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l\irA>'GSTON,
Attorney at Law,
CAKNESVILLE, On.
WEiC
liull, Esq., Athens; Gabriel
[ptniclsville; Hun. Junius Hill
u.T. Akerman, Esq., Elbertoo.
May *7, 1856.
YVM. PHILLIPS.
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Marietta, Gkoruia,
W ILL practice in all the counties of the Ulttc Uid;
Circuit, in the county of Fulton of the Cowel
I Circuit, in the Supreme Court, and in the U. S Dis
(run, at .Marietta.
„ HESTER & AKERMAN,
Attorneys at Law,
KLBERTON, GA.
R OBERT Hestci and Amos T. Akerma
will practice in partnership, in the coun-
, Franklin, Madison, Ogle-
ties of Elbert, Hart,
iborpc and Lincoln.
Mny 1— Jy
J. M. MATTHEWS,
Attorney at Law,
May 1 DANIELSVILLE, GA.
c.
B. LOMBARD,
DENTIST,
uowa.iver theStoreof
AT11FJ
Wilson A \
'HENS, GEORGIA.
Veal.
Jan3
NEW BOOKS.
Q UEEN Lift!. Reveries of n Bachelor, Spnr-
rowgrnss Papers, Jack Adams, Rachel
and the New World, Prose nnd Poetfy cif
Europe and America, Bnffon’s Natural His
tory, Hon Quixot, fine cditiomCuriositlia of
Literature, Madeira nnd Portugal , also n
fine lot of Paper, Envelopes, Visiting^a r( j 8i
Reticules, note naper.«. Pocket Cutlery, Ink-
stands, iic. JriSt received by
WM.N. WHITE,
July 17 AtthcC:rner.
PITNER & ENGLAND,
Wholesaled ReUilDealersiu
GROCERIES, DRY GOODS,
HARDITARE, SHOES AND BOOTS,
Aprils Athens, Ga.
DORSEY & CARTER,
^ DEALERS |Jf
Family Groceries and Provisions,
Corner of Broidand Jackson streets,
A*«na (5».
MOORE & CARLTON,
DEALEBB IN
Silk, Fancy and Staple Dry Goods,
HA HD IVA RE AXD CROCKER Y.
April No. 8, Granite Row, Athens, Ga
F. W. LUCAS,
irilOI.ESALE AND RETAIL DE.iLF.RS IN
DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES, HARDWARE, Ac. Ac.
No. 2, Broad Street, Athens.
JOHN H. CHRISTY,
PLAIN AND FANCY
Book and Job Printer,
“Frankliu Job Office,” Athens, Ga.
>, All work entrusted to his carelaithlully, correcl
and punctually executed, at priccseorrespond-
jnlS lag with the hardnessof the time*.
T. BISHOP & SON,
VIIOI.ESALK AND RETAIL DEALERS I!
Groceries, Hardware and Staple
Dry Goods,
May 1 No. I, Broad street,’ Alliens.
WILLIAM N. WHITE,
WUOLK8ALK AND DETAIL
Bookseller and Stationer,
jgnd Nt wajmprr and Mujaxta c Agt* I.
DF.AI.EH IN
IirSlCond MUSICAL JXSTRUMEXJ
LAMPS, HUE CUTLERY, FANCY WOODS, *C.
le. 8, College Avenue. Newton House, Athene, <
sign of •• While's University Book Store.”
Orders promptly filled at Augusta rales.
JAMES M. itOYAL,
Harness-Maker,
•alwayaready 1
Jan 26
tf
COLT
& COLBERT,
DEALERS IN
Staple Dry Goods, Groceries, and
Hardware,
No. 0, Granite Row, Athens, Ga.
JUUS L COLT WM. C. COLBI
Auguste, 1855. If
W. W. LUMPKIM,
Attorney at Law,
ATHENS, GEORGIA
W ILL Practice In all the countiesof t
Western Circuit. Particular attenti
given to collecting.
Office on Uroad street, over White & Me
More. Jan 81
W. L. M ARLER,
Attorney at Law,
Jefferson, Jackson Connty, Ga.
ftnceville; J. H. Newton, C, Pceplc
*«<14. H. CUristv, Athens; Law A
Mid M.Graham, Esqs. Galuesvillc,
Jan 17—ly
W. G. DEL ON
Attorney at Law,
j|ty Land Bill of the last Congress.
60 KEGS
T>EST CUT NAILS—nssotted sizes—f U r
D sale low, by T. BISHOP & SON
June 19 "! :i;j
HOUSE AND LOT l^R SALE.
rrtHE subscriber offers for sale his House
JL and Lot in Cofibham. Tbe lot contains
one acre. The improvements consist ol a
comfortable dwelling-house, school-house, and
all necessary outbuildings—a firstratc well,
nnd a well selected lot of young frui t trees.
This being one of the bet t situations for a
school lobe fouudin the place, tbe attentbn
of teachers who^ght wish to locate here is
particularly invited.
For terms, 4-c. refer to the subscriber on the
premises. A. HALL.
July 28, 1366.
CAUTION.
rPHR public are forewarned against trading
„n,l m. T y V ma< .? J 5a Y ab l e t° Kenney
and Sledge, Kenney nnd Leo. or I. M. Kenney-
nl-o two land warrnnLs oue granted to Doctor
B. Graham and the other to J. W. Hamilton
said papers having been stolen from the
undersigned on Saturday night last
L M. KENNEV.
Last Call.
r UCAS & BILLUPS having called and
Liu rgep a settlement of their old busi
ness with their customers for nearly two
years, feel under no obligations to wait log. r
but will very soon hand over to a collectin'-
officer nil notes nnd accounts dne the tntc
fir,n - * July 3
Accounts
M ADE at the ? ook Store are now d ue , and
llJL payments thereof requested
J"'- v 3 WM. N. WHITE.
SD SLOAN & OATMAN,
’KiljSr DE.4LKRSIX
A Italian, Egyptian «£• American
STATUARY,
A.VD EAST TEXNESSEE MARBLE.
Monuments ioinbs.Ui-nsaiiil Vases; Marble
.M.jnteJs and Furnishing Marble-
C3TAll orders promptly filled
„ ATLANTA,GA,
ta^TRefcrto Mr. Boss Crane. juneld
BEEP TONGUES
A ND Dried Beef, just received by
1Y June 19 T. BISHOP & SON
Garden Seeds. ■ *
A T jllS f t&fli?Q! v Seeds
Augusta prices for same seed. nt
Jan 10 .C. W. & HR. J. LONG
Preston & Merrill's
"\7"EAST Powders, for sale low, by
1 Aug 14 T. BISHOP A SON. ,
Chemical Olive Soap,
irpHE Best in use,for sale low, by
1 Aug 14 » T BISHOP & SON.
C2TWHO WANTS^gS
r\NE of those CIRCULAR SAW MILLS
\J to cut 11,-000 feet per day. or 4,877,000
feet in IS months. The Athens Steam Com
pany are making them, nnd have for sale
ch'-np, one 12 nud one 6 horse power Steam
Engine. Ala o a 10 inch 14 loot cylinder
WnterwliCa Shaft.
L R. NICKERSOS, Ag’t.
Standard Works.
TRY ING’S Life of Washington, vol. I.
_L Martins of Cro-Martin, by Lever.
Burke’s YVorks, *i
Boswell’s Johnson,
Johnson’s YVorks,
Don Quixote—five editions, *
Dickens’ Novels,
Taylor’s Travels,
Thackeray’s Works,
Irving’s YVorks,
Percy’s Reliques of Ancient English Po
etry. Just received by °
- Ang. 14 WM. N. WHITE.
Coffee! Coffee!!
A FRESH Si pply of best quality, for sale
Aig W l4 y BISH01> * S0N "
Sugar! Sugar!!
A GOOD Assortment, just received by
£Y Aug 14 T BISHOP & SON.
Crushed and Powdered Sugars
A s RE ?? Sn Pr 1 J. j«*t received by
Aug 14 T. BISHOP & SON.
, For Sale.
rilHE lot formerly owned sad occupied by
w ,£* V,< V’ l T hc 8ame L'ng on the
WatkmsviHe road. It contains one sere and
*q u »rt?r- For further partulsrs, refer to
YVm. Gilbert, Athens, or D. RW.ylo, Mulber
ry, Jackson county, Ga.
Aug 14
No. 1 and Extra
TjlAyilLY Soap, for sale low,.by
T Aug 14 T. BISHOP & SON.
Administrator’s Sale.
"PURSUANT to nn order nf the Court nf Or-
1 dinnry ol Clarke county, will be sold be
fore the court house door of said county, on
the first Tuesday in November next, during
to*vr’*t S °* k° UrS 8 rie. the following negroes
Sally, a woman about 25 years old; Lucy,
a girl about 8; Adeline, a girl about 6; Jane,
ytP fflri about8, and Hannah, about U months
1 “l* 11 A1U® be sold as tbe property of Francis
Yv. Osborn, deceased, for the benefit of his
distributees. Terms on the day of sale.
JOHN OSBORN. Adm’r.
Sept, 4,1856.
Mloh Cow fbr Sale.
A GOOD Milch Cow," with a young calf
il. can be had low by application to
f. M. LAMPKIN.
Aug. 28,1866. tf
Clarified Cider Vinegar.
TtXTRA YVhito YVlne Vinegar, just recelv
* JDj edby T. BISHOP & SON.
c Ang 14 * ,
Compliment to “ Jour. Printers.”
John C. Rives'; in a recently publ-h-
ed loiter, on the subject of public print-
log, has a word of suggestion to w riters
Jor the press and of compliment to the
jour whose duty h not unfrequently is
to inake,sense out of vete senseless
chirograph None but a writer for, the
dai fcpress can comftrehend how much
^ ,.; l,ere ' s in »** vete>n n printer's
remtu ks. Many members of Congerss,
and eke not a greater men, must have
been surprised at the respectable fig Ure
Jhey cut in print, without ihinking of the
toilsome labor and the exercise of bet
ter talent than their own, which had been
fn«T?n. ded u y lIife ‘ j° ur ” printer in lick
ing into shape the message, report or
speech furnished by them.—Mr. Rivts
says: • •
Lhave seen the manuscript writingol
most great men of the country -during
the past twenty years, and I think I may
H JJ" 1 no twenty of them could stand
the test of the scrutiny of one-half of the
office*^ men Primers ea, |*loyed in my
This fact will be vouched by every
td.tor in the Union. To the poor “jour* *
many a “great man” owes his reputation
tor scholarship, nud were the bumble
type-stickers to resolve, by concert to
aet up manuscript in their hands, for
even one little week, precisely as it is
written by the authors, there would be
more reputations slaughtered than Iheir.
devils could shake a stick at iu twenty
hours. Statesmen would become “small
by degrees and beautifully kss. Many
an ass would have the lion's hide lorn
from his limbs: Men wltom the world
called writers, would wake dp of morn
ings a”d find themselves—famous as
meie pretenders—humbugs—cheats.
An Ebbing and Plowing Spring.
It may npt be generally known that
such a rare cdffiotity is found in East
# erinessee. It is located «>n' the East
Tennessee and Georgia Railroad about
It is a crime too—to make (his sec
tional, geographical—as the Fremont
and Buchanan men are making it. Mill
ard Fillmore alone remotes the canvass.
* »£*&-•■-** EZttSSSXJSZ
I iNew ,°rk Express, under the anjs practical strength is all South.—
It « very easy fof us Fillmore men
in the North ’to throw every Northern
vote, we think, in every Northern State,
To our Southern Friends.
There is 5 matter for reflection in the
following extract fr.., n an editorial art*,.
New York for Fillmore—Unparalleled
Gathering of the People.
The greatest rally, says the New
York Express of the 13tb inst., any
political party ever had inr New York,
12 or 22 miles below
ct to periodic rises and falls, at intervals
about eight minutes.-"
Suppose the stranger comes upon the
■ iUfi.gt .lowest boint., he
... -—.„«« Krrwirledge as to (lie exact
iiounl) about 20 gallons of water per
inute; .if he will observe it for four
inutes longer,*lfe will find it so swol-
ii that it will yield about GO gallons
r minute, when it will then begin to
icline; and continue to do so until it
aches its lowest ebb, in about four
minutes time—then he may observe it
tence its flood again, and go on the
same round until he is tired and puzzled
to know why it is so different from all
ther springs.
The water is beautifully clear and is
never in the least muddied by its ebbing
and flowing.
We leave it for the philosopher to
xplain the cause of this singular phe
nomenon, and to tell us when, if ever, it
will cease thus to keep time With the
ollingcSiars. W. E. C.
Presbyterian Witness.
rjtHE underlined is prepared to,execute
«■ with promptness, orders for Bacon,
Lnrd, Wheat Rye, Oats, Corn’, Flour, or any
other products of Middle Tenneess.
W.D. DICKEY, No, 5 College St,
Nashville, Tcun.
K m m
at a
Knoxville,
ing.” Its
to i jie cu-
Prizk Conundrums.—At the People’s
Theatre a short time since, silver cups
were awarded to the ant hors of the two
following conundrnms:
“Why should the American nominee
for President be elected ?*'
Answer:—“Because he has filled
many important places, and the univers
al cry of the nation is fill more ?’’
‘•Why is Fremont to be. pitied ?”
Answer:—“Because he got Jessie
from Benton once, nnd is now in n fair
way to get “jesse ” from the people.”—
'Intelligencer.
Win. Howes, a journeyman printer
in Montgomery, Aia.. recently came in
possession of $75;000. J-e-w-h-il-l-i-
k-i-n-s ! how I’d like to see him. Miracles
will never cease.
The mind has moro in it than most
people think, ifyu would furnish the
apartments.
If youW ant to see a black squall, just
look at a negro baby attacked with the
colic. - ■
Why is * deputy sheriff like the first
Roman Emperor? Because lie's a ‘seizer/
Born to rLe—People who tease bulls
during the continuance of “fly time.
Pin money—tbe receipts of a bowling
ally. ' <-m
A female in the Utica Lunatic Asy
lum is a lady of enlarged ideas. She
talks of becoming the empress of the
world and using the next rainbow for a
waist ribon. " . .
An Unfailing Cure.—The Roches
ter .(N. Y-) Democrat gives the follow
ing as :i certain cure for fleas on dogs :
“Soak the dog for five minutes in cam-
phene, and then set fire to him. Ihe
effiect is instantaneous.”
A waggish spendthrift said—“Five
years ngori was not worth a cent in the
world: now see where I am through my
exertions.” “Well, where are you .
“Why I owe more than three thousand
dollars.”
dPBr ft
against Buchanan. We* have but to
coalesce with Abolition, an d decide the
Electoral Id the thing is done.
Pennsylvania, even, Buchanan’s own
hi a in a l ainst Buchanan
oy-Ju.tTBB npybijty. But we fight tins
battle upon principle—and considering
bremonr unfit iu person, and treacher-
out to the Union in political position—
we cannot, atttl will not, form coalitions
•hat may g,ve him even apparent
strength—merely to ensure a nominal
victory. Buchanan is weak iu all the
Northern States-as the successor of
the Pierce policy, which even the South
disowned in throwing Pierce over and
in taking up Buchanan—and it is’ ve ry
easy to defeat him. In our own State
ol New York, he is not even a practical
candidate, as yet-oiily a candidate in
theory. The battle here is really be
tween Fillmore and Fremont—and we
show that we think so, daily,, by direct
ing all our fire upon Fremont, and
ignoring even the existence of Ruchan-
au. Hence, if Buchanan is to receive
Northern totes, it is only by the divi-
■sion of the opposition, and whatever
Electoral tickets be wips, will disclose
him to be in the minority. •
What, then, is the policy of the
South ? To cram down upon the North.
Buchanan ? To elect Buqljauan by t he
southern, with any such Northern votes,
as accident gives him—and thus to re
furnish material to the Northern fanatics
for further agitation ?. ,Whut gain the
South by .this prolonged agitation?—
What to her institutions—what to her
. tiblic men or Public interests—to say
nothing of the peril to the Union ? It
is not pretended iu the South that Buch-
nuan is a truer man to the Union than
t illmore—and yet it is known and felt—
tl'at the election of Fillmore will pacify
the whole country—find restore harmo
ny as in 1850—by settling all disputes
upon a just and patriotic basis, against
which jio sound complaint can come
patriotic American can desire—-but with
justice to all—an amnesty—a pacifica
tion.
But “ Fillmore has no chance,”—we
are told—and, therefore, between Fre-
mout and Buchanan—we take Buch
anan. In reply to this, first —there is
no danger of Fremont's election. The
thing is mathematically impossible. lie
starts with fifteen Southern Slates dead
against him, and in the sixteen North
ern States, he must carry about all of
them, certainly Pennsylvania—which, it
is not pretended even, that he has a
chance of carrying against the frieuds
of Fillmore there. Dispel then this
illusion, that the contest is between Fre
mont and Buchanan—for the practical
conte-t, where that is approached is
only between Filllmore Buchanan.—
One or the other must certainly he
President: Jjyemontnever.
Now—what right has any body South
to say, Fillmore has no chance in the
North ? Have we not, within the two
past years, twice carried this State fur
his friepds? Is he less popular now
than those frieuds ? Has he not ever
been the favorite of this State? Was
he not . even selected to be put on a
ticket to carry this Slate ? When Gen
Taylor was ran, the programme was to
run Abbot Lawrence with him—but was
not Fillmore take-in his stead, on pur*,
pose to save Ibis State ? Are his friends
inactive ? Did the South ever see such
a canvass as we are now on$ begin
ning lo make ? Were ever such public
meetings beard of before, as we are
having? Did Ihe Labor and Industry
of the workshops ever pour out, as they
are now pouring out for Millard Fill
more ? Was there ever a party so well,
so thoroughly, organized, as the Ameri
can party is in the State of New York
so much of a unit, or marching so
well in harmony toward almost certain
victory ? Here, in the Empire State, is
the battle ground—and wo know it—
and, if we go fur Fillmore, we believe,
so goes the prize in the end.
Men, however, ought not to gamble,
as it were, in politics—especially when
parties become geographicalbut; with
out regard to results, do right. Is it
right to elect Fillmore over Buchanan ?
Or, rather, is it hot wrong* not Urns to
elect him?’
What Fillmore’s policy is, or is to be,
we know from the records of 1850 and
ou—but what Buchanan’s is to be—we
know not, because his party, for the first
time,‘have interpolated a foreign plank
in the platform, which under the inspi
ration of the Soules, may embroil this
country with all the world. Buchanan
is jfledged to that policy. I am no more
Janies Buchanan, he tells us, but the
Oincinnatfi Platform ! Thus, war
abroad and continued discord at home
are the promised fruits of such an elec
tion ! Is it not wroiig, then, thus t
vote? Nay, is it not a crime—a
without any regard to b illmore’
chances, ought not every man to
right, knowing that God, in .the .end,
maintain the right?
Fillmore aloue embodies the conserva
tism of the whole Union. Fillmore
alofie has the hands and hearts of ihe
conservative men in all parts of the
Union. It is a folly then to try to tri
umph over the North with Buchanan-
or over the South, with Fremont.
No, the Express is not a Journal that
prophesies, predicts—as some other
Journals often do. Do right without
regartt to results, has ever been our
maxim, and our policy.* Hence—we
have no predictions to make—but we
have a right lo say—the efinvass, on the
part df the Fillmore Party m the North,
has scarcely begun. The history of
rremont, I? illmore’s real combatant
here, is not yet known to our farmers
Ihey have heard of him only as a
geographer—but they have not heard of
him yet—as a Statesman, asoldier-^-or
as to his principles. The first go off
is already about gone off. The Norlh-
ern people are not long dupes, and
when duped they soon emancipate them
selves from the dupetyj The more time
given us, the more we increase our
strengt h. 1 n’ the New England States
we have not, as yet, fairly approached
the people—certainly not' beyond the
State of Connecticut—but as we come
before the public—we rapidly dispel
the Fremont delusion. The whole Fre
mont sham is daily coming out—and
daily emancipating men from it. When
the people are reached on the stump—
the friends of the Fremont Press will
soon vanish before a free discussion.
The most alarming element of this
canvass, especially to the South is the
abandon.nent of the Democracy by the
Germans, and to some extent by the
Irish, The Americans do not court
foreign vo’tes, but accept them gratefully
if given to Amerscan principles.—
The Democracy of the North, however
exists on, nay, breathes on its foreign
vote; Take away its foreign votes—
and it is no where in the North, on an
election day, especially in the villages,
towns and cities. Now the German
NUMBER 26
Uniori Square nnditsimmediate ritinity.
buch a scene of excitement nmbenihtriic :
asm has never, been witnessed hereto
fore m.New York, Oil every side flash-
>ng lights and gorgeous banners met the
was held on Friday night in . Union c f e . xd,eJ t«plo shouting »
it. ,up.on atJtho top ol them voices; full and gio
vote, to a great extent, is gone over to
Fremont—and this abandonment of iliis
really place on the Northern lOemo-
cratic Party in the very first sectional
onset—the Foreign Democraic Party
enlists in a sectional warfare against
the South. The “ Red” Germans and
the “ Black” Republicans are in close
alliance against the Sotiih—and all are
equally the enemies of Fillmore. What
is the duty of Southern men, then, in
such a crisis as this ?—to keep up its
alliance with such a Northern Demo
cracy? Certainly not—but, on the
contrary, is it not its duty to ally itself
with the constitutional conservatism of
the North-»-that great American Party
which Millard Fillmore heads, and
which he illustrated in his administra
tion of the Government, when Presi
dent.
Square, by the Americans of this citv,
under the direction of the Central Corn-
mittec.
' At half past seven, exactly, Dod-
worth’s band took their places at the
main stand under the railings of the
park, opposite the equestrian statue.
At this moment the coup (Cecil was very
imposing. There were four stands erect
ed. On the Fourth Avenue wafs the
6tand of the Young Men’s American
UtJ|P n Club decorated with the banner
of! ?» e Association and several stands of
national colors. On Union Place, near
ihe Union Place • Hotel, was another
stand, occupied by the National Club,
the great “ unsold”—on Broadway, to
the rigiit of ihe main stand. All around
the open space were stationed flaming
tar barrels, which threw a superb light
oyer the whole. On each of four om
nibuses were erected one of Professor
Giant’s Calcium lights, which made
everything as bright as day. On the
Fourth avenue, to the left of the main
stand, a party of cannoneers, under the
direction of a committee of the Central
Club, fired guns at intervals of half a
minute. From every part of the ground
rockets and roman candles were seut up
in showers, and minor fireworks were
burned in unlimited quantities on every
side. - 1
At a quarter to eight the whole open
space around the stands, aiid for a long
nous cheers rolling one upon the other.-
Music and showers of fire, smoke, and
fhfprancingof lmr*|fc<JtatstrlI fmther
variety to the spectacle:
P J n,y Gi ‘y the Richmond'
County Clubs the Brooklyn tllubs, the’
Williamsburg Clubs iindihe New York
Ward Clubs—ihe latter, twenty-two in
number—appeared in gallant umiy.u-
I he cheering commenced when the head
the procession entered Broadway;
and never ceased hntil die dismissal.
It was one endless and-tremendous roar
which went up to Heaven, as the united
voice of the Americans of New York in
tavor of Fillmore and Donelson.
ways down 4th street, the 4th avenue,
and Broadway, was crowded with peo
ple.. We never knew a crowd to ga'h-
er, so quickly. In ten minutes tin,re
was hot a vacant standing place to be
had. 'Bvery inch of space appeared co
vered; arid stiltffiuiidreds and thotfshnds
continued to flwong into the square,
from all the streets opening -upo it.
Any attempt to compute the assem
bly by thousands would almost be futile.
There must have been at least 30,000
on the ground when the organization
was effected, and the number was con
stantly increased by tbe mrrival of the
clubs, which, with their music,.banners,
torches and lanterns, marched on the
ground, and then tiled, off^hxouirb th*
On the Central Committee stand
Henry Grir.ucll, Esq,, presided. The
following lesolutions were .adopted
The Condition of Whig Admission into
the Democratic Fold.
Some weeks ago, the Ricnmond En
quirer, the leading Democratic paper of
the Old Dominion, published the follow
ing significant addendum to a previous
appeal to the Old Line Whigs. More
offensive language was unquestionably
nrt-er addressed to free men.
“As some persons seem to have mis
taken both the motive and object of our
appeal to Old Line Whigs, it is proper
that we should acquit ourselves of the
unlust accusations to which such miscon-
struption exposes us. We invite no
man of Whig principles to join the De
mocratic parly. Such an overture would be
as insulting to him as unjust to our party
A person with Whig convictions cannot,
consistently, and honestly, profess to be
of the Democratic party. A person
with Whig convictions cannot be admit
ted into the Democratic organization
without to some extent corrupting its in
tegrity and debauching its principles.—
We have a creed which constitutes
test of Democracy,- and to which no
Whig can honestly subscribe, because it
is absolutely irreconcilable with the
principles which he professes. We ob
ject to fusiod because it is neither con
sistent with personal nor political hones
ty. Wc invite no Whig to come into
the Democratic party unless he chooses
voluntarily and f'om conviction to ab
jure Jiis aneientfaith and to jnofess al
legiance to cur particular platform.
Giving it up in Alabama.—The
Anti-Know Nothing Metropolitan Journ
al of Alabama, the Montgomery Adver
tiser, Jias issued a secret "circular to its
pariy friends in that State, urging them
to greater zeal in the cause lest they be
defeated by the American*, who, the
circular says, are making “prodigious
efforts, and are “sparing no expense nnd
abate no effort to greatly induce our
[their]- majority, t/ - not larry the Stale:
pathy" ofibe democracy, says the
“must be ^liakeniSff, instanter.”
ifroua/he “signs of the times,”
feag-nmhts^have some'reason
ned ft»r the cause of ohl
Sovereign” in Alabama.—
Citizen, v j/
unanimously :
Whereas, Our country is torn and
distracted by factional and fanatical
accusations, placing the Union .of cur
common States in imminent danger.—
And *
Whereas, A new and entirely geo
graphical party has arisen in cur midst,
created and supported by men whose
principles tend to put in serious peril
the unity of the General Government
by poisoning the minds of the people;
and,
Whereas. We believe it to be the
Cardinal purpose of demagogues in our
midst to excite one portion of our com
mon country against another, and final
ly carry but their nefarious plans to dis
solve the Union of our States; and,
Whereas,, We put firm reliance in
the glorious principles of the revered
founder of tliis Rupublic, and look with
horror upon those wen who seek to cre
ate geographical parties and stimulate
sectional strifei despite the warning
voice of the prophetic past; therefore,
1st. Resolved, That in the present
crisis, none but tried and true statesmen'
can settle the distracting questions that
unprincipled politicians have thrus;
upon the country, and quell the spirit of
discord and incipient war at present
lifting its hvdra-head over the length
and breadth of our fair country,
2d. Resolved, That in Millard Fill
more and Andrew Jacksou Donelson
we recognize men in every respect
worthy and able' to stem and master
the treacherous attacks make upon the
national sentiment of the people of the
United States.
3d. Resolved, That we earnestly call
the attention of the American people to
the firm and consistent course pursued
by our candidates in the past, and dc
cl ire our unwavering confidence, that
their election will ensure to this nation
peace, prosperity and power.
4th. Resolved, That we have no
sympathy with men representing, but
sections of our Union, and that our course
^hall never swerve from a just regard
“to the rights of the States,wittioiit refer
ence to geographical positions, and that
our motto is:—“Our Union now anti
Forever”
5th. Resolved, That we will achieve
the election of our candidates, Millard
Fillmore and Andrew' Jackson Donel
son.
Hon. David Paul Brown, Hon. Henry
Clay Fennell, ofjKy.^atjjl other distin
guished speakers addressed the enthusi
astic assembly. * _
At the same tirn&speeches were be
ing delivered onzyhe National Club
Stand, on the American Young Men’s
Union Chib Stand, and on the Pioneer
Club Stand.
At twety-five minutes past nine the
meetings adjourned, and- within five
minutes thereafter the procession started,
at which time there tvere certainly
seventy or eighty thousand people in
From the Columbus i2uq urcr-3erie; N ,. I,
To the Conservative National men- of-
all Parties.
I propose to give, briefly as possible,
my reasons A*||fc«ing for Millard
i more for M next President —
n omg this, F fe ar I ma y draw
rown upon myself the mntniurings
of some: I fear so the more because I
am a Minister ; but 1 think 1 have dis-
covcred enough to satisfy' the that after ’
all the boasted declarations of some, in
f avor of freedom of opinion, that rtferty
‘ a good derlof hombuggery in mostofi ’
such dcchuxftioAs. For many ye&rii t
think the practical working of political '
policy, both iu the National arid- State
administrations, has been'a flat Uen*l of H
tins populafrprinciple.’ According to the
opinions & practice of our most renown
ed democracy itself,there is no amount of
Cl |“ r , 0ct f r or patriotic reHufiility"
that oould > either get office or keep
one under any late AdmiiiistrationJn
either department, if he held any politi
cal views-upon his own account. He’
must mount a party plalftrm, and swear
teujty.to it,, even in general issues—thus
making the politic! power of the coun-
try the power of a imety,
I have long believed ih;it there is nm
worse state of things ever-huppened to
ivil sot-,ety that, that which exists in a
democrat,zedippuhhp, w|,en parly dom-
whir? r T ,ei V 1 l’ nim > moral treason, .
xtraS- 1 witaeiftfoi^tL^LP arl J go, patty ,
every plqce where
power has become a ruling passion.—'
Does any one ask meu liat party I mean?
I answer, any party that would rather
triumph by the benefit of an impure vote
than be beuleu by the decision of $ j
and independent ballot box. The
will be seen, at once, that while 1 at
just as rigid a republican in my politic
as I am a Methodist in my religiou,'
am not, nnd never can be, a-demoepn
The difference between republicanism
and democracy w ill bc sh'dxvn licreafier..
The delicacy df my position, as I have
already intimated, arises from my being-
a Minister. Bur iny being a Minister,
and feeling as I have always felt, tKat I
could not L-e a ’politician consistently,
lias never at any time led me to believe
that I was not a citizen—an interested
citizen—of my State, and country. I
am in my heart’s best f'ejing, an incor
ruptible Aneric in patriot. As such I
write; I do not intend to say or do any*-"
thing that can be excepted to by any one
unlc-s it be that part of my fellow citi
zens tvho preach freedom of opinion and-
then denouce every man who holds pfty
national views contrary to those, which
have been written out by a pinty Con
vention, as ligatures which are to tie the
parly together, until the next coopering
season comes round. My ,soul is too free
ever to enter .into leading strings, which
demand obedience to parly dictatiou. *
I must vutc upon independent, conecieu-
tious grounds, or not a£,all. It is upon’
this principle that I ndtv act. Mere’
motives ot policy will not do for me.—
I vote in view of sound moral principle, -
ayd leave ail to God.
Where will be a series of these articles,-
in which my opinions will be modestly
laid before the country, ai>d every papei*
that will fillup an empty, place with
them will deserve,my thanks.
J*. Pierce.
The Last Argument.—A cprre>
sjiondent residing at Carthage, Jeffm-i-eu-
Co., sends us the,(owning ;
The zeal of the “Nigger worshippers”
ii, this vicinity is'mart chous, and in
iome cases rat lie f surpasses their
knowledge, at least I thought it did i:>
the following instance at least:
Scene— Temperance Gr eery-.Cro-id'
som what promisemous.
Fillmore Man—Mvldlt f .
' My dear sir, you doujd some
what the qualifications. oTSlri Fl^ffiore
for ihe Presidency— can you tell me of'
any act of his during his lust administra
tion, which a just public sentiiiiei.f'
would not Sanction 1
Fremont Man—highly excited ;
Yes,sir ! He—he—sir—vetoed the-
Maine Law, sir! !
No use talking longer—that settled"
the question. All those that were not
in favor of Free-Mont left.
There are two eve'ntf*! periods in the
life of woman: One, when she wonders
who she will have—the other who will
have her. ’Xb® first occurs at isxteen,*
the second aribr»y.