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DEATH OF THE llOX. JOHN MACl’UER-
SON BERRIEN.
.WVlinve l»> record nn event that will
carry with it a pang of sorrow to rqaiiy
hearts in every portion. df^Jhc'~
The Hoii. John .MaCpbkkson
is no more. He dep n ted this lift
residence in this city, at 9
Tuesday morning. January 1st
disease which brought to its t! JV
fmrrtimeg nTTfmrjHfflt»c" - TTfb toTtr* wfrli "the 1 :h?glfPgt T!ii
Ktigland from 1S12 to 1-»15. in the ear-
Her portion of Mr. Berrien’s jud cial
career, and the exvitemeiitj
mind in such a^iriris, in no*
in
blic
.agree
wli fell
so long and useful, was inf! on motion of
. the. kidneys and the proximate organs.
The first symptoms of the malady pre
sented ■ themselves on the 19th of De-
‘cembetv^heerhh his way. as a delegate
from Cl attain county, to tiie American
convention at Milledgeville. Feeling.
li<Mvevor, a deep interest in the occasion,
he proceeded' on his journey, but upon
his arriml it the seat'.of Government,
was compelled'to take his bed and absent
’ himself from the convention, of which
.. be had; with entire uuaniiuity, been
chosen President/during its morning
session. In the afternoon. ■ though still
'laboring under severe pain and prostra
tion, he repaired to the qapitol, assumed
the chair, and after pronouncing nn
ahle and eloquent address to-the con*
vention, presided over its deliberations
to the close.’
. Upon his return to this oity Judge
B -rrien, greatly enfeebled by the jour
ney, and his labors at Milledgeville,and
still- suffering under the disease that
edemed to have taken fast hold upon
him, took immediately to his bed and
sent for his family physician. The
usual .remedies were applied, and no
serious apprehensions were felt until
Thursday last, when it became apparent
that no: material amendment bad oc
curred :in the disease, while his strength
was perceptibly failing. The Best-medi
cal skill in the city was hrouglit.to. his
aid, yet all to no effect, He continued
to languish in •great bodily.suffering,
; until Tuesday morning last, when in full
possession of all his great faculties, and
with a firm hope in the mediation of his
..Redeemer, he gently an-i without a strug
gle sank to rest.
The event has created a
sensation in this community, extending
to all parties and classes; nor will it fail
in any portion of our broad domain
wherfvgcninshas a friend and gratitude
for distinguished public service - a home,
to excite a throb Ibr the noble spirit that
has fled forever.
- We deem it not inappropriate to the
occasion that has suggested this article,
to give a brief synopsis of the principal
events in the life of the deceased, deriv
ed from the various sources,- personal
and historical, that are at our com-
tnand.
The paternal ancestors of Judge Ber
rien were Huguenots. Fleeing from
France to Holland on the revocation <>f
the Edict of Nantes, two brothers emi
grated to this country nnd settled,’the
one on Long Island, the other in New
Jersey. His paternal grandfather, John
Berrien, was one of the Judges of the
Supreme Court of New Jersey. His
father, Major John Berrien, came to
deorgia-at a very early age. Towards
the cloc-e of the Revolutionary War he
married, in Philadelphia, Margaret Mac-
pherson, the sister of John Macpherson,
(aid-de-camp of General Montgomery,
who fell at Quebec,) and of General
Wil intn Macpherson, who served in the
Army until the close of the war. The
latter gentleman had a commission in
the British army, and the company un
der Iiis command was stationed at New
York ; but being unwilling to bear arms
against his countryim-n, hfe npp'ied for
permission to’resign wlncft was grant
ed, coupled .with a condition That lie.
should riot leave the British lines,’within
which he remained under the surveil
lance of a sailor,' being indulged, how
ever, with the liberty of going in pur
suit of duck on the East River, attended
by his guard. Having one day advanc
ed some dis'nnce from the city, ‘he put
hijj fusee to the head of his attendant,
and ordered him to pull him. nverto
Long Island shore, where he was re
ceived by a party of Americans. This
£ici being known to Congress’ 1 , that body
S ave him a Majors commission in the
ktuerican army.
Major Berried having returned to.
Georgia, after the torrnina.tion of Ins
military service, to prepare for the re
ception of the family, his wife wns left
at bis mother’s house in New Jersey.
This house had been the headquarters
.ofthe army, and from it Wiishiogton’s
farewell address to that gallant band
..was issued. Here the- subject of this
sketch was born, on the23d of August.
178L
Air. Berrien, tlu-n, could 'claim a dou
ble nativity-1 in New Jersey, the place
of his actual -birth, and in Georgia, that
< f his father’s domicil, to widely he was ! W
! ei-li stated, war
aiii&ihe ijpilerf
of volunteer
brought when a few months old. Iiis
academical education was obtained at |
»arious.sehools in New York ami New
Jersey, anil he was graduated at Prince*
Ion at the age of fifteen. .- Ir is not un- -
wrrthy of note that this time honored
institution, in 1839. conferred upon him
the degree of Doctor of Laws, on the
occasion of his delivering an address be
fore its two literary societies.
"Returning to Georgia, he commenced
the study of law under tlie direction of
the. lion. Joseph Clay, and .such was
his assiduity, that before he bad attained
the ng M of.eiglueen years he was admit
ted to the bar. He opened Jds qiilcu fit si
at Loqi'\iHc, then tin- seat of govern
ment, and alter wards in -Savannah. and
appliedliimsvlt with indefatigable, indus
try to tbo profession in whicli lie had
cmbwvjued. His bjokrt wr.yv hi:, ilclighl,
and to his studious hub’ll* 141 the early
singes of his legal-career may lloubtles
he attributed the great t
afterwards met with
him -among the first Inwy
Hltion. it** t«-d i;
hi m
l) iring a part of the time
thei <h-ct ast-<l Occupied .la seat tijain th
bcrieli, i>s has nlrend
existed bt-t wci /Enis
States. With a regiment
cavalry under hi- command, he perform
ed a short tour of service at Darien, while
the British forces were upon the Island
of St. Simons, and in the adjacent wa
ters, but did not come in contact with
the enemy.
Mr.‘ Berrien resigned his- office as
Judge iq the pecond'year of his fourth
term, and feturned to the practice of law,
which soon became very extensive. In
1822 and in 1823, he represented the
County of Chatham in the Stale Senate,
and as the journals of that body, will
show, with distinguished ability. A
wider field, however, for-thc exercise of
bja talents was reserved for him, viz
the Senate of the United States, to which
he was transferred by the .Legislature
of Georgia in 1S24; he took his scat , in
tbat body on the 4th of March, 1525.
Daring the period of his senatorial term,
there was not a subject of general interest
upon which -lie did trot display consum
.mate knowledge. Ilis speeches before
the Senate were always listened to with,
profound attention, and acquired for him
the • reputation of being one of the most
gifted orators and able statesmen in our
country. We have ever considered hist
speech on ihe Oregon Territorial bill, at
a later period, as the ablest and roost
satisfactory exposition ol’the constitution
al relations on the question of slavery
that has ever been given, and one tbat
inay safely he regarded as a text book
of politic 1 truth for all coiping time. .
ln.lS29, Mf. Berritn received , the
appointment of Attorney General of the
U, Stines, in Gen. Jackson’s Cabinet,
in consequence of which lie-resigned bis
se.at in tlie Senate. -For this office his
profound [great Icgahatiaimnents eminently qual
ified him, but owing to a want of concert
in - President Jackson’s Cabinet, ■ he
resigned his office in .1831, and resumed
the prncii e of his profession in Savan
nah. and continued iu .it until 1841,
serving intermediately in n State con
vention which had been-called tp con
sider the ratio of. representation in-the
Legislature. During the administration
of Gen. Jackson tire, appointment of
Minster to Great Britain was tendered to
him. lie was induced, however, by tie
advice of friends to decline it, on account
of the meagre salary attached to the
office, and the appointment was subse
quently offered to Mr. Van Buren, who
accepted it.
In 1840, Mr. Berrien was-again elect
ed <o the Senate of the United States,
and took his seat on the 4th of March,
1841. This period of our country’s
history will long lie remembered for the
important and delicate polilieal questions
which agitated the councils of the nation
In them the deceased took a prominent
part, and added, to the fame lie bad. a|
ready acquired. f
At the session of the Georgia Legis
lature in >84 i, a series of resolutions
were passed disapproving of Judge Ber
rien V political course on tlie subject,of a
National . Bank. Distribution of the
proceeds of tlie Public Lands, tffe Bank
rupt Law, and a Protective Tariff.; and
ii-slruciing him to vote against, these
measures. On receiving the resolutions,
he issued., an address to the people of
Georg a, in w hich,,after discussing fvari-
uus political issues, he entered into a full
consideration of the doctrine of Legisla
tive instructions, which he deemed as a
usurpation of,power equally inconsistent
w ith the Constitution of this Slate and of
the Uniietf Stares. Of this address.
Judge Story, in a leiter to its author
dated 14th of February,- 1842, spoke as
follows:
“I have read your nddiess with un
feigned satisfaction. It was in every
respect worthy of yourself and your
principles ; and I heartily concur in your
powerfufouijd id my judgment, conclusive
reasoning upon nil the topics w hich you
•have discussed. Your argument upon
what is called the right of instruction,’ is
exceedingly cogent, and* ns I think, un
answerable If ever my work or. the
Constitution shall reach another edition
I mean to extract the passage and use it
in that work.” -
The session ofjhe.LegiJature in 1843
reversed the action ofits predeces or, hv
he passage, of resolutions in ths highest
degree complimeiRtry to-him as a .man,
and to his course as a statesman. Thus
sustained by the Legislature ami people
of Georgia. Judge Bk,rbien continued
to ijbe discharge of bis duties in the
Si-nate of the United States t and on
1847 was-idccted for another term of six
years, which would have terminated in
thc4ih of March, 1853: but he resigned’
his scat in May, 1852, and retired to
private lift
diligence was amply rewarded. In the
case, it gave i<> tluvcountry ,:v wise
dator. an aceonipli.-lied slaiestran, w
bund jurist, and an eloquent advocate
ether ai the bar or in the legislative
fads State and Naiion.' In all
these, Judge Berrien ranked among the
fir-t of ftt ngennd time. In the other
case, it secured to himself a solid and
stjl staiitial constitution, a’, vigorous ‘and
enduring physical frame, that seemed
for nearly four score years to set at de
fiance the ravages of Time, and the
various ills incident to life. His ftealt h
was’eter almost uninterrupted, enabling
bitii to enjoy all the blessings and coin-
forts of home and friends* nnd in turn to
impart bis fort share of happiness to
others. A fortnight previous to his death,
he was in full possession of all his men
tal energies, and to all appeareanCe bid
fair to be spared for many years to come,
to bis friends and country* But the
Destroyer came, and from a source least
suspected, laying low the proud form
and quenching the light of-a master
spirit.
- ’Inins private relations. Judge Berri
en was an example worthy of all imita
tion’. Polished and even courtly, in his
manners, anirnble and sincere in "his
Friendships, upright and rigidly just in
all his dealings, he presented a charac
ter that all could respect and admire
Around the domestic hearth he was the
centre of a “charmed cirhle.” He was a
kind and doting father of a numerous
offspring and a model of a husband —
Whether at home or abroad, at leisure
or absorbed in the duties of the public
service, they were never absent from
his mind. We may mention as an in
stance of his kihd attentions, that while
in Washington and his wife in Savan
nah. he hkd a stated period of every Hay
to'indite Iter some token of remembrance,
arid this habit was never interfered with
unless engaged himself in addressing
the Senate; * ; ’. -
- In his political association, Judge Ber
rien belonged to the Republican party;
with’Clay and others lie united - in the
organization ofthe Whig party, ta which
lie remained faithful Jill the day it ex
pired, In the great Union struggle of
latter years, he identified himself fully
with no political division; not with the
S.outhem Rights party, because fie dis
approved their remedy^ for the .then ex-
iftihg grievances; nor with his Union
friends, for that he was opposed to silent
acquiescence in one of the measures of
that, day, More recently, approving the
principles and.policy of the American
party, he fully identified himself with ft,
and the last act of his political life was
to give them his sanction by presiding
over the deliberations of n convention
of that party. . ’ i
The death of such a man is a national
hi reavetnent, and we feel we have de-
votpd no more space to the subject than
its interest, and the claims of tlie honored
dead, demand at our hands.
Funeral of Judge Berrien.—Tlie
solemnities on Xhursdaj’, designed as
the last sad rites of friendship and.
Christian duty to our late distinguished
citizen. Judge Berrien, were worthy ol
the. illustrious dead and of those who
assembled to do honor to his- memory.
-It was fit recognition of departed worth;
no gorgeous display as heartless as it is-
glittering, but the affectionate and sin
cere homage of those that loved him,
. According.(o previous announcement,
the funeral services were celebrated at
Christ Churchj of wtiieb the deceased
was for njany years a communicant, at
three o’clock,P. M. The weather was
most unpropilious, yet lon’g before- the
hour appointed for the services, a largi
number of citizens of all classes had col
lected is the Church, and. on the streets
and in the square in front of it, to testi{ly
their respet for-the private worth and
public services of. the departed. The
Georgia Hussars, of u-hom he was the
first commander, were brought.into line
in front of the Church, and received the
corpse upon, its arrival, in charge of a
cortimijtee of citizens,with a funeral dirge
from, their band. The body was^enclused:
til an'elegant metalie coffin, highly pol
islied and colored io imitation of rose
wood. It was received at, the door of
the Church by the Rl Rev*. Stqphtfn
Elliott..Bishop of Georgia amL.pastor
of Christ Church, by the surviving
Warden, and Vestrymen of t}*.^ Chqrtfif,
FriTiirth’c dirofifcle & Sentinel.
KANSAS—THE NORTHERN DE
MOCRACY. _
^The following article, wlrfdi we copy
from the Charleston Mercury, good de
mocratic authority, is well worthy the
careful study of the Southern democracy
generally, and especiallyworihy tlie con
sideration of the those old line Wliigs
-who repudiated the Whig party, because
of its Free6oilism, and have recently in
dicated their purpose to unite their for
tunes with the National Freesoil De
mocracy. We commend its truths to
them, because^ prpvesfmost conclusive
ly, upon what basis the Democracy of
the North, those of them who voted for
the Kansas-Nebraska bill, defended that
hill and tlieir support JTit. They have
ail of them everywhere that we have
heaTd from, deferidod the billand vihui-
cated their vole for it, on the ground
that it would certainly make free States
of Kansas’and Nebraska—in short, that
it was a measure of freedom. This was
the position of Douglass, Shields, Rich
ardson, and all the Northern supporters
of rife bill. ’ Bur to the evidence:.'here
it is, as collated by The Mercury.
From the Charleston Mercury.
Nebraska pEMoCRAir at tme North.
—Attiid the Chaos wJiiph prevails in the
HousCol Representati.v^s’at W ashington
there has at timc& broken unexpected’
light upon the (ioUtical movements in
the country, nnd we have had some rare
exposures of party principles grid tactics.
Indeed, we miglii' almost pardon the
wfahglings in Ib’e House, m 1 considera
tion of the bit of history which is furn
ished in the extracts from the debates,
which we make to-day, and to which we
invite the attention ofthe Stale in gener
al, and of our National Democrats, who
talk so’warmly of their Northern-allies,
and of the Cincinnati Convention, in
particular.
•It seeniA that Mr/ Cox, a member
from Kentucky, was cruel enough to
compel Northern Democrats to the con-'
fessiou.Upon the Nebraska Kansas bill,
and the principles upon which it was de
fended at the. North. He calls up De
raocratic members from Michigan, ai.d
makes them give damning testimony
against Messrs. Cass and Dovgiass. He
summons also the Ohio apd Pennsyl
-auia Democracy to tiie’ same purpose.
They unite in testif^’ing that Democrats
at the North advocate the Nebraska
Kansas Bill, not on the ground of “pop*
ular sovereignly not.as a measure of
justice, and a quietus to’slavery agita
tion ; but as “the best Abolition measure
ever passed,” and the surest step in
consummation of its final, objects..Such
is the Democracy of the. North,, ps de
dared by t .eir own lips ; and we in the
South are invoked to applaud—nay,
more, to entrust our destiny to The keep
ing of .men who tell us that the very test
we propose of faithfulness to us. is the
argument with which they demonstrate
their deep hostility. ’ Fanaticism de
mnnds practical proofs of their devotion to
its cause, and right cheerfully they peirit
to the Nebraska Kansas bill?One might
nearly believe of them, wlmt Mr. Orr.
in a burst of patriotic indignation, said
in 1850 of the whole North, “they are
more hostile to us than any foreign na
tion on the globe.”
Now we ask. if with such a party.that
the people of South Carolina will con
sent to go into Convention ? Presidential
• lections, one after another have gone
bytand,dist rustful of Northern affiliations,
acting upon the highest convictions of
principle, she has abstained, from these
National Caucuses ; and now. Abolition
has poisoned to its core the Northern
lieart. anti. the ’ Northern Democratic
party publishes its hostility and faithless
ness to us, in terms clear and unmistaka
bleiwe are called ort to abandon the policy
nn'J’make common cause with them
ha TUH' anTyoo will Had tTTat they have
placed their justification on the ground
lliat it was tire best - thing that could be
done to destroy Slavery. Tliere are
^gentleoifi* bore who have done so.
iDiitijpfii i^atrljninn.
^ OHDEI, *>» THE COStTITOTIOWr^
-, v .. , V ..
DOUGLASS AND SHIELDS—NE
BRASKA. >
Tlie following article,from the Wash
ington Union, of Ootobei\,>2SilrJ '1854,
shows very conclusively tbe ground up
on which Messrs, Douglas and Shields
ats3ns,ga. I
based llieir Support of the Kansas-Ne-
bra.-ka bill, while jt also, exhibits the
THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 17,1356.
After kis resignation, Judge B. re
mained in retirement up io the time of
his decease—oecu-icnnlly appearing in
tjie courts as assistant counsel, .and at
public meetings of .his fellow citizens of
Savannah,—unreserved at all timesi in
tlie expression of his |iolitical sentiments,
yet taking no active part in the strife of
parties.. He had lung .been a member
ofthe Protestant.Episcopal Church, and
in its State ami General conventions al
ways acted a prominent part.
In the life, and cln>racter of Judge
Berrien we have a striking illustration
°f wiial industry, combined with a lofty
purpose, can accomplish. From early
youth to the close of a long and bright
(Uiedeceased bein^c-aior. Ward*;,.) a fad
V? , I*/ Ucn f a "^ Vestrymen of St.
julin s Church, it was then borne down
ihe aisUyuid placed *nt front ofthe chanel,'
where it remained during the solemn
services that followed. These were con
ducted by Bishop Elliott, in a most
solemn and affecting manner, according
ta the forms of the Episcopal Cliureb. • i
The'.setvices being over, the body
-was returned to the hearse , arid thence,
escorted by the Hussars, was followed
to Laurel Grove Cemetery by one of
the largest and most imposingprocessionsi
ever witnessed in this city. Arrived at
the place of sepulture, the body was
lowered toils last resting place, and the
burial services read by Bishop Elliott
Tile Hussars then fired a salute .over
the grave, and in a few foments the
manly form, which we have so long
loved to gaze, upon, was hid forever
beneath the clods ol the valley.
Thus has parsed away Georgia’s great
est son—a profound statesman, an uh-
rivalled jurist, a finished orator, an ac
complished gentleman, and an humble
Christian. To his children and his
countrymen he has left air-invaluable
legacy in his own spo'less and illustrious
example.
A Shout Sf.union.—A farmer go-
;Uria parish meeting, met his minister'
j great purposes and ends of his fife. With j and told him that bis society had resolved
to increase his salary. *• I beg of you
not to think of any such tiling,” said tlje
rilnisterfor it is about as much busi
ness to collect my present-salary as I
j this He*was exact and Systematic in afi
w J" >>'^ ember 1800 he was . leci. d j h is pursuit,, assigning to'every thing Its j r
Solicitor of the Eastern D,strict of the own Trope r/time and .place. He felt i
Slate of G. orgia, and die tollowing y.-ar ,l,nt in i i.„ 1....1 ..!.
If it should, bt
, ^ . 7r -M , that in both mind and body.be had ..
ndge o > . oli Kt. y 1 no- high trn-i committed to - Iiis charge, ami j wish to.attend to
tiejuiHta tti m was niuiU- ,r ’I he lost no opportunity for accomplishing creased, I should lie obliged to devot
1; -i. ten u a- e ectet J these great talents, and bringing them to | my whole time to collecting it
the greedy pursuit of place and. power;
Verily the spectacle 1s strange and starj-
ling. We' concjude ouf comments with
the remarks of Mr. Etheridgej of Ten
nessee, upon the debate, which we have
oopfed ?
I am called upon now to affiliate with
that portion of the Nebraska Democrats
who tell mo that, by • the destruction of
the Missouri compromise, fine, the peo
ple of-the North vvill orerride the So'V.h
and carry their free institutions as far
even ns the isthmus of Dar;s„. Why,
sir. I feee nodiffe'^ nc g -between Ihd Re-
publie.v;^_tf, e black Republican party,
if yon please—and that portion of the
Nebraska Democrats at the North who
have taken a stand in favor of’squatter
sovereignty, because they all war on the
’institutions of the South. The only
difference between this Republican
party and those distinguished mert at the
North who have supported the Kansas-
Nebraska bill, is as to the moans of de
stroying slavery' *f the South,- Why,
sir. Sennlors and Representatives who
voted for that bill, went home and de
fended their course on -the ground, that
the bill was in favor of freedom.
Now, I ask my Southern friends what
they mean by this Nebraska* test? I
wantto know what difference there is
between the Northern ppposers oV ilie
Kansas bill, and those Northern men
whojmve .supported it on the ground
that they had a redundancy of popula
tion, and that, with their twenty millions
of people emigrating rapidly in a direct
'line to the West, hacked by the immense
emigiatioe from Europe, and aided by
alien suffrages, they could go there and
not only make Kansas and Nebraska
free States, but in their own language
•‘Cany the war into Africa’’ by "creat
ing free States South of the Missouri
compromise fine ? .And some have
boasted that the country west of Arkan-
sas, ami Northern Texas itself, would
fall victims to their rapacity, and all be
converted into free ’States. The only
difference I know to exist between your
Northern Nebraska Democrats and the
Northern Republican party, is as to the
best means of hedging in and destroying
the unenviable predicament of endorsing
the views of-tliose gentlemen,
mend it, therefore, to the calm and dis-
passidhatc consideration of* Southern
men of all partus. The people of'the
Soul!, have b un persuaued by dema
gogues' and political tricksters, that those
gentlemen were influenced in their sup
port of that measure by considerauons 6f
the purest and Highest patriotism.' The
article from tlie I7ntoaTifts the veil, and
Exposes them in a)l their naked deformi
ty. "Let the people read and. reflect
upon it:
General SnrkuDS ik ITunois.|—
We'ure'-gyaitlfiedi to see that Glenerrtl
Shields is in the canvass in his State,
giving powerful aid to Iiis distinguished
colleague, Judge Douglas. Seldom has
a contest been so Zealously and ably
carried oh’ as that in Illinois. Judge
Douglas lias just completed a toor of
four weeks, and returned to Chicago
with confidence - of the Triutnph of the
Democracy. Gen. Shields, has entered
the fight with earnestness and ability.
We see a sketch of his speech at Spring-
field, in which he sustained ihe principles
of the* Nebraska bill with'great forge and
effect.’; Speaking of the principle of
-non-intervention, he said:
, “It allowed the people (lie saidf to fix
their o»n condition, manage their’own
affairs, and work out their own happi
ness in their own way. : It gate equal
chbnres to equal States in the settlement
and government of common territory.’
Kansas and Nebraska were free now.
and the people there would keep them
free. The establishment of slavery in
these Territories was not drily improbable
bat impossible,andit^was always wiser and
belter to let p ople work out a great good
for themselves, than have it forced upon
them by others; and this was the way in
which freemen always do what is great
and good, by their own fne and' volunta-
ty act. • Tbe principle of non-interven
tion would not only 'keep Kansas nnd
Nebraska wli'at they are now-free—
but would, by its full and fair operation,
if we acquire the ccniineot - to The Isth
mus of-Darien, work whh-’such power
ful force and effect, that no man- iVould
ever sec another share Territory on this
CoD’inent.” ■■■> ■ ■ ' '
^•Afier saying much more on’this head,
General Sliields alluded to the danger
of sectional organizations, and of array
ing one section ot the Union id a general
sentiment-of hostility against. the- otherJ
The Nebraska question, he arid, would
soon settle itscif, as. in ihe midst of this
angry discussion,, Kansas would present
herself .with free constitutinn, -and be ad
mitted as a free menib.r of tbe-confede-
racy.”
As additional evidence that -the sen
timents expressed by General • Shields,
was the sentiments of theJUinois' Demo
cracy, we. submit the foilwing.resoluiion,
adopted at n Democratic convention at
Mrddleport, Iroqt.ois Guuntt,-Illinois;
“ Resolved, That the Democratic par
ty is not only .opposed to the further
attention of slavery, hut are now legislat
ing against its extension:’-'
This resolution is a- confirmation of
the views presented by General Shields,
and those views the Union endorsed ami
applauded. This is the Northern-con
struction of the Kansas hill.— Chron. %
Sent, M [ i. .-
|^* Wo are indebted to the Hon. A.
We com- H. So pliens Ibr a copy of the Report
on Commerce rnd Navigatio.i, for the
year 1855, for winch he will please ac
cept our thanks.
An Independent Voters— As we
were standing at the (foils of- the second
district on election day, a rather “ seedy’’
looking individual elbowed his way
through the crowd, and; having reached
the place designated to depoJt his ballot,
drew-himself up todlis lull height
inquired of the board *^ mt they 1 ’were
paying for "Ofos ? No. cine ' isplj^ing
^uiiiucdiateiy ,■ an urchin -standing by sang
out “ Three shillings t’ # .
u Is that all ! ” inquirgd the indignant
freeman. “ I think I won't vofe at all/’
as he turned upon Ids heel and left, ut
tering bitter maledictions upon th - com
parative bad state of the iriaket for his
favJrite'cbtnmodity.—>S’ara/o^a ’Post, '
Correction.—Having been called
away last week before our paper went to
press', and having prepared the notice-
of the election of county officers
before the official returns were received,
we said that'rill were Americans- save
one—not knowing at the time that Mr/
Robert Moore had been elected County
Surveyor- . We had not at that time
heard of a single vote uiisf for*®*bodjU eyfen aliens vo ^ e ..-VJ
to fill tltot ’officeT Many typographical. Ahe Tmitor**, which are '
errors also (fccurjed, whicli no doubt our
readers ofoerved, and attributed, to the
proper cause, “mistakes ofthe prin
ter.’* -' ■- *. ■
CONGRESS.
ho spe’aker yet Developments are
daily made,’ showing' the remarkable
soundness of the Northern Pemocratic
members, of which we heard so much
last autumn! ’’
Wonder if Mr, Stephens wouldn’t
give something considerable if he could
only “ take back” all his nonsense in
regard to this miserable humbug ?
SOUTHERNS CULTIVATOR.
We have received the January, num
ber .ot the 14th volume Of this sterling
agricultural periodical. With increas-
ing age this work has increased in use
ful tiecs, until .we hardly know how a
farmer or planter can get atong without
it- The beginning of a new volume is
the right time to renew or commence
subscriptions to-tbe Cultivator. ItTs
still edited with marked »bHUYibjr Dr.
Lee and Mr. Redmond, and published
by Dr. Win. S. Jones, Augusta, Ga., at
one dollar per annum. .! : ,,t j
■ ' T, ; *;
RICHARDSON AND FULLER.
Tbe Constitutionalist, ' Federal'Un
ion. and other Democratic papers of this
Slate, are sorely “exercised’ on account
of the vote of Messrs. Foster and Trippe
for Fuller, in pn-ference to Richardson;
claiming that Richardson is the ‘father
of the Nebraska Bill, and that Fuller
opposedit. > ■ . ( . . , .
What are the- positions of ihe.=e two
gentlemen ? as developed by recent de.
hales in the lHou-e oj J Representatives ?
It appears,; from Mr. Fuller’s answers
•othe interrogatories-of Mr. Wt:lker, of
Alabama, that Im Voted for the Coinpro
raise of 1850, for the purpose of effect
ing a.final settlement^«f:shivery, fogita
tionv-that therefore ho would have r^
posed tlie refoperiing of this excittrig
question, had he been atnember of (Con
gress when -the . Kansas-Nebraskai.bill
was introduced; but now, that it >
impression as to his pos hj 0 T^
by all except the f ew
men wbn favored him win. ■ ebt »
lin 111 ibis limn >* nn
uptothis time,
Now, what are the f act3 \ n
to Mr. Richardson’s support
s as-Nebra.-kn bill, the '•
s
re sl
■ of H
Democracy in the election of
r? After tbe Senate had hL
bill with an amendment restrj • 11
right of suffrage to natives an^
ized foreigners, and the same '
th'mHouse Ibr iter
identical
concurn
Mr. Richardson
substitut ion of the House bill - ,
the right of suffrage upoji (11^7$
was adopted-and thus the ’ ^
doctrine of - squatter 90^
cognized, in its; broadest se^ff'
this service- the South * *'
quested to fall down and'a,
A mere squioting at this
doctrine, in. the ; celebrated ftoT
Tetter, ruined Gen. Cass at thefts
l8 i »«e pill less naus^Si
than then? Hm it become pJ
Southern Democracy because^
property of all? We hardlytvT^
th |s “sugar-coating" will cause
pill to go down, albeit hatred to w
A»qi IctMia, and* love of unnats^
foreigners, seetife to be tbe rulii
sion, of the so-called Democritic
.The record against Richardson"
ndt ilop Ker^ f It appears ?robiTlfo :
timony of sundry and various
men froui tbe Northwest, who
echised on the subjec:, tbt Ri c h ar<In
and Shields, ami Doug/ik and
t**W*V^l*£Z
the Free Statos
that measure before theu
on the ground that it was a
to freedom, u or,.in thelanguagerin
of their orators: f t the brat il
measure ever adopted*!!! Ci
ou this is unnecessary.
Is it riot passing strange, tint
these‘facts staring them in tbefict
tlemen can be found here in ~
blinded by . party prejudice as s
fault with our American
lives for.voting for a znan of thdi
party, eminently sound,
and national, rather than tosupjw
candidate.of a party which hu
them like pfokjiockets, and whoa
tiort gfeat -question «
equivocal, to say the least of it?
RATHER ‘POINTED.
Many of the papers in this Sou
voted To the Foreign interest, pnj
to be in ecstasies over the
vered by Mr. Cobb on the 20th 'k
speech which his-real friends,
friends of rbe Country everywl
plore—but tilqy “never mentionTi
episode which that dily variedlll]
monotony of ,t!ie y ordin.try
of the House. We refej to. Mt.1
bell’s charge agiiinst him, viz:# 1
(Gov. Cobb), had- voted for tk
restriction feaTure in the Tent
feature much more objectionalle
contended. for by Mr.
balance ofthe Frtesail&liu
We copy the fo'Iowinj fr^m
import of
was rntroducco; but now,, that it ..as I tionaV Iutel'/igencer’s report of t
become the law of 'thetift*'ceedings • f the House of Repi
> <: -.-doh-.,!
ihe institution of shivery. You may
••xamine tbe speeches of must of those
zi'iitleincn of tlie Norili who have ju —
litied their action on the Kans.-r-Nebras-
Lcdiorous Mistake.---A Wnsliing-
ton correspondent of tlie Bjiltimore Clip
per, says Guy, Sr., of the National
Hotel, and Gen. Cass are so much alike,
’tis hard to tel! tother from which. . Last
week a gentleman coming down the stairs
cried ont. Guy,.I can’t stand this: be
ing hut in the third story : having tp
tramp three flight of strirs every time I
go to my room!” The reply was
•‘Sir! it is not Guy, but Gen. Ca*s : you
address. ” Gent apologized and' went
out—soon returned: thought heoertainly
saw Guy, Sr.*, before him, exclaimed—
“ Guy! Guy 1 a good joke^I mistook
Ohl Crfss for ydu - just «o w *—*“ Sir,’’
said the General bluffly, “ you’meet Old
Cass again.” ,- J -lt! ; ‘ ’ ’ :
A western editor, not knowing that
“ hotel” is.synonymous with mansion or
residence in French, after announcing
among the news of the da}' that Talley
rand had died at his hotel in Paris, pro
ceeded to relate by. way of an essay
upon the mutability of human affairs—
bow this remarkable man bad ruled
France by hisjtalents, been^the confidant
and adviser of Napoleon —done a thou
sand tilings that had excited the.; atten
tion of ail nations—and finally, notwith
standing tlie .distinguished part he had
played in the world’s history, “ died a
tavern keeper.’’
K7”AWriter in Pntnam’s Magazine
says.’“I wish I were a nigger.” He
probably, would not require much alte
ration. , ” r 3 :*
vor of sustaining it—pud «- 0 uli as
member 8f th^ House, vot6 for tfie ad-
V.nssion of ifty-new Stote',; iv^qtbcr ’jt
tolerated. slavery ^pr, -JpoJt, ‘ ic^
constitution jvas republican. , Tliis is,
i 1 s u bstaace, iris positkm, as defined^y
himself j and we ~ itohesitajin«1y r^sbft
that it is such as should satisfy every
true friend iff the South, and not billy
so, but that it is far sounder thuri tbat
of Mr. Rrchanl^oiii ^ wfe shall pfesetit-
iy;show, > , -• 1 * ■ • ; i v
The Washington Union, the national
organ of the Democracy, an8' the Star,
another metropolitan Democratib'p iper
bear testimony.as follows, to Mr. Full
er’s'soundness! The Union says: ’ ”
. “ With a view t« ssitletljf jffieultj;
no doubt. Mr. Fuller yesterday addres
sed the House, and in a brief speech of
great good sense and excellent temper,
he defined his position, whiolij-including
his prompt tesponse toMr. Percy Walk
er. of- the Mobile district, may be sum
med up «s folows: Acquiescence in
legislation of Congi.ess oq tbe Nebras
ka bill as a.final settlement of thatques-
tidn on the principle of popular sover
eignty, anil a distinct refusal to assist
in restoring t/te Missouri Compropiise.
We heard this avowal with much pleas
ure. and desire, here and now. to ex
press onr thanks to him for the invol
untary tribute which he paid to a great
Democratic principle.”} ^
Th a Star, of thesamedate, says :
“ The exposition of T:is position on
the slavery question, which Mr. Fuller,
of Pennsylvania, yesterday felt called on
to make, .while it loses him, per hap?,
four votes, greatly' strengthens his ulti
mate prospi ct of an election in the
even! of a final determination on th
part of the Democrats to abandon tlieir
present position for the sake of effecting
an organization, which, however, we
may not fail to add, is just now exceed
ingly problematical. It confirms Tin
tives on the 20th of December.
“ Mr. (^AMrnELL, of Ohio, 1
know wliyTt was that the j
.from Georgia had charged the <
'tired and six men who bad votjt*!
honorable gentleman from M*
setts (Mr. Banks) with enU
principles adverse to the Const
Did it : grow oal of the f ac t
claimed the right, under the I
tion, to exclude slavery from
inon Territories of the Goff 1
JLv. other words, did the gentli
sider what was commonly ■
Wil most Proviso a violation^!
stitution of the United StatMf.
Whenever l..*
floor——
Mr.- Campbell, (interrup
have it now. . . T (
Mr.Cobb. And when I
Ohio sees’qiroper to p .
tion to me,Vith an unliwjj
ilto flooV tb' speak as J 0 "*; jji
necessary to answer h'H)' ^1
with great pleasure. *
tleman has been reading'
sional Globe, and 1 sliouli
founds his quOstion
heretofore taken by mC ’j.;® tn'l
Mr. CAMrnoLL .
right, under the CoM 0 ** ^' eff fei
slavery from the coinn* 00 ^ |
the country. lunderst*
man to charge that ' D . Con*,
defy the principles of
and I submit it to the
ct untry tliat, having i ,,a . -t
the gentleman should a ' ls
tior, 1 have ptopoundcu.
man may tell me that he P
been read'ng the Congt “j ^,
More than that; let me „tH
man that 1 have beeti1
nuls of Congress-
me with sectionalism • f t he r l
to violate the Constitu i° .|,;J
because 1
I me in to justify m.'^
authority known t" 1 . .jfj-
HI desired I couWrito^ - ,^
the action ot the m
himself; ami, that he