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| The Late Elcctii
The late elections in
linn, T\nm.—u and Kent uck
us hope for the salvation of
The Opposition Convention in Atlanta
Is said to have been the' largest
ever assembled in the State of Gcor-
w for a similar purpose. About
one thousand delegates -were in at- try—the rescue of our Govei
tendance. The enthusiasm of the! from the hands of the spo r
'■aftwd was unbounded. The plat- ’ have of late years disgra
form adopted at Macongjn July last,
was unanimously indorselfigrnd War-
• - " ATHENS,
TKTTBSDAY. AUGUST 18, 1859
1 , c . FOB GOVERNOR.
WARREN AKIN,
or CAM. ^ ~
FOR STATE SENATOR,
COL.:JOHN BILLUPS,
OF (XAGKE.
FOR REPRESENTATIVES.
iHOMAS W. WALKER,
EDWARD P.©LUMPKIN.
Mr. Letter of Acceptance.
Avgusta, August;3 ’ '
• ■ Estate Advertising.
We would again remind such of
©«r friends as have the management
- of estates, that they fcnVe the right
«-to. select any-“public gazette” they
■* planae in which to advertise the same.
As wc are proscribed by the “anti-
proacriptlon” Democratic office-hold
ers'of the neighboring counties—who
' get one-third of the advertising fees
fnr winding their publications else
where—is it asking too much at the
bends of our friends to request them
to exercise'their right in this matter,
and send us at least a portion of it*
-fHE'WATCIIMAN
• 'FOR THE CAMPAIGN!
‘ Jfiir^PcVflons wishing, oiir paper from
■ tins time until after the election, can
hat* it for FIFTV CENTS. The
cash must accompany all orders.
'’ Correction.
In the published proceedings of
the eyes of the whole civilized world.
In these three States, notwiihstand-
ren Akin of Cass county, dominated} ing our friends foughtagainst immense
for Governor ’by acclamation. The
nomtnnihm is -*guodwn©. •- En gatr
man lives than Warren Akin. He
is an eminent Lawyer, hut having
devoted his time exclusively to his
i tiis past history, that hit w:is a tiin^d,
| time serving, trimming politician
majorities,
power and
office-holders,
corruption, they have
achieved a splendid victory. In Ten
nessee and Kentucky, - we lost the
Governors, but we gained many mem-
profession and kept nfeof from poli- j bers of* Congress. The fight was
rica^he. is-perhaps notso wellai»ae<i|-- ma ^ by onrfrt&nfls, against the na-
the American a^d Opposition meet
ing, held at Watkinsville last week,
*n error was committed in saying
in the tricks of politicians as other
less deserving men. lie is, however, 1
not less worthy for that. The peo-j
pie arc tired of politico ns, and ere
long their indignation will burst-forth
upon the petty tyrants and dema
gogues now in high places and hull
them from power, to give plr.ee for
statesmen and patriots. Warren
Akin is every way worthy of the
support and confidence of the people
of Georgia. He knows the wants of
the people and how to, provide for
them. From the humble walks of
life himself, lie possesses that practi
cal, common sense, that many others,
raised in affluence, do not possess.—
Georgia can never lose any thing by
elevating such a man tonoffice, and
we are sure that nothing can be lost
by exchanging Joe B. own for War
ren Akin. To illustrate “the charac
ter of duj\ standard bearer, we ap
pend the following extracts from the
Upson Pilot (Am.) and Cartersville
Express (Dem.)
Warren Akin and Foor Young Men.
We leant from the Chssville Stand-
tional Democratic party, and taking
tbe Congressional elections as the
mo3t correct index, they have gain
ed the victory, and the National Ad
ministration is now prostrate in Ten
nessee^ Kentucky ami North Caroli
na. In-Tennessee, the Opposition
ing, held at Wntkinsville last week, (a Democratic paper,) that the
% ’ jHon.- Warren Akin,the Opposition
candidate for Governor of Georgia,
has succeeded in raising a fund of
tbn thousand dollais for the educa
tion of poor young’men in the Cass-
ville Male College. He now propo
ses t<rraise tho sum of twenty thou
sand dollars in addition to the above,
for the education of poor young ladies
in the Female College, of which sum
he will give one thousand.
The man who thus works for the
poor, was once a poor ragged boy
himself. Born in tho county of El
bert ofhuXible parentage, ho learned
its as Etheridge and Others. Kemf to r 5 a<1 : "" tc ?* d c *P :, f r at *"
It a speech was made by Col. W
oster. Col. N. G. Foster was the
>u who made the speech.
WST* Attention is directed to the-
able letter of Col. A. R. Wright, the
Opposition Candidate for ! Congress,
•yt the eighth district.
Hurrah for “Wb. Twice!”
Tcnnesse ]**s done jNdj > n tWIate
election, in electing such choice spir-
tucky has done well' 'Thekfid North
State has done very 'well, but the
old “ Buncombe district, North Car
olina, hoe covened herself wiU. glory.
The noble and gallant “Zeb. Vance”
has whipped out Coleman, the impo
sition candidate for Congress, by
aboRtAhree thousand majority. Ten
thousand cheers for “ Vance !”
89* Dr. Moses Davenport, from
the neighborhood of Watkinsville,
places us under obligation for some
of tho best blackberry wine that wc
have ever sipped. We are not sur
prised that friend Moses can put up
suck palatable “ blackberry.” He
is a very clever fellow anyhow, and
knows well how to do a clever thing.
* Long may he wave,”
Tbo Southern Confederacy,
lately a Democratic paper in Atlanta,
comes to us this week with the name
of WARREN AIKEN at its mast
hoad, for governor. The Confede
racy is a sprightly paper, and edited
by a man who is too honest longer to
submit to the 11 rude or rum’’ policy
of the imposition party. We wel
come him into our rank?.
. , Tilth District.
An Opposition Convention in Chat
tooga eonnty, August 2d, passed a
resolution to support Col. James Rt
mble for Congress in the 5tE^ffe“ <
triet. Col. Joha_W. H. Underwood
is likely to have a hard time in his
“ wild hunt” after office.
have elected seven Congressmen, and
the Imposition only tlirec. In Ken
tucky, the Opposition have elected
five Congressmen, and ^Jie Imposi
tion-four, and one other to be con
tested. In North Carolina, the Op
position have elected’four Congress
men, and the Imposition foun In
these three States, the Opposition
have gained nine or ten members—
many of them, both the old and‘new
members, the most gallant spirits in
the South. With such men iu our
National Legislature as Hatton,
Etheridge, Nelson, Maynard,.Giliner
and Vance, the people need not fear !
They will expose the vile corruption
of the Administration with fearless
hands, and give “the tiling” called
Democracy, such blows that 1 It can
not recover for ten years to- come.
■ * , i .* #... ■ • > • 4 -
Thjc Opposition Platform.
We publish .©gain, the Opposition
Governm
unblushing corruption whici
ed the latter, by which_the public ex
penditures have been increased from
fifty to one hundred millions of dol-
Fede^al l*™ per annum, is a deep wrong that
should be rebuked and must be cor-
rcctedr We hold Congress equally
responsibly* with -the administration
for this extravagance. ' , } ’ ,
4. Resolved That the reco rumen-,
datum of tbe President, that Corn
gross should confer upon him the war-
making power and subject the Army
anil Navy to his control, coupled with
the demand for the fnormous appro
priations of the public money to car
ry out Trs views, ca’l for and deserve
the most unequivocal and unqualified
condemnation of the whole, country.
5. Resolved, That iTic present
numbers in the Slate Legislature
we regard ns cumbrous, an unneces
sary tax upon the people and inimical
to wise arid prudent legislation. We
advocate a decided reduction and at
the earliest day practji able.
» •
al District, and the agreeable duty
has been imposed on us to notify you
of the fact, and request your accept
ance of the nomination.
Relying upon yiftir known devo
tion to the South, and her' great and
diversified interests, and your patri
otic reverence for the Constitution
and The Union, we will not permit
ourselves to doubt that you will, at
your eaHiest convenience, faVor us
wjtU jour acquiescence in the ex.-,
pressed wish of a large portion of the
District. ■
With sentiments of high regard,
your friends,
' Josiaii Stovall,
Wm. Gibson,
Thor. H. Gresham,
,J. W. Brinson,
- 5 - Robt. D. Cony,
Committee.
P. S. Send your reply under cover
to Chronicle & Sentinel.
Sif*r>. YowAmatf totallyI>infit at that important'
inended-, by:* xrjeis to be placed at the head of our
te* assem- notional affairs. A large majority of
national affairs. A large major.ty
the voters of the District, of theStatc,
and of the entire South differed with
me, and cast their votes for him.
Trusting, no doubt, that, supported
as he was, mainly b^.the South;
dependent for Isis in -cess (if elected)
upon tho almost entire vote of the
slave states, he would call around-hhn
able, reliable and constitutional ad
visers—would place his administra
tion upon the line of policy indicated
by the Cincinnati Platform, acccord-
ing to tho Southern construction.
Time has shown that I was right
.in my judgement of the man. He
has violated in his conduct of the
government, almost every stipulation
of the Cincinnati Platform.
The party whoplaced him in power
are opposed to the system of “In
ternal Improvement” by the general
sary appropriations. Circulars Live
been sent by-thc Department to tlu*
different mail carriers, beginning for
ime,*to pay tha balances d”.o them
for last year’s services, anil asking
them to continue thejfbservici s on a
credit until the re-ossembhng of Con
gress; coolly informing the poor con
tractors that Congress made no ap
propriation for the mail service ex
cept seven hundred .thousand dollars,
which was appropriated for carry
ing “free’’ or “franked matter.”
The people of the country, who pay
the taxes, are to have no mail service,
but the members of Congress and
federal offices have. seven hundred
thousand dollars appropriated to pay
for their mail accommodations.
Pardon me- gentlemen, for allud
ing to one other matter connected
with the present Administration; I
illudeto its comae with regard to the
captured Africans of the slaver brig
Echo. Some three hundred Afri
cans having been captured bw a vessel
government. He If thelchown'-advo- belongingt, t dsgovcinmcni,! bgcaine
eato -arid suppoi'ter of the most' -the duty oi Mr. Buchanan, under an
* Mr. Hill ana Disunion.
Wc take the following, says the
Savannah Republican, from the con
clusion of a labored connneht in the
Constitutionalist, on the lateTettcr of
Benj. II. Hill o George M. Dudley,
Esq.:
•‘The Savannah Republican pub
lishes Mr. Hill’s letter, and commends
it to its readers as “a statesmanlike
document,’’ and declares that ‘ for
patrio.i; sentiments, thorough inves-
igation, logic, and eloquent expres
sion, it is surpassed by nothing that
has appeared on the public uffidrs.
since the beginning of the slavery
question!”
“Does our cotemporary consider
tha disunion sentiments of Mr. Hill’s
ietter‘statesmanlike,’ or ‘patriotic’?
and docs lie approve those senti
ments ?’’
We do not regard the letter of
platform, adopted at Macon, that all Col- Hi „ as receon.mending “dis-
our friends and all of every body’s union’’ as.a remedy for any grievance
friend? may read" it. It will do to that the south is likely to have in-
read and re-rcad. It contain* thc | * iicted U P9P her, or in a D j caotingjpiv.
-to
cy. . Does our extemporary hold that
there can be no other rcsisritrifce,; or
Louisville, Ga., 1
August 7th, lSui). [
Gentlemen: 1’onr favor of the’ 3d
inst., informing me that I was “unani
mously recommended by a conven
tion of delegates, assembled in Au
gusta on the 27th ult., as an ‘inde
pendent candidate’ for Congress in
the Eighth Congressional District,”
and requesting my acceptance of that
position, has been received.
Several months since, I received
letters from gentlemen in the differ
ent sections of tho District, urging
me to permit xny name to bo used in
the approaching canvass. To all of
which I answered that “I could not
run.” When your delegates assem
bled in Augusvafor consultation, and
action, I urged, through my person
al friends in the convent.oil, that
some other riiorb able and worthy
man should receive your support.— annual expense in furnishin
Your convention having unanimously and water for the locomoth
only true doctrine for thd South
which all true-hearted, patfiotic citi-1 usurpation and wrong, than a di&olu-
"i'ens, both North arid South, East j tion of die Union ? When*'Mr. Hill
and West, will have to come at last, recommends “war—war, in every
If there is one man in our midst, who se ™' e ' thoderm is defined, or
definable, ’ as the.only resort against
those who would violate tfip law and
field school.. Wc uext hear of him
digging for gold in.Lumpkin apukty,
where he accumulated'enough to buy
a few law-books and clothes to hide
his nakedness. He went to Gass
cowaty, read law alone, started up
the hill of life, and is now, candidate
for Governor of the Empire State of
Georgia. In the midst of his suc
cess however, he has not forgotten
his early struggles; and hence he is
the friend of the poor young boys and
girls of his native State.— Upson
Pilot.
•Col. Warren Akin,
“Of this county, lias been nomina
ted by tho Opposition Party, which
held its convention in Atlanta, Wed
nesday, tlic 10th inst., for Governor.
Col. Akin is in every respect a worthy
gentleman, esteemed by all who
know him. From a poo? and almost
friendless boy, he lias, by his energy
and talent, become one of the first
lawyers in upper Georgia .and the
late* nomination is cridencc of his
popularity and ability as a man. We
regret we are arrayed in opposition
to a gentleman we admire so m uch,
but like the “Father of our coun
try’’ all Democrats, who are so from
love of their great principles must say
-r-“principles before men.” Should
Col. Akin by some freak of fortune
reach the proud position for which he
is nominated, wo would cheerfully
acquiesce to the will of tbe majority,
objects to it, We have not been nblc
to find him. It is plain and easy, to
he understood by the most common
.intellect. How unlike that misera
ble, trashy, unmeaning and evasive
triplet, adopted liy the Irapositionists,
at their State Convention at Millcdgc-
ville. The Opposition came up bold
ly, to the questions of the day, with
out fear from any quarter. The Im-
positionists, fearful of losing their
grip upon the spoils, dared not to
give even a feeble expression of their
opinions, upon the questions now agi
tated in the political world. They
were aware of the fact, that they were
unable and indisposed, to keep their
faith to the people. Hence, they
made no pledges, and the people arc
again to be derived and their rights
ignored—trampled upon, merely to
save the Democratic party. Let the
^honest voters of the country, institute
a comparison between the two plat
forms, and we fear not the result.
OPPOSITION PLATFORM.
Tho Opposition party of Georgia
Plants itself upon the
States Rights, Equul
* qi *
d
ICO)
cKamSetT^sS V * 8 a 8 ° n ° Ur ° Wn
Trial ncur aiming nn,
very best of the Opposition.—Carters
ville Express.
The Opposition, of Green county
Aw* nominated R. H. Ward for
Senator, and Miles W. Lewis and
r Robert L. McWhorter, for tbe House.
don’t know Col. Ward, but Lewis
and McWhorter, wo know to be gen
tlemen, and tbe Impositionists will
^hardly undertake to make the “ trip”
.against them. It- will be ofno use.
Georgia Military Institute
Hus bcen resuscitated. Major
^Capers lias accepted the, Presidency
of the Faculty. The Institution has
opened with good propects.
L The tax digest for one hun
dred and twelve counties, which have
been returned to Milledgeville, shows
.an inorcase of fifty millions in the
value of taxable property of the
State since the last return oftnxefc
Tennessee Congressional Election,
returns of the late Congress
ional election in Tennessee, show the
following result: -
1st District, T. A. R. Ndson, Opp.
—lid- “ Horace Maynard, Opp.
3rd “ R. B. Brabson, Opp.
4th “ W. B. Stokes, Opp,
«Hth “ Robert Hatton, Opp.
*6th. “ J II. Thomas, Demk*
7th' , *2ggMght ? Dem.
8th “ J. M. Quarles, Opp.
9th “yy. E. Etheridge, Opp.
110th “ W. T. Avery, Dem.
The retiuns for Governor, though
• not complete, indicate there-olection
of Harris, (Dem.) by six to eight thou
sand majority.
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“I Will Not!”
In a discussion at McDonough,
Cd. Wright, the Opposition candi
date far Congress, in the 4th Dis
trict, called on Col. Gartrell, the Im
position candidate, to say whether
he would vote for Stephen A. Doug
las for President, if he should get
the nomination at Charleston, next
year. Col. Gartrell answered une
quivocally, “i will not*’ We have
no idea that he (Gartrell,) will keep
this pledge, hut we arc glad to sec
that he has been forced to take a po
sition «w this all-important question
to the South.' The leaders of the
Imposition party, are tuning theii
fiddles, and expect to make the people
dance to the tune of “Douglas," in
1800. The Southern people are not
prepared to submit to such degrada
tion, and will never do it. When
ever an Imposition candidate for of
fice, from constable up, asks the peo
ple for their votes, let the question
be put to him, “Will you vote for
Douglas, if lie is the nominee of the
Charleston Convention and if he
answers-“yca,’’ then there is only
one course left for the people to pur
sue. VOTB HIM DOWN !
The Result.—Our excha'
last night’s mail confirm the opitoion
wc expressed yesterday, that the na
tional Democracy of North Carolina
have been defeated. In our next we
will present our views at length. The
delegation in Congress will stand thuu:
1st District, W. N.H. Smith, Opp.
2nd “ Hon. T. Ruffian, Dem.
3rd “ Hon. W. Winslow,Dem.
4th “ *** Hon. O’R. Branch, Dem
5th “ Hon. J. A. Gilmer, Opp
6th Gen.. J. M. Leach, Opp,
7th - Hon. B. Craigc, Dem.
8th “ Hon. Z. B. Yunce, 0 Pr
Charlotte (fi. C.) Bulletin.
the Union, and equal
of-
rivileges in
distribution of
its burthens, and the exercise* by
Congress only of such powers as are
specifically delegated from; and in
cident to. the granted powers, and
nece sary to carry otu a Sol.
powiVs.
1. Resolved, That the Union, as
established by the Federal Constitu
tion,if the latter be faithfully carried
out, is tho surest guaranty of tho
rights and interests of all sOctious of
the country) and should he preser
ved . f* —
2. Resolved, That »* the institu
tion of slavery existed in the States
overthrow the constitution of their
country, does he mean tfapt we should
fit st dissolve tho Union and then fight
those people for contempt of-a con
stitution and law which no.longer ex
ist to bind them ?
We regard tlie.entire comment* of
our cotcmporary upon tbe letter of
Mr. Ilill as unjust to that gentleman
anil a labored and studious attempt
to force an opponent into a wrong
position. Wo shall discuss the po
sitions of Mr, Hill more fully at an
lariy day.
Tbe First Response. ‘
The Augusta Constitutionalist in
noticing (without copying) the letter
of Hon. B. H. Hill, which we publish
to-day says :
“Mr. Hill will probably go, after
the Charleston Convention has acted
in quest of a Southern Confederacy;
for that Convention will not give him
* principles and a nominee comeing
d stinctly and boldly up to tbe re
quisition of this letter.’’ In other
words, the Democratic party, in its
next platform, will not insist upon
the passage by congress of a slave
code for the Territories."
The Constitutionalist, having shown
a decided leaning towards Judge
Douglas, could hardly be expected to
aid iu demanding Congressional pro
tection for slavery in the Territories;
and perhaps the Democratic party of
the South may, as it predicts, con
constitutional rich,
with a view ot securing a’^pavtyr cit-
umpli in the Presidential, election
But if they thus ingloriously desert
the South in an emergency calling
for the union and fidelity of alt her
sons, tbe hypocricy of all their past
professions/will have been revealed
by the act, and they will, have lost
their only opportunity to procuro a
recognition of tho just claims of their
, . , _
differed with me as to the individual
most suitable- ami proper to run, I
acquiesce in their decision, and ac
cept the position assigned me. In
deed, having learned through the
newspapers the action cf your con
vention, i, had previous to Uie recep
tion of your letter, in a speech deliv
ered in this place on the 2d inst.,
announced myself as a candidate for
the post you worild hht’e me occupy.
If, through the partiality of the
voters of thtf District, 1 shall be
chosen their representative in the
next Congress, 1 can only promise to
bring .to the task assigned me, an
honest purpose—to act and vote in
such a way as will, in my judgment,
gigantic work, which lias ever engag
ed the attention, pr taxed the poVer
of statesmen in any age of the world
'—a work the construction ef which
would bankrupt the most opulent
nations of the world, and which when
completed,.would require for its suc
cessful operation, an annual ex
penditure of money almost equal to
the entire value of all the products
transported upon it—a line of Rail
road twenty two hnndrcd miles ’ in
length, traversing a wild,inhospitable,
unsettled, and uninviting territory,
intersected l>y lofry mountains whose
tops are continually, covered with,
snow—with wide,- sandy, hurtling
plains, destitute of water and of tim
ber—who can estimate th&.cost—who
can conceive thq amount of labor re
quired for such fT 1 stupendous enter
prise. Add to this:the necessity: for
transporting all the timber and otltcr
material necessary for its construc-
New.
The
convulsed
, broken up—
of life-time duration were *e Ve J}
U»«fes sprung into cxiJyi
bouth was confounded th* vH
rulsed by the tricks’ of JH
gogues. and the treason of no !?H
politicians. By the bless^
Heaven our Union was saved fv
mont was defeated. Wc l m ^ M
then howevir been in a state of
slant ferment and excitement *
this day the question of Jj.-
Slavery, is ihc one in my opinfe^l
on which depends the perveUfaf
the Union—toe cannot a hide i
Union as inferiors. Wc
equa’s in every par*icularwf 0Ur v
them brothers. Settle this s],,
question and all is well.
but our rights, as equals, i n t
ritories,. the common
P r '>perit,
Pme,
Act of Congress, to h/ivo them taken
back to Africa.:: This he did. But
ho went further, and took from the
public treasuary,-without waf.iqijit or
auiiiorifey of law, forty-five thousand
dollars, which he applied to the c?oth^
ingppearding and schooling of the
Africans for one year aficrtbey wore
re-landed in Africa. Tlic whole cost
for the removal of these people was.
according to his message to the lust,
Congress,. one hundred and thirty
thousauddollars; eighty-five of wliioli,
under,t)ie k\v, was proper, because
i-y and all kinds of property, 'fi
it was. to ho expended in removing•.■tkq43vnstiuitiou recognizes
" of the Southern *»' —
the AfiieanS'to their native shore's.
Tlie forty-five thousand additional,
which fie: paid tire society for the
all, and wo are friends—j
of these rights and you make'ei'
mice.
. Tho, Supreme Court of t] i8 p
States^ the highest nuthoritv i-^'l
[and upon air coristilational
lm9,.dei?ided this question f or ^l
liiej hold, that neither Ocr,.
nor * tlie "“people * of the Tcnito?
nave any power tu-estabildi 0r ”
dibit slavery in the Territoritk
That- under the Constitution'
classes frorii each section of thj [J
ion, have the right to ewigrat* *|
and occupy the Territories with ev J
man to prppertv,
slaves, and protects him iniis en 'w
naent. That while Congress '
boarding, clothing and schooling of power to establish or prohibit sli:
the Africans fyr.^year, was improper
and unlawful.
'There is not money enough in the
treasury, to pay for carrying once a
week, to thy poor man’s Tost office,
tion, » distance of -from six' td eight hifi family paper and the lettersfrom
power derived from their own money,
If 'ave would erintrnue free, let us
best promote the interest and wel- watch with jealons eyes every at-
won wi slavery wisicii in mo iMutPS * .• /fi t t •
confederacy jirior to tli. adoption rf;”* Ing» W .
T
;ht
the Constitution of the United States, j opposition State Convention,
and as the right to -hold islaves as Q ur pa ner has been a little dela
property was conceded by the fra-jed tips w4k in order that we ml
mew and fully recognized tberein.j,p U hlisb the name of the man nomina
i herefore, Slavery exists indqpcmlcnt- j [ C(1 on yesterday qs the standard-
ly-«f the Constitution, and, as Slave- j bearer of our party in the Gubcrna-
ry is recognized and sanctioned by t torilll raoc . WARREN AIKEN,
the Constitution, Congress, wkKh ‘ Es(K o f Cass, was unanimously and
derives a its power from that m- ^ by acclamation^ nominated as the
Opposition caiidulatc for Governor.
etrumeut, cannot legislate on the
ject of Slavery, except for its pitotec-
tion where it exists; that the territo-
The Convention was composed of
the ablest men iu the State.- Indeed
fare: of the South and the Union,
without regald to party or to party
leaders.
I think, gentlemen, your convention
acted wisely in ignoring those politi
cal mantraps yclept “platforms.”—
The people have been so often de
ceived and deluded by the promises
held out to them hi those paper
sbuffi£.bp»cds*-” that they have corn©
to look with suspicion arid distrust
upon all who advocate them. They
are generally fair to look upon, but.
like “Dead sea fruit, they turn to
ashes upon' the lip.’’ Take, if you
please, that- great piece of Master
Carpentry, constructed at Cincinnati
in 1850, by tbe great Master Builder
of mode n .Democracy, with timber
furnished and brought from the dif
ferent sections of the Union—the
South furnishing Palmetto, Cotton
and Slavery—the North, Oak, Com
merce and Adolitionism—the East,
Pine, Manufacturers and Fieesoil—
the West, Ash, Internal Improve
ments and Squatter Sovereignty—
the Atlantic and Middle States, Pop
lar, Free Trade, and Non interven
tion. All dovetailed harmoniously
together, and to the casual observer
—the masses of the people—exceed
ingly fair to look upon; but within
it is a “whited sepulchre, filled with
dead men’s bones.” The filling of
the scams in the structure Indicates
the master talents. The “ interned
improvements" opening is filled with
the “'Pacific Railroad." The Squat
ter Sovereignty" joining is made
smooth by “ Non intervention."—
The “ Shivery" plank is covered with
“ Cuba." The “ FreesdiV' scam is
concealed'by “ unfriendly legisla-
tfn" whilst the “ Abolition” panel
is garnished jritji “ isothermal lines."
Thus, all Uniting in oqe harmonious
and symmetrical structure, well cal
culated to patch the popular gaze,
arid cheat a nation of freemen out of
their dearest rights.'
With tho interpretation placed
upon the Cincinnati platfc ’ *'
Southern supporters, I have no
objection to urge against it.
hW ‘ '
Northern carpenters, who tinkered
hundred miles, across these arid
plains and-induhtnirf ranges ; and the
wood
locomotives in ri
region where neither the one or the
other is to be obtained for hundreds
of miles, and we can hut “see dim
ly" the appalling magnitude of the
monster proposition.
Again, I do not approve, the Ad
ministration in its ,condnct of the
Cuba question. It.would be a dan
gerous experiment to place in the
bauds of any President, so consider
able a sum of money as thirty mil
lions of dollars. In a free govorn-
inrigt the people cannot too safely
guard the public treasnrv. In every
agfe of the world, governments hare
enslaved the people only through the
ries arethe edmmon property of all' havc 8?en> uo wher0j amore re .
we States, an , therefore, the peo-1 S p C ctable assemblage of men togeth-
ple have aught to enter upon and'Jin an y capacity. The greatest
occupy any Territory with their sla-L„ t w^fe/ m
ves, *s well as other property, and
arc protected by the Constitution
pr - ,
and Flag of the country; that Con
gress, has no right to legislate Slave
ry into, or exclude it from a territory
honor. , Then away with these
enthusiasm and unanimity prevailed e
throughout the entire proceedings.
We have the right sort of a candi
date ; and it is' now the duty of the
Oppositionists to buckle on their ar
ryimo, orcxc.uue unomaremtory m0 u r , and go into the contest gal-
and that wo hold rtiat the doctnne of Kntly and faithfully and the Victory
“Mon-interv'cntion _ with the mstUu- a ,i i,,;. .if'AtvpvI
tion of slauery in the States, Territo
ry or the District of Columbia, does
not nor was it intended to conflict
with the assertion of the power of
Congress to protect the property of
the citizens of the several States who
may choose to settle in the soveral
Territories.
Wc believe also that the further
agitatibn of the subject of Slavery-
will tend to no practical good to any
- portion of the country, and should
therefore cease, regarding the prin
ciples as settled, both by legislative
enactment and judicial interpretation
that the people of the Territories when
they come to form a Stato constitu
tion, and at no other lime (by unfriend
ly legislation or otherwise) shall de
ed fe the yuestion for themselves
is ours. All hail tho glorious Aiken
-r-LaOrange Reporter.
Great Depth or the Ocean.
The following account of the depth
at which the. ocean has been sounded,
will give some idea of the vast val
leys that exist in its bed. The soun
ding was peformed in tho Atlantic,
and the depth at which bqttom was
reached was 7,706 fathoms, or 14,-
412 yards, being over eight n\iles.
The time required for, tlmiAronronse
length of line to run out' was about
nine hour3 and a half ' * l ‘ ” - :
5 Texas Election. h -
New Orleans, Aug. 12.—Accounts
ficm Texas, state that sixty-eight
caunties havc been heard from, in
_ which Houston (for GovernorVis 4,-
We furthermore repudiate the doc- 400 ahead of Runnels, (the Demo-
trine of “Squatter Sovereignty’’ in cratic candidate.) Hamilton and
all its forms as an insidious and un- Reagan, for Congress, are also re
certain mode of excluding the South j ported as ahead.
platform by its
»great
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by the menning placed upon it by.the
Northern carpenters, who tinkered
in its construction* the South losses
her entire interest in the public Ter
ritories—-her self-respect arid her
I'gtld-
ed fiice" which are thrown upon tho
political waters as a bait to cn c urri
the unwary and confiding, and be
neath whoso shining exterior lies
concealed the deadly barb, which is
to drag them to destruction.
■While, gentlemen, I have no con
fidence in, and am apposed to these
“ paper Platforms,’’ I think it right
that tho pleople should be fully ad
vised as to the political opinions of
those who seek their suffrages, upon
all tho great issues which now divide
the citizen of this Confederacy. The
limits of this communication forbid
my entering fully upon the' discus
sions of the present issues. I can
only briefly indicate my views therc-
sn ami the course I shall' pursue if
elected a Representative from this
District. In a few days, I expect
to begin a canvass of. the District,
and hope to meet the people “face to
to face” and discuss fully before them,
all the great questions which now
agitato the public inintl.
It is known to you, gentle'men, and
the voters of this Districtr-that in
1856 I opposed with what ability I
possessed the election of James Bu
chanan to the Presidency—-I opposed
him, because I was convinced from
tempt at encroachment upon our
rights, through the combined influ
ence of thc“pwr*e and sword." The
[array, to a great extent, must neces
sarily remain under the control of the
President. The purse is ours. Tlii:
is our bulwark. Into the hands of
our own immediate representative
alone, under the constitution, we
ronfi'l* this important trust. Even
if the plan advised by the President
was not a dangerous one as a pre
cedent ; yc f , the amount he proposes
to pay for Cuba, is entirely too large.
My position is this. If Spain de
sires to sell Cuba, and is willing to
take a fair price, we ought to buy it.
If .-be does not wish to sell, yet adopt
sneli. a policy in relation thereto as to
render the Island dangerous to our
commerce or our internal welfare—
then we should rely upon the “stout
hearts and strong arms" of Ameri
can freemen, to appropriate it to onr
own use. “Sell preservation is the
first great law of nature.” This is
a term applicable alike to nations as
to individuals.
There should he retrenchment and
reform in the current expense of the
government. The administration of
Mr. VariBoren was linrled-from power
under the indignation and scorn of
an outraged public, on- account of its
wasteful am! extravagant conduct of
our national nflUirn. * ■ 7!ic expenoo of
the VnnBuren administration', did
not reach at its highest point, one-
halj the amount expended by the pres
ent administration. Our government,
under tho administration of Mr.
Polk, conducted to a successful close,
a troublesome anil expensive foreign
war, whilst the whole expenses of the
government did not rench within
twenty million as much yearly, ns is
now used during a period of profound
peace and tranquility. . Whilst the
government is thus extravagantly and
Wastcfully administered, a large .por
tion of tho public lands are given
away yearly to Colossal Railroad
Companies, and various other works
of internal improvement; thus di
verting from the public treasury, a
laa-go amount of money, which should
be applied to the payment of the
interest upon the public debt, and to
meet the legitimate wants of an
economical administration of the
government. By these means, and
others of like character, the necessity
of a high tariff is pressed upon us, and
the agricultural interests of the South
are excessively burdened with taxa
tion, which answers the donble pur
pose of fostering the manufacturing
interests of the North, and of enab
ling the general government to
demoralize and corrupt tie people
by its profligato and unscrupulous
system of bribery and extravagance.
And worse still. While we witness
these unpuralelled expenditures 'of
the government generally, the fact is
brought homo trt us that in one of the
most important departments of the
government—one in which the pcc-
ple feel a near and dear interest—
the Administration anil Congress,
with a large majority of Democrats
in both houses, liavo failed .to make
any provisions or arrangement; I
allude to tho mail services. Postal
accommodations at the South are now
at the mercy of contractors; con
tractors who have not yet been paid
for a large portion of their last year’s
services. Post routes have been
abolished post-offices closed, mail
communications in many sections of
the State entirely cut off, by the
failure of Congress to make the neces- 1
h : s relatives and fitends; but there
is an ample supply? to enable the gov
ernment to set up, upon the shores
of Africa, a free boarding school for
the education of wild-African chil
dren. The poor but hontsst Georgian
laborer, who is not able to educate his
own children, is taxed by the govern
ment to contribute to the support of
African children at 'a free boarding
schoolain the Congo Rh er.
Whilst I thus condemn the Buchan
an administration for its departure
from right, I approve of his course
upon what is generally known as the
Lecompton Bill, and although he
might havc acted in bad faiEi, in not
recalling Walker, (and I think he did,)
yet, when Kansas applied for admis
sion into the Union, with the Lecomp-
ton Constitution, recognizing and
adopting shivery, he stood in good
faith by the l equivements of the Geor
gia platform, until he was abandoned
5
ry, it is its duty to protect slatepn
city, in all bur common Ttrritt
Ujfon this doctrine I fix myuI
upgn,thds 1 stand or fait.
,, Let us not deceive ourselves
cherishing the-foiid idea that theii
tercsts of our section are cos
safer condition than lor some
past. I tell you there is no
The present apparent calm is liw
prelude to the coming storm. Jj
ward, 1 tlie high priest, of abolitions]
has declared eternal hostility to a
section. In his Rochester speech J
enunciated the dogma that cent
al war should rage between the
sections until cither slavery or
(luimuis vanquished. The fenjn
Court has been bitterly ami
ly assalted for its decision of tbo hi
in the Died Scott case. This C
is to be abolished or remodeled
,-uit the purposes of Nrttbeyi fmj
dhm-shriekers. They iuivo'm
large majority in tbe fieprescntidi
branch of. Congress, and hope in
lew months to be able to control
Su-n rtc. Then, with aa Abolitmi
in the Executive chair, our ilega
tion and ruin is complete. Add
by Southern men in tho Halls cf' th* 8 tbo fact, that Mr. Bouglgil
Northern Democrat, who hoabtel
heretofore (by his admirers it leal
regarded as a friend of the Stril
and the Constitution, has abandoaij
his Southern allies, and is now loll
ing a large majority of our North I
Democratic friends in a deadly cn|
sade against our rights, underur
freosoil banner of “'Territorial o|
friend y legislation”—audl think cnl
danger must be apparent to crtsjB
thinking man.
In this threatening and daniero
condition of our public affairs, patij
ois of all paities North and cosaj
should rally to the rescue of thee
stitution and the Union—fergetti
past political difference and forgifi
former ‘ pa r ty uni in csi ties. And i
pecially at the South should oar pr|
pie uuite together upon a come
plat'orm to repeal abolition aggtes*
and rescue the Government tromti
hands of those who now control i
The old whigs of Georgia in 183
and ’56 set the country and thev.'*
a noble example of party sacrifice fq
the public good. Convinced nod«
as they were, that the only hope i
the perpetuity of the Union and t’
safety of the South,lay in the lenffl
ciation of their old party associati*
they forsook their old party organ!
zatton and friends—tbe party «
their pride and boast in those d 3 . n |
when the silvery eloquence hf t*
lamented Clay rang through the St
ate Chamber, holding spellbound t
assembled wisdom of the land, asyj
unfolded and uphold the great priM
ciples of their organization and
government. They believed y,
chat to preserve the Union and
feat the triumph of freesoil and sq»-=
ter soverignty in the person of fIf 7
mont, it was necessary to break Pj
their old ajid dear ties of
and they proved themselves eq 18
the emergency. Again are t \
eallqfl.upon to rally to the sarPI
yf those who would preserve W' s I
temple of ours, and who are
mined to drive frcm its sacred f>-J
cincts the money changers wn° I
revel therein, and overture then FI
fane tables. Arc they uot eq** I
the task? Let the tflc'mOty di t 1
well Contested battles foug'd I
the lead of Harrison in 1^:’ ;[1
under the hero of Buena
1848, answer for them. < D ,f> 7
now no old party associations^ I
rriembrance of mutual toll nn (
flictv—no long prized political co
res in the ranks of the adaiimstr*
supporters. Then I appeal ,
old whigs of the 8th (the Seb-JJ*
of whiggery in days agone) to ^
themselycs into the breach, » n ‘
serve pur government. ,q,
I utterly repudiate the ide*® ■
Douglas, that although the 1*
al Legislature cannot exclude* * ^
by direct enactment, .that they
by unfriendly legislation, kill i■
If the territorial legislature
Congress. Then, and not till then
did he surrender the strong ground
be had taken for the South. ' Aban
doned by. tljc representatives of those
whose rights he was battlcing for, it
was to be expected he too would for-
saJte our cause. I fully approve Mr.
Buchanan's course, upon this ques
tion.
But, gentlemen, the question of
paramount importance to us at the
South, and which, like. “Jonah’s
gourd,’’ swallows up all others, is the
question of slavery. This ominous
question has been frequently settled
by political tinkers—first, by the
Missouri Compromise, in 1820; again,
by the Compromise measureofl850;
ami still again by the Kansas Nebras
ka bill, in 1854; hut, like the ghost
of the murdered Banquo, it will not
“down” at their bidding. Again is
this question pressed upon us; wc
mast meet it, and meet it under the
constitution, to conquer and settle it.
The South, while holding , that the
Missouri Compromise was unconstitu
tional, was willing, for the sake of
pjace, to abide by that line. We
did acquiesce in it till 1850, when
t‘ie North, beginning to acquire con
fidence in their power, from.having
repealed the 21st Rule of Congress,
which prohibited the reception of al-
olirion petitions, openly declared de
clared there should be no more slave
territory. Id settling the vexatious
questions arising out of our acquisi
tion of new-tevritorv from Mexico,
we proposed to run tnc Missouri com
promise line* to the Pacific. The
North then repudiated that settlement,
and thundered against slavery'exten
sion. In this condition of .things.
Congress passed what is known fls
the .Compromise Bill 0 f 1850, admit
ting California into the Union, giv
ing a territorial government to New
Mexico, And the enactment of tin
Fugitive Slave Law, as it ia common
ly called. The South was not satis
fied with the arrangement, yet, fot
for the stake of peace and harmony,
she acquiesced in this as npermanent
settlement of the slavery question—
the South losing California, but gain
ing, it was said, the doctrine of non-
intewenrion on part of Congress with
slavery in the Territories. That i-
tiie North acknowledging that Con
gress had no right to establish oi
prohibit slavery in any of the Terri
tories of the Union, but leaving the
question of domestic slavery to be
settled by the people, at tin time
they formed a State government and
applied for admission into the Union.
All parties declared that this settle
ment was a final adjustment of the
vexed question, and that agitation
thereon should cease.
For four years the country was
quiet and peaceful; during which
time a Presidential election was hod
upon.old party questions. The Ab
olition candidate for President, not
receiving* respectable'vote in a sin-, attempt, by any species of nn ^ r ' e ;t# |
legislation,: tu kill out’ 8 * avei ^’ j!
the duty of Congress to intern
kill out unfriendly legation- J
.b Time and space forbid, g ent *
that; I should entir further
discussion of these questions. . I
I have been svffic enriy C - X P ^1
I r dosire no concealment, aa ,^,1]
not nave written so much, bo <1
had no double-faced “party P 1 ^, !
to stand upon, and to speak - ^
rthank you, gentlemen,.",^1
kind and flattering m anncr 111
you have conveyed t
gle Nortliern State. Abolition was
gradually dying out. ’i he people of
this cou .try were prosperous, united
and happy:!' i>f '.
Anether Presidential election was
now approaching—there were many
aspirants in the dominant party.
North and South—political capital
was to be made and political reputa
tion lost. The people must he ex
cited and aroused. Enthusiasm must
be prompted. There it was our pres
ent troubles began. The Kansas
Nebraska Bill was presented in Con-
mc the'