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OUR WHOLE COUNTRY.
fi jgljb'wing is one of the standard
eras, of patriotic sentiment; and, very
business Jfirotorj).
. F. LANGSTON,,
Attorney at Law,
CAKNESVILLE, Ga.
ILL practice in the counties of Frank
lin, Hart, Elbert, Madison and Jackson
[feiikxces—C. Peeples. Esi]., Win. H.
t Esq., Athens; Gabriel Nash. Esq.,
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itv •>7, 1856.
Stammering and Stuttering Cured!
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summer months. M. A. HARRISON.
June 19 . tf ■> '•?! on■
NEW BOOKS.
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rowgrass Papers, Jack Adams, Rachel
and the New World, Prose and Poetry of
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M.ujetta, Georgia,
1.1. |>rarilcc in all the counties of the Blue Ridge
until, in the county of Fulton of the Coweta,
iii the Supreme Court, and in the U. S Dist
tut. »i Marietta.
fiue lot of Paper, Envelopes, Visiting Cards,
Reticules, note papers, Pocket Cutlery, Ink
stands, Ac. Just received by
WM. N. WHITE,
July 17 AitheC:rner.
HESTER & AKERMAN,
Attorneys at Law,
ELBERTON, GA.
OBERT Hester and Amos T. Akerraan
will practice in partnership, in the coun-
mf Elbert, Hart, Franklin, Madison, Ogle-
rpe aud Lincoln. May 1—1 y
J. M. MATTHEWS,
Attorney at Law,
>j 1 DANIELSV1LLE, GA.
C. B
LOMBARD,
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ATHEHS, OF.OROIA.
Jisover tlieStoieof Wilson &. Veal. Jan3
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Wholesale tc Retail Dealers'! n
HOCERIES, DRY GOODS
HARDWARE, SHOES AJTD BOOTS,
April 6 Athens, Ga.
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v #’* !>£ A1.EK* Ilf
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Corner of Broitiand Jackson streets,
Athens. Ga.
priafoih these tunes «^T sectional
naparty strife : . q-f^r
Who would sever FteddomVshrine f ,.
Wno would draw the invidious line I-
Though her birth one spot be mine, f.
""i I'' Dear, is ail the rest, . '■>?«'
Dear to me the South’s fair 1 and—
Dear tho central mountain band— .
Dear NevEngllind’e roekjr BtJ*ridL
Dear the glorious; West!
By opr altars pure and free;
By our law’s deep iW'etTiree,'
By the past dread memory -
By our Washington I
60 KSG»a< *4*".:
B EST CUT NAILS—assorted sizes—for
sale low, by T. BISHOP & SON
June 19
By our common parent tongue.
By our hopes—bright, buoyant, young,
By the- tie of country strong-—
We will still be one 1
to ^Presidential Election, gathered
from a pretty free Intercourse with
Members of Congress from allparts of
the Union, during a Short Sojourn in
Washington
The Democrats^know ibiyt*- they may
with perfect- safely holtf nri until after^
the -HkofMareh. That if they lose Mr.-
Buchanan by ; allowing the election to -go
lo the Senate*, they Will gain Mr. Breck
inridge, and of all parties in, the world
they care leastf-atjourmien; The Demo-;
eracy of the House, therefore, will stand
fir m. The 4th of March may come and
not a man will have strayed from their
ranks. iit’j ;
The Americans know that by stand
ing firmly together the worst that can
happen will bp the election of a Demo
cratic President,
Let. the 4th of March come for them
and it only gives them Breckinridge in?
stead of Buchanan. But they never can
and never will vote for Fremont, a rtere
boy, without political knowledge or ex-
jxirience, who, if he were elected, would.
>e a mere instrument in the hands of
the worst men for the worst purposes.
The Republicans will make an earnest
struggle for their man, but when they
see, as see they must, that it is destined
to be.fruitless, tney will.join the Ameri
cans and make Mr. Fillmore President.
They will neither vote for Mr. Buchanan
nor suffer the ejection to go to the Senate.
My information on this subject is deriv
ed from the most intelligent and authent-
There seems to be a general disposi-
ic sources.
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comfortable dwelling-house, school-house, and
all necessary outbuildings—a firstrote well,
aud a well selected lot of young fruit trees.
This being one of the be»t situations for a
school lobe found in the place, the attention
of teachers who might wish to locate here is
particularly invited.
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premises. A. HALL.
July 23, 1356. . . .
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for any notes made payable to Kenney
and Sledge, Kenney and Lee. or I. M. Kenney;
also two land warrants, one granted to Doctor
R. Graham and the other to J. W' Hamilton
—said papers having been stolen from the
undersigned on Saturday night last
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but will very soon hand over ton collecting
officer all notes and accounts due the late
firm.
July 3
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BEEF TONGUES '/
A ND Dried Beef, just received by
June 19 T. BISHOP & SON;.
tion to disparage the prospects of Mr-
Fillmore. As a general tiling those
who talk thus have an object to accom
plish. Democrats would persuade Whigs
to vote fi r Mr. Buchanan. That is nat
ural. Whigs who have deserted iheir
old political fellowships, would be pleased
to see other Whigs follow (heir example.
This is natural also.
It is conceded on all rides, that if Fre-
ment is elected the Union is dissolved.
This I do not believe. The Union is
not quite as easily dissolved as Members
of Congress imagine. But I do believe
that the election of such a man would
be a serious calamity,, and that every
good citizen should do what he can to
avert it.
It is agreed very generally that Mr
Fillmore stands between the country
and the Certain triumph of the Repub
licans. That should lie withdraw, Mr
Fremont must be elected. That the
only possible chance, Mr. Buchanan
now has, or ever had of being elected
is given him by the fact that Mr. Fill
more is a candidate.'
The reasoning at Washington reduc
ed to its simple terms, may be rendered
thus. The success of Fremont is the
dissolution of the Union. Buchanan
cannot prevent his success, and has no
power therefore to preserve the Union
Fillmore is the only man who can pre
vent his success, and of course, who cau
preserve the Union, therefore let every
man desert Fillmore and join Mr. Bu
chanan.
It is conceded that the Whigs have
the power to decide the contest and
make Mr. Fillmore President, and yet
it seems to be expected that -Whigs are
to be influenced by such reasoning as
tjjis.
Mr. Fillmore’s popular vote will be
quite ns respectable as that of either of
his competitors. I have taken great
pains to obtain the authentic data, and
think that wbat I here say may be reli
ed on. He will carry all the free
Garden Seeds.
\ LARGE supply of Fresh Garden Seeds
XL just received. Merchants supplied at
Augusta prices for same seed. r
J«riC G. W. A HR. J. LONG
Preston & Merrill’s
Y EAST Powders, for sale low, by
A«g 14 T. BISHOP & SON.
JAMES M. ROYAL,
Harness-Maker,
fremoved his shop to Mitchell’s old
1 f*r«u, one door east-of Grady & Nich-
where he keeps always on hand a
;««ral assortmen tof articles In hisline, and
rilvaysready to fillordersinthe best style
LJ*n 26 tf
COLT & COLBERT,
DKAunts in e p
I Staple Dry Goods, Groceries, and
Hardware.
Hardware,
No. 9, Granite Row, Athms*, Ga,
!• COLT. n ..,:..VH. O. OOLCKRT
^«G, 1855. ■■ -'rv-; "7 ■ -• : ly "
V.
K lit,
Attorney at Law,
ATHENS, GEORGIA. <
m Practice in ail xkfi eouuUesttf,4|i%
!' "t>tern Circuit. Particular
to collecting.
L^Scson Broad at.
—rr
L. MAH
Attorney at Law,.
. Jefferson, Jackson. County, Ga.
L I tR wcKs.—Messrs. McLcster a Hun ter
8, Thompson. Ksqs., Jefferson ; D.
I : tS hfi8tv ’ Aftsnf??Lawtj^.Clarke
w - G. TtM&V&X&l
Attorney at Law,
■4
mtocollect-
personsen-
ler the late
Congress.
i over the store
AH, % 1. LONG;. v
19 Vd Retail Druggists.
'tllENS^Go.
Chemical Olive Soap, - -1
T HE Best in use, for sale low, bv
Aug 14 T. BISHOP A SON.
ITWHO WANTS^J
Q NEof those CIRCULAR SAW MILLS
to cat 11,000 feet per day., or 4877 oOO
feet in 18 months. The Athens Steam Ci
pany are making them, and have for s
cheap, onq 12 and one 6 horse power Steam
Engine. Also a 10 inch 14 foo
Waterwhe’S Shaft;
foot cylinder
May 27
R. NICKERSON, Ag't
Standard Works,
I RVING’S Life of Washington, vol. I.
Martins of Gro Martin, by Lever.
Butke’s Works, -•■ i.
^well’s Johnson,, ~
Johnson’s Works- * V raw
•' Don Quixote—five editions, 4
Dickens’Novelx, ■ •
- TOylte’e yatefjk fewsm:
Percy’s Reliques of .ApcienfEnglish Po
thi&t-1”***"*-’
Squatter Sovereignty.
“ The people of a Territory, like those
of a State, shall decide for themselves,
whether slavery shall or shall not exist
wilhm theirJuDith.’!—Buchanan.
“ From these terms (the people of a
Territory like thbse of a State,), it is too
clear to admit of dispute or cavil, that
it was the intention of Congress to clothe
the people of the Territories with ample
power to exclude slavery within their
respective.limits as well while they con
tinue Territories as in making provisions
for its exclusion from the State when the
transition shall take place.”—John Van
Buren. - : ; >v , . ; :
The Prospects ofthe Candidates forithe
; e t d WipTT /v; : ki-
The’ oppotients of. Mr. FiJlntore i«
both branches of. the 6 Union, remarks
ihe Boston Courier, play off a mutual
game of depreciation with each other in
regard to his prospects, and motugtjj
affirm, upon their own - side of Masons
and Dixon’s line, that he has nostrength
at the North; without reckoning that
the great State of iho North he' has tho.
most earnest, zealous and effective advo
cates which can be found in "; that State
—that he has; as Was shown by the
meeting of hirfiViends in the Music Hall
in, Sftw York -City. ^n immense body of
“ The - Kansas Nebraska hill is the the. most respectable and influential men
best Wilmot Proviso' ever enacted, as
who could
^
my Southern brethren will find out, ’and] great metropolis-7-ofinen who havcsuch
that all of os, (alluding to Northern 1 leaders as Hiram JCetchum. and Jlenry
democracy) are opposed to (slavery:”—
Gov. Weight, an Indiana Democrat.
The result upon the whole is that the
people will fail to elect a President; that
the House will elect one, and that the
choice of the House will be Mr. Fill
more. -
But il these results were infinitely
less probable than they are, what folly it
herein the Whigs, as long as there is
no chance for Mr. Fremont, either by
the people or by the House, to give} up
in despair, throw away all their contin
gent power of doing good, and vote at
once for Mr. Buchanan, with all his own
abominations, and all the additirnal
abominations of the Cincinnati platform
on his bead. _ f
Let the Whigs of the whole Union
meet in Council in the city of Baltimore,
on the 17th September. Let the old
Whig banner again float to the .breeze,
and thousands and tens of thousands of
hearts will warm'to it, that are now coM
and lifeless. '
Lei the Whigs determine that Fill
more shall be the President, and, the
thing is done.
Mr. Fillmore- is the man for the timesi
We want him to read the riot aet and
keep th&disturbers of the public peace
in order. We want him to restore har
mony and kind feelings to a distracted
country. He has done it heretofore, lie
can do it again.-
MR. CHOATE ON SLAVERY AND
DEMOCRACY.
Whilst shorn Democracy are rejoicing
over the acquisition of Mri Choate and
publishing his letter as a text-book, it
may be well for them to add the follow-
in
‘•IN THE MATTER OF SLAVE
RY, WE HAVE ALWAYS DIF
FEftED FROM our FRIENDS OF
THE SOUTH, AND IN REGARD
TO IT WE PROPOSE SIMPLY TO
VOTE TURM DOWN !”
[Rufus Choate in 1848.
Speaking of the Democratic Party, he
•VTlP# effectually prevents' the
admission of another foot of slave terri
tory into the Union.”-— Gen. Shields, ah
ItBnois Democrat.
“ The Nebraska bill proposes to carry
thU principie into all the territories qf
the United States. It is the great car
dinal principles of the Democratic party.
It will give the people of the territo
ries the full right of legislation
Douglas.
“ The people,” said Douglas on page
279, vol. 26, Globe & Appendix, “have
a right to settle these questions as they
choose, not only when they come into
the Union as a State/ but they should be
permitted to do so while a territory. 0
“ I consider this bill (the Nebraska
bill) a proposition in favor of freedom,
and l am surprised that the North
should oppose, and the South support
i».”—President Pierce.
** I congratulate the Senate pn th ey
emphatic endorsement of Squatter Sore-
reignty,”—G«». Cass.
Gen. Cass tauntingly said in the
Senate “ that the principles of Squatter
Sovereignly were in the Kansas bill,
and every Southern member who voted
for it, voted for the principles of Squat
ter Sovereignty.”-—Globe 4* Appendix,
Ft>/. 29, pp. 772. ; 1 '
“Gentlemen may call it what they
please, non-intervention, squatter sove
reignty, or popular sovereignty, it was a
power of the people which they had
never delegated to the Government,'and
in my opinion they, and they alone,
should exercise it as well while in
territorial.condition as in a State Go
vernment.”—-Hon. G. W. Jones, a Ten
nessee Democrat.
“ The Democrats are all For allowing
the people of the territories either to pro,
hibit or adopt slavery, according to their
own pleasure, just as they are iu favor
of the people of the States exercising
all their rights either to prohibit or
adopt slavery,”—Washington Union
(tri-weekly) July 25th, 1856.
“ Now, Mr. Chairman, as a South
ern man, and as a friend of the Kansas
bill, I say, and I speak the sentiments of
8t*f£s which do not go for Mr. Fraiftont, the following delicate compli-
“T^FRl
Alow,
Aug.H,
^Coffee 1 Coffee 1 few •-.; ’
■ “ ’y of best quality, for sale
T. BISHOP & SON. .
;«* nf 'W&M
and all the slave States which do not
go for Mr. Buchanan. Pennsylvania
may be doubtful, It is probable that
under any circumstances be will carry
119 electoral votes.
Ifa’l who prefer Mr. Fillmore to
either of his competitors would give him
a firm, open and manly support, he
wonld be Ffesidenf by the choice of the
people.' It may be, that after the meet-
ling of the Whig Convention: in Baltt-j
more in September,, the. Whig spirit
[may be fairly, aroused.. If so, the contest
ivill be settled, as it Ought to be, without
difficulty. As' matters now : stand, it
seems to be morally certain that the con
test is to be decided by Congress. In
that event, what is to be the result 1
In the choice of a President the House
votes by States, New York with her
no greater
weight than Delaware with, her one
rote. ■ ^ i* UtsrN&M
r' By the Constitution, when the people
have failed ti> elect, the House'choose a
President from the three highest on the
list, i-Tfi« .Senate; have no power to
choose a President, r.or the House a
Vice President. If the Hotise fail to
blectia President before the 4th of March
tbeh tbfcSVifee President shall act as
In tho event of such failure,
tually devolves on the Senate* formal
Senate choose the Vice President.
If the House fail to choose a f P-resi-
dent before the 4th of March, the three
A
GOOD Assortment, juatTeccived-by
T.BISHOI^SOS
L°fffv ■ Crnshed-itiid. Powdered Sugars
' r. just received by .
*" YJr.. BISHOP & SON, 4
For Sale.
•[yowneij
e—the. sa
•It coi
HUtKlot fo
L David J.
Aquaiter. Kp r
Win. Gilbert. Athene, o:
county, I
whollv set aside,- upon such iailure,
neither Mr. Buchanan, nor Mr. Fre-
mont, nor Mr. Fillmore can be .chos
at all. -f 1, - p- 1 '^
In the event supposed, tlie contest will
be between the two highest on the list
for Vice President, and ns the Senate is
now constituted, Mr. Breckingridge; if
. M he be one of-tbe tvvo highest onithe, list,
&!&*viU be the man^
hcreAnd a Democratic
iclars, refer t<> Presideut'iriust be the consequence -o*
mhm Muiitr: mimmm
meat:
“The next is that that party,
by
most extraordinary, oversight, a blunder,
a great deal more than it is-a crime'; but
A STUPENDOUS CRIME, an enor
mous blunder; has lent itself to the
EXTENSION OF SLAVERY ON OUR SOUTH
WESTERN Territories.”
This ''stupendous crimitial" has now
become the eulogist of Mr. Choate. We
trust be will deal justly with his new
and distinguished cl ient. Mr. C. is quite
as learned in criminal jurisprudence as
Mr,^ Stephens is in medical, and - which
enabled him to determine that Demo
eracy was afflicted with the dry rot, or
something worse. The patient is evident
ly not improving. : --v
Joun Randolph’s Rebuke to his
Negroes —Returning to Roanake after
a long absence, John Randolph discov
ered that the negroes had been very
negligent. . The barns were empty, and
there was nothing to eat. He determin-
ed to assemble the negroes and give
them a talk. “ Ladies and • gentlemen,”
1 said he, “I appear before you with
great diffidence on the present occasion
perhaps, ladies and gentlemen, you Teel
as.deeply as I do, for after inspecting
‘the barns,T cannot find any evidence of
your industry.. during^-ray absence.—
What is to be done ?: We have nothing
to'eat, and to avoid starvation, one.of us
must necessarily run away. Now. ladies
(and gentlement 3 .I have a proposition to
candidates for-tlie office of 1 reSld Pj^?^ imakc.whlch is this; lliat as one of us
must run away, we had' better compro
raise the difficulty, antCLoth of US tuu
*'
. Lyle, *®®|Fn''p(;rmUting tlvi right of choice-to
Mod and Extra
4«8
from tb« House into ibe Senate, is a tact
which we must constantly bear in mind;
I for that fact is to influence in an essenti-
l.al manner,i[ie ohoipp dfa PreSWefg by; .
f^er’House* ■
Claim PkeSidnnct.—;T.W0
incipient statesmen Were arguinjgjjhe
claims of^varioqs statesmen for the
Presidency. Said one of them :
claim has Fremont fqy^tlje
Chief Mi 1
This was apparently a stumper ; but
N* after scfatching his bead a few vUio
ments the Fremont man replied :
“Why, he has the Mariposa nlaim !
e-anti Fremont man gave a prolong-
ie. and ihconlinenljy sloped.
. ^Detroit ffrws.
V ir ,.v - I*. ‘«j^ Lf •vai^
Grinnel—and that Southward^eastward
apd westward,amopgtlie masses ofthe
New Yorkers, there is a feeling of slate
pride amongst themselves and n personal
respect towards their' "candidate, which
will give him thousands of votes at tho
polls. In New: Jersey Mr. Fillmore is
unqoes tionably ahead oft he. other can
didates in the opinions ofthe people—in
Pennsylvania he is stronger than Fre
mont island his friends are besought by
1 he supporters of the latter to form a
mutual electoral ticket, .which we hope
they will not dp—in Connecticut and
Rhode Islandihey are powerful to-day,
and are gradually:increaing in number
—and in Massachusetts wo by no means
despair of secureing the electoral vote
ofthe State for him, when we see' that
the statesmen and the lawyers, the active
business merchants and the- sturdy
respectable, most influential mechanics
of our vicinityare almost entirely in favor
of him for President The thinking and
conservative people ofthe country . are
in favor of Mr. Fillmore—the imagina
tive and impulsive vote of the North is
in favor of Mr. Fremont, and a part of
it is guided by hands, in wbose direction
very few sober and serious men would
Confide, with regard either to business
or political calculations. The adminis
tration of Prseident Pierce has been
very unpopular at the North, and some
of its oponents think that In deciding
upon it by their votes in November they
must take in either Scylla or Charydis.
They are not obliged to take either the
one or the other, for there is a middle
course which they, can safely pursue in
the support, of Mr. Fillmore.
[ ■ . . . S0VER2ajGNTJ.>
■ tjk.JSbiipas i—in^th^ Wail*?hiffH>4iC- '
-liiiK 5 T.huirsufcty h
l nCit?<fe rffy spcecb to'^fTcrPU^buf
tori county, a'ml ^b'-^b'fibunce ’lhe dttt:'
itine advanded byttie, aB AdibuS {*!»<) > iur-
terfy 'destructive td"(he fights cd ’Afle
So raqft^re its t6'’do •’mt* very great t*
teons jierrtfisSiim tb(iippi'fii* in jujyt\
umns /or ihe purpoi-e of' stattbg
what ray poMfibri is, as tb'the power of
the TerriUfrial. LegisfaiCire of Kansas
over the-Vu^rift(bf'^javAry^^And I ant.
glad that your courtesy gives mean op-
poi luniLy of putllng iu your paper a'llt-
tle better djctriUB-tlian usbaUjr appears, -
in ; it.* -.v! "’*' ,t ,*•
You say thiif the poWqf; eoqfoeretl^y ■
. .- -r-i.. - - *1*; “ -
those who voted for it; that it was not at Appling, and Buldb.
W
From tho Clirotiiolo & Sonlinel,
... Letter firom- Hon. B. H* Hill.
LaGrange^ Ga., August, 25. 1856.
Mr. Editor :—I understand chat*
lenges are out for di-cushions at Appling
on the . 28th, and «t Bulah, Wilkes
bounty, on the 30th, and* I have been
notified that 1. was expected to be pres
ent, &c. '.V-b.
>' On the 28th I am compelled to be at
Heard Court, and on the 30th I bad pre
viously promised to meet a distinguish
ed gentle in a n from a neighboring State
at.West Foint in discussion. . Otherwise,
I ahouM-be more -than gr.-uifltd to tie
the object ■■ of the Kansas bill to mat
Kansas a slave State or a slave Territo
ry. It was simply to leave the question
of slavery without Congressional re
striction; to'be settled by the people-of
the Territory for themselves.”—-Ste
phens of Ga., July 14th, 1846.
f Extraordinary language, this, ..fqf: *
Southern man.]
“ This new doctrine, asserting .the
right of the squatters on the public
domain to assume sovereignty over its
in its territorial.state, was concocted on
ly fora Presidential compaign. It
failed of ltd purpose, and is now brought
into general contempt. It is believed
to be withous a defender, .in its puta
tive father, (Gen. Cass.) Congress
alone has the. right to legislate for the
Territories, until they shall he prepared
.for admission into the Union, At that
period they have the right to form such
Government as they may prefer with the
spin restriction that it shall be Republi-
can.”~r-Toombs of Georgia six years
ago . ' ' ’ " / * / ' ' ‘
“ It was the United States who con-
qnered California and finally acquired
it by treaty. The sovereignty, of course,
is vested in them, and not in the inhabi
tants.”—C alhoun.
• The most monstrous doctrine ever
advanced by-'-an American States^
man, n —Calhoun. J - -— **■**: (-
“ Worst than Wilmot Provisoism.”—
Calhoun.
“ As indefensible in principle and
dangerous in : practice as Wilmot Provi-
soistq,”^, ^
“Will never support any candidate
for the Presidency or Vice Presidency
ivhoTnainstains it.”—Democratic State
Conventions of Alabama and Virginia
ml848.
RnSf
the Kansas Nebraska.act-upon ihA Tor- - v
ritorial "Legislhliites-legislate upon •
all rightfol subjecTs of >! leglslatipj|f;^Cim-. - V
sistent With the CoftsituhtiOrr of.-'0ie '
United States, and the pfoyteiwris oftfiat' -
act’’is '‘squatter' sofremgfhly'}* ’tfdil-jh a.
doctrine odiuns td-tha- pebple 'of ’’-Geor
gia because it confers;upr«i ftaid'.TeWi-
torhd LegHlatiivfes- pdwer,to establish of \
exclude slarery—thhrc being iiy saiilP
clause, 'ha reBtriclkm on'the p'orceedf
the Legislature as to slavery. I-.Klfil’,
not cavil with you libqiit the corractrtfeB
of 1he meaning wbii;h.j r qa give toThe
term “S^iafter Soirereigrityj” StTd with
out permitting yo tt 1° apply to the doc
trines which I maintain a vulgar nick
name; 1 take the fallowing positions ;*
1st That so much of thei'Kansas Ne?
braska act bs relkt6» to^he• efibject of
slavery, is an exact copy,*iii; substance
and in letter', of tb<*®' parterofthe^lex-
ican Territorial Bill as -relates' to the
some subject; and is ihetefoi%v*in'con
formity with the Compromise' of -1850.
2d. That by the Compromise of 1859
the Territorial Legislatures of, New
Mexico andUlfdi Bre authoriEed Tb're-
ject or establish- slavery; and 4b < pass
laws for its protection and regulaiibn,
and the same power hasi been properly
copied and jtrefisferred rath thif IC^iens-
Nebrkska act. 1 •>-*'* wv«4-1 .
3d-^ TftaiCsufch pfiwbrjs itt*t’apd*htht
upon every prmciplD'of J h Tree; Ropub-
-hettn GovefnhrertU'antl is indispensably
necessary to enable Southern-ihenrtoje-
move to theTerritoftes wittirthebtbWcst .
And without' it nq Territories Wilt ever
be settled by eTave-holders- It is “pop-'
filar sovereignty” ah{Pi:£-f1tu Only’ aoc-*'
trine that can protect; the interests- and |
nghty off the South. ,r
The first proposition above stated,
that the Kansas-Nebr^k* aet so fijr as
It oohfers'piowt.r bn f
giriatuYe^eF'6)d^fi®^dffwx*5a5f, j#^,
an exact copy of Uf»B';G»mpromis* ’bets .
-of 1850, is tope tried b^itl^l«5N?!fl^f*>d .
to that record l -aipeub.^T don’tfippeal
[to BXtrac^»n;,5*ur-' : 4ibpter.»4BjH^:: brydi
oilieripapbrs.'^ -1?
meats hvdn^AnoiMBjifitm’r^#RQC^ lc * -
I AmericetB npr. 'Ftceaoii; 11 <
* iktipwiheiwi.'made misrepresent ;uu>ns
odihia-wahjoct. : But 1 •irr'~~ | i!ftitiy r . •
thehtic record—the-.volumes.of thb.lays
oftCengressfor 1850 and 1854. ^'his,,.
may be found, l doubt not, in the Clerk's •
offibes offthe Superior Courts ol tlia diS*
- .. .
Some gentlemen and papers of the
opposition are saying, that I was care
ful to visit the 8th District in the ab
sence of Messrs. Toombs and A. II.
Stephens. I postponed that visit to the
very last week before tho commence
ment of our Courts, and when tho ap
pointments were made I had not seen nttifces........
thD^fiy fixed far,wdjoumme-nt of ,- ercnt ZuniQ in the State.
-Congress,.npr.’dq I believe it had been part^f the Compromise act* of
fixsd., I .bad hoped Uiey would be|^ the'ffe ^w
hfim?; but with my high estimate, of rdbam&So 1
tfieit abmty. l doubt whether they cqfild wor d r ,} ^ irrttisfs
have made a better defepWythair^ wae; ■ s- —- T
made bikMWPPK I
As to the attempt of that
&ue ietwee?Mr. TSZ aKy-'
self, it is not worthy of not)ce. Once for ’
:"'w “ wpSSSSSS 8 1
molto in this Fife is-to do mu duty, tf b6fo,e ;" . ' ' A
courteously but firmly, and perfectly re- _
gardlcss of opponents and consequences. They areI
All that is needed to test me, is to select neither ttrw^fWtr yilf*WftflS*tfi!lWiri.-
some central point,. (Atlanta, fi.'r in- Bill—
stance, or other place,) during the last 1M clajfey
week in September, or the first week in kook
October, and we willmeet arid talk to the Sonte of our
people from day to day until all is told. l h e aUehtion i
There was a time when all men and f° r „
parties in this country agreed that Mf. MU arid have VeotO
Fillmore was a safe, pure and able man, fessness to ~i
had made a model President,and ought to with having la! _
be elected again. There is no good suppressed iflrom 1
reason Tor uny of . us to 'Change that' actiJ*^U|||M||
r. Compensation Bill—The fol-
.Vote ofthe members’ofthe
.Hou'se fromJGeorgia'oni the bill ctiang-
ing thef 'compensation off-members of
opnnon. t
tember, ,and the first»third and fourth
weeks du-Pctober, L am willing triyde-
vote to otir glorious cause at sucli pla-
c^s as our, friepds shall tHipk qiyjtrum-
ble efforts can do the greatest good.
'aSiJL J-erv truly, &,c. .
JS- 4 hill.
Congress from Sr ,-er diem ,o *3,000 Jf> ^ Aleiandri , Giucue> po|i .
per annum. ticians would but follow the people,
Yeas.—Messrs. Cobb, Foster, Seward instead of seeking to lead them, and ifail
Trippe and Warner. - Sfi ■ the people of this country who think
Nay,.-Messrs Lumpkin an I Ste- ^at it would be best for the country ll««
• 1 Fillmore should be elected, would
phens; * . *.. ;
Crawfor^ absent.
lYatid : ;drid-..'tYi
Dinfrfras'. 'do rin
HP directed
i^le r ft) ■ife. u’fibve .
IfMfirtt k -
; Sena.trir,fiH«4gli«i -•
iiul fraailiilwt.iy : -
nsa»4Sl-6l»raii5t4‘ ^ *
'"against tbufeiftf'
All mo in nkomnr ' nii> t ? ll 'DlllftflRS'-Vlo 11 Ot K II til , 'ORB
appreciate tbe'tself-sncnii».#»5S^
stating for several weeks to eOnfe tmU.;
during the second week in October, I Cl , n3lllut | ) , 11 0 ^ ' '
a,„co,„ 1 ,elle^J|>n.te„<l a „ce_„po,, ^‘Xhlmr’SSSSKSSSl
Ore Conrtsin Wester,! Georgiy .-I wiii ^ ZZZITL
make' arrangenientBs, lo visit Savannah *».* >.. t g -fx- v >Wf8tiVV '
in September.- Thelalt week in Sep-- ^WBa.-
_ idh fif th;
apt—TCsiate^ iff ngUin,” -In
the statute, to-witr “ And'
ted as Rotate or'States * T -
oriariy .portion of thp s
mitted. into tfio Uniori with or
ir 'cofislitution in
scribe at the time of tiieiri ad inis
It^wtjl not be’rlenreS that hV'nfcs
of
“"’’'““•rr —Tills if very-modest in
[ vpteior-and support htmfrte could easi- L-. w ill Iooto tho reader ip
ly b^elected.- • '• »doctrine is^st. :
odest in tlkv'ffuffgA—bit! vvu
|| detertnino' whoso