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VOLUME nL
ATHENS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. MORNING, AUGUST 14,1856
ence which {.romp * ottoto dojasrkx dilution a t*u UmledStaies. and »il
totbe acts and motive* nf a political lavs |«**dl to par>.K.>ocetbere*f. l -
adversary regardless «tf that party cir- credty ^UigitiorT uj^n iOdindmL nn<!
cumspectioo, which sirs, that far thou State?. • . * .
’kaUg'J omd uajhrtier. Prompted fav 1 Wc regard rfc-~r«*{ dnnriresof
thi* feern-. we unhesitatingly expre-s religions liberty and tlfo wptrgtion of
ike Ardent hope that JliUard Ftilawn Cbrch a»d State w mAui
tnaj be lhe nominee uf tbs « otfourG^rronn-iu—*» well j**»6*i mv!
rent too. Should the: nomination foil a>tn#ljf t-sxab;i..fo-d a* the tight ofi-'d
tf**® 1 **®.'**should opposeh» eieclioa j*j jury pad tb«* writ.nl .Wtoe* corn; T
with s# -dor teal, bat should he b-faitdtgere&r^ »« pme tW efetsl
«*wl we would fed that to bim«Sc ti&» j>Camf sad *H p*r,cf%**ko
SotitKj>aJ a fra* and rstiahiefoimi. deny' ikrijtrea; Aisu-ricar*' dwtinite cf
■^"«.notjee that several ufour demo 'fiber tyr of wtaocop;,^ -.fovttotbe'
crlitje cantcmporaritS'caU. lues ‘AWi- union »FC4*urrhjw*»sSut»«\ y»r
rfe^J’itfmore/ THIS IS AX UN* cognize .my civil a!*gtanctrtoiMtvforeieif
»V?J. lBUCTAIlON. When Mr. power, priegpor j,m*«aato wksi! ***. - >
Filftnpre was first, nominated as % ctndi- 4* The purity cl the ballot fees r!-«
date lur the Vice Presidency, we rhwi-' v admItiktrVH)ii b(«ui'bn->thewfi!r >f
defed at the {hough; of hts elevAiotr— par y cjqde-rtke integrity of mr Gor'erv
• We raw that he had given votes obuuxt f meitr—the exclusion olpaoper and erkt-
; .wis to the South, and therefore believed | tool '«MB%r*uoo; »»<t tL@ «nfarement
ijl«n unsouB.d upon the slaver? question. [ of"our neutrality..lews, .denned, in cwr
Our heart sitkeoed at the piwp»ct of, opltaoo. a material modification ofoer
hi* so<ftess r and seJbiltftlj and violent-1 naturalize!ion la** a»i a radical revft*
if ffettanaSd hio. ; itw «foor immiawian, l»»f. Bf ttis
“ Bat «•' are happy to say we were l we do aot seek to disturb,- in any man.
agreeably disappointed, and that MB. [ ner, the..privileges r-f those of our for
FILLMORE* IS ONE OF TOfcf rign-Uird erjiirn* »in» are ustanhzrd
SOUNDEST MEN IN THE UNION nn& r uot ox^iiug kv^udwe invite
ON THE * SUBJECT OF SLAVE [ *J oft hem «L«. agree to our principles
RT * AND TH AT HE IS A EAIRI- to -become metaltt* of tin American
We extract the following communi-
cation from an Ohio correspondent lo
the New York Tribune, which forcibly
illustrates the fact that Buchanan mock
is below par in ike State of Ohio, and
• » a 9 VniVUtHUU"
and shifting politician was to he nations
choice. His was considered by its fra
mers to be ro dexterously worded that
it would be certain to catch men of all
shades of opinion. There were fxllibus-
lerism and piracy for jail-birds and for
eign desperadoes, an endorsement of all
Mr. Pierce’-* Wanders for political azita-
J^oshuss Ifimta*
. LANES TON,
Attorney at Law,
CAKlffiSV fLLB, na.
ac tic e ia tw counties of Frank
as the Safest means of preventing the
State from going for Fremont. We
invite the serious attention of our South
ern readers of all parties to this ha pur
■ taut and pregnant circumstance
' (Catr«pflttJ«n{ of the XW York Ttikaoi
CbtcaBirs, Tuesday, July 22d, 1855.
I Tbe Border Ruffian Democrats of
, this city and vicinity, aided shjjrhtty by
, the Old Liue Whigs, held a Fillmore
ratification meeting in this city on the
evening of Friday last. The remarks-
, Ke features of the meeting were, that
the whole affair bad been cot and dried
. before hand "by the Democrats. Tke
[ S/atesmn* had*urged it on,' publishing
; the Notices, Ac: The resolutions were
i drawn up by 1 a leading Buchanan area,
; and all the applaesi and enthusiasm
came from that party, which was repre-
. seated bfSanHSqt, former editor of
I The StcjUkDdDk, J. P. Sloagh, Secreta-
^ ry of the Democratic State Central
, C’otmniuee.- and'-others equally well
fV liu. tfart, Elbert. lf«ifo>u and Jack»-*n r
Rswacsccs—C. fV-fdes, E*j . Wrn. H.
Uall, Esq.. Atijens; Gabriel Xad.
Danielsviite; Hon. Auniaa Hillycr, Mnaxoe; j
A.T. Akermaa. Esq, Elbertou.
Mar IS44. ,
Jaafcas be has a miodfo. -
hdwty ira ABwW that.
' Tomy the lemt about id r
«lo«e ifcnwU luTeR d«
hdrlqwkhjoedwiltttl
If cnafont givetlhe van to maa.
Why don’t they do their duty,
Aad pop the question. «•»**£«,
. To every wmliag beauty.
WJL PHILLIPS,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
ROBERT HESTER,
Attorney at Law,
r FLBERTOX, GA.
’ storing die 4 ‘ Missouri Compmcsise.” [
that he is a supporter of Millard
move, and therefore Millard Fillmore is*
fa favor of restoring the 4 * Missouri'Cuot-
■ promise.”
t , We will test the Unions logic.
[ BariUy and Hickman, of Pennsyl-
' Vania, voted for the admission of Kan
sas with the. Topeka Constitution —
- They support James Buchanan—there
fore James Buchanan is in favor of the
r Topeka Constitution.
Barclay end Hickman voted to expel
Mr. Brooks—therefore James Buchanan
was in ft tot of expelling Brook*.
Barclay made the -rptitiau to recoa-
J sider, after the rufetbr. of the Top<«-
», ka ConMitotioD-^Mtelbre Bochantn
«. would hive made the- motion had he
* been in Congress.
: J : Glsney Jones Reported a petition j
r . to gi ."e free negroes the right of suffirag*.
1 He is a supporter of Buchanan—the: t-
“• fore Mr. Buchanan is in favor of giving
* the elective franchise to free negroes,
d John Van Boren says the •‘freedom
* of the Territories has been estaWtsb-
* ed.” By is a supporter of Buchanan—
° therefore J Buchanan thinks ' 4 freedom
of iheT^titorio has been Secured.”
C C-.Cmabreleng says “sqnatpr
sovereignty" will always secure “the
m freedom of the Territories-’’. Mr. Cam-
» Exelengis a supporter of Buchanan—
f therefore Buchanan thinks squatter
jj sovereignty‘’will secure thn : freedom of
J. M. MATTHEWS,
Attorney at Law,
[ DaSIELSVILLE, ca
C. B. LOMBARD,
DENTIST, -j,
STflTJCS, GEORGIA.
e -i ni-»er tieSto*««t tVUm.-a.re Vest- 1»
OT AND A STATESMAN. HIS
ADMINISTRATON HAS JiEEN
HI6BLT CONSERVATIVE. He
advocated the coroproau-e, and. used aft
PITNER i ENGLAND.
\VMMhv XaCBtDeaWrxi*
GROCERIES, DRY GOODS
fCIRE JT.iJlE, aJ/OES A.VZ> SOOTS,
April* ATttX5S.G*.
DORSEY k CARTER,
DiauM nr
Family Groceries and Provisions,
C>ruer of Br^xd and Jacks-jft^trect-s
Ath ju*. (i*.
afraid to bestow,iu’
MOORE A CARLTON,
stmn »
Silk, Fancy and Staple Dry Goods,
HARDWARE AXO CROCKERY.
April N<>. 3, Granite Row. Athens,Ga.
M«- &BITOR:—The 2d of August
will tong be fttformbered as a proud daw
for' old Morgan. Greene, Newton.;
Walton, Putnam and Jasper, also shar-
cd in the great ovation. The people
assembled at Madman to the number of:
from !50Q. to33GG. tp hear the mords of
soberpaKand tntik The lair ladies of .
tbqse noble old-counties tamed out in
nu mbers jo cheer oar men and bless ear
cause.
Judge Baxter was first introduced fo
the audience, end lur iheepoceot two
hours addressed the people in a masterly
and convincing. argument. After him.
and before dinner, Hnter.of -D
hen, gave them ‘ a tmle qtore grape,"
and that tn his best stj!?: At'the ex
tensive and bounttfuilr spread table, the
inner man wax rd’mW. after which
»if, enthuahstic and h.qiefcl, crowded
to hear the “war-horse of Troup* " thr
yo’oeg Hercules, Ben HhL ConM eve.
ry: voter in Georgia h»*e heard that
dose, solid, uaanswrrahte argument.and
praeTi^ appeal in favor of the man
who stands, by the Cooas itution .umi the
laws, no one would .longer doubt that
.■Kju .tter »ov>reigi»tt in the territories.
If. The right to vole p a privifoge of
citizenship, and should not be extes .-<l
to fore^n'emtgrants' hi a territory before
they ari-naturalized.
'7. Tfie azitstfon- b{ H»e «sbjcet of
8! tv. ry r-tu-uld cifctie. - The- rigfc* of
the South .-.Tc putig, weh dc-
Snvd. and wvlt underwood, a. d we be-
lieve they should im Lft^eer be treated ns
f open questions. JF« w^I n Aum cur
zaarsntt-d Cons; ir i i Tonal righrs, and our i
right of prOjIcrry "ta *U« vs. Grorgui
j b*s solemnly th-eLA-d w hat she will rc-
[» fiiture srh^uneesz a a bi^tijneL
|and what Ler'rvmy*^,-wwl’,h« wU-»<tfcr*e
.grievances shall bt«, i«l Wc will
.stand, by rhe G^oigiv . Pl.atftrna..
. UeBroTtho pontinuojts ari^mauu -oTtlits
:snbj-t-»;elrf er by an jit;*^ rplfestojre
the fltfieotf Compronti-tt- !;ie,ormaev
orber way, is ma«!e4>y r-oiiticians,
for-i-ersi/nal *R»! 'p«rry ’ ps.iruotioo, *.n«l
■if hurtful fo'rfit- S^trli. Ifi-^I;’.,-ikuijr>o t i..
sfayeiy, af.d^tYe *i, if;?
Union. *' -J ; # ^
And h.Hing'Le tjy-epvsw-otrrl h; t
of(he C nventlryi'* » foeh have presented
cji d:di:es for .(w Prvs d pc. mad Viov
FresrdrCty, and nefog f- ftiWe m #gt- c|
the men, who m oor r»i tau n. ?r»- I.e-t
calculare-i to Ricet tlie prcs»i;< tri;t* in
rmrmtional affairs, and be!u r-ng it n»
time fiur experiment with new or rntrird
tnm; and one df' throe pr.»c;e4 hr
the suffrages of the Ansericuo pe« ple
hating-been vreU -trW. ’ koikwWbs
which the great American pgc^rlc cc-iTJ
cherish as a promise of better. Bars.
In the SouthoS vemarkahle change
was speedily witnessed. Journals that
had long withstood Democracy, repudiat
ed Buchanan, or so faintly sang bis
■ praise* that they damned him while they
-tong. The Squatter Sovereign was
cast off by .every friend of the Sooth,
and when Martin Van Buren, the Little
- Magician where tricks bad tong been ex
posed, and "whese name bad become
synonymous wish everything that was
mean and last in political chicanery,,
avowed his partiality for Buchanan,"and
quftfted,approvingly. Iks letter of accept
ance, a thrill -of horror passed through
exua compensauon. A. O. P. Nfobqkj tlje degradarfon which had threatened
roo ts^a supporter of Bocfaanan—there- ^ Uaioa. All this time, however, the
** * * Democracy and Buchanan were dfiag
oat. Fillmore end Americanism vrera
firmly in pancnim'of (bo hearts of
the North
be held a proud rank in the estimation
F. W. LUCAS, M
ITSOtAAAU: A.VV RETAIL DEALER* tM
OR Y GOODS, re
GROCERIES, HARDWARE, Ax. Ac*
Xu. 2, Broad Screat, Athens. . j
facts would seem t» indicate,' 1 cannot
say wb-jt effect rt hill have on the prri-
pects of Fremoot. -These statemenu
-are true, as may be seen b; reference io
the Ohio State Journal or dg , . r Q'oao-
nati Commercial, and the gefitfeme^Te
for red to will hardly dare'to deny it.—
They will prchablv 'k< ep qtdet ab-ot
|hts sudden withdraw^} from the party
JOHNn. CHRISTY
FLAIX AX’D rxvcr
Book and Job Printer,
“Franklin Jab Office,” Athens. Ga.
Ill rnrt ntcpubii btueanfiidHin;. wiMtli
*a>t punctually necaml, •tpricMCDnwpBiut- *
vlS ■ v 5 urita list a ixainvsi>( tliVtiM*.
(he Territories. m
1 A. X). F. Nicholson, » in favor of
taking S2J,0O9 out.of the Treatnry for the frame of every patriot at the thought
Dry Goods,
Ray 1 Xa 1. Broad street, r Athens.
o is a supporter ofBnchaoan—the re-
re - Bachman advocates:- Treasury _
■■^ er * ' ' *' out. FtUmore and Americaai-m
Captsim Bjnders m-ia fororofa j
stem of Treasury plundering. Uw Southern men, and even
pports Buchanan—-therefore Buchan- LI 1_” _ t I 1 !_
i is m fovor of a general system oft 0 f eTer y well-wisher of (fie ITaioa.
. Hlt ,a uWhmno. Buti * lk ® Nort, »-‘We *“* w* *
M n 2, erbCrt !. n t party on the ruii^ of Democracy. L*-|
r. Herbert supports Btrhmnn Abet ^ they .may about terms, it is
re E'jcfanan w q r»w of Miwf ^ iter the Republican party,
.. , whether it be the legitimate or the ilh-gt- ,
.fimeriMd PcmocraeT.owcesftsfiKist-
^pinjrts touiuimn an^fcqtiTTTr- pouhrmne.Bidiknbtea■»
8 "***!* . Buefa ^“ FrerveandBochanonDemoeracy there
en^re Buchanan » in Uvor o< $**- wtWfiCMT tevebe«n Fremont Repob-
8 employees toertn- Ad the angry Seating* which
Me tw h»* **«**«• Democracy hod nveosed in the Norfh
Mr. Appktow. of Marne, say» «hw tound vrot in how line for Fr«sail «nd
WILLTAM N. WHITE,
VIOi.’SJLU XXt> SKTXIL
Bookseller Bt»tio»er
1 and Lot in CvAbham. The la* canraawj
one acre. The Hupcovemeat* *mut at - s
eomfcrtwble JweIIi.i--U.ae. sctcokkBnM^aad
i aU accessary octbwWSagv-,* firstxste wcH.
TW ^tog onc of the be t ntsatrnns for a
JAMES M. ROYAL.
Harness-Maker,
AS remnrsd bis shay to Sitcktll’i atd
^ the conservative portion kindled every heart. The mock goes
r’illmore. In view of this brdvelv on. Tie fire is spreading.—
shed and solem fact, what Far nb»ve the clamor rf pofiticiaa-v
zres.t duty *T Southern De- above the dtp of scrambles % office, the
Will thsy consent, under people hear that clirim rutce~‘ 4 |-wi|I
instructions and petty dkto execute the Consiitattuu and. ihe izn^
r jariy b-ad«r», and. maao> ,ot every hazard and at c’teiy evet"—
r driven *o throwing away Shall we, can we foil! Let the t«icij
upon Buchanan, when 4» of free Georgrons rend the air wilh tte
at every rote given* to the shout, “A>*rrrr/” . Push forward the
ncminre if virtually n note enlaaia. Unseen.hat ever (elt^the »p .r
remcmt! Do tbvy notW*-r> its of Wa^hi -gttdareMadisni^
dear as the san tatkeHea plat Calhoun end W;b*t»r stand**»
II Tavsrn,onedaovaastafGrady A Xitfc-
Wima’s—■where ha keeps atway* on hand a
rncrtl assortasen t of articles in hisliae, aad
«ilvin ready to fiHardsVa rathe hast style
toM tf
CAUTION. . ;
f rrtli E paMic sra fwawaroed aniasC tnafoto
iisawsjarcrst ass
; alro two load warvaa*s. roc gnatiMtoDaeUw
R. Union cad the other taj.w HamOton
f a. — ;_ i_. is • . - * . ™ JT
COLT & COLBERT,
e BSALZId IS
Staple Dry Goods, Grocmea,
Hardware,
V- m a a*-
• Backanan wedd feem to he an impttei-
Klity- und ittre n bo reoroo to doubt,
; bat '.Sethi* aapeptttsrnj w;; ' cootinc-
j to increase. TLe rontest *s, *s wc were
: ihe:first to proclaim, really between Ftll-
aofr, iie illustrious 5fT»t rtinaB, and Fre-J
1 oiodT* the secessocut d^sagogue.
| The patriotic duty ol every tru.
Americun to labor ua:inog*y m order
| to frasirate the aboliticoist conspiracy of
! the Fremont horde. Let the i»cofo b-r
[ cnited, and it will at or.,:; rciicw iij zl< —
t rious career. The time lut- coroe for
It to ca-roff Becb^non as it has Pierct
and other d» ;td weights. Its strt-agtb is
onH* to it» tA«d and.foitti'-it friend?.—
With th- So- th united or. Fil!a»or^sbe
! States of New kork cc i Psn:.sylvat,.;i
would respond to it * apre.il, an-i riy
: tUOM t e nurs. Every enc can aid th-
wotk. The hrt^Lt ut^xuirteS tl-at
:he Cause ar.d the Man
Of which Georgia gave
South ;C*ndit»-
Teuaejaee,
Alabama.
Missouri.
ICCpHDf OJ
Lord J^dr_
"Whr, tf
- .
• V-h:. -I. b. ; ■ :■ i. (
jiutow, rose, and wi it his u
-»»£ --und* sad. ‘ I sl.ou'.i
•i h-i rhe c ct*liem a n aid - >
a<n>r. before It • s- k ut-iwr \
Mr. Sfeertn tn n-r , -d. t^-t
-qae»k T ' l • it .l 11% s^
Up here the Democrats give up lhat
Fillmore and Donelsou all carry Ten-
0H0e. * ^ ^ j
0) udsre L.SGSTREVT has resigned the
Pcfc-idcncy of the Mi-si^ipj i L Mvcr.-i-
f|P'! he Jackson Fla?says: His active
enlistment in the Political arena last
veor, was not calculated to add to th^
etui sen' mine- is Ho;t i ria Htul oe a govertnv j
tod it*, alleges Hog and -Boon » hsvri*m3erttatwi *yo« whi-e pev
seen so ue»kt kindred that they *r-: not i cb-idret; a yvtat "blessi: j
Ok sep ^ted.-’ “Ay, but? replied you may tero a thtomnd.
[aird Bacow, “ rot; uric! I capnot be ■ all. I hope, wherev er Jo
kindred except vou be hang-d ; for Itog L vou niay vAWetJBmd whb
tPAPtia HANGING,
►vreivedhr •
cluster aroi
art alone sufficient to imbue ail ot u.'
with ( aetgy and frith, even if the pres-