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ATHENS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST
ME HI.
southern
[•CRUSHED WEEKLY,
Ly JOHN H. CHRISTY,
IDITO* ASP raofMBio*.
To Town Tax Payers.
1 mHOSE who have not paid tbeir Town
I J. Taxes for the present year, I would r«;
sncctfulW call their attention t«> the lawn
i* - innVai if rrjy tO rCtUTO
Taxes by the first
| Ordinance that makes it my duty to return
1 all who do not pay their Ta
Term* of Sabkerlptlsa.
jLLARS per annum, if paidttrictlyin ad
itrwiM, THREE DOLLARS.
Rotes of Adrcrtlsing
it idrsrtiMmenti will be inserted *t One
[iqgin for the tlret, and Fifty Cent* per
rich .«uh*e<jucnt insertion.
4 yearly ad*er»i*emenU»ltheu*n*lratea
all who do not pay .
I day of September next, as defaulters, l can
' be found at'all times on the street, unless off
| on official"hiistness; *0 »be l* ult
The Payment' for the New Bnd 0 e
W. H. DORSEY. Marshal.
. 4t
; in me.
i must be met
July 10
Pickles! Pickles!
5m »"i'lVbe charged *5 for announcements, I FRESH
!r vn<*ii****w # ‘' 1 * ,l * s * 3l ' in * s inlength will ^jL Marct 6
FRESH Supply of Un<ter™odVb«|t at
jjiidvertisr, ruts. . . -—
a'omberofin^ertlonstsoot markedonan \ - , n;tt.
; B i, it will i,e published till forbid, and JJj-Jgg for Detecting Counterfeit ByiSi
ttordmsly. ——“ '* 1 **" — - r -“*■
knisintss JBimtonj.
T HE sutscTibens m possession of, and"flian
in a short time impart to others, certain
rules for the detection of Counterfeit Bank
notes, bills, Ac. For this be charges three
dollars, and where the party is not fully sat
isfied the m» icy will be returned.
He will visit during the summer months
mest of the 11 prior counties of the State.
June 19 tf M. A. HARRISON.
|F. LANGSTON,
Attorney at Law,
CARNESVILLE. Ga.
practice in the counties of Frank
i»rt, Elbert, Madison and Jacjjjnn j —— *
b.-es—c. Peeples. Es«]. fc Wm. h. j stammering and Stuttering Cnred!
The First Song of the Campaign.
- At anenthusi&stic meeting of the Fillmore
«>d: DoneUon Clubs, held in New York on
Monday evening, Mr. Dnganne stated that he
had * bundle of songs that he would like to
distribute. The copies were handed, around,
and shortly after the reading, the first of the
campaign was sung to the tune of “ The Red,
Jynite and Blue,” amid the meet enthusiastic
applause. Mr. Duganne wrote it by request
R&tfce Empire Glee Club, who led the sing
FILLMORE, THE PRIDE OF THE NATION.
^crFillmore, the pride of the nation,
The choice of the fearless and free,
*y» e join-in theJieartfelt ovation, - -
And welcome him home from the sea.
Our bosoms in throbbing communion,
Renaember the statesman so true,
»\ ho shielded our glorious Union,
And stands by the red, white and blue!
Athens; Gabriel ha>h. . r m HE Undersigned will be in Athens on
*• H® n - IIll - ver > MouroC; | JLTuesday the 2f4th of June, where he can
u»n, Esq., Elbert on. . te consu it e( i by such persons as are troubled
1^®' ! with stammering, stuttering, Ac. Where he
j fails to cure he will charge nothing,
i He will visit the up-country during the
) summer months. M. A. HARRISON.
! June 19 tf
if XI. PHILLIPS,
iij and Counsellor at*Law,
Marietta, Gimrgia,
-,rt in all the counties of the Uluc Ridge
n lhe county of Fulton of th« Coweta
Supreme Court, and in tt»e U. 3 Diit.
IfcnetUL
j ROBERT HESTER,
Attorney at Law,
KI.BBRTON,
GA.
. M. MATTHEWS,
Attorney at Law,
D.\N1E1.SV1LLE. ga.
* NEW BOOKS.
O UEEX Life. Reveries of a Bachelor, Spar-
rowgrass Papers, Jack Adams, Rachel
anil the New World, Prose and Poetry of
Europe and America. Buffon's Natural His
jory, Hnn Quixot, fine edition.Curiosities of
Literature, Madeira and Portugal , also a
fiue lot of Paper, Envelopes, Visiting Cards,
Reticules, note papers. Pocket Cutlery, Ink-
stands, Ac. Just received by
WM. N. WHITE.
July 17 AttheCrner.
B.LOMBARD,
DENTIST,
ATHEXS, GEORGIA.
IshrStoreof Wilton It Veit. Jan3
r.SElt & ENGLAND,
OtoleialeA Retail Dealertin
SERIES, DRYGOODS,
PW.1KE, SHOES AXD BOOTS,
Athens, Ga.
[7E arc authorized to announce Mr. Duke
WE
7 Y Haitiltox as a candidate for Receiver of
Tax Returns for the county of Clarke, at the
election to take place on the first Monday in
January. 1857.
)RSEY & CARTER,
Groceries and Provisions,
| of llroid aud Jackson streets,
Athens. Ga.
|0RE & CARLTON,
DEALERS IN
icy and Staple Dry Goods,
l It’.4 AN AND CROCKERY.
|Nd. 3, irranitc How, Af.honA.Ga*
IF. W. LUCAS,
: .1X1) RETAIL DEALERS I.V
• RY GOODS,
MKS, HARDWARE, Ac. Ac.
Broad Street. Athens.
B
50 KEGS
EST CUT NAILS—assorted sizes—for
sale low, by T. BISHOP & SON
June 19
$200 REWARD!
L OST, on Monday last somewhere between
/ ‘ — - - -
Athens and Zadoc Cook's, a large leather
pocket book, containing, among other things.
Twelve Hundred Dollars in Bank bills,
chiefly on the Athens Branch of the State
Bank, a check on the same for $500, drawn
in favor of MclVb trier & Erwin, and rigned
by A. P. Bearing, and dated the 26th of May.
a n te for $650, payable to the undersigned
at Itie salt! Branch' Dank, signed by M S.
Durham, dated the 18th of June, and due
sixty days after date, and various other valu
able papers. All persons are forewarned
against trading for any of the above papers
The nbove reward will be paid for the
delivery ofinsaid pocket-book and
mein Athens.
II. CHRISTY,
LUX AXD FAXCr
k and Job Printer,
Job Office,” Athens, Ga.
utcil to !ii*car*t.Mihtu!ty. correctly
e muted, it jtricescorretpond-
kkliu
ua the ItarJncssof the times.
1ISII0P & SON,
AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
, Hardware and Staple
Dry Goods,
No. 1, Broad atreet.^Aibens.
Liam n. white,
lOLESALK axd retail
11 er and Stationer,
and Almf*iinrAftnt.
HEALER IX
Juue 26...
contents to
J. A. BROWNING.
GEORGIA, Clarke County.
\\THEREfAS John L. D. Ward applies to
7» me for Letters of Guardianship of John
°- and Catherine 0. Ward, orphans
of W illiam C. W ard, dec'd,-
These are.therefofe, to cite and admonish
ail persons interested to be and appear at ray
office on the first Monday in August next, to
show cause, if any they have, w hy said let
ters should not then be granted to 'the app'.i
cant or such other person or. persons as the
Court may adjudge prop er.
Given under my hand at office, this 2oth
June, 1356. . ASA M. JACKSON,
June 26 Ordinarv
HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE.
vS&LL
Th.i» Pr .„,„u
hite’tUniversity Bookstore.” | corotortable dwelling house, school-house.and
ptly filled at Augusta rates. ; all necessary outbuildings—a firstrotewell
.—— 1 and a well selected lot of young fruit trees
M. ROYAL, This being one of the be.-t situations f„ r -
• school to be found in the place, the attenti m
of teachers who might wish to loon*., k
From the lands where the millions are
yearning
Our freedom from tyranny’s chain,
Our Fillmore, in glsdness returning.
Behold dear. Columbia again.
His heart beats with Freedom’s devotion—
His soul is steadfast and true—
“He swears to the Union devotion,”
And stands by the red, white and blue!
I T o factious dissensions shall sever
The Wands that opr Washington wrought;
“The Union,” unchanging forever, '
Is shrined in each patriot’s thought
Our love and our faith are not hollow
In streogth they were nourished and
grew.
The Chief we have chosen will follow.
And stand by the red, white and blue!
Our voices are joined in communion—
The stars of oar flag are above:
Huzza, then, for Fillmore and Uuion 1
Huzza t»r the man that we love ! s
The old Union Ship, when he guided.
Was stauuch in her timbers and true.
And now through the States “ undivided,”
We’ll sail her in red, white and blue!
©riginal Contrikirons.
eSS-Maker, j Ot teachers who might wish to locate hero
his shop to Mitchell * old ; particuiatly invited
door east of Grady A Nich- ; For terms, *c. refer to the subscriber < n tl„
keep* always on hand a premises. u
July 23, 1356.
he
uentof articles in hisline, and
to fillordersinthe best style
tf
a. hall.
& COLBERT,
DEALERS IX
Goods, Groceries, and
Hardware,
>it» Row, Atmsxs, Ga.
WM- C. COLBERT
IT
LUMPKIN,
orney at Law,
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
Ijce in all the conntlcsof the
fircuit. Particular attention
f'tig.
1 street, over White A Moss’
Jan 81 •
CAUTION.
TIHE public are forewarned against trading
v nmde payable to Kta J
and Sledge, Kenney and Lee. or I. M. Kenney--
al*oPoland warrants onegrant^tto Dect^
R. Graham tml. t he other to J. VY Hamilton
—said papers haying been stolen from th*
undersigned on Saturday night la«t
1. M
KENNEY.
M A RLE R,
orney at Law,
Jacksou County, Ga.
|—Messrs. McLcster a Hunter
pson. E»qs., Jefferson; D.
^’•J. Peeples, Esqs. Law-
Vewton, O. Peeples, Bsq.
“J Athens; Law A Clarke
• Esq*. Gainesville.
UELONY,
orney at Law,
pec ialatten tion tocolleet-
Dhe claims of all persons en-
“kaa*BT*, under the late
J1 of the Ua« Congress.
| Broad StitWt liver the store
H. R. J. LONG,
Hetafl Druggists,
ATHENS, Ga.
MANGINQ
K-
THE BANK OF ATHENS,
June 23d, 1856. ,
R \ ® rder of th« Board, an installment of
•n . ,rty per ?en l- U P«»P the Capital Stock,
“acquired to be paid in on or before
the 15lb of August next.
y 8 A. P. DEARING. Cashier.
* Last Call.
T UCAS. A BILLU i S having called and
XJir rgep a settlement of their busi
ness yvith their .customers for nearly tfro
years, feel under uo obligations to wsitlbger
tbnwill rery soon hand over to a collecting,
officer all notes and accounts doe the late.
firm.
July &.
Accounts
11 TAD Eat the Bookstore are now due, and
2.U. payments thereof requested.
■™L V 3 WM. N. WHITE.
SEDAN & OATMAN,
DEALERSIX - '
Italian, Egfrpliantt American
* STATtTARY,
-AifD JSAST TENNESSEE MARBLE.
Mortumeats, Tqmba, Urnsand Yaasqt Mhrbli
Maptels and Furnishing Marble* -
HU All ordsrs promptly filled.
. ATLANTA. GA.
WTRefvto Mf, Ross Craue- jund4
w
Foi the Southern Watchman.
Gwinnett Co. July 28, 1856.
"Ossy, shall thejStar-Spangled Banner yet
wave,
O’er the land of the free and the home of the
brave f *’
I desire to say a word through your
columns in behalf of the glorious cause
of Fillmore and Donelson. Who is not
proud of the name American? And
have we not cause to be prouder still,
that America’s noblest son leads her
millions on to victory ? What Georgi-'
an—what American—can read those
noble sentiments of Mr. Fillmore which
he poared out at Rochester, Albany,
and everywhere he went, withnut hav
ing his soul grow big yvilhin him ?—
Those very speeches havestruck a death
blow to the-wituperations of foul-mouth
demagogues, who would imbrue their
eacreligious hands in the holy blood of
Liberiy«-have hurled fiery darts into the
ranks of modern Democracy, that have
made them to totter and quake as if be
neath the furious thunders of omnipotent
Jove; yes, they are daily leading thou
sands of honest men from the coils of
this “monstrum horrendoni' to the glo
rious espousal of Fillmore and the Un
ion.
Mr. Fillmore’s whole history, both
political ao(T|>rivate, is as pure and un
sullied as the-morning sunbeam. In
honesty of purpose and purity of prin
ciple, the proud pages of history bear
in golden traces, no record—no name
purer than his. Point me, if you can,
to the man-that has done more credit to
himself—more honor to his country
than did Millard Fillmore, daring his
Presidential term. No sir,no; history
records no such name, save the Father
of his Country! Called as he was, to
the Chief Magistracy of the nation,
when section was arrayed against sec
tion—wfaeu the discordant notes of dis
union were shouted with unwonted fury,
from the frozen icebergs in the North,
to the sunny plains of tbe Gulf, oq the
one hand, and from the wave-washed
shore of the tumultuous Atlantic,'to the
slumbering bosom,of quiescent Pacific
“~then it was that this noble -son
America sprang 1° belm of State^
an>l with-' his steOtorifin, god-like- voice'
bade the waves and commotions “peace,
be still!” And old Nature, hearing the
fiat, sank to rest, and our noble Fillmore;
rowed the tempest-tossed ship of State
triumphantly into the haven of salety.
Who can we trust .but him, when oju
political sky. is.darkened .by, tfc black;
cloud of disunion, and ite’foreboding
lightnings peal with apfirlul. fury ffom
sin and fly to arms; when Rome is
burning ’tis no time to fiddle and dance!
Are you looking to the ‘‘dry-rot ?” By
the ashes of those who fell fighting the
battles of freedom at Saratoga, York
Town and Bunker Hill—whose blood
has watered the land you lore—shun the
hydra-headed monster! Fly, as you
love your firesides, your homes, your
wives and children, to the quiescent
embrace of Fillmore and Donelson;
then, and then only, may you rest peace
fully beneath a clear sky.
I can say with an earnest conviction
of truth, the old line Whigs of Gwin
nett will not be bartered off to the “dry
rot,” foreign party; no never, while
wisdom holds her sway; no indeed, no,
but rather are they falling rapidly into
line, and are marching proudly onward,
even glorying to buttle in the heaven-
bom band of Fillmore and the Union.
Let us keep this same old banner afloat
from the battlement of Freedom, under
whose ample folds our sires delighted to
fight, till victory shall be perched proud
ly upon her standard! Hail to the glo
rious era when our own Fillmore shall
be crowned Chief of the nation. The
cause goes bravely on; conservative
men everywhere turn with anxious eyes
to Fillmore as their only hope. In the
North, the fight will be between Fill
more and Fremont—*in the South, be
tween Fillmore and Buchanan; and
finally the two ultra candidates will be
badly lathered, and the country find
security and peace in the arms of our
noble standard-bearer. Sensible men
will not be deluded; our cause is a just
one, and it must and will triumph.
Again I appeal to you, old tine
Whigs; awake, awake! your '.‘bleeding
country save 1” Let the cry go forth
from mountain to the hill-top, from the
valleys to the rivers’ end ; Fillmore and
the Union!
Americans ail—
“Strike—till the last armed foe expires.
Strike—for your altari and your fires,' ‘
Strike—for the green graves of your eires,
God—and. your native land l ”
JEEP- TONGUES
Beef-just.received bv
T. BIS110BA80N.
harden Seeds. -
-of Frerii Garden jSeeds
Merchants *npplie<f -aft
• just _
J T. LUJJDKIV - Augusta prices foe same sa«d.
M #- VV. J n.»R. J LONG
For the Southern Witehmia.
Mr. Editor—Will you please be so
kind as to give .this communication a
place in your paper. The last South
ern Banner had the following as an
item of editorial news;
The Sixth District at the Know
Nothing Convention.—Out of fourteen
counties in the Sixth District, we see
from the published list of counties, that
three sent delegates, viz : Clarke, Gwin
nett and Walton.”
We make one remark upon the above.
The Sixth District comprises,nt present,
but thirteen counties ; the Banner, no
doubt, had forgotten that Clarke coun
ty was not multiplied by two at the last
Legislature, 'as it so much desired,
hence the mistake. Now let us exam
ine the proceedings of the Democratic
Convention, and see hew stands the
Sixth District in that august body.—
Out of thirteen counties in the Sixth
District, only four were published as be
ing represented, viz : Clarke, Forsyth,
Gwinnett and Walton. Clarke is put
down in the list of counties and dele
gates, as having been represented by
Messrs. M. M. Sheat-, A. P. Cobh, F.
W: Hill, F. Adams, W. G. Delonv and
J. P. Holloway, making six delegates:
when the truth is, there were only half
that jiumber in the Convention, viz
Sheats, Cobh and Adam*. How many
other counties are in the same catagory
with Clarke, and have published double
the number of delegates actually pres
ent in the Convention, cannot be ascer
tained from the published proceedings.
It may be that some of the counties pur
porting to Lave been represented, had
a delegation of nantec alone; the infer
ence is a fair one, that if the delegation
from Clarke swelled doable its size by
the time seats.were taken in the Con
vention, other counties may have dpue
the sanie -thing, and there may have
been more "proxies" than **B. O. Hat-
tox^'of Stewart” It seems too, that
GoV- Johnson’s Private Secretary, L-
He Briscoe. Esq., of Walton, and A . J-
pole to pole, ihit .dMolSonta.tooeoof. M.t»r,h y , of Bibb, .he chceo Mg
the coming storm—rwholhen, I qSk, but
Fillmore, can calm jlie “troubled wa
ters ?• O, noble patriot sage! who'
wohld not honor his.name r Old line
Whigs—yon who love,your country c
where do,you stand to-day ? Are you s
still deaf to your, country’s cries^ . Let
me Beseech youj in^God!^ name, shake
off lhat lethargy—gird on your armor
iBd luirnreh vour steel—sound the loc-
taries of the Convention, were self-ap
pointed. -fc self-representing delegates;
for their names dp not.appear on the
list as delegates from their respective
counties. This may jjbe said to be a
mail afftir—g:ant it ; but when you'are
fired upon, by r boy with a squirt, it
won’t be tight or fair for yon to sboot
the little fellow with a shotgun.
■ W*' SNIP.
LETTER FROM MAJ. DONELSON.
The subjoined letter of A. J. Donelson,
accepting the nomination tendered him
by tht American party of Georgia, will
<»mtreiid him favorably says the Chro
nicle & Sentinel, to his supporters
throughout the State. It is a frank, open
and manly letter, expressing fully and
disttictly the views and principles of the
wrier. It takes high, patriotic, nation-
•41 -ground, and repudiates wholly the
Bcchakan doctrnine of Squatter Sove
reignty. Let the people, the sovereign
voter*, read it, and judge for themselves:
* From the Home Courier—Extra.
Tulip Grove, July 17th, 1856.
Sir: Your letter of the 12th instant,
informing mu Of my nomination by tbe
American party of Georgia as their
candidate for the Vice Presidency of the
United States, has been received, r»nd
with it, the declaration of principles
adopted on the same occasion.
For this mark of respect and honor,
I beg leave to present roy grateful ac
knowledgments. In accepting this nom
ination, I am but adhering to the obliga
tion assumed, when I- yieleded to tbe
wishes of the National American party
which placed me previou>ly in nomina
tion lor the same office. The principles
avowed by the two conventions are sub
stantially the same. They are the prin
ciples taught to \js by the Fathers ofthe
Revolution, ar.d if faithfully maintained,
will make our Constitution and* Union
invulnerable to the assaults of all foes,
whether coming to us from a foreign
land ov springing up in our midst as
factionists and traitors.
The people of Georgia have doubtless
some recollection of the support which I
”ave to the Compromise measures of
1850 as a final settlement of the slavery
question. A strong effort, both in the
North and the South, was made to com
pel Congress to retrace its steps, and
the cry was that acquiescence in those
measures was an infamous surrender of
state-rights. In that crisis.I believed
that the old doctrines of. Democracy
might be relied upon to arrest the dan
gers resulting from the irritations which
marked the discussions of the day, but
the influence which controlled President
Pierce Stftisfied me that this party : had
lost its vitality as a national one, and that
no course was left for the disciples of
Washington, Jefferson and Jacksnn but
to seek in. a new organization the aid of
the people in reviving the maxims of the
pure days of the Republic, and lopping
off tbe excrescences which had been
fastened upon our system by factions and
sectional controversy.
Before tbe election of President Pierce,
prominent men in the South, as well
as the North, blamed me for insisting
that the Democratic party was tbe safest
organization for securing the reforms ne
cessary to tranquilize the public mind,
yet tiie same men now traduce and ca
lumniate me for not acting with’them
when they are notoriously in alliance
with those who oppose these reforms
They desi red me as an old Jacks on
Democrat to quit the party when there
was a hope of its being brought back to
its original doctrines, but wbem the
proof became conclusive that the power
of this party had passed into the hands
ofthe freesoiler and nullifier, thi*y as
sail me with bitter epithets.
When I endeavered to show lhat the
Democratic party was more sound than
the Whigs on the sectional issues, there
was reason to hope that the discip-les of
the Nashville Southern Convention and
the Buffalo platform would not gain
possession of the Federal Government.
Now H will scarcely be denied by any
candid man that the politicians who
liave given a dangerous direction to the
heresies of these two schools ave not only
acting with the Modern Democracy, but
are really shaping its policy and dispens
ing its patronage.
Then, too, it was constant reproach to
me, as being unfaithful to tfcie cause of
State-rights and the cause of tbs South,
that I did not denounce in terms of un
measured abuse such men as Mr. Van
Buren and Mr. Benton. Now the fact
stares us in the face that- this modern
Democracy has made a nomination for
the Presidency which calls forth, a voice
ofapplaaseandapprobation form Mr.Van
Buren and Mr. Benton as loud as was
ever heard in favor oi Jefferson and
Jackson, and this loo when it vras but
yesterday that we were threatened by
this.Democracy with a dissolution of tbs
Union bn account of tbe dhngi?rs to
wbicb we were said to be exposed S»y tbe
doctrines of tbe Buffalo platform.,
It belongs to the people to say what
ought to be tbe judgment on such incon
sistency,'and whether we ^should still
place po wer in the Hands of those who
have made tbe Democratic party a com
pound of the isms which have arrayed
one section ofthe Union against another.
As members ofthe American party, and
as good-citizens, we can only do our doty,
-refusing to concur in measnses that c are
fatal to the public peace, and contributing
by all the legal means in our power .to
the restoration of those old-fashioned
doctrines which made its so iong a hap
py and prosperous people. Under the
influence of suph doctrines, tve shall hear
.no more of the' squatter sovereignty or
mob-tribunals, but may hope to'see Con-
grcsKperforming again ifs constitution a
duty asthe^guradjan of the. rights of the
South as well as the N8rth.Hi.the settle
ment ofotir public lands, and in the ad
mission of the inhabitants of tho Territo
ries to the sovereign rights of States,
with or without slavery, as they may
determine for themselves, whenforming
a ’State Constitution. \ '
But it is not,, perhaps, proper for nfe
to enter into a discussion of the causes
which have constituted us, without re
ference to our antecedents as Whigs or
Democrats, a new party. I vefer to them
only in connection with the patriotic de
claration of principles made by tire'
Convention j&t Macon, in order that jrou
may seeTiow complete is my concurrence
with them, and how great is ray appre
ciation of the honor you have conferred
upon me by an association of my name
with that of Mr.Fillmore in the noble
effort to check the excesses of party spirit
and effect a reformation as important as
that of 1798 and 1800. 1 once did
great injustice to this eminent patriot,
and statesman, by holding him responsi
ble for what I considered an attempt to
merge the Whig party of the North in
to a sectional opposition to the rights
of ti e South ,* but when 1 saw him rise
superior to such local prejudices, and
prefer the interests of the whole country
to that of the section in which he hap
pened to be born, I made all the amende
in my power to offer, and declared pub
licly long before I knew of the existence
of the American party, that he ought
to be called agaiu by the united voice of
the people to the chair of the Chief
Magistracy.
I am very respectfully,
. Your obedient servant,
A. J. DONELSON.
Dr. H. V. Milller, President of the
Convention.
Letter from Millard Fillmore.
In refutation of one ofthe many mis
representations, says the Washington
Organ, now circulating through the
Anti-American press of the South in
relation to Mr. Fillmore’s position
touching the subject of slavery—old
slanders of 1848 now reasserted—ive
republish the following letter by which
the misrepresentation to which it relates
was then exploded:
Albany, Sept. 11, 1848.
Dear Sir—I returned this morning
from the West and have yours of the
10th, in which you say that it has been
charged in the Richmond Enquirer that
I hold it to be within the power of Con
gress to inerfere with or break off the
transportation, removal or di<posal of
persons held as slaves, from one slave-
holding State to another.
I am not aware that' this question
has ever been discussed in Congress, or
was ever presented for the consideration
of the Supreme Court of the United
States before 1841. In that year the
celebrated case from Mississippi was
decided, and Mr, Justice McLean gave
an elabarate opinion on this .point, in
which the Chief Justice concurred. He
came to the conclusion that the con-titu-
tional power over this matter was vested
in the several States, and not in Congress
Sq far as my knowledge extends, this
opinion carried conviction t<> every un
prejudiced mind, and the question was
considered settled. At any rate, this
was niy own opinion then, and I have
seen no cause to change it since. Should
I do so, 1 should not hesitate to declare it
You will therefore perceive that'you
did me no injustice in representing to
your friend that these were my senti
ments.
I write in haste* amid the pressure of
official duties, but remain truly yours
Millard Fillmorf..
James Brooks, Fsq.
Connecticut Moving.—The Na
tional A mericans of Connecticut held a
State Convention at Hartford, on the
9th inst. for the purpose qf organising
under the flog of Fillmore and Dqnetson
in the great Presidential fight. Over
one hundred delegates were present,
and Henry Sherman, E-q. of Hartford
presided. '
Resolutions were adopted maintain
ing the Union at alt hazards and dis
countenancing sectional parties and
slavery agitation in every form. They
declared that the delegates to th? Phila
delphia Convention most flagrantly mis
represented the party in pledging them
to the support of the Republican can
didates, and that they whol.iy repudiate
said Convention and its nominees. Tue
following resolution, among -others,
was unanimously adopted :
Resolved. That cherishing these sen
timents, and with these views and aims,
we da hereby ratify the nomination of
Millard Fillmore of New' York r for
President, and Andrew Jackson Done),
elson, of Tennessee, for Vice President
of these United States, and we hereby
pledge ourselves to.do everything in our
powerful all lawful, honorable and con
sistent ways/to secure tbeii* election. 1
. Hacon Platform. '
The American party of Georgia
adopt the following jicclarauen of prin-
ciples> •* - .
i. The rhainlamani-e t>f this Union of
co-equal sovereign Stales, as our fathers
made U,-as the paramount political gcod
—paramount in its adaptation to the
security of our rigbts and the happiness
ofthe people. .
2 V The means by which we propose
tq maintain this is.obedienceio tbe Con-*
stitutiqq of the United States, and all
laws'passed in pursuance thereof as sa-
credly obligate jy upon individuals and
States/-^ J...
> V®jrii|di5jl®VW'^rVat ddarinesof. '*’
religious liberty and the separation of
Church and State as cardinal principles
of our Government—as well settled and
as firmly established ob the right oftrial
by jury and the writ of habeas corpus,
and therefore we will oppose the eleva
tion to office of any and all persons .who
deny the great American doctrine of
liberty cf conscience, or who favor the
union of Church and State, or wbr re
cognize any civil allegiance toany foreign
power, prince or potentate whatever.
4. The purity of the ballot box—the
administration of our laws—the safety of
our people—the integrity of our Govern
ment—the exclusion of pauper and crim
inal immigration, and the enforcement
of our neutrality laws,-demand, in our
opinion, a material modification of our
naturalization laws and a"radical revis
ion of our immigration laws. By this
we do not seek to disturb, in any man
ner, the privileges of those of our for
eign-bord citizens who are naturalized
under our ox’sting laws, and we invite
all of them who agree to our principles
to become members of the Am> rican
party.
5. The territory of the United States
we regard as the common property of all
the Sta'es as co-equal sovereignties, and
as such open to settlement by the citizens
of the States with their property as mat- *
ter of right; and that no power resides
either in Congress or the Territorial
Legislature, or the people of the terri
tories 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, tbe doctrine commonly called
squatter sovereignty in the territories.
6. The right to vote is a privilege of
Citizenship, and should not be extended-
to foreign emigrants in a territory before
they are naturalized.
7; The agitation' of the subject of.
Slavery should cease. The rights of
the South are-plain, palpable, well de
fined, and well understood, and we be
lieve they should no longer be treated as
open questions. We will maintain ouf
gnnranted Constitutional rights, and ouf
right of property in slaves. Georgia
has solemnly declared w hat she will re
gard as future'grievances on this subject,
and what her remedy will be wbetf these
grievances shall be inflicted - . We'will
stand by the Georgia Platform. We
believe the continuous agitation of (fits
subject, either by an attempt to restore
the Missouri Compromise line, or in any
other way, is made by sqlfisli politician^
for personal and party promotion, and
is hurtful to the South, the institution of
slavery', and tbe permanency of'the
Union.
And .having been represented in none „
ofthe Conventions which have presented
candidates for the Presidency and Vice-
Presidency, and being leflf free to select
the men, who in our opinion', are bet»t
calculated to meet the present crisis in
our national affairs, and believing it no **
time for experiment with new orjuntried
men; and one of those for
the suffrages of the AmeridfiPfienpIg
having been ' well tried j and giving us
daily assurance that the patriotism and
ua’icnality which so eminently charac
terized his former administration Will be
continued in the future, and restore at
peace and tranquility to-a distracted *
country, we do hereby nominate MILL'
ARD FILLMORE, of "New York, as
our candidate for the Presidency.
Entertaining confidence in the integ
rity, patriotism and ability of AN--
DREW J. DONELSON. of Tennessee/
we' do hereby nominate him as qul can
didate for the Viee Pi esidency.
- Backing the Squatter SoyfeBi
Amos A. Lawrence; Esq., of Boston,
nominated on the ' Fremont- electoral
ticket of Massachusetts, has declined,
and will support Fillmore. .
eign.—The Freesoil Whigs of .JMt w
Hampshire are going in for Buc’ianan -
on the gronnd of his Sqiat.e^ Sqve.-
eighty principles. •
The Manchester correspondenfof the
Boston Post writes as follows jroin tmrt
town: • • j
“One of the most eloquent-trad pow:
erftll advocates of Whig jirirfcip.'«^|in
the State, .Geo. M. Flanders, st
lawyer of eminence in this chjr, who^e
voice-has echoed from- every hitf-i->p^
and every valley in rite Stale for Whig
men and Whig principles—who. at- tb«
iast State "election* Voted,* ffir iebabrid
Goodwin, th6 Whig nominee for Gov
ernor-will throw his wjtok: strengfh in
to this contest in favor of the tm’y
Democratic doctrine of popular squat
ter sovereignty. ”•
An immense Fillmore mass Tneelihg
was held at-Alexandria, Ya. on Friday
evening, the largest and most enthusi
astic political assemblage in that city
for many years. Hon. Messrs Sneed u
of Term. Trippe, of Ga.; C trfile, of
Ya., Underwood, of Ky., and Kenn^tt,
of Mo., were among the speakers.
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Ten Cent Ji mm friends of
Mr. Buchanan may attefnpt to deny
fSthey*jvill, but it iscer.-i
commended the-ndoptinu.
European currency, the effec ____
haft-been to'reduce’th rtce off :
Germany, France and else whet
of less than ten fet
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