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VOLUME III.
ATHENS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 24,1856.
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). F . LANGSTON,
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OARNESV1LLE, On.
W ILL practice in the couuties of Frank
lin, Hart, Elbert, Madison and Jackson
HtntuK.NCEs—C. Peoples. Esq, Wm. H.
Hull. Esq, Athens; Gabriel Nadi. Esq,
Panictsriilc ; linn. Junius Hillyer. Monroe;
.T. Akerman, K*q., Elberton.
Mav ?7. 1856.
ROBERT HESTER,
Attorney at Law,
May 1 ELBERTON, GA.
J. M. MATTHEWS,
Attorney at Law,
M»yl DANIELSVILLE, GA.
Stltdci) foetal.
The Music I Love.
BY StADGK.
Tbcr'8 music in the wind's low voice,
As it comes through the forest wild.
As it bid* the bright young leaves rejoice
In theaigof spring so mild,
Or, as through leafless trees i. comes,
With music deep and shrill; tjLSt
Or in the tempest’s loudest tones,
Or the zephyr soft and still.
There’s music in the rivulet.
As it gently glides along
O’er mossy rocks, nnd pebbly bed.
With its sweetly murmured song.
There’s music in the dancing hj'avcs,
0! did you ever h--nr,
How t cy whisper to the evening breeze,
With voices soft and clyar 1
There’s music in the deep, deep sea,
As it sweeps o'er coral caves,
And its hollow murmurs seem to me,
Like a dirge o’er hidden graves.
There's music in the water fall,
As it dasl.cs down the steep ;
I’ve heard it, and I love it all,
But there's music far more sweet.
Tis the ready voice of sympathy,
. When it conics from those we love;
O ! that its tones might follow me.
Till I reach my home above!
language; I know nothing of fine writiusr.
but I can tell the truth as well as a'learned
man. I state facts that arc significant of
something being rotten in Denmark. Be
warned in time; look about you. An at
tempt is being made to deceive, betray and
entrap you into the support of a man who
will not deny that he was a Federalist during
the last war with Great Britain, and whom
recent events indicate as the favorite of Free-
soil Democrats. The tirade in which Gen.
Pierce was victimized, was unfeeling and
in.-ulting. He was the incumbent of the
Presidential Chair, plnced there with great
unanimity by the party, and according to
established usage, entitled to a re-nomination,
as a muter of course. lie had acted out tlio
Now, although to the dull perception
of the stolid Democracy, who never
think, aud can as little reflect, all this
is amazingly right; yet, to the discern
ment of Whigs and Americans, this is
as bold a measure of treason to the Con
stitution, as ever amid its prerogatives,
the Democracy, by its rulers, has been
in the habit of perpetrating, since Jack-
son assumed the ‘‘responsibility” that
made him, like Louis the XIV. the
State! The refusa^ is to one branch
of our people, the helpless lunatic—aqd
the.grarit to another branch, thoopulent
principles of the party and fully redeemed speculators and constructors of roads
every pledge be made; especially had ke '—enhancing their immense wealth ! Ev-
been mindful of the interests of gthe South- er y constitutional objection the President
ern States, No objection was urged against cou](] advance against the - lft fQ th(J
him or his administration ; on the contrary,
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W. LUMPKIN,
Attorney at Law,
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
II Practice In all ihe countieeof the
^otern Circuit. Particular attention
^ to collecting.
on broad street, over White A Moss’
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W. L. M ABLER,
Attorney at Law,
bfferson, Jackson County, Gn.
users.—Messrs. McLester a Hunter
S, Thompson. E*qs., Jefferson; D.
e rrnl W. J. Peeples, Esqs. Law-
I J. 11. Newton, C. Peeples, Esq.
Christv, Athens; Law A Clarke
nhum, Esqs. Gainesville.
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^. G. DELONY,
Attorney at Law,
Sire hisspecialattentioiitocollcct-
H. sad to the claims of all persons en-
°bv.Nn Warrants, under the late
'u* <* Bill of the last Congress.
.*«ice(in Broad Street over the store
Kenney.
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For Ihe Southern Watchman.
I wish to sny a faw wonls to-Democrats. If
I suy I am a Democrat, my statemt nts will
not be credited because I adopt the Watch-
mau ns the channel of communication. But
v\ hat else comJ 1 do / The Banner has
been closed to the friend* of Gen. Pierce for
a long iime. I defy any Democrat to point
out in the columns of .hat paper, one single
article recommending, or advocating, the
re-norainution of Preside ut Pierce. The ed
itors have studiously avoided, indeed post-
lively refused, to publish. anything of the
kind. Everybody knows at whose command
this course has been pursued. lam thank
ful, Mr. Christy—the people wilt now thank
you—that your’s is a Free Press, which no
man, or set of men, can mnrzle. Rever-
cncingas I do, those pure, old-fashioned De
mocratic principles which have so long con
stituted the safeguard of this Republic, I. U
wish to ask the Democrats of this District,
with what consistency or patriotism they can
support Mr. Buchnnnn for the Presidency ?
1 hat he has been, and continued a Federalist,
aslongas the Federal party had an existence,
cannot be denied. At three successive elec
tions, he was chosen by the Federal party of
Pennsylvania i Representative to Congress.
He was acting prominently with a party that
opposed the war of 1812, and scrupled at no
moons to embarrass and cramp the efforts of
that virtuous and patriotic statesman, James
Madison, to give success to our arms, and
vindicate tlie honor of our country. The fuel is
incontrovertibly established, that he was is
full fellowship with a party that gotnp that
traitorous assemblage, the Hartford Conven
tion, and burned blue lights on the sea
coast ns signals to the British fleet. But it is
said lie bnschangcd. Changed whnt ? Who
ever heard of a Federalist changing higprin-
ciples ? Can the Ethiopian change his skin?
Mr. Buchanan changed when the Federal
party died, and not until then. He then
changed -‘ name. John Quiucy Adams
changed \ .ccisely in the same way; he was,
in consequence, made President, and was
hardly seated in the Executive Chair before
his cloven foot stuck out worse than ever. -
Democrats, beware ofthese old Federalists!
They may change in name, but their princi
ples are always the same. In every instance
when you have put them in office, they have
deceived and betrayed you, and laughed you
to acorn. Never trust men that, during the
warot 1812, were false to their country.
The reasons assigned for, and the manner
of, Mr. Buchanan’s nomination, are highly ex
ceplionable. What are the reasons t Why,
that Mr. Buchanan was popular among the
Freesoilers of the North, and that General
Pierce, by the determination he had man!
fested to maintain the constitutional rights of
the South, had diverted from himself the
Northern masses. Gen. Pierce, too, had
identified himself with the Kansas Nebraska
Act; indeed, but for his influence that mess
ure could never have passed. For this, it
was determined at the North, that he should
be made a victim, and Buchanan selected as
the High Priest to conduct the sacrifice.—
Buchanan, who, in a letter to Mr. Slidell, sta
ted that he should quarrel with no Democrat
the very Convention that cast him off, ap
proved by resolution, the measures of his
administration, unqualifiedly. President
Pierce, who has been a firm and nndeviating
Democrat from bis cradle, is unceremonious
ly thrust aside to make room for a blue-light
Federalist—a man that defamed and riilified
that pure statesman and unsullied patriot,
James Madison. All this is strange, passing
trnnge. You may submit—I shall not; we
do not yet quite belong to the Representa
tive of this District, although liis satellites
boast that lie holds the District iu the hollow
of his hand, to be formed and shaped at his
will. More than a thousand necks arc im
patient of his yoke, aud a greater number
than that will, in November, snap it asun
der.
An old man called Andrew Jackson, was
once President of the United States; we nil
love d him whilst living, and new that he is
load, wc revere his memory. That old man
understood human nature thoroughly: he
never was deceived in his estimate of any
individual’s character. I subjoin what he
thought of Jemmy Buchanan.
CHEROKEE.
Old Hickory on Old Back.
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Post, relates an incident which
proves tint General .Jackson, who was a
pretty good judge of human nature, fully un-
ocrstOod and appreciated Mr. Buchanan’s
character as a political trimmer. The wri-
snys the truth of the following can be
proved by unquestionable evidence:
“On thenigbt before leaving Nashville to
occupy tit® White House, Mr. Polk in c—in-
pany with Gen. Robert Armstrong, called at
the Hermitage to procure some advice from
the old hero as to the selection of his cabi
net. Jackson strongly urged the President
elect to give no place in it to Buchanan, ns
be could not be relied upon. It so happen
ed that Polk had already determined to make
that very appointment, having probably of
fered the*situation to tlie statesman of Penn
sylvania.
‘‘This fact induced Gen, Armstrong subse
quently to tell Jackson that he had given
Polk a rather hard rub, as Buchanan had al
ready been seleated as Secretary of State.—
•I can’t help it,’ said the old man, ‘Ifelt it
my duty to warn him against Buchanan,
whether it was agreeable or not. Mr- Polk
will find Buchanan an unreliable man. I
know him well, and Mr. Polk will yet admit
the correctness of ray prediction.’”
It was the las’ visit over made by
Polk to tlie old hero, when this unavailing
remonstrance was delivered, but the new
President, long before the end of his admin
istration, had reason to acknowledge its pro
priety and justice ; and in the diary kept by
lim during that period, may still be read a
most emphatic declaration of his distrust of
Mr. Buchanan.”
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who refused to vote for the Kansas bill,
honest man can doubt, who has impartially
read the proceedings the Cincinnati Conveu
tion, that Mr. Buchanan owes bis nomination
to the Freesoil wing of the Democratic party.
His administration, then, if elected, must he
cessarily be more or less controlled by that
influeBcerand will, to thatextent, be advene
to the South. Look at old Benton, that Mock
hearted traitor to the South—that arch-apos
tate to Democratic principle*— what mode
him so solicitous for the nomination of Bu
chanan ? What induced him to go to'Cincin
nati to coax, threaten aud intrigue, for Buc
haflan I How do ,yoO account for bis exult*
tion at success 1 6fd Benton never acts with
out a motive. Can you doubt that the two
undentands each other I John Yah Buren
too, was te warm supporter of Buchanan.—
Who! 4««s this mean ? v John never totes for
a man that he docs not blow to be a Free
•oiler.
Democrats, I am a plain man nnd use jflain
insane, equally applied in like force to
the grant to monopolies !
The argument can be n} other than
that the insane are a body of men not
of use to the country, and railways are
beneficial. But this mincing the Con
stitution to suit one body of citizens,
and to disparage another, cannot hold
by the sterling principles of interpreta
tion of the Constitution which emanate
from the Supreme Judiciary; nor can
it be sustained by the conventional con
sideration of popular convenience; for,
if the people have facility to business in
traveling accommodations, they n[so, in
families, have happiness in the restora
tion of maniac friends, and are relieved
of much disadvantage when they can
place lunatics in some safe retreat! So,
in either view, if the President did well
to sign the Railroad Land Bill, he can
not have done properly to veto the In
sane Grant Bill.
Democracy may respond that it does
not care what, on other things, the Pre
sident does, so he keeps sound on slave
ry nnd enforces the Constitution in this
particular! This is always ihe cry ; and
it evinces the profundity of that igno
rance which, as an heirloom, has been
stultifying it and •^'•reotyoiinr the stul
tification, until Democracy is one wart,
like “Ossa piled upon Pelion,” and its
inability to think is stupendously nrnnz-
The Brooks Case.
Washington, July 14.—The House
(o-day resumed the consideration of the
Brooks expulsion case. A resolution
was offered reprobating the assault, and
also language in debate personally of
fensive to members of Congress, or re
flecting on any State, which was lost by
135 to 74. Mr. Cobb’s resolution de
claring the House without jurisdiction
was lost by 145 to 66. The resolution
of expulsion was put to the House, and
the vote stood yeas 121, nays 95—it not
being two-thirds, it was therefore re
jected. Mr. Brooks made a speech,
announcing to the House that he had
sent his resignation to the Governor of
South Carolina. He then retired from
the hall.
politics of % J);m.
THE
WHIG STATE CONVENTION
IN LOUISVILLE.
The State Whig Convention met at
Louisville on the 3d insf. Many of ifu*
delegates present spoke warmly in
prai.-e of Mr. FillmoKE, and filially (he
following resolutions were reported by
the Committee appointed for that pur-
po*
Steam Melodies.—It has been stated
that some inventor in Worcester has
succeeded in turning the unearthly
screech of the steam whistle into har
monious music. The new invention
was attached to one of the locomotives
on the Worcester. and Nashua railroad,
on Thursday, and the editor of the
Worcester Transcript who was one of
the party that “faced the music,” thus
speaks of the sensation created as the
engine left Worcester, to the tune of
“Old Dan Tucker
“The effect was magical, nay wonder
ful, exciting and amusing. Men left
their fields and workshops, and rushed
for the railway ; with them came women
with babies and without, children in
numerable, and swarming like ants when
their nnt hill is trodden on, all agape and
agrin with wonder and delight; every
thing animate was on the qui vice.
Deserting Buchanan.—The Dem
ocratic Reflector, an old Democratic
paper, published at Hamilton, New
York, won’t go either for Buchanan or
the platform. It says :
“We totally repudiate the platform
and the nominees of that body, first
because the platform is not Democratic ;
and secondly, because no one could have
been nominated nt that convention who
adhered to the time honored principles
of the Democratic party.”
The Pulaski Democrat, in Oswego
county, Ntw York, will not hoist the
flag of ihe nominees, nor endorse the
platform of the Cincinnati Conven
tion.
So they go! To use an expressive
jltll ‘ ' 11 L «•• •« *!••• j -«!r ■ •••
pit!”— Washington Organ.
ing! But not so fast, ye pretty masters
For the Southern Watchman.
Mr. Editor : The Democrats of the
South, in a body, in convention at Cin
cinnati, voted for tho nomination of Mr.
Pierce, and their presses and orators
talk of him as one most worthy the re
gard of the South and of the nation.
Let us examine a little into his preten
sions. As chief Executive officer of
this Government, in w/urtdocs he shine ?
And if he be the example, what must
his snecessor be ? That President
Pierce did well, and Buchanan may
pattern after him, seem to be the con
current sentiment of Jhe Southern De
mocracy. What now are his services?
A tardy action that leaves our Florida
people to the mercy of the Indianj—
that abandons Oregon to the like butch
ery, that omits punishing the destroyers
of our traveling citizens in Central
America, and which rathe; seems tem
porising than energetic »ith respect to
affairs in Kansas! All these are
much matters of national concernment
and as badly attended to as any other
matter. That on one question,slavery,
he may have suited our section, is not
a sufficient commendation to any Ruler
to the negject of every other affair, as
if he had unlimited discretion.
Let us scan the man sfill closer, and
our scrutiny will exhibit that his title to
the admiration of 4»is countrymen, is as
“unstable ns water.” One item elucida
tory of this will serve our purpose. It
is,that he could have prevented two years
ago a grant by Congrwfc to the unfortu
nate insane, and subsequently, signed
another bill permiiting Congress to give
away to railroad nabobs, the public
that rule the country to its incoutinency
and inconsi-tency !—do just assume the
novelty of reflecting once for all, like a
philosopher; that any man, or body of
men, in a line of elections that bare
been in the incessant practice of break
ing the Constitution on other items to
suit their feelings, are not apt forever to
remain faithful to one principle, and
therefore the South is eventually unsafe
in such a depository.
My object in writing the above is an
swered if I warn the people pot to be
toojiasty in prolonging or trusting to the
integrity of Democratic elections—for,
if the present President be so defalca
ting, how can we be sure Buchanan
would do better? SENECA,
'grief Srissorings.
Large Locomotive.—A new loco
motive, built at Baltimore, is said to be
the largest in the world. It has 12
wheels, 44 inches in diameter, 22 inch
stroke, 11 feet fire box. and weighs 33
tons.
It is difficult to conceive anything
more beautiful than the reply given by
one in afHiction, when he was asked how
he bore it so well. “ It lightens the
stroke,” said he, “to draw near to him
who handles the rod.”
Lord Eiskine, having lived a bachelor
to an advanced age, finally married his
cook, fi»r the purpose of securing her
services, ns shehnd frequently threatened
to leave him. After she became Lady
Erskine she lost all knowledge of cook-
cry, and it was a mortal affront to hint
the possibility of her knowing how any
sort of eatable was prepared for the
table.
State Elections.—On the first
Monday in August, elections will be
held in the States of Kentucky, Arkan
sas, Texas, Missouri nnd Iowa ; and on
the first Thursday of August, in North
Carolina .and Tennessee. On the first
Monday of October, in Florida, and on
the second Tuesday of October, in
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana.
The Boston Courier, a journal of in-
flnence and ability’, speaking of the nom-
ua tion of Mr. Buchanan says ;
Personally and politically, we prefer
Mr. Fillmore before nil the men which
have been or may be presented to the
American people as the candidate for
the next Presidency, and this is entirely
without reference to the peculiar prin
ciples of the party which lias placed him
in nomination.
Death of Col. A. McDougalb.—
The Columbus Sun, of the 1 Ith in<t.,
mentions the death of Col. Alexander
McDougald, a prominent politician and
lawyer of that city, which took place at
his residence, on Thursday last, about
four o'clock, after a short illness.
We wonder if the laboring men of the
as country consider Mr. Buchanan a man
of great worth. He thinks that their
worth is just “ ten cents a day."
lands along the Jine-of prospective rail
ways, worth millions.
A Democratic Elector Backing
Out.—Chas. Irving, Esq,, the Demo
cratic Elector for the Lynchburg District
Va.. has resigned his position. He
found it impossible -to defend Buchanan
before tlie. people against his own letter,
in which he showed most conclusively
that the-South could not rely upon the
Pennsylvania Squatter Sovereign.—
Hence, his only escape from his unenvi
able position, was to resign the defence
into- other bunds.
“Straws show iiow the Wind
blows.”—The Columbus Enquirer says:
Many of the Buchanan papers are striv
ing to “pull wool” over the eyes of the
people, by telling them that Buchanan
is the only candidate whose election can
preserve the Union and restore tranquil
ity to the country. Now, if this be so,
how does it happen that every newspa
per in the country that desires a dissolu
tion of the Union is working for either
Buchanan or Fremont, and all of them
bitterly opposed to Fillmore ? Nearly
every Secession nnd Disunion paper in
South Carolina is for Buchanan—the
Charleston Mercury beading the list and
remitting its strict-construction and non
intervention principles in order to sup
port a life-long opponent of the peculiar
doctrines of South Carolina. Tlie
Corner Slone, of our own city , the most
honest ancPout-spoken of all the Disun
ion presses, is a great deal opposed to
Fillmore, and only very slightly
averse to Buchanan. At the North, all
the papers that labor for sectional agita
tion and encourage a policy inconsistent
with the maintenance of the Union, are
for Fremont. "In both sections, the
conservative, constitutional candvlate is
Millard Fillmore ;he is everywhere sup
ported, and wili-be elected as such.
At the^illraore ratification meeting
held in Atlanta, on the f«t inst.. Col.
John L. Harris, lasUyear a Democrat
and Anti American, made a Stirling nnd
able speech in support «>f Fillmore nnd
Donelson. B. G. Haygood and S. C.
Elam, E*qrs., old-line Wliigsj followed
in speeches of the same character.
Gijnpowher.—The first Englishman
who mentioned gunpowder is, Roger
Bacon, who*, aliou.t the year 1274,
described it then in common use all over
svilhi on the 4th of July, 1856, or to the
convention proposed to ( assemble op the
30th July, 135G.
Ail these resolutions, with the excep
tion of the third, were carried unani
mously, nu«l the third resolution was
adopted with only n few dissenting
voices. This is virtually a Fillmore
triumph, :is the third resolution endorses
Anveticun principles, and the ninth reso
lution declares it would now be unwise
and impolitic to nominate n Whig can
didate, and reco’imi mds the Whigs to
support that candidate whose political
views are in nearest conformity to tftcit
own. We commend this patriotic action
on the part of the Whigs of Old Kentuc
ky to the example of their party in
every State of the Union.— Chron. %-Se. i.
Americanism Triumphant in the U. S.
Senate.
1. That the Federal and State Go-
ernmentiv eacli supreme in its prescrib
ed constitutional sphere, are not antag
onistic the one to the othei, but harmoni
ous and co-operative ; and respect for the
just powers of both should be every
where manifested by a faithful adminis
tration of nnd submission to (he law.* of
each and all, ns indispensable lo the pre
servation of the Union.
2. That the framers of the Constitu
tion designed to render the Union indis
soluble and immortal; and the defence
of the Union against all enemies, foreign
or domestic, is the highest injunction of
honor and patriotism.
3. That every right protected by the
Constitution should be fuithtully accord
ed to every class or men, to whom its
provisions extend, without regard to sec
tion. birth, or religion of the parties en
titled to such rights ; and that loyalty to
the Government, honesty and capacity,
are the true tests of tho eligibility of
men to the enjoyment of the franchises
of citizens. Wc hold that laics should
he passed by the Congress of the United
States and strictly enforced, irhcrehi/
jiaupers and felons from foreign coun
tries should be excludedfrom our land.
And futher, that a longer time should be
required than by the laws now existing,
biforcforeigners ought in future to be
come naturalized citizens and before they
should be entitled to enjoy the franchises
of citizens.
4. That the Constitution vests in Con-
ress no legislative power over slavery,
or any other domestic institution of the
States; that new States formed out of
the Territories of the United States,
having adequate population, adopting
republican government, r.nd complying
with the just requirements of the Con
stitution and laws, ought to be admitted
into the Union on a looting of equality
with other States, with or without slave-
ru aj-ilsA <* 1 a^ x* *• * "I
citizens of the United States, may, in
their municipal character, be pleased to
ordain ; that ail agitation of the slavery-
question, whether in States or Territo
ries, should cease in Congress, and the . , , , .
existing laws should be acquiesced in by — 1l ! OUs Y con_emp ating
all lovers of the peace of the Union
5. Peace, commerce, and friendly
relations with all nations, but no entang
ling alliances with any ; observing neu
trality, and performing every just obliga
tion toward all; commending the bless
ings of selfrgovernment and free institu
tions only by the example of our own
peace, prosperity and happiness.
6. That we adhere with inflexible
fidelity to our ancient Whig principles,
the spirit and objects of which aie—To
form a more perfect Union, establish
justice, insure domestic tranquility,
provide for the common defence, promote
the general welfare, and secure the bles
sings of liberty to ourselves and our
posterity.
7. Economy and accountability in ad
ministration; revenue lo be raised chief
ly by duties on imports, nnd not by
direct taxation; but in levying duties
discriminating within the revenue stand
ard, so as, while distributing the benefits
and burdens of the policy fairly among
all classes and sections; to encourage
and protect home industry ; Works ol im
provement of national character necessa
ry for national defence, and to facilitate,
extend, and foster national commerce
the faithful administration of the public
lands and the funds derived therefrom,
as n trust in behalf of all the States ; on
the principle of equal justice to all, hnr
ing been acquired by the common blood
and treasure of all; the just authority of
Congress over the revenues, expendi
tures, and fiscal machinery of govern
ment. , •
8. In State policy the punctual pay
ment of principal and interest of the pub
lic debt, obeying every obligation of duty
or comity to the Federal and State
governments; the promotion of intellec
tual, moral r and physical improvement
of people and country, guarding tlie ju
diciary in its purity and independence
against the temptations and contamina
tions, of political or party influence and
control, and preserving inviolable the
established safeguards of life, liberty and
property
9. That in the present condition of
parties the nomination of a Whig candi
date-for the Presidency would now. in
the opinion of this convention be unwise*
and impolitic,'and as all of the present
organized parties, in a greater or less
degree, differ with the principles herein
before expressed, we recommend the in
dividual Whigs of this State and of the
Union to support that candidate whose
poliiiwl opinions, past history, and pre
sent position are in nearest conformity
The action of the Senate in rejecting
alien suffrage !roin Mr. Toon»'. Kansas
Pacification bill, is a remarkable »'rent,
for the present day. Ten years ago;
there could not have been found two
Senators to record their names against
the right of unnaturalized foreigners to
vote, in the Territories, or any where
else. The same may be said of all other
principles of the American party, boil
they been placed in issue ten years ago.
They were the spontaneous suggestions
of the American mind, and honest men of
all parties cherished them in their hearts.
But the times have changed : Demo
cracy has commanded a charge, ami nW
its adherents are wont to obey.
In view of these facts we confess to'
an agreeable surprise at (he recent vote
in the Sonate, in which Democrats unit!
ed to deny to foreigners the reght to vote
in the Kansas elections. We were uiV-
perpared to find, so soon, the “secret
blade of Joab” in the hands of Demo--
cratic Senators! How strangely the
names of Clay, Fitzpatrick, Iverson of
Georgia, Yulee, and others look upon
the list of yeas where the dear foreigners
arc to be “deprived of their rights as free
men’’—for such, we have been told by,
high authority, is the result of their ex
clusion from the ballot box !
And then, too,- when we reflect that
sncli a vote is a direct repodw* ■—
iiti’At’iia »>i«q[f m f lif* iniH r.mgw** *
ciure Hint lias not yet been
finished long enough to become seasoned!
Whnt is to become of Democracy at this
rale? Is the whole concern becoming
alarmed at (he signs of the litnes :rml
stampede (cr
Fillmore? Verily the case before tts;
when taken in connection with the Paci
fic Ilailroad and that “permanent pro
tection” pledged to western rivers,-
portend any thing but good for the prin
ciples of the party, if not for the integri
ty of its organization'
In case this remarkable vote on ilia' mo
tion of Mr. Adams to strike out lh6
alien suffrage feature from the bill of
Mr. Toombs should have escaped the ob
servation of the reader, we republith lh<f
list of lire yeas and nays, as folhvs f
Yeas—Messrs. Adams, Bayanl, Bell
ofTennessee, Briggs, Bmdhead, Brown,
Clay, Clayton, Collamcr, Crittenden,
Fe-ssenden, Fitzpatrick,- Foot,- Foster,
Geycr, Hamlin, Iverson, Mallory,- Mas
sey, Reid, Thompson of Kentocfey# nnw
Yulee—22.
Nats—Messrs. Allen, Bigler, Bright',
Cass, Dodge, Douglas, Jones of Iowa,
Pugh, Seward, SHdellj-Toomb's, Weller,,
and Wriglit—15.
Germanic Foes to thA Union.—If
there be one native American still op
posed to the great . national party of
which Mr..Fillmore is the exponent,
let him read the following extract front-
Alantis, a German periodical published
at Buffalo, A. Y., alid he writ see the
danger that threatens his country :
“The process of dissolution' iff already
perceptible by many symptoms?, and* the'
wor>t. or rathef, the best of the whole
matter is this, that there is ntr Way of
arresting the threatening stoYriv, and
that, without effering any resistance lev
events, they must be -left-16 fulfil'them
selves.
Considering how. the Union, has hcew
administered the last forty years, since'
the annexation of Loui<iuna, .it* dissol -■
tion would not demand 1 .a fenr. AM the
hopes-which humanity h id plaeed.qpon
the Union and its future Iwve b .c n .de
stroyed by ..the }> c.'Siire of shivery.
Since the maxim of slavery is esl'abl.sb-
ed, “No Union without slavery
friend of humanity is obliged lo.iuitiejU
the cuutiuuance of. the Union ”
the world fcT making squibs to amuse] to their own political views .(but in all
children, it ii mentioned by ‘Pbiloe- swch action, looking to the assertion d
tratus,. 335 before CliyUt ' r and in the
code, of Hindoo laws it is .referred to a
perioff coincident with the time of
Moses.—The military use of rockets iii
the armies of India reaches to a period
beyond refeord.
Whig principles and-the ultimate restora
tion of.the Whig party,) and' ifi jlhe opin
ion of tlHSCQfuttlKion it is .unnecessary to
appoint delegates to the national conven
tion recommended by the Whig notional
convention of f852, to assemble at Lou
Trial of Herbert—Ciragrgs8icaaf. *
Washington, July 15:—Tire Herbert
Jury has been discharged because-«*f
the inability, to agree. It is wmler&lQoir
five were in favor of a verdict of r
slaughter imd scVen for acquittal,
second trial is expected to commence
morrow. ’V’*
A resolution censuring Ivcitj for hi-
connexion with the SuiQuur, as-sau
adopted by 106 to90. It
he will resign. Edmond-on ot Vh
was exculpated^.
—J ' ft "7
* *4)
We notice that at some of the lX ir.t-
cratic popular meetings held in Mi-sonri,
the Bentonites* ’outmiml er th - oilier
wing',’’ and refuse toendor.-e tin- Cin
cinnati platform^ though thev ' rainy”
Old Buck. Ha rmonious. vet v!
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