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ION. IT. M. FULLER: To all who assist devotedly at the re-
Tho Federal Union and kindred li ? IOUS exercises on any of the e th- ee
■ . m . , . -lavs, the Holy Father grants a partial
r.nts are severely exercised because illd ^ lgence () f 8e ven years; and a pie
essrp. Foster and Trippe, American nary indulgence to those who attend
rs of the Hou-e from this State during the entire Triduum, conf ss their
ed for the Hon. H; M. Fuller with humility and contrition re
ive the Holy Communion, and, on the
Convention. i
to act as Secre
On taking the Chair, Mr. S mfor
organization pi
Knowles reqn
eloq .eni and graceful lernwj expressed
his acknowledgements for the honor
thus conferred, and his approbation of
the cardinal principles and designs of
the American Party.
On motion of the Hon. C. Peeples,
of Clark, a committee of five was ap
pointed by the Chair to report on to
morrow suitable persons to preside over
the deliberations of this body.
The Chair appointed as that com
rnittee, Messrs. Peeples, B. B. Moore,
Wei burn, Stapleton aud Jack Brown.
Upon a caH of the Convention, the
Hon. F. H. Cone and Benj. Hill, Esq.,
addressed the meeting in able and effec
tive speeches,
The Convention then adjourned to
meet again at 10 o’clock to morrow
morning. - "SSfewlfv'V-a
Thursday Morning, Dec. 20th.
The Convention met agreeably to ad
journment, about 150 delegates in at
tendance.
Mr. Moore of Lincoln offered the fol
lowing Resolution which was agreed to,
»iz :
That all the members of the Ameri
can Party, not specially delegated t<»
this Convention, and all persons who
concur in the general principles of the
party, be invited to seals with us and to
participate in our deliberations.
Mr. Peeples, from the Committee ap
pointed last night, to select officers to
preside over the delibera ions of the
Convention, reported the names of the
following gentlemen, as the officers
aforesaid, viz:
President, Hon. John M. Berrien of
Chatham.
1st Vice l’rc.’t. lion. Eli 11. Baxter
of Hancock.
Gen. J. W. A. Sa iford
for the Speakership. The Union says
itbelivoes Mr. Fuller to be a Freesoil-
er.' Had the Union seen the following
note ftom Mr. F. to a fr.end, written but
a few days before the meeting of Con
lion. Geo. Stapleton of
Oen. G. W. Gordon of
John Harris, Esq., of
2nd “
of BaUl’n.
3d “
Jefferson
4th “ «
Whitfield.
5th ••
Fulton.
SECRETARIES.
George Jones of Wilkinson ; A M
Fddleman of Fulton ; R. L. Hunter of
Baldwin.
Messrs. Billups, Hill and Calhoun
were appointed a committee to inform
the above named gentlemen of their ap
pointment as the officers of the Conven
tion.
Mr. Billups informed the Convention
that owing to indisposition, Judge Ber
rien was unable to attend the d.-libera-
lions of the Convention this morning,
hut hoped to be able to ta\e iiis seat as
its presiding officer later in the day. On
his motion, therefore, the 1st Vice Pre
sident, Judge Baxter, took the Chair.
Judge B. briefly addressed the Conven
tion and returned his thanks for the
honor conferred upon him.
Judge Cone offered the following Re
solution, which was unanimously adopt
ed:
Resolved, That all persons who hold
to ihc principles of the American Party
and act with it, be held, taken and con
sidered as members of the party and in
full fellow ship with iliesam--.
Mr. Cubuniss of Monroe offered the
following resolution which was agreed
10. viz;
Resolved, That a committee of two
from each Congressional District heap
pointed to prepare ami report mailer for
the consideration of this Corn- ntion.
t The Chair appointed under the above
Resolution, Mczars. F. S. Banow and
C. A. L. Lamar from the 1st Congres
sional District; James Johnston and W
11. Robertson from the 2d ; E. Gt Cuba-
niss and A. G. Fnmbro from the 3rd
Benjamin H. Hill and James M Cal
houn from the 4th; 1). G. King and
■I - Reaves, from the-5ih;C. P»-epl
and M. S. Durham from the Gili; Thom
asM. Turner and F. II. Com; from the
7:li; and A. J. Miller and B. B. Moore
from the Sih.
Mr. Stapleton of Jefferson said that it
was usual for such a committee to consist
of twenty one members, and he therefore
moved that the Chair appoint five addi
tional members on the Commit tec. The
motion prevailed and the Chair appoint-
ltd Messrs. John A. Jones, Samuel Pear
►on, J. Knowles Caruthers and
I A. Billups.
The committee* then retired, and
Messrs. Harris'of Fuiton. Hammond of
Monroe and Turner of Kiuchafooiiee be-
*»g called up'ui addressed the Conven
er* t upon the poll: cm! topic-^f the day.
The Convention then adjuui tied to 2
o'clock ibis afternoon.
Arri:itN(»o
Thu Cu.»\ i nii<
jmuiiuirlii.
Me. Ti&f'nlnn ti
lilt '
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3. We regard the
religious liberty and the
Church and State as cardinal p
our Government—as well settl
firmly established as the right ol
jury and the writ of habeas cor
therefore we will oppose the ele
office of any and all persons w
the great American doctrines, of libi-rt
of conscience, or who favor the union of
Church and State, or who recognise any
civil allegiance to any foreign power,
prince or potentate whatever.
4. The purity of the ballot box— t he
peaceful administration of our laws—the f
safety of our people—the integrity of our
Government—the exclusion of pauper
and criminal immigration, aud the en
forcement of our neutrality laws, demand,
in our opinion, a material modification of
our naturalization laws and a i adical re
vision of our immigration laws. By this
we do not seek to disturb, in any man
ner, the privileges of ihoseof our foreign
bom citizens who are naturalized under
our existing laws, and we wish all of
them who agree to our principle- tu be
come members of the A merican Parly.
0. The territories of the United States
we regard as the common property of all
lire States as coequal sovereignties, and
as such open to >ettli-ment by the citi
zens of the S-ates with their property as
matter of right; and that no (tower resides
aitlier in Congress or the territorial
Legislatures; or the people of the territo
ries while a territory, to exclude from
settlement in any territory any portion
of the citizens of this Republic- with their
property legally held in the States from
which they emigrate. We repudiate
therefore the doctrine commonly claied
squatter so vereignty'iujt he} territories.
6. The right to vote is a privilege of
citizenship, and should not be extended
to foreign emigrants to a territory before
they are naturalized.
7. The agitation of .he subject of
Slavery rdiould cease. The rights of
the South are plain, palpable, well de
fined and understood, and we believe
they should not longer be treated as open
questions. We will maintain our guar
anteed Constitutional rights,stud our right
of property in slaves. Georgia lias
solemnly declared what she will regard
as future grievances on this rubjeet and
what her remedy will be when these
grievances shall be inflicted. We will
stand by the Georgia Platform. We
believe (he continuous agitation of this
subject, is made by selfish politicians for
personal and party promotion, and is
hurtful to the South, the institution of
slavery qnd the permanency of the Un
ion. 1
8. Resolved, That this Convention now
proceed, to select delegates to n National
Convention of the American Party ; and
we recommend that said Convention as
semble after the first day of May at such
time and place as shall be agreed on;
and refer, on our part, the time and
place of a-sembling to the President of
this Convention, and our tivo members
in Congress. And we the American
Party of Georgia urgently invite all na
tional men everywhere without distinc
tion of old party lutes—who are in favor
of the maintain nice of the Union by obe
dience to the Constitution and the en
forcement of the laws, to meet with us
in that Convention.
9. We instruct our delegates to the
gress We trust not. For surely, after on each of these three days, one mass
LaFayetta Lamar,
i adopted requesting
ers of the State, ad
>les of the American
• proceedings of this
is to the President,
Secretaries were
and the Conven-
BKRRIEN, Pres’t.
Secretaries
U*. ORDER. AMD THE CO!»«TITCtJOR.
last of the three days, offer prayers to
God, according to the intention of his
Holiness. These indulgences may be
applied, by way of suffrage, to the souls
in Purgatory,
His H oliness has alsq granted, that
ATHENS, GA.
THURSDAY HORNING, DEC. 27, 1855.
U^The reader’s attention is dire- ted
to the notice of the Watkinsville Male
and Female Acadenr-y, in this w ek’s
issue. The qualifications of the princi
pal, T. W. Walker, Esq, are of a high
order.
...
The Walton Steam Mill, at Mon : ,
roe, Walton couuty, was destroyed on
Monday the 17th iusl., by an explosion
of the boiler. The engineer (the pro
perty of Mr. Stroud) was dreadfully
mangled—no .pne else hurt. Query?
Are negroes capable of managing a
steam engine wi h safety ? We would
just about as soon take up our abode in
a powder magazine in company with a
lunatic with a torch in hand as to stay
in a steam establishment with a negro
engineer.
National Convention jo insist upon the
adoption of the foregoing principles in
spirit and substance before going into a
nomination and that the nominees be
pledged to carry out the same in good
faith in the adiniuis.ratiun of the Gov-! by bis subscribers—particularly
ernnient and the appointments to office.*
CHRISTMAS.
The great holiday this year was the
muddiest, wettest and dullest one we
have seen for years.
What a blessed thing is this annua)
Sabbath—we mean to those who can
enjoy it as a week of rest—blessed rest
—from the toil, worriment and vexation
of every-day life ! The vital energies,
wasted by constant toil, are re-invigora
ted by a week’s relaxation, and the over
burdened mind relieved by a participa
tion in the innocent amusements of the
season. 1
All, all, look happy—save the poor
editor, for whom there is no Christmas
—no rest—except Sunday, and that
more lasting and more peaceful state of
repose—the grav 1 ! Often has our toil
some and poorly rewarded occupation
led us to repeat poor Hood’s “ Song of
the Shirt,” and sigh for that rest which
is promised hereafter.
The editor who fails to publish his
paper at the appointed time—whether
it is Chri-touts or not—is anathematised
those
who never pay—as being worse than a
so cledrly defining, his position the 8di-
m-. lors of that sheet would not gravely, as
set that they believe hint to be a Free-
soiler.
Is he not all that the South or the
friends of the Nebraska bill need require?
True, he Was not originally for it, and
does not belong to the “original panel”
of its f b ads— but does he not unequivo
cally assert that he is now for the (aw
as it stands,, and is not «h it sufficient ?
The passage of the Nebraska act i- not
now in is-.ua before the country ; i.ut
its mainta'mace as a settlement of the
exciting question •* in spirit and sub
stance,” is. Let the people ot the South
su-taius those Northern men who will
go thus far, aiid they have nothing to
tear. The question is not who advo
cated this measure at first, but who is
willing to -ustain it now.
The following is the note in which
Mr. Fuller clearly defines his post’
ti<*n : ' f
Wilke’s BiIrn, 21st Nov. 1853.
My dear Sir: Ab elite from home
has delayed i * ply to your esteemed favor
of the 12th iust.
With regard to my opinion in the
matter to « hicli your letter refers, 1 mil
simply remark that 1 supported the
Compromise measures of 1850. and
have not changed my views upon the
subject they embraced.
The question ol slavery ! have ever
been disposed to leave with ihe people
of the States where it exists. Knowing
that its discussion heretofore h is been
productive of evil and mischief, l am
opposed to its further agitation. Had
1 been a member of the last Congress,
i would have voted against tlie repeal
of the Missouri Compromise. My opin
ions having been overruled in this mat
ter, l shall abide by the law us it is.
l aiu making a hurried preparation to
leave lor Washington, 1 hope to see
you about 1 uesday of next week.
Hastily, vburs, truly,
HENRY M. FULLER.
To Harry Conneily, E-q. ? Philadelphia,
lion. James Johnson of Muscogee, t i .«ivr. ~ .
fered ihe iollmving resolution : ’ P^kpocke,! No postpone™™ on
account of weather,” is the motto that
offered the following
Resolved, That ihe President of this
Convent on appoint a committee of sev
en to act as a corresponding and execu
tive committee.
The resolution was adopted and the . ....
billowing gentlemen were appointed that j” roa “ S r,ns - he must sit in his gloomy
Committee . ‘ sanctum” aud “ cudgel his brains” for
James Johnson of Muscogee; John'the ghost of an idea on which t-» found
must govern him; and hence, when
Ci ull the world, aud the rest 6f mankind’?
rnay relax the muscli-s of their faces in-
W. A. Sanford of Baldwin; Thomas J.
Hardeman of Bibb; E. G. Cabaniss ol
Monroe, E.;’A^l|isbetof Bibb; J. H. R,
his next leaden •; or, with scissors in
hand, pore over his exchanges in search
Washington of Bibb; John L. Harris or of such paragraphs as may interest his
Fulton;
Mr. Thornton of Muscogee offered
the follow rig Resolution, which was
agreed to, viz:
Res'fvcd, That our representatives
in Congre-s, Mess's. Foster aud Trippe,
ol February 1856, and say
ihe American Party of G
be represented in that 1
readers.
“ write,
p»
Work,
write, write 1"
copy I" forever
Nor is this al
themselves
paid bills, and
hundreds of 1
scribers or adc
think af calling
THE SPEAKERSHIP.
The country is getting somewhat i est-
les- ( says the Savannah Republican)
uudei* the interruption of the business
of the nation by the failure to elect a
Speaker lor the House of Representa
tives. Rather than see a free-soil disor-
ganizer in the chair, we coufess we had
rajher see no organization at ail. But
is the election of a Speaker a necessa
ry preliminary to the commencement of
the business of Congress. It has not
always b *eu so regarded ? A case in
point occurred in 1839, when Mr. Gar
land, the Clerk, refused to accept the
credentials ot the members from New
Jersey when they were presented with
the broad seal of the State attached
Wrangling and confusion reigned for a
number of days; and the House was
finally organized on a motion that Mr..
Adams of Massachusets be considered
Speaker until a regular election could
be had. The Boston Courier gives the
fallowing account of the matter :
“John Quincy Adams was (hen
member of the House of Representa
tive^. He remained quietly at bis seat
and listened to the pending turmoil with
what patience he could, and said noth
ing. At last, however, the patience of
the old man was exhausted, aud, rising
hastily from his chair, he poured forth
a strain of burning, withering eloquence,
which reached every man’s heart. 11
appeitaflto the representatives present
to say if they were prepared-to submit
to such a state of things ? if they were
willing to submit to the dictation and
of a mere Clerk—a daily
ary of Congress?
old man bad scarcely taken his
before Robert Barnwell Rhett of
l!jC'«rolina, arose, and moved that
i Quincy Adams of Massachusetts,
peaker till a regular Speak
't his motion was nearly
y adopted, and the House of
organized,: -nd we may
• similar moremeut may
FOR THE FAITH
L!
the ridiculous con-
ork Mirror, of
r,” put forth by
of New-
of Decent-
the Tri-
her Pope
he 3ls*
uted in
a: pas-
any
pre
te
ll th
the>
cp:i
iu-
of the Immaculate Conception of the
Virgin Mary may be celebrated, with
or without singing. We also give per
mission for the benediction of the bless
ed sacrament on those days.
Given, at our residence in Newark,
this 8th day of November, A. D. 1B55,
being the octave of the feast of All
Saints.
t James Bishop of Newark.
By order of the Rt. llev Bishop.,
Victor Beaudevin, Secretary.
The politic..l friends and sympathi
sers of ms Holiness, the Pope, in Geor
gia, are no doubt anxiously awaiting
the announcement of a “ Triduum” or
three days’ thanksgiving here. As his
representative in N -w Jersey has issued
his “ prouunciam -nto” for that baili
wick. they may re izonably expi-ct a
similar privilege granted in Georgia.
We congratulate sueh of our fellow-
citizens ns spent ‘* dog days” in slan
dering the American party and con
cocting and publishing such gross libels
as would disgrace Pandemonium itself,
upon their good fortune in securing
indulgence on such easy terms ! Jeru
salem ! For one day’s thanksgiving, a
‘•partial indulgence” for seven years;
and by observing the three dttys, •* a
plenary in iulgence!”
Pitch in, boys, while the article is
cheap! Only think of it! A license
to lie two Presidential campaigns, just
for one day’s thanksgiving for the Pope’s
announcement of the ne*v dogma of the
“ Immaculate conception !
Now. seriously : does it not require
an immense stretch of the imagination
to enable any one to denounce as
*• bigots,’’ *• traitors,” and “intolerant
knaves,” such of the Protestant natives
of this Protestant ( and there fore free)
country, as refuse to bow their necks
to the Papal yoke with which they are
threatened, or to regard the Catholic as
a Churciiof Christ, or recognise its
blasphemous mummery as God’s ordi
nances!
May He who stood with Daniel in the
lion’s den, sustained iluss and the noble
host of mr.rtyrs who perishtd amid
Catholic flumes, and inspired the heart
of Luther and Melancthon, save this
heritage of Liberty from the pollution
with which il is threatened by foreign
priests and juggling demagogues!
1854 showed an increase over 1853 of
£37,801,606; making a gain of $92,
884,911 in two years. For the last \e>tr
the decline, as already r-tated, is $44,-
497,293, which brings the imports be
low the total for the years l853-’54.
The table of exports is also for ten
years past, and shows the billowing re
sults: Increase last year nu r 1845 of
domestic produce. 894.295,S05; of
foreign do.. $18.563,587; of specie and
bullion. $47,700,848; total, $160,510,-
240. Increase ast year over 1859 of
dorn -stic produce, $57,962; of foreign
do., $16.632,875; of specie and bullion
$48,724,349; total. $123,258,126.—
Last year, over 1854, decrease of do
mestic produce exported, $22.407,369;
increase cf forejoL produce, 84.497,,
231; do. of specifljpl bullion. $14,824,-
929. The total gives a decraa-e this
year, when compared with 1854, of
$3,084,218. While the imports for the
last year have fallen below their total
for 1852-3. the exports are nearly
forty-five millions greater than for that
year. Of the total exports of specie for
the last year, $53,957 418 were of do
mes ic production, and $2,239 925 of
—
COMM
STOCKTON
AMERICANISM.
At a meeting of the Americans
Trenton, on Friday evening, to re'
over their rec-nl victories the fnllowit
letter was revived from Com. Stockton,
which we find in the Gazette:
Princeton, Nov 14, 1855.
. Gentlemen :—I am informed by your
letter of yesterday that a meeting is to •
be held at Trenton on Friday, the 16tb
instant, commemorative of the principles
of the American party. You also say
“ that it is well known that you have for
several years approved those principle
therefore you are earnestly invited to i
present and address your fellow-citizens'
ion that occasion.” I thank you for the
Invitation although previous engage
ments will prevent my being present.
I am unwilling, however, to permit
the occasion to pass without expressing
my entire concurrence in the patriotic
principles of the American party which
have had for so many years the approval
of my head and heart."
(He then recaptulates the “American
principles,” dilutes upon the care taken
foreign. The shipments of dome-tic , by our forefathers to preserve our insti-
produce, exclusive of specie, were $22,- j tutions against foreign influence, &c—
496,269 less than for the preceding: He concludes as follows:)
year, while there is an increase of $1,- ‘ The crafty engineers of political
497, in the exports of foreign produce, • speculation see no danger, and never will
aud $14, 824,929 in. the exports of spe- see any, which does not threaten to ar-
c j£ rest their profitable control of parties.—
The statement of Secretary Guthrie The doctrine that *•Americans alone
showing the amoun\ou deposit*Jn the shall rule America.” destined to restore
Treasury and Mint and their several the government, as it was in the days of
branch s to the credit of the United Washington, to the hands of “Ameri-
Stutes gives a total su n of $24,287,- 1 cans alone,” is stigmatised by the organ-
271,691 The nett amount subject to tzed cabal of politicians who wield the
draft, after deducting overdraft, & c . t machinery for manufacturing the incutn-
:uni adding difference in transfers, is set bents ,.f office, from that ot the Presiden-
down a? $28,074 868 79.
The U. S. mail steamer Cres
cent city was wrecked on the 7th iust.
on the Li: tie Bahama Bank, (off the
peninsula of Florida) and became
total loss. She was on a voyage from
New \*ork to Havana when the disaster
occurred No lives were lost.
TREASURER’S REPORT.
We find in the N tional Intelligencer,
the following abstrsiet of the forthcoru
ing report of the Secretary of the Trea
sury :
The Secretary, it appears, has writ
ten a volume almost as elaborate as that
of Secretary Walker in 1845. He la
vors the admission, duty free, of wool
as a raw material, together with chemi
cals and dye stuffs, but no interference
with the article of iion. The Eas'ern
manufacturers, it is said, would be satis-
fi d with this. The amount of two
millions six hundred thousand dollars
appropriated for the arinu 9 collection ot
the revenue will be short lour hundred
thousuud before the end of the fiscal
year.
The tables on foreign trade show that
the increase of dutiable goods imported
during the year ending Juue39'h, H55
over the year ending June. 39ih, 1845,
is S 126.9 JO ; do. ot fee goods, $18,-
352.926; decree-e of-pecie and bullion,
$411,439; showing a total increase of
$144,928,896 in favor of 1355. The
increase last year over 1854, is given
thus.* Dutiable goods. $65,746633; of
free goods, $18,343,9 j4 ; decrease ot
specie and bullion. $963,939— total in
crease, $$3,144,642.
The foreign imports at all the ports
of the United States (mcludi gof course
California and Oregon) for the fi-cu
year ending June 39th. 1855 w>-re
8261.332,960, against $395,739 253 for
the preceding* year, showing a decline
of 344 397,293. The total* exports from
the United States to foreign ports for
the fiscal year ending June 30th. IS5<,
were$275,156,846. against $278,2ll-
964 for the preceding year, shoring a
decline of only $3,084218 It will b*
seen from th s that while for the year
1354 the imports exceeded the exporis
$27,539,189. for the last year exports
exceeded the imports $13,773,836.
The taolus further show an increase,
•luring the last year, of $10,102 864 in
• lie imports af free goods, hut a tailing
- >ffof 851.253.8<>7 iu dqtrable iqerchau-
and $3,246,259 in specie.
'he course of the impart trade for
e last three years is worthy of especial
ice. The year ending June 39th,
shoWq an iucrea-m over the previ
year of- $55,083,305; amlthe yeai
*
PROTESTANTS, AWAKE!
The following paragraph, copi d from
a laie number of the Freeman's lourn-
a ! , the official or^an ol the Catholic
Church in the United States, is bold and
pointed;
Our countrymen have torn the
mask fr un the midnight 'tramper (the
American party) have flashed upon his
countenance, and rend iu his distorted
features the f II purpose of the assassin.
Shull those who armed the slabber, and
whetted the dagger for his parricidal pur
pose. escape the retribution which waits
on meditated crime f Shall Frotestant
sm skulk from the s cue of its foiled
viUaing, and shift the odium >f guilt on
its i/elecled ruffian ? Never, never.—
i.et it be recorded in ineffaceable char
acters, that . the conspiracy which, in
the ydar 1855. aimed a deadly blow—
not at Biesar—but at the rights of Ameri
can citizens and the permanency of tins
Union. Union, drew its hot pestiferous
breath within the chambered confines of
the Protestant churches. Let it be
frescoed upon the mind of the country
—it is history.”
If a native Protestant son of the soil
can read unmoved such impudent lan
guage from the pen of a mail owing
allegiance to a foreign potentate* then
does he deserve to be led to that stake
which the old “ Mother of Harlots” is
already preparing for the “ heretics” of
this country. It is true, that of her
self she can do nothing at present ;
but when aided and abetted by one of
our political parties and all the dema
gogues in the land, what may she not
do after awhile ?
Let native Piotestants bear in mind
that those who are not for American
Protestant Freedom are against it!—
There is no possibility of dodging this
i-sue !
A NOTABLE FACT.
• The election- for the past two years
have demonstrated this remarkable fact
—that the American p i ty lias exhibited
its greatest strength in those very locali
ties where foreigners and Catholics are
the most numerous. It would seem
most reasonable that this party would be
struck down Vhere there was the most
opposition. But the reverse has been
the case with scarcely an exception. In
Maryland and California, and in all the
large cities where the bulk of the foreign
and Catholic population resides, the
American p trty has achieved its most
splendid victories—while in the South
ern States and in rural dist icts, where
there is little admixture of the foreign
element^, our party has nearly always
failed of suece s.
The reason of it is plain, and consti
tutes one of the strongest arguments lor
the necessity of theorganizati hi Com
munities which do not feel, nnd have not
daily ev deuce of, the (Linger arising from
foreign influence', cnmr»t and do not ap
preciate it They see no danger to them
selves, ah'd hence they reject the princi
ples of a party which undertakes to cor
rect an evil of which they are not per
sonally sensible. Hence ihe failure of
the American party, in secluded dis:riels
of the country. On the contrary, in ci
ties where the violence, the insubordi
nation, the recklessness aud the radical
ism of th* foreign population is daily pa
tent to ; the ! senses, the American party
obtains its greatest triumphs. It is the
presence of an < vil which m ikes men
quick to remove it. The absent e of it
takes away the stimulus to exertion, and
weakens the efforts of those who wouid
arrest it.
We repeat that this is one of the strong
est arguments for the necessity of the
party. A man will take medicine only
when disease has seized upon ids vitals.
Iu the enjoym ut of health he rejects
the inedicaiqei.ts of the phy ieian, and
d-fers any preparation for the future —
But an ounce of prevent! >n is wor h a
pound of cur —and it may well be con?
sidered whether it is not the part of pru
dence to guard against the iasidious ap
proaches of disease, before its actual
presence warns us of dangeg, and threat-
our speedy dis_solution.—I(aL Ainer.
cy downwards, as a pestilent heresy, and
tlu se who hold to this ancient Ameri
can doctrine are denounced as traitors.
The progress of events is rapidly
britigi >g the country to the condition
when but two parties will contend with
each other—the one the American Par
ty, the other the Foreign Party. The
American Party will seek'the restoration
of the government to American control,
such as it was when it came fresh from
the American people. The Foreign
Party will seek to propitiate the foreign
element, pander to its insolent ambition
and aspiring predominance, contend for
the continuance and extension of it* priv
ileges, cring* with servility to its dic
tates, and offer new bribes for its friend
ship. The simple fact that the next elec
tion of a President of the United States
may turn upon tin; assertion or the re
nunciation by the American people of
the doctrir e that “ Americans alone
should rule America,” should be suffi
cient to astoiii-h aud alarm us. If the
doctrine be renounced, it will be owing
to the overpowering f-rce of the foreign
element in our population
The mighty power of that element
has been guatted b; the astute politicians
who are allied to it They have meas
ured its length and breadih; its height
and dept*, aud they are willing to stake
their destinies on its omnipotence. It
was the Prmtorian guards, composed of
foreign mercenaries, who put up for sale
the imfier al purple at Rome, and it is
the foreign missionaries .among us who
now offer to the politicians who hold the
reins of party sw iy. the nexi P; esidency,
as the pr:ce of favors to be conferred on
them, and privileges perpetuated here
after. There is no country, there never
has been any country, where such an is
sue, if squarely, fairly, and distinctly
presented to the people, could be decid
ed any other than one way, and that in
favor of the country lorn.” Will tho
people of the United Slates repudiate a
sentiment of this sort? They will do.
no such thing. Already they have arisen
spontaneously and rushed to the standard
inscribed with the words, “Americans
shall rule America.” It is in vain for
politicians to attempt to arrest the pro-,
gress of the American party by efforts
to compel it to adopt portions of the
creed- which distinguish other parties.
It will not thus be induced to endan
ger the cause in which it is engaged.
The safety of the people 19 the supreme
law, and while that safety is endangered
everything else is of subordinate interest.
“Place none but Americans on guard,”
was the order of Washington at a crisis
of imminent danger. With assurance
of high regard,
I am your friend and obedient serv’t.
It. F. STOCKTON.
For th<- Southern Watchman.
PEOPLE’S TICKET.
Mr. Editor : The following gentle
men wjll .be supported by the People of
Athens, for Town Wardens the ensi^
ing year. Yours, &e.
ONE OF EM
1st Ward—Dr. J. B. Caklton,
John W. NchoLson,
S. C. Reese.
2d Ward—John I. Huggins,
3d
Ward—Col. L. Fkankuin,
E. P. Lumpkin, E?q.
The following letter ,is addressed t<*
several citizens of Detroit:
"Detroit, Nov. 23, 1855.—Gentle
men :—-l have received your letter ask-;
ing me if I am a candidate for the office
of President of the United States, auc
expressing the gratification it woultj
give you to support me for that higl\
stalioq. .
“ While thanking you for this manife9^
tatiotiof your kindness and confidence t
of which I shall preserve a grateful recol
lection, 1 reply that I am not a
didite for ihe Presidency, nor <
sire that :ny name should be
in connection with it to
pJf 11,0
“1 am, gentlemen,
truly youis,