and clearly demonstrated that his capacity for teach ing, is of a high order. tion dissolved into wreck, aud floated away in fragments. How fares it now with the Democrat ic party ? Its banners still glam, o in the sun, and its legions still rally at their chieftains’ biddings. But what inscrip tions are on the banners ? And what cries resound over the field ? Are not the Softs the Democratic party in New York? and have they not upon their ling the Wilmot Proviso, in the shape of “ uncompromising hostility to the extension of slave territory ?” Did not Bigler, in bis canvass for Governor of Pennsylvania, carry a banner with free- *oil on one side, and conservatism on he other ? Did not the party in all the ’lew England States skulk from the lavery question, and supervene to local sues? Is the pic'are any brighter in •. ic Northwest ? Where, in all that re ion, save Illinois, have the const it u- onal rights of the South been boldly ..pheld ? How stands the p-uty even upon the Nebraska bill ? In the free States it is maintained upon the ground of squatter sovereignty, and alien suf frage, aud Northern facilities for coloni zation. Can the South uphold it upon these grounds? Who, here, will en dorse the monstrous doctrine of squatter sovereignty, born of political cowardice, aud selfish ambition? Where then is the unity of the Democratic party ? ' It differs in the defence even of its funda mental measure. Here and there at the North, a noble leader and a body S juard stand firm, but they fight n hopc- ess battle. The President is true, but his party has betray ed even him. “ »*. ,K '"ity, to profits relative occasion, he went on to * raise the veil,* as he said, ‘ which concealed the secret working of the machinery’ employed in the movement, and to expose ‘ the great schemes, comprehensive, crafty and sa gacious,’ which was had in view in the passage of the bill .” Just here we must digress for a mo ment, to ask of our old line Whig friends, if they have any recollection of having heard or read, during.the late canvass, Hay very laudatory panegyrics upon the “forty four sound Northern men:” who vo:ed for the Nebraska Bill— or upon Senators Douglass and Shields? If they did hear or see any such eulogtum pronounced, we beg they will investigate ■carefully the evidence of Mr. Boyce, himself a Democrat, and the extracts from the speeches of Douglass and Suields, which wo subjoiu, and then determine what claims the “ forty four," Messrs. Douglass and Shields, have Upon the Sr uth. Mr. Boyce, like a trne patriot and Southern man, “lifts the veil,’'.and exposes the secret motives of ihese Dimming demagogues in all their deformity. He said: But when I have said this much I must be allowed to say what the truth of his tory demands—that the repeal of the Missouri restriction in its general scope was not so fnuch an act of justice intend ed to the South as a great political move by which the South was to.be.conciliat ed, the North to loose nothing, and all rough the agency of the Democratic who were to be t'he real benefi- aries of the movement. The move nt I have no doubt went on this pro of policy; that the Democratic , by opening Kansas to the South, of the South; worse, he openly defended it as a meas ure which would infallibly enure to the benefit of Freesoilism—as a measure which would infallibly operate in favor of Freesoilism! His then colleague in the Senate of the United States, Gen Shields, defended the passage of the bill on the same grounds. In a speech made by him at Springfield, in hi3 own State, after the passage of tile bill, he said : “ Kansas and Nebraska were now free, and the people there would keep them free *•«*** the es tablishment of slavery in these Territo ries was not only improbable, but im possible. •***•**• This principle of nonintervention would not only keep them such as they are now—free—but would, by its full and fair operation, if we acquire the Conti nent to the Isthmus of Darien, work with such powerful force and effect, that no man could ever see another Slave Siate on this Continent. This, Whigs of Georgia, is a true and faithful sketch of the Northern Democra cy, including Messrs. Douglass Shields, and most of those “forty four Northern Democrats” of whom you have heard so much. It becomes your duty, therefore, as Whigs, as Georgians, and as Southern patriots, to determine wheth er you will affiliate with inch a party, or whether it is not better to stand aloof and act only with those who have the patriotism and independence to stand out boldly for the Constitution and rights of the South. You have seen by the testimony of Democrats, that the ‘Nation al Democracy” are unworthy of confi dence—that they are ready and willing to adopt any platform, of principles to securq the spoils. Can you, as true Southern men, as Georgians, act with them ? Rendering Pain.-'I states thai deredins posed of which is a tooth, like a such pills afford i toothaches, but ' mation. This remedy for toothache is simple, safe, and can any person, luut|)eni ittofcjjinnn. Law, OftDBR, AND THE COEBTITUtlOlf. ATHENS, GA. THTTRSDAY MORNING, DEC. 20, 1855. = FRANKLIN COLLEGE. See announcement in our advertising columns of the next term of this insti tution. It will be seen that Dr. Joseph Le- Conte still occupies the chair of Natural Sciences. We mention this, because it has been announced in many of the pa pers that he had resigned. We under stand that he did at one time contem plate doing so. IdP* The Chronicle & Sentinel of Monday contains a long letter from tbe venerable President of Franklin College, in reply to Dr. John LeConte, whose strictures upon a former letter of Dr. Church’s, have created some feeling among the friends of the College. We have not as yet published any of these articles, because, as a sincere friend of the institution, we have doubled whether their publication would at all advance its interests. Of Dr. Church’s defence wo may remark, that; all things considered, its tone is mild, -gentlemanly and dignified IRISH NATIONAL CONVEN TION. A convention of the Irish emigrants in this country was lately held in "New York city. A large number of delegates was in attendance, and they formed a National Association to be called the IrislijjEmigrant Aid Society.” In their address to the people of Ire land, (the manifest object of which is to excite a spirit of insubordination in that unfortunate country) the committee remind them that England is now in such condition that she can no longer hold their country in subjection by an armed force. The concluding paragraph—pro mising “ aid and comfort” from this country—is as follows: *• Pronounce, then, that it is your will to emancipate yourselves from the thrall of a foreign government, and you shall not be left to struggle alone in the effort to accomplish that purpose. The Irish race in America were never so strong in numbers, so rich in wealth, or so uni ted in purpose as at the present time.— As loyal citizens of this Republic they are ready to protect its honor, in defian- cer of the threats of Lord Clarendon and REMOVAL OF THE PENITENTIARY The majority of the Committee on the Penitentiary have reported In favor of its removal to Stone Mountain. The old establishment is in a dilapidated condi l.on, and it is believed to be impossible to make it pay at Milledgeville. The Southern Recorder urges the delegates to the American Slate Con vention to assemble in Milledgeville on i he 19th, instead of the 20th of this month, In order that soch members of the Legislature as are delegates may participate in its deliberations—ns the Legislature will take a recess on the 20th. The Georgia Telegraph, hereto fore owned by Messrs. Green, Barnes & Co. and edited by P. Tracy, Esq has been purchased by Joseph Clisby Esq. who will edit the paper in future Mr. C. was for many years the able editor of the Florida Sentinel. The Savannah Republican and the Journal have both lately donned new dresses, and thereby very much improv ed their appearance. They are both good papers, and no doubt well sustain ed. E3P The political friends of Col. Gard ner, the able editor of the Augusta Con stitutionalist, recently presented him with a handsome silver service, as a testimo nial of their appriciation of his services as an editor in the late campaign. W£ are pleased to record this act, so honorable to them and so flattering to him, because, in his warfare against the American party, he never, so far as we remember, stooped to that low black guardism and scurrilous abuse which disgraced so many of the Antir American papers in this State, NEW COUNTIES. Just at this time, when there is such a rage lbr new counties in this State,we consider the following remarks from the Savannah Republican, aswell-timed and appropriate. The truth is, we already have too many counties, and-yet in all sections of the State there seems to be a desire to increase the number. The last Legislature e-tablished some ten or fifteen. This is surely enough for the next ten or twenty years. With the Republican,. we hope that the present Legislature will put a check to this per nicious policy: “We are very far from opposing any measMre that is justified by such consid erations as the public necessity or con venience. A number of bills, however, have been introduced into the present Legislature* which, we think, have the support of neither, and as public journa lists, we take the liberty of entering our protest against them. We allude to the bills for the creation of new counties, some thirty of which are now on the Speakers’ desks of the two houses. “We cannot think there is any real necessity for the passage of these bills, .. , ,.., fT , , , or at least, a large majority of them Ins compeers; and as chi dren or Ireland, o , . ® . . 1 , ’ ,. .. . .1 Such movements are frequently set on to evenge the wrongs of their mother- - . , . n ^ . . , ° . . .. , ; foot on by some man who has a selfish Tr ■"““P- ,bIe purpose to accomplish, or by apolitical with their duty to tins country whose ! £ ^ whoge scM H me8 , have ^ Ie 7 ur . der institution they have sworn to ""Hi-, * . geographical lines, or by some * „ • J j little crossroad village that vainly nna- s * jec ’ I gines it is to be built up into vast pro- so | portions by the change. No measure adopted by she Convention : j based on such motives should receive Resolved, That neither the laws of the favorable consideration of the Le> nations nor the laws of the United States gislature. The additional expense and prevent any portion of the American inconvenience to the State; the aug- people from meeting and combining to- mentation of our legislative body, and gether to give weight to their opinions j the moral effect upon society of ,a large regarding the acts of a tyrant—to ex- j number of small towns, afford strong press their sympathy for the oppressed, I reasons for opposition to these bills, ex- whether an individual or a people ; to cept ip cases where they are clearly de- encourage the down-trodden, by a word manded by a large local interest, of good cheer, again to struggle for rights j- A comparison with other States will of which they may have been tempora-. show that we are already far advanced rily deprived by brute force, or to en- j j n a policy which they consider expen- deavor by combination, by facts* by argu- sive and unwise ment and by action, so to shape tbe con-1 Georgia,with an area of58,000 square duct of nations in certain ccntingencies miles and a population of 900,185, as to induce this or any other, when a ; (census of 1850) has 112 counties, lawful opportunity presents itself, to do | New York, with an area of 46,000 some great act of moral and historical i square miles and a population of 3,100,- 000, has 59 counties, Pennsylvania, with an area of 41,000 square miles, and a population of2,31I,- 0011, has 63 counties. North Carolina, with an area of 50, canism into our legislation and law quelling the sectional strife which threatens a dissolution of the Union, securing to qtll sections—East, West, North and South—their constitutional rights. We ask them not to join the Know-Nothing lodges. They have passed away—all secresy is removed, and the American party occupies open ground and challenges an investigation of its principles. wheat! We are informed that wheat never looked better than it does at present in this section. A much greater breadth of - land than usual has been sown, and the probability is that the next crop will bo nearly double the last, provided the sea sons are propitious between this time and harvest. “ Look well to the provision crop.* We volunteered this advice to oar agricultural friends last year. The present prices of grain, pork, Ac. show that it was good. We repeat it again concerning next year’s business, with perfect confidence that the provision will hay better than tbe cotton crop. Our farmers, now that they hare abun dance of corn, otight to pay more attention than usual to their hogs; that, if they should next year make a full corn crop, they may make their own pork also. justice. The first article of the Constitution 1 provides for granting charters to subor dinate “ Aid Societies,” and we suppose the intention of the leaders in this move- 000 square nii | e:Si afl ,| a population of ment is to establish them throughout the 860,000, has 70 counties, land, | South Carolina, with an area of 30, The following is the oath which mem-, 000 s T iare ,niles > population 668,000, t * * * 1 lino OQ nnnntioc bers are required to take upon their in itiation : Insurrection in Kansas.—Re cent accounts from Kansas seem to indicate that a state of civil war exists in that Territory. Gov. Shannon has issued his proclamation, calling upon all civil and military officers to aid in quel ling the insurrection and restoring peace. CONGRESS. House not yet organized. The self- styled “ friends of the South,” the Anti- Americans of that body, having insult ingly declined to act with the American party in effecting an organization by the election of sound-national men, we hope that the American members will ballot for their own candidate “to the bitter and let thb responsibility rest it belongs, with the cy. They have a: ni>ter the government. I not themselves al ’ call to their aid the oftheNi I, , in presence of Almighty God. do hereby solemly swear, that jn all future time I will keep secret all and every thing entrusted to me as a member of the Irish Auxiliary Aid.Society, and to use all lawful means to forward the purposes of said Society ; and l further more pledge myself to lend all mjE pow ers to the emancipation of my native land, and in all things to abide by the Constitution and By Laws of the said Society, and cheerfully submit to tbe orders of the duly elected officers of said Association.” We give the above general features of this plan for embroiling this country in a war with England, for the purpose of expressing our regret that the Irish, as a body, should pursue a course so un wise and so utterly at variance with their duties as American citizens. That their sympathies should be with the “ould country,”is natural, and perfectly right —we despise most heartily the man who does not love his native land “ more than all other lands beside.” But in assuming the duties and responsibilities of American citizenship, they should re member tflat they cease to be Irishmen and become Americans, in the eye of the law—and that,as loyal citizens, they have no right to aid in fitting out hostile ex peditions against a Government with which we are at peace, or in fomenting insurrection and insubordination among its subjects. This movement of the Irish, together with the “ German Revolutionary Leagues” established in this country after the advent of I^Apth, ought to teach our people an instructive, lesson, and inevitably would dq so,but for the ma chinations of scheming demagogues, Who are ever ready to sell our inestimable birthright as American citizens for a mess of pottage. Those who see the danger and have raised the voice of warning to their coun trymen, are denounced by unscrupulous party hacks as “ traitors” and “conspi rators.” The people will one day see who was right—who patriotic—and who traitors; but it may be too late ! As long as they blindly follow the lead of those who make their bread by deceiving them, and cry “ peace, peace, when there is lio peace,” we have little hope for the future of this great country, FOREIGN NEWS. The latest is by the Baltic. Cotton had declined an eighth to a quarter.— Market firm. Sales of the week 49,- 000 bales. Flour had also declined 6d ^ We are requested to state that the Book-Bindery, corner of Rroad Street and College Avenue, is now open, and that all.descriptions of binding oan be done it) the best manner, has 29 counties. Alabama, with an erea of 46,000 square miles, population 771,000, has 52 counties. Ohio, area 44,000, population 1.980, 000, has 87 counties. Tennessee, with a population <>f 1,000, 000, has 79 counties. Aud so we might goon through the whole catalogue of States, showing that, as compared with extent and population, we have already a much larger number of counties than any other State in the Union. -Present indications are that there is to be no end to the increase, and we hope the Legislature will put a check to a policy that is unnecessary, if not absolutely pernicious.” REMEMBER THE 41,200!! We hope that our Legislature, now in session at Milledgeville, will relin quish the important task of chartering bridges, changing names, building party platforms and discussing national poli tics, long enough to acton the petition (which has been before them ever since 1850) ol the forty-one thousand two hundred free white citizens over 21 years of age who can neither read nor write!! Such a state of things is a re proach to the great State of Georgia and the Legislature can do much to re move this stain from the fair escutcheon of the “ Empire State of the South We hope the present Legislature will do something. The year 1860 is ap proaching, when the census returns will again reveal the fact that popular educa lion is much neglected. Let us try to make a better showing at the end of the next decade. The people are readyy** sustain those members who will do theiV duty in this regard. Let all gd to work in gqpd earnest, and a plan may be de vised and carried into effect which will forever J bless and benefit ourjieople. STATE LEGISLATURE. Little business yet finished—but a great deal of work done. Among the matters of special interest to the people of this region, we observe that the Judiciary Committee has re ported in favor ot the establishment ofe new Judicial Circuit, to be composed of the counties of Habetsham, Rabun, Lumpkin, Union, Gilmer, Fannin and Murray, and t<> be called the North eastern circuit. A bill to reduce the number of places at which the Supreme Court shall sit, has passed the Senate. It provides that it shall hereafter meet at Savannah, Macon, Atlan'a, Athens and Milledge- ville. The bill granting State aid to the Savannah and- Brunswick Railroad has also gassed the Senate *‘ mit a very tight squeeze.” ■ :srr— Many of our exchanges' have made the descovery that Christinas will bj here on the 25th inst.!! Glad to hear it, and hope there will be no disap pointment. T! For the Southan) Watchman. PEOPLE’S TICKET. Mr. Editor : The following gentle men will be supported by the People of Athens, for Town Wardens the ensu ing year.* Yours, &c. ONE OF EM. 1st Ward—Dr. J. B. Carlton, John W. Ncholson, S. C. Reese. 2d Ward—John I. Huggins, 3d Ward—Col. L. Franklin, E. P. Lumpkin, Esq. NO APPEAL FROM THE POPE, Persons who doubt—if there are any who do doubt—that the Romish Church claims temporal, as well as spiritual, al legiance from its disciples in the United States, would do well to read the pas toral letter of the Archbishops and Bishops of the “ Province of Sl Louis,” in council assembled^ just issued. -Thai document explicitly says: We maintain the superiority of the spiritual over the temporal order. We maintain that the temporal ruler is bound to conform his enactments to the Divine law. We maintain that the Church is the supreme Judge of all questions con cerning faith and morals, and that, iq the determination of such questions,^ Pontiff as Vicar of Jesus Christ, con stitutes a tribunal, from which there is no appeal and to whose award all the chil dren of the church must yield ^obedience, After this authoritative and official announcement, let us have no more fine drawn distinctions between spiritual al legiance and temporal allegiance. Wq see here that both are binding alike. , Anti-American editors may deny that Roman Catholics in this country owq temporal allegiance to the Pope; and even Roman Catholic Archbishops an<} Bi-hops, writing in Anti-American papers, may put forth % similar denial { but we tell you, fellow-citizens, that* no council of Archbishops and Bishops iq this country will ever make such a denial. No Roman Catholic council will ever make such a denial: No Roman Catho- n lie council will ever officially promul gate or ratify the doctrine that aRomaq Catholic citizen is not bound to render implicit obedience to the Church and the Pope in regard to every thing which the Church and thd Pope may decidq to be a matter of faith or morals or coot science. No Romau Catholic council dares say that a Catholic is not bound tq disobey every constitution and every law that the Church or the Pcipe may declare to be contrary to the law of God. Now we appeal to any and every jus| minded patriot to say whether a maq whose snpport of the constitution and laws of the United States depends ( the will of a Italy is^fit to hold office in. t ■ KP We hope that our friends among the “ old-line Whigs” will read aud ponder the able article we copy from the Chronicle & Sentinel this week. What have they to expect, for themselves, tbe South, or the country at large, by acting with the Democrotic party, as at present constituted ? They refused to act with it in its palmiest days—when Demo cracy meant something definite— the party was national and had some claims upon their sympathies, if they would not. under these circumstances act with it, why should they now form such a coalition ? Is it because it is demoralized, dena tionalized, sectional, zed, foreignized, and dyiug of the “ dry-rot ?” We do not, cannot, will not, believe that the mass of the old Whig party will y thing to do with Democracy called,” in its present falleir Let them act with the American party in infusing a thorough spirit of Atneri- | try.—Exchange.. -A JMP